Earrings

Wei Shao made thorough preparations for the upcoming important plot points.

This includes the head □□.

His original hair color was very dark, and he bleached it four times before it finally stopped looking yellowish.

In fact, golden yellow is the most common hair color for Zerg, but Wei Shao couldn't accept that it really looked like a spirited young man, so he simply bleached it a few more degrees until it became platinum.

He has fair skin and deep features, and his exaggerated hair color doesn't look weird, but rather quite cool and handsome.

In order to avoid being punished by his class teacher, he dyed it on Friday night.

There were two female classmates in the barber shop who went to the same school as him and came to get their hair done. After recognizing him, they looked over here several times.

First of all, everyone likes to look at good-looking people, and secondly...

Although their school is a private high school and does not have strict restrictions on students' dressing like ordinary high schools, if they wear light colors like this, they will definitely be brought to the podium for review by the dean of studies.

The two female classmates exchanged glances: Handsome guys are brave.

The new hair color is very common among the Zerg, but very eye-catching in the real world. Wei Shao is just a little rebellious, not a middle school student. As soon as he left the barber shop, he put on the baseball cap he had prepared.

The first thing Song Tao said when he saw him was: "Why are you wearing a hat? Are you trying to look cool?"

The second glance revealed his platinum hair beneath his black cap.

Before Wei Shao could even say anything, he was completely exposed.

Song Tao was shocked: "Fuck, Brother Shao you are really awesome, how dare you?"

Things have come to this point, pretending to be cool is not a big deal, Wei Shao said indifferently: "Why not? If you want to show off, just show off."

The more Song Tao watched, the cooler he thought it was: "No, I want to get one too! Let's go on stage and read our self-criticisms together next Wednesday. My girlfriend will definitely think we're so cool!"

Wei Shao couldn't understand: "Are you sick?"

Song Tao has made up his mind: "Where did you get it?"

Wei Shao reminded him: "I will be back next week and will not read the self-criticism with you."

Song Tao didn't believe that he would dye his hair back to such a handsome color: "Just tell me where you got it."

Wei Shao: “…”

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On the weekend, Wei Shao went to Philo's place as usual.

But this time he didn't land at home - that is, Philo didn't stay at home in advance waiting for him to come like he did before.

It seemed like she didn't want to see him.

But the landing point was quite subtle, as it happened to be the ruins where he first saw Philo.

So it’s not that I don’t want to see you, it’s that we’re still being upset.

Wei Shao understood what was going on, and immediately searched around the ruins for several times. He easily found Philo, who was sitting in a daze, on the other side of the broken wall.

As soon as the footsteps were heard, the other party obviously noticed his arrival. His body paused slightly, but he did not turn his head. He was still fiddling with the sand on the ground with a small stick, as if he had great interest in the mud.

Wei Shao felt guilty, so he naturally couldn't get angry. He walked to Fei Luo and squatted down, poking Fei Luo's shoulder again: "Luo Luo, why are you squatting here to grow mushrooms?"

Philo stared silently at a small area under his feet and did not answer.

Compared to the first time they met, Philo had grown taller, his skin was whiter, and his handsome boyish appearance was beginning to show the tip of the iceberg. Even though he was huddled in such a shabby place, his clean and clear temperament had not changed at all.

Wei Shao took out some snacks from his pocket and handed them over: "Want to eat?"

Philo turned his face away and answered him with silence.

Wei Shao could only pretend to talk to himself and said in frustration: "What should I do? The little mushroom is angry."

Fei Luo finally turned his head and looked at him: "Wei Shao, I am not three years old this year."

At the same time, he also noticed the change in Wei Shao's hair color. His pupils shrank slightly, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.

Hearing this address, Wei Shao narrowed his eyes and flicked his forehead: "You disrespectful fellow - call me brother."

Philo kept silent.

Wei Shao keenly felt that something was different about Fei Luo this time, but he was powerless to do anything.

He sighed softly and put his arm around Philo's shoulders: "Are you really angry with your brother? Are you the kind who will never forgive you?"

Philo's eyelashes trembled.

How could they never forgive each other...their "forever" would only last for a little over half a year.

Wei Shao patted his shoulder and said, "Brother, can I stay with you for three days this time?"

Philo finally couldn't keep calm anymore. His lips moved and he asked softly, "Really?"

"Really? I lied to you that you were a puppy."

[Wei Shao...!] ! 】

Wei Shao was selectively deaf and shook his head at Fei Luo: "Is he handsome?"

Fei Luo stared at his hair for a few seconds, his fingers moved slightly, Wei Shao noticed it, and directly grabbed his hand and put it on his head, saying generously: "Feel free to touch it."

Philo pursed his lips and stroked Wei Shao's hair with his slender white fingers.

The feel of the bleached hair was actually not as good as before. Fei Luo had once secretly touched it when Wei Shao wasn't paying attention, and it wasn't this feeling.

He picked up a strand of hair and twisted it between his fingers: "How did you do it?"

Ever since he was old enough to understand, Wei Shao has not allowed anyone to touch his head. At this moment, in order to appease others, he endured the discomfort and did not move, allowing Feiluo to play with him.

He thought about it for a moment, and found that there was no exact match in his vocabulary, so he picked one that seemed to work: "I washed my hair."

Philo paused and repeated doubtfully: "Wash?"

Wei Shao tried to demonstrate: "Hmm... that's probably what it means. Add a lot of strange potions, wash three or five times, and that's it."

