Higurashi

Bai Hanming stayed at Qin Yu's house for another day, playing games when he had nothing to do.

After mastering the skills, his clearance speed has been greatly improved.By evening, the plumber had reached the sixth level with one life, and he was able to shuttle up and down among a group of fathead fish flexibly.

Qin Yu didn't have any extra work that day, so he took out the portrait of Bai Hanming and continued to paint.For some reason, he decided to revise the half-finished composition yesterday morning.Three quarters of Bai Hanming's profile was erased, leaving only half of his face.The originally bright light source was also adjusted, and the background used a deep brownish yellow color, which caused the tone of the whole painting to become old, very much like the room they were in.

To be honest, Qin Yu didn't know what he was thinking, and even didn't want to draw this painting.He was tired and his glands were hot as if something bad was about to happen.This caused him to not sleep well last night, and today he was dizzy. Several times when Bai Hanming talked to him, he couldn't hear what the other party said.

He was also in a trance while the lunch was hot.There were actually some leftover ingredients in the refrigerator, but he still gave Bai Hanming some quick-frozen food.

He probably won't cook for Bai Hanming again.

If Qin Yu is a shelled animal, then he has retreated into the shell.He decided to keep his own place, stay only where he should be, and never cause anyone any trouble again.

He rubbed the brownish yellow used for the background into other clean paints, brushing out the shadows of Berhaming's hair, collar, and skin stroke by stroke.

Painting is creation, and creation is the expression of spirit and emotion.Qin Yu is portraying Bai Hanming in his eyes and the relationship between him and Bai Hanming.This incident caused a lot of chaotic thoughts in his mind.Most of the time, he clearly understood that he knew nothing about Bo Hanming.But in some small places, he stubbornly believed that this should be the case—Bai Hanming wanted to stand in a very dark place and move forward.One day he'll go where there's light, but until then, he looks like he'll be a little lonely.

Lonely.Qin Yu put down his pen and stared at the figure on the drawing board with concentration.These two words made him a little sad.

"What's wrong? Are you tired?" Bai Hanming put down the game console and asked on the sofa.

Qin Yu shook his head, put the paintbrush into the bucket, turned his head and said, "I'm going out to buy something, can I have a box lunch at night?"

"It's all right." Bai Hanming was not picky about the food, but he just vaguely felt that Qin Yu's interest was not very high.

He didn't speak much all day long, sitting on the round stool for drawing with his eyelids down, occasionally raising his hand to press his shoulder, looking tired.Bo Hanming wasn't sure if he had encountered any difficulties, and since he knew nothing about painting, he couldn't speak rashly.

Qin Yu put down the cloth used to cover the drawing board, and carried the bucket to the bathroom to wash his brushes.Bai Hanming pressed the pause button, plugged the game console into the charging stand, and went to the window to check the weather outside.The sudden cold air last night brought the first snow this year, and it was already freezing outside. There was almost no public lighting on the roads in the exile, only a few people lit dimly lit lights.

Qin Yu packed up the painting utensils and went to the closet to get a coat to wear.Bai Hanming stood by the window and looked at it for a while, then said, "Is the shopping place far away?"

"One kilometer," Qin Yu said, "not far."

"Is there surveillance in the store?" Bai Hanming asked again, "At this point, the news will start broadcasting."

Qin Yu shook his head, and replied, "They've all been dismantled. Few people here read the news, and many people die every year. If they can't find out, they don't care about it."

Bai Hanming nodded.Poverty and disease are deadly things. The population in the exile is scattered, and people die quietly in the corner every day.Sometimes those bodies are found, sometimes until they decompose and no one knows.In the past, the government would regularly send people to inspect the use of projectors, but later they found that these people who were abandoned by the times were worthless.What they want are citizens with a positive mental outlook, "compatriots" who will follow the news and insult the South Union people, not a group of old, weak, sick and disabled who have no difference between alive and dead.

The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled only care about when the subsistence allowances will be issued for this month, and whether there will be clothes they can wear in the garbage collection trucks that drive from the city center.They have no national feelings at all, they don't care about environmental protection, and they don't care about politics. They only care about "living".

Such people will only continue to consume the resources of this society, unable to make any contribution to society.

As a result, the projectors in some houses were removed.The parts and chips inside are very valuable in this age of industrial decline, and should not be wasted on worthless people.Society, politics, class, each is a very real thing.People who can't afford to eat have no value in being monitored.

Park Hamming is the person who knows this best.He quietly listened to Qin Yu's words, and when Qin Yu took out his umbrella, he said: "...'People can only see tomorrow, we are for the next century'."

