The dream bubble shook, from the slight shaking at the beginning, it gradually became bigger and bigger.

Everything in front of him was distorted and deformed, and disappeared like the tide receding, and Chu Yu returned to the boundless black void again.

what happened?

After exploring four dream bubbles, this is the first time this has happened.Chu Yu subconsciously lowered his head to look for the black bubble. Through the transparent film, the black bubble was sinking little by little, as if it was about to be submerged in the huge river of bubbles.

Could it be that Officer Xie woke up?

This idea came to Chu Yu's mind, and he suddenly found that the connection between Dream Bubble and him had not been broken.A thin black thread stretched out, one end was wrapped around his finger, and the other end was connected to Officer Xie's dream bubble.

Huh?

Chu Yu gently pulled, and in an instant countless black threads were attracted.The black bubbles that had sunk halfway seemed to be pulled by something. Countless black threads followed the thin thread and converged towards Chu Yu's palm like a gurgling stream, circling, compressing, and solidifying, finally forming a dark and deep bubble. energy coins.

With the formation of this energy coin, the black lines did not break, but continued to converge, trying to condense the second energy coin.

"Well……"

Chu Yu felt his head swell, as if it was stuffed with something, and it seemed that something was about to overflow.Reason told Chu Yu that it was time to break the connection with the black line, but he also wanted to know where his limit was, so he continued to hold on.

Finally, the second energy coin was about to take shape, but it exploded violently at the moment of final compression, flying around with him as the center.

It turns out that the energy coins are not condensed without limit. Is his current limit only two?

Chu Yu was slightly regretful, but before this regret had time to ferment, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.

The sky full of black lines was flying in the void, and the huge and matchless whale shuttled through it, chasing and devouring the black lines.Countless transparent jellyfish appeared from nowhere, surrounded the whale, and stretched their beautiful umbrellas to their fullest, catching the black lines that the whale missed.Beyond the jellyfish are swarms of small fishes criss-crossing like a big net, trapping all the black threads inside.

As the black line diminishes, the whale outlines more bony lines from the tail up.A few jellyfish following the whale flicked their black arms and legs, exuding a strange coordination.Occasionally, one or two small fish swim by, and the transparent fish body is smudged with black texture, like a black ink stick figure.

The whole picture is bizarre and unbelievable.

"..."

What all this means Chu Yu is not clear, but he can vaguely feel that it is not a bad thing.It's a pity that the system was damaged, and Lucifer didn't know anything.Chu Yu looked down at Lucifer who had crossed the border at some point and was squatting at his feet drooling over the newly condensed energy coin, and bent down to pick it up.

[Big, big king. 】

Lucifer's saliva was about to flow out.

"Hurry up and eat." Chu Yu handed over the energy coin in his hand.

Lucifer obviously learned the lesson from last time, watched the whale attracted again vigilantly, and swallowed it first.

belch!

"how do you feel?"

【good to eat. 】

"Is it just delicious?"

【...It seems that the system has been repaired a little bit. 】Lucifer rubbed his stomach with a look of aftertaste.

Sure enough.Chu Yu nodded thoughtfully.It seems that his guess is correct, and I don't know if there are other uses besides replenishing energy?

Thinking about this question, he sat down cross-legged against the boundary again, his eyes fell on the place where the black bubble disappeared, and he had no intention of continuing to explore the dream bubble.

After seeing all kinds of sand sculpture dreams of his roommates one night, he suddenly jumped to the dream of Officer Xie, which made him feel a little indescribably depressed.Unlike the fictional dreams of the roommates, Officer Xie's dream is more like what happened in real life.The mourning hall filled with grief, the heartbroken parents, the little boy who couldn't see, especially the last slap, it was like hitting Chu Yu's face.

He touched his face subconsciously, and in his mind, there would be Police Officer Xie with red eyes in the dream bubble for a while, and Officer Xie who died in the abandoned warehouse, and his desire to reverse the fate of Officer Xie became extremely strong.

【My lord, are you unhappy? 】

Lucifer seemed to feel his emotions, and his little furry head rubbed against his arms.

Chu Yu skillfully kneaded a few times and felt much relieved.No wonder it is said on the Internet that keeping pets relieves stress, and it turns out that it is true.On a whim, he hugged Lucifer and shouted towards the black void: "Ahhhhhh!"

