Do androids dream of the sun?

Louis stayed in Area A for a few more days, and when he returned to Delos, it was already the day of the celebration. The village was bustling with excitement, and the fireworks rose up, bursting into brilliant light in mid-air.

Naturally, Zhong Ziyang was not at home. Louis stood in the empty living room for a while, took out the cookies Zhong Ziyang ordered from his luggage, and walked to the village.

Although Louis had expected it, he couldn't help but frowned when he saw the drunk approaching him.

He looked at the young man reeking of alcohol, and said coldly, "What's going on?"

Aunt Liu was both helpless and wanted to laugh: "Just now we celebrated together, he had a few drinks, and then it became like this."

The passing villagers came over to take a look, and laughed at him cheerfully: "Xiaoyang's drinking capacity is too bad, hahaha!"

Zhong Ziyang heard it, straightened up and shouted at the other party: "I...I can drink a lot! I can still drink..."

Before he finished speaking, his feet were unsteady, and he fell into Louis's arms, and everyone around him burst into laughter.

Zhong Ziyang was wondering who was blocking his way, when he looked up and saw that cold face, he recognized him, and then stretched out his hands to rummage on Louis: "Cookie... hiccup, my cookie Woolen cloth?"

It's hard for him to be so drunk and still remember cookies.Louis stuffed the small jar in his arms into his arms: "Here."

Satisfied, Zhong Ziyang hugged the cookie jar and leaned against Louis' shoulder, hiccupping with a smirk, causing another burst of laughter.

Louis frowned, and hugged him horizontally: "I'll take him back."

"Hey, good," Aunt Liu said repeatedly, "I'll make the hangover soup later, and I'll bring it to you."

"No, Nia will do it, you have a good holiday."

Aunt Liu glanced behind her. The celebration was at its climax, so she nodded and said, "It's dark and the road is slippery, so be careful when you go back."

"Ah."

Louis never expected that Zhong Ziyang, who was drunk, was still a restless master.

He has been moving back and forth in Louis's arms, rubbing here and there, as if he is uncomfortable in any position, and his coat is full of wrinkles from his scratching.It wasn't until he walked up the hill and was blown by the cold wind that he seemed to wake up a little bit, and grabbed the clothes on Louis' chest: "This time...why did you come back so late?"

"Something's delayed."

Louis put him on the bed, but Zhong Ziyang still clung to him, complaining in a low voice, "I originally... hiccup... I wanted to watch the fireworks with you..."

"Sorry, I'll watch it with you next time."

"Aunt Liu said that it only happens once a year." His voice became a little blurred, "The next time will be next year."

Louis was silent for a moment, then whispered: "Then look at it next year."

"Really?" Zhong Ziyang raised his head to look at him, his eyes were extremely bright, and he said, "What about the next year, the year after tomorrow? Will you watch it with me too?"

Louis gave a low "hmm".

Zhong Ziyang, who got the promise, was full of joy, threw away the cookie jar, threw himself on Louis with open arms, hugged his neck tightly, and sat in his arms, smiling even more silly than before.

Louis finally realized that Zhong Ziyang had never sobered up at all.

He was originally a person who didn't get close to strangers, and he had never hugged anyone in half his life. Although Zhong Ziyang would nest by his side on weekdays, he had never been so close to him.Louis was so stiff that he was at a loss. He wanted to pull Zhong Ziyang away, but the little drunk in his arms became even more aggressive, rubbing his soft cheeks at his temples, talking nonsense, calling Louis' name after a while, I will eat sugar again in a while.

"You can't eat it now." Louis urged Nia to make the hangover soup quickly, put one hand on the back of Zhong Ziyang's head, and rubbed a few on the soft hair.

The reassurance worked, Zhong Ziyang finally calmed down, leaned on his shoulder, and muttered softly: "Louis... likes..."

"..." Louis turned his head, dumbfounded for a moment.

Zhong Ziyang's blushing face was close at hand, his eyes were half closed, his breath was filled with the smell of sweet wine, his lips were slightly parted, and there was a faint luster on the dark pink lips.

Hormones spread rapidly without knowing it, bewitching Louis's sanity, and he kissed him like a ghost.

Zhong Ziyang was unaware of the current situation, thinking that he had finally got his wish, and instinctively licked and bit Louis's lips. He couldn't taste any sweetness for a long time, and stuck out his tongue into Louis's mouth unwillingly. deepened the kiss.

