The sun rises late in winter, but Song Kaiji specially used a mobile phone as an alarm clock. He was now alert in his sleep, and he opened his eyes as soon as the phone vibrated twice beside his pillow.
What I saw was Shen Qing's sleeping face. When he was awake, he was so smart, capable and opinionated, but now he was curled up in a small ball in the thick quilt, with only half of his face exposed.
Song Kaiji had seen something on the Internet before, saying that this sleeping position was a sign of insecurity. He didn't know if this statement had any scientific basis, but he swore in his heart that whether it was true or not, from now on he would work hard to become Shen Qing's support and give him enough sense of security.
Shen Qing was awakened by the smell of food. Perhaps because he was not a native of the apocalypse and had not truly experienced the thrilling time when the zombies first broke out, Shen Qing was the one who slept the soundest among the group. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the others were already sitting together eating breakfast.
He felt a little embarrassed and sat up, hugging the quilt: "Why didn't you wake me up?"
Ge Bingbing smiled and said, "It's still early, and there's no rush to leave. You can sleep a little longer if you can." She woke up naturally at four or five o'clock. Although there was no movement outside, she was always worried when she went out. It was a blessing for Shen Qing to have such a good sleep.
Song Kaiji had already come over: "What do you want for breakfast?" He placed all the breakfasts stored in the space in front of Shen Qing, including steamed buns, pies, tea eggs, white porridge, salted duck eggs... all on the ground: "Do you want to eat breakfast first or wash up first?"
Shen Qing felt that Qu Weiwei and the others were looking at him with their heads tilted, and he felt more and more embarrassed. But he enjoyed Song Kaiji's treatment of him: being rational was one thing, but you shouldn't hit someone who smiled at you. Song Kaiji did nothing wrong, and who wouldn't like to be taken care of?
"... Wash up first." Shen Qing said awkwardly. If he had known, he would have tempted Song Kaiji a little more. Song Kaiji was too enthusiastic now, and he couldn't stand it. "I'll just eat white porridge with salted duck eggs. Put away the rest. It's so cold outside that it will get cold in a while."
Song Kaiji hurriedly did as he was told, and took out a basin of water from the space, asked Sun Cheng to heat it to the right temperature, and squeezed toothpaste on the toothbrush before handing it to Shen Qing.
Shen Qing: "..." I bought a bunch of servants but I still don't use them. I am being served here for the first time. He felt more and more uncomfortable. When he thought of Song Kaiji's feelings for him, his ears turned red and he quickly went to the side to wash up.
He washed his face very carefully. Before coming to the apocalypse, Shen Qing had never seen a toothbrush. People in his village would tear a willow branch and rub it in their mouths. Those who loved cleanliness would at most rinse their mouths. They would only use water to wash their faces. Who would be willing to use soap?
When Shen Qing came into contact with toothbrushes, toothpaste and facial cleansers in the apocalypse, he loved them very much. The clean and refreshing feeling fascinated him. He washed himself carefully every time, as if brushing a little longer could make up for the past ten years.
Song Kaiji watched while eating breakfast. After getting the answer, he looked at Shen Qing's behavior again. He was like a newborn child clumsily exploring the world, and everything he saw was so new. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and Song Kaiji just thought he was so cute.
Qu Weiwei was so upset that her teeth were about to fall out. She didn't eat much for breakfast and felt a little full. She didn't dare to tease Shen Qing, but she was different to Song Kaiji. She winked and said, "That's enough. Do you really want everyone to see that you are really crazy?"
"Can't you see it if I don't show it like this?" Song Kaiji picked out a few big salted duck eggs and began to peel them.
Qu Weiwei was speechless for a moment: "There's no need to be so corny..."
"Is it corny?" Song Kaiji peeled one quickly, broke off a small half of the egg white and threw it into his own bowl, put the half wrapped in salted egg yolk into Shen Qing's bowl, and took another one to continue peeling: "I think it's normal. What I do are the most ordinary little things. I like him and I want to do this from the bottom of my heart. I haven't considered whether it's corny or not. Sister Weiwei, you think it's corny, it should be because these things haven't happened to you, right?" Song Kaiji asked a soul-searching question: "If you have a boyfriend, would you not want your boyfriend to treat you like this?"
Tang Wenjie next to him burst out laughing and almost choked on his porridge.
Qu Weiwei: “…………………………”
Who wouldn’t want to? Qu Weiwei wasn’t the only one. When Shen Qing came back from washing up, she was also somewhat moved when she saw the salted duck eggs in her bowl of porridge, which had more yolk than egg white.
The duck eggs were pickled by Miao family. The yolks were already oily and very fragrant. However, the egg whites were a bit salty. One egg was enough for a bowl of porridge. Shen Qing always craved the egg yolks after eating them, but his background and current environment made it impossible for him to throw away the egg whites. He didn't expect that Song Kaiji actually remembered it. Looking at his own bowl and Song Kaiji's bowl, Shen Qing began to feel some guilt in his heart.
He had already planned to leave this world after returning from Zizhou this time, completely block the cave and leave Song Kaiji forever.
However, Song Kaiji was still dreaming of living a future life with him.
