Do androids dream of the sun?

"This is Xinfu... Village?"

Zhong Ziyang jumped off the spaceship, and there was an open space in front of him. There were only six or seven brick houses, which looked like a courtyard.

Can this really be called a village?

"I said a village is a village." Shen Zhang rolled his eyes, "Don't dawdle, both of you!"

"Oh." Zhong Ziyang responded, and quietly made a face at Xiao Le, the two laughed tacitly, and followed Shen Zhang's footsteps together.

Shen Zhang led the two of them into the largest room. As soon as they entered the door, a little girl with twin ponytails trotted up to meet her, and yelled crisply: "Grandpa!"

Shen Zhang caught her: "Is Yang Yang good today?"

"Good, very good." A smiling woman came out of the house, saw the two people behind Shen Zhang, and was taken aback, "Oh, why didn't you say anything when you came back today? I haven't had time to clean up the room Woolen cloth!"

While she was talking, she walked anxiously to the next yard, and Shen Zhang wanted to stop her: "Aunt Wu, don't be so busy, just let the two of them clean up by themselves!"

"How can this work!" Aunt Wu's voice came from the other end, "You guys wait a moment! It will be ready soon!"

Shen Mengyang poked his head out from Shen Zhang's arms, his eyes lit up instantly, and he stretched out his hands and threw himself on Xiao Le: "Brother, you are back!"

"Yeah." Xiao Le caught her steadily, pointed to Zhong Ziyang and said, "Brother Yangyang, you have always wanted to see." He pointed to Shen Mengyang again, and said to Zhong Ziyang, "The Shen Mengyang I mentioned before."

Zhong Ziyang didn't expect Shen Mengyang to be such a beautiful and cute little girl, and she looked a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.He knelt down to look at her, and extended his hand in a friendly way: "Hi, my name is Zhong Ziyang."

Shen Mengyang stared at Zhong Ziyang for a while, then clasped Zhong Ziyang's hand with his own small hand, and said with a smile, "I've seen you!"

Zhong Ziyang froze for a moment, then saw her take out a lifelike oriole from her bulging pocket and handed it to him: "This one!"

It has long lost its electricity, and it can neither fly nor sing, but Shen Mengyang still protects it very well, the color of its feathers is not much different from when Zhong Ziyang gave her.

"So it was you," Shen Zhang was quite surprised, he coughed lightly twice, and said quickly, "Thank you."

"No...no need." Zhong Ziyang has been used to being fierce by Shen Zhang for the past few days, and the other party became more polite, but rather flattered, he returned the little oriole in his hand to Shen Mengyang, touched her head, looked at Xiao Le and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to know each other, the world is really small."

Shen Zhang beside him snorted without knowing why: "Okay, don't block the door." He pointed at Xiao Le and said, "Come with me."

"Start the operation now?!" Zhong Ziyang hurriedly grabbed Xiao Le, "I just got off the spaceship, so don't be in such a hurry, at least let him rest for a while."

Shen Zhang said unhappily: "Give him an examination first! I'm a doctor, don't I know?"

"Oh." Zhong Ziyang pointed at himself and volunteered, "I learned a little from Ning Qi before, so I can help..."

"There's nothing to help, go and go." Shen Zhang said, "Go and play with Yangyang for a while, anyway, it's the first time you come here, you just follow her around."

"But..." Zhong Ziyang always had an ominous premonition, and held Xiao Le's hand tightly.

"No, but He Man will come later, don't worry." Shen Zhang pushed Zhong Ziyang in Shen Mengyang's direction, "Yangyang, I'll leave him to you!"

As soon as Zhong Ziyang lowered his head, he saw Shen Mengyang blinking his beautiful big eyes, looking at him expectantly, and the sentence of refusal immediately stuck in his throat.

He turned his head to look at Xiao Le, who smiled faintly: "I'll be out soon."

He sighed resignedly, and picked up the little oriole in Shen Mengyang's palm: "Do you want to make it fly again?"

Shen Mengyang's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

When He Man walked into the front hall, he only saw one big and one small together, staring at the chubby little bird on the table with great interest. Bouncing golden ball.

