Do androids dream of the sun?

Zhong Ziyang was in a coma for three whole days, and even half awake would keep talking nonsense. Louis left behind his stubborn and rigid daily schedule, and stayed by Zhong Ziyang's side day and night, feeling worried for a long time .

Fortunately, Zhong Ziyang recovered quickly, and he was able to get out of bed within a few days after waking up. Although it didn't look much different from before, Louis knew that that experience more or less left an indelible shadow in his heart .

Zhong Ziyang, who used to go to the village twice in the past three days, rarely left the villa, and could not stay alone in the dark environment. Since he came back, he has never been near the studio. Nearly all the time by Luis's side.If he had to avoid it, he would run to read on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling windows, or go to the kitchen to toss some gadgets.

For example, today, as soon as Louis came down from the second floor, he smelled a creamy fragrance on the first floor.

"Dr. Shen is gone?"

Zhong Ziyang walked out of the kitchen with a plate of small cookies in his mouth, humming an incoherent tune, and seemed to be in a good mood.

"Ah."

"How about it?"

"Shen Zhang explained that the dosage can be reduced starting tomorrow." He walked up to Zhong Ziyang and wiped away the debris from the corner of his mouth with his fingertips, "Thank you."

Louis confessed everything to Zhong Ziyang the day after he woke up, including Lance and his illness.

"Actually, it's your own credit. There's no way you can't do what I can do." Zhong Ziyang's eyes were slightly bent, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Oh yes, I just made some cookies. Do you want to eat?"

"it is good."

"Here."

He was about to raise the small plate in his hand, but Louis put his arms around his waist, leaned forward and bit off half of the piece in his mouth, and stole a kiss logically.

Louis swallowed the cookie, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "It's delicious."

Zhong Ziyang's cheeks were slightly red, his eyes rolled away, he picked up another piece and bit into his mouth, raised his head and said to Louis, "Then...do you want another piece?"

Louis raised his eyebrows, lowered his head as he wished, bit the piece into his mouth, and pressed it against Zhong Ziyang's forehead, and said in a low voice, "Shall we go back to the room to eat?"

The crimson color spread to the base of the ears, Zhong Ziyang licked his lower lip, and gave a low "hmm".

……

A small plate of cookies, the two of them ate for an afternoon, and nearly half of it was wasted.

Zhong Ziyang expressed strong dissatisfaction with this, complained a few words, but was tortured for a while, so tired that he lay on the bed and didn't want to move at all, while listening to the sound of Louis walking, he closed his eyes and let go.

Zhong Ziyang felt like he had a dream in a daze, and many blurry images flashed in his mind, some of him dancing with Louis on the balcony, some of him walking alone on the luxurious corridor, and the huge research room, the cold operating table, and the beautiful man who appeared on Louis's screen...

"Yangyang, Yangyang?!"

He woke up suddenly, and bumped into a pair of worried eyes.

Louis wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead, and kissed him on the lips: "You have been shaking, have a nightmare?"

Zhong Ziyang didn't expect that he just dozed off for a while and then had another nightmare.He nodded and let out a long breath: "It's a little cold..."

Louis covered him with a quilt: "Now?"

"It's better." Zhong Ziyang couldn't help laughing when he saw his flustered face, "It's okay, I'm just having a nightmare? Don't be so nervous."

Louis frowned, obviously not believing what he said. Zhong Ziyang was trembling all over and breathing rapidly, which frightened him a lot.He tightly grasped Zhong Ziyang's hand: "Is there any other discomfort?"

"No, no," Zhong Ziyang turned over and sat up, wanting to change the subject, "Well...I want to make some cookies tonight, do you want to eat them together?"

There was a moment of silence in the bedroom.

"Yangyang, what are you talking about?" Louis frowned, and showed him the small plate on the bedside table, which was sprinkled with cookie crumbs.

Zhong Ziyang's heart skipped a beat, he thought, it's over.

As a last resort, Zhong Ziyang walked into Louis's studio after a long absence.The obvious result is memory impairment caused by the drug.

"How long have you been like this?" Louis looked away, not wanting to take another look at the report.

"Two or three days? Or a week?" Zhong Ziyang hugged the blanket tightly around his body, and said helplessly, "I forgot."

From the day he woke up, his memory has been vague. Sometimes when he wakes up from a nap, he forgets everything he did in the morning.Zhong Ziyang didn't dare to go to the village, because he had already forgotten all the names of the villagers, and he didn't remember much when he usually read books, and he was in a daze most of the time.He didn't dare to tell Louis, so he could only cultivate the habit of keeping a diary quietly, but within two days, his feet were exposed.

