【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

There are always various reasons for the termination of a date between two people, such as the end of the vacation, urgent calls, glory missions, etc., but this time it is very different.

This is the fifth time that Zhou Zekai has lived in Ye Xiu's house, so he also has some understanding of the Ye family's behavior: Ye Qiu's work and rest are very regular. I sleep until nine o'clock; Ye's father is the first to wake up at home, he will prepare the family's breakfast; Ye's mother is in charge of walking the dog, and goes out to practice yoga every day; Come in the afternoon; Dian is always a very reliable dog, never barking when there is no movement.

But this afternoon, when there was no one else in the room except Zhou and Ye, Xiao Dian screamed extremely fiercely.

"Anything?"

"Go and have a look." Ye Xiu covered the notebook, "It may be a wild cat. My house has a high security level, and the surrounding buildings are all our own people. They have installed various monitoring equipment, and even the Zagon people can't get in." .”

The two followed the sound and found that Xiaodian was calling towards the garage. His upper body was slightly lowered as if he would jump out at any time, and his small face wrinkled fiercely.Zhou Zekai listened carefully, and found that there was a continuous banging sound in the garage, hitting something made of metal, as if...someone was gently knocking on the door.

Having figured it out, Zhou Zekai simply bent down and hugged Xiaodian, stroked it twice on top of its head, and explained to Ye Xiu, "My email."

"Huh?" Ye Xiu opened the door, and saw Zhou Zekai's TARDIS disguised as a car. On the driver's door, a small square box glowing white was hitting the door repeatedly, like a bird hitting a glass window. bees.After sensing Zhou Zekai's location, it immediately gave up the act of grabbing the TARDIS with its head, circled around in the air, and flew towards him.

"Who gave it to you?" Ye Xiu took the little dot over to make it easier for Zhou Zekai to read the email.And Xiao Dian was in Ye Xiu's arms, and kept throwing it out, opening and closing his mouth, as if he wanted to grind his teeth at that square box.

Zhou Zekai touched the pattern on the box: "Mom."

"It's the first time seeing your mother send you an email. It feels like you are rare."

Zhou Zekai nodded: "Yeah." The time lords have infinite time and space, no one can stop, it is not easy to see each other frequently, even for immediate family members.In addition, the time lord will be reborn, and his personality will even change after rebirth. It is often found that the familiar people have become completely strange after decades of absence, which also brings a lot of trouble to the movement of compatriots.

He opened the box, and a very strange female voice ran out cheerfully.

"Hey son! Guess what? I'll get your dad stuff, home! We haven't seen each other since you got your own tardis, how about a cup of tea? I'll just be at home Stay for 10 minutes, or I will leave if you don't come, your dad is still waiting for the species detector!"

After hearing this message, Ye Xiu was stunned: "Isn't it? If I remember correctly, you had the TARDIS when you were in your 30s, but you haven't seen it until now?"

Zhou Zekai nodded.

"...Well, although you told me before that it is common for your time lords to be out of touch for hundreds of thousands of years, it is too exaggerated for relatives to be like this." As a human being, Ye Xiu obviously couldn't Understand this way of getting along, "Then you go, it's rare to see you once."

"Together?"

"Me?" Ye Xiu gave him a strange look, "Is your home in Califary?"

Of course, Zhou Zekai didn't understand why Ye Xiu would say such nonsense.

"Who told me back then that I can go anywhere in the universe, but don't go to Garri Frey?" Ye Xiu pinched his face amusedly, "I'm a fixed point, look at Yigun and Xiaoxiao every time." The first time I see me, I will throw a temper tantrum. There are so many TARDIS in your Garrifrey. If I stop there, the whole planet will rebel? Also, I am an illegal inheritance smile, if you The government found out, what should we do if we want to take it back? Shall we meet again in the future?"

Zhou Zekai thought about it carefully, it was true, but he still wanted to bring Ye Xiu home to meet his parents.Galli Frey didn't have such customs, but Zhou Zekai had been contaminated with many human habits and thinking habits after being on the earth for a long time.

Ye Xiu kissed him lightly on the corner of his lips: "Go ahead, next time you see me it will be Valentine's Day - you brought so much food but no chocolate." After finishing speaking, he slapped his butt hard remember.

Zhou Zekai was pushed forward two steps by this force, he had no choice but to say goodbye to Ye Xiu, then took out the key and opened the door of TARDIS.Put the square box into the groove, and the coordinates read from the mail are displayed on the screen.

When he read the mail and heard that voice, he knew that his mother had been reborn.In my memory, my mother's voice was a slightly deep and hoarse mezzo-soprano, but now it was replaced by a very sweet and soft voice.But even so, when Zhou Zekai walked out of the Tadis and saw a seventeen or eighteen year old blonde girl who was two heads shorter than himself, he was still stunned for a moment.

