Chapter 174: Illusion. Part 1
"Look ahead!" Li Huiyin suddenly pointed forward.
Everyone looked over and was stunned on the spot.
I saw a city deep in the primeval forest!
And it is a city that Xu Zhiyang and Li Huiyin are familiar with!
——Jincheng.
Where their story begins.
The city was surrounded by thick fog.
The streets, houses, and everything inside are exactly as they were before the apocalypse.
Street vendors, crowded driveways, and students with backpacks hurrying on the sidewalks.
Everything was familiar to them.
Xu Zhiyang looked at this place with wide eyes.
"Isn't this our home? Heping City."
Li Huiyin's eyes turned red, and suddenly she jumped off Momo and rushed in as if possessed.
"Hui Yin!"
Xu Zhiyang swung out the vines and wrapped them around Li Huiyin's waist, but was pulled back by a huge suction force!
Not only that, even Momo and the other three mounts were sucked into the foggy city by the attraction that appeared out of nowhere.
When Xu Zhiyang was about to pull Zhu Ci, he suddenly lost consciousness.
…
…
"Xiao Yang, wake up quickly."
"You're going to be late for school. Daddy will take you to school today."
Xu Zhiyang opened her sleepy eyes, and her whole body froze when she saw the person in front of her clearly.
"What's wrong, honey? You look so pale. Did you turn down the air conditioner again last night?"
A soft and warm hand reached out and touched Xu Zhiyang's forehead.
"It's cool, no fever."
Just as she was about to withdraw her hand, Xu Zhiyang suddenly held her hands tightly.
Xu Zhiyang's lips trembled as she whispered, "Mom..."
Xu Yuyao smiled gently, "What's wrong? Mom will be waiting for you to come back home today. This time, Mom will stay with you for a while before going to City A."
"City A..."
Xu Zhiyang felt a sharp pain in the head, as if he had forgotten something, but he couldn't remember anything.
"Okay, we're going to be late." Xu Yuyao rubbed the boy's hair, "Hurry up and get up, mom has already made breakfast."
"good……"
Xu Zhiyang got up in a daze, washed and dressed, and stood in front of the bathroom mirror after changing his clothes.
The boy in the mirror had childish features, was short, and was wearing a junior high school uniform.
After hurriedly finishing breakfast, Xu Zhiyang stared blankly at the face reflected in the rearview mirror.
Han Jin chuckled softly, "Xiao Yang, why does Daddy seem to not recognize me after not seeing me for a month?"
Xu Zhiyang smiled stiffly: "No... I just missed you guys so much, it's like... I haven't seen you in many years."
Han Jin smiled and said, "After the work handover in City A is completed, Dad and Mom will stay in Jincheng with you. Let's go find your brother together this Saturday, okay?"
"Okay." Little Xu Zhiyang smiled.
When Xu Zhiyang entered the school, he felt that everything around him was strange yet familiar.
As he walked, he entered Class One, Grade Seven.
"Lao Xu!" Li Huiyin sat on the desk, her slender legs swaying.
"Old Li."
Xu Zhiyang walked over, put her schoolbag on the table, took out a sandwich from it and handed it to her.
"Wow! Aunt Xu is back!"
Li Huiyin gave Xu Zhiyang a plastic bag on the table.
"This is the oden that grandma cooked for me this morning. It has your favorite konjac knots and meatballs. Grandma also cooked a big radish specially for you."
“It smells so good.”
The two of them took turns eating breakfast when the head teacher came in.
"Classmates, there is a new student here today. Let's applaud and welcome him."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyang looked up at the podium.
I saw a thin boy walk up to the podium and stand there stupidly, not daring to move, amid everyone's applause.
"Why does he look so familiar?" Xu Zhiyang muttered to herself as she looked at the boy.
After the applause died down, the boy spoke timidly.
"Hello everyone... My name is..."
"Lu, Lu Nian."
Xu Zhiyang's pupils suddenly shrank, and at this moment her eyes met the boy's.
"It seems like you're a shy new student. How about this? You go sit with the most mischievous boy in our class."
"Xu Zhiyang, come and raise your hand."
A few seconds later, Xu Zhiyang looked at the boy sitting next to her.
Lu Nian whispered: "Hello..."
"Hello." Xu Zhiyang smiled at him.
At the end of the day, Xu Zhiyang and Lu Nian had become good friends.
Li Huiyin also likes Lu Nian very much, and the three of them agree to go to Li Huiyin’s family’s store to buy oden after school.
Ding-ling-ling——
The familiar bell for the end of get out of class rang.
"Grandma! I'm back from school!"
"I'm back. I have some oden left. Grandma will bring it to you..."
"Grandma, please sit down. I'll go get it."
Li Huiyin skipped into the store and took out all the leftover oden.
The three of them sat at a small square table against the wall outside the store.
Lu Nian whispered, "It smells good."
"Of course, my mother-in-law's oden is the best-selling here!" Li Huiyin said proudly.
Xu Zhiyang laughed and pulled her down to sit down.
"Okay, eat quickly, or it will get cold later."
Li Huiyin nodded: "Yes, yes, Nian Nian, you eat this. There is a bunch of meatballs left. My mother-in-law bought beef and made them herself. They are very delicious!"
"Thank you." Lu Nian bit off a meatball and narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's really delicious."
Xu Zhiyang ate a piece of radish and said with a smile, "You look like a fox cub."
Lu Nian smiled embarrassedly.
After the three of them finished eating the oden, Xu Zhiyang went into Li Huiyin's shop and bought some snacks to share with Lu Nian, and then they went home.
For some reason, he felt that he had something very important to say, but he couldn't remember it.
Xu Zhiyang was too lazy to think about it.
Mom and Dad said they would cook hot pot for him in the evening.
"My brother will video call me at night. I can finally see him!"
Xu Zhiyang skipped and jumped all the way home.
Suddenly, he heard someone calling his name.
It was a cold male voice.
Xu Zhiyang turned around and looked around in confusion.
No one...
"I must have heard it wrong!" Xu Zhiyang shrugged and found that it was already dark and there was no one on the street.
He was a little scared and ran home quickly.
The strange thing is that I didn't see anyone along the way.
Xu Zhiyang opened the door and walked into the house panting. Seeing the bright room and the aroma of hot pot, he felt much more at ease.
"Baby, are you back?" Xu Yuyao came out with a plate of tripe.
"Go wash your hands and face, and get ready for dinner."
"Okay..." Xu Zhiyang quickly ran to wash her hands and face, and sat obediently at the table.
The high chairs and dining table in the restaurant were still a little too high for twelve-year-old Xu Zhiyang, whose toes could just touch the ground.
Han Jin also brought out many dishes, and the hot pot was already boiling.
Xu Yuyao cooked a lot of Xu Zhiyang’s favorite dishes.
"Xiao Yang, tomorrow mom and dad will take you to see your brother, okay? He said he's in Lin City right now."
"Okay." Xu Zhiyang said with a smile, "I miss my brother so much."
"Brother must have missed you too." Xu Yuyao rubbed Xu Zhiyang's head, then thought of something and turned to Han Jin and said:
"Honey, should we prepare some of Zhiche's favorite dishes in advance and bring them over?"
Han Jin nodded and looked at Xu Yuyao with loving eyes.
"Okay, Zhiche likes braised pork, let's make some and bring it over."
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