Back to the Future 1999: Raining at the Same Time

A week has passed since Chen Xi last came and had his leg healed for unknown reasons.

The most thing Dudugu did every day, besides continuing to practice his free sacrifice, was to cross his legs and stare blankly at a corner of the room.

After regaining her leg, she gradually reconciled with her sarcastic self and became calm and gentle.

She couldn't understand what she had done to deserve such a favor.

After her leg became crippled, she fell from heaven to hell almost instantly. Fate played a trick on her life, gradually causing her to argue with herself and tormenting herself madly amidst this contradiction.

It can be said that this week was the most peaceful week for her since the war.

However, even though I have calmed down, I still have a lot of things I want to say but I have no one to talk to.

Even the chirping "little sparrow" that would come to disturb him every now and then did not appear again during this week.

When she came to her senses, the fatigue accumulated over the years surged up in an instant, as if all the strength in her body had been suddenly drained away, causing her to crawl weakly onto her bed.

I buried my face in the sleeping pillow that smelled of buckwheat. My body had fallen down but my mind was extremely active. I didn't feel sleepy at all.

After an unknown amount of time, the roar of the demon outside the window woke Dudugu, who was pretending to sleep. After changing into her regular clothes and straightening her collar, she decided, for the first time, to change her purpose of going out from buying necessities to relaxing.

Before going out, when she put her hand on the door handle, Dudugu stepped back, looked at her clothes, took off her coat with some hesitation, and then changed into another piece of clothes that she thought looked better.

She didn't know why she did this, but... she seemed to be vaguely expecting something.

After finally putting on his new clothes, Dudugu took a deep breath and opened the door.

Because she lived in a remote area, the noise and bustle of the town did not immediately surround her when she opened the door. The tenderness from the world gave her enough time to adapt to this new mentality.

However, although Dudugu already has normal legs, his first step was even more shaky than when he was still wearing prosthetic limbs.

Although I had gotten along very well with that leg when I was practicing at home, after entering the outside world, the phantom pain of a severed limb still emanated from the base of my thigh, sending waves of itchy pain.

However, I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but I always feel that the weather in Cross Street today is much better than before. The sky, which has been gloomy for several days, suddenly cleared up, and even the thick fog that has been covering the streets of London has completely cleared up today, which is rare.

After a long time, feeling the warmth of the sun falling on his body, Dudugu found a bench on the street, sat down slowly, and looked at the noisy street scene in front of him with a smile for the first time.

Elsewhere, Chen Xi gazed at the newly acquired bituminous coal Kabangkru's tusk in the sunlight. He squinted slightly, trying to discern the difference between it and other Kabangkru species, but having no knowledge of this, he couldn't see anything special.

Throw it into the air and catch it with one hand and put it in your pocket:

"Hmm, now the gift for Miss Tooth Fairy is ready. But... since I've already dealt with the culprit of the London Fog—the bituminous coal Carbone—will the Foundation still send her here?"

Looking around, some vendors have already started replacing their decorations and merchandise with new ones in preparation for the Uluru Games.

"I think I'll still come. After all, there's something so important going on, like the Uluru Games preliminaries."

After collecting his thoughts, Chen Xi soon heard the various calls of the vendors. At the same time, an excited call came from far away and blew into his arms along the wind:

"Chen-Xi-!"

He tapped the ground with one foot, drew a circle as the axis, and turned on the spot, just in time to catch the unusually lively silver-haired figure:

"Anma is a child and likes to do this, so I can still catch it. You are such a grown-up, why are you still imitating her like a child? Aren't you afraid that I will accidentally miss you?"

Chen Xi rubbed the girl's head in his arms, scratched her little nose, and said with some anger and helplessness.

"Huh~Huh~Hehe, I believe Chen Xi can catch me! And...even if I throw you down, it would be nice to just lie on top of you."

"You..."

After gently nodding her little head, Chen Xi took one of her hands and asked softly:

"Why are you so excited today? I thought I had imprisoned you and just released you now."

