won't your conscience ache

At two o'clock in the morning, Lin Pei got out of bed to look for painkillers. There seemed to be a razor blade scraping the steel plate in his mind, and all his thoughts were cut into pieces.

After recovering a bit, he poured himself a glass of cold water, and after taking a sip, his mind became much clearer. Suddenly, he felt a pain in his neck, and when he raised his head to touch it, there was blood on his neck. He remembered that when he went to bed, the metal button of Lin Si's shirt was stuck into his Neck, almost cut open his carotid artery, Lin Si didn't know if he was crazy or not at that moment, he slapped him but he couldn't bear to throw it off.

Lin Pei wiped the blood from his neck, but said nothing, counting himself unlucky.

He took a hot towel, wrung it dry, and walked back into the room. Lin Si was still awake, and the light was turned on a little. Lin Pei saw the blood that he had wiped on the pillow and the side of Lin Si's face. A hot towel wiped him carefully.

Lin Si opened his eyes, the hangover had just passed, and his consciousness was still not clear.

Lin Pei stared at him for a long time, Lin Si didn't seem to react, his pupils dilated slightly, Lin Pei suddenly narrowed his eyes, put his hands on the bed, the towel just pressed on Lin Si's military uniform, and he touched the gun.

He looked at Lin Si's weak legs, and moved his hand on the gun.

He pulled out the gun, but before he could make a move, the jaws of the tiger shook violently, the gun came out of his hand, and the next moment the muzzle directly touched his forehead, Lin Pei paused, and then he saw Lin Si suddenly come back to his senses , Immediately retracted the gun, the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while, Lin Pei looked at him for a long time, and asked him, "You want to shoot me?"

"There is no bullet in the gun." Linston murmured for a long time, "You had an argument with me before, and you shot me. Later, when you came to me, I remembered that you would unload the bullet."

Lin Pei heard the sound for a long time and asked him, "Why did he shoot you?"

"forgotten."

Lin Pei didn't say a word, thinking of those strange episodes, he took a deep look at Lin Si.Suddenly, he stretched out his hand, Lin Si seemed to be stunned, a pair of dark eyes looked at him for a moment, Lin Pei wiped his side face and neck with a towel, slightly lowered his head and didn't look at him.

He was wearing a strange high-necked gray sweater. Lin Si raised his hand to flick his collar as if remembering something, and he knocked Lin Si's hand off with a wave. "What are you doing?" He looked up at him.

"I remember……"

"elder brother."

Lin Si froze for a moment, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Lin Pei moved closer, "I yelled to try, just to tease you." He stretched out his hand and carelessly rubbed the ends of Lin Si's hair, as if teasing something small.

At noon, Lin Pei sat on the sofa facing the flowers and plants in the garden, holding a book in his hand and couldn't turn a page for a long time. Lin Si went to the military headquarters, and he was a little distracted.

Lin Si lives in the military headquarters. He seems to have no residence. The living room and lounge are arranged directly on the top of the military headquarters building. Lin Pei refers to the residence as a home, and Lin Si seems to have no home.

Lin Pei was not thinking too much about miscellaneous things, when the doorbell rang outside the door.

Lin Pei glanced at the time, a little surprised, Lin Si would usually come back at noon to feed the fat owl that looked like a chicken on the shelf, today it was almost 20 minutes earlier, and he was still ringing the doorbell?Lin Pei looked a little strange, got up and walked into the room, stretched out his hand and opened the door.

There is a young woman outside the door. Now that the level of technology is advanced, the average life expectancy is long, and the maintenance conditions are good, the age of women is becoming more and more confusing. A woman in her 70s and 20s can look like a woman in her [-]s.

Lin Pei couldn't tell how old this woman was at once, he only saw the woman's enlarged eyes staring at him for a moment, he paused for a while, knowing that the woman who could appear here could never have entered by mistake, and his identity might not be It's not easy, he asked, "Are you looking for Lin Si?"

The other party was still in shock, stretching out his hand as if to grab him, Lin Pei dodged subconsciously, and the woman's face turned pale.

