144 I am willing to give you my everything
◎Silent Night◎
After checking for any gaps and carefully reinforcing all the doors and windows, the group had a simple dinner.
After dinner, Qi Qiuxue did not return to her room. So many things had happened in just two days. She didn't know what kind of dangers she would encounter in the future. She hoped that she could do something, which would be better than just sitting and waiting to die.
What's more, losing to the masked man made her feel extremely frustrated. Qi Qiuxue took her weapon and went to the training ground alone, silently adding two more hours of training time to herself.
——She always felt that her brain was particularly confused these days.
While wielding the bone knife, Qi Qiuxue tried to review recent events, including those terrifying monsters, the elusive masked men, and some strange thoughts that popped up in her mind from time to time. At certain moments, she even felt that her mind would jump out of her body, standing high above and looking down at and examining herself.
Where did those monsters come from? Why did they gather near the facility? What was their purpose? And how many of them are there?
Is there any connection between the masked man and the monsters? Why did he suddenly attack them? Why did he have the same weapon as them? Is it really because he has the ability to copy?
And mom.
At many moments, Qi Qiuxue seemed to have some vague doubts about her mother. She tried to keep herself rational and think about all problems from an objective perspective, but every time this happened, another emotion would emerge in her mind.
——Guilt.
Qi Qiuxue was sure that she was not a sentimental person. She hoped that she could see the essence of all things, and hoped that she could always keep thinking and not stop judging. But inexplicably, the feeling of guilt stopped her and interrupted her thoughts again and again.
Qi Qiuxue turned around and kicked the sandbag in front of her. Her chest heaved violently as she raised her hand to wipe away the sweat.
She looked at herself in the mirror, her fair skin, messy hair, thin figure, slender yet strong arms... everything looked so familiar, but in the familiarity there was a creepy sense of strangeness.
At a certain moment, she seemed a little unrecognizable to herself.
There was a knock on the door.
Qi Qiuxue looked back and saw Li Yiqing had already changed into his training clothes, holding a weapon in his hand. "Xue, after we all cleaned up the dishes, we noticed you were missing. Why did you come here alone?"
"Are you still worried about the masked man?" She walked over and lowered her eyes to meet Qi Qiuxue's. Qi Qiuxue also noticed some unwillingness in her eyes.
Li Yiqing brushed away the sweat-soaked hair from Qi Qiuxue's face and asked, "Do you need me to practice with you?"
Qi Qiuxue didn't rush to respond, but first checked the whereabouts of Liu Ge and the others: "Did Sister Liu and the others go to bed?"
Li Yiqing opened his mouth to answer her question: "Well, we will still sleep together. Don't worry, Xue, there will be people taking turns to watch the night as well."
"Okay." Qi Qiuxue put aside his concerns, raised the bone knife and placed it in front of his chest in a defensive posture.
"Come."
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When facing setbacks, different people tend to behave differently. Some people are devastated and never get up again after being knocked down by setbacks, while others become more courageous and try their best to seize opportunities and survive.
Qi Qiuxue recalled the scene of the battle in the morning. Li Yiqing's arrows and Wu Shanyue's bullets, no matter how fast they were, were extremely fast, and when they attacked together, it was even more difficult to dodge.
But the masked man was even faster. He was able to dodge the double attack effortlessly and not suffer any harm. This was something that an ordinary person could not do.
The only way to defeat it is to be faster than it.
Qi Qiuxue found the right moment to dodge every arrow shot by Li Yiqing again and again, and her eyes were always paying attention to Li Yiqing's movements, not only trying to find her weaknesses, but also analyzing her next attack.
She rushed forward quickly when Li Yiqing was not prepared, and when she pointed the crossbow at her forehead, she quickly leaned over and stabbed the cold blade into her body. Li Yiqing quickly moved the bow down to block her attack.
Neither of them was willing to hold back, and the situation came to a brief stalemate, but after a moment, Qi Qiuxue raised her knee and slammed it into her abdomen.
Li Yiqing was also paying attention to her movements. He dodged with quick reaction and shot another arrow in the direction of Qi Qiuxue. The sharp arrow head passed through Qi Qiuxue's cheek, piercing her skin, and blood instantly spurted out from the wound.
"Are you okay?" Li Yiqing was stunned. He put away his bow and arrow and walked quickly towards Qi Qiuxue.
Qi Qiuxue wiped the blood off her face without a care in the world, her eyes determined without a trace of retreat: "I lost this time, let's try again."