Louis is not specialized in this area, so he can only invite Shen Zhang.The latter only read the report once, and said helplessly: "Take him back to Area A to see Master, the equipment here is not good, I can't help it."

Zhong Ziyang never expected that his long-awaited trip to Area A came about because of this reason.

In order to hide the truth from Lance, Louis specially asked Herman for help, and returned to Noah City in the most low-key way. By the way, he also added a double insurance, so that Liu Xin went to the factories of Bots in the F area to put a few hands on him. The virus written by them can at least paralyze their AI housekeeper for a while, which is enough to make Lance burnt out, and he has no time to ask about him and Zhong Ziyang.

"It's cold?" Louis opened his coat, wrapped it around Zhong Ziyang, and turned up the heating in the spaceship, "Is it better?"

Zhong Ziyang retracted his whole body into Louis's arms, half-closed his eyes and responded.

In fact, the coldness on his body has not faded at all.

That kind of cold came from the bones, accompanied by subtle itching pains, like tens of millions of ants climbing and gnawing, and it became more and more serious day by day, torturing him to the verge of madness.

Master just did an examination for Zhong Ziyang. The sequelae caused by the drug were more serious than they imagined, and the situation was extremely difficult. After all, this psychedelic drug was only recently developed, and there are very few records of bionics in this regard. And less, plus Zhong Ziyang is the only Apollo model in the world.

According to Master, a complete cure is conservatively estimated to take at least one to two years, and until a way to suppress drug addiction is found, it is best to go to dormant treatment.

Zhong Ziyang wanted to live, he had no choice but to agree.

"If you're sleeping, won't I miss you?" Zhong Ziyang raised his head and gently rubbed against Louis's warm neck like a cat.

"I may not be able to come to Area A, otherwise, you will be found here." Louis said frankly, "I will think of a way, but when you wake up, I will definitely come to pick you up."

Zhong Ziyang nodded slightly, still feeling a little depressed, looking out the window and muttering softly: "It would be great if I wasn't a bionic person..."

"Ok?"

Zhong Ziyang shook his head and pointed to the magnificent building not far away: "What is that building?"

"It's Botts headquarters," Louis added after hesitating, "I used to work there."

Hearing this, Zhong Ziyang stood up and approached the window: "It must be very comfortable to work in such a beautiful place, right?"

Louis has his own studio, and he is just a name in Bots, and he only goes to the headquarters to work a handful of times, but he doesn't want to dampen Zhong Ziyang's interest, so he replied: "Not bad."

Zhong Ziyang sighed full of envy: "That's great."

Louis couldn't help chuckling, and rubbed the top of his hair: "It's rare to come to Area A, do you want to go shopping?"

Zhong Ziyang's eyes lit up: "Think!"

The prosperity and luxury in District A opened up another world for Zhong Ziyang.The two wandered from the ground floor to the top floor of Universal Building, bought several sets of clothes that Zhong Ziyang could wear for a month, walked through the narrow alleys in the city, and searched for the snack bars that Louis used to frequent when he was a student.

They admired the sunset hidden among the high-rise buildings in the street park on Central Avenue, shared a sweet and sour strawberry ice cream, and went to the highest revolving restaurant in the city to enjoy a romantic candlelight dinner. At night, slipped into Louis' alma mater.

The night on the campus has a special beauty. The lights near the central lake are all turned on, and the lights falling on the lake look like stars.They walked hand in hand through the lover's plank road by the lake, and then to the tunnel of the twin stars, and kissed each other in the dark shade of trees, like the most ordinary couple in Noah College of Higher Education.

Louis hugged Zhong Ziyang's waist tightly, reluctantly let go of Zhong Ziyang's soft lower lip, pressed against his forehead, and lightly rubbed his nose against his cheek: "Do you like it here?"

Zhong Ziyang felt itchy, and avoided it with a smile, his eyes twinkled: "Of course I like it."

How could he not like the land where Louis lived.

The short day he spent today was but a corner of Louis' life.Thinking of Luis growing up, studying, and working here, Zhong Ziyang wanted to stay here for a few more days and walk the road he had traveled again.

But he ran out of time. In order to prevent his condition from getting worse, Master only gave them three days.

At the end of the day, Zhong Ziyang couldn't help but wonder, if he was not a bionic person, but just an ordinary human being born and raised in a perfect family, would he also be able to be admitted to the city's top school with excellent grades like Louis? A top college, working in a magnificent and beautiful building, making contributions to the field he loves, and leaving his own name in history.

It would have been nice if he hadn't been Apollo [-].

