Dense Fog

Zhao Li stepped forward in disbelief and stretched out his hand on the bed.

The silver-gray wolf looked at him quietly, his eyes were clear and beautiful, like a mountain stream after the snow melted in the early spring.

Zhao Li's hand touched his back.

The tundra wolf lay down docilely, but his tail was hard to hide his mischief, and he flicked it over and brushed his hand.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Li asked unconsciously. The moment he blurted out, he didn't know if he couldn't believe it or didn't want to believe it.

Tundra wolves can't speak, they only make a low "whoop".

"Do you still know me?" Zhao Li wasn't sure whether Tao Qiran still had the consciousness of "human", "Can you understand me?"

The tundra wolf made a short "whoop" as if dissatisfied. The next second he turned his head and grabbed Zhao Li's hand and gritted his teeth.

In the slight pain, Zhao Lixuan's heart suddenly relaxed for most.

Or Tao Qiran, that's good.

It was already five hours before the tundra wolf returned to Tao Qiran.

This is Tao Qiran’s second beastization. The first time was yesterday. On Changbai Mountain, it took him all night to change back into human form. He immediately went down the mountain and went straight to the train station in the morning, and ran back to tell Zhao the first time. in.

He is still very rusty about switching between animal and human forms.

But without prejudice to these five hours, the tundra wolf nestled in his bed and slept beautifully next to Zhao Li.

When Tao Qiran put on his clothes again, it was already dark.

In the northern winter, night always comes early.

"I don't know what's going on," Tao Qiran said in confusion, "it happened suddenly yesterday."

Zhao Li: "Before the transformation, nothing special happened?"

"I don't know if this counts," Tao Qiran looked at Zhao Li, "I just suddenly didn't want to paint."

Zhao Li was stunned: "Don't want to paint?"

"Yes," Tao Qiran nodded earnestly, "I have been in Changbai Mountain these past few days, you know, but when halfway through painting yesterday, I saw a hare jumping into the forest. Suddenly, I didn't want to paint again. painted……"

With the memory, his eyes showed joyful yearning.

"I have awakened from the wild, and my body is active with tundra wolf genes. Why should I use a paintbrush to trace the mountains and forests? I can fully explore, blend in, and embrace wholeheartedly like that hare. Those beautiful..."

Zhao Li looked at him quietly: "Did you enter the forest?"

Tao Qiran retracted his distant gaze, but couldn't regain his excitement and yearning: "It's really beautiful there."

Zhao Li: "What happened later?"

"I don't know," Tao Qiran said, "when I recover, I have become a wolf."

Zhao Li: "Still in the forest?"

Tao Qiran: "Well, I have been in the forest."

"Are there any physical discomforts?" Zhao Li asked.

"Bone hurts," Tao Qiran's face wrinkled, "It hurts very much."

"It still hurts now?"

"It hurts as soon as you transform, but it will be better after a while."

"Are you scared?"

Tao Qiran was stunned and blinked blankly: "Huh?"

"The body becomes like this, are you afraid?" Zhao Li slowed down and asked again.

This time Tao Qiran thought about it for a long time, and finally shook his head, the little excitement in his eyes melted into water-like gentleness, like breeze, like clouds: "At first I was a little surprised, and then I was happy. In my own canvas, I will know in the next second that it is a real forest, because the scenery in the canvas is not as beautiful as one hundred thousandth of nature..."

Tao Qiran said, as if he had returned to the scene of yesterday, his whole body was filled with joy and happiness.

"Zhao Li," he suddenly thought of something, his eyes glowing brighter, "do you think it is possible that I am just the beginning, just as the wild awakening has first and second things, maybe everyone will change in the near future. Like me."

Zhao Li imagined such a scene: "Animal world?"

"Maybe." Tao Qiran was as happy as a kid who stole the sugar first.

"It's also possible that you are the only person in the world." Zhao Li broke his fantasy bubble without mercy.

Tao Qiran shook his head decisively: "I am nothing special, why is it me?"

