8192

8192R is a little nervous.It took out the note from its father from its pocket, checked the address again, and then hesitantly stepped onto the rusty fire escape.

This is an old rental apartment with mottled exterior walls.The anti-theft iron windows of the low-rise residents are crumbling, with colorful underwear hanging inside, and not far from the windows are twisted and twisted wires.Under the yellowed paint on the door of the apartment, there seems to be a small advertisement that has not been torn clean, and the pits and holes look a little uncomfortable.

Stepping on it, the fire escape made a "squeak" sound.

Fearfully, climb up to the second floor, and count the fifth door from the stairs.After looking at the house number, 8192R rang the doorbell.

"..."

There was the sound of slippers behind the door.

8192R swallowed, then cleared his throat.

"Which one?"

The hairs on the back of 8192R stand on end.Before it could prepare itself, the door opened.

In the crack of the door was a slightly tired man's face.

"What's the matter with you?"

Hearing his question, 8192R just wanted to speak, but unexpectedly, his eyes met.

The man froze.

"..."

Before that, 8192R had imagined many scenes of reunion, among which there were many intense scenes of crying with joy and crying.Yet reality appears to be quite different from its speculations.The man just blinked in confusion, the expression on his face was obviously not joy.

The atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

What broke the embarrassment was a crisp female voice.A woman approached the door and asked, "Yi Chen, do you have guests?"

He turned around and smiled, as if he didn't intend to let himself in.

The woman said bluntly: "Then I won't bother you. The flight tomorrow morning is very tight." She changed her shoes neatly, greeted 8192R at the door politely, and left without looking back. .

"Take good care of yourself."

These are her last words.

With the way they talk like this, they shouldn't be lovers.

"..."

8192R was finally invited in by the man reluctantly.

The atmosphere entered a stalemate again. 8192R just secretly glanced at the man in front of him silently, wondering if he should speak.The man replaced the remaining teacups on the table and went to the kitchen to re-boil a pot of water.

"sit down."

He said.

8192R carefully sat down on the chair.

Look around, it's a room with nothing in it.

This statement is not an exaggeration.Because this room has no decoration, no furnishings, no TV and computer, and even the curtains are gray and white.

The man sat on a chair a little further away.

"She's my college classmate." He finally opened his mouth, expressionless.

"Take advantage of the summer vacation to return to China for a week, and leave immediately."

The 8192R is a bit confusing.

"...I haven't seen her since graduation." He lowered his head.

His words were not coherent. 8192R was confused.Seeing his blank face, the man's expression was a little strange.

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become heavy again, at this moment, the kettle in the kitchen hummed in a timely manner.The man got up, went into the kitchen and turned off the fire.

"what do you want to drink?"

"..."

His face was rounder than when he saw it last year.

Although his face was still pale, his spirit seemed much better. 8192R also worried that he was too late.Seeing his current appearance, 8192R was relieved a lot.

Realizing he was staring at him, the man looked away.

"Did your father call you here?"

"..."

8192R does not know how to answer this question.

Of course it couldn't just tell him the truth. 8192R originally wanted to make up a passable rhetoric, but after thinking about it for a long time, he was finally urged by the wordless silence, and nodded ambiguously.

The man sighed, as if he was about to say the next sentence: "I don't need you anymore, you go back."

"We...have met before."

8192R hastily opened his mouth awkwardly.

This time last year, 8192R met him at his father's second-hand robot shop.At that time, his own body was in pieces, and 8192R borrowed the bodies of other robots to meet him.Although the robot's height, appearance, and voice are completely different from 8192, it can still read from his eyes, his deep and strong love for 8192.

8192 is his dead lover.

And he is a copy of 8192.

The 8192R doesn't consider itself a replica.Even though its body was remade one by one according to 8192, its personality definitely belonged to 8192.Although compared with 8192 whose body was broken, he has 8 more years of experience as a robot, and less memories of falling in love with the man in front of him for a year, but 8192R has never regarded himself as someone other than 8192.Even after the new body was completed, 8192R protested to his father, saying why the serial number of 8192 could not be used instead of adding a letter R after it.My father only said that this is the regulation of the bureau.Otherwise, the current self would not be called a copy at all.

Maybe this person is also mistaken, thinking that he is just a blank robot copied from 8192?

"Last year...in the store. I was in 2127's body...we, talked."

If he knew that he was 8192...

"yes……"

His expression became clearer, but it was far from shaken.

"Then... are you here to find your sister?" he asked.

8192R is at a loss for words.

I'm here to see you.

If so, what expression would he have?

8192R fails to speak.

It cannot do so.

He took a sip of the cold tea on the table.The tea has been steeped for too long, and the bitterness in the mouth is full of indelible.

8192R lived in the man's house.

He didn't make it clear that he wanted to leave by himself, so 8192R had the cheek to start his domestic robot for the time being.I heard that another 8192 also made his domestic robot. 8192R is glad that he did his homework in advance and asked his father to install all the latest housekeeping software.When he came home from get off work, he saw a table full of sumptuous delicacies, and the 8192R waiting for the owner's smile once again disappointed his expectations.

"Sorry, I didn't tell you in advance." The man looked apologetic, "I can't eat meat."

A day's hard work was wasted, and this overly "rich" dinner cost me a week's worth of meals. 8192R thought it would be kicked out, but the man didn't blame it for anything, he just ate all the vegetarian dishes silently, and left a sweet and sour pork ribs, and packed the rest for his colleagues and friends.

In order to allow it to be fully charged at night, the man bought a new bed for it, as well as brand new bedding and bed sheets with pink rabbits printed on it.When 8192R was ashamed of his own aesthetics, the man simply changed the curtains in the living room into the same style.

