The Midnight Owl

It was already dark when the taxi arrived.

What Xu Wang rented was an old residential complex, the buildings were all low floors, with only stairs and no elevators.

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin were familiar with this place, but it was Chi Yingxue's first visit.The three partners all entered the building door, and he was still standing in the dim streetlight, looking up at the whole building, thinking that if he stayed in Beijing tomorrow, maybe he should propose to open a room in the hotel.

He doesn't mind the shabby place where he lives, but this kind of place that doesn't have much space at first sight and is bound to be crowded with people makes him instinctively reject it.

Today is out of the game, and if you mention it, you don't fit in with the group. He still understands this truth.

Sighing helplessly, Chi Yingxue walked into the building door.

The sensor lights in the corridor seemed to have just been replaced, and they were dazzling and bright that did not match the painting style of the whole building. As soon as he entered the building, Chi Yingxue was shaken uncomfortably. He lowered his eyes, lowered his head as much as possible, and focused all his eyes on on the stairs and on your own feet.

But after looking at it for a long time, the stairs are also dazzling.

Halfway to the second floor, Chi Yingxue felt dizzy to the extreme. He grabbed the handrail of the stairs, ignoring the heavy dust on it, and clenched it tightly to stabilize his slightly shaking body.

Kuang Jinxin, who was walking in front, seemed to feel something was wrong. When he turned around, he saw Chi Yingxue standing at the bottom of a few steps, frowning tightly, with a pained look on his face, and the knuckles of the hand holding the railing had turned white.

"Chi Yingxue?" Kuang Jinxin called tentatively.

The other party didn't seem to hear at all.

He simply went down a few steps, came directly to Chi Yingxue's side, raised his hand and lightly touched his arm: "You're okay..."

"Don't touch me!" Chi Yingxue didn't even give him a chance to finish his sentence, and at the same time roared, he pushed him hard.

This time he couldn't control his strength at all, and Kuang Jinxin fell backwards!

Fortunately, Qian Ai had quick eyesight and quick hands, and caught the man before Kuang Jinxin's entire back fell on the steps, but the fire was already aroused, and he also pushed Chi Yingxue with his backhand: "What the hell are you crazy about!"

Qian Ai scolded him angrily, but he was a teammate anyway, he didn't really put in any effort in pushing, it was more of a warning.

But Chi Yingxue just fell down.

Although the steps were not high, there was still a "bang", and he fell firmly under the steps, on the flat ground at the corner of the first and second floors.

Qian Ai looked at Chi Yingxue who was lying on the ground, and then at his hands, frightened.

This is not fucking qigong! ! !

Xu Wang was the first to react. He ran over in three steps and two steps, helped him up and checked him under the corridor light first. Fortunately, there was no trauma, but the person was unconscious and mumbled vaguely.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai then rushed over, and the three of them worked together to carry Chi Yingxue into Xu Wang's house.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she put the person on the bed in Xu Wang's bedroom, Chi Yingxue suddenly opened her eyes, and then a carp got out of bed and stood there searching the room.

Qian Ai swallowed her saliva, pulled her captain with her left hand, and pulled Kuang Jinxin with her right hand, in case the other party retaliated, and she was weak.

Chi Yingxue didn't even look at him. Soon, she locked Xu Wang's closet, strode over, opened the door, and took out the things inside. She took out the things and threw them away.

Xu Wang looked dumbfounded. For the first time, he was robbed and robbed in front of someone.

Kuang Jinxin and Qian Ai understood.

After all, they had already seen it once when they were waiting for the mushroom soup in Cornina's hut, but that time, Cornina's closet was empty.

"Captain, don't worry, he will stabilize after staying in the closed dark space for a while." Kuang Jinxin used his own experience to give his captain some peace of mind.

Xu Wang guessed that it should be related to the instability of the dual personality, but what surprised him even more was the calmness of his teammates: "Have you seen it?"

Kuang Jinxin nodded: "On June 6, you and Brother Sheng went to the village to look for clues. We waited in Konina's hut. This happened to him once."

