Minister Yu understood Tan Yan's character. Normally, after he said this, Tan Yan would probably respond with "I'm his elder since I'm older, so it's only natural." However, he didn't get a response from Tan Yan, instead there was a suffocating silence.
Minister Yu looked at Tan Yan strangely.
"I'm going back to rest." Tan Yan got up and left, not caring how awkward the end of the topic was.
Seeing him leave, Xiaolu immediately broke free from Minister Yu's arms and ran towards Tan Yan without looking back.
For some reason, this scene made Minister Yu feel inexplicably sad.
Tan Yan felt very embarrassed. Logically, he should have been Liang Xian's elder, but Liang Xian had confessed to him and he was still so persistent. His attitude made Tan Yan feel that his insistence on being Liang Xian's elder was hurting the child.
Now that he can no longer be that child, Liang Xian hopes that Tan Yan can face him squarely.
A day ago, Tan Yan thought it was just a childish idea and he just rejected it twice.
A day later, Tan Yan realized that he didn't have many opportunities to refuse.
Time is a very luxurious thing for the superpower team. Tan Yan once thought that he was strong enough to keep Liang Xian's time, but in fact, he was just an ordinary person with a slightly stronger willpower.
He lay on the bed, with his hands folded behind his head as a pillow. Xiaolu leaned against Tan Yan, quietly forgetting about him for a while. Seeing that he was not asleep, he nudged Tan Yan with his head.
Tan Yan took out a hand and pinched Xiaolu's ear, half to comfort him, and half to ask him to be better.
Unexpectedly, the deer nudged him again.
Tan Yan looked at the little deer. The little guy had big, beautiful and clean eyes. The way he looked at you seemed like he could see into your heart.
"What's wrong?" asked Tan Yan.
Xiaolu couldn't speak, so he could only push Tan Yan to the side, leaving half of the bed exposed.
"You want to sleep with me?" Tan Yan guessed.
The fawn nodded like a human.
"But don't deer sleep standing up?" Tan Yan asked puzzledly.
The little deer ran to pick up the wool prepared for Tan Yan at the base, rubbed it carefully on its hooves, then jumped onto the bed with satisfaction and lay down beside Tan Yan.
Tan Yan: “…”
How come this looks like Liang Xian...
Thinking of this name, he paused again. In fact, it was natural for Xiaolu to be like Liang Xian. Xiaolu was quantum entangled with Liang Xian, and perhaps also received Liang Xian's feelings.
Come to think of it, Xiaolu has really liked sticking to him from the very beginning. Was that Liang Xian’s idea
Xiaolu arched his back beside Tan Yan, found a comfortable lying position for himself, leaned against Tan Yan, and then closed his eyes comfortably.
In fact, it should be uncomfortable, the bed is too soft and a bit crowded.
But Xiaolu looked very happy, just like Liang Xian when he climbed onto Tan Yan's bed.
Tan Yan couldn't tell whether he should be sad or amused. Liang Xian was very low-key when doing these actions, and he would find various excuses for himself. It was difficult for Tan Yan to detect his intentions. But Xiaolu was not a human. He didn't have as many concerns as Liang Xian, and he was very straightforward no matter what he did.
He expressed with his whole heart that he loved Tan Yan and that he was happy as long as he was with him.
The emotion that Liang Xian tried his best to express but couldn't, Xiaolu easily made Tan Yan feel it.
"Do you really like me that much?" Tan Yan asked.
The little deer, who had closed his eyes and was drowsy, moved his ears, raised his head, and nestled into Tan Yan's neck and nuzzled hard.
Tan Yan felt a little itchy, so he patted his back soothingly and said softly, "Okay, okay, I get it."
The little deer then stopped, closed its eyes again with satisfaction, and fell asleep happily.
The fawn, which should have been a very alert wild animal and usually stood when resting, was able to lie down and fall asleep easily next to Tan Yan.
While sleeping, he adjusted his posture and exposed his belly.
This complete trust and love made Tan Yan smile.
But the smile froze on his face halfway through.
Liang Xian is no longer here.
