mother of beasts

"Where's the little monster?"

Just when Yingqiao was about to follow him out of the tent, Li Jia suddenly walked in from the outside, and because of his hurried steps, he bumped into Yingqiao's arms.

Yingcun took Li Jia into his arms, lowered his head and raised his eyebrows and asked:

"Actually, you don't have to rush into your arms—"

"Where's the little monster?"

Li Jia didn't wait for him to finish speaking, just raised his head and said this.

Seeing the obvious anxiety on the young man's face but not for himself, Yingcun's good mood was ruined at once, and he couldn't help but snorted softly: "God knows, anyway, I didn't see other creatures when I met you."

When a man becomes jealous, no matter how dark and shrewd he is, his IQ will degenerate to the childhood stage, and cunning is unavoidable. Fortunately, he has done a lot of things like talking nonsense with his eyes open. , did not arouse Li Jia's suspicion.

Thinking that what the man said was true, Li Jia's face sank all of a sudden, and he pushed the man's hand holding him away, and walked out of the tent.

Looking at his hand that was pushed away, Yingcun's face turned blue and white, and after a while, he tightened his fists and walked out pretending to be okay.

There was a fire outside, lit with artificial charcoal found from nowhere, and two pieces of animal meat were placed on top of it, roasting fragrantly.

After Li Jia came out, he squatted silently beside the fire, watching the flickering and jumping flames without saying a word, wondering what he was thinking.

As soon as he came out, he saw the back of the young man's depression. Yingcun tried his best to suppress the inexplicable anger in his heart, stepped forward and took down two pieces of freshly roasted meat, and handed him a piece: "Let's eat first."

The aroma of barbecue lingered in the tip of his nose, Li Jia looked at the man along the piece of meat, lowered his head and said sullenly: "I have no appetite."

Is that experimental product really so important to you, so important that you don't even want to eat it?

Yingcun almost yelled out that sentence, took a deep breath, and his tone was very light: "Are you worried about that thing?"

Li Jia looked up at him and didn't say anything, but he couldn't hide the sad look on his face.

"Okay." Yingcun forced the piece of meat into his hand, then sat beside him, holding another piece of meat and said calmly, "Why does that thing follow you all the time, let's not mention that, how about you? Why do you miss it so much? Don't forget, it is just a strange beast, a strange beast that is absolutely not friendly to humans."

"it--"

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, he choked in his throat. Li Jia opened his mouth and found that he couldn't tell the reason.

Yes, why should he miss such a strange beast, is it just because he gave birth to it?

This reason is too ridiculous.

Seeing that Li Jia was silent, Yingqiao sighed and buried his head in a big bite of meat.

The two of them just squatted by the fire, neither of them spoke until a muffled voice came: "What about you? Why are you following me?"

Yingqiao opened his mouth to speak, but Li Jia ignored him, and continued on his own: "I don't know why I was brought here suddenly, and I don't know why it followed me. I don’t know how to explain so much to you here.”

After a pause, he looked up at the man:

"You said, am I crazy?"

While the flames were jumping, half of Yingcun's face lit up, looking very strange.

Gently caressing the boy's cheek with one hand, Li Jia reflexively wanted to break free, but was caught by the man's gaze and forgot to move for a moment.

"No, Xiao Jia, you are not crazy. What is crazy is this world. Doomsday can always lead a normal person to an abnormal path, and then quietly destroy it."

Holding Li Jia's head in his arms, Yingcun buried his head on his thin shoulders, and whispered softly: "I'm sorry, Xiao Jia, I'm really sorry..."

Being hugged by the man's strong body, Li Jia had no power to resist at all, and the sadness revealed by the man made him dare not move even more.

The two kept embracing each other for a long time. After a while, Li Jia suddenly said, "...move your paws away..."

The camera panned down, Yingcun's hand touched Li Jia's waist at some point, and it was about to go to his buttocks.

He mercilessly pushed away the man who dared to eat his own tofu, Li Jia's face looked dark and cold.

The man whose bad motives were exposed had a bit of embarrassment on his face, and he stretched out his hands in embarrassment.

Glancing at the man, Li Jia grabbed the flesh on his hand and walked into the tent, leaving the man with a chic back.

Looking down at the small protruding area of ​​his lower body, Yingcun wanted to cry but could only touch his nose angrily and stay outside to watch the night.

