sunk in yesterday

"Drill the grove?" Back to the present, Xia Zhuo looked him up and down, and couldn't believe that this sentence came out of his mouth.He found it quite novel, blinked his eyes and said: "Of course that's good, is it the kind of drill that drills all night?"

Guan Yuzhou's eyes sank, and then he heard Xia Zhuo say: "After all, the body was discovered the next morning, so it means that the time of death is likely to be at night, and we can go to wait for the rabbit at night~"

"……Um."

Xia Zhuo looked at him with a smile, "I have thought about it this time, why don't you praise me?"

Guan Yuzhou was a little discouraged: "You did it on purpose."

"Yes, then do you want to drill with me?"

How could Guan Yuzhou say "no"?He smiled lowly, and stuck his fingertips along the fabric to his protruding ankle, grinding along that arc bit by bit, "Can I still refuse my boyfriend's invitation?"

Xia Zhuo was itchy when he touched him, obviously he was the one who teased him first, and it was also him who couldn't help it now.He thought for a while, then simply put his calf across Guan Yuzhou's lap, and joked: "There are so many people watching, isn't it good for you?"

He has already mastered the technique of knocking back and forth, and it is not embarrassing to say this at all.Most of the people around are focused on the dining outlet, and the participants are worried. Few people will notice this corner in the dark environment, not to mention that everyone is hard to protect themselves, so why do they care so much?

Guan Yuzhou didn't speak, but responded with actions - the hand had already penetrated inward, the palm with a thin callus was pressed against the smooth calf, and the dark pupils quietly met Xia Zhuo's eyes, which seemed to be dormant inside what.

Xia Zhuo was stunned, and finally couldn't stretch back as if he was scalded, but this posture didn't make much strength, no matter how much he pulled, he couldn't pull his legs out of the bondage.

He has seen Guan Yuzhou's eyes like this before, and the desire buried deep in it can't be hidden at all. He knew how to forbear before, but now he is showing his true nature little by little after getting together seriously.Feeling that the other party's tactics are getting more and more lustful, Xia Zhuo swallowed, and his voice was astringent: "Mr. Guan... the aborigines are here."

Bing Yan was pushing the cart, and when she appeared, she was the center of attention.The meal she took was very simple, a plate of steaming fried rice and a can of fruity drink of an unknown brand, the appearance looked ordinary.

"Today there is only fried rice with ham. If it's not enough, you can add more." She put the items on the dinner plate on the table one by one, "The chopsticks are in the disinfection cabinet, and the spoons are full of chili sauce."

"Excuse me, what time is it?" The floral skirt asked her in a low voice.

Bing Yan glanced at her, raised her hand and pointed behind her, "There's a clock over there."

The class bell rang a minute ago, and it is now exactly 1:46.

The broken flower skirt froze for a few seconds, opened and closed his mouth a few times, and suddenly stuttered as if he couldn't answer: "Then, after class, will the students come over for dinner?"

Bing Yan felt that this question was very strange, so she showed a half-smile expression: "There is evening self-study at seven o'clock, they should not have time to go to the town down the mountain to eat before coming back within half an hour."

"Oh, oh, that's right. But... Didn't Teacher Wei say that there is a store in the school, and won't there be some fast food like bread sold in it? Uh, I mean, if there is a store, we will be in a hurry It will be more convenient to buy something to eat when you are in class or busy preparing for class..."

Bing Yan straightened her face again: "The store will be closed after the winter vacation."

"why?"

Bing Yan replied naturally: "Because the store is next to the garden."

"Eh? The garden..."

Floral skirt wanted to ask something else, but Bing Yan interrupted: "Are you eating or not? I won't have time to take you to the apartment when the students arrive later. If you have any questions, ask slowly later, okay? "

The floral skirt quickly responded: "Okay, okay."

Bing Yan's tone didn't sound impatient, but she managed to make the participants shut up and eat dinner obediently.From what I heard, it seems that the store is only closed because of its proximity to the school garden. It is not yet known whether the Christmas tree where the hanged person was hanged was in the garden. If so, there is a big problem in the garden.

It seems that I really have to go to the garden tonight.