The random kiss between the two lasted until Nia knocked on the door. Louis woke up suddenly, stepped back a little, and looked down at Zhong Ziyang, with astonishment and bewilderment flashing in his eyes.

The mechanical arm moved in from outside the door smoothly, and placed the bowl on the bedside table: "Louis, hangover soup."

"Hmm." Louis took a deep breath, gathered his coat to cover the bulging lump between his legs, and then shook Zhong Ziyang awake.

Zhong Ziyang was fed a bowl of the worst soup ever in his life in a daze. He was so bitter that he almost wanted to cry. Fortunately, before the tears came down, a candy was stuffed into his mouth, which comforted his fragile heart .

When he woke up the next day, it was already high in the sun, and Zhong Ziyang took a lot of effort to turn over and sit up from the bed, clutching his head that was about to explode in pain, trying to recall everything last night, including that sudden kiss.

Somewhat astonished, he raised his hand and touched his lips lightly. There seemed to be warmth remaining on them, and the subtle tingling that was hard to ignore told him that the memory was real.

The surprise came so suddenly, Zhong Ziyang's ears turned red in an instant, he hugged the quilt and lay down on the bed again, the excitement and excitement in his heart surged, he just wanted to roll around a few times, when his thigh was pressed against a hard object.

"What..." He clutched his aching thigh, and took out a small bag from his pocket—a pack of clear orange candy, the result of his hard work for several days, and planned to give Louis a holiday gift.

Zhong Ziyang stared blankly at it for a while, then suddenly turned over and got out of bed, and ran out barefoot: "Nia!!"

"Yes." Nia's voice drifted in from the corridor.

"Huh? Why are you staying outside?"

Nia peeked at some scenes that she shouldn’t have seen last night, so she received a warning from Louis, and she can no longer enter and leave Zhong Ziyang’s room freely, and the monitoring is also restricted. good."

Zhong Ziyang: "???"

You AI butlers are so weird.

"Okay," he shrugged, "where's Louis?"

"He's in the study." Nia probably glanced at it, and then said, "You'd better look for him later, he is..."

"Thank you!"

Zhong Ziyang didn't listen to a word, he just thought about giving the gift to Louis, and went straight to the study.

The heavy wooden door was ajar, and Louis' voice sounded faintly, as if he was talking to someone else.Zhong Ziyang stopped abruptly at the door, not daring to go in hastily, and leaned over the crack of the door to take a peek inside.

The atmosphere in the study was solemn. Louis sat behind the desk expressionlessly. In front of him was a light screen projected in mid-air. On it appeared a face that Zhong Ziyang had never seen before. It was exquisite and beautiful, but pale and gloomy. Right now, Zhong Ziyang subconsciously doesn't like him.

"It's not that I don't believe you, Louis," the man's voice was hoarse, with a crackling sound of electricity, "I'm just a little surprised, why did things go wrong until now?"

"He was originally the first bionic person of this model, and his growth is unknown." Louis spread out the documents, crossed his hands and put them on the table. "You have read the report, and there is indeed a problem."

The man squinted his eyes, as if he wanted to see the clue from his face, and said after a long time: "Three months is too long."

"If you want a less-than-perfect stat, that's fine with me."

Lance gritted his teeth. He was the person who was most familiar with Apollo [-]. If he insisted on extending the observation period for three months, it would definitely be one day less, but he had waited too long...

"Okay," Lance weighed in, and finally chose to compromise, "Are you sure it's only three months?"

"When the time comes, I will naturally take him back."

Lance let out a breath, leaned back in the chair, and said with a chuckle, "I thought you couldn't bear it."

"I hate all my works," Louis said lightly, "but they all have a place to go."

"Then do you know where I'll send him?"

He knew, of course he knew.Louis lowered his eyes and curled his fingers slightly.

As if he was going to oppose him, Lance said with high spirits: "I will give it a check first, read its memory, and then cut its body open..."

"I'm not interested," Louis interrupted him. "Whether you want to check or dissect, it has nothing to do with me."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a loud noise at the door. Louis was startled, and suddenly raised his head, just in time to bump into Zhong Ziyang's startled eyes.

Zhong Ziyang opened his mouth, unable to utter a word, he squeezed the sugar bag tightly in his hand, made a decisive decision, turned his head and ran downstairs quickly.

Nia who witnessed the whole process: "oops..."

Lance raised his eyebrows: "Louis, what's wrong?"

Louis withdrew his gaze, clenched his hands under the table into fists, and said indifferently, "It's nothing, it's time for me to work."