Li Jia, who walked into the tent, huddled himself into a ball after eating the meat, nestled in a corner, thinking about something.

Time passed slowly, and the boy curled up in the corner seemed to be fast asleep, but there was some transparent liquid hanging from the corner of his eyes.

Humans always like to hide their emotions and prevent their weaknesses from being exposed to others. No creature will feel sorry for another creature's departure—at least on the surface.

Therefore, when Li Jia woke up the next day, the blankness of last night had long since disappeared from his face, and his entire expression was still so faint, with no ups and downs.

"Next, where are you going?"

Yingcun had already extinguished the fire, tidied up the tent, and looked back at Li Jia.

Glancing at the man, Li Jia hesitated for a while, but still said his destination: "The imperial capital."

The man lowered his head slightly, his whole face was just hidden in the shadow, and he said after a while: "...If it's not a last resort, it's safer for you to keep a distance from the imperial capital."

"...Why? In the entire doomsday, only the imperial capital is the safest place. Apart from the imperial capital, I really can't think of other places to live."

"...Then it's up to you. If you go, this young master will go with you."

Looking up slightly in surprise, Li Jia didn't expect a man to say such a thing, after all, the road to the imperial capital is still very far away, this man didn't know where he came from, but he actually said that he wanted to go with him.

"Hey, don't look at Ben Shao with that kind of eyes."

Yingqiao hurriedly avoided Li Gan's visiting eyes, and smiled back, "If you are really moved, you can make a promise with your body, I will never dislike you... ouch..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Jia was about to call, but he carefully avoided it, picked up his luggage and was about to run forward.

"Who the hell are you?"

Without any intention of letting him go, Li Jia looked at the man and asked.

Yingcun glanced at him, strode forward, leaving only one sentence: "When you arrive in the imperial capital, you will naturally know."

Knowing that this man is not simple, but I can only temporarily cling to him without any weapons and equipment, this feeling is really aggrieved.

Li Jia sighed and followed his footsteps.

Day and night alternate, black and white alternate, the color of the end is monotonous and boring, but life still has to go on.

From the day he hung out with Yingcun, Li Jia once again deeply realized the abnormality and strength of this man.

Yingcun never took him on the road, and the places the two of them passed were remote and desolate. According to the man, these strange paths were shortcuts back to the imperial capital.

No matter how remote the road, there will always be some strange beasts of some species, and once these creatures are seen by men, what awaits them is undoubtedly the tragic fate of being eaten.

Li Jia has been following behind him, never needing to make a move, because before those dangers came, the man had already strangled them in their infancy.

The only bad thing is Yingcun's attitude towards him.

Ambiguous, this is a strange neutral word.

If Li Jia were a woman, he would be happy to accept the thoughtfulness and intimacy of this excellent man, but in fact he is just a man.

There is always a limit for a man's intimacy with a man. Before the limit, the closer the relationship between the two men, the stronger the brotherhood between the two men. But if it exceeds this limit, you have to be on guard.

Li Jia is currently on guard against the cunning eagle.

This man is so good at playing hooligans, he will make all kinds of teasing whenever he has time, and he will never stop talking until he drives himself to death.

Fortunately, his flirting was limited to words, and his actions were not very presumptuous, so Li Jia just turned a blind eye. After all, he still has to "rely" on this man now.

After walking for an unknown number of days, Li Jia almost forgot the date. He only knew that he hadn't seen other human beings except this man for a long time.

At this time, the man suddenly pointed to a mountain in front of him and said, "Cross that mountain and you will be the imperial capital."

"Uh?"

Xiao has been thinking about the destination for a long time, but he has never arrived. Not only that, but he has experienced countless pursuits and interceptions inexplicably. Li Jia almost forgot his original goal.

And at this moment, a man in front of him suddenly told himself: Now, this is where you are going.

It feels like a dream.

Covering his eyes with his hands, Li Jia squinted his eyes slightly to look at the mountain in front of him, which didn't look very big, and somewhat suspected that the words he just heard were hallucinations.

Yingqiao turned around and saw his silly action, but couldn't help but smile, stretched out his hand and pinched his cheeks: "Don't be stupid, there is really an imperial capital behind this mountain, what you said just now is not an illusion!"