Chapter 19
"You, still smiling foolishly," Xunchun said helplessly, raising his hand to tap Xu Zhou's head, "Stop slandering me in your heart and expecting me to do something good."
Seeing her useless little attempt to cover up, he knew she was plotting something again. As for why he could guess her thoughts, it might be a tacit understanding formed over a long period of time.
It’s better not to talk about the past experiences.
Xu Zhou nodded obediently, patted his chest, and vowed: "Of course, trust me."
I thought to myself, it’s not good to be too familiar.
As soon as Xunchun turned around, she made a face at his back to show her dissatisfaction. At the same time, she asked the system: "Speak up, how about I kill him?"
"Remember to tell me before you take action," the system said politely, "I'll run away first."
Xu Zhou was disappointed with his failure to become a successful person: "No ambition."
The system lies flat.
The alliance is already like this, why is it still struggling?
Even if the sky falls, we still have our allies to support us.
After the daytime drama, this short episode passed quickly. Although it was played out this way, she was very confident in Xunchun. He would not become the undercover agent, for no reason.
The system also understood Xu Zhou's operation. In today's era, it is normal to go crazy occasionally.
Walking along the botanical path, the biggest feeling was the sheer number of plants blocking the path, their branches scattering wildly. They were like little people who had strayed into a land of giants, with no sky to be seen, only green. The plants were fragrant, and fortunately, there were no mosquitoes or insects, otherwise, with her physique, she would have developed many blisters.
There must be no trace of people here, otherwise this section of road would have been cleared long ago.
Xu Zhou pulled at Xunchun's clothes, his footsteps never stopped, and the path was winding like a maze.
Suddenly, Xunchun let out a long sigh.
His voice was muffled and contained a hint of melancholy, lingering in the net woven by the lush vegetation and unable to dissipate.
He said: "I don't know what I am now. I'm not a human, but I'm not a zombie either. Maybe I'm a monster."
"The end has been a long time coming."
"Don't worry, I've always been on the human side, just like you."
The fragmented sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, and the colorful spots of light are like elves, dancing happily in the air.
"Light."
"Why."
When Xunchun's voice came again, Xu Zhou woke up as if from a dream, and found that he had been staring at the light spot, and his eyes were sore.
Xunchun had indeed thought about these things.
Damn tacit understanding.
She suppressed her racing thoughts and said nothing. Gradually, the cheerful atmosphere changed, and the new atmosphere spread like a dark cloud.
The system listened to these words without any reason and without any preparation, and shook its head repeatedly.
What a pair of corpses with perfect understanding.
Their train of thought really clashed with each other.
Adhering to the good principle of sharing, the system also told this discovery to the system at the same time, and received praise from the system at the same time. The two systems once again started a long discussion on this.
The end point of the system navigation is Xu Zhou’s home.
Her parents could not escape the infectious virus and turned into zombies at the beginning of the doomsday and died in their own yard.
Setting foot on the familiar road, Xu Zhou felt a long-lost sense of homesickness. He walked closer and closer until he was almost there. The gate to the courtyard was open, and Xu Zhou stopped and stood at the door, not having the courage to go in.
Xunchun made room for her and patted her shoulder. She looked up, and he gave her an encouraging look and gently pushed her shoulder to let her in.
Xu Zhou entered the yard.
There is an osmanthus tree planted on the left side of the courtyard wall facing the courtyard gate. The osmanthus tree stretches out its branches and leaves, holding up a green umbrella. Under the umbrella is a mottled shadow, and the light under the shade of the tree becomes soft and hazy. The father and mother are lying under the tree. Weathering has invaded their bodies, but their faces still look peaceful.
Xu Zhou approached step by step, staring at her parents without blinking. It was such a peaceful scene, perhaps they were just asleep. She wanted to see a familiar smile in them, but instead, her mind flashed through frames of past scenes.
Her brain did not deceive her, she knew clearly that her parents had left.
Dense sadness flooded into my heart like a flood.
Separation is actually a lesson that Xu Zhou learned very early on.
The first lesson her stepfather and stepmother taught her was separation. Separation is a heavy topic, but they didn't hide it.
When he was little, Xiao Xuzhou had a playmate who was from an orphanage. She had a congenital disease, and her parents couldn't afford to raise her, so they abandoned her in a corner of the orphanage. The director raised her for a few years, but she eventually died of her illness.
That orphanage was where Xu's father had stayed before. He would go back to visit the orphanage every once in a while, and it was at that time that little Xu Zhou met his playmates.
One day, Xu's father brought little Xu Zhou back to the orphanage. He brought a small doll he had made himself, intending to give it to his playmates. Not long after he gave the doll away, the sky turned cloudy.
The illness came on suddenly, and Xiao Xuzhou watched his playmate close his eyes.
When her father covered her ears, the warmth of her playmate still remained on her fingertips.
"Dad, is she asleep?"
"She woke up somewhere else."
Xiao Xuzhou didn't understand, she stared blankly at the doll she had given to her playmate.
She sat on the wooden bridge outside the orphanage for a long time. That was where she and her playmates often stayed. Her playmate was in poor health and could not always do strenuous exercise, so they would sometimes lie on the bridge together and look at the sky.
Playmate: "Deng Deng, please give me a name."
