Bloodline Survival Guide

To Chen Zhen, time is actually a vague word.

When he woke up in the ice coffin under Ou headquarters, he already had an immortal body.

He will not age, has no heartbeat, has cold skin, and is born from drinking blood. He is an unchangeable monster.

For him, the 29 years of sunrise and sunset are very long and short.Long because of boredom, short because the future life has no end in sight.

The sense of loss of being lost in time has already made him numb to life.

But at this moment, Chen Zhen grasped Shen Mingguang's clothes and galloped, but he had a faint feeling that he was really 'alive'.

The wind rushed over, carrying moisture and the smell of Shen Mingguang's body.

It seems to be really cold.

Chen Zhen comforted herself, it was really cold.

He restrained himself before, only holding on to Shen Mingguang's clothes.

Chen Zhen suddenly wanted to absorb the body temperature of Shen Mingguang, so he let go of his clothes and tried to put his arms around his waist.

Shen Mingguang didn't move.

Chen Zhen gained some courage, leaned her head against his back, and listened to his heartbeat.

Shen Mingguang's heartbeat was the same as before, still slow, heavy and loud.

bang-bang-bang-

One sound, one sound——

Like a slow bell.

It hit Chen Zhen's face, body, and heart, and also hit his internal organs, three souls and seven souls.He had an unreal feeling of floating, floating in the clouds.

He is now hugging a human who smells very sweet, and that person is riding a bicycle with him. The road ahead seems to have no end, and neither of them said where they are going.If no one speaks, it seems that it can go on like this forever.

Shen Mingguang didn't lie to him. The winding mountain road is indeed very good with few cars.

There are tall dense forests on both sides. In a daze, Chen Zhen felt that Shen Mingguang was riding a roller coaster, leading him into a fairyland.

It seemed like there were only the two of them left in the world.

"It would be great if there was eternity." Chen Zhen murmured.

It's all great.

Shen Mingguang didn't hear clearly, the wind was too loud, and he raised his voice backwards and asked, "What are you talking about? Louder!"

"I said..." Chen Zhen stood up involuntarily, opened his arms, and embraced the wind.

In fact, this action was very dangerous, but Shen Mingguang did not stop him.

"I said!" Chen Zhen simply took off his helmet and let the wind hit his face. He looked at the road in front of him and shouted loudly, "Why is there no eternity in this world!"

Let time stop, just this second.

His body seemed to be dissolved into molecules and mixed into the wind, mixed with the smell of Shen Mingguang's body.Chen Zhen had the illusion that they were one.

This illusion is too beautiful.

Shen Mingguang seemed to smile after hearing this, and replied loudly, "I've heard a proverb in Europe that eternity is hidden in the eyes of your lover. I think you will definitely see eternity!"

He used an affirmative tone, as if he was saying something that was bound to happen.

Chen Zhen felt that the wind was a bit strong.For the first time, he felt that the wind was cold and the people around him were hot, all of which could be 'felt'.

The wind was too strong, and he felt that the blowing made his eyes a little sore, making him want to cry.

Chen Zhen quietly put his face on Shen Mingguang's helmet. He didn't know if Shen Mingguang had noticed.

He thought sadly: It's over, I seem to like a human being.

**

Shen Mingguang drove Chen Zhen on the road around the mountain for almost two hours until dusk and dusk.

Finally, they stopped at a lakeside scenic spot at the foot of the mountain, and there were still many people at night.

"It's also very lively at night. It's a shop run by a Yi owner." Shen Mingguang pointed to the stall in front of him and showed Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen took off the helmet and handed it to Shen Mingguang, "Do you come here often?"

"Occasionally I'm in a bad mood and come out to ride a bike. When I'm tired, I come here to drink." Shen Mingguang parked the car and put away his helmet, "Go in."

Chen Zhen nodded, followed him to lift the plastic curtain and walked in.

It was really lively, with the sound of clinking cups, a dialect that Chen Zhen could not understand, and the sound of a burning charcoal fire exploding.

It is the daily diet of human beings. To Chen Zhen, it is new and unfamiliar.

Few empty tables.They were arranged at a table next to the air outlet, and Shen Mingguang let him to a seat in the back.

Chen Zhen wanted to say that he was not afraid of the cold, but Shen Mingguang had already picked up the menu and asked him, "What do you like to eat?"

"..." Chen Zhen just wanted to take it, but Shen Mingguang looked at the menu in his hand, frowned and withdrew his hand, and said to him, "I'll wipe it off first, it's a bit oily."

He took out a wet tissue from his bag, wiped the menu back and forth, and handed it to Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen took the menu and looked at it for a long time, and remembered what was said in the "Guide", when eating with friends, one must consider the consumption level of the other party as much as possible, and can't just order what he likes.