Xia Zhuo, who thought about it and came to a conclusion, kicked Guan Yuzhou and said: "My legs are numb, it's all your fault, you go and get me the spoon, I don't want to use chopsticks."

"Okay." Guan Yuzhou then put down his legs and got up to get the tableware.

The group of people settled the battle in less than 10 minutes during this meal, which can be regarded as forming a strange tacit understanding.

Bing Yan said that in the future, they need to put the dinner plates in the recycling basket next to the sink, but today they don't need to clean up because they are running out of time.

When leaving the restaurant, Xia Zhuo still followed slowly at the end of the crowd. He didn't like the feeling of being scrutinized by the people behind when he was the leader.

Looking at the participants who followed closely behind the aborigines for fear of being left behind, he suddenly pursed his lips and said happily: "Hey, Mr. Guan, I suddenly feel that we are traveling. Look - we went up the mountain by car, and the guide took us around A circle of mountain scenery, and then took us to dinner at the meal time, and now I am going to the hotel to stay and rest under the leadership of tour guide B. From time to time, I told us to go to bed early tonight, and we have to get up early tomorrow. I usually have to travel far away It’s a good idea to pay for food and drink at the public expense and cover the travel expenses, right?”

Before Guan Yuzhou could speak, someone in front heard him and turned to him and said, "The young man is in a good mood, do you have 24?"

The person who took the initiative to talk to him was unshaven, wearing a light brown mountaineering suit, with a strong physique, but the wrinkles on his face showed that he was no longer young.

Xia Zhuo immediately shut up, pretending to be obedient and sticking back to Guan Yuzhou's side, God knows if this guy will be unhappy because someone who is old enough to be his father accosted him.

This person introduced himself as Yang, a mountaineering enthusiast.Given his age and experience, his attire and appearance gave people a sense of reliability, but he couldn't feel repulsive.

"Haha, don't be nervous, I don't mean anything else." Seeing that Xia Zhuo didn't speak, he thought it was frightening, he touched his chest pocket, and took out a photo from it, "I have a son , he is exactly 24 this year, I saw that you are about the same age as him, so I asked casually."

Xia Zhuo glanced at Guan Yuzhou and saw that he didn't have much reaction, so he took the photo.

It was a graduation photo of a single person. The boy holding the certificate smiled brightly at the camera, and there was a small pear dimple on the left side of his face.

"It doesn't look like you at all." He told the truth and returned the photo.

"Hey, everyone said he looks like her mother, with delicate nose and eyes." Uncle Yang put the photo back in his pocket, and patted his chest lightly through the cloth, "He's studying medicine, and he doesn't have time to go home during statutory holidays." I didn’t see any Chinese New Year movies this year. Hey, what are you studying?”

Xia Zhuo rolled his eyes and asked him back: "What do you think I am learning?"

Uncle Yang looked him up and down, not sure: "Computer?"

Xia Zhuo let out a hey hey: "You are very accurate in seeing people."

Guan Yuzhou smiled on the sidelines, this really doesn't match Xia Zhuo's university major.

Xia Zhuo was very interested in the so-called climbers, even entering the electronic door of the apartment did not stop talking.Uncle Yang said that he learned some photography when he was young, and after he was in his 30s, he saved some savings and decided to take time to go to a place every year.Later, there were more and more like-minded friends around him, and these people gradually changed his concept. After sending his son to college, he simply quit his job and traveled around with travel friends while writing. He was invited to join a rock climbing club three years ago. , which has now become his main hobby.

"Photography..." The word crossed Xia Zhuo's tongue, he stood blankly in front of the glass door, and didn't even respond to Bing Yan calling them to get the key.When Guan Yuzhou came back with the key, he was still standing there stupidly, staring at the person without moving.

"What are you thinking about? It's time to go." Guan Yuzhou smiled and went to lead him, but what he didn't expect was that Xia Zhuo suddenly avoided it.

Both of them were taken aback by this move, Xia Zhuo opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain to him, then suddenly cried out in pain, covered his head with a pale face and half knelt down.

Guan Yuzhou was terrified, and hurriedly hugged him into his arms.Xia Zhuo had headaches before, but this situation has not happened for a long time, and he thought the other party's situation had stabilized.

