I take skeletons to the apocalypse

The search lasted for an hour, and it seemed that the confirmed people had run away, and the expedition team withdrew from the new city.

The snow outside the window was getting bigger and bigger, Xia Xi swallowed the last mouthful of hot chocolate, leaned against the warm fireplace, nestled in the soft rocking chair, and felt sleepy after a while.

He must be vigilant at all times in the expedition team, and the layout and planning in the past few days has stretched his spirit to the limit. Although it is not safe here, the people guarding not far away make him feel at ease.

Xia Xi didn't even call out the skeleton guards, and fell into a deep sleep.

Jing Lan took the blanket from the shelf beside her, and gently put it on Xia Xi's body.Although Xia Xi's body is not easy to catch cold now, Jing Lan still hopes that he can sleep more comfortably.

Xia Xi was awakened by the noise of children playing on the street.When he opened his eyes, it was already dark outside.

The snow has no tendency to stop. Looking out from the window, the world seems to be covered with snow, and the eyes are all silver, as if entering the ice and snow kingdom in a fairy tale.

The people on the street seem to have forgotten the unhappiness of the day and started doing business lively.The children ran in the snow happily, made snowmen, had snowball fights, and played some games that could only be played at this time.

Xia Xi pushed open the balcony door, and there was also a layer of snow on the open-air balcony. He inhaled lightly, and the refreshing coolness that entered his lungs, with a little smell of wet soil after the rain, was fresh and pleasant, instantly Dispels the drowsiness after a nap.

"Want to go shopping?" Jing Lan stood behind him, keeping a safe distance between friends.

"Go out like this?" Xia Xi was tempted, but still hesitated.The two wanted people were wandering around the streets of Jingting City swaggeringly, which was a bit too ostentatious no matter how I thought about it.

Jing Lan had already made a plan: "Don't worry, I broke all the monitoring in this area this morning, and it hasn't been repaired yet."

The two then walked into the snow.The thick-soled leather boots creaked on the soft snow, and every step was a footprint a few centimeters deep.

Someone set up a small gift stall on the side of the street, and they sold a lot of useless toys and small decorations. It was a bit like a New Year's temple fair, adding to the New Year's atmosphere here.

"Wait." Jing Lan suddenly grabbed Xia Xi and stopped in front of a booth.

"Huh?" Xia Xi tilted his head in doubt. There was an uncle in his fifties standing at the booth, holding a spoon, and he didn't know what he was busy with. A group of children who were only around his waist gathered around him, with round black heads. Squeezed and squeezed, completely blocking the line of sight.

"Here." Jing Lan found a better angle and pushed Xia Xi over. From here, he could finally see the operating table in front of the uncle clearly.

Uncle is drawing sugar paintings.

There is no such custom in Beishan City, and this is the first time Xia Xi has seen it.The syrup was boiled until it was orange-yellow and transparent, with an amber-like luster. The master held the spoon and shook his wrist a few times, and a lifelike green dragon appeared.

"Wow!" The children opened their mouths in amazement.

"Wow!" Xia Xi also yelled with his mouth half-opened.

Jing Lan couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

When it was Xia Xi's turn, he asked his master to draw a little crow for him. The sugar painter said that the crow had a bad meaning, so he drew him a big roc.

It is said to be a roc, but it is just a palm-sized fat bird fixed on a bamboo stick.Xia Xi was quite satisfied, saying that his little crow looked almost like this.

The taste of sugar painting is not as delicate as it looks, and the entrance is just simple and crude sweetness.Chewing will stick to the teeth.However, people who buy sugar paintings are originally for the joy of watching sugar paintings being painted. In contrast, eating candy itself is just a sweet addition.

"Go this way." When the two walked halfway, Jing Lan became alert, pulled Xia Xi into an alley, and strode forward.

"What's wrong?" Xia Xi held up the sugar figurine and followed Jing Lan's pace.

"Someone is following us." Jing Lan pulled Xia Xi back: "I don't know the identity."

