Chapter 11 Chapter 11 You're on a pirate ship and you still want to leave?
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The voice faded away, the river wind whistled outside the window, and the living room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Gu Mengran used the same story he told his grandfather, but he added some exaggerations, omitted his deceased mother and grandmother, and told Liang Zhao exactly what was going to happen in a dream.
Now ten minutes have passed, and Liang Zhao is still sitting next to Gu Mengran with a calm face. It seems that they are not talking about the end of the world, but what to eat for lunch. He lowers his eyebrows and eyes, and his emotions cannot be seen. He has not said a word from beginning to end.
However, his sitting posture changed from leaning casually to sitting upright, with his elbows supporting his knees, his clasped hands resting on his chin, and his thumbs rubbing repeatedly, as if he was thinking about something.
The solemn atmosphere made Gu Mengran feel a little suffocated. He didn't dare to look at Liang Zhao's reaction, but he was extremely curious.
Volcanoes, earthquakes, a continuous downpour for years...it's too unbelievable no matter how you think about it. Will Liang Zhao believe it?
Most people would think he has gone crazy, right?
Take a quick glance, then another glance, then clear your throat to make some noise.
Gu Mengran was torn between his conscience and his desires. He was doing all kinds of small things on the side, but Liang Zhao was immersed in his own world and was completely unmoved.
Gu Mengran was anxious and no longer wanted to joke. He looked up at Liang Zhao, his expression becoming serious, and explained as much as he could: "I know a dream can't explain anything, but it was too real, so real that it seemed like I had experienced it myself. Of course, words are not enough, can you try to believe me? I can tell you-"
"Why me?"
Liang Zhao raised his eyelids and looked at Gu Mengran with deep eyes full of scrutiny.
Regardless of natural disasters or where to find safety, Liang Zhao only cared about one question, "You went to great lengths to find me and bring me on board. Was it actually to take me with you to escape?"
Gu Mengran nodded hesitantly, "That's right."
"So why me?" Liang Zhao turned around casually, his brows slightly frowned, and his dark pupils reflected Gu Mengran's profile.
Realizing that the tone was too harsh, Liang Zhao slowed down his tone and spoke in an exceptionally gentle voice.
"If Blue Star eventually becomes a vast ocean, the Wind Wing is indeed a good choice. But you can bring your family, classmates or friends you have a good relationship with, or people who can help you. Why... take me?"
Just a few words left Gu Mengran speechless.
Why did he bring Liang Zhao with him? Of course it was because of his previous life, but can he talk about his previous life?
These past few days he had been thinking about how to talk to Liang Zhao and how to respond to Liang Zhao's questions, but who knew Liang Zhao's angle - it was too tricky!
The burning gaze was like burning fire. Gu Mengran pursed his lips and tried to get away with it: "This is not important. What's important is tomorrow. Tomorrow the earthquake will -"
"Very important." Liang Zhao frowned, tapping the coffee table repeatedly with his fingertips. A trace of imperceptible paranoia flashed in his eyes, implying that if Gu Mengran didn't answer, he wouldn't be able to continue the conversation.
"Okay." Gu Mengran compromised helplessly, "Because it's still that dream. In the dream... I almost died several times, and it was you who saved me time and time again."
"Although we haven't been in touch for many years, the dream feels so real to me. You saved me so many times in my dream, how could I not take you with me? I'm afraid I'll feel guilty!"
Without any countermeasures prepared, Gu Mengran could only speak the truth. His tone was relaxed, as if he was making an insignificant joke, and he did not mention a word about their relationship in the "dream".
Liang Zhao stared at Gu Mengran, and when he saw nothing wrong with his face, he looked away and murmured to himself, "Because of a dream."
"Yeah." Gu Mengran responded softly.
It’s finally over!
Liang Zhao was a person who gave off an oppressive vibe. Gu Mengran wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and his breathing became much smoother.
The matter was not resolved yet. Gu Mengran secretly glanced at Liang Zhao again. Seeing that he looked solemn, he asked uncertainly, "You are only concerned with asking me. What about you, Liang Zhao? Do you believe that dream is about to become a reality?"
