Infinite Nerves [Infinity]

Chapter 41 The Old Apartment

The boat ticket with five people's names on it sank into the bottom of the sea, the sky quickly darkened, and a cluster of fireworks suddenly rose from the distant sea, soaring straight into the sky, illuminating thousands of red threads in the sky.

The cluster of fire exploded at a high place, and a small island suddenly appeared in the light of the fire.

"That's Li Island." The boatman whispered while pushing the oars vigorously, "the real world in the nerves."

Jiang Shen stood by the boat and looked at the approaching island, "How do you define reality?"

"The real world is the closest to your imagination of the real world." The boatman replied calmly.

The moment you set foot on the island, everything behind you disappears without a trace.The high-rise buildings are full of neon lights, and the sports cars are buzzing and speeding past. They seem to appear on this street out of thin air.

Qian Wu was stunned for a moment, Jiang Chen took his arm and pushed him in, and the yellow-haired young man on the motorcycle whistled and walked away.

Accompanied by the sound of the whistle, the long-lost night of the imperial capital rushed towards us.

"I even doubt that I can find my old school." Peng Peng was dumbfounded, his eyes staring everywhere, "I'll go, I'll go, is this that one? That one, near the Imperial Art Gallery!"

Qu Ying's eyes were slightly red, and she said in a low voice, "It takes three to ten minutes to drive to my restaurant from here."

Zhong Liye said, "My clinic is in the suburbs, but people are already standing on the streets of the imperial capital, so there is nothing to be afraid of if it is far away."

"Calm down." Jiang Chen looked around, "It's all fake, look at these people on the street."

The street was crowded with people, all kinds of beings, girls wearing JK walking with earphones, taxis stopped, female white-collar workers put on bright lipstick, fingertips dangling exaggerated earrings and pushed open the door of the bar.At the entrance of the tavern, the uncle erased the words "Fresh sea urchin special offer" on the blackboard with chalk, and hung up a sold out sign.

Qian Wu nodded lightly, "They are indeed fake."

"How can you tell?" Peng Peng frowned and muttered, "I look more real than I do. If you don't believe me, if I go up and lift up that JK's skirt, she will definitely hit me."

"I bet you she'll run away crying, it's a more common routine than hitting you." Qianwu put her hands in her pockets and smiled casually, "Everyone's reactions are too rigid, just look at them for a second, You can guess what they are going to do, what actions and reactions they will have next, isn't that fake enough?"

"You say it like this..." Peng Peng suddenly became alert, "It seems to be true."

"In other words, this is actually an illusion fabricated by the nerves to imitate our world, and it is a kind of spiritual reward." Zhong Liye sighed, stopped and said, "Even if we go home, we will not be able to meet real friends and family members. In this case , I don’t seem to want to go back to my little clinic anymore.”

Everyone whispered together where to go next, Qianwu raised his head and looked around the buildings, his eyes fixed on a tall tower not far away.The second window above the second column from the east is his apartment in the imperial capital.He started renting after he went to university, and he and Jiang Chen lived there for many years.After breaking up, he left the imperial capital and lived everywhere, deliberately avoiding this city under the guise of looking for inspiration.

"Does anyone live close to you? Let's find a place to settle down first?" Qu Ying asked: "At this time, Ying has already closed the store, and it's useless to go there."

Everyone was silent, Peng Peng suddenly looked at Jiang Chen, "What about you, shouldn't you have a castle?"

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Chen said helplessly: "The military headquarters is at least seventy or eighty kilometers away, and Jiang's family is to the north."

Qian Wu sighed softly, "Then, does anyone have money or a mobile phone? Let's find a hotel to stay."

"Everyone has a mobile phone, but there was no signal when it was connected to the nerves, and now it has long been out of electricity and turned into a brick." Peng Peng stretched out the lucky bag and began to dig out while talking. After digging for a long time, he suddenly found Jiang Chen standing beside him motionless.

"You don't even have a cell phone?"

Jiang Chen hesitated for a moment, "Before I came in, I was at a reception."

Peng Peng: "So?"

Jiang Chen remained silent, Qian Wu suddenly raised his lips, "Young Marshal Jiang, why should he bring his mobile phone with him when he attends a reception, he would send orderlies to run errands when he invites people to catch up on the old days."

"So it is." Peng Peng suddenly realized, "Poverty limits my imagination."

