Chapter 20 - Today I'm A Sad Fish

The journey went smooth till now, the black wheels floated so effortlessly along the grey road. And so as our car made its steady way along, the scenery took an immediate change from the crowded trees to a deserted land, "huh? why did it change suddenly? aren't we heading to the city?!"

"We are, from now you should be careful and here change your clothes, believe me, you won't like to be conspicuous"

"I don't wanna, they are so ugly!!"

"then we'll be eating only Chinese eggplant with Spicy Szechuan Sauce for 4 weeks "

my body lost strength same as my face lost its smile and so I went offline, so fierce !! he knows I hate eggplants the most and he wants me to eat them? everyday? for 4 weeks?

"ok, but only this time ", snort "let me see what unfashionable place is this, let me wear a hooligan!!!"

"don't be angry", Li Xiang says as caresses my head

"who let me be angry?!! this young master is angry, can you do something about it!!!", I slap his hand away then start scolding him, dare he go against me again!!

"you're right, everything you say is right ", Li takes from his storage space a cap and puts it in my head then say, " remember, never take off the cap ", he took a long time staring at me then grabbed glasses from storage and directly put it on my eyes, "still not good enough ", he says then put dirt on my face.

I was completely shocked that I failed to react soon, "my beauty!!! my reputation!!! you can let me wear ugly but you can not destroy my face!!"

"don't worry, I took the soil from my space, not only is it clean but also beneficial to the skin, just take it as a face mask ", says Li

"trying to fool me, humph ", I just decide to ignore him after all this young master is benevolent.

after I stepped out of the car, I took the car back to his space so we had to continue walking the rest of the road.

"Remember, once we're in, we are considered refugees, don't talk loud, don't attract attention, don't eat anything, don't wander around,...."

"ok, ok, I get it mom", I turn my eyes around, seriously does he think I'm a kid? I'm 24 years old ok!!

we had now reached the entrance of the city, some buildings were straight and some were bent, the cars were all scattered over the place, the road is broken and you can see some corpses spread outside after we got closer a pile of cars was standing in front of the entrance .

"what do we ? should we climb the wire mesh? it won't stun us with electricity?", I ask question after question, I honestly did so for no reason, maybe I just wanted to see his reaction?! why do I feel that I'm starting to become unreasonable?

"stop!!! you need to give food or an equivalent object to get in ", a man cries on the top of the gate, 'weird how did I not see him before?

"do 4 nucleus stones work?", Li Xian takes 4 nucleus stones out then holds them up for the man to see.

the other said no more, went down, opened the door then said, "you can climb the cars yourself"

the inside is more depressing than I thought that the people are so miserable, it's all gray, the buildings are gray, the clothes are grey and the sky is gray, how can they live like this. I was immersed in watching the underworld, a baby's cry wakes me up . I instinctively hold my breath the poor child looked exactly like the children I saw in Africa news and documentary , he hear was so big, bigger than his skeleton thin body, I feel like crying and I wanna help the child .

Li Xiang seems to feel my intention, so he grabs my wrist and pulls me to a narrow alley, my back hits the wall, and before I can resist he hugs me.

"it's ok, I know you want to help but I have to stop you, don't be sad ....", this is all I heard him as he pets my back before I start crying, thankfully all my pearls went inside his space.

when I calmed down, we continued walking to the inner section of the city, but this time I just kept my eyes on the ground, held Li Xiang hand, and let him lead me; his hand holding mine felt big, hot, and reliable, thinking about it I always feel at ease with him to the point that I sometimes forget that we're living in the end days. moreover, I wish he can hold my hands more in the future ...; AAAAAH what am I saying ?! did I lose my mind? I shake my head to wake myself but when I stop I see a scoped x7 Li's face in front of my face, my face instantly heat up and I couldn't look him in the eyes anymore.

"what's wrong ?", asks Li Xian looking concerned doubling my guilt

"huh?! this is not right, why do I feel guilty?", I mumble to myself, I shake my head again," it's nothing, let's hurry up

"we don't have too, I don't when the cave will appear so we have to stay here for a while, I planned to find somewhere to live in first.

"what did you say? stay here? but it's so depressing, I'm afraid I'll lose my hair with all the pressure, let's just go and come back when it shows"

"but...", right after Li started talking I started begging him

"pleaaaaase", I hold his arm and swing trying to act, hurry up and agree can't you see I'm losing face here.

"how about this we stay 2days, we can observe and I also can do some business after we can live inside the tent outside the city, what do you think ?"

"ok!! if you tell me to live inside the car I'll be willing", anywhere but here

(question: who do you think will fall in love with the other first?

(Erha or Li Xian)

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