Today is not a working day, Yan Zheng, who was staying at home alone, felt a little bored, so he simply put on his coat and went out, he looked at his watch, the hands on the dial stopped at three o'clock, it turned out that it was already afternoon.

The sky was covered with a veil, and the fine snow powder was lifted by the wind and hit the body painlessly, like a girl's powder fist, Yan Zheng looked up into the distance, and could vaguely see the cruise ship heading for the port, and the melodious whistle sounded, conveying the message of return.

A gust of cold wind hit, Yan Zheng couldn't help but shiver, he wrapped his scarf tightly, and continued to walk aimlessly along the street, suddenly, an extraordinary figure came into his eyes, compared to the bright and colorful down jackets of others, the heavy armor that the figure was wearing was really eye-catching, so that Yan Zheng could not pretend to turn a blind eye.

The distance between the two is not long or short, and it is only half a street away, Yan Zheng stopped for a moment, and finally couldn't help but follow, the figure didn't seem to notice Yan Zheng's arrival, and still walked forward on his own, at the door of a café, the figure stopped, and then pushed open the door and walked in.

Yan Zheng also followed, and pushed open the door of the café a little roughly, stirring up the wind chimes hanging on the door frame, he thought that the figure was trying to dodge, but he didn't expect the figure to just sit quietly by the window, ordered a cup of coffee, and put his hands on his knees, as if waiting for Yan Zheng's arrival.

Yan Zheng was not polite, and sat directly on the opposite side, the figure did not make any movements, like an iron statue that had been rusted for a long time, sitting there quietly, he was wearing a full set of bright light armor, bracers, shin guards, covers, skirt armor, crotch guards, breastplates, beast swallowers, bright light, and scarves, the armor was covered with unrecognizable scratches, which had obviously been used for a long time, and a hideous mask covered his face, making it impossible to see his expression clearly.

"Do I know you?" Yan Zheng was the first to break the silence, perhaps because he hadn't drunk water for a long time, his dry throat made a hoarse sound.

The figure's voice came from behind the mask, "You should know me, we've known each other for many years. ”

"But I can't remember who you are, and your current appearance makes me feel very strange." Yan Zheng said.

The figure stretched out his hand to call the waiter, whispered a few words to him, and after a while, a plate of dry and hard cakes and a cup of coffee were placed in front of Yan Zheng, and the figure made a "please" gesture, signaling Yan Zheng to eat something first, he didn't eat much at noon, and now Yan Zheng also felt a little hungry, so he picked up the cake and ate it with coffee.

There was a strong bitter taste from the taste buds, this cup of coffee obviously did not add milk and sugar, but this familiar bitter taste reminded Yan Zheng of the days when he stayed up late and worked overtime, at that time, in order to refresh himself, he drank this kind of extra-strong black coffee without adding anything, and now he drinks it directly, it is really a little unbearable, fortunately, there are dry and hard cakes to neutralize this bitterness, and even in contrast, Yan Zheng tastes the sweetness of the cakes.

The figure watched Yan Zheng drink the last bit of coffee at the bottom of the cup, and then the topic between the two continued: "It's normal not to recognize it, because I've changed, but you haven't, you have resisted in your heart from beginning to end, and you feel that things shouldn't be the way they are now, am I right?" ”

Yan Zheng didn't answer, he looked out the window thoughtfully, the pedestrians on the street hurried by, not knowing where they were busy, the endless stream of vehicles was like hard-working worker ants, carrying passengers to all parts of the city, and the soldiers who couldn't see their faces clearly stood on the side of the road with their bags on their backs, waiting for the red light to turn green before crossing the road from the pedestrian crossing, the towering skyscrapers were lined up one after another, and in an instant they turned into lush towering trees.

After a while, Yan Zheng retracted his gaze, the scene in front of him was very familiar to him, but it seemed to be a little different from what he had seen, he felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't say what exactly happened, "Maybe what you said is right, I am still nostalgic for something, so I have always been reluctant to take the first step, but compared to before, I have tried to change a lot, these changes are not what I said, but everyone has indeed seen them." ”

The figure laughed in a low voice, "Unlike you, I have never been able to learn to deceive myself, the things you do, deceive others are almost the same, just lie to yourself, face the reality honestly, in fact, it is not as difficult to accept as you imagined, after all, the vast majority of people have come over like this, I believe you can too." ”

Looking back on his previous experiences, Yan Zheng was in a trance for a while, inexplicable crossing, escape on the verge of the limit, entangled pursuit, and powerful monks...... Did these things really happen? Could it be just a dream, in fact, he didn't die of a sudden myocardial infarction, but fell asleep on the ground after working too long overtime?

