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An alarm sounded on the playground, and the disbanded teams immediately joined together.Gu Ye asked Tan Lin: "What happened?" Tan Lin didn't speak immediately, but just looked at the team going away.Gu Ye followed him to look, and he suddenly noticed that there was another team at the other end of the playground. The two teams joined together, one side was wearing camouflage uniforms, and the other side was orange firefighting suits.Gu Ye immediately reacted: "Are you a firefighter? So is my dad"

"Yes," Tan Lin said.

Gu Ye guessed that Tan Lin should be a firefighter.Firefighters are a kind of under the armed police, and firefighters are two positions.The clothes of the firefighters are bright orange, while the firefighters are dark green. Although they belong to different departments, they often train together and go on missions together.

Gu Ye looked back at the playground behind him again, and the faint picture in his memory finally overlapped with the scene in front of him a little bit.

In my vague impression, this playground should be a muddy field, not as spacious as it is now. If I fell down while running and playing on it, my entire elbow would be scratched; the opposite side of the playground should be the office area, with a four-story building High, freshly painted white paint; and a little lower next to the office area is the cafeteria... Gu Ye searched along, but unexpectedly they were still there. Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, and the newly painted white paint has now become Grey, covered with ivy, Gu Ye checked his too long memory, and said to himself: "The potato roast ribs in the cafeteria are delicious, I wonder if the chef has changed now."

Tan Lin said, "It's changed, now I'm making beef brisket with potatoes."

Gu Ye laughed twice and said, "I didn't expect the food to become so good."

Tan Lin said, "You have been here."

"Well," Gu Ye nodded, "It's quite young."

At that time, he was very young, and he had no mother, and no one to take care of him, so after school every day, his father would take him to the training ground to play.At that time, he was very skinny and not very obedient. The more his father asked him to run slower, the more he wanted to roll in the mud puddles. He rolled all over in mud and broke his knee cuffs, and was grabbed by his father who was a firefighter. The ears cursed.

At that time, he had a very close relationship with his father. After all, he was an "orphan and widowed man", and the father and son depended on each other for life. But I don't know when, maybe it was puberty, and the relationship between him and his father began to become estranged.He no longer admires his father who is a firefighter so much—he is not a regular soldier, but a contract worker, and he is not good at all; he does not go to the training ground anymore, the mud is dirty, and it will stain the one he saved so hard to buy. sneakers; even at the dinner table together with great difficulty, the conversation became boring. Dad asked him how his grades were, and he said it was good... The relationship between them suddenly became indifferent, even though Gu Ye still stayed in college. In the original city, I didn't go home very often, and my father was even more reticent. The two of them could not speak a word for a week.

Gu Ye began to recall little by little what went wrong, and even the memory of him being here had become an extremely weak stroke in his mind.If it wasn't for that accident, they might have gone through this rebellious youth together, and went back to when he was a child again, he played around in front of his father and acted like a baby, but his rebellious period came a little more violently, quieter, and coincidentally, so that He doesn't even have a chance to make amends now.

Gu Ye was a little annoyed that he wasted so much time.

It doesn't take long for a person to be good, as long as there is a little bit of not cherishing, they will disappear.

There was a uniform shout from the team, "One two, one two..."

Gu Ye came back to his senses and quickly ran to the fire garage with the team.

"Location? Where did the accident happen?!"

"The department store was set on fire, and three people were trapped."

Department store, fire.

These two words were like a mallet, smashing Gu Ye's head hard, his ears buzzed, and even the picture in front of him became blurred.He stood where he was, watching the people around rush into the garage...

It turned out that this was the case before an accident, the weather can be particularly good without any warning.

Gu Ye finally saw the familiar figure among the rushing crowd in the garage. He was of medium build and a little thin among a group of young people, but he was extremely energetic. His eyes were firm and bright, his head held up slightly, and he wore In an orange fire suit, he is checking the water gun and water tank.

Gu Ye could hardly connect the person in front of him with the one on the hospital bed.

He shrank on the hospital bed, his skin and bones were separated, loose and soft, his body was filled with various tubes, the ventilator was beeping on one side, and various smells emanated from him, it was sickness The smell of people who are about to rot.

The man in front of him skillfully inserted the water pipe into the fire truck that was about to take him away, and said heartily, "Get out of the car!"

"Does Lao Gu want to get out of the car? You shouldn't be here today." A colleague asked.

"Yes," said Old Gu, "a child is sick, and I will take care of him."

"Oh, be careful!" The man patted him and picked up a bundle of water pipes.

"Well, don't worry, it's okay." Lao Gu had already opened the car door, and he answered vaguely with a whistle in his mouth.

In just a few minutes, everyone was already in their positions.The car door slammed shut, and Lao Gu quickly jumped into the cab and emerged from the car. A strand of hair on his forehead was too long, and it was stuck out by the helmet, just like an unruly hero in a movie. In the direction of Gu Ye, he circled his mouth into a small horn with his hands, and shouted: "Let's go!"

This sentence was not meant for him, but Gu Ye felt that it was saying goodbye to him.

