Chapter 97.
The light of the candle was not strong, so Tangli protected the light very carefully. People would feel anxious in the dark. Tangli didn't want to lose her composure because she still needed to wait for Lin Doukou to wake up.
She was worried about Lin Doukou, but she didn't know that after Tangli turned around, she saw Lin Doukou pointing a gun at her.
Tangli didn't panic out of her trust in Lin Doukou, thinking that Lin Doukou was scared. After all, when she woke up, she found someone hiding in the room. This was indeed a terrifying thing in the apocalypse.
Her voice was soft, as if it could drive away all the coldness in the winter night.
Behind Tang Li was a burning candle. She walked to the side. Without her cover, Lin Doukou lost a bit of the gloom, and was gradually surrounded by light.
Lin Doukou stared at Tangli. She did not put away the gun in her hand, but still held it in front of her chest to protect herself.
Tangli brought a chair and sat on it, and said with a smile: "Why did you faint when you were in the greenhouse?" She seemed not to notice Lin Doukou's abnormality, and talked to Lin Doukou slowly.
There was no distracting thought in her eyes. In Lin Doukou's silent gaze, Tangli looked at Lin Doukou calmly. The faint smile made Tangli's eyebrows more charming. Every frown and smile would not make this woman look bad at all.
Compared to Tang Li's composure, Lin Doukou's heart was far less calm than her appearance. The tips of her fingers holding the gun were trembling. The collision between dreams and reality made Lin Doukou subconsciously change her mind the moment she woke up. She raised her gun.
This is not a warning against Tang Li, but a warning against everyone.
But when Lin Doukou heard Tang Li's voice, her heart was suddenly pulled. The immersive pain made Lin Doukou no longer able to reveal her true feelings to Tang Li. She would always remember Tang Li killing her. The cold look in her eyes instantly reminded Lin Doukou of the zombie that Tang Li killed with his hand gun that day. They were all equally ruthless.
Lin Doukou took a deep breath, put down the gun, and continued to communicate with Tangli as if nothing had happened.
"It's nothing, it's just that the rose flower upgraded. I couldn't bear the power and fainted."
Lin Doukou warned herself not to be moved by Tang Li anymore, because she had experienced life once during the time when she fainted. But luckily she woke up, and none of the terrible things had happened yet, and she still had time, at least never become controlled by others, live like a pet that uses beauty to please people, has no self, no soul, what is the difference between it and an infected zombie?
But Lin Doukou hated her own weakness. She knew the power of that gun very well. She could have shot Tangli in the chest just now while her back was turned, and this vicious woman would never be seen again and attack herself.
What a great opportunity to kill, pulling the trigger can kill Tangli.
However, Lin Doukou hesitated. She could not do anything to Tang Li now.
Therefore, Lin Doukou was so angry at her own incompetence that even she would not be able to tolerate her future enemies.
Tangli ignored 001's whining and treated Lin Doukou as usual, not paying attention to Lin Doukou's deep and complicated eyes. She raised her hand to tuck the quilt for her, "It seems that your rose vines have been growing badly these days. The crystal cores you ate promoted it, so it's no wonder you fainted suddenly."
Lin Doukou pinched her thighs hard, and then she controlled her desire to avoid Tang Li. She couldn't show it too obviously, as this would make Tang Li suspicious.
Tang Li was a scary woman and strong enough. What Lin Doukou didn't understand was that with her strength, she could get someone better than Qi Yi, but she just wanted Qi Yi. If Tangli had been willing to communicate with her calmly, she would have pushed Qi Yi out without thinking.
Lin Doukou lowered her eyes and frowned. The dim candlelight shone on her face, making her a little weak.
But Tangli will never forget her indifferent expression when she pointed the gun at her. She was noble and cold, but now she looks like this. I have to say that everyone is multi faced, and every side of Lin Doukou is so... Tang Li is obsessed with it.
Tangli smiled slightly and stopped staying here to embarrass Lin Doukou, "Get some rest first. I'll call you when the meal is ready."
"Sorry to bother you."
Tang Li asked deliberately: "You are so polite to me? It feels like you have changed a lot."
She saw panic appearing on Lin Doukou's face, and the smile in her eyes deepened. Tangli was full of mischief, and stretched out her little paw to disrupt Lin Doukou's composure.
Lin Doukou retorted: "No, you are too worried."
Tang Li raised her eyebrows. The innocent Lin Doukou had learned to avert her gaze now. If she shifted the blame to others first, then she would be fine. If Lin Doukou didn't do this before, she would explain it seriously.
A simple test made Tangli more sure of her guess.
She won't frighten the frightened bird, take her time.
