Dawn is coming

Chapter 11 Amber

Jian Chengxi was called in by the owner of the amber shop. He stood in front of the window for too long, and the temperature dropped so badly at night. The owner of Omega kindly let him in. The window is two-way glass, so he can see it from inside the house. all.

Jian Chengxi was very uncomfortable at first, he was short of money, and none of the prices on the counter was affordable by him, but the boss didn't mind, she was an elderly omega, the gentleness and kindness bestowed on her by this age made her He is very warm-hearted in front of people.In addition to the cabinets, there are three transparent cabinets in this small jewelry store. After calling Jian Chengqi into the room, the old lady went back to the inside of the counter. Said, she could take it out of the counter.Jian Chengqi's kindness is hard to get rid of, but he is still cautious. After looking around, he wanted to say thank you and goodbye to the old lady. The old lady saw his restraint, still smiled kindly, and then took out a palm-sized Rough yellow amber.

"If you have time..." The old lady beckoned to Jian Chengqi, beckoning him to come closer.Jian Chengqi watched as she rubbed the surface of the amber a dozen times with the pulp of her right thumb, and then handed it under his nose for him to smell it.Because they were too close, Jian Chengxi inhaled lightly, and the rosin filled his nasal cavity, and he couldn't help stretching his entire chest, but the fragrance was too short, although it was very strong at the beginning, it drifted away within a second up,

"It smells good," the old lady liked Jian Chengqi's reaction very much, and smiled, "Authentic amber from the border of West Fifth District. Thousands of years ago, amber was the holy stone of the Ni people on the border. A must-have adornment and an indispensable dowry for the bride."

As she said, she took out the wallet from her pocket, pulled out a photo in the interlayer, and showed it to Jian Chengqi. It was a family portrait, and the omega in the picture was still very young. Standing in the middle was a man wearing a traditional costume of the Ni nationality. The five-year-old girl in the amber necklace headdress has exquisite facial features like a little doll, and the man standing next to her is obviously of Ni ethnicity. The grandmother said that was his husband. They met in West Fifth District 30 years ago, and he followed her. Back east, and had a daughter.

"That was the time when the Ni tribe got along with us the most. Tarna married the alpha of the sub tribe and settled in the capital. It's not unusual for us to be together." The old woman said with a downcast smile, thinking of the past. "Later, I went home with him to visit relatives. I saw a poster of Tarna's photo in his room, and I was jealous. But in those days, who didn't like Tarna, even my daughter saw her photo, They all pestered her father to wear exactly the same national costume."

Jian Chengqi has also seen the old photo that the old grandma mentioned.In fact, even after more than 20 years, Tarna and that photo are still topics that everyone talks about.Because of historical issues, small-scale riots in West Fifth District have been emerging endlessly and cannot be eradicated. That photo was secretly taken by a reporter from the second floor. He thought it would record the chaotic streets again, but when he pressed the shutter, the scene in the camera The blush was not the blood of common people, but a girl from the Ni ethnic group wearing a traditional gold-edged dance skirt. The string of exquisite amber around her neck was shining brightly in the sun.

She didn't open her arms, she just stood unflinchingly among the marching civic groups with guns and falling children.

She didn't speak either, but her attitude was all in those pale amber eyes, if she wanted to move forward, if it was ok, then shoot her, then throw a homemade bomb at her, then shoot from her dead body step over.

So a scene that no one expected happened. When the gun's tip was prevented from going upwards by the person holding the gun, the other dozen guns' tip were also pointing upwards by coincidence.There are quite a few Alphas in the team, as long as one tries to suppress him with pheromones, ten will suppress him with their own pheromones.One person and one team were in a stalemate for nearly 1 minute. During this 1 minute, no one shot or ignited their own bombs. Everyone also missed the best time to escape, and was finally captured by the stability maintenance police who arrived.

It was the only street attack without casualties since the riots in the West Fifth District. Countless reporters went to the prison to interview the participants and asked them why they reined in at the last moment. The Chinese-speaking organizer said in the national live news , because she is so beautiful.

She is so beautiful that anyone who sees her will point her gun upwards and remove the fuse of the explosive package. She is so beautiful that if someone wants to hurt her, you will rush to protect her without hesitation.