Lin Pei felt that the atmosphere was suddenly a little weird, and worried that this person might not be Lin Si's mistress, and it would not be good to hang out, so he invited him into the house.

He poured her a cup of tea, "Lin Si is not here, are you?" He looked at her.

From the moment the woman entered the room, her hand holding the bag had been pale, showing how much effort she had put into it.

The woman took a sip of the tea he handed over, and said after a long time, "I am General Lin's stepmother."

Lin Pei didn't turn his head around, stepmother?

He paused with the hand that was pouring the water, and poured out half a cup of hot water, most of which rolled on his hand, and a small part splashed on the woman's face, the woman stood up with a swipe, Lin Pei was about to apologize, but was caught when she swipe her hand up.

"Does it hurt? Take cold water."

Lin Pei was a little frightened, just as the door was pushed open, the two looked back together, Lin Si looked at Mrs Lin, but didn't say anything.On the contrary, it was Mrs. Lin who first paused and then trembled all over.

Lin Pei was taken aback by this scene. The next moment, he suddenly remembered that he and Lin Si's brother looked the same.

This was the first time that Lin Pei saw Lin Si communicate with his family members, and it was not a day's cold to be frozen three feet.

"Mrs. Lin."

"General."

Sure enough, it's not real, you can tell at a glance.

When Lin Pei walked into the room again, Mrs. Lin had already left.He leaned against the wall and looked at Lin Si for a while, "You don't seem to have a good relationship with your parents. I think she has a deep resentment towards you."

"The rescue incident that year was my order. Because of my mistake, she lost her only son."

Lin Pei paused, "That can't be said to be your mistake, right? I checked the files, and your brother is really not very lucky."

Lin Si glanced at him, "I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of him, and I didn't take good care of his mother."

Lin Pei was speechless for a while, and raised his hand to drink the water in the glass.

Lin Si seemed to have thought it over, "I'll be free in the next two nights, so I'll go back to Lin's house for a family dinner. You can go with me."

Lin Pei frowned, "What am I going to do? I don't know them at all."

"Just a meal."

Lin Pei looked at Lin Si for a long time, but said nothing.

Two days later, in the evening, Lin Pei and Lin Si really went to Lin's house. For Lin Pei, everything was strange.The Lin family's house is located in the old military area of ​​the imperial capital. Lin Xuesheng is a general, and the residence was assigned by the military department many years ago. It doesn't have the grandeur that Lin Pei imagined. Instead, it is very quiet and spacious because it is in the suburbs.

When Lin Pei entered, Mrs. Lin saw that she was not as excited as last time, she smiled at him, she didn't know what Lin Si said to her, "Come in."

A middle-aged man was sitting at the dining table reading an electronic newspaper. He glanced at Lin Pei.

Lin Pei glanced at Lin Si.

There were footsteps upstairs, and after a while, a little boy ran down, lying on the handrail and staring at Lin Pei. Lin Pei looked up at him, and Mrs. Lin immediately turned her head and called her little son to go downstairs. There was also a band-aid on it, and it seemed that the injury was almost healed.

A crowd gathered to eat, Lin Si sat down first, then Lin Xuesheng, Lin Pei's heart skipped a beat, but saw Lin Si's father pick up a chopstick dish for him.

Lin Pei paused, "Thank you."

"Let's eat." The man didn't look at him anymore, he turned his head and greeted Lin Pei to sit down in the seat farthest from Lin Si, and the little boy kept staring at Lin Pei.

During the meal, the room was very quiet.

Mrs. Lin asked him, "Were you in the Federation before?"

Lin Pei realized that he was asking himself, and nodded, "Yes." He glanced at Lin Si, and sure enough, he heard Mrs. Lin ask him, "What do you do in the Federation?"

Lin Pei paused for a long time, didn't hear Lin Si's words, and finally said: "The family's conditions are not good, and I can make a living, and I can do everything."

Mrs. Lin asked him, "Are you tired from work?"

