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Chen Zhicun and Feng Xiao ran back panting, Meng Ke and Andrew hadn't realized what was going on, seeing their anxious looks, subconsciously moved their legs and followed behind them.

Chen Zhicun ran ahead, the cold wind blowing over his face covered his face, his hair that was originally soft and docile had been blown out of style long ago, curled up on top of his head, now Chen Zhicun couldn't control so much anymore, he just focused on going Heading in the direction of home, I want to confirm Aunt Peipei's safety as soon as possible.

Feng Xiao was right behind Chen Zhicun: "Don't worry, it might not be Aunt Peipei's house."

Chen Zhicun's ears were buzzing, and he couldn't listen to anything anymore. For the first time, he felt so clearly that there was an evil coming from his heart, just like when he was bullied by his classmates because of a single parent when he was in elementary school, just like when he was in elementary school. When his mother passed away, or like Feng Xiao died of illness... Chen Zhicun felt that this disaster could happen to anyone, but could he let himself and the people around him go.Thinking of this, Chen Zhicun shuddered, feeling chills all over his body for having such a thought.

The more Chen Zhicun ran back, the closer he was to the fire incident. When he arrived at Aunt Peipei's house, Chen Zhicun's legs were slightly unsteady, his lips trembled in fear, and he gasped unconsciously. Taking a breath, he silently covered his mouth with his left hand.

The other three people also arrived one after another and stood beside Chen Zhicun. The flickering flames swayed in the pupils of these people. When the incident happened suddenly, they were all panicked and overwhelmed. The scene Chen Zhicun didn't want to see the most appeared.

When the four of them left, the house was still intact, and Aunt Peipei's gentle smile was still echoing in everyone's minds. When they came back, everything changed.When Chen Zhicun arrived, the fire had already burned so big that he couldn't tell where it started.The flames licked, and several chains of fire climbed up the red brick wall, and the old wall had been burned black.

The scene was chaotic. When the firefighters arrived, the fire was raging. From time to time, the sound of explosions caused by the lack of heat resistance of the window glass could be heard. Neighbors in the next block ran out of their homes with their slippers on to find out what happened. Every house in this block is separated by a certain distance to avoid this disaster. Firefighters have pulled up a cordon to evacuate irrelevant people around.

Chen Zhicun was holding the cordon in his hands, already hovering on the verge of collapse.He quietly turned around and buried himself in Feng Xiao's broad chest. Feng Xiao stretched out his arms to hold Chen Zhicun tighter, and comforted him face to face: "Don't think too much about it. God, everything will be fine."

Chen Zhicun understood that no amount of hysteria would help, and it would even affect the firefighters' rescue operations.He restrained himself as usual, even though his liver and intestines had already been stretched, he still remained awake and waited.Chen Zhicun hugged Feng Xiao back, desperately absorbing warmth from him, not willing to let go of even a little bit of it.Andrew and Meng Ke looked at this scene and looked at each other, but they couldn't say a word to disturb them.

By the time it was daylight, the crowd had dispersed quite a bit, and the fire was quickly brought under control. There was no open fire under the entire house, and the air was filled with thick smoke and a burning smell. There were puddles of water, big and small, dripping water dripping from the temporary bricks and tiles and the furniture in the room.The white 120 ambulance is waiting on standby.

After a while, a firefighter wearing an orange rescue suit came out of the rubble holding something.Chen Zhicun broke away from Feng Xiao's embrace, and walked towards the fireman: "Hello, I am a relative of the owner of this house, how is the owner of the house now?"

After several hours of rescue operations, the firefighters' faces were dark and dark, only their eyes were still shining.He took a few gulps of fresh air, adjusted his protective helmet, looked at Chen Zhicun and said, "You know this family? But we didn't find any injured inside? No, only this cat." The member held the cat in his arms to Chen Zhicun. "Is this cat yours?"

Chen Zhicun took a look, isn't this the dumpling?

I saw that the cat, as its name suggests, curled itself into a ball, which looked like a glutinous rice dumpling, but the dumpling had just experienced a fire, and another circle of cat hair was burnt, and its eyes were tightly closed.

Chen Zhicun took the dumpling from the firefighter, stroked its chin a few times with his fingers, the dumpling struggled slightly, and slowly moved away.The firefighter continued from the side: "No wonder the old people say that cats have nine lives. After staying in the fire for so long, they are still alive and kicking. Except for the scorched fur, there are no obvious burn marks on their bodies. Probably because of the smoke. Well, the eyes may have been smoked, and the eyes can’t be opened yet, so let’s take it to the pet hospital to have a look at the specific situation.”

Chen Zhicun looked at Tuanzi, nodded, and asked, "Did you just say that there is no one in this room?"

The firefighter nodded with certainty: "The person who reported the fire did not explain the situation clearly. After the fire was extinguished, we searched inside and out, and only found this cat."

Not far away, Feng Xiao looked at Chen Zhicun's surprised expression, stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?" Feng Xiao looked at the scene of the fire that had been extinguished, but did not see Aunt Peipei. The figure, and the fire brigade was packing up and preparing to withdraw, Feng Xiao sensed something was wrong.

