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MTL - The Perfect Destiny-Chapter 63 Doomsday Children's Handbook (12)
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The status of Chen’s system improved day by day.
He began to have his own thinking, although this thinking is similar to two or three-year-olds.
But this is enough to make Chen Liguo feel relieved - after all, Chen is only two years old.
Chen was sitting next to Chen Liguo and calling his father. Chen Liguo fed the ripe fruit to his mouth. He took it slowly and ate it very seriously. He was too reluctant to waste.
Chen Liguo speculates that the Chen system should be infected by a high-level zombie virus, and this physical appearance has emerged.
. But in concrete terms, Chen and Zombies are very different, so Chen Liguo is also a bit confused about what he is.
Chen Liguo also asked the system. The system thought about it: "You haven't thought about it. Is Chen's relationship with the zombies?"
Chen Liguo warned: "What do you mean."
System Road: "He didn't like to eat raw meat since childhood?"
Indeed, from the small to the big, Chen had a stubborn obsession with raw meat. Later, Chen Liguo came back with a hard life, and he grew fast, gradually knowing what to do and what should not be done.
But this matter is now brought up by the system. Chen Liguo couldn't help but add more associations. He said: "What do you mean when Chen Mowei was infected with the hospital in the hospital?"
The system said: "It is very possible."
Chen Liguo sighed: "What can I do?"
Now this kind of appearance can never be brought back to the base.
The system thought: "You should tell Chen Mowei about this news first. Let's see if there is any change in the degree of completion after she knows the news."
Chen Liguo thinks that this is also the case. For the system, he did not sneer at him, but carried out a series of rational analysis and guidance. Chen Liguo was very moved: "Together, you still love me."
The system is cold and cold, I just don't want my world to have only monotonous mosaics.
Chen Liguo took the Chen system and dragged his way back to the base.
Chen was quite awkward in front of Chen Liguo - Chen Liguo told him to stay in the space, he would not run around.
Chen Liguo walked for more than a month and finally returned to the base.
The road to the return journey is even simpler than when looking for Chen, probably because of Chen’s unique atmosphere. Chen Liguo not only did not see the zombies on the road, but even an alienated animal did not see it. The whole process of security is like an outing.
Chen Mowei never thought that she would still receive Chen Liguo's radio. Although Chen Liguo said that she was very confident when she left, she still complained about whether Chen Liguo could return.
Unexpectedly, just after half a year, Chen Liguo came to the news and said that he brought Chen back.
Chen Mowei rushed over without stopping, and soon after entering the forest, he saw an off-road vehicle parked on the side of the road.
Chen Liguo was sitting in the cab, and Chen was sitting in the co-pilot.
Compared with half a year ago, Chen Liguo's hair is long, but it doesn't look like a wolverine. The face is even round, and obviously has no suffering.
The Chen Department has completely changed its appearance. His skin has become very pale, and the scorpion is beautiful orange. It is not a normal human being at first glance.
Chen Mowei saw the changes in Chen’s body and said with surprise: “How could this be?”
Chen Liguo said: "He became a zombie, but it seems to have consciousness."
Chen did not know Chen Mowei, and his eyes showed a vigilant color.
Chen Liguo patted his head and told him to relax
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Chen screamed vaguely.
Chen Mowei’s face is incredible: “How is this possible...” She has never seen a zombie who has become like this.
Chen Liguo sighed: "Chen this situation is a bit strange." On the way back, he experimented with other animals and found that the saliva and blood of the Chen system are not as contagious as the general zombies, but his blood no longer flows. The heart is no longer beating, and the cold features are not zombies. What is it?
Chen Mowei said: "... can you take a tube of his blood?"
Chen Liguo agreed.
Both Chen Mowei and Chen Liguo vaguely felt that the key to unlocking this catastrophe may be on Chen.
Chen Liguo took a needle and took a tube of blood and handed it to Chen Mowei.
Chen Mowei carefully took the needle and carefully placed it before she asked Chen Liguo what to do next.
Chen Liguo said: "I and my family are near the base... I will try to protect him."
Chen Mowei was a bit hesitant, but obviously there was no better choice at this time. She said: "Contact me if you need anything."
Chen Liguo said yes.
So things are settled.
