Qinghe City, Chu Family
".....I haven't touched your room. It's still the same as when you left it, but it's probably a little dusty. The key is still in the bottom drawer of the coffee table, just like before."
After the Pigeon couple disappeared, Chu Zehuai never returned to their residence. For more than ten years, he has been moving between the Chu family's old house, the dormitory provided by the Four Continents Alliance, and the villa he bought at his own expense.
No, now there is also Bai Yu’s family in the forest community and a lakeside villa in Liuyin City.
"Okay, we got it. Are you leaving now?"
Qin Ran pursed her lips, feeling a little reluctant.
Although I have been with my son whom I haven't seen for a long time, it always feels like this time has passed in the blink of an eye.
"Yeah. Mainly because I've said everything I wanted to say and done everything I wanted to do, and my boyfriend is waiting for me to go home."
Chu Zehuai nodded, thinking of Bai Yu, and his golden-orange eyes softened.
"Children have their own lives. We have been absent for so many years. We should stop thinking about interfering with Xiao Huai."
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Chu Yungui patted Qin Ran, who was still reluctant to leave, and turned to look at Chu Zehuai.
"Just do whatever you want to do. You will have to walk the road ahead alone anyway. Just take care of yourself."
"In fact, let's not talk about the future, let's just talk about the road ahead. After you left, I also walked on alone."
Chu Zehuai recalled his past and said subconsciously. After thinking for a while, he added,
"As for the future, I won't be walking alone. I have found a partner who is willing to spend the rest of my life with me. Don't worry."
The Pigeon Couple: .....I always feel like I'm being implied and forced to eat a lot of dog food for no reason.
"Mom and Dad will always be your solid support."
"No, for me, anyone can leave at any time, not to mention that you have a criminal record. My strongest support will always be myself."
"I will definitely not leave this time, so just rest assured."
"I'll be relieved if you two don't do something stupid that causes others to come to my door."
"We two know our limits."
"Do you have enough sense to dress up as a ghost to scare your aunt right after you get home, then jump onto the wrong grave and get chased and hacked?"
Chu Zehuai thought about what happened in the past few days, and the slight reluctance that remained just now turned into a headache.
He rubbed his temple with his hand, then picked up his coat, glanced at the pigeon couple who were hiding in the corner and didn't dare to say a word, and sighed deeply: "When I'm not around, take care of yourself, don't get yourself into trouble, and contact me if you have any problems."
It is not uncommon for pigeon couples to go to see fun and then become fun themselves.
"Yeah, got it, you can go back now."
Chu Yungui put down the wings that were covering his face and nodded quickly.
Hiss, they are such a lively, cute, silly and interesting pair of pigeons. I don’t know how Xiao Huai grew up to have such a dull and boring personality.
If it weren't for the big age difference between Chu Zehuai and Lin Mo, he would have suspected that he and Chu Yunrou had picked up the wrong child.
Chu Yungui thought for a long time and barely came up with a reliable guess.
More than 20 years ago, Chu Zehuai was in the period of character formation, but they were busy with work at that time, so they asked Chu Yunrou to take care of him for a while.
More than ten years ago, Lin Mo was in the period of character formation. In order to repay Chu Yunrou's help that year, they volunteered to take care of Lin Mo for a period of time.
Of course, this is just his own guess.
It is also possible that they are too unreliable, so young Chu Zehuai had to shoulder the burden of the family and learn to cook and take care of himself; and Chu Yunrou is too reliable, coupled with the unconscious doting of her single mother, so she doesn't care how Lin Mo commits suicide or makes trouble.
Of course, reliable pigeon couples will never admit that they are unreliable.
"Wait, Xiao Huai, I have something to give you."
Qin Ran didn't know that her husband was starting to think about something else. She looked at Chu Zehuai's back and suddenly remembered something. She ran to her bedroom and searched for something, then ran out in a pile of dust.
"This is......"
Chu Zehuai, who was called, looked at the booklet in the other person's hand with some confusion.
Study materials?
"These are my mother's treasures, and now they are all given to you."
