Mosquitoes, which come back to life with the change of seasons, are chattering in the countryside.
The evening breeze blew through the big trees in the yard, making a rustling sound.
There is no sound of vehicle horns in the noisy city, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
There are no street lights installed on rural roads.
At a glance, all I see is the darkness on the other side of the mountain...
The households located in the mountains and fields are all hundreds of meters apart.
When the night falls into silence, after a tiring day of farming, everyone returns home and falls asleep...
Corn seedlings with green heads are resting in the soil.
In this small village that not many people noticed and seemed to be isolated from the world, only one house still had the lights on.
Next to the dim electric light, a few moths kept hitting and making soft noises.
Because the house is a little damp, the wooden furniture in the house has a faint smell of decay...
Behind the bright red curtain.
A young girl was guarding a large, steaming iron pot.
His eyes kept turning and looking into the pot carefully...
Not long.
It seems that the things cooked in the pot are almost done.
She struggled to pick up a rough-made iron spoon placed next to her right hand, scooped up half a spoonful of soup from the pot, and carefully brought it to her mouth.
"Huh...ahhh!"
After two puffs of air conditioning, she took a sip of the soup.
"Well, not bad."
The girl's face was full of smiles. She quickly searched for available bowls in this room, rummaged through the cabinets and scooped up four bowls of soup. She took out each bowl with great attention.
Walked through the cloth curtain and finally placed it on the wooden table...
"Su, try it soon, it tastes good!"
The young man at the table rested his head on his hands and took a nap.
After hearing Chen Yaxuan's voice, he lazily opened his eyes and looked at the bowl that had been used for an unknown age and the soup inside.
The soup is very simple.
It's just a little white, with boiled white radish inside...
Su Zao took a taste and found that it tasted really good. He couldn't help but give Chen Yaxuan a thumbs up.
"My cooking skills have improved a bit, right? No cooking this time!"
Chen Yaxuan became even happier after receiving the compliment, and put the remaining bowls of carrot soup on the table.
but.
Just when she was about to eat, she looked toward the corner of the earth-walled house.
There.
There were two people who were tied up and had tape wrapped around their mouths...
One old and one young.
The old man looks to be in his seventies or eighties. His legs and feet are very inconvenient, and even some of his bones are obviously deformed. It must be that he did too much hard work when he was young, which caused his body to deteriorate too seriously in old age.
And the youngest one is only six or seven years old.
He squinted his big eyes, very curious about these two visitors who tied him and his grandfather at home...
If you look carefully.
It is not difficult to see that there are still tears under the corners of the little boy's eyes, clearly showing that he has cried.
Hesitate for a moment.
Chen Yaxuan still couldn't bear to turn her head to look at Su Zao and suggested: "How about we take off the tape on their mouths? It's late at night, and keeping them tied up like this is not an option. It's impossible to keep them there all the time. Why don’t you eat when you’re hungry?”
In fact, Su Zao really wanted to answer that he would starve to death.
Anyway, when he first led Chen Yaxuan to this destination, he immediately wanted to get rid of these two troubles.
If Chen Yaxuan hadn't begged for mercy, it would be impossible for the old and the young to be alive now...
only.
Maybe it’s because I still have some special feelings for Chen Yaxuan in my heart.
Even Su Zao, whose second personality occupies his body, still subconsciously chooses to listen to Chen Yaxuan...
So Su Zao impatiently stretched out his fingers, and after making some gestures out of thin air, the tape on the mouths of the grandfather and grandson was untied.
"grandfather!"
"Don't make any noise."
The child, who had regained the freedom to speak, originally wanted to say something to his grandfather, but was interrupted by his grandfather with a majestic look on his face, so he had to keep all his words and questions in his heart.
And what is different from ordinary people is.
This old man must have seen the world...
After realizing that something was wrong with the young man in front of him, he did not make a fuss or insult the intruder.
He just sat quietly on the ground, waiting silently for Chen Yaxuan to come to him with a bowl.
"Grandpa, I cooked something, come and eat some."
The old man is very obedient.
Chen Yaxuan fed him spoonfuls of soup, and he didn't seem to resent the two people who broke into his home and tied him and his grandson up...
Su Zao was drinking soup on the wooden table.
He didn't care about Chen Yaxuan feeding the grandfather and grandson.
Just looking up at the sky through the window alone...
After Chen Yaxuan finished feeding her grandfather and grandson, she also scooped out the soup and radishes from the big pot and swallowed them all.
She is so hungry...
Ever since Su Zao took her out of the rental house and arrived at this village after two days of journey, she had not eaten a bite at all.