Because only you, when you encounter this kind of thing, the first thing you feel is not fear, but happiness.

Zhao Li thought helplessly.

He also can't tell how he feels now. Seeing Tao Qiran happy, he was also happy, but when he thought that this kind of physical change might be potentially dangerous, he started to worry again.

"What do you plan to do in the future?" Zhao Li asked, "Can I still go back to school to teach?"

"I can go back. From yesterday to now, I haven't lost control. The changes in my body should be able to be mastered on my own."

"That's good." Zhao Li nodded, "When the holiday is over, you should be better than now..."

"But I don't want to go back now," Tao Qiran interrupted him softly, "Zhao Li, I don't want to go back to school."

Where do you want to go?

This was just on the lips, but Zhao Li didn't ask it in the end.

Because there is no need to ask at all, the answer is too obvious.

He and Tao Qiran have known each other for so many years. As early as the moment he saw each other transforming, Zhao Li had a faint hunch.

"I want to live in the mountains, not like a person, but like a real wolf." Tao Qiran spread his yearning in front of Zhao without reservation, like a unilateral confession, but looked at Zhao Li's The look in his eyes was filled with anxiety and concern that he hadn't even noticed.

If Zhao Li denies it, Tao Qiran has thought about it more than once on his way here, can he still insist on such a choice?

The answer is not very optimistic.

He really doesn't have the confidence to not waver.

But Zhao Li didn't say anything. After a long silence, he only asked: "Did you figure it out?"

Tao Qiran looked at him quietly for a long time, as if to carve him under his eyes, and finally nodded solemnly.

After that, Tao Qiran returned to school and submitted a resignation application.

It was the winter vacation. Although the speed of the process was slower than usual, it was also because the teaching work had not yet started, and the handover of work was a lot easier. In the end, after the school leaders repeatedly failed to restore the results, the resignation was successfully completed.

Tao Qiran received a message from Zhao Li as soon as he walked out of the campus of the Academy of Fine Arts on the day after completing the final procedures.

Zhao Li: I will go too.

Without the foreword or the afterword, I just stared blankly.

But Tao Qiran understood in an instant.

It was a clear winter day, the traffic and the crowds seemed to be silent for an instant, the world suddenly became quiet, and Tao Qiran's ears were only beating like a drum.

Tao Qiran: Where to go! Where are you going as a normal person!

Zhao Li: [Damei Changbai Mountain.jpg]

Tao Qiran: I thought we were done.

Zhao Li: Say it's good to go together?

Tao Qiran: If you say I'll go there, you will still have a good life in your coffee shop as before!

Zhao Li: Oh, it's sold in the coffee shop.

Tao Qiran:? ?

Zhao Li: The house is also sold.

Zhao Li: I've made enough money, wait for you to converge, and go up the mountain together.

The cold wind at the school gate made Tao Qiran's fingers stiff, and he always pressed the wrong keyboard when replying to messages, but he didn't notice when he was standing in the harsh winter.

Tao Qiran: Zhao Li, do you know what you are doing?

Zhao Li: Do you know what you are doing?

Tao Qiran: Of course I know, I thought about it very clearly before I resigned.

Zhao Li: I will only be clearer than you think.

Tao Qiran stared at Zhao Li's words in a daze. For a long time, he took a deep breath to fill his chest with the biting cold and dissipate the soreness and heat of the fundus of his eyes.

Tao Qiran: You just stay in the store, just like five years ago, leave a studio for me, okay?

Zhao Li: No way.

Tao Qiran: Why?

Zhao Li: You will come back five years ago.

Tao Qiran was stunned under the winter sky. The sun was big but very cold.

Zhao Li knows Tao Qiran better than Tao Qiran.

...

Time goes back to the present.

In the wooden house shrouded by night, Tao Qiran was far away from Zhao Li, like a bear kid who was being caught for mischief, afraid of being educated by the other party.

"Is there nothing you want to tell me?" Zhao Li finally said.