Zhong Ziyang also knew how unrealistic this idea was, so he didn't think about it any more, and clasped Louis' hand with his fingers: "Where shall we go next?"

Louis dropped a kiss on the back of his hand: "Go home, okay?"

Zhong Ziyang smiled: "Okay."

They had planned to go to other places the next day, but unfortunately the weather was not good. It started to be stormy and rainy in the early morning, and it was still rainy until the morning.

Louis got up early in the morning to answer a phone call. Zhong Ziyang was still very sleepy at the time and couldn't hear clearly. He only knew that Yue Mo had something to do with Lance.When Louis came back, his expression was very bad, he explained to Zhong Ziyang, and then hurried out.

Zhong Ziyang was tossed all night and was extremely tired. It was already noon when he woke up.Nia prepared lunch for him. Maybe she was afraid that he would be bored, so she turned on the TV and it happened to be the noon news.

Zhong Ziyang glanced at it, and said that there was a fire in the suburbs of District A this morning. The fire was so intense that the entire villa was burned down. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

"The cause of the fire is still to be ascertained, and the preliminary suspicion is that it is related to the loss of control of the AI ​​housekeeper," the female anchor read the manuscript in a serious manner, "In addition, the firefighters also found a lot of undamaged equipment and instruments in the basement of the villa. Most of them are used for bionic experiments, and this place may be an illegal underground laboratory, and the incident has been handed over to NHPD..."

Zhong Ziyang bit the spoon and asked, "Niya, so you guys still lose control?"

"This kind of situation is usually due to virus invasion," Nia replied, "but the model like mine is still very safe, don't worry."

"Speaking of which, I don't seem to have seen your model in the market?"

"Of course," Nia said proudly, "I was designed by Louis himself, and the model is unique in the world."

"Oh," Zhong Ziyang's reaction was very indifferent, "me too."

Nia: "..."

There is no way to talk about this.

Zhong Ziyang spent the whole day doing nothing, Louis called him twice, saying he would come back later, his tone was serious, he sounded busy, and he hung up before he could say a few words.

They wasted a day, Zhong Ziyang was aggrieved and angry, and would complain a few words from time to time, although he said to ignore him, but in the end he still hugged the blanket and nestled on the sofa waiting for someone to come home.

Louis came home by the time the clock struck twelve, and Zhong Ziyang had already fallen asleep at that time, and was still a little dazed when he was woken up.Louis kissed him on the forehead and said softly, "Happy birthday, Yangyang."

Zhong Ziyang had long forgotten his birthday, and suddenly realized that he had spent a whole year by Louis' side.

"You left me at home for a whole day!" Zhong Ziyang said angrily, not forgetting to accuse him.

"Sorry, not next time." Louis kissed him again.

"Where is my birthday present?"

Zhong Ziyang spread his hands towards him, as if he forgave you only after giving you a gift.Louis laughed, took out a bracelet from his pocket, and carefully put it on Zhong Ziyang's right hand.

Zhong Ziyang was a little dumbfounded. Is this... a large ring?

Shouldn't he be saying "I do" now?

Louis explained: "This is the wristband of Area A, which is equivalent to a pass."

"Oh..." Zhong Ziyang was a little disappointed, and saw Louis lightly press the switch, and a document with his photo and name appeared on the screen projected in mid-air.

He was a little stunned: "This, what is this?"

Louis looked at him seriously: "From today on, you are a permanent legal resident of Noah City."

It means that Zhong Ziyang can be protected by the laws of Noah City, enjoy all rights, and be able to go to school, work, and have a home in this city.

More importantly, it is a proof of identity that belongs only to humans.

As long as Zhong Ziyang is willing, from now on, Apollo [-] will become history, and all his unrealistic ideas have become reality.

Zhong Ziyang's hands began to tremble, and he said incoherently, "I... no, you... why..."

"I heard," Louis said, holding his hand, "what you said on the spaceship."

Zhong Ziyang stared at him blankly.

"When you get better, you can try to go to Conoya College, study your favorite major, find a job you want to do, everything is still in time."

"What about you?"

Zhong Ziyang asked in a hurry, Louis was silent for a moment, and pointed to the screen with a smile: "Of course I'm with you, I'm still waiting for you to join my household registration after you wake up."

Zhong Ziyang's eyes widened, and the roots of his ears turned red.Louis approached him intentionally, and asked in a low voice, "Would you like to?"

"Yes, yes." Zhong Ziyang closed his eyes, and suddenly put his arms around Louis' shoulders, his voice was like a gnat, "Louis, shall we do it?"

