Higurashi

At 6:[-] in the morning, Qin Yu was awakened by the sound of Li Huaishan opening the door. He sat up from the sofa and met the surprised Li Huaishan.

"Why do you sleep here?" Li Huaishan said, "There are many bedrooms upstairs."

"No, the sofa is more convenient." Qin Yu's voice was hoarse. He didn't sleep well last night, and he might have a cold.

The tip of his tongue was slightly numb, and the muscles all over his body were a little swollen and painful. After sitting on the sofa for a few seconds, his body gradually regained consciousness.Li Huaishan thought he hadn't woken up yet, so he said, "You can lie down for a while, I'll go prepare breakfast."

Qin Yu shook his head, got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.Cold drops of water slid down the collar and into his neck, making him a little more awake.After changing his clothes, the heat on his body had subsided, and the discomfort when he woke up seemed to be just an illusion.

Li Huaishan made tea for him, heated bacon and bread in the oven, and cut some vegetables and fruits, filling half the table.Qin Yu didn't have a very good appetite, but he still ate all of it.Li Huaishan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and Qin Yu also returned to the living room to pack up his things.

Xi Ye came at the right time, at 7:[-], it was dawn outside.Li Huaishan escorted Qin Yu to the door and opened the back seat door for him.Qin Yu was wearing blue overalls for the secretary department, and looked back at Bai Hanming's villa.

"You can come again next time." Li Huaishan said next to him, "Mr. Bai will welcome you."

Qin Yu couldn't understand Li Huaishan.The middle-aged man was very distant and polite to him, not like someone who would say such things.He thought about it, and said to Li Huaishan, "Thank you, the breakfast is delicious."

Li Huaishan just smiled, and Xi Ye in the back seat probably heard it, and also looked up at them.

Qin Yu sat in the car, Xi Ye looked away, and handed him a handout: "This is today's schedule, please remember it clearly."

Qin Yu nodded, opened the handout and began to read it.He thought this matter would be very complicated, but after seeing the contents of the handout, he realized that the whole process is very simple.Xi Ye has arranged for him to enter the information department and the personnel to be connected. Qin Yu only needs to take the application form with the seal of the secretary department to complete the registration at the gate of the information department, and then follow the staff number 581 to enter the third Inside the information channel, No. 581 will take out all the pre-arranged documents for him, including the original copy of the agreement that should be top secret.

Afterwards, Qin Yu wanted to leave with the peace agreement.Li Huaishan will drive to pick him up on time at 10 o'clock, and bring other documents to Xi Ye except the agreement.Qin Yu needed to get off the car halfway, find a way to return to the exile, and hand over the peace agreement to Bai Hanming, so that Bai Hanming could appear on the election platform on the morning of the war victory anniversary six days later.

Qin Yu didn't understand what kind of relationship this special day would have with Bai Hanming, nor could he think of why a peace agreement could allow Bai Hanming to participate in the election again.

He sat in the car in a daze for a while, thinking of the unfinished painting at home.Bai Hanming was leaving in less than a week, even if he could rush back this afternoon, it would probably be too late to finish the painting.

It's a bit regretful, but life is the accumulation of countless regrets.Qin Yu didn't feel too disappointed, but the cold symptoms seemed to come back a little bit.His nasal cavity was itching, and he needed to hold it back so as not to sneeze in front of Xi Ye.

The temperature of the air conditioner in the car was turned on too high, and the supposedly comfortable and pleasant heating drove the air flow in the car.Qin Yu smelled a bit of pheromone from Xi Ye, which was different from the long-lasting bitter leaf smell of Bai Hanming, but a very direct and strong wine smell, which made Qin Yu feel uneasy.

At 8 o'clock, their car arrived outside the information department.From the outside, this is a tall white tower, at least thirty stories high.The flag of the Northern Union is flying on the top of the tower, and the propaganda slogan of the Ministry of Information is hung on the entrance of the gate at the bottom of the tower: Records are the beacon to dispel the dark fog of history, and we use the past to guide the future.

Xi Ye warned: "The work process here is very special. Don't act without authorization after entering. If there is any accident, obey the other party's arrangement."