Tao Qiran wanted to behave badly, but he was really helpless: "Didn't you hear it all..."

"Do you think you can leave without coming back?" Zhao Li's tone rose slightly.

Tao Qiran blinked suspiciously in the gloomy night, "Are you not angry?"

I'm so happy that I can't talk about it, but it sounds like Zhao Li's mood is not as bad as he thought.

"I'm so angry." Zhao Li said.

Tao Qiran: "...and then?"

Zhao Li walked over: "Prepare to be reasonable with you."

Tao Qiran went backwards subconsciously, and as a result, as soon as he retreated, his back was stuck to the wall, but Zhao Li had already come in front of him, but he had to go one step further.

"Hey..." Tao Qiran said hurriedly.

Zhao Li finally stopped, bowed his head slightly, and was close at hand.

Tao Qiran swallowed nervously: "Does it need to be so close to be reasonable?"

Zhao Li: "It's too far, I'm afraid you won't understand."

Tao Qiran: "Does this have anything to do with distance?"

Zhao Li: "The truth I told you through the phone five years ago, obviously you still haven't understood it yet."

Tao Qiran: "..."

five years ago?

Tao Qiran's entire attention was on Zhao Li, who was too close, and he couldn't tell the brain to retrieve past memories.

Fortunately, Zhao Li doesn't need him to look back.

"I told you five years ago that you are responsible for your choices, and I am responsible for mine. It is very simple. If you still don’t understand, then I will make it clearer today. I will not interfere with you, and you will not need to do it for me. worry."

Tao Qiran hates him for this. If everything can be clearly stated and understood, the world will not worry: "How can I not worry about you?"

Zhao Li: "So you sneaked back to see me while pretending not to come back?"

Tao Qiran: "I am, I want to see if you leave."

Zhao Li: "Are you really happy when I am gone?"

Tao Qiran was speechless, and it took a long time before he said sincerely: "You may be a little disappointed at first, but after a long time, I will still be happy for you."

Zhao Li: "Worry about me and be happy for me, why do you always think about doing it for me? I never thought about doing it for you."

Tao Qiran: "You don't think for me, why are you selling a house and a store to accompany me up the mountain?"

"I don't want to let go," Zhao Li lowered his head, his voice was as soft as a whisper, but his eyes were fixed on him for a moment, "because once I let go, I can't catch you anymore."

An eagle flying at an altitude of one thousand meters can also see the prey on the ground clearly. Once locked, it will dive down like a sharp arrow.

The cloud covered the moon, and there was no more light in the house.

In the darkness, Tao Qiran could no longer see Zhao Li, only a very close, warm breath.

"You can catch others," he said.

Zhao Li seemed to think for a while, and then said: "Forget it, I'm afraid you will be sad."

The kite flies in the sky, no matter how high it flies, it will always be pulled by a thread when it flies into the white clouds.

If one antenna is broken.

People can only see the kite drifting away freely, but cannot see it. Eventually it will always land where the wind stops, into the weeds, into the silt, and there is no longer any thread to take it home.

...

Early the next morning.

Because he was worried about his brother-in-law and Zhao Li, Lin Wu tossed and turned all night, but Wang Ye beside him slept soundly, without the dignity of a big nocturnal cat. When dawn was about to dawn, he didn't know what he had dreamed of and kicked him on both feet. , Almost kicked Lin Wu down the Kang.

When it finally dawned, Lin Wu was the first to get up, stretched out his hand to pull up the quilt on Wang Ye, and covered his head like revenge, then raised his eyebrows, tiptoed and walked around the brothers who were sleeping on the ground, and left. room.

Unexpectedly, Tao Qiran was already in the yard, and was cleaning the yard with a broom that he didn't know where to buy.

Lin Wu's eyes widened as if he saw the new world. My brother-in-law has always been a person who fled immediately after messing up the studio and had no psychological burden. There is no way to talk about daily labor. When has it become so diligent?

Could it be that……

I was educated by Brother Zhao Li last night and was punished for voluntary labor?