Qin Ran stuffed a bunch of pamphlets into her son's arms and gave him a bewildered look.
"Okay, I understand."
Chu Zehuai thought about it and probably gave these to him because his mother subconsciously felt that he was still a child who needed to go to school.
He wanted to refuse, but looking at Qin Ran's sparkling eyes, he finally swallowed the words in his mouth and put them away.
Anyway, it would just gather dust if I kept it at their house, and it would also gather dust if I took it back to Liuyin City. Bringing it back would make Qin Ran happier, so I might as well take it back.
**
It is spring now. The ice on Qinghe River has melted long ago. The river bank is covered with green reeds. Occasionally, a few egrets land, creating ripples on the river surface.
"I thought you would stay in Qinghe City for a few more days."
Bai Yu and Chu Zehuai took a slow walk along the Qing River.
"When I'm around, my parents are actually a little restrained and can't let go. I can tell they're trying their best to create an image of a steady and reliable parent."
But it just means that the pigeon couple tried their best, but the result was not satisfactory.
Anyway, we have said everything we need to say and expressed our longing for each other over the years. There is no need to stick together all the time.
"Spend more time with them? I don't have anything to do here anyway."
Bai Yu was feeling the river breeze as he passed by the cement gap that he had dug out and then filled up, and asked.
"I don't want to go to the grave with them and dance. I still want to be with you."
Chu Zehuai shook his head. He really couldn't do something like dancing on a grave.
"Okay, then let's go back to Liuyin City. I'll see if anything big has happened in Liuyin City recently."
Bai Yu took out his phone and checked it. He didn't see any news from Liuyin City, but instead saw his name on the news from Linhai City.
"Linhai City announced the lifting of precautionary measures against the super S-level pollutant [White Rose]?"
Chu Zehuai also took a look and said, "Yes, except for Liuyin City, other cities in Dongzhou are afraid that you will invade, so they have made a lot of preparations. But now it seems that Linhai City will be the first to give up."
It can't be called "tanking up", it should be called "making an optimistic judgment on the future situation and having a good attitude to enjoy the present."
After the pollution outbreak, huge amounts of marine pollutants came up to attack the city. The residents of Linhai City have long formed a habit and live every day with an optimistic attitude.
While residents in other cities were cautiously staying in their houses, they were still drinking, eating meat, singing and dancing, and even dared to grill seafood that had not been tested for contamination levels.
What's the point of worrying about pollutants destroying the city every day? They can stop work, production and entertainment for a month to prepare for it. Can they prepare for it for decades? Do people still need to live?
In the minds of the residents of Linhai City, if the super S-level pollutant [White Rose] really arrives, all defenses will be useless, so it is better to enjoy the present moment.
“I have no idea why they would think that.”
Bai Yu couldn't understand what these humans were thinking.
There are four conditions for plant survival.
Water - There are vast uninhabited sea areas in the world that can provide him with water resources.
Soil - Deep underground there is a vast amount of high quality soil that is simply inaccessible to humans.
Sunshine and air—free and available everywhere.
Energy - Kyanite and the origin of the world are enough to allow him to survive in the world forever.
So the plants couldn't understand why they thought he would be bored enough to invade human cities.
Is it to catch people performing for him?
"Maybe because...that's how it's played in the movies?"
Chu Zehuai thought about it and said uncertainly.
"I thought that after you married into Liuyin City, you had already proved Liuyin City's attitude. I didn't expect that you still had to explain it more clearly. I'll go back and discuss it with Shen Rong. After all, Liuyin City is also part of Dongzhou. It's impossible for Liuyin City and its residents to never communicate with other cities."
Bai Yu touched his chin and thought for a while.
"Okay, wait a minute, what does it mean to marry into Liuyin City?"
Chu Zehuai nodded reflexively, but soon discovered his blind spot.
"Well, I mean, you were sent to us for a 'marriage'. Well, stop dwelling on these trivial matters. We should leave now."
**
Liuyin City, lakeside villa.
