At midnight, looking at the brightly lit Apocalypse City outside the ward, Qiao Liang racked his brains to think of ways to make his mother better.

But ......, the darkness in the sky in front of him is just like the darkness in his heart, he can't see a little light at all, even the sky has stars and moons, but in Qiao Liang's heart, there is nothing, only endless darkness.

The mother's slight voice came again at this time: "Bright! ”

Qiao Liang hurriedly turned around, ran to his mother's side, and asked, "What's wrong?" Mother. ”

Qiao's mother immediately said with a smile: "What time is it?" ”

Qiao Liang glanced up at the electronic clock in the ward and said, "It's twelve o'clock, Mom." ”

Qiao's mother asked again in a daze: "Is it twelve o'clock in the evening, or twelve o'clock in the day?" ”

Qiao Liang said softly: "It's twelve o'clock in the evening."

"Oh~!" Qiao's mother nodded, "That's still early," and said to Qiao Liang, "Liangliang!" Mom is a little hungry, you go and buy some pumpkin porridge for Mom and come back, Mom wants to eat. ”

Qiao Liang hurriedly nodded: "Okay, Liangliang will buy it for you!" ”

Qiao's mother nodded tremblingly again, and then closed her eyes again.

After watching his mother close her eyes and fall asleep again, Qiao Liang gently walked out of the ward and came to the gate of the hospital.

Outside the hospital gate is a long street, and as it approaches midnight, the traffic has become sparse, and most of the shops on both sides of the street have closed, except for some merchants and stallholders who mainly operate the night market and still sell with neon signs.

Qiao Liang walked towards the nearest nightclub.

Mother wants to eat pumpkin porridge, which she often made for herself and her sister when she was a child, at that time the family was poor, almost three days and five days to eat this, sometimes eating and eating, I was worried that I would not grow tall, I felt that this was not nutritious, and I wanted to vomit.

But now, my mother said that she wanted to eat, but inadvertently she also missed the smell of vomiting.

Because, it's been a long time since I've eaten a meal cooked by my mother!

Coming to the outside of this store that was open late at night, Qiao Liang looked up at the name of the store, it was called Night Escape.

Walking into the shop, the owner was a man in his fifties and sixties, with almost no hair on his head, and the only circle around the back of his head was also completely dyed frost white, losing its brilliance, and looking like a cornfield that had been harvested after late autumn.

There was no one in the boss's shop at this time, and he himself sat at the counter casually, looking around, as if he was searching for customers.

Qiao Liang came to the boss, and he was the only customer in their store who came to the door.

"What do you want to eat?" The owner grinned and looked welcoming.

Qiao Liang asked him, "Is there pumpkin porridge?" ”

The boss was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and there was a kind of frustration in his tone, and said, "No, in the middle of the night, who still sells pumpkin porridge?" ”

Qiao Liang asked again: "Then I want to ask you, where is pumpkin porridge sold around here?" ”

The boss let out a long sigh, shook his head and said, "No, at night, who will sell you pumpkin porridge?" ”

"Isn't there anything nearby?" Qiao Liang asked again in disbelief.

The boss immediately looked at Qiao Liang and chuckled: "If you don't believe it, you can go and see it yourself?" ”

The boss's words made Qiao Liang feel very disappointed, couldn't he buy a bowl of pumpkin porridge?

But this bowl of pumpkin porridge is a must-buy!

At this time, a police car that kept screaming was drifting through the street like the wind, and it seemed that there was a big case somewhere!

The boss looked at the police car speeding in front of him, and said with a mockery on the corner of his mouth: "Here we go again!" Hum....... ”

The boss's sudden inexplicable words made Qiao Liang feel a little weird, so he asked, "What's wrong, could it be that something happened?" ”

The boss sneered twice, looked at Qiao Liang and said, "What else can happen, it must be those extremists who promote the end of the world again!" These guys, they are really ......, they are full of food, they have nothing to do, they should really be shot if they are caught, and they can barely keep the scourge of the world. ”

The boss's words sounded a little familiar to Qiao Liang, and it seemed that not long after, Anna had said this to herself.

