sunk in yesterday

No one spoke in the room, only the sound of heavy panting, occasionally mixed with suppressed soft groans.

Time seemed to be suspended, the position of the moon hanging high in the sky remained the same, and the halo sprinkled on the ground. After being polluted by a small puddle of blood, it became no longer bright and clean, but instead exuded a sense of desolation and chill.

Guan Yuzhou lowered his eyes, wiped away the blood on his right hand little by little with his thumb, and turned his shoes at will, causing the young man lying on the ground to cry out in pain.

Yet this whining did not arouse any sympathy from the man.

"How long have you been doing this?"

Lifa was forced to tilt his head, and he could not lift his dislocated hands for a long time. He spat aside, and his teeth were full of blood he had choked.It seems that this is not the first time he has been treated like this. Although his body is trembling, he speaks calmly: "How long has it been? Who remembers this kind of thing."

Chameleons are a special group of dreamers.

It's like when normal people work hard to make ends meet, there are people secretly licking blood on the tip of a knife without anyone knowing it.In reality, everyone is running around for life, and they are the same in dreams.

Guan Yuzhou knew this well.

He eased the strength under his feet, bent down slightly, picked up the transparent sharp knife on the ground, and looked around roughly in front of his eyes.

The size of the knife is not common, it is less than the length of a palm, and the tip of the knife is a circular arc. The wound that falls straight down will not be fatal, but the feeling of stabbing into the body and turning around can be called sour.

Just like what clothes you wear before going to bed, you will also wear what you wear after entering the dream. Except for food and medium and large firearms that will be blocked, the dreamer can carry some small tools.

It's just that the scope of the regulations is very limited, just like you can pin an infrared pen on your chest, but you can't carry a small flashlight in your pocket.

Some carry black hairpins for lockpicking, some flint and steel for warmth, but not many choose to carry a knife.In such a place where trust between individuals is as fragile as glass, whoever carries a weapon will be collectively rejected.

Therefore, there are only two kinds of people who choose to carry knives. One is to kill people in their dreams for fun, and the other is to be alone and need to prevent being killed.

Seeing Guan Yuzhou pick up the knife he had dropped, Li shivered even more.Although he had long been used to seeing other people's misery, he still couldn't face up to his own death.

Guan Yuzhou held the knife in his hand and twirled it twice, and asked lightly, "Are you afraid?"

There was no tone in these words, not even half a mockery.Li Fa tilted his face, looking at Guan Yuzhou with horror and anger in his eyes.His unclosed mouth was covered with saliva, and his handsome face was covered with dust.

Guan Yuzhou suddenly smiled: "What are you afraid of, even if you are divided into several pieces by me, as long as you press the leave option in one breath, you will still be intact after you go out, without missing a single finger."

He said lightly, but in Li Fa's mind, he was whittled into a stick and his five fingers were cut off.

"But..." Guan Yuzhou paused for a few seconds.He gestured twice with the tip of the knife on the face of the person under his feet, and after a strong force on his wrist, he finished the next sentence: "Even if I break your hands and feet so that you can't choose to go out, when the time comes Bleeding to death here is not my fault."

Looking at the person in front of him who changed his face like turning the pages of a book, Li Fa finally trembled violently.

He swallowed the fishy smell in his mouth, and finally remembered how the original words described in the information collected and integrated from various places.

He saw that this man was gentle and gentle with the young man who was very close, and he didn't look like a ruthless guy at all, so he thought it was an exaggeration of the facts in the information.It wasn't until the blade slowly cut a few cuts on his face that they were not deep or shallow, that he realized that it wasn't that the information was wrong, but that he had underestimated the prey too much.

"What should I do?" Guan Yuzhou's voice was very soft, as if he was asking himself instead of asking the distressed people on the ground.He put the knife on his lap casually, rubbed his right hand around the root of the ring finger of his left hand, and looked at him with silent eyes: "I don't kill people."

Li Fa had a colorful expression, and couldn't figure out the meaning of Guan Yuzhou for a while, so he exhaled half of his breath, and the rest of his breath was still choked in his throat, "I know, you don't kill people..."

Guan Yuzhou laughed again, and let out a snort, so short that it was impossible to grasp.He let go of his clasped hands, and held the knife in his hand again: "Your information is so detailed? You know that I don't kill people, so you came here to make me relapse?"

Li Fa struggled to move his arms, but Yu Guangzhong's palms lying on the ground couldn't be closed anyway, as if he couldn't feel his existence anymore.Beads of sweat on his forehead slid down his cheeks into the pool of red liquid on the ground, he clenched his teeth and shivered again.