Chen Zhicun explained: "Auntie Peipei is not at the scene."

When Chen Zhicun first heard the news, he should have breathed a sigh of relief, because this Auntie Peipei did not die in the flames, but a secret uneasiness was brewing from the bottom of his heart. He looked at Feng Xiao and frowned. He frowned, thinking that the other party probably had the same idea.It was past eleven o'clock when the four of them went out. Where could Auntie Peipei go at this disappearing time?

The firefighters saw the pain and hatred on the faces of the two young people, so they patted Chen Zhicun on the shoulder and said, "Son, don't think too much, since your relatives are not at the scene of the fire, they must have escaped the catastrophe. Hurry up and contact her, but before that, you have to record a statement for us as a work record."

Chen Zhicun nodded in agreement, the transcript was just a routine, the content was very simple, he just asked about the cause and effect of the fire, and his relationship with the owner of the house.However, Chen Zhicun was not present when the fire broke out, so he failed to provide useful clues to the police.

Finally, Chen Zhicun asked hesitantly: "What is the origin of this fire?"

The firefighter looked down at the manual and said, "Judging from the situation at the scene, the accident was probably caused by fireworks, but the specific situation still needs to be further confirmed."

Chen Zhicun nodded indiscriminately, and after seeing off the fire brigade, he realized that he still had a child in his arms.Chen Zhicun touched the dumpling, at this time it was still hanging its head, nestled in Chen Zhicun's arms.

Chen Zhicun was planning to send the dumpling to the pet hospital as soon as possible, wondering where the pet hospital would be open on the night of New Year's Eve, and thinking of making a call to ask about Aunt Peipei's situation, but after a long time Before taking out the phone, he remembered that he had left the phone in the living room, and it should have turned into a piece of coke by now.

Chen Zhicun can guess the reason for this series of changes. He himself should be the biggest change in every world. If there is no himself in this world, that notebook will not be found out, and the secrets of this world will not be revealed. Being opened up by others, he will not be chased and killed one after another, and even hurt the people around him.

Chen Zhicun felt that he was about to rot, and he didn't even have the strength to move a finger. Feng Xiao was standing not far away, but Chen Zhicun slowly closed his eyes. In fact, he just disappeared like this. If you want to go against the sky and disregard human relations, the retribution has come quietly, so let everything stop abruptly.

Chen Zhi's consciousness of being in this world became weak. He dragged the dumpling with one hand, and the other hand was stiffly half-inserted in his pocket, maintaining the posture where he was still touching the phone just now. I froze in place.

The picture of this world has begun to distort gradually, and the people around have completely disappeared. Chen Zhicun is dizzy at this time, and his senses are gradually fading while holding the dumpling. Just like in the last world before, Chen Zhicun feels his existence in this world He was about to be obliterated, but he was already unable to think about anything, so he just muddled through.

Just as Chen Zhicun was thinking this way, something suddenly wrapped his face lightly, which was warm and softened his already frozen cheeks.Chen Zhicun only felt that lightness gradually subsided, and his limbs seemed to be firmly tied and fixed by iron chains protruding from the ground.

Feng Xiao called softly: "Xiaozhi."

Chen Zhicun searched for the source of the voice from a fog. He slowly opened his eyes, his eyes gradually focused, and he replied with trembling lips: "Feng Xiao?"

Feng Xiao responded, moved closer and rubbed the other person's nose with the tip of his nose, and coaxed: "Xiaozhi, don't stay in this world alone anymore, let's go home together?"

Chen Zhicun lowered his eyebrows: "Where are we going back? Where else can we go?"

The dumpling in his arms suddenly let out a long cry, and Chen Zhicun was startled, watching the Himalayan cat in his hand gradually disperse from a big halo into dots of starlight, in this light, the dumpling opened his eyes, originally The pupils that were as beautiful as colored glaze turned into a vast expanse of white in shock, as if half-blind.

That familiar voice once again entered Chen Zhicun's ears: "What is life? We are born, we live for a while, and we die. From the moment Feng Xiao brought you home and gave it to you, we Staying together and relying on each other, I see that you are not aware of love, and I see Feng Xiao endured giving, I think that by helping you, maybe I can increase the value of my life a little, everyone knows that living should do something meaningful." [1]

Chen Zhicun burst into tears while receiving this passage.

"These worlds are illusions that exist for you. Once you abandon this world, these worlds will collapse a little bit. After so many things, although the ending may still become what you and I expected, I will soon disappear. For a part of you...don't cry, Xiaozhi, the light is always ahead."

After finishing speaking, Chen Zhicun lightened his hand, and the dumplings disappeared completely.

It was snowing again in the depths of winter, and the rustling flakes of snow fell down profusely. It was the last snow Chen Zhicun saw in this world. Under the heavy snow that was flying all over the sky, Feng Xiao and Chen Zhicun two The people also followed the dumpling, slowly disappeared, and returned to the world where they were supposed to be.

【1】From "Charlotte's Web"

The author has something to say: this world is over, and then I will write a few stories about this world, and this article will be completely over! (bow)