After a fierce battle, the ground was full of corpses. Pei Ran took a short rest and sat in the driver's seat. He cheered up and drove. He remembered hearing from Leng Feng before that the southern base should not be far away, and if the speed is fast, he can get there in half a day.
The long road was dark, and through the headlights, I could see zombies standing alone in twos and threes. The eyes were amazingly bright under the light. Pei Ran tried to hit it directly several times. Go elsewhere.
Qu Yan sat on the co-pilot, closed his eyes lightly, and after the vehicle drove a short distance, he quietly closed the palm of his right hand. In a place where no one could see, the zombies wandering by the road suddenly stopped together. Then, without warning, it exploded into a splatter of flesh.
The sound was very soft, overshadowed by the sound of the car galloping, and firmly blocked from the window.
Qu Yan's eyes are long at the end, and if they are slightly narrowed, they form a long and narrow arc. When he opens his eyes, the eyes are reflected in the headlights, and they look dark and deep, but surprisingly bright.
Pei Ran lowered half of the car window to ventilate, the temperature at night was still a little cold, and he had nothing to do. He began to talk to Qu Yan one after another.
Pei Ran asked, "Did you often take the first test when you were in school?"
He felt that Qu Yan's childhood life would not be very happy, and subconsciously avoided the sensitive topic of family.
Qu Yan lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking. He covered Pei Ran's right leg with one hand and tapped with his fingertips like playing a piano. After a while, he casually replied, "Yes."
He probably felt that the first test was useless, and the pain would not be reduced by half.
"It's amazing," Pei Ran asked again, "Then... What do you like to eat? What do you like to play?"
Qu Yan was at a loss for a moment when he heard the words. He tried to recall his youth, trying to find the answer in a pile of pale memories and hand it over to Pei Ran, but unfortunately, he turned it over and over and couldn't catch anything.
Since he was born, before he had time to learn to like it, he had already started to hate the world.
After waiting for a long time without hearing an answer, Pei Ran glanced at him curiously: "No?"
"Yes, I have… "
The ending of this sentence was dragged for a long time, with some inexplicable ambiguity. Qu Yan leaned towards him and whispered in Pei Ran's ear: "But I can't tell you."
If you don't tell, there is no answer. Pei Ran didn't miss the long silence and thinking he had just now. He walked forward against the gleam of dawn on the horizon until the dawn broke through the thick clouds and made the vision in front of him gradually clear. Then he said softly. : "Be a human being, you must have something you like."
Pei Ran said: "It must be there, it is interesting to live like this."
The unknown wildflowers on the roadside grow alone in the mud, and the humble existence is a rare sight.
Qu Yan leaned against him, he was always restless, and liked to rub and rub like a cat. Pei Ran glanced at his cheeks that finally grew flesh, because they were squeezed against his shoulders, and they looked chubby. The eyes are big and black, looking at one place quietly, inexplicably pure and ignorant.
Pei Ran couldn't help laughing and said, "Why do you keep rubbing and rubbing? It's like a cat asking for milk, but I don't have it."
A thin silver cross necklace hangs around his neck, which has been hidden under the collar. It blends with body temperature and has a weak sense of existence, so he forgot to take it off. He suddenly remembered that he didn't give Qu Yan anything. Holding the steering wheel, one hand wrapped around the back of the neck and unchained.
The car stopped slowly.
Pei Ran turned sideways and fished Qu Yan over a little. Only when he was hugged by him would the other party become docile in an instant, his hair was soft and soft, more like a young and invulnerable cat cub.
The thin silver chain was custom-made, with Pei Ran's name engraved on it. It was now worn on Qu Yan's neck. The small silver cross fell between the slender and pale collarbone of the young man, shining with a shallow light.
Qu Yan was a little happy, his eyes lit up for a moment, his face was no longer the gloomy smile before, he lowered his head and touched the chain, and asked Pei Ran, "Is it for me?"
Pei Ran rubbed his head, laughed softly, and said jokingly, "Well, for you, the cat card."
Qu Yan caressed the silver chain with his fingertips, over and over again. Hearing this, he remembered the dirty wild cat rolling around in the mud in the back alley when he was a child, and said displeasedly, "I'm not a cat."
Pei Ran reached out and took him into his arms, rubbed the tip of his nose, his voice was numb, as if he was talking: "You are my cat."
Qu Yan took this opportunity to kiss him twice, his toes swayed happily, and quickly compromised: "Okay."
Pei Ran sneered: "My cats are all chubby, you will gain weight in the future."
Qu Yan was scrutinizing the first gift in his life carefully. He didn't pay attention to what he rambled about. Pei Ran could only let him sit back in place and continue driving forward.
About half an hour later, the road ahead was no longer rough. Occasionally, a few survivors with yellow skin and thin skin could be encountered, wandering around like beggars. Seeing this, Pei Ran lowered the car window and was about to ask a question. The figure swooped over, made a muffled thud, clawed at the car window and said, "Sir! Sir! Please, give me a bag of biscuits, anything is fine, I haven't eaten for several days. It's gone!"
This man was a middle-aged man, his body was covered with stench and dirt, his thin eyes were sunken, and he was already a little crazy. He couldn't raise the car window. , Immediately, the addiction to cleanliness broke out, almost jumping up from the seat in shock, and the conditioned reflex leaned back.
Qu Yan quickly caught Pei Ran's upper body and looked out of the car window with a sullen look, not knowing what he had done, the middle-aged man suddenly covered his head, screamed in pain, and crawled out of the car.
This scene fell in the eyes of other homeless people and stopped them from imitating.
