Veteran Cadre and Bug Chief [Interstellar]

Xiaoha is a sled dog with not so pure blood. This breed is also known as Husky, and its common name is Erha.The half of Xiaoha's sled dog blood comes from his father, a purebred husky raised by two elderly residents in the community.

The male sled dog had been living with his owner for a long time before Zuo Sa and Qi Fei moved to this community. He looked very majestic, with black, white and gray fur, and a pair of blue eyes that shone coldly in the dark. colored eyes.But this majesty is just a hypocritical appearance. The first impression it left on Qi Fei, who was still a chubby dumpling at that time, was a big head stuck in the wrought iron fence of his garden and could not get in or out. , and the scream of "Aoaoaoao" that went straight into the sky.

Xiao Ha was born one month before Zuo Sa's disappearance. It was a mistake made by the seemingly handsome but mentally retarded "beautiful dog" during mating.

"Beautiful Dog" accidentally spent a night with a stray dog ​​girl who sneaked into the community to find a habitat, and successfully "sowed seeds". The strategy of beheading first and playing later was used. After the dog girl's belly began to bulge obviously, she led the dog to the door directly, which shocked the owner and her family.

Fortunately, the elderly residents of that family are kind and kind. Although the family is wealthy, they do not pursue the so-called "pure breed" and "famous dog". Accompanied by the old man.

The stray dog ​​girl now has a long-term and stable shelter, living in a small villa four households away from Qi Fei's family, and gave birth to a litter of healthy and lovely puppies.

Three months after Zuo Sa was confirmed missing, Xiao Ha was carried by the kind old man in the family and brought to Qi Fei's house.

At that time, Xiaoha had been four months old, and had received three doses of vaccines, and entered the so-called stage of "easy to raise and mature, but not too weak and easy to get sick".

The old man was worried that Qi Fei would be lonely living alone, and he was afraid that the child would be too young to get caught up in the incident of his father's disappearance, unable to get out of it, unable to think about it, so he carefully selected a puppy and sent it here, hoping that a new little life could serve him well. This family brings a little vitality, and it also divides Qi Fei's spirit, giving him a little thing to divert his attention.

Probably because the stray dog ​​girl has effectively raised the average IQ level of the family. Xiaoha, who is only half of the husky blood, is no different at all. Looking at Qi Fei who had been depressed during that time, Qi Fei launched a face-licking and hand-licking raid at a fixed time every morning and noon.

Most of the deeds in the other universe that Yan saw originated from the memory of "him" there, and he had a short-term memory intersection with the other party.Qi Fei occupies the most important part of another "him"'s life, so everything he sees is related to Qi Fei.

Although Xiaoha has never really appeared in front of Yan's eyes, Yan has "seen" it through another's own eyes.

Haohao inherited his father's appearance. Xiaoha also has black, white and gray fur and a pair of blue eyes. When he runs, he looks like clouds intertwined with black and white—the dark clouds are still more domineering. , firmly pressing down on the white clouds below.However, its limbs are more like mothers, and are more slender than ordinary huskies. Every time it stands up, it always stretches its two front paws on the ground as if bending forward, the whole front half of the body is lowered, and the two rear legs Push the legs straight, forming a right-angled triangle with a slightly too long hypotenuse with the ground. After stretching a long lazy waist like this, he yawns and walks forward while stretching his hind legs.

Until I feel that my front legs and hind legs have been stretched, this group of "cloud and white cloud mixture" will shake three times in place, leaving a few extremely arrogant dog hairs on the carpet just cleaned by the cleaning machine, and then Stretching his limbs, he rubbed against Qi Fei's legs casually.

The memory from another self is so vivid that Yan almost thinks that he and Qi Fei raised Xiaoha together, but after all, it is just a sense of dislocation brought by the memory image.

It was the first time he saw this earth dog who had been loyal to Qi Fei for a long time today, and what he saw was the other's grave surrounded by little flowers.

