Extra Spring

Author: Dragon Fruit Tycoon

Extra Spring

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At night, firewood crackled and the broken stools and tables burned in the old room, illuminating the damp and foaming walls.

This is a house decorated with water, the floor is solidified cement, and the outside window on the first floor is pitch black, like a black hole, trying to suck people in.

A simple stove was built with bricks on top of the fire. A copper kettle was placed on the stove. When the water boiled, the spout made a whistle-like sound and steam rose.

Jingyuan poured hot water into the cup and then poured in the coffee bean powder. The rich aroma of coffee filled the air.

"Is there anything else you want to do?"

"What do you want to do? Do you mean ideals and wishes?"

"That's your regret. Do you have something like a life list?"

Jingyuan picked up the kettle and poured a cup of hot water for Tang Xue.

"Life list?"

"How about we exchange lists of our two lives, write them down on paper, and then exchange them for each other to see."

"OK."

They wrote their wishes on paper and exchanged them with each other.

Jingyuan Qianqian reads Tang Xue's list.

“1. Died in a place I am familiar with;

2. Don’t feel pain when you die;

3. Die with the one you love;

"

Almost every item has the word "death" in it. This is not like a life list at all, but more like a death notice.

Although their current situation is very dangerous, they can't be so pessimistic. Thinking about death all the time makes them feel depressed.

It was so unlucky that he crumpled the note into a ball and planned to throw it into the fire as fuel.

But an idea suddenly came to my mind, so I didn't throw the note away.

"Is that how you want to die on your bucket list? Don't you have any other regrets?"

"No more." Tang Xue shook her head.

"For example, don't you want to do things like changing new clothes, eating delicious food, setting off fireworks, etc.?"

"If I were alone, I wouldn't want to do these things."

"It's too pessimistic. Although our current situation is very difficult, we must learn to enjoy hardships."

"That's not the case. I don't feel bitter at all now."

"What's the meaning?"

"Why don't you look through it again and see what I wrote?"

Jingyuan opened the crumpled paper and read the words on it very carefully this time, trying to find any pattern.

Tang Xue stood up, sat next to him, pointed at the rows of words, and smiled.

"Look, it's all about death and things after death, right? Have you ever thought about why I wrote this?"

"Why."

Jingyuan pursed his lips and patted his face.

Unknowingly, Tang Xue got into his arms, hugged his waist, and looked at him lovingly.

Even if he is as slow as he is, he still understands what is going on.

"Does it mean you have no regrets anymore?"

"Yes, I am already very happy." She leaned her head on Jingyuan's chest: "As long as I can be with you, I will be very happy. I can't think of any regrets, so I can only write about me

How to die."

"It's amazing. As long as I'm around you, I don't feel scared at all. Even if someone tells me that the world will explode in the next second, I feel that I can face it calmly."

When she said this, she stretched out her hand and intertwined her fingers with Jingyuan's, and could feel her pulse and temperature.

Her heartbeat was very fast, and even under the orange firelight, you could see her face was slightly red.

Maybe saying this made her feel shy.

Did Tang Xue really fall in love with herself as she said?

Before this, Jingyuan had always had doubts. He didn't dare to believe Tang Xue. He had always treated her as a chat partner and did not dare to invest too much emotion for fear that it would be a lie.

Over time, there may be more family ties, but little progress in love.

But at this moment, somehow, he truly believed that what he just said was the girl's sincere words.

Because her heart was beating so hard, her face was red and her eyes were closed, but she never let go of her clenched hands.

Jingyuan connected his fingers with hers with one hand, and held her waist with the other.

Suddenly he felt that she was very beautiful today, more beautiful than every day he had seen her.

"If we can't get there by land, then let's try to leave by boat. There will definitely be a way."

Jingyuan whispered in her ear, staring at the burning fire reflected in the dark window.

The next day, he drove the SUV to the coast.

Although it was very difficult to take the sea route, and he didn't know if he could find a safe land by continuing to go north, he still decided this way.

First, they need to prepare a boat, a boat that can sail on the sea. It does not need to be too big, but it must be able to accommodate at least two people and a dog.

The best sailboats, the kind that need to be refueled, may break down even if they can run, and then they will become a piece of duckweed floating on the sea with no way to survive.

Don't worry too much about food and water, there are plenty of them in the car, all brought from the villa.

They moved around the coastline. It was very empty and they encountered nothing.

"Where was the gathering place where you lived before?" Jingyuan asked.

"It's best not to go." Tang Xue shook his head: "They are not good people, and they have guns."

"Do they have a boat?"

"Maybe. In the first year, people who went out often brought back some fish and crabs. Food was not very scarce at that time. They should have been maintaining fishing boats that year. But what happened later, I

I don’t know, but in the next few years even the sea was polluted, and even if they had fishing boats, they were probably abandoned.”

Tang Xue tried her best to persuade him not to go to the gathering place. She remembered what kind of hell it was.

"It doesn't matter, we can just go quietly. If they have a boat, we can steal it."

Jingyuan held the steering wheel with one hand and touched her head.

It was a ruin, an unimaginable tragedy, and almost no intact body could be found.

"It looks like it was ravaged by some powerful monster."

Jingyuan sighed.

Tang Xue stared at the wooden stakes inserted together and was silent for a long time.

"Which house did you live in before?" Jingyuan asked her.

"There." Tang Xue pointed in a direction, which was close to the rock wall.

"Want to go back and take a look?"

"No." She responded clearly.

She took Jingyuan to another place, not far from the gathering place, which was an abandoned western restaurant along the coast.

She held Jingyuan's hand and while walking, she talked about that cold, scary, dark night that seemed to freeze her to death.

"I don't dare to come here alone, but it's incredible. Holding your hand like this, I'm not afraid at all."

They found the remains of Sister Tang Xue, dug a deep pit, buried the remains, and paid three respects.

In the evening, they found the fishing boat on the beach near the gathering place. It was still intact. It was tied to a wooden pile with a rope, and it had a sail and an engine.

After some inspection, he selected a medium-sized fishing boat and started work.

For three days, Jingyuan, under Tang Xue's guidance, spent three full days repairing the ship.

He had an ominous premonition in his heart, so he didn't dare to rest. He didn't sleep for three days and three nights, and worked non-stop for seventy-two hours.

He moved all the food and water in the off-road vehicle to the boat. Not only that, he also found a lot of cans in the gathering place. They were probably the group of people Tang Xue mentioned. Later, they went to the cannery and brought back a lot of cans.
To be continued...