Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

"It's not him... then who could it be?" Xu Minglang thought desperately.

The other person ignored him when he saw this, and turned back to his seat.

"Oh, I was scared to death just now. I thought he was... Hey, Officer Yu, are you okay?" The person who spoke was the young woman who screamed just now. The popular big corrugated perm, the tail of the hair is fluffy and soft and hangs at the chin position.

"I'm fine. I can still handle this little trick." The man called "Officer Yu" speaks forcefully, just like his appearance, he is full of righteousness. At first glance, he looks like an actor in the 80s, with a silhouette Fangzheng, thick eyebrows and big eyes.

Xu Minglang finally realized that it was a misunderstanding, and walked over to Police Officer Yu and said, "I'm sorry just now, I thought you were the one who sent the invitation letter, so I acted harder."

Officer Yu waved his hand: "My job is to deal with danger, and you are nothing."

There is a bit of arrogance in the words.

Xu Minglang knew that what he did just now would not make others look good to him, so he found a seat and sat down, and asked the two people present: "Did you both come here after receiving the invitation letter?"

The two nodded.

"Then why are you so calm?"

The young woman glanced at the police officer secretly, as if guessing something, but the police officer did not show any abnormality, and said, "I just want to get back what belongs to me."

The young woman followed suit: "Me too."

Now it was Xu Minglang's turn to be stunned. To him, it was an incredible thing that his girlfriend disappeared out of thin air, but the two people in front of him looked so ordinary... Could it be their lost "things" "Different from yourself?

"May I ask, what have you lost?"

"Sorry, I can't reveal this easily." Officer Yu's tone was normal, but his eyes were serious.

Seeing this, the young woman wiped her hair and said, "I...it's a long story, my family..."

"Click--" "Click--"

Faint footsteps sounded in the corridor, and the three people in the activity room held their breaths, guessing whether the visitor was an enemy or a friend.Xu Minglang picked up the fruit knife that fell on the ground, and looked at the door vigilantly.

The footsteps in the corridor gradually became clearer, which indicated that the visitor was getting closer and closer to the activity room. At this moment, Officer Yu suddenly sat back in his seat, as if nothing had happened, which made Xu Both Minglang and the young woman were surprised.

"Officer Yu, what are you doing? What if you are a kidnapper?" The young woman said in a low voice.

Xu Minglang noticed that the young woman called the person who sent the invitation letter a "kidnapper", and he probably understood in his heart that the other party guessed that his family members had been kidnapped.

Police Officer Yu said calmly, "Don't panic, it's a cripple."

"What?" "You can hear this?" The other two whispered.

"Where is this place? Who are you?" A boy's voice suddenly sounded at the door.

"We are all the same as you. We have received invitation letters." Officer Yu said, pulling out a chair.

The boy nodded his thanks, walked over and sat down, looking very calm.

Xu Minglang sat down and secretly looked at the boy across from him. He looked about 20 years old, probably a college student, wearing a tweed plaid jacket, a white sweater that was casually matched inside, and a big earphone around his neck. Thin, the left trouser leg looks empty, and the unkempt black hair looks frizzy.

In the face of everyone's probing eyes, the boy could not have noticed it, but he took out his mobile phone and started playing games. With the noisy special effects, he pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose from time to time, as if the electronic screen in the palm of his hand was his life. fountain.

But Xu Minglang thought with some melancholy: "You are quite young, why are you lame?"

The long silence made the atmosphere a bit awkward, so Xu Minglang began to introduce himself: "Everyone, please introduce yourself, that... My name is Xu Minglang, and I work in a piano shop now."

The young woman brushed her hair: "My name is Cao Jing, a full-time wife."

Xu Minglang looked at Cao Jing's clothes, thinking that she was a rich wife, but on the other hand, he became even more puzzled, how could a rich wife who doesn't need to work by herself come to this base alone?

"My name is Yu Haohuai, and I'm a policeman," Officer Yu said.

"My name is Miao Fang." The boy said without looking up.

The scene became embarrassing again, and no one planned to talk anymore, so they should be in a daze, and they should take a stroll.After five or six minutes, a person stood outside the door.

The person who came this time was a middle-aged man, he looked like a traveler, and his figure was a bit bloated, but looking good, he seemed very surprised when he saw the room full of people.Officer Yu repeated his words tirelessly and motioned him to sit down.

Xu Minglang was puzzled, how many people had received the invitation letter like himself, if there were a hundred people, wouldn't they have to wait forever?There was also the black hand behind the scenes. His delay in showing up made Xu Minglang very anxious.

Xu Minglang was thinking about it when the figure suddenly appeared at the door made him turn pale with shock.

"You...you're not, why are you here?!" Xu Minglang said towards the door.

"Because I received the invitation letter." The visitor shook the white envelope in his hand.

It turned out that the person who came was the strange neighbor Xu Minglang met when he left the house. At this time, the other person was carrying a black cloth bag on his back. Judging from the way the bottom of the bag was falling, the things inside should be very heavy.

"It turns out that he was standing at the door at that time because he received an invitation letter..." Xu Minglang thought to himself.

Zhou Xuerong's unusual height attracted everyone's attention, and with the hood on his face, everyone was more or less curious.But some people seem to be more curious about the relationship between Xu Minglang and Zhou Xuerong...