All the items that Xiaoha used during his lifetime were properly preserved, and the collar was also used as a key ring by the owner who missed it, and he always carried it with him.It has never been abandoned, has never wandered, has never tasted the hunger and hardship of not being able to find food, and has naturally aged and died in accordance with the law of life. I miss you deeply.

As a dog, this should have been a happy dog's life. He was happy and happy during his lifetime, and someone cared about him after his death. However, facing his tombstone, Yan couldn't restrain himself from feeling a little sad.

It was like a healing wound that was suddenly torn apart by an external force. The new tender flesh and the unhealed wound collided with fine grains of salt, causing unspeakable sharp pain.

The ideal family has not yet been formed, but it has already lost an important family member as expected. The joy and secret joy have disappeared without a trace. Yan Mian stood in the direction of the tombstone for a long time, until he stayed at the door The guard asked him to enter the house, and he realized that he was in a trance.

Barely compose himself, restrained his emotions under the suspicious gaze of the guards, Yan turned and turned to the main entrance of the main house, facing Qi Fei's eyes looking at him.

"Go in." Qi Fei said after he turned around.

Yan paused slightly in Qi Fei's gaze, and let out a dull "hmm".

The items that need to be packed and taken away have been listed in advance. After obtaining Qi Fei's consent, Zuo En followed the contents listed on the list and brought the two guards who entered the house together to start packing. They were mainly responsible for Packing of daily sundries and books and materials, and more private areas - such as the bedroom Zuo San used before his disappearance and Qi Fei's room. Qi Fei organizes the things in these rooms by himself.

Yan followed Qi Fei all the way, and no one raised any objection to his actions. He followed Qi Fei to the door of the other's room. Qi Fei walked into the room after the door opened, and he continued to walk in.

When it is detected that no one needs to enter or exit in the sensing area, the automatically opened and closed electronic door closes smoothly, and there is a "click" sound when the pin is automatically inserted into the slot.

Qi Fei stopped after the clicking sound, and Yan, who was half a step behind him, did not expect this sudden "brake", and almost hit his shoulder.

"You already knew in advance that I had a dog." Qi Fei faced Yan with a steady and firm tone.

Yan truthfully replied: "I also know it is called 'Xiaoha'."

Qi Fei was silent for a while: "It...hasn't died in that universe? When you just heard me say that Xiaoha had passed away, you looked surprised for a moment."

Qi Fei was the first to notice Yan's stupefaction. He noticed the change in Yan's mood after hearing the news that Xiao Ha had passed away.

Unlike Zuo En, who immediately expressed regret after being slightly taken aback, Yan showed clear surprise and sadness the moment he saw the tombstone clearly.

From this, Qi Fei speculates that the fact that "Xiaoha has passed away" should be different from what Yan expected, which means that Xiaoha in another universe is probably still alive.

This is a question that only needs to be answered with "yes" or "no", but Yan finds it difficult to say the answer.

It would be too cruel for someone who has lost something to know that the object he cherished is alive and well in another universe, and living happily with him in another universe.

But looking into Qi Fei's eyes quietly, Yan realized that he couldn't tell a lie.

"Yes." Yan replied in a low voice, "It's still alive."

"Is it healthy?"

"very healthy."

"Then..." Qi Fei thought for a while, "Have you lived happily and comfortably?"

"Very happy and at ease."

"That's good."

Without the slightest hesitation, and without any reluctance, Qi Fei said "That's good" in a natural and gentle way, with a not-so-obvious relief lingering in his tone.

Separation is sad, but birth, old age, sickness and death are commonplace in the world, and everything cannot escape this rule.

Little Hu passed away when Qi Fei graduated from university. Qi Fei had a hard time getting used to it for a long time when he first left, but he finally accepted the fact that another family member left him.

In at least one universe, his little Ha still lives comfortably, without worrying about food, drink, warmth, happiness and well-being.

For Qi Fei, this is enough.

"Thank you for telling me this."

"...".

