[Science Fiction] Escape from Paint City

Shui Chen's eyes fell on the signed name, and his fingers kept stroking those three characters back and forth.

"Sand-thousand-line"

He spit out these three words lightly, feeling the air current lingering on the tip of his tongue, extremely lingering.

There is something magical about this name that makes people unable to take their eyes off it.Shuichen thought to himself, how could an assailant who would kill innocent people have such a gentle name?He is his student?How can I have no impression at all?

He knew that the pawnshop pond was the center of the old city, but he rarely went there. Was it because of this that the other party made an appointment at that place?

Shuichen crumpled the paper into a ball and held it in the palm of his hand, lying on the bed in a big character shape.

The ceiling is painted with original white powder, and there is a pattern of roses around the edge. It is stained with something, and it looks a little purple.

He stared blankly at one of the roses that had been completely dyed purple, and painted on the bed sheet with the index finger of his right hand, actually copying the original model of the purple rose.

Reason told him that he should tell the Science Affairs Office about the outsider and let the Science Affairs Office solve all this.But when he mentioned the Science Affairs Office, he thought of those two cold-faced men and the half of his head that was close to his face, and the uncomfortable feeling spread in his heart again, which made him not want to have any contact with the Science Affairs Office at all.

Besides, what if?There was a small but powerful voice in Shuichen's head talking, what if that outsider really had something to do with him, what if something...was forgotten by him?

Shuichen didn't know why he thought of this possibility, as if it wasn't the first time he had experienced such a thing.

He began to think back on his life in the past few years. On the one hand, he felt that everything he did and everyone he came into contact with was so solidly imprinted in his memory, and he could still recall his feelings at that time; My soul seems to be out of the body, looking at myself from the perspective of a bystander, and scolding how outrageous my thoughts and actions are.

It's like - my body is not my own, everything is pre-set.

After struggling for a while, Shuichen finally decided to take a look.If this outsider didn't appear in front of him, he wouldn't care, so he just acted as disgusted as everyone else.But since this person may have something to do with him, Shuichen still prefers to dig out the truth alone.

If this Sha Qianxing really did something to kill children, Shui Chen frowned and thought, then no matter what kind of relationship he has with him, he cannot be tolerated.

Just in case, Shuichen set a timing message of 02:30 in the chip. If he didn't cancel it by then, he would send the half-hour scene video to the Science Affairs Office, and the Science Affairs Office would also receive it. to your real-time location.

In fact, going to the appointment alone is still dangerous. Shuichen doesn't know what abilities Sha Qianxing has, what traps Sha Qianxing has set up, and the other party can completely eliminate him within half an hour.But Shui Chen has an inexplicable self-confidence, self-confidence that he will know everything he wants to know, self-confidence that he will never be hurt.

In fact, as the core character, Shuichen is indeed the center of this world, and his control over his body is far greater than that of other people in Qicheng. Therefore, his memory cannot be read, but can only be tampered with. Nature was not found.

And the things that Shuichen was impressed with and believed in, like Tan Xing's death and Sha Qianxing's harmlessness, can't be changed no matter what, so the Science Affairs Office can only overwrite the relevant memories, not increase them. Shui Chen's disgust towards Sha Qianxing.

Lying on the bed, Shuichen's thoughts diverged, thinking of Tan Ling, and the outsider who misled them back then.That outsider had been killed by the Science Affairs Office long ago, would Sha Qianxing have anything to do with him?

Shuichen closed his eyes, the darkness in front of him was billowing like the black mist outside the city.

What is the outside world?Shui Chen thought to himself, if he stepped into the mist and arrived in another world, which world would it be?

This made Shuichen feel a tingling sensation spreading all over his body, and he suddenly wanted to pick up the brush to paint this illusory feeling.

brush?As Shuichen thought, his consciousness gradually fell into a deep sleep.

--split line--

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, there was a slow and rhythmic knock on the door, and Mother Tan called out from the door: "Chenchen, come downstairs for dinner, I made your favorite konjac roast duck."

Shuichen was still a little sleepy, thinking vaguely, does he like eating konjac?But his body quickly got up, and he couldn't wait to open the door, wanting to get close to Tan's mother.

After walking to the door, Shuichen stopped holding the hand on the doorknob, trying hard to control his body reaction.

That's what it feels like!

Shui Chen was so startled that his back felt cold, and his hair stood on end. It was this feeling that his body was out of control, as if he was trapped by another person.

In his heart, he felt uncomfortable with Tan's mother's behavior from morning to now, but he couldn't help but want to rely on and get close to her.

There is definitely something wrong with myself!

Surprised, Shui Chen almost wanted to hide in his studio.

right!In the studio, Shui Chen thought to himself, since when did he stop going to the studio, why did he just stay in Tan's house with Tan's mother by default.

Even if it is because of guilt, will I really give up painting to make up for it?

This question exploded in Shuichen's heart like a bolt from the blue.

The memory is covered layer by layer, layer by layer, like a mess of wool, and the end of the thread cannot be found.

Only what you see and feel at this moment is the most real.

Shui Chen withdrew her hand, clasped her fingers tightly in front of her chest, and slowly breathed out to calm down her emotions.

Tan's mother had been yelling outside the door for a long time, Shui Chen calmed down and opened the door.

"Why did it take so long to open the door, come down and eat."

Seeing Shui Chen coming out, Mother Tan stopped knocking on the door, with a big smile on her face, and pushed Shui Chen downstairs.