He is still a student, and he hasn't asked about his family situation, so he can't order too expensive.

Anyway, I don't need to eat it.

So Chen Zhen picked up the ballpoint pen and ordered three vegetarian dishes, potatoes, pumpkins, and shiitake mushrooms.

When Shen Mingguang brought back the menu, he glanced at the very calm Chen Zhen opposite, and asked helplessly, "Aren't you hungry?"

Chen Zhen shook her head seriously, "I'm not hungry, human food is not a necessity for us."

Shen Mingguang was suspicious, "It doesn't matter if you don't eat?"

"Well." Chen Zhen turned to look at the charcoal fire under the grill, "We can survive without eating, but our appearance may be more... like a monster. Proper eating will help us get closer to human appearance."

"So I still need to eat." Shen Mingguang smiled, "What kind of meat do you like to eat?"

Chen Zhen was stunned for a moment before answering, "I don't have anything I particularly like..."

"Then..." Shen Mingguang tapped the menu unconsciously with a pen, and asked him seriously, "Which animal blood do you like to drink the most?"

"Deer blood and cow blood...both are okay."

"Deer can't eat it, let's eat beef."

Shen Mingguang bowed his head a few times and finished ordering, beckoned to the waiter, and then turned to him and said, "Do you want to drink?"

In fact, Chen Zhen...has never drank, and he...doesn't like drinking very much.

But he had a vague feeling that he shouldn't say no to this atmosphere, and he didn't want to reject Shen Mingguang.So he said, "You can drink a little."

Shen Mingguang glanced at him in surprise, but didn't say anything. He went to the refrigerator and carried half a box by himself.

After ordering, Shen Mingguang began to wipe the tableware again.

His knuckles are nice and angular.His movements are also calm and calm, just like his appearance, which makes people feel at ease.

It's hard to tell, but he actually likes racing cars.

Chen Zhen tentatively asked, "Do you live alone, or with your family?"

"No, I'm the only one in my family." Shen Mingguang smiled, "I don't have any family yet."

"Temporarily?" Chen Zhen glanced at him.

"Well," Shen Mingguang nodded, "I'm waiting for others to become my family."

Chen Zhen thought, maybe it was the person who asked him to wait in the abandoned factory.

"I don't have any relatives either." Chen Zhen watched him rummage through the vegetables in front of him, "I'm different from other vampires, I have no memory after waking up, and I've always been ignorant. In the early years, they said I was weird, Because the mind is always unclear."

Shen Mingguang paused when he flipped through the dishes, "You're not quite clear?"

"Yes." Chen Zhen smiled, "They said that before I woke up, there was a car accident and my relatives were gone. I hit my head, and I was almost dead, and then the elder, hugged me for the first time. The people took me back and turned me into a blood race. In the first few years after I woke up after being transformed, I couldn't speak, just blankly, like a baby."

While listening, Shen Mingguang picked up a piece of baked potato for him, with a serious look on his face.

Chen Zhen saw that he was listening attentively, as if he was interested in his own affairs, so he simply talked more, "That period of time was actually very strange. When I first woke up, there seemed to be many fragments in my mind, there were many... The picture I can't describe, although it must not be the current world, but it is very real, a bit like...like the destruction of the world. There are floods, blizzards, wars...all scattered. But in fact, I think I was sober at the time Yes, it's just different from others. I don't know if you can understand...it's a bit messy."

When Shen Mingguang listened to him, he kept looking into his eyes very politely, and asked after he finished speaking, "Well, I probably understand. What happened next?"

"Later... the people in the clan began to teach me how to live, and gradually learned to speak and communicate with others." Chen Zhen shrugged, "It's similar to growing up with you humans."

Chen Zhen felt very strange. After he finished speaking, he felt that Shen Mingguang's expression seemed a little sad.

But that sad look was gone in a flash.

Chen Zhen looked at the foam slowly disappearing from the beer, and asked the question that he was always curious about, "I remember the first time I met you, I told you that I am dangerous. Humans call us vampires, and I am a monster , Drinking blood is a different species from yours, I can gently pinch your throat with my hand. Why are you so kind to me? Take me to ride a bike, eat, drink, etc., aren't you afraid?"

Shen Mingguang seemed to think this topic was funny, he looked up at Chen Zhen, then drank the clear yellow liquid in the glass in one gulp, and said in a somewhat sarcastic tone, "I was still watching a movie called "Shape of Water" yesterday, It’s about a murloc and a human girl falling in love. This film has already won an Oscar, that is to say, some weak humans in your mouth are already trying to accept the feelings of different species, but you are still talking about yourself It's a monster."

