The news that the supermarket was going to reopen spread throughout the streets and alleys of the base. For a base that had little news, it was enough to ignite everyone's expectations and enthusiasm, although almost everyone thought that this was just an idea that some extremely bored person came up with to play a prank on others when they first heard the news.
But when I looked through the glass window and saw the small building filled with goods.
All doubts vanished in an instant.
Only children under ten years old curiously asked adults: "What is a supermarket?"
Adults will always say tirelessly: "They sell things, including food and toys. You will know when the supermarket opens."
The adults were more eager than the children.
"Now that we have water, I must buy instant noodles!"
When supermarkets were still around, the water resources available to residents were very limited. There was not enough water to drink, let alone use it to boil water for instant noodles. Any small consumption was still a waste, and they could not afford it.
After get off work every day, many people will wait at the door of the supermarket - maybe it will open tonight?
"They should be selling clothes. I want to buy new ones."
"I don't know what to pay with, potatoes or supermarket money?"
"Of course, use money." Ye Zhou said to Zou Ming, "You can indeed buy more things with potatoes. After all, there is the price of the entire plane to balance it. But if you really use potatoes, the monetary system you have worked so hard to establish will be destroyed."
Ye Zhou was lying on the sofa, holding a chocolate ice cream in his hand. He was a little more serious when he mentioned this: "I think compared with the stability of the currency, the extra value of potatoes is nothing."
Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou: "I thought you would..."
He didn't say everything. Having followed Ye Zhou for too long, Zou Ming knew clearly what kind of person Ye Zhou was.
Ye Zhou was calm, but not completely calm. There was a soft spot in his heart. As long as he could, he was willing to provide assistance to the poor working people at the bottom of society and help them fleece the system.
Just like in Luoyang Base, Ye Zhou sold corn flour and collected corn tortillas, which made everyone in the base frantically steal the system.
Ye Zhou: "It took you so many years to stabilize the currency. Once I break this stability, how will you pay the residents? With potatoes? Then it will become me who makes the currency rules. I say how much a potato is worth, and the value system of the base will be over in an instant."
"You're not Zhao Qing." Ye Zhou finished eating the crispy skin first, and he regained his relaxed look, "I won't do that to you."
Zou Ming suddenly stood up, and Ye Zhou was startled by him: "What are you doing?"
Zou Ming: "I'll get you a glass of water."
After saying this, Zou Ming walked towards the kitchen.
Ye Zhou was puzzled: "I'm eating ice cream, why do I need water?"
But since everyone had already left, Ye Zhou did not force them to come back.
After waiting for a while, Zou Ming still didn't bring the glass of water. Ye Zhou threw away the ice cream packaging and walked towards the kitchen.
He walked to the door and saw Zou Ming staring at the water cup in a daze.
Ye Zhou asked, "What's wrong?"
Zou Ming suddenly turned around and looked at him.
At a certain moment, Ye Zhou felt that the person in front of him was not Zou Ming. There should not be such strong fear in Zou Ming's eyes.
But that look quickly disappeared, as if Ye Zhou's feeling was just his illusion.
"Nothing." Zou Ming picked up the kettle and poured water.
The half-full cup didn't have much capacity, and when Zou Ming's hand shook, the water overflowed.
"Don't do this." Ye Zhou walked behind Zou Ming. He suppressed his discomfort and hugged Zou Ming's waist from behind.
Ye Zhou said softly: "I'm here. Since I promised you, I won't go back on my word."
He didn't know what Zou Ming was worried about, but he knew that Zou Ming had been very worried during this period.
Ever since that kiss, they haven't had any intimate behavior since then, as if they've returned to the days when they were together, the two of them are more like partners than lovers.
Ye Zhou thought of many reasons, but couldn't come up with an answer.
Was he too cold? But he had never rejected the hand that Zou Ming extended to him.
Was he too passive? Ye Zhou felt that he had never been close to anyone before and needed time to adapt.
Even if Zou Ming was dissatisfied with his actions, based on Zou Ming's personality and temper, he should not have this attitude.
After all, Zou Ming always says what he thinks.
Ye Zhou suddenly asked: "Do you regret it?"
"No!" Zou Ming answered anxiously. He put down the kettle with trembling hands. He could feel the body temperature of another person behind him. With only two thin layers of cloth between them, he even felt that he could feel Ye Zhou's heartbeat.
But his own heartbeat was too strong, too fast, too loud.
Zou Ming did not look back, he just lowered his head to look at Ye Zhou's hand on his waist. All this was so beautiful as if it was a dream, and he had never been treated like this in his dreams.
In the middle of the night, he often asked himself, is all this true?
The person I had longed for for years suddenly became within reach, but the ecstasy I had imagined did not appear, and instead I felt more panic.
Did Ye Zhou really accept him? Did he respond to him?
Whenever Ye Zhou appeared in front of him, he wondered when Ye Zhou would say the four words "I regret it".
He had never been afraid of anything in his life, except Ye Zhou, who made him experience the pain brought by fear.
Afraid that Ye Zhou would leave.