"Get up?" Looking up to see Lin Wu, Tao Qiran immediately lost his broom and walked over quickly.

Lin Wu: "..." Dare to pass the time.

However, looking at Tao Qiran's spirit, the exchange with Zhao Li yesterday...should be smooth?

"Where is Brother Zhao Li?"

"Cooking in the kitchen," Tao Qiran glanced at the guest room, "otherwise how can I feed you so many mouths."

Lin Wu: "It sounds like we are waiting to be fed."

Tao Qiran: "You ran up the mountain as soon as your head was hot, you think you are so mature."

Lin Wu: "Then you return to the mountain forest when your head gets hot."

Tao Qiran: "I think carefully."

Lin Wu: "Oh."

Tao Qiran: "You are too obvious..."

Lin Wu originally wanted to say that you have to be really thoughtful, so you won't be able to take Brother Zhao Li now. But then I thought about what Wang Ye said, this was a matter between my brother-in-law and Zhao Lige. They didn't need to blend in, and they didn't understand it.

Forget it, as long as my uncle and Brother Zhao Li are well, it's fine.

Thinking of this, Lin Wu swallowed those useless and wanted to tell Tao Qiran directly about his animalization. Unexpectedly, before opening his mouth, Tao Qiran pulled him out of the yard.

When he got under the cedar outside the courtyard, let alone the surroundings, there was no one in the distance, Tao Qiran asked seriously, "Are you also beastly and awakened?"

It seems that Brother Zhao Li has already said everything.

Lin Wu nodded: "When I was looking for Wang Ye, I suddenly fell down the hillside. I was so scared that I was anxious and suddenly changed."

Tao Qiran: "Have you seen Zhou Man and Xu Shuo?"

Lin Wu: "Well, the information is all recorded, but they still can't tell the reason for the awakening."

The morning breeze passed by, blowing down a few pine needles.

One fell to the tip of Tao Qiran's nose. He simply took it down and held it in his mouth. The little bird held it like a leaf: "I am like this, and you are like this. It's obviously related to blood."

Lin Wu: "But Zhou Man said that there are also many awakened people who have no blood relationship at all."

"I hope it." Tao Qiran murmured.

The voice was very small, but Lin Wu could hear it clearly, but he didn't quite understand it.

What is "hope"? Hope it really has nothing to do with blood? Still, it doesn't matter, Zhao Li has the opportunity to also wake up...

"What are you going to do in the future?" Tao Qiran asked, pulling back Lin Wu's thoughts.

"From now on?" Lin Wu was stunned before he understood Tao Qiran's meaning, scratching his head and said, "Go back to school first, I haven't thought about returning to the mountains and forests yet."

"Fool," Tao Qiran fondly touched his head, "you awakened when you were in crisis of survival, and you didn't really yearn for nature. Who said you must go back to the mountains and forests."

Lin Wu: "But Wang Ye wants to go up the mountain."

Tao Qiran was stunned for two seconds, and was happy: "His thoughts are so important to you."

"It's not..." Lin Wu instinctively denied it. If he didn't instinctively, it seemed that he was going to be taken into a pit. But the denial was over, and he could not make up any supporting arguments.

Because he really cares about Wang Ye.

Otherwise, as soon as he heard that a classmate ran away and didn't have class, he would come all the way to catch someone.

Tao Qiran didn't speak, but looked at him with a smile.

Lin Wu always felt that his powerless denial had been seen through, but until the noise of the brothers getting up in the yard, Tao Qiran did not really pierce it, only gently said: "You are still young, some have time to think about everything clearly, no anxious."

After the brothers got up, Zhao Li’s breakfast was also set up. A group of people huffed and ate and packed their bags down the mountain. Lin Wu couldn’t find a chance for no one. He told Wang Ye alone that he had already talked to Wang Ye. My uncle ditched things through animalization.

