secret movie

Of course Duan Shu didn't know.

In the memories he received belonging to this Duan Shu, Qi Yan's sense of existence is very weak, and there is only an overview of the past of the two of them who met by chance in the racing club. Duan Shu actually doesn't know the tacit understanding and trust between them How to generate bit by bit, they are all omitted in memory, perhaps because they are not important.

In his memory, everything is Wen Youlan.

Seeing him fall into silence, Wen Youlan's expression seemed hesitant: "You should know, right? Then I won't go on."

"No, I don't know." Duan Shu whispered.

He suddenly had an inexplicable premonition about the purpose of Wen Youlan's sudden mention of Qi Yan.

"He didn't tell you at all?" Wen Youlan suddenly raised her voice, with disapproval in her eyes.

Judging from this tone, it must not be a pleasant past event.

Sure enough, Wen Youlan's next sentence was: "He used to be a driver with great potential, but he temporarily withdrew from an important international competition."

He saw the confusion in his younger brother's expression, so he spoke faster, like a torrential rain caused by worry.

"He also had a navigator who cooperated with each other tacitly. I saw that they had won many competition awards together. It was reported that Qi Yan had a good talent, but his psychological quality was not stable. In the end, he chose to give up the competition. His own navigator has since parted ways."

Duan Shu listened silently, his fingers hanging by his side tightened slightly.

"Because of me, you have never participated in an official competition. His past experience may not matter in ordinary training. But you have already participated in competitions together. How could he not say a word to you? Pass?"

"The outside reports are likely to be beautified. Maybe the actual situation is worse. What happened in the game that was abandoned halfway? Why did he disappear after that?"

There was real anger in Wen Youlan's voice, and Duan Shu saw that the report sheet in his hand was crumpled.

If he was the Duan Shu in the story, he would definitely be very angry at this moment, doubting and dissatisfied with this navigator who was supposed to talk about everything.

But he didn't.

Because there is a special relationship between him and Qi Yan that goes beyond the story.

Duan Shu's dazed expression looked like a sudden shock of disbelief, so Wen Youlan began to draw conclusions for him.

"As I said, your safety is the most important thing." Wen Youli slowed down her tone, "I don't object to you driving a racing car, but you can't be a partner with such an unreliable person, it's too dangerous. If he What do you do if you suddenly have a panic attack while navigating for you?"

His words were resounding, and at the same time, Duan Shu remembered another thing that he had neglected for a long time.

That day in the laboratory, Qi Yan said three words when giving examples casually: substitute, coercion, and deviant.

The story of the substitute is over, and whether it is him, Wen Youlan, or Qi Yan, they are all single, so they can't talk about deviance.

So the theme of this story is coercion.

A gentle, silent compulsion.

Wen Youlan's final conclusion fell into the air, revealing an unquestionable certainty: "Replace Qi Yan and find a new navigator."

There was faith in his eyes, he believed that his always obedient brother would not disobey this decision that was not too much.

But when Duan Shu looked at this gentle face, an irrelevant scene suddenly flashed in his mind.

On the night when he and Wen Youlan went out for dinner, he received a message from Qi Yan, and after thinking for a while, he finally found out the complex lock screen password from his memory.

Why did Duan Shu set up such a hard-to-remember password?

The question flashed by, then ignored by him.

The life of "Duan Shu" is full and simple. The most important person in his memory is his elder brother, and the person who occupies the greatest weight in his life is also his elder brother. Those friends in the motorcade and even the navigator who should be closest are all background color.

Those people love him without exceeding the rules, it is impossible to flip through his mobile phone without authorization, and there is no such opportunity.

Only Wen Youlan who gets along day and night.

Duan Shu suddenly wanted to ask his elder brother, who seemed to be thinking about him wholeheartedly, if he knew his mobile phone password?

He didn't ask, he knew the answer.

On the surface, Wen Youlan would secretly check his mobile phone, that's why he needed a sufficiently complicated password.

