Age of Legends

Chapter 134: A Ghost
After saying goodbye to Feng Rui, Zhuang Yanyue and the others, Wang Shuowei walked home in his Qing Dynasty zombie costume. His phone kept turning blue from time to time, so Zhang Chen asked him, "Who are you texting with?"

"Shen Nuoyi, she asked us if we had finished eating and when we would go home. I said we walked back... It would take about 40 minutes to go back from this place."

It was already past seven o'clock when they finished their meal. If they went back to NanGuang Company at this time, it would take 40 minutes to walk, so they should be able to get home after eight o'clock.

But Zhang Chen was a little confused. Why did Shen Nuo ask Wang Shuowei but not himself? After all, he was secretly texting her.

After thinking about it, it was normal. They were just communicating normally. After all, to be honest, Wang Shuowei and she were from the same courtyard, so they were childhood sweethearts.

Zhang Chen didn't pursue the matter any further.

The lights of Rongcheng are just coming on. The prosperous area at this time is no more than the Second Ring Road. It is still quite remote if you walk out. There are many construction sites, all dusty. Only the street lights in the old neighborhoods shine through the branches of the paulownia trees onto the streets. The lights are sparse, giving a sense of messy yet orderly beauty.

At this time, there was a man pulling a cart on the side of the road. He was sitting on the cart and smoking, as if he had let go of the day's fatigue. He was quietly enjoying the night view of the city with his cigarette. While puffing away at the smoke, he heard footsteps outside the railing next to him. He subconsciously looked to the side and almost fell off the cart.

After he stood firm on the ground, he looked at the two men, who then shouted, "Uncle, we just had an event, sorry!"

It was difficult to scold him, as the man was burned by the cigarette butt that had burned the filter. "Hiss!" He threw away the cigarette butt with a tremble of his hand and watched the two Qing dynasty zombies walk away, their backs still swaying in their robes under the night light.

"I just ran into a ghost!"

……

Hearing the murmurs from far behind, Zhang Chen and Wang Shuowei looked at each other and tried hard not to burst out laughing.

This is just a bad taste between the two of them, but in order to avoid really scaring others, they still say hello.

After all, the legend of zombies in Rongcheng has been rampant these days, and the two felt very excited. Zhang Chen also felt that this experience brought him back to his heartless teenage years with Wang Shuowei, when the two often did some pranks.

For example, they rolled up tin foil used for chewing gum into a chimney, wrapped shredded ping-pong balls at the bottom, and burned the bottom of the ping-pong ball fragments with fire. After heating, the entire TV station area was soon covered in smoke. Countless people thought there was a fire and looked for the source everywhere. In the end, they found that it was done by two people on the rooftop.

Back then there were toy guns that fired BB bullets. The sniper models were simulated and looked powerful and cool. The TV station had colorful lights hanging for an event, so they found a place and set up their guns like snipers in the movies. Puff puff puff, they broke all the colorful lights hanging on the slope of the building.

It really can be done.

However, as they entered high school, they stopped all these previous activities. Now they happened to come across this cosplay competition, where they could dress up as zombies and scare people. So they had no time to spare.

Moreover, Zhang Chen didn't know if it was just because of the soul traveling across time and space, but this young body still had stress reactions to some things. Although it was the soul of two lives, he still felt stimulating about such things. It is said that human behavior is actually affected by hormones in the body. His young body is of course affected by various hormones during puberty. It is said that he can both experience youth and have the feelings of youth.

Of course, when passing by some old neighborhoods, the two people dressed like this under the trees still attracted the attention of others.

To be honest, if they hadn't walked so naturally and chatted, it would have been really scary.

After all, the two of them didn't really want to scare anyone, they just thought it would be funny to see passers-by's reactions to them.

However, Wang Shuowei still felt a little emotional. "Zhao Tao has been discharged from the hospital, and Brother Zhao's game hall has also been transferred... Hey, I saw Qian Junyi some time ago, his leg was still in a cast. It is said that even if it heals, he will not be able to do strenuous exercise in the future. Bu Ruijie and Hong Yao have not shown up recently, and Bu Ruijie even called me..."

Zhang Chen was a little surprised, "Why did I call you?"

"He is now hiding at home every day. On the one hand, he is afraid that Boss Xiong will come to his house for revenge. If he is not there, his family will be implicated. He always has a bayonet in his hand and calls me to tell me where Boss Xiong is. He wants me to pay attention and call him if I find him."

"Didn't Hong Yao persuade him?" Zhang Chen asked. "Brother Hong also called me and said something similar. They want to take revenge on Boss Xiong now, even Brother Hong is furious. You can imagine that this is a life-and-death situation." Wang Shuowei said, feeling a little sad.

Zhang Chen knew what he was sad about. Zhao Tao was his cousin, and he looked up to him and even had some thoughts of taking him as a role model. Hong Yao was the most artistic, gentle, fair and kind person in the gang.

If this gang has not strayed into evil ways and has not become full of violence, Hong Yao has made a great contribution. Because sometimes what he says makes sense, and Zhao Tao always listens to him, which is the easiest way to resolve many unnecessary fights.

But Zhao Tao also knew that although Hong Yao had the best personality, once he got angry, he might be more vicious than Bu Ruijie, and even not inferior to him, Zhao Tao, as the eldest brother.

Zhao Tao is the person Wang Shuowei wants to be, and Hong Yao is the person Wang Shuowei feels he cannot reach and may never become in this lifetime.

However, such a person is also crazy.

When confronting a man like Boss Bear, you will be trapped in the vortex and turn yourself into a demon.

They are now looking for Boss Bear, and they might kill him if they find him.

Once you are caught in such a vortex, it is difficult to extricate yourself, and your whole life may be ruined.

This is why Wang Shuowei is sad.

Wang Shuowei said, "Actually, Zhang Chen, I envy you very much."

Zhang Chen knew what he wanted to say and said with a smile: "Why do you envy me? Instead, I envy you. I have had so many good things since I was a child, but I only got to play with them because of you!"

"Although your family is not wealthy...your parents treat you very well, I envy them. So I had a choice at the beginning. One was to hang out with Brother Tao...but in the end I couldn't help but come back to attend classes, and I still like to eat and drink at your house. Maybe I'm not a person like Brother Tao and the others. Maybe I still like the atmosphere in your family. This is impossible for our family to have."

Zhang Chen did not continue, because Wang Shuowei was telling the truth. If he had not played with him all day, eaten at their house, and even slept with him sometimes, staying up late at night to talk and chat excitedly, Wang Shuowei might have really become the social person who is now advancing and retreating with Zhao Tao and others.

But now, he is experiencing a normal life and feeling such peace, so naturally he may be touched.

Zhao Tao and his friends want to live a normal life, but the underworld will not let them go.

"So what? Is it really a fight to the death?" Zhang Chen thought that Boss Xiong was not killed in later generations, at least there was no news about it. Even if the news did not report it, he would have informed me if there was any movement in his relationship with Wang Shuowei.

But now, strangely, it feels like a lot of things have changed. Is this the butterfly effect?

"I don't know either. Anyway, it's going to be difficult for Brother Tao and the others to get through this stage." Wang Shuowei sighed.

Zhang Chen's attention was not here, "Did you hear any sound?"

Suddenly, Wang Shuowei and Zhang Chen both felt something extremely strange.

"Zhang, Zhang Chen, do you feel that..."

"My whole body is numb!?"

(End of this chapter)