Is the End Really Coming?

…

Zhou Qi leaned against the guardrail by the bridge, faced the lake, and watched silently.

I don't know how long it took.

until the street lights come on,

The sky turned completely dark,

In the distance, the neon lights of the city are shining, and the crowds on the bridge are even denser.

Um...big cities are often more prosperous at night than during the day.

Suddenly, he felt someone approaching.

Zhou Qi turned his head to the side, and saw a mature man in his thirties walking from the side, walked to the side, and leaned on the railing.

The man was dressed in casual clothes and a black casual jacket. He looked ordinary and was rather thin. His hair that was not short seemed to have not been taken care of for a while.

He looked at the lake with a very complicated expression, with an indescribable happiness.

After a few glances, he suddenly turned his head and asked, "Little brother, are you having trouble?"

"...No." Zhou Qi turned around and continued to look ahead.

"What's your name?"

"Zhou Qi."

"Oh, my name is Wang Ping."

"Um."

"..." The man who claimed to be Wang Ping was obviously choked by Zhou Qi's indifferent attitude. He looked around a little embarrassedly, and found that there was some dust on his clothes, so he slapped a few times.

At this time, he found that Zhou Qi was only wearing thin short-sleeved shorts, and asked again, "Aren't you cold? Wear so little."

"not cold."

"…"

The air fell silent again.

Wang Ping seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated for a long time and didn't say it.

After a while, he took out an unopened pack of cigarettes from his pocket and opened it in two or three times.

Then he motioned to Zhou Qi, "Would you like one?"

"...?" Zhou Qi was stunned.

Wang Ping took out one and handed it over.

"..." Zhou Qi hesitated for a while, but didn't refuse, he took the opportunity and put the cigarette in his hand.

However, Wang Ping didn't seem to have brought a lighter. He touched his pocket and couldn't find it.

Zhou Qi took it out and found a lighter on himself.

reach out,

slap,

The flames rose.

"...Hey, thank you," Wang Ping skillfully stretched out his hand to protect the fire. As he breathed, the tobacco began to burn, and the smoke spewed out of his mouth. At this moment, he patted Zhou Qi's hand.

Zhou Qi took back the lighter and lit it for himself.

Two strangers, just facing the lakeside scenery at night, puffed up on the bridge.

Different from the dignified expression of the man around him when he smokes,

Zhou Qi didn't show any expression when he smoked.

But that dignified reflection was reflected in the thick smoke he exhaled, and it was extremely difficult to dissipate.

After taking a few sips, Wang Ping seemed to finally organize his language and said, "In this life, things are always unpredictable."

"Yeah." Zhou Qi responded.

"Are you interested? Let me tell you a story?"

"Can."

"..." Wang Ping exhaled a puff of cigarette and sighed: "I have a friend who wanted to jump from here yesterday."

"…Um."

Zhou Qi glanced at him and already understood something in his heart.

but did not respond.

Anyway, there's nothing to do at the moment, so it's good to listen to other people's stories.

Wang Ping took a breath and continued: "...he was not outstanding since he was a child, he was average in appearance, average in study, average in everything, and his parents were also ordinary people, poor or not, but not rich either. Going to college and graduating, they are unknown."

Um... a very cliché opening remark,

The friend in his mouth is obviously himself,

Zhou Qi didn't feel anything special either.

Because everyone has their own stories these days, and listening to too much will lead to resistance.

Wang Ping continued to say: "...he was confused, struggled, and experienced a lot. He thought that he would one day stand out, but in a blink of an eye, he was in his thirties, and his life still didn't improve. It's troublesome for others, but it doesn't help society in any way... He once doubted, what's the point of his existence in the world?"

Meaning...meaning again.

Zhou Qi thought silently.

Why does everyone want to know the meaning?

The meaning of the end, the meaning of existence, the meaning of life...

Well, he also wanted to know.

Wang Ping continued: "...with numbness to life, he ran around day after day, and later he got married and had children... He became increasingly unhappy, because he was busy with work and rarely communicated with his family, so life was difficult. To maintain, he needs money everywhere, but his career has always been sluggish, and he can't see where the future is.

Saying that, he took a deep breath and let it out slowly.

The smoke swirled in the air into various shapes and scattered,

It looks like,

It's like adding punctuation to the words.

"And just a few days ago, he was scolded by his boss because of a trivial matter at work.

When I got home and wanted to drink some wine, my wife's expression turned down, and she kept babbling,

During the process, he also learned that the child's studies have been poor recently. The teacher invited his wife to go to school. After that, the teacher devalued the child in front of her.

And my friend, who originally wanted to grit his teeth and endure it like he did before, turned out to be diagnosed with diabetes..."

Wang Ping took his last breath, sighed heavily, and exhaled all the smoke.

Then threw the cigarette **** on the ground and stomped it out.

