Chapter 444
Wen Jiuze quickly went to get a standard haircut, but it still looked handsome on his face.
After changing his hairstyle, he no longer looks as decadent and gloomy as before.
A few days later, Wen Jiuze once again drove Xue Ling to the New Fourth Base.
Before Xue Ling set out, she thought she was going to exchange something. When she arrived near the base, she saw the eye-catching couplets posted on both sides of the base gate.
There were many lights hanging outside the base, and many people were hanging out in the open space at the entrance of the base.
Seeing the red couplet, Xue Ling suddenly asked, "Is the New Year coming soon?"
Neither she nor Wen Jiuze knew the exact time, but apparently the people in the base where the crowd gathered knew it.
No matter what happens, as long as people are still alive, people in this land must celebrate the New Year.
During the Chinese New Year, as long as there is a door, you have to put up couplets.
"The last time I went to get a haircut, I heard them talking about the New Year coming up. During the New Year period, the base will hang a lot of lights for people to enjoy, and when it gets dark at night, they will set off fireworks in the open space at the gate," said Wen Jiuze.
So he specially brought Xue Ling here today to take a look, as she has always liked this kind of activity.
It was still too lonely for her to stay alone in that remote house.
"Let's go down."
Xue Ling hesitated and wrote: "Too many people are at the gate of the base. What if..."
Wen Jiuze pulled her away before she finished writing.
Xue Ling was suddenly pulled out of the car, and people were passing by. Her movements became stiff and clumsy due to nervousness.
But Wen Jiuze picked her up and walked a few steps, passing through a crowded place, and then held her hand which was wearing thick gloves. The two of them walked to a place farther away from the entrance of the base, avoiding everyone, and found a place to sit down.
There were really a lot of people at the gate of the New Fourth Base today. The Chinese New Year is a special time. People who usually stay in the base for fear of the dangers from the outside world couldn't help but come out today to move around and wait to watch the fireworks later in the evening.
In fact, most of the survivors in the base have never killed zombies themselves.
A large number of people who encountered the zombies died or turned into new zombies, but this part of people were lucky enough to survive and were protected in the base. They built new homes in the base and would not set foot outside the base unless necessary.
Only on such special holidays, when the area around the base has been cleaned in advance, will most people step out of the base with their families to briefly feel the air outside the base.
Only one twentieth of the survivors regularly leave the base and dare to face the zombie onslaught.
The once familiar world has become synonymous with danger for the ordinary survivors of the base.
Therefore, even though Xue Ling was at a distance, he could still see some people with nervous expressions. They often looked around unconsciously, fearing that danger might occur at any time.
The leaders of the New Fourth Base were very responsible. They cleaned the area around the base in advance and arranged patrols.
Lian Wen Jiuze and Xue Ling were both reminded by a base staff that being too far away from the base could be dangerous, and asked them to avoid going too far alone if possible.
Wen Jiuze said he knew that when the staff member was talking, he looked at Xue Ling twice more, and Xue Ling buried her head in her tablet, pretending to be busy.
After the staff left, Xue Ling hurriedly asked Wen Jiuzhe.
"He seemed to be looking at me just now. Did he suspect me?"
Wen Jiu said calmly, "Maybe he was jealous of you because he saw you playing with the tablet. The base has electricity restrictions, and many people don't have electronic products to play with."
They didn't know that the staff member who reminded them left here, returned to the crowd, and complained to his colleagues:
"A pair of young lovers, hiding so far away to fall in love, aren't they afraid that a zombie will suddenly appear and they won't have time to escape."
As the sky darkened, fireworks were set off at the gate of the base. The crowd gathered around and began the countdown to ignition, chanting numbers in unison.
"Bang!"
The light swayed up and suddenly exploded in the dark blue sky, one after another.
Everyone in the clearing looked up.
Xue Ling was also watching. Although the fireworks were not fancy, she still felt moved and happy, and couldn't help but bump into Wen Jiuze next to her.
Wen Jiuze was like a huge rock that could not be moved even if he was knocked against. However, he stretched out his hand for her to grab.
The staff at the base were holding boxes and distributing small fireworks for free, the kind for children that they could hold in their hands and light.
Soon, the open space was filled with the sounds of children laughing and making noise.
The fireworks on the ground that suddenly lit up and then suddenly went out complemented the brilliant fireworks in the sky.
There were three waves of fireworks in total, and this simple celebration ceremony ended.
The crowd began to move slowly, some people returned to the base, and some people remained outside to continue the excitement.
More than an hour later, the deep blue of the sky turned completely black, the crowd became increasingly sparse, and the laughter became less frequent.
A group of staff members at the base began to remind everyone that it was getting late and it was best to return to the base and not stay outside any longer.
"Hey, that young couple are still sitting there?" said the staff member who had gone to remind Wen Jiuze and the other person.
"Someone go talk to them. Don't stay outside. Xiao Chu, go talk to them."
A short-haired staff member said hello and trotted towards Wen Jiuze and the others.
Xiao Chu was a young girl. She was a little nervous when she first saw the tall and strong man. She stopped two or three meters away from the two men and said subconsciously:
"It's getting late. You'd better hurry to get into the base. Don't stay outside for too long."
"Okay, got it. Thank you."
Xiao Chu was about to leave after he finished speaking, but when he looked carefully at Wen Jiuze, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and took a few steps forward as if to confirm.
