"Oh, thanks..." Rand said in shock. "It's a little... miraculous."
It took him a moment to settle on the last word.
Munster's face seemed to be lit up, and it rubbed Rand proudly and happily. This kind of innocent behavior like a small animal undoubtedly made Rand feel a little relieved.
Just as the two of them were sticky and crooked for such a short time, the sky that was still blue-gray just now had turned into some bright gray-blue, and on the distant horizon, the sun showed a hint of gold.
Rand stood up from the pile of foam and stretched a long, lazy waist. He heard the bones of his whole body rattle softly.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but envy Munster a little. This big monster always seemed to be full of energy and energy.
However, after meeting Munster's face, Rand's vision suddenly stopped.
"you… "
He murmured, and held out his hand.
Munster's body suddenly stiffened, and it stared blankly at Rand.
"Your face..." Rand frowned slightly, with a hint of confusion in his tone. "It looks like something is different."
He says.
In fact, at first he thought it was an illusion.
It's only been one night, and Munster's face seems to be more beautiful than before (the word "beautiful" is not wrong).
And that wasn't Rand's delusion.
If he has the conditions to measure Munster's facial features with an instrument and record the data of yesterday and today, he will easily find that Munster has fine-tuned his face again after taking sufficient nutritional supplements.
Its eyes and facial contours are absolutely symmetrical to each other, and the positions of the facial features are also precisely in line with the golden rule. At the same time, the lower jaw begins to widen, which physiologically shows the strong and abundant male hormones in its body. The color deepened, the whiteness of the skin and the shininess of the hair also increased, and it became more gorgeous and beautiful than before, just like the bird in the mating period always makes itself look conspicuous.
"How am I different?"
Munster's eyelashes quivered slightly with tension, and the eyes it looked at Rand were as clear as spring water.
Rand was almost in a trance again at his indescribable beauty, but thankfully he quickly returned to normal.
"nothing."
His face flushed slightly, and as an excuse, he retrieved the wheelchair from outside the house and motioned for Munster to sit back in.
"It's getting late, and we need to get out of here as soon as possible when there's no one on the street."
Munster meekly complied with his request.
They left the empty house.
At the moment of gradually moving away from it in the morning light, Munster glanced back at the silent building, intentionally or not.
Those unpruned bushes quiver gently in the breeze.
A week later, the new estate agent would find the bushes dead for no apparent reason. They then replanted there, digging holes and found some scraps of old leather shoes, but no one paid any attention to them. The newly transplanted plants also died quickly, and people tried several times and found that, for some reason, the plants planted there never survived. Someone eventually turned that small area into a parking space, and the house was sold soon after.
And "Bull" didn't see the pair of bastard scavengers who stole his goods until he was executed ten years later... Of course, at that time, he didn't remember their existence...
Let's turn the clock back to this botanical-scented morning.
Rand found a bus stop on the edge of the community, and he and Munster took the bus and got off after ten stops.
Then he found a rental car and rented a dark green Ford with cash.
When paying the money, he gave an extra two hundred dollars and pretended not to notice it, and the young staff member with the pimples on his face did not mention it at all in the obvious nervousness. thing.
Rand didn't say much...
After all, when he rented the car, he didn't even think about exchanging it for it. The extra $200 was just a small apology.
"Feel sorry."
Rand said softly in his heart as he drove into the traffic.
The car wasn't in very good condition, with slight bumps all the time, but Lander was relieved to have a car.
He pulled out of town, turned a corner, and again onto a northeast secondary highway, but this time his destination was clear—the Missouri River northeast of Kansas.
Rand couldn't help but glance at Munster again.
Perhaps, it could enter the water there, and then follow the river all the way to the sea... which is much less risky than driving on land with many levels. It's just that it will be a problem to convince Munster to separate from him there, and it is always crying and a little weak, and Rand is not very reassured that it will go on this lonely and long journey alone...
The engine rumbled loudly at the front of the car, and Rand felt like he had been injected with hot butter, one thought after another spinning around in his head.
Just the thought that he might be parting with Munster soon made Rand particularly uncomfortable.
The sun fell into the cabin from the window, Munster leaned his head against the glass window, his silver hair shone with a metallic sheen. Even while Rand was driving, his bunny-like red eyes stared intently at Rand.
