Invade the World

  Chapter 310 The Night of the End of the Galaxy

   "Have you not eaten it yet?"

After Zhu Qingyue returned home, she put on slippers. The first thing she did was to call her mother.

"Ok."

  Then, the mother also responded softly to her.

  The room is brightly lit, and the girl’s figure is clearly reflected on the dark glass windows that are stained by the night as deep as the trench.

  The squad leader looked at her mother who was sitting quietly in the living room, her mouth slightly raised.

  After returning home from school, the first thing is to say hello to my mother and get a welcome—this is a common sight for children from ordinary families, but for a former girl, it is an untouchable luxury...

  No, saying "extravagant hope" may be an exaggeration, because at that time Zhu Qingyue didn't even have the time to think about it. Just taking care of her mother who was seriously ill in bed was enough to make her exhausted.

  Now, everything is moving in the direction of happiness, and the life of this young girl is gradually on the right track, and she even has a passion to be jealous of men.

  The woman is sitting on the sofa as always, her back is straight and she is watching TV. The men and women on the screen are talking emotionally, and the background music is quite exciting.

  ...Speaking of which, what program is mom watching all day?

  Zhu Qingyue's mind suddenly came up with such a strange and a little boring thought.

  It seems to see her watching the same show every time. The people on the other side of the screen seemed to sing, and they seemed to be hosting a variety show.

  Or a gala to celebrate the holidays? But the gala of the TV station can never be held every day, right?

  She vaguely couldn't hear the sound from the TV, but felt that the atmosphere on the scene was very lively. The audience in the audience was applauding, tirelessly and endlessly.

  Zhu Qingyue was fascinated.

  She felt that the background sound had a sense of familiarity, like floating dust floating up from the depths of the sea of ​​memory.

  Does this mean that I have heard it before? Was it the show that the three of them watched together before Dad left?

  If that’s the case, it’s no wonder my mother is so obsessed...

  Zhu Qingyue sighed secretly in her heart and shook her head unconsciously. Without disturbing her mother's leisure time, she walked to the refrigerator, opened the door and took a look at the dishes inside.

   "Well, let’s make tomato egg noodles today, how about?"

"good."

  The mother's answer was still calm and peaceful.

  Zhu Qingyue hummed an untuned little tune, and walked to the kitchen with fresh tomatoes and eggs. After a while, there was the sound of the kitchen knife hitting the cutting board in that direction, and then the sound of "stabbing" when the pot was boiled and oiled.

  After a while, the mother and daughter’s dinner...or supper, is ready.

  Two big bowls of steaming noodles were put on the table rightly by her. The red tomatoes, yellow egg flowers and white noodles are attractive in color and look delicious.

  Zhu Qingyue prepared two pairs of chopsticks. When she was about to greet her mother, she turned around and found that the living room was empty, and even the lights were turned off.

  The darkened room gave her a trance of going back to the "past" again.

  Zhu Qingyue was stunned. When she reacted, she turned her head and found that her mother was already sitting on the opposite side.

  The girl secretly breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face.

   "Eat while it's hot!"

  *

  It’s not customary for the mother and daughter to eat together, but Zhu Qingyue got used to this life early.

  While eating, the girl talked unscrupulously about school topics, home expenses, and programs broadcast on TV and radio stations.

   Generally speaking, she is always talking, and her mother occasionally responds.

   Then, of course, it is inevitable—the mother and daughter talked about the girl’s romance.

The distorted mentality and ideals, and the terrible results that ordinary people can not understand, even two friends think she is unreasonable; and only in front of her mother who is connected by blood, Zhu Qingyue can confide all the words in her heart without any reservation. .

  She will naturally be excited about it.

   "I confessed to Xu Xiangyang. Um, yes, that's the boy. You met him more than once. Am I brave?"

   "Hehe, pestering him, pestering him, pestering him all the time, exerting his stalker and perseverance spirit, and finally getting him to agree with him still having a girlfriend. I really worked hard.”

   "I didn't see where he has this value...Well, falling in love shouldn't be measured by pure value."

"You said that this person covets beauty and that's why you agree? Haha, he is not that kind of person... No, I can't completely rule out this kind of reason. After all, I have always tried him from that direction... Maybe it really is. This way. But this kind of thing doesn't matter much, because sexual attraction is also part of love, there is no need to deny it."