Li Yiqing looked at her in silence for a long while. Qi Qiuxue was always like this. Once she decided on something, she would go all out. Often at such times, persuasion was meaningless to her.
The only thing Li Yiqing could do was to cooperate with her and be with her.
"Okay." After a moment, Li Yiqing took a few steps back and raised the crossbow in his hand again, aiming it at her body. "Come again."
“…”
The two fought a total of twenty-one times, Li Yiqing won twenty-one times, and Qi Qiuxue also lost twenty-one times.
In the past, when Qi Qiuxue fought with her opponents, she hoped to improve her combat power, reaction speed and physical fitness, but now she deliberately added a new goal to herself.
Prediction.
She hopes she can accurately predict every move of her opponent.
Even though Li Yiqing's fighting ability was really high, and he was superior to her in terms of speed and physical fitness, when Qi Qiuxue tried to analyze her thoughts and methods, she found that Li Yiqing no longer seemed so invincible.
People always have their usual moves and a set of rules that are most convenient for them, like a few pairs of numbers that can be combined at will. When fighting, they often unconsciously break these things down and then reassemble them.
In these twenty-one battles, Li Yiqing gave hundreds of combinations, but even so, Qi Qiuxue still hoped that she could remember, understand and predict all her reactions in advance and give timely countermeasures.
Only in this way can she be faster, faster than Li Yiqing and the masked man, and have a chance to win.
The last bit of strength has been exhausted.
Qi Qiuxue lay on the ground, breathing in deep gulps of air. The cold air quickly rushed into her nasal cavity and reached her throat, like a sharp knife, separating the flesh and blood in her throat.
The surging discomfort made her frown and tilt her head, and she half-tilted her body and started coughing violently. Seeing this, Li Yiqing immediately took some water and carefully poured it into Qi Qiuxue's mouth several times.
After a while, Qi Qiuxue finally stopped coughing.
Li Yiqing looked at her worriedly and asked softly, "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah." Qi Qiuxue nodded, her voice very soft, "Much better."
Li Yiqing raised his lips and smiled, and was about to stand up and put the water back to its original place.
At this moment, Qi Qiuxue raised her hand and pulled her, grabbing her collar and not letting go. Li Yiqing staggered and fell rapidly.
The cup in his hand was accidentally knocked over, and in an instant, most of the water in it spilled out, soaking Qi Qiuxue's clothes.
The training suit became slightly transparent, wrapping Qi Qiuxue's body more snugly. Li Yiqing lowered his eyes and could see Qi Qiuxue's beautiful figure hidden under her clothes.
"Axue." She retracted her gaze and stared into Qi Qiuxue's eyes from a very close distance. "What's wrong?"
"Kiss me." Qi Qiuxue also met her gaze and said something inappropriately.
"Okay." Li Yiqing did not ask the reason, but instead cooperated with Qi Qiuxue's tightening fingertips and pressed his body down further.
Until it completely fits Qi Qiuxue's body.
She placed a kiss on her lips, light at first, but Qi Qiuxue's fingertips became stronger and stronger, and the collar was pulled by her endlessly, becoming tighter and tighter.
Li Yiqing gradually felt that she had difficulty breathing, and her brows wrinkled subconsciously. She unconsciously intensified the kiss, licking and biting her lips in a flattering manner, hoping that she would forgive her.
Qi Qiuxue did not relax the strength of his hands, but just raised his head to respond to her kiss, letting her in some life-saving air.
After the kiss, the corners of Li Yiqing's eyes turned red, and there were very obvious marks on her neck. Due to lack of oxygen, she gasped for breath and coughed uncontrollably.
Qi Qiuxue picked up the water cup that had fallen to the side, drank the little water left in it, raised her hands to hold Li Yiqing's neck, and passed the water in her mouth into hers.
"Are you feeling better?" she asked softly afterwards.
"Much better." Li Yiqing spoke to her in a hoarse voice. He looked a little embarrassed, but there was a faint smile at the corner of his lips.
She leaned over again and handed the collar, which had already been wrinkled by Qi Qiuxue, back to her: "Do you want to do it again, Axue?"
Qi Qiuxue said calmly, "Aren't you afraid that I might accidentally kill you?"
"I'm not afraid." Li Yiqing shook his head slowly, his bright red lips opening and closing, looking decadent and sexy. "As long as Ah Xue is happy, it doesn't matter if you kill me."
"Everything I have is yours." She said softly, "Even my life."
"I'm willing to give you everything I have."