Afraid that Ye Zhou would regret it.
Afraid of Ye Zhou...don’t want him.
He was even afraid of seeing disappointment and rejection in Ye Zhou's eyes, and was afraid that one day Ye Zhou would regret it and dump him and leave this plane.
In order to find Ye Zhou, he spent so much time and went through so many planes. If he did it again, would he still have that luck? Could he find him again?
Whenever he thought of this, Zou Ming felt breathless. His heart seemed to be always held loosely by a hand, ready to crush it at any time.
Ye Zhou didn't know what Zou Ming was thinking, let alone what he was afraid of, but he sensed Zou Ming's uneasiness, so he comforted him: "I don't know what you are thinking. If you are dissatisfied with me, just tell me directly."
"It's not like you to keep it to yourself."
Ye Zhou was still hugging Zou Ming while talking: "This is my first time in love, I have no experience, and I don't know how to coax people. If I did something wrong, let's have a good chat. If it's my problem, I'll apologize. If it's not my problem, you have to explain why you've been acting so strange during this period."
It was Zou Ming who wanted to have a romance with him, and it is also Zou Ming who does not want to have a romance with him now.
The twists and turns in love are too difficult for Ye Zhou, who has just escaped from being a single parent.
It's like having to do advanced math problems right after graduating from kindergarten.
Zou Ming just lowered his head. He didn't want to expose his "weakness" in front of Ye Zhou, but Ye Zhou looked like he wouldn't let go until he spoke. After a long while, Zou Ming said, "Will you regret it?"
The voice was too soft and Ye Zhou didn't hear it clearly. He looked up and said "Huh?"
Zou Ming: "I can't have children."
Ye Zhou was confused, and then intoxicated: "I know, even if you can give birth, I dare not let you give birth, who knows what you can give birth to."
Zou Ming added: "I can't give you a complete family."
Ye Zhou: "Zou Ming, are you sick?"
Ye Zhou finally let go of his hand and forcefully turned Zou Ming over, making him face him. Ye Zhou looked at Zou Ming's face, trying to find any signs of illness on his face.
However, although Zou Ming's complexion was not good, he was very healthy.
"So you've been thinking that you can't tie me down because you can't have children?" Ye Zhou found an extremely weird reason from Zou Ming's words. He was amused and reached out to pinch Zou Ming's earlobe. "No, do you have any misunderstanding about our relationship?"
Zou Ming said, "I can promise that I will never change. Can you promise me that?"
Zou Ming looked into Ye Zhou's eyes, and his gaze suddenly became sharp, like a wolf or a tiger. "If one day you change your mind, or have no feelings for me anymore, I will have no reason or bargaining chip to keep you, and there will be no responsibility between us."
Ye Zhou: "...You are really thinking long-term."
Has anyone thought about how to keep their partner if they change their mind in the future when they just start dating?
Ye Zhou looked into Zou Ming's eyes, but for the first time, Zou Ming avoided his gaze.
In the past, Ye Zhou always avoided other people's gazes, but this time it was the other way around.
"I..." Zou Ming paused for a moment, took a deep breath and said, "I can't stand it a second time."
Can't stand being "abandoned" for the second time.
Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou's chest. At some moment in the past, when Ye Zhou was sleeping soundly at night, he even wished that he could cut open Ye Zhou's chest and put his heart in it. In this way, they could be together forever, and Ye Zhou would never be able to get rid of him from birth to death.
"Didn't you say that the past cannot be changed?" Ye Zhou said, "If you hadn't told me, I would have stayed and raised you with my own hands, and let you call me dad."
Zou Ming: “…”
Ye Zhou said, "It's a bit exciting to think about it this way."
Zou Ming's eyes turned red: "If you really keep it, I will not exist."
Ye Zhou thought: "Yes, yes, there will be another branch, and you won't be able to find me."
"So this can't be blamed on me." Ye Zhou discussed with Zou Ming seriously, "I was doing exactly what you said, so my departure was destined and cannot be changed. There was no first time, so how could there be a second time?"
Zou Ming looked at Ye Zhou's lips opening and closing, and felt that nothing Ye Zhou said satisfied him.
Ye Zhou thought he had convinced Zou Ming, and said with some pride: "Don't look at the past, think more about the future. When we get to my dimension, we can sell those jades and maybe we can buy a large flat."
"My parents paid most of the money to open the supermarket. The monthly loan repayments were not much, but I didn't have much money, so I lived with my parents."
Ye Zhou: "The housing prices in my area are expensive. If you want to buy a large flat, it will cost at least 10 million. A house with a usable area of 200 square meters will cost around 16 million. But I think the jadeite is of good quality, so it should be worth it..."
Ye Zhou didn't finish his words.
Zou Ming reached out and lifted Ye Zhou's chin.
He finally left Ye Zhou speechless.
Zou Ming smelled Ye Zhou, and he thought almost desperately, if Ye Zhou changed his mind in the future, all he had to do was kill the person who made Ye Zhou change his mind, right?
Only Ye Zhou does not belong to others, and he will always belong to him.
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