Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

Professor Kang stroked his chin and said with great interest, "You mean returning to the original world?"

Xu Minglang shook his head: "No. At that time, there was no one in Binhai except the four of us. Can you imagine? All the shops were open, whether it was a flower shop or a vegetable market. There were money and the mobile phone of the stall owner, but there was no one there. Yu Haohuai drove us home, and then drove away."

Professor Kang raised his eyebrows and asked, "You two separated like this? Don't you think it's weird?"

"Strange?" Xu Minglang smiled, "If you have experienced the same thing as us, you won't feel that 'going home' is a weird thing. At that time, I only had one thought, even if there was no one in the whole city. , as long as I'm back 'home', I'm perfectly safe. Typical self-deception, right? But I tell you, we all think so."

Professor Kang paused, trying to understand what he said.Because according to what he has learned, when a group of people have a common experience, especially those that involve painful emotions, their cohesion will usually be strengthened, which is called "commonality theorem" in psychology, but Xu Minglang and the others are just the opposite, choosing to disperse open.

It seems that each of them has doubts about people other than themselves, thinking that the so-called "behind the scenes" is hiding among them.

"What happened when you got home? What happened?"

"Considering that my family didn't have any food reserves, and I was worried about fraud, I didn't dare to go to the supermarket. Xiaoxue invited me to his house and said that there was enough food in his house."

"You promised?"

"That's right. He suffered such a serious injury. I'm worried that he can't take care of himself alone. It just happened that he said before that he is a sculptor and wants to send me a work. I'm really curious about what his house looks like." .”

Professor Kang excitedly clenched his fists under the table and urged, "And then?"

Xu Minglang narrowed his eyes: "It was a very happy time, so happy that I forgot that I was still trapped in this false world until I opened that door."

"What door?"

"Bluebeard's door."

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The car drove all the way to the old building near the school district.

The first person to get out of the car was Ye Jiawen. Before leaving, Xu Minglang rolled down the window and asked, "Is it really okay for you to be alone?"

"I'm fine." Ye Jiawen's eyes were red and swollen, and she forced a smile, "Besides, if something really happens, I can't stop it."

"That's true. Then you are alone and pay attention to safety."

Ye Jiawen nodded, turned around and walked away slowly, Xu Minglang watched the thin figure disappear into the peeling iron gate.

There were only three people left in the car.

Zhou Xuerong nestled on Xu Minglang's lap and closed his eyes to rest his mind. Xu Minglang muttered in a low voice: "The little girl is really brave, she can still live alone at this time."

The man on the lap tapped his knee with his fingers.

Yu Haohuai answered: "It's a joke. Why do you think Ye Jiawen insisted on staying alone? Her game is over, and it's not safe to stay with us. She is afraid of getting caught in the fire."

"Don't you think she is the boss behind the scenes now? Who insisted on her just now and wanted to kill someone?"

Yu Haohuai was not annoyed at all, just like a stage actor without an audience, no interest in bickering: "I don't argue with you so much anymore, in that situation just now, anyone's emotions would lose control, look at Zhou Xuerong No, it's the same, you almost died in his hands..."

Xu Minglang quickly covered the ears of the young man on his lap, but it was too late.Zhou Xuerong opened his eyes and was taken aback for a moment: "...Can you say it again?"

Yu Haohuai happily replied: "Okay, you don't know what kind of illness you have, and your whole body is numb. Xu Minglang asked you to refuse to agree, and then you started nagging like crazy, and even strangled him, if it wasn't I stopped you, I might be the only one left in this car."

"Because I will kill you too."

Xu Minglang frowned: "Don't deceive others too much."

"I'm not joking. If he really kills you, of course I won't keep him. It's only right and proper to kill for life."

The two people in the back seat didn't answer the words, allowing the silence to spread, and then the car arrived at the place not long after.

Xu Minglang helped Zhou Xuerong get out of the car, turned around and was about to walk to the corridor, Yu Haohuai also followed, he looked at the small building in front of him and said, "Are you two really neighbors?"

Xu Minglang returned home like an arrow, he was not in the mood to fight with him, and said deliberately: "I heard the tone of the police officer, do you want to come up and sit down?"

Yu Haohuai shook his head, looking at the two with playful eyes, which made Xu Minglang feel uncomfortable looking at them, left a sentence "Let's go", and then walked towards the stairs without looking back.

Yu Haohuai shouted from behind: "Just as a farewell message, let me remind you one last time, Zhou Xuerong is the killer of the Rubik's Cube, I am 100% sure, you'd better stay away from him, don't make it so hard to escape, but die It's in his hands."

Zhou Xuerong lowered his head and said, "Brother, don't believe him." The weak voice sounded a little aggrieved.

"Will not."

Xu Minglang smiled at him, looking at the familiar residential building in front of him, with little lights coming out of it, it made him feel that it was just an ordinary afternoon.But when he thought that there was no one waiting for the lights of Wanjia, he felt at a loss again, so he had to tighten his arms again, feeling that the young people around him were real, and he felt a little more real in his heart.

The figures of the two crossed the snow-covered stone road and gradually turned into two small black dots.Yu Haohuai got into the car at the station.After watching the two go up the stairs, they got into the car.

Passing through the narrow passage, Xu Minglang helped Zhou Xuerong to the door of his house, helped him take out the key from his inner pocket, and opened the door.