After saying this, Jing Lan suddenly lowered her head and noticed the footprints on the soles of the shoes.There are not many pedestrians in the alleys of Xinjie at night, and every step they take will leave clear footprints on the road.

"I have a solution." Xia Xi said after eating Tanghua without any leftover.

Two young men, one tall and one short, passed the alley they had just walked through.

The completely unfamiliar faces followed the two people's footprints with a clear goal, chasing after them.

The two followed a corner, and suddenly found that the footprints in front of them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. They searched around, but could not find any trace of the two of them.

The short man slammed the wall angrily: "Damn it, the footprints disappeared here, can people just fly away?"

The tall one also kicked the electric pole next to him irritably: "Where is it hidden?"

The short man was a little worried: "How do you say that if it's gone, it's gone? Could it be that they are supernatural beings? Will they fly over the wall?"

The tall man waved his hand: "Impossible. I checked the information, and their identities are not registered in the database of supernatural beings in Jingting City. Jingting City's inspection is so strict, it is impossible for supernatural beings to sneak in without registration." of."

The short guy: "That's weird, it's not a supernatural person, why did it suddenly disappear."

The tall one: "Look again, they must be hiding, they can't run far."

A few minutes passed, and the two still couldn't find anyone, looking a little frustrated.

The tall one sat down in the snow: "This is a leather item that the customer liked, and it just escaped like this. How can you do business with the customer?"

The short man squatted on the ground in fear: "Yeah, that customer is notoriously bad-tempered. If he can't pay the job, what will we do if we are arrested later?"

"Don't worry about that," the tall man glanced at him and said, "We are too ugly to give away."

On the roof of their two-storey villa less than half a meter away, Xia Xi and Jing Lan were huddled in a secluded and cramped corner.

They didn't leave at all. After all, the bone hand flew directly to the second floor with the two of them.Although they have no wings, flying is not difficult for them.

However, listening to the conversation between the two, Xia Xi discovered that these two people didn't seem to be chasing Jing Lan and Hei Ya, and the other party didn't even know that they were supernatural beings.It's just that they are good-looking and some customers have taken a fancy to them, so they came to arrest them.

Leather goods?Xia Xi considered the word.Doesn't sound like a description of a person.It can't be to grab it back and use human skin to make leather goods, right?

Seeing that they were not here for their identities, Jing Lan summoned a supernatural power, intending to control the two of them and interrogate them clearly.Xia Xi stopped him.

"Use this." Xia Xi took out a bone bead and threw it down. The bone bead mixed in the snow was not obvious, and it fell precisely into a person's slightly opened coat pocket.

The two searched below for a few more minutes, and finally left dejectedly.In the corner of the roof, Xia Xi leaned against Jing Lan's arms, covered in a thin layer of sweat by the hot body temperature.

As soon as the two left, Jing Lan couldn't wait to get out from the corner and pushed Xia Xi away.

From the warm embrace, Xia Xi suddenly fell into a snowstorm, like a cat that was thrown out of the conservatory, staring, not knowing whether to be surprised or angry first.

Does he have thorns?Do you need to push him away in such a hurry?

Didn't she buy sugar paintings for him just now, and go shopping with him to watch the snow.Why did you rush to push him away after hugging him for a while?He's not in the form of a bone now, so he won't feel uncomfortable holding him, right?

Little did they know that Jing Lan had reached the limit of her patience at this time.

Xia Xi was very close to him just now, and with every breath, the warm air brushed against his neck and ears.It was obviously a sub-zero snow day, and Jing Lan was sweating from the heat. God knows how he survived these ten minutes.

He originally liked Xia Xi.It's just that I don't want to kidnap the other party with my own feelings, so I have been trying to maintain a suitable distance.But when the sweetheart whom I have been thinking about day and night is in my arms, how can I not hold back my thoughts.

But what he wanted wasn't to be a bed partner with Xia Xi.No matter how much he wanted it, he still hoped that their contact would be based on mutual affection.

"Don't get so close to me." Jing Lan said in a muffled voice.