After Chen Liguo came back, he realized that the overall trend of the whole world is very bad now. Although the sera have been developed, the sera are not produced in large quantities, and the abilities of the abilities are rapidly evolving while the abilities are evolving as if the two natural enemies in nature are racing.
As long as human beings take a slow step, they will be thrown away by nature and become a small insect that has been crushed by the wheel of history.
If it is in the original world, it is not far from Chen Mowei’s destruction of the earth. But her situation is completely different from that at that time, and it can be said that she has embarked on the opposite life.
Slag man still does not know that Chen Mowei gave him a child. After wearing a double green hat, he was seriously hurt in spirit. It took a long time to accept this cruel fact.
White Lotus and Chen Mowei are sweet every day. There is no doubt that Chen Mowei is more suitable for her than the scum male, and she knows her better.
After the two men were together, there was almost no quarrel, just a look, they could understand each other's tacit understanding.
The only deficiencies in Chen Mowei’s life seem to be left behind.
After Chen Mowei knew that Chen and Chen Liguo had been safe, the completion of her fate began to rebound. The better the Chen system recovered, the higher her completion, and Chen Liguo finally had the goal of struggle.
For the next period of time, Chen Liguo began to live alone with Chen.
He was very happy. He ate and slept every day, and then taught him some common sense. He was able to play two shots when he was free.
The system reads Buddha every day, compared with the days that were surrounded by mosaics. In fact, it is a good one. He said that he is very satisfied.
The trajectory of the world is still developing forward, and soon there is a situation that Chen Liguo did not see in the original world - the zombies began to attack human bases on a large scale and planned.
Although there is no such problem at the base where Chen Liguo is currently located, I heard that a medium-sized base in the south has actually fallen.
. There are thousands of abilities in the base, and they have not been withdrawn in order to protect the people.
This is not the worst. The worst part is that when these abilities are infected, they will evolve directly into high-level zombies. Even if they are not self-conscious, they are also troublesome.
This kind of thing is getting more and more, and the particularity of Chen Liguo’s base is highlighted – they have not been attacked once.
Chen Liguo did not notice anything at first, but gradually summed up the law and attributed this special situation to Chen.
Chen is going around the base every day, just like a lion patrolling his territory, and the territory is dyed with his own odor to prevent other beasts from invading.
Chen Liguo once witnessed Chen’s peeing in the direction of the base.
Chen Liguo: "..." When he saw Chen's movements, his mood was very complicated. He asked the system, "Do you still need to pee?"
The system said indifferently: "The zombies are hard, why can't they pee?"
Chen Liguo: "..." makes sense.
Then he said to Chen: "Son, you can find a place that is not so empty when you pee."
Chen’s likes to understand, but the next time he finally learned to plan a pit, Chen Liguo was very pleased.
The tube that Chen Mowei brought to belong to Chen’s blood played a big role. It is said that the people in the base found an active mold in it, and the mold could actually let the already corpse people lose their mobility. It is a miracle, no, it can even be said to be a miracle.
Now Chen is the **** who can save all mankind.
However, Chen Mowei did not contact Chen Liguo until after the news. She said, "Let Chen take it."
Chen Liguo asked what happened.
Chen Mowei said: "They asked me where the blood came from. I found an excuse, they will definitely not give up."
Chen Liguo said: "The mold does not produce energy?"
Chen Mowei sighed: "Not so much time."
Chen Liguo was in the heart, he said: "Chen is gone, your base will be attacked by zombies."
Chen Mowei smiled bitterly. She said, "I can't manage that much. He is my son." Or I owe so much debt to my son.
Chen Liguo thought about it, but he did not go far. He pulled Chen into his own space, and he must not run around.
Chen is full of ignorance, innocent like a child, he said: "Listen to Dad's words."
Chen Liguo saw him like this, and went over to kiss the forehead of Chen, and he said, "Hey, Dad hurts you."
At this moment, the simple father-son relationship has made Chen Liguo's soul baptized. He said: "I want to forget the filthy desire."
The faint voice of the system came: "The next world will satisfy you."
Chen Liguo’s expression froze: “I’m not kidding?”
System: "Oh, huh
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Chen Liguo feels very bad, but what about the next world, only he went to know...
After Chen entered the space, the control of the surrounding land gradually weakened, and the zombies tried to attack the base.
