The Midnight Owl

Chapter 146 Good Night

When the last cluster of flames was extinguished, the entire east and west wing rooms had been completely burned.

Countless ashes with Mars floating in the air, flying to an unknown distance with the night wind.

nothing left.

The dark compartments in the east wing room that carried nightmares, and the cabinets in the west wing room that might contain people, were all reduced to ruins and scorched earth in the flames.

The yard was safe and sound.

The fire dragon seems to have made up its mind to only burn the room, from west to east, it started fiercely and ended abruptly.

A piece of ash like black snowflakes fell on the cabinet in the yard.

click.

The hanging lock was naturally opened.

The four partners looked at each other in astonishment.After the cabinet was kicked out, they tried their best to open it, but it was all in vain, but now, when the last flame died out, it opened by itself.

Xu Wang reached over, took off the padlock, and gently opened the cabinet door.

The moonlight finally shone into the dark cabinet, illuminating the curled up figure...

[Owl: Congratulations on passing the test, the test was handed in successfully on 9/23!Dear, see you tomorrow~~]

A second of scorched earth and ruins, a second of the streets of the city.

Even with the dizzying sense of weightlessness to divide, the speed of world switching is still too fast for people to recover.

It was still dark.

But the street lights are on.

There are already sanitation workers cleaning the street, and cars drive by on the road from time to time.The gloomy feeling that invaded the bone marrow completely disappeared, replaced by open streets and solid fireworks.

Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin stood under a street lamp, and surrounded by them was Chi Yingxue, who had awakened.

He sat on the ground leaning on the lamppost, slowly raised his head, looked at each partner's face lightly, and there was still some trance and bewilderment in his eyes.

But Xu Wang always felt that he was not completely blank about what happened, his trance was more like a maladaptation that could not be separated from a certain situation for a while.

The four partners squatted down almost at the same time, looking at Chi Yingxue with concern.They didn't make any advance eye contact, it was completely coincident.

"Are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable?" Xu Wang didn't want to explore what Chi Yingxue had experienced in the dark cell, and whether he had broken into a ghost gate like them. He just hoped that everything would be fine for him, that's all. .

Chi Yingxue actually didn't look very well, his face was paler than usual, his forehead was faintly sweaty, and his lower lip seemed to be bitten by himself, and it was bright red.

But he tilted his head to look around at the four partners, and suddenly smiled, faintly and lazily: "It's just a nap, what expressions do you all have?"

Wu Sheng and Qian Ai were stunned, not sure whether he was telling the truth or perfunctory.

Kuang Jinxin frowned slightly and looked at him worriedly.

Xu Wang let go of half of his heart, at least, there was still that cute and itchy Xiaoxue in front of him.

But the other half of my heart is hanging...

"How is Hades?" Xu Wang still asked.

All along, he hadn't taken the initiative to propose Hades in front of Chi Yingxue. It felt like having two teammates who couldn't get along. As the captain, he couldn't help them turn their enemies into friends, so try to avoid conflicts.

But now, he can only ask Chi Yingxue, and he has even made up his mind that after Chi Yingxue calms down a little, he will tell him exactly what Hades paid for this level.

Chi Yingxue didn't answer immediately.

He lowered his eyes, as if thinking, but also looking.

The street lamp shone on his face, leaving a shadow under his eyes through his eyelashes.

"I can't find him."

After a long time, the four partners heard him say this.

The voice was so soft that it was almost impossible to distinguish emotions.

But Xu Wang was sure that there was no surprise or surprise there, but only a trace of bewilderment and more helplessness.

At that moment, he understood that Chi Yingxue knew that throughout the whole process of breaking through the level, he was not only the child hiding in the cabinet, but also the black shadow with the smell of orange soda, and the ubiquitous pale moon and dark clouds. Wind—everything about 9/23, he could feel it.

……

For the next two days, Chi Yingxue didn't say a word.

During the day, he locked himself in his room, and at night, he sat in the space capsule on 9/23.

After they handed in this level, the secret compartment would not open again, so they just sat in the space capsule for a long night.

Chi Yingxue sat against the corner, quietly staring at the ceiling in a daze, and they stayed with him in a daze.

Hades, let's go.

He was born because of the fear in Xiaoxue's heart, and dissipated because of the annihilation of the fear.

Everyone didn't say anything, but they knew it in their hearts.Even at that time, Qian Ai, who had a vague understanding of Chi Yingxue's "I can't find it", realized this fact in the depressed atmosphere of the past two days.

Healing from split personality is a good thing no matter how you look at it, but reason cannot replace feelings, and it is even more impossible to erase the memories of them fighting side by side.

If they were like this, what about Chi Yingxue?

The child who set the password of the last line of defense in his heart as Hades' birthday, wondered if he would say goodbye one day.

