Chapter 1 The Rain

The South Street in the heavy rain finally shed its usual hustle and bustle, making Zhou Ze feel as if he had returned to the Wuzhou International Plaza when he first opened the store.

That plaza was basically dead.

People live in houses, and people are actually maintaining the houses;

People can't do without houses, they are not at ease;

Houses are no good without people, they get old easily.

Zhou Ze felt that he was like a house, and Ying Gou was the person in the house.

Yingying had been insisting on holding an umbrella for her boss, although, because of the wind's assistance, an umbrella was difficult to cover everything, but Yingying believed that this was what she should do.

Zhou Ze suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked at the maid beside him.

Yingying was still the same Yingying, she would not age, and her skin would never get worse.

As a female zombie, her time had actually been fixed long ago.

Fixed at this youthful age, just right.

On the other hand, the little boy had been a brat for hundreds of years.

It was fortunate that Wang Rui was still young. When Wang Rui grew up a little more, it would be really awkward to go out together.

"Boss..."

Zhou Ze reached out, brushed past Yingying's earlobe, and gently tidied up her already wet hair.

"Let's just leave me here, I want to walk by myself."

This was a night that belonged only to himself, not that he was unwilling to share it with others, but simply that he wanted to walk by himself.

Humans are social animals. Being alone outside, they will be lonely, isolated, and unable to bear it.

But people also like to cherish and protect their privacy, and do not want to show everything about themselves to others.

Counting and counting, it seems difficult to find a second species in this world that is as pretentious as humans.

Yingying nodded. She always did what the boss said. She would not disobey any of his instructions.

"Boss, I will go to the orphanage."

Yingying suddenly said.

Zhou Ze was stunned for a moment, why was it related to the orphanage again?

"Boss, if something happens to you, I will follow what you said before and adopt a child from the orphanage and let him be surnamed Zhou."

Zhou Ze remembered that he had said this to Yingying when he was in Lijiang.

Although these words sounded a little unlucky,

for the two zombies, there was no need to have the same taboos as ordinary people.

The relationship between the two was too close.

They slept together every day. For most of the past few years, the two had been together.

Hypocrisy and politeness are not needed here.

"Okay."

Zhou Ze smiled,

He didn't take the umbrella Yingying handed over, turned around, and continued to walk into the rain.

Yingying stood there with her umbrella, watching her boss's receding figure.

She naturally knew what was going to happen tonight. In fact, everyone in the bookstore knew it, otherwise they wouldn't have gathered to eat this dinner.

But this was perhaps life. Life always brought you powerless things, such as the boss at this time. You could only stand here and watch him leave, but you couldn't follow.

Because following would only cause trouble; you couldn't help him with anything.

A girl holding a red umbrella passed by Yingying.

The girl turned her head,

Looked at Yingying,

Yingying also looked at her.

For some unknown reason, Yingying's hand suddenly clenched tightly. When the girl walked to a position two meters in front of her, Yingying dropped the umbrella in her hand and smashed it directly at her back!

"Buzz!"

The girl's figure disappeared like smoke.

Yingying stood there, looking at her hand in astonishment.

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The soles of his shoes splashed water again and again, letting the rain beat against his body wantonly and heartily, without worrying about whether he would have to meet a client with his appearance, without worrying about whether he would have to go to school next, without worrying about whether he would be scolded by his parents;

Walking in the rain so generously, that kind of joy, that kind of freedom, could occasionally make people intoxicated.

Walking and walking, he raised his head again and saw the cosmetics store in front of him that had closed early during the typhoon.

The store door was closed, but the fluorescent lights at the door were still stubbornly flashing, and gradually, these lights began to blur.

Zhou Ze immediately lowered his head,

Wiping his face hard with both hands,

He couldn't watch it anymore,

If he continued to watch, that light would turn into the Xuanyuan Sword.

Helplessly, he could only lower his head slightly, trying not to look at the surrounding lights, and just walked forward silently.

He didn't know how long he had been walking until he heard the sound of a suona in front of him.

He raised his head,

Zhou Ze found that everything around him was a bit dazed, as if the ink was a little heavy, and the ink began to ripple.

The sound of the suona was very festive, but you could clearly know that it was fake.

A group of people dressed in red and green were either cheering or singing and dancing,

Some were carrying a bridal sedan.

This team felt a little familiar, like something he had seen before.

After they passed by,

In front of Zhou Ze,

A pit appeared.

Zhou Ze took a few steps forward, bent down, and saw a coffin in the pit.

Again, a familiar feeling, but he had really forgotten a little.

Zhou Ze didn't open the coffin lid, but the coffin lid was blown over by the wind.

You clearly don't want to move forward, don't want to follow the instructions in the dark, but it just doesn't follow your wishes.