"Let's talk about it, what is written about me in the information?"

Li Fa just went through it in his mind, hesitated for a few seconds, and then repeated it smoothly: "I talked about your appearance, other people who occasionally appear around you, personality, etc...someone said..."

He seemed to have encountered some difficulty, and the next words stuck in his throat, until the shoes on his neck moved, he stumbled and continued: "Also say that you, you are a strong... Criminal, the appearance is...all pretending, but in fact, the heart is twisted, he is a pervert..."

"A rapist?" Guan Yuzhou repeated the word, then asked again in a flash: "Besides, who are the people who will appear next to me?"

"There are not many people. The common ones are 'little sheep', and the rare ones are 'red roses'. According to the information, you are almost always alone..."

Guan Yuzhou waited for a few seconds, then answered slowly: "Just two? Gone?"

Li Fa thought about it carefully, confirmed that there was no name left, and answered decisively: "No."

"Could it be that this time you go back alive, there will be another name?"

Li Fa was stunned, and immediately understood what Guan Yuzhou meant.He became excited for a moment: "I... I won't say unnecessary words."

Guan Yuzhou frowned and raised his leg.

The remaining half of chestnut hair let out part of it, and after the weight on his head disappeared, he felt that he had escaped a catastrophe.

The "information" he referred to was a document that was not sold publicly on a private website.The vigilance of the website is very high. Membership needs to pass multiple tests. All registrant information must be true. After ten days and half a month of review, you can enter the place that is a treasure cave for chameleons.

Many capable people will upload participants' information from time to time. If they want to choose a good prey, information is an indispensable thing for these people.

The price of the file is not cheap, and the defined "price" is also very different according to the preferences of the uploader.Some people prefer money, some prefer treasures that cannot be bought in the market, and some of them even ask to be replaced with living people.

The information of Li Fa's last hunting target was obtained by him in exchange for a "living person".

The seller will provide the buyer with a transaction location. As a buyer, he only needs to find a way to lure an innocent and qualified stranger to a remote location, and he does not need to worry about the follow-up matters.

He looks harmless, and he's good at dressing up and disguising, and after a few failures, the next thing is easy to catch.

The population is too large, and the disappearance of one or two people will not cause ripples.

Li Fa felt that among the prices of all documents, using "living people" as currency was the most cost-effective.

However, just when he thought he was smart enough to prevent the man in front of him from torturing him, the heel of the other man brushed against his arm, and the toe of the shoe touched the bridge of his nose.

"name."

Li Fa hesitated a little, "...Jiecheng."

"Honest Cheng?"

"Yes, honestly."

Guan Yuzhou looked at half of his face covered in blood and saliva, and frowned imperceptibly.

Jiecheng looked at Guan Yuzhou, as if trying to force a mocking smile, he suddenly used an honorific title: "You are no different from me. You knew from the beginning that there was something wrong with the contents of that jar, right?"

Guan Yuzhou looked down at him, the toe of his shoe lifted his chin.

"If the jar hadn't been broken, where is it, the little devil would be wandering there today. You let the two children take it away, but in fact, you were only thinking of using them?"

Guan Yuzhou ignored it, as if he didn't listen at all.

"After all, they seem to be more bullying, and they will make people more willing to snatch resources... You also deliberately gave Wua enough time to let him take advantage of this. You did this because you wanted him to die... So you and I'm not bad, am I right? Since we are all of the same kind, why don't you choose to walk with me, I—"

"Similar people? Me and you?"

Guan Yuzhou examined him for a moment, and after remembering his face, he retracted his feet mercilessly, causing his jaw to hit the ground hard.

He got up and threw the knife on Jiecheng's back, regardless of the other party curled up and screaming in pain, he said coldly: "Don't compare me with you, one more time, I will cut off your tongue after I go out."

Jiecheng sprawled on the ground, and turned around to say something more, but Guan Yuzhou was no longer in the room.

The redness on his face slowly faded, and his body gradually calmed down.After a while, he looked at the knife that had slipped to his waist uncertainly, and grinned and cursed.

……

Guan Yuzhou opened his eyes, surrounded by the familiar tea room.There was no one else around, only the aroma of half a cup of tea on the table permeated the small space, and there was still some lingering warmth on the wall of the cup.

He rubbed his forehead, lifted the thin blanket covering his body, picked up the remaining half cup of tea and drank it in one gulp, changed his sportswear into a high-end one that was placed aside, and threw his shoes into the trash can.

