Little Sweethearts 03
No matter how sleepy he was, he had to continue working. After finishing the iced American coffee on the table, Jiang Qixin cleaned up the things on the table and went to the laboratory he was in charge of.
The moment the laboratory door was opened, a cold air seemed to blow out from the room. Jiang Qixin looked up at the air conditioning vent in the laboratory. She tightened her cotton lab coat and walked to the laboratory table with the instruments in her hands.
She stood for two or three hours to do this work. When she finally finished the task, her waist was already aching, and her calves and ankles were a little sore and numb. She was the only one in the laboratory now. She paced on the floor to slightly relieve the pain in her feet.
After sending the new data to his computer, Jiang Qixin looked up at the laboratory clock and realized it was almost time to get off work and have lunch.
She picked up the glassware on the table to be washed and walked to the sink to start washing the utensils.
The splashed water got a few spots on her white lab coat, but Jiang Qixin didn't care. She picked up the container and shook off the water inside. When she walked back to the lab table from the sink, she stepped on a puddle of water on the road. Her shoes were probably not very non-slip, and she hadn't been paying attention to her feet.
Jiang Qixin's feet slipped and he suddenly lost his balance. Both of his hands were holding glassware. The aisle of the laboratory was quite spacious, and there was nothing else he could hold except the laboratory table and a few chairs.
Her mind went blank for a moment, and Jiang Qixin waved her hands, trying to find something to support her or to regain her balance. Even when she thought she was going to fall in the laboratory, her body suddenly regained its balance and her elbows were supported on the laboratory table beside her.
Jiang Qixin closed his eyes and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I almost fell to my death."
Xu Cheng'an breathed a sigh of relief and slowly put down his hands that were supporting her waist.
Jiang Qixin is very worry-free most of the time. From childhood to adulthood, she has never caused anyone to worry, whether in study or work.
But she was a bit confused in her life. If he hadn't been there, she didn't know how many dangers she would have encountered.
In the moment after the shock, my mind was still blank, as if it was pierced by thousands of needles.
Jiang Qixin finally recovered after she had completely steadied herself. She looked down at the water. It wasn't colorless, but had a hint of pink. It seemed no one had knocked over the purified water.
I guess someone knocked over the reagents when borrowing her lab.
She silently put down the things in her hands, took off her lab coat, and controlled the sweeping robot to mop the floor of the laboratory.
After get off work today, she still went to the horror chamber to work as an NPC. This job was introduced to her by a friend who was an 18th-tier supporting actor in the entertainment industry.
But today she is no longer playing the dead bride lying in the coffin, but has changed the script.
But similar to her previous job, she hid in a room and waited for players to find clues.
She looked down at her script. She was playing a zombie today.
For two consecutive nights, she encountered players who were very good at playing escape rooms, and soon someone found clues to cracking the room from her. After completing the task, Jiang Qixin found a chair, leaned against the wall, and stared into space.
There was almost no light in the room, and the air conditioning in the mall was set to a very low level. Jiang Qixin felt a little cold. She quietly moved to the corner, trying to reduce her heat dissipation area.
You can't use your phone while working in the secret room, so Jiang Qixin just sat there in a daze. Perhaps because the work intensity has been quite high recently, she fell asleep leaning against the wall.
But before I fell asleep for long, the upper eyelid covering my eyeball began to tremble as my eyeball rolled.
Xu Cheng'an touched her face covered with blue and red makeup. It was still as small as before, with some flesh on it.
The scene in front of him was still a little dark, a black and white picture. Jiang Qixin silently wondered if he was dreaming again. Dreams are a very magical thing. Sometimes, even though you know you are dreaming, you will gradually sink into this dream.
She seemed to be standing in front of a ruin, just like the illustrations in a Chinese textbook, with black and white factory chimneys constantly spewing out dark ash.
The black city swallowed her up.
"Where is this?" Jiang Qixin seemed to be seeing such a scene for the first time. As soon as she said it to herself, she heard many low and hoarse cries.
She looked back and found a group of people rushing towards her. When she saw the appearance of those people clearly, Jiang Qixin subconsciously shouted and ran forward.
Zombies, they are all zombies!
Jiang Qixin looked down at her bloody hands. Although she didn't know how she came to the end of the world, she was very scared and ran forward desperately.
Because she has good lung capacity and long legs, she has done well in both short and long distance running since she was a child. However, she hasn't exercised for a long time and can't run much.
Jiang Qixin ran forward without feeling tired, and his throat began to tighten, itchy and painful.
The zombies' legs and feet were twisted, and their calves were bent outward as if broken, but she didn't know why they could run so fast.
Is she the only human here? Just when Jiang Qixin was about to give up, a hand suddenly reached out from the alley, tightly grasped her wrist, and pulled her into a small shop in the alley.
"Don't eat me, don't eat me. I'm very thin and have no meat on my body. I'm not tasty." Jiang Qixin lowered his head and crossed his arms over his head to block it.