……

Xu Wang was ready for a protracted battle, and even had a private meeting with his partners. If Chi Yingxue was delayed for three days, they would wait for three days, and if Chi Yingxue was delayed for ten days, they would wait for ten days.

Unexpectedly, after sitting out of the owl for the second time, Chi Yingxue said without warning: "Book tickets."

The coordinate point of 10/23 is in Hunan.

Xu Wang didn't know if he really cheered up, or buried more emotions in his heart, but life is like this, whether you like it or not, the calendar is always turning forward page by page.

"Have you talked with your brother?" Xu Wang always felt that his relatives should know about such an important matter.

Chi Yingxue shook her head lightly: "Let's talk about when we return to Beijing."

This is a matter between brothers, Xu Wang didn't say anything more.

When the sky turned pale, Xu Wang and Wu Sheng booked a high-speed train to Hunan.

Hotel rooftop.

This hotel is located in the busiest part of the city center, leaning on the roof railing, overlooking most of the city.At this moment, the city is waking up, the street lights are going out one by one, the buildings are coming out of the darkness, and the hustle and bustle is slowly rising.

But Chi Yingxue didn't look at these.

He sat on the only sofa in the corner of the roof, quietly looking at the sky.

The sofa is half new and not old. I don't know if it is specially for the guests to rest, or it was abandoned by the hotel, but at this moment, he and the sofa under him are in harmony like a painting.

Most of the sky has already lit up, and today's clouds are a bit thick, but the sun is still persistently penetrating through the clouds and shining on the world.

When Kuang Jinxin came to the rooftop, he saw the sunlight first, and then Chi Yingxue bathed in the morning light.

Sensing someone breaking in, Chi Yingxue turned her head.

"The train ticket is booked," Kuang Jinxin came to the sofa, "it's three o'clock in the afternoon."

Chi Yingxue looked at him and said, "Oh."

It was supposed to be a routine notification, and people would leave after the notification, but Kuang Jinxin sat down instead, as naturally as if the other half of the sofa was specially reserved for him.

"Beautiful." Kuang Jinxin suddenly said something without thinking.

Chi Yingxue was at a loss: "Huh?"

Kuang Jinxin looked at the rising sun that finally emerged from the clouds, and said sincerely: "The sunrise is so beautiful."

Chi Yingxue doesn't like to talk about scenery with others, especially now, he just wants to be alone.

Standing up without hesitation, Chi Yingxue walked towards the door without even saying hello.

"No one will protect you from now on." Kuang Jinxin looked at his back and said suddenly.

Chi Yingxue paused, and after a few seconds, she turned her head slowly, her eyes sank: "What did you say?"

"I said that no one will protect you in the future." Kuang Jinxin repeated it verbatim, with a louder and louder voice.

Chi Yingxue narrowed her eyes dangerously and said word by word, "I don't need anyone's protection."

"Wouldn't it be better for Hades to go away," Kuang Jinxin said, "Anyway, you don't need his protection, and no one will snatch your body anymore."

Chi Yingxue was silent for a while, and then suddenly smiled faintly: "That's right, it's better to leave."

Kuang Jinxin looked at him fixedly: "Then what are you panicking these two days?"

"Who told you that I panicked." Chi Yingxue was still smiling, but her voice was slightly cold.

Kuang Jinxin looked at him for a while, then suddenly asked: "Do you know what dream I had in the dark cell?"

Chi Yingxue was stunned, the topic was too jumpy, he couldn't grasp it.

"I dreamed about when my parents were in a car accident." Kuang Jinxin looked calm and calm, "Captain, Brother Sheng, and Brother Qian all knew about it, but you have been hiding in the dark, so I will tell you again."

Chi Yingxue frowned: "Maybe I don't want to hear it."

"If you don't listen, you can't do it," Kuang Jinxin said confidently, "I've finished your nightmare. If you really want to talk about it, it's only fair that you have to go through my nightmare again. I don't need you to go now. I just need you to listen. Are you still bargaining? "

Chi Yingxue: "..."

I always felt that this "fair exchange" was weird, but Chi Yingxue couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.

"My parents died in a car accident when I was very young. I have no memory. The so-called car accidents are all told by my grandparents, and then I just imagine..."

As if predicting that Chi Yingxue would not leave, Kuang Jinxin looked at the gradually blue sky and thought to himself.

"I really started to have memories of being beaten. In fact, it was the half-grown children who played together. They didn't understand anything. They ran around and played like crazy all day long, but they just bullied me and beat me because I didn't have parents..."

"I was very impressed. As long as it rained, they would push me into the mud and laugh around..."

He smiled wryly, but the bitterness was very short, like a flash of haze, and when he looked again, it was bright and sunny.