"There is no other reason. If you were there at the time, you would have reacted like this, because she is so beautiful." The organizer's Chinese was clearly spoken in neon.This is not the first street riot he organized, but he suddenly covered his face while talking, tears streaming from his fingers, and he confessed in his native language: "Whatever I did, I did everything What."

His real tears made the live broadcast more poignant than any of the repentance of the attackers produced by state media.It was that photo that also aroused the repercussions of public opinion at home and abroad. Even though it was limited by pixels and planes, the girl of the Ni tribe standing between the gunpowder and the innocent children was undoubtedly beautiful in everyone's eyes.It was the increasingly open 50s when "Escape from Siberia" could be filmed, and the commanding officer at the time visited in person and took her to the capital for safety reasons.She faced two choices at the time, whether to continue to be a dancer in the national dance troupe in the capital under her name, or to stand up and contribute to the compatriots in the west and the stability of the border.

She chose the latter, and gave a speech at the ensuing convention in the capital.Just wearing the same clothes and decorations in the photo, she told the world her name.That's a very common Ni name. If you live in the West End, your wife may be called Tarna, and you may name your daughter Tarna. The alpha, beta or omega women you meet every day , one of them is always named Tarna.

"The meaning of Tarna in the Ni language context is a good heart. When translated into Chinese, Tarna means conscience."

"Put away your guns and explosives, that will only lead to separation." People all over the world looked at Tarna's hand on her chest through the camera, and heard her appeal in neon language at the end——

"Don't kill Tarna. Don't lose your conscience."

That was the end of the speech. Before her, only the Commander could sit alone in that position and deliver a speech for more than half an hour.This is also the sincerity of the Order Maintenance faction government. Since then, Tarna has stayed in the capital, and the situation in the west has eased because of her existence. There are also more and more young people who are willing to turn the past history, unlike the older generation. They are rooted in riots and attacks, eager for independence, but actually contribute to the construction of the west.

Her appearance really turned things around, not to mention that people in the west hung her picture in the living room at home, thanking her for bringing peace. Every dance drama she starred in the capital was hard to get a ticket, and she was later elected as the next commander. Even the official He Boyan had pursued her.But Tarna was unmoved by those powerful executives, and finally married a young professor at the Capital Institute of History.

However, the political situation in the United States of Asia has always been changing rapidly. In the seventh year after the release of "Escape from Siberia", a plane carrying the top intellectuals of the United States of Asia lost contact over the no-man's land in the West Fifth District.That year was also the most tense period in the diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the NATO alliance. If the plane had not disappeared, the final destination it flew to was also the NATO alliance.

However, the NATO allied government under the banner of freedom and human rights is as silent on this plane as the United States of America, and has not questioned the accidental loss of contact as stated by the official media of the United States. Forgotten, Tarna never appeared at the capital meeting again, and people realized later that her husband was also on the plane that crashed three years ago.Now she has also disappeared, leaving a letter saying that the government can't find the plane, so she will find it herself.

Her disappearance also ended the peace and stability in the west. When lies and conspiracy theories spread, extremism made a comeback again, causing countless Tarnas to lose their lives in riots.They are all beautiful, no Ni women are not beautiful.This kind of beauty in appearance also has some similarities in facial features, which makes Jian Chengqi vaguely think of Gao Xinye, who also has a high nose bridge and deep eye sockets.

"Later there were riots on the border again, and the price of amber rose every year. My store is full of pre-war stocks, and I can be regarded as a fortune from the war." The old woman still smiled, "But my daughter is studying nursing. , I don’t know the cruelty of war at such a young age, an omega wants to go to the battlefield and want to be a hero. I just saw your eyes and thought of her.”

"You have eyes that are as clean as amber, young man," she said, "just dusted and temporarily dulled. I also like your pheromones, which are very faint because they have been honed."

"I'm actually..." Jian Chengqi was terrified.He wanted to say that he didn't have glands, and the pheromone she smelled was probably just the smell of the watercolor paint on his body. He would always get some on his body when he helped the young students mix the paint every day.

The old lady still smiled friendly, took out an amber necklace, and wanted to put it on for Jian Chengqi.Jian Chengqi immediately took a step back and abruptly declined the old lady's kindness.

"I just think it must be very suitable for you to wear." The old lady didn't insist, and continued to introduce the necklace to him. "These ambers are very small, and they are much cheaper than others."