"Oh baby, you're still so handsome! It's great to see that you haven't been reborn." She pounced on Zhou Zekai, almost hanging on Zhou Zekai's body, and then gave him a smack on the left cheek, "I like mom A new look?"

Zhou Zekai looked at this woman who could pretend to be his sister next door, but was actually over 700 years old, and nodded without conscience: "...I like it."

"I like it very much too—it's a pity I didn't use this body to give birth to you, otherwise you would be a yellow-white child, and you must be more handsome now." She jumped off Zhou Zekai, looked at her son carefully, and suddenly stretched out Pointing his index finger to his neck, "Ah, I found a hickey - I won't disturb your good business, will I?"

Zhou Zekai blushed suddenly, and reflexively covered the red spot on his neck: "No..."

"That's good, otherwise it would be too sinful." She handed the cup to Zhou Zekai, "Is it a regular partner?"

Zhou Zekai took the cup with his name printed on it, nodded with a smile on his lips.

"Mom is so happy for you." She didn't ask too much. This is also the way of getting along between time lords. They fully respect each other's privacy and life. They are all people who want to live hundreds or thousands of years. There is no need for others Pointing fingers.

Zhou Zekai silently brought the eight-pointed star-shaped cup to his lips, and the light brown liquid in the cup just entered his mouth, and he sprayed it out without poise—the taste is too indescribable.

"It's like this for the first time, hahaha!" The young-looking mother smiled and raised her own octagonal cup. "This is called Baiku tea. It's a drink we found in Ursa Major. Just get used to it." Then she stuffed a small palm-sized box into the pocket of Zhou Zekai's windbreaker, "It's full of delicious food we found."

Having two foodie parents who travel the universe in search of delicious food is a happy thing in a way, but the mixed taste is not so wonderful.

"It's just a pity that there is no Momo bird's egg." She looked regretful, "That egg is the best I have ever eaten, but the second time we went to find it, the locals told us that Momo bird had long ago It became extinct—but we went there three years ago for the first time, so I can’t figure it out.”

Zhou Zekai had a bad premonition: "The last nest?" Sometimes people think that the species that are extinct may still have a few surviving in inaccessible places. Maybe their parents ran into the only remaining Momo bird——they would not Are they completely eaten?

"How come, we saw thousands of them at that time, and when they flew up, they covered the entire sky." She waved her hand, trying to express the magnificence of the scene, "So I came back to get the species detector , so many Momo birds will not appear out of thin air three years later."

Zhou Zekai nodded knowingly.

She glanced at the time: "ah, it's almost time, baby mother is gone."

"Well, take care." He bent his knees and hugged his mother, "Dad too."

"You too." She touched the corners of Zhou Zekai's eyes, and sighed, "You've really grown up, I didn't expect me to be away for so long—how old are you now? Three hundred? Four hundred?"

Zhou Zekai was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "190 three."

The mother's blue eyes widened a little in astonishment, and then a sad expression appeared on her face: "I'm sorry."

"……Um?"

Her voice is full of pity for the child: "No matter what you lose, mother will feel sorry for you."

Zhou Zekai smiled: "I haven't lost anything." He paused, then said firmly, "Nothing."

The mother didn't say anything more, but left another kiss on his left cheek: "Take good care of yourself."

After the sound of the Tardis' engine died down, he cleaned the two cups and put them back in the cupboard.The three octagonal cups of a family of three snuggled together. Zhou Zekai watched quietly for a few seconds before taking out the cup that belonged to him again. Then he walked into his TARDIS and hid it in a Unassuming little corner.

He stood on the bridge and entered the coordinates, the location was Ye's house, and the time was 5 minutes after he had just left.His fingers stayed on the keyboard for a long time, and finally erased the second half of the coordinates, and changed the time to February 2, six months ago.

He walked into the room, changed a set of clothes, carefully combed his hair, and then opened the small box his mother stuffed for him, and took out all kinds of food collected from different planets in different time and space. , picked out what he was sure was delicious, and put them into a gift box together, then walked back to the bridge and pulled down the operating lever.

Pushing open the door of the TARDIS again, Ye Xiu was in the garage, standing against the wall, smiling at himself: "I knew it was you when I heard the sound of the engine."

Zhou Zekai smiled and handed over the gift box.

Ye Xiu took the huge gift box and asked, "Chocolate? Why is it so heavy?"

Zhou Zekai shook his head, then leaned over and gave him a kiss.

"Happy Valentine's Day."

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Don't ask me why I don't send sugar on Valentine's Day...

Only when you have lost something will you have eyes that are older than your actual age...

But Xiao Zhou didn't lie, he really didn't lose Ye Xiu, he just lost every minute.