To my frozen hometown

Chapter 117 Some things need a reason to continue

"Crackling."

The animal oil in the fireplace was burning loudly. After a day of training, Al was already very tired.Lying in the animal skin in the hut, she fell into a deep sleep after listening to Liu Yuan tell two stories.

With the shaking of the flames, the shadows in the room were uncertain.Liuyuan sat on Al's bedside for a while, and then got up to smoke a cigarette outside the door.

She had already smoked the first pack of cigarettes, and this pack was a supply she bought in Greenhouse No. [-] in the center.

The taste is not good, but the pungent smell of smoke can at least make people sober.

I don't know when Liuyuan smoked and deliberately avoided Al.

Maybe it's because she's finally noticed that tobacco isn't healthy for kids, or maybe it's just because she's noticed that Al doesn't like the smell of cigarettes.

It was snowing in the tribe that night, leaving the hut illuminated by the fire, the night outside was undoubtedly cold.

However, because Liu Yuan had already lost the ability to feel temperature and pain, Liu Yuan was lucky enough to be able to be alone in this world.

Of course, it's just a matter of being alone.

Letting the cold wind mixed with snowflakes beat his cheeks, Liu Yuan silently leaned against the door of the stone house, lowered his head and lit a cigarette for himself.

The light from the lighter shone on her cheeks, slightly illuminating her side face. With the warm light of the fire, Liu Yuan saw another figure on the streets of the tribe.

It was York, and Liu Yuan recognized him just by looking at him.Even at this time, he was wearing a fur coat and windproof glasses, wrapping himself tightly.

Seeing Liuyuan, York also came over.He lowered his head first, probably because of the cold, which made it difficult for him to speak.

It wasn't until half a minute later that the boy took out a small bag of things from his overcoat, handed it to Liu Yuan and said.

"It should be very cold tonight, and it will probably be the same in the next few days. We are not planning to go to the base these days. Here is some ready-made animal oil. Joel asked me to send it over. He is very good at making this. Each one burns for a long time."

"Thank you." Looking at the other party's face that was blue with cold, Liu Yuan thanked him slowly, and took the package.

Then, she turned her head to look at her and Al's room again, and asked, "Would you like to come in and sit for a while, at least you can have a cup of hot tea."

"No need." York shook, pulling his collar with both hands: "It's too cold, I'm going back."

However, just before he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of the cigarette in Liu Yuan's hand from the corner of his sight.

"Are you smoking?" For some unknown reason, the boy stopped his steps, hesitated, and asked Liu Yuan aloud.

"Obviously, yes." Liu Yuan lifted the cigarette butt in his hand and replied with raised brows.

"Can you smoke one for me?" The boy stood in the snow, looked at the sparkling cigarette in Liu Yuan's hand, and blinked his eyes.

The night was quiet for a while, and it seemed that only the whistling wind in the distant air was left.

Until Liuyuan asked aloud: "Are you sure? Let me tell you first, Al is sleeping, so you can only stand outside the door and smoke."

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The fire in the stone house was still bright, and through the gap in the door covered with animal skins, it reflected the two figures outside the door, and some indescribable shadows fell on the snow.

It must have been colder at night.

Under the eaves of the hut, York and Liu Yuan stood together, took a cigarette from Liu Yuan, and put it in his mouth.

"Snapped."

Liu Yuan stretched out the lighter and lit the cigarette butt for him, and then put the lighter with the lid back into his pocket.

"Suck, cough, cough, cough!"

It was obviously the first time the boy smoked, so he coughed violently after taking the first puff.

"You don't know how to smoke, why do you ask me to smoke for you?" Liu Yuan didn't do anything because of the boy's cough, but leaned against the wall, exhaled a puff of smoke from his mouth, and asked lightly.

"Because I heard that this thing can relieve troubles." Looking at the cigarette in his hand, York smiled regretfully: "It seems that it is still just a lie."

Lied to him the day his parents left.

They told him they would be back soon, but they hadn't been back since.

During the years when he and Joel were looking for their parents, De Sade also lied to them.

He told them that they could see the stars their parents had turned into in the night sky just by looking up.

But no matter how long he looked up, York never got Fan Xing's response.

Joel also lied to him when he and Joel started making Joshua.

He told him that as long as they flew up to the stars in Joshua, they could find their father and mother.

But York is very clear that there will only be endless deep space.

York has been a smart child since he was a child, he can distinguish every lie, but he also hopes that one of these lies can be true.

Even if there is only one.

Therefore, he chose to believe in these clumsy deceptions, and he believed them deeply.

He believed that his parents would come back one day, so he stubbornly waited day and night.

He believed his parents were in the stars, so he counted over and over every star he could see.

He believed that Joel would lead him to find his father and mother, so he studied every piece of knowledge in the notes bit by bit.

However, does it really work?

Sometimes, York is so skeptical.

Perhaps just like this cigarette, he believed that it could relieve his troubles, but when he actually smoked it, he could only feel sadness and pain.

"Liu Yuan." Perhaps at last, some couldn't believe it anymore, York looked at the sparks on the cigarette butt in the snowy night, opened his mouth, and asked Liu Yuan.

"What do you think of my plan with Joel?"

He felt that Liu Yuan should be awake, he felt that Liu Yuan would probably wake him up, tell him that this plan was impossible to realize, and let him face the reality.

However, what he waited for was a moment of silence.

After a few breaths, Liu Yuan finally put down the cigarette in his hand, and said

"I don't know, this question may only be answered by yourself. If you think it is unreasonable and want to give up, I will not stop you. But if you just want me to give you a way to continue reason, then I can tell you, Jasmine believes in you, and Al also believes in you."

"When you look up at the starry sky, they also look up at you."

The smoke drifted away, and the white snow fell profusely.

After a long time, York gave a wry smile, and put his lips on the cigarette in his hand: "You are really irresponsible when you speak."

"But isn't that the answer you want me to give you?"

"Oh, maybe, who knows..."

(End of this chapter)