[Comprehensive British and American] Group rearing of endangered species

Olivia started sneaking out to play with Steve.

Every time she used all kinds of reasons to prevaricate Lester and Louis, such as going to the library, the park, shopping, going to the cinema... In fact, she told the truth, but only a part of the truth.

She did go to those places, but with Steve.

It's not like Olivia hasn't seen other humans in the past few months. Some of them are well-dressed upper-class elites, and some are strong and handsome workers. These men have different personalities, and there are all types, but Olivia didn't think they were as funny as Steve.

God is really unfair and fair. God gave Steve a weak body, but gave him a very inconsistent and interesting soul.

Although Steve only has a high school degree, he loves reading and is talented in art.Although he didn't go to college, he seemed to know everything.

Olivia likes to go out with him very much. The two go to the movies, to the park, to the exhibition together... They only met once a week at first, then it changed to three or four days, and finally they would meet every other day or two. For a week they even had to go out every day.

Although Steve was also very happy to go out with Olivia, it also put a heavy burden on his life-Olivia was like an unrestrained rich girl, who didn't have to work part-time, and someone sent money to her Here, let her go to spend.

But Steve was born in a poor family, and he had to work part-time to survive. The more and more frequent meetings with Olivia affected his daily part-time job.But... Steve didn't want to tell Olivia about this, and he really liked going out with her.

Especially in Brooklyn, where the economy is depressed, the most valuable things Steve actually owns are himself and two sets of poor quality suits that don't fit well, but he still looks clean and decent.

On this day, Steve sent Olivia home. In fact, they didn't live in the same district, but he still insisted on sending her.

He couldn't walk her to his door, so he had to part two blocks away.

"Then, see you the day after tomorrow?" Olivia smiled.

Steve nodded, his eyes looked at Olivia, and then his throat squirmed, he was a little nervous, but he had to ask.

"Olivia," he called.

"Well, what's the matter?" Olivia looked at him.

Today, the young girl is wearing a red plaid skirt and a silk scarf around her slender neck. She looks like a lady with a touch of green and lovely.

Every time Steve looked at Olivia, he told him that they were not from the same world.

But… Steve's throat slipped and he said, "Are we dating now?"

Olivia was a little unprepared for this question. She didn't seem to have thought about it before.

Steve began to regret the matter of Olivia's silence.What if she just treats him as a friend?His questions would scare her.

Unexpectedly, Olivia said, "I think we are dating, what do you think?"

Steve looked at her in surprise, and Olivia raised a thin eyebrow at him, as if urging him to answer.

"...I think so too." He said, "Then we'll see you the day after tomorrow."

"Okay." Olivia smiled.

Steve's mind was in a mess the next day at work.

He was very happy that Olivia agreed that they were 'dating', but another voice told him not to be so happy, it was just a date, and there was no established relationship.

Moreover, even he himself seemed to feel that there was too much difference between them.Olivia is like a girl raised purely by a rich family, but he has nothing, he is poor, sick, and doesn't even have a tall body.

He was even doubting himself, did he cheat a girl who didn't know anything?

On his next date, he asked Olivia the question.

Olivia thought about it, but asked him another question.

"Do you believe there are other races in this world besides humans?" she asked.

Steve froze.

"You mean aliens?"

"Well... almost." Olivia said as she curled her hair with her fingers, "I believe there are other races. I mean, if there are other non-human races, as long as it suits my heart, I am willing to go Try making friends and dating while you, Steve."

She looked at Steve and shrugged.

"You are the most normal human being, just a little weaker, what's the big deal?"

"In addition to being weak, I'm also sickly, short, thin, and poor." Steve couldn't help adding for her, "You're so accepting of me, it makes me feel like I'm cheating on you." .”

"If you are a werewolf, I have to think about it carefully." Olivia said.

This rather realistic question came to an end with a very absurd ending.

Steve felt that Olivia had a bit of a weird personality, and she seemed to be very interested in such strange legends.

The two of them went to watch a movie about the resurrection of a vampire, and were despised and complained by Olivia the whole time.

"This vampire is really ugly."

"It's a pity that all he has on his estate is a coffin."

"I think this movie is discrediting the image of vampires."

