Chapter 16: The Hearts of Teenagers
The corridors are brightly lit at night, signaling that it is time for the people of the expedition base to move.
With brisk steps, Zhou Zhao skillfully walked through the complex and winding terrain and returned to the dormitory on the first floor against the crowd. Humming a song, he turned on the light, and the simple and messy furnishings inside were unobstructed. He had three roommates, but the room was empty except for the lazy guy who lived on the left side of the door, playing loud metal music.
Obviously, they all went to enjoy the night.
What is there to listen to in the music of hundreds of years ago? Zhou Zhao thought as he pressed his aching eardrums. He has asked Zhang Sheng this question countless times, and every time he shakes his head and pretends to say: "Today's music has no soul, it is all noise created by spending money." Seeing Zhou Zhao laughing, he laughed and added, "Anyway, you don't understand." β
If you don't understand, you don't understand, he was originally a layman, and he listened to music and talked about what kind of hellish soul. It's just that Zhou Zhao is in a good mood today, listening to the noisy music, he can't help but shake his head, with an irrepressible smile on his face, and even his dislike fades a little.
He needed to share his joy now, and the warm music that struck his heart and became one with the beating of his heart, and he felt that his joy was spreading throughout the room.
He sat in front of his place, on the bed and under the structure of the table, as a boy, his table was quite clean and tidy, and the arrangement according to the habit of use can show that he is meticulous and organized.
He pulled out his pen and paper, and turned the pen on his cheek, thinking about his thoughts.
Who is she looking for? Since she came to the Internet cafΓ© to find it. That's probably someone I met there. He thought of Gu Lian's appearance when he asked him how to find someone, and couldn't help but laugh softly. I obviously wanted to ask him. But she is not playing tricks, her methods are young and naΓ―ve. You can see through it at a glance. But why does he even think she is cunning and cute?
And he, who is so accustomed to being a little person, can't wait to send himself up for her use?
He was a little proud when he thought of his deception into making an appointment to meet her the next day, and this pride became dim in the blink of an eye.
She belongs to someone else, a name that I don't know. But a powerful man. As long as he thought of her lying under other people, pleasing other men, the young man's heart was like a knife.
This is the era of sharing between men and women, and he has been taught since childhood that women can be shared by many people, but the jealousy that breeds in his heart now is strange and beyond his educational system.
It doesn't matter, the teenager told himself, while writing a line on the paper. That man is powerful. Neither was he as young as his countenance, nor as sincere as his, and the man could not even help her in the slightest favor.
But what about the future? He has no special abilities, no hope of promotion, and his natural ability is like a moat. Cut off all possibilities for him, what could he do to have her?
He stared blankly at the words on the paper, powerless like a snake gnawing at his heart. He bit his lip hard, and the pain kept him awake.
There is no mother. There is only a numb and indifferent father and a cold and desperate reality, which makes a teenager with no special abilities mature prematurely. He's not used to feeling sorry for himself. Write down a few matters, and the pen is like flying, as if all the hopeless things are appealing to the end of the pen.
The light was dim and dimmed for a moment as the notes on his desk dimmed.
The boy narrowed his eyes, lifted a page, and wrote a few more words.
Putting down the pen, turning his head, facing the dagger that was tightly pressed against his throat, the young man looked very calm: "What do you have to do?"
The young man holding the dagger smiled briskly, and there seemed to be a light in his eyes, so brilliant that Zhou Zhao narrowed his eyes.
"Let's discuss something, how about you die?"
At the feast.
Gu Lian looked at the position left by Qiaoqiao, laughed self-deprecatingly, and was about to sit down, but saw Su Jingming make a gesture and asked her to wait.
She tilted her head, and saw Su Jingming smile at Yu Qing and said, "Sister Qing, do you want to move it to the side?"
Yu Qing responded, and since someone stepped forward to move the chair for her, Su Jingming lifted the chair forward, smiled at Gu Lian, and said, "Miss Gu, please take a seat." β
Gu Lian was stunned, and a certain emotion gradually grew, and she needed to bite her lip to control herself. She was extremely grateful, even more so than when he had cleared the siege. Even in this ridiculous era, she still naively wants to preserve some self-esteem.
In the past, there was no comparison and identity positioning in the car, and she could pretend not to see her difficult situation, and once she sat in Qiaoqiao's position, sitting behind the man with other girls, she had to force her to admit that she had fallen.
Although she didn't know what kind of mentality Su Jingming did this, she thanked him for preserving the last dignity and decency for her.
She stared at Su Jingming and smiled sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Su." β
Whether you understand it or not, I will take it to heart.