As if he wanted to make up for all the pain that was lacking in such a long and stable life at once, Xia Zhuo was shaking with pain, and shrank into his arms as if seeking protection, with both hands tightly clutching his shoulders, his fingers were so strong that his fingers were numb. Wear white.

Uncle Yang, who was still talking well, was startled, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter..."

Before he finished speaking, he met Guan Yuzhou's murderous eyes, which made the rest of his syllables stuck in his throat.

"What did you tell him?"

Uncle Yang thought about it for a while, and didn't know what he said just now: "It seems...it only said something...related to my travel."

"specific."

"Rock climbing? Writing, quitting my job, and sending my son to college..."

Guan Yuzhou's face was gloomy. Seeing more and more participants gathered around, he kissed Xia Zhuo's forehead and coaxed, "Hold my neck, and I'll take you back to the room, okay?"

Xia Zhuo didn't say anything, just obeyed.Guan Yuzhou picked him up horizontally, bypassed everyone and went up the stairs.

The apartment has five floors. The first floor is a public bathroom and laundry room, and the upper four floors are occupied by people.Students are on the third to fifth floors, and teachers are assigned to the second floor. It is very convenient to manage students and enter and exit.

The key that Guan Yuzhou got had "206" on it. He searched for it one by one along the corridor, and stopped in front of the penultimate room at the end.He put the man down from his arms, and as soon as the key was inserted into the hole, he was hugged tightly by the waist from behind.

Xia Zhuo stuck to him stickily, the pain seemed to have passed, but his arms were still trembling slightly, his voice was muffled, and he was still panting: "Teacher Guan, do you like photography too?"

Guan Yuzhou's hand holding the key froze. After a while, he led someone into the house and closed the door.

The room was a little stuffy, which was caused by the fact that the windows hadn't been opened for a long time, and there was a faint smell of damp wood in the air.

The evening light was blocked from the outside by the curtains. Guan Yuzhou pressed the button on the wall, and the light instantly illuminated the layout of the room clearly.The two single beds are separated by a table on which some daily necessities are placed, wardrobes are placed side by side in the corner, and a TV is hung on the wall opposite the bed.

There are traces of being tidied up in advance, so simple that you can see to the end at a glance.

After confirming that there was nothing abnormal for the time being, Guan Yuzhou turned around and touched the top of Xia Zhuo's hair: "Did you remember something?"

Xia Zhuo raised his head, his face was covered with sweat, and the color of his lips was much lighter than usual. In just a short while, the whole person looked haggard and weak.He nodded first, then shook his head, "The uncle mentioned photography just now, and some fragmentary pictures flashed in my mind. I just remember you holding a camera and saying something, but I don't remember you saying what."

Guan Yuzhou was silent.

Photography is indeed his hobby, but he only regarded it as a hobby at first.He has been acting according to the plan, and his job after graduation is also compatible with his major. It was not until he went abroad that he was confused and couldn't find a way out, so he desperately chose to develop his hobby into a career. Life.

"I'm not sure whether it's part of my original memory, or these are just pictures I imagined, because I don't know what I should remember, and what I have forgotten." Frustrated, his voice was a little unsteady, and he rubbed Guan Yuzhou's body while wiping sweat indiscriminately, "To be honest, I'm quite scared. I'm not afraid of death, but am I still me who forgets who I used to be? Every time I think like this, I It's all scary, scaring me more than all the weird stuff I've encountered so far."

Guan Yuzhou supported his shoulders, almost forcing him to look at himself. He seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and he seemed to have made up his mind in a flash, and said word by word: "Then I will tell you now, I said at the time What."

Xia Zhuo looked steadily into his eyes.

Guan Yuzhou waited for him to stabilize, and slowly let go of his hand.He made a square with his thumb and index finger, framed Xia Zhuo in it, closed one eye and slowly repeated: "Look at the camera, look at me."

"No." Xia Zhuo moved her lips, "You called your name, I remember whose name you called."

The tone was so firm that it was impossible to refute, Guan Yuzhou was dumb for a moment, and finally let out a sigh under Xia Zhuo's unyielding attitude.

"Miaomiao, look at the camera... look at me."

