Who Gave Me Eternal Life

Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan walked to the rooftop, and at this moment, looking out over the valley, they had a different feeling.

Qin Yanan had been standing on the rooftop, not paying attention to what was there, but upon closer inspection, she found nothing.

A breeze stirred in the valley.

Standing on the rooftop and gazing into the distance, the mountains rise and fall beneath the starry sky. Nearby lies a flat, dark expanse—a tranquil lake at night. Small glass houses on the lakeshore reflect the light from the long building. A V-shaped valley slopes down into the lake, and scattered among the lush shrubs, weeds, and low trees are a piano, a doorway, and other structures. Now that the ghost stories have been debunked, the valley has become much quieter and more beautiful.

"In this platinum night, the darkness is stained black by the night."

"Why are you suddenly making this comment?" Qin Yanan asked, puzzled.

"This isn't a lament, just a simple description of the darkness before my eyes... Poetry requires analysis of its era and background through reading comprehension, but sometimes using only its surface meaning is fine. For example, if I were to say 'a man and woman whispering sweet nothings under a melon patch or plum tree,' someone would surely try to explain the correct usage of 'melon patch or plum tree.'"

"So, the night gave me black eyes, and I can only use them to roll my eyes at you." Qin Yanan didn't know why he brought up the usage of idioms, and gave Liu Chang'an a glare. "Let's go, it seems we haven't found anything."

Liu Chang'an put his arm around Qin Yanan's slender waist and jumped off the roof. It wasn't that he thought there was anything wrong with Qin Yanan jumping down on her own; it was just a gesture of care for the young girl.

The lights downstairs shone on his chest. He hadn't returned to his previous state where his muscles were slightly bulging to fit the clothes; instead, he looked normal. It was the first time Qin Yanan had seen him shirtless, so Qin Yanan felt a little embarrassed. Without the cover of his clothes, his aura blended even more naturally in the valley and forest.

Liu Chang'an and Qin Yanan took the secluded path back again, and this time they did not encounter any men or women with "refined tastes".

As he led her to the rooftop, Qin Yanan's cheek inevitably pressed against his chest. It was warm, like the heat pack Qin Yanan used to press against her lower abdomen. The contact was inevitable during their movements, so Qin Yanan had to gently press her fingers against his chest to prevent her cheek from touching him. Her soft, white fingers, however, were pink.

Although the clothes Qin Yanan had prepared for Liu Chang'an were torn, his original trousers and shirt were still at Qin Yanan's house, so it didn't matter.

Qin Yanan went to get a pair of men's underwear and handed it to Liu Chang'an without saying a word.

"You prepared for this too?" Liu Chang'an hadn't changed his underwear when he put on that outfit, and it was ripped from the strain. He didn't mind going without underwear for a short time, so he was surprised by Qin Yanan's thoughtfulness and thorough preparation.

Qin Yanan nodded, turning her eyes to the side. Only then did she have time to recall Liu Chang'an's giant form when his entire body was enlarged proportionally.

Have you ever seen an elephant?

Have you ever seen an African elephant?

Do you know what the largest African elephant is, the Angolan male elephant?

These elephants can grow to nearly ten meters in length.

There are segments in "Animal World" that detail how elephants reproduce.

That's truly astonishing.

Qin Yanan blushed quietly and turned away to listen as Liu Chang'an went into the room to put on his pants. Although he defined himself as a human being, and Qin Yanan also believed that he was a human being, this "human" of his was truly extraordinary.

Liu Chang'an had no idea what kind of nonsense mature women were thinking. Young girls' lewdness often carried an element of curiosity and deliberate intent, while mature women's lewdness was often a natural and unrestrained imagination.

Liu Chang'an changed his clothes and came out. Qin Yanan handed him a glass of wine and asked Liu Chang'an if he wanted a late-night snack.

Liu Chang'an shook his head. Since he had changed his clothes instead of taking a shower and changing into his pajamas, he was going to leave. He decided not to have any late-night snacks.

"We don't know how close Guan Yuan and the Valley Base are right now, so don't try to find out tomorrow whether Guan Yuan knows anything about the Valley," Liu Chang'an reminded Qin Yanan again.

"I know." Qin Yanan's tone was slightly reproachful.

Liu Chang'an nodded. Zhu Juntang and Bai Hui were little fairies who had nothing to do with him. When he watched them dance, he would casually throw Guan Yuan, who was climbing the stairs, down the stairs. How much more so would he care about Qin Yanan? He wouldn't care whether Qin Yanan took the initiative to find Guan Yuan or Guan Yuan took the initiative to find Qin Yanan... It made no difference.

This only applies to people like Guan Yuan and Ma Weiming.

"There are still some things I haven't told you." Qin Yanan saw Liu Chang'an downstairs, hesitating to speak.

"Why do you always have something on your mind that you haven't told me? When are you going to tell me everything at once?" Liu Chang'an smiled and walked down the mountain without looking back.

How could she possibly finish talking about it? Qin Yanan thought to herself as she went upstairs. She took a shower, smelling wonderful, and lay in bed, tossing and turning. After all, she was a mature 25-year-old woman, and this was something she did only occasionally.

Liu Chang'an returned home under the cover of night.

It was already past midnight, and he wasn't planning on sleeping anymore. He jumped up, took the deck chair down from the second-floor balcony, and lay down under the sycamore tree.

Look up at the distant starry sky.

Human curiosity will never tire of the seemingly unknowable starry sky until it is satisfied.

Every time Liu Chang'an looked at this starry sky, he could feel that the seemingly unchanging star map contained infinite changes.

Therefore, the ancients used star charts for divination. For them, the difficult natural environment and geographical disasters were as mysterious and unpredictable as star charts.

Liu Chang'an lowered his head; he was not uninterested in the starry sky because it had accompanied him for so long.

What's more, these are humans who have only been with me for a short time?

Humans are fascinating creatures, more so than algae, protozoa, eukaryotic multicellular organisms, trilobites, arthrothoracis, megalomorphs, and so on. However, the Carboniferous period, with its mere 22.4 hours per day, is also fascinating, just one less unit of measurement for the time spent lying in bed playing on our phones compared to today.

Is humanity entering another era of super-evolution? Otherwise, how could biotechnology have advanced so rapidly, creating monsters like Keith and Peel, and bringing Clark back from the dead?

Who gave me endless life?

What should I be searching for with my life?

The starry sky is too far away.

The world beneath our feet is beautiful enough.

Step by step,

Measured every inch of the world,

You might get tired of its scenery.

The life it nurtures is so diverse and colorful.

What I can do

I just watched these lives sprout.

Growing up

Bloom

Withering

I want what I love to Longevity.

Liu Chang'an sat on the recliner waiting for dawn. The lively Zhou Dongdong came downstairs with a bag of soy milk in her hand. She gave the soy milk to Liu Chang'an and tried to climb on Liu Chang'an, but Liu Chang'an unceremoniously put her on his feet, sat down, and pressed her head down.

Zhou Dongdong was very dissatisfied. She wanted to climb into Chang'an's lap and sit there, but she decided against it. This morning, Chang'an seemed a bit silly, and she didn't know what he was thinking about except eating.