If he could go back to the zombie world with Xiaolu and see Liang Xian who has turned into a zombie again, would he kill him? Could he really do it? Did he decide to go just because he wanted to bring Liang Xian's ashes back to the real world
Tan Yan asked himself several questions in succession and thought for a long time, but he couldn't answer any of them.
He has lived for so many years and yet he doesn't even understand himself.
After a night's rest, the superpower team did not return to school, but stayed at the base to participate in Qiao Zhixue's training. Starting with Qin Li, who had the strongest recovery ability, they were abused one by one.
Tan Yan passed by and took a look, and saw Qin Li was placed on the hospital bed with electrodes connected to his head. Qiao Zhixue calculated the highest voltage that the human body could withstand and increased the electricity little by little starting from the safe voltage, allowing Qin Li to adapt while training.
Seeing Qin Li's painful but enduring expression, Tan Yan wanted to help him but felt he was powerless.
He can't replace anyone.
It was unknown when Minister Yu rested last night, and it was unclear whether he had recovered from the aftereffects of using his supernatural powers for the first time. But he appeared in front of people in high spirits the next day, and took Xu Mingyu to talk to the survivors one-on-one, as if the pain and tears of yesterday had not existed.
No matter how much pain he endures, Minister Yu will be able to stand up as long as the revolution needs him to continue fighting.
Tan Yan understood this feeling. He had stood up again and again in the past and entered the "void" tirelessly countless times.
He was secretly marveling at the minister's power when Xiaolu tugged at the corner of his clothes and pulled Tan Yan secretly to the door of the conversation room.
After a while, a survivor came out. He had talked with Minister Yu and his eyes were dazed. He didn't even recognize Tan Yan, and then he followed the guards away.
The deer's ears moved, and he quickly pulled the corner of Tan Yan's clothes, asking him to listen carefully.
Tan Yan had excellent hearing. Even though the conversation room was soundproofed, he could still hear Minister Yu's voice inside: "Xiao Xu, Xiao Xu, oh Xiao Xu, don't put on makeup."
Xu Mingyu: "No, you won't look good once your makeup is off. You have to put on some more makeup."
Tan Yan: “…”
Being a leader is not easy. Even if you don’t look good, you can still look energetic after putting on makeup.
Everyone was busy, only Tan Yan didn't know what to do. Qiao Zhixue said he was too strong to need training anymore, and the training method he designed was useless to Tan Yan; Minister Yu said that the special power team didn't need to take care of comforting the survivors, they just needed to move forward, and the rest would be left to Minister Yu.
Now, Tan Yan probably just needs to wait for the next "void" to come.
Waiting is not Tan Yan's style. Besides, in addition to entering the other world, he has another task - to study quantum mechanics.
This was the task that Minister Yu assigned to Tan Yan a few months ago. A few months later, Minister Yu asked about Tan Yan's learning progress. After hearing that he had scored 170 points in the comprehensive science section by doing real college entrance examination questions from previous years, Minister Yu stopped paying attention to this matter. In fact, the progress was too slow and this was a long process.
If it were someone else, they would have turned the table over and stopped studying long ago. But when someone is about to retire, he still has to take the college entrance examination questions, and his scores are very low. No one with a strong self-esteem can bear this.
Tan Yan just silently compared his results of each mock test and made mistakes again and again. His test scores were not high, but each time they were improved compared to the previous one.
Asking the staff to find relevant books and exercise books, Tan Yan began to study strictly according to the schedule.
But it was quite difficult for him to study alone without a teacher to guide him, and he didn’t know where he got the questions wrong when he got them wrong.
The little deer watching on the side was so anxious that it kept jumping up and down. After three days, it finally couldn't stand it anymore, bit a pen and began to write with difficulty.
Tan Yan: “…”
It is very difficult for Xiaolu to write, but fortunately there are books. He just needs to point out where Tan Yan's problems are and find the relevant knowledge points in the books, and then Tan Yan can learn.
At this moment, Tan Yan finally understood the complicated feelings of the members of the superpower team when they saw the deer. It was really hurtful that they had worked so hard for so long but were not as good as a deer.
Tan Yan thought more and thought of Liang Xian again.
Liang Xian was also keen on teaching himself to read and study, and Xiaolu was like him in this respect.