She felt the heat source in front of her moving towards her, but the expected pain of being bitten by zombies did not come. Instead, she felt a warm touch on her arm, and gradually she seemed to smell a smell that was somewhat familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar.
"Jiang Jiang, it's me."
Jiang Qixin slowly put her hands down, she raised her head and saw Xu Chengan.
"Don't be afraid, it's safer here. Let's hide here for a while. Zombies like high-frequency tones, so we just need to speak as quietly as possible." He spoke in a soft voice, the same tone he used when he spoke to her before.
Jiang Qixin felt like crying. Zombies were so scary, and the end of the world was so terrifying. Although she kept saying every day that life was boring and she might as well die, she didn't want to really die.
Even if this was a dream, she couldn't imagine herself dying.
Jiang Qixin rushed into Xu Cheng'an's arms, her hands tightly around his waist.
Xu Cheng'an's hand paused in mid-air, and he slowly hugged her back.
In her dreams she never remembered that he was dead, so she wasn't surprised every time she saw him.
"You know you are thin. You should eat more and have dinner on time." Xu Cheng'an didn't know if she could remember this dream. Although Jiang Qixin had forgotten all the dreams about him for so long, he still wanted to remind her.
"Eat well and rest well, don't be so tired all the time."
"I know. Why are you more nagging than my mother?" She pushed Xu Cheng'an away and looked around before she realized that this small shop was a convenience store, which was very similar to the convenience store at the entrance of the middle school.
This convenience store was actually fabricated by Xu Cheng'an based on his memory.
"I'm a little hungry and want to eat something." There was no one in the store, so she took out her mobile phone and scanned the code to pay. Even though it was the end of the world, no one cared about money anymore.
Jiang Qixin took a bottle of mineral water and a piece of bread, sat on a somewhat worn chair and quietly ate the bread in his hand.
"Are you hungry? Do you want something to eat?" she asked, looking up.
Xu Cheng'an shook his head gently, "No, but I seem a little thirsty." He naturally took the water from her hand and took a sip.
When Jiang Qixin took the mineral water from Xu Cheng'an, he suddenly found that his hand, which was originally blood-red, had changed color. The back of his hand became a little dark blue, and the blood vessels turned black.
She was stunned for a moment, then stood up and took several steps back, retreating to the door and keeping a certain distance from Xu Cheng'an.
"I seem to be turning into a zombie." Jiang Qixin said to Xu Cheng'an with a frown. She lowered her head and looked at her hands that had completely lost their blood color. The scene in front of her became a little blurry.
When was she infected?
It was very strange. There was clearly no color in the dream, but she could tell that her skin seemed to have turned green and blue like the zombies in TV dramas.
Jiang Qixin felt like biting someone, but she couldn't. "Xu Cheng'an, don't come over here!"
Seeing him walking towards her, Jiang Qixin was frightened. She wanted to open the store door while she was still conscious, then run out and separate from Xu Chengan.
Xu Cheng'an looked at her and smiled gently. He didn't listen to her, but continued to walk towards Jiang Qixin.
He took her hand and reached over to hug her again.
There seemed to be temperature in the dream, and he could feel her warm body temperature. It had been a long time since he really hugged her. It seemed like it had been more than four years.
Jiang Qixin's saliva glands seemed to be secreting like crazy. She swallowed several times and finally couldn't help but bite the side of his neck. The smell of blood came out, and she seemed to be getting more and more excited.
Xu Cheng'an frowned slightly and endured the pain as her sharp canine teeth bit the skin on his neck.
He smiled and was quietly infected by her, injecting the zombie virus into his body.
Jiang Qixin raised her head to look at him, gazing at his dark lips, then she tiptoed up and bit him. Unlike the kisses before, she seemed to be really biting Xu Chengan. Hearing his muffled groan of pain, Jiang Qixin tried to restrain herself and move gently.
The sharp teeth rolled over his soft lips, and his mouth was filled with the taste of rust.
Xu Cheng'an still held her waist tightly, and the strength in his hands was even getting tighter and tighter.
Jiang Qixin's fingertips tugged at his clothes tightly, and the biting action slowly turned into a kiss, just like the countless kisses before, warm, sticky, and a little breathless.
Just when she was about to suffocate, she heard a bang in her ears.
Jiang Qixin's head fell due to gravity and hit the wall in the corner. The pain pulled her out of this dream that was not yet over.
"Hiss, ah..." Jiang Qixin reflexively covered his head with his hands.
"It hurts." She whispered and slowly raised her head. The communicator on her body announced that the game was over.
Jiang Qixin shook his head and stood up slowly. He glanced at the time on his watch and didn't expect that he had slept for twenty minutes and even fell asleep. This time he seemed to sleep very deeply. Jiang Qixin remembered that he fell asleep while leaning against the wall.
Xu Cheng'an stared at her normal face for a while, and smiled helplessly. She had forgotten the dream again. He raised his hand and touched the corner of his mouth. She had bitten him really hard.
