Chapter 222: Rancidity

It was afternoon, and Qi Xia and Yu Nian'an had been getting along for some time.

He always felt uneasy.

After all, there were things he had doubted before, but now he couldn't dispel his worries even if he saw them with his own eyes.

Are Yu Nian'an and "Tian Yang"... related?

He took out his torn shirt from his bedroom closet.

The chest of this shirt has a cartoon lamb sewn by Yu Nianan himself.

"What's wrong, Xia?"

"An, why did you sew this lamb for me?" Qi Xia asked bluntly.

Yu Nian'an stared at Qi Xia as if he were looking at a fool.

"Xia, do you think it's possible... that the reason why I sewed a lamb for you is because your clothes are torn?"

"That's not what I mean." Qi Xia shook his head, "Why does it have to be "sheep"? "

"Because I can only find this patch at home..." Yu Nian'an said a little aggrievedly, "Don't you like 'sheep'? That's right, sheep may be a bit too girly. I'll sew you a little dinosaur next time. "

Hearing what Yu Nian'an said, the gloom in Qi Xia's heart was swept away.

Yes, why doesn't he believe in Yu Nian'an, why should he believe in a "tiger"?

He and Dihu met once and exchanged a few words.

But Yu Nian'an stayed with her for seven years.

"An, I'm not a child." Qi Xia shook his head, "Besides, if your clothes are torn in the future, you don't need to mend them. We can just buy a new one."

"Well..." Yu Nian'an nodded, "Don't I want to save some money?"

When it came to money, Qi Xia's expression darkened again.

He silently took out the crumpled lottery ticket from his pocket.

Today is the last day to claim your prize.

"An, I have to apologize to you." Qi Xia said.

"What?"

"I've already defrauded that scumbag of his money," Qi Xia said. "I could have used his money to make us live a good life... but it failed in the end."

Yu Nianan was slightly stunned after hearing this.

""cheat"? "

"Yes, I have no choice." Qi Xia shook his head, "I want that scumbag to get retribution, so I can only use 'cheat'. "

After hearing this, Yu Nian'an sighed deeply and said, "Xia, you made a secret code with me before because you were going to commit fraud? Are you afraid that the police will find me?"

"right."

Qi Xia once told Yu Nianan that if he asked her, "Did you feed the fish yesterday?"

The answer must be "Feed, feed less".

All other answers are wrong.

"Xia, why don't you understand?" Yu Nian'an lowered his head in disappointment, "I don't want to take revenge on anyone, I just want to live a stable life with you, and being able to stay by your side is more important than anything else. "

"I……"

The answer Yu Nian'an gave was exactly the same as what Qi Xia was thinking.

"That's why I want to apologize to you. First of all, I didn't follow your wishes, and secondly, I didn't let you live a good life." Qi Xia said in annoyance, "Both of these things have caused me great pain."

Yu Nian'an was silent for a while, then said: "Xia, why am I not in pain? I don't want you to become a fraudster for me, otherwise I will be extremely sad for the rest of my life..."

"Don't worry." Qi Xia patted Yu Nian'an, "Although this is my first time committing fraud, there is a high probability that the police will not find me. I did it beautifully."

"Xia, no matter what happens in the future, as long as you and I can live happily, it's enough." Yu Nian'an's eyes were shining, "I don't want to worry about anything else."

"I understand." Qi Xia responded.

"Although there are many roads in this world, and everyone has their own path, I don't want you to take this path."

Qi Xia nodded, took the lottery ticket in front of his eyes, looked at it, and tore it into pieces.

Perhaps as the book says, everyone's destiny is determined at birth.

If Qi Xia gets the two million, he will lose Yu Nian'an.

If that was the case, he would rather this lottery ticket be turned into ashes forever.

The two of them came to the rooftop facing the warm afternoon sunshine in early autumn.

They cuddled together, looked at the sky, and talked about memories.

From the time they met and fell in love, every time Qi Xia threw out a picture, Yu Nian'an could tell everything about that time.

Every scene she described was exactly as Qi Xia remembered it.

It seemed like she always had herself in mind.

The two kept chatting until the setting sun emerged and dyed the distant horizon with color.

"Xia, do you know?" Yu Nian'an whispered, "It would be great if time could stop at this moment."

"Yes." Qi Xia nodded, "If I could stop here forever..."

Before he finished speaking, Qi Xia was slightly stunned.

He looked at the dark red sky and the earthy yellow sunset in the distance, and was speechless for a moment.

It was clearly sunset time, but it felt inexplicably like the "land of the end".

"Stop at this moment...?"

Time can stop at any moment...but why does it have to stop at this moment?

If Qi Xia had never been to the "Land of the End", the eternal dusk would naturally be a very beautiful scenery to him.

But after all, he had seen that desolate place like hell. The red sky and earthy sun reminded him of rotten smell and blood.

"Rancid...?"

Speaking of "rancid", Qi Xia frowned.

It seemed that he had stayed in the "End of the World" for too long, and now he could smell the stench of decay in the real world.

When the sunset completely fell into the horizon, Yu Nian'an had already fallen asleep leaning on Qi Xia's shoulder.

Qi Xia stretched out his hand to feel the cold wind at night, leaned down to pick up Yu Nian'an, and then returned home.

He put Yu Nian'an on the sofa, then took out a few quilts and spread a simple small bed on the ground.

After placing Yu Nian'an, Qi Xia sat beside her and looked at her sleeping face, slowly revealing a reassuring smile.

He tried to lie down, lying next to Yu Nian'an, and then gently embraced her in his arms.

He hadn't lay down to sleep for a long, long time. This feeling of relaxation made every pore in his body slowly dilate, and the blood began to flow throughout his body.

How long had it been since he had experienced this feeling?

About seven years.

Qi Xia didn't remember how he fell asleep, but he felt that all the tight pressure in his mind was slowly releasing.

He was dreaming again.

He dreamed of the long corridor, with "Zodiac" slowly walking out of both sides. They were looking at him, with neither respect nor contempt in their eyes, but seemed to have something to say.

When will this road end?

"Dongdongdong..." A soft voice sounded in his ears.

Qi Xia slowly opened his eyes and found that it was a dark night outside, and Yu Nian'an was sitting next to him, looking at him expressionlessly.

"An?" Qi Xia was stunned, "What's wrong?"

Yu Nian'an did not answer, but stared at Qi Xia's eyes and said slowly: "Dongdongdong."

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