The sky is drizzling, and the world seems to be shrouded in a veil.
Is something wrong
Lin You took back the cold lunch, and the worst thought first came to mind, and soon dismissed it by herself. No matter how unaggressive Xiao Xiao is, she is still a zombie king. I am afraid that there is no creature in this world that can threaten her.
why is that...
Lin You suddenly realized something, these two days Xiao Xiao has always followed her, almost like a shadow behind her. Slowly, after she got used to this, she never considered the situation that Xiao Xiao didn't keep up.
Maybe it's just lost track.
Lin You thought about it, and walked back along the way she came here before, and she saw the white figure at the last rest point.
A woman in a white coat sat on the ruined wall by the roadside, looking down at the things in her hands. She didn't wear a hat, and her snow-colored long hair hung down her shoulders, wet by the hazy rain.
Lin You stepped on the gravel on the road, making a small sound.
Xiao Xiao raised her head at just the right moment, her snow-white eyelashes were pure ice blue. Reflecting her approaching figure, those jewel-like eyes widened slightly, and then bent into a happy arc.
Lin You inexplicably also bent the corners of her lips: "What are you looking at?"
Xiao Xiao twisted the object in her palm and held it up for her to see. It was a small white flower with five petals of pure white and a deep red calyx, with a hint of moist water. Lin You let out an "ah" and looked at the giant tree in the center of the town.
It's not very clear from too far away, but you can see the white star dots on the shade of the trees.
"The flowers bloom so fast..." Lin You said emotionally, feeling her fingers being hooked, looking down, Xiao Xiao opened her palm and put the flowers on it, "Give it to me?"
Um.
Although there was no answer, Xiao Xiao nodded seriously.
"Thank you." Lin You put it away carefully. She met Xiao Xiao's gaze and cleared her throat, "I found a place to live... Do you want to move here together?"
Xiao Xiao looked at her and blinked slowly.
She took out the notebook and turned to the very first page.
— May I stay
Lin You was speechless for a moment, then let out a sigh of relief and laughed: "Well, yes... no, I am inviting you."
The eyes looking at her from behind the pages of the book bent and nodded briskly.
Said to "move here", Xiao Xiao didn't seem to have anything to move.
Lin You took her on the way back. Before going back, they found cleaning supplies in a roadside grocery store. After all, they hadn't lived in a house for eight years, and it would take a lot of effort just to clean it.
Lin You walked ahead with a broom and mop, Xiao Xiao was a few steps behind with two buckets. She seems to be very curious about everything, especially the plants on the side of the road, and it is easy to stop when she looks at it.
When Lin You walked for a while, she had to look back to see if she had lost track, like taking a kindergarten child out for an outing. It's funny to say, when the two didn't meet before, she was never worried that Xiao Xiao would lose her, but now she has a premonition that she will let go.
This premonition became a reality after Lin You turned around one time.
The road behind was empty, and no white figures could be seen. Lin You wanted to sigh again, she searched along the trampled weeds by the side of the road, Xiao Xiao squatted under a tree, holding something and put it into the plastic bucket that should have been carried in her hand.
"what are you doing?"
Lin You smelled a rich and sweet fragrance, followed by squatting down, and looked into the barrel, there were flowers again.
This time, the whole plant was dug out together with the huge root system like a fruit. The thick and layered leaves surrounded the thick flower stems, and the orange-red flowers the size of a human face bloomed on the top, which looked a bit like a lily, but the opened petals were more Drooping down, the tips are like raindrops, and the pale yellow stamens are short and dense.
The yard is so big that it is not a problem to plant flowers. Lin You asked, "Do you want to raise it?"
Xiao Xiao nodded.
While they were talking, a blue-feathered bird seemed to be attracted by the aroma, and flapped its wings and landed on the edge of the barrel. It was not afraid to turn its head to look at the two of them left and right, then lowered down and touched the stamen with its sharp beak.
The fragrance of the flowers suddenly became stronger, and there seemed to be a faint rancid smell.
Lin You watched helplessly, and the flower core opened like a person's mouth in an instant, revealing a crimson hole and jagged thorns.
Lin You: "..."
The little blue-feathered bird wobbled and flapped its wings, but instead of flying up, fell straight down.
Xiao Xiao caught it with his hands.
She put the limp bird aside, and the flower in the bucket still had its mouth wide open, as if it didn't react, it took a while to close the stamen and turn back into a quiet plant. Probably an illusion, it seems to be a little weaker than before.
"You..." Lin You reconfirmed with difficulty, "...do you want to raise it?"
Xiao Xiao was keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere, and looked at her with a slightly blank questioning look, as if asking "Is it okay?"
no! Can't!
Lin You felt that as a cohabitant, she had the right to refuse the unreasonable request of her roommate to raise dangerous creatures at home. But she met Xiao Xiao's eyes, remained silent for a moment, and reluctantly said: "If it's in the yard..."
Xiao Xiao obediently planted it in the yard.
When she was planting flowers, Lin You warmed up the cold vegetables. It was raining outside, but there was no time to clean the inside, it was full of dust, finally Xiao Xiao faced the yard which was mostly weeds, sat on the porch, holding a bowl and slowly blowing the cool air.
She took off the mask, revealing her entire face, with soft and delicate features, like the delicate flower in Lin You's pocket. If SW University had any school flower list in the past, Lin You believed that she would definitely be on the list.