Qi Qiuxue didn't say anything, but kept staring at the person in front of her for a long time, as if she was judging the truth in her words.
After a moment, she withdrew her gaze. The events that had happened in the past few days had made her nervous and suspicious, even to the point of doubting her own identity, memory, and thinking. But somehow, she chose to believe the person in front of her.
She was willing to believe that what Li Yiqing said was true and not a single word was false.
"jingle."
The red cross on Li Yiqing's earlobe swayed gently, colliding with the metal buttons embedded in his collar, making a subtle but crisp sound.
Qi Qiuxue stared straight at the cross, and some unfamiliar scenes flashed before her eyes. The background was a small but warm room. Under the dim light, she put a crimson cross on Li Yiqing's earlobe.
Whose memory is this?
Qi Qiuxue was stunned for a moment. She felt that this scene was both strange and familiar, as if it had happened in a dream, but also as if it had happened in another world.
"What's wrong?" Noticing her strange expression, Li Yiqing looked at her worriedly again.
"Who gave you these earrings?" Qi Qiuxue asked in a deep voice.
Li Yiqing then spoke: "My mother bought it from the mall one night before the human race became extinct."
"You were there that day," Li Yiqing said. "Do you remember, Axue?"
indeed.
The memory that came back to Qi Qiuxue in her mind was indeed like this. Out of absolute trust and respect for her mother, she should not have deliberately explored this matter again.
But at this moment, thoughts and memories were fighting each other. Qi Qiuxue frowned under the severe headache and asked in return: "Is it really Mom?"
Li Yiqing nodded: "Yes."
Qi Qiuxue still refused to accept this answer and continued, "Really? Think about it again. Who is it? Who is it?!"
Li Yiqing slowly frowned at her question, and instinctively opened her lips, about to repeat her previous answer.
But for some reason, a strange feeling in her heart made her hesitate. She raised her hand to touch the cross on her earlobe, her heart beating violently at this moment.
"Did I remember it wrong?" She said bewilderedly, as if talking to herself, "It seems that it really wasn't Mom, but... someone else."
"Yes..." A vague figure appeared in his mind. Li Yiqing tried to catch this fleeting image and see the other person's face clearly, but he couldn't do it no matter what.
The atmosphere fell into a stalemate again.
Qi Qiuxue held her breath, and something gradually sprouted in her heart.
It was a seed of doubt, a seed that stubbornly grew even after being interrupted countless times and suppressing doubts. Once the seed of doubt began to sprout and grow green branches and vines, Qi Qiuxue would always follow the direction in which they spread and follow their footsteps to find the final answer.
There was no way to verify whether that memory was true or false. Qi Qiuxue tried hard to pull herself out of her confused thoughts. She looked around at Li Yiqing's face and finally stopped at the earring.
She raised her hand with some paranoia and took the two crimson crosses off Li Yiqing's ears. She used a little too much force, and perhaps the ear needle accidentally poked something, and bright red blood flowed from the small ear hole.
Tick, tick, drops fell on the back of Qi Qiuxue's white hand.
Qi Qiuxue's irritability seemed to be finally relieved at this moment. She threw the crosses in her hands far away without mercy until she saw them fall into a corner and disappear.
Then she raised her hand to wipe the blood from Li Yiqing's ear and said in a deep voice, "No matter who you are, this earring is not suitable for you."
In fact, she lied. The bright red cross was obviously a perfect match for Li Yiqing, but she insisted stubbornly: "If there is a chance in the future, I will give you a new one. I promise that it will be more beautiful and more suitable than the previous one."
Li Yiqing smiled when he heard that, lowered his eyes and kissed her hand, then nodded and said okay.
The previous fight had consumed Li Yiqing's physical strength to a great extent. She stopped talking and lay down beside Qi Qiuxue, regardless of whether the ground was dirty or whether there was still water under her that had not dried up.
She simply raised her hands and hugged the person in front of her tightly. The two of them snuggled up to each other in the empty and cold training ground, like two animals with no way to retreat and no clear view of the front. The only thing they could do was to support each other, licking each other's wounds in a lonely and insignificant way.
The two fell asleep in the training ground, covered with a thin blanket, hugging each other.
It was very quiet tonight. There were no sudden attacks from monsters and no appearance of masked men.
It was a relatively peaceful night.
【Author’s words】
Here it comes! It's two-in-one! Make up for yesterday's update woo woo
Sorry for keeping you waiting. This chapter also has a small red envelope, which will be posted before the next chapter is updated.
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