  "You said that I value men more than women? No, since they are friends, everyone is equal. After I let Xu Xiangyang agree, the next step is to let Xingjie agree."

   "Yes, I also hope she can stay and stay with us."

   "Uh, yes, it actually means letting him pedal two boats..."

  "It’s not that he is taking advantage of him. Why do you think that if a man has two girlfriends, the man is taking advantage? Obviously I am also on two boats."

   "Haha, it was just a joke."

"Well, yes, I understand. Xingjie would definitely not agree at the beginning, so the two broke up very happily. But this is part of the plan, it is the only way to the ending, and I had expected it a long time ago. ."

  "It’s not normal, yes, of course it’s not normal. This relationship is not normal, but only in this way can we guarantee that the three of us can be together forever. Not only now, but also every day that follows."

"Everyone is always more willing to cherish those unusual things in life. Therefore, if such an absurd thing is really realized, it is a miracle. Who would easily abandon the miracle? Just form a habit. When it comes to saying, “It’s easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.” This means that the characteristics of a person’s personality that are different from ordinary people are always indelible. I think interpersonal relationships are the same thing."

"and-"

  Zhu Qingyue put down her chopsticks, her pupils became shiny.

   "I am about to succeed!"

  The time in the conversation has come to today. She told her mother about the birthday party that night; and when an unexpected guest arrived in the middle of the banquet, she couldn't help but jump out and scold the woman.

  The current Lin Xingjie, of course, cannot go back to the life of the past. Lin Suya's wish is destined to be wishful thinking, so the attitudes of the three people are extremely determined.

Zhu Qingyue also admired Lin Xingjie for making such a decision. Lin Xingjie did not abandon the connection with her mother, but at the same time, she gave up the world she once lived in without reservation.

  She retained the love and got the freedom she always wanted.

"Because of her mother's affairs, the relationship between us suddenly eased, and I can feel this. If this continues, Xingjie will soon accept Xu Xiangyang's relationship with her again. Then, then... "

  The girl became more excited as she talked, she just got up from her seat, and walked back and forth like dancing on the narrow corridor with light steps.

   "I don't worry about them, Qingyue."

  Looking at her daughter who was as excited as a child who heard that the school will have a spring outing tomorrow, the mother's expression finally changed slightly. It was no longer the indifferent attitude, but instead looked a little sad.

   "I worry about you. You haven't learned how to love others well."

  The girl was slightly lost in thought for a while. She stopped unconsciously, pursed her lips, and looked at the woman across the table.

  It’s weird, she thought, why did mom say this suddenly?

   "No, of course I know what'love' is."

Zhu Qingyue retorted subconsciously.

  The mother sitting in the chair sighed deeply.

  The lights in the living room went out again. Most of the woman's face was submerged in darkness, and the heavy night was diffused like a mist of dry ice on the stage.

  The remaining half of her face was illuminated by the dim light of Hisoso. Zhu Qingyue’s mother was like an actress who had just stepped on the stage and was about to sing a one-man show. On her shriveled face, a dramatic sadness appeared.

   "Then you, do you love me?"

  The woman asked.

"…what?"

  Zhu Qingyue showed a surprised expression.

   "Mom, what are you talking about—"

  "Didn’t you just mention that girl’s mother? You said she got rid of the shackles of the family and gained freedom. You admire her because you also desire that kind of life deep in your heart, right?"

  The girl’s eyeballs became round and round. She felt both stunned and panicked for a while. She was usually clever, but at this time she seemed clumsy and tongue-tied.

   "No, I didn’t mean that...er, I’m not saying that Xingjie is not good at doing that, but, but she and I are...no, her mother is different from her mother..."

Different?

What is the difference between   ?

  There is a voice echoing in her heart:

  Since I was a child, I have been taking care of my mother who was seriously ill in bed, not to mention enjoying the warmth of parental care and the enjoyment of getting along with my family. The woman in front of you is a burden to you!

   Isn’t that unreasonable? There are tens of thousands of children in the world, so why do you want you to bear all this?

  Have you never felt bored?

  The so-called "mother and daughter" depend on each other, but in fact one of them is one of them, living for the other all their lives...

  —No, no, no, no!

  Zhu Qingyue immediately stopped herself from thinking about it.

