Chapter 68

Thus, the end of the world has passed. Although the post-disaster reconstruction was challenging, everyone was happy.

Chen Min started a nursery to help take care of these small children whose parents were very busy.

One day, a child pointed to a picture she had posted on the wall and asked, "Sister Chen Min, who is this?"

"I know!" Another child ran over with enthusiasm, looking reverently at the picture of the young man with the pure eyes, "My mom worked in the lab, and she told me that this is the man who saved us!"

"That's right!"

"I've heard that too."

The group of children chattered about it. Chen Min looked at the photo of the young man and showed a nostalgic smile. It was not easy to keep this photo in the end times.

But this seems to be the only trace of the youth's existence.

No, Chen Min denied her thoughts. Every blade of grass in this world and everything else now is proof of his existence.

Chen Min looked at the fruit planted on the windowsill. The red-colored fruit was extremely lovely.

Two years have passed since the end of the world, and fruits are no longer rare, but Chen Min has never again tasted the same sweet taste as the berries the child gave her.

After watching the parents pick up the children, new visitors arrived on Chen Min's side in the evening.

It was Ding Shiang and the others.

Chen Min handed over the tea: "Any news?"

The four men seized the opportunity in the post-disaster reconstruction and are now all in high positions. However, these four men are jointly expending human and material resources to look for two people in the whole world.

Every week, they take time out of their busy schedules to look for them personally, and not to mention the times when they get some ambiguous information.

The memory of the end times was very dark and gray. However, because of this, that colorful memory was deeply implanted in the hearts of these people, so they still remember it from time to time after it ended. It was impossible to forget.

At the end of the end times, the Capital Laboratory wanted to take power and take all the credit for the passing of the end times. But the elderly Professor Wu took the liberty of making a statement, claiming that the salvation received throughout the end times came from a child.

Professor Wu told the surviving world that one person alone shouldered the responsibility of the entire world. Even he, the head of the experiment, now questions whether it was really right to entrust all the burdens of humanity to a person whose mind was just a child.

At the same time, Professor Wu also explained that there was no evidence of Sheng Feng and Qing Yun's death found around the radiation tower. Then, he released Qing Yun's personal data and described his mental state, calling on everyone to look for them.

Even in the mountains, a pigeon and a tiger were unconsciously searching, pursuing that vague impression in their minds.

Sheng Feng, who did not know anything about these things or knew but did not want to pay attention to them, walked home with two rabbits. As he walked, he instructed behind him, "Come here now, didn't you say you were hungry?"

The child behind him, who was squatting on the ground watching the ants move, reluctantly stood up and jumped towards Sheng Feng: "Let's not eat the rabbits, okay?"

"Okay." Sheng Feng smiled and stroked the child's head, "We'll keep it if you don't want to eat it."

Luckily, they survived.

Within these two years, the adult Qing Yun has never appeared again. But Sheng Feng was already grateful.

The two continued to walk forward. What entered their sight was a small farmhouse, which was self-sufficient in growing some grains and vegetables. There were two jujube trees next to it that were transplanted over by Sheng Feng.

Even though the end of the world has passed, Sheng Feng still has hostility towards other people. He always feels that these people want to steal Qing Yun away from him.

So even though he heard the outside world looking for them, Sheng Feng took the child deeper and deeper into no man's land.

The two live an undisturbed life, but they can not always be isolated from the world. There are still some homes not far away, but they do not have much contact with the outside world.

Sheng Feng started cooking, and Qing Xiaoyun was at his side making a mess.

He smiled dotingly and raised his hand to wipe the child's face: "Go aside to play and see if the little frog you raised is still there."

Qing Xiaoyun finally gave up helping him cook and ran out to play with a frog.

Sheng Feng had cleared this area, so he wasn't afraid of any danger, but he still shouted uneasily, "Don't chase dragonflies into the river, okay?"

Hearing the child's promise, Sheng Feng then turned his head.

He was handling the ingredients when he suddenly sighed. Two years have passed since the end of the world, and most people have forgotten about it, but Sheng Feng still feels his soul tremble when he thought about the scene two years ago.

It was a pain that he could not erase from his heart.

In the evening, when Qing Xiaoyun came back for dinner, Sheng Feng keenly felt that the child's mood was a bit low, so he could not help but take the person into his arms and ask him carefully: "What's wrong? What happened this afternoon?"

The child flattened his mouth without speaking, but in the end, he could not hold back his thoughts and said, "Today, I met Sister Erhua from next door by the river. She asked me if you were my father, and then I replied that you were not. But then she said I am so old and still clinging to you..."

"Said I..." the child racked his brain before he figured out that phrase, "said I was shameless?"

Sheng Feng's face instantly became grim. Qing Yun is his opposite balance, so he cannot bear any malice directed towards the youth, even for the slightest bit.

"It's okay. I won't let her come over in the future." He kissed the child's cheek.

Qing Xiaoyun then became happy. That sister would always come over to talk to Sheng Feng and would also glare at himself, which he had long hated.

After eating dinner, the two started watching TV.

Sheng Feng could not bear to let the child be really isolated from the world, so he spent a lot of effort installing the antenna to get such a thing.

A commercial began to play on TV, where a child of about five years old saw his father in front of the kindergarten and happily kissed him on the cheek.

Sheng Feng suddenly felt a warm feeling on his face as the child's soft lips pressed against his face.

Sheng Feng turned his head in surprise. Qing Xiaoyun's gaze was purely childish, with only a light look of adoration in his eyes.

Two years, two years of loneliness. The pain that Sheng Feng suppressed at the bottom of his heart suddenly surged up, and a trace of sorrow flashed in his eyes. His eyes turned red, and he immediately covered his face and walked out of the room.

