His sister asked him: What about us?
He didn't answer.
——
Qi Xiaochun had a fever again.
The monitoring chain flashed green light, once and for all, as lightly as her breathing.
"Brother. In the past, people didn't have enough to eat. Later, with the development of science and technology, everyone can have enough to eat."
"Yeah."
"What about now."
Qi Wuyan thought for a while. Thinking of the rationing window, thinking of the inhibitors that needed to be exchanged for credits, and thinking of the nurse saying that Xiaochun's illness required a lot of things that he didn't have at the moment.
"Now we can have basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation," he said.
He didn't say mid-level area. There is no mention of the lower area.
Xiaochun peeked out half of his face from the quilt, his aqua-blue hair sticking to his forehead. Looked at him for a few seconds.
"Brother. What about us?"
Qi Wuyan didn't answer. The green light of the monitoring chain flashed seven times.
"Xiao Chun. After this trip, I quit."
"Then where are you going?"
"There is an academy that gave me an invitation letter."
Xiaochun was stunned for a moment and didn't react.
"Brother, you are so busy. You seem to be on the road all the time."
She paused.
"But I'll wait for you."
She wanted to open her eyes wide, but the fever had not gone away, and her eyelids were heavy, and she stopped halfway through opening them. Like a flower that has not finished blooming.
"I wait every time. I'll wait if you come back. I'll wait if you don't come back."
Her hands didn't know when they grasped the corner of his clothes, and they grasped it very lightly, as if they were grasping a thread that would be let go sooner or later.
He sat for a long time. He sat until the light of the monitoring chain changed from green to blue, and sat until Xiaochun fell asleep completely and loosened his fingers one by one.
There is nothing more to say. But he sat still for a while.
Then she stood up, pulled the quilt to her chin, and opened the door.
At the end of the corridor, the night is getting darker.
There is one last task tonight.
