Lu Jiayao said: "It's really a fluke to be able to live to this day."
"... I don't know her past, and I have never seen her before. What was she like before." Xiao Xiao lowered her head again, tied the bandage on the raccoon dog, and pushed it to signal it to go away, "But she is absolutely not now, you guess look."
Lu Jiayao turned her face away, her gaze was as sharp as her knife.
"So sure?"
"Some things can only be known when the distance is closer."
Lu Jiayao smiled, with a thin smile: "The desire to monopolize is really strong. You... Is this the relationship?"
Xiao Xiao paused as she washed her hands: "What?" She didn't object to the desire for monopoly.
isn't it? Lu Jiayao noticed the genuine confusion on Xiao Xiao's face, and was a little surprised.
No matter how you look at it, that kind of intimacy like no one else, following each other's eyes, and explicit attachment are all beyond ordinary companionship... but the person involved is not aware of it yet.
"It's fine if you don't understand."
Lu Jiayao has no intention of being an assist to someone she hates.
However, is this really good? She looked at Xiao Xiao, many features had changed after zombification, but the facial features were indeed the person she knew: "You don't remember anything, do you?"
Xiao Xiao pursed her lips slightly: "...you really know me."
When she appeared in front of Lu Jiayao, Lin You might not have noticed the subtle expression change on Lu Jiayao's face, but she could see it clearly.
"It's not a relationship worth mentioning." Lu Jiayao said, "Since you forgot, I have no obligation to tell you."
"I don't need you, say something. It doesn't matter what happened to my past..." Xiao Xiao carefully washed and dried her hands, then turned to look at Lu Jiayao, with a faint warning in her eyes, "Don't bother her."
Lu Jiayao sneered: "How do you call it an interruption?"
The two looked at each other from a distance, and the tense atmosphere in the air reached its peak.
"Xiao Xiao—"
Lin You pushed the door open and came in.
"..."
After thinking about it for a while, she felt that it was inappropriate to keep the two of them together. Lin You, who came out to call for help, received the eyes of the two of them at the same time, and was stunned for a moment.
She coughed dryly, pretending not to notice the stiff atmosphere: "Xiao Xiao, come here and do me a favor."
Dinner ended in this weird atmosphere. Lin You helped Lu Jiayao tidy up the guest room, and each of them prepared to rest.
She came out of the shower and yawned. She always felt very tired today... Lin You pushed Xiao Xiao to take a bath, wanting to go to bed early, but saw the clothes drying pole in the yard through the window, only to find that the clothes were confiscated.
Normally, even if she forgot, Xiao Xiao would still remember... It's rare that neither of them thought of it today.
Lin You smiled helplessly and went out to collect the clothes. When he walked to the veranda, he happened to meet Lu Jiayao pushing the door out.
"Senior Sister?" Lin You greeted her, "What's the matter?"
"...Well," Lu Jiayao didn't expect to run into her just now, and paused for a while, "I'm coming out to boil water."
"Then let me help." Lin You smiled at her.
It happened that Zhaocai was at home, so she found it and lit a fire. In the quiet night, the firewood burned gradually and steadily, and the sparks made a subtle crackling sound.
The flickering light of the fire shone on Lu Jiayao's face leaning against the door, and her blue-gold eyes flickered on and off.
It seems that there have been times like this before.
In the silent night, with a warm fire, there are only two vigils left.
Lin You stared at the orange-red flames in a daze. Probably because she met an old friend she hadn't seen for many years, and she remembered things from a long time ago.
The memory that was thought to be forgotten, it was only now that he realized that it was still very clear.
"Before... there was a time like this."
"Eh?" Hearing Lu Jiayao's voice suddenly, Lin You was surprised by the synchronization of her thoughts and his own, and replied hesitantly, "Ah... yes."
It's incredible. She wouldn't be surprised if it were someone else, but in Lin You's memory, Lu Jiayao was an extremely brave and decisive person, always walking forward, stopping to recall the past, unlike her.
It's been almost seven years since we last met... It's normal to have changes.
Lin You sighed in his heart that time flies. Lu Jiayao quietly looked at the fire with a calm expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
"How are you doing?"
Suddenly, she asked.
How about now? Lin You thought for a while, and unconsciously showed a soft smile on her face: "It's just what you see, Senior Sister, and you're doing well."
"Living in this environment, thanks to you, you can still say it's good."
In Lu Jiayao's eyes, Lin You looked over the kitchen window and saw Xiao Hong curled up in the corner of the yard resting.
Lin You understood what she meant: "I probably couldn't before... But now they won't hurt me."
Lu Jiayao said, "Do you think mutant creatures can be trusted?"
"… I do not know."
Lin You told the truth: "Don't talk about living in peace, I don't know how many times I was almost killed by mutant creatures in the past eight years. It's far from trustworthy... But, I want to trust Xiao Xiao."
Believe that Xiao Xiao will protect her promise.
"..."
"Where is Senior Sister? How was life after that?" Lin You changed the subject.