After having a conversation with Shen Rong about the future development of Liuyin City, Bai Yu put all these messy situations behind him and concentrated on decorating their cabin with Chu Zehuai.
For plants, the overall situation is just something they take care of in passing; the most important thing is their happy life with the birds.
"The creeper is here, the dream catcher is here, the flame lamp is here, the painting is here..."
Bai Yu put out all the things he brought back from Qinghe City and decorated their home with Chu Zehuai.
The house, which was originally just an ordinary decoration, is now filled with their previous memories.
“Yes, every time I see these, I feel like I’ve gone back in time.”
Bai Yu was lying on the sofa, looking at the paintings hanging on the wall, and suddenly he felt that one of the paintings looked familiar.
He took these paintings down from the wall of Chu Zehuai's villa. He originally thought that they were just ornaments that suited the other party's aesthetic taste, but he didn't expect that the paintings inside would become more and more familiar the more he looked at them.
“I drew this myself from memory.”
Chu Zehuai sat next to him, his eyes fell on the first painting.
"This is the scene when we went on a business trip to Linhai City. It shows the golden flame and the red flame fighting each other. The blurry black shadows in the smoke are you and me."
"I remember now, that 'Fen Ji', right? I almost forgot about it."
Bai Yu suddenly recalled those days.
"That guy burned two of my fingers, and I was thinking about taking revenge on him in the future, but a few days later, you killed him in Nanzhou."
When he came back, the value soared to the yellow zone, shocking the entire investigation bureau.
Chu Zehuai lowered his eyes: "Because I wanted to avenge you at that time."
Bai Yu was stunned for a moment.
"What's wrong? Don't you believe it?"
Chu Zehuai looked at the stunned plant, a smile in his golden-orange eyes. He put his arms around its neck and kissed it on the cold cheek.
"It was a bit unexpected. Did you already like me at that time?"
"I'm not sure. I can't remember, but I think I have some feelings for you."
It was originally just a normal conversation, but they turned into kissing, and as they kissed, Bai Yu pressed the person down on the soft sofa.
The atmosphere gradually became ambiguous and tense.
"Should I thank you for avenging me?"
A slender white hand touched Chu Zehuai's chin, and in the faint scent of roses, the unique cold touch of the plant came.
"How do you want to thank me?"
Chu Zehuai raised his eyebrows.
"I..... huh? What is this?"
When Bai Yu was about to take the next step, he felt something in Chu Zehuai's pocket touching him.
I took it out with a vine and saw that it was a booklet with "study materials" written on the cover.
“This one was given to me by my mother.”
Chu Zehuai glanced at the booklet and estimated that it contained mathematical formulas, Chinese poems and other things.
"Let me take a look first."
Bai Yu opened the booklet, and a picture that was more straightforward than the adult website advertisements suddenly appeared in front of him.
Not only are there various ways to use the props, but there are also different poses.
The light green eyes looked at the booklet, then looked at Chu Zehuai who had an innocent face, and shock appeared in them again.
So, his bird is no longer satisfied with the web version, this guy even got a high-definition printed version to carry with him.
"What's wrong?"
Chu Zehuai looked at Bai Yu who was sitting on him motionlessly, and asked with some confusion.
"Nothing. I'm just thankful that I bought a lot of things from my friends. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do right now."
Bai Yu stretched out a long vine and dragged a box out of his bedroom.
Inside were all the utensils he bought from Tang Lei. He didn't believe that he couldn't satisfy the bird.
"What did you buy?"
Although Chu Zehuai didn't know how the topic jumped to this, he still tried his best to follow Bai Yu's thoughts and continue talking along the lines of what he was saying.
"A swing that's completely different from the one you made. Do you want to try it with me?"
Plant picked and chose in the box and finally took out a bunch of black straps with metal buckles.
"OK."
Chu Zehuai, who had not yet realized the danger, nodded, and was even thinking that Bai Yu really liked the swing.
A few minutes later.
"Why does the swing have no boards but only ropes? Wait, you didn't say that I would be the main body of the swing—"
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