Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

Xu Minglang got up before dawn.

The night in the small window slowly turned gray and purple, with orange and red mixed in a little bit, blurring into a bright sky.The cool wind blew on his skin for a long time, and he finally saw the halo of the sun's upper wheel float out of the window, moving upward slowly, wrapping the rays of the sun in a perfect way.

This may be the last time he sees the sunrise.

Because today is execution day.

The lunch was very rich, including fried beef, steamed pork belly, a dish of cucumber, fried beans and a bowl of hot and sour soup.

Xu Minglang finally realized the feeling of eating a meal with a severed head in ancient times.

In the afternoon, he signed a lot of material forms, and was escorted out of the detention center. The sun really shone on him, and the police team outside the door had been waiting for him for a long time.

Surrounded by layers like this, it was impossible for him to fly, and it was absolutely impossible for Zhou Xuerong to get close.

He sat in the car obediently, and at the last moment when the door was closed, he looked at the sky with nostalgia.

The place of law enforcement is the judicial police training base directly under the local court. The car drove for a long time before driving to the suburbs.

The car drove into the base but did not stop, but drove all the way into the detention room in the underground garage.When Xu Minglang was escorted out of the car, looking at the heavily guarded gate, his eyes were dizzy, his stomach was tangled up, and his feet were a little weak.No matter how brave a person is, he will feel apprehensive in the face of the imminent death penalty.

The light in the garage was dim, and there was a big iron gate not far in front. Two police officers escorted him to the gate, followed by the nurse who followed the car.The rusty sound of the iron door being pulled open echoed in the garage, reminiscent of some ancient killing machine.

Xu Minglang held back his fear and walked in without saying a word.

He looked at the dark and damp secret room, never thinking that he would die in such a place.There were already three people waiting inside, two of whom were familiar faces, the two policemen during the psychological appraisal, and one bailiff who was in charge of administering the injection.Immediately outside the door, several policemen poured in, including Professor Kang. He nodded slightly, and a sense of shame prompted him to lower his head. Instead of looking at the policemen at the door, he looked down at his toes.After everyone arrived, one of the policemen read the notice in non-standard Mandarin and asked Xu Minglang if he had any last words to say.

Xu Minglang cursed at his toes: "Olivia, I *your mother."

A policeman stopped by saying: "Watch your words!"

Xu Minglang shrugged, indicating that he had nothing to say.So several police officers escorted him into the depths of the secret room, and only then did he realize that there was another door inside.

The road to death is only a short dozen meters. According to the calculation of an adult's pace of 1.5m/s, he is less than ten seconds away from death.

The policeman beside him suddenly whispered, "Are you nervous?"

Xu Minglang glanced at him, speaking of the short policeman who had done the psychological appraisal for him.

He was so confused that he didn't have time to pay attention.

"Now, who do you think is the master of the game?"

Xu Minglang was struck by lightning.

The door has been opened, and there is an execution bed alone in the middle of the room.

He looked at the short police officer and recalled the scene in his mind.Besides Professor Kang, isn't this the policeman who has been by his side all the time?He collected all his notes, and was able to accompany the execution until the last moment of his life.

Isn't this the most suitable identity for Olivia?

Unfortunately it was too late.

He could only watch the short officer with a smug smile, put his hands on his back, and be pushed forward...

"Click-"

There was a metal clasp behind him, and several police officers shouted at the same time.

"Who is he?!"

"What are you doing?" "Put down the gun!"

Xu Minglang turned his head, his pupils dilated.

On the right front of the big iron gate, the policemen took out their guns one after another, pointing at the blind spot covered by the corner of the wall.

A secret expectation arose in Xu Minglang's heart. The picture in front of him seemed to be in slow motion, and a familiar face appeared from the corner of the wall.

"...Professor Kang?"

Professor Kang was sweating profusely and panting slightly.The meticulously combed hair on weekdays hangs wet on the forehead, and the gold-framed mirror is skewed on the bridge of the nose, ready to slip down at any time.And what made him so nervous was the cold muzzle of the gun on his temple.