"Okay, let's get in touch again."

He turned off the screen, stood up with a bang, and rushed out the door impatiently.

Zhong Ziyang didn't know how long he had been running, but when he came to his senses, he had already left the village, surrounded by thick white mist, and he didn't know where to go.He really couldn't walk, so he randomly found a broken wall and sat down in the corner.Zhong Ziyang swallowed with difficulty, his throat and nasal cavity smelled of blood, his chest hurt like tearing, as uncomfortable as drowning.

He suddenly remembered the day he was born.

Zhong Ziyang has no concept of death, nor does he know how long his life span is. He once asked Louis curiously, but the latter did not give a definite answer.

He didn't know until today that he was destined to only live for one year from the beginning... No, it's one year and three months now.He didn't have time to do anything, his life whizzed by in the blink of an eye, and the imagined future was coming to an end before it even started.

Still in that way.

The word anatomy carries a sharp blade, and just thinking about it makes me feel pain all over my body.Speaking from Louis's mouth, he felt that his bones were aching, his heart was sore, and his anger and sadness were like a flood that drowned him.

Zhong Ziyang looked at the orange candy in his hand and sniffled. He wanted to throw it away, but he couldn't bear it. After hesitating for a long time, he still held it tightly in his hand.

There was a sudden chill on his face, and when he looked up, there were big raindrops falling, and it was more and more likely to develop into a heavy rain.The edge of the broken wall was empty, Zhong Ziyang had to find another place to shelter from the rain, he stood up while leaning on the wall, found a random direction and walked for a while, finally found an empty room.

Zhong Ziyang was still a little hesitant at first, but when he stepped into the door, the heavy rain poured down with his back foot. He had no choice but to walk into the house.

The room was small, but it was fairly tidy, but there seemed to be a strange smell in the air, after getting used to it, it was not unacceptable.Going further inside, there was actually another door, which was firmly locked. Zhong Ziyang gave up seeing that he couldn't open it, and found a relatively clean place to sit down at random, and curled up into a ball with his knees hugged.

Louis may be looking for himself, he thought, yes, he is such an important experimental product, and he can't explain to that person if he loses it.

In fact, Zhong Ziyang has not yet decided whether to return to Tilos or not. He can take advantage of this opportunity to escape. The bag of orange candies in his hand is enough to support him to escape to another village, change his name and surname, and no one will know that he is a bionic person. , he can live as a human until he goes dormant naturally.

But he also knew that he hated Aunt Liu, the enthusiastic villagers, and one more thing...Louis.

Well, Zhong Ziyang admits, it's much, much more than a little bit.

The sound of the rain outside the window made Zhong Ziyang's head swell from thinking, he couldn't resist the rising sleepiness, so he decided to lean against the wall and take a nap for a while, and wait until the rain stopped.

Not long after he fell asleep, the iron door in the house slammed open, revealing an invisible staircase.Two people wearing masks came out and stopped beside Zhong Ziyang.

"I didn't expect to meet one delivered to my door." One of them laughed and said, "The new one is quite good for hypnosis, except that it smells a little bit stronger."

"Let's improve over there." The other squatted on the bed, stuffed a pill into Zhong Ziyang's mouth, pinched his chin and looked around, "Take him back for an examination, looking at it strangely, maybe it's a The New."

The two of them set up Zhong Ziyang and walked forward a few steps. The person who spoke first saw the sugar bag in his hand and pulled it out forcefully, "What is this? Sugar?"

"Don't worry about it, go back quickly, and have to write a report."

"Too."

He threw the bag of orange candies into the corner, and together with his companions led Zhong Ziyang into the door, the iron door was locked, and the room returned to silence.

Zhong Ziyang felt that he had been in a daze all the time, and his consciousness was more blurred than awake. He only knew that someone had been dragging him to do various checks, and at the end he was stuffed with a candy, which looked the same as before, but tasted different. It's weird.He thought it was Louis, and at the beginning he made all kinds of miserable pleadings, but no one got a response. Later, he was really angry and refused to eat that candy no matter what he said, complaining that the other party deliberately used such an unpalatable candy to perfuse himself, and wanted to eat it. Force yourself to do so many broken checks.

After the man heard this, he seemed to smile, and said to him: "How about this, you eat three pills a day, and you don't have to do the inspection, how about it?"

Zhong Ziyang was in a daze, and he didn't have much thinking ability, but it sounded like a good deal. It was better to eat three strange-flavored candies than to have inspections day and night, so he complied with the other party's request.He still feels aggrieved in his heart. He obviously let him manipulate him, but he still has to be abused like this. Louis really doesn't show affection at all.