Qian Wu turned his head, Jiang Chen was looking at him helplessly, after a while he sighed and waved his hands: "Forget it, I have a private house nearby, but I won't live there for a long time, walk for 10 minutes, come with me .”

Qianwu's heart trembled suddenly, and when he looked up, Jiang Chen had already turned and walked towards the familiar street.

This is the center of the imperial city, where sensuality and mystery are intertwined.There are two streets behind the bustling bar street, which is a quiet residential area.

The windbreaker on Jiang Chen's body was a little wrinkled, and his hair was a little messy, but when he turned around and walked into the neighborhood in his long memory, his back was still vaguely the same as before.

Qianwu walked slowly, and followed behind with the other three.

"Do you hear what he said in human language? What kind of location is this? There is a private house, and you don't live there for a long time? You can support ten of me even if you collect the rent!" Peng Peng looked around and muttered, "Rich people It was burned!"

"Don't use the three words "rich people" to describe Jiang Chen, the commander of the imperial army and the rich are not on the same path at all." Zhong Liye walked beside him with a smile, "The gate of the past is the real past, Li Dao But it’s false now, it’s kind of interesting.”

Qianwu walked quietly among the three of them.When all these things are intertwined with Jiang Chen who is about to take him back to that apartment, it is difficult for him to distinguish what is true and what is false, what is the past and what is the present.Jiang Chen's back is all in sight, and he is probably the one who is thinking in his mind.

Jiang Chen stopped in front of the familiar building door, but suddenly frowned and said: "What's going on."

Qian Wu raised his eyes and saw that there was a nondescript neon signboard at the door of the elevator in Zhidong, with a few words written on it in colorful light tubes.

Island Nightclub.

All night tonight, there will be resident singing, players are welcome to come.

"No way, there is even a trigger here?" Qu Ying was taken aback, "And the entrance happens to be in Jiang Chen's private house?"

Peng Peng stared at Jiang Chen with a knife, "Say! What do you have to do with nerves?"

"It's okay." Jiang Chen's voice was a little displeased, as if he was very dissatisfied with the nerve tampering with this entrance at will, "No matter where we decided to go just now, this entrance should be triggered."

"Go in and have a look." Qianwu said.

Pushing open the door, the sound waves of the explosion filled the ears instantly.The spotlights were swaying wildly on the dark dance floor, and there were people everywhere. As soon as Qianwu came in, he was bumped by a guy who was drunk.

"This buddy is going to vomit." Peng Peng locked his shoulders in disgust, "Hey, this place is really made, look at the devil's steps on the dance floor, it's so real."

The booths in the private rooms are full, and there is nowhere to go on the dance floor. The waiters have to work hard to walk a serpentine route among the crowd.

But there were five small round stools empty in the center of the bar. The open space was out of tune with the surrounding crowd, and under the dim light of horns, it seemed to be waiting for them.

As soon as Qianwu and the others took their seats, the electronic music stopped abruptly, and the crowd suddenly fell silent. After a while, there was another burst of crazy applause and screams.

The spotlights were on on the stage, and a masked female singer walked onto the stage in a bright red dress.

"I will sing nine songs tonight." She smiled shyly at the audience, and without much introduction, she immediately supported Li Mai and began to sing.

The singing voice is soft and rich, and the lyrics are not known in which language, but they are very lyrical.

The noisy and crazy atmosphere was dissipated by the singing, and the guests returned to their seats one after another, snuggling up in two with their glasses of wine while listening to the song and whispering.

"Is this the entertainment of the nerves, please let us visit the nightclub?" Peng Peng sighed, "At least we must have something to eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bartender on the opposite side suddenly smiled and said, "There is something to eat."

As he spoke, he brought out the plate from below.

Grilled meat skewers and ramen, steaming white air, and a variety of desserts.The bartender filled the bar in front of him with food, then turned around and brought out the wine.

Peng Peng buried his head in eating without saying a word, and Qu Ying and Zhong Liye also moved their chopsticks.

Qianwu looked at them with a smile for a moment, picked out a cup of dark brown wine, smelled it and took a sip.

"It's a strong bar." Jiang Chen, who had been silent all this time, said suddenly.

Qian Wu stopped and looked at him, "It's not an alcoholic attack, it's just drinking as you like, do you mind?"

Jiang Chen smiled, "Hand me a cup."

The song girl stopped, and changed to a more deep and melodious song.Qian Wu handed the wine to Jiang Chen, turned the chair back to face the stage, and said, "I thought you would have a psychological shadow on spirits."

