Do androids dream of the sun?

Although it seems that District A is full of luxury and luxury, not every corner of it is glamorous.After all, there are very few people who can stand on the top of the pyramid, and the common people are the majority in this area.Therefore, those hidden in the dark old roads and alleys, covered by towering skyscrapers, are its most real corners.

Xiao Le's clothes had been delivered directly to his home by the store, and the spaceship was also parked in a safe place by Nia. Zhong Ziyang and Xiao Le walked towards their destination side by side empty-handed.

Bypassing the Universal Building and leaving the dazzling neon night lights, you only need to walk across a road to see another scene after the turbulent traffic flow - row upon row of small residential buildings, and the flashing street lights at the intersection. A dim yellow light was cast on the narrow road, and the bustling crowd and the smoke filled the air outlined a completely different world from the one behind.

Obviously this is not the first time Zhong Ziyang has come here, he led Xiao Le skillfully around the narrow alleys, while saying: "Don't look at the old place, but it's very tidy everywhere, and it's even safer than my house. .”

He stretched out his hand and pointed upwards, Xiao Le raised his head, a drone with flashing blue lights happened to fly over them, the camera slowly scanned the two of them in a circle before moving to another place.A police car was parked not far away, with the "NHPD" sign printed on the door, and a burly patrolman stood by, occasionally stopping one or two passers-by for routine checks and inquiries.

Compared with District D, order is the biggest advantage of the civilian area of ​​District A. There are very few hooligans on the streets who wantonly cause trouble, and even mention the free army who uses violence at every turn. Residents can only see patrolling drones and police.Countless people fought over their heads and wanted to move to District A, not only for the money and rights, but also for the safety.

The smell of food gradually became clearer, and the two of them walked out of the alley, and the front suddenly became clear.Zhong Ziyang said excitedly: "It's here."

This is a small square, not even one-fifth of the square at the main entrance of Universal Building, but there is not a lot of traffic.There is a row of food stalls built on one side of the square, from which the aroma comes from. The signboards of those stalls are all kinds of strange and varied, the bosses come from all over the world, and the customers speak different languages.A food street of just a few hundred meters has already included the whole world.

"The food stalls here are very popular, and some are even better than those in Universal Building. I really like the oden at that one, and the hamburger stall over there, but the meat inside is not real, and the taste is a bit poor. Zhong Ziyang shrugged, "But there's nothing I can do about it."

"En." Xiao Le looked in the direction Zhong Ziyang pointed, and just happened to catch a glimpse of a building with a strange shape out of the corner of his eye.It is located on the other side of the square adjacent to the food street. Compared with the small food stalls, it is magnificent enough.The exterior of the building is coated with a layer of reflective material, and the colorful lights hang down from the top like a curtain, reflecting brilliant light on the wall. With the pink neon signboard, it creates a full of ambiguous atmosphere.At the gate stood a few scantily clad guys, male or female, making gestures at passers-by.

"But I want to take you to that noodle shop... Xiao Le? What are you looking at?" Zhong Ziyang followed his gaze, his face changed slightly, and he raised his hand to turn Xiao Le's face back, " Let's go, what's there to see."

"What's that place?"

"How do I know?" Zhong Ziyang curled his lips, and walked forward with his pocket in his pocket.

Although Xiao Le was aware of Zhong Ziyang's emotional changes, he didn't know the reason. Just as he was about to take candy out of his pocket, he heard Zhong Ziyang say again: "That place is a red-light district, it eats people, so you can't go in casually, do you understand?"

He spoke seriously, Xiao Le also took it seriously, nodded and said: "Okay."

Zhong Ziyang coughed lightly, slowed down and waited for Xiao Le to catch up, and said, "Let's go, I'm so hungry."

The noodle shop was in the middle of the food street. The shop was twice as big as the stalls on both sides, and there were so many customers that the signboard was almost covered by rising white smoke.Zhong Ziyang found two vacant seats and sat down, and greeted the owner behind the stall: "Uncle He, I'm coming!"

"Ziyang, long time no see! Hey, did you bring a friend this time?" Boss He smiled honestly, glanced at Xiao Le, and asked doubtfully, "This friend of yours looks familiar, didn't he? came?"

Xiao Le shook his head: "No."

"Can……"

"He didn't live here before, but he just moved here recently, so I specially brought him to try your plain noodles." Zhong Ziyang opened his mouth and said, "Give me two big bowls."

Seeing this, Boss He didn't ask any more questions, and yelled, "Okay! Come right now!"

Boss He holds the spoon in his right hand, and under his left hand, the movements are neat and done in one go, which is very pleasing to the eye.Zhong Ziyang looked at it with his chin propped up for a while, and then said to Xiao Le: "Uncle He's plain noodles are the most famous in the whole food street. In the past, his store opened at the end of the food street, but later because there were too many customers, it was too crowded. Sister Man fought for a long time before moving the store here."

Xiao Le asked, "Sister Man?"

"It's Uncle He's daughter. Her name is He Man. She is a very nice person and always takes good care of me." Zhong Ziyang said, "I remember that she should be the captain of the NHPD in District A now. She is amazing, right Uncle He?"

"Hey, what's so amazing, the girl insists on being the captain of Lao Shizi, and she is so busy every month." Although Boss He complained all over his mouth, his smile did not diminish at all, and his expression was not lacking in pride.

Zhong Ziyang said: "However, I heard that the district has been quite peaceful recently. Sister Man should be free, right?"