She didn't know what "old friend" Su Zao was hiding from.
I just know that I only have two choices now.
Either believe Su Zao, or run home and tell your family what happened, and then call the police.
I feel ashamed that Su Zao killed someone just to save himself.
Chen Yaxuan couldn't bear to send Su Zao to prison, so she finally chose the seemingly absurd former...
Su Zao has many secrets.
She was also very curious on the way over.
But because Su Zao didn't want to say anything, she chose to believe Su Zao, so she didn't ask.
Chen Yaxuan thought naively...
No matter what happened to Su Zao.
This stupid kid who was originally stupid should not be able to hurt himself...
After experiencing despair.
At this time, I believed in Su Zao without any hesitation.
The light that appeared in the darkness was also the fundamental reason why she could forget her pain and fear so quickly.
This village is very small.
Also very poor.
The two people who came here could only find a few sticks of rob to cook in the grandson's home. There was no rice, and even the seasonings were only simple salt.
only.
This bitter meal was the most delicious meal Chen Yaxuan had ever eaten in her life...
When the pot was scooped dry, she was still licking her mouth.
"Little girl, if you are not full, there are a few small potatoes beside the firewood pile, which can be used to fill your stomach."
Seeing Chen Yaxuan's embarrassment.
The old man who had been tied up and unable to move suddenly spoke.
Moreover, it seemed that he still had the best interests of these two young people in mind.
People who don’t know the whole situation may think that it’s the old man’s house who has guests if they just hear these words...
"Potato?"
Chen Yaxuan was equally surprised by the old man's reminder.
But when she heard that there was still food, she focused more on the potatoes.
I glanced at the empty bowls in the kitchen.
Chen Yaxuan thought for a moment and felt that it would be better to eat the potatoes tomorrow morning.
If you finish eating now, you may be hungry again tomorrow...
"Grandpa, thank you..."
Chen Yaxuan said her thanks slightly stiffly.
Facing the innocent grandfather and grandson who were tied up by Su Zao, she felt very uncomfortable when she said this.
But there is no way.
After all, Su Zao killed someone, and they are in danger now.
In addition to avoiding the "old friend" in Su Zao's words, Chen Yaxuan was even more worried that someone from the police would find them.
For selfish reasons.
She could only acquiesce to Su Zao's actions and let these two poor people endure a little pain...
Chen Yaxuan experienced this kind of thing for the first time.
It's really hard to bear such a subtle and strange atmosphere.
Not knowing what to do, she looked at the boy who was staring out the window.
"Su Zao, what are you looking at?" she asked.
In response, Su Zao did not turn around, but turned his back to Chen Yaxuan and answered softly:
"Star."
"Huh? Are there stars at night now? Isn't it because of some environmental pollution that we can't see the stars..."
Chen Yaxuan, full of curiosity, walked towards Su Zao.
Following Su Zao's exact gaze, he raised his head and looked through the window...
This look.
She was stunned for two seconds.
Because Su Zao didn't lie to her, he was indeed looking at the stars.
Behind the slightly stained windows, in addition to the endless dark night sky, there are countless stars.
They glow...
Like hanging on a curtain.
It covers the entire sky that should be dark.
Very beautiful.
Breathtakingly beautiful.
There is also a faint green aurora on the other side of the mountain, sticking to the curtain in the distance, embellishing the bright starry sky...
"So beautiful..."
Chen Yaxuan, who had forgotten how long it had been since she had seen the starry sky, was immersed in it.
She seemed to have lost all her worries at this moment.
Feel this intoxicating scene with every breath...
"Do you like watching stars?" Su Zao noticed Chen Yaxuan's expression and asked.
"Yeah." Chen Yaxuan nodded.
"Then let's go out and watch."
Chen Yaxuan didn't wait for her reaction.
Su Zao took him out of the house and started looking around in the dilapidated yard.
moment.
A smile appeared on Su Zao's face.
He took Chen Yaxuan to Yijiao, and then walked step by step through the void towards the sky...
Yes.
He stepped on the air.
Same as the time in prison.
Su Zao did not use any ropes or external force, and just flew through the air in violation of common sense of physics...
Chen Yaxuan's movements with him also changed from holding her to hugging him.
He held Chen Yaxuan tightly in his arms, leading her gradually further and further away from the ground...
"Ah, Su Zao, this is..."
Although I had known for a long time that Su Zao had special abilities.
But when she experienced it again, Chen Yaxuan was inevitably shocked.
"Don't be afraid, just hold me tight." Su Zao comforted and walked up into the air without stopping.
"No, I'm afraid of heights..."
