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The flame disappeared in a flash, as if it had never existed. At the moment it went out, Huo Chi happened to look over here.
Who are you? Who else could it be?
Jiang Ziyao asked silently. This time, the emotion he saw in Huo Chi's eyes was very different. His sadness disappeared without a trace, and his pupils, which were mostly black and less yellow, were filled with pent-up fanaticism.
He was sure that there must be another self in Huo Chi's mind. He was strong and calm, as if he had walked a long road, been caught in the rain and been injured, and had become an adult wearing a black suit.
This gave Jiang Ziyao a bold answer in his mind.
If they can travel to the future, then do their future selves also exist here? But Jiang Ziyao doesn't understand, how can the future Huo Chi live in his own mind?
"Let's go!" Huo Chi shouted.
He smelled a strong smell of gunpowder, which only served as an aphrodisiac. Sparks were falling from above his head, the charred plants were very hot, and the soles of his feet were very hot. Temperature was an uncontrollable factor.
Jiang Ziyao saw the nervous look on Huo Chi's face. He was distracted for a moment. Huo Chi had already grabbed his hand and ran forward quickly. He heard their rapid breathing, the smell of rotten meat and burnt meat, and the smoke that was so blinding that it almost turned their hair white. Without communicating with each other, they all left the scene in the same direction.
Huo Chi pulled him tightly and ran wildly. His palms were burning and his head was sweating. He didn't stop until he ran several hundred meters away.
Huo Chi bent down and took a breath, then raised his head and looked at him for a moment. There was not much intimacy, but it felt like they had kissed.
Jiang Ziyao was a little dazed, and Huo Chi reached out and touched his neck, asking, "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt."
Jiang Ziyao whispered, "Stop touching it, it's itchy."
Huo Chi then removed his hand and laughed heartily: "My clothes are all torn. I must go to the city to find something. I have to walk a little further. It must not be far away."
Jiang Ziyao nodded.
The current Huo Chi was the look he was most familiar with. In front of him, Huo Chi's eyes could never hide his emotions. Worry and heartache were all clearly revealed, as straightforward as a piece of clean paper.
Huo Chi suddenly turned his head and shouted, "What are you peeking at, little brat!"
Jiang Ziyao turned around and saw that Bian Chengsi had indeed been staring at him, but his expression was quite strange. For this reason, Huo Chi deliberately straightened his chest and stuck close to Jiang Ziyao to shield his body.
Jiang Ziyao's clothes were torn in many places, which did look a bit undignified, but Bian Chengsi just felt awkward. He shook his head and said, "Nothing, I just think you guys are weird."
But he couldn't tell where to blame him. He had never been in a relationship and didn't understand love. Now looking at Jiang Ziyao and Huo Chi, he found that he didn't seem to understand brotherhood either. Could the eyes between brothers be so disgusting?
Huo Chi ignored Bian Chengsi who was struggling, and shouted: "I see the road!"
Jiang Ziyao also saw it and looked forward. Beyond a few small hills was the highway section. There were fields on the flat ground with signs of farming. There were no zombies nearby. Perhaps they were taken care of by the dandelions before, so it was probably not very picky about food.
Huo Chi rolled down the slope directly, shouting excitedly: "Brother Jiang! You don't know how exciting I felt just now!"
Jiang Ziyao asked: "What does it feel like?"
Huo Chi said: "It's like a combination lock suddenly opened! I'm going to explode with excitement!"
"Do you remember it?"
"without……"
Huo Chi was gone.
It seems that he has the memory this time, but the use of power is still somewhat random. Jiang Ziyao showed a peaceful smile, "Then think about it slowly later, there is no rush."
Huo Chi nodded.
"You were really handsome just now." Bian Chengsi took the initiative to praise him, even a little envious, and then asked: "Do you feel good rolling down?"
"Cool."
"Then I'll come too." Seeing Huo Chi's wanton behavior, Bian Chengsi also became excited. He lay down and rolled to the ground like a sandbag, then chuckled. Huo Chi also laughed, but he was making fun of Bian Chengsi's ugly rolling.
Jiang Ziyao saw that their eyebrows were flying off with laughter. Bian Chengsi's eyes were wide open. He was so excited that he shouted with a clenched mouth: "Brother Jiang, come too!"
"I won't come." Jiang Ziyao declined immediately. The two people below were chattering and making a lot of noise. He looked at the surrounding environment quietly. The weather was good at this time. The sky above his head was colorful and clear. He felt fresh when he breathed in. There was grass on the ground, which was green and colorful, not as completely gray as in the city.
Jiang Ziyao exhaled and walked quietly, while Bian Chengsi followed Huo Chi and shouted behind him. There were only mountains here and they could hear the echo when they shouted. This childish behavior aroused the unique vitality in some people, and Jiang Ziyao didn't think there was anything wrong with it. They were students in general and young people at most. They obviously had plenty of time and possibilities, but even the chance to laugh was so rare.
The young people's joyful cheers were clear, and they continued to move towards Tianhai City, towards Utopia——
But it got dark quickly, so they stopped and found an open space on the side of the road, lit a fire and sat around it. Looking at the dancing flames in front of them, Bian Chengsi talked about his past: "Now I finally have something to make me happy. Before the doomsday, people I knew would only say nice things to me. Even if I did something wrong, they would compliment my father. I never felt that I had any friends. They didn't treat me as a human being at all, but as a middleman to sell favors to my father. I had no one to talk to, and life was boring."
