The Last 299 Days of Humanity

Chapter 86 Inexplicable Impulse

The relationship between the girl and the old man was indeed strange to Yu Qing. It seemed that everyone here got along very well.

Seeing the girl blush red with embarrassment after being teased by the old man, he found it quite adorable and couldn't help but joke along, saying:

"She was originally going to meet her lover, but she changed her mind when she saw me."

The old man laughed heartily and warmly embraced Yu Qing, saying, "I like this young man very much. Join our Winged Clan! I'd welcome you with six hands!"

Yu Qing realized he had misspoke and quickly said, "I don't even have wings. I'm just a classical person from a little over a hundred years ago. How could I be qualified to join you?"

The girl laughed and said, "Oh! You're still holding a grudge against me for saying you're a classical human."

The old man said seriously, "What does it matter? In fact, it's a great thing. We can't really make other races grow wings yet. But making a primitive human grow wings is a piece of cake. Because we also evolved from primitive beings!"

Yu Qing felt this topic was too sensitive, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "How many people are there in Jinchengzi?"

The girl said, "There are less than two thousand people now. At its peak, there were six hundred thousand."

"Have all those people... moved elsewhere?"

The old man sighed, "No one has ever moved here. It's because our Winged Clan's ability to reproduce is getting weaker and weaker."

Yu Qing cursed himself inwardly for killing the conversation again. He should have talked about the fun things and good food there.

Seeing that Yu Qing remained silent, the old man suddenly grabbed his hand. Just as he was about to say something, the girl stopped him sharply, saying, "Old man, if you utter another word of nonsense, I will never speak to you again!"

Yu Qing sensed the awkward atmosphere and changed the subject, saying, "When I came to Jinchengzi, I encountered a strange thing that I can't figure out. I wonder if you could help me understand it?"

"Tell me, what strange things could happen in Jinchengzi?"

Yu Qing recounted how their car had miraculously gone up the mountain on its own the night before, even without power.

The old man and the girl exchanged a glance and laughed heartily, "You've come to the right person."

"Oh? You actually know that, girl? Tell this frog in a well what you know."

The old man said, "Seeing is believing. Girl, why don't you take him to see for yourself? He'll understand as soon as he sees it."

Yu Qing asked, "Is it convenient? When I encounter something I don't understand, I can't eat or sleep, and I have to get to the bottom of it."

The old man said, "Convenient, very convenient."

The girl nudged the old man and said, "If it's convenient for you, then take him there."

“If it’s too difficult, then forget it, but it’s okay to talk about it,” Yu Qing said.

The old man said, "It's not difficult. You can't fly, so just have the girl carry you and fly."

Yu Qing said, "I wouldn't dare. Actually, my car..."

The girl interrupted him, saying, "Cars are not allowed to fly; it would threaten the safety of us winged people. I hope you can understand."

The old man said firmly, "Girl, just carry him and fly over to see!"

The girl didn't answer, she just nodded.

The old man nudged Yu Qing: "Go on, what are you waiting for!"

Yu Qing and Ya Tou walked out of the restaurant. Fu Rong had just turned her car around again and, thinking he was about to get in, immediately came over. He waved to Fu Rong, signaling them to leave.

At this moment, the girl spread her wings and said to Yu Qing, "Come here."

Yu Qing was a little embarrassed: "How...did I come here..."

"Hold me tight from behind. I'm telling you, you have to hold on tight, or you'll die if you fall. Don't blame me then."

Yu Qing mustered his courage and hugged the girl tightly from behind, laughing, "If you dare to drop me and kill me, I'll become a vengeful ghost and haunt you every day!" The girl carried Yu Qing into the air and said, "Then I'll drop you every time I see you!"

The girl's body heat quickly transferred to Yu Qing's chest. Although Chang'e and the others had carried him while flying before, he had never felt this particularly comfortable before. His face was almost touching the girl's ear, and his warm breath tickled her.

She whispered, "You're tickling me."

Yu Qing deliberately breathed softly into her ear and whispered, "It tickles you to death."

She swayed her body, making a gesture as if she were about to throw Yu Qing off: "Beg me to let you go!"

Yu Qing couldn't help but hug her even tighter, saying, "Come on, let's see who begs whom!"

The girl was already a bit heavy carrying Yu Qing, and after the commotion in the air, coupled with her distraction, she accidentally flipped over, throwing Yu Qing to the bottom. As she hurriedly adjusted her flight attitude, she plummeted to the ground.

The girl scrambled to her feet and stumbled to her feet.

She said angrily, "It's all your fault for being dishonest!"

Yu Qing found her angry expression incredibly alluring, and couldn't resist turning her head and giving her a deep kiss. The girl, as if set ablaze, folded her wings and showered him with kisses.

She kept saying, "It's all your fault."

Yu Qing also lost control and said, "I'm going to provoke you."

By this time, the fire had spread like wildfire, and disregarding everything else, they rolled into the nearby grass. That patch of green grass could only hope to grow back next year.

More than an hour later, the girl lay in Yu Qing's arms, gently patting his shoulder with her fist.

Yu Qing smiled and said, "Is this your way of expressing happiness?"

"No, I hate you so much."

"That's strange. Just now, someone seemed even crazier than me."

"You know, we women of the Winged Clan are actually as conservative as women in ancient times. I was too unruly today."

Yu Qing reassured him, "What's the big deal? Just come with me, we'll be together."

The girl sat up abruptly, grabbed his hand tightly, and said, "Stay! I beg you. A woman of the Winged Clan can only have one man in her lifetime."

Yu Qing pulled the girl into his arms and sighed, "No, I still have a ton of things to do. Your Winged Clan at least has two thousand people left, but we only know of two people left, and as you saw, that girl is almost ruined..."

"I know...I know..."

"Why don't you come with me? The Winged Clan doesn't need you."

“This is really not allowed. There has never been a Winged Clan woman running away in two hundred years.”

Neither of them spoke again, simply caressing each other in silence. After a long while, Yu Qing broke the silence, saying, "Didn't you take me to see how the car climbed the hill by itself? Let's go."

"Forget it, don't go. I've already told you."

Actually, that night, after my husband and I went out for a trip and were returning to the city, I laughed at him for getting old and not being able to fly fast anymore. He disagreed, saying he was still very strong. Just then, we saw two cars parked at the bottom of the hill, and he bet he could pull them all the way to the top in one go…”

"Wait a minute, I didn't see anyone pull it!"

"We flew and pulled each other in the air with a green silk rope, so you couldn't see us. What a coincidence, we never expected it to be your car."

At this moment, Yu Qing suddenly sensed something was wrong, exclaimed, "So that old bastard deliberately set me up. Did he really need to carry me out to see the scene? It's clearly..."

The girl covered Yu Qing's mouth and said, "Please don't say it. He has ulterior motives. You know, the reproductive ability of our Winged Clan has been declining generation after generation, so he hopes that a Winged Person like you can save us."

(End of this chapter)