"boom--"

Chi Yingxue got into the wardrobe that had been mostly emptied, and closed the door forcefully from the inside.

Xu Wang's back felt chills when he saw it, and he knew that his teammates had dual personalities, and the impact was completely different from seeing it with his own eyes.

"Yes... Hades wants to change?"

"To be precise," Qian Ai said rigorously, "one wants to transform, one doesn't want to transform, one is about to come out, and the other is strictly guarded."

After a few minutes, there was no movement in the cabinet.

The entire bedroom also fell silent, but under the silence, there were three worried and anxious hearts hidden.

The three of them didn't dare to leave, so they all sat by the bed, staring at the closet with six eyes, consciously or subconsciously thinking about what to do if a strange teammate who changed his appearance rushed out later.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the closet was still silent, making people wonder if Chi Yingxue fell asleep in it.

But being silent is always better than chattering, the latter really makes one's scalp tingle.

The tense heartstrings of the three also relaxed a little following this long period of peace.

Qian Ai lowered his head, looked at the hand that he pushed Chi Yingxue just now, and cursed in his heart with regret, do you think you owe, are you impulsive, are you acting recklessly without considering the consequences?That's your teammate. Even if you have a bad temper, bad temper, and somehow make a fuss, can't you change to a safe, gentle and non-irritating education method?

This push was so cool, it almost killed two people!

Xu Wang looked at the messy clothes all over the floor, and then remembered that the secret box was still in the closet.He thought about it all the way, and the first thing he did when he came back was to dig through the secret box, but he couldn't take care of it now, he just hoped that Chi Yingxue could settle down safely.

Half an hour later, Qian Ai began to doze off, shaking his head.

An hour later, Xu Wang's eyelids also started fighting.From last night to now, they haven't closed their eyes yet, and they can still hold on, but once they relax, the exhaustion is hard to resist.

An hour and a half later, the two fell asleep at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed, lying or leaning against each other.

in the closet.

The abyss-like darkness engulfed Chi Yingxue, or in other words, he and the darkness had merged into one.

If there was a see-through light at this time, one would be able to see that he was scratching his arm with a key, and if there was no blood, he would repeat this action mechanically and firmly until the serrated teeth of the key wiped the flesh. Torn together.

The knife I was carrying was stopped when I went through the security check at the airport.

Otherwise, the efficiency of his "pain therapy" would be even higher.

He stared at his arm, as if his eyes had adapted to the darkness, and he could see the blood and blood.Moreover, this made him happy, the brilliance in his eyes was brighter than when he was fighting.

There was no sound outside the closet, only the even breathing of falling asleep, but he didn't know about it.

He has completely entered his own world. During the long period of extreme depression, his whole body trembled slightly, and he couldn't hold it back.

The beautiful thin lips parted slightly, but the words that came out were eerie.

"Don't you want to come out, come out, I didn't stop you," he whispered almost softly, unprecedentedly gentle, unprecedentedly cruel, "It's dark, stuffy, and painful outside, you must like it..."

His voice was also trembling.

But not nervousness, not fear, nor hatred and anger, but joy, a kind of extreme joy that has the absolute upper hand in controlling the situation.

separated by a cabinet.

Sitting between the two sleeping people, Kuang Jinxin quietly looked at the closet, clearly listening to every word and sentence that came out of it, with clear eyes.

"Oh, it doesn't seem to hurt enough..."

"……roll……"

"I'm leaving, who will protect you..."

"...Go away..."

"Why don't you say something else? Your brother still knows that one method can't kill me, so let's change to the second one..."

"..."

- Boom!

There was a sudden knocking sound inside the cabinet. It was not loud, but it seemed like a fuze had been lit.

Then a series of "dong dong dong" sounded extremely fast, fast and dense, and each sound was louder and harder than the sound, as if someone inside was banging his head against the wall of the cabinet desperately!

In the silent bedroom, it seemed that a firecracker was suddenly thrown in. Xu Wang and Qian Ai woke up instantly. Before they could figure out what was going on, the cabinet door slammed open with a "bang--" by Chi Yingxue.