Qin Yu nodded and got out of the car with his briefcase.Xi Ye's car drove away quickly, Qin Yu walked up the steps and accepted the first security check at the door.

After confirming his safety, the front desk of the information department accepted his application form and used the internal call number 581 to greet him. 581 is a Beta of average height and appearance, wearing the uniform white overalls of the Ministry of Information, with his job number pinned to his chest.He took Qin Yu through the second security check, handed a list to Qin Yu, and said in a businesslike manner: "This is the content of the materials that Mr. Xi Ye made an appointment in advance, please confirm the entries. If there is no problem, I will Follow this list to help you take it out."

Qin Yu glanced at the file names on the list, only to learn that the materials he was going to take out today were all related to Bai Hanming except the original copy of the peace agreement.A total of more than a dozen documents were listed on the list of Park Hamming's family background, academic records, and what he did after he entered the Northern League political circle.

581 said: "These are all important evidences to convict Bai Hanming, and we have sorted them out for a long time."

"Thank you." Qin Yu tried his best to behave like a government worker should, "Thank you for your hard work."

581 probably felt that he was a little perfunctory, so he nodded boredly, and swiped the third security gate with his badge.

"Look up at this position, take a photo with the camera, and then enter the door." He pointed to the mark on the ground and said to Qin Yu, "This door will record your body shape and verify the weight on your body. Eating and drinking are prohibited after entering the door. You can't go to the bathroom either. Don't lose your belongings, and don't accidentally take anything away. When you go out, you have to check again here. If there is one more paper or one less, the door will be scanned. "

Qin Yu stood in front of the security gate according to his instructions, listening to a series of "click" sounds from the camera on the door frame.Then a human silhouette appeared on the screen of the instrument next to it, and the number below it was 59120.45.

581 reminded: "The Ministry of Information is the most rigorous place, and it pays attention to precision. Although the decimal places behind are not displayed, it does not mean that they do not exist."

"Very powerful." Qin Yu said, "Is the weight of the document also the same?"

"Of course." 581 led him forward, "Every word in history has weight, and the recorder is responsible for it. Each of our documents has its own weight, what kind of paper, what kind of ink. , are all registered in the register. Only in this way can the correctness and uniqueness of history be guaranteed.”

"'Records are a lighthouse to dispel the dark fog of history, and use the past to guide the future.'" Qin Yu whispered.

"Yes, there is nothing wrong, this is our belief." 581 glanced at him a little unexpectedly, "So the records must be absolutely correct, only in this way, history will not be repeated."

Qin Yu nodded, but what he thought of was those things that had disappeared in the past.He remembered what Bo Hanming once said, "History is written." At that time, he could not understand the deep meaning of this sentence, but now he understands it a little bit.He began to try to think about Berhaming's pursuit, thinking about what kind of expectations Berhamming had for the future when he said these words to him.

He deeply knows that the current world is not beautiful. People seem to live in false brochures. Some people shouted "justice" on the stage, and the people in the audience shouted "justice" together, and some people wrote "justice" on the banner. Freedom", people under the flag consider themselves "free".But what is "justice" and what is "freedom"?Who will define such a vocabulary?

Chinese can only be learned in junior high school, and empathy and creative ability are all stifled. Who is afraid of people's interpretation and hinders the germination of humanity and spirit?

Poverty and death were ignored, and the cries and struggles of men were drowned in the night.The sun doesn't seem to rise, and the dawn is nowhere in sight.

581 handed Qin Yu a packed document bag.

"Hold it, I'll take you out." He said, "I will be in charge of the documents inside the door, and you will be in charge of the documents after leaving the door."

Qin Yu took the file bag, and 581 took him back the same way: "Are you going to see Mr. Xi Ye now?"

Qin Yu responded, and 581 walked in front of him, saying, "It's really good. After I was assigned to work in the Information Department, I rarely left here."

"Can't you go out?" Qin Yu asked.