Shuichen tried hard not to avoid it, while observing Mother Tan, her smile was exactly the same as every previous smile, even the upward arc of the corner of her mouth was the same, which made Shuichen shudder.

At the dinner table, Tan's mother kept picking up vegetables for Shuichen, and Qin's father ate the rice silently, but glanced at Shuichen from time to time.

"I want to go for a walk alone in the afternoon and find some inspiration."

Shui Chen deliberates to speak, and finds an ambiguous reason.

Hearing these words, Qin's father and mother put down their chopsticks at the same time, with expressionless faces, they turned their heads to stare at Shui Chen.

This kind of reaction always made Shuichen feel familiar, but he still remained calm, without any change in his face.

"What's the matter? I can't think of anything at home. The sun is so bright today. Maybe I will gain something new when I go out."

"Now that foreign enemies are invading, it's too dangerous for you to go out alone. I'd better take a few neighbors with you."

Tan Ma's tone was no longer as cheerful as before, but became low and rigid.

"If you go out, just stay in the house. You don't need to go out to play the piano. Isn't it always like this before?"

Qin's father directly refuted Qin's mother's words, stopped eating, grabbed Shui Chen's wrist, and dragged him back to the upstairs room.

Mother Tan silently followed behind the two of them, but she didn't say anything, and she didn't stop Father Tan's rude actions.

In the room, Dad Qin gestured to Mom Tan for the window, and Mom Tan nodded, took out the key from her pocket and locked the window, and pushed hard twice to make sure the window couldn't be opened.

Only then did Qin's father let go of Shuichen's wrist, snorted and walked out of the room.

Tan's mother looked at Shuichen, and said like a puppet: "We'll be fine after these seven days, and we'll be fine after that."

Then she followed Papa Qin out, the door was closed with a bang, and then there was the sound of it being locked.

At this moment, Shui Chen rubbed his red wrist, walked around the room, pushed the window, and then pulled the door, only to find that it was indeed locked.

When he was grabbed before, Shui Chen couldn't think of any resistance in his heart, and he couldn't move his body again until Qin's father and mother left the room.

It really is too wrong.Shuichen thought to himself, he felt that Qin's father and mother were protecting him very tightly, and he deliberately emphasized in front of them that he would go out alone, and Qin's mother also said that he would bring a few neighbors with him.

From this point of view, something must have happened between him and that Sha Qianxing.It made them so vigilant.

And Qin's father's phrase "It used to be like this", before?Wasn't it Tan Ting who used to stay in the house all the time?

Staying at Qin's house now, Shui Chen felt uncomfortable, he looked around and saw the pattern of purple roses on the ceiling, and felt even more disturbed.

Finally, behind the curtains, near the corner of the ceiling, Shuichen found a tall and narrow window about the shoulder width of two people. The saucer may have been left by Qin Chen feeding wild birds before.

The window seems to pass through the shoulders, so it should be no problem for people to climb out. Shuichen put the chair on the desk, stepped on the chair, grasped the edge of the platform with both hands, and propped his body upwards, his arms were bulging with veins due to the force.

He spread his arms flat on the platform, crawled forward little by little, and let his upper body slowly pass through the window.

Shuichen's chest and back were hung by the window railing, and the window of this window could only be opened at an angle of [-] degrees. Shuichen moved his waist to the platform, using his waist as a fulcrum, and tightly grasped the window railing with his fingers. , to force the windows upwards, and the curvature beyond the design range makes the joints of the windows creak.

When the whole body was moved out and the feet were hanging on the window, Shuichen recited one, two, three in his heart, swayed his body slightly, and jumped forward, and when he was about to hit the ground, he rolled forward again to remove the pressure from the flat ground on his legs. momentum.

Fortunately, there is grass below, but even so, Shuichen felt his right foot sprained, and the ankle was visibly swollen.

Feeling that there is no pain anywhere in the whole body, Shuichen didn't dare to stay, limped and walked towards the pawn shop pond in the old city as fast as possible.

After turning the turntable and walking to Nanfeng Road, Shui Chen slowed down.

The rapid walking just now put a heavy burden on my right ankle, and it swelled even more.

Shuichen thought bitterly, she was like the male version of Juliet, locked up by the elders, and couldn't wait for Romeo to see her, so she jumped off the building and ran away, planning to elope with Romeo.

At noon this point is the lunch break.The lives of Qicheng people are very regular. When it is lunch break, everyone sleeps at home, and even children don't stay outside for fun.

The noon sun was very hot, and Shuichen was still wearing light blue cotton home clothes and summer sandals on his feet.With such a dress and his inconvenient posture, it doesn't look ugly.

Sweat soaked the back, making the top stick tightly to the body, outlining a well-proportioned and slender body line.The sweat on his forehead slid down the side of his face along his temples, dripping on his delicate collarbone.Shuichen tugged at the hem of his jacket, letting the wind blow in, and he could vaguely see his abdominal muscles during the movements.

In this state, he walked all the way to the small park in front of the small building No. 37 in Tangzi, a pawn shop.

The author has something to say: Brother Chen looks skinny when dressed, but he looks fleshy when undressed. After all, he is a gong [laughs]

Today is considered to be updated on time, and the next chapter will allow Gong Shou to meet again

Basically, I will not make useless descriptions in the text, and those who are interested can look at the details

The whole story is relatively short, so everything will progress faster~