"Sister Man is here?" Zhong Ziyang was a little surprised that He Man came earlier than he expected.

"Well, I finished the work ahead of time." He Man walked to the table, "What is this?"

Zhong Ziyang touched the fine hair on the bird's back: "Mengyang's oriole, isn't it cute?"

The little chubby bird took two steps forward, tilted its head, looked at He Man with black bean-like eyes, fluttered its wings, and cried softly: "Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

"It's so cute!" He Man laughed, stretched out his fingers and tapped on the top of its head, and then looked at the little girl standing behind Zhong Ziyang, "Mengyang has grown so big, remember me?"

Shen Mengyang grabbed Zhong Ziyang's sleeve, and whispered tentatively: "Big sister?"

"Bingo!" He Man conjured up a bag of snacks out of nowhere and waved it in front of her, "This is a gift for you."

"Thank you big sister!" Shen Mengyang took it with a happy smile, opened the bag and took a look inside, the colorful packaging was extraordinarily exquisite, all of them were snacks that I had never seen before, and just by getting close to the bag, I could smell the tempting aroma.

Seeing her take out three packets of biscuits, Zhong Ziyang looked inside reluctantly, then carefully tied the bag again, and asked curiously, "Why only three packets?"

"Just three people, here!" Shen Mengyang pushed two packs of biscuits in front of He Man and Zhong Ziyang, and carefully put the snack bags away, "Leave the rest to grandpa and brother!"

Zhong Ziyang picked up the biscuits on the table and said with a smile, "Then I'm welcome, thank you."

Shen Mengyang smiled with his eyes slightly bent, and said sweetly: "You're welcome!"

He Man touched Shen Mengyang's head with a smile, and said to Zhong Ziyang: "Oh yes, I almost forgot... I just met Wu Ma, she said that the house has been packed, and you can take the luggage there."

Zhong Ziyang glanced inside: "But they..."

"I don't think it will be that fast, so you should go and clean up first, anyway, it's next door..." He Man lowered his head to confirm with Shen Mengyang, "I haven't been back for a long time, I can't even remember, is it next door?"

"Brother's room? That's right." Shen Mengyang nodded excitedly, "It's okay, I can show you the way!"

Under her scorching gaze, Zhong Ziyang picked up the backpack on the chair: "Okay, then I will trouble you."

Next door is a small courtyard, surrounded by several brick houses. The open space in the middle is divided into four large blocks by the bluestone path, and different plants are planted respectively. It is lush and beautiful at first glance.

Shen Mengyang walked into the gate, pointed to the room on the left and said, "That's the one!"

Pushing open the half-closed door, the light poured in and fell on the gray wall.

Zhong Ziyang was stunned for a moment, then walked slowly to the side of the bed, and stretched out his hand to touch the densely carved symbols on the wall.He Man followed behind him, and the moment he saw the wall, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Ah... Those symbols were engraved by my brother before. He would engrave one every day when he got up, which means that he will be separated from you for a day." Shen Mengyang poked his head out from behind Zhong Ziyang and looked at him from the bottom up, "But how did you separate?" How long has it been? Is it a quarrel?"

He Man laughed and said, "Why didn't you ask your brother when he lived here?"

"I asked, but he refused to say." She had been itching for a long time because of this question, Shen Mengyang pouted, and looked at Zhong Ziyang eagerly, "Brother Yangyang?"

Zhong Ziyang looked blank: "Sorry... I... I don't remember."

"Okay..." Shen Mengyang was a little discouraged.

He Man patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, okay, let's talk about it later, don't we still have to pack things?"

Zhong Ziyang squeezed the shoulder strap of the backpack tightly, and couldn't help but look at the wall a few more times: "Yeah."

He and Xiao Le had very little luggage, and the glass jar that Xiao Le gave him took up the most space in the backpack. Zhong Ziyang didn’t carry enough candy, and Aunt Liu just gave him a bag of candy that she made herself two days ago. They were brightly colored and quite beautiful, Zhong Ziyang filled the jar without any trouble, but he hadn't had time to go to Xiao Le to redeem the prize.