"It's strictly controlled here." 581 said, "You can only go home one day a month, and you have to live in the assigned dormitory for the rest of the time. Someone will pick you up and go to work every day. The dormitory is similar in shape to this place. With a tall tower and a room of eight square meters for each person, it is difficult to turn around."

It may be because the documents have been handed over, 581 spoke more and his tone was lighter.Qin Yu heard him ask in a very calm tone: "I heard that people outside are very envious of us being able to work here, what about you? What do you think is better between the Secretary Department and here?"

"...It's all good." Qin Yu was not very good at chatting, so he answered a bit dullly.

581 probably didn't expect him to give any satisfactory answer, so he said to himself: "I think it's better for you. At least the weather is so good today, so you can go out and bask in the sun."

They returned to the third security gate. 581 stepped over the door frame first, and everything was normal.He glanced at the camera on the door frame and said to Qin Yu, "Come here."

Qin Yu nodded and walked forward.Both of them remained calm until Qin Yu's silhouette appeared on the instrument, and the number below was first displayed as 62908.78, and then a bright red cross suddenly appeared on the screen.

581's expression changed, and in the next second, a piercing alarm sounded throughout the information department——

In the morning, figures began to appear on the streets of the exile.After waiting all night, Bai Hanming finally saw this man wearing a black top hat.

The man claimed to be 12, and under the hat was a pale, thin face.From his appearance, he should be 40 years old, with some fine lines around his chiseled eye sockets.But when he sat down and talked to Perhaming, Perhaming judged that his age was younger than he looked, 35 or 36, at most no more than 38.

"I didn't expect you to take the initiative to ask me to meet." 12 skillfully took out two cans of cold beer from Lin Yi's refrigerator, and placed them on the table in front of Bai Hanming.He took off his top hat and sat opposite Bai Hanming: "When Lin Yi called, I thought he was in trouble."

Lin Yi, who was lying in the corner pretending to be dead, turned over and protested weakly: "I am not such a character, and I am not Qin Yu."

"Speaking of Qin Yu." 12 asked, "Where is he? Why isn't he with you?"

Lin Yi fell silent.Bai Hanming took a can of beer, opened the tab, and the aroma of wheat gushed out with the bubbles. 12 looked at him for a while, said "oh" clearly, and said, "I understand. Children don't need to be present when adults are talking."

Bai Hanming smiled, thinking that this was very interesting.He held the beer in his hand, leaned on the back of the chair and asked, "Do you come here often?"

"Occasionally." 12 and him looked at each other across a wooden dining table, "After all, Qin Yu lives here, and sometimes I will come to see it. Of course, Qin Yu often doesn't know about it. I'm not that kind of controlling Strong parents, children should have their own space in the process of growing up, I have always been very supportive."

Bai Hanming did not speak, nor did he move.Hearing that the beer has not been drunk since it was opened, 12 shrugged regretfully: "I thought you would be interested in Qin Yu's topic."

"I do have a certain interest in him." Bai Hanming turned the beer slightly, "The premise is that Qin Yu is just an independent individual, and has nothing to do with you, me, or today's topic. "

"I'm taking the liberty." Twelve said apologetically, "You respect him more than I imagined. Did you let him leave here because you wanted to separate him from our conspiracy?"

"You can also understand it in this way." Bai Hanming smiled, "But the truth is, I don't think he is important."

12 Slightly suffocated, Lin Yi, who was originally lacking in interest, quietly propped up his body and looked towards them.

"You taught him very well." Bai Hanming said, "People will appreciate good things, and of course I do too."

12 looked at him with eyes hidden in the shadow of the brim of his hat, quietly judging the credibility of this sentence.

"Did you also take care of Zhou Liaoxian's Omega?" Bai Hanming asked again.

"It's not me." 12 replied, "That's the person in charge of No. 9. His taste is bolder than mine, and the Omegas he raises are very sexy. No. 9 firmly believes that people's emotions originate from impulse, so they pursue intuitive stimulation. I am different, I am more reserved. Qin Yu... I thought you would like him, after all, this is the Omega that your parents customized for you back then, and it fits you perfectly physiologically."

"My parents." Bai Hanming said, "but Qin Yu did not appear in my family."

