The memory was receding rapidly, the dust floating in the air settled down, and Qiao Ying's memory started to retreat unprepared.

He still remembers that it was a long, long time ago.

He was pushed down the stairs, his right calf was broken, his left leg was slightly fractured, and he was recuperating in a senior nursing home.

It was a single-family VIP ward for two people, but there was no one in it except him. The nurse and the doctor would only come here at a fixed time.

For the rest of the time, Qiao Ying lay quietly on the hospital bed by himself. Both of his legs were wrapped in plaster and hung up high with fixing straps. Apart from the smell of disinfectant in his breath, only the smell of sanitariums and hospitals could be seen. The smell of corruption unique to similar places

But one day, Qiao Ying heard someone else's voice.

For the first time, there was noise outside the ward, as if a lot of people were coming in a hurry, he didn’t think it was coming towards him, but his door was opened, and the sound of footsteps and carts was getting closer and closer. The next bed stopped.

There were many people talking, but Qiao Ying curled up behind the drawn curtain, and no one noticed him.

Then the talking stopped, and someone walked out. Qiao Ying counted the second hand of the broken watch on his right hand, but suddenly heard the sound of the curtain being pulled, followed by a surprised voice of a young man.

"Ah...Grandpa, there is a child lying here."

Qiao Ying raised her head in a daze, and met the gaze of the young man standing in front of his ward. Those eyes were clean and penetrating, and there was no room for any dirt in them, and they were full of warmth from the sun.

The boy came forward and gently rubbed Qiao Ying's head, "Little friend, please give me more advice in the next few months. My name is Xie Xu, Xu from Mu Yu."

After he finished speaking, he took out a handful of candies from his pocket and handed them all over. The colorful candies were mixed together, and the candy wrapper shone with fine and colorful brilliance under the sunlight outside the window.

Both gorgeous and bright.

There is only endless incompatibility with something like him that is inherently dirty and dark.

Qiao Ying was stunned, curled up, like a wounded little animal, trying to curl herself into the safest place, with her face pushed into her elbows, revealing only her black hair.

Xie Xu stood in front of his bed, and seemed to be in a daze for a while, then Qiao Ying heard the sound of the curtain being drawn again, and the strange boy backed out.

In this posture, Qiao Ying fell asleep and woke up at night.

He moved his numb hands from the pillow, but accidentally bumped into something, and suddenly pushed the thing out, fell to the ground, and stopped after going all the way.

Qiao Ying's gaze was attracted, only to find that there was a small pile of candies on the bed beside him that he hadn't picked up just now.

He lowered his eyes in silence, randomly picked one and carefully put it into his mouth.

The taste is sour and sweet that has not been seen for a long time. The outer layer of fudge wraps the flowing heart inside, and the tip of the tongue and the whole mouth are sweetened by the taste.

Qiao Ying has always been a stubborn and persistent person.

He has a good memory, and he never forgets anything, but under his intentional or unconscious psychological guidance, everything is gradually annihilated in the long river of time, without even a single wave of shock.

Some things he didn't take to heart, so naturally he couldn't remember them, and some things, which he took to heart, were just the opposite.

The taste of a random candy made him remember it for several years.

And the person who gave the candy was also taken very seriously by him, and he hid it in a treasured place for nearly 30 years. He hid it so deeply and for too long that no one ever knew it.

But he knew it in his heart.

Xie Xu, Xie Xu, Xie Xu, Xie Xu, Xie Xu...

When Qiao Ying fell into the deep mud and swamp, he silently recited this name countless times in his heart, and he engraved it on his heart with every stroke and stroke.

Day after day, month after month, year after year.

006 looked at him with the same smile on his face, "Now you should know why, I'm sure, you will definitely accept this compensation plan, it's not only for your own good, but also, you have helped 002."

Qiao Ying let go of her clenched fists, took a deep breath, and adjusted her disordered emotions back to their original position.

"How...how can I help him?"

