I rely on sand sculptures to dissuade dead NPCs

In deep sleep, Yu Yi suddenly opened his eyes.

Facing a pair of dark and heavy pupils.

Yue Ge leaned over Yu Yi, with his arms pressed against his side, the thin layer of muscles on his arms bulged on the outside against the long sleeves.

"Brother?" Yu Yi called out uncertainly.

Yue Ge didn't speak, and silently pressed his face into Yu Yi's neck, spraying hot breath on Yu Yi's slightly cool skin.

Yu Yi raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, then turned his head to look at the head of the bed.

There is a Nixie tube clock by the bed, which Yue Ge made himself.

The dense grid lines and veins emit a faint orange light, like a layer of mist, softly volatile in the night.

It's only 2am.

Yu Yi was about to reach out to pull Yuege down when he caught a glimpse of the date behind the Nixie tube out of the corner of his eye.

12 month 21 day.

Yu Yi lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, is it today?

He turned his head, supported his upper body with his waist and abdomen, and then climbed up to Yuege's back with his long arms.

Cool lips pecked at his earlobe.

Yuege's Adam's apple slid up and down, and an extremely deep "um" sound came out of his throat.

Yu Yi asked in his ear, "Come?"

Every year on December 12st, Yue Ge always fell into the state when he was sick like today.

It seems that the state of self-shielding has been opened to the outside world, just like when I was a child.

·

On December 2011, 12, at the age of 21, Yue Ge was picked up by Ye Ling from the Star Welfare Institute.

The material life that the Institute can provide him is not very good.

Almost like military training.

Get up on time at 4:30 every day and go for a morning run.

Have breakfast at 5 o'clock.

At 5:10, the courses formulated by the institute will be implemented.

He was unable to return to the cramped, airtight room until 11 p.m.

The room only had a small desk, an iron bed, and a bookshelf reaching the ceiling.

During the days in the research institute, Yue Ge was taught a lot of knowledge, and even mastered the essential elements of the military with a high degree of proficiency.

At the age of 14, he began to practice shooting. The recoil of the firearm nearly dislocated his arm. Until now, Yuege’s right hand still sometimes trembles slightly.

When everything was over, he could only curl up on the narrow hard bed, holding a book in the original language expressionlessly, licking all the troubles and pains little by little.

……

In the morning of June 2022, 6.

On the last day of the college entrance examination, people from the research institute had long ago prepared a small house for Yue Ge in the suburbs of Beijing.

It's not big, just two bedrooms and one living room. In an old community, four

There is a large balcony facing the direction where the sun shines in.

At this time, the sun had just jumped from the horizon, revealing a clear and warm light.

In one corner of the balcony stood a vacated cradle chair with a fluffy feather pillow.

Yue Ge stood on the balcony, staring at the empty living room expressionlessly, with the corners of his mouth slightly hooked twice.

Slowly put down again.

In the afternoon of October 2022, 6.

Countless cicadas chirp to the midsummer, sending away the youth of a group of people.Everyone walked out of the college entrance examination room in a daze, some were crying, some were laughing.

They will eventually usher in growth.

But other people's emotions have nothing to do with Yue Ge.

Yue Ge summoned a taxi with a blank face, and looked into the driver's concerned eyes through the rearview mirror.

"Go to the old town," he said.

The driver turned the steering wheel and chatted: "The young man just came out of the examination room?"

Yue Ge's bottomless black eyes looked at him through the mirror, and after a long time, he let out a deep "hmm".

The driver rested his hands on the steering wheel and asked, "How was the exam? Is it difficult?"

Before Yuege could reply, he sighed again: "The current exam is getting more and more difficult every time. My daughter will take the exam next year, and she is under a lot of pressure at home."

Yue Ge leaned back on the sofa seat and didn't answer.

Beside him was a gray schoolbag.

The windows are open.

The heat wave brought by midsummer combined with the driver's daily life in front, and the sound of electric current coming from the inferior radio.

The first half of Yuege's life came to an end.

At the same time, he made a decision.

There are two days before his 18th birthday, and he plans to give himself a birthday present.

"Excuse me, I'll go to the Xingxing Welfare Institute instead," he said.

The driver was taken aback, but said nothing, and turned to another road.

The Star Welfare Institute is very famous in this area, and has cultivated many autistic geniuses.

The driver was a little curious: "What does the young man go to the orphanage for?"

Yue Ge was silent for a moment.

It even made the driver feel a little embarrassed to ask about other people's privacy.

Just as the driver was about to divert the conversation, he heard the person in the back seat say.

"go home."

With a bang, the car door was closed by Yue Ge from the outside, and the driver smiled and waved at him.

The exhaust of the car sprayed out with scorching heat, and the scorching sun above the head illuminated half of the sky.

Yue Ge stood in front of the Star Welfare Institute.

Suddenly, slightly raised his head, the glass window of a certain room on the second floor.

A boy confronted him with the same deadpan

The boy is about 15 or 6 years old, and his hair should have been left untouched for a long time, falling messily on his head.

The corner of Yue Ge's mouth moved twice, and finally he smiled at him.

And boy...

The cold eyes stayed on his face for a while, as if looking at a fool, he turned and left expressionlessly.