The one holding the gun was none other than Zhou Xuerong.He was wearing a police uniform, with a light blue stubble on his chin and cheeks.

Professor Kang adjusted his breathing, raised his palms above his head, and slowly followed Zhou Xuerong's pace to move forward.

"Don't go any further!"

"What do you think of the execution ground?!" "I order you to release the hostages immediately!"

Zhou Xuerong stared at Xu Minglang, turned a deaf ear to the police's shouting, and walked forward step by step.Since Professor Kang's life was still in Zhou Xuerong's hands, the policemen on the side didn't dare to act rashly, they just raised their guns ready to fire.

Xu Minglang saw the right timing, and when Zhou Xuerong got closer, he dived towards the policeman on the left, knocked him to the ground and pinned him down, and shouted at the same time: "The one on my right is Olivia!"

This was said very suddenly, and the content was also confusing to others.

But Zhou Xuerong understood.

The muzzle of the gun turned suddenly, and the trigger was pulled without hesitation.

All the policemen present turned pale.Because a radial black hole is blooming in the center of his comrade's forehead, and gunpowder smoke is wafting out.

"Oh shit!!"

Zhou Xuerong immediately aimed the hot gun at Professor Kang's ear again, threatening him.

"Olivia, you lost. We found the bug in your game and exposed your identity. It's time to end your game." Xu Minglang turned to look at the short policeman and said.And the policeman was surprised and froze in place, as if he couldn't believe that he died like this.

This made Xu Minglang so nervous that his blood flowed backwards.He was afraid that the cunning Olivia would fall in front of everyone, and everything they had done would be in vain.

Suddenly he noticed that one of the policemen who raised their guns put down their guns and looked in his direction, with their mouths open and unable to speak.

The condition spread like the flu, and they looked at the little policeman like hell.

"Clang" a brass bullet rolled to the ground from the hole in the short policeman's head, and the hole was healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone turned their attention away from Zhou Xuerong, and turned their guns on the policeman beside Xu Minglang.

"You... what kind of monster are you?!!"

"...don't go any further!"

Facing the boiling policemen, he rubbed his forehead with his fingertips, sighed, and with a light wave of his hand, all the noise disappeared.

Everyone has different expressions on their faces, like sculptures.

Zhou Xuerong let go of the frozen Professor Kang, took off his police cap and put it on his head casually, walked around to the front, and stared coldly at the short policeman.

Xu Minglang was so frightened that his palms were sweating, he was afraid that Olivia would go crazy and kill Zhou Xuerong.

Unexpectedly, "he" spoke first, with a childish voice: "I really didn't expect you to come."

"It's like you don't think you've lost." Zhou Xuerong replied flatly.

Olivia's eyes suddenly became dark.

"I gave Xu Minglang a chance because I finally confessed it myself." Olivia sneered, "If it wasn't for this, he would never have expected it until he died."

Zhou Xuerong was not annoyed at all. Compared with Olivia's strong mood swings, his indifference seemed to have the confidence of a winner.

"Since ancient times, soldiers never tire of cheating. What's more, even if you don't reveal your identity, my plan is to kill you."

Olivia frowned: "What did you say?"

"I have been planning for this day for a long time. I have been reluctant to appear in court or visit prison, just to relax your vigilance and make you feel that I have given up and surrendered. We have met 64 times. I still know a little about your temper. Your voyeurism and self-confidence will definitely make you choose an identity that is closest to Brother Lang. Since Brother Lang was imprisoned, the only people who can fully understand his life are people in the system." Zhou Xuerong loosened his neckline, "This move is really clever. You took advantage of legal affairs to separate me from Brother Lang. Even if I knew, so what, I still couldn't save him, and could only watch him be sentenced to death."

"So I took a lot of effort to sneak into today's convoy. I firmly believe that as long as I have a chance to get in touch with these police teams, I will be able to smell your breath. Sure enough, your identity is to escort Lang Ge into the police force. One of the two in the execution chamber."

"The only thing I didn't expect was that you couldn't help but tell Brother Lang about your identity. After all, you are an old friend who participated in 64 games together. Are you underestimating me a little?"

