Chapter 202 Writing the Ending
Every day after the temperature dropped, the team members lived in fear.
Song Qianyi said she didn't remember the exact time when the earthquake struck, she only remembered that it was late at night when she was caught off guard, the earth was shaking, the tall buildings were swaying, and the world was filled with a buzzing sound that made her mind go blank.
People have gradually moved into the sheds built on the vacant land.
Everyone was anxiously waiting for the earthquake to come.
But what noticed the earthquake earlier than them were a few poultry chicks and a few cats in the house that had managed to survive the hot weather.
When Xingxing heard the restless cat meowing and the sound of scratching at the door, it meowed and used its paws to wake up its sleeping mother.
"Meow!" The kitten arched its back a little nervously and looked at the inky darkness outside the window.
Tan Zhaozhao reached out and hugged it, then stood up and opened the door. Together with Li Shan who came out of the guest room, they hid in the bathroom with several other cats.
"It may take a while." Li Shan squatted in the corner. In front of her was a cage with several cats. They were meowing very loudly in the cage and would not calm down no matter how Li Shan tried to comfort them.
Xingxing lay in her mother's arms, hiding in another corner. Her mother arched her back and hid her baby in her arms, which ensured that she would not be hit by anything or fall out due to violent shaking.
Tan Zhaozhao nodded and said calmly: "Then you hide first, I will go and inform them... Is it raining?"
Her unfinished words were interrupted by the cold rain coming in from the toilet window. Tan Zhaozhao touched her eyelids, and her fingertips were successfully stained with a slight hint of moisture.
Li Shan was slightly stunned, then she also looked up at the dark window.
"It's raining?"
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Tan Zhaozhao got up and opened the door.
Tang Jin was standing outside the door.
"Are you awake?" He was surprised for a moment, then said to Tan Zhaozhao, "I just came up to inform you that there will probably be an earthquake tonight, so it's best to hide in the toilet or a safer place. Remember to use two pillows to protect your head so it won't be hit by falling lights or other objects."
Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan nodded in agreement, and watched him go downstairs to inform Song Qianyi, Su Mingyue and others.
I closed the door, found a pillow and a quilt and went into the bathroom. At this time, the rain outside the window had become heavier. The big raindrops hit the window with a crackling sound. The hazy and dark rain curtain added a bit of chill to the silent night.
"…It's raining so heavily, can those sheds built on the open space provide shelter from the rain?" Li Shan couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Tan Zhaozhao shook her head; she wasn’t sure either.
"Xiao Song said that the aftershocks will continue for several days, intermittently, and the intensity is not low. I don't know if Ancheng can withstand it."
Li Shan stood up and leaned against the window, looking at the hazy outlines of the city's buildings in the dark outside, muttering, "After the earthquake, there will be heavy snow and extreme cold. What will happen after the extreme cold? Will it be the real spring?"
Hearing her voice, Tan Zhaozhao thought of Song Qianyi again.
Her eyes darkened and she said gently, "It won't be too far from the real spring, don't worry."
"How do you know?" Li Shan turned to look at her curiously.
Tan Zhaozhao smiled and replied: "Because I am smart, I can guess what God is thinking."
Li Shan: "...So you are the worm in God's stomach?"
Tan Zhaozhao really laughed this time, and pulled her to sit down again, instead of leaning against the window to get wet in the rain.
Li Shan closed the window.
Just as she sat down, a sharp and dull sound suddenly came into the ears of both the man and the cat.
The cat cried miserably, and the man frantically reached out to steady his shaking body.
There was a clanging sound of objects falling in the living room outside the toilet, and the whole world seemed to start shaking in this short moment. They seemed to be put into a hamster cage. In the small toilet, even though they had made all the preparations, they still rolled together, their elbows hit the sink, their heads hit the wall, and their knees knelt heavily on the floor tiles. The earthquake affected everyone and everything equally.
