Do androids dream of the sun?

The ball held by Lance has always been a high-society gathering and carnival. The group of people standing on the top of the pyramid always regard it as a once-in-a-thousand-year festival, and put on the most grand costumes to celebrate.

The ball was held on the 78th floor of Universal Building. When Zhong Ziyang and Xiao Le arrived at the venue, there were already people coming and going in the magnificent banquet hall, and any one randomly picked out was rich or noble.

In order to match the theme of this ball, everyone put on various masks.Most of the celebrities add various luxurious decorations to their masks, such as the radiant tail feathers of peacocks, or real animal fluff. Ninety percent of the shiny fine diamonds used as embellishments are authentic.Men are relatively more reserved, most of them choose dark masks, and only make fuss about patterns and some subtle decorations to show their identities.

Zhong Zi** was not interested in joining in the fun at all, so he only prepared the two most common half-face masks, one black and one white, thinking about the meaning and it was over.He handed one of them to Xiao Le, and put the rest on for himself: "Okay, let's go."

The banquet hall was quite quiet, and the guests knew that the host of the dance party didn't like to be noisy, so they deliberately lowered the volume to talk.Lance also spent a lot of money to invite a band, and arranged them to play in a corner of the banquet hall. They were dressed very retro, and the melodious classical music slowly flowed out, spreading to every corner of the banquet hall.

Maybe it was because of He Man's words, Zhong Ziyang always felt some uneasy premonition in his heart, he exhaled, grabbed Xiao Le's sleeve, and whispered: "You must follow me closely."

Xiao Le nodded: "Okay."

It's a pity that Zhong Ziyang underestimated how eye-catching he was, and also forgot that there was an even more eye-catching Xiao Le beside him.The mask he chose was too casual, and it didn't have the effect of covering it at all. Many people could recognize him at a glance.

The fact that Lance asked him to meet in the office several times has already spread throughout the company, and the rumors have been changed several times, saying everything, but Zhong Ziyang doesn't hear what's going on outside the window, and doesn't even know that he has become an urgently needed friend in the eyes of everyone. object of fawning.From the moment Zhong Ziyang entered the arena, many guests approached Zhong Ziyang one after another, trying to get to know the celebrity in front of Lance—after all, there are very few people who can get into the eyes of Lance, and the last one to enjoy this kind of It was Luis who was treated, but the difference was that Luis never attended such occasions.

Zhong Zi** didn’t know what was going on at all. He had been stopped more than a dozen times from the door to the dining table at a distance of 50 meters. A lady's invitation to dance.Some people even tried to save the country and chose to talk to Xiao Le, but Xiao Le never said a word, stood beside Zhong Ziyang without looking sideways, occasionally blocking him, like a bodyguard.

Zhong Ziyang had never encountered such a situation, and he couldn't imitate Xiao Le's cold face, so he was inevitably a little bit burnt out.Fortunately, not long after, a gentle voice came to his rescue: "Sorry for disturbing everyone, but can you lend me Ziyang first?"

The visitor was wearing a light gray suit, with only two cuckoo tail feathers on his plain mask, his temperament was gentle.When everyone saw him, they glanced at each other and dispersed knowingly.

"Thank you, Ning Qi." Zhong Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief, wondering, "What happened to them today?"

"You really... don't even know that you are popular." Du Ningqi's eyes turned around on their dresses, which was quite meaningful, "You..."

"Nothing!" Zhong Ziyang interrupted his imagination, "Really."

"I didn't say a word." Du Ningqi smiled and brought him a glass of champagne, and then picked up another glass and handed it to Xiao Le, "Are you Xiao Le? Hello, my name is Du Ningqi."

"Hello." Xiao Le replied, but did not pick up the glass of champagne.

Du Ningqi didn't mind, and smiled lightly: "I heard Ziyang talk about your situation, has there been any change recently compared to before?"

Xiao Le thought for a while: "A little bit."

"for example?"

"Sleep better."

"Very good. It may be that external stimuli promote self-healing. Keep it up."

Zhong Ziyang was eating next to him, when he heard this he shook his hand and poured all the meat back from the spoon.Du Ningqi didn't know the reason, Xiao Le had been sleeping with him for the past month.The heater in the guest room had already been repaired, but no one offered to move back. Over time, both of them got used to it.

Xiao Le glanced at Zhong Ziyang and nodded very seriously.

Zhong Ziyang: "..."

"Although I still have a lot to ask, it's still hard to say too much here." Du Ningqi looked around and said softly, "When the dance is over, let's find another place to have a good chat."

"You can go to my house." Zhong Ziyang suggested.

"Alright, but..."

"My dance has just started, why are you thinking about where the second dance will be?"

Du Ningqi's words were interrupted, and the three turned around at the same time. Lance and Lily were not far away, looking at them with half-smiles.

He is wearing a half mask, holding a copper pocket watch in his hand, and wearing a black robe. The dark golden pattern like scales winds up from the right sleeve, until a snake head is hooked on the shoulder. It is lifelike, as if there is a real one. The black snake lingering on his body and pretending to sleep fits him perfectly.

Zhong Ziyang's scalp was numb when he saw him, but Du Ningqi was quite calm, and smiled: "Mr. Boci, I'm sorry, it's been a long time since Ziyang and I have seen each other. You know that we do scientific research, and there are some problems. , Sometimes it’s difficult to consider others when chatting, and it’s too rude at the dance, so we will discuss in advance where we will catch up on the old days.”

"I was just joking, Ning Qi, sometimes you are too serious with your character." Lance controlled the wheelchair and came in front of the three of them. It's your..."

"Ah yes," Zhong Ziyang snapped, "His name is Xiao Le."