Every time Zhou Xuerong said a word, Xu Minglang's heart surged even higher.Until the last word fell, his fear was completely dispelled, his legs were deprived of strength with the ups and downs of his mood, and became sore, otherwise he would really jump up excitedly, thinking that Zhou Xuerong was so handsome!

Olivia didn't say a word, her limbs slowly shrank and returned to her original appearance.

She looked up at Zhou Xuerong, but her aura was not lost at all, her eyes changed from gloomy to full of anger.Standing behind her, Xu Minglang could even hear the faint echoes from the chest of a child.

The atmosphere was dead silent.

Xu Minglang secretly looked at Zhou Xuerong's face, that face looked stern, but he could read a hint of being brave.

The panting sound from Olivia's chest became louder and more frequent, and a sobbing sound suddenly sounded.Xu Minglang couldn't believe his ears, but in the next second, his ears were pierced by the magic sound.

"Wow, ah ah-" Olivia cried loudly, "I don't care about me !!! You bully people! You bully children !!"

Zhou Xuerong frowned fiercely, not knowing what the way was.Xu Minglang was completely stunned, a "god" who played with human beings like guinea pigs, and now he is beating around like a real child.

"It's not fun! It's not fun! You're all bullying me..." Olivia cried, and simply sat on the ground, waving her limbs wildly, like looking at a favorite toy in front of a window. Buy it, but it looks like it was rejected by my mother.

When the crying subsided a bit, Zhou Xuerong took a step forward, ignored Xu Minglang and his gestures, squatted down in front of Olivia, and took her hand.

"If everything in the world has no end, then the beginning will be meaningless. It is precisely because all the grand events will come to an end that people will look forward to the next gathering, isn't it?"

Olivia covered her mouth with a cotton rabbit, her tearful eyes were full of ignorance.

Zhou Xuerong was persuasive and seductive.

"Just imagine, would a play that never ends really bring happiness to the audience? That would only make everyone exhausted and lose freshness to the content of the show."

Olivia came to her senses, and said with a cute snort, "So, are you begging me to let you go now?"

Zhou Xuerong nodded very sincerely.

Seeing this, Olivia immediately showed her unique arrogance. She pulled out her fleshy little hand and said, she got up and turned around, laughing at the condensed dull expressions of everyone, and turned to The two said: "What do you think of me? I am a god. As long as I think about it, there is nothing I can't do."

After finishing speaking, she pointed at Xu Minglang: "Especially you, you are a mere human being, you have the guts to challenge me, play games with me... how dare you beat me?"

"No." Xu Minglang raised his handcuffed hands, "You win, I lose."

Olivia raised her proud face, the tears were still dry on her face.

"Don't think that if you say a few nice words, I will get dizzy and agree to your request. Anyone who dares to tease me should be punished."

Zhou Xuerong swallowed unconsciously.

Looking at Olivia's back, Xu Minglang became more and more uneasy. He tried to say something to loosen the situation, but he really didn't know what to say, so he yelled.

"Hey!"

Zhou Xuerong and Olivia looked at him at the same time.

Xu Minglang was nervous like never before, he forced himself to be calm, stared into Olivia's eyes, like a cheetah locking its prey.

"I think you're right. Human nature is inherently weak, selfish, shameless and despicable. What's even more tragic is that no matter how great people are throughout the ages, they can't stop themselves from going to death. Whether it's me or Xiaoxue, we are no different from other people , no matter how hard we try, it is inevitable that time will take away the most cherished things from around us. Relatives, lovers, friends, you can only watch them leave slowly, but you can't do anything. So for me, life , is to have fun in bitterness, to struggle in less than a hundred years." Xu Minglang looked down at Olivia, the fear in his eyes was in stark contrast to his soft voice, "You have never felt growth, nor have you experienced growth. I will understand how painful this is. Sometimes I even think, if there is a god in this world, then growth is his punishment for human beings."

"Your game of life and death is indeed cruel as a nightmare, but most people who are struggling in real life experience cruelty that you never imagined as a child."

"Life is a cruel game, Olivia."