"But for this price, I really bear it—" Jian Chengqi paused, and then asked, "You mean, the smaller ones will be cheaper?"

Granny nodded.

"Then..." He pointed to the cabinet against the wall, and the proprietress went with him, opened the cabinet with a key, and took out the small box.Jian Chengxi was originally full of expectations, but when he saw the number under the box, his shoulders still slumped.

"You have a good eye. This is Kimber, one of the most expensive varieties, so even though it is small, it is twice as expensive as others of the same size. Do you like it? You saw it outside before. Is it love at first sight for this pair of cufflinks?"

Jian Chengqi was taken aback when he heard these four words.Until he returned to his residence, that word was still running uncontrollably in his mind.As soon as he opened the door, he no longer regretted that he didn't spend impulsively. His lamb didn't sleep. When he saw the owner came back, he ran over and circled him.After lying on the bed, he held the treasure in his arms. He thought it was more important to change to a house on the ground instead of buying a pair of cufflinks that couldn’t be given away—what he thought of when he saw the pair of exquisite golden amber Who's eyes, he knows very well.

And that person certainly does not lack these.

Jian Chengqi patted the back of Xiao Yang who was gradually closing his eyes with one hand, and took out his old mobile phone at the same time.There are very few people in his address book, and Gao Xinye's number is still on the first page. He pressed his finger on the name for a long time, then moved it up, and released it.He continued to work in the studio the next day. Those two artists had been in the East Fifth District for some time. In addition to attending art festivals, they would also give lectures to students in some colleges and universities.Jian Chengqi needs simultaneous interpretation, so even if the lecture is at night, he has to accompany him.

After the end, he sent people to the hotel where they stayed, and then returned by bus.Instead of taking the one that didn't require a transfer, he went to another location before heading back.It wasn't too late after coming out of that store, so he wanted to take a walk back.Today's sun is particularly red, and as he advances, it gradually sets behind the distant hills, and the cool wind blows, constantly piercing into his collar.Jian Chengqi gathered his clothes and touched the place where he had cut the gland. He thought that he would still need to go to the hospital for a visit in a few days.That place was just itchy at first, but now it hurts from time to time. One night he woke up from his sleep with a fever all over his body, and the back of his neck was swollen even more.He hadn't read his physical examination report, and everything about the glands was told to him by the prison doctor. At that time, he was lying on his side, curled up on the hospital bed, and the life in his stomach gave him nothing but fear.If this child can really be born, it will definitely not stay by my side, its future is as blank and blank as my own.

This kind of fear of tomorrow has always enveloped him and pulled his nerves. His parents have learned that he is pregnant, but they still cannot come to visit him. He is lying alone in the huge ward with the alpha pheromone sitting behind him. He was so strong that he didn't dare to look back.

"I'm sorry that he can't come to see you now, but according to the regulations, you can't have direct contact either."

It was a female alpha, her voice was so calm that she had experienced ups and downs.She said that she was the superior of the child's biological father, and she came today to deliver a letter to him.

"He cares about this child very much." Alpha seemed to be dissatisfied with the words he said, and said again, "There is no alpha who doesn't care about children."

"Birth, this child can be exchanged for your freedom."

Everything she said was out of a business-like manner, without emotion, seeing that Jian Chengqi didn't respond, she stopped talking, stood up, turned and left.When her pheromone gradually dissipated with his departure, Jian Chengqi had the courage to get up from the bed.The alpha said he was here to deliver a letter, but there was no envelope beside his bed, only a piece of paper folded in half.

It was obviously a piece of paper torn from some notepad, so one side was very rough, Jian Chengqi opened it, there was no title or signature in it, only two sentences in quick pen - I will do my best to your child good.

He was walking in the narrow alley, the small box in his pocket was covered with cold sweat from his palms.

--I am in love with you.

Jian Chengqi closed his eyes and stopped.

When he thinks about that note now, he finds it ridiculous, let alone at that time, when he saw those words, he found it even more ridiculous.What love at first sight could they have?His five senses were closed during that sex, he didn't even know what that alpha looked like, what color his eyes were, how his voice fluctuated, and what pheromones smelled like.

He just spent a estrus period with himself, and he said that he fell in love with him at first sight without shame.