"This time, he couldn't bear it anymore. He really felt that there was no way out. The only thing he could think of was suicide, no more suffering, no more trouble for his family."

"Then what?" Zhou Qi also threw away the cigarette **** in his hand and asked casually.

He was indeed a little intrigued.

Because, if this man can still stand here and talk, then things must be reversed.

and,

This reversal should still be benign.

"Then..." Wang Ping's expression suddenly became very strange. He took out two more cigarettes, handed one to Zhou Qi, put the other in his mouth, and then began to touch himself again.

He seemed to have forgotten that he didn't bring a lighter,

So, Zhou Qi reached out and ordered it for him again.

Wang Ping took a puff of cigarette, and his expression became more complicated. After all, he couldn't open his mouth to explain clearly, but turned around and leaned against the bridge guardrail. After watching the crowd for a few seconds, he suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "Look. , that, is my wife and son."

Zhou Qi looked along, and it was a woman with curly hair and plain clothes, who was holding a little boy's hand to buy something in front of the carpet. It seemed that the mother was kind and filial, and it was very harmonious.

However, when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

Wang Ping gestured with a cigarette in his hand: "They weren't like this before... My wife was a very gentle person, but after getting married, she became very stubborn, likes to lose her temper, and seldom smiles. Every day, she faces a cold face. Me, especially the other day,"

At this point, he no longer "made friends out of nothing", and said it directly and generously:

"...As a result, yesterday, you don't know how amazing it is. Yesterday, I woke up early in the morning and started thinking about how to commit suicide. After thinking of many ways, I finally decided to jump over the bridge at night... But I didn't expect that yesterday afternoon, I was about to get off work. At that time, my wife came to pick me up!"

As he spoke, he grinned: "You know, I've been married to her for so many years, it's the first time I've seen her so emotional side, he jumped into my arms and started crying in front of so many people, Saying that my husband is sorry, you are tired, don't think about it, husband... Haha, in that short time, what she said in her mouth was so obedient, it caught up with what she said a year ago..."

"..." Zhou Qi looked at him again, with a vague meaning in his eyes, "So, you don't want to commit suicide?"

"Yeah, when she cried like that, I didn't want to die at all..." Wang Ping looked at his wife softly and muttered.

However, after a pause for a few seconds, his face suddenly became excited again.

He said to Zhou Qi with a mysterious look: "Don't worry, the next step is the key! Later, after I got home, I asked my wife how she knew? At first I thought she had found some clues, or happened to see my website browsing. Recorded...and guess what?"

"..." Zhou Qi had already guessed what he was going to say.

Sure enough, Wang Ping looked very strange and said: "My wife actually told me that someone sent her a text message at about noon yesterday! That text message is not an ordinary text message, it even said that she should pay attention to safety, and said What doomsday is coming... Don't laugh. Seriously, that text message is very true. In order to gain my wife's trust, it also said some secrets of our family, especially her husband, who is me, What happened recently, what kind of illness, let her take care of me..."

"Hey, I don't even know how to describe it!" Wang Ping took a breath and said with a quirky smile, "My wife, she was originally a suspicious person, and the message said It's so evil, she must verify it, and the result... The end did not come, but she was asked to find out. I really found out that I was going to commit suicide, as the message said, and it scared her a lot. , and quickly ran to my company..."

"..." Zhou Qi didn't speak.

Instead, he turned around and looked at Wang Ping's wife and children.

The mother and son had already finished shopping at this time, and they happened to look over.

Wang Ping threw away the cigarette butts and waved at them.

They walked towards this side.

Wang Ping turned his head again, looked at Zhou Qi, with a strong sense of joy and emotion in his tone, and said, "It's alright now, after last night until now, today I found that my wife's whole person has changed, and she has changed again. He finally became gentle, and even hid in my arms and said love to me... Little brother Zhou Qi, do you think it's magical or not? I was saved by such an inexplicable text message..."

Zhou Qi nodded: "It's amazing."

"Haha," the man laughed even louder: "But the magic doesn't stop there! My wife and I saw the message clearly last night, but when I checked it again today, the text message was gone!

Up to now, I don't know who the person who sent the text message is, and I don't know if I can see him in the future... If only I could meet him, I really want to say thank you to him, he saved our family …”

"Maybe I will see you." Zhou Qi also threw away the cigarette butts and replied in a flat tone.

He was still looking at Wang Ping's wife.

Well, it doesn't mean anything else.

It's just a simple understanding.

met at the end.

This woman doesn't play a big role in the apocalypse. Although she is always a good person, she has no special talent, and she has never done anything great, and even often brings a lot of trouble.

Caused her to die very early every time.

However, she saved Zhou Qi.

A long time ago, when Zhou Qi had been reborn a few times and was not quite able to adapt to the apocalypse,

Saved twice.

So, Zhou Qi remembered her, as well as her past and things around her.