Su Baiming was stunned for a moment, and then thought about it, it's okay, what does a woman look like sitting behind Su Jingming, although it is nondescript to sit next to her, there is also a Yu Qing who is said to have a good relationship with her on the left and right, which is the best arrangement in desperation.
"Now that we're all here, we can drink and eat something. Su Baiming smiled and spoke, so that everyone's attention was concentrated, holding the wine glass in his hand, he got up and said: "I am ashamed to be in the main position, this first glass of wine, wash the dust for you, I hope Mr. Chen and you can feel the warmth of home in the expedition base." β
The crowd drank one after another.
"The second glass of wine, for you to suppress the shock, all the way to the hard work, at the door of the accident, fortunately we brought someone to arrive immediately, otherwise Mr. Bai is afraid that the condition will be more serious, it is a great luck in misfortune. Su Baiming laughed deeply.
Gu Lian couldn't help but think with a smile, so good at talking.
The girl behind her poured another glass of wine, and Su Baiming raised her glass for the third time: "This third glass of wine, I wish you all the distinguished guests and my homestay and the expedition base friendship everlasting and forever." β
Chen Zhi lightly hooked his lips and raised his glass: "We also hope so." β
After drinking dry, three glasses of wine were in the stomach, the atmosphere was warm, Gu Lian quietly looked left and right, covered her lips with a napkin and poured out the wine.
She's a minor, so she doesn't drink with them.
put down the wet napkin casually, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Fan Ziling's eyes that seemed to be smiling.
Belch...... Gu Lian paused, grinned at him and smiled beggingly, and saw that he coughed lightly, almost choking on wine.
"Are you okay?" Chen Zhi glanced at him, Fan Ziling had always been calm, how could he lose his temper at the beginning.
"It's okay, it's okay. Fan Ziling coughed for a long time before he recovered, waved his hand and said, raising his eyes and glaring at her angrily and funny.
Gu Lian looked innocent.
The dishes began to be served one by one, everyone pushed the cups and changed the lamps, talking and laughing, Su Baiming was a person who was good at complimenting and throwing topics, and there was a person from the expedition base to promote the atmosphere, and the scene was very lively for a while.
Gu Lian felt for a moment that she had returned to modern times.
"It's boring, isn't it?" Su Jingming chuckled and shook his wine glass and took a sip.
Gu Lian turned her head when she heard this, looked at him strangely, and said, "It's boring, but it's a necessary thing." β
"To whom?" Su Jingming raised his eyebrows.
"To them, and to Mr. Su. Gu Lian replied.
Su Jingming was thoughtful and said with a smile: "You are questioning our attitude towards Luo Ji and them. β
Gu Lian didn't deny it, and said with a smile: "It's just curious, Mr. Su is also an anomaly, but Fang Cai's attitude is a little ......" She looked for the words, "Strange." β
"You are a person who has no special abilities, don't you also fight for the superpowers?" Su Jingming sneered as if it were true and false.
Gu Lian frowned and said: "The capable person has been in his position, and it has been like this since ancient times. β
"Do you know the gate valve system in the Wei and Jin dynasties?" Su Jingming asked suddenly, seeing Gu Lian nodding, he smiled, "What do you think of that kind of society?"
"It's not fair. Gu Lian replied objectively.
"yes, it's not fair, and that's what the expeditionary base looks like now. β
Gu Lian instinctively retorted: "How is this the same! Ordinary people lead the work like the supernatural, they are free." β
"Is it called freedom when the means of subsistence are completely in the hands of the higher-ranking people?" Su Jingming smiled disdainfully, "There are no high-grade scholars, there are no low-grade scholars, the natural gap that cannot be broken, and the lack of circulation of resources, which one is not the same? We don't even have laws, which are worse than ancient times, and the saddest thing is that the people here don't even realize this, ignorance, ignorance, history is in the books, but no one reads it." β
"Why?"
"Because of the Garden of Eden. Su Jingming smiled lightly, because of excessive anger, there was a strange calm, "As long as we give human order, work and pleasure, in fact, we are no different from livestock." β
"But you're enjoying it. β
"Yes. Su Jingming said frankly, "I can't do anything, and the funny thing is that I was destined to be the biggest beneficiary of this system at the moment of birth, is there anything more ironic than this?"
"So you gave up your rights?"
"What I'm giving up is my life. Su Jingming shook his head.
The lights were brilliant, the staggered plans were staggered, and the elegant and handsome young man in front of him had an almost desperate smile on his face, like a prisoner bird mourning. (To be continued.) )