Chapter 95 Do you really love me?
Qi An and the others first went to see Qin Tianshuo and Sun Yiran before entering Li Heng's ward.
Li Heng has a guard that is completely loyal to him, enough to protect him when he escapes, and even to establish a small but powerful base.
Unfortunately, Li Heng was too badly injured to move, and when Qi An stopped the medical staff, he killed a group of Li Heng's guards.
The commander-in-chief promised Qi An that Li Heng would die.
This person probably originally wanted Li Heng dead, and after the war started, he mobilized two entire special forces teams to suppress Li Heng's remaining guards.
So during that chaotic hour from 8 to 9 o'clock, civil war broke out at more than one location in the main base.
There were no good chairs left in the ward, so Chen Yuezhou stood beside the bed.
Qi An leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, while Chen Xi stood a little further away at the foot of the bed.
As if by some kind of telepathic connection, the old man, who was in a coma and whose face was pale with a bluish tinge, slowly opened his eyes.
His already somewhat unfocused pupils lingered for a long moment before he recognized who was coldly looking down at him:
"Yuezhou? Ha, you came all this way... just to see me off?"
Chen Yuezhou didn't answer, so Li Heng smirked, "No? You came for Qi An? To save her? Hahaha...heh..."
The burns had damaged his lungs, and he laughed so hard he gasped, "Have you fallen in love with a fallen worm?"
There was a brief silence in the room before Chen Yuezhou said, "Yes, I love her."
The gentleness in his voice vanished in an instant, and Chen Yuezhou's voice became cold and indifferent: "I heard that your father doesn't acknowledge you as his son, and your brother hates you as his younger brother."
I heard your mom is still proud of you. When you do well on your exams and she's in a good mood, she'll cook for you.
She even booked out an entire amusement park for you and threw red wine at your aunt and cousin who were mocking you.
Your grandma has always been very good to you, doting on you and giving you plenty of pocket money. After you were admitted to the doctoral program, she would boast to everyone about her wonderful grandson.
But your grandmother died during the pandemic, and so did your mother.
These words were like a draft on a snowy night, sending shivers down one's spine.
Li Heng indeed trembled slightly, and his eyes became increasingly cloudy, as if covered by a layer of ice.
The coldness and turmoil in Chen Yuezhou's eyes faded considerably, and he slowly exhaled.
That year, he escaped to the highway exit and followed that family of four all the way. He learned to drive just by watching the uncle drive.
He escaped into a car amidst the chaos, and after a long and winding journey, he finally found his way back to the orphanage.
The orphanage was in chaos, of course, but the virus had a relatively low mortality rate among children, and many children remained in the orphanage.
By the third day, all the edible food had been completely plundered. Even though there were monsters with long tentacles roaming the streets, the older children had to discuss forming a team to break through the monsters' blockade and go out to find food.
Chen Yuezhou had just managed to escape Li Heng's shadow at that time, and as the child with the most outrageous physical enhancement, he naturally became the team leader.
At that time, he discovered that there were people like Lin Ran who were not afraid of the tentacle monster's cries.
The children he selected included those with enhanced senses for easy searching and reconnaissance, those with extraordinary strength for fighting, and those with sufficient mental enhancement to perhaps protect the team in critical moments.
After distributing knives from the kitchen and shovels and hammers from the tool shed, this small, bean sprout team was enough to dominate that suburban street, enough to plunder the remaining supplies from the corner supermarket, and enough to hold out until the army came looking for them!
But before they could even leave the street, Li Heng's men came looking for them.
Qi An quickly reviewed Li Heng's memories and learned that on the day the virus leaked, Li Heng drove back to the neighboring city where his family lived at noon and saw the bodies of his grandmother and parents.
The man in my memory remained silent for a long time in the small garden of my grandmother's villa, where hydrangeas bloomed, and in the lavish banquet hall of his own home.
As the setting sun faded and night enveloped the earth, the silent figures emerged from their parents' decaying corpses as if statues had come back to life.
He did not dispose of their bodies.
He picked out a high-performance SUV from the garage, along with a self-driving three-row electric vehicle, fully loaded with supplies, and drove out of the dimly lit up affluent neighborhood.
When the tightly sealed gate of Chen Yuezhou's welfare home was finally opened, Li Heng already owned a small motorcade.
His initial team members approached the children at the orphanage, gave them food and water, and helped them fight insects. Eventually, they led this group of gifted children to join the large caravan heading north.
A new era has begun.
Chen Yuezhou felt that he was the protagonist of this new era, or rather, a "minor protagonist".