Just as they were struggling to steady themselves, a sound like rumbling thunder was heard again outside the tightly closed window.
"...Is it thundering?!" Li Shan already had goose bumps all over her body and her voice was trembling.
"No, no, it should be a building collapsed!"
How small and weak are humans in the face of nature's furious purge?
Tan Zhaozhao tried hard to wrap the star in a blanket and used his body to create a safe space for it. Then he waited for the first wave of earthquake to end amid the violent and frightening shaking.
Every minute and every second of the earthquake seemed to be pulled infinitely by an invisible hand, making it extremely long and difficult to endure.
When it was over, the two of them protected their cats in the dark and asked each other in a hoarse voice if they were okay.
The stars are experiencing earthquakes for the first time.
This little body was uncontrollably frightened, but it was always well protected by its mother and Qiuqiu.
In the chaos, Qiuqiu even wanted to stuff the stars back into the space, but because of the plot, he knew that the building would not collapse, so he forced himself to hold back.
"Baby, are you okay? Are you scared? Don't be afraid..."
The little ball of light frantically stuck to the little Star cat wrapped in a blanket, chattering away without leaving Star any room to respond.
Worry leads to confusion.
Star struggled to lift his paws out from under the blanket and touch the little ball of light.
"Don't be afraid, Qiuqiu."
The kitten is actually quite calm.
Although it was the first time for this body to experience a major earthquake, the little zombie soul in this body was not afraid of death.
It cannot sense the emotion of fear from the act of "death".
So Xingxing is the calmest kitten of all the creatures in this toilet.
He can even pat his mother on the shoulder as a reminder when he hears a hurried knock on the door.
Ten minutes later, several people appeared on the roof.
In just a short period of time, the raindrops before the earthquake had turned into torrential rain, burying the wails of countless collapsed buildings in the city, and as if the city was weeping for the disaster.
Several people were standing in the rain, looking into the distance at the city through binoculars.
The smoke and dust raised by the collapsed buildings were washed down by the rain before they could disperse. In the dark night, Ancheng seemed to be ravaged by a giant beast. High-rise buildings collapsed one after another. Finally, everything returned to calm in the heavy rain.
Until another strong earthquake came in a short time.
Someone was caught in the rain and suddenly shivered.
His voice seemed to tremble a little, "Will this disaster never end?"
"No." Tan Zhaozhao's voice was shattered by the sound of rain, and the other party did not hear it.
But when Tan Zhaozhao looked at the crooked and collapsed outline of the building in the distance in the dark night, he turned around and walked back, his eyes fell silently and accurately on Song Qianyi.
When will the end of the world end?
It all depends on when the protagonist Song Qianyi's life will be fulfilled and there will be no more plot to speak of.
so……
"Have you ever thought about what kind of life you would like to live if there was no doomsday disaster?"
Tan Zhaozhao asked Song Qianyi who was sitting on the sofa casually while holding the cat.
Hearing this, Song Qianyi frowned and thought for a long time before answering her:
“I’ve thought about it many times.”
Her eyes were a little vacant, and she said slowly: "If there is no doomsday, I hope I can get rid of my vampire relatives, then find a reliable boyfriend, raise a cute kitten, have a stable job, live every day in peace and stability, and being ordinary is happiness."
After listening to her, Tan Zhaozhao nodded, thought for a moment, and then asked her, "Do you really need to have a boyfriend?"
Song Qianyi was stunned for a moment, then shook her head in amusement: "No, but I don't have a real family anymore. I hope to have a home of my own, where I can go home and open the door to find someone and a cat waiting for me. This way, three meals a day, all year round, is probably the most ideal life."
"Then do you have someone you like?" Li Shan asked curiously.
Song Qianyi: "...I don't think so, right?"
A very uncertain tone.
Several people understood it immediately.
Isn't that what it means?
As soon as this topic came up, not only humans, but even cats and balls tilted their heads curiously and pricked up their ears to listen carefully.
