messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 224 People Are Always Better At Feeling Warmth In The Cold

The days that followed seemed to be calming down. An gradually got used to Chu's existence, and Chu also gradually adapted to the work and life in the new world. Got drunk.

However, the reputation of not being drunk in the first place has been established in the store. No matter how much the guests drink her, she has never been seen drunk.The guests who originally thought that they could get her drunk and then tricked them back home could only return in resentment.

As for Ann, she has become strange during this period. When chatting with people, she always looks in the other direction absent-mindedly, and no longer accepts invitations from female guests to go home together, and often declines with some strange reasons.

You know, she used to be open to anyone who came.

But now, she has almost become a nerd who goes home directly after work.

This kind of days without much turmoil lasted for a long time, whether it was a month or two months, I can't remember.

In short, both An and Chu have silently accepted each other when they grow up.

It was supposed to go on like this forever, because that's what life looks like most of the time.

But one day, Ann received a call.

It was a day off, and An was sitting on the sofa eating the breakfast he had just prepared, watching the morning times and the morning news, acting like a mature middle-aged man.

Chu was cleaning the room. Since she came, the work of sweeping and mopping the floor was naturally given to her.

The mobile phone on the table rang. An glanced at it while drinking porridge, and frowned. It was a phone she was not very familiar with.

But she still picked it up, and it was my mother's neighbor in her hometown who called. The voice on the other end of the phone was very soft, and the way of expression was very euphemistic.

But as the other party gradually explained their intentions, An stopped drinking the porridge.

She listened silently, the curtains in the living room were shaking, and the host of the morning news was still reporting the weather changes that will enter winter in the near future, reminding the citizens to keep warm.

Everything is the same as before, the difference is the news from the other end of the phone.

Ann remained silent, waiting until the person on the phone had finished speaking.

She was silent for a long time, and then responded softly.

"Well, okay, I see."

After hanging up the phone, An put down the phone, and she sat at the table with no expression on her calm face.

All I know is that she lowered her eyes, as if she was thinking a lot.

"At the beginning, I'll go out for a while and come back later."

She said to Chu who was sweeping the floor, stood up from the sofa, and walked towards the door.

When I first saw An leave, I didn't have too many doubts in my heart.

She didn't know the content of Ann's phone call. Although she could hear it, she would not eavesdrop on the privacy without the summoner's permission.

But Ann looked the same as usual, so she wasn't too worried.

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Ann left home and drove aimlessly on the street.

Her eyes were a little dull, out of focus, and she didn't know what she was looking at.

Her mother died.

The phone call from the neighbor just now brought her such news.

Because of a mild illness, her mother passed away quietly after taking a nap.

It was very plain and ordinary, just like the way most people die, but it came so suddenly that An even thought it was just a joke at first.

Because she left home early and came to live in the city alone, An's impression of her mother is still the same as when she was young and young.

It was a woman who raised her alone, strong, always smiling.Cooking is delicious, doing housework is always very neat, likes quiet, and has a calm personality.She is rarely a cause for concern as she always handles everything well by herself.

But also because of this, she was rarely cared for and noticed.She is really too strong, so strong that she can bear the suffering and pressure of life alone, so strong that she always smiles so that people can't see her tiredness.

She is so independent that sometimes even An ignores her and ignores her true thoughts.

Was she lonely when she left alone, not even her only child by her side.

An thought, and slowly stopped the car on the side of the road.

"..."

Sitting in the car, An silently looked at the road ahead, she thought she wouldn't be sad, because people are bound to die, it's just a matter of time.

But she found that she seemed wrong.

It was as if she discovered that her mother was not so strong.

In the evening, it began to rain in the city.

On the way, the pedestrians who had just got off work hurried home through the rain, with unlucky expressions on their faces.

Ann hadn't come back yet, Chu stood by the window looking at the rainy city outside, and took an umbrella in the living room.

She is going to find Ann, it's not difficult, she just needs to follow Ann's breath to find it.

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The rain was getting heavier and heavier. When I first found An, it was in a park.

The night has completely fallen, and the dim street lights are flickering alone.

An Zheng was sitting on a bench, her hair and clothes were already soaked by the rain, her face was pale, and her eyes were reddish.

She held a can of beer in her hand, and there were scattered cans at her feet.

Ann's mood is very bad. Although she can't feel the summoner's thoughts through the contract at the beginning, she can also feel this.

Chu walked over.

The sound of raindrops hitting the ground and leaves could be heard all around her, and the sound of approaching footsteps made Ann raise her head.

Watching the first umbrella coming.

She smiled with her mouth open, and said hoarsely, "You are here."

"Did something happen?" Chu stood beside Ann and asked.

Ann didn't answer her, but put down the beer in her hand, patted the seat beside her and said.

"sit."

Chu sat down, as An asked her before, keeping a little distance between them, just enough to cover her under the umbrella.

"Sit closer." An looked at Chu and said softly.

Chu was slightly taken aback, hesitated for a while, but sat a little closer.

Then, Ann hugged her, eyes red.

An's hands hugged her body tightly, as if she was afraid that she would run away, and her face was buried in her chest, so that she couldn't see her expression clearly.

This sudden movement frightened Chu, she sat motionless, not knowing what to do.

In the rain, the sound is noisy.

But after a while, Chu heard the person in his arms whimpering.

"Woo..."

Ann's body was trembling slightly, she pressed her lips tightly, but tears could not stop falling from the corners of her eyes.

Finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and cried loudly.

She cried so helplessly, like an abandoned little girl.

Amidst the crying, Chu gradually came back to his senses.

Looking blankly at the person in her arms, she slowly stretched out a hand, put it on her back, and patted gently, silently, to comfort him.

That's great.

Ann cried, thinking that it was good not to be alone.

It's great that someone else will come to find me...
Warm tears kept flowing down her face, soaking the clothes on Chu's chest, becoming the only warmth left in this rainy night.

(End of this chapter)