They're stuck in an awkward position, unable to get up or down.Joad and Lu Xing looked at each other.Joad was tense all over. It was obvious that he was very surprised to meet his good friend here, but he still maintained his composure, and there was no unnecessary change in his cold face.And Lu Xing's expression was more subtle. He stood at the door, holding an umbrella at a loss, but a few seconds later he showed a smile to Joad. No one could tell what that smile meant. It was the same as Lu Xing's usual smile. Same, mysterious, subtle, keeping a polite boundary.

Then Lu Xing left Joad's eyes and looked around the living room.Qiao De blocked Zhang Luotuo calmly, but Lu Xing still caught Zhang Luotuo with a last look, and his smile became more elusive.

No one spoke, and the living room was extremely quiet for a moment, as if entering a still space.They're looking at each other, just the TV blaring wildly, showing shitty cowboy movies, cowboys in black leather pants, guns in hand, turned against each other.

The creaking sound came from a door, and the handle was slowly turned, adding a touch of color to the chaotic situation.Zheng Zheng's figure appeared at the door of the bedroom, and she woke up.

All eyes fell on her.

"Wow." Seeing this scene, she took a step back, covered her face, and leaned against the doorknob, her expression became very complicated, as if she was fully awake.The doorknob automatically sensed her, and thoughtfully provided the function: "What service do you need?"

She sighed, obviously feeling the incompatibility.Her sigh once again broke the silence of the room, the sound of the TV and the voice of AI intertwined, and Zheng Zheng's sigh became a third force, and words suddenly became feasible again.Zhang Luotuo moved behind Qiao De, Lu Xing noticed it keenly, and raised his eyebrows.

Joad immediately intercepted that gaze, and asked preemptively, "Why are you here?" He blocked Zhang Luotuo behind him, and his tone was flat.Zhang Luotuo didn't dare to speak out, because he should have died, as Fan Liu said.

Lu Xing turned his head, and Zhang Luotuo knew he was looking at him: "I'll return Zheng Zheng's things." He raised his right hand, and he could see a transparent handbag behind the umbrella, which contained a document, like paper, but He quickly put the pocket down casually, as if he didn't care about the topic.

"You guys are here, I should have thought of that..." he said, thoughtfully.

Then he raised his chin to Zhang Luotuo, and continued: "He." He glanced at Joad leisurely, "Isn't he dead? He fell into the cabin of the spaceship and was scrapped on the spot." Lu Xing's tone was very calm, but mentioned The stuff hits the nail on the head.

Zhang Luotuo's heart beat suddenly, he knew that he didn't have to hide anymore, everything melted here, he took a step forward and stood beside Qiao De.

Joad remained calm, he turned a deaf ear to Lu Xing's question: "Can't you go back after you return the documents?" He asked again, with a cold and aggressive tone, as if Lu Xing was the wrong party.

Lu Xing smiled, he wasn't scared at all because of this: "...you saved him, didn't you?" He said to himself, his eyes narrowed, showing a tentative expression, something seemed to be hidden with confidence in his mind.Joad was watched by Lu Xing, and he pursed his lips. His expression did not waver at all. No one could get any information from it. Joad behaved like a perfect emotionless robot.

But Lu Xing got something from Qiao De's lack of response. He nodded, his mysterious smile gradually expanded on his face, and his arm lightly touched his side back frequently, as if he already knew the whole truth of the matter.There is silence between them, and even cowboy movies are in the valley of death.

"Does he know that he is a counterfeit?" He said suddenly.

This sentence is like a □□.Zhang Luotuo suddenly raised his head. At this moment, he felt all the blood pouring into his head, and all nerves trembled.Tara.He could even hear the vibrations in his left arm, and the new limb sensed the unease from its owner and responded automatically.In less than a few minutes, Lu Xing threw the gun at them, showing the truth nakedly.The shock rushed over along with the suffocation.Joad was also obviously shocked, he was still expressionless, even very arrogant, but his eyes became vigilant, swimming on Lu Xing's face, as if trying to find a secret.But he couldn't find it, and he lowered his eyes.

He suddenly turned his head towards the TV, and Zhang Luotuo instinctively followed his gaze.Qiao De's gaze pointed to Zheng Zheng.She stood crookedly by the door, listening to their conversation.

She looked at them, her eyes were full of worry and uneasy.But her expression was neither surprised nor shocked, and she didn't even express doubts, such as "What fake people?" "What are you talking about?" She accepted everything so logically.