Tangli said mockingly: "Maybe I was too worried, because you were unconscious for a long time, Daukou. I tightened the string tightly and didn't dare to relax for a moment, for fear that something would happen to you. Fortunately, you woke up, I can also feel relieved."
Lin Doukou pursed her lips, looked away from Tangli, slowly lay back on the bed, and said in a low voice, "I'm fine, you don't have to worry anymore."
She didn't know how to treat Tangli for the time being. Tangli in the dream almost killed her, but in reality she was a friend she could trust. What went wrong? They were all the same person. Why would there be completely different personalities?
Is it possible that she is just like her?
A thin layer of sweat broke out on Lin Doukou's forehead in an instant. She would rather face Tangli like this than see her in the dream.
But then she thought about it and felt something was wrong. Tangli in the dream had such a deep obsession with Qi Yi. If the same situation happened to her, she would definitely approach Qi Yi. There was no reason to be friends with her.
Let alone being friends, she should have killed her long ago. She was so strong that she could kill her without anyone noticing, so how could she let her live until now?
Lin Doukou patted her chest, knowing that she could save her life for the time being.
Tangli looked at Lin Doukou, who was huddled in the quilt with her back to her, and she shook her head helplessly.
She closed the door gently, and Lin Doukou turned around and stared at the door again.
In the end, she sighed sadly. Sure enough, she was more suitable for relying on herself. Friends and lovers were all fleeting. In this world, she was the only one who loved herself.
After Tang Li left the room, the smile on her lips also faded, and her eyes were deep and condensed. She passed by the kitchen and took a look at Tong Hao and felt relieved. She did not stay in the villa, and was alone. Standing in the yard stepping on the flawless white snow.
This place used to be filthy before, but as the snowflakes fell, it was quickly covered with a layer of snow, turning it into the white snow now.
Tangli took out the cigarette from her pocket and lit the lady's cigarette with a lighter with a cold expression. Light smoke filled the air.
[Tangtang, are you worried? ]
"It's okay, I just think smoking a cigarette now will make me feel better."
[I knew the rules must not be holding anything back! I've been thinking about it for a long time, worrying about whether the rules would use other means to suppress you, but I didn't know that she had changed people, and instead of tormenting you, she was tormenting the heroine instead! ]
Tangli played with the lighter, opening and closing it. The crisp sound was not obvious in the night, because screams and roars could be heard from outside from time to time.
She blew out the smoke, "The rules said it would increase the difficulty. Lin Doukou's changes were actually within my expectation. Since I saw the rules, I have hypothesized countless possibilities in my mind, and I have also given myself a lot of vaccinations. But when this time came, I found that all the preparations were useless."
"The way Doukou looks at me is full of fear. This feeling is worse than swallowing a thousand needles alive." Tangli sneered. She shook the ashes from her cigarette and looked at the falling snowflakes, blooming again bitterly. She stopped and said: "She really knows about me and knows how to make me suffer even more."
[Tangtang, don't feel bad, you will definitely get better! ]
Tangli rarely showed some vulnerability and helplessness, "It will get better, but I don't want Daukou to know about those plots, because everything that happened in the plot is not going to happen, and I don't want her to be scared if she sees me."
Having said this, Tangli took a long drag on her cigarette, then stamped it out. Looking at the cigarette butt lying on the snow, she said coldly: "Sooner or later I will kill the rules. If not, I will take her last name!"
After smoking a cigarette, Tangli had calmed down the depression in her heart. She would not back down. She had always become more courageous with every setback. How could a woman who could hold the number one spot on the supporting female list run away from any difficulty?
So Tangli stepped on the snow and returned to the villa with a chill.
When Tong Hao saw Tang Li standing at the door of the kitchen, he hurriedly asked: "Miss Tang, how is Doukou doing?"
Tang Li pressed her eyebrows, feeling like she had forgotten something. It turned out that she had forgotten to tell Tong Hao about Doukou's awakening when she passed by the kitchen.
At that time, she was so angry at the operation of the rules that she only wanted to go to the ice and snow to calm down. She had no time to pay attention to Tong Hao and others.
She said: "Sorry, I was so busy that I forgot to tell you. Doukou has woken up. It was the because the mutated plant advanced. She's fine now."
Qi Yi's hand holding the rice wavered slightly. After Tang Li left, he said to Tong Hao, "Mr. Tong, aren't you worried?"
Tong Hao didn't understand what he meant, so he asked.
Qi Yi said bluntly: "Mr. Tong now has no superpowers and no identity of the mutated plant. I feel that the gap between you and Miss Lin is getting bigger and bigger. Miss Lin is beautiful and has mutated plants. I'm afraid there will be more admirers in the future, so isn't Mr. Tong worried?"