Boss He replied: "It's a little free. Today I just said that the bureau will give her two days off. I think she will be back later."

"It seems that today is a coincidence, and I might have a chance to meet Sister Man face to face."

"Yes! She also said before that it's been a long time since I saw you." Boss He put two bowls of noodles in front of the two of them with a smile. "Noodles here! Take your time, both of you!"

Zhong Ziyang handed a pair of chopsticks to Xiao Le, lowered his head to eat the noodles, narrowed his eyes contentedly, and then looked at Xiao Le: "How is it, is it delicious?"

"Ah."

"The side dishes of Uncle He's house are the biggest selling point." Zhong Ziyang picked up two pieces of shiitake mushrooms and put them in Xiao Le's bowl, "Eat more."

Xiao Le took a bite, and gave a two-word evaluation for the first time: "Delicious."

Zhong Ziyang rolled his eyes with a smile.

Maybe it's really a coincidence.Not long after Zhong Ziyang and Xiao Le had eaten, a roar came from a distance. A police motorcycle screeched to a stop in front of Uncle He's noodle shop. A tall woman in police uniform jumped off the motorcycle and shook it. With neat short hair, he strode towards this side with his helmet in his arms, and said loudly, "Dad, I'm back!"

Boss He replied: "Just in time, Ziyang is here!"

Zhong Ziyang raised his head and smiled at her: "Sister Man."

"Wow, Yangyang!" He Man turned his feet and went straight to Zhong Ziyang's side, put his arm around his shoulder, and messed up his soft hair, "How long has it been since you came? I thought you were eating Tired of my dad's plain noodles!"

"How is it possible? Hey hey, sister Man, please let me go!" Zhong Ziyang repeatedly begged for mercy, finally escaped from He Man's hands, and explained with his head on his head, "I've been really busy recently, and I just happen to be free today. Bring a friend to try it."

It was only then that He Man realized that there was another person sitting beside Zhong Ziyang, and when she saw the other person's appearance clearly, her smile froze suddenly, she stared blankly at Xiao Le, and murmured in a low voice: "Are you back?"

Zhong Ziyang was puzzled: "Sister Man?"

He Man came back to his senses, and smiled heartily: "It's okay, it's just a mistake, your friend looks very similar to a former acquaintance of mine."

"Oh... no wonder Uncle He said that he looks familiar just now. His name is Xiao Le, Happy Le." He turned to Xiao Le, "This is Sister Man I just mentioned to you."

Xiao Le was arranging Zhong Ziyang's messy hair. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and looked at He Man, and nodded politely: "Hello."

"Xiao Le, right? Hello, since you are Yang Yang's friend, then you are my friend, and you can come to me for help if you have any difficulties in the future." He Man said with a smile, "How about this? Please!"

Zhong Ziyang raised his eyebrows: "Really? So generous? Then I'll order a few more snacks."

He Man patted him on the shoulder and scolded with a smile: "Look at you, you're not afraid to overwhelm yourself."

"Isn't there still Xiao Le?" Zhong Ziyang stuck out his tongue, "By the way, Sister Man, how long are you on vacation this time?"

He Man also asked for a bowl of plain noodles, sat next to Zhong Ziyang while eating, and said, "It's only been two days. I just solved a big case, so I'm so fake. Now the whole situation is busy. It's all your boss's fault."

"What's wrong with Lance?" Zhong Ziyang said, "Hmm...could it be his masquerade party?"

"Yes, it's the dance party. The superiors said that I must personally lead the patrol this time."

"No, I remember that this kind of ordinary security work in the past shouldn't require you to do it?"

"It's different this time." He Man looked sideways at him, "Wait, shouldn't you all go?"

"Well, both Xiao Le and I have received invitations."

He Man sighed: "Then you must be careful."

Xiao Le, who had been silent all this time, asked, "Someone wants to make trouble?"

"I can't be sure at the moment, I can only say that we are prepared. On that occasion, no matter how big or small, the consequences will be unimaginable. Now I hope it's just a false alarm." If something really happened, if you can't deal with it, please contact me as soon as possible, you know?"

Zhong Ziyang ate his cheeks bulging, blinked his eyes twice, and nodded vigorously.

Perhaps He Man's reminder was too serious, and it was deeply engraved in Zhong Ziyang's mind.The day before the dance, he packed all his research materials and set a time. If he couldn't cancel by then, it would be sent to Du Ningqi, and then the originals would be destroyed by themselves.

Before leaving, he stood in front of the bedside table and hesitated for a long time, finally gritted his teeth, took out a pocket knife from the drawer, and stuffed it quietly into his pocket.

Although [-]% of it won't be useful, it should at least make him feel at ease, he thought.

Zhong Ziyang patted his pocket twice and walked out of the bedroom.Xiao Le was leaning against the balcony door and waiting for him. His tall figure was perfectly outlined by the tailor-made black dress, and the buttons tied to the top looked extraordinarily ascetic. He was more elegant and compelling than usual, as if he was born to wear this kind of clothes .

Zhong Ziyang looked down at the white dress of the same design on his body, feeling a little hot inexplicably—why does it feel like a couple's outfit?

Xiao Le heard footsteps, stood up straight, opened the glass door, turned to look at Zhong Ziyang: "What's wrong?"

"It's okay!" Zhong Ziyang rubbed his ears, and walked quickly to Xiao Le's side, "Let's go."