After the coffin lid was lifted,

The figure inside was revealed.

A woman in a plain white dress was lying here quietly.

She should have been lying here for a long time.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Ze's mouth,

He didn't bend down to pick her up,

Instead, he straightened his back and raised his head.

Everything around,

Changed.

Bookshelves, plastic stools, small bar, stairs.

Outside the door, the rain was pouring.

This was the earliest bookstore, the bookstore in Wuzhou International, the place where his second life began.

The stairs led to the second floor. He remembered that there was a freezer on the second floor at that time.

At this time,

A woman in white with a cold expression walked down the stairs, she tiptoed, silently.

She didn't seem to be able to see Zhou Ze, even though Zhou Ze was standing in front of her.

"In...ter...est...ing?"

A discordant voice appeared beside him.

Zhou Ze frowned slightly. He really disliked this about Ying Gou, always appearing at the most appropriate time and then interrupting the atmosphere he had finally created.

Ying Gou's figure appeared beside Zhou Ze.

The same face as Zhou Ze, but Ying Gou was shirtless, and the runes and imprints on his body seemed so mysterious.

Of course, although they looked the same, the temperaments of the two were completely different.

"You haven't been out for a long time." Zhou Ze said.

"If...I...don't...come...out...I...won't...have...a...chance..."

"That's true." Zhou Ze nodded, deeply agreeing.

"The...time...is...almost...here..."

"Yes, the time is almost here."

If he walked further, it was estimated that it would be time, and then, the Xuanyuan Sword might be waiting for him at the end of the road.

There was no earth-shattering scene as imagined, and there was no need to be earth-shattering. Boss Zhou had always disliked ritualistic things.

"What...are...you...do...ing..."

"Watching TV."

Zhou Ze replied.

He knew what Ying Gou meant. Not far ahead was the Xuanyuan Sword, but he was still reminiscing here.

Taking advantage of the heavy rain and the dark night, he pulled his thoughts into reality, which had a sense of self-hypnosis. Of course, it was actually more like self-paralysis.

In front,

Yingying in white had already walked to the bar. She reached out and picked up the water glass on the bar, then stuck out her playful tongue and stirred it in the water glass.

Nongfu Spring, a little sweet.

Seeing this scene, the smile on Zhou Ze's face grew even stronger.

Ying Gou closed his eyes, seeming too lazy to look at the idiot look of his dog beside him.

"E...nough...yet..."

"Not yet." Zhou Ze shook his head and said, "Before going to the battlefield, don't people like to take out photos of their families to look at?"

Ying Gou didn't want to say anything.

Just,

The surrounding scenes trembled at this moment.

"Don't mess around!"

Zhou Ze put his hand on Ying Gou's shoulder, signaling him not to get excited.

This was originally an illusion he had hypnotized himself into, and it wasn't even a simple and crude illusion. With Ying Gou's aura strength, a slight ripple could destroy everything here.

Perhaps because of the tremor just now, Yingying, who put down the water glass, seemed to sense something, and her gaze slowly looked in the direction of Zhou Ze and Ying Gou.

A look of surprise appeared in Zhou Ze's eyes,

He patted Ying Gou's shoulder lightly.

"Thanks."

Ying Gou continued to close his eyes, as if he hadn't done anything.

But Zhou Ze knew what he had just done, directly transforming his simple photography studio into the most cutting-edge pattern.

It was so real that it was impossible to distinguish it from illusion.

The "Yingying" in front of him had actually broken through the original memory screen and produced a sense of interaction.

Unable to stand his dog playing on the Little Tyrant learning machine, he closed his eyes and upgraded it to a PS4.

In front,

Yingying's gaze was initially vigilant,

But when she saw Zhou Ze and Ying Gou standing beside Zhou Ze clearly,

Her eyes began to soften and slowly walked towards the two of them.

"No, alas!"

Zhou Ze signaled that Ying Gou could end it.

Because in this memory, Yingying had not had sober contact and communication with him, probably meaning that the setting was like this.

Therefore, Yingying would instinctively walk towards Ying Gou, which was determined by the zombie bloodline.

Therefore, in order to avoid the next bloody scene, Boss Zhou felt that this page could be turned first.

But Ying Gou still closed his eyes, as if he didn't hear it, feeling like he was doing it on purpose, wanting to choke him.

However,

When Yingying walked in front of the two,

She actually took the initiative to walk to Zhou Ze's side, and did not go to Ying Gou's side.

This scene surprised and moved Boss Zhou. He looked at Ying Gou beside him and asked:

"Did you change it, or is there really a special fate?"

Immediately,

Boss Zhou answered himself, reached out and grabbed Yingying's cold hand,

"It must be a special fate."

"Heh..."