Qin Yu looked at him puzzled, Bai Hanming left from the window, walked to his side, raised his hand to touch Qin Yu's soft hair.

"It's what someone said to me before." Bai Hanming smiled, "There is still half a sentence behind." Let them understand our dedication, but not too much, because the top of the pyramid can only accommodate a few People'. So everyone has to go to elementary school, but less than half of them can go to high school. Chinese can only go to junior high school, mathematics only needs to learn equations, and when watching the news, you have to be with your family and express gregarious opinions—— Because you have to be 'just right smart'."

Qin Yu trembled all over, for Bai Hanming's words, and also for Bai Hanming's warm hand that suddenly fell on the back of his neck.

Bai Hanming pulled up his collar for him, "Qin Yu, can you take me out together?"

"..." Qin Yu's lips moved: "No..."

Bai Hanming looked down at him.

"Yes..." Qin Yu's voice was muffled, like a helpless compromise.

Bai Hanming's smile became more obvious.Dejected, Qin Yu turned back to the closet and found a large windbreaker.Bai Hanming changed Xie at the entrance, took the clothes and umbrella, and said, "Thank you, I'll hold the umbrella."

They go out side by side.It was snowing heavily outside, so Bai Hanming pulled Qin Yu to the left and held up an umbrella to shield him from the wind.The two walked through the dirty and messy streets and alleys of the exile, and went to buy a discounted boxed lunch at a retail department one kilometer away.

The Exile is a bit of a scary place.The doors and windows that can be seen in the field of vision are very narrow, densely covered on the cracked gray and white walls, like rows of neat prisons.In summer, it's humid and hot, and there's a rotten smell everywhere; in winter, it's desolate and desolate, with dark clouds in the sky, and it's clearly a place where people live, but there's no breath of life.

Because the road was difficult to walk, Qin Yu gently grabbed Bai Hanming's sleeve.They avoided the few remaining road monitors and came to the place across the street from the retail department.After the new calendar, there was a shortage of supplies, and a large number of individual shops were closed. Important living resources such as food, daily chemical products, tobacco, and petroleum were regulated and sold by the government.Among them, the department that sells food and daily chemical products is the retail department.

Zhudi's retail department is very small, a shop of less than [-] square meters stands alone in the middle of a three-way intersection.

The clerk was already preparing to close, Qin Yu asked Bai Hanming to wait in a sheltered corner, and walked over to buy lunch by himself.

There was no business in the store at all, because the retail department was expensive, and most people in the exile could not afford it.Qin Yu was dressed very neatly, and the clerk raised his eyelids to look him up and down. Qin Yu quickly selected two box lunches that sold better in his eyes, and took a few bottles of vegetable drinks supplemented with vitamins. Two bags of vacuum-packed Crab Meat|Stick.

When paying the bill, Qin Yu took out his wallet.The clerk saw that he was in good shape, and thought that he was also an unlucky urbanite like himself, who was assigned to work here, so he took the initiative to talk to him: "Little brother, are you off work?"

"Not yet." Qin Yu has a lot of experience in dealing with such situations, and said with a tired expression, "I have to drive out of the city later."

"It's hard work." The clerk thought he was the driver of a garbage truck or a courier truck, and enthusiastically helped him put everything into plastic bags, and then sent him to the door, waving his hand and saying welcome again.

Qin Yu was not used to others being so enthusiastic, so he quickly left after thanking him.Across the street, Bai Hanming was standing there waiting for him, but when he saw Qin Yu approaching, he walked out before he turned the corner.Qin Yu didn't expect him to come out suddenly, and ran straight into his arms. Both of them were stunned for a moment. Bai Hanming reacted faster, and quickly grabbed Qin Yu's hand, using his strength to make him stand still.

At the same time, he lowered the canopy so that passers-by would not see his face.

Qin Yu was stunned by him, and raised his head dully to meet his gaze.Bai Hanming noticed that his fingers were a bit cold, so he took the plastic bag from Qin Yu's hand, and pulled down the sleeves for him to cover all the fingertips.

The atmosphere became viscous because of this little action, Qin Yu quickly looked away, and the tips of his ears were a little red.

"I'm done shopping, let's go home." Bai Hanming said.

"...Mmm." Qin Yu replied sullenly, and walked back together with Bai Hanming.There was still a touch of touch left in his hand tucked into his sleeve, which was as ethereal as an illusion.

The author has something to say:

Thanks for waiting, I’m too bad, I’m the one who doesn’t understand what I’m thinking