Because Tang Xue climbed into the snow without permission, her frostbite worsened.

Kyungwon carried her to his bedroom, closed the doors and windows, and turned on the air conditioner.

Many years later, this air conditioner is still working normally, but when the wind blows, there is a slightly louder noise.

Kyungwon boiled a bucket of hot water, came to the bedside, and changed her bandages.

He found a plaster for frostbite, tore off the bandage, wiped her body with warm water, and then applied the plaster to her wound and tied the new bandage back.

At the same time, he measured Tang Xue's body temperature, 38.7, she had a fever.

"Let's take some medicine, I picked out some herbal ingredients, you can take a little first." Kyungwon fed her medicine.

When the room temperature went up, he turned off the generator and air conditioner.

It was already dark, the cold wind was howling outside, the snow was blowing heavily, and the room became dark again without electric lights, but fortunately he had several rechargeable table lamps, which were enough to cope with the night.

Turning on the stick-like lamp, a soft white light illuminated a corner of the bedside, and Xiaobai got into its kennel and curled up in the box to sleep.

Kyungwon yawned and lay down on the bed as well.

This bed was very large, twice the size of the average double bed, and it occupied almost half of the room, enough for him and Tang Xue to sleep.

This bed was made at home, he really didn't want to spend any more time making a bed for Tang Xue alone, he was very tired, and he just wanted to sleep peacefully.

Kyungwon covered his futon, felt the light of the lamp for a while, and said, "I'll turn off the light." ”

"Hmm." Tang Xue responded in a low voice.

Click, with the snapback of the switch, the light went out.

It was dark in the room, and Kyungwon closed his eyes and asked, "Why don't you listen to me?" ”

"Mr. Kyungmoto, don't you think it's romantic to die with plum blossoms?" After taking the medicine, Tang Xue's cough symptoms seemed to be better.

"Aren't there any flowers in the north, so excited?"

"No, but I can catch some fish."

"Zombie fish?"

"No, the sea is not very polluted, and you can still find some edible fish, but that was a few years ago."

"Do you have any siblings?"

"There's a sister, but she's dead."

"Are your parents dead too?"

"I am a single parent, my parents divorced when I was six years old, I was awarded to my father, after they divorced, I never saw my mother again, as for my father, he remarried, and the sister I was talking about was the sister of the restructured family, I don't know if the man was dead or alive, and my sister and I were separated from him after the disaster."

"You guys. . . Those survivors to the north. Do you think they're good people? ”

"I don't think there are absolutely good and bad people in this world, at least in the last few years most of them still had hope, they were like messengers of justice, they formed guards, built walls and simple houses, they claimed to protect the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and for a while they did that, my sister and I lived under their protection, and because of our age and gender, we received some preferential treatment."

"And then?"

"As written in many works, when human nature can't stand the test, when materials are abundant, they choose one approach, after the shortage of materials and fewer manpower, they take another approach, I don't blame them, at least they persevered for several years, providing convenience for me and my sister for several years, but then if you want to get this convenience, you have to pay something."

"You mean"

"There's not much a woman can give, it's just. It was my sister who took my part for me, she was very nice to me, she didn't let me touch the dirty things, I relied on her to survive, and I was lucky not to suffer too much. ”

"She's a good older sister."

"Thank you, I feel the same way."

"She must love you."

"I don't deny love, but I think there aren't many people in this world who can resist her desire to control." Tang Xue said lightly.

"Does she want to keep an eye on you all the time?" Kyungwon asked.

"Almost, she suffers from paranoia, thinking that once I step out of that door, I will die, she advertises that I am dead, locks me up, hides me, for a long time, I can't even see the sun, she digs a hole in the ground, if someone breaks through the door, hides me under the bed, that's the truth."

"Alas," Kyungwon sighed.

"I don't hate her, I really don't want to touch the outside world, I even deceived myself, thinking that this is normal, I know, if I leave her, I can't live alone, but one day I don't want to be controlled by her anymore, so I started a hunger strike, I don't talk to her, she thinks it's food that doesn't suit my appetite, she goes out early, comes back late, and even brings bread, but I still ignore her, intending to starve myself to death, she used to cry and kneel and beg me, and said to me that she can't live without me, It wasn't until one day, when she went out for several days and didn't come back, that I learned that she was dead. ”

"How did she die?"

"I don't want to talk about it, anyway I managed to avenge her, and after the revenge I found the bakers and made a deal with them, intending to die there, it's ridiculous, I have a knife, but I can't put the tip of it in my throat."

"That's your deal with the bread man, didn't you say you'd tell me in fourteen days?"

"Who knows? I'm hiding a lot of details, maybe I'm telling a lie, Mr. Kyungwon, don't believe me too easily, I like to lie, whether it's to people I trust or people I don't trust. ”

"I can see it, is your name really Tang Xue? Didn't you think of it temporarily when you watched the snow fall in the sky? ”

"Isn't a name just a codename? Just call me Tang Xue, Mr. Kyungwon, that's my real name. ”

"The first thing I say when I meet you, are you lying?"

"That's not the first sentence between me and you, that's the end of the hukou check, Mr. Jingyuan, I want to sleep, is it okay?"

"Sleep, sleep, I'm sleepy too, I'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Well, good night."

"Good night."

The room fell silent, and Kyungwon rolled over, thinking that reality was really cruel.

It's no wonder that Tang Xue is reluctant to trust him, she is like a hedgehog covered in thorns, always on guard against everything outside, if she approaches her rashly, she will only be stabbed with injuries.

Her words are half-truthful, and even her name may have been made up.

But the first words between me and her.

Kyungwon thought back to the girl who was trembling in the iron cage, and the first thing she said, that sentence, could it be a lie?

Who knows, let's sleep, this woman is too complicated, he really can't guess at all.

(End of chapter)