"I did drink too much wine against my will that year, and I still feel stomachache when I think about it now." Jiang Chen drank the wine in his glass, stretched his hand over Qianwu to take another glass, and said in a low voice: "But the alcohol capacity has indeed been practiced, If you can relax and drink, there is nothing to hide."

"Are you very relaxed in this ghostly place?" Qianwu raised his eyebrows.

Jiang Chen slightly hooked his lips, and leaned over to touch his glass crisply, "You didn't touch alcohol before, we've known each other for 15 years, think about it, we haven't had a drink together yet."

Qianwu watched him drink the second cup slowly, and asked, "Did you buy the house?"

"I bought it." Jiang Chen nodded, looking at the singing girl on the stage.

Qianwu thought for a moment, "When?"

Jiang Chen said, "The year before last. After you lived in the imperial capital, I renewed the lease for more than half a year. Later, the owner said that he wanted to change hands, so I simply bought it myself. After living for a long time, it is already my own home. I can't see him selling it."

Qian Wu was silent when he heard that, Jiang Chen said after a while, "But I haven't come back to live, this place is too far away from the military headquarters, in the past it was because of you that I ran both ways."

"Oh?" Qianwu raised his eyebrows: "Then I really thank you back then."

Jiang Chen smiled, "Actually, I have sent you a message and an email, and the door password has not changed. You can come and stay when you often go back to the Imperial Capital for business."

"I'm sorry." Qianwu took a sip of wine, "It was probably automatically classified as spam, and I didn't receive it."

Jiang Chen glanced at him with a smile, raised his hand and unbuttoned his cuffs, turned around and took another glass of wine.

It is unknown what kind of conspiracy the nerve is, but Qianwu knows that the wine is very strong.The entrance is quite soft, and the head will start to rise after half a cup, but Jiang Chen will take two or three cups after a while, and his expression is still calm.

"Why don't you two eat it?" Peng Peng muttered behind him, and pushed Qian Wu, "Maybe there will be serious food in the next dungeon."

"Let's eat something." Jiang Chen also said.

Qian Wu turned around and put down the wine glass, staring at Peng Peng suddenly and asked: "Is there nothing you want to say to me?"

"Ah?" Peng Peng tripped his chopsticks and took them out of his mouth, "What are you talking about? Ah, thank you for taking me to the island, because I can eat because of you—"

"That's not it." Qianwu smiled, "We've gone through three books together, and the five of us have never sat together and handed over the bottom line."

After finishing speaking, Zhong Liye and Qu Ying put down their chopsticks and looked over.

Qian Wu smiled lightly, his cheeks were dyed a little blush with drunkenness, his eyes seemed to sweep across the faces of the three people opposite him casually, and asked: "Those who can't survive outside will enter the nerves, but I think All three of you look normal."

"Aren't you normal too?" Peng Peng smacked his lips.

Qianwu replied calmly: "I am irascible, and burn my paintings every day. Haven't you read the news reports?"

"Ah? I don't think you're irritable." Peng Peng grabbed his hat, "I'm really fine. In fact, I also think it's weird. How can I be dragged to such a ghostly place as a self-respecting and self-loving ordinary people."

He muttered, suddenly stopped fiddling with the chopsticks, turned his head to look at Zhong Liye, "Oh! I think there is something wrong with you, aren't you a veterinarian? I think you are very professional when you sew my wounds."

"Veterinarians also need to be able to do basic sutures." Zhong Liye sighed, "I don't think there is anything wrong with me."

"But you can not only suture, you can estimate which bone is from the weight of the ashes, you can dissect it, and you can skin it." Qu Ying said, "If I didn't know that you are very kind, I really think these skills are quite scary. "

"Are you a forensic doctor?" Peng Peng leaned over and asked, "Have you made a career shadow and changed your career to become a veterinarian?"

"Tell the truth." Jiang Chen said suddenly, "Being honest with each other is the prerequisite for being teammates."

The surroundings were quiet for a while, Zhong Liye sighed, and said, "Okay, I'm done, I'm indeed a forensic doctor."

"Why do you want to hide it from the forensic doctor?" Peng Peng curled his lips, "I guessed it a long time ago, so I don't bother to talk about you."

"Professional shadow is too heavy, I don't want to mention it." Zhong Liye took a few more bites of food calmly and said, "If there is something wrong with me, is professional cold-blooded?"