"Xiao Le, the name is very interesting." Lance chewed the name over and over again, and stretched out his hand to Xiao Le, "Hi, I'm Lance Botts."

Xiao Le didn't move, he looked at Lance steadfastly, and hung that hand in the air.It wasn't until Zhong Ziyang tugged at the hem of his clothes that he reluctantly shook hands with Lance.

Seeing this, Lily looked unhappy, and reached out to find something out of her pocket.Lance raised his hand in time to stop her, looked at Xiao Le, and suddenly whispered: "It's really similar." He paused, then changed the topic, "It's a good thing to have a personality, but it depends on the occasion, trust me, take it back. The center is not a fun place for you."

Zhong Ziyang's expression changed, and he was about to speak, but Lance said first, "It's time for the speech, please allow me to excuse me first, three gentlemen, I wish you all a pleasant evening."

Zhong Ziyang looked at his back and said with lingering fear: "Did he really want to send Xiao Le to the recycling center just now?"

Du Ningqi propped his chin and said in thought: "Don't worry, it won't happen, but I think there is something in his words."

Just as Zhong Ziyang wanted to ask, Xiao Le suddenly hugged him from behind and said, "I don't want to stay here."

Anyway, I can chat with Du Ning in detail afterwards, so Zhong Ziyang suppressed his doubts and looked around: "Then... shall we go to the balcony?"

"it is good."

At the place where he and Du Ning made an appointment to meet, taking advantage of everyone's attention focused on Lance on the stage, he sneaked to the balcony with Xiao Le.

The geographical location of Universal Building is not as good as that of Botts headquarters, but the field of vision on the 78th floor is wide enough. Whether it is skyscrapers or low houses and narrow alleys, you can have a panoramic view of everything, and you can see the bright moon obscured by clouds in the distance.

Zhong Ziyang leaned on the railing and looked at Xiao Le: "You don't like Lance?"

"Yeah." Xiao Le said, "He's very strange."

"I can understand, Lance's temperament is indeed quite permeable sometimes." Zhong Ziyang lowered his voice, "But next time, don't treat him like you did just now, he can do anything, you know?"

Xiao Le hesitated, but finally nodded lightly. Zhong Ziyang peeled off a candy with a smile and handed it to him.Xiao Le looked at him, lowered his head and ate the candy.

The speech in the banquet hall came to an end. After the thunderous applause, the melodious music sounded again.Zhong Ziyang glanced inside, and the guests had already gathered on the dance floor, dancing to the music.

Zhong Ziyang never danced on such occasions.Although the process of today's ball is similar to the past, the dance is completely different and incorporates more styles. People in the new era call it new dance.Zhong Ziyang has always disliked its style being too outrageous, a group of people on the dance floor is like a group of demons dancing wildly.

But at this time, he was inexplicably interested. There were only the two of them on the balcony, and he held Xiao Le's arm and said, "Shall we dance too? Will you?"

Xiao Le was very honest: "No."

"That's okay, I'll teach you. It just so happens that the tempo of this song matches, so let's stop dancing new dances and teach you something from the old era."

"it is good."

"For the sake of your beginners, let you do the men's step, and put your hands on my waist." Zhong Ziyang put his hand on Xiao Le's shoulder, and his other hand clasped with his, "I advance and you retreat, and vice versa. , understand?"

Xiao Le was inexplicably nervous, and tightened his arms around Zhong Ziyang: "Yes."

"You don't need to hug her so tightly." Zhong Ziyang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Okay, let's try first, one, two, three..."

Zhong Ziyang took a step forward, and Xiao Le took a step back as promised, unexpectedly more tacit understanding than imagined.Two figures, one black and one white, danced in three beats. Under the hazy moonlight, stepping on the various lights cast by the advertising screen, the spacious balcony completely became their own world.

Xiao Le learned quickly, Zhong Ziyang stopped counting the beat, and looked at Xiao Le intently.He suddenly had an illusion that once upon a time, he and Xiao Le danced this dance. At that time, they were surrounded by fire like the sun, and the sky above their heads was full of stars, and the moonlight was much brighter than it is now.

He thought about it carefully, but couldn't remember anything.

The music gradually weakened, and Zhong Ziyang led Xiao Le to stop at the last beat. He raised his head, and saw his own figure in those dark and bright eyes, and his thunderous heartbeat instantly covered up The commotion in the banquet hall and the music that resounded again.

Xiao Le suddenly asked, "Where did you learn this dance?"

Zhong Ziyang came back to his senses, quickly took a step back, escaped from Xiao Le's arms, and said repeatedly: "Ah, it's mine, mine..."

Who is he?

Zhong Ziyang was a little dazed, he couldn't find any memory of this dance, as if he knew it from birth.

Xiao Le couldn't wait for the answer, so he didn't ask any more questions, and asked, "Are you still dancing?"

"No, I haven't danced for a long time, and I feel tired after dancing a song." Zhong Ziyang raised his hand and thumped his back, and said with a smile, "I just happened to be hungry too, so I'll go get some food. Wait for me here."

"it is good."

Xiao Le watched Zhong Ziyang walk into the banquet hall until he disappeared from his sight, then lowered his eyes with a thoughtful expression.

Just as he was meditating, a copper pocket watch suddenly rolled to his feet, and when it stopped, it knocked off the already loose cover.Xiao Le lowered his head and looked at it for two seconds. Feeling familiar, he bent down and picked it up.He inadvertently glanced at the photos inside, and immediately frowned.

The photo is slightly yellow, and there are only two people sitting and standing. The one sitting is naturally Lance, while the one standing is a man in a black suit. His hair is combed meticulously and his face is expressionless. Xiao Le had exactly the same face.

The wheelchair was slowly pushed into the balcony, and Lance looked at him with a smile on his face: "Xiao Le, does this person look familiar?"