He knew that the real protagonist was the short man who was low-key and taciturn, but was definitely the core of the team.
But in his memory, the short man's older brother had adopted him.
When the virus broke out and the tentacle monsters ran rampant, his adoptive father, with whom he had only spent two days, and Xiaoyun, who was also adopted, both died.
Uncle Li led him out of danger and brought him to the frigid yet bountiful North, where they established the best base on the continent!
Although Uncle Li doesn't see him often, and when he does, he doesn't talk to him much.
But his relationship with Uncle Li was different from that with others. Uncle Li was the main character, and he was naturally the "minor character"!
Chen Yuezhou thought that his hatred was only a small part; it was hatred for Li Heng for leaking the virus and using him as a test subject.
He was a selfish mortal, even somewhat grateful that the virus had given him such a significant boost, making him an extraordinary being.
He only regretted the smug joy he felt back then when someone jokingly said that Li Heng treated him like a son.
Chen Yuezhou exhaled, but he couldn't expel all the pent-up frustration.
Some things are forever left in the past, piled up in our lives, impossible to spit out or cut away.
Chen Yuezhou pressed down on Li Heng's left leg and gently pried it open.
A hoarse howl rose and fell, turning into violent panting like a broken bellows.
"My revenge for that part, seeing you like this, is already avenged. This is all because you shot her."
Chen Yuezhou then placed his hand on Li Heng's right ankle and twisted it in the same way.
"Two shots, it's a draw."
This time, Li Heng couldn't make a sound; he coughed so hard it looked like he was going to vomit his lungs out.
Chen Yuezhou took one last look, then turned and left.
Qi An silently followed.
Chen Xi didn't turn around immediately. He gripped the bed railing, remained silent for a few seconds, and then took out two small blue pills from the pocket of his combat uniform and fed them to Li Heng.
This stuff had a calming effect, which helped to soothe Li Heng's agonizing breathing.
But just as Li Heng focused his unfocused gaze on him, he stepped back into the darkness and silently disappeared.
The drizzle had stopped, and some minor road repairs had ceased due to the late hour, leaving the base spacious and quiet.
Qi An didn't go downstairs; instead, he went up to the roof.
She took off her leather coat, placed it on the edge of the building, sat down, and asked Chen Xi, "Is Li Heng very good to you?"
Chen Xi followed her when she reached the stairwell, but this time he kept a bit of a distance. Hearing Qi An's question, he immediately lowered his head.
Qi An hurriedly said, "I was just asking casually. The blue pills only have a slight pain-relieving effect and can't cure the disease. He will still die, so I'm not angry."
Chen Xi then approached a little closer and whispered, "When he comes to the incubation chamber, he will look at my training results separately."
He would sometimes invite me to meals, give me books, and even help me with my homework.
“Lin Jiaran did say that you are special.” Qi An pondered for a moment, resting his chin on his hand: “You two are special, right? Anyway, in his memory, he really did have some feelings for you two.”
But this feeling seems different from normal feelings; what he likes is the idea that 'he has feelings for you guys.'
Qi An felt that he was speaking in a convoluted way, but to his surprise, the two identical men on his left and right sides, as well as Tan Fu in the earphone, all quickly understood.
[Narcissism, huh?] Tan Fudao: [Didn't you say his grandfather was involved in some kind of deal, killing people and tripping concrete blocks overseas?]
His father smuggled rare metals abroad, and his brother's prostitution activities, according to pre-apocalyptic laws, would be punishable by death 10 times over!
Growing up in this environment, it's no wonder he dared to steal the virus without hesitation; no wonder he only felt distressed for a day after the virus leak, believing that the virus's existence was to combat pollution, and that he had undertaken some kind of sacred mission.
Tan Fu demanded that Qi An play her voice message aloud: "So why give him painkillers? Let him suffer to death!"
Besides, Chen Yuezhou's words weren't very hurtful, were they? Did Li Heng really love his mother and grandmother that much? He'd be upset for at most 10 minutes, then he'd see it as a necessary sacrifice, or a test for him!
Qi An didn't release the message; instead, he said, "It's almost eleven o'clock, shouldn't you be going to sleep?"
Tan Fu: [It's still early.]
Qi An: "Children shouldn't stay up late, it'll stunt their growth."
I'm already two centimeters taller than you, I...
Qi An's face darkened, and he hung up on her.
There were only three people left on the roof. Qi An snorted and kicked the wall to calm himself down.
Chen Yuezhou and Chen Xi stood on either side of her, both looking at her with smiles.
