The Midnight Owl

"I live in the North Fourth Ring Road. You should know that we are so close. Contact us early." Qian Ai drank the tea made by Kuang Jinxin and looked at Xu Wang's living room. Asking questions, expressing one's own emotions, and being extremely busy.

Wu Sheng didn't have his leisure time.

From the moment he bought the air ticket, to returning to Beijing in the afternoon, and when Xu Wang entered the door, he plunged into the bedroom.Infinite loops, memory erasure, high-dimensional space, parallel space, exotic wormholes, space-time jumps, dissociated consciousness, phantoms of rebirth... It's almost enough to write a book "A Thousand Possibilities of Xu Wangtan's Owl".

Seeing Wu Sheng staring at the closed bedroom door in a daze, not intending to chat at all, Qian Ai stopped talking angrily, and drank tea.

He is not really that big-hearted, Xu Wang once entered the "Owl", so unimaginable, and may even involve their future fate, he is also anxious and wants to know the inside story immediately.

But when Xu Wang came back, he locked himself in the bedroom. No matter how anxious they were, they had to wait.

Waiting is the most challenging thing, if you don't say something, if you distract yourself, it will be like a year.

"The teahouse where I used to practice is right next to it." Qian Ai, who was ignored by no one, looked pitifully, and Kuang Jinxin took the initiative to take over the important task of "accompanying chat". "But the dormitory is closer to Brother Sheng's company, and the two buildings are back to back. So as soon as we entered the 'Owl', we looked up and met."

Finally, there was someone who could talk, and Qian Ai immediately put down his teacup: "It's useless to meet him." He had a deep understanding, "The first day is always ignorant."

"No," Kuang Jinxin shook his head resolutely, "Brother Sheng is very calm, he told me not to panic, saying that it might be a dream, or it might be that the mysterious magnetic field interfered with the brain and brought our consciousness to a new space. collect data."

Qian Ai swallowed with difficulty, glanced at the back of his military adviser, and then looked back at Kuang Jinxin: "And then?"

"Then we started to study the owl pattern," Kuang Jinxin said, "I clicked on the roster and found that there were still two partners in the team. Brother Sheng was immediately happy."

"...Shouldn't you run away at that time!" Qian Ai couldn't listen anymore, and wanted to put a wake-up call on Kuang Jinxin, "Which normal person is involved, the first reaction is to discuss dreams and consciousness!! !"

"Brother Sheng said that breaking down can't solve the problem." Kuang Jinxin still remembers that when Wu Sheng said this, there was a calm light of reason in his eyes, and at that moment, all the magic and treachery turned into dust.

Qian Ai: "..."

Sighing weakly, he straightened Jin Xin's shoulders, nose to nose, eye to eye, earnestly saying: "Fear is a human instinct. If a person maintains a high level of calm at all times, he may be rational, or he may be anti-social. Personality. So to be on the safe side, the next time you encounter this situation, run first, keep a safe distance, and then observe, understand?"

Kuang Jinxin frowned and thought hard, digesting and absorbing it was very difficult.

Seeing this, Qian Ai simply pulled over a typical model and gave a targeted explanation: "Chi Yingxue."

"Huh?" Kuang Jinxin was taken aback, completely unexpected that Qian Ai would mention this person.

Qian Ai: "We met him twice, once a ship capsized and fell into the sea, and once fell off a ferris wheel, both of which were almost dead. Have you ever seen him afraid?"

Kuang Jinxin shook his head slowly.

On the endless sea, when Chi Yingxue fell off the mast, she was still waving at the telescope.This time around the Ferris wheel, he also told his teammates that Chi Yingxue was very calm at the time, and it was more like suicide than sending him home.

"So, this kind of person who doesn't know fear is the most terrifying." Qian Ai didn't know where he insisted. He had to give Kuang Jinxin safety education. If the education is not in place and deep, it's not enough. Unless that person is like Wu Sheng, who radiates wisdom all over his body and can get full marks in the exam just by looking at it, otherwise, keep a safe distance, do you hear me?"

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Qian Ai: "Any more questions?"

Kuang Jinxin: "Why did he want to commit suicide?"

Qian Ai: "The example is to make the lesson more profound, not to stimulate your spirit of exploration..."

Kuang Jinxin: "But I'm really curious!"

Qian Ai: "Curiosity is the devil."

Kuang Jinxin: "Isn't it 'impulse is the devil'..."

Qian Ai: "Two ghosts knock on the door."

Kuang Jinxin: "..."

……

15 minutes ago, bedroom.

As soon as Xu Wang came in, he closed the door tightly.Of course, the evidence should be shown to the teammates, but where the evidence is hidden, the amount of information is really too large to be made public.

After making sure that the bedroom door was locked, he opened the closet, reached into the deepest part and fumbled for a long time, and found a box.

It was a rectangular biscuit tin box, about the size of A4 paper, about three inches thick. On the colorful box lid, there was a long string of cursive English, like jumping musical notes.

Xu Wang opened the box carefully, with a cautious look, as if the most precious treasure was hidden inside.

Of course not baby.

But not biscuits, otherwise, according to the printed code on the box, it would be ten years past the expiration date.

Inside the box is a book, some letters, and a keychain.

The book is the full English version of "Walden Lake". Wu Sheng gave him a graduation gift, and it was the only thing the other party gave him during the three years they had been together.

When you open the title page, you can see the words from the monitor——hope you can finish reading this book.