It was not until Jiang Tan and Zhao Li went to find two cars parked nearby. Lin Wu and the brothers from the two dormitories were waiting outside the courtyard with their schoolbags and bags. They turned their heads inadvertently and found that Wang Ye was still standing under the tree in the courtyard, leaning against the trunk. What to think.

Lin Wu quietly returned to the courtyard while all the partners were not paying attention.

Seeing him turning back again, Wang Ye looked up and asked.

Lin Wu came under the tree, looked at him carefully for a long while, and finally asked the worry that had been hanging in his heart: "Do you not want to go back to school at all?"

They came with wishful thinking, searched with wishful thinking, and if they found it with wishful thinking, they naturally brought people back, but in fact, Wang Ye never said that he wanted to go back.

Lin Wu has always known, but he has delayed asking since yesterday.

As if he had insight into his thoughts, Wang Ye raised an eyebrow as if dissatisfied: "The cars are all outside, just come to ask now?"

Lin Wu became angry from embarrassment: "Would you like to, please give me a good word."

Wang Ye: "Back."

"Do you want to..." Lin Wu paused suddenly, looking at Wang Ye with disbelief, "What did you just say?"

Wang Ye's upper body leaned forward slightly and approached Lin Wu: "I'll say it back," word by word, "From now on, where are you going, where will I go."

Lin Wu felt immense pressure inexplicably: "That doesn't have to be..."

Wang Ye: "Follow you to learn from animal awakening."

Lin Wu: "...Can you not pant when you speak."

"Lin Wu, Wang Ye, what are you two doing?" Ge Liang called from outside the courtyard.

"Here--" Lin Wu responded and ran out quickly.

After receiving Wang Ye's clean and affirmative answer, Lin Xiaolang's steps were brisk.

Wang Ye followed, walking very slowly, so slow that he could take out the phone that had just been charged and turned on this morning, and read the late messages again.

Lin Wu: You said you would wave the flag for me in the sports meeting...

...

Lin Wu: You said something is going on at home, you will be back in a few days...

...

Lin Wu: You count yourself, how many times have you let me dove?

...

Lin Wu: I know about the apartment.

Lin Wu: Are you stupid? ?

...

Lin Wu: You are stupid. There is nothing more stupid than you. I now know why you are so handsome. You can change your mind.

...

Lin Wu: You said you want me to go up the mountain with you, do you know, I also want you to graduate with me.

...

Lin Wu: [333&509 Joint Tiger Catch Team.jpg]

Lin Wu: If you have the ability, don't let us catch it, otherwise...

Wang Ye cocked the corners of his mouth. He was so capable that he dared to send him a threatening letter.

But about going up the mountain, he thought, he was indeed impulsive.

A few days ago, he chose to leave without hesitation, but when he saw Lin Wu in the forest, Wang Ye knew that if time went back, he would never be able to make that determination again.

After exiting the chat box, Wang Ye clicked on the original Esprit's picture, and then clicked into the roommate’s circle of friends. Yishui’s emotional quotation slipped down until the sentence:

Yuan Sijie (7 days ago): The difference between friendship and love is that friendship means two people and the world, while love means two people are the world. -Tagore

Lin Wu got into Zhao Li's car before realizing that Wang Ye hadn't followed.

"Don't toss about it," Ge Liang stopped Lin Wu, who had just gotten in the car, and pushed the door down to find someone. "What's going on..."

Walking into the yard, Wang Ye was slowly putting his mobile phone in his pocket.

"Brother Ye, I'm just waiting for you!" Ge Liang was really anxious, afraid that it would be delayed for a while, and Wang Ye regretted not going back with them.

I don't want Wang Ye to look at him seriously: "Ryoko, I seem to be in love."

There was thunder on the ground, and there was no waste of smashing the Husky: "...what, what is it?"

Wang Ye has a rare patience: "Love, love."

"No," Ge Liang shook his head frantically, shaking his hair, and finally a little sober, "Brother Ye, calm down first, let me help you stroke it. This kind of love is called love. You have to just find out that you like someone. , Haven’t caught up yet, that’s called unrequited love."