As soon as he took out the glass jar, he heard Shen Mengyang "wow": "Brother Yangyang, do you like candy too?"

Zhong Ziyang smiled: "Yes, do you want to try it?"

"No need, I still have a lot." Shen Mengyang took out a handful of orange candies from his pocket as if afraid that he wouldn't believe it, all of which were orange-flavored, "But grandpa said that you can't eat candy often, it will cause tooth decay, and I am If you can’t finish eating, how about giving you some?”

"Why do you still buy so much if you can't finish eating?"

"I didn't buy it, it was my brother." Shen Mengyang said, "He used to like sweets very much, but he didn't eat much after that, so he gave me a lot."

"Xiao Le likes candy?!" Zhong Ziyang said in surprise, obviously more than half of the candy he gave Xiao Le ended up falling back into his stomach. No matter how you look at it, Xiao Le doesn't seem like a sugar addict.

He Man raised his eyebrows: "Now that I'm talking about it, I remember it. When I first met him, he seemed to carry candies often."

Shen Mengyang repeatedly echoed: "I remember he still has several jars of sugar."

He Man turned his head to look at the cabinet beside him, pointed to a small jar in one of the shelves and said, "Is this it?"

"Yeah!" Shen Mengyang nodded vigorously.

Zhong Ziyang went over to take it down, the small jar was still a bit heavy, and when he opened it, he found that it was filled with half a jar of sugar, which was exactly the same as the one Zhong Ziyang liked to eat, but it had been left for too long, and it might have expired.

He suddenly thought of the small iron box that Xiao Le carried with him, since the day they first met, it had been filled with candy in an inexhaustible supply.Zhong Ziyang also joked with Xiao Le that it would be great if he also had such a treasure box.

However, although he didn't get the treasure box, he has the owner of the treasure box.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ziyang felt a little flattered, and couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth.

"Mengyang, what are these used for?"

He Man also came over at some point, carefully looking at the cloth bag hanging on the side of the cabinet, Shen Mengyang leaned over and took a look: "Those are tools for planting flowers!"

"...to plant flowers?"

"It's just outside, I'll take you to see it."

The rose has not yet fully bloomed, the buds are just about to be released, and there are a few touches of bright fiery red in the lush greenery.Shen Mengyang squatted down and looked at it, and said with satisfaction: "It should bloom in a few days."

Zhong Ziyang wanted to reach out and touch it, but he didn't dare to touch it, so he could only bend down to look at it. The dew that had not yet dissipated was on the rosebud, and the half-covered beauty revealed a different style. There was a burst of fragrance.

"Mengyang, are these all planted by Xiao Le?"

"Well, he has put a lot of thought into this." Shen Mengyang said, "My grandfather and I will take care of him when he is not here. He looks good, right?"

Zhong Ziyang patted her head and said with a smile, "Very beautiful, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, I like roses very much, so I told my grandfather to give me the open space here to grow my own roses," Shen Mengyang said, feeling a little depressed, "Actually, I prefer white roses , but grandpa said that white roses are hard to find seeds."

He Man was a little surprised: "Have you ever seen a white rose?"

"I've seen it before. I saw an uncle who came to see Grandpa for treatment before."

Zhong Ziyang was stunned, and suddenly turned his head to look at Shen Mengyang: "What does it look like? Is it placed in a glass case?"

Shen Mengyang was taken aback by him, and replied in a daze: "Mmmmmm."

To be on the safe side, Zhong Ziyang decided to turn over the photos for Shen Mengyang to confirm again. Just as he was desperately flipping through the documents, someone whispered beside him: "Brother Yangyang, do you want to see it?"

Zhong Ziyang raised his head: "...what do you think?"

Shen Mengyang blinked: "If you want to see it, I can take you to see it."

"Uncle lived here for a short time and then left. I don't know why he didn't take the rose away. Sometimes I would sneak over to see it." Shen Mengyang pushed open the wooden door, "Don't tell grandpa."

This room is the most remote one in Xinfu Village. It is quite far away from the small courtyard where Shen Zhang often lives. Because it has been unoccupied for too long, cobwebs are formed on the door frame, and there is a damp and moldy smell in the house. The smell is full of dust.

