For a moment, the two were enveloped in silence, no superfluous words exchanged, only the "tinkling clinks" of their chopsticks colliding with the bowls and plates.
This was the most ordinary meal before the Apocalypse, a scene every family experienced each day. Yet, for Tang Ye, such moments were exceedingly rare. In his youth, he lacked a direct understanding of the concept of "home."
Time passed, and as the inexperienced youth saw and experienced more, he came to understand many things. That was when he realized how different he was from ordinary people, how much he lacked what others took for granted. It was after this realization that he began to crave those ordinary things, yet he also knew such things would not be part of his life moving forward.
He fantasized about getting married, having children, and building the family he never had.