In the bright consulting room, a bone-chilling chill suddenly enveloped him.

"Duan Shu" may have noticed the way his brother treats him a long time ago, the control that is accompanied by family affection and warmth.

But whether it is due to blood, emotion, or morality, he can't really resist his elder brother who has shielded him from wind and rain for many years.

What's even more paradoxical is that Wen Youlan's control is neither obvious nor cold. He is really treating his younger brother well, but in the way he wants.

In the difficult choice between freedom and family affection, "Duan Shu" finally chose to deliberately ignore, and convinced himself that his brother was just being nice to him.

Except for her brother, everyone else in her life is not important. This is the state Wen Youlan wanted, and "Duan Shu" silently accepted it.

Because when the status quo cannot be changed, people usually choose another path to reassure their powerless self: tell themselves that everything now is the best.

So "Duan Shu" erased the bits and pieces that made him doubtful, leaving only the beauty and warmth of growing up with his brother in the big world. He enjoyed this calm and prosperous life, almost a perfect life.

This beautified memory also blinded Duan Shu who knew nothing about the story at first.

Unlike the solo exploration of the previous world, this time, Duan Shu directly obtained information about this world at the level of consciousness, from the perspective of "Duan Shu".

Behind the common time-traveling in novels, the inheritance of the so-called original owner's memory is usually just to lead out the story more concisely, without delving into the possible impact of this complete memory that suddenly appeared in the mind.

In fact, even patients who have only transplanted other people's organs have experienced examples of temperament changes and gradually tending towards the donor.

This new access method is a bold attempt by the Zeus World R&D team, walking on the edge of a dangerous wire rope.

In real life, almost no one has ever created memories out of thin air in this way.Perhaps the only situation that can be used as an analogy is hypnosis.

The experiencer is implanted with a memory that does not belong to him, has a new identity, and enters a completely different world.

The most dangerous part of this is that memory is a subjective existence that is always floating between beautification and ugliness. It is closely related to people's feelings and moods, and it can never be objective.

Especially with the different perspectives and locations, the memory will change shape unconsciously, add self-feeling, and then burn into the depths of the mind.

"Duan Shu" beautified his own memory, and then Duan Shu walked along this track all the way, and then got lost.

Just like at noon, he was sitting next to Wen Youlan, in front of him was a delicious lunch carefully arranged by the other party. Before mentioning the examination, Wen Youlan just told him a joke that happened in the hospital.In the air-conditioned room in summer, the cold wind is blowing in the ears, and the delicious food and interesting things make people lazy.

So he felt that Wen Youlan's response was a kind of concession. He felt that way at the time, and maybe he would be touched by his brother's generosity at that moment when he recalled it a long time later.

What about Qi Yan who was standing by the door alone?What would he think of what Wen Youlan said?

"You're right, I shouldn't care so much."

"But let's finish eating today. You'll have to check in the afternoon. It's best not to eat too greasy food. I'm afraid you will feel uncomfortable."

Will it be a high profile that makes Qi Yan feel uncomfortable?

Covert contempt, understated apology, demands for retreat...

He definitely wouldn't think it was a kind of backing down, because he had already stood on the sidelines and confirmed Wen Youli's desire to control her younger brother from the missed dinner appointments again and again.

Qi Yan is different from Duan Shu, he does not have the memory of being raised by his elder brother for more than 20 years, he has not personally experienced Wen Youlan's thoughtfulness and care, the breakfast prepared in the morning, the hot water in the bathtub, Waiting until late at night for a table of dishes, suppressing the panic in my heart and deciding to support my brother's dream...

From the moment Duan Shu entered this world, all he felt was Wen Youlan's kindness to him. Even if there were occasional weird things, they were perfectly covered up by his own memory and Wen Youlan's explanation.

