[The Wandering Earth] Short Story Collection: The Age of Roses

soulmateAU

One sentence introduction: When everyone is 16 years old, half a totem coat of arms will appear on the wrist, and the coat of arms will gradually disappear only after meeting their destined partner.

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I must have seen him somewhere.

Not long after Hukou's 16th birthday, Li Yiyi was not surprised by Liu Qi's behavior of looking at the totem on his wrist in front of the light in his spare time.

At first, the ink-colored totem on his wrist caused a sensation in the convoy, and the young people lined up to watch his complex and majestic coat of arms, amazed.

"Brother Liu is awesome!" The golden-haired young man patted Liu Qi on the back vigorously, "This horse is a unicorn! National TV has done science popularization, and the super rare wrist totem is awesome! I can't find it among [-] people One! Those who come out of the unicorn are all great gods!"

Liu Qi didn't make a sound, just observing the tattoo on his wrist thoughtfully.

"But Brother Liu," the young man suddenly put on a wretched smile, "It will be difficult for you to find someone, Qilin, hehe, where is the crested ibis looking for the crested ibis[1]?"

"What's wrong?" Liu Qi said suddenly, he didn't like to laugh very much, and when he said this, he was extremely serious, "Crested Ibis can only be with Zhu Xi."

Li Yiyi, who was programming the computer, couldn't help but look up at him.

Those eyes often appeared in his dreams—the black oriental eyes: sometimes on the snow field; sometimes in a huge building like a furnace; orange flare.Being stared into by those eyes will gradually make people lose all smiles, not because of fear or panic, but because the hidden emotions are too deep and quiet.

It is reminiscent of the universe, and the universe is vast and silent.

Those were a pair of man's eyes.

He often wears a cloak, has short hair, and a straight back.He walked very fast, and most of the time Liu Qi could barely keep up with his back when he ran with all his strength.They chased in the sand, the beach and the market, always Liu Qi ran behind, his feet were hurt by the sand and stones, and he limped along with his teeth bared.The man never raised his sleeves, but Liu Qi always felt that there must be a totem hidden underneath.Unicorn totem.

Strange to say, whenever he had this thought, the man would always look back at him meaningfully, and after that, as long as Liu Qi was distracted, those eyes would disappear immediately.

This started when he was less than 16 years old.To be precise, it was the day before his 16th birthday.

Most teenagers should choose to spend their entire 16 year doing Gap Year - which experts say is backed by the Coalition Government.One is that 16 years old is the age when the partner's coat of arms first appears, which means that they have officially become adults from children and should start to learn to be responsible for their own lives; the other is that at the age of 16, the threshold before going to university, they have experienced a year of crowds The tempering of others can make their minds stronger.Of course, you can also choose not to continue your studies and become a Flint Hunter, which is directly supported and managed by the government, but becoming a Flint Hunter requires a lot of knowledge and experience, so few people choose this option.

When Liu Qi woke up from the back seat of the off-road vehicle, he heard noise.He yawned unkindly and rubbed his eyes with his hands.The sky outside the car window was dark blue.The convoy stopped.

"…Strip."

The sound of typing paused for a moment, and the side of the passenger seat revealed a bright blue light.

"Theoretically, we have already entered the desert, but the real rapid march will start at night," Li Yiyi's voice was very excited, "you will drive at night."

"OK," Liu Qi said with his eyes closed, "Didn't you enter the desert? Why is it so noisy outside?"

Li Yiyi closed the computer with a snap.

"We met a group of flint hunters."

Most people have never seen a live Flint Hunter. This is a mysterious and sacred profession, with magical ghosts and ghosts.She covered her head and defended herself that Flint Hunters did exist, they only worked for the government, and their resolute character made people think they were gods.

When Liu Qi jumped out of the car, he was still thinking about his sister's words.Li Yiyi took him by the wrist and walked towards the place where the crowd gathered. The scientist's thirst for knowledge made him want to get to the bottom of everything.

Liu Qi didn't have any obsession with seeing Flint Hunter.He is a mechanic and likes to tinker with circuits and bearings. His academic performance is not as good as that of Li Changtiao who was recommended to the research institute. He is more like a natural technical talent than an innovative one.

But as he walked, Liu Qi started to run.Li Yiyi was out of breath following behind, and kept calling for the account number to wait for a while.Liu Qi seemed to have never heard of it, and only wanted to run forward.

He thought of that dream again, and the dream gradually coincided with reality.

He ran into the crowd all the way, but stopped after passing through.

A man stood outside the crowd.He was wearing a black jacket, with short hair, and was looking at the sky with his back to the crowd.Hearing Liu Qi's rapid breathing, the man turned his head.Liu Qi saw his black eyes, and he stared at him.

Those were a pair of black oriental eyes—quiet, wise, and calm.Liu Qi's expression fell into the man's eyes like a leaf, and he smiled slightly:

"It's you."

The young man wiped the sweat off his brow and collected himself.

"It was me," he said. "I thought you were wearing a cloak."

"Do as the Romans do," the man said lightly.

Liu Qi stepped forward and stretched out his right hand to him.

After running on the wasteland for half a year, his skin was tanned to an even wheat color.The man glanced at his wrist, half a black unicorn totem.

"My name is Liu Qi." He said.

The man also stretched out his right hand, but he didn't shake Liu Qi's hand.He flipped his wrist so that his totem crest joined the boy's crest.

Drenched in ink, the transformed unicorns are gradually fading away at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if they never existed.

"Flint Hunter, Wang Lei. Liu Qi, long time no see."

"I finally found you."

【End】

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Note:

1. Crested ibis: a first-class national protected animal, extremely endangered.What the young man meant was that Liu Qi's totem was too rare to find the other half.