As if he was afraid that Louis would not agree, he repeated again: "I want to do it."

Louis felt that he would be a fool to bear it any longer.

Zhong Ziyang did not expect that his first birthday was actually spent in bed.

The heavy rain still didn't stop, so they stayed at home for a day.The two of them seemed to want to make up for yesterday's share. Except for eating, they slept together. When they were tired, they hugged and slept together. It was not until evening that they took the first step to leave the bedroom.

Nia made them a candlelight dinner, complete with steak and red wine, and even a delicate little cake with a candle on it.

"It's unbelievable, I'm only one year old this year." Zhong Ziyang held his chin and watched Louis light a candle.

"According to the logic, you are still a baby," Nia said, "and Louis is your father."

Zhong Ziyang smiled and lay down on the table: "Dad hahahahaha...Louis, do you want me to call you that?"

"I don't mind if you say that at some point," Louis pushed the cake in front of him, "Okay, Baby Yang, come and make a wish."

Zhong Ziyang stuck out his tongue, closed his eyes, made a serious wish, and blew out the candle.

"Happy birthday, baby." Louis tilted his head and kissed him.

The atmosphere once again slipped in a direction that is not suitable for children, and Nia said at the right time: "Louis, I don't recommend doing strenuous exercise after meals..."

Before she finished speaking, Louis turned off the main switch.

"Want some cake?"

"eat……"

Louis picked up Zhong Ziyang and put him on the dining table.Zhong Ziyang put his arms around his neck and moaned softly: "Louis..."

Louis stopped and raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

Zhong Ziyang's cheeks were flushed, his eyes wandered to other places, he was in a stalemate for a while, and then lost, he leaned into Louis's ear and yelled in a low voice.

"Hiss... it hurts, it hurts... don't force it so hard, eh!"

In the end, the two not only ate all the cake, but even the red wine was not spared.After Zhong Ziyang took a shower, he collapsed into Louis' arms, too tired to move a finger.

Louis rubbed his neck lightly with his fingertips, and suddenly said, "Yangyang, give me a name."

Zhong Ziyang raised his eyelids: "What name?"

"As you like, except Louis."

"You want to change your name?" Zhong Ziyang's head began to think slowly, "Because of Lance?"

"Well." Louis revealed his plan lightly, "As long as Louis is dead, preferably without a complete body, and he can't find your information and data, naturally he can't find you, you are safe."

"then you……"

"I have a solution, don't worry." Louis said softly, "Just think of a name for me."

Zhong Ziyang couldn't think of it for a while, he was so sleepy, he muttered softly: "Why don't you get up again tomorrow?"

Louis insisted uncharacteristically: "No, you should forget about it tomorrow and sleep right after you get up, okay?"

"Hmm..." He half-closed his eyes, thought carefully for a while, and wrote stroke by stroke in Louis' palm, "How about this?"

Louis was stunned for a moment, then held the words written by Zhong Ziyang in the palm of his hand: "Very good, I like it very much."

"That's all right," Zhong Ziyang smiled, "By the way, what's your surname?"

"Xiao, my mother's surname is Xiao."

"Xiao Le, Xiao Le..." Zhong Ziyang was a little vague, "It sounds good..."

Just like his birthday wish, I hope Louis will be safe and happy for the rest of his life.

Zhong Ziyang, who was half asleep and half awake, seemed to hear Louis say to himself word by word: "Yangyang...don't forget me."

He heard himself answer swearingly: "No."

Zhong Ziyang had a lengthy dream, he kept falling, his headache was splitting, and he was almost suffocating.He opened his eyes, his eyes were white, and the air was filled with the smell of hospital disinfectant.

The nurse who made the rounds came in: "Are you awake? How do you feel?"

He didn't answer, and looked blankly at the label beside the bed, which had his name and age written on it.

Zhong Ziyang, 20 years old.

The nurse is still chattering: "You are so lucky to survive such a fire..."

No, no... not fire...

Zhong Ziyang felt that he had forgotten something very important, but he couldn't remember it.He frowned, grabbed his hair in a mess with his hands, and was so anxious that he wanted to cry, but his mind was still blank.

The nurse's voice began to change, everything in front of him was gradually distorted, and the hospital bed split in two, throwing him into a dark abyss.

Zhong Ziyang finally woke up completely, his face was cold and full of tears.

Who would have thought that in the end he broke his promise, and so did Louis.

The operating table moved slowly, Zhong Ziyang narrowed his eyes reflexively, and when he opened them again, a black muzzle appeared in front of him.

Xiao Le's icy voice came from not far away: "You'd better let him go, Lance."