Olivia straightened the Miantu doll in her arms, as if she was thinking about what Xu Minglang said.After a while, she asked: "In other words, if Brother William is alive, he will suffer, right?"

Xu Minglang was taken aback for a moment, and then said "Mmm" nervously.

Olivia turned her back to the two and chuckled lightly.This made Xu Minglang's uneasiness reach its peak.

After a long time, he heard Olivia's almost inaudible sigh, and whispered: "That's great. He didn't suffer."

Zhou Xuerong looked up at Xu Minglang, his eyes full of confusion.In fact, even Xu Minglang himself didn't know that it was Olivia herself who burned William to death in the fire, so how could she care whether he would suffer or not?

Olivia turned around suddenly, Xu Minglang shivered.

"I think you're right. Living itself is a punishment." When she said this, she had a serious expression on her face for a moment, like a big girl.However, in the next second, she returned to her original nature, blinked mischievously, and said, "It just so happens that I'm tired of playing this game..."

Xu Minglang and Zhou Xuerong looked at each other, their eyes bursting with hope.

"Don't be complacent. I didn't let you go back because you beat me. It's because I've had enough."

Xu Minglang nodded repeatedly.

Olivia looked at Zhou Xuerong again: "We have created countless games, and you are the most persistent human being I have ever seen. Sometimes I don't know whether it is a kind of fun or a kind of boring. But no matter what, Thank you for a great show, I had a great time watching it," she finished curtseying.

Zhou Xuerong nodded slightly, then raised her head again, there was no sign of Olivia in the dark secret room.

Neither of the two people had time to move, the whole person seemed to be weightless, and then something broke into their bodies, forcing them to dodge backwards, an invisible impact made them think they would be blasted against the wall , Instinctively approaching the eyes and waiting for the pain to come.

One second, two seconds passed.

Xu Minglang seemed to hear the noisy voices, the cold and fresh air made him shiver, the sunlight pierced through his eyelids, engraved a fiery brand in his mind, he didn't even realize it, he smiled much more with his eyes closed happy.

With anticipation and uneasiness in his heart, he slowly opened his eyes, and in front of him was no longer a dark execution room, but a passage of people coming and going.Ignoring the strange gazes of passers-by, he breathed greedily, stretched out his hands to feel the sunshine, and used his olfactory receptors to capture the fragrance of grass in the cold air, even the bare sycamore trees were enough to make his eyes linger.

He suddenly realized something, looked around, but couldn't see Zhou Xuerong's shadow.Fear shattered this short-lived joy, he walked through the crowd like a lunatic, ignoring those exclamations and cursing, just sprinting forward, eager to find that familiar figure.

The crowd is as numerous as a swollen river, most of them are in a hurry, and there is no difference.Xu Minglang was carried forward by the crowd, but felt that he was about to melt into it.

Screening all the bad possibilities in his mind, he tried to regain his confidence, but was once again swallowed by the crowd.Xu Minglang struggled to squeeze himself out of it, but he could still hear the noise in his ears, and all the anger rushed up his throat in an instant, pressing against his teeth.

He turned his head away and couldn't help but want to roar!

A long way across the road, a tall figure was surrounded by a noisy crowd. Several girls held up their mobile phones and eagerly held his arm and said they wanted to take a video.

Xu Minglang was stunned, and after a while he found his voice, and murmured: "...Xiaoxue..."

The man turned around slowly as if he could hear it.

Zhou Xuerong was still wearing a police uniform, her hair was disheveled, but her eyes lit up.Everyone followed his gaze to the other side of the road in puzzlement, everyone was at a loss.

The two looked at each other from a distance, as if they had forgotten about the passing vehicles, and walked towards each other amidst countless horns beeping and cursing.

Their dramatic outfits attracted the attention of passers-by, and some people had already gathered around them, taking out their mobile phones with malicious smiles to take pictures.But they didn't pay attention at all, just looked at each other and walked towards each other slowly.

It's as if everything in the world melts into each other's eyes, and only each other should exist in the world.

In the cold wind of February, in the middle of the broad road, under the eyes of all the laughter and playfulness, they kissed like death, as if tomorrow is the end of the world.

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