TSIAGBICATMWI Chapter 2
by VolareEven though Xie YunChuan acted as if nothing was wrong in front of Luo Shuyou, the necessary preparations still had to be made.
During Luo Shuyou’s rest just now, he had already ordered a lot of supplies, which should arrive soon.
Although it’s easy to get sunburned or suffer from heatstroke when going out now, money makes the world go round, and a heavy reward is sure to bring forth brave men.
There are plenty of people who value money more than their lives and are willing to deliver goods, and Xie YunChuan has no shortage of money. It’s necessary to prepare for a rainy day, especially since he has to take care of Luo Shuyou.
Over the years, he has raised Luo Shuyou to be too delicate, unable to endure hardship, and he can’t bear to let him suffer. More preparation won’t hurt.
Even if it turns out to be a false alarm in the end, he doesn’t lack that little bit of wasted money.
That night, Luo Shuyou kept feeling thirsty, but Xie YunChuan wouldn’t let him drink so much water, so he could only keep enduring it. Only when it became unbearable would he pitifully say to Xie YunChuan:
“ChuanChuan~, I’m thirsty, can’t I really have a little bit more water? I swear, just a little bit, I definitely won’t drink more.”
As he spoke, he tugged at Xie YunChuan’s sleeve and acted spoiled, “Please, darling~.”
Although Xie YunChuan couldn’t bear it, for Luo Shuyou’s health, he still stood firm.
“Be good, listen to me. Your body isn’t good to begin with, and all aspects of your diet need to be strictly controlled. You’ve already eaten a lot of things you shouldn’t have because of the recent weather issues, and tonight you’ve abnormally drunk a lot of water. You can’t drink anymore.”
“Be good, if you’re thirsty, go to sleep. You won’t be thirsty if you fall asleep.”
“Hmph! I’m ignoring you.” Luo Shuyou went to the bedroom to sleep in a huff.
It’s not that he’s being so obedient, but this is really too abnormal, so abnormal that it makes one feel uneasy. At times like this, he would listen to Xie YunChuan’s words more carefully.
Xie YunChuan’s inner anxieties magnified infinitely. Tonight, not only was Luo Shuyou abnormally thirsty, but so was he. However, to restrain Luo Shuyou, he drank even less water than Luo Shuyou.
Now that Luo Shuyou had angrily gone to lie down, he didn’t go to coax him to sleep as usual, but sat in front of the computer, pondering something.
At the same time, in the bustling city, in the widespread residential areas, almost every household was experiencing the same scene: people were frantically pouring water into their mouths, and some were even drinking directly from the tap, not caring whether it was drinking water or not.
They seemed like addicts, the more they drank, the thirstier they became, and the more they drank because they were thirsty, until they finally collapsed to the ground and lost consciousness.
Of course, there were also a few people who didn’t have much drinking water stored at home to begin with, so they didn’t drink much at the beginning, and they were too lazy to go out to buy more. It seemed that after sleeping with their heads covered, they weren’t so thirsty anymore.
The more Xie YunChuan sat, the thirstier he became. He got up to get a glass of water in the front hall and was about to bring it to his mouth when the image of Luo Shuyou’s aggrieved little face suddenly flashed in his mind, as if saying in a resentful tone: “Hmph! You won’t let me drink, but you’re secretly drinking here…”
Shaking his head to dispel the amusing image, he finally put down the glass in his hand without taking a sip.
Lying on the bed, Luo Shuyou hadn’t fallen asleep yet, and pretended to be angry, turning his face to the other side, with his back to him.
Xie YunChuan, in good temper, hugged him from behind, leaned close to his ear, and asked: “Are you still thirsty, baby? Are you uncomfortable? If you’re really uncomfortable, darling will get you a glass of water.”
Luo Shuyou’s pride only lasted three seconds before he softened, turned around and buried himself in Xie YunChuan’s arms, saying softly:
“It seems like I’m not so uncomfortable after lying down.”
“That’s good. Go to sleep obediently. It looks like it won’t be so hot tomorrow.”
Yes, the weather was like a child’s face, changing as it pleases. At this time, one could already feel a trace of coolness.
At dawn, the temperature dropped sharply. Even though he was tightly wrapped in Xie YunChuan’s wide and warm embrace, Luo Shuyou was awakened by the trace of icy coldness that seeped in.
Through the faint light of the morning, he realized that Xie YunChuan was looking at him with a clear gaze. That gaze was complex, and besides the intense love that couldn’t be expressed, it seemed to be mixed with many other things that shouldn’t be there.
Seeing that he seemed to have been awake for a long time, Luo Shuyou tentatively asked, “How long have you been awake?”
Xie YunChuan helped him tuck in the thick quilt he had changed into last night, and his calm and clear voice sounded, “Not long, just woke up.”
That clear voice and tired expression made it impossible for anyone to believe that he had just woken up.
Indeed, the truth hidden beneath the obvious lie was that Xie YunChuan had woken up after the temperature dropped below zero last night.
The air conditioner, which was originally used to cool down, was now being used for warmth compared to the sub-zero temperatures outside.
After turning up the temperature of the air conditioner and carefully covering Luo Shuyou with a thick quilt, Xie YunChuan stood in front of the window, looking at the desolation outside that had been swept by yellow sand overnight, and fell into deep thought.
Under the faint streetlights, the greenbelt that should have been full of spring had become withered overnight, as if it had been drained of its life by something.
The howling wind was accompanied by complex sounds and increasingly loud shouts from people. Terror was sweeping through the city. Besides the terrifying environment, there seemed to be other, more troublesome things.
“Brother…!”
Hearing the Talk behind him, he temporarily put aside his complex thoughts, lay back on the bed and hugged Luo Shuyou in his arms, gently patting his back, “Baby, be good, brother is here.”
After a long silence, he silently added, “Brother is always here.”
Unlike the peace here, under the seemingly calm night, other places had already exploded. Many people, half-awake and half-dreaming, felt as if they were in a living hell. Before they could wake up, they would really never wake up again.
Everywhere there was people eating people, people biting people. In just one night, the world had changed.
The group of people who drank water to the point of fainting seemed to have been installed with a unified program. They all “woke up” at five o’clock in the morning. Their limbs were stiff, their movements were slow, and they smelled the scent of people and slowly approached their sleeping family members, biting down on them in a state where their family members were either awake or asleep, without even a chance to resist.
There were also many who resisted, but after a series of frantic entanglements, most of them could not change their fate of being sent down that road by their relatives.
……
On the other side, in a rented house, Lu Yunzhou was awakened by a clicking sound, and then realized how cold it was.
That shouldn’t be. It was obviously unbearably hot during the day, and when he touched the side of the bed, it was icy cold.
“Meng Zhi! Meng Zhi…”
After a long time without a response, the clicking sound of chewing in the empty room became clearer and more audible, eerie and piercing, making his scalp tingle.
Forced to, Lu Yunzhou had to get up to find out what was going on. After crawling out of the bed, the biting coldness rushed towards him wantonly. He shivered and found the remote control to turn the air conditioner to the highest temperature, then grabbed a coat and draped it over himself, slowly approaching the kitchen, following the sound.
“Meng Zhi, is that you? What are you eating in the kitchen so late that’s making such a big noise?”
“Meng Zhi…?”