Tan Yan smiled faintly, pinched Xiaolu's ears, and studied with him.
Some things in the world are really hard to predict. They once hoped that the "void" would come slower and give the superpower team more time.
Now Tan Yan hopes that the "void" will appear soon so that he can go to the other world earlier. Liang Xian may not have turned into a zombie yet. If everyone works together to find a solution, there may still be hope for him.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened. After a whole month, there was no sign of the "hole".
Time moved from November to December, and soon, Tan Yan's birthday arrived.
In fact, Tan Yan didn't have much feeling about birthdays. He had been alone for many years and had no time to go home at night. It didn't make any difference whether he celebrated his birthday or not. When he was poor, he would use his birthday as an excuse to have an egg or dumplings for himself. Now that he was doing well, there was nothing to eat.
In recent years, the company has given birthday cake coupons to employees. Tan Yan doesn't like sweet things, so every time he gets a cake, he sends it directly to the Ping County Welfare Home for the children to eat.
His birthday in 2018 was naturally not a special day for Tan Yan. He got up to train and study like every other day. He even forgot his birthday because his company did not give him a birthday cake voucher this year.
But Xiaolu was absent-minded today. He took out his seldom-used mobile phone from Tan Yan's bag, charged it, and turned it on.
God knows how a deer could complete such a difficult movement. Anyway, when studying, the deer stayed beside the phone, glancing at the time from time to time, his ears trembling violently, looking extremely anxious.
Tan Yan had a lot of questions he didn't know how to answer today. Every time he went to find Xiaolu, he was not around. Instead, he was guarding his phone which was charging.
"Do you want to play with your phone?" Tan Yan said with a smile, "But you can't touch it, what should I do?"
Xiaolu glared at him angrily. It was the first time that Tan Yan saw Xiaolu look at him in such a blaming way, and he was completely confused.
At noon, the phone that Xiaolu had been waiting for rang. Tan Yan took it and saw that the phone number was marked as a courier delivery.
He did not shop online or order takeout. The base would prepare everything for them and Tan Yan did not need to spend any money at all.
I picked up the phone suspiciously, and the courier on the other side said, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Tan Yan? I have a courier for you, and the address is the Central Military Academy. Your school does not allow couriers to enter the school, so they can only be left in the guard room. But this courier must be delivered to the person in charge. Can you come out and pick it up?"
What is express delivery
Tan Yan no longer lived in the Central Military Academy, so naturally he couldn't go out to get it.
The courier was anxious for him to sign for the package, and Xiaolu was also anxious for Tan Yan to receive the package, and was about to drag Tan Yan out of the base.
Tan Yan had no choice but to ask for leave and agreed on a convenient meeting place with the courier.
When he arrived at the agreed place, he saw a young man in courier clothes holding a bouquet of red roses.
Tan Yan signed for the rose and found the note, which read -
Happy birthday to you. If you are not angry with me, can I treat you to dinner tonight? This time it will not be French food. It is cold, so let's go for hot pot. —by Liang Xian who still has evil intentions for you
The sky in city B was very cloudy, and I didn't know whether it was smog or cloudy. Tan Yan stood on the street holding a bright red rose. On the busy street, this bouquet of roses seemed to be the only color.
He raised his head and felt a chill on his face. Tan Yan reached out and touched it. It was a snowflake. He held it in his palm and it instantly turned into water.
In December, City B welcomed the first snow of 2018.
Tan Yan stood in the snow for a long time. It was dark when he returned to the base. Xiaolu could not leave the base and stood in front of the door waiting for him.
Tan Yan walked into the base with a chill, hugged Xiao Lu gently, and whispered in his ear: "Thank you."
Come on, Hollow.
The author has something to say: Second update, see you tomorrow at noon~
I'm here to talk nonsense again. I have the habit of listening to music while typing. Recently, I listened to the 2018 China's Voice while typing. I was addicted to Li Jian, so I went to listen to I Am a Singer and continued to be addicted to Li Jian. Now I listen to the Li Jian I Am a Singer clip on Bilibili when I type every day. I write for a while, look up at my idol, write for a while and look up at my idol again. It feels so beautiful.
It would be better if I could focus on watching my idol instead of typing.