"Could it be that anyone really believes in the end of the world?"

Qiao Liang muttered unconsciously.

The boss smiled and said, "What is the end of the world?" The earth has existed for billions of years, do you dare to say that it will explode tomorrow? If there is really an end to the world, it will be unless it is a sudden alien invasion! Otherwise, the hell place is the end of the world. ”

Qiao Liang was woken up by a word, and forced a smile and said, "Maybe there is really an alien invasion?" ”

The boss suddenly stood up from the counter and glared, "! Alien? Now people all over the world say that they have seen aliens! But who do you see come up with a conclusive piece of evidence? In fact, the so-called aliens are similar to the ghosts and ghosts in our Tianhua Kingdom, they are nothing more than gimmicks and used to sensationalize! Nothing interesting. ”

Qiao Liang reluctantly smiled at the boss again: "You are really calm!" ”

The boss smiled: "What can you see?" It's just a little bit of self-satisfaction. Oh, by the way, to tell you the truth, in the middle of the night, there really isn't anyone selling any pumpkin porridge? If the patient in your family wants to eat, you can find the materials yourself, we can talk about these words, which is also fate, and I don't have any guests here, so I will lend you the pot dry, and you can give me some gas bills! ”

Qiao Liang nodded, thinking that it could only be like this, at the moment, there were not many stores that opened stores, and how could the things made by the stores be good for his mother in person? Then he said, "Okay! I went to a supermarket to buy some materials and borrowed the boss's blessed land! ”

The boss smiled: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a person, I can't stop talking, that is, I want to find someone to talk to and relieve my boredom." ”

Qiao Liang said goodbye to the boss for a while and went to find the supermarket.

Qiao Liang is not too familiar with the place in front of him, but he has been here a few times, so he vaguely remembers that there is a supermarket in that place!

After walking along the street for two or three hundred meters, at a corner that was not very conspicuous, Qiao Liang found a supermarket.

Walking into the supermarket, the air was surprisingly quiet, and there was still no customer.

There was a female teller on night duty, which reminded Qiao Liang of Anna, and regretted it a little, he should have brought her back.

The ingredients for making pumpkin porridge had already been deeply ingrained in Qiao Liang's mind when he was a child, so he quickly chose it.

Carrying these materials to the counter, Qiao Liang said, "Checkout!" ”

Then I took it out of my body, but I didn't find a penny, and I suddenly remembered that my wallet should have fallen on the Enhancement Human Research Institute, although there was not much money in it, so that I ignored it until now, but that little money, if it was in my hand now, it would also be of great use.

Seeing that Qiao Liang couldn't find the money, although the female teller at the checkout was smiling, her face was not ugly, but she was inevitably a little embarrassed.

"This ...... I....... Qiao Liang was even more anxious and embarrassed.

If you can't buy these ingredients now, won't your mother's pumpkin porridge be unrecognizable?

In a hurry, he could only say to the teller: "You ...... Can I take credit? ”

As a member of the supermarket who used to work, Qiao Liang naturally knew that it was impossible to take credit in the supermarket, but in order to let his mother drink pumpkin porridge, he could only give it a try!

"This ......." The female teller smiled implicitly, then shook her head in embarrassment.

"Bang~!"

Suddenly, there was an ear-popping sound, which scared the female teller into a scream, and Qiao Liang trembled.

"Don't move! Fast! Get the money out. ”

Immediately afterward, a cry sounded like a barking mad dog in the supermarket, sounding fierce.

Qiao Liang and the female teller looked at each other, and a masked gangster had broken into the supermarket with a gun and ran towards them.

The swarthy pistol was even more aimed at the two of them, jumping and swaying in front of them.

When the female teller saw this, she was immediately blindfolded, her face was extremely pale and at a loss, as if even the consciousness of hiding had completely dissipated!

"Hand over the money!"