The two froze in a tacit understanding. Although Zhou Xuerong was extremely weak and his face was as white as paper, he still supported the door frame and looked at Xu Minglang pitifully.

He looked at the door on the left end with couplets on it, and felt the shape of the key through his pocket, neither leaving nor staying.

Zhou Xuerong saw his embarrassment, and said first: "I'm fine by myself, don't worry, it's getting late, I'll make some food later, and bring it to you."

He looked at the couplet, and it was given to Yingying when he went to the supermarket to buy yogurt during the Chinese New Year last year, but now things are different, and he has gone through life and death, but he still can't bring her back.

Thinking of this, he felt extremely ashamed, but what he didn't even notice was that that kind of love became no longer distinct.There have been countless lingering pasts behind this door, but now it has become a person's memory.

"Is there anything to eat at brother's house?" Zhou Xuerong asked again.

Xu Minglang pulled away from his memories and thought about the leftover noodles at home. His family has never had the habit of hoarding vegetables. Usually, Yingying goes to the supermarket to buy vegetables when she is off work. She doesn't eat instant food herself, and she also opposes Xu Minglang Eating it brightly is said to accumulate toxins in the body, so there is no instant noodles at home.

He shook his head.

There was a little smile in Zhou Xuerong's eyes, and he opened the door: "My house has a lot of food, if you don't mind, you can come and sit at my house."

"Ah. That's a good thing, then I'll bother you."

He bent down and slipped into the door through the gap in front of Zhou Xuerong's abdomen. Zhou Xuerong smiled like crescent moons, and the door was pulled shut little by little, blocking the morning light from the door.

The room was dark, the curtains seemed to be drawn tightly, and there was a strange atmosphere. Xu Minglang sat at the door and took off his shoes, and the light turned on in a blink of an eye.

"Fortunately, there was no power outage, otherwise it would be difficult." Zhou Xuerong walked straight forward, turned on the light in the living room, and joked, "Otherwise we would have to drill wood to make a fire right now."

Xu Minglang nodded. He didn't have the habit of wearing slippers when entering the house, and Zhou Xuerong didn't bring them for him. He walked on the floor wearing socks, but he could feel the ground was very clean. The home is much more spacious.

When he entered the door just now, he noticed that there was no shoe cabinet in the entrance, and there were two hooks stuck to the wall, with keys and a folding umbrella hung on them.

There was no decoration at all on both sides of the corridor, just two clean white walls, and there was a door on the left hand side. He turned the handle and found that the door was locked.

"That's my workshop, it's used as a warehouse." Zhou Xuerong said abruptly.

"Ah...Sorry, I seem to be too casual." Xu Minglang recovered and apologized for his rashness.

"It's okay, I'll treat it as if I'm at home." Zhou Xuerong began to take off his pants while talking, and the two long legs highlighted the tight muscle lines under the incandescent lamp. There were various bruise marks on them, but there was a kind of Abusive beauty.

Xu Minglang stood there blankly, he could see it clearly from his angle, his face became hot, and he heard Zhou Xuerong say: "Brother, come and help me out, please?"

"Ah?" Xu Minglang looked at the spotless floor, focusing his eyes on the wooden texture.

"My back hurts and I can't take off my clothes."

He just looked up and walked over.Zhou Xuerong maintained the posture of opening the sweater, revealing his lean waist, and he could see the ups and downs of the psoas muscles from behind.

Xu Minglang pretended to turn a blind eye, but couldn't help but compare secretly, stretching his arms into the sweater to support his back to avoid friction between the skin on his back and the fabric.Zhou Xuerong stretched his hands over his head obediently, Xu Minglang picked up the clothes with his other hand, and finally took off the clothes.

Zhou Xuerong's hair was disheveled, but his upper body was as firm and tight as a sculpture. His neck was covered with various wounds, his back had bad sutures, and his collarbone and ribs were all bruised.Xu Minglang looked at these scars, and those nightmarish experiences reappeared in front of his eyes. Every scar reminded him who Zhou Xuerong blocked all this for.

"Thank you."

"Thanks for what?"

"Thank you for protecting me all the way."

Zhou Xuerong showed a lonely smile: "There is no need to talk about this between us."

He nodded, thinking that he was right, they were already life-and-death friends, and all that Zhou Xuerong had done for him was far from being repaid with a single sentence.

He looked up at Zhou Xuerong's eyes, groped his face with his palms, the black-haired young man's brows softened, he rubbed his face against his palm like a cat, his eyes were full of infinite tenderness, and the honey brown pupils were about to suck Xu Minglang's soul away.

He suddenly came back to his senses, realized what he was doing, pulled his hand back, and said awkwardly: "Then what...don't stand there stupidly, you still have injuries on your body, you go back to the room and lie down first Come on, I'll get you the medicine box..."

Zhou Xuerong looked disappointed, but still nodded, turned around and took out the mattress from the closet, and spread it on the floor.

"You're going to sleep here?"

"Well. It's hard for me to buy a bed."

Only then did Xu Minglang look around, the entire living room was empty, except for a wardrobe in the corner, there was not even a sofa or chair, even though many large equipment filled half the space of the living room, and the most surprising thing was Yes, where the coffee table should be placed, there is a large freezer.