Yue Ge: "..."

·

The director of the orphanage looked at Yuege in surprise.

After a long while, he hesitated a few times, "Yeah", smiled, walked over, and patted Yue Ge's body: "You're so tall."

Yue Ge lowered his head, his dark eyes were bottomless, staring at her for a long time.

Seeing that, the dean felt terrified, thinking that he escaped from the research institute to take revenge on the society.

After a long time, Yue Ge smiled.

An expression the Dean had never seen before.

She froze in place.

Yue Ge said in a low voice, "I want to adopt a child."

It took a long time for the dean to find his own voice, and said "ah" several times, stumbling and saying: "You want to take the child?"

Yue Ge said "hmm", took off the backpack from his back, and unzipped the zipper with a snap.

Take out a stack of documents.

Real estate certificate, ID card, household registration book...

The preparations are complete, as if they have been fully prepared in the morning.

The dean picked up his household registration book suspiciously, and flipped through it.

In the 16-page thin notebook, only one page is filled, and Yue Ge is the only one in the whole family.

The dean pushed the things back to him: "You are too young, and it is difficult to approve the procedures."

Yue Ge didn't speak, and took out his cell phone from his pocket.

The phone is still off.

They waited in silence for a while in polite embarrassment.

The phone screen lit up, and Yue Ge made a call.

"I need to adopt a child." Yue Ge said in a deep voice to the other end of the phone.

It was a strange statement, and the dean couldn't help but look sideways at him.

He said 'need' not 'want' nor 'want'.

Why would you need to adopt a child?

The dean looked at the tall young man in front of him, he was no longer the indifferent child he was more than ten years ago.

But he is not happy, even if he smiles, he is still not happy.

Yue Ge handed the phone to the dean.

The dean hesitated for a moment, then took the phone from him.

After speaking a few words with the other person, he glanced at Yue Ge again.

"Okay, I understand." The dean waited for the other party to hang up the phone and returned the phone to Yue Ge.

He smiled and said, "I'll take you to see it first. There are a lot of kids here recently."

The dean looked at him suspiciously, and remembered what the person on the other end of the phone had said just now.

She laughed, and lovingly patted Yue Ge twice: "Then you go to him first, and I will help you with the formalities."

Yue Ge nodded to her and walked out the door.

The dean frowned worriedly. Yu Yi is 15 years old, and the best time for adoption has already passed...

She quickly remembered what she said on the other end of the phone, restrained her expression, and sat heavily on the seat.

Ye Ling is on the phone.

The distance across the radio waves distorts the sound, making it even colder.

Ye Ling said: "Let him do whatever he wants, just a child."

She spoke casually, as if she was treating a toy that no one wanted, or the kind that was covered in ashes at low prices and discounts.

The dean thought of so many children who were picked up by the research institute from the orphanage, shook his head, and let out a soft sigh.

·

The second floor.

Yue Ge walked steadily up the last step of the stairs.

It was dinner time, and the lounge was hardly anyone left in.

There are only a few children who take a certain corner, closing and shrinking in their own world.

·

There is a figure standing in front of the window.

Thin and small, at the age of 15, he was as tall as Yue Ge's chest.

The windows of the lounge were opened wide enough to let in a sweeping view of the sky.

The fiery red sunset slowly dipped below the horizon, very slowly, turning half of the sky red.

Like a fire.

Yue Ge walked over with strides and stopped behind the boy.

"Xiao Yi." He called softly.

The boy didn't respond.

Still looking up, staring blankly at the sky.

He looks good, even in a sluggish state, he seems to be thinking about something.

Yue Ge stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

Together they looked up at the sky.

"Do you like it?" Yue Ge suddenly turned his head to look at the boy's cheeks reddened by the hot rays of the sun.

The boy still did not respond, looking at the sky expressionlessly.

Looking directly at the sun, it seems that he is not afraid of being burned by the dazzling light.

Only then did Yue Ge realize that his eyeballs were covered with water, and he had been looking at them for too long.

Yue Ge frowned, and stretched out his hand in front of the boy's eyes to block the direct light.

The boy did not move, still maintaining a posture of looking up.

The slender and thick eyelashes stuck to Yue Ge's palm, and he blinked slowly.

Light and itchy.

"Do you like the sun?"

Yue Ge asked again

The boy still didn't respond.

Yue Ge moved closer to him, keeping his voice low.

"Want to have a home?"

The boy's eyelashes moved, like a small brush across Yue Ge's palm.

His voice was raw and harsh, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"think……"

Yue Ge's heart beat violently, and his pious prayer was answered.

……

Yu Yi stretched out his hand silently, hooked Yue Ge's neck, and pressed down.

They kissed.

Yue Ge's hand slowly slid from Yu Yi's face to his hand, and they interlocked their fingers and kissed in the night.

In the night, the moon in the distance was shining, slowly walking towards them.

Surrounded by stars, they flicker and sprinkle soft light.

Ambiguous, warm, light.

Human beings, a large group of carbon-based life.

Stars explode, and thousands of particles shuttle through the universe.Finally, it landed on the earth and took root.

Everyone comes from far away space.

Everyone is a star that once shined.

Only you are my unique world, my universe, and all of me.

My, Love.