Zhang Luotuo looked at her, puzzled.

There was a buzzing in his brain, the bomb exploded in the deep water at this time, and he reacted.

Joad also reacted.

"She knows too." Joad said to Lu Xing, quickly speaking, without using interrogative sentences.

Lu Xing nodded, he smiled, his voice was very erratic: "I guess everyone in this room knows."

Zheng Zheng stood up straight. Their conversation was enough for her to realize that she was completely exposed. The focus of everyone's eyes made her slightly uneasy. She glanced left and right, and finally her eyes fell on Zhang Luotuo. She and him looked at each other for two seconds , Zhang Luotuo tightly bit the silent gaze.

She opened her mouth and closed it again, seemingly speechless.But three seconds later she raised her eyes again.

"I'm sorry," she said finally, softly, nodding guiltily at him.

Zhang Luotuo froze in place, he had never felt that time stood still like this.

Lu Xing stepped forward gently, he didn't get too close to Qiao De, leaving three steps away.

The television was still blaring, showing cowboys turning against each other, guns in hand, wind and sand covering their backs.

Joad looked at Lu Xing tentatively, looked from top to bottom, narrowed his eyes, and said nothing.The atmosphere between them is still tense, and the tense string is still one step away from being broken.Lucky put his hand down, Joad didn't respond, so Lucky went one step further, and he gently dropped his folder, throwing it at the door.Maomao immediately stepped on it and let out a series of long whistles, it will never be able to resist the cold things.Lu Xing walked to the sofa, and there was a desert of flying dust everywhere on the TV, and he seemed to be watching it intently.Joad took a step back, still looking at Lu Xing vigilantly, no one spoke or moved, they formed a triangle pattern, waiting for one of them to make the next move, and then this triangle pattern will be completely crushed.

After a long time, Lu Xing suddenly said: "He is here." He didn't explain, but Zhang Luotuo vaguely felt that he was talking about himself, and he guessed right.

"But Eleven Company thought he was dead, including Zhao Yi, although she still couldn't believe it." Lu Xing's tone was very subtle, as if he was thinking.

"I'm guessing what you are going to do next." He looked at Joad, his eyes rolled slightly, exuding a strange light, as if expecting Joad to confess on his own initiative.

"After all, he knows that he is a counterfeit person, and his ID has been cleared by the city. There is no place for him in this city. Even if he can stay here, it is not a long-term solution." He considered. In a tone, he added.He finished the "imitation man" at the end of the sentence and smiled.That smile was too subtle, and Zhang Luotuo's heart moved.

Joad put his hand in his trouser pocket and fell into thinking. There was silence in the room. He seemed to be thinking about Lu Xing's credibility. He kept his mouth shut, did not speak, and did not tell Lu Xing what he was going to do next.Maybe it was the yellow butterfly in the phantom that floated past him and then left, he couldn't believe Lu Xing, even though they were good friends for many years, once sat in a classroom on Mars, sat in the same spaceship, and faced the distance together of endless darkness.Or maybe he was just calmly judging the risk of being denounced.

Lu Xing turned around the sofa and walked around Zhang Luotuo. He casually looked at Joad's posture, and keenly stole the encrypted data from Joad's posture. They are unwilling to speak out.

He put his hands on the red cloth, as if he was indifferent to the answer, but his face gradually sank because of Joad's silence and thinking.He seemed to know something already.

"I see, if that's the case—you've already planned it, haven't you?" He said, gripping the edge of the sofa.For some reason, his tone sounded very disdainful, even cold and angry that he didn't have before.

Zhang Luotuo frowned and looked at Lu Xing in confusion. He didn't know what Lu Xing was talking about.

"You want to take him back to Mars after the four-year term expires." Lu Xing nodded, he was not a question, but a confirmation.His eyes were like detectors, aiming at Joad firmly, and the mysterious and stiff smile suddenly widened to the maximum at this moment.

Zhang Luotuo was stunned for a moment.And Joad didn't answer, he still remained surprisingly silent, but he didn't avoid Lu Xing's confirming eyes.

Lu Xing's smile disappeared completely, and his face became cold and dull, full of a kind of hatred.

Zhang Luotuo didn't understand it for a while, but suddenly, he saw that Lu Xing was indifferent and disdainful, and the calm just now slipped off his shoulders like a coat.