Chen Liguo was also polite, calling Chen to go straight to destroy the leading zombie.
Now Chen’s ability is amazing, and Chen Liguo’s most shocking time is to watch hundreds of thousands of zombies go straight to Chen’s station.
The grand scene, Chen Liguo felt that it was more than a few times more enjoyable than watching 3D movies.
However, escaping is not the best way. Humans have started a lot of conflicts with zombies.
In the early spring, humans used nuclear weapons for the first time.
Chen Mowei said: "I don't know how long we can last."
Chen Liguo said: "How long can it last?" The situation is getting worse, but the progress bar on Chen Mowei's head is growing. Although it is very slow, she can also see her determined heart.
Chen Liguo said: "If you see spring next year."
Chen Mowei smiled softly. She said, "You have to live well. Maybe you are the last human on earth."
Chen Liguo said: "I can't have children, it's not extinct."
Chen Mowei said: "Yes, right."
The two chatted about the sky, and Chen slowly walked over to Chen Liguo. He held a flower in his hand and carefully placed it on Chen Liguo’s head.
Chen Liguo smiled and said: "Is it good?"
Chen is vague: "Good-looking."
Chen Mowei looked at the two-person interaction, and her eyes were full of warmth. She said: "It is Chen’s greatest blessing to meet you."
Chen Liguo smiled a little on his face, and he didn't know that Chen Mowei had stolen it until the child was there. Will he shoot the gun directly to collapse him?
Chen Mowei said: "I am leaving, talk later."
Chen Liguo looked at Chen Mowei and sighed in his heart. He began to wonder whether Chen Mowei’s fate was first completed or the world was destroyed first.
The days passed by, and the IQ of Chen’s family began to rise gradually, but it seemed that he could not wait for him to return to his original state, and the decisive battle came.
The decisive battle did not take place at the base where Chen Liguo was located, but their base also sent almost all the people, and Chen Mowei was there.
Chen Liguo did not persuade her, he said: "take care."
Chen Mowei smiled and said: "Well, yes."
Chen holds Chen Liguo, as if he is afraid of getting up with Chen Mowei.
Chen Liguo felt that Chen Mowei’s trip was probably fierce and less, and that the daughter of fate died, and Chen Liguo had to leave at the same time. He could not see the final direction of the world.
Chen Liguo can only pray that Chen Mowei is lucky.
This battle has been played for three years.
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The progress of Chen’s recovery was slow. Although he had consciousness, his consciousness was very vague and he could only confess Chen Liguo alone.
Chen Liguo is not in a hurry, he slowly raises him. He doesn't really hate this kind of life, but he feels very interesting.
In the winter of the third year, news came from the front line that human beings won, and they won, and there were only a dozen who survived.
Chen Mowei is one of them - she can finally come back to see her beloved white lotus and see her worried son.
The strongest zombie king on the planet was wiped out, and Chen Mowei’s desire for world peace was fulfilled, but her completion was not yet complete.
Chen Liguo also thought about what she couldn't put down at first. As a result, what he never imagined was that Chen Mowei returned to the base and saw the three people who met her.
Chen Liguo realized that her last wish was to see the three people in the base safe.
Chen Liguo turned to look at Chen, and Chen looked at him with orange eyes. Inside was the child's innocence. Chen Liguo didn't hold back and kissed his eyes. He said, "Chen, you have to be jealous in the future." ”
Chen said: "Well, listen to Dad’s words."
Chen Liguo looked at the good-looking face of Chen, and he had a bit of sourness. He had a kind of cabbage that he had worked hard to raise, and he would feel like a pig in the future.
But in the end, I have to go, so Chen Liguo said: "Chen, forget me."
Chen’s face looked blank and he watched Chen Liguo’s body soften in his arms.
Chen Liguo’s death has always been so sudden, as long as the mission is over, no one can stop him.
Chen Liguo was a little depressed and talked with the system: "Can't you ease a few days?"
The system said: "What can you do in a few days?"
Chen Liguo wiped her tears: "A few days later, let me re-dash my family's cabbage for a few more times."
system:"……"
Chen Liguo was saddened by tears. He said: "The next world is not a son."
system:"……"
Chen Liguo said: "There is no vine, two days of ice and fire, crispy and hemp and ..." His words have not been finished, he was black in the eyes and was pulled into the new world by the system.