  She was very sensible and calmly self-analyzed:

  Yes, there are indeed similarities between myself and Xingjie’s life backgrounds: both are single-parent families, and both have no friends.

   Although on the surface, one was withdrawn in school and the other was welcomed by teachers and students, the level of “loneliness” at the spiritual level was comparable.

  The reason why the two of them are attracted to each other is related to this similar trait.

  But now...the situation is different.

   Just like Lin Xingjie chose to leave that home and live a new life; her mother's illness is cured, and she no longer needs to take care of her.

  There is no doubt that the lives of the mother and daughter are getting better and better.

  Let the past happen. The bright future is waiting for you. That’s enough, isn’t it?

  Don’t think, don’t think, throw away all the memories of living in the dark house, and throw them behind—

  Just as Zhu Qingyue made up her mind, her mother spoke quietly again:

   "Are you going to abandon me? Just like your father."

  The moment Zhu Qingyue heard this, her heartstrings trembled.

   "No, I won't..."

  The girl's voice suddenly became anxious, and finally couldn't bear the ups and downs in her heart. She stepped forward to her mother's side, opened her arms, bent over and hugged the woman's waist.

  Zhu Qingyue breathed the familiar and warm smell of her mother, and a nostalgic feeling surged in her heart. She murmured:

  "You are my mother. As the only relative in this world, I will not leave you."

"Yes."

  The woman's dry palms are touching her hair lovingly.

   "Qingyue, you need me, not I need you. You have always been clear, right?"

  The daughter put her head on her mother’s knee.

  Mother opened a pair of black and white pupils.

  These eyes, which should have belonged to humans, showed a strange and terrible picture in the dimness of the room:

  Each eyeball is composed of countless smaller pupils. It looks like the lens is densely packed with countless black and white worm eggs—

That is…

   is called "compound eye", an organ that can only be seen on insects.

  This woman with compound eyes is hugging the girl in her arms very tenderly.

   "It has always been like this."

"…Ok."

  Zhu Qingyue did not raise her head, but gave a dull voice, and then nodded silently.

   "Really obedient. Good, good."

  The woman’s fingertips touched the girl’s neck, and she stroked it down the delicate skin until she reached the roots of her hair, immediately aroused a layer of goose bumps.

   "Then if mom wants you to make a choice, would you accept it?"

"Well…?"

  The girl lying in her mother's arms seemed to feel sleepy, and even her voice began to become confused.

  "—Qingyue, Qingyue, mother and your two friends, if you could only choose one side, who would you choose to be with?"

  The woman put her mouth to her daughter's ear, she seemed to grin open the corners of her lips impatiently, revealing a row of monster-like teeth.

  *

  Icy glass windows, one end is bright as daylight, and the other end is the cold autumn night with the whimper of the cold wind.

  This is the night when everything is about to come to an end.

Taking this brightly lit home as a starting point, a series of invisible silk threads fall like a torrent of rain; they pass through the furniture in the room, through the reinforced concrete, through the entire high-rise apartment building with more than 20 floors, and then spread to the third. The second building, the third building...

   Soon, the park downstairs, the entire community, and the banks and rivers outside the community are all covered by densely woven silk threads.

  However, this is far from over.

  The rain of silk thread falling from the sky seems to have not revealed its terrifying true face at the root until this moment. If someone observes with a wide-angle lens from above the city, they will find that the coverage of this rain is expanding crazily at a speed that human eyes can hardly catch, and it will soon disappear beyond the end of the field of vision.

  The lens continues to be raised, looking down towards the ground.

The home that was the source has now become a small matchbox; with this as the center, the lens has changed from minimal to extreme, encompassing the entire Jinjiang City at once, countless streets, roads, and vehicles. Pedestrians, houses, trees... all become toys hung up with transparent silk threads.

From the birds in the sky to the people on the ground to the earthworms in the soil, every inch of soil is submerged by invisible heavy rain. The hundreds of millions of creatures living in this city all have an invisible thread on their heads. Extend in the direction of suspension—

  Go up, then up, until you can see the outline of the entire land.

  There is the end of the sky, the depths of the universe.

Near the barriers of the two worlds, a colossal evil life bathed in the radiance of the Milky Way slowly roaming, it is letting go of the mouthparts that can swallow tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, and may inhale the entire city at any time. Belly...

  (End of this chapter)