"What happened to him?" Zhang Luotuo wanted to ask Qiao De.But before he had time to say it, Lu Xing suddenly raised his head, his eyes fixed again, and his eyes fell on Zhang Luotuo, the pink color on his face suddenly faded completely, turning into cold pale again.

"You are all selfish, aren't you?" Lu Xing took a breath, and said suddenly, facing Zhang Luotuo, his eyes were extremely sharp, like a gun full of ammunition.

Zhang Luotuo was familiar with that look, very familiar, even though he couldn't remember that look there before, he knew it was an omen.

What selfishness?he thought vaguely.

He saw Lu Xing lowered his head, slowly took off his rain-stained jacket, and threw it on the red sofa.Then he walked towards Zhang Luotuo.

Zhang Luotuo instinctively took a step back, but it was too late.Lu Xing was only one step away from him, and it was easy to grab him, and then that hand immediately pinched Zhang Luotuo's neck.Stab.Zhang Luotuo felt weightless, he leaned back, Lu Xing's face was above him, the ceiling was like a shining white hospital window in front of his eyes. "What are you doing?" he heard someone say.It seemed to be Zheng Zheng, she was screaming, and seemed to want to get closer to stop it.But she can't finish it.Lu Xing's movements were fast and heavy.Zhang Luotuo heard the impact, his head was hit by something, bang.Tinnitus and tingling, cold, metallic sparks flickering before his eyes.Lu Xing's face flashed past him quickly, turning into countless double images. Zhang Luotuo couldn't see Lu Xing's face clearly at all, and only felt pain and helplessness flashing past like colorful colors.Boom.Boom.He fell to the ground, his limbs limp.Lu Xing rode on him and punched him in the stomach.Then Lu Xing wanted to punch, Zhang Luotuo saw the hand raised above, coming towards him, it looked like it had a force of fifty kilograms.

It passed slowly in front of Zhang Luotuo, like a slow motion.

Zhang Luotuo turned his head to the side, and he couldn't avoid it.he thought hopelessly.

But it didn't fall down.Instead, it moved away from Zhang Camel's eyes.Zhang Luotuo looked at the fist without blinking, it suddenly stopped, went up, went up again, and finally flew into the air like a football.Then Lu Xing seemed to bid farewell to gravity, his weight became lighter and lighter, and finally reduced to zero.

Lu Xing was lifted up.Heavy "boom" sound.He fell to the other side of the floor.

Air suddenly entered his throat, Zhang Luotuo took a deep breath, sat up, and the spots and sparks in front of his eyes changed from golden to transparent.what happened? … Confused thoughts, sudden attack, all the strings snapped at this moment, this morning was like a ridiculous drama, and he had no idea why this moment happened.

He heard the pounding sound, and Zheng Zheng was yelling: "Stop—"

He turned his head with difficulty, Lu Xing was now him, he was laid down on the ground, his head touched the cold floor, his limbs curled up weakly.Joad's punch landed on Lu Xing's stomach.Lu Xing shrank, like a black insect.

"What the hell are you doing?" Joad said coldly, his breath was unsteady, trembling slightly, and his voice unconsciously became higher.There was no emotion in his eyes other than anger.Then he punched Lu Xing again, in the face like Lu Xing did to Zhang Luotuo.

Lu Xing was lying on the ground, he was slurring his speech, and the punch just now seemed to hit his teeth: "I want to report you." He said, panting, without any emotion.

Joad hesitated for only a second.His voice became even colder: "If you want to sue, sue."

There was silence between them, very quiet, almost silent.But it didn't last long. A few seconds later, Lu Xing who was lying on the ground suddenly laughed. At first he laughed very quietly, more like a sneer, but immediately the laughter was gradually turned up and turned into a big laugh. His face was pink again, and his crooked jaw seemed to tremble.He keeps laughing, laughing unexpectedly, as if he's going to laugh until the end of the day.

Finally Lu Xing finally stopped his laugh, just like he laughed, his stop came suddenly.

He looked directly at Joad, his eyes glowing like electricity.

"Do you know why I hit him?" he said, his eyes blushing pink.

Qiao De looked at him calmly, without answering, he just grabbed Lu Xing's wrist to prevent him from attacking Zhang Luotuo again.

"Want to know?" Lu Xing lay on the ground, he read their thoughts from their expressions, and nodded impatiently, as if appreciating, "Especially you." He raised his head out of breath, "our Boss, Joad. You always think you're the best."

Lu Xing moved his fingers a little, and he broke away from Joad.He spat in disgust and pushed Joad away.