Chen Liguo’s death was not expected. Chen Mowei still looked at him with a smile on his face for a second, and he saw him softly in Chen’s arms in the next second.
Chen also called his father with a blank face.
Chen Mowei changed his face and took Chen Liguo over. He reached out and explored his breath, and found that the people in front of him actually had no interest.
Chen Mowei was shocked: "What happened?!"
Chen was dissatisfied and looked at Chen Mowei. He said, "Give me back my father!"
Chen Mowei hurriedly said: "The system, you don't worry, your father seems to be sick, my mother is looking for a doctor to see
. She turned and hurried back to the base to find someone, but when she came back again, she only saw a panicked white lotus.
"What about people??" Chen Mowei's chest is violently ups and downs.
The white lotus voice shook loudly. She said, "Go, go... can't stop, I almost killed him."
Chen Mowei knows that if Chen wants to leave, there is no one can stop it. Some of her face is awkward and a little desperate. She said, "Walk? Where can the department go?" Jiyang... is gone.
Chen did not know what was dead. He didn't know why Dad didn't move, like a broken doll.
He talked to Dad, Dad didn't answer, he wanted to play with Dad, and Dad ignored him.
Chen asked Qi Yang and said, "Dad, are you angry with me?"
Ji Yang was lying in Chen's arms and could not give him any response.
Chen tied his head in Jiyang’s arms and was a little sad. He said, “Dad, I am wrong, I am no longer mischievous. You care about me.”
If Chen Liguo is still there, then he probably wants to pat Chen’s head and comfort him, but he has already left. It’s just a shell, so he’s still lying in the arms of Chen’s arms, with his eyes closed and silent. No interest.
Chen began to wander with Jiyang’s body.
It is strange to say that Ji Yang’s body has no signs of decay. Except for not breathing, it seems that he may wake up at any time.
Although Chen is still not sensible, his ability is strong enough to find food casually, so he is not hungry.
Chen was walking around. He wanted to enter the space where there was a spring and a small house, but he could not find the entrance. So I walked away, walked away, and I lost my way.
If you can, Chen would rather choose to be a fool for a lifetime.
He didn't want to understand the meaning of death, but wanted to be a fool, only thinking that his father was asleep.
However, in the past few years, Chen’s brain has become more and more awake. He recalled his past with Ji Yang, the days of isolation in the tall buildings, the time spent traveling in the team, and all the memories in the base.
These memories are fragments, and Chen can occasionally pick up a piece, but every time he picks up, his head hurts and hurts. The living yang in his mind, and the person who lost his life in his arms, form a distinct Compared.
Chen said: "Dad, wake up, I beg you, I will not force you anymore, you wake up well."
Ji Yang did not speak, did not move, and continued his silence without end.
Chen’s tears fell on Jiyang’s eyes, on his nose and on his lips. He lowered his head and cleaned all the water stains.
Chen said: "Dad, I am wrong."
Ji Yang couldn't give him a reply, and he couldn't say the same as before: "Hey, I know it is wrong."
The environment on earth began to get better every day.
Shortly after the Zombie King was cleared, the base cultivated the mold in the blood of the Chen system and began to sprinkle it on the zombies.
After the zombies come into contact with the mold, they lose their aggression and become ordinary corpses.
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The human living environment has finally improved.
Chen Mowei found him after Chen’s departure for a long time.
But looking for someone in the last day is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. She has also heard that someone has seen a zombie orange with binocular eyes, but when she asks in detail, most of them are rumors that there is no basis.
So in the past few years, she has hardly got any real news.
White Lotus accompanied Chen Mowei to find together. She initially dissatisfied with why Chen Mowei cares so much about a man, but then Chen Mowei told her the truth.
Chen Mowei said: "That is my son."
White Lotus was shocked and said: "How old are you?" She thought that Chen Mowei was only thirty.
Chen Mowei said: "Thirty."
White Lotus said: "How old is Chen?"
Chen Mowei thought for a moment and said: "...Do you remember that we had a two-year birthday with him?"
White Lotus is speechless, but she still believes. The world is going to be destroyed. What else can't believe?
Human beings are really very resilient creatures, but within a few years, they have slowed down from the catastrophe and began to live and multiply.