"Are you cold-blooded?" Peng Peng asked.

Zhong Liye nodded, "Forensic doctors can see trauma or something, but I don't want to lend a helping hand. There is no reason. I am pure-hearted and too lazy to meddle in other people's business."

Peng Peng touched his shoulder subconsciously, "Thank you for not watching me die."

Zhong Liye didn't say a word, put down his chopsticks and looked at Qu Ying, Qu Ying paused, "I'm fine, if I really can't live outside, it might have something to do with the restaurant."

"What's wrong with the restaurant?" Jiang Chen asked, Qu Ying was a little hesitant, and after a while she whispered: "I have a little conflict with my partner, and now she wants to squeeze me away. I was really in a bad mood in the days before my nerves. I don’t know what’s going on in the outside world, maybe Xuying already has a new chef.”

Jiang Chen turned his head to look at Qianwu, Qianwu exchanged a look with him, and chuckled lightly with his lowered eyes.

Neither of them told the truth, each of them hid it.

"What about you?" Qianwu leaned on the table with his elbows, "Everyone has explained, don't use the pretense of ordinary people."

Peng Peng bowed his head and ate his noodles without making a sound. Qianwu saw that the brim of his hat was about to go into the bowl of noodles, so he raised his hand and took his peaked cap away.

"What are you doing!" Peng Peng furiously covered his afro, "Don't touch your hair, let me tell you!"

Qian Wu raised his eyebrows, "As a teammate, at least let me know that you are a credible person. Even if you say half and hide half like the two of them, at least you have to tell the truth. Otherwise, how do I know that you are not some hidden psycho killer ?”

The two people who were called on the opposite side were embarrassed at the same time. Qu Ying glanced up at the spotlights shining on the ceiling, Zhong Liye cleared his throat, and lowered his head to scoop up a scoop of ice cream.

Peng Peng stared, but Qian Wu was restless, with the peaked cap on his fingertips, turning it gently.

"It's so annoying!" Peng Peng bowed his head and ate the cake in a huff.

After a while, he muttered in a low voice: "To be honest, I'm really a bit of a perverted murderer."

"Cough, cough, cough!" Zhong Liye almost choked on the ice cream, "You?"

Qu Ying bit her soft voice and said weakly: "Do you have the IQ to be a murderer?"

"I don't have that IQ." Peng Peng dug into the cake distractedly, "but I have that idea, and the idea can't be realized, and it's such a waste of life."

Jiang Chen said, "An enemy?"

"Yes, I don't know who it is." Peng Peng muttered, "But the real enemy is not something I created out of nothing. If there are too many, I don't want to talk about it. Don't ask."

Everyone was silent, after a while Zhong Liye hissed, "What can you do to become your enemy?"

Qu Ying thought for a while, "Have you insulted your GPS professionalism?"

Zhong Liye frowned: "Did you steal your candied haws?"

Qianwu thought for a while, then suddenly realized something, and immediately pressed the hat back on his head, "Still grabbed your hat?"

Peng Peng: "..."

"Just treat me as a fool." He said in a muffled voice while eating wildly, "Anyway, I will never find my enemy, and I will never be able to avenge myself. I will always be a worthless fool."

No one knew how to comfort him when he confessed without thinking.Zhong Liye looked at him for a while, then reached out and touched his head.

"Don't touch me!" Peng Peng growled with a mouthful of cake in his mouth.

Zhong Liye said, "Your hat is floating, I'll help you tighten it up."

The three of them were pried open, and then fell into a state of drinking at the same time.Qianwu just used the strength of wine to get out of his mind, and when he looked back, all three of them were lying on the ground.

Qu Ying slept quietly on the bar counter, while Peng Peng turned into a puddle of mud. Zhong Liye was afraid that he would press on the wound on his shoulder, so he frowned and supported him with one arm, precariously trying to hold on.

"It's fine, don't ask." Jiang Chen pulled the stool closer, and whispered in Qianwu's ear: "As long as it doesn't hurt people's hearts, it's fine. To be a teammate, you don't need to know the past."

"What about the ex-boyfriend?" Qian Wu asked in a low voice.

Jiang Chen was startled, "What?"

Qian Wu looked up at him: "You haven't explained why you came here."

Jiang Chen sighed softly, "I won't hide it from you, nor will I lie to you. I really don't know."