"Because the Omega experiment failed." 12 said, "Qin Yu is the last batch of embryos. After our past leader, No. 1, committed suicide, these embryos should have been completely destroyed, and became the torch that ignited a new era. .”

"You violated the order and left these embryos behind?"

"Yes. No one should be a firewood, people are just people." 12 spread out a hand towards him, "At that time, they had already grown facial features, hands and feet, and they were shrunk in an artificial transparent womb. , as long as I put my hand on it, they will respond. In this case, how can I pull out the oxygen tube cruelly?"

Bai Hanming failed to hear much empathy from this sentence. On the contrary, he had been to the ruins of the laboratory where embryos were artificially cultivated, and there were cold instruments and equipment everywhere.The so-called artificial uterus is just a glass jar with uniform specifications. The baby is soaked in light blue fake amniotic fluid, and is ripened in less than six months from the fertilized egg invisible to the naked eye.That scene was by no means as warm as 12 described.

"It sounds like there is no difference between being a firewood and being a tool," Park said.

"Of course it's different." Twelve laughed, "I gave Qin Yu a lot of freedom, and he has always had the power to choose. That's why he can be like this now, a simple person, loyal to you from the bottom of his heart. Bai Han Ming, do you worry too much? Do you think I deliberately arranged him by your side? In fact, it is not, your meeting is indeed a small gift prepared by me, because it happens that he likes you very much, and I am just helping others For pleasure."

Bai Hanming didn't like such a statement, as if everything between him and Qin Yu came from other people's rehearsals.Although the birth of Alpha and Omega is the result of human beings, the way their DNA is sequenced has largely determined their future paths.But Berhaming is just the kind of person who wants to rebel against fate, and hates all obedience and instinct.

12 said: "I don't know if Lin Yi told you that Qin Yu's glands are relatively slow in development. Counting the days, he should enter the first estrus in a few days."

Bai Hanming raised his eyebrows lightly: "It seems that I shouldn't let him go out."

"There's something wrong with his genes, he can't accept any other Alpha marks except you."

Bai Hanming's expression did not change again.He stared at 12 calmly with those emerald green pupils, as if every word 12 said was very ordinary.

"Otherwise his bone marrow will start to decline early." 12 continued, "Needless to say 35 years old, 25 years old is very difficult to survive."

"I can introduce him to the hospital." Bo Hanming wiped the water stains on the outside of the beer can with his fingers, "Most Omega have congenital problems, and the alliance has already had a precedent for curing them."

"Thank you." Twelve smiled, "Now I can believe that Qin Yu is really not very important to our topic."

He took off his hat and put it on the table, then opened his can of beer and raised a glass to Berhamming: "You are a very determined person, maybe you can lead this country to a new path."

"Is that what you expected?" Bai Hanming asked back, "You may have misunderstood me a little."

"People's perception of themselves may be the misunderstanding." 12 said, "When you start to move forward, the times will definitely be different."

Bai Hanming raised his eyebrows and looked at him without speaking.Lin Yi in the corner listened for a long time, and felt that the conversation between these two people was completely meaningless, so he got up from the ground and decided to go out to smoke a cigarette and buy some breakfast for himself.

At 10:50 in the morning, he left the apartment.Today is a very nice sunny day, the unlucky Alpha from last night has disappeared from the stairs, leaving only the clean sunlight shining on the rusted steps.Lin Yi's mood improved, and he couldn't help whistling when he lit his cigarette, and then hummed a brisk short song.

He walked downstairs deliberately loudly so that both people in the room could hear him.But when he "dong dong dong dong" came to the first floor, he found a strange man standing under the stairs, blocking his way.

The other party was wearing a coat with good taste. He looked a little older than Bai Hanming, and his facial features and figure were Lin Yi's favorite type.

But unfortunately, as soon as the other party spoke, Lin Yi's good mood disappeared.Li Huaishan looked anxious and couldn't care less about maintaining his demeanor, so he stopped in front of Lin Yi and asked, "May I ask Mr. Bai to live here? Something happened to Qin Yu."