Liang Zhao raised his eyes to meet his gaze, "I don't know, but I believe you."
Gu Mengran felt warm at heart, but all his words were useless. He blinked blankly, "Why don't you seem to care at all? Why don't you ask me when the volcano will erupt and when the earthquake will come?"
Liang Zhao tilted his head and looked at him: "Okay, when will it explode, when will it come?"
"……tomorrow!"
"Okay, got it."
Communication is not easy. Gu Mengran sighed, "Ah, you are always like this. It seems that you don't care about anything. It doesn't matter if you are alive or dead. You are really depressed, Liang Zhao."
Liang Zhao was like this in his previous life, but Gu Mengran was even more depressed than him at that time.
"You understand me so clearly in the dream?" Liang Zhao looked at him in surprise, with a faint smile on his face. "I am alone and have no worries. If there is no disaster, I will just muddle through. If there is a disaster, I will just get through it. There is really no difference."
“It’s different now.”
Gu Mengran's fingertips trembled slightly, and his palm gently covered Liang Zhao's shoulder. His tone changed from casual to serious: "You are not just a person. If you want, from now on, grandpa and I can be your family."
Liang Zhao was stunned for a moment, his throat moved up and down, and he let out a vague chuckle, "Yeah, okay."
"Since we are family," Gu Mengran dragged out the last word, holding back a smirk, his hand slid from Liang Zhao's shoulder to his wrist, and he gently held his left hand, "then I have to take you to see our family's assets."
Before he finished speaking, Gu Mengran's five bony fingers were tightly embedded between Liang Zhao's fingers.
Feeling the body temperature of another person, Liang Zhao's breath was choked, and he didn't understand the meaning of Gu Mengran's words at all. The next moment, a dazzling light suddenly lit up in front of him. Liang Zhao couldn't avoid it and was forced to close his eyes.
It was like riding a roller coaster, with an intense feeling of dizziness stimulating the brain. When the light faded and Liang Zhao came to his senses, they were no longer in the living room.
Liang Zhao didn't know what was going on. After confirming that Gu Mengran was standing beside him unharmed, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly looked around.
A wasteland. For some reason, they teleported from the Wind Wing to a wasteland. The wasteland seemed to have been cultivated by large machinery. The soil was fluffy, flat and regular, without the slightest slope.
The azure sky looked like a bad decorative painting, with no wind or cloud, no yellow fog, and the air was exceptionally fresh. Unfortunately, all I could see was mud, a vast expanse of yellow land without a single extra weed.
Liang Zhao hadn't figured out what was going on when suddenly, the sound of flowing water mixed with a rustling sound came from the front right. He looked up, his pupils constricted, as a group of poultry and livestock that were out of tune with the surrounding environment suddenly came into his sight.
At the same time, a chuckle came from the side. Liang Zhao frowned and retracted his gaze, only to see Gu Mengran looking at him with a smile and a playful expression.
"It's rare, rare to see tension on your face. How is it? Not bad, my secret base." Gu Mengran's mouth curled up uncontrollably. He wanted to stretch out his hand to gesture, but when he raised his hand, he found that he and Liang Zhao were still holding hands.
Both of them were stunned and let go of each other's hands at the same time.
The atmosphere became awkward for no apparent reason. Gu Mengran turned away and gently touched his nose. Fortunately, Liang Zhao was more interested in the wasteland in front of him, and asked immediately, "Your secret base? Where is this? How did you make us suddenly appear here?"
"That's another thing I want to tell you." Gu Mengran cleared his throat and began to talk nonsense in a serious tone: "After waking up from the dream, I had a high fever and almost died of it. But after that day, I inexplicably had this thing similar to... a portable space in my body."
Gu Mengran has been feeling really depressed these days. His grandfather is old, so Gu Mengran only dared to tell him about the storage space. He was afraid of scaring his grandfather about the overly novel planting space, so he never dared to mention it.
Liang Zhao is young and has a strong ability to accept new things.
Gu Mengran caught him and started introducing the two spaces, telling Liang Zhao the functions and uses of the two spaces, as well as the current stockpiling of materials, without reservation.