The smile on 006's face raised three centimeters accurately, "This is our purpose. 002's soul data was cut into four parts, and four people were extended."

The number "four" is very subtle, Qiao Ying's eyelids twitched violently for the third time in a day.

006 said: "Now open the task panel, and you will be able to see these four people."

Qiao Ying: "..."

006 gave a soft "ah" sound, and added: "002's soul power is very strong, and the world of the plane has always only recognized the strongest person as the master of the world, or the protagonist."

Qiao Ying's throat was abrupt and rough, and the voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his lips and teeth, "You mean, let me attack the four of them?"

"This is a compensation plan that offers the best of both worlds, and I don't think you have the possibility to refuse."

With a wave of 006's hand, a scroll suddenly appeared in front of Qiao Ying. The scroll slowly unfolded downwards. The off-white paper was inlaid with gold borders. On the top, the word "Contract" was written in English.

"This is a contract. Signing the contract means that you have renewed the contract with us."

Qiao Ying looked down and landed on the paper. There was a faint gray-white light around the scroll, quietly waiting for someone to wake it up.

006 seemed to be coaxing a greedy child into step by step into the trap set by the system headquarters.

Qiao Ying stood on the spot, skipping a lot of things in his mind. He thought of Chu Yu's unruly face, Chang Jiao who was used to acting coquettish and pretending to be wronged, Qin Yizhi's indifferent eyes, and Lin Huaiyun's gentle smile.

Then, he thought of Xie Xu.

Qiao Ying took a step forward, one step closer to the contract.

Obviously he didn't know what to do, but there was another faint voice in his heart telling him what to do.

He raised his hand, and the pad of his index finger touched the surface of the scroll.

In an instant, the surrounding blankness suddenly changed, particles composed of data rushed towards Qiao Ying from all around, and the light emitting from the scroll was no longer gray and white, but a faint golden light, very dazzling.

... The contract is completed.

006's voice sounded just right, "Congratulations, let's introduce myself again."

"I am your temporary system 006, please give me your advice."

Qiao Ying opened his eyes, and what slowly fell into his eyes was the ceiling of his room.

He half-closed his eyelids and looked at it for a while, his face was as usual, calm and indifferent, but his heart was rough like sea waves, and his thoughts were numerous and chaotic.

The moment he was sent back by 006, all the thoughts in his mind disappeared, he just sighed and thought, so they are all one person.

...they are all the people he misses.

Qiao Ying didn't know that when he was teleported out, there was a crystal drop of water slipping by the corner of his eye, it seemed to be tears, and it seemed to be sweat.

Qiao Ying looked to the side, and Bai Zhu was sitting beside his bed, crawling and dozing off.

Bai Zhu is a real person, and Yan Yu, whom he knew a long time ago, is also a real person.

A real person with flesh and blood, tears and hatred, not a piece of data or a person in a book fabricated out of thin air.

Qiao Ying had a needle on the back of her left hand, so she stretched out her right hand with difficulty to wake Bai Zhu up.

"Bai Zhu, wake up."

Bai Zhumi got up from the bed in a daze. He rubbed his eye sockets, and when he saw Qiao Ying with his eyes open, his eyes were filled with surprise.

"Jojo! Are you awake?!"

Qiao Ying nodded, "What time is it?"

Bai Zhu looked at his watch, feeling a little aggrieved, "Qiao Qiao, it's already twelve o'clock now, and you've been sleeping for half a day, which frightened me."

Qiao Ying patted him on the arm, "I'm fine, what happened, please tell me carefully."

Bai Zhu glanced at him, said "Oh" in a low voice, and told what happened in the afternoon.

"We were carrying things, but you suddenly passed out. When I turned around, you fell limply on the ground, which shocked me. Then they heard my voice, and they all came over to look. I saw you poured into glass bottles and fruit juice."