"Who is Miaomiao?" Xia Zhuo reacted quickly and grabbed his thumb.

Guan Yuzhou blinked his eyelids, but his whole body stood still.

He never mentioned this name in front of Xia Zhuo, because he was afraid that these two words would be the spark that ignited the volcano, so he deliberately concealed many things.But after hearing what Xia Zhuo said just now, his chest was pulled into a ball. Xia Zhuo's hand didn't seem to be holding his fingers, but directly grabbed his heart, the feeling of carefully grasping the straw Make his throat choke.

He stared at Xia Zhuo closely, but his eyes became more and more eager: "What do you think? Who could it be? Why did you cry when you mentioned this?"

It was only then that Xia Zhuo realized that he was so nervous that he lost consciousness all over his body. He was so eager to get the answer from Guan Yuzhou's mouth that he didn't even know it when he shed tears.

He withdrew his hand and wiped away his tears. Seeing that Guan Yuzhou just looked at him indifferently and did nothing, his heart was full of grievances, and he said fiercely: "I think I am a mother! If you say something wrong, just wait." Let me strangle you!"

It shouldn't be like this in his plan. He wanted to pick a good atmosphere and have a frank chat with Guan Yuzhou about this issue.He could pretend not to care much, or even make a few small jokes to cover Guan Yuzhou's words, instead of swearing with distorted expressions like this, let alone crying unseemly at every turn.

But this question that had troubled him for a long time, the question he wanted to ask Guan Yuzhou several times but hesitated to speak, finally turned into a gust of wind with that sigh, and opened a corner of the tightly closed box.

He saw the stone road covered with maple leaves, so red that it seemed to burn the whole world, and he also saw a man in a scarf holding a camera, standing under an old tree and kneeling on one knee.

—— Miaomiao, look at the camera, look at me.

The deep voice is like an ancient bell hidden in the deep mountains, buzzing and spreading around the ear.

The two young people who are still in the ivory tower have not yet realized the hardships of society. Hugging each other seems to be able to walk forever along the road. With the "click" of the camera, the man's gentle eyebrows and eyes are clearly presented in front of his eyes.

This scene was seared in my mind, as if the tear gland had been punctured with a needle, Xia Zhuo's tears could not stop falling down.He thought to himself that his image was long gone anyway, and he began to become ashamed and angry, so he cried and cursed: "Bastard, you don't even want to tell me, and let me guess...Obviously we have been together for a long time, you You said you didn’t know each other, are you trying to get rid of the relationship?! It turns out that you never liked me, didn’t you? If you admit it earlier, you don’t have to be so afraid? I only have you, I only have you... I don’t know what I am Who, I have always wanted to know, but I was afraid that my guess would be wrong, in that case, if I guessed wrong... I would feel very confused again..."

At the end, he hiccupped excitedly.

Guan Yuzhou grabbed his wrist, pulled him into his arms, wrapped his arms around his waist, and pulled him onto the bed to lie down.

Xia Zhuo didn't want him either, turned to the side and hugged the quilt tightly, complaining, "Go away, I'm annoyed when I see you now..."

Guan Yuzhou propped up his arms, "Do you really want me to go away?"

Xia Zhuo lowered her head and muttered cursing: "A liar, and said that his wife died."

Guan Yuzhou's joking expression gradually faded away. He pulled him out of the quilt and gave him a kiss like a superficial kiss. Just the touch of his lips was filled with deep pity and love, which was enough to condense into a kiss that could stop thousands of troops. The shield of the horse's support.

"You are so smart, don't you know it all?"

Xia Zhuo did not deny it.

He knew very well that he might have died long ago, from the first time he left the dreamland and entered the sea of ​​stars.He is like a soul with nowhere to rest, without a body, so there is nowhere to return.

The fact of death is not scary to him, because he has no sense of reality until now, he just feels at a loss and helpless about the lost unknowns, so he urgently needs to piece together the incomplete fragments, and therefore his wish is to restore his memory.

When his expression was empty, he heard Guan Yuzhou say like a ghost: "We are both husband and wife, don't you admit that you are my wife?"

Xia Zhuo felt ashamed on his face, just as he was about to kick him, his fingertips touched something cold and hard.