[Big, big king? 】

Chu Yu cheered himself up. As God's father's favorite cub, with two systems, he will definitely be able to reverse the fate of Officer Xie.

for sure!

……

In the darkness, Xie Yibai opened his eyes, staring at the ceiling above his head without moving for a long time.

I also dreamed about the quarrel with the teacher on the day of the funeral of my senior brother and sister. How many times is this the first time?

The injured arm hurt a little, and he couldn't sleep comfortably, so he simply got up and went to the bathroom to wipe his face, opened the window and looked outside.Although he was awakened by the dream, he was unexpectedly refreshed.After the car accident of his senior brother and senior sister, the depression that often lingered in his heart did not know where it went, which gave him the urge to run 5000 meters downstairs.

Glancing at the electronic clock, today is June 23, and it has been a month since the resignation report was typed, and it has not been approved.He knew that it was the teacher who was obstructing him, and he also knew the teacher's good intentions, but he was like this. He was stubborn since he was a child, and he would not easily change what he believed.

When I was a child, the teacher often beat him because of this, but now the teacher is too old to beat him, and has changed to being cold and violent and ignoring him.

Xie Yibai thought with a wry smile, casually picked up the half pack of cigarettes left on the window sill, took out one and put it in his mouth.After searching around but not finding the lighter, he suddenly remembered that the lighter had been left on the car, and his car was parked at the police station, and he couldn't drive it back until his arm was healed.

Forget it.

Xie Yibai took out the cigarette from his mouth, crumpled it up and threw it into the trash can, together with the remaining half pack of cigarettes.Today, the feeling of depression is gone, and the idea of ​​smoking has also faded a lot.Besides, he is not living for himself now, he bears the responsibility of his senior brother and the future of his teacher, his wife and Dongdong, so he should quit in the future.

In fact, Xie Yibai did not smoke before.When he was young and rebellious, he secretly smoked with his senior brother, but was discovered by the teacher, who put the two brothers in the room with a belt and smoked them hard.

At that time, the teacher smoked really hard. He and his brother didn't dare to wear short sleeves for half a month, because they were afraid that people would see the red marks on their arms and make fun of them.I remember that the seniors didn't dare to confront the teacher face to face, and secretly scolded the teacher for being a tyrant. They were almost adults, and they even lifted their belts to stop them from smoking, so they didn't save any face.In his heart, he agreed with his brother's words very much, and followed the tyrants one by one to enjoy the mouthful.

But the teacher's smoking did work. Since then, no matter at school or at work, no matter how stressful he is, he has never thought about smoking until his brother and sister had an accident.

Up to now, Xie Yibai can't believe that the senior brother and senior sister are just gone.In the morning, the senior brother excitedly told him that it was rare for him to rest with his senior sister, and that he was going to take Dongdong to the nearby rafting.As a result, a car accident happened on the way there, and only Dongdong survived from a family of three.

And Dongdong...

Xie Yibai wiped his face, calmed down facing the window for a while, and walked barefoot to the study.Turning on the computer, he logged into a forum in the same city through an agent, and clicked on the second-hand trading section.

The golden page looks a little dizzy to people. There are all kinds of posts asking for buying and selling second-hand home appliances, furniture, books, records, etc. in a mess, and there is no moderator to manage them.

Xie Yibai skillfully clicked on "My Favorites", and there was a post asking for Miracle Girls [-]nd Anniversary Commemorative Photo.His eyes fell on the poster "I love to cook". The color of the name is gray, indicating that the other party is not online at this time.

Frowning, Xie Yibai left a message for I Love Cooking and quit the forum.

I love to cook is an informant from Xie Yibai's past, nicknamed Chen Mouse, who has been mixed up in the society since he was a child, and knows many people from all walks of life, and is very well-informed.However, his whereabouts are erratic, and if you can't find him in real life, Xie Yibai will come to Chen Mouse's active second-hand forum to leave a message for him.

Usually it only takes a day or two at most, Chen Mouse will definitely go to the forum to have a look, and then contact him.But this time, for some reason, it has been almost a month, and Chen Mouse has never appeared, and there is no trace of him in real life, so I don't know where he went.

Xie Yibai suspected that Chen Shushu was hiding from him, but he couldn't produce evidence, he just had a feeling.

But why?