Huo Chi said dryly, "What do you find interesting, young master?"
Bian Chengsi said seriously: "Although you are teasing, I don't like this name." He sighed: "The longer I've been with you, the more I envy you. What was your life like before? I haven't been to Guangzhou yet. I'm very busy every day and rarely have the opportunity to go out freely. I also want to have some time for myself like a normal family."
"We are not as rich as you." Huo Chi curled his lips unceremoniously, "Don't tell me about your former wealthy life. I hate the rich!"
"I have nothing but that little money, what is there to envy?" Bian Chengsi expressed his incomprehension: "I have had a lot of homework since I was a child, and my whole day was arranged for private tutoring. When I got older, I had to go to school to learn social skills. My favorite things to do are actually flower arrangement and woodblock printing, but I can only study finance. My parents are not at home all year round. Now everything in the future is ruined, and I don’t even have any good memories."
"The only thing I remember is the birthday my parents celebrated with me when I was twelve."
"What about you?"
Bian Chengsi shook his head and laughed at himself: "It won't be as bad as me."
"Why do you have so many questions?" From the tone, Huo Chi seemed a little unhappy. He frowned and his nose was steaming.
"What's wrong?" Bian Chengsi was stunned and looked at Huo Chi. His face was illuminated by the fire and turned copper-red. Jiang Ziyao remained silent. He wanted to start a conversation. "Why don't we talk about something happy? I'm curious about your past stories. They must be very exciting, right?"
"Fuck you!" Huo Chi stood up suddenly. He was suddenly furious: "Fighting! I fight every day. Are you satisfied? I'm just a gangster!"
Jiang Ziyao, who had been silent the whole time, spoke up: "Huo Chi."
He shook his head.
"Sit down. There's no need to get angry over something that's not worth it."
Huo Chi kicked the hard ground, took a deep breath, and turned his head to the side. After a while, he calmed down and added, "I am, but Jiang Ge is not."
Bian Chengsi opened his mouth, but Jiang Ziyao spoke first: "We don't have any good stories, and Huo Chi is not angry because of you, so there is no need to say more."
Bian Chengsi fell silent. He realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he even seemed to see displeasure on Jiang Ziyao's face.
What was he doing at the age of twelve? Huo Chi thought that he was probably still playing with mosquitoes under the bridge at that time.
He was a beggar in the beginning.
He had no money and could not afford to eat, so he had to rummage through the trash cans of restaurants and bakeries. The mean-hearted store clerks would scald his hands with soup and drive him away, and then he would have to find a way to survive the next hungry night.
Huo Chi has been wandering the streets since he was eleven years old. He became a lonely person since his father and stepmother tried to use him to defraud insurance.
No matter how young the child is, he has awareness. He knows that no one loves him and no one wants him, so when someone throws food next to the garbage, he sticks to it shamelessly. He is thick-skinned and wants to survive, so he becomes a dog-skin plaster that cannot be thrown away.
Jiang Ziyao was thirteen years old at that time. A neighbor aunt kindly gave him a piece of bread. It happened to be the Lantern Festival. He shared half of the bread with a dirty kid on the street. The kid followed him all the way, but he didn't care. Even if the world ended in the next second, it probably had nothing to do with him.
The laughter of children came from the neighbor's house, and their home was very lively.
He silently took out the other half of the bread and was about to eat it, but it was snatched away by a child who appeared out of nowhere. This made him angry, and he angrily scolded the child for being greedy.
Jiang Ziyao didn't actually need this half piece of bread, but at this moment, this half piece of bread would be the last gift he prepared for himself. It was sprinkled with rat poison, and it looked as beautiful as sprinkled starch.
The child threw the bread aside and seemed very angry.
He said [You can’t eat it! You’ll die! How can you be so stupid!]
He was as thin as a monkey, but very aggressive.
Later, Jiang Ziyao still felt that the child was greedy and followed him greedily for many years.
Jiang Ziyao knew that Huo Chi actually didn't like fighting.
But he always thought Huo Chi was a weird kid.
Huo Chi is usually very obedient. In order not to be kicked out, he will do whatever he is asked to do. He even looks a little cowardly. He will not get angry even if someone points at his nose and calls him a bastard in front of him. He will even laugh along.
But when Jiang Ziyao was scolded, he would get angry and hold a grudge. Even though he was malnourished, very short and thin, and looked like a bag of bones, and he could not beat other children of the same age, he still roared and raised his fists.
The first time Huo Chi had his leg broken, Jiang Ziyao watched him limping back home.
Jiang Ziyao was a little angry. He felt that Huo Chi was angry at the wrong time and even overestimated his own abilities. His face was very cold at that time.
[I'm going to order some noodles.]
Huo Chi lowered his head and walked away in embarrassment. He knew that Jiang Ziyao was angry, so he went to the kitchen obediently. Perhaps he felt that he had lost the fight, and he was very embarrassed and guilty.
Later, Jiang Ziyao also broke the opponent's legs, three of them, in an alley without surveillance, but they still hid outside for a long time.
After receiving some subsidies, Huo Chi grew stronger and became stronger. Fighting became a common occurrence for him. Sometimes he would return home with a bruised face, but the opponent would only be in a worse situation.
Many years passed, and Jiang Ziyao also understood.
His weirdness is also a kind of love.
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