[Science Fiction] Escape from Paint City

When entering the old town, it was already early morning, and there were no vehicles or people on the street.There is no moon tonight, only a sky full of stars, and there is a nice smell of grass in the air.

"It smells like copperhammer grass."

Sha Qianxing said to himself.Shuichen heard it, clenched his right hand and tapped lightly on the back of his left hand, and stopped after a few times, staring at the back of the front seat, thinking about something.

"Just put us down here."

After thinking for a while, Shui Chen spoke to Shui Dad.

"Isn't there still some distance to go?"

"The starry sky is beautiful tonight, I want to go for a walk with Qianxing alone."

"Okay, little young romance."

Dad Shui adjusted his glasses and stopped the car.The two got out of the car, the driver's window was opened, and Shui Chen stood outside the car saying goodbye to Shui Dad and Xiao Hei.

"We are separated this time, and we probably won't have a chance to meet again in the future. I hope you all will be well and protect the city of paint."

Shuichen still feels a little bit reluctant to give up on Shui's father, and after managing Qicheng himself, he no longer feels isolated from this place.

Dad Shui still had no expression on his face, he glanced at Sha Qianxing, and said lightly, "Farewell, let's talk about it, but about Qicheng, it's my duty and I will always do it well."

Sha Qianxing noticed Papa Shui's gaze, and was startled, thinking, Papa Shui might be hiding deeper than No. [-] and Mama Shui.

Shui Chen was used to Shui Dad's cold tone, and didn't pay much attention to the deep meaning in his words.

"You annoying bastard is finally leaving. There is no need to worry about it. Qicheng is my home. I will protect it without you saying it. It's you, guard your world well."

Finally going to say goodbye to Shui Chen, Xiao Hei showed off his might, completely lost the composure of meeting for the first time.Shui Chen's obsession with the real world made Xiao Hei sympathize a bit, and the exposure of the truth made him less hostile. Although his words were still annoying, he actually agreed with Shui Chen a little more.

Shui Chen nodded, and automatically extracted key information from Xiao Hei's words

"Then let's separate. I hope we can all wait for the result we want."

Dad Shui took the lead, signaled to Shui Chen, and was about to leave.

"Yes, then goodbye."

Shuichen didn't say anything more, the car windows were closed, Shuichen and Sha Qianxing stood where they were, watching the off-road vehicle go away.

After Shui Dad and Xiao Hei left, silence spread between Shui Chen and Sha Qianxing.Shuichen went to the side of the road and squatted down, picked a bunch of copper hammer grass, the leaves are mostly heart-shaped.

"That's what you smelled just now. I promised you that we would go find copper hammer grass together. Maybe there will be no chance in the future. Now this bunch is considered to be the one I found for you."

Shuichen handed the copper hammer grass to Sha Qianxing.When he was in charge of Qicheng, he once planted a lot of copper hammer grass on the roadside of the old city. This plant is not very eye-catching, and the smell is very light, but the leaves are mostly heart-shaped, like a silent confession.

"Thank you."

Sha Qianxing took the Tonghammer Grass, at this time Shuichen took his hand, and the two walked along the old street to the pawn shop pond, the dim streetlights stretched their shadows long.

"When is our deadline?"

"Tomorrow at twelve noon, there are... ten hours."

"There are still ten hours..."

Shuichen held Sha Qianxing's hand even tighter, the palm was sweaty and sticky, but both of them tacitly did not let go.

"Ten hours later, when I return to the real world, can I still see you, the real you."

"Yes, but I don't want you to watch me die. It's a bit ugly to die like that."

Shuichen stopped, and stroked Sha Qianxing's face with his right hand, following his outline little by little.

"I want to see, I want to watch you go to the last moment of your life."

"actually……"

Sha Qianxing's words flickered, with hesitation on his face, he wanted to say something but hesitated and refused to say it.

"No... you'd better let me think about it."

Sha Qianxing turned his face away, pulled Shuichen and continued to walk forward.

"It seems that my college student has his own little secret. I'll give you the last ten hours to figure it out whether you want to tell me or not."

Shui Chen said with a playful smile, enjoying the mood of the two of them being alone, but not really obsessed with Sha Qianxing's answer.

"Well, I'll think about it."

Walking through Qi'an Road and Leopard Turn, this is the place where Shuichen was followed by Sha Qianxing for the first time, and it is very close to the pawnshop pond.

"Ten hours left, what do you want to do?"

In the last ten hours, Shuichen didn't ask about the past or the future, but just wanted to firmly engrave every minute and every second of the present in his heart.

"As long as I can be with you, everything is fine."

Sha Qianxing's voice was erratic, and it was very clear in the silent night.

"Nothing in particular you want to do?"

"If I have to say it, I want us to have a good sleep together, like lovers who have lived together without any disasters."

"Then add another one, I want to sleep until the morning, in the first rays of sunlight, to paint your body paint."

"Body painting?"

