In the evening, Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou carried potatoes and lotus roots in plastic bags and went to 2603 as guests.
When they arrived, Sun Rui and Yu Qingxi were chatting by the sofa in the living room, and they seemed to get along well.
"Sister Yue, Brother Zhou." Sun Rui greeted them and served tea: "This is Chengwei's friend."
She introduced the three of them to each other. When Yu Qingxi heard that they lived in 2061, his eyes lingered on Wen Qizhou's face: "It turns out that the gentleman who spoke to me last time was you."
Hearing the sweet "Sir", Chi Yue glanced at Wen Qizhou from the corner of her eye, but there was no unnecessary expression on her face.
Wen Qizhou has a good appearance.
His perfect three-courtyard and five-eyes, as well as his cool and indifferent temperament, can make people unable to take their eyes away from him at a glance.
He had many suitors in the past, so Chi Yue was not surprised when he caught the surprise in Yu Qingxi's eyes.
"Are Chengwei and the others in the kitchen?" Wen Qizhou asked Sun Rui, as if he didn't hear her words and looked extremely indifferent.
"right."
"Then I'll go take a look." He rubbed the top of Chi Yue's hair, then stood up with the ingredients: "Yue Yue, you guys talk."
Chi Yue responded lightly.
Yu Qingxi was a little embarrassed when she was ignored. She smiled and talked to Chi Yue: "Sister Yue, how long have you been married?"
"Almost a year."
"That's great." She looked at Chi Yue's bright face, and then asked, "How did you meet?"
"My mother introduced me."
"A blind date?"
"No." Chi Yue took a sip of tea and her thoughts drifted to her childhood: "I was only seven years old when I first met him."
"Childhood sweetheart!" Sun Rui stared at Chi Yue with bright eyes and began to kowtow: "How old was Brother Zhou at that time?"
"Ten years old."
Ten-year-old Wen Qizhou already dotes on her.
He would carry her schoolbag, tie her hair, help her with her homework, and would gently coax her when she fell and cried.
He will fly kites with her in spring, swim with her in summer, pick maple leaves with her in autumn, and build snowmen with her in winter.
…
The image of the two little beans walking through the four seasons together flashed through his mind. Chi Yue touched the wedding ring on her finger and smiled even more.
The happiness she exudes from the inside out is truly conveyed to Sun Rui and Yu Qingxi, making them inevitably envious.
Sun Rui still wanted to hear their stories, but Zhao Peng had already come out with a pot: "Sisters, come over for dinner!"
The three of them moved to the dining room.
Chi Yue sat next to Wen Qizhou. The pot covered with hot pot ingredients had not yet boiled, so they were not in a hurry to use their chopsticks.
She glanced at the eight or nine vegetarian dishes and canned luncheon meat, beef and hairtail on the table, and asked: "Isn't there duck meat today? Why are there so many canned food?"
"His duck is too thin." Zhao Peng pressed the switch of the induction cooker: "It's less than two kilograms of meat, so it's definitely not enough to eat."
Yuan Chuan, who arrived late, happened to hear this conversation and asked with a smile: "After finishing this meal, do you have another meal?"
"Why not? We still have plenty of stock." Yao Chengwei patted his chest and told them not to worry, just eat enough.
He asked Yuan Chuan: "Where is Sister Hui?"
"She's not feeling well. She's asleep now." The actual situation was that he was afraid that Yu Qingxi would target his wife and children, so he didn't take them with him.
Yuan Chuan secretly gave him a look.
Yao Chengwei, who didn't understand it at all, started to think about it and suddenly nodded: "You really should rest more during your menstrual period."
"……"Impressed.
As the hot pot boiled, the rich aroma spread out. They took their chopsticks and poured their favorite dishes into the pot.
As thick white smoke rose, Wen Qizhou looked at the person opposite through the layer of smoke: "Has anyone come to borrow a boat recently?"
"Every day." Yuan Chuan rinsed the beef for a few seconds and dipped it into the bowl twice: "There are very few people in our building who find the boat."
"Then how much rice and noodles did you collect?"
"About fifty kilograms." It is not a secret in the building that they collect supplies and borrow ships, and anyone who is interested can figure it out.
Therefore, he did not avoid Yu Qingxi.
Yu Qingxi happened to be very interested and asked pretending to be curious: "How many kilograms of rice and noodles do you collect at one time? How many people should you share?"
"Five pounds at a time, divided among three families."
They didn't find many ships last time, and they were worried that the borrowed ship would be damaged, so they only borrowed one today.
Zhao Peng asked: "Do you want to borrow a boat?"
"No." Yu Qingxi gave Yao Chengwei a piece of duck meat and said with a smile, "I have a boat at home, so I don't need to borrow it."
After finishing the duck meat, she leaned intimately on Yao Chengwei's shoulder, instantly attracting the attention of everyone present.
Chi Yue's eyes flashed with interest.
She was unsure of Yu Qingxi's purpose, so she promptly asked questions about their progress: "What's going on with you?"
"We..." Yu Qingxi glanced at Yao Chengwei with flushed cheeks, as if mustering up great courage: "I like him."
Yao Chengwei: "..."
Too generous.