Chen Mowei did not intend to separate from the white lotus in this life. They adopted a few orphans in the last days, thinking about it for a lifetime.
Chen’s eighth year after Chen Liguo’s death restored all memories.
He remembered all the memories about Ji Yang.
This may be a good thing for the former Chen, but for the current Chen, there is no doubt that it is torture - or the most painful.
The death of Jiyang, so sudden, suddenly even makes people feel awkward.
However, Chen did not laugh at all. He felt that Ji Yang’s death had a great relationship with him. He might have lived with him for too long. It may have been invaded by strange molds on his body. Die.
Chen cried and called, but the person who left, never will return.
In the winter, Chen took the body of Jiyang and returned to where they first lived – the tall building that had been completely abandoned.
Chen opened the door and saw the dilapidated but familiar scenery inside.
He put Jiyang on the bed and began to clean the house.
I have been here for more than ten years, but Chen remembers the placement of every item inside, and even remembers the angle from which the sun shines through the window.
Chen said to Ji Yang: "Dad, we are back."
Ji Yang closed his eyes and lay quietly. If he could blink at this time, he would probably smile.
Chen cleaned the whole room and sat in the middle of Jiyang. The summer sun shines on him, and does not make him feel warm - although he has restored his memory, he is no longer human.
Chen yawned and said: "Dad... what do you want to eat at night?"
No one answered
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Chen said: "Is it good to eat dumplings?" He recalled the taste of the dumplings that Jiyang gave him.
Chen said: "If you don't talk, I will agree."
When he finished, he kissed Chen Liguo's lips and entered the space. After Chen Liguo died, the space became Chen.
He had been stupid before, and he didn't know how to use it. He didn't realize it until he was completely awake.
The space is full of traces of Chen Liguo.
The vegetable field is still being carefully manipulated, and Chen Liguo's favorite tomato is already as big as an adult fist.
Chen squinted and smiled softly. He took the material, came out of the space, and opened fire in the kitchen.
After a while, the rich aroma lingered the whole room.
Chen tied the dumplings to the front of Chen Liguo, and then ate one by one.
Two pounds of dumplings, usually Chen can easily eat, but today, eating, but a little nausea, he ate half, can not eat, and laughed: "Dad, this dumpling is so delicious ""
Quiet for a moment.
Chen also said: "Come on, cook for me, this dumpling is too bad."
He put down the chopsticks in his hand, hugged Jiyang, and choked silently.
Ji Yang was still a few years ago. Time has solidified on him. This has brought a very cruel fantasy to Chen. Seeing that his body is still good, maybe he is not dead, just falling asleep. Wait a second, then wait for him to wake up.
Chen is no longer traveling, just staying here.
The place where Zhang Mingfan lived upstairs has been vacated, and Chen has planted some plants on it.
Zhang Mingfan’s team did not survive in the last days, but his daughter and wife were well cared for in the base.
It seems that everything is really wrong.
Chen Mowei thought that she could not find Chen in her life, but what she never imagined was that she actually got the news of Chen and found the whereabouts of Chen.
When she left the base and found Chen in a small town in her hometown, the mother and son had been separated for ten years.
At the beginning, Chen Mowei was still not sure whether it was Chen or not. Until she saw the orange-colored scorpion, she surprised the name Chen.
Chen almost forgot that he was called Chen, and he turned his head and saw Chen Mowei. After a long time, he recognized the person in front of him. Chen did not call his mother, but said: "Chen Mowei."
Chen Mowei’s chest is like a drum. She said, “Chen, I finally found you. Where have you been?”
Chen said: "Going to a lot of places." Ten years later, he is still young, and there is no trace of his face.
Chen Mowei wants to stop, she obviously wants to ask Ji Yang, but she is afraid to touch the taboos of Chen.
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Chen took a look at her and said gently: "Come in." He said that he turned to the floor.
Chen Mowei followed Chen and walked into the high-rise building that was in front of him.
Chen was slow, and he said faintly: "Dad is here to raise me."
Chen Mowei’s palm was a bit sweaty. She vaguely guessed what she said. “Yeah.”
Chen said to himself: "He is a good person."
Chen Mowei smiled in her heart. She also knows that Jiyang is a good person, but this world, good people... is too difficult.
Chen came to the door and took out the key and opened the door. He said, "Dad, I am coming back."