Zhang Luotuo looked at Joad, his face was expressionless, but he was obviously emotional, and his gray eyes showed confusion and anxiety.

"...What do you mean?" Joad said, he could hear something wrong in Lu Xing's words, his voice was precise and indifferent.

Lu Xing stood up, and he patted his clothes, as if knocking off the dust in his fantasy. A few seconds later, he raised his head, and the mysterious smile he had always had in the past had completely disappeared, and the cold core had completely oozed out.

"Don't worry, I won't report on you, it's none of my business." He said sarcastically, "... After all, you are just a tool, and Martian doesn't care at all..."

Zhang Luotuo's eyes were dizzy, maybe Lu Xing's punch was too heavy, those hidden sparks slowly rose from his eyes again, like a never-ending holographic image in the gray night.He tried to hear all Lu Xing's words, but Lu Xing's words were like difficult Sanskrit, and he couldn't fully understand them.

Lu Xing walked to the shoe cabinet, and he picked up the jacket impatiently. It was stained with stains and rain on the ground, and there were a few fluffy pink hairs. He dragged it and walked towards the door, ready to leave.

Qiao De's voice sounded after a long absence, he kept looking at Lu Xing, watching him walk to the door: "What do you mean?..."

Lu Xing's footsteps stopped, he had already pulled the door open, and the sound of the squeaking parts of the elevator drifted in, and he showed a mysterious smile as always in the huge noise.

"Do you want to know?" He said maliciously, "Come to Nanping's 'port' with that fake man next Saturday, and I can tell you." He thought for a while, then added coldly, "Don't worry, it's just Arcade, no R-63."

The door was slammed shut by him.

Zhang Luotuo's head was dizzy, he closed his eyes, lay powerlessly on the ground, gasping for breath, the punches he received implanted pain into his body, he frowned and endured it.The air from the hollow floor was in his ears.Everything drifted away suddenly.Lu Xing's sudden attack, heavy fists, inexplicable words, and his gesture of hating Joad, his friend, hit his mind at a flying speed, making him unable to understand.It turned out that there was nothing left: the friendship, the peaceful atmosphere, the sudden silence that enveloped them.Zheng Zheng stood at the door of the bedroom, motionless, while Qiao De was thinking on the other side.Only the boring TV kept going on, repeating advertisements for chip transplants.

And he didn't quite understand what was going on.

He heard distant footsteps approaching in the dark, he didn't want to open his eyes, maybe it was another person who wanted to punch him.

A hand was touching Zhang Luotuo's cheek, he came back to his senses and trembled slightly.A scent of forest perfume mixed with blood.He gently opened his eyes a slit.He saw Joad sitting on the floor in front of him, not inches from him, gray eyes close at hand.Those hands covered his wound, a moderate pain leaped over the nerves, Zhang Luotuo involuntarily "hissed".The simulated human pain is also very real.He was thinking wildly.

"Is there any medicine?" Joad frowned, and he looked up.

Zheng Zheng nodded and hurried towards her bedroom, she took back the bandage and disinfectant, the scar was not too serious.Joad gently stuck the bandage on the wound that had been filled with disinfectant, and carefully checked the tightness of the wrapping.Zhang Luotuo sniffed, he thought he smelled like a mobile hospital.

"I'm sorry," Joad said, brushing his hand over the side of the wound, the bandage covering it completely.He said.His expression was almost tender.

Zhang Luotuo shook his head. He knew what Joad wanted to say: "It's okay." He grinned his lips reluctantly and smiled at Joad. The smile immediately involved the wound, and he quickly relaxed his facial muscles.Joad frowned, and immediately helped him press the bandage to prevent it from slipping.

They stared at each other for a while, and finally both laughed slightly, before falling into vacuum-like silence again.Zhang Luotuo knew what they were thinking. They were thinking about Lu Xing, Qiao De's friend for many years, but his hatred for Qiao De seemed to be in ambush for a long time.

The false calm was taken away, and they realized their situation again: Zhang Luotuo was arrested and living in a friend's house.Joad lowered his head, picked up a corner of Zhang Luotuo's clothes, and continued to be a wound agent.Zhang Luotuo closed his eyes, letting the cool smell of disinfectant bark on his stomach.

In the cool breeze coming from the window, Zheng Zheng also sat on his left side and carefully observed the wound.Her eyelashes drooped slightly.

Three twenty-five in the afternoon.Time points in a certain direction.Wordlessness completely occupied the room like air.

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