Qu Yan stretched out his hand to raise the car window. Seeing that Pei Ran's eyes widened before he could react, his whole body was in a state of frizz, he couldn't help but slightly curled his lips, reached out and stroked his hair, rubbed his chin on the top of his head, and said in a low voice :"never mind."
Pei Ran closed his eyes and let out the breath that was stuck in his chest. He couldn't help but burst out a foul language: "Fuck, you scared me to death."
He sat up straight, and his lower back was hurting. He never thought that those homeless people would be so violent. He immediately stopped the thought of inquiring about the news, and was about to drive the car forward. Who would have thought but saw a haggard-faced woman Standing on the side of the road, he looked at them hesitantly.
Pei Ran behaved well this time. There was only a small slit in the car window, and even her pinky couldn't get in. The woman stepped forward nervously, with a gentle temperament. She was obviously well-bred before the end of the world, and she dared to bend over. , tapped the car window lightly: "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
Pei Ran glanced at Qu Yan, then at the woman, and asked, "Do you know how far the base is from here?"
The woman stretched her finger and pointed to the front: "It's just around the corner. If you want to enter the base, you need to queue up to get a license plate, then do a body test, and pay the handling fee for the five crystal cores. If you don't have crystal cores, you can exchange food for them, but they come from all over the place. There are a lot of survivors, and I've been queuing here for two days."
two days
Pei Ran was a little confused: "What's your number?"
The woman said: "There are more than 2,600 numbers. There will be soldiers who go to the registration office. There are special channels for those with abilities, but there are more than 700 people in line."
Pei Ran said, "Why are there so many people?"
The woman rolled up the hair that fell from her ear, and her lips were cracked: "If you get scratched by a zombie, you will get infected, so the physical examination will be very detailed and time-consuming."
Pei Ran probably understood, reached out to retrieve the backpack in the back seat, and handed a bag of biscuits and a bottle of water through the car window. The woman probably didn't expect him to be so generous, her eyes widened in shock, she immediately reacted, and hurriedly hid the food. In his arms, he whispered gratefully: "Thank you, thank you!"
Pei Ran nodded slightly, then raised the car window, only to see the woman trotting forward, then hugged a child about five or six years old by the side of the road, unscrewed the mineral water bottle in his arms, and half-knelt on the ground , carefully fed to the child.
Pei Ran sighed, "It turns out that I still have a child with me."
Qu Yan looked through the glass and stared at the woman's loving face. He didn't know what to think, his face became cold a little bit, flashed all kinds of negative emotions, and then sneered lightly, the corners of his lips curved with endless sarcasm.
What is sarcasm
Obviously a very touching scene.
But just can't be happy.
If you don't get it yourself, why should someone else have it...
"Come on, have a drink."
A clear voice suddenly sounded in his ears, Qu Yan raised his eyes and saw the water bottle handed to his lips, his eyes moved up, and then there was Pei Ran's smiling face.
"Come on, drink water, I'll feed you," Pei Ran hugged his shoulders and gave him water diligently, "I've never even served my parents like this before."
Qu Yan stared at Pei Ran's inexplicable smiling eyes, and suddenly felt that he had seen his thoughts thoroughly. For the first time, he rejected him, squinting his eyes and said, "I don't care."
"You don't care about me," Pei Ran knew that he wasn't thirsty, so he screwed on the bottle cap and said in a teasing way, "The child is distressed by his mother, and you are distressed by me."
Qu Yan suddenly felt that his heart was beating very fast, he couldn't help pursing his lips, and looked at Pei Ran dubiously. After a while, he snatched the bottle of water from his hand and held it tightly in the palm of his hand.
Pei Ran said, "Isn't it uncommon?"
Qu Yan squeezed the bottle with a clatter, but he didn't say anything.
Pei Ran touched his head again with a smile, and suddenly said a wordless sentence: "That's how it should be."
If you want to be angry, you will be angry, if you want to be awkward, then you will be awkward. This is what a teenager should look like.
Not far away is the base, somewhat like a fortress, with a watchtower built on it, guarded by soldiers with guns, and four exits at the bottom, with guard booths distributed. Staff in white coats set up a row of tables outside, recording one by one. With the information of the survivors, the team formed like a long dragon, turning more than three turns, or even setting up tents directly on the lawn near the base, waiting for the call.
Pei Ran had never seen such a battle before, and was stunned: "My mother, when will this be scheduled..."
Qu Yan rested his chin on his shoulder and blinked: "You sit, I'll help you line up."
Pei Ran: "Don't, I'm not that shameless."
He parked the car on the side of the road and pulled Qu Yan out of the car to get the number plate. His clean attire attracted the attention of many people. Pei Ran had no low-key ideas. Why would he wear dirty clothes when he had clean clothes.
Standing at the end of the line, there were soldiers in front of them distributing number plates one by one. Pei Ran stood for a long time, feeling a little annoyed, most of his body was leaning on Qu Yan, and he looked half-dead.
Time passed by minute by minute. During this period, some homeless people came to the team to beg, but most of them were pressed to the ground by some grumpy people and beaten. In the end, soldiers came out to suppress it, which brought the scene under control.
"This is your number plate, please take it."
"This is your number plate."
The soldier who was in charge of registration finally came here. He lowered his head and registered his identity information in the booklet, and was about to hand out the number plate to Pei Ran, but when he saw his face, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and looked at him carefully. After reading it again, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Comrade, is that you!"
Hearing this, Pei Ran lifted his sleepy head from Qu Yan's shoulder, and asked a question from the depths of his soul: "Huh?"
Xiaobing straightened his hat and pointed at himself excitedly: "Comrade, you forgot that you were the one who rescued us when we encountered a zombie tide last night. I didn't expect you to be alive! That's great!"
Pei Ran suddenly said, "Ah, remember, you are a soldier under Captain Leng?"