Chen Mowei entered the room behind Chen, and she was shocked to find that Ji Yang was lying on the sofa, like falling asleep.
Chen said: "Don't sleep, the weather is so good today, get up and sunbathe."
Chen Mowei heard that even Ji Yang was really asleep - but she quickly reacted, Ji Yang is not asleep, is dead.
Because Chen started to move him to the bed to get the sun.
Chen Mowei said hard: "Chen, you shouldn't be like this."
Chen said: "What should I not do?"
Chen Mowei said: "It’s safe to go into the earth..." She said this was especially difficult, but she knew that if she didn’t say it, no one in the world could tell Chen.
Chen is indifferent: "Dad is not dead, why do you want to enter the soil?"
Chen Mowei said: "You are here, waiting for ten years?"
Chen did not answer, but his expression has already told Chen Mowei the answer.
Can't control the grief of the heart again, Chen Mowei kneels down and makes a crying cry. She said, "The system, please don't do this... Jiyang will not want to see you like this, Department, Jiyang I also want you to be good."
Chen said: "You are not Jiyang, how do you know that he wants me to be good?"
Chen Mowei choked.
Chen said: "You don't know, I have done too much for him."
Chen Mowei shook her head, she said: "In the days when you have no consciousness, Ji Yang has been taking care of you... He, he never said a word of complaint, he has always regarded you as his son."
Chen answered indifferently, he said: "But I never want to be his son." He was a little discouraged. "It must be that Dad was angry with me and would not wake up."
Chen Mowei looked at this kind of Chen, and she was cold. She said, "The system, you go back with me, and you can also take Jiyang... Are we living together? Mom wants to take care of you."
Chen refused Chen Mowei's invitation. He said: "I am afraid that my father will come back and can't find me."
Chen Mowei squatted on the floor, crying straight, she said: "Chen, let go, he left, you let him go with peace of mind."
Chen said: "Let's go.
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Chen Mowei expected Chen’s rejection, but she did not think that Chen’s rejection would be so blunt. Chen has cut off all his life. He has only one road now, and that is when he returns.
Can you get back to Jiyang? He can't come back.
Chen Mowei looked up and saw that Ji Yang was exposed to the sun. Ji Yang and Chen were as young as Chen, as he said, he was not dead, he was asleep.
But the lie says a thousand times, or lies.
Chen Mowei said: "Chen, Ji Yang will not want to see you live like this. He has been taking care of you for so many years, isn't he trying to make you good?"
Chen is indifferent.
Chen Mowei said: "Are you awkward, is it good to listen to your mother?"
Chen is indifferent: "You are not my mother."
The color of Chen Mowei's face faded.
Chen said: "I only have a family member."
Chen Mowei could not refute, she was not a qualified mother. In the time when Chen was most in need of care, she did not contribute her own strength.
Only Jiyang.
Ji Yang will grow up with young Chen, and look for it to become a zombie. When Chen is once again a child, he will not leave, accompanied by Chen.
Chen Mowei suddenly understood Chen’s obsession. She no longer persuaded her to slowly straighten up from the ground. She said, “If you don’t come back, then I will move over and live.”
Chen did not say good, did not say bad, all his attention is in Jiyang, what other people do with him.
Chen Mowei moved to the downstairs of Chen with white lotus.
She thought that one day, Chen would like to understand.
But Chen Mowei did not expect that she could not wait for that day.
Chen is missing with Jiyang, and everything is in the house, but only two people are missing.
Chen Mowei lived downstairs. She was very clear about what happened on the upstairs. The disappearance of the Chen system was silent, just like a hand directly wiped him out of the world.
White Lotus comforted her and said that Chen and Jiyang had gone together, and it was not a relief.
Chen Mowei heard a bitter smile, she said: "Is it free?"
The white lotus touched Chen Mowei's long black hair, and the voice was soft and warm. She said, "Yeah, if you are not there, I am still alive, then it is better to die." She is more free than Chen Mowei. .
Chen Mowei kissed her chin and had a thousand words in her chest, but they all made a long sigh.
White Lotus blinked and said, "Don't worry, isn't there still me?"
Chen Mowei looked at the boundless night outside the window and embraced the person on the side. She said, "Yes, I still have you."
When Chen left, the arms should also hold Jiyang, and he must not be too lonely when he left.