Xu Ping felt the tiredness and loneliness emanating from the inside out.

It's like a lonely soul with only vital signs, wandering in these mournful and noisy crowds.

Half a month of physical exhaustion, half-hanging mental state, let him have an indescribable sense of confusion, his brain is still spinning, but the world is like a membrane, he always feels like an outsider, standing far away watching these disasters happen.

Looking at the city that he had been breathing since he was a child, it was so instantaneous and devastating

Look at the people who have lived in the city for decades, forced to relocate.

Looking at those who are as unaccompanied as him, from the beginning of grief and crying to the current numbness and hesitation.

Xu Ping asked for a cigarette from another leader, found a corner, squatted on the ground and smoked slowly.

I haven't shaved for too long, my lips are already covered with stubble, my hair is messy, I basically don't have time to take care of it, my hair is greasy, and it's all gray, and my body stinks.

The smell of sweat and corpse was mixed together, fishy and pungent.

He took a big puff, a sudden wave of nausea in his stomach, dropped the cigarette butt in his hand, and lay on his stomach and retched heavily.

Jiang Futing closed his eyes and didn't want to look at such a picture, he couldn't get used to the smell of corpses until now, and the smell of sweat and the smell of vomit now.

It's very uncomfortable, it's too difficult to survive the memories of these ten days, and he feels uncomfortable everywhere he looks.

The corpses are uncomfortable, the families of the victims are uncomfortable, and the devastation of the city is also uncomfortable.

For the first time, I felt that human life was really fragile like ants.

Xu Ping vomited for a long time, almost vomiting bile, and he didn't eat much during this time, and he vomited all the sour water.

He didn't know why he vomited, no matter how smelly it was, he was used to it, maybe he just smoked, and subconsciously felt disgusting.

Guo Yanfang didn't know what was going on.

Finally enough retching was enough, and he got up and walked to the garrison.

Time slipped through the fingers unconsciously, more than a month has passed since the beginning of the earthquake, and only three minutes have passed since the memory of the outside world.

The ghost qi that had been transmitted from Bai Tang's body had not stopped, but fortunately, Jiang Futing's body had been stable except for the restlessness at the beginning.

But the energy consumption on the other party is extraordinarily large, if it wasn't for the fact that he hadn't made a decisive and timely twin seal at the beginning, it would probably be ......

Bai Tang slowly closed his eyes, and sweated in his heart for the critical moment just now.

His slender eyelashes trembled at the same time, and his breathing gradually stabilized.

Jiang Futing still did not know the situation in the outside world, and the people affected by the disaster had been evacuated one after another in the past month, and the blood stains on the ground had been washed away by the rain.

The number of people in the evacuation point is already a third less.

Some were taken away by relatives who were still in other provinces, and some family members were taken out by the way because of their injuries, and many have been since then

Later, he became an orphan and was adopted one by one by some caring people in society.

It looked like a desolate city, but now it's really desolate.

Xu Ping distributed the materials according to the usual practice, and then made a record of the use of the materials and the inventory.

After a while, I will have to count the number of people in the evacuation point, and only by controlling it all the time can we confirm the safety of these people at every moment.

As soon as he put away his stall, the squad leader quickly ran over to him: "Xu Ping! ”

Xu Ping raised his head and looked at him.

The squad leader's face was very excited, there was a hint of excitement, and his eyes didn't know when a thin layer of mist began to appear.

Before Xu Ping could speak, he could see a clue from the expression on his face, and he began to get excited in his heart, and his eyes involuntarily slowly widened.

"Guo Yanfang woke up." The squad leader looked at the change in his expression and said with a happy face.

For more than a month, he watched Xu Ping come over, for fear that he would suddenly lose his mind one day, from the collapse and crying when Xu Ping lost all his family, and then quickly devoted himself to the rescue operation, and then to Guo Yanfang's accident.

He didn't see Xu Ping smile anymore, and he rarely heard him speak, except for working hours, most of the time he was alone there.

Xu Ping only felt that his eyes were suddenly obscured by the surging water vapor, and all the scenes in front of him were blurred into ghosts, and only the words kept echoing in his ears.

Guo Yanfang woke up.

He's awake! He's really awake! He's finally awake!

Xu Ping didn't know how he got into the car where the army was out, and he didn't know how he got to the hospital.

Now the whole person is as light as if he is floating in the clouds, he is afraid that the captain is lying to him, he is afraid that he is having a sweet dream, and he will wake up from the dream accidentally, and he doesn't feel real.

Until I saw that familiar face and that familiar smile with my own eyes again.

It was only when he pinched himself that he felt the pain that he confirmed that it was real! It's all true! Guo Yanfang really woke up!

Xu Ping walked over slowly, but when he was still a little far from the hospital bed, he stopped again.

The clothes he was wearing were dirty, all ash, dirty everywhere, and he had just come out of the hard area, and he hadn't had time to disinfect them.