Qi Fei was much more open-minded than he expected, on the contrary, he was stunned for a while for Qi Fei's words, and he suddenly realized that Qi Fei was such a gentle and considerate object.Hearing that the cherished things that have been lost are living well in another universe, instead of resenting why this luck did not fall on me, the other party will only say "that's good" with a relieved tone.

This is the object he still wants to put his affection on even though he knows that the people and things in the two universes are independent of each other.

"You..." Yan consciously wanted to say something, but suddenly hurried footsteps came from outside the closed door.

Soon, the visitor stopped in front of the door and knocked on the door regularly three times outside.

"Sorry to disturb you." A voice from one of the guards came from outside the door. "You have a visitor waiting for you at the garden gate."

visitor?

Unexpectedly, someone would visit at this time, Qi Fei said "excuse me" to Yan, walked out of the room quickly, and walked towards the gate with the guards.

After Qi Fei left quickly, Yan looked down at the decorative cabinet by the door.

On the counter is a black collar that has been worn out and has heavy traces of use, but has been wiped clean.The outside of the collar is decorated with a circle of rivets at equal intervals. Those rivets should be rubbed often, and they look much brighter than ordinary rivets. The tentacles are smooth and have a unique coolness of metal.This collar is strung with several electronic magnetic cards that do not match it very well. One cannot help but suspect that it has an owner with peculiar taste who actually uses the old collar as a key chain.

Qi Fei, who was in a hurry to go out to meet the visitor, left in a hurry and forgot to take the key that was left on the decorative cabinet when he walked in.

Yan Jingjing looked at the collar for a while, then hesitantly stretched out her hand towards it.

Qi Fei didn't realize that he was missing one of his belongings, and when the chief worm stared at the collar, he had already walked to the gate. It was almost six o'clock in the earth time, and most of the sky was already lit up. Seeing the slightly hunched figure at the door, he greeted him in surprise: "Grandpa Xiao?"

The old man standing at the gate of the garden has silver hair, and every wrinkle on his face is the gully of time. He was over 60 years old when Zuo Sa and Qi Fei moved into this community, and he will be 88 this year.Xiao Ha's father is his family's dog, and Xiao Ha was personally delivered to Qi Fei by him and his wife back then.

The land vehicle is equipped with a concealed barrier, which looks like an ordinary elongated car from the outside, and the accompanying guards also carry concealed jammers, so that their image on the human retina is no different from that of ordinary earthlings.

Grandpa Xiao, who is already an octogenarian, has long lost his waist, but his spirit is still very good. He gets up at 05:30 every day and goes out for a walk on time at [-] o'clock.

Qi Fei is different from Zuo Sa. After Zuo Sa disappeared, he received a lot of care from the elderly residents in the community. After returning home, he consciously provoked the "young and middle-aged" leaders in the community, helping neighbors who were not as strong and mobile as him.

Seeing that there was a light in the big house of the Qi family that should be empty at this point in time, Grandpa Xiao, who noticed the noise from a distance, immediately turned around and wanted to come and see what was going on.

"This is the end of the mission again, can I come back and rest for a while?" Grandpa Xiao asked after seeing Qi Fei. He has been looking at Qi Fei all these years like an unrelated elder, and he knows Qi Fei's position and position. general trend.Qi Fei would go to his place to punch a card before departure and when he came back on weekdays, and inform him and his wife.

Facing such a kind and enthusiastic old man, Qi Fei couldn't be as open-minded as before.

"No." Qi Fei shook his head, he felt a little rebellious at the bottom of his heart, he made his own decision first and then informed the elders in his family of guilt.

"What's the matter?" Grandpa Xiao was a little puzzled, and then he didn't know what to think of, his sword eyebrows frowned, "Is there someone who is jealous of you, thinks you are too conspicuous, and deliberately wants to run you down and push you down? Which little bastard Do you have his name for Duzi playing such a dirty trick?"

"That's not the case." Qi Fei couldn't help crying and laughing at this involuntary protection, but also faintly moved by this love, he organized his words: "I have to be transferred, and I received an emergency transfer order."