As long as Rand tilted his head slightly, he would meet its reliant, viscous, honey-like gaze.
… The pain, like a heart attack, deepened again.
"...no matter how far apart, I will always love you..."
Adele's singing came from the radio.
She repeated it over and over.
"...no matter what I say, I will always love you..."
No, Munster will understand eventually.
Rand said desperately to himself.
This is for its safety...and its future.
But at this moment, he heard another voice echoing softly in the carriage.
"… I will love you forever."
That was Munster's voice.
Very rarely, it hummed softly to a human voice.
The sensitivity of Rand's gaze made it notice Rand's gaze for the first time. On its cheeks, a pink like the first blooming rose petals appeared.
"I, I love this lyric," it said, looking deeply at Rand.
"Oh… "
Rand's lips parted slightly.
He thought he should probably say something, but strangely, there were some blanks in his brain.
He focused somewhat absently in front of the car, and then—
"squeak-"
There was a screeching screech of brakes.
The tires of the dark green old Ford had rubbed long black offset prints on the concrete floor, and a stench of rubber overflowed.
It was probably less than ten centimeters away from the car in front.
A grumpy-faced old woman popped out of the driver's seat of the car in front and glanced at Rand with a frown.
A Shar Pei poked its head out of the passenger seat in the same position, snorting and exhaling with its tongue out.
…
Munster thought there was something funny and sneered.
The dog let out a whimper from its throat and yanked its head into the car.
… Rand didn't notice the details.
His face was very ugly, but not just because of the mistake just now - because of his distraction, he almost rear-ended.
This secondary road was completely blocked.
Rand and Munster have experienced a lot of similar traffic jams in the past few days, but he never thought that Deep White's search for them would be so endless.
They are still conducting card inspections inside the city, even though the entire city has been completely blocked.
It's incredible!
Rand glanced ahead, and the thing that made people feel like the hair was standing upside down jumped into his eyes.
Perhaps it was because the traffic jam was so severe that the inspectors had to take new measures. They took pictures of the police officers and the hounds, and conducted the initial inspection one car at a time. There were less than ten cars, and the policeman could do it. See the Rand in the Ford.
Rand's fake documents all belonged to Rogers, and in this bright daylight, anyone could clearly notice the difference between the photo and Rand's.
Rand's blood turned cold in an instant.
He promptly asked Munster to pick up the wheelchair from the trunk and leave the car.
He then got out through the passenger's door while the officer was still checking the left-hand side window of the driver's seat.
"We have to go."
He says.
Then, bowing slightly, he pushed Munster across the road and galloped down the sidewalk.
If the police detect the empty car, I am afraid it will not take long to realize that something is wrong.
Rand felt so nervous that he almost collapsed.
Both he and Munster are too conspicuous as a suspicious person, and the time left for him to escape is very urgent. Should he...
It was also at this time that he suddenly heard the church bell.
He glanced sharply to the side of the road and saw that a wedding was being held there, and people were getting out of their cars one after another and pacing into the church.
Before he could think about it, Rand pushed Munster into the crowd, and then walked into the church "calmly".
After seeing Munster, a well-meaning person gave Rand a sideways but spacious enough position.
"So, you are Essie's friends?"
After everyone was seated, the man sitting next to Rand kindly approached and asked softly.
"what?"
Rand played a clever, still in a state of shock, he didn't even understand what the other party was talking about.
Luckily he didn't seem to notice Rand's absence either.
"...I'm a friend of Nefir, you can call me Corey." He explained with a smile at Rand.
"Oh, hello, nice to meet you. What a beautiful day isn't it?"
After Rand regained his senses, he forced a smile and shook hands with him.
"Yes, yes, it was not easy for them, but fortunately they got the happiness they deserved in the end."
Corey sighed with relief, his attitude towards Rand and Munster was unbelievably cordial—until he saw the little rainbow flag badge on Corey's collar.
Rand couldn't help turning his head to look at Munster.
It also has the rainbow flag badge pinned to its collar—for it, it was the first gift from Rand, and it was precious.
And for Rand, he finally realized what was wrong with the vagueness that pervaded the wedding.
There are too many men here in pairs...