She was puzzled: "Didn't the dean give you a name?"
"But that's a name everyone knows. We're friends, and I want you to give me a name only friends know."
Xiao Xuzhou had very few words in her mind. For a moment, she could only think of the flowers she had seen in the picture book yesterday: "Do you like sunflowers?"
"What is a sunflower?"
"It's a kind of flower, round, big, and golden. The book says it follows the sun."
My playmate's eyes widened. "Wow, that sounds amazing. Are you going to name me that?"
"Yeah." Xiao Xuzhou nodded.
"It sounds nice, I like this name." The playmate stretched out his right hand, "Hello, my name is Sunflower, let's be friends."
Xiao Xuzhou stretched out his hand, but frowned and said hesitantly: "...You haven't given me a name yet."
"Oh, right," Sunflower suddenly realized and began to think, "It's so difficult. What should I name you?"
After much deliberation, Sunflower finally decided: "You should be called Little Sun. That way, when you turn around, you can see Sunflower and me."
"Little Sun..."
"Yes, Little Sun and Sunflower have always been together." Sunflower held Little Xu Zhou's hand and muttered, "They are good friends, very good friends."
"Okay, we are good friends."
Xiao Xuzhou and Sunflower laughed happily.
Sunflower's voice was very soft, like a dandelion brushing past your ear without leaving a trace: "...If I'm gone, you look back and you'll see me."
…
After handling the funeral, when Xu's father took little Xu Zhou home, he saw her staring at the sunflower and sun dolls. He picked up little Xu Zhou and asked her to wave goodbye to the sunflower.
Xiao Xuzhou did as he was told.
On the way home, Xu's father bought a cake.
At the end of the day, her parents calmly told her that Sunflower was gone. They downplayed it, filling her head with concepts of death and separation.
The cake was to celebrate her departure.
Xu's father took out the cake and put it on the table. Xu's mother pulled little Xu Zhou to the table and asked her gently.
"My beloved little Deng Deng, if we are no longer around, will you be scared?"
"Yes, I don't want you to leave."
"Be good, don't be afraid. Let's eat some cake together to celebrate our future separation."
Outrageous.
Whose cake theme would be farewell?
Who celebrates separation?
…
In her dream that day, Xiao Xuzhou dreamed of Sunflower. Sunflower was standing at the door of the orphanage, smiling as usual, waving goodbye to her.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back."
Xu Zhou pursed her lips, tears welled up in her eyes, and kept on talking. She sat between them, took their dry hands, and wrapped them in her own, just as they had held her hands before.
Xunchun stood at the gate, not going in to disturb Xu Zhou. He looked toward the yard next door, lost in thought. The roses in that yard were blooming even more, even more beautiful than the day he left.
Ripples appeared in my heart.
In the evening, as the sun set, Xu Zhou emerged, her face tired but calm. Xun Chun took one look and knew she had recovered almost completely.
Xunchun found some tools and together with Xu Zhou dug a big hole under the osmanthus tree and buried Xu's father and mother there.
The osmanthus tree was planted by Xu Zhou after he graduated from the college entrance examination. Now it has grown into a big tree and can also provide shelter from wind and rain.
Xu Zhou lay under the tree. Xun Chun found a piece of cloth to cushion him and also took a blanket.
Xu Zhou remained silent, watching the sunset fade away and the moon rise. Xun Chun stayed by his side, quietly accompanying him.
The system was also quiet. It could sense Xu Zhou's emotional fluctuations. Although it looked calm, it was actually in turmoil.
"I'm so tired. I want to fall asleep too." After a long time, Xu Zhou spoke.
"Go to sleep, and remember to wake up in this place, I'm still here." Xunchun said.
The day continued to pass by, looking for spring.
There was a creaking sound, and a zombie was peeking out from the gate of the yard.
Three pairs of eyes looked at each other.
Oh, and there are companions.
It's boring, not as fun as him being a zombie.
After a few seconds, the zombie realized it was no longer interesting and left again.
After a good night's sleep, the sun rose as usual the next day.
"My great ally, it's already eight o'clock in the morning. A beautiful day has begun. Get up and do your mission." Early in the morning, the system was beating drums and gongs in my mind.
It had already consulted the synchronous system last night. As for the situation of adjusting the alliance, it could find her more things to do to distract her attention so that she would not have time to be sad.
System question: Is it reliable?
Synchronous system: 100% reliable.
The first rays of the sun shine directly on your face.
Xu Zhou, who was woken up from his sleep, felt sore in the back, had a bitter face and squinted his eyes.
Xunchun didn't need to sleep. Seeing her awake, grinning, he understood and reached out to rub her shoulders and back out of habit. He hadn't done this in a long time and was still a little rusty.
Xu Zhou let his Qi sink into his Dantian, then spoke, speaking in a flurry: "System, I couldn't sleep last night, and now it's the end of the world, not to mention I'm just a zombie living my life, and you actually made me wake up at 8:00 this morning. Doesn't that hurt you?"
As soon as the words fell——
There was complete silence, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Of course, this is all an illusion, an illusion of continuing the day's fantasy.
The truth is, all the zombies spoke at the same time.
Xunchun: "Didn't you sleep peacefully last night?" He kept looking at her without even turning over.
System: "I am a product of advanced technology, I don't have a heart."
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