Song Qianyi: "..."
She coughed awkwardly, her eyes wandering and she didn't say anything else.
"She likes Bai Yichen." Qiuqiu said with certainty.
Xingxing meowed in confusion, "How do you know?"
Qiuqiu hummed proudly, "Because Bai Yichen is the male protagonist in the original plot!"
So Star Kitten tilted his head and looked at Song Qianyi, who was blushing a little, with a small question mark in his round green eyes.
Two seconds later, the kitten jumped off the sofa, raised its paw and pressed the button.
"Mom~"
Tan Zhaozhao's eyes quickly fell on it.
"What's wrong, baby? What do you want to tell mommy?" Tan Zhaozhao asked with a smile on her face. She squatted over and looked gently at Xingxing who was looking up at her little cat face.
The star picked and chose from a pile of buttons and finally chose one.
"I like it~"
After pressing it, he felt something was wrong, so he stretched out his paw and pressed the most familiar button.
"Mom~"
Tan Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened in surprise. She turned back and looked at Li Shan and the others with equally surprised eyes, then turned her head to ask as if to confirm: "Xingxing wants to say that you like mommy?"
The kitten nodded with great certainty and pressed the button:
"Yes."
"Mom~"
"I like it~"
Tan Zhaozhao: "!!!"
At this moment, she once again confirmed that she owned the cutest kitten in the world!
"Baby, mommy likes you too. I like you so much! I like stars the most in the whole world!"
She said this with great certainty, her eyes becoming a little red.
Human beings are always good at perceiving happiness belatedly, and it is only at the moment of perceiving happiness that they realize the regret, loneliness or grievance that preceded it.
The same goes for Tan Zhaozhao.
She couldn't imagine how miserable and desolate her fate and life would be if she hadn't met the stars.
She thought, even if it was because of this love, the end of the world should end with the snowstorm.
After all, the kitten has been born for nearly four months. The snowstorm and the long winter are very difficult to endure, and she wants to take the kitten out next spring to see the spring flowers blooming in this world with her own eyes.
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"...So what you mean is that Xiao Song likes our Captain Xiao Tang? Then what about Captain Xiao Tang, does he have someone he likes?" Li Shan was so surprised that she could fit a big duck egg in her mouth.
Su Mingyue tried hard to recall, then shook her head firmly: "No, Captain Tang has been in the army since graduation, and I have never heard that he likes anyone."
"Does that mean there's a possibility between the two of them?" Li Shan's eyes lit up, and she secretly clenched Xingxing's cat paws excitedly.
Chen Yi was confused and had a question mark on her face, "Wait...how did you know that Xiao Song liked Captain Tang? How come I didn't notice anything?"
Tan Zhaozhao: "Didn't you notice that she can chat with everyone except the captain? She doesn't even make eye contact with him."
Several people: "Ah???"
Qiuqiu, who was standing next to him, was even more shocked. He jumped up suddenly and retorted, "That's impossible! How could she like Captain Xiao Tang? Her official match is obviously the male lead Bai Yichen!!"
Li Shan was rubbing the cat while question marks appeared in her head, "No, that's not right, shouldn't it be the most annoying? How can it be liking? I always thought Xiao Song had some opinions about Captain Xiao Tang..."
They both nodded in unison, agreeing with what Li Shan said.
Tan Zhaozhao rescued her cub from her bestie and rubbed its paws, whetting everyone's appetite before she slowly explained, "It's because I like you that I won't look you in the eye and even act very distant. Maybe we have similar personalities to some extent, so I can probably guess a little."
While several people were excitedly discussing how to bring the two together, Tan Zhaozhao chuckled and poked Xingxing's head, pressed a small tuft of orange hair into a curl, and gently combed it.
If this is a work, the best way to end the plot is to give an ending as soon as possible.
Since the protagonist herself is not clear about the timeline of the story's ending, let her help write the ending in advance.
In this way, everyone is happy.
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