Quartz, 67 years old, runs an old apartment.

The apartment had existed before the Mists appeared, and was almost the same age as him.

Quartz's father used to be a businessman, in the jewelry business, and because of his good mind, he saved a lot of savings.

With this savings, his father bought a piece of land and built the Bailan apartment, and at that time, when the jewelry industry was in recession, his father transferred the jewelry business and concentrated on the rent-collecting business.

At that time, Bailan Apartment became a "golden residence" for tenants because of its high-end decoration, careful management, excellent location and affordable rent......

It was also at that time that Quartz's parents gave birth to Quartz.

When he was a child, Quartz's family background can be described as very superior, which made him stand out among his peers around him, and he was the center of his friends wherever he went.

Due to the good education and cultivation of his parents, his personality is becoming more and more like his father, not only being kind, but also treating friends regardless of whether they are high or low, and very righteous.

Therefore, with the growth of the day, quartz has more and more friends, and it is spread all over the industry and has a wide range of contacts.

This makes him even an adult, but he already has a good foundation, and once he starts a business in the future, he will definitely be smooth sailing and stronger than his father!

Everybody thinks so, too.

However, the good times did not last long, and in the year when Quartz was an adult and was about to take over the apartment, an unpredictable infectious disease suddenly spread in the city......

Almost within a few days, more than half of the people were infected by the disease, and Quartz's parents were also intrigued.

For a time, the whole city was filled with wailing, and the hospital was overcrowded, directly restricting the entry of patients, but at the same time, Fang Er tried to find a way to let medical staff go to the patient's home for diagnosis and treatment.

However, this did not make much difference, because there were so many people infected with the disease that the few medical staff in the hospital could not take care of it......

In just one week, news of someone dying of illness broke out in the city one after another, which made people panic and everyone was extremely worried.

However, due to his wide network and many friends, Quartz's father was lucky enough to grab two hospital beds and moved in with Quartz's mother.

And every morning after that, Quartz would take the nutritious meals he had cooked and persistently deliver them to the hospital, and more than a month has passed.

Fortunately for Quartz, his parents' condition is improving day by day due to good medical conditions, and he has received accurate information from the doctor that his parents will recover and be discharged from the hospital in about a week.

At this time, the infection situation in the city has also been initially controlled, and everything is developing in a good direction.

But what Quartz didn't expect was that a week later, when he walked to the hospital with flowers and was ready to pick up his parents from the hospital......

The unexpected happened.

"Boom!"

Quartz stood at the gate of the hospital, looking at the fire above his head, listening to the deafening explosion, and was stunned for a moment.

He remembered that the place where the explosion had blown a big hole was the hospital room where his parents were, and that ......

After a moment, Quartz came to his senses, and then began to run madly towards the hospital......

And when he rushed to the ward, he saw only a ruin and a bloody corpse on the ground.

With a "poof", Quartz fell to his knees, tears bursting the embankment.

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Another week passed, and the police finally investigated the cause of the incident, so they found Quartz and explained it to him.

It turned out that it was the suspect who could not get into the hospital because he had no connection, which caused his family to die at home, which became crazy and planned this retaliatory attack.

Originally, this person wanted to blow up the entire hospital, but he couldn't get so many explosives, so he immediately chose a ward and implemented the plan......

And by coincidence, he happened to choose the ward of Quartz's parents.

Quartz must have hated this madman, but the other party has been caught by the police and is waiting for the trial of the law, and he can't do anything about it.

But the unexpected death of his parents made him unable to accept it for a while, so he was depressed all day long, numbing himself with alcohol, hoping to forget the pain for a while.

It didn't take long for Quartz, who had recovered a little of his spirit, to hold a funeral for his parents......

Former friends of my parents rushed to hear the news and recalled the past at the funeral.

There is no doubt that Quartz's parents are well-deserved good people, they are good friends, good partners, and good bosses in the eyes of everyone......

And for quartz, they are also the best parents in the world.

After the funeral, Quartz was not as relieved as he had imagined, and the memories of the funeral guests made him even more sad and puzzled why this happened.

Gradually, he no longer treats people as well as before, his temper grows bigger and bigger day by day, and the whole person becomes eccentric.

There was no way, his parents taught him how to be a man and how to do things, but they didn't teach him......

How to get out of grief.

Perhaps, this is his privileged and smooth life for eighteen years......

Let him incur debts.

But fortunately, Quartz is still lucky, because there are still people in this world who care about him.

It was Yuling, the girl next door who had been with his childhood sweetheart since he was born, and when she saw that he was always so low these days, she took the initiative to take the responsibility of enlightening him.

Almost every day, Yuling would come to Quartz, sometimes to eat with him, and sometimes to force him out.

Although Quartz is depressed and often loses her temper at Yuling because she is unwilling, Yuling doesn't care, and insists on enlightening Quartz every day, comforting and cheering up.

Over time, Quartz really walked out of the shadow of her parents' death with the help of Yuling, and soon after that, she officially confessed to Yuling.

The result is needless to mention, because Yuling has always liked quartz, and the two walked together so naturally, and after several years of running-in, they entered into marriage.

After that, Yuling seemed to have regained her good luck for Quartz, and Quartz had a smooth journey and started a big business.

The Bailan apartment left by the parents was regarded as their home by the couple and no longer rented out......

Because the quartz business is getting better and better, there is no longer a need for that little rent.

When everything went smoothly and the days were moving slowly and steadily, the couple finally made a decision to have a love crystallization of their own.

So, they began to inquire about various relevant information, actively prepare for pregnancy, and at the same time began to do exercise together, strengthen the body, and look forward to the early arrival of a healthy baby.

However, as time passed, Yuling did not get pregnant for a long time, which made them wonder if there was something wrong with someone's body.

