The Midnight Owl

When the last flame was extinguished, the entire east and west compartments were burned to death.

Countless Martian ashes floated in the sky, and flew to an unknown distance with the night wind.

nothing left.

The dark compartments carrying nightmares in the east compartment, and the cabinets in the west compartment, which may be closed by people, are all in flames, turning into ruins and scorched earth.

The courtyard was safe and sound.

The fire dragon seemed to make up his mind to burn the room only, from west to east, with a ferocious start, ending in an uproar.

A piece of black snowflake-like ash fell on the cabinet in the courtyard.

Click.

The hung lock naturally opened.

The four partners looked at each other in amazement. After the cabinet was kicked out, they tried their best to open it, but it was all in vain, but at this moment, when the last trace of fire annihilated, it opened itself.

Xu Wang reached over, removed the padlock, and gently opened the cabinet door.

Moonlight finally shines into the dark cabinet, illuminating the curled figure ...

[Owl: Congratulations on the pass, 9/23 successfully handed in! Dear, see you tomorrow ~~】

One second scorched earth ruins, one second city streets.

Even if there is a dizzying sense of weightlessness to divide, the speed of world switching is still too fast for people to recall.

It was still dark.

But the street lights are on.

Sanitation workers are cleaning the street, and cars are passing by on the road from time to time. The gloomy feeling of invading the bone marrow disappeared completely, replaced by open streets, down-to-earth fireworks.

Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin were standing under a street lamp. Surrounded by them was Chi Yingxue, who was already awake.

He leaned on the lamppost and sat on the ground, slowly raising his head, looking at the face of each partner faintly, and there was still some trance and daze left in his eyes.

But Xu Wang always feels that he is not completely blank about what happened, and his trance is more like an unfitness that cannot be removed from a certain situation for a while.

The four partners squatted down almost simultaneously, watching Chi Yingxue with interest. They did not meet in advance, and they all coincided.

"Are you okay? Did you feel uncomfortable?" Xu Wang didn't want to explore what Chi Yingxue had experienced in the secret grid, did he break through the ghost gate like them, he just hoped that he was all right .

Chi Yingxue actually didn't look very good. His face was whiter than usual, his forehead was faintly sweaty, and his lower lip seemed to have been bitten by himself.

But he tilted his head and looked at the four friends in a circle, and suddenly smiled, faint, lazy: "After a sleep, what are your expressions?"

Wu Sheng and Qian Ai froze for a moment, not sure if he was truthful or perfunctory.

Kuang Jin frowned slightly and looked at him with concern.

Xu Wang put down half of his heart, at least, the little snow that made people love and itchy.

But another half heart hanging ...

"How is the king?" Xu Wang asked.

All along, he actually did not take the initiative to presume Yan Wang in Chi Yingxue's face. It felt like having two teammates who couldn't get together. As the captain, there was no way to help them turn their enemies into friends.

But now, he can only ask Chi Yingxue, and he has even made up his mind. After that, Chi Yingxue slightly eased his emotions, and he would tell him what Yan Yan paid for this level.

Chi Yingxue did not answer immediately.

He closed his eyes, as if thinking, as if seeking.

The street light shone on his face, leaving a shadow on the bottom of his eyes through his eyelashes.

"I can't find him."

After a long time, the four partners heard him say this.

The voice was so soft that it was almost impossible to distinguish emotions.

But Xu Wang was sure that there was no consternation and surprise there, and some were just at a loss, and more helpless.

At that moment, he understood that Chi Yingxue knew that he was not only the child hiding in the cabinet, but also the black shadow with the smell of orange soda, and the ubiquitous light moon, dark clouds, Wind-9/23, he can feel everything.

...

In the next two days, Chi Yingxue never said a word.

During the day, he shut himself in the room, and at night, he sat in the 9/23 space capsule.

They passed this level, the dark grid would not open again, so long night, just sitting in the capsule.

Chi Yingxue sat on the corner of the wall, looking at the ceiling in a daze, they accompanied him in a daze.

King Yan, leave.

He was born because of the fear in Xiao Xue's heart, and dissipated because of the annihilation of fear.

Everyone didn't say anything, but they knew it clearly. Even at that time, Qian Ai, who had a vague understanding of Chi Yingxue's "can't find" sentence, was aware of this fact in the low atmosphere of these two days.

It's a good thing to see a personality split and healed, but reason can't replace feelings, and it's even more impossible to erase the memories of them fighting side by side.

They are still like this, what about Chi Yingxue?

The kid who set the last line of defense in his heart as the birthday of Yan Wang thought that one day he would leave.

...

Xu Wang was ready for a protracted war, and even had a small meeting with his friends in private. Chi Yingxue was delayed for three days, they would wait for three days, and for ten days, they would wait for ten days.

Unexpectedly, after sitting out from the owl for the second time, Chi Yingxue said without warning: "Book a ticket."