The figure didn't wait for Yan Zheng to answer, he stretched out his hand and patted Yan Zheng's shoulder, signaling Yan Zheng to go out for a walk together, Yan Zheng nodded and walked out with him, there were several soldiers in armor standing scattered by the stop sign outside the café, with bulging backpacks at their feet, as if waiting for the bus to arrive.

"Yo, Yan Zheng, it's been a long time, why are you here?"

Seeing Yan Zheng come out, a soldier stretched out his hand and greeted him warmly.

"I'm not going to work today, so I'm just going to go around, where are you going?"

Yan Zheng looked at the soldier's face, he knew this face, this was the face of his good brother, the last time they took annual leave, they also went to the Internet café to surf the Internet all night, he even clearly remembered that they ate seafood barbecue that night, and specially asked for more leeks and oysters.

The soldier smiled and replied: "I went on a mission a while ago, and then I took a few days off, and now that I have finished my vacation, it is time to go back to the army." ”

Another soldier also turned around after hearing this, and saw that it was Yan Zheng, he walked over quickly, and punched Yan Zheng in the chest, Yan Zheng did not dodge or dodge, and let the soldier's fist hit his body, of course he also knew this soldier, this was his good big brother when he was a soldier, and when they played together before, he actively contributed money and arranged for Lu Qiong to accompany Yan Zheng to spend the Spring Festival together.

"Okay, Yan Zheng, it's a lot stronger than before, but I don't know if it's grown anywhere else." There was a malicious smile on the soldier's face, "You can't even grasp Lu Qiong, and you won't be able to meet other people in the future, although Lu Qiong is not as good as those Oiran in the Imperial Capital Sect Division, but she is also one of the best beauties in our Qingguan Town." ”

Yan Zheng scratched his head and said, "It's not that I don't understand the amorous feelings, she's just a little girl who hasn't grown up, and she's about the same age as my neighbor's little sister, how can I do anything to her, then I'm not too beastly." ”

The soldier laughed, stretched out his hand and punched Yan Zheng again, "You are not a beast, you are not even as good as a beast." ”

The two soldiers still wanted to pull Yan Zheng to continue chatting, but a bus had stopped next to the stop sign, the two soldiers reluctantly said goodbye to Yan Zheng, agreed to have a chance to meet again, and then followed the team on the bus, the bus closed the door and drove into the distance, the two soldiers waved at Yan Zheng, and Yan Zheng responded with the same action until the bus disappeared at the end of the road.

The announcer's voice came from the large TV hanging on the exterior wall of the mall on the side, "...... The city's meteorological observatory continued to issue a blue warning for typhoons at 18 o'clock today, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Typhoon 'Jinhua' was about 640 kilometers southeast of our city, and is expected to move west-northward at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour, and the intensity will be strengthened, and it is expected to land in the northern coastal area of the city during the day on the 25th, when there will be heavy snowfall, hail and other extreme weather, please do a good job of prevention in time......"

Yan Zheng suddenly remembered the senior sister of the broadcasting and hosting major, now it is his girlfriend, I don't know if the senior sister received this news in time, originally the two made an appointment to go to the store together tomorrow to pick out the stereo for the new house, but now it seems that it is estimated to be in the soup, such extreme weather has never been in previous years, if it lasts for a few days, it may affect Monday work, but I don't know how to arrange the TV station, if you can let both of you stay at home, then this bad weather will not be so bad.

The figure seemed to see Yan Zheng's thoughts, and said, "Are you worried about your girlfriend?" She works in a TV station, and she is definitely much better informed than you, so there is no need to worry. ”

"If it's okay, I'll leave first, and she'll be off work later, I'm still not at ease, I'm going to pick her up." Yan Zheng was ready to leave.

"Wait." The figure stopped him and pointed to the other side of the street, "You don't have to pick her up, she's already here, over there." ”

Yan Zheng looked in the direction of the figure's finger, in the bustling crowd, he saw the figure of the school girl, the school girl is still pure and lovely, with a faint smile on her face, if you have to say that there is any difference from when she was in school, it may be that she is much more mature in dressing, more like a big girl.

Seeming to notice Yan Zheng's fiery gaze, the senior sister turned around, and after seeing Yan Zheng, she waved her hand happily and ran towards Yan Zheng, Yan Zheng also ran towards her, he tried hard to squeeze into the bustling crowd, stretched out his hand to the senior sister, and the senior sister also tried hard to pass through the crowd and grab Yan Zheng's hand stretched out to her, but the crowd was so crowded, and the two never shook each other's hands.

The younger sister's hand suddenly put down, "It's okay, Ah Zheng, give up." ”

"How could it be, how could I give up on you!" Yan Zheng desperately stretched out his hand to the younger sister.

The senior sister smiled at him, but in a trance, what Yan Zheng saw was clearly the pale face of the little doctor, and her expression was still so calm, calm and lifeless.