Free Web NovelChapter 1474: Chapter 852: Come Here
Nightfall.
After handling numerous tedious affairs within the base, Li Yu found himself, almost as if by some strange impulse, walking towards the Big Camphor Tree Base Inner City, near the Bamboo Forest behind the villa area.
The typhoon swept through, toppling the bamboo on the outskirts. After two or three years of growth, the roots were very strong. When Lai Dongsheng and the others came to clean up, they cut down these fallen bamboo and moved them away, making the Bamboo Forest look much barer.
However, less than a week after the typhoon passed, new shoots surprisingly began to grow from where the bamboo used to be.
It probably won’t be long before they grow back again.
After all, bamboo is grass, not a tree, and it grows very quickly.
Li Yu walked quietly through the now much sparser Bamboo Forest, feeling an inexplicable calm wash over him.
A breeze blew through.
The sparsely scattered bamboo leaves fluttered in the wind, swaying.
Moonlight like water, with few stars in the night sky, indicating tomorrow should be a good day.
Tap, tap, tap—
Li Yu slowly walked through this silent Bamboo Forest, the cobblestone path beneath his feet providing a remarkably pleasant texture.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Listening to the sound of the rustling wind, the bamboo leaves were not as dense as before, appearing sparse.
And because the bamboo was blown by the typhoon, some were crooked, yet still alive.
The crooked bamboo, on the contrary, added a bit of charm.
White moonlight penetrated the bamboo, casting serene and quiet shadows on the cobblestone path in the center.
Sitting alone in seclusion, playing the zither and singing loudly.
Humans are contradictory beings; after long periods of solitude, they yearn for crowds.
But when immersed in the crowd daily, dealing with various trivial matters, they desire a personal space, a time they can control.
In this personal time, even doing nothing brings an inexplicable sense of happiness. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
After a busy day, just taking a walk in this sparse Bamboo Forest made Li Yu feel much of the day’s fatigue dissipate.
He wanted to check on the wooden house in the Bamboo Forest.
The wooden house in the Bamboo Forest was his favorite place to stay at the Big Camphor Tree Base.
Walking leisurely.
When he arrived at the wooden house in the center of the Bamboo Forest, he found that a small half of it had collapsed, leaving only three walls.
Wind leaked from all directions, making it appear very dilapidated in the moonlight.
Even though the bamboo in the Bamboo Forest blocked the typhoon, it still inflicted significant damage on the wooden house.
Li Yu moved a bamboo chair out of the collapsed wooden house.
Then placed the bamboo chair on the small path outside the wooden house.
Squeak—
Li Yu sat on the bamboo chair, hands behind his head, gazing up at the sky, with his feet pushing the chair onto the back two legs, rocking slowly.
The cool night breeze, passing through the sparse Bamboo Forest, ruffled Li Yu’s clothes.
Coo, coo, coo—
Somewhere, the call of doves suddenly echoed.
Li Yu stopped rocking the bamboo chair, stood up, and carefully listened to locate the source of the dove’s calls.
After the typhoon, not only were many plants damaged, but wildlife also suffered.
Following the direction of the dove’s calls, Li Yu slowly walked over.
Just twenty meters from the wooden house, a bamboo stalk as thick as a thigh had been bent by the wind but was still alive. At the top of the bamboo, the leaves were nearly gone, but within the branches, there was a crooked bird’s nest.
On the ground lay a broken bird egg.
In the moonlight, Li Yu saw a fluffy chick inside the nest and an adult dove.
The sight filled Li Yu with an inexplicable sense of awe.
Even such a fierce typhoon, yet animals manage to live resiliently, even reproduce.
How much more, then, can humans, the spirit of all things?
Seeing the broken egg on the ground, Li Yu felt a silent pity.
Although he no longer lacked food, in his previous life during the doomsday, he endured such harsh days for far too long.
If it were his former self in the past life, he would likely have made a meal of the broken egg, chick, and the adult bird on the bamboo branch.
But now it was clearly unnecessary.
There wasn’t enough meat to satisfy even a single tooth.
Li Yu stayed in the Bamboo Forest for almost an hour, during which he did nothing and didn’t think, just leaned on the bamboo chair.
Listening to the sound of the wind stirring the bamboo leaves, hearing how many insects were chirping.
With his eyes closed, listening to the diverse sounds of his surroundings.
Sometimes, only when focusing one’s attention on their vicinity can one truly feel the sensation of being alive.
But this sensation fades as people grow older.
This feeling is wonderful, akin to meditation, bringing immense comfort to the heart.
An hour later.
Li Yu returned to the villa area in the Inner City.
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Outside the Big Camphor Tree Base.
In a residential house, Noble Consort was discussing with Zhong Chuchu.
"Have you decided? You’re not staying with us, but going to that farthest Satellite City in Gan City to participate in construction work?" Zhong Chuchu asked Noble Consort, somewhat puzzled.
Noble Consort nodded and said, "There are more people going to the three Satellite Cities around the base, so the points are relatively fewer. I figured it doesn’t matter whether I go to the Satellite City in Gan City, and there are more points there anyway."
Hearing this, Zhong Chuchu was silent for a moment.
During this time they’ve spent together, she has realized that this Noble Consort looks completely different from what she appears to be.
