Chapter 116
When the TV was turned on, the atmosphere became a little stagnant.
On the screen, the host of the Spring Festival Gala was speaking in a festive and humorous manner.
But even Miu Yi, who was the most ignorant person here, just sat on the sofa with his head down.
Sudi leaned against the window, smoking one cigarette after another.
The cigarette smoke followed the wind, climbing higher and higher, and finally disappeared in the laughter, as if it had never existed.
In the kitchen, Zhou Yuli and Bai Zhou cooked dumplings. They were fished out and placed on a plate to drain. They were all huddled together in a mass of white, and looking at them under the pale light made one lose appetite.
In the living room, Pei Zhao was fiddling with the intercom.
Six intercoms, no more, no less, just enough for them.
Sudi said that it is powered by energy and does not need to be charged. It sounds like it is suitable for use when traveling around the world and cooperating.
The living room door was opened. Lan Ji was holding a huge city model in his hand.
Miu Yi quickly took the fruit off the coffee table and Lan Ji gently put it back.
Bai Zhou walked out and looked at the familiar streets and tall towers, places where they had walked countless times and had conversations countless times.
I'm feeling a little low.
Lan Ji stood side by side with him, and the two of them moved in almost the same manner, lowering their eyes and kneeling on one knee.
Like humble people.
Miu Yi could no longer sit still and jumped to Pei Zhao's side somewhat awkwardly.
He whispered, "Brother...will we have enough time to rebuild Hall City?"
Pei Zhao shook his head without even thinking: "It's too late, and we don't know how to rebuild the world."
"Then what did you say..." Miu Yi glanced at Pei Zhao. It was the first time he saw such fatigue in Pei Zhao's eyes.
The only thing he could remember was that when he had to kill people in the amusement park and bring them back, some of them knew they would die but still tried to delay time and let their companions escape. There was such fatigue in their eyes.
Even though that happened a long time ago, uneasiness quickly welled up in my heart.
"Brother, you can't abandon us!" Miu Yi grabbed Pei Zhao's arm with some force, and his nails hooked on his sweater and might have embedded into his flesh. In the past, Miu Yi would have jumped up and shouted sorry, but he didn't do that now.
The young boy just frowned, stared at Pei Zhao with his red eyes, and shouted relentlessly.
"elder brother!"
The intense noise attracted the attention of the people in the kitchen. Zhou Yuli came out, frowned immediately after one glance, strode over and pushed Miu Yi's hand away, rolled up Pei Zhao's sleeves, and there were indeed scars on his arm, three small and curved ones, neatly arranged, oozing blood.
Zhou Yuli glanced at Miu Yi solemnly without saying anything. He grabbed Pei Zhao's arm, took him to the coffee table, and reached for the medical box.
Pei Zhao didn't stop him either.
Everything that is happening right now seems to be recorded on film, and one day in the future, it will slowly and obsoletely be reflected in the hearts of unknown people present.
Pei Zhao didn't want his recollection to become difficult because of some trivial details.
Everything should be clear, obvious and memorable.
No matter who stays here in the future, they should remember...
"Come with me."
The wound on his arm had been treated, and Pei Zhao wanted to leave at that point. He turned around and wanted to say something else to Miu Yi, but Zhou Yuli grabbed his arm.
Pei Zhao was stunned and frowned subconsciously. When his eyes met the gloom in Zhou Yuli's eyes, he was suddenly startled.
Being taken back to the room, Pei Zhao covered his arm and sat on the bed.
Zhou Yuli spread his hands, moved them from his waist to his back, and gently placed them on the bed.
Pei Zhao thought Zhou Yuli wanted to kiss him, but when he got closer, Zhou Yuli's face turned slightly away, which was a sign of rejection.
"Zhou Yuli?" Pei Zhao heard himself ask.
"I'm a little angry and a little sad." Zhou Yuli said in a calm voice. His moist eyes met the gloom in Pei Zhao's eyes and he sighed quietly.
His eyes moved, Zhou Yuli straightened up, held his forehead, and stopped looking at Pei Zhao.
"I'm impulsive, you go out."
Pei Zhao refused to do that. But he roughly knew where Zhou Yuli's emotions came from, but he had no way to do anything.
"I promise you that I will do my best to protect myself." Pei Zhao chose his words, observing Zhou Yuli's reaction, and said as honestly as possible, "But I can't guarantee the mechanism."
Zhou Yuli just sighed again. He looked at Pei Zhao with a gleam in his eyes, as well as unresolved anger and confusion about what to do.
Pei Zhao saw that his hands were shaking violently, and he bit them twice unconsciously after clenching them into fists.
Pei Zhao was helpless and heartbroken, and could only call his name, "Zhou Yuli..."
"...I'm fine." After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Yuli tried his best to maintain a steady voice, but it still came out like this, "I know I can't persuade you, but I always hope that you... maybe, if you have a chance, you can think about yourself."
His puppet was extremely anxious because of his uneasiness, but he didn't dare ask him to think about himself.