The last case he handled before he resigned was out of town, and he had nothing to do with Chen Mouse.Unless... a certain suspicion that has been lingering in his mind all along, will it be what he thinks?

hum.

The vibration of the phone interrupted his thoughts, Xie Yibai picked up the phone and clicked on the text message.

"Mice Chen is back home."

He got up suddenly, before he had time to change his clothes, he grabbed his wallet, changed his shoes, and ran out of the community. "Master, Xie Family Village." A car was stopped in time, Xie Yibai got on and said quickly.

"Now go to Xiejia Village?" The driver kindly persuaded, "It's not very peaceful there at night."

"It's okay, I'm from Xiejia Village."

"..." The driver immediately shut his mouth and stepped on the accelerator.

Xiejia Village is a place name, and it is also the largest urban village in Fengcheng, located in the center of the old city of Fengcheng.The Fengcheng government planned to demolish and renovate Xiejia Village more than ten years ago, but the local people did not agree with the renovation plan, so the plan was shelved.In the following ten years, rumors of the demolition spread several times, but each time they were disturbed by the locals and there was no context.

The Fengcheng government had no choice but to move Xiejia Village to the west and build a new city.Over time, the old city has declined, and Xiejia Village is the first to bear the brunt, becoming a representative of dirty, chaotic and slums.

Now many local people have moved away, and the vacated houses have been rented out to migrant workers, small businesses, those who have just graduated and have no income, and all kinds of people who can't see the light, and it has formed a kind of deformed prosperity.

But as the taxi driver said, it's okay during the day, but it's a bit messy at night.The largest night market in Fengcheng is here, and people who go to and from get off work are in a mess.

Xie Yibai grew up in Xiejia Village when he was a child, and Xiejia Village was not so chaotic back then. Both his parents were policemen, and even petty thieves would not dare to go to their house.Later, when his parents died, he was picked up by his teacher, and he rarely came back, and the family house was also vacant.

Over the years, Xie Yibai occasionally dreamed of his childhood, and always felt that those were the happiest days for him, carefree and with his parents by his side.

"Brother, let's have a discussion, how about I put you in front of the Xiejiacun night market?" The driver smiled apologetically and said to Xie Yibai, "I dare not go in at night, I went there last time and came back to see Huo, Two nails were stuck in the tire. Luckily, the tire did not blow out and I insisted on going home, otherwise I would be in trouble."

"Okay." Xie Yibai was very easy to speak.

"Thanks, buddy."

The driver parked the car in front of the night market, Xie Yibai paid the fare and got out of the car.He didn't go to the night market, but walked around to the back of the night market familiarly, and entered Xiejia Village from a small road.The street lamps along this road were all broken, Xie Yibai took advantage of the moonlight to turn left and right to a small second floor built in violation of regulations.

Before he got close to him, he heard the sound of playing mahjong inside.

Xie Yibai walked to the door with light steps, and pinned the mop pole standing on the door to the door.Knocked and said loudly: "Open the door, someone has reported you to bet together."

There was a sudden burst of chicken and dog jumping inside.

He took a few steps around to the back of the building, the window on the second floor was open, and a thin figure was about to jump down.

"Where are you going?" Xie Yibai raised his head and asked in a leisurely manner.

The figure froze in the air suddenly, and a trembling smile appeared on his face for a long time.

……

At seven in the morning, Xie Yibai returned home.

Today is Dongdong's birthday, he promised to accompany Dongdong to the playground, and hurried back in time.

This was the first time that Dongdong proposed to go out after the accident, just because the teacher called home yesterday and heard that he was there, so he didn't ask his wife to drive him, a disobedient son, out.

He thinks that Dongdong is willing to take the initiative to go out is a good sign, which means that Dongdong has begun to learn to accept reality.This process is bound to be painful, but no one can replace Dongdong's first step.

After changing his clothes and washing up briefly, he turned on the TV and went into the kitchen with a bag of quick-frozen dumplings.

"About strengthening the security forces at the gates of kindergartens across the city..."

Hearing the news, Xie Yibai returned to the living room and saw the local TV station was talking about what happened at the entrance of the kindergarten yesterday afternoon.A video was inserted in the news. I don't know who took the picture of Chu Yu stopping the murderer.

While watching, the phone rang.

Xie Yibai picked up the phone and clicked on the text message.

"Officer Xie, do you have time today? Let me treat you to dinner, Chu Yu."

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