Chen Yaxuan tried to glance at the ground.
It turned out that within a few minutes, she was already dozens of meters away from the ground.
"Don't look at the ground, look at the sky."
Su Zao reminded.
Chen Yaxuan then reluctantly turned her head back and followed Su Zao's instructions to look towards the sky...
This time.
Only then did she truly realize the beauty of the starry sky.
There is no need to physically be in the galaxy like in a fantasy drama, and there is no need to put on any moving BGM.
I just lost the obstruction of the window glass and the interference from the surrounding things.
Simply floating in the air, she felt as if she existed in the starry sky...
Su Zao finally stopped about a hundred meters above the ground.
He had tried before and would suffer from lack of oxygen if he went up any higher.
So he adjusted his posture so that while he was lying flat in the air, Chen Yaxuan was also lying on top of him...
Chen Yaxuan does not have his ability.
It can only be like this.
certainly,
This does not affect Chen Yaxuan's appreciation of the starry sky at all.
On the contrary, at this distance, Chen Yaxuan could still see the tops of most hills, which looked unclear under the starry sky, as if they were shrouded in thin clothes.
"If only I could see stars like this all the time..."
Abandon the fear of heights.
After Chen Yaxuan calmed down, she enjoyed this moment very much.
She squinted her eyes.
Feeling the beautiful masterpiece of nature in front of me, and the warmth of Su Zao's body underneath me...
Chen Yaxuan understands now.
Maybe on the day when she brought Su Zao home; maybe on the day when Su Zao greeted her; maybe on the night when she decided to give Su Zao food.
Her life trajectory began to become different from others...
In Chen Yaxuan's eyes.
From the knowledge that she sometimes read novels about the structure of the novel's world, she thought that Su Zao might be the male protagonist of that kind of fantasy drama, with abilities that ordinary people don't have, and then he met his not-so-excellent version of himself.
"Am I the heroine?"
Imagining the fairy tale of Cinderella, Chen Yaxuan couldn't help but smile, and her mind drifted to outer space.
Su Zao knew that Chen Yaxuan was happy at this time.
But he didn't know that Chen Yaxuan was happy because she knew him, but he thought it was the beautiful starry sky that brought Chen Yaxuan emotions.
He is not a weirdo.
He also likes such beautiful scenes...
Su Zaoyao remembered that when she was a child in Mohu, her mother would occasionally take her out to watch the stars after a busy day.
Although the family has no money.
You can't ride on the Ferris wheel like other children.
But mom and dad will also quietly take themselves up to the rooftop of the neighbor's house, find a clean spot, lie down and experience every moment under the stars...
He still remembers.
Every time he said he wanted to look at the stars, my father would look sad.
Because there are many mosquitoes.
Dad is still a "mosquito attractor".
Whenever he came home after watching the stars, he would scratch his big bumps with a painful look on his face...
Mom and I saw our dad looking embarrassed.
They will also laugh...
Su Zao thought it was a poor but happy home.
It was a home I once owned.
This is the home I remember from my childhood...
"Su Zao, tell me, what should we do in the future? Are we going to live here forever?"
Looking at the stars, Chen Yaxuan, who was lying on Su Zao, asked.
"I don't know, I might go back to another place."
"Ah? Can I still go home?"
Probably because it just touched the scar in Su Zao's heart, Su Zao did not answer Chen Yaxuan's question.
"Why don't you say anything? You don't want to keep running with me like this without a fixed place, do you?" Seeing Su Zao's lack of response, Chen Yaxuan raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Let me tell you, although we are not very old, and I am not as money-worshipping as those old ladies, I also understand that having a family, and living without a fixed place like this is not enough."
"It is said on the Internet that love without material things is like a loose sand. I am running away with you like this. You must have some ideas, right?"
Su Zao's silent look made Chen Yaxuan become more and more anxious the more she spoke.
She even boldly turned over, rode on Su Zao's waist in the air, and looked at Su Zao's face seriously...
for a long time.
Su Zao said with some difficulty.
"Sister, I don't quite understand what you're talking about, so I don't have any ideas... But if you hope it's what you said, then I should be able to do it."
This time.
Only then did Chen Yaxuan fully react.
Although Su Zao's personality has changed, the stupid child still exists in Su Zao's mind. The questions she asked seem to be something that a child would not think about seriously.
So I thought about it again and again.
Chen Yaxuan took a deep breath.
She grabbed Su Zao's collar and asked a series of choking questions seriously:
"Then will you not want me and leave me alone?"
"Will you stop liking me and then ignore me..."
"Will you run away with other sisters just because you meet other better sisters?"