Lin Pei said: "It's okay, it's okay."

"Is your family treating you well?"

Lin Pei thought, "I have no family." He continued to nod, "It's okay."

"Has the eye been injured? How did it hurt?"

Lin Pei thought about it, "Naturally."

"Is that an operation?"

"Yep."

Madam Lin slowly put down her chopsticks, looked at him for a long time, and said, "Have you lived alone all these years?"

"No, I have a few friends who have always been good."

Mrs. Lin was speechless, and looked at Lin Pei for a long time, "There was a sound in the kitchen, the soup is probably ready, the time set by the smart phone is always wrong, the soup is not cooked enough, I'll go and see." She got up and walked out.

Lin Xuesheng reached out to order another dish for Lin Pei.

Lin Pei bowed his head to eat and did not speak.

Suddenly, Lin Xuesheng and Lin Si said, "The parliamentarians are quite noisy these days, do you want to reorganize the parliament?"

"Yeah." Lin Si replied.

Lin Xuesheng glanced at him, "Why do you want to reorganize the council all of a sudden?"

"There are too many affairs, and the military department is under too much pressure, which needs to be diverted."

Lin Pei twitched the corner of his mouth, and the two of them didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with discussing major adjustments to the empire's political system in front of a federal agent.He had heard for a while that the empire was a militarized management system, a typical military centralization. See what Lin Si meant, he was planning to support the parliament.

After listening, Lin Pei concluded that the new parliamentary system of the Empire basically copied the parliamentary system of the Federation. In terms of copying and pasting, the Empire has a good tradition. Back then, the secret service system copied the Federation, and later even the imperial charter was followed by [-] articles. They all directly copied the federal bill, and the god-like operation is amazing.

Except for the flag pattern not to be copied, everything from the Federation to the Empire is readily available.Innovation?Politically nonexistent.

A few years ago, someone mocked the empire’s copy-and-paste model. Later, it was discovered that the empire regarded the federation as a testing ground. New policies should be tested in the water first to see if they work. If the effect is good, copy it.

Lin Pei glanced at Lin Si with a delicate expression.Lin Xuesheng noticed Lin Pei's eyes and didn't continue the conversation.

Lin Pei didn't get involved in politics at first, pretending he didn't hear anything.

After dinner, it was getting late, Mrs. Lin stayed with Lin Pei, Lin Pei was a little surprised, and glanced at Lin Si.

The two stayed at Lin's house.

Lin Pei lived in a room by himself, and Lin Si lived in the newly tidied guest room. At night, Lin Pei heard a very light knock on the door outside. He got up and opened the door, and found that it was Lin Si's younger brother.

Lin Pei looked up at Lin Pei, and reached out to grab his hand.

Lin Pei avoided subconsciously, Lin Pei grabbed the corner of his clothes, he glanced at the corridor, no one was around, he looked down at him, "What's the matter?"

Lin Pei looked at him for a long time, and finally whispered: "Can you play games?"

Lin Pei frowned slightly.

Lin Pei's room is very big, and there is a huge computer in the corner, which is specially used for playing games.Lin Pei opened the list and checked Lin Pei's records. There was a row of red losing streak data. Lin Pei scrolled down for a few minutes, but he didn't see the green one. He turned to look at Lin Pei.

It took Lin Pei a long time before he said, "My second brother used to be very good at playing games."

Lin Pei smiled, "Really? It's a coincidence." The game is online on the entire network, and the Imperial Alliance has an area code. He entered his account number and password. This game became popular two or three years ago, and it was still in the Federation. It was the first to catch fire, and when it was the hottest, a group of people in the MI office were sitting and playing games. They teamed up and covered their faces and made it to the top ten in the federal region. Little Rose was driving a fighter jet and a mic. The scene of greeting the opponent's mother is vivid.

Lin Pei put on his glasses and demonstrated a wave of high-level operations to Lin Pei, all fingers flying together on the console.