Chen Zhen shook his head, "Humans make movies, write books, say that they tolerate everything and accept all species, and they will live in peace and look great, right? But reality is not as beautiful as movies. It's not that I say I am a monster, but that I am In your eyes, I am a monster."

Shen Mingguang didn't seem very happy.

"I'll say it for the last time." Shen Mingguang's tone became serious, "I don't think you are a monster. You are easier to get along with than most of the humans I have come into contact with."

Chen Zhen shrugged, expressing his understanding.

"Will being a blood race be lonely?" Shen Mingguang asked immediately.

Chen Zhen took a sip of beer and thought for a while, "I don't feel anything. I don't like it or hate it. In fact, it's similar to a human being. Everyone has troubles. But after getting to know you, I always feel that being a human being is more interesting."

He blurted out, and then froze when he finished speaking.

But Shen Mingguang didn't seem to care much, only Chen Zhen cared.

Shen Mingguang put down the clip in his hand, "It's okay, I think it's okay."

Chen Zhen had said all he wanted to say, so he simply carried out his thick-skinnedness to the end, and tried it out, "No, I'm sincere, it feels very happy to be your friend, and so is the person you like, so it must be very happy."

"Really." Shen Mingguang smiled, as if a little helpless, "I don't know if he is happy or not, but he seems to be having a good time. Even if his happiness has nothing to do with me, I think it's pretty good."

"That's it." Chen Zhen drank the wine in the glass, very bitter.He swallowed the bitter taste of beer and asked with a smile, "Then why don't you go after him?"

Shen Mingguang picked up beef for him, and laughed at himself, "I pursued him once before, but I failed."

Chen Zhen didn't want to eat at first, but now she doesn't want to eat anything at all.

The wine is not strong, but it is always exciting to drink for the first time.

Now he needs this stimulation to suppress other emotions.

Chen Zhen poured himself another glass of wine, and the bottle was already several times empty before he knew it.

He forced a smile on his face and said to Shen Mingguang: "Oh, then are you going to continue to work hard, or look forward to a new life?"

"Now I want to look forward to a new life." Shen Mingguang also smiled, "I already have some ideas... Don't drink, you have drunk four bottles."

Chen Zhen's cup was taken away by Shen Mingguang, and Shen Mingguang replaced it with a bottle of... Weiyi Soymilk.

He really doesn't drink much.When he was in Europe, no one asked him out for drinks.

Because of her young age and being too well protected by Oran, Chen Zhen is not good at any of the series of pleasant things that make her physically and mentally happy, such as smoking, drinking, visiting brothels, flying leaves, and falling in love...

When Chen Zhen got a little confused from drinking, Shen Mingguang frowned slightly, and looked at Chen Zhen's eyes that became a little foggy, "You...are you not good at drinking?"

"..." Chen Zhenmo paused and nodded, "Well, it's my first time drinking."

Shen Mingguang was stunned for a moment, "...Why didn't you say it just now?"

Because I want to... try.

"It's okay to drink a little, and I'm not a minor." Chen Zhen stared at the green logo on the soy milk bottle, and turned the topic back, "Then you are about to forget the person you liked before... looking for a new girl Friends?"

Shen Mingguang was stunned for a moment, then smiled, and that strange and burning gaze came over again, hitting Chen Zhen's eyes.

He said, "It doesn't have to be a woman either."

Chen Zhen: "...Huh?"

"Boys are fine." Shen Mingguang paused for a moment, looked up at Chen Zhen, then looked away, and added, "It doesn't matter whether a man or a woman is a god or a ghost, as long as I like it."

Chen Zhen's heart was shaken after hearing this... He caught Shen Mingguang's eyes and immediately lowered his head...

He didn't dare to look at Shen Mingguang anymore, he picked up the bottle of Weiyi Soy Milk and started drinking it.

"Are your vampires..." Shen Mingguang didn't let the topic stop, he changed the topic and continued to ask, "I want to ask, it seems that vampires live a long time, but you look very young."

Chen Zhen smiled, "My elder said that when I was first embraced, this body was 18 years old, which is indeed very young. As a blood race, I am also very young, and I am the smallest one in the headquarters, but I must still be older than you... But Although I am young, everyone is still afraid of me."

Shen Mingguang nodded thoughtfully.

When Chen Zhen didn't speak, it looked really difficult to approach.

But he's so pretty when he smiles.The eyes are crooked, the blue eyes are bright, and the face is small, which seems to have melted away from the first snow and ice, very bright and warm.

same as before.

"I'm not very afraid of you." Shen Mingguang looked at him with his head propped up, and there seemed to be some jokes and ridicule in his smile, "I think you are a little afraid of me."

