Chapter 77 Beijing Ruins - 13 Tang Bufan Returns...
After returning to the car, Tang Bufan began tidying up the carriage. The bedding he and Lu Yi had slept on was already very dirty. Tang Bufan glanced at the heavy snow outside and the deserted streets overgrown with dead trees, and decided to do a thorough cleaning.
Lu Yi came in quickly, but was chased away by Tang Bufan.
"Take the axe and chop some firewood, melt the snow and fill the water tank. We need to clean the RV," Tang Bufan instructed him, kneeling down to roll up the dirty bedding.
Lu Yi naturally listened to him, so he took the axe and went out, while Tang Bufan threw the rolled-up bedding out of the carriage.
This feeling of energy is wonderful. Tang Bufan was deeply moved. He used to be so lazy that he didn't want to move, and his physical weakness affected his mental state. He was completely useless. Now, he was full of energy and spirit.
He cleaned for a while and even felt very hot, so he took off his wolfskin coat and swept the floor in the carriage wearing only a sweater.
"Be careful not to catch a cold." Lu Yi brought up a basin of warm water for Tang Bufan to wash the rags.
"No, Kai is controlling the temperature. It's warmer inside the carriage than outside." Tang Bufan smiled at Lu Yi with rosy cheeks, radiating the healthy energy of post-exercise.
Lu Yi stared at him blankly for a moment, then secretly rejoiced and went back down to boil snow water.
After the carriage was tidied up with boxes, it was spacious. Tang Bufan swept the floor once and then wiped it twice with a rag, making the floor very clean. However, Tang Bufan looked at the animal hides rolled up on the kitchen counter and didn't really want to put them back on.
He thought for a moment, then went out to discuss with Lu Yi: "How about we renovate the RV?"
Lu Yi was chopping wood in the snow when he looked up at Tang Bufan standing by the car door, staring at his handsome face, and nodded.
"OK."
Tang Bufan turned his head to look at the dirty bedding he had thrown into the snow. He had originally intended to wash it, but now he planned to just throw it away.
"Then let's look for new furniture and bedding."
"OK."
Tang Bufan's gaze fell on the coffee shop that had been destroyed by the RV not far away. Inside, there were rows of high-end stone slab tables and leather booths, all crookedly placed. The style was simple yet elegant, and his eyes lit up immediately.
"There are tables and chairs right here, shall we go in and take a look?"
"OK."
"..." Tang Bufan fell silent after hearing "okay" three times in a row. He braced himself against the car door and looked at Lu Yi, who was holding an axe, with a half-smile: "Don't you have any ideas?"
Lu Yi didn't really care; he just wanted Tang Bufan to think it was good. But when he saw the man staring at him asking for his opinion, he lowered his eyes and thought for a moment before looking up and answering seriously, "I want to sleep with the teacher, and the bed needs to be bigger."
"..." Tang Bufan's expression changed several times. He bit his lip and curled the corners of his mouth as he went back to the RV to get his wolfskin coat: "Forget it, you should just shut up."
After putting on their coats, the two of them went into the dark coffee shop together.
It had already gotten dark, with only the fire outside emitting light. After his mutation, Tang Bufan's eyes could adjust to the light on their own, so he could see the coffee shop very clearly, as if the world was covered by a bright filter.
He was still not used to this gaze, and only after walking to the gray glass wall did he realize that his eyes were emitting a faint, eerie light.
He froze for a moment, startled by his reflection in the glass.
Lu Yizheng lowered his head and touched the leather booth sofa. He found that it was covered in a thick layer of dust, but the leather on the surface was still in good condition, soft and smooth.
Tang Bufan snapped out of his reverie, looking down at the sofa.
"What kind of material is this? It hasn't been damaged even after a thousand years." Tang Bufan exclaimed in amazement.
"I don't know." Lu Yi didn't understand either: "It should be some kind of composite simulated leather. Many amazing materials have been developed in the 22nd century."
Tang Bufan then visually estimated the width of the booth, which was a two-seater, about 1.5 meters. Satisfied, he instructed Lu Yi, "Not bad, let's move it to the RV and try it out."
“Okay.” Lu Yi wasn’t afraid of getting dirty and simply picked up the dusty sofa.
Tang Bufan followed behind him. Kai opened the unloading door of the RV, and Tang Bufan got on the vehicle through the side door, directing Lu Yi to place it in the correct position.
The RV didn't have a proper dining table. Once you put a shelf and a 2.5-meter-long bed on it, there wasn't much room left. You could only squeeze onto a small folding table to eat, which was very cramped.
Now that the shelves have been removed, Tang Bufan plans to move the bed up next to the alloy partition door, and put the booth sofa and table in the space that has been made.
After putting down the sofa, Lu Yi looked around and found that there was still room left, so he said, "Let's not put the bed next to the door, and leave 1.5 meters for a corner shelf."
He looked around the carriage and gestured with his hands: "We can nail another row of shelves above the windows and put the storage boxes on them."
Tang Bufan looked up and understood what he meant: "Like the luggage racks in a high-speed train carriage?"
“Yes.” Lu nodded. “It doesn’t need to be too wide, just enough to fit the storage boxes.”
If it's too wide, it will affect the headroom.
“Okay.” Tang Bufan readily agreed and then asked Lu Yi to bring up the remaining sofa and table.
The two worked together: Tang Bufan wiped the sofa with a rag, while Lu Yi moved the furniture. In no time, they had moved the booth sofa and table into the RV.