He cooperated with her performance, scratched the back of his head twice in embarrassment, and said sincerely: "Actually, I am too."
This industrial dog food really doesn’t taste good.
Sun Rui, who loves to knock CP, couldn't get in, but she had to say "Wow" and clapped her hands like an NPC.
"Together with!"
With Sun Rui's "encouragement", Yao Chengwei slowly took Yu Qingxi's hand and stared at her affectionately using his lifelong acting skills.
In order to prevent her from doubting his lack of sincerity, he frantically recalled the lines in the TV series: "Qingxi, I like you, are you willing to accompany me through the long and protracted evenings and evenings?"
Yu Qingxi choked up: "I do."
Everyone fell into a brief silence, leaving only the sound of the hot pot sizzling in their ears.
Finding that no one was congratulating them, Sun Rui had no choice but to go into battle and beat Zhao Peng on the shoulder excitedly: "Ah! They are so sweet!"
"..." Sweet hammer.
Zhao Peng, who was hit for no apparent reason, hissed, and acted as the second NPC to applaud under her silent threat.
Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou suppressed their laughter, said a few words of blessing, stopped looking at the "so sweet" couple, and lowered their heads to cook the vegetables.
The dinner ended in a strange atmosphere.
A group of people gathered together to chat for a while, and before the battery ran out, the new couple watched them go home.
*
Through tonight's hasty confession, they knew that Yu Qingxi's group could not wait any longer, so on the third day they announced that they would go out to look for supplies, leaving Yao Chengwei alone to guard the house.
But unexpectedly, the helicopter came.
The heavy rain cannot cover up the sound of the propellers, and it is even harder to cover up the red flag that brings hope to the Chinese people.
Residents followed the sound and walked out of their homes, heading toward the flag unswervingly. Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou also put aside their original plans and approached the rooftop step by step from the dirty corridor.
"Sorry! We're late." The two soldiers looked at the residents pouring into the corridor and stood in the rain, raising their hands and saluting.
Behind them were helicopters with flags attached to them. The hot light emitted by the flags penetrated the deep rain curtain and burst into the eyes of the residents, instantly making their eyes red.
The skinny old man forced out a smile and shouted that it was not easy for them: "It's okay, you just came."
Before the extreme heat cut off the Internet, they knew that it was not just Sui City that was affected by the disaster, but the entire country of China and even the world.
Natural disasters are uncontrollable, and the power of nature is difficult for ordinary people to resist. How can sensible residents blame the country? How can they blame the soldiers who work for them?
"How is the country arranged now?" Some people squeezed to the front, eager to know how the future will go.
The soldier replied: "The superiors have decided to send a boat to pick you up at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow to take you to the shelter in Nanshan."
They explain the situation in general terms.
Anyone living in a shelter needs to work in exchange for food and shelter, including daily necessities.
When they heard that labor was required, some groups who were accustomed to grabbing supplies were not happy and immediately raised their hands: "Do we have to go?"
"It's all voluntary." The soldier glanced at the thin man in the crowd and continued: "The ship sent by the superior will stay for an hour. Please pack your luggage in advance."
After that, they left in a hurry.
Seeing the helicopter heading to the next building, the residents who were willing to go to Nanshan were filled with joy and went home to tell their relatives.
People on the 26th floor gathered together for a meeting.
"Is our plan still going ahead?" Yao Chengwei leaned forward, with the words "I want to break up" written in his eyes.
"Why not?" Yuan Chuan held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at him as if he were a fool: "Do you think those turtle grandsons will let us go?"
Once the residents are gone, who else can the robbers rob?
Based on their behavior, they will definitely snatch the daily necessities needed in the future before the official ship arrives.
Zhao Peng answered for him: "No." He patted Yao Chengwei on the shoulder and encouraged him: "For the sake of the great cause, you can endure it any longer."
"……Fine."
After talking about this, Chi Yue's eyes wandered over the three of them and mentioned her plan: "Qizhou and I are going to Lincheng to find our relatives, and we won't leave with you the day after tomorrow."
Yuan Chuan suspected that he heard wrongly: "Lincheng? Lincheng is more than 500 kilometers away from here. How do you two get there?"
"boating."
"Are you crazy?"
Zhao Peng calculated the distance: "Assuming you row at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour, you will also need to row for 50 hours."
"I know." Chi Yue couldn't say that they would change to an assault boat midway, and defaulted to paddling with their hands: "But we have to go."
The three fell silent.
They can understand each other's eagerness to find relatives, and they can't dissuade them, but they are about to say goodbye and feel a lot of reluctance.
Recalling the recent interactions, Yao Chengwei's nose felt sore and he choked up and said: "Brother Zhou, take good care of Sister Yue. If there is a chance in the future, I will come to you."
"Yeah." Wen Qizhou responded with a warm voice.
Seeing tears shining in his eyes, he sighed slightly and handed him a tissue: "We will definitely meet again."
They said "in the future" and "for sure", but everyone knew that everything was unknown.
"Okay." Yuan Chuan felt even worse when he saw the two of them being so emotional: "Let's go home and pack our luggage first."
He put out the cigarette butt, glanced at Chi Yue and Wen Qizhou with mixed emotions, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
But they knew that he was even more reluctant to give up.
