The Fantastical Beasts at World's End

In the morning, when Luo Xiaochen and Ye Zhao went downstairs to buy things, they realized how destructive the fog was yesterday.The walls of apartment buildings in residential areas have been rotted to different shades, and the window panes of each house are no longer as smooth and flat as before, as if they were scratched and full of traces.The phone number of the property management was about to explode, so a notice was sent out, and it will be fully repaired on the same day.

The trees and lawns in the flower beds downstairs are in a mess, and the cars parked downstairs can't be seen, they all have to be repainted.

Luo Xiaochen patted his chest and said happily, "Fortunately, I parked your car in the garage yesterday."

Ye Zhao reminded him: "What about yours?"

Luo Xiaochen was stunned for a second, and instantly went into epilepsy.

"Damn it! I haven't driven it for a few days, so I just threw it downstairs!" Thinking about it, he was so heartbroken that he jumped to his feet: "Nima Laozi just bought a car for a year! No, I have to go back tonight and drive tomorrow Go to the whole volume."

Ye Zhao raised his eyebrows and looked at him from the side of the glasses: "Or do you want to stay with me for a few more days?"

"..."

I didn't feel much in the residential area. When I entered the supermarket, there was a sensation of crowds. It seemed that many people were stimulated by yesterday, and they felt more and more that the end would happen someday.

They put boxes of mineral water, instant noodles, and canned food into the shopping cart... as if one day there will be another fog and they can't go out, they will just point to these things to live.

This kind of posture has always been encountered several times from time to time in the past few years, snatching salt, water, and medicine...In an increasingly restless environment, people are like frightened birds. Once they encounter abnormal phenomena, they start to squirrel. Stock up on things like winter.

Ye Zhao pushed the cart, threw the things he wanted to buy inside, asked Luo Xiaochen from time to time if he had anything to buy, and occasionally helped some aunts pick up things from high places. Even in the crowded crowd, he seemed calm and at ease.

However, the conversation between the clerk and the aunt still entered his ears sentence by sentence.

"Hey, did you hear that many people died on the road ahead yesterday? Among them, a young couple seemed to live in our building. Before I went out, I saw my parents crying over to pack their things. It was so uncomfortable to see. gone."

"Eh? Didn't you say that you just injured a lot of people, and all the serious ones were rescued?"

"Where did you hear all this?"

"My niece works as a nurse at the hospital on North Street. She told me. I saw such a big deal yesterday, so I called her to ask how she was doing. She said she was too busy to turn around, and she will give it to me today. Phone. No, call me this morning and have a chat."

"But in our building, parents can't just cry like crazy, right?"

"Then I don't know, maybe it's not a hospital."

"The nearest hospital is the hospital..."

……

"Did you read the news this morning? The last list of confirmed deaths."

"Well, I saw it. If you want me to say that these days, the most unlucky ones are soldiers. If you talk about such a life-threatening thing, who is willing to get involved? Isn't it all pulling people out from the army, oh yes, And in the hospital."

"Yeah, I think those children are quite pitiful when I look at them today, but, I always feel that the number of people on that list is not enough? No matter how you look at it, there are more than two pages of people who died in the whole country."

"Then how many more pages do you want?!"

"No, I thought about it for a few pages, and I felt that it was underreported..."

"Tsk, I don't know, hey...Anyway, it would be nice if the government could control the fog."

……

Ye Zhao frowned, remembering the call he made to Xia Zhiming before going out.

Usually when this kind of thing happens, Xia Zhiming's private mobile phone is turned off, and Ye Zhao always calls the next day to ask about his safety.

He used to talk about some related things, but this morning, he spoke very vaguely.

Anyway, Ye Zhao's purpose was to confirm that he was fine, and knowing that he was not directly involved in the rescue this time, he didn't ask any more questions.But thinking about it now, it seems...