After they extinguished the fire outside, they found an abandoned furniture store in the night. However, as they looked around with their torches, they discovered that none of the furniture was the size that orcs could sleep in; all of it was two meters long.
Tang Bufan has now grown to over 1.9 meters tall, and the two-meter-long bed is not enough for him to sleep on. His feet are already on the edge when he puts his pillow down, let alone Lu Yi.
"How tall are you now?" Tang Bufan looked up at Lu Yi and felt that Lu Yi had grown taller since they first met.
"Two meters and two-eight." It was Kai Ge who answered him, its gentle electronic male voice coming from the two of their light-screen glasses: "Xiao Tang, you are now one meter and ninety-three."
Its camera keeps watching the two people and can accurately compare their heights based on the RV.
"Wow, 1.93 meters tall..." Tang Bufan exclaimed in the dark and quiet furniture store, "If I went back to the 21st century, my identity information wouldn't even match up with mine."
He spoke unintentionally, but Lu Yi, who was standing to the side, listened intently and fell silent as she looked at the man.
Even though he had mutated into a sub-beastman, Tang Bufan didn't seem to have completely given up on going back... Lu Yi didn't dare to ask, he didn't even dare to ask if Tang Bufan resented him for marking him without permission.
He was wearing light-screen glasses, so Tang Bufan didn't notice anything unusual about him. Since there were no beds for orcs to sleep in at the furniture store, he called Lu Yi back.
"Looks like we'll have to sleep on the floor again." Tang Bufan thought of the dirty, old bedding he had already thrown away and felt a little regretful: "We'll have to sleep on animal skins tonight."
Lu Yi followed him outside and suddenly saw a lumber shop with a large stack of heavy solid planks inside. He then had an idea: "Let's make them ourselves. We have a saw and a hammer on the truck."
Tang Bufan held out the torch and saw the tall stack of unwanted solid wood planks. He thought it was fine, but then he glanced at the time and realized it was almost midnight.
"Let's do it tomorrow then." Tang Bufan was concerned about Lu Yi's bloodshot eyes, so he took his hand and continued back. "Anyway, I've already mutated, so there's no rush. Let's fix up the RV here in Beijing and then go to Taicheng."
Lu Yi looked at him by the torchlight. The man's face was calm, and his slender hand held Lu Yi's as they walked through the dark and quiet mall. The warmth he felt was comforting and eased Lu Yi's unease.
"Hmm." Lu nodded and smiled slightly, thinking that Tang Bufan probably didn't hate him.
Because his teacher was a very gentle person.
The RV was parked in the square, surrounded by a pile of snow. The two walked hand in hand. In the vast, desolate city, their place was the only place with a small fire. Tang Bufan would occasionally turn around and see Lu Yi staring at him. He would then smile, and Lu Yi would smile back. It was quite amusing.
But this seemingly quiet city harbors countless treacherous individuals, just as Tang Bufan's calm exterior conceals a multitude of thoughts.
During dinner today, Lu Yi asked Tang Bufan if he liked him. Tang Bufan avoided the question, saying that he did like him, but whether they were suitable to be together was something to think about.
Tang Bufan was ten years older than Lu Yi. Although Lu Yi was more sensible and mature than his peers, 17 was still too young. In Tang Bufan's opinion, children of this age should only be focused on studying.
If one of his students falls for a person ten years older than him, Tang Bufan would definitely find it inappropriate. If that person is also a teacher, then in his view it would be a violation of professional ethics.
As it turned out, the person who violated professional ethics was himself... Tang Bufan felt ashamed and deeply remorseful.
In addition, he was also involved in an experiment, and according to the android, there was more to the experiment... Tang Bufan was almost certain that he would still be dealing with people from that organization, so Lu Yi couldn't continue to follow him; it was too dangerous.
The road ahead remains long and arduous. Tang Bufan sighed silently.
The two returned to the car. Lu Yi was a little dirty from moving furniture, but it would be a luxury to take another shower, so Tang Bufan told him to go outside and roll around in the snow.
"..." Lu Yi was speechless at Tang Bufan's disregard for his dignity, so he simply lit a small fire outside to boil water to wash his face and body.
When he returned, Tang Bufan had already laid out animal hides on the floor of the carriage, taken off his shoes and socks, and rolled up his loose trousers to reveal a long, white leg.
Lu Yi was stunned.
Tang Bufan was looking at his scar. His leg had been stabbed with scissors by the old poisoner before, and stitches were needed. It used to leave a light pink scar, but now the scar was almost invisible, which surprised Tang Bufan.
Was it because the mutation repaired all of his body's cells? Tang Bufan wondered, pulling down his trouser leg.
"Come and go to sleep," Tang Bufan called to Lu Yi, only to find him standing there strangely.
"Ah, okay..." Lu Yi shyly went over. Even though the two of them had been sleeping together for several months, he still felt shy in front of the transformed Tang Bufan.
Tang Bufan felt much more at ease, and after covering himself with the animal skin blanket, he lazily yawned.
Kai turned off the lights, plunging the carriage into darkness.
Tang Bufan closed his eyes, feeling the warm orc body beside him, and was about to fall asleep when he suddenly noticed the person next to him reaching out to touch his chest.
Lu Yi's palm completely covered Tang Bufan's left chest, and he just left it there without any intention of removing it.
During the 21 days that Tang Bufan was in a coma, Lu Yi, who was anxious and unable to sleep, kept checking his heartbeat.
"..." Tang Bufan hesitated in the darkness, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
Never mind. He ultimately chose to let it go, closing his eyes with a helpless smile.
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