Journey to the Rose

Ruan Xi slept through the sunrise after being too tired yesterday.

When he woke up again, he found that he was no longer in the camp where he fell asleep last night.It wasn't until his consciousness gradually became clear, his vision was blurred, and the bumpy feeling under his body made him realize that he was in the car.

Sure enough, looking up is the all-too-familiar car roof.

Ruan Xi struggled to get up, but was restrained by the safety belt on his chest.

Feeling the light, he looked out the window.

The dazzling light comes from the rising sun.Looking back into the car following the light, he saw the golden light like diamond-grinded dust, sprinkled on Lu Zhenghe's body generously.

The man being pegged is driving, the corners of his lips are slightly raised, and he looks in a good mood.

Can he drive?

Ruan Xi couldn't help but glanced at his legs and feet, feeling as if they were becoming more flexible.I don't know if pinching will hurt?But Ruan Xi found a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"What are you smirking at?" Ruan Xi asked abruptly.

"It's a smile." Hearing the sound of him waking up, Lu Zhenghe cast his gaze over, "Good morning."

"Aren't we in the tent?" Ruan Xi rubbed his forehead, suddenly lost all sleepiness, "Why are we in the car? Where is my friend?"

"I asked you to wash up in the morning. You woke up and used the mountain spring water sent by Wen Kai. Have you forgotten?" Lu Zhenghe was surprised, "Then you walked back to the tent."

Ah, hearing what he said, Ruan Xi suddenly remembered that he had this fragment in his head.

In his unclear memory, it was Lu Zhenghe who woke him up, and then he got up in a daze, washed his face and brushed his teeth, and then got back into the tent in a daze, into his still warm bedding.

Doesn't everyone know that he is a slob.

The burden of idols collapsed again!

Ruan Xi: "..."

Lu Zhenghe's tone was light, he didn't know if he was holding back his laughter, "I was about to tell you to leave, and you fell asleep again."

What, am I so sleepy...

Ruan Xi raised her head and closed her eyes, blushing with shame.

He asked, "But why am I in the car now?"

"I carried you to sleep in the car." He heard an answer that made him feel ashamed and wanted to get under the passenger seat.

"What?" He hugged me again.

"I didn't call you, and then I carried you into the car and continued to sleep."

Ruan Xi learned from the pain and protested ineffectively: "Why didn't you call me again? I can definitely get up."

Lu Zhenghe thought for a while, his expression completely flawless, "You are too tired, you can sleep more."

"Okay," Ruan Xi lowered his eyes, calmed down his breathing and rampant heartbeat, and pretended to be calm: "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

The two of them pretended to be polite.

After a while, Lu Zhenghe asked him, "Did you dream last night?"

Although the question was asked for no reason, Ruan Xi still chose to answer honestly: "No."

"I had a dream again." Lu Zhenghe said.

Not noticing why he used the word "again", Ruan Xi just asked, "What dream?"

Lu Zhenghe replied: "I dreamed of the ocean. I think it's the Suli Sea."

"You don't know what Su Lihai looks like."

"My guess."

Although Ruan Xi didn't answer any more, what Lu Zhenghe said was enough to shake his heart.He frowned tightly, thinking about it, and felt that fate refused to let them go, and seemed to be secretly making troubles that never stopped.

Not wanting to continue this topic, Ruan Xi looked at the empty back seats and asked, "Where's my friend? His name is Song Shumian."

"The omega? He was in Wen Kai's car. Wen Kai said he still needed to take medicine, so I thought it would be better to follow the military doctor. Don't worry, although Li Shen speaks out loud, he is a man who won't take advantage of others' danger." of……"

"There is no need to avoid suspicion, my friend has no glands."

Hearing this, Lu Zhenghe was obviously taken aback.

Silence lingers in the air, falling from the sky like an invisible hunting net.

After a long time, Ruan Xi let out a long sigh before explaining: "He said that when he was in the beast city, a group of strangers caught him and cut off his glands. It was the earthquake that made him escape, so I Gotta take him away."

"The gland was cut off?" Lu Zhenghe repeated.

To be honest, because omega glands and resources are scarce, there are often black markets on this land doing this shady business.Lu Zhenghe occasionally listened to the chats of his soldiers, and heard them talk about some cruel stories they heard during the march.

People say that after cutting off the glands, the omega will become weak and will no longer have any pheromone smell.The most important thing is that they are short-lived without exception, and their body functions will come to an end at the age of three or forty.

The two of them unexpectedly did not speak tacitly.

Lu Zhenghe thought, Ruan Xi should also know the consequences of having his glands cut off.

The worst situation right now is that Song Shumian's body is already in this state and needs someone to take care of him. It must be a burden to take him on the road. Ruan Xi understands this better than anyone else, but he has no other choice.

Lu Zhenghe seemed to know what he was thinking, but felt relieved. He touched Ruan Xi's hand on his thigh with his palm, and said in a low voice, "He is your friend and an omega that needs protection. Wen Kai and the others will take good care of him of."

Up to now, Ruan Xi feels that the word "thank you" is too light.

He took the mineral water in the car, unscrewed the bottle, raised his head and took a long gulp.After swallowing, Ruan Xi wiped her mouth with a very sincere tone: "I will remember."

·

Fortunately, they escaped the second earthquake from Earthquake City.

Wen Kai said very firmly that this was an aftershock, but the aftershock was so big that the whole city could no longer support the power of nature, and all the buildings were destroyed.

The gravel-paved ground collapsed again, and the wind blew heavily the golden boxwood leaves that grew as high as a person's waist. Rare crystal stones were scattered everywhere on the empty ground.

Lu Zhenghe only glanced at it, eager to try it, as if he had a soft spot for the unique ultramarine porn.