Seeing that he was lost in thought, Luo Xiaochen patted him on the shoulder: "Is there anything else you need? Just pay if you don't need anything."

"Huh?" Ye Zhao froze for a moment, withdrew his thoughts, nodded and pushed the cart towards the cashier.

Until the moment Ye Zhao entered the house, his thoughts were still on Xia Zhiming's unclear matter this time, but when he put the things on the dining table and turned back to the living room to drink a glass of water, he suddenly heard a twisting sound. The sound of a doorknob.

He thought it was Luo Xiaochen at first, but when he turned around, he saw him standing by the shoe cabinet at the door with his head bowed to change his slippers, the door had already been closed.

Ye Zhao paused, and finally came to his senses, he turned to face the study, his movements were a little stiff.

The study door, which had been closed all night, was opened from the inside. Nie Renyan stood at the door with downcast eyes, supporting the door frame with one hand, and stroked his face with the other. His face seemed very tired.

Ye Zhao opened his mouth, but felt that his throat was dry and he couldn't say anything.

There was a fine layer of sweat on his palms, and his chest seemed to be emptied by something, and there was a trace of emptiness and coolness.

Facing the fainted Nie Renyan, he was as calm as if he treated a stranger, but when this person really stood in front of him, he lost his words.

It seemed that all the feelings that had been suppressed under the calm appearance for the past few years really began to flood and out of control at the moment when they saw Nie Renyan again.

He finally felt belatedly how unbearable it was for him to leave this person.

Nie Renyan didn't seem to have figured out where he was, he frowned and looked a little irritable.

He rubbed the center of his brows, finally raised his head, and saw Ye Zhao standing in the middle of the living room, facing him at a glance.

He was stunned for a moment, then opened his eyes wide in disbelief, and stood up straight: "Ye, Ye Zhao?!" His voice was a little hoarse, as if he was tired, or because he had brought too much. Emotions.

Ye Zhao still stood stiffly, his hands on both sides clenched tightly into fists, his face was expressionless, his eyes were hidden behind the glasses, and his emotions were covered by the reflection outside the window.

"Ye Zhao..." Nie Renyan staggered over and yelled again. His cheeks were much thinner than before, and he looked colder, but because of his eyes that suddenly turned red, they became full of tenderness.

He walked up to Ye Zhao, bowed his head slightly, and stretched out his hand to embrace Ye Zhao in his arms like a treasure, and then tightened his grip: "I, I miss you very much..."

He was buried in Ye Zhao's neck, motionless, his voice choked with sobs: "Ye Zhao...I miss you very much."

The moment Ye Zhao embraced him, his eyes were a little hot, and when he felt the wetness on his neck, he almost reached out to hug him back.

But his outstretched hand finally touched Nie Renyan's chest.

He pushed Nie Renyan away, and then punched him hard in the stomach, causing Nie Renyan to stagger, get caught by the legs of the tea table, and fall down on the sofa.

Ye Zhao strode over, leaned over and grabbed Nie Renyan's collar tightly, gritted his teeth, and said in a hoarse voice: "If you have the guts, don't appear in front of me again! Since you didn't say a word back then, you disappeared without a trace. If you are missing, just get out! What are you now?! Hmm? Don’t tell me that you just happened to see Xia Zhiming, and you just happened to fall in this place! You think that if you say your name, say I miss you, I can be Didn't exist in these years?! You fucking... you fucking..."

Nie Renyan saw him frowning, his eyes were red, and in the end his voice was too hoarse to speak.

He Ren Ye Zhao grabbed his collar, stretched out his thumb and stroked the corners of his eyes twice, opened his mouth, and finally said in a low voice: "I'm sorry."

His eyes were the same as before, and the emotion was too strong to be ignored, which made Ye Zhao frown and threw away his collar, straightened up and sat on the single sofa beside him.

Ye Zhao took a few breaths, calmed down, and then said in a deep voice, "Give me a reasonable explanation, or get out."