This man is much gentler than expected.

8192R admitted that it was because of a sense of responsibility that he came to him at first.After getting along for a short time, it somewhat understood why the other self fell in love with him.Why would another 8192 go to pieces to protect him?

But his attitude towards 8192R has always been polite, like a stranger he just met. 8192R couldn't help feeling that before coming here, his mentality was a bit too arrogant.Where did I get the confidence to think that he could unconditionally treat me as a former lover?

Even if it is treated as a replica, 8192R wants to stay by his side, as long as it can alleviate the pain caused by 8192's departure, it will be satisfied.

However, the 8192R failed to realize even such a small wish.

On weekends, men seldom go out.He just sat in front of the window in his pajamas, staring out of the window, looking at it for a whole day.

He always holds a brown tin box in his arms.

Later, when the man was going to work, 8192R found the iron box next to his pillow.

It was a chocolate box of a very common brand. 8192R struggled a little in his heart, but still couldn't hold back and secretly opened it.

There's nothing particularly weird in there either.It's better to say that the whole box is like a time capsule made by a child.The top one was a white thing in a plastic ziplock bag, and when I opened it, I found a bunch of crumpled paper towels.It looks like it has been wet and then dried.Below is a torn page from a notebook with scrawled sketches that look like maps.Then came a stack of neatly folded chocolate wrappers.Most of them are the same brand as the one painted on the tin box, and there are two other brands that are not the same.Scrolling down are tickets for various parks, expired movie tickets, and long-distance bus tickets that have been cut off.Suddenly, 8192R's hand stopped.

There is a photo inside.

The person in the photo couldn't be anyone else.It was the man and his broken body.

The two of them seemed to have taken a group photo at some scenic spot. In the photo, the sun was just right and their smiles were bright.

So this is what he looks like when he smiles.

8192R had never seen him laugh.

No, when I saw him last year, he had smiled.But his smile seemed to be saying goodbye.

Has he said goodbye to the past?

Seeing the contents of the box, 8192R understood that he had not come out of the past memories.

That's why it decided to come to him.

But he would rather hold a cold box in a daze than take another look at himself.

What exactly went wrong?

8192R did laundry and cooking for him as always, and the man continued to play the role of a considerate master.The air between the two was not unfamiliar, but it was not very familiar either. 8192R believes that as long as this continues, the relationship between the two will definitely turn around.Unexpectedly, the "turning point" came so unexpectedly.

Summer is coming to an end, and the evening breeze is mixed with a little autumn.The weather was clear in the afternoon, but in the evening, it suddenly became cloudy. 8192R hastily put away the clothes on the balcony, and hurriedly prepared dinner, but heard the man say that he has no appetite today, so he won't eat for now.

8192R reluctantly packed up the meals and put them in the refrigerator, and cleaned the living room again.There was thunder outside the house, and the wind rustled the leaves.The man went to bed early. The 8192R also turns off the light in the living room to prepare for charging.After plugging in the power, a deep sleepiness hit me.Suddenly, there was a loud bang by the window, accompanied by a series of metal clashes in the bedroom.

8192R stood up, the thunder was so loud that it buzzed in his ears.It went to the bedroom door and knocked, but no one answered.

"Are you OK."

8192R said.

"——"

There was another sound of metal hitting a hard object.

8192R thought for a while, but still felt uneasy, so he pushed open the bedroom door.

The man was lying on the bed and fumbling for the lid of the iron box on the ground.The contents of the box were scattered all over the place.His bony hands looked like skeletons under the pale desk lamp.After groping for a long time, the man finally buckled the iron box, hugged it back into his arms, and then gathered it into a ball, heaving a sigh of relief.

He didn't notice the existence of 8192R.

Walking into the bed, 8192R noticed that the man was covered in cold sweat, his whole body was shaking, and he could even hear the sound of his teeth chattering.The tin box in his arms is like his savior, or a tool for self-suggestion.As if this lifeless box could fill the emptiness that the person left.

The 8192R did something unexpected.

It ripped open the man's arm and snatched the box.

At first the man refused to let go, but the strength of a human being is no match for a steel body after all.The moment the box left his hand, the man began to howl and struggle like a trapped animal. 8192R clamped his arms and shouted suddenly:

"Qiao Yichen! Open your eyes and see, who am I?!"

The man froze in horror.His eyes widened, he didn't dare to speak out, as if his whole body was soaked in ice water. 8192R caressed his side face, suddenly, a string of teardrops slipped from his eyes.

"..."

8192R hugs him.

Intermittent and out-of-tune crying came from his arms.His arms became tighter and tighter, until the 8192R made of metal couldn't bear it.It gently ran along the hair behind his ear, and kept saying in his ear: "It's okay, everything is over. Don't be afraid, I'm right here."

The man's body gradually stopped shaking, and his breathing became steady. Before 8192R had time to savor the tenderness for a moment, the man took the initiative to distance himself, and wiped his face with his thin wrist.

"Sorry, I scared you."

There was a little embarrassment on his pale face.

"I... haven't been like this for a long time, and I don't know what happened today... I didn't expect it either."

"..."

The man's reaction was completely beyond 8192R's expectations.

"Thank you anyway."

He lowered his eyes.

Looking at his wet eyelashes, 8192R felt a strange feeling in his heart.

This feeling makes it both angry and sad.

It doesn't know why this is happening, and it doesn't know what to do about it.

Driven by this intense emotion, 8192R held up the man's face, lowered his head and kissed him.

The author has something to say:

sorry! !I can't stand the third part, let me finish the story of these two first~~

Don't think Qiao Yichen is ruthless, you count how many words 8192R have said in total.