The masked gangster shouted again, put the pistol against Qiao Liang's head, and glared at the female teller fiercely, with a pair of vicious dog-like eyes, as if he was about to eat the teller!

There is no doubt that Qiao Liang knew that he had been robbed.

In the past ten years since Tianhua went to the kingdom, Qiao Liang has rarely, or even heard, of the phenomenon of robbing supermarkets!

But now, this plot, which can only be seen in movies, is suddenly staged alive in front of him, which is a little fresh.

If it was in the past, Qiao Liang would have been so frightened that he would have hurriedly found a safe place to hide, but now, after experiencing the matter of the Strengthening Human Research Institute, and enduring the extremely painful mecha nerve connection, he found that he was no longer afraid!

"Look at what? Take the money! ”

The gangster yelled at the hairy teller again, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the female teller.

Qiao Liang looked at the gangster, his expression was not indifferent, but he was not nervous, and said: "A man, even if he robs, must not point a gun at a woman!" ”

The masked gangster immediately swept his gaze on Qiao Liang's face, gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that you ™ want to be a hero?" Believe it or not, Lao Tzu immediately collapsed you now? Haven't you heard that the end can't be? Lao Tzu still doesn't care if he is a man or a woman, and if he doesn't give Lao Tzu money, Lao Tzu still shoots her down. ”

"I ...... I'll give you money! The female teller trembled and handed the money to the gangster, her expression was already as white as snow, "You...... Let's go! ”

Qiao Liang looked at the gangster tightly, and while reaching out to grab the money handed over by the female teller, he said, "Don't give it to him!" Squat down under the table for me. ”

"Huh?" The female teller answered blankly!

"Do you ™ really think I don't dare shoot? Yes! The masked gangster roared, "Doomsday can't be, brother! The end of the world is about to end, what else does Lao Tzu dare not do? ”

"Squat down!" Qiao Liang ignored the gangsters and suddenly roared.

The female teller was startled, then shrank and hid under the counter!

At the same time, the gangster's gun went off!

The female teller screamed in fright again!

The gangster's shot hit Qiao Liang's skull, a blood hole the size of a little finger, and then appeared on Qiao Liang's forehead.

However, he did not fall, but his head was deflected a little by the strength of the bullet.

But after he returned his head to its original position, what he saw was the horror on the gangster's face, and the bloody skeleton on his forehead was also slowly healing while withdrawing a bullet.

"Bang! Bang! ”

The masked gangster retreated and fired two more shots at his chest, but Qiao Liang was still only moved by the impact of the bullets, and then the two bullets that entered his body retreated on their own and landed on the floor, making two crisp sounds.

"The end can't be, right?"

He then walked towards the masked gangsters.

When the masked gangster saw this, he was like he had encountered a ghost, how could he still have the courage to shoot two more shots, and immediately pulled out his legs and prepared to run.

But Qiao Liang had already grabbed his shoulders and was about to shake it violently, but he smashed the things in the supermarket again, so he lifted the masked gangster up and slammed it to the ground!

"Poof!"

The masked gangsters were "angry" at both ends and spit out a lot of yellow water.

Then, the masked gangster felt as if he was dead, his eyelids were beating rapidly, his eyes were white, and he didn't even have the strength to struggle on the ground!

When Qiao Liang saw him like this, he was suddenly a little scared in his heart, worried about whether he really killed this person?

So he had no time to think, went straight to the counter, leaned down and said to the teller, call the police, I'll go first!

After speaking, Qiao Liang walked away, but he stopped in his footsteps, turned around and took the ingredients for cooking pumpkin porridge, and said to the teller: "I saved your life tonight, this money ...... Please give it to me. ”

After speaking, Qiao Liang took a step and quickly walked out of the supermarket.

The female teller slowly stood up and cautiously looked around, only to see the masked bandits curled up together spasmodically, foaming at the mouth, as if they were going crazy! So without hesitation, she picked up the phone and dialed the police hao code .......