"Xiao Xu, do you two know each other?" When Yu Haohuai said this, his eyes were fixed on Zhou Xuerong, "Shall I introduce you?"

Xu Minglang explained: "I also just met him this morning. His name is Zhou Xuerong, and he lives next door to my house."

"Since we are neighbors, how did we know each other?" Yu Haohuai asked.

Xu Minglang didn't know if it was his own illusion, Yu Haohuai's tone seemed to be tortured, and he looked very serious.But considering that Yu Haohuai's occupation is a policeman, he can understand when he speaks unconsciously and seriously.

"because……"

"Because I like to stay at home." Zhou Xuerong interrupted Xu Minglang, and said flatly, "It's comfortable to stay at home."

Yu Haohuai let out a meaningful "oh".

Xu Minglang is sure now that Yu Haohuai can't understand Zhou Xuerong.

But why?

Zhou Xuerong ignored Yu Haohuai, but took off his hood and sat beside Xu Minglang.This action aroused the scrutiny of the people present, and the fat middle-aged man said aloud: "Let me tell you, he is so tall, so he is of mixed race."

Zhou Xuerong lowered her eyebrows, her eyes were always on the table, her posture was like a rugby player waiting to play

The middle-aged man asked himself to be bored, rubbed his hands together and said, "Everyone here has come all the way here, and they definitely didn't come here to chat. To be honest, I thought I was the only one here today, but I didn't expect This is the situation. We have been waiting here for almost half an hour, and we haven’t seen the person who sent the invitation letter, what is he thinking?”

The sound effects of the game stopped at some point, and the boy named Miao Fang said: "Who knows? Just wait, anyway, the initiative is not on us now."

Cao Jing stood up suddenly, and the hardware accessories on the leather handbag slammed heavily on the table. "Isn't this a joke! You can wait, I'm going to kill someone here! I... I thought that when I came here, I would just pay the kidnappers, but what happened? There was no ransom on the invitation letter." I didn’t write anything! I waited for an hour, but no one was seen..." Cao Jing became more and more excited as she spoke, and then covered her face with her hands and began to cry. The milky gray mirror manicure shone with dazzling brilliance, "My Lele... ...My Lele...what to do, what to do, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

The woman's miserable cry made the atmosphere tense. Xu Minglang was the closest to her. He got up to comfort her and looked around at the people present.Police officer Yu was wondering whether he should say something to comfort him, Miao Fang frowned, unable to bear the disturbance, and the middle-aged uncle looked restless, rubbing his hands to get angry.

Zhou Xuerong's eyes were still on the table, as if he didn't hear anything, and suddenly said: "Don't worry, there is one more."

There was a trace of tenderness in the clear voice.

Xu Minglang thought to himself: "Sure enough, people are not judged by appearances."

But Yu Haohuai said suddenly: "You said, the person who sent the invitation letter has already arrived?"

As soon as the words fell, Cao Jing stopped crying, and everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

"You mean, this man is already sitting among us?" the middle-aged man asked.

Yu Haohuai leaned forward, looked at Zhou Xuerong and said, "Why don't you let this half-blood brother tell me, what do you mean by 'there is one more'?"

Facing the torture from everyone's eyes, Zhou Xuerong curled his lips and said, "It's just a literal meaning. I think there may be more than six people who received the invitation."

"But I don't think your attitude is "possible", but rather certain." Yu Haohuai was reluctant.

The atmosphere froze instantly, and Xu Minglang was thinking about trying to smooth things over, when he heard Zhou Xuerong say:

"Since ancient times, the number seven has been very special. God created the world in seven days; the Buddha walked seven steps to the southeast, northwest and each step after birth, and gave birth to lotuses step by step; Sin. For another example, there are seven days in a week, seven planets in the universe, and seven hours is the ideal sleep time for human beings. Whoever is behind the scenes, he spent a lot of energy to bring us together, which proves that he has a sense of ritual. people, usually the number seven is better than six, so I'm guessing there will be another one. Let's wait and see, shall we?"

Zhou Xuerong spoke in a calm manner, and everyone was in a state of "I always feel far-fetched, but I don't know how to refute it".Although Yu Haohuai had doubts on his face, he didn't refute anymore.

The boy named Miao Fang said: "Don't you think it's strange? There are six of us now, except for Xu Minglang and this big guy, the others don't know each other. The reason why we came here is Have you ever thought about the reason why the person who sent the invitation letter didn’t ask for it in advance because of missing a ‘thing’ or person? If the other party really wanted to make money, why would they spend so much effort to gather us here?”

Seeing that no one was talking, Miao Fang continued like a show off: "According to the routine of suspense movies, we are likely to be gathered because of some similarities, and then the lost 'things' are used as bargaining chips in the shady manipulation. Fight each other until the last one left can return with his own prize in triumph."

When Cao Jing heard this, her lips trembled.

Xu Minglang thought about this kid's lack of brain...

"Please see the occasion before you can speak?"

Miao Fang shrugged dismissively.

Yu Haohuai echoed: "What Miao Fang said is not unreasonable. There is always a trace of our being called together. I suggest that each of us can explain in detail the reasons for coming here. What do you think?"