South Street in the heavy rain finally lost its usual restlessness temporarily. Suddenly, Zhou Ze felt like he was back to Wuzhou International Plaza where he first opened his store.
That square is basically dead.
When people live in a house, they actually also maintain the house;
People cannot live without houses, they feel insecure;
It’s not good if there is no one in the house, as it will become old easily.
Zhou Ze felt like he was a house, and Ying Gou was the person in this house.
Yingying has been insisting on holding an umbrella for her boss. Although, because the rain is carried by the wind, it is difficult to cover everything with one umbrella, Yingying believes that this is what she should do.
Zhou Ze suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the maid beside him.
Yingying is still the same Yingying, she will never grow old and her skin will never get worse.
As a female zombie, her time had actually been frozen long ago.
It is frozen at this youthful age, neither too big nor too small, just right.
On the contrary, the little boy has been portrayed as a brat for hundreds of years.
Fortunately, Wang Rui is still young now. When Wang Rui grows up a little, it will be really embarrassing when we go out together again.
"boss… … "
Zhou Ze reached out his hand, brushed Yingying's earlobe, and gently tidied up her already wet hair.
"That's it. I want to walk around by myself."
This is a night that belongs to me alone. It’s not that I don’t want to share it with others, but I simply want to walk around by myself.
Human beings are social animals. If we are alone outside, we will feel lonely and unbearable.
But people like to treasure and protect their privacy and don’t want to let others see everything about themselves.
After counting and calculating, it seems difficult to find a second species in this world that is as pretentious as humans.
Yingying nodded. She had always done whatever her boss said and would never disobey any of her boss's orders.
"Boss, I will go to the orphanage."
Yingying suddenly spoke.
Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment. How was it related to the orphanage again
"Boss, if something happens to you, I will do as you said before and adopt a child from the orphanage and give him the surname Zhou."
Zhou Ze remembered that these were what he had said to Yingying when they were in Lijiang.
Although this sounds a bit ominous,
But for these two zombies, there is no need to have any taboos like ordinary people.
The relationship between the two is really too close.
They sleep in each other's arms every day, and have been together most of the time in the past few years.
Hypocrisy and courtesy are not needed here.
"good."
Zhou Ze smiled.
He didn't take the umbrella Yingying handed over, turned around and continued walking into the rain.
Yingying stood there holding an umbrella, watching her boss's back as he walked away.
She naturally knew what would happen tonight. In fact, everyone in the library knew it, otherwise they would not have gathered together for this dinner.
But maybe this is life. Life always brings you things that make you feel powerless, just like your boss at this moment. You can only stand here and watch him leave, but you can't catch up.
Because if you follow him, you can't help him at all except causing trouble.
A girl holding a red umbrella passed by Yingying.
The girl turned her head.
I glanced at Yingying.
Yingying also looked at her.
For some reason, Yingying clenched her hands suddenly, and when the girl came to two meters in front of her, Yingying dropped the umbrella in her hand and smashed it directly at her back!
“Buzz!”
The girl's figure disappeared like smoke.
Yingying stood there, looking at her hands in surprise.
… …
The soles of my shoes splashed water again and again, letting the rain splash on my body wantonly and to my heart's content. I didn't have to worry about whether I would look good enough to meet clients next, whether I would go to school next, or whether I would be scolded by my parents.
Just walking openly in the rain, that kind of joy and freedom can sometimes make people intoxicated.
As I was walking, I looked up and saw the cosmetics store in front of me had already closed early due to the typhoon.
The store door was closed, but the fluorescent lights at the door were still flickering stubbornly. Gradually, the lights began to blur.
Zhou Ze immediately lowered his head.
He wiped his face vigorously with both hands.
I can't watch this any longer.
If you continue watching, the lamp will turn into the Xuanyuan Sword.
Helplessly, I could only lower my head slightly, try not to look at the light around me, and just keep walking forward.
I didn’t know how long I walked until I heard the sound of suona in front of me.
Lift your head,
Zhou Ze found that everything around him was a little dazed, as if the ink was applied with a heavier stroke and the ink began to spread.
The sound of the suona is very festive, but you can clearly tell that it is fake.
A group of people dressed in red and green, some were cheering, some were singing and dancing,
Some were carrying the sedan chair.
This team feels familiar and like it's been seen before.
After they passed by me,
In front of Zhou Ze,
A pit appeared.
Zhou Ze walked forward a few steps, bent down, and saw a coffin in the pit.
It’s a familiar feeling again, but I really had forgotten it.
Zhou Ze did not open the coffin lid, but the coffin lid was blown over by the wind.
You clearly don't want to move forward, and don't want to follow the instructions of the unknown, but it just doesn't go your way.