Lin Pei secretly took off his glasses and looked at him. Unlike his second brother, he was a very well-behaved person when he was young. He studied music, had a low temper, had few friends, and had excellent grades, but he was very bad at playing games.He found that this person was really exactly like his second brother when he played games.

He had watched the video of Lin Pei playing games when he was young, and the light of the whole world seemed to be shining on him.

Lin Pei stared at Lin Pei, and there were footsteps behind him. He looked back and called out in a low voice, "Mom."

Mrs. Lin looked at Lin Pei who was sitting on the ground. Lin Pei was wearing glasses and didn't notice. He turned his back to her and tapped the buttons on the virtual console. Mrs. Lin looked at it for a long time, and finally lowered her head and smiled, with tears in her eyes , flashed by.She nodded.

At the end of the round, Lin Pei listened to Lin Pei's elementary school teammates screaming frantically for 10 minutes. The moment he took off his earphones and glasses, he breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to find Mrs. Lin looking at him.

The two were walking in the corridor, but Mrs. Lin insisted on taking him back to his room.

Halfway through, Mrs. Lin whispered, "I had a son who looked just like you."

Lin Pei paused, not knowing how to answer.

"He also likes to play games. Sometimes he plays games for several nights. He will suddenly jump up from the ground and cheer when he wins a game in the middle of the night. It's really howling like ghosts and wolves. It's crazy. I can hear it two floors away." There was a cat squatting on the handrail in the corridor. Mrs. Lin looked at it, "One time the cat was on the third floor, and he suddenly barked on the first floor, and the cat jumped directly from the third floor."

Mrs. Lin opened the door for Lin Pei. She glanced at Lin Pei, "Have you taken your medicine tonight? I poured a glass of warm water by your bedside. Remember to take your medicine, don't forget it."

Lin Pei thought for a while, she should be referring to the medicine used to control her mental state, and nodded.

Mrs. Lin went out and closed the door for Lin Pei, "Go to bed early."

After Mrs. Lin left, Lin Pei looked at the glass of water by the bed and said nothing.

Lin Pei couldn't fall asleep, and was inexplicably anxious. In the middle of the night, he got up from the bed, opened the door and walked out.He went to Lin Si's house, only to find that Lin Si was away most of the night.

Lin Si sat on a chair in the small attic, and the dark and damp atmosphere steamed up little by little. He looked at the familiar room and recalled those days when he lived here. Strangely, everything he could remember was related to Lin Si It was related to Pei, but other things had already been forgotten unconsciously.

He didn't know how long he had been sitting there, but suddenly there were footsteps downstairs, he turned his head and glanced casually, Lin Pei was standing downstairs in his shirt, looking at him with a little surprise.

Lin Si was stunned. He saw Lin Pei turn around the corridor and walk up the stairs. In a daze, he saw a child running towards him, even making the same babbling sound when his feet landed on the wooden stairs.

The door was pushed open, he looked at Lin Pei, and finally smiled, "Why don't you sleep?"

Lin Pei walked towards him, casually raised his hand and opened the window, looked out the window, the room was very stuffy, but outside the window was warm and clean.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Pei looked back at him. If he hadn't been out for a walk, he wouldn't have known that the Lin family still had such a dilapidated place. There was a musty smell in the room. He couldn't tell what it was, so he had to describe it. Next, Lin Pei felt that there was a rotting corpse hidden in the attic floor compartment.

Lin Pei and Lin Si described their feelings, Lin Si smiled, he seemed to laugh a lot tonight, he is not usually a person who likes to laugh, Lin Pei looked at him more, when Lin Si laughed, The smiles are all light and shallow, and the eyes are bent, gentle and quiet.

Lin Pei's heart skipped a beat, and he looked away.

Lin Si looked at Lin Pei, stretched out his hand, and gently grabbed the hand hanging by his side. Lin Pei subconsciously wanted to pull it back, but Lin Si clenched it tightly and did not let go.

Lin Pei didn't look at him again, looking out the window, his face suddenly became hot uncontrollably, obviously he had been in bed countless times, but holding hands made people palpitate inexplicably.

The house was quiet.