Grandpa Xiao glanced behind Qi Fei, and saw a figure hurrying past with a packing box in his arms through the big window with the lights on but the curtains were not drawn, and he realized that Qi Fei seemed to be moving here.

Although his waist is not straight anymore, the old man with sharp eyes still glanced at the two guards stationed at the door: "It's really an emergency order, isn't someone playing tricks and forcing you to leave? "

Qi Fei replied: "Really."

"It's really fine." Grandpa Xiao patted Qi Fei on the shoulder, "You didn't like to talk and do things when you were young, but in this world, people who work hard are often the ones who suffer the most. You transferred in such a hurry this time. There is also a tendency to go away and never return, which really makes people worry that you have fallen into someone's tricks, and you must be transferred far away."

"Really not." Qi Fei concealed the detailed reasons and patiently explained to the old man why he had to move out.

Knowing that there are some internal reasons in the army, it is inconvenient to explain in detail, Grandpa Xiao nodded, and suddenly asked: "Hey, can you bring puppies to the place you just moved to?"

Qi Fei was taken aback.

"Big flower—you've seen it before, Xiaoha's niece, she gave birth to a litter of puppies a few months ago, she should be Xiaoha's grandnephew according to her seniority, if you can go to the new place Take the dog, I want to give you another one for you to take away." Grandpa Xiao said, he patted Qi Fei's shoulder again, this time the movement was slower, revealing the unique gentleness and calmness of the elderly , "You, I don't know if I will come back after I go, and I don't know if my old lady and I will still be there when you come back. We are almost old enough to die with Dahua. These new little guys may Live longer than us, you take one away as a souvenir, and when you go to a new place in the future, this little guy with the smell of old people and things will accompany you to welcome the new beginning."

Nearly 20 years ago, Grandpa Xiao, whose back was still straight, and his wife carefully delivered a four-month-old puppy to Qi Fei's home, hoping that the little guy could accompany Qi Fei to start a new life.After more than ten long years, when Qi Fei was about to leave the earth, the hunched grandfather Xiao led Qi Fei to his home, and once again entrusted a little life to Qi Fei, hoping that this little guy could become Qi Fei. Fei misses this old neighborhood, and hopes that their puppy can accompany Qi Fei again to start a new life.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards, Qi Fei temporarily left the small villa for [-] minutes. When he returned after [-] minutes, his coat was open, and there was an obvious bulge on his chest. A small ball of hair was quietly curled up in his arms, Moist eyes looked at everything in front of him curiously.

It wasn't until Qi Fei returned to the gate of the main house with the unnamed puppy in his arms that he subconsciously fumbled for the key, only to realize that he hadn't brought the key out.

The door of the main house has been set to not automatically lock when entering the door. Just walk into the infrared sensing area, and the door will slide open automatically.

After returning to the house, Qi Fei went straight upstairs and went to the room at the end of the corridor on the second floor to get the key. After returning to the room, he was stunned and found that there were only keys left on the decoration cabinet, but the collar was missing.

... No, not missing.

When he entered the door, he turned his gaze directly to the countertop, and only glanced around the room from the corner of his eye. He didn't see the figure of a certain bug chief who was still in the room before. He left here, but when he withdrew his gaze from the countertop and looked around the room, he found that Yan was still in the room, but the other party was squatting on the carpet, not high enough to enter the room he had just entered. line of sight.

It was supposed to be a meticulously dressed, rigorous and regular military uniform, but at this moment one of the top collar buttons was undone, and a black leather ring was looming on the neck.

The "disappearing" black collar was put on his neck by Chief Worm who didn't know what he was thinking.

Qi Fei looked at Yan in surprise, he noticed a trace of embarrassment flashed across the other's expression, but soon revealed a certain determination.

Chief Worm said, "Wow."

Qi Fei: "..."

Hearing something that was suspected to be of the same kind but not quite like the same kind, Mao Tuanzi curled up on Qi Fei's chest poked out his head: "Oh?"