"Later, there was a big brother in the neighborhood who found out that I was always being bullied, so he helped me out. He was older than us, and he was already in the third grade of junior high school at that time. It was no problem for him to single out a group of children. Since he protected me, I Never been beaten again..."

"Good luck." Chi Yingxue finally gave a not-so-warm response.

He stood two meters away from the sofa, did not continue to leave, did not approach again, just turned around, just looked at Kuang Jinxin not far or near, as if he was bored, so he simply listened to a story.

"I also feel very lucky, I almost regarded him as my brother at that time." Kuang Jinxin looked at Chi Yingxue with a bright smile, "Then within a year, he was admitted to a key high school and was about to move away from the school. nearby."

Chi Yingxue frowned.

He really didn't like the story.

"Before I left, I hugged him and cried, not letting him go, no one can persuade me..."

Kuang Jinxin fell into memory again, he clearly looked at Chi Yingxue, but his gaze fell on an unknown place.

"I said that if you leave, no one will protect me in the future. He said, in fact, in this world, the only person who can protect you forever is yourself..."

"Later he moved away. As soon as he left, those people beat me, but I fought back. I went crazy and fought back desperately, and finally beat them all to the ground..."

His gaze met Chi Yingxue again, proudly: "After that, no one will dare to bully me again."

Chi Yingxue shrugged: "So he is right, it is better to ask for yourself than to ask for others."

Kuang Jinxin restrained his smile, and shook his head seriously: "No, he was wrong."

Chi Yingxue: "Wrong?"

Kuang Jinxin said: "I can fight back because I remember him in my heart, remember the protection, encouragement, and warmth he gave me. They bring me strength."

Chi Yingxue fell silent.

The warm sunlight reflected his beautiful outline, and at a certain moment, another shadow seemed to flash across his brows.

"In this world, there are people who can protect you forever." Kuang Jinxin looked at him quietly, with gentle but firm eyes, "As long as you keep him in your heart forever, he will always guard you."

……

18:00 Beijing time, Hunan.

Because he didn't contact in advance, this time the supernatural president Chi Zhuolin didn't have time to help the team arrange the president's set.They checked into an express hotel, two standard rooms and one double bed room.

The big bed room was given to Chi Yingxue, after all, she had been in the presidential suite for so long.

But after opening the room, Xu Wang felt a little regretful, and felt that he should book a standard room, and then send old money or small conditions, even if he could do it himself, to stay with him for one night.

After discussing this idea with other teammates in private, Kuang Jinxin said, captain, don't worry, Chi Yingxue is not as fragile as you think.

Xu Wang was dubious, and struggled for two hours. At eight o'clock in the evening, he still knocked on the door of Chi Yingxue's room secretly.

The door opened, but Chi Yingxue didn't intend to invite Jun in, so she stood behind the door panel and looked at him blankly.

Xu Wang was also a little embarrassed, but seeing that he was in good condition and showed no signs of instability, his heart sank, he stuffed the thing he had been clutching for a long time into the crack of the door, and stuffed it into the opponent's hand.

Chi Yingxue was caught off guard, and after receiving it, she saw clearly that it was a small badge with the Arabic numeral "6" engraved on it.The emblem is exquisitely made, but... the meaning is unknown.

Raising his eyes, he looked at his captain in puzzlement.

"Well, the team number," Xu Wang was uncertain, and his speed of speech was a little unsteady, "I finished sending out theirs, and this is yours."

The badge was ordered online by Xu Wang on the day he handed in the paper. There is no need for special plate making. This kind of Arabic numerals is readily available in many stores. He chose a store in the same city, and the express delivery arrived the next day.

Chi Yingxue fiddled with the badge with her thumb, and frowned: "I am number 6?"

"Well," Xu Wang paused for a moment, "Yan Wang is ranked No. 5."

Chi Yingxue stopped talking and looked at him quietly, showing no emotion.

Xu Wang let him watch, his gaze neither dodging nor avoiding.

Some things, if you don't mention them, will always be knots. Only when you tell them can they shine into the sun.

"Give it to me." Chi Yingxue said suddenly.

Xu Wang didn't understand: "What?"

"The badge of No. 5." Chi Yingxue raised the corner of her mouth, "I am No. 6 and also No. 5."

Xu Wang came to his senses and immediately took out another badge from his pocket.

Before he could give it this time, Chi Yingxue reached out and took it.

"Thank you, captain." Chi Yingxue smiled lightly, and closed the door.

Xu Wang: "..."

Sure enough, this teammate is still as bad as ever! ! !

A door apart.

Chi Yingxue turned around and walked back to the big bed. As she walked, she couldn't wait to pin the two badges to her clothes.

The badge is very small