The whole book is just this one line of Chinese characters, every time he opens it in the dead of night, Xu Wang wants to pick out these words one by one, and then take the time machine back to the day of parting, and throw Wu Sheng in the face.

Too bad there is no time machine.

Yes, he couldn't bear it either.

There are five letters in total, all of which were written between them when Wu Sheng just left the country.It is obviously already the era of technology, and sending a message can seamlessly connect across hemispheres. It is unreasonable for Wu Sheng to ask for his address on the Internet, and then send him a letter by international express.

Well, when he received the letter, he was still a little...uh, a little...cough, so excited that he was jumping all over the dormitory, and almost scared his college roommates.

As a result, in Wu Sheng's letter, he asked about his recent situation in a very friendly and friendly manner, leaving no room for imagination.He had no choice but to follow suit and wrote a "reply letter from a close friend".

After five rounds of non-salty exchanges, Wu Sheng stopped replying after he got used to "White Moonlight" and became a "pen pal".

At first, he thought the courier was lost, and tentatively poked the other party online, but the other party did not respond. Later, as time went by, this reason was no longer tenable.Because no matter whether the other party's letter is lost or your own reply letter is lost, in short, if the other party is expecting a response, you should ask if you haven't received your reply for a long time.

So in one conclusion, Wu Sheng didn't want to contact him anymore.

Arouse other people's thoughts, and then stop, it is more difficult to accept than not contacting after graduation.

The slight heat in his eyes startled Xu Wang, and he recovered instantly.

He is now a perfect kisser, able to smile slightly, absolutely controlling the field, he has already gone from bronze to king, what the hell is he missing his youth all of a sudden!

Squeezing his face hard, Xu Wang reprimanded seriously: "You are 29 now, not nineteen, and the flowering season and rainy season are already over, can you count on your heart?"

After the self-examination, Captain Xu was in a good mood, then he lowered his head and saw the keychain in the gap again.

A keychain for a three-colored cat, the cat is a little milk cat, with a small white face, black and orange bangs on the top of the head, curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly, like a donut.

For so many years, he always thought that this keychain belonged to Wu Sheng.At that time, he hadn't graduated yet, and he didn't know that in the near future, he would receive the original English version of the hateful book, and he would be able to send a few greeting letters when he went to college, so he left this thing out of selfishness. up.

Thinking about a person for three years, he doesn't want to be like the wind passing over the water, the ripples disappear, leaving no traces.

It's all right now, the "ripples" he has kept for ten years are not Wu Sheng's peach blossom wind at all, but blown by another evil wind.

The kitten on the keychain is still sleeping, but if it opens its eyes, Xu Wang believes that it should be a pair of blue and green pupils.Blue like the sky, like the ocean, green like jade, like the forest...

……

Ten years ago.

The morning sun shines through the windows on the corridor of the third year of a certain school, illuminating the portraits of scientists on the walls of the corridor, as well as the childish faces in the classroom.

Class [-] of Senior Three is a science class. The class style is lively and the grades are stable. Most of the time, the teachers are more at ease.

At this moment, there is a scene of "thriving" morning self-study.

Some do the questions, some memorize vocabulary, some study the ideas of solving problems with the same table, of course, there are also some who take advantage of the teacher's absence to relax for a moment and spread fresh gossip——

"Xu Wang is coming back to class today?"

"I heard it with my own ears. Just now when I sent my homework to the office, Lao Zhang was on the phone with his father."

"Lao Zhang is too perverted!"

"Hey, the enrollment rate is sky-high."

"Mom is gone, who cares about the college entrance examination?"

"No, I heard what Lao Zhang said on the phone. It seems that Xu Wang's father wanted Xu Wang to come back, but Lao Zhang tried to persuade him, saying that the child is too thoughtful and can't learn when he comes back. It's better to rest at home for a few more days... ..."

"His-"

"Ok?"

"What's wrong?"

"what's the situation?"

"Tell you something, keep it a secret."

"Come on."

"Xu Wang's parents left long ago."

"real or fake?"

"I was in the same class as him in junior high school. The whole class knew at the time that his father married Xiao Saner, so he and his mother are not allowed... Eh? What the hell?"

The male student who broke the news, clutching the back of his head, turned his head and met the monitor's eyes.

"Help me pick up the eraser." Squad leader Wu looked innocent.

The male student who broke the news was stunned: "How hard are you trying to make the eraser fly?"

"It wasn't wiped off," Squad Leader Wu said frankly and honestly, "It was aimed and thrown."

It was revealed that the male student even forgot to be angry, and asked stupidly, "Why throw me?"

Squad leader Wu said nothing, just glanced at the monitor diagonally above.

Every classroom has such a monitor to monitor, no, monitor the learning atmosphere of the students.

But now, it was just early self-study, and the monitor was already lit with a small red dot, and it started spinning, not a little bit earlier than usual, probably to celebrate this great day today - the [-]-day countdown to the college entrance examination.

It was revealed that the male classmate gave the class monitor a "thank you for reminding me" look, bent down to touch the ashes on the ground, and then picked up the eraser with difficulty and returned it to the good class monitor in China.

The classroom returned to silence.

Wu Sheng continued to work on the questions, but just after writing a stroke, the automatic pencil broke.

He pressed a new section and continued, but he broke off again before finishing a formula.

The mechanical pencil seemed to sense the user's distraction and protested.

Wu Sheng thought that he would not be able to see Xu Wang until tomorrow at the earliest.