Jiang Qixin picked up the props and walked towards the exit of the secret room. After removing her makeup, she took her bag and walked towards home.
The weather has been gradually getting warmer recently, and even the sun has become much warmer.
The summer night was a little less hot, but the concrete ground was still emitting heat from the morning. After Jiang Qixin parked the car, she still had to walk a short distance to get back to the house she rented.
Jiang Qixin had just walked out of the air-conditioned car and felt a little irritated by the heat wave that hit him, and a layer of sweat appeared on his face.
She lowered her head, took out a handkerchief, wiped the sweat off her face, and walked back to the building where she lived. When she walked under the house, she felt much cooler instantly.
Jiang Qixin had discovered this before. Maybe it was because of the terrain or some other reason, but the temperature under the eaves was obviously lower than the outdoor temperature.
Every time she walked downstairs, she felt a little cold.
It's a bit dark here, and the street lights not far away are blocked by the higher floors.
Only extremely weak light could reach the edge of the building.
Fortunately, the sensor light on the first floor sensed her presence and lit up immediately.
Jiang Qixin hurried into the door and took the stairs leading to the top floor, the sixth floor.
The lighting in the house she lives in is actually not very good, which is also one of the reasons why the house price is relatively cheap.
However, hanging a few pieces of clothes didn't have much of a impact. Jiang Qixin had almost no other activities at home except sleeping, so she didn't really care about it.
Because the sun hardly reaches the house, her room is a little cool. Although it is on the top floor, it is obviously higher than the middle floors.
This actually went against her common sense, but Jiang Qixin studied human biology, not geography, and she didn't know why her room was so cold.
Jiang Qixin opened the door of her house. The moment she opened the door, a cold wind blew in from the window and the door was instantly blown closed by the wind.
She pursed her lips and suddenly felt a little uneasy. Although she had long been accustomed to living alone and was not afraid of ghosts and gods, her subconscious made her a little scared late at night.
In the room, which should have been quiet, came some sounds like a plastic bag being blown by the wind.
Jiang Qixin loves cleanliness very much, and the cleaning staff in this building is very careful, so there will definitely be no rats or cockroaches.
Could it be that there was a plastic bag in the house that was blown down by the wind just now?
Although she felt a little uneasy, Jiang Qixin didn't think too much about it. She still had to go to work tomorrow, and she was very hot. She just wanted to take a quick shower and lie back in bed.
When the faucet was turned off, the whole house returned to complete calm. Jiang Qixin turned off the lights in the corridor and bathroom, walked back to the room, closed and locked the door.
Jiang Qixin was checking her phone as usual before going to sleep when she suddenly saw a post with a strange title. She clicked on it out of curiosity and found that everyone was discussing metaphysics, the supernatural and ghosts.
People always have rich imagination about unknown things. Jiang Qixin was fascinated for a while and read the comments one by one.
[I heard that the sound of ghosts is very similar to the sound of plastic bags.]
Jiang Qixin's hand that was sliding the screen of her mobile phone paused for a few seconds. She blinked and remembered the voice that she had been hearing inexplicably recently.
In fact, she has been very interested in these things in recent years. Although she is a little afraid, she just wants to know more about this field that no one completely believes in but also does not completely disbelieve.
What's more, she really wanted to know whether there was another dimension of the world after human death, or how reincarnation happened.
Jiang Qixin thought of the folk method he had read before - how to determine whether there is a ghost in his home.
It's very simple. Just take a bowl, fill it with water, then pick up three chopsticks and stick them into the bowl. If the chopsticks stand up, it means there is dirt in the house, otherwise the opposite is true.
Jiang Qixin put down his phone and sat up. After hesitating for two seconds, he opened the door and walked towards the kitchen.
She hadn't thought she would be so naive as to believe in such folklore.
Jiang Qixin looked at the bowl placed in the corner of the wall solemnly, held three chopsticks in both hands, and slowly placed the chopsticks into the bowl of water.
Jiang Qixin was stunned for a moment until the three chopsticks fell straight down. In the empty room, there was only the sound of the chopsticks colliding with the ceramic bowl, followed by the sound of the chopsticks falling to the ground.
After a crackling sound, the house returned to its original tranquility.
Jiang Qixin bent down to pick up the dishes and chopsticks. A cold wind blew in from somewhere in the house, making her shiver for a moment in the cold summer night.
She seemed to laugh at herself. She worked in the scientific research field, but she was even more superstitious than the old people in her family.
That's right, there are no such things as ghosts in this world.
If so, why had she never seen it?
"Why don't you hold on to the chopsticks and don't let them fall?" he asked Xu Cheng'an in confusion.
"She has been timid since she was a child. She is obviously afraid of ghosts, but she pretends to be afraid of nothing." Xu Cheng'an said calmly.
His eyes were still fixed on Jiang Qixin. He remembered the scene when she was a child and was so scared that she crawled into his arms and pestered him to sleep with her.
She was obviously most afraid of ghosts, but now she hoped more than anyone else that ghosts really existed in the world.
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