He rushed out from the inside at a speed too fast for people to see clearly, stood under the bright light of the bedroom, bent over with his hands on his knees, panting heavily, like a drowning person who had just been rescued from the shore.

The tips of his sweat-soaked hair stuck to his delicate cheeks, making his skin whiter.

His eyelashes were also slightly damp with sweat, and in the bright room, there was a faint shadow under his eyes, hiding all his emotions in the depths.

The three little friends didn't move, didn't speak, and waited for him to calm down with a trace of uneasiness and uncertainty.

After a long while, his breathing finally slowed down, he still supported his knees, turned his head slightly to the side of the bed, and smiled brightly, his voice was a little weak after being overdrawn, but his eyes were as bright as stars: "I made you worry, I'm fine. "

Qian Ai and Xu Wang both heaved a sigh of relief, but it was only a half breath.

The teammate is still the polite and polite Chi Yingxue who has been with him for many days. This is not a bad result. It is always easier to continue to get along with the familiar than to get in touch with the unfamiliar; Bloodstains staggered on the inside of the left arm, and blood from some slightly deeper wounds had already flowed down, and the blood beads hung on the fingertips, unable to fall off, and glaring under the lamp.

"Don't you feel pain?" Qian Ai complained, but felt pain for Chi Yingxue in her heart.He used to think that he was the most vulnerable poor child in the team, but after getting along with this new teammate these two days, he suddenly felt that his life was full of love and sunshine.

When we parted at the airport, Wu Sheng insisted on leaving the first aid kit, because he was going to a big client in Hebei at night, and if he entered "Owl" at midnight, it would not be 1/23 but Endless Sea.Although Xu Wang repeatedly stated that the risk factor of 1/23 is zero, Wu Sheng still forced to leave the medicine box to take care of the whole team instead of himself.

Who knew that the first aid kit would come in handy before entering the "Owl".

Xu Wang had to admire the "foresight" of his military adviser.

In the living room, Chi Yingxue skillfully bandaged herself, and the three partners supervised the whole process.

Xu Wang accidentally glanced at the edge of the gauze exposed at his ankle, and realized later that this partner was injured in the battle, and suddenly the spirit of the captain possessed him, and said earnestly: "You have no other way Stable?" I really couldn't find a suitable word, and it was strange to say "stop another yourself", and finally chose two ambiguous words, "You were hurt when you broke through the barrier, and you hurt yourself when you returned to reality. You can resist the pain, but your body can’t bear it.”

"Another way..." Chi Yingxue lowered her head and tied the gauze, muttering softly. After everything was done, she raised her head and blinked at Xu Wang with a half-smile, "You don't want to know."

Xu Wang fell silent.

In the depths of his eyes, he saw endless pain and darkness.

The night is dark, and there are still two and a half hours before the owl opens again.

Xu Wang asked the three partners to squint in the living room, and then hid in the bedroom by himself.

Fortunately, the partners did not ask for a "shared bedroom", otherwise he would not know what reason to push him out.

It can't be said that I need a private space to decipher the secrets of ten years ago.

After closing the door, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before approaching the closet.

The inside of the open cabinet door was stained with blood, which should have been rubbed by Chi Yingxue when she pushed the door.

Xu Wang bent down to poke his upper body in, stretched out his hands and groped for a long time, and finally came across the box.

Still.

Carefully curled up in the deepest part of the cabinet, just like this relationship, I don't know if it is a relationship.

His heart was beating hard, Xu Wang tried several times before he successfully took out the box.

Holding it in his hand, he turned and walked back to the bed, taking every step carefully, like holding a treasure that would break if he didn't pay attention.

Finally, the box was placed on the soft bed.

After opening the cover and taking out the letter, the five sheets of letter paper were unfolded, spread out, and placed neatly side by side, like a square formation.

He first folded the first and second letter papers together, pinched them, and looked at the light, just like what Wu Sheng did when he deciphered the code of the love letter in the 6/23 castle.

He held his breath unconsciously.

In the whole world, there seemed to be only those two stacked letter papers left.

Each of Wu Sheng's letters is not long, half a page long, and one-third of a page short, with a few words, greetings and greetings without pain or itching.