Before the split, Jian Chengqi was always thankful that he was just a beta, so his willingness to be inseparable from the same person was really out of love, not a sexual impulse dominated by pheromones.In order to increase the fertility rate, the minimum marriage age for omegas in the United States of America is [-]. Therefore, during Jian Chengqi's college years, his parents tried to arrange a blind date for him.The few disputes he had with his parents were all related to this topic. He couldn't understand why even the closest people pushed him to an alpha, hoping that he would be marked as soon as possible, irrigated, and have a stable family Then husband and son.This is also the expectation of the whole society for the omega group, but it is not Jian Chengqi's. He resists this kind of love dominated by sex. He believes that the alpha will really treat his child well, but that "love at first sight" is in his eyes. It's worthless, but how much sincerity can there be in love out of sexual pleasure.

He didn't keep that note either, and after reading it, he threw it into the trash can. If he didn't suddenly think of it today, he would have thought he had already forgotten it.He was so fuzzy that he walked to places he didn't know at all without knowing it, so he turned his head and walked through old and dilapidated bungalows, walking in the same direction as he came and went.When he was blocked by the alpha, he could already see the bus plate on the opposite side of the country path. He lowered his head timidly, and wanted to go around the alpha and continue to move forward, but the alpha moved and blocked him again.

"What? Hit someone, didn't you even say an apology?"

Jian Chengqi raised his head, took a step back, and at the same time shook off Alpha's hand on his shoulder.The smell of alcohol on that alpha was so strong that it even overwhelmed his pheromones. Jian Chengxi saw him staggering and took a step forward, his heart tightened, and he said sorry several times in a hurry, and then tried to get around again. Drive him to the bus booth.This time Jian Chengqi succeeded, he quickly ran to the opposite side of the path, and stood by the stop sign as if he was saved.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he watched the drunken alpha slowly approaching.

This is not a suburb, but there are no houses with open doors, and there are no other pedestrians on the road, only the alpha is walking towards the stop sign while pouring wine with his head up, his figure is shaking violently, and he may be lying down drunk ground trends.The days in March are still short, and it is already dark at six o'clock. There are no lighted windows as far as Jian Chengxi can see, which means that if he shouts for help, his throat will be broken, and only the alpha and the wind can hear it. .

He could only pray that the bus would come quickly, but the alpha was already standing two meters away from him, and he didn't see any lights from the car.

"No need to wait, there is no car. This area is about to be demolished, and there will be no bus access," alpha poked out his tongue, and pointed to the license plate kindly, "If you don't believe me, look at the notice above, posted by the township government, saying public The transportation system does not serve nail households."

"You... have a look, I won't lie to you," he took a step forward, "Why don't you look, huh?"

"Why don't you watch it?! Tell you to watch it!" His voice suddenly raised his voice, causing Jian Chengxi to let go of his hand in fright.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, girls don't need to be scared…" He shook his drunken head, as if he was talking to another person.

"Where are you from, I'll see you off. Come back with me, I... We have a car, I have money! I bought a car!" He stretched out his hand, trying to grab Jian Chengxi's arm, Jian Chengqi stepped back quickly, his voice Trembling violently, tell Alpha that you misidentified the person.

"What did you admit to the wrong person? This little bitch is losing her temper again? Come back to me—"

A car horn swallowed Alpha's furious voice, he turned his back to the car lights, but Jian Chengqi still saw a moment of clarity in his eyes.He seized the opportunity, rushed up the lane as if amnesty, and waved desperately at the private car that was coming——

But that car just blew its horn urgently to tell Jian Chengqi not to approach, and continued to drive forward.The driver could definitely see from the rearview mirror that Jian Chengxi ran for more than ten meters, but the speed of the car did not slow down at all, but accelerated quite irrelevantly. Jian Chengxi did not stop after knowing that he could not catch up, but Stopping and walking forward quickly, my heart was pounding, no matter how cold the wind was, it couldn't appease me.

And the further he walked, the worse the environment on both sides was, the smell of alcohol lingered like a shadow, urging him to go into a desperate situation, and at the end Jian Chengqi was trembling, he didn't dare to stop, panting, and turned his head in horror .

He watched the alpha beating the outside of his thigh regularly with a wine bottle, step by step, slowly following behind him like he was plundering something in his pocket.