"Ah! It's you!"
From the tone of his voice, he seems to know Wen Jiutie.
This is not surprising. Wen Jiuze has been to many bases and many people know him. Moreover, his appearance can easily leave a deep impression on people.
Xue Ling hid in Wen Jiuze's shadow, not wanting to be noticed, but unexpectedly Xiao Chu soon looked at her again, and looked carefully at her covered face.
Wen Jiuze changed his laziness and raised his hand to stop Xue Ling.
Xiao Chu exclaimed again when he saw his action, a little embarrassed: "Is your girlfriend still the same one? Oh, you don't know me, but I remember you."
"It was three or four years ago when you were traveling in Lanba City, right? You took the Yanshan Cable Car. I was riding in the same cable car with you, and the cable car broke down halfway. Do you remember?"
At that time, Xiao Chu was traveling with her best friend. There were six people on the cable car, including her, her best friend, a middle-aged couple, and this young couple.
Xiao Chu remembered it very clearly. The cable car stopped in mid-air. She and her best friend were scared to death. Her best friend almost cried and grabbed her and said, "We won't fall, will we?" The next second, they saw the young couple in the cable car hugging each other.
The handsome boyfriend hugged his girlfriend in his arms. At that scene, his best friend suddenly shut up and turned to have a complicated eye contact with her.
Can these young couples please care about the lives of passers-by? They are so oblivious to the sour smell of love that their fear and lives are not so important.
The atmosphere in the cable car was eerily quiet. Xiao Chu accidentally met the girlfriend's gaze and found that she was held in her boyfriend's arms. Her eyes were so embarrassed that they seemed to have a hint of death.
But her boyfriend really doesn't care about other people's eyes at all.
Thanks to this young couple, she and her best friend were not so scared when they were trapped in the cable car, but they had a lot to say.
When they got off the cable car, they looked at each other and laughed uncontrollably, and chatted all the way down the mountain.
The most coincidental thing was that they later came across the popular video while resting in a hotel in Lanba City at night.
The protagonists of the video are the young couple on the cable car. In the square with thousands of people, the expression of the girlfriend sitting on his shoulders as if she wanted to die on the spot is so funny.
Her best friend forwarded the video to her and said that although the man couldn't read the air and didn't care about his girlfriend's life or death, he was really handsome.
…
When Xue Ling heard Xiao Chu talking about the trip to Lanba City a few years ago, she was happy at first, but soon, as she spoke, she began to feel restless.
My toes are twitching and my whole body is uncomfortable.
Ah, I am already dead, why should I sit here and be executed?
Didn't we agree that there won't be so many spectators in life? Why is it that even in the end of the world, there are still passers-by who have witnessed her embarrassing scene and can recognize them on the spot? !
How can the world be so small that such a thing can happen?
Xue Ling grabbed Wen Jiuze hard, wanting him to deny it quickly and say that he had recognized the wrong person.
Wen Jiuze said, "Oh, yes, it's us."
Xue Ling: “…”
Died again. The soul died.
Wen Jiuze still felt it was not enough and said, "But we have already broken up."
Xiao Chu was stunned when she heard this. She didn't know what he meant by this. Her heart skipped a beat and she thought, no way, did she run into a young couple quarreling or breaking up?
Wen Jiuze said: "Although we broke up, we still have feelings for each other and live together now."
Xiao Chu: “…” It’s really hard to guard against. It turns out to be a new type of play, right?
Xue Ling: "..." Enough, I said enough! I really let you find the opportunity to introduce it, right!
Unable to bear it any longer, she reached out and covered Wen Jiuze's mouth, almost pressing his head to the ground.
Seeing them like this, Xiao Chu burst out laughing, but as he laughed, he felt like crying.
It’s great that everything around her has changed after the apocalypse, but there are still some people who haven’t changed.
Thinking back now, life was so good back then. I was completely carefree. The little troubles I encountered at school and work were not really worries at all.
Also, her best friend who had traveled with her and witnessed the young couple's romance has passed away.
It had been a long time since she had run into anyone she knew, and she had been busy trying to survive, and it had also been a long time since she had thought about the time and people before the end of the world.
Even if I meet someone I have only met once before, I feel very happy, as if I have met an old friend.
But they were still strangers after all, so Xiao Chu didn't really cry. She blinked her eyes hard and said, "Sorry, I think I said too much. Do you also live in the base? It's so late, it's very dangerous outside, let's hurry into the base."
"We won't live in the base, we're leaving now." Wen Jiuze said, picking up Xue Ling.
Xiao Chu was startled when she saw her girlfriend, who was dressed warmly and remained silent, holding up a tablet in her hand, which read: "Happy New Year!"
Xiao Chu quickly said, "Happy New Year!"
The girlfriend waved to her again, so Xiao Chu waved back.
I watched the young couple walk away intimately, just like they did a few years ago, and get into a car parked far away.
It turns out they don't really live on base.
Why didn’t Xiao Chu know? She didn’t want to pry into other people’s privacy.
"Xiao Chu!" Someone called her from a distance.
Xiao Chu took another look at the car moving over there, turned around and ran back to the gate of the base, and together with other staff members cleaned up the fireworks confetti left at the gate of the base.
It started snowing again.
The year 3035 is over.
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