In order to verify, the couple went to the hospital together for a comprehensive examination, and the final examination results showed that it was indeed quartz with a congenital defect that caused Yuling to be unable to get pregnant.

Hearing the news, the couple had mixed feelings, on the one hand, the hope of the two having children was shattered, and on the other hand, Yuling was afraid that because of this matter, Quartz would fall into self-blame again.

But fortunately, this time Quartz recovered quickly, and he stopped thinking about it in a few days, after all, his idea of wanting a child was just out of love, as long as Yuling didn't blame him, he didn't need to be too sad.

However, this little turmoil also made Quartz more sure that Yuling really loved himself, and he secretly vowed that he would take more care of Yuling in the future and make up for her regret that she couldn't have her own children.

As a result, the couple's relationship has become stronger and stronger, so that both of them can feel each other's love all the time.

Gradually, the same thought was born in both of their hearts......

Even if you don't have children, it doesn't matter, in this life, having the other party by your side is enough.

Time passes through the fingers, year after year.

Quartz and Yuling's married life is not getting lighter and lighter like other couples, but getting sweeter and sweeter.

Before the Great Depression, Quartz was lucky enough to cash out all the stalls he had and save a large amount of money......

Since then, the couple has spent every day in play and pleasure, and their lives are not happy.

Time turned, more than 20 years have passed since they got married, and Quartz is forty-seven years old at this time, as if he has entered the second half of middle age.

And due to proper maintenance, Yuling still looks like she is only in her thirties, and the mature beauty of her gestures still confuses Quartz.

Originally, the two were supposed to continue to be free, because they still had endless savings......

They had already agreed that one day one of them would feel that their limit was approaching, and they would go to sea together on a cruise ship and spend the rest of their days at sea......

When one departs, the other goes with him to the sea.

I have to admit that their ideas are very beautiful and romantic, and it is really enviable that a couple who love each other can end this life in this way.

It's just a pity that they are not destined to get to that moment......

Because it was in this year that the fog came!

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It was early in the morning, and Quartz sat up from the bed to find that Yuling was not around.

However, he didn't find it strange, because every morning, Yuling would get up early to buy fresh vegetables to prepare breakfast for him.

So Quartz was not in a hurry, got dressed and got up slowly, stretched his muscles in the bedroom, and awakened the spirit that was still sleepy.

Then, with a smile on his face, he walked to the window and pulled the curtain open, wanting to breathe in the morning air.

But when he looked closely, he found that there was a thick haze outside the window.

Quartz didn't understand why the environment in the city had become like this overnight, but he didn't want his home to be full of smog, so he didn't open the windows.

At this time, there was a sound of the door opening outside, it should be Yuling back, Quartz hurriedly walked out of the bedroom to greet his wife, and at the same time asked about the situation.

However, Yuling didn't know what was going on, but complained that there was a sudden fog outside, and she couldn't see anything when she walked on the road, and she almost bumped into people several times.

Quartz had no choice but to turn on the TV to see if there was any relevant report on the news and explain the origin of the thick fog.

What the couple didn't expect was that the TV news was not only frantically reporting on this incident, but also covering every station, and the host reminded the masses not to go out, even if they go out, they must protect their whole body and not let their bodies come into contact with these haze......

Because according to reliable sources, all the people who came into contact with these fogs without knowing it have developed varying degrees of mental abnormality and entered a state of madness.

Quartz was dumbfounded, and then looked at his wife......

At this time, Yuling was just wearing a regular dress, and her arms and ankles were exposed.

Needless to say, Yuling must have been exposed to the haze as well!

In an instant, Quartz became anxious and began to ask Yuling if she was uncomfortable, and at the same time picked up the phone and dialed her friend at the TV station, asking what to do after the fog was lifted.

It's a pity that these fogs appeared overnight, and no one knows how to deal with them yet, so his friend can only remind him to pay attention to Yuling's mental state, and once he finds something wrong, it is best to control it immediately.

Quartz hurriedly agreed, put down the phone and was about to continue to ask Yuling, but when he turned his head, he found that Yuling was missing, so he quickly got up to look for it......

Soon, he found Yuling in the kitchen, but at the same time, he found that Yuling was holding a kitchen knife with a hideous look......

Pick it up slowly.

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Yuling is dead, at the hands of a group of paranormal people who call themselves "Cleaners".

They said that Yuling had undergone a serious change now, and there was no way to return to its original state, and if it was not dealt with as soon as possible, it would cause widespread pollution.

Hehe......

Looking at the corpse on the ground, Quartz smiled, anger ignited in his eyes, of course he knew that Yuling could not change back to what she used to be, but so what?

Could it be that she has become an ugly-faced monster, and she is not Yuling?

No, of course she is, of course she is still the Yuling he loves......

Otherwise, he wouldn't have hid her for two years and hadn't given up!

Quartz burst into flames and rushed towards the two "cleaners" with all his strength......

At this moment, what he thinks about is not pollution or mutation at all, he just wants revenge, for his beloved Yuling!

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Eighteen years have passed, and Quartz has gone from a well-maintained, strong, energetic, and elegant gentleman to a shriveled old man with a stubborn personality and a strange temper.

There was no trace of the past in him, only a disgusting eccentric, hiding in a corner like a filthy rat, doing unsightly things.

He has changed too much, because he can't save Yuling, and he can't take revenge......

And the only thing that hasn't changed in him is his love for Yuling and his endless longing.

In fact, as early as eighteen years ago, Old Man Shi should have gone with Yuling......

The reason why he didn't do this was not because he didn't have the courage to let life and horror go free, nor because he had any reluctance or cowardice......

Just because ......

When he wants to end his life and go to find Yuling......

There was a knock on the door of the apartment.