from my heart [last days]

When the relationship starts to change, there is not such a clear line.

The half-truth and half-fake intimacy in Zhengzhou is certainly one of the reasons, but even earlier, every detail since the encounter may not be irrelevant.

Rather, without those, there wouldn't be the first step Zheng | Zhou took when they approached each other.

The road was slippery in the snow, and driving was not easy. Peng He drove with goggles on, and the speed could only be maintained at [-] yards.

The heater in the car was fully turned on, and the glass was covered with water mist. Xie Congxin leaned against the window sill and closed his eyes to rest. He was wearing his thin coat and breathing slowly. The eyelashes, the proper curvature of the tip of the nose, the light lines on the thin lips, the small Adam's apple under the jaw is half hidden in the sweater collar, and the whole person looks extremely soft.

The appearance is completely different from him, and he is delicate and ingenious between a teenager and a young man. His character is sometimes lonely and arrogant like a sharp knife, but he is also smart and forbearing and knows how to give in when necessary.

Pei Ze couldn't tell which was more attractive to him, or in other words, everything that Xie Congxin showed during their short one-month relationship attracted him.

I have never had such a feeling for anyone, not for those blind dates before, not for Zhou An, not for anyone I have met so far.

Arrive at the suburb of Shijiazhuang at 150:[-] p.m., [-] kilometers away from Baoding, and there is no snow. If you insist on going, you can arrive in Baoding before midnight, then you can go to Beijing tomorrow without any mistakes, but if you stay overnight Shi | Jiazhuang, tomorrow may have to stop in Bao | Ding one more night.

The co-pilot, Cheng Yinshang, carefully glanced at the rearview mirror and asked, "Stop now? Or go a little further?"

Pei Ze looked away calmly, and Peng He chewed a piece of gum: "It's dangerous to drive in the dark, we should stop the insurance earlier, I'll keep watch at night, let's change the team leader to rest."

Cheng Yinshang turned his head and smiled at him, Peng He blew a huge bubble, and gave him a thumbs up quietly, Xie Congxin propped his forehead and opened his eyes, not seeing their small movements, and glanced at the darkening outside After the weather changed, he said, "Try FM."

After snowfall, the impurities in the air are reduced, and the signal on the ground should be enhanced. Shi|jiazhuang may have been able to receive the signal of some radio stations in the capital. Cheng Yinshang turned on the radio, and Xie Congxin directed: "Start at 95, fine-tune upwards , with zero point one as the unit."

The frequency bands of radio stations in various places are mostly between 110 and 95, and they are densely distributed. The central ones will be higher. Cheng Yinshang tuned up several of them after a while. He parked in a clean hotel. He had already tried the megahertz [-], and the female voice, as clear as a news broadcast host, was repeating over and over again:

"This is the Central News Broadcasting Station. Asylum seekers going to Beijing, please enter the five quarantine stations of Chengde, Zhangjiakou, Datong, Baoding, and Tianjin in an orderly manner for registration and inspection."

A short sentence was the only news they had heard from the central government for a month and a half after the end of the world broke out. After Cheng Yinshang confirmed that there was only this sentence on the radio, he turned off his voice, and sighed sadly: "I don't know how many People have entered Beijing."

After the outbreak of the virus, there will not be a small number of people who choose to seek refuge in the capital, but they have not encountered a single person along the way——

"Then shall we go?" Although Peng He intends to create opportunities for Pei Ze, but in the face of major events, he can't tell which is more important. He scratched the back of his head and asked Xie Congxin, "If you hurry up, you can arrive at ten o'clock." Guaranteed."

I was anxious when I was far away, but calmed down when I got here. Xie Congxin looked down at the phone, but there was still no service, so he pressed it off and put it back in his pocket, saying, "Stop the car, and leave tomorrow."

This will be the last night before entering Beijing.