Philo roughly understood: "Why change the color?"

Wei Shao smiled and pinched his face: "Isn't he handsome?"

Philo was still a little awkward, but his tone had obviously softened a lot. He whispered, "Handsome."

Wei Shao laughed loudly, stood up and patted his pants, then pulled Fei Luo up again: "Stop growing mushrooms, let's go out for a walk."

In the past, he rarely went to places with Philo where there were a lot of insects because of his striking appearance and short stay time.

I suggested going out for a walk today. One reason is that I have changed my hair color to be more low-key, and the other is that I want to see if I can collect some information about Admiral Otto so that I can complete the mission node smoothly.

Wei Shao pulled out the system: [Where is that general? 】

The system wanted to curse, but because it was related to the plot, it held back: [I don’t know. 】

Wei Shao: [Are you serious? 】

System: [Seriously, just look around, you might bump into him. 】

Wei Shao: [……]

Wei Shao held out his hand, and waited for Fei Luo to take it before saying, "Let's go."

Philo was a little confused: "Where to?"

Wei Shao said, "It's all right. Take me to the places you usually go."

Philo thought about it and said seriously: "You need to change your clothes. If you go out like this, you will be easily robbed."

After all, in the slums that were not under the jurisdiction of the base, Wei Shao looked too rich.

Wei Shao readily agreed.

Half an hour later, they were walking in the crowded streets wearing old and colorless clothes.

Of course, Philo did not take Wei Shao to pick up trash. He took Wei Shao to clean and safe places as much as possible, such as the corner of the public school where Philo often squatted to attend classes, and the stall of a small vendor who recycled watches.

For good products like mechanical watches, vendors often resell them to the base after receiving them, so there are only some simple trinkets on the stalls.

Wei Shao took off the new watch on his wrist, negotiated the price with the stall owner in a familiar manner, and after getting the money, he prepared to leave with Philo.

But his wrist was gently pulled. Wei Shao was startled. He looked at Fei Luo who was standing still and asked curiously: "You want to buy something? Which one do you want?"

The stall owner had been strolling around and was about to take a nap, but upon hearing this, he perked up again. He praised the pile of gray ornaments on the shelf to the skies and enthusiastically tried to sell Philo the most expensive goods here.

Philo didn't even look at it, and pointed directly to an earring in the corner: "I want this one."

Wei Shao looked in the direction of his fingertips and saw an earring with a small black zirconium-like mineral inlaid on it.

It’s not expensive material, but it looks good and is one of the few genuine goods on this stall.

Quite a good vision.

Wei Shao raised his eyebrows: "Want to get earrings?"

Philo glanced at him, then asked the stall owner, "How much?"

The stall owner smiled and said, "Okay, okay, we are acquaintances now, so of course I have to give you a price that acquaintances give us. So, let's give you two hundred sats and be done with it."

Upon hearing this, Fei Luo and Wei Shao raised their eyes in surprisingly synchronous manner and stared coldly at the stall owner.

The stall owner laughed twice, two beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and asked tentatively: "...How about a hundred?"

In the end they bought the earring for fifty satres.

Wei Shao grabbed the earring in his hand and tossed it around for a few times: "Let's go find a place to pierce our ears. Is there one here?"

"elder brother."

"Um?"

Philo took the earring from his hand and pinched it between his fingertips: "Bend over."

Wei Shao was startled, guessed something, and slowly bent down.

Wei Shao felt a cool sensation on his earlobe and felt it, and found that the earring was already on his earlobe.

Philo looked at it carefully for a while: "It looks good."

Wei Shao laughed and finally understood why Fei Luo rushed to pay just now.

He had his ears pierced two years ago. At that time, he smoked, had his ears pierced, and permed his hair. He hung out with a bunch of street urchins and fought with them every day. Later, he found it boring and decided to remove and trim his ears, and he ended up like this now.

Unexpectedly, this pierced ear was noticed by Philo.

Wei Shao rubbed his head and said, "Thank you, Luo Luo, but don't spend money recklessly next time."

Philo frowned, not agreeing: "It looks good on you, it's not a waste of money."

Wei Shao laughed: "But I can't wear it to school. Do you think it's considered wasteful?"

Fei Luo was stunned. He had never been to school, so he naturally didn't know that there were such rules in school: "Is it not allowed?"

Wei Shao thought for a moment and said, "If my teacher knew about this, he would probably scold me."

Philo panicked and immediately reached out to his earlobe, trying to take off the earring: "I don't know, you should take it off."

Wei Shao dodged, shook his index finger, and whispered in his ear, "But I can wear it secretly, and he won't find out."

Fei Luo raised his eyes and saw the smile that Wei Shao could not hide in his eyes. He thought: He lied to me again.

Obviously I like it.

No wasted money at all.

It was almost time for dinner, but Philo didn't buy any of the random food on the street. He knew that Wei Shao had a bad stomach and couldn't eat those things, so he went to the grocery market outside the Noah base.

This is a magical place. The customers that come here every day are the bottom-level bugs within the base and the top-level bugs from the slums outside the base. It can be said to be a mixed bag.

Fei Luo simply bought some Grade D ingredients to lock in freshness, and then rushed back to his residence with Wei Shao.

As soon as they got back, they were stunned.

There was a bloody bug lying at the door. Its legs seemed to be badly injured and it could only move by crawling.

At this moment, he was knocking on the door panel again and again with his half-insect hands.