The air after the rain was originally damp and cool, but the heat emanating from the two people next to him made Qi An feel warm, yet he gradually felt stuffy.
She turned to the outside of the building, bracing herself with her hands behind her, while leaning her body out at an angle, enjoying the night breeze.
Chen Yuezhou couldn't help but put his arm around her: "Be careful not to fall."
The man had long limbs, and with just a slight stretch of his arms, he could completely encircle Qi An.
Although it was only a loose embrace without actually touching Qi An, it still caused Chen Xi, standing to the other side, to furrow his brow.
Chen Yuezhou ignored him, but noticed that Qi An was also frowning.
Chen Yuezhou's arm stiffened.
Before he could withdraw his hand and step back, Qi An turned to face him and asked, "You said you love me, is it really true that you still love me even after you know I am a fallen insect?"
When Chen Yuezhou reached out, he took a step forward, his chest only a few centimeters from Qi An's shoulder.
Now, face to face, their breaths seemed to mingle together.
Chen Yuezhou's heart was like the surface of a sheepskin drum; the woman's shallow breaths struck it with an endless, resounding thud!
Chen Yuezhou did not back down or move at all, but said firmly, "Yes."
"How about this?"
Qi An's face recoiled slightly, then quickly contorted.
Her skin turned an almost transparent, luminous white, her eyes were like two black holes, and the corners of her mouth were slightly curved, with fine slits extending to her ears.
Caught off guard, Chen Yuezhou retreated rapidly, his hand instinctively reaching for the gun at his waist.
But when he touched it, he froze and turned pale.
Qi An blinked his dark eyes, then turned his head back and laughed, "You haven't actually seen what I look like as a Fallen Insect, so how can you be so sure?"
Chen Xi looked at Chen Yuezhou with a cold gaze.
Chen Yuezhou dug his nails into his palm, then looked somewhat stunned.
A cool night breeze blew, and most of the lights in the base went out. After the great battle, there was no sound of insects chirping, and the silence all around grew even heavier.
Qi An's face returned to normal, and he said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have scared you. It's very late, let's go back and rest."
She jumped off the edge of the building and tried to leave, but Chen Yuezhou stopped her.
Chen Yuezhou's expression had returned to normal. He looked down at Qi An, his gaze and tone almost solemn, as if he were making a vow:
"I'm the one who should apologize. You can show me what you look like after the transformation, then I won't be afraid anymore."
Qi An smiled, and sure enough, he transformed back into his alien form.
Chen Yuezhou looked at it carefully for a moment and said, "I've seen it, and I still love you."
Qi An asked, "Why?"
"Because no matter what your appearance is like, you have a heart, a soft and beautiful heart."
Qi An looked at him, and her smile softened.
But when she looked away and gazed into the distance at the night sky, she seemed somewhat lost.
"I'm glad you said that, but... not entirely happy..."
You don't like the way I look like a worm, do you? You can barely accept it.
You think I will eventually be able to transform into human form.
But I am no longer human.
Qi An's back twitched as she looked at Chen Xi: "Lin Jia Ran said before that she would follow me wherever I go. Is that what you think too? Do you want to be with me all the time?"
Chen Xi answered without hesitation, "Yes."
Qi An replied, "You can't, because you can't keep up with me."
Chen Xi was taken aback.
The scales pierced through Qi An's newly changed thin hoodie, and two enormous wings with a wingspan of nearly 10 meters spread out into the air! Qi An fell headfirst off the edge of the building!
Chen Yuezhou instinctively tried to grab Qi An, but Qi An spun around in the air and in the blink of an eye, he was already hanging under the moon.
"Can you keep up with me like this?"
In reality, I am no longer human. Perhaps you should reconsider this love.
Qi An flew back and landed on the rooftop.
She put on her slightly damp coat to cover the huge hole in her sweatshirt, and said with her head down, "Let's go back and rest."
It seemed as if he was destined not to rest tonight. Before Chen Yuezhou and the other man could answer, Qi An suddenly turned around.
The stars shone brightly, and the clouds rolled in; the night sky after the rain was peaceful and beautiful.
But a few seconds later, Chen Yuezhou and his companion could see the stars in the sky.
What a bright star! It's like a shooting star with a brilliant tail!
"Sound the alarm! Prepare for battle!" Qi An's voice sounded somewhat unreal even to herself.
The great battle had just ended, and the base had only been quiet for a few hours when another Ash Priest appeared!
The pressure this insect exerted on Qi An was much greater than that of Qiu Yunmeng!
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