After doing all this, he unlocked the door and pushed the door out.

In front of the messy desk with folders was a black-haired lady sitting with her back facing away. After hearing the noise, she calmly put the cup in her hand back on the tea tray, brushed the broken hair around her ears, revealing her uniquely shaped ears. nail.

"Come out?" The lady looked at the clock on the wall: "It doesn't look difficult this time, you haven't slept for half an hour."

Her voice is really not soft, it seems to be out of the throat.

Fortunately, Guan Yuzhou has long been used to the other party's weird tone, and glanced at his messy table with a slightly displeased expression, "Didn't you say don't mess with my things?"

"Let your capable little assistant clean up." The noble lady took out the nail polish from her bag nonchalantly and began to care for her fingernails, "Anyway, he is very happy every time he does things for you, and I'm doing this as a favor. "

Guan Yuzhou didn't respond, as if he couldn't help but want to throw people out after just one more look.He touched his knuckles habitually, and there was a mottled ring at some point where there was a mark.

The noble lady blew her nails winkingly, took the time to look at him, and said: "You seem to be in a good mood, and you still want to lose your appetite?"

Guan Yuzhou didn't deny it, his eyes were locked on the ornaments, but the expression on his face suddenly softened.

"I'm going back home tomorrow."

The lady was slightly surprised by his reaction, and asked after a while: "Isn't it that you are not allowed to go back in China?"

"If you have time to dress up, why not read more news."

"It's up to you, as long as you can save your life when you return to China." The lady's attitude was indifferent. After painting her nails, she picked up a teacup and handed it to her mouth to take a sip. "Leave whatever you want. Send an email if you need it." Give it to me, and if I'm in a good mood, I'll go in with you."

"I will go in again next week, and I will tell you in advance." After Guan Yuzhou finished speaking, he did not forget to add, "You will be together when the time comes."

The lady's hand shook for no reason, and half a bottle of nail polish was dedicated to the floor, "Why do I want to go in? I haven't been free for two months, so I'm not in a hurry to find death."

"Wipe up the floor and leave my office."

The lady straightened her skirt, opened the small folding fan in her hand, and said in a coquettish voice, "You said in the morning that you would invite people to eat hot pot after the noon whistle was set for you."

Guan Yuzhou sneered: "If you disgust me again, I will call Xiao Yang to go in with me next time."

lady:"……"

As soon as she closed her fan, her expression became serious, honest.

Outside the office is a studio, the little assistant has golden hair, speaks Mandarin which is not very smooth, and looks about [-] or so.

The boy came to him as a photography assistant during a part-time work-study program. He has the energy and liveliness that can't be exhausted at this age. "Ms. Bai, good afternoon."

Ms. Bai smiled: "I'm sorry, it's a bit messy inside, please tidy it up for me."

"Okay, I'll go right away." The little assistant quickly put down what he was doing, took a quick look at Guan Yuzhou, and bounced in to clean up.

Sitting in the car, Ms. Bai lit a cigarette, tapped the steering wheel rhythmically with her gloved fingertips, and glanced at the man who was wearing the seat belt through the rearview mirror, "You little assistant has a good personality, He is also pretty, and anyone with a discerning eye knows that he has the same meaning as you. You are not so easy to stay in China, why don't you just stay and give it a try. "

"Take it away if you like it." Guan Yuzhou didn't raise his eyelids, "Don't mention this to me again."

"Yes, yes." Ms. Bai sighed in her heart, knowing what she couldn't say, she swallowed all the words that followed, "Aren't you going to wash that ring? It makes you panic when you look at it."

Guan Yuzhou tilted his head and looked out the window, with an attitude that you say I don't listen.

Yep, that's it again.Ms. Bai threw the cigarette out of the window and rolled up the car window, "So did you encounter any interesting things this time?"

Guan Yuzhou glanced over.

"Looks like I guessed it right." Ms. Bai grinned, she didn't look like a lady at all, "Every time you come out and stare at that ring, your face turns black as hell, after you come out this time, it looks like you've been moisturised, and it's worse than when you saw it last time." That headless corpse still makes me shudder.”

When Guan Yuzhou heard this, his tense face gradually eased.The heating gradually replaced the cold air, and the difference in temperature caused a thin layer of mist to form on the glass.

He casually wiped a trace on the window, looked at the reflection of the ring on it, thought of something pleasant, and smiled lightly: "I met an old friend."

The author says:

Happy New Years Eve, I wish you all peace.