Qing Xiaoyun turned his head to the side and looked with uncertainty at the man who had suddenly become sad.

Sheng Feng squatted in the courtyard to smoke.

He misses Qing Yun, and his heart is torn apart by his thoughts. Even if the five-year-old Qing Xiaoyun can give Sheng Feng comfort, it could not contain his thoughts. Because Qing Xiaoyun was like someone had pressed the pause button on him, his mind will always be five years old and will not grow a bit with time.

He will never know the emotions of adults, and Sheng Feng does not want to let his eyes stained with other colors.

However, that proud and powerful youth still haunts him.

Sometimes, Sheng Feng was even in a trance. Could it be that Qing Yun was just a figment of his imagination? Does the adult him really exist?

After finishing a cigarette, Sheng Feng was about to light another one when he suddenly heard the voice of the youth calling him from inside the house: "Hey, get water, I want to wash my feet!"

Sheng Feng was stunned and dropped his cigarette and lighter on the ground.

He turned his head inch by inch and looked into the house.

On the windowsill, the young man stood there looking at him. The emotions in his eyes were full of might and arrogance, but also a bit of tenderness and concern, which made Sheng Feng feel mesmerized.

"I'm calling you, can't you hear me?" The young man raised his chin toward him, and his tone became worse. But those eyes that blinked at him and the eyelashes that fluttered like butterfly wings revealed the owner's discomfort.

Qing Yun looked at that silly man, and his heart also flooded with a little sourness.

He did not expect that he would be able to remain in this world.

The moment this world returned to normal, a soft and comprehensive power suddenly poured into Qing Yun's body from every corner of this world, repairing his body little by little and saving his life.

It was like a gift from this world.

It was through this power that he and Sheng Feng were able to survive until today. This body was repaired to the point where Qing Yun was able to unseal his soul.

Looking at the young man he missed so much at the window, Sheng Feng wiped the wetness from his eyes and answered in a panic: " Come...coming!"

This night, the simple wooden bed made by Sheng Feng was "creaking" all night long.

The next morning, Sheng Feng reached out and touched an empty bed, and he sat up with a jolt.

He was then relieved to see the figure of the youth in the house.

However, Qing Xiaoyun was rummaging through the house looking for something. Sheng Feng froze as he watched Qing Xiaoyun. If not for the faint pain of the scratches on his back, he almost thought last night was just a dream he had.

"Sheng Feng, Sheng Feng, where is my little frog?" The child saw that he was awake and immediately ran over to ask him.

Sheng Feng was stunned, then he remembered that last night Qing Yun disliked the frog's annoying "croaking", kicked him out of bed, and told him to throw the frog away.

At that time, Sheng Feng was in a hurry to think about it carefully. He picked up the frog's legs and threw it out. The night passed, and who knows where the frog went.

Qing Xiaoyun saw him silent, and tears immediately gushed out like a clear spring: "You must have eaten him!"

Tears flowed down, and Sheng Feng was immediately distressed. He wrapped him in the blanket and hugged the person to comfort him: "Don't cry, I'll catch another one for you!"

"I want my one!" The child would not let it go.

"Okay, okay, I'll find it for you, don't you cry..."

So, in the morning, Sheng Feng fed the child and went to find him the frog, since the child only wanted the one he raised. Poor Sheng Feng had to find the one frog from among all the frogs that looked similar.

After searching for most of the day, Sheng Feng returned home carrying the frog.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw the lofty and indifferent youth sitting at the table. When he saw the frog he was carrying in his hand, the young man's face immediately went cold.

Qing Yun snorted and looked at him coldly: "What does this mean? You spent the night with me last night, but now you treat me like a child? Sheng Feng, you have no shame!"

"No, no, no!" Seeing Qing Yun again, Sheng Feng's heart immediately flooded with joy.

He walked up and wrapped his arms around the youth and was about to kiss him, but Qing Yun blocked his face with his hand: "Throw this frog out, as far as you can!"

So Sheng Feng could only run out and put the frog away again.

But when he went back again, he saw Qing Xiaoyun sitting on the door frame, holding his face and waiting for him. When he saw him returning with empty hands, his eyes instantly reddened.

"What about the frog you said you'd get me?"

Sheng Feng: "..."

He immediately took the person into his arms and coaxed him well. Sheng Feng did not see that Qing Yun pulled out a sly smile. Then, Qing Yun wrapped his arms tightly around him and cursed with a laugh: "Pervert."

Qing Yun and Sheng Feng stayed in this world for a long time. They traveled together and saw every corner of this world before they both finally passed away.

Returning once again to the space he created, Qing Yun sat on a couch conjured by his power and stared at the world in his hands for a long time.

He really did not expect that this world would be like this, that the man would quietly burrow into his heart through this accident and tug at his heartstrings.

Shortly after, a familiar force came from a particular corner, beating around the periphery of Qing Yun's space, seemingly racking its brains to get in.

However, Qing Yun did not let him in. Instead, he frowned and directly blocked the man back: "Do you have so much energy that you have nowhere else to use it? Go back to where you came from."

Qing Yun can vaguely perceive the man's location. He probably is also repairing his soul by crossing one world after another. How can he afford such reckless consumption of energy to find him across the endless space and time?

If he let him in this time, it was possible that this man would develop the bad habit of coming to him after every world.

This man was cunning as he quietly left a mark in every world he crossed so that he could find Qing Yun so smoothly.

The energy outside of the space stayed aggrieved for a while and eventually left with its head hanging down and ears drooping.

"Idiot, we'll meet in the next world. Can't you wait for this bit of time?" Qing Yun lowered his head, hiding the hint of laughter in his eyes. Then, he indulged the pull of his soul and vanished into the next world.