Xiao Xiao lowered his head to drink the soup.
Lin You saw her hair hanging on the side of her face dangling, and was about to fall into the bowl several times, so she couldn't help but reach out to catch it, causing Xiao Xiao, who was holding the edge of the bowl in his mouth, to give a suspicious look.
Lin You said helplessly, "Let me tie it up for you."
She had cut her hair short for convenience a long time ago, and there was no hair tie around her, so she had to use the elastic on the hood of her clothes to make do. Probably because of the rain before, Xiao Xiao's hair was cool, and when he rolled it up, it seemed to hold a handful of spring water.
Lin You simply tied a ponytail for Xiao Xiao, and after combing her hair, she realized that her ears were pointed, like the ears of elves in film and television dramas.
She couldn't help pinching it, and Xiao Xiao, who was eating, trembled... choked.
Xiao Xiao covered her mouth and coughed, turned her head and gave a disapproving look, and her slightly red ears trembled.
It's kind of cute...
"Ah no, pfft, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lin You still didn't stop laughing in the face of Xiao Xiao's strong condemnation, and quickly apologized while helping her.
Xiao Xiao turned her face away.
After a short rest, Lin You and Xiao Xiao started to clean the master bedroom. The roof of the living room and kitchen was broken, and most of the furniture was damp and rotted due to the wind and rain. The bedroom was better sealed, and it was basically still usable, but the mold needed to be dissipated.
Lin You also found a scrambled sixth-order Rubik's cube on the bedside table.
She tried to restore it. In this world without games, educational toys are very happy. However, she is not good at this aspect, and she can only feel that her thinking is gradually getting knotted...
Suddenly, with a light hand, Lin You raised her head, and Xiao Xiao, who was mopping the floor next to her, put down her mop and stared at her seriously with the Rubik's Cube in her hand.
"... Cough." Lin You almost forgot that she was still cleaning, "Work, work."
Xiao Xiao glanced at her, fiddled with her hands for a while, and quickly and deftly restored the Rubik's Cube.
Lin You: "..."
She pondered for a moment, and said sincerely: "Please turn it back, and don't disturb ordinary people's fun of exercising their IQ."
Xiao Xiao shook her head condescendingly, and she didn't know what she was shaking her head at. She gave her a tolerant look, returned the Rubik's Cube, and went out with the sewage bucket where the mop had been washed.
Has her personality changed after she was raised at home
Lin You looked at her back with an unconscious smile in her eyes. She put the restored Rubik's Cube on the empty space on the bookshelf, next to it were the books of the original owner, which had been carefully wiped by Xiao Xiao, arranged neatly, and put away by category.
Most of these books are professional books related to computer programming, which are not as long as dry wood burning, and the remaining magazines and novels can be used to pass the time.
This is Lin You's idea. In comparison, Xiao Xiao treats every book more seriously.
The sky gradually darkened, and the soft and fine spring rain stopped, and the cool air after the rain was blown in through the windows by the wind.
After cleaning the bedroom, Lin You boiled water to clean her body, washed her hair by the way, and returned to her room in loose clothes.
The musty smell of the bed was too strong, so they chose to sleep on the ground temporarily, with only one quilt, so they could only sleep together.
Xiao Xiao sat cross-legged against the wall, writing and drawing in her notebook.
You can write without light at night, and the zombie king's night vision ability is really enviable.
Lin You sat on the outside, yawned and was about to go to sleep, when she turned her head and saw Xiao Xiao stopped writing, tilting her head to look at her.
She touched her face: "...? What's the matter, I didn't wash my face clean?"
Xiao Xiao's eyes reflected her appearance at the moment, her white and tender cheeks felt moist after washing, her half-wet hair was softly attached to her cheeks, her round eyes were filled with a bit of bewilderment, she looked cute and childish... like A middle school student aged fourteen or fifteen.
Xiao Xiao spontaneously felt affection for the cub, and patted her head.
"..." Lin You grabbed her hand with a dark face, "Don't touch my head."
Since she was a child, because of her appearance, she has attracted all kinds of elders, peers, and even younger brothers and sisters to pat her head. The person concerned seriously suspects that it is because she is touched a lot that she will not grow taller.
Xiao Xiao expresses innocence and doubts with his eyes.
"It's not possible anyway." Lin You refused to discuss this topic, "What are you writing about?"
Xiao Xiao handed her the notebook directly.
Lin You was slightly taken aback: "Can I watch?" In fact, she was just asking casually.
Instead of answering, the notebook was stuffed in. In the dark environment, Lin You could only see the simple lines on it. She turned on her solar flashlight, only to find that Xiao Xiao had drawn simplified houses and flowers on it, with smooth and vivid brushstrokes, and the painting was actually pretty good.
Day 756
She invited me to live with her.
I like it here, the yard at the entrance can grow many things.
What I like most is being with her.
Lin You reacted slowly, these short sentences should be Xiao Xiao's diary.
Xiao Xiao pressed her hand and turned to the first page.
Lin You raised her eyes, and met Xiao Xiao's gaze under the scattered light of the flashlight. Among the floating dust, those pure ice blue eyes were quietly watching her.
The author has something to say:
Yes, Yuzu is not only short, but also has a cute loli face.