When he walked out of the cinema, Steve said, "I think the plot is actually pretty good."

Olivia glared at him with wide eyes, and he had to change his words, "But it's a piece of shit when it comes to character creation."

Olivia was satisfied with this.

With the deepening of contact, the ladylike and polite shell of her at the beginning has gradually disappeared.Steve could feel that she was really well protected by her family, and sometimes she was like a little girl, with the most heartfelt compliments on the most ordinary things.

Although Steve was a little shorter than Olivia who wore heels, he was much calmer than her.Let Olivia run wild, and he will always watch over her.Although his body is very weak, he is still fulfilling the obligations of a male companion.

But he had to propose to Olivia to reduce the meeting to once a week, because he had to go to work.

"Okay." Although Olivia wanted to see Steve every day, she also knew the life of a normal human being. "Then contact me when you have time."

Steve has a stronger desire to make money and work. Although life is still difficult, he works harder than before-he also hopes to see Olivia a few more times.

On this day, he left his room and ran into neighbors when he went downstairs. Several young people of the same age as Steve were squatting in the corner smoking and laughing.They never ignored Steve, except when they were having fun.

Steve hurried away from them, but the people behind him threw their cigarettes and stood up.

"Hi, little one."

Steve stopped in his tracks and looked at them with a slight frown.

"Will you come to the dance party in our district tomorrow night?" the young man asked.

"Don't poke other people's sad things, how can a man like him find a girl."

Several young people laughed happily.

Steve sighed, rolled his eyes, and continued walking outside.

Once again, he firmly believed that he must not let Olivia know that he lived here.He didn't want her to see that there were such malicious people in the world.

It has been ten days since we met last time, and Steve misses Olivia very much, she is like the only ray of sunshine in this tedious gray world, without any haze.But the work was too cumbersome, and he didn't have time to find her.

A new part-time job, he found a job delivering newspapers to another district. The salary was very low, but the area he was in charge of was where Olivia lived.

Steve's heart couldn't help beating. He was riding a bicycle to deliver newspapers from door to door. He vaguely remembered the location of Olivia's house... He should have put the newspaper on the steps or stuffed it into the mailbox. But he couldn't help it...

He walked over obsessively and knocked on the door.

After a while, the door was cautiously opened a crack, "Who?"

It was Olivia's soft and moving voice.

After clearing his face, Steve lowered his voice and said, "Ma'am, the newspaper you ordered."

Olivia let out a small exclamation, followed by the sound of ping-pong-pong unlocking and chains. Olivia seemed to have put something on the cabinet before opening the door.

"Steve!"

As soon as the door was opened, Olivia rushed over and gave Steve a big hug.

Steve was a little stunned, but his need for survival made him look around.

"It's nice to meet you too, Olivia." He whispered, "But there's no need to be so excited. Don't let your father see you."

Although he verbally prevented Olivia from hugging him, he was very honest physically, and even reached out to pat her on the back.

Olivia let go of him, she smiled all over her face, "I thought you wouldn't come to me anymore. Am I too clingy?"

"No." Steve said, "I've been so busy with work recently that I really don't have time to see you, so..."

Even though Olivia blocked and blocked, he still saw the pistol/gun on the cabinet behind her.

"Uh..." Steve couldn't help but say, "You just kept pointing a gun at me from behind the door?"

It feels that this style of painting is different from what he imagined before.Sweet hugs are nice, but the hand/gun seems out of place.

"Sorry, sorry, usually no one rings the doorbell, so I'm a little more alert." Olivia said a little embarrassedly, she changed the subject, looked down at the newspaper Steve gave her, "Are you here on purpose Is it mine?"

"Of course," Steve said, "otherwise I'm afraid you'll date someone else and forget I exist."

"I won't." Olivia complained a little shyly, "I don't have the energy to date two boys at the same time without telling my dad."

As she spoke, she opened the newspaper, only to see a small yellow flower in the newspaper.

Olivia exclaimed again.

"I picked it on the side of the road." Steve explained, "I guess you would like such a bright color, so when I saw it, I thought of you and wanted to share the beauty of this flower with you."

... What's the matter with this man, he can talk.

"Actually, you guessed wrong, I like dark colors." Olivia said, she picked up the flower carefully, and then said happily, "But I also like it very much, because you gave it to me."