Guan Yuzhou grabbed his wrist and guided him into his clothes, touching the pendant that had been hanging around his neck.

Xia Zhuo groped for the outline of the metal, and knew its real body at once - a round ring.He wanted to see the appearance of the ring, but his chin was lifted and his lip was bitten. He could only play around with his fingers hooked around the ring, and even groped randomly to the restricted area, letting the cold chain cling to it over and over again. The man's burning chest flashed across.

This deliberate behavior made Guan Yuzhou's kiss deep and ruthless, and the plunder made Xia Zhuo gradually feel dizzy. He clutched the necklace tightly, not knowing whether he wanted to pull the person to his side or let him stop for a while.After the kiss was over, Xia Zhuo's face turned red, and her neat hairstyle was messed up, and she was softly trapped between her arms and the bed, showing no signs of struggling and refusing. The appearance of doing whatever he wanted made Guan Yuzhou's breathing hard, and he obviously wanted to take further steps.

Xia Zhuo leaned against his chest, his eyes twinkled and smiled, he panted and said: "The bed that the little girl worked so hard to make up, turned into a doghouse for you in a few minutes."

Guan Yuzhou held his waist, and kept rubbing his fingertips against the warm skin. Several times, he had the tendency to poke down, but he closed his eyes and held back.

He sat up and took off the necklace from his neck, and the silver metal ring fell into Xia Zhuo's palm.

The blood stains on the ring had been cleaned, and it looked neither new nor old. It was a very ordinary style, but it matched Xia Zhuo's ring finger exactly.

"What about yours?" Xia Zhuo poked the ring mark on Guan Yuzhou's hand.

Guan Yuzhou said, "It's mortgaged."

"what?"

"In order to shorten the time of dreaming, I made an exchange with the inspector. In the dream, it will be temporarily stored as a collateral." Guan Yuzhou only said part of the reason, and the other part was because the pair of rings were also a medium. When Xia Zhuo The ring will disappear when it appears - this is a kind of tracing reminder given to him by the inspector, and it is also considered a reward, so he learned about Xia Zhuo's appearance in advance in the original deserted village.

"Oh." Xia Zhuo sniffed, lowered his head and played with his fingers, "So you really came here for me?"

"Yes." Guan Yuzhou bent his fingers and held his hand in his, "I will take you out."

"Then can I ask you something... about me?"

"What do you want to ask?"

"Is Miaomiao my nickname?"

"Well, you still have another name, Simiao."

Xia Zhuo sketched the outline of these two characters in his mind, and the more he read it, the more he liked it, "I thought it was a girl's name."

Guan Yuzhou said with a smile: "Your parents got it for you. They told your fortune. The husband said that you were short of water, so they simply put three waters in your name."

Xia Zhuo leaned over and asked eagerly, "What kind of people are they?"

"Very gentle, I love you very much."

Xia Zhuo choked for a moment, and his nose started to feel astringent again.

Guan Yuzhou hugged him on his lap, and said softly, "You took me to see them, and your father was very angry and wanted to beat me with a broom, but your mother stopped him."

Xia Zhuo imagined that kind of scene, "You just said they were gentle."

"No matter how gentle people are, they will get angry, not to mention that I abducted their precious son for so many years."

Xia Zhuo looked at him eagerly, pinched his throat and asked delicately, "Am I not your baby?"

Guan Yuzhou smiled and said, "Of course."

"So who chased who at the beginning?"

Guan Yuzhou said: "I chased you." He pressed Xia Zhuo's forehead and murmured: "I have been chasing you for a long time, and finally waited for you to nod and agree."

Xia Zhuo asked suspiciously: "Really? I thought I must be chasing you, stalking you until you couldn't stand it before agreeing, but after being together, you found that I was really attractive, so you fell into it out of control. Hee hee." Without waiting for Guan Yuzhou to speak, he shouted and emphasized: "The point is not the process, but that I am very attractive."

Guan Yuzhou couldn't help laughing, and echoed one after another: "Yes, yes."

Xia Zhuo was very satisfied with his attitude, and arched his neck, "Put the two beds together, it's so narrow that I'm going to fall."