Tong Hao thought he was going to say something, but it turned out to be related to Lin Doukou.
He had never concealed his feelings for Lin Doukou, but because the two had broken up, Tong Hao knew from a very early age that there was no possibility between him and Lin Doukou. He liked Lin Doukou, but this love did not require Lin Doukou's response, as long as Lin Doukou was well, he would be satisfied.
"Don't worry, I will be happy for Daukou. How many women have we seen killed when we went out for training? Beautiful women will be snatched away by male supernatural beings. You don't need me to tell you what kind of life they live. Not only that, just beautiful women are in danger, as long as they are women, they cannot escape the fate of being bullied. There are not as many good people as we think, and this world is hopeless."
Tong Hao looked at Qi Yi and said: "It is the right thing for Doujiao to become stronger, so that she can protect herself without having to wait for others to rescue her. As Miss Tang said, this is not the same as sitting and waiting to die, it makes no difference. Qi Yi, don't mention what you just said again. I can see what you think. We are all men, so why hide it."
He exposed Qi Yi's thoughts and made Qi Yi stop smiling.
Tong Hao doesn't intend to argue with Qi Yi. He is just an ordinary person and there is no need to throw an egg against a stone. He took away his food and returned to his room.
Tong Hao's frankness made Qi Yi even more ugly. He was full of tricks and always thought that others were the same, but he didn't know that Tong Hao had already looked past the matter between him and Lin Doukou. It can be said that Qi Yi this time shot himself in the foot.
He cursed a few curse words in a low voice with a sullen face. Since there was no one in the kitchen, he could do whatever he wanted.
But their conversation was heard clearly by Lin Doukou who was hiding.
Lin Doukou sat on the rose vine, her legs swinging back and forth. When Tong Hao came out, the vine took Lin Doukou to another place.
The flower vines are extremely clear everywhere in this villa. Its roots are in the flower room, so it can grow infinitely, become longer or shorter, like a guard lurking in the villa, protecting Lin Doukou all the time.
She raised her lips and smiled disdainfully. This Qi Yi was exactly the same as in the dream. He was selfish and hypocritical. He looked serious and reliable, but in fact he was just a villain who knew how to pretend. His machismo tortured her in the dream so much, she was clearly not at fault but Qi Yi would always control her at will under the banner of doing her own good, so his affection was fake, and he just wanted a beautiful pet that can talk.
Lin Doukou touched her face, and it was not her appearance that was wrong. Who wouldn't like beautiful things, but Qi Yi used a wrong method, which caused a lot of pain in the dream.
She glanced at Qi Yi, who was still in the kitchen cursing in a low voice. Everyone in the villa had been scolded by him, and his words were not repeated. This man really has "skills".
Lin Doukou patted the flower vine and asked it to let her down.
She had just observed the four men in the villa, and their behaviors were completely consistent with the dream, so the only variable was Tangli. This woman who once wanted to kill her suddenly became considerate in every way, and was even willing to give her a good gun.
By the way, Tangli was also full of lies when it came to the gun.
No matter what, it is also mutated, so it can fire without miss. She believed Tangli's words before because she didn't know much about this apocalypse. But after having that strange dream, she immediately saw through Tangli's lies. The prerequisite for mutation is that there is life and guns, how could such a dead thing be alive!
Lin Doukou couldn't help but gouge out Tangli's door. There was a bad woman living here!
She wanted to use the language she learned from Qi Yi to attack Tang Li, but Qi Yi's curses were too dirty. How could Lin Doukou open her mouth to curse Tang Li silently.
While she was frowning and confused, the door opened.
Tangli looked helpless, with tenderness in her eyes, "I heard your footsteps. I didn't see you knocking on the door for a long time, so I just opened it."
Lin Doukou was once again surprised by Tang Li's alertness. Her steps were already very light, but she could still notice it?
"I went to your room before, and when I saw you weren't there, I went back to the room. Now that you've come to see me, come in."
Tangli no longer uses the method of lukewarm swallowing. The method of boiling the frog in warm water can be used, but it is only suitable for Lin Doukou before. If she continues to pursue Lin Doukou slowly, she is afraid that the bullet will penetrate her chest before she catches up.
Tangli thought about what happened not long ago. She felt that she was about to become a madman. The gun was pointed at her. She could still dig out the sugar residue and see what the rules had forced her to do.
She felt that there was candy left to eat because Lin Doukou had every chance to shoot at that time, but she didn't. Whether it was Lin Doukou out of caution or other reasons for safety, she did not fire the gun after all, so Tang Li can understand that she doesn't want to kill her yet.