"Yes. From the first time I saw you, I thought you looked like a leopard,"

As Shuichen spoke, he stopped again, let go of Sha Qianxing's hand, and slid his fingers up from his fingertips, over his broad palm, along his arm to his shoulder, and finally stuck to his heart place.

"Back to the real world, I will be alone, and it may take 100 years before I die after finding the next watchman. Then at least, let me remember your appearance, your voice, The touch of your skin, the smell of your body."

After waking up to see No. [-] again, Shuichen's memory of the real world has basically recovered, and it is unexpectedly natural to accept it, as if she should do what she should do.But at this time, he didn't want to tell Sha Qianxing about the memories he recovered one by one.

These are the last ten hours of the two of them.

"it is good."

Sha Qianxing replied with difficulty, his throat was choked up, and there was a bitter taste in his mouth.

"Then, from now on, we are no longer Shui Chen and Sha Qianxing among the surviving humans, but just a pair of lovers living together - Shui Chen and Sha Qianxing."

As Shui Chen said, the two had already reached the small park in front of the pawnshop pond.He suddenly started running, ran up the steps, turned around again, opened his arms and smiled at Sha Qianxing.

"Qianxing, welcome home, you have worked hard."

Sha Qianxing also quickly entered the role, released his heart full of love, strode forward, and hugged Shuichen tightly in his arms.

"Yes, Brother Chen, I'm back."

"Today's work ends very late, do you want to have a late-night snack?"

Shuichen turned around, maintaining the posture of being hugged by Sha Qianxing from behind, and pretended to take out a key to open the door.

"No, I'm tired and want to rest with you."

There was a deep tiredness in Sha Qianxing's voice.

"Then wash up and rest early, let's go together."

Like ordinary lovers, the two squeezed into the bathroom together, handed each other things to wash, and fought with each other, Shuichen launched sneak attacks from time to time, Sha Qianxing also let go a lot tonight, for Shuichen's sneak attack Always fight back mercilessly.

After the joke was over, the two of them lay exhausted on the small single bed in the room on the first floor.The single bed was very narrow, only enough for Shuichen and Sha Qianxing to lie down side by side without a single gap.The two of them simply turned sideways to face each other, and their close breaths were intertwined, becoming thicker and more obvious.

"Want to sleep?"

Sha Qianxing put his hands under his ears and whispered softly in Shuichen's ear.

Shuichen shook his head, and only moved his head closer. Shuichen held Sha Qianxing's other hand and played with it, but his eyes were fixed on Sha Qianxing's face non-stop.

"Do you want to talk then?"

Shuichen shook his head again, then pointed to Sha Qianxing's mouth, meaning he only wanted to hear what he had to say.

Sha Qianxing cleared his throat, and his low to vague voice became slightly clearer.

"Then let me tell you about my past, as an ordinary person's past."

Then Sha Qianxing began to tell about his family, the city he lived in, the military camp he stayed in, how he came to Mocheng, his impression of seeing Shuichen for the first time, and his ideal life.

When it came to the end, Shui Chen couldn't hold it anymore, his eyelids slowly closed, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Sha Qianxing stopped talking and looked at Shuichen intently, as if he wanted to remember everything about him in his heart, even though this kind of memory might not exist for long.

He gently took his hand out of Shui Chen's hand, pinned the broken hair of Shui Chen's face behind his ear, and put it on the back of Shui Chen's hand again.

Do you want to tell the existence of the Waterstar Evening Star Project?

Sha Qianxing was still hesitating in his heart, his initial choice was to tell him that he thought there should be no concealment in any sense and unilateral thoughts for your own good between lovers, besides, Shuichen's heart was strong enough, even if In the end, hope is lost, and it will not completely collapse.

But Shuichen didn't seem to be as strong as he imagined, and his final death was not just a little ugly.If possible, he didn't want his lover to see him die in this way.

Let's wait until the last moment to talk about everything.

Sha Qianxing also had a rare escape in his heart, he also closed his eyes, hugged Shuichen in his arms, and the two faced each other without leaving a gap, and fell asleep hugging each other.

The bright moon has not appeared tonight, and the floating clouds cover the stars from time to time, but more stars are twinkling, dreamy and beautiful.

Until the brilliance of other stars dimmed, a very bright star appeared in the sky, and then it began to brighten from the very edge of the sky, and then a round of fiery red sun rose slowly from below the horizon, and everything became warm.

The birds are very active in the early morning, chirping non-stop, and the fragrance of flowers and green leaves is intertwined, tapping lightly on the glass window of the pawnshop pond.

Shui Chen and Sha Qianxing woke up in such an atmosphere.

The author has something to say: there is another update at [-] o'clock in the morning.

Body painting is going to be put into the next chapter, because it is the last ten hours when Brother Chen and Qianxing left Qicheng and returned to the real world, and it is also the last ten hours of Qianxing's life, so I want to write more, let They have more good memories, so it sounds like BE [hhh] Don't panic!I have been vaccinated many times, and I am sure it is HE.

In addition, perhaps speaking of it, Dad Shui is the most powerful of all, and the one who knows the most.