"you do not say!"

Anya grabbed Chen Xi's arm and pulled him towards her, then tilted her head towards his chest.

"I can't even remember how many days it has been since I came out of the wilderness to play with you properly!

You always complain about the bad environment outside, about things like smog and PM2.5, which are hard to understand. Then today you suddenly said we could go out and play, so of course I was excited!

"Why, the scenery in my wasteland is not beautiful?"

"It's beautiful, but... I'm tired of seeing all of that. Even those wasteland plots you didn't use, I've already changed them back and forth several times. I'm getting bored staying there."

"Hmm~ I see. Then I'll go back and sort out some more wasteland plots. How about you play outside by yourself first?"

Chen Xi teased Anya with a smile. She did not disappoint Chen Xi and tightened her grip, lightly punching Chen Xi in the chest.

"You're such a jerk! I know I'm so happy to be with you, yet you still say that on purpose! I'm going to punish you by making you stay with me all day and not even going back to the wasteland at night!"

"Okay, okay, my little ancestor, today everything will be up to you. I'll listen to you, okay?"

"Great!"

Chen Xi naturally knew how much effort Anya had put into convincing Nana to stay in the wilderness to take care of the Lantern Operator, Lead Glass and other children. He said that just to see her pretend to be angry.

Arm in arm, the two of them strolled through street after street, putting newly bought jewelry on each other's heads; buying new snacks, wiping off any ambiguous residue on the corners of their mouths before putting it in their mouths; then cautiously reaching out to pet the cat lazily sleeping on the street corner, and finally, with a ferocious meow, they ran away laughing...

The laughter of the two of them drifted along the wind and gradually reached the ears of another person. She couldn't say that the voice was familiar, after all, she had only heard it a few times.

However, when the wind brought her those notes of laughter, her heart suddenly stopped beating for a moment, telling her who the owner of the voice was.

But... the voice of another girl coming from the wind at the same time made Dudugu's heart suddenly twist.

Suddenly she lost interest in staying any longer, so she hugged her arms and stood up quickly. However, at this moment, a call suddenly sounded behind her, which made her heart tremble.

"Dukduk bone?"

Without looking back immediately, Dudugu took a deep breath, rubbed the stiff muscles on his face, and then turned around and looked at Chenxi coldly:

"What's the matter?"

Chen Xi was in a good mood and greeted an acquaintance as usual when he saw him. However, when he saw Dudugu's expression, his hearty smile suddenly froze on his face.

Somewhat embarrassed, he lowered his raised hand, rubbed it, and quickly found a new topic to continue:

"Your legs seem to have recovered well, hahaha..."

Dudugu twisted his body and looked at his leg, which was now intact, and replied indifferently:

"Well, thanks to you, I'm recovering well."

"Haha, that's good. Then... I'll be leaving first. Your leg will probably be fine now."

"Ah."

After saying hello, Chen Xi immediately pulled Anya, who had been holding his arm and hiding behind him, away. However, when leaving, Anya kept looking back and staring at Du Du Gu, who was looking at them with her arms folded. The two even made eye contact while they were in a hurry.

On the way out, Chen Xi realized his problem - today was supposed to be a date with Anya alone, but under such circumstances he was chatting up other girls... This was a taboo no matter how you looked at it!

Although Chen Xi knew that Anya probably wouldn't care, he still denied his own inconsiderateness and decided to take this opportunity to think carefully about how to make it up to her in the evening.

However, Anya, who was also on her way out, was thinking something completely different from what Chenxi had guessed. As a woman, especially one who had been with Chenxi for almost the longest time, Anya was all too familiar with the scent emanating from the woman known as Dudugu.

That's the feeling of having fallen for Chen Xi!

But...looking at Chen Xi's expression, he seems not to have realized this yet.

Hehehe...When Anya thought of this, she came up with several little pranks to play on Chen Xi.

As for whether she would really have another sister in the future? Anya didn't care. She just wanted Chen Xi to watch over her and give her a little bit of her own preference.