The door of the fire engine was about to close, but Tan Lin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly ran towards the door of the garage.

Gu Ye didn't have time to react. Seeing that Tan Lin was about to collide with the car, he could only stand there and shout loudly, "Tan Lin! What are you doing?"

Tan Lin didn't say anything, just rushed forward like crazy.He was dying, there was no way he could stop that car.Gu Ye couldn't call him at all, and it was impossible to hold him back, so he could only use the most stupid way, strode forward, and suddenly threw Tan Lin to the ground from behind.

The two fell heavily to the ground at the same time. When they landed, Tan Lin grabbed his waist and asked him to change the landing angle.Tan Lin let Gu Ye fall on him, so he fell hard enough, his sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, and a small piece of exposed skin was pulled off.

Gu Ye rolled down from Tan Lin with his head in his arms, pulled Tan Lin's scraped arm over, and yelled while blowing: "Tan Lin! Why are you crazy?"

Tan Lin didn't say anything, but his eyes were red and bloodshot, and a vein protruded from his temple to his forehead.Jumping up and down, his hands clenched into fists, the tighter he clenched, the more blood came out, and finally dripped to the ground.

Gu Ye had never seen Tan Lin like this before, he didn't care about his injuries, he was completely self-harming.

Seeing that Tan Lin's state was completely out of order, Gu Ye immediately calmed himself down and pieced together the information after entering the door—the things Tan Lin regretted the most, his father's accident, and the child who didn't come.

Gu Ye approached the answer a little bit. He guessed that he probably didn't like this answer very much—"You," Gu Ye tentatively asked, "Do you know my dad?"

Tan Lin was silent for two seconds. He clenched his fists, the veins on his forehead were bruised, and he tried his best to endure something. "Yes," he paused, and suddenly relaxed, "Uncle Gu is my colleague. He takes good care of me. This time it's It's time for me to call the police, but I broke my leg during training the day before, and Uncle Gu replaced me..."

Gu Ye's hand suddenly lost strength, he let go of Tan Lin's arm, and it turned out that Tan Lin was the child.

For a moment, he hated Tan Lin very much.

Blame him.

If it wasn't for him, nothing would happen to Dad, his life would be the same as before, he would live a good life, very happy, break the rigid relationship with Dad little by little, and be a good son.

Tan Lin slowly got up from the ground, he turned around, and walked towards the garage door again, the red fire truck blared its siren and rushed towards him, but he didn't hide, but was desperately in front of the car Waving his hands, this is the one thing he regrets the most, but now he has a chance to change...

Tan Lin started striding towards the garage, "Don't go," he shouted to the people in the car, "You don't want to go."

He is really sorry.

Gu Ye stood where he was, quietly looking at Tan Lin's back. In the daytime, there was a semicircular shadow under Tan Lin's feet, dragging behind him like a heavy shackle.

All of Tan Lin's weird behaviors before suddenly had answers, and he blamed himself in pain.He felt that he was sorry for him, he wanted to atone for his crime, and he was trying to repay it, so he let him do everything, promised everything, as long as he wanted, he gave everything he could not give.

Gu Ye suddenly felt powerless, and this punishment did not bring him any pleasure.

In fact, it’s not his fault, he didn’t set the fire, he didn’t hurt the people, he didn’t do anything wrong, it’s just that this was a disaster that should have happened to him, and he avoided it because of a little luck. This luck has become a self-blame that follows you everywhere in the future, why not you?Why him?If it wasn't for you, nothing would happen to him, he was for you... But at this time, these assumptions don't make any sense after things have already happened, remorse, complaining, this makes me sink into the mud, forgetting about the bigger trap in front of me... …

Gu Ye watched as the door of our garage gradually changed color as Tan Lin approached. At first it was light white, then a circle of pink, and it would be best to turn into a fiery red door frame.

It was a trap, like the final test of a game where the outer door was false and this one was real.

"Tan Lin," Gu Ye said, his voice was not loud, but he was already struggling: "Tan Lin, don't go."

Tan Lin stopped in his tracks. He thought that Gu Ye would never talk to him again. His feelings for Gu Ye were too complicated for him to bear. He stood there and watched the man check the water gun again and jumped into the car. , to drive himself into a tragic swamp.He found that he couldn't do it, he really couldn't do it, he had to go, he had no way to do it before, but now he had a chance, a chance to change the past.He couldn't restrain himself from rushing towards the garage door. He tried to wave his arms at the front of the car, "Don't go, don't drive out!"

Tan Lin was only half a step away from the garage door, and Gu Ye rushed over. Tan Lin's physique was beyond him, so he could only hold on to Tan Lin's clothes desperately, and shouted at him with all his strength: "Tan Lin! You Don't think I'll forgive you for doing this."

Tan Lin finally stopped, his toes stopped in front of the garage door.

As if waking up from a dream, consciousness climbed up from the water, covered in cold sweat.

Tan Lin looked at the door again, the deepest regret in his heart, repeating the farewell of the last scene in his memory again and again in front of his eyes - checking the hose of the fire truck, opening the door, jumping on the co-pilot, and facing him He laughed loudly in the direction of him: "Let's go!"