She said that she regretted that she didn't have time to say a lot before the end of the world, so she never had the chance to talk to her husband and children again.

She said that she really loves them. Seeing her husband is tired every day, and her son is also under great pressure, she really wants to do something, but she can't do anything, and she can't express...

Zhou Qi can't guarantee anything.

Even in the apocalypse afterward, he will not find her as a teammate.

However, she silently put her on the "Reminder List",

Every time, before the end of the day, I will give her some reminders and help along the way, and I will also give her a hand when conditions permit.

In the blink of an eye, an unknown amount of time has passed, and he has reminded him many times...

At this time, Wang Ping's wife had already approached with the child.

She first nodded to Zhou Qi as a greeting, and then she blamed Wang Ping for smoking.

Wang Ping held his head and said something wrong, so he stopped smoking.

After a couple of quarrels, the couple calmed down. Wang Ping whispered in his wife's ear, "You take your son and wait for a while, this little brother and I still have something to say..."

When Wang Ping's wife heard this, she looked at him, then at Zhou Qi, nodded slowly, and dragged her son away.

Wang Ping looked at their backs and took a deep breath, then turned to Zhou Qi and said: "Little brother Zhou Qi, I just wanted to say, I saw you long ago, and before it was dark, I saw you there Standing here, up to now, our family has gone back and forth for two times, and you are still here... at least an hour, right?

I know that you may have encountered some troubles and obstacles, but in any case, you must not be impulsive..."

"..." Zhou Qi looked inexplicable.

Wang Ping's attitude was sincere: "I was rescued by an unknown stranger. After thinking about it for a whole night, I finally figured out something... I found that there are many things that are really worth living to see, maybe The normal life will be very bitter and difficult, but as long as you experience those things once, you will never want to die again..."

Speaking, Wang Ping patted Zhou Qi on the shoulder: "Little brother Zhou Qi, you only have one life, there are still many things worth seeing, don't give up..."

"..." Zhou Qi nodded.

In fact, the way this man expresses is very rambling.

But it also has an inexplicable affinity and appeal.

He could hear that there was still a bit of confusion in his words, but he could also sense a newly rekindled power from his words and demeanor.

one share,

After the wind and rain, he straightened up again... tenacity.

pretty good.

Although such a person will not live long in the end, but in a safe world, he should be able to make some achievements in the future, right?

Zhou Qi felt a little subtle.

He didn't expect that he had already done the numb routine reminder, and he could really safely save a person, a family.

Wang Ping said seriously again: "Little brother Zhou Qi, it's alright... If you have any troubles, you can talk to us. Seeing that you are still young, I have come here. If you don't dislike it, I can enlighten you. ."

Saying that, he took out two more cigarettes and handed them over.

But this time, Zhou Qi didn't answer.

Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Brother Wang, to be honest, compared to you, my little things are nothing at all... Thank you for telling me so much, I've figured it out, it's fine."

Hearing this, Wang Ping's face turned pale:

"Why doesn't it matter? How can there be such a big or small thing? People's experiences are different. For you, it's a very important event... It doesn't matter, if you dare to say it, Brother Wang will definitely not laugh at you!"

Saying that, he stuffed the cigarette handed to Zhou Qi back into the cigarette case, and put the other one in his hand,

Zhou Qi stretched out his hand to pass fire again.

Tobacco burns, this time, the mouth that spews smoke is smiling.

but,

"..." Zhou Qi fell into silence after lighting the cigarette, because he really didn't know what to say.

To be honest... I can't finish it in a while.

At this moment, Wang Ping suddenly said with a bit of ridicule: "Is it related to girls? Lovelorn? Or was she rejected for chasing girls?"

Zhou Qi blinked, thinking that his guess was quite accurate.

So he simply nodded: "rejected."

Wang Ping laughed: "Haha, I'll just say... I think people have their own set."

After laughing, he turned and said earnestly: "Little brother Zhou Qi, Brother Wang, tell you the truth, at your age, chasing girls is actually not an easy task, of course, except for play... But, if you If you really make up your mind to be with her for the rest of your life, then you have to consider a few things."

Zhou Qi thought thoughtfully: "Which ones?"

Wang Ping said earnestly, "First, is she worth your pursuit? Second, do you deserve others? Third, what do they really want?"

"..." Zhou Qi was silent.

Wang Ping turned around and faced the lake again.

He looked into the distance and continued:

"Man, you don't have to go after someone you like. Many people look back and think it's a pity that they didn't open their mouths or catch up, but the real regret is that they have it and then lose it...Little brother, listen to me. Persuade, if you really like others, the best way is to improve yourself first..."

Zhou Qi was noncommittal.

Wang Ping wanted to say something, but at this moment...

"Pfft!"

Accompanied by a few exclamations not far away,

A dull sound of something falling into the water came from the other side of the bridge.

Then, there was a loud noise.