I'm afraid that if I can't help it, I will get close to you against the principle, pester you, and possess you.

I will no longer be able to suppress the desire in my heart, and even do things that hurt you in order to get you.

Still can't get close?

Xia Xizheng fell into the wrong cognition that Jinglan actually disliked him, and even found it unbearable to hold him for a while. When he heard this sentence at first, his thoughts were even more crooked and he couldn't find his home.

That's right, Jing Lan has been courting him for so long from before the end of the world to after the end of the world, even a bone should be warmed up, but he is colder than the bone, so he refuses to give him any response.

So is he finally giving up?

He keeps saying that he won't leave, so he will abandon himself later?

"Okay." Xia Xi turned over and jumped off the railing, and fell lightly into the snow, ignoring Jing Lan, and strode forward.

"Where are you going?" Jing Lan just suppressed the messy thoughts in his heart, turned around and found that Xia Xi had already left first, and hurriedly followed.

"Why are you following me? Don't you want me to stay away?" Xia Xi's blunt tone carried a bit of astringency that she didn't realize.

It must be that the sugar man tonight was too sweet, that's why I feel bitter in my throat now.

Only then did Jing Lan belatedly realize that Xia Xi seemed to be angry.

But why are you angry.Because I let him stay away?Shouldn't he be happy?Shouldn't I wish I could pester him less?Why are you angry?

If it weren't for the two years of getting along day and night, Jing Lan could understand Xia Xi's emotions very well, and he even felt that his judgment was wrong.

A guess suddenly popped up in Jing Lan's mind that he was not sure about.Could it be that Xia Xi actually didn't hate himself that much, could it be that he was actually gradually accepting himself.

"That's not what I meant." Whether it was true or not, Jing Lan didn't want to push Xia Xi further away because of any misunderstanding: "I wish I could get closer to you, but you haven't agreed to reconcile with me, I'm afraid of being so close distance, I can't help but be rude to you."

The snow did not know when it stopped, and the moonlight revealed a soft light from the gradually dissipating clouds.

It was only then that Xia Xi realized that she was thinking wrong, and the key was that not only was she thinking wrong, but because of this, she was at odds with Jing Lan like a three-year-old child.

With his back facing Jing Lan, the roots of his ears burned belatedly.Not shy, he just felt ashamed.But it seemed that the chest was blocked, and the depression that could not be swallowed or spit out dissipated.

Xia Xi pouted her neck and said stiffly: "It's not like I haven't done more abrupt things. As I said earlier, you have to have ideas, and I don't mind accompanying you. I don't suffer from things that I enjoy."

"But I don't want to." Jing Lan looked at Xia Xi with serious eyes: "I don't want you to just treat me as a bed partner. I think this thing can only be done by people who like each other."

"Then I will pay attention to keeping a distance in the future." Xia Xi made a serious promise again, and continued to walk forward, with a panicked back.

"Xia Xi." Jing Lan stepped in front of him, blocking his way.

"Hmm." Xia Xi turned her head to the side, looking straight at a red lantern behind Jing Lan's ear, as if the lantern at the door of someone else's house had taken great interest.

"Were you angry just now?" Jing Lan asked.

"Maybe." Although Xia Xi was good at lying, Xia Xi didn't want to lie to Jing Lan about this matter.He felt that cheating was a sign of guilt.He has nothing to feel guilty about in front of Jing Lan.

"The reason? Why are you angry because I don't let you get close." Jing Lan asked, "Have you started to like me?"

"No!" Xia Xi denied without thinking, like a stressed cat, with its back hair and tail erect, fiercely driving away everyone who tried to get close: "I don't like you. I won't like anyone either .”

As if to convince someone, he added a few more words: "I just enjoy your care. I used to be, and I am now. I don't reject physical contact with you, but I can't give you anything but emotion. You respond. So you should stay away from me, lest I use you for nothing. "

The hope that Jing Lan had just ignited was blown out again with a "poof".The light in his eyes dimmed.

Dark clouds covered the moonlight, the night gradually darkened, and the cold wind became biting.