The coordinate point of 10/23 is in Hunan.

Xu Wang didn't know if he really cheered up, or buried more emotions in his heart, but life is like this, whether you like it or not, the calendar turns page by page.

"Have you talked to your brother?" Xu Wang always thinks it is important to let loved ones know.

Chi Yingxue shook his head lightly: "When will you return to Beijing?

This is a matter between brothers, Xu Wang did not talk much.

When the sky became white, Xu Wang and Wu Sheng made a reservation for the high-speed rail to Hunan.

Hotel rooftop.

This hotel is located in the most prosperous part of the city center, supporting the roof railing, overlooking most of the city. At this moment, the city is waking up, the street lights are extinguished, the buildings come out of the darkness, and the hustle and bustle slowly rises.

But Chi Yingxue doesn't look at these.

He sat on the only sofa in the corner of the rooftop and looked quietly at the sky.

The sofa is not old, I do n’t know if it was intended for the guests to rest, or it was abandoned by the hotel, but at the moment, he and the sofa under him are like a painting in harmony.

Most of the sky has lighted up, and today's clouds are a little thick, but the sun still perseveres through the clouds and spills into the world.

When Jin Xin came to the rooftop, he saw the sunlight first, and then Chi Yingxue bathed in the morning light.

Feeling someone break in, Chi Yingxue turned his head.

"Train tickets are booked," Kuang Jinxin came to the sofa, "At three o'clock in the afternoon."

Chi Yingxue looked at him and said, "Oh."

I thought it was a routine notice. After the notice, the person left, but Jin Xin sat down instead, as if the other half of the sofa was reserved for him.

"Beauty." Kuang Jinxin suddenly said without a head.

Chi Yingxue was at a loss: "Huh?"

Kuang Jinxin looked to the rising sun that finally appeared at the edge of the cloud, and sincerely said: "The sunrise is beautiful."

Chi Yingxue didn't talk about the hobby of scenery with people, especially now, he just wants to be alone.

Without hesitation, Chi Yingxue walked to the door without even saying hello.

"No one will protect you in the future." Kuang Jinxin looked at his back and suddenly said.

Chi Yingxue paused. After a few seconds, he slowly turned his head back and his eyes sank: "What did you say?"

"I said no one will protect you in the future." Kuang Jinxin repeated it exactly as he spoke, louder and louder.

Chi Yingxue narrowed her eyes dangerously, saying one by one: "I don't need anyone to protect."

"It's not better that the king is gone," Kang Jinxin said. "Anyway, you don't need him to protect, and no one will rob you."

Chi Yingxue was silent for a long while, and suddenly pulled out a faint smile: "Yeah, it's better to go."

Kuang Jinding looked at him: "What are you panicking for these two days?"

"Who told you I panicked." Chi Yingxue still smiled, but his voice was slightly cold.

Kuang Jinxin looked at him for a while and suddenly asked: "What dream did I have in the secret grid, do you know?"

Chi Yingxue was stunned. The topic was too jumpy for him to catch.

"I dreamed of when my parents had a car accident." Kuang Jinxin looked calm and calm, "The captain, Sheng Ge, and Qian Ge all know that, but you haven't come out in secret, so I will tell you again."

Chi Yingxue frowned: "Maybe I don't want to listen."

"Do not listen," Kuang Jinxin said, "I have finished your nightmare. Really, you have to go through my nightmare again to be fair. I don't need you to go now. I just need you to listen. Do you still bargain?" "

Chi Yingxue: "..."

I always feel that this "fair exchange" is strange, but what is wrong at the moment, Chi Yingxue can't say.

"My parents died in a car accident when I was very young. I have no memory. The so-called car accidents are all heard from grandparents, and then I imagine myself ..."

It seemed that Chi Yingxue wouldn't go. Kang Jinxin looked at the blue sky gradually and looked after himself.

"I really started to have memories. I was beaten. In fact, I was a half-old kid playing together. I didn't understand anything. I stupidly played crazy all day, but they bullied me and beat me because I didn't have parents ..."

"I was particularly impressed. Whenever it rained, they would have to push me into the mud pit, and then laughed around haha ​​..."

He smiled bitterly, but the bitterness was very short, like a flash of haze, when I went to see it, it was already bright and sunny.

"Later, a big neighbor who found out that I was always bullied, helped me out. He was older than us. At that time, he was already in junior high school. It was okay for a group of children to pick up. Since he covered me, I have Never beaten again ... "

"Good luck." Chi Yingxue finally gave a very enthusiastic response.

He stood two meters away from the sofa, did not continue to leave, nor approached again, but just turned around and looked at Kuang Jinxin so close, as if it was boring, then simply listen to a story.