Qian Wu sneered, drank the remaining half glass of wine, and looked at the singer on stage with little interest.

"I'm serious." Jiang Chen said, "Have you ever thought that everyone else came in alone, and only the two of us were together, so I might be implicated by you unfortunately?"

Qianwu turned around when he heard the words, with disbelief written on his face.

"What are you talking about?"

Jiang Chen paused, "It really doesn't sound human, but I really thought about it for a long time, and this is the only explanation."

"The host chosen by the nerves is you." Qianwu said coldly.

Jiang Chen lightly rubbed the foot of the wine glass, "It may indeed be me, but that doesn't mean anything."

The two faced each other in silence, Qianwu felt his cheeks warming up, he didn't know if it was from the alcohol or from being angry.Jiang Chen's outline was a bit blurred in his sight, after a while Jiang Chen sighed and said: "Forget it, even if you get involved, I won't blame you."

"Say it again?"

"I owe you." Jiang Chen said it again calmly, "I admit it no matter what."

After a long time, Qian Wu turned his eyes back with a cold face, and picked up another glass of wine, "Forget it, I have nothing to say to a thick-skinned soldier like you."

After a few glasses of wine, Qianwu also felt drunk, his head was heavy, he leaned on the bar to prop up his temples, and managed to maintain it.

The other three were fast asleep, Jiang Chen turned his head and asked the bartender who was clearing the plates: "How long can we stay here?"

The bartender replied calmly: "The bar is only open until early morning."

Jiang Chen nodded clearly, "Is there any room here?"

"Yes." The bartender pointed back, "You can go upstairs through that door."

"What are you going to do?" Qianwu looked at him with tired eyelids.

Jiang Chen said, "I'll find you a place where you can lie down and sleep."

The singer is still singing tirelessly, but the guests in the audience are already lingering.At midnight, Qian Wu followed Jiang Chen drunkenly, and Jiang Chen pushed open the door.

Ding dong.

The other side of the door turned out to be an elevator, Qian Wu suddenly felt a little familiar after stepping in, turned around in a circle and looked around the decoration on the inner wall of the elevator.

"Is this the elevator of the apartment?" He pressed his temple and frowned and asked, "Am I hallucinating?"

"No hallucinations, it turns out that it is indeed possible to enter the apartment." Jiang Chen was a little surprised: "I will try."

He entered the elevator password, a cheerful reminder sounded, and the elevator began to ascend.

Qianwu stared at the rising numbers in disbelief until the elevator stopped and the door slowly opened.

It's still the same apartment, but without the dust that I imagined it had been unoccupied for a long time.In the living room is a simple but large wooden workbench, which is full of paper and pens for his drawing. He used Jiang Chen's two law textbooks to press the corner of the table, and there are also full notes inside.

The past is coming.

Qianwu supported his drunkenness and said: "Well... I remember that this room was already cleaned up before I left. Looking at it like this, it's a bit of a drama."

"Save face for the nerve." Jiang Chen said, "It seems that it is already working hard to please you."

"Thank you." Qian Wu, who has been gradually swallowed up by the alcohol, put his hand on Jiang Chen's shoulder, his black eyes were drunk, and whispered: "I have been flattered, I have been flattered."

The soles of Qianwu's feet seemed to be stepping on cotton, and Jiang Chen dragged him to the room, where he threw himself on the bed, turned over on his back, and wrapped the quilt around his body.

"Sleep for a while." Jiang Chen heaved a sigh of relief, "I guess we can only rest for one night."

Qian Wu couldn't open his mouth, he just struggled and patted the pillow to signal that he understood.

Jiang Chen is right, drinking in such a relaxed way will not trigger any shadows.On the contrary, he felt that his body was very light, and he was also very light. Even if he was in a daze, he could still feel that kind of blissful happiness.

"Jiang Chen." Qian Wu finally struggled to speak, closed his eyes and muttered: "If you really can't get out, do you have any wish?"

The person next to the bed didn't respond.Qianwu waited for a while, unable to hold back the sleepiness, and finally gave up.

Drowsiness struck, but he suddenly noticed a shadow above his head covering the light.A trace of the same wine smell lingering in his nose approached, Jiang Chen brushed away his somewhat messy hair, and kissed him lightly on the forehead.

"I have a wish." He whispered in his ear.

The author has something to say: I have a wish.

Little Nervous crossed the floor and said: I hope players can rest assured that they will brush their books and not fall in love.

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