Xu Wang carefully read every word, for a long time, his gaze could almost burn through the letter.

The only thing that two sheets of letter paper can stack together is a period and a comma.

Xu Wang didn't believe in evil, and changed two more letters, this time even the overlapping punctuation marks were gone.

Choose two from five sheets of letter paper, a total of ten permutations and combinations, Xu Wang tried them all.A full stop, a comma, two "'s"—that's the whole catch.

The anticipation was worn down by disappointment again and again, and in the end, Xu Wang gave up completely.

He lay down tiredly, raised his arms to cover his sore eyes, not only the pain, but also faintly steaming upwards.

When you are full of hope, you can imagine [-] possibilities. Only when your hope is shattered do you realize that what supports these imaginations may be just an illusory "clue" that is not even evidence.

Wu Sheng used the love letter superposition method to decipher the code, so he must have used the same method?

As long as the head is not so hot, you can realize how much this so-called "inference" is taken for granted.

……

Outside the bedroom, the three friends didn't sleep anymore.

Qian Ai was hungry, found a pack of instant noodles somewhere, and went to the kitchen to cook.

In the living room, Kuang Jinxin was sitting in the corner of the sofa, and opposite the coffee table was Chi Yingxue sitting on the chair.

He didn't even sit up straight, leaning against the back of the chair, looking at Kuang Jinxin leisurely, with a little playfulness in his lazy eyes.

Kuang Jinxin was not afraid of him watching, to be precise, he was watching him too.Look at his person, look at his demeanor, look at his eyes.

"Aren't you sleepy?" Chi Yingxue asked lightly, her expression was peaceful and relaxed, but she didn't smile.

Kuang Jinxin said, "Not sleepy."

Chi Yingxue tilted her head: "Afraid that I will do something bad?"

He didn't seem to care about the answer, he just chatted casually and asked casually.

But Jin Xin answered seriously: "I'm afraid you'll keep deceiving people."

Chi Yingxue was stunned for a moment, something flashed in his eyes, before Kuang Jinxin could see clearly, he stood up suddenly, stepped over the coffee table, pressed one hand on the armrest of the sofa, and the other on the back of the sofa, trapping Kuang Jinxin between his arms.

"Little Sijin," Chi Yingxue leaned down, breathed on the other person's face, and sighed, "You are really unlikable."

Kuang Jinxin wanted to speak, but in the next second, someone kissed him.

Chi Yingxue's lips were soft and cool, like mints.

He stood there stupidly, his eyes widened, and he didn't know how to react for a moment.

When it fell to Chi Yingxue, she was obedient, so obedient that she couldn't help wanting to bully him.

Chi Yingxue pressed all her weight down, deepened the kiss, and kissed her head willfully. It took a long time longer than originally planned before it ended.

It was only when it was over that he realized that Kuang Jinxin was looking at him from the beginning to the end without blinking his eyes, but the initial bewilderment and astonishment had turned into calm and relief. The only thing that remained unchanged was the seemingly eternal clarity and brightness.

Chi Yingxue felt a little puzzled, but he suppressed it, and happily announced according to the original idea: "The seal is completed, and from now on, you are mine."

Kuang Jinxin finally had a chance to speak, his voice was a little hoarse: "Are you trying to anger him?"

Chi Yingxue was stunned.

"Because he said he was the one who joined the team, and his teammates were also him." Kuang Jinxin said, "You heard it all, right?"

The last trace of feigned joy on Chi Yingxue's face also dissipated.

He looked at Kuang Jinxin quietly, his whole person suddenly showed a kind of coldness, but what he said was like a child: "He scratched me with the key."

Kuang Jinxin stared at his blue and red forehead: "You have already made him hit the cabinet."

"He also locked me in the closet," Chi Yingxue said very slowly, her voice sank little by little, "I hate dark and closed places the most."

Kuang Jinxin raised his hand and touched his head, like a kindergarten teacher taking care of a child: "Next time buy a portable flashlight."

Chi Yingxue frowned, knocked off the hand on the top of her head, stood up straight, and looked down at the guy on the sofa. After a long time, she confirmed that her original feeling had not changed: "You are still the same as you were on 3/23."