At this time, the headset hanging by his ear rang again: "Wow! There are crystal stones here, you can pick up some more! Less..."

"I turned on the PA." Lu Zhenghe interrupted.

"Oh, that, there was an aftershock just now." Li Shen said bravely.But he said something as ridiculous as "the sun came up this morning."

"I know." Lu Zhenghe was very worried that Ruan Xi doubted the IQ of his subordinates. Of course, he didn't say it directly, but stared at the fallen leaves on the side of the road because of the ground vibration, and said: "I see Come out."

Ruan Xi's brows twitched when she heard this, and she was not thinking about whether Li Shen was stupid or not.

What is "picking up a little more"?

He moved his eyes to Lu Zhenghe, squinted his eyes, and looked at him from top to bottom.

very good!

Lu Zhenghe turned off the headset expressionlessly, pretending that nothing happened just now.

"Did you take the crystal stone?" Ruan Xi asked.

"No." Lu Zhenghe categorically denied it.

Ruan Xi: "That's what Li Shen said."

Lu Zhenghe said seriously: "I didn't pick it up."

"If there is, there will be, if there is no, there will be nothing."

"Have."

Guessing that he has not given up on the idea of ​​drawing eyebrows, Ruan Xi raised his eyebrows and warned: "Don't think about playing the game of dressing up Barbie."

Lu Zhenghe: "..."

In this way, it is a bit like playing with a Barbie doll.

During the conversation, they had been driving smoothly on the road for a while.

Probably because he didn't have a good rest during this period, Ruan Xi found that Lu Zhenghe's eye sockets were as black as bruises, and he was not very energetic, so he said that he should let him do it.Lu Zhenghe disagreed, saying that he would wait until the next city to change.Ruan Xi could only be forced to accept the proposal because she couldn't hold him back.

Gradually, he discovered that the color of the sky was quite different from before, it was sky blue soaked by flames.

He pressed the car window and felt the heat rushing in from a distance, which reminded him of every summer in Ablaze City.

Every summer there is so hot, when the sun hits the beach directly, the beach looks like a gold mine.

Attracted by the soaring flames in the sky ahead, Ruan Xi asked, "Are we almost at the next city?"

Lu Zhenghe simply replied: "Well, the next city is Fire City."

"Where are your comrades in arms?"

After Ruan Xi asked, Lu Zhenghe realized that he was talking about Li Shen's subordinates who "arrested him", coughed guiltyly, and continued to report the situation: "It's not far from us."

That's it.

Doubtful...

Ruan Xi peeled off a mint and stuffed it into his mouth, licked and rolled it repeatedly with the tip of his tongue, and then asked him: "Why don't we go together?"

"Because each has its own way." Lu Zhenghe himself felt that the reason he gave was extremely ridiculous, and he couldn't help but have a headache. "In short, we will return to the north together. After arriving in the north, they will return to their army in a certain city."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Ruan Xi's slightly puffed cheeks because he swallowed a candy.

There is an urge to stick out your finger and poke it.

"Do you want to eat?" Feeling the scorching eyes, Ruan Xi thought he wanted to eat too, "I have some more here."

Although Lu Zhenghe likes to eat sweets, he held back at this moment, shook his head, and said, "You still need to bring sugar with you for your life."

"I can't skimp on myself when it comes to diet."

When Ruan Xi tasted the sweetness, he felt much better, "And you might die someday, so you have to treat yourself better now." After finishing speaking, he stuck out the tip of his tongue, rolling the mint flavor into his mouth for aftertaste.

Hearing that he said death so lightly, Lu Zhenghe wanted to refute, but found that he had no ability to refute.Because he really can't guarantee that Ruan Xi will survive, just like he can't guarantee that his current memories are real.

Lu Zhenghe stopped talking to Ruan Xi, and focused all his attention on driving.

But Ruan Xi looked at him secretly, and always felt that this man had something on his mind, he looked like he was driving seriously, and he was definitely thinking about other things in his heart.

What's the matter?

The two of them were basically inseparable along the way, so what could be on Lu Zhenghe's mind?

"Do you know the Fire God Festival?" Ruan Xi asked.

After a while, Lu Zhenghe replied: "I know."

"You know it too!" Ruan Xi lowered her head, loosened the overlapping fingers, and gently stroked the fingertips on the other side, "I thought only our place had such a boring festival."

"Bored?" Lu Zhenghe laughed.

"The ones in your place may not be boring, but the ones in ours are really boring. Only the exhibits displayed in the square are barely readable." Ruan Xi sighed as if thinking of something, and stopped talking.

Lu Zhenghe still wanted to hear his stories about the south, so he asked, "What do you have there?"

"In our place, Vulcan is not only the patron saint of navigators, but also the incarnation of dolphins in the Suli Sea. Therefore, on the Vulcan Festival, the residents of the whole city will hold up their torches to illuminate him when they gather at night. chariot."

Speaking of this, Ruan Xi smiled, "His chariot was actually built by all the residents in the city. According to the legend of our city, his chariot was pulled by four fire horses, and it would be in Chaoyang. When it rises, it runs to the sky, and when it sets at sunset..."

Lu Zhenghe looked ahead.

When Ruan Xi said the word "chariot", the appearance of that chariot gradually appeared in his mind——

Four fiery red-haired horses stood neatly beside the gilded chariot, surrounded by many residents, holding torches, lowering their heads and closing their eyes tightly, as if making a pious wish.

"During the Vulcan Festival, at dusk, when the sun is about to set, we will go to the chariot to make a wish. My wishes are different every year, but they all come true. Except for the last year."

As soon as Ruan Xi finished speaking, she met Lu Zhenghe's dazed eyes.

Fire·31 Why don't you say egg tarts? !