Chen Zhen froze after hearing his words, and subconsciously began to look left and right again: "...I just... don't feel comfortable getting along with humans, but I don't want to feel too distant from you, so I..."

Shen Mingguang continued to ask him with a smile, seemingly calmly: "Why don't you want to have a sense of distance from me?"

Chen Zhen felt that she was nervous, so she pinched her palm quietly, told herself to hold on, and then tried to calm down and looked at Shen Mingguang's face.

"We vampires will judge the smell of human beings..." He considered for a while, and carefully chose his words, "When I first met you, I felt that you gave me a...familiar feeling. And the smell on your body It also smells...unique, to me. It's different from any human I've ever smelled."

Do you just say: Your blood smells really good, I want to taste it?

Shen Mingguang nodded after listening, looked very indifferent, and asked with a smile: "In other words, I am a special person to you?"

"?" Chen Zhen was stunned for a moment, a little dumbfounded, do all human beings chat like this?so direct? ... "You can also say that..."

The smell of blood is special... people are also special...

But Shen Mingguang changed the subject after flirting, "However, I don't think you seem to have had much contact with society. Are you really older than me?"

"Of course I'm older than you. I've been a vampire for 29 years." Chen Zhen was not embarrassed, and said openly, "Because it's actually my first contact with human society, and I'm not very skilled."

"……No wonder."

"What's no wonder?"

"No wonder you can't see that you are always... very guarded against others." Shen Mingguang looked at him and smiled, "It seems that you are afraid that others will touch you, and you are also afraid that others will talk to you... always keep a straight face... The feeling of wrapping yourself up is like wearing a layer of armor... I don’t know how to describe it.”

He looks very reckless, he looks like a young master who doesn't know much about the world, but he is also a bit stubborn and willful.

Stubbornness is very similar to Vidal.

Shen Mingguang paused, and said relaxedly: "But I feel that you seem to be trying to open yourself up when you're with me...I'm curious about your original appearance. The real you must be much more interesting than now."

Chen Zhen was completely dizzy: "...Oh, I don't know, maybe..."

Chen Zhen drank three bottles of Weiyi soy milk that day and went to the toilet four times.Due to nervousness, he could only keep biting the straw and drinking wildly. After drinking, Shen Mingguang was surprised and asked him, "Have you never drank soy milk before?"

"..." Chen Zhen nodded seriously, "That's right, I haven't tried it before, it's really delicious."

I didn't say anything after that.The two of them seemed to have something on their minds, so they sat opposite each other, their minds wandering.

Chen Zhen has been thinking about 'like' and 'gay love'.

It's not like he hasn't been in contact.

There is a very famous same-sex couple in the Ou headquarters. They are also two elders, the second elder and the third elder.They are twin brothers, one named Lou and one named Joe.

When Chen Zhen was young, she didn't understand these things. At first, she felt that it was okay for the two brothers to behave closer... At first, she was a little surprised to see the twins' identical faces kissing each other, but naively. At the time, he also thought it was... a good relationship.

After all, even if the vampires in the headquarters gossip in private, Chen Zhen has no chance to hear those gossips. Oran protects him so well... so much so that until he was 19 years old, he never knew about the forbidden relationship between the elder brothers. , I also don't understand that men and men can also fall in love.

Until one day, when Chen Zhen went to the blood bank to get his own supplies, he accidentally saw... Lu and Qiao were in the dark corner of the cellar.

They were all naked and panting as if they were having a great time.

He watched the event for a minute in shock, and that night he went back to find his deacon companion, Lilith, and talked with Lilith under the quilt all night, and Chen Zhen finally understood what a man and a man are all about. .

Lilith looked at him distressedly at the time: "If you want me to say that Elder Oran is too strict with you. Andre is at your age, men, women, old and young, blood race, human witch race, and everything, and you are even a man. I don’t know how to have sex with men...but you know, don’t tell Elder Oran that I taught you..."

I understand, I understand, Chen Zhen also secretly searched for a lot of things to read...but he didn't really open up the cognition of liking to anyone.

Until the dream that night began.

His past life was monotonous, basically attending classes, training, and reading official documents.In his spare time, he watches anime, movies, and books screened by Elder Oran, and even his time online is limited.

In this way, Shen Mingguang turned into a beam of light and shone in——

"Chen Zhen...Chen Zhen..."

He came back to his senses and looked up at the person in front of him.

Shen Mingguang has already paid the money, and I don't know how long he has been watching him.

His eyes are still serious, very serious.

That gaze first landed on the eyes, then moved down to Chen Zhen's lips.

Three seconds later, Shen Mingguang looked away.

"Let's go, we should go back."