At around three o'clock in the morning, a pale young man suddenly woke up from his dream.
While panting violently, he wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his sleeves. His whole body was in shock, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
This person's name is Zhang Hao and he is twenty-seven years old.
After calming down a little, Zhang Hao lit a cigarette, then leaned on the bedside and carefully recalled the dream just now.
The dream was about his life experiences of the next twenty years, which were long and real, just like personal experiences.
I sat like this for three or four hours, and my heart couldn't calm down for a long time.
It wasn't until there was a knock on the door that he was brought back to reality from his memories.
"My son, get up quickly, we are busy today!"
The person who knocked on the door was Zhang Hao's mother Li Dajuan.
"Get up right away."
Zhang Hao glanced at his phone and saw that it was already dawn.
After washing up, breakfast officially started.
The dining table is large, but there are only six people in total including Zhang Hao.
The person in charge is Zhang Chongxin, Zhang's father. He is nearly seventy years old and runs a small home appliance company. His main products include electric blankets, electric heating pads and electric heating appliances.
His net worth barely reached one billion.
Next to Zhang Chongxin is Zhang Jiaqi, Zhang Hao's third sister. She is just thirty years old this year, unmarried, and is a university teacher.
Zhang Hao ranks fourth in the family. In addition to Zhang Jiaqi, there are two other sisters, the eldest sister Zhang Jiahui and the second sister Zhang Jiayi.
However, the two of them had already married, one stayed in the local area and the other married to the other side of the ocean.
Sitting opposite Zhang Jiaqi is Li Dajuan.
There is a little boy on each side of Zhang's mother. Not only do the two little guys dress exactly the same, they also look exactly the same. They are five and a half years old.
These twins are Zhang Hao's sons.
The big one is called big pudding, and the small one is called little pudding.
Six years ago, just after graduating from college, Zhang Hao married his college girlfriend Zhou Xiaolin back home, and soon they had a pair of lovely twins.
It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances.
Less than two years after their marriage, Zhou Xiaolin unfortunately passed away in an accidental traffic accident.
It took Zhang Hao two years to recover from his grief, and then he devoted himself to various extreme sports.
I have played almost all kinds of sports such as racing, skydiving, diving and rock climbing.
In his words, only in these sports can he feel the meaning of his life.
Naturally, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother expressed strong opposition and even cut off all sources of income for their son. After all, the couple only had one son and did not want the white-haired man to give away the black-haired man.
However, Zhang Hao insisted on going his own way and persisted even if he went to work in a factory. It was simply a waste of time and money.
There was no other way, Zhang's father and Zhang's mother had no choice but to compromise in the end.
The only thing the old couple could do was to spend a lot of money and make complete preparations in advance before each time their son "sued his own death". For this purpose, they also hired a professional security team.
In just three years, nearly 100 million yuan was spent.
Most of the profits the family has made over the years have been thrown away.
As a result, Zhang Hao became "famous" and became a well-known "prodigal son" in the industry, which even made Zhang Hao's father unable to hold his head high.
Every time the old guys talk about the issue of "successor", Zhang Chongxin will consciously find an excuse to leave.
The only good thing is that he also has a pair of precious grandchildren, so the old Zhang family will not be cut off.
At the dinner table, Zhang's mother saw that her son had a bad look on his face.
So he casually asked with concern: "You didn't sleep last night, okay? Why don't you go out later and go back to your room to catch up on your sleep?"
"Mom, it's okay." Zhang Hao waved his hand, "I personally promised Da Pudding and the others yesterday that I would take them out for a long time. You can't let me break my promise, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Big Pudding immediately raised his little chubby hand: "Grandma, grandpa said, adults can't deceive children, and they must be honest."
"Grandma, grandma, I want to go to the amusement park."
Little Pudding said coquettishly.
Every time his father goes on a "business trip" it takes a long time to come back. He and his brother wish they could stay with their father every day.
"Okay, grandma, let's stop talking. Today is Chinese New Year, and there are many people outside. Remember not to run around, and you must listen to your father and sister-in-law. Do you know?"
Li Dajuan touched the heads of her grandchildren one by one.
"knew."
The two little guys answered in a sweet voice.
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An hour later, Zhang Hao drove his sons and his third sister out. They lived in a villa community, and a small villa was worth more than 100 million.
On the way, Zhang Jiaqi suddenly asked in a low voice:
"Brother, why do I feel that you are acting weird today? Are you dating your girlfriend outside?"
"What's wrong with me?"
Zhang Hao asked curiously.
"I just suddenly feel that you have matured a lot, as if you have become a different person. To be honest, I feel that you are becoming more and more like dad."
Zhang Jiaqi said thoughtfully.
"I'm dad's biological son. What's so weird about looking like dad?" Zhang Hao smiled and shook his head, "As for you feeling weird, it may be related to the nightmare I had last night. It should be because I didn't sleep well!"
"What nightmare did you have?"
Zhang Jiaqi quickly asked.
Zhang Hao looked back at his sons and said, "I won't talk about this anymore. I'm afraid of scaring them both."
This dream is too real and too cruel.
According to the timeline in the dream, at the end of September in the second half of the year, the super volcano on the other side of the ocean suddenly experienced a shocking explosion, and then the entire Blue Star directly started a long polar night mode.
There is no end in sight for the next thirty years.
Although the Oriental Region where their home is located is not the hardest-hit area, it has a heavy population burden and does not seem to be much easier than the other side of the ocean. Looking back now, it was definitely a difficult time that is unbearable to look back on.
In this catastrophe of the century, no one was spared. The old Zhang family finally managed to survive for twenty-eight years relying on their meager financial resources and the occasional support from the three Zhang Jiahui sisters.
Next, after losing his two sons and his only granddaughter, Zhang Hao no longer had any reason to live, and finally froze to death.
He can still feel the despair now.
When Zhang Jiaqi saw her brother suddenly acting dumb, she quickly patted him on the shoulder:
"What are you thinking about? Drive carefully."
Zhang Hao reacted instantly and broke into a cold sweat. He immediately drove the car to the side of the road and unbuckled his seat belt.
"Third sister, it's better for you to drive! There's something wrong with me today."
"How about we go back?"
Zhang Jiaqi couldn't help but suggest.
"Forget it, I have already neglected my duty as a father. If I let them down again, I will not forgive myself."
Zhang Hao smiled bitterly.
Zhang Jiaqi suddenly said angrily: "You also know that you have neglected your duty? Why don't you stay at home? Why do you have to run around the world and stay home all year round?"