It was only then that Steve suddenly realized that they had been dating for three months in name, but this was the first time he gave her something, just a flower picked in the park.

"I'm sorry, Olivia." He couldn't help but say.

"Excuse me for what?" Olivia was admiring the flowers, she asked half-heartedly.

"We've been dating for so long, and I haven't given you anything yet." Steve sighed, and he whispered.

He used to not care at all whether he was poor or whether he had money in his pocket.Because the suffering of the outside world can't affect his confidence in living a sunny life alone.But at this moment... when you face a girl you have a crush on, this embarrassment grows like a vine.

"I have everything, I don't need gifts." Olivia said, "All I need is you, Steve. The feelings and happiness that your existence brings me are things that money can't buy."

... What's the matter with this girl, she can talk no matter what.

The two coaxed each other to be happy, and then waved goodbye.

Over the next period of time, Steve's efforts gradually paid off.Although the salary is still meager, he worked hard to save money, and finally had spare money to buy gifts for Olivia, but he had no idea what to buy. Olivia had more expensive jewelry and necklaces. In the end, Steve Bought a bouquet of roses for Olivia.

Olivia kept the roses in a vase and cared for them every day. Although she claimed to Louis and Lester that she bought them herself, every father with a daughter has the most sensitive radar in this regard. Seeing Olivia's care for Rose, she deeply suspected that she might be dating someone.

However, Steve was very busy and hadn't contacted Olivia after delivering the roses, so he wasn't caught by Lester.

The two secretly dated several times again without being discovered.

The ambiguity between them seems to be only a thin layer of veil, which will be lifted at any time.Steve could feel Olivia's thoughts, and she seemed to want to take the initiative and let them really be together.

But at this time, Steve would take a step back and divert the matter.

Steve feels that he is not qualified to be with Olivia at all now, the gap between them is too big, and he doesn't want to push the relationship when he is not capable, even though Steve knows that the consequences of his doing so may be Lose Olivia completely, but he can't - he doesn't want Olivia to follow him to experience a life in a difficult mode, and he doesn't want to eat soft food.

So, he works harder and looks for other better job opportunities.

Although Steve is serious, responsible and hard-working, but under the constraints of the bad economic depression and his own conditions, Steve still can only work at the bottom.The tedious and repetitive work seems to be able to wear away all the edges and corners, but Steve is still Steve, and his tenacious personality is difficult to be polished by the tribulations of the outside world.

But he sometimes doubts himself, is there any meaning to such a life?

Until one time, when he and Olivia were watching a movie, the movie played a recruitment advertisement at the very beginning.

At that moment, the clouds in Steve's sky seemed to be blown away by the wind, and he finally understood what he was looking for.

Life can be a tedious and repetitive life at the bottom, or it can be a waste of time in luxury. ... However, the meaning of life can be found in defending the country.All school-age youths in the United States will go to the battlefield, and he has no reason to hide behind alone.

The idea of ​​joining the military camped in his mind like this, and Steve thought about it for a whole month.

A month later, he and Olivia were on a date in the park, and Olivia leaned against a bench while Steve drew her.

Olivia is like a little girl, when a butterfly flies by, she can't help but reach out to catch it, Steve stops her, but she relies on him instead, he has no choice but to be helpless and pampered drowning apology.

This is also the first time he has expressed his thoughts to Olivia.

"I want to go to war," Steve said, "to serve the country... You know, men are supposed to protect and defend the country."

"Oh." Olivia, who was happy just now, became depressed now.

"What's wrong?" Steve asked her gently.

Olivia hesitated to speak.

What can she say?She wanted to ask Steve, is he leaving her?But she didn't seem to be qualified to ask, they were just dating, they had never really settled on a boyfriend-boyfriend relationship, and she knew that Steve had been avoiding this question.

And even if they are together, if joining the army and defending the country is Steve's ideal, she can only support him. Everyone has the right to pursue their dreams.But……

"It's meaningless." Olivia still couldn't help saying, "Steve, you can't solve any problems. War is for profit, and the profit will always be the small group of upper class people. Ordinary soldiers are just It's just a screw, I don't want you to be used by others."