He was afraid of what bacteria or viruses he was carrying, what if he soiled his things, what if he accidentally infected him?

"Why don't you sit?" Guo Yanfang smiled at him: "I haven't seen you for three weeks, so you don't know me?" ”

Xu Ping's face was embarrassed, and he was embarrassed to say it directly, obviously he was so familiar that he had nothing to say in a bed, but suddenly there was an embarrassing atmosphere: "You ...... Where's the toilet? ”

"That's it." Guo Yanfang still smiled casually and pointed in the direction next to the door.

"Then you wait, I'll be out in a moment." Xu Ping quickly entered the bathroom.

There's a small one inside

In the mirror, he raised his head and looked at the person in the mirror.

Jiang Futing was also frightened by the face in the mirror, he has been busy non-stop for the past month, it's good to eat and sleep, who cares about himself, the last time he saw Xu Ping in the mirror was the morning of the earthquake.

At this moment, the person in the mirror is completely different from a month ago, his eyes are bloodshot, the bags under his eyes are large, and the dark circles under his sockets are a little unbearable.

His cheeks were yellow and gray, and his hair was a mess of dust and debris, and it grew a lot, and it was so oily that it was almost clumpy.

He lowered his head with some inferiority, and glanced at the things by the sink in a trance, there was disinfectant and soap.

He washed his hands back and forth in the toilet at least five times, spraying disinfectant on his body and spraying it again and again, and then he came out of the toilet slowly.

Guo Yanfang looked at his somewhat twisted figure and teased: "Hey, I haven't seen you for so long, why are you still changing sex like a girl!" ”

Xu Ping listened to his tone as before, and the strings that had been tense just now relaxed inexplicably, and glared at him: "Fart, my hands are too dirty, I'm afraid of bringing bacteria to you!" ”

"Come on, I'm not that fragile yet." Guo Yanfang touched an apple from the fruit basket on the side and threw it to him, "Come on, I haven't eaten it for a long time." ”

Xu Ping caught it as soon as he raised his hand, looked at the red apple and couldn't help swallowing saliva, and didn't bother to wash it, he wiped it twice on the clothes that were still gray, but the clothes were clean and the apples were gray.

He didn't want to bite down so much, and said vaguely while chewing: "Then I won't be polite to you." ”

"If you talk to me politely, I won't recognize you as a brother." Guo Yanfang deliberately threatened.

Xu Ping smiled, during this time, all he ate was dry noodles and mineral water, and he didn't dare to eat the bread and snacks sent by the masses occasionally, and whoever gave them secretly sent them back.

Now when I eat the apple, it is sweet in my mouth, and when I bite into it, the sweet juice bursts out and moistens the whole mouth, just like the feeling of finally drinking water after drying up in the desert for a long time.

For the first time, he thought that even apples could taste like this.

Half of it was gone, and he looked at Guo Yanfang: "How is your body recovering?" ”

"It's good, actually, ......" Guo Yanfang paused and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I woke up a long time ago, but I just didn't tell you." ”

"Grass! You kid is so bold now, you dare to hide it from us. Xu Ping quickly eliminated the apple and threw away the core, sat directly on the side of his bed, and subconsciously pressed his right hand on him: "Do you know what I'm worried about you during this time!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he froze.

It was not only him who froze, but also Guo Yanfang.

Jiang Futing realized something, Xu Ping's right hand pressed down directly when he was sitting, and the touch there was empty, and he could directly touch the bed board.

But there, there should have been a pair of legs.

Xu Ping once again had a feeling of churning in his stomach, I don't know if it was because he had just eaten too quickly, or because he was disgusted again.

He must have been so dazed that he didn't even notice these details.

"You." Xu Ping spit out a word with some difficulty, and after Guo Yanfang stiffened for a second, he still maintained the calm smile he had just faced, but this smile was a little ugly.

The corners of his mouth were pulled apart, and he could see the suppressed pain and sadness in his eyes.

"It's okay, I'm used to it now." Guo Yanfang tried to make himself look sunny.

Xu Ping suddenly couldn't say a word, his throat seemed to be firmly choked, he wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Guo Yanfang is like this for him, and the person who was originally lying here should also be him, not Guo Yanfang.

He wanted to say sorry, but he was afraid that if he talked too much, it would bring other burdens to Guo Yanfang.

There was a strange silence in the air, so quiet that the occasional rubbing of leaves outside the window was clear.

Xu Ping opened his mouth, and it took a long time to squeeze out a very dry sentence: "Are you still in this city in the future?" ”

Guo Yanfang's tense shoulders slowly relaxed, he was afraid that Xu Ping would blame himself and take everything on himself, if this was the case, he didn't know what to do: "Maybe not in the future, my wife has found a job in City A." ”

"Then I'll go later." Xu Ping grabbed his hand and said very firmly: "When I quit the team this year, I will go to City A, you must tell me the address before you leave, write to me, and I will go to you!" ”

(End of chapter)