"gone!"

Tan Lin stared blankly at the scene that was repeated over and over again, and he took a step back abruptly, leaving the door that was about to take him away.

Tan Lin: "I thought you wanted me to go."

Gu Ye gritted his molars and shouted: "It's all fake! Have you forgotten? We are inside a red door. The real old Gu, the real dad, is in the hospital now! You go It's meaningless to stop this dummy, it can only make you feel better! Have you ever thought about what the price you will pay for this will be!?"

Tan Lin said, "I'm fine."

Gu Ye shook his head desperately, he wiped his eyes suddenly, and said loudly: "But I don't want you to die, because you have two lives on you."

Another one was given by my father.

Tan Lin closed his eyes, he didn't think about anything, he just hugged Gu Ye tightly.

This hug was very heavy and long. Gu Ye felt that his bones were about to be crushed by Tan Lin, but he never let go. This accident dug a hole in his heart. He never touched it, pretending The hole would heal by itself, and he didn't realize until now that the hole had never healed, but it had been numb due to the pain for too long.He doesn't hate Tan Lin anymore. In fact, Tan Lin is also a victim, tormented by self-blame and guilt. Now that the two of them are hugging each other, the missing part finally has another piece of the puzzle.

The two hugged each other until their legs became sore, and then they let go.

Tan Lin kept apologizing to him, saying softly, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you all this time."

Tan Lin was very embarrassed, holding his hand tightly, refusing to let go, then lowered his forehead and pressed it against his forehead.Tan Lin is also trying to figure out how they should continue to get along.When Gu Ye took the initiative to tell him that if he had the opportunity to go out, they would be happy, but he knew that this sweet promise was all based on his deceit, and there was a lump in his heart, like a bird The balloon placed in front of the awl is afraid that it will burst, but also hopes that it will burst soon.

Gu Ye played with Tan Lin's fingers and said, "No wonder you were so kind to me from the beginning. You have always known me, haven't you?"

"Well," after there was no secret, Tan Lin said to Gu Ye about everything: "You always ask me if we have met, we have."

"Are you in the hospital?" Gu Ye asked.

"No," Tan Lin was very careful every time he went to the hospital, for fear that Gu Ye would hate him if he broke through.

Gu Ye asked, "Where is that?"

Tan Lin said, "It's quite young."

Gu Ye thought about it, there were other family members of firefighters and children playing in the mud pit together at that time, but at that time everyone looked muddy, and no one could recognize who, "I really don't remember. "

"Well," Tan Lin said, "you seldom came after that."

Gu Ye didn't speak, he regretted not seeing his father more.

Gu Ye turned his head, changed the subject, and asked Tan Lin, "Is it because of Old Gu that you participated in the game?"

"Yes," Tan Lin nodded and said, "Before I knew you would participate, I wanted to win the bonus and give you all the money. But after knowing that you also participated, I only wanted you to win."

Gu Ye sighed, pretending to be relaxed and joked with Tan Lin: "No wonder you let me do whatever I do."

"No," Tan Lin shook his head. He tapped Gu Ye's brow lightly with his fingers, and said, "It's just that the more I know you, the more I blame myself, the more I feel distressed..."

Gu Ye grabbed Tan Lin's finger and said, "Old Gu will get better. I've collected enough money to operate on him. He will get better when we go out."

"Yes," Tan Lin nodded.

The two untied their knots and got closer to each other, but they still had their own emotions. They always felt that the knot in each other's heart had not been untied, they didn't know how to get along, and they had to continue to work together, but the most urgent thing now was to get back to the Just come in place.

The things in the garage had disappeared. Looking at the door glowing red, Gu Ye felt terrified. If he hadn't held Tan Lin back then, he couldn't imagine the consequences.Gu Ye asked: "If you really go in, what will happen?"

Tan Lin said: "If I guessed correctly, if I had entered just now, I would have thought the game was real and completely given up my will."

"What do you mean?" Gu Ye asked.

Tan Lin said: "The premise of the game is that it is infinitely realistic. If I enter the garage and try to change it, then I admit that the game is real..." "So the game system wins the control of consciousness?" Gu Ye continued road.

"That's right," Tan Lin said, "and the consciousness can control the body. Giving up the consciousness means giving up the control of the consciousness over the body. That's why you said that the accident really happened after returning to reality. It sounds a bit like brainwashing." final steps."

Gu Ye said thoughtfully: "I think it's more like unmanned driving. The human body is a car, and the consciousness is the driver. The driver gave up driving, so the system took the opportunity and began to control the car."

Tan Lin took Gu Ye's hand and nodded, "You are right."

The garage is the real door to reality. It reveals people's deepest regrets and desires. No one can resist this temptation alone. They are deluded by illusions, thinking that they can change the past, but what they really do is actually Just surrender your consciousness completely to the game.

Gu Ye asked in a low voice, "What should we do now?"

Tan Lin looked at him firmly and said, "Back to where we came from, at least we now know that the red door is wrong."