"I also felt that I was lucky, I almost regarded him as a brother at the time." Kuang Jinxin looked at Chi Yingxue and smiled brightly, "And then less than a year later, he was admitted to a key high school and he had to move to leave school. Near. "

Chi Yingxue frowned.

He really didn't like the story.

"When I was leaving, I cried and hugged him, let him go, no one would persuade ..."

Kuang Jinxin once again fell into memory, looking at Chi Yingxue, but his eyes fell on an unknown place.

"I said you left, and no one will protect me in the future. He said that in this world, the only person who can protect you forever is you ..."

"Later, he moved away. Those people beat me as soon as he left, but I fought back, and I was crazy, so I fought back, and finally beat them all down ..."

His eyes reunited with Chi Yingxue, proudly: "No one would dare to bully me after that."

Chi Yingxue shrugged: "So he's right, it's better to beg for yourself."

Kuang Jinxin smiled and shook his head: "No, he was wrong."

Chi Yingxue: "Wrong?"

Kuang Jinxin said: "I can fight back because I remember him in my heart, remembering the protection, encouragement, and warmth he gave me. They bring me strength."

Chi Yingxue fell silent.

He Xuguang reflected his beautiful outline. At a certain moment, another shadow seemed to flash through the eyebrows.

"There are people in this world who can protect you forever." Kuang Jinxin looked at him quietly, but his eyes were gentle but firm, "As long as you keep him in your heart forever, he will always be there for you."

...

18:00 Beijing time, Hunan.

Because there was no contact in advance, this time the superb president Chi Zhuolin did not have time to help the team arrange the presidential suit. They stayed in an express hotel, two standard rooms, a big bed room.

The big bed room gave Chi Yingxue, after all, he had lived in the presidential suit for so long.

But after opening the room, Xu Wang regretted it a bit, and felt that a standard room should be set up, and then send old money or small things, even if he himself, stay with one night.

After privately chatting this idea with other teammates, Kuang Jinxin said, Captain, rest assured, Chi Yingxue is not as vulnerable as you think.

Xu Wang was half-trusted and tangled for two hours. After 8 pm, he still sneaked on the door of Chi Yingxue.

The door opened, but Chi Yingxue didn't mean to invite Jun to enter. He stood behind the door and looked at him blankly.

Xu Wang was also a little embarrassed, but looking at his condition was okay, there was no sign of instability, his heart was horizontal, and the thing he had been holding for a long time was stuffed into the door crack and stuffed into the other hand.

Chi Yingxue was caught off guard. After receiving it, he could see clearly that it was a small badge with the Arabic numeral "6" engraved on it. The badge is very delicate, but ... the meaning is unknown.

Lifting his eyes, he looked at his captain puzzled.

"That, the team member's number," Xu Wang didn't know what to do, and the speed of his speech was a little unstable. "They're all done with me. This is yours."

The badge was ordered online on the day Xu Wang handed it in, and no special platemaking was needed. Many Arabic numerals are available in many stores. He chose a store in the same city and the express delivery arrived the next day.

Chi Yingxue gently fiddled with the badge with his thumb, frowning: "Am I No. 6?"

"Well," Xu Wang paused for a moment, "Yan Wang Pai No. 5."

Chi Yingxue stopped talking and looked at him quietly, seeing no emotion.

Xu Wang let him watch, and his eyes did not flicker.

Some things, not to mention, will always be knots, and they will break into the sunlight.

"Give me." Chi Yingxue said suddenly.

Xu Wang didn't understand: "What?"

"The badge of No. 5." Chi Yingxue raised his mouth, "I am No. 6, and No. 5."

Xu Wang reacted and immediately found another badge from his pocket.

Before waiting for him this time, Chi Yingxue reached out directly to get it.

"Thank you, Captain." Chi Yingxue smiled lightly, snapped, and closed the door.

Xu Wang: "..."

This teammate is really still beating as always! ! !

Across the door.

Chi Yingxue turned around and walked back to the bed. While walking, he could n’t wait to put both badges on his clothes.

The badge is so small that it is not delicate on the neckline, chest or dress, and it does not affect the activity.

But Chi Yingxue, who lay in the big bed, didn't dare to turn around for three minutes.

In the end, he still reluctantly took off the badge, wrapped it in soft tissues, put it in the most secret and safe place of the backpack, and then lay back on the bed again.

The curtains in the house were all drawn, and the heavy curtains blocked the lights of Wanjia.

The room was as dark as late at night, with only a bedside lamp lit diligently.

Chi Yingxue lay on his side, staring at the lamp for a long time.

Eventually, he reached out and turned it off.

When was the last time you turned off the lights before going to bed? Chi Yingxue can't remember. Or maybe never. In his night, no matter when and wherever, he will always keep a lamp.

He hates darkness, or fear.

Like this room at the moment, there was no light at all.

But he is very down-to-earth now.

"good night."

In the dark, he whispered softly, like he was talking to himself, and he was talking to another person.