After leaving the supermarket, Qiao Liang quickly walked back to the night, the fifty-year-old boss was still sitting in front of the store and watching, and when he saw Qiao Liang coming in, he smiled and said, "Bought it?" ”

Qiao Liang nodded, and said with a forced smile: "Boss, then please take me to your kitchen!" ”

"It's inside, go yourself!" The shopkeeper casually pointed to the room and said with a smile.

Qiao Liang followed the guidance of the shopkeeper and walked into the kitchen.

When making pumpkin porridge for his mother, Qiao Liang kept thinking about a question, that is, how to explain to the boss that he had no money to pay for fuel later?

And just when he was at a loss, suddenly a woman's voice came, which seemed to be a little familiar.

So I poked my head out of the kitchen to take a look, and saw that the person who came out of the voice turned out to be the female teller just now!

And it doesn't stop there, after Qiao Liang retracted his head back to the kitchen, he also heard the female teller call the store owner "Dad", and the mother and daughter were talking about everything that happened in the supermarket just now.

“……”

"What? He...... He's here? ”

"Shhh...... be quiet, won't I get you some business?"

"What's that kind of business? People who are not even afraid of guns are afraid of a wolf with human skins! ”

"That's it! Come on! Before he finds out, you hurry upstairs and hide! ”

"I know, don't mess with him! Beware of getting into trouble. ”

"I see, go upstairs and ......."

“……”

The father and daughter whispered, thinking that Qiao Liang couldn't hear it if they were far away, but how did they know that with Qiao Liang now strengthening people's hearing, they could even hear their breathing clearly when they were serious, not to mention the sound of talking?

Qiao Liang suddenly had a feeling of clearing the rain and fog and seeing the blue sky, no wonder the shopkeeper just now emphasized that there was no pumpkin porridge to sell around! It turned out that he was here to make a trick and cheapen his own daughter!

Smiled a little incredulously, Qiao Liang shook his head, if you say this, as long as your face is a little colder later, then you don't have to give what kind of fuel cost and pot money!

When another police car sounded, Qiao Liang walked out of the kitchen with freshly cooked pumpkin porridge, and the shopkeeper obviously looked more than twice as enthusiastic.

Qiao Liang said, "Thank you, boss, then I'll go!" I'll give you the rest of the useless ones! ”

The shopkeeper immediately smiled and said, "Eh! You're good to go! ”

Qiao Liang was unhurried and walked out of the door of the night, and then pricked up his ears to listen, the female teller came down from upstairs and asked quietly, "Gone?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "Let's go," and said unhappily, "I'm losing ...... today." ”

Qiao Liang smiled at the corner of his mouth, and returned to the hospital with the cooked fresh pumpkin porridge.

When Qiao Liang returned to the ward with pumpkin porridge, his mother didn't know when she woke up and was looking at him.

"Coming back?"

The mother asked Qiao Liang in a weak tone, but there was a satisfied smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Hmm!" Qiao Liang nodded, and then put his mother's bed and fed her pumpkin porridge.

When Qiao's mother ate the first bite of pumpkin porridge, she was very pleasantly surprised: "Just cooked? ”

Qiao Liang nodded: "Hmm!" Borrowed a boss's kitchen, freshly cooked. ”

Qiao's mother smiled: "You cooked it?" ”

Qiao Liang nodded again.

Qiao's mother smiled more happily and seemed to eat more.

After feeding her mother a small half bowl of pumpkin porridge, her mother said she wouldn't eat it, and then said that she wanted to sleep, so Qiao Liang put her mother's bed back and let her sleep!

In the second half of the night, Qiao Liang stayed by his mother's side, and before he knew it, he was also asleep leaning on his mother in a daze!

Early the next morning, the man in the next hospital bed woke up Qiao Liang and said that he had found something wrong with the old man.

Qiao Liang then turned his head to look at his mother.

The mother was no longer breathing.

On his mother's pale face, Qiao Liang saw a faint smile.

It's just that smile that stopped forever ..........