"You don't have to do this." Shen Qing lowered his head and took a sip of porridge to hide the emotions in his eyes. There were oily spots of egg yolk floating in the porridge, and it was full of salty fragrance.
"I am willing to do this, and I don't think it is a kind of sacrifice, nor do I feel that I have sacrificed anything." Song Kaiji smiled as he bit the egg white in the bowl: "I like you, so I feel happy when I treat you well. If you accept this and feel happy, I will be even more satisfied."
Shen Qing raised his head after a long while and smiled at him: "I am very happy."
Although he had decided to cut off all contact with the end of the world after the trip to Zizhou, and not to give Song Kaiji any chance to find the entrance to the cave, he could treat Song Kaiji as his lover for a short time, get along well with him, and give each other the last pleasure.
It is compensation, and also a moment of indulgence for one's own rational nerves.
Now that he had confessed his identity to Song Kaiji, there was one benefit. When the sky was bright, the group got on the car - Sun Cheng set a fire before leaving. They found the mutant vine behind the small building. No wonder it needed zombies to help it kill humans. The main body was only one meter tall, thin and about the same thickness as bean sprouts, but there was a thick layer of bones piled up near the rhizome.
I think it is because it does not have the ability to kill humans, so it can only do things like smashing glass to let the zombies find humans and eat them. The remaining bones and meat can be picked up and used as fertilizer for flowers.
Song Kaiji sprinkled a little gasoline nearby, and Sun Cheng threw a fireball over there. The thin vine struggled and twisted wildly in the flames, and Shen Qing even had the illusion that it was screaming in pain.
After dealing with the zombie's minions, the group got back on the bus and headed towards Zizhou. Song Kaiji was still sitting in the back seat with Shen Qing. He had a lot to say to Shen Qing: he was curious about Shen Qing's past, and he also had endless affection for her.
But some things were inconvenient to say: there were so many people on the bus, and even if he lowered his voice, he was afraid that they would hear him. So he took out the cell phone that he used as an alarm clock: there was no signal, but the memo was still usable, and he typed a line of words carefully.
Shen Qing just glanced at it and said, "I don't understand." He spoke vaguely, but others could hear it.
Song Kaiji was stunned for a long time before he realized that Shen Qing couldn't read? That's why he was looking for early childhood enlightenment books. It turned out that it wasn't because he had children at home, but because he wanted to learn!
So even though I had given him the secret recipes for tofu and starch sausage in written form, Shen Qing insisted on finding someone to teach him step by step. Was it because Shen Qing couldn't read?
Shen Qing looked at Song Kaiji's dull expression, trying to find a hint of disappointment in his eyes: "...How about this, do you still like me?"
"Of course!" Song Kaiji immediately said firmly. Tang Wenjie, who was dozing off in the front row, turned over. Song Kaiji quickly suppressed his voice again: "What does this have to do with liking it or not?"
Will it be okay? Shen Qing pursed her lips. In this world, everyone studies and can read. Scholars are so noble. Miao Xiucai and his people are excellent scholars. If it were a scholar from another village, they would not be willing to talk to these illiterate peasants like them!
Song Kaiji didn’t know that he was illiterate before. Now that he knows, will he still like himself?
"I am indeed a little surprised." Song Kaiji said. In fact, based on the clothes Shen Qing wore when he first met him, he could have guessed how normal it was for a person from a poor village in ancient times to be illiterate. But since he met Shen Qing, Shen Qing was so smart and courageous, and had disguised himself so well for such a long time, so he didn't realize that he was an ancient person. "But I feel more sorry and distressed for you."
Shen Qing, who is illiterate, is so smart. If he can get a good education, he will be so brilliant. "I will teach you in the future. I will teach you everything you don't understand."
Shen Qing looked at Song Kaiji with a complicated expression. For a moment, he suddenly wanted to know, if, if he and Song Kaiji could really spend their lives together, would he always like himself like this? All of his shortcomings could be tolerated in his heart, and his eyes were always full of love and care.
Is it true that not every man in this world is as fickle as Shen Zhigao? Is there really love in this world that never changes?
But all this was just a fleeting thought in Shen Qing's mind. Without this if, Shen Qing would not have had the chance to know the answer.
He just smiled and agreed, "Okay," and asked Song Kaiji to find a newer phone with nothing stored on it. "It just so happens that something happened at home with my teacher, so it's not convenient to disturb him recently. Can you read the Three Character Classic to me? I'll record it and I can keep it for later."
He raised his phone and pointed the camera at Song Kaiji's handsome face. The warm winter sun fell on him, and the whole person seemed to be coated with a layer of soft light. Song Kaiji was a little unnatural in front of the camera, and he pulled his hair a few times: "Is it so formal? We have to take a video, can't we just record it?"
"I want to record a video." After Shen Qing said this, Song Kaiji became even more powerless to resist, and he recited the Three Character Classic in front of the camera very stiffly.
Qu Weiwei, who had been sitting in the front row and listening to most of the show, muttered to herself with empty eyes: "Even if I were in a relationship, it wouldn't be like this this time. Others would record good morning and good night, or record a bedtime story or count sheep, but who would record the Three Character Classic???"
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