The rose was placed in the cabinet in the attic, and Shen Mengyang took the two of them up the narrow stairs familiarly, the old wood whimpered unbearably.

The attic was even darker than the downstairs. There was an old mattress and a low cabinet inside. The ceiling was so low that both Zhong Ziyang and He Man had to bend down to walk in. Only Shen Mengyang could move freely here.

She ran to the low cabinet, opened the door, and carefully took out something from inside: "That's it."

Years later, the white rose in the glass case is still in full bloom, exactly the same as the photo Cyril put in the document.

Zhong Ziyang squatted on the bed and looked at it for a while, then asked, "Can I pick it up and have a look?"

"Be careful."

Zhong Ziyang picked it up lightly, rubbed his fingers around the base, and found an uneven spot with his fingertips.He turned the glass cover upside down, and through the dim light of the small skylight, there was indeed a line of words engraved on the base: "Happy Birthday, Lance."

For some reason, the words "Happy Birthday" seemed to have been rubbed off with other words and engraved on them again.

He handed the rose to He Man who had been waiting for a long time, and asked, "Mengyang, besides this, does he have anything else left?"

"Ah, there is another notebook." Shen Mengyang took out a thick black notebook from the back of the low cabinet. The paper had turned yellow, and it seemed that it had been opened many times.

Intuition told Zhong Ziyang that this notebook is very important. He took it and flipped through a few pages, but he couldn't see clearly: "Can I take this back?"

Shen Mengyang was in a bit of a dilemma. After all, these were things left by that uncle. At most, she only dared to sneak over occasionally to have a look at this rose, and she couldn't make decisions about the other party's things.

Zhong Ziyang saw her embarrassment, and took the initiative to say: "How about this, I'll take it to the first floor to have a look, and then come up after finishing it, is that okay? It's really too dark here."

Besides, he couldn't bear the air in the attic. Zhong Ziyang's nose was quite sensitive, and he had already sneezed several times after staying here for less than 5 minutes.

Shen Mengyang thought for a while and nodded.

"I'll go down with you." He Man said.

"Then, then I'll go down together." Shen Mengyang also followed, picking up the rose with some reluctance to put it back in the cabinet.

Zhong Ziyang was a little timid at first, but he couldn't bear it when he saw this, so he said: "I just flipped through it, and it will come up soon, Sister Man, you are here to accompany Mengyang, and don't you also want to watch it for a while? ?”

"No..." He Man rubbed the tip of her nose in embarrassment. She was indeed a little cautious and wanted to take a few photos and take them back to show her father.

"Alright, I'm on the first floor. If there's anything wrong, I'll call you." Zhong Ziyang said with a smile, "Besides, don't worry if there's anything wrong here."

Zhong Ziyang waved his hand, carried the notebook down the stairs, looked around, leaned against the brightest door, and opened the first page of the notebook.

"September 10 was sunny

The gift Lance gave me this year was a notebook!

He said that I should learn to use it to remember things, but isn't it enough for me to have him?

Forget it, let's write some more, otherwise he should be angry again.

……

cloudy on October 12

The guy surnamed Shen came again today, and spent a whole day in the research room with Lance, what is there to talk about? !

I heard him telling Lance that I was sick again before he left, fart!Obviously he is sick!

Uh, well, he does.

Remember first, we will settle accounts together when he gets better.

……

Sunny September 3

Tonight is prom, and I asked Lance to dance, and he said yes.

He looks so good in red.

Also, the one surnamed Shen actually brought his fiancée with him. When did he have a girlfriend? "

Zhong Ziyang turned back a few more pages, most of the front pages were filled with daily chores, until about a third of the time, the handwriting suddenly became chaotic.

"May 7

Shen Yang is right, I am indeed sick, I am just a lunatic.

I can't stay in Area A anymore, it will kill Lance. "

Zhong Ziyang frowned, and was about to continue turning down, when a sharp pain came from the side of his neck, he had no time to react, his eyes went dark, and he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

A pair of black high heels appeared beside him, and someone stretched out a hand to catch him firmly.

"Catch only one, take it back?"

"Yes, Mr. Botts."