I used to think that arriving in Beijing was the end, but now I realized that entering Beijing might be the real beginning. Xie Congxin was wrapped in a blanket, hugging the computer and nestling on the bedside of the hotel, slowly browsing through the information Xie Lin gave him.

The hot water bottle from last night was still under his feet. The quality of the air conditioner in the hotel was slightly better than that of the private houses. The dry and hot wind made his whole body dry to the point of peeling. He licked his lips. In the bathroom, Pei Ze was taking a shower. The sound penetrates the thin walls and enters the ear, like clusters of sparks in the silent night, small but impossible to ignore.

Xie Congxin couldn't concentrate.

The coding sequence of the viral ribonucleic acid twisted into a twist in front of his eyes. Countless Roman letters seemed to float on the screen, and he couldn't read a single word. Guanine, cytosine, every Chinese character and noun he knew well, joined together to form After reading a sentence, it seems that I am reading a foreign language that I have never seen before.

There are many reasons for worrying, because of the complex virus analysis formulas on the screen, because of the upcoming unknown, or because some hormones in the body are out of the normal range.

He glanced at ten lines, and saw very little content. When Pei Ze came out, the water was still wet on his short, black hair. Xie Congxin took a look at him, and when the other party sat on the other side of the bed, he almost blurted out "" Why don't you come with Cheng Yinshang.

Xie Congxin silently took a sip from the thermos cup next to the bed.

Probably because he was afraid that he would get angry, the cup was filled with warm water, and he stared at the water pattern for a while, beside him, Pei Ze was sitting on the bed with one leg bent. Although half a meter away, the body temperature emitted by the thin clothes seemed to be stronger than The air conditioner was still working, Xie Congxin put the cup back and called him: "Captain Pei."

Pei Ze turned his head and asked what's wrong with his eyes.

Xie Congxin lowered his head and turned off the phone, "I will give you another blood transfusion before entering Bao|ding tomorrow."

He just lost once before leaving Zhengzhou, and the interval was less than 72 hours. Pei Zeshen looked at him for a moment, Xie Congxin closed the computer, turned his head and explained: "I may not have time after arriving in Beijing."

Not surprising.

As Xie Congxin, he will be under the strictest protection when he returns to the National Academy of Sciences. To put it bluntly, their role as a team has been exhausted. From the first step into the capital, Xie Congxin will no longer need them ——

Pei Ze didn't answer, but just nodded, leaned over, and turned off the reading light by the bed.

Afterwards, the two of them were silent, and lay down respectively, separated by nearly one meter on the 1.8-meter big bed in the hotel, and pulled the quilt almost flat.Xie Congxin huddled by the bed and just closed his eyes, but he felt that Pei Ze moved on the other end, the position beside him collapsed, and Pei Ze leaned over.

Xie Congxin turned his head in his direction, "Why..."

Pei Ze supported the back of his head with his palm, and touched his forehead with dry and warm lips.

The unprepared contact made the nerve endings stand up suddenly, Xie Congxin opened his eyes wide in the dark, Pei Ze's deep voice was soft and soothing, right next to his ear: "Until the virus antibody is successfully developed, or either you or me die."

"..."

That was what he had said, and it was the time limit he and Pei Ze agreed upon when they established a cooperative relationship.

Pei Ze let go of his hands, and moved his body back a little, leaving him enough safe space, and said, "Go to sleep."

Xie Congxin raised his hand to touch his forehead, and heard his own heartbeat again.

The first time was the first night in Zhengzhou, Pei Ze left a mark on his neck, his overheated breath hit his ear, and his skin trembled.

The second time was when they sat side by side in the utility room of the hospital. His blood was slowly injected into Pei Ze's body through a thin plastic tube, and they waited quietly for the result to come.

The third time is now, with an unknown but forceful kiss, and the words spoken slowly at a place less than an arm's length away from him, like making an oath, and reminding him that it was you who made it with me Agreed, why did you run away.

If he spoke now, what kind of answer would Pei Ze give him?

Xie Congxin closed his eyes.

He won't ask.