"Uncle Yang sent you back to the room and contacted the family doctor to see you, saying that you passed out from exhaustion, you just need to sleep well, and then your mother came back, before she came back, Shou Yunyun and the others had already left. "

There is one more thing that Bai Zhu didn't say. People outside saw this scene after hearing the voice, and their expressions were not quite right, especially Chu Yu, who was so white that it was frightening.

He was almost frightened and cried, but Qin Yizhi glanced at him unkindly, and froze on the spot, not daring to move, unable to cry.

And in the end, when they left and heard that Bai Zhu planned to stay, their complexions became different and brilliant.

Bai Zhu glanced at him, "We said we would eat barbecue, but you accidentally fainted, Qiao Qiao, and they all left in the end, so we didn't feel like eating."

Qiao Ying comforted, "I'll bake it for you next time. Go back to sleep. I'll lie down by myself."

Bai Zhu stood up, "Then Qiao Qiao, you have to rest well, and you must not pass out from exhaustion again."

"Go."

There was glucose in the infusion tube, Qiao Ying pulled out the needle in his hand, and took his mobile phone from the bedside table on the other side.

As soon as he brought the phone over, the door was pushed open, and Bai Zhu showed his head outside the door.

"By the way, Qiao Qiao, you should go to Weibo and check it out. Just now your manager called and told you to wake up and look at Weibo, saying that the wind direction has changed a lot now."

After Bai Zhu finished speaking, he closed the door again, and the sound of footsteps went away.

Qiao Ying was taken aback for a moment, and gripped the phone tightly.

Press the power button, the first thing that pops up is the chat software full of unread messages, and they are all sent by different people.

Qiao Ying unlocked the phone, stared at the names in the note, was stunned for a while, and quit the chat software, no one planned to reply.

Too many things have happened all day today, and now he is very confused, but his mind is blank, and he doesn't know what to do.

006 suggested: [Why didn't you reply to the message? My humble opinion, you should send them a message now to let them confirm your safety, so that you can feel at ease. 】

Qiao Ying lowered her eyes, 【I haven't figured out how to face all this yet. 】

006 said: [You don't need to face it, everything will be logical, just like water. 】

Qiao Ying fell silent. It was clear that he was holding a mobile phone lightly in his hand, but he had the illusion that what he was holding was the years of bitter love and all the remaining years of his life.

[My humble opinion, you don't need to be so entangled, after all...] ​​006 made a pun, [This is just a plane world, after 002 and his host wake up, they won't remember these things. 】

006 started again, the familiar, expressionless coaxing gesture.

He said meaningfully: [By the way, there is something to tell you, Chu Yu's love fluctuation value has gradually increased since the afternoon, approaching abnormal behavior, I had to recall his memory and found something. 】

Qiao Ying asked: [What? 】

006 said: 【About five to six years ago, you... had committed suicide, didn't you? 】

Qiao Ying didn't avoid it, she nodded and admitted directly, [Yes. 】

[May I ask you, what is the reason? 】

【……No reason. 】

These words are very perfunctory, Qiao Ying usually used the usual tone of perfunctory 008, 006 heard it but did not ask too much, just reminded: [I suggest you call Chu Yu, the impact of that incident on him at the beginning Not small, his mood is very unstable now. 】

006's words are rather euphemistic, Chu Yu's mood swings are not only unstable, but clearly chaotic and violent, with a hint of madness.

That incident had an extraordinary impact on Chu Yu at the beginning, so that he would still be affected by it in the next few years.

For example today.

When Chu Yu entered, Qiao Ying fell to the ground with a pale face. There was a piece of bright red watermelon juice on his body, as well as pieces of broken glass that cut his skin. The blood that flowed out mixed with the watermelon juice was shocking.

This scene was so familiar, Chu Yu's heart seemed to be firmly grasped by a big hand, making him breathless.

In the end, he left Qiao's house in a trance, and drove back to the apartment without any risk.

The author has something to say: Chu Yu: Weak and helpless, lonely and cold, I want to be hugged by Teacher Qiao.

Qiao Ying: ...

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