Pei Zhao knew that Zhou Yuli didn't want to influence his decision. Zhou Yuli always supports him in everything he does. No matter how much they love each other, they are ultimately independent individuals...
"Pei Zhao, just this once, okay?" Pei Zhao looked at the person who suddenly hugged him in astonishment, tears in his eyes could not stop flowing, half-knelt in front of him, begging him eagerly and earnestly, "We are willing to be a gun in their hands, we won't change anything, okay?"
In the next hundred years, there will always be heroes who stand up and take over what they have done.
It doesn't matter if all of humanity is destroyed, but if only one person disappears, why would that person be you?
Zhou Yuli cried out loudly, almost completely ignoring the fact that someone was listening outside.
Pei Zhao sighed.
"Zhou Yuli, you get up first." The person in his arms didn't listen at all. He was crying and seemed to be ready to cheat.
Pei Zhao was simply helpless and patted his lower back.
"Zhou Yuli?"
"You have to promise me first."
We even started bargaining.
Pei Zhao curled the corner of his mouth, and realized belatedly that he was just imagining things, which was why he showed that expression to Miu Yi in front of others. Now both of them were scared.
Pei Zhao moved his hand downwards and patted the familiar spot lightly.
"Do you still want to listen to me? Hmm?"
Zhou Yuli then raised his head.
There were tears on his face, and his usually stern appearance now looked pathetic.
Pei Zhao reached out and pinched his face.
"Then we turn overthrow into hostage-taking. Have you heard of 'holding the emperor hostage to control the princes'? We hold the system hostage to control the puppet master."
Zhou Yuli was stunned for a moment, then he understood after a moment.
"...You mean we don't need to completely destroy the system center and the data?"
"Yes." Pei Zhao couldn't help but rubbed Zhou Yuli's hair, making it a little messy. "Are you relieved now?"
Zhou Yuli was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly hugged Pei Zhao, and a muffled voice came from his heart.
"Um."
It's not some complicated logic, it's just that everyone was pressed for time and thought too hastily without thinking about the end.
Pei Zhao now came up with another possibility.
"In other words, we won't overthrow them directly, but will find the main person responsible and hold him hostage, and then we will decide their movements." Su Di listened to Pei Zhao, but his attention was always on Zhou Yuli behind Pei Zhao.
The little wooden puppet brought his master to the room and saw the scene and thought that the master was trying to make trouble. The result was that I went there to cry. It's really unexpected.
Pei Zhao looked serious, but he didn't notice Sudi's scrutiny. He continued, "Well, this means we need to go back to the system center to find the leader over there. The group of dragons... must have a leader, and we need to find him."
This plan is more practical than the previous one, and more importantly, it does not require the reconstruction of Hall City.
Although Bai Zhou and Lan Ji talked about the past, understanding and accepting are two completely different things.
Both of them hope to consider reconstruction after they are fully prepared. Putting it on the agenda rashly will cause a lot of pressure.
Now, after hearing the new plan, Bai Zhou understood, "This is easy. We will act separately, and the system center can use its capabilities as it pleases. We can still fly freely afterwards."
"Don't forget, you are not the only one with the ability." Sudi glanced at him, "The ability itself comes from the system. Do you think that those systems will let you do whatever you want even though they know what you are going to do?"
Bai Zhou turned his head away, a hint of impatience appearing on his face.
Lan Ji knew that he was just anxious, so he pulled his sleeve and said to Pei Zhao and the others, "We still need to do it secretly, maybe we can ask Yu for help."
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. This is a good idea." Sudi snorted coldly, agreeing with the idea.
"If we communicate with Yu, we'd better find some reasons so that he won't be involved with the system center. In the end, we will be the ones isolated and helpless." Pei Zhao shook his head. Such things happened too many times in reality, and he didn't want to make things worse.
"Don't worry." Sudi snapped his fingers, "Give me your SIM card as well? I can communicate directly through the two-way line."
Pei Zhao thought about it and agreed, but Zhou Ran was the only contact in his phone. He sent a text message and said something, but after waiting for a few minutes there was no reply. Pei Zhao thought Zhou Ran was attending a New Year's Eve social event.
The Spring Festival Gala was muted on TV. When Pei Zhao looked over, the host was counting down.
Lip-sync: five, four, three, two, one.
The sudden explosion outside the window overlapped with the sound from the TV.
"Happy New Year--"
Pei Zhao turned around in a trance and looked out the window.
He was standing at the place closest to the TV. When he turned around, he saw Zhou Yuli beside him, Su Di opposite him, Lan Ji and Bai Zhou standing on both sides of the coffee table, and Miu Yi sitting on the sofa in front of the window.
Everyone turned around and looked out the window.
"Happy New Year." Pei Zhao uttered quietly.
“I hope we will be like this every year.”
He tried carefully to register it all in his mind.
If what happens in the future, they can no longer meet for various reasons, or their plans fail, they will disappear forever.
Pei Zhao only hoped that this picture would flash through his mind a second before he lost consciousness.
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