She understood Lu Jiayao's thoughts and knew that Lu Jiayao would not agree with her. The reunion is like an adventure, and they may never see each other again in the future. Lin You doesn't want to leave a dispute in the end.
Moreover, Lin You was also a little concerned about what happened to Lu Jiayao: "Why did you join the Pujiang base?"
She saw the logo on Lu Jiayao's combat uniform, which was the same as that of the three people that day.
"There are various reasons." Lu Jiayao didn't seem to want to talk about the past, "There is no Pujiang base now."
The water in the kettle boiled, and the spout made a whining sound.
This seemed to remind them that the conversation should come to an end. Lu Jiayao raised the water bottle: "I'm going back to my room. You should go to bed early."
"Ah, okay... Sister, you dropped something."
When Lu Jiayao turned around, a photo stuffed in her pocket fell lightly and landed at Lin You's feet.
Lin You helped her pick it up, and when she saw the content on it, she froze for a moment: "This is..."
It's a group photo.
Lin You saw herself from long ago, Lu Jiayao, and many familiar faces on it.
She remembered that this was a photo she took in Lu Jiayao's team at that time.
At that time, the situation was not that serious, or they didn't realize the seriousness of the matter. Although fighting zombies, he still maintains an optimistic mood.
The members of the team who learned photography had to find a darkroom to develop the photos after taking them.
Unfortunately, that time, there was a wave of zombies looking for food nearby, and the senior who taught her how to use a gun got angry while fighting: "Zhu Feibai! Are you alright?! Why are you so dawdling!"
"It's not for me to decide whether it's fast or not!"
Lin You nervously guarded the door, while Lu Jiayao, who was eating compressed biscuits beside her, looked at her and said, "The location is just right, practice your gun now."
…
Lin You also had this photo, but hers had been lost while fleeing.
Lu Jiayao took the photo from her without saying anything.
Lin You stood alone for a while, and when she came out of the kitchen, she found that the clothes on the clothes rail had been taken away.
When she returned to the room, Xiao Xiao had her hair loose after taking a shower. She was sitting at the desk looking at the pot of impatiens that was about to open. When she heard her footsteps, she raised her head and looked at her as she stretched out her hand.
"What's wrong?"
Lin You held Xiao Xiao's hand, and the moment the cool body temperature came over, she exhaled lightly, always feeling that her heart, which had been floating just now, had settled down.
Xiao Xiao pulled her, leaned over and hugged her waist: "Yuzi, won't you leave?"
"No... why do you think so?"
Is it because of Senior Sister? That's why you're hostile to her? Being hugged tightly, Lin You could feel Xiao Xiao's uneasiness from the strength transmitted.
While she was slightly dumbfounded, she was also completely filled with Xiao Xiao's attachment.
Xiao Xiao said sullenly: "Stable, calm, and gives people a sense of stability. Youzi likes people like this, right? I remember."
... Alas, can this be considered jealous
Lin You lowered her head, and could only see the top of Xiao Xiao's head, the snow-white hair was still soft and wet, she pretended to be surprised: "So Xiao Xiao, you really admire senior sister?"
"..."
Xiao Xiao maintained this posture and raised her face, her icy blue eyes looked at her without blinking.
Lin You couldn't help laughing: "Just kidding, don't look at me like this... I won't go with others. When it comes to these words, Xiao Xiao actually fits them well, right?"
"Does Yuzu like me?"
"...I like it." Lin You had no choice but to Xiao Xiao, who liked to confess to each other every day, her drooping eyes were extremely gentle, "I only like you."
"..." Xiao Xiao hesitated rarely, "I also..."
She stopped.
"Also?" Lin You, who didn't wait for Xiao Xiao's daily liking, questioned with his eyes.
"..."
Lin You felt that the clothes at the back of her waist were being grasped tightly, Xiao Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and a little helpless appeared in her expression.
"... Xiao Xiao? What's the matter, is there something wrong?"
Xiao Xiao shook her head, buried her face again: "Me too, I like pomelo."
Her voice was soft, and Lin You's heart jumped inexplicably. She only felt that this confession seemed a little different from the past... What was different, she couldn't tell.
The room was quiet, and the two of them didn't speak for a while.
It wasn't until the sudden night wind blew out the candles on the table that Lin You whispered, "...well, go and rest."
"Ok… "
But lying on the bed, Lin You could feel that Xiao Xiaoyi hadn't closed his eyes and was watching her.
She was so watched that she couldn't fall asleep, so she turned over helplessly, and faced Xiao Xiao who was facing the bed: "Is there anything else you want to say?"
Xiao Xiao shook his head first, then paused for a moment, nodded again, and said in a small voice: "I want to know about grapefruit."
"my business?"
"Hmm. What was grapefruit like before?"
Before...
The memories that surfaced in the kitchen were turned up again, Lin You sighed softly, and Xiao Xiao held her hand under the quilt.
Lin You shook her hand back: "It's not an interesting story... Do you really want to hear it?"