The door was closed, and Lin Doukou was dragged into the room by Tang Li. The light was still dim, and everyone was saving candles.
"Tomorrow I will go out with them to look for a generator."
Lin Doukou looked at Tangli's face, nodded, "Yes."
Tangli smiled sadly. She was used to the Lin Doukou who cared about her before. Of course, after hearing her simple answer, Tangli couldn't be happy.
She rubbed Lin Doukou's hair as if to vent her anger, which aroused Lin Doukou's dissatisfaction, "Tangli, don't do this to me!"
Tangli touched the tip of her tongue to the roof of her mouth. Seeing Lin Doukou's resistance, she lowered her eyes and asked, "Can't I do this to you?"
Lin Doukou pushed Tangli away, "It's winter, I hate static electricity."
Her explanation didn't sound very convincing to Tangli, but Tangli still said sorry.
Lin Doukou blinked, "No need to say sorry."
"You don't want to hear it?"
Lin Doukou shook her head. In fact, she felt that she was making a fuss. She would not have such a reaction in the past. Every time Tang Li rubbed her hair, she would look into her eyes because she always smiled and was very beautiful, so sje couldn't help but pay attention to her.
But this time, she couldn't see her smiling face.
Those eyes became sad. Even though she was depressed, she still obeyed her and said that apology.
At this moment, Lin Doukou was confused. She didn't know whether she should ignore the impact of the dream or go back to the past?
No, we can't go back to the past. It's impossible for the memory to disappear.
"Tangli."
"Um."
Lin Doukou opened her mouth, but stopped talking.
Tangli didn't know how many times she sighed today. Lin Doukou's expression touched Tangli's heart, and she couldn't help but hug Lin Doukou in her arms.
Tangli tightened her arms and said, "Lin Doukou, something hasn't been right since you woke up. I don't know what happened to you, but I understand that you won't tell anyone about this secret. I don't have much to say, I just want to tell you that no matter what happens, I will be by your side without hesitation."
The gentle whispers rang in Lin Doukou's ears, and the woman's warm embrace and familiar smell made Lin Doukou no longer think of pushing her away.
She no longer wanted to see the sadness in Tangli's eyes that she had just rejected.
Lin Doukou murmured: "Why."
Tang Li let go of her, put her hands on Lin Doukou's shoulders, lowered her eyes slightly, her smile was as gentle as ever, "We are friends."
Before the appoclypse, Lin Doukou didn't have many friends. It's strange to say that she didn't even have a close friend after living for so many years. However, Lin Doukou never thought that this was a very distressing problem. Maybe she would feel lonely sometimes, but she enjoyed a life without anyone interrupting her rhythm, so in order to drive away the loneliness that occasionally appeared, she asked aunt Liu, the nanny, came and it was enough for her to talk and be accompanined. Socializing that could be settled with money was the most cost effective way of socializing in Lin Doukou's opinion.
She likes to be quiet and can sit in the flower room and read a book all day long.
Her inner world is very prosperous and she does not need too much social interaction.
But after the end of the world came, Lin Doukou met a woman named Tangli. The two people's personalities are very compatible, and they never feel awkward when talking. The other person can quickly understand what they are talking about, which made Lin Doukou realize that this is what a friend's existence feels like.
Lin Doukou smiled, "Yes, we are friends."
So, I want to give you a chance.
Also give myself a chance.
Since you are different from others and are a variable, it is possible that you can become different from the one in the dream.
She finally thought of a way to solve the dilemma. She chose to take a step back and hide in the dark to observe Tang Li silently.
She is a prepared person and will never live in such a mess again.
When Tangli saw her smile, ripples appeared in her eyes. Such a smile as bright as the sun really made Tangli miss her.
Although Lin Doukou was still resisting her, she returned to the state when they first met.
But the signal sent by this smile made Tangli excited.
Because Lin Doukou was still willing to choose to trust her.
"Doukou, let's leave here in three days."
Lin Doukou nodded obediently, "No problem, we will go to the base then."
"It's not just a few of us, it's just you and me."
"No!"
Lin Doukou immediately refuted Tang Li. What's the point of this journey without Qi Yi? She still needs to keep Qi Yi to test whether Tang Li will kill her.
This tool cannot be lost.
Tangli misunderstood her words and stared at Lin Doukou closely.
Lin Doukou added: "We are all friends, it is not good to leave them behind."
Qi Yi, this man, will be killed when she is done using him. Anyway, she has no intention of keeping his life.
So Lin Doukou said again: "What do you think?"
Tangli nodded silently, but actually felt depressed inside.
The two of us are alone in the world!