After the coffin lid was lifted,
The figure inside was revealed.
A woman in plain white clothes lay here quietly.
She must have been lying here for a long time.
A smile appeared on Zhou Ze's lips.
He did not bend down to pick her up.
Instead, he straightened up again and raised his head.
Everything around,
Something has changed.
Bookshelves, plastic stools, small bar, and stairs.
Outside, it was raining heavily.
This is the earliest bookstore, located in Wuzhou International. It is where my second life began.
The stairs led to the second floor. I remember that there was a freezer on the second floor.
At this time,
A woman in white clothes and with a cold face walked down the stairs. She tiptoed and walked silently.
She seemed unable to see Zhou Ze, even though he was standing right in front of her.
"interesting?"
A discordant voice appeared beside him.
Zhou Ze frowned slightly. He really disliked this point about Ying Gou. He always appeared at the most appropriate time and interrupted the atmosphere he had created with great difficulty.
Ying Gou's figure appeared beside Zhou Ze.
He has exactly the same face as Zhou Ze, but Ying Gou is shirtless, and the rune marks on his body make him look so mysterious.
Of course, although they look exactly the same, their temperaments are very different.
"You haven't come out for a long time." Zhou Ze said.
“If… you… don’t… come… out… you’ll… have… no… chance…”
"That's right." Zhou Ze nodded, agreeing with him.
“It’s almost… time…”
"Yeah, it's almost time."
If I walk a little further, I will probably reach my destination. Then, the Xuan-Yuan Sword may be waiting for me at the end of the road.
It wasn't as grand as imagined, and in fact there was no need to be grand. Boss Zhou has always been disgusted by ritualistic things.
"What are you doing… "
"Watching TV."
Zhou Ze replied.
He knew what Ying Gou meant. Not far ahead was the Xuanyuan Sword, but he was still here reminiscing.
Taking advantage of the heavy rain and the darkness, I pull my thoughts into reality. It feels like self-hypnosis. Of course, it’s more like self-paralysis.
Ahead,
Yingying, dressed in white, had already walked to the bar. She reached out and picked up the water glass on the bar, then stuck out her playful tongue and stirred the water in the glass.
Nongfu Spring, a little sweet.
After seeing this scene, the smile on Zhou Ze's face became even more intense.
Ying Gou closed his eyes, as if he was too lazy to look at the stupid look of his own dog.
“That’s enough… No…”
"It's still early." Zhou Ze shook his head and said, "Before going to the battlefield, don't you all like to take out photos of your family and look at them?"
Ying Gou didn't want to say anything anymore.
only,
The surrounding scenes trembled at this moment.
“Stop it!”
Zhou Ze put his hand on Ying Gou's shoulder, signaling him not to get excited.
This was just an illusion that he had created for himself under hypnosis. It was so simple and crude that it couldn't even be considered an illusion. With the strength of Ying Gou's aura, even the slightest disturbance could destroy everything here.
It seemed that because of the tremor just now, Yingying, who put down the water cup, seemed to sense something, and her eyes slowly looked in the direction of Zhou Ze and Ying Gou.
Zhou Ze showed a hint of surprise.
He placed his hand on Ying Gou and patted him gently.
"Thank you."
Ying Gou continued to close his eyes, as if he had done nothing.
But Zhou Ze knew clearly what he had just done. He transformed his simple photo studio into the most advanced one available.
It seems so real and so unreal that it is impossible to tell the difference.
The "Yingying" in front of me has actually broken through the original image in my memory and created a feeling of interaction.
Unable to bear the thought of his dog still playing with the Subor learning machine, he closed his eyes and upgraded his dog to a PS4.
Ahead,
Yingying's eyes were alert at first.
But when she saw Zhou Ze and Ying Gou standing next to him,
Her eyes began to soften and she slowly walked towards the two of them.
"No, oh!"
Zhou Ze signaled to Ying Gou that it was time to end.
Because in this memory, Yingying had not yet had any contact or communication with me when she was awake, which probably means that this is the setting.
Therefore, Yingying will instinctively walk towards Yinggou, which is determined by the zombie bloodline.
Therefore, in order to avoid the bloody scene that follows, Boss Zhou feels that it is time to turn the page.
But Ying Gou still closed his eyes, as if he didn't hear it. It seemed that he did it on purpose, trying to choke himself.
but,
When Yingying came in front of them,
She actually took the initiative to walk in front of Zhou Ze, and did not go to Ying Gou.
This scene surprised Boss Zhou and moved him a little. He looked at Ying Gou beside him and asked:
"Did you change it, or is there really a special fate?"
immediately,
Boss Zhou asked and answered his own question, reaching out and grabbing Yingying's cold hand.
"It must be a special fate."
"Heh..."