Kuang Jinxin seldom encountered such an obvious disgust, but he didn't feel angry, but just felt fresh.

He wasn't afraid that Chi Yingxue would hate him, anyway, this new teammate, no matter what his personality, didn't seem to really have a crush on anyone.

"You are different from when you were on 3/23." Kuang Jinxin raised his head, and the light reflected his whole body was very vivid and full of vigor. "At that time you were our opponent, but now you are our teammate."

A strange feeling rushed through Chi Yingxue's heart, he didn't know what it was.

"So you don't have to pretend to be him. When we recruited him, we recruited you together." Kuang Jinxin stood up and encouraged, "Don't worry, I'll take you to tell the captain that you are not Chi Yingxue anymore. It's the King of Hades."

Chi Yingxue stood still.

"I am Chi Yingxue, and he is the King of Hades."

Kuang Jinxin was stunned, looked at him for a while, and then nodded blankly: "Oh."

"Oh?" Chi Yingxue raised her eyebrows, with dark clouds brewing in her eyes.

Kuang Jinxin was a little embarrassed, and tried to coax: "The name is not important, as long as you can tell the two of you apart."

Chi Yingxue looked at him fixedly: "The name is very important."

Kuang Jinxin sighed, and simply told the truth: "He said he was Chi Yingxue, the protagonist, and you said you were, but neither of you can produce evidence, who should I believe?"

Chi Yingxue took it for granted: "Me."

Kuang Jinxin thought about it seriously: "Okay, when you are here, I will trust you."

Chi Yingxue: "..."

Kuang Jinxin can't be sure which of the two of them is the main character, but the last Chi Yingxue said "this Chi Yingxue can hear and perceive things outside", there is no doubt about it.

Perhaps Chi Yingxue didn't even realize that when he was talking to him, he was far from the stranger he was last time, and even brought the relaxation and familiarity of being with him for a long time.

Kuang Jinxin still has a lot of problems, and he is still curious about why he jumped off with his arms on the Ferris wheel.

But the future is long.

"When did you realize that I belong to you?" Before leaving for the bedroom, Chi Yingxue asked suddenly.

Kuang Jinxin said, "I'll know when you come out of the closet."

Chi Yingxue looked at him lightly, not very convinced.

Kuang Jinxin said: "His face is hot, but his eyes are cold. Your face is cold, but his eyes are hot."

When Qian Ai left the kitchen with the noodles, he saw Kuang Jinxin and Chi Yingxue about to knock on the bedroom door.

"What are you doing?" he asked inexplicably.

Chi Yingxue was speechless.

Kuang Jinxin said for him, "Surrender yourself."

Qian Ai: "..."

The bowl in his hand was too hot, Qian Ai didn't hold on for long, full of doubts, he hurried back to the living room.

After putting away the instant noodles, I thought about it, but I was still not at ease, so I put down the instant noodles and ignored them, and ran to the bedroom first.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Kuang Jinxin looking at Xu Wang, Xu Wang looking at Chi Yingxue, and Chi Yingxue looking at the letter on the bed.

letter?

Qian Ai quietly leaned against the bed, looked sideways, and saw that there was not much content on the five pieces of letter paper. The writing was beautiful, and the letter paper was also pretty, elegant and plain. Looking carefully, there seemed to be dark pattern lace around the letter paper, protruding The lines are faintly visible under the light.

"You mean, he is the King of Hades now?" Xu Wang looked up and down his new teammate, and he really couldn't be as sharp-eyed as Kuang Jinxin.

"No, uh, it's still Chi Yingxue," Kuang Jinxin remembered the classmate's request, "but it's not the last Chi Yingxue."

Xu Wang raised his forehead, there were too many things this night, and his brain capacity was a bit behind.

Chi Yingxue was completely attracted by those letters, and didn't pay attention to what was being said here.He reached out to grab a piece of letter paper, tilted his head and looked at it for a few seconds, as if he had encountered some fun game, and asked Xu Wang enthusiastically, "Where is the mother?"

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