"It's okay." Steve said, "I don't care if I'm being used, as long as I'm sure they're doing the right thing. Even if I die as part of a machine screwed on, I want to be able to protect as many people as possible." people."

Olivia hesitated to speak.

She has never been a twitchy person, she asked bluntly, "This is why you don't want to pick a relationship with me, because you don't want to stay behind the United States?"

Steve was taken aback for a moment, he put down his pen, and sighed softly.

"I don't know, Olivia." He said softly, "Even if you don't care about anything, I can't. You have such a strong attraction to me that I can't help but want to date you and want to be with you every day. You meet, but... If we are together now, it is my irresponsibility to you. "

"I don't understand." Olivia said inexplicably, "Humanity's war will never end. If you want to devote yourself to this war, you are only hurting yourself..."

This may be the first serious difference in consciousness since the two have known each other for so long.

Steve thought it was a difference caused by their different family backgrounds, but it was actually a difference between two different races.Although Olivia is still a human being, she was raised by vampires, and many of her ideas are no different from vampires.

The meeting between the two was a bit unhappy.

After today, they all understand that although they have given each other enough happiness and sunshine, they may not be able to make it to the end.

Olivia is destined to become a vampire, and Steve is going to the battlefield, maybe he will never return.

They all understand that if they are calm and rational enough, they should cut off contact from now on.

The two did, and they had no contact with each other for two full months.

But even if they didn't meet, Olivia couldn't help it.When she realized that they might not be together, Olivia belatedly realized how much she missed Steve.

The same goes for Steve, with both Junjun and Olivia playing in his head, disturbing his mind.

Although they have only dated, but at the same time they have a feeling of losing love.

Both Lester and Louis realized the seriousness of this matter. Their lovely daughter fell in love with others without their knowledge, and now she is still in love? !They must find this bastard, beat him up first for daring to seduce Olivia, and then beat him up for daring to break up with Olivia.

At night, Olivia lay on the soft bed and opened the notebook under the moonlight. Inside was the little yellow flower that Steve gave her for the first time. She had pressed it dry and made it into a bookmark.

She couldn't help but wonder, did she have no confidence because they weren't together, or was she afraid to speak because she was bound to become a vampire in the end?

She thought, if she was willing to give up becoming a vampire, would Steve be willing to give up the idea of ​​joining the army?

... No, she knew it, none of them would do that.

The next day was the weekend, and Olivia went to the park she used to go to with Steve.They once agreed to meet here every weekend at one o'clock in the afternoon, and Olivia hadn't been here for a whole month.

As soon as she walked into the park, she saw a familiar thin figure on the bench not far away.

Steve was taken aback when Olivia sat down next to him, and then he smiled.

"I thought you wouldn't show up."

"We have to talk." Olivia said, "I don't want to end our relationship in such a muddle."

Steve realized that her attitude was gradually changing back to the original, polite but distant, and she was putting distance between them.

It seemed that after a whole month of struggling, they got a completely different result.

Steve is trying to push forward with what seems like a highly unlikely relationship, but Olivia—she really seems to be here to end their relationship.

"Olivia, I've thought about it," Steve said.

"I've thought about it too, Steve." Olivia looked at him with calm and gentle eyes, "I think we should separate and end. You go to pursue your ideals, and I will do what I should do. I don't It felt like the right thing for us to give up our ideals just to be together."

Steve was silent.

"So," he managed, "so you—"

"You go to join the army, and I have something I should do." Olivia said, "What we need to do is the resistance that hinders us from being together, but this is something that can't be helped, isn't it?"

Steve pursed his lips, his deep blue eyes staring at her deeply.

"What if the result of this is that we really can't be together?"

Olivia smiled.

"If another girl falls in love with you, you must cherish her." She said softly, "Because she is as good as me and has a unique good vision."

Steve was still watching her.

"If I do go, will you wait for me?" he asked.

Olivia hesitated.

Of course she could wait for him, but the method of waiting for him was different.Waiting for him as a vampire, or waiting for him as a human?

Olivia suddenly realized that she was really hesitating whether to be transformed into a vampire because of Steve—this was absolutely unbelievable before.

On the other side of the park, looking at the thin man beside Olivia, Lester's eyes gradually became cold.