【Zhou Ye】The Foot of Time

Afterwards, Zhou Zekai met Ye Xiu eight more times, and watched him become more and more depressed—although to Ye Xiu, he gradually came out of the sadness of the timeline—the eighth time he met, he even went from The other party directly learned that the next meeting is when Ye Xiu promised not to try to change the timeline.

The timeline is so clear, he has already counted every step in the future.

But even though he was mentally prepared, when he saw Ye Xiu repeatedly tossing about their timeline, Zhou Zekai still felt that his internal organs were burning.He knew that the Ye Xiu he saw would become younger and younger, and less and less like the man he fell in love with in the first place—no one would remain unchanged for a thousand years, even Zhou Zekai could clearly feel the change of time. The sculpting marks left on my body - but as Ye Xiu said, watching the other party become more and more immature, I will only love him more, but...

But this Ye Xiu was undoubtedly so unfamiliar to Zhou Zekai that he found it terrifying.

He was like a wolf driven to a desperate situation, surrounded by the icy night wind, and the next moment he would use his sharp claws to tear the whole world into pieces and swallow it in one gulp.He sat at Lord Grim's doorway, with one leg bent, his arm on his knee, and a pair of eyes looking straight over, as if he could see some hidden clues, and he seemed to be thinking about where to start. So that Zhou Zekai's soul can be pulled out and examined carefully, if not, it would be an excellent ending to die together.

"……How old are you?"

He spoke hoarsely.

"720 nine."

Ye Xiu closed his eyes, and with extra force, his brows tightened, as if the eyelids could stop the cruel world from clamoring in front of his eyes.When he opened his eyes again, he didn't say a word, nor did he look at Zhou Zekai, he just walked into Lord Grim and closed the door heavily.

Zhou Zekai had Lord Grim's key, and his own TARDIS stopped behind him, but he didn't go in, nor turned back, but just sat down by the closed door.The grass under him was a little damp and prickly, but Zhou Zekai didn't care at all. He just raised his eyes slightly to see a few pterosaurs flying past his head with spread wings.

too hot.

He tore open his neckline.

Probably because the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Cretaceous period was a bit high, he felt a little out of breath.

After about an hour, the door behind him was finally opened from the inside. Zhou Zekai, who was leaning on the door at that moment, almost fell in, but was held by a hand.That hand exerted force on Zhou Zekai's sweat-soaked back, and immediately left. Zhou Zekai felt the person behind him stand a few steps away, beckoning him to come in.

Zhou Zekai stood up without a word.

"...You won, ten consecutive victories."

Ye Xiu's face in front of him was calm, Zhou Zekai didn't know what he did with the door closed in the past hour, and what kind of psychological construction he did, at least he can't find a trace of disturbance in him now.

Zhou Zekai witnessed the death of an erupting volcano.

"You have already experienced this day when you bet with me. The dealer who already knows the hole cards, any gambler will only suffer a crushing defeat, right?" Ye Xiu sat down on the steps leading to the driving platform, "Me too , obviously know what the hole cards are like, there is no chance of winning, but not only does not fold the cards, but also follows all the way to the end, it is really stupid... Do you know how long I have been here?"

Zhou Zekai didn't answer.

"36."

"I've been here all the time, and I haven't gone anywhere. I've tried various methods before, and the time span is so large. If you think about it, you will always meet an aging you, right? Even once is good, just once. But no, your age keeps getting younger. Finally, I thought, since I can’t change the young you when I meet you, then it’s a change of the timeline if you don’t meet, right? Dinosaur This kind of thing is nothing unusual to us. After all, we have seen it several times whether we are together or separately. I think you should not come to this kind of place, but it turned out...heh." Ye Xiu laughed mockingly, "In the end, we still hide Don't go."

That's why the people of Glory always complain that they are jumping back and forth non-stop. Could it be that they are hundreds of years older than they were when they met yesterday and today?

Zhou Zekai lowered his eyes.

"...Don't worry, I won't deny it if I lose—I won't make unnecessary attempts in the future." Ye Xiu rested his forehead with his hands, and closed his eyes under the shadows, "We will meet again next time." I'll forget about that, just give me some time."

--I know.

Zhou Zekai finally took a step forward. He walked up the steps step by step, and then stood still in front of Ye Xiu, encircling him with a very light force.

"...You won, but you are not happy." The person in his arms made a muffled voice.

"of course."

How could he be happy, he felt that his heart was really broken - even though it sounded hypocritical, Zhou Zekai really felt like this.He also knew that this was just the beginning, and one day those pieces would never be put back together, they would be gradually crushed, and even the original shape could not be distinguished.

"...I just want to be with you."

"Ah."

"You said how long it would take me to forget you after we separated? Is 1 years enough?"

"you will not."

"Hehe, it's as if you know it, and you won't see me after separation."

Zhou Zekai kissed Ye Xiu lightly on the top of his head.

"you will not."

"...You really don't know how to comfort people." Ye Xiu suddenly laughed lowly, "It's obviously such a sad thing, why do I still feel a little happy?"

"……Me too."

—Yeah, I wonder too, why when I'm so sad, I still think of you doing this precisely because you love me so much, and then feel joy?When a person wants to cry and laugh at the same time, which expression should he use?Wouldn't such two extremes really tear a person apart abruptly?

——How did you survive in the first place?

Zhou Zekai asked in his heart.

- I can't seem to get through the first day.

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Did you see that pile of ashes on the ground?Can any of you recognize that's my heart?