But the other party really kept his word, and since that day, he has never tossed Zhong Ziyang again.Later, the three candies gradually decreased to two, then became one, and then, there was no one.

After an unknown number of days, Zhong Ziyang finally woke up completely.

He is not at home, nor in the laboratory.Zhong Ziyang was locked in an iron cage, his eyes were pitch-black, and there was a strong smell of blood everywhere. There were miserable screams coming from outside, and his eardrums were irritated to the point of pain.

Where is he...?

Zhong Ziyang was a little dazed, leaning on the wall to stand up, but his legs were so weak that he fell to the ground.He sat in a daze for a while, turned over with all his strength, and crawled towards the railing with hands and feet.

The corridor was dimly lit, and whether it was on the opposite side or next door, there were pitch-black iron cages.A strange-looking robot came from a distance, with a sharp knife in its hand, Zhong Ziyang just looked at it, and took a few steps back in fright.

He's going crazy, what the hell is this place? !He remembered that he obviously just found a place to rest, and then was found by Louis and picked him up. He kept undergoing various examinations and several operations... Zhong Ziyang suddenly remembered the person who coaxed him to eat candy, listening to his tone Obviously not Louis.

So what kind of candy has he been eating these days?

Zhong Ziyang was already covered in cold sweat, but unfortunately it was too late to pick his throat now.

There was a sound of opening the door in the distance, someone walked in as if dragging something, the iron chain fell to the ground, and a heavy object was thrown to the ground.

"This is really easy." A voice said.

"Scientific research types are like this, and they are useless except for their brains."

"Why don't we just study the brain next time?"

"Brain dissection is too troublesome, you are willing to do it yourself." Another person said, "The next step should be..."

"I remember I remember, give the newcomer the Nelson test!"

Footsteps gradually approached, and two figures in white coats stood in front of the iron gate.The shorter one opened the door and squatted down in front of Zhong Ziyang who kept shrinking back. His tone was full of smiles: "Are you awake? Do you still want candy?"

Zhong Ziyang was almost forcibly pressed on the chair, his face was pale, his lips trembled, and he looked at the two people in front of him with fear.The slightly taller man put the helmet tested by Nelson on Zhong Ziyang's head, and warned: "Do it seriously this time, don't play tricks again."

The other person leaned against the bed in a dawdly manner, threatening him with a smile: "If you don't obey, you will be dissected."

When Zhong Ziyang heard a certain word, he trembled involuntarily, huddled up on the chair, and nodded repeatedly, fearing that he would be dragged to the operating table and disembowelled in the next second.

The screen lit up, and a familiar mechanical female voice came from his ear. Zhong Ziyang had already done countless tests, and he could almost memorize all the previous questions, but he didn't dare to skip them at will. , and did not dare to choose too slowly, for fear that those two people would think that they wanted to delay time.

He didn't have time to think about the consequences of exposing the true level. He just continued to do it one by one, without noticing that the number of questions had already exceeded the baseline of human beings, and he didn't hear all the voices from the outside world.In the end, Zhong Ziyang almost vomited, but he still didn't dare to stop.

Suddenly there was a beep sound in the earphones, someone was pulling his helmet, Zhong Ziyang was very frightened, and frantically tried to pull the helmet down, and said with a crying voice: "I, I am really serious about it... ...give me one more chance...don't, don't dissect me...'

After all, he was no match for the opponent, the helmet fell to the ground, and a warm embrace firmly caught him.

"Yangyang, I'm sorry," Louis hugged him tightly, brushing his drenched forehead clumsily, "It's my fault, I'm sorry."

Zhong Ziyang couldn't hear Louis' voice, nor could he see the blood in the laboratory, and stubbornly repeated his pleading over and over again in panic.

"Yangyang, Yangyang! Look at me, I'm Louis!" Louis held his face, "No one will dissect you, trust me, don't be afraid."

Zhong Ziyang stared at him blankly, and made a few breath sounds in his throat, before Louis could hear them clearly, he passed out.

"Sir, what should we do with these two people?" Liu Xin asked, standing not far away, shaking off the blood on the knife.

Louis covered Zhong Ziyang's ears, and said coldly: "Cut it up, copy the data on the device, and let the ones inside go."

"Ok."

He hugged Zhong Ziyang, and gently kissed him on the forehead: "Let's go home."