Guan Yuzhou agreed, and he originally planned to do so.He lifted the table aside, and moved the bed next to the window closer to the other after freeing up space. Xia Zhuo watched from the side first, and the smile on his face never stopped. After admiring his busy appearance Then he went up to give him a hand, looked at his feet and said philosophically: "Some places look clean, but the bottom of the bed is actually dusty, just like some people look well-dressed, but their brains are actually full of yellow waste."

Guan Yuzhou: "..."

Xia Zhuo shrugged innocently: "Don't look at me like that, I didn't mean you... Hey, wait a minute, there seems to be something under here."

Unexpectedly, there would be unexpected discoveries in every bed. He immediately dropped the work in hand and bent down to pick up the paper at the foot of the bed.

The note is not big, only about the width of a palm.The handwriting on it is long and neat, and even the punctuation marks are written clearly and neatly.

- In my barren land, you are the last rose.

Like a small line fragment from a love letter.

But this is indeed a complete piece of paper, with no traces of cutting on the four sides, no end signature or beginning address, and I don't know who wrote it to whom.

"...the last rose." Xia Zhuo read the above words softly, looked at the thin piece of paper over and over again, but couldn't see anything, so he handed it over to Guan Yuzhou in disappointment, "Why do I feel a little familiar."

Guan Yuzhou said, "It's a love poem written by a poet named Neruda." He paused, "You've seen his portfolio before."

"Love poem, who wrote it to whom, or was it just copied by the teacher who lived in this room?"

"I don't know." Guan Yuzhou stared at the direction where the paper was picked up, frowned as if in thought, and gently rubbed his fingertips on the handwriting, as if he wanted to trace the traces of its owner in this way.

At that moment, the closed curtains seemed to be pulled from the outside by someone, and the fabric hanging on the ground swayed slightly, but quickly returned to its original state.

Xia Zhuo spent half a second to confirm that this was not an illusion, and quickly reached out to grab Guan Yuzhou: "Be careful!"

This half a second was enough for Guan Yuzhou to react. Before Xia Zhuo could use his strength, he had already pulled the person behind him with his backhand, and he could distinguish even the slightest changes.

"Then behind..." Xia Zhuo automatically fell silent halfway through speaking, and the lights above his head flickered.

This is like some kind of signal, making them clearly aware that they are now in a passive state, which is an extremely dangerous performance.

The light bulb was buzzing, and when it was dark, the setting sun outside the window reflected half a figure behind the curtains, as if hanging from a higher place, only the hanging hands and the black silhouette below the waist could be seen.

After a buzzing sound, the room was completely dark.The afterglow turned from orange to blood red, the branches swayed in the whistling wind, and the hanging man swayed from side to side like duckweed.

Immediately afterwards, this weird picture was broken.

The shadow began to struggle violently. When he was dying, he subconsciously wanted to break free from the rope that strangled him. His legs were stretched and twisted, kicking wildly in the air, and his slender fingers kept waving. The feeling of suffocation broke through the glass and the curtain, covering the mouth and nose like a net covering a person's face.

Xia Zhuo held his breath, and he heard a short wailing beside his ear, clear and mournful, repeatedly weeping as if he wanted to convey some message.

But I can't hear clearly, the weak sound is not comparable to that of a newborn cub, which is so weak that it will be blown away by the wind.

He tried harder to prick up his ears, but what came to his ears was the sound of knocking on the door.

The hasty knock seemed to smash the door panel, and at the same time shattered the image in front of him, the glaring red faded, and the black shadow disappeared without a trace.

Guan Yuzhou held the clothes rail and opened the curtains. As expected, the backside was empty. Everything just seemed to be an illusion, but they were a little surprised that there was a garden behind the apartment. Without the care of the gardener, everything looked messy and disorderly. There are still ribbons and lanterns hanging high above, the soil and dust are stained with water, and the green plants are all gray in sight.

"Did you hear what it said just now?" Xia Zhuo held onto his sleeve without letting go, and the scene just now had already formed in his mind.

Guan Yuzhou shook his head, he paced around for a while, until the knock on the door disappeared, he met the cat's eye and opened the door.

Uncle Yang stood outside the door.