So he wholeheartedly believed in his memory, thinking that Wen Youlan was a brother who was sincerely good to him, and that the imprisonment that caused him to jump off the building was just an accident of desperation, and because of the difference in fate between the two, he naturally fell in love with him. Feeling guilty and wanting to make up, he voluntarily obeyed Wen Youli's arrangement on some trivial life matters that were not important.

Until Wen Youlan asked him to give up Qi Yan.

A crack appeared in this beautiful dream.

The hot sunlight came in from the window, clearly illuminating Wen Youlan's expression, and he was waiting for Duan Shu's answer.

The gentle and tolerant elder brother made this reasonable request for the sake of his younger brother's safety.

Duan Shu couldn't help but think of the Second Life that was written in that email.

In the previous world, he was just an outsider. He observed and explored everything that happened around him from an objective perspective. He had never personally experienced the ambiguous encounter in the alley, nor had he personally experienced the growing loss of "Duan Shu" towards Lu Zhi. The infatuation of the bottom line, even when Qi Wenxiao confessed to him, he didn't know the real past between the two.

So Duan Shu can handle the story in his own way without hindrance.

This is not the second life of the experiencer, he just acts as a high God who only needs to judge calmly.

The present moment surrounded by beautified memories, the present moment when you unknowingly fall into the life of the original owner, is the real second life.

"This time I will try a new access situation. You need to be as focused as possible. You have to be mentally prepared in advance."

Duan Shu always thought that sentence meant that when he woke up in the world of Zeus, he was in a racing car driving at high speed.

Actually not.

The researchers gave very cryptic reminders, but he was still confused by the memory of "Duan Shu" and lost his due concentration.

Also, the theme of this story is coercion.

If he is sober enough and detached enough, then he will naturally choose to escape wisely, and it is impossible to fall into coercion, and this story will not unfold.

Different stories and themes require different narrative methods.

The substitute story in Double Indemnity has been going on for a long time, he just needs to be the one who breaks the puzzle and changes his own destiny.

But in Love in the Afternoon, the coercion has not yet begun, the captivity and break-away in the story has not yet come, and Wen Youli has not done anything to forcibly change his choice. line of defense.

It wasn't until this moment, when he wanted to get rid of Qi Yan who was too dazzling from his younger brother's life, that Duan Shu suddenly woke up.

This time, Qi Yan still left him a clue, just like the message card that accompanied the dessert.

Qi Yan didn't change his name or appearance, and even appeared directly beside him at the beginning of the story.

He is the anchor point for Duan Shu to confirm himself in this story, and also the fuse that induces the story to move forward, just like Qi Wenxiao's phone call.

For the original Duan Shu, his elder brother was the most important person, Qi Yan was just a navigator, and he didn't have any special meaning in Duan Shu's heart, so Wen Youlan would not interfere with their exchanges, and would not There will be this conversation of the moment.

But when Duan Shu entered this world, he knew that he could find Qi Yan in reality here, so he must show unusual attention and closeness to the navigator, which aroused Wen Youlan's sense of crisis, so the gears turned slowly , the story is on track.

There is no need to wait until the eve of the game that triggered the dispute between the two brothers. This coercion-themed story has already begun thoroughly since Qi Yan reminded him "don't get distracted" in that small rally.

The memory of "Duan Shu" paralyzed him, Wen Youlan's mask paralyzed him, and he, who had never felt the warmth of family affection, also paralyzed himself.

Complicated thoughts flowed through his mind like an electric current, summer sweat oozes from Duan Shu's back, winding on his white back, bringing late concentration.

Wen Youli, holding the report card in his hand, had plenty of patience. He quietly looked at his younger brother who seemed to be struggling, waiting for the expected answer.

So Duan Shu came back to his senses.

He looked directly at his brother who depended on him for life, and shook his head slowly but firmly.

"I'm not going to replace him."

The author has something to say:

The start of this world is in hell mode. If it were me, I would probably fall into the trap with a smirk on my face, and then my brother would make a plate of hot spring eggs with sweet beans (.)