As expected, he is the most emotionally stable person Gu Mengran has ever seen. Faced with this space beyond his cognition, Liang Zhao, just like in his previous life, only raised a few questions and quickly grasped the essence of the space - to use it for farming.
The two walked side by side aimlessly along the edge of space.
Passing by the stream, Liang Zhao leaned over to scoop up a handful of water, put it under his nose and sniffed it, "There is no strange smell. Is the water drinkable?"
"Yes, after the rain, the surface water resources are seriously polluted. On--" Gu Mengran stuttered for a moment, and hurriedly made up for it: "In the dream, we lived on stream water."
The stream water is comparable to spring water, which is why Gu Mengran did not stockpile large amounts of water before.
Liang Zhao glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, and raised his hand to bring the water to his mouth.
"Hey!" Gu Mengran was quick to slap Liang Zhao's hand away in time.
The water splashed all over the ground, Liang Zhao looked at him in confusion. Gu Mengran chuckled and pointed at the ducklings and geese wandering by the stream, "It's very dirty, my friend, if you want to drink, go upstream."
Liang Zhao's eyes were attracted by the poultry and livestock wandering around, and he asked with interest: "Are they also brought by the space?"
"The space is not that generous. Except for the soil and water, everything else was bought by me. Grandpa said that no matter how much supplies there are, they will be eaten up one day, and production is the bottom line. Yes, so I bought some poultry and livestock to raise for breeding." Gu Mengran opened the conversation and explained.
Liang Zhao listened to him quietly, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh? Didn't you just say that you didn't tell Grandpa Meng about this space? How did he let you give birth?"
Gu Mengran's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly laughed it off, "I just said that when I was preaching before, it's not important. It's so troublesome for me to find time to feed the chickens and pigs every night, and I still have to farm in the future. I don't care, you have to come and help!"
The topic change was a bit abrupt, Liang Zhao didn't delve into it, just looked at him and smiled, "Okay."
There was really nothing to see in the muddy space. After a quick walk around and seeing what he needed to see and saying what he needed to say, Gu Mengran prepared to take Liang Zhao out.
You can exit the same way you came in. Others entering or exiting the space must obtain permission from the owner, Gu Mengran, and have physical contact with him.
Liang Zhao was half a head taller than Gu Mengran, and his hands were also a circle bigger than his. Although they had already held hands once before, when his left hand was once again wrapped in Liang Zhao's scorching body temperature, the tip of Gu Mengran's ear quietly turned red.
Gu Mengran reluctantly held Liang Zhao's hand and was about to leave when a key question suddenly popped up in his mind.
"That..." Gu Mengran glanced at Liang Zhao, hesitating and seeming to be hesitant to speak.
Noticing his abnormality, Liang Zhao turned his head and looked at him, "Huh?"
Gu Mengran's face turned red, and he uttered a few words with difficulty: "I owe you money——"
"A natural disaster is coming, and people are almost dead. Why are you still thinking about this?" Liang Zhao interrupted him and laughed, "Besides, you took me on board and saved my life in disguise. I should owe you this."
Gu Mengran shook his head: "Not really. With your ability, you will definitely be able to survive the disaster safely. I just want... to make your life better."
"Are you so confident in me?" Liang Zhao lowered his eyes slightly, and the tenderness in his eyes disappeared in an instant.
Without waiting for Gu Mengran to answer, he spoke again: "Actually, I have another question. You have been hiding it from me these days because you were afraid that I wouldn't believe you. Then why did you tell me today? Why did you tell me all of a sudden?"
Gu Mengran shrugged: "The natural disaster will arrive tomorrow, and tonight is the best time. Even if you don't believe me and think I'm crazy, I will advise you to stay for one more day. Wouldn't it be proven tomorrow when the disaster comes?"
"I don't believe it. Why should I stay one more day?" Liang Zhao teased him deliberately.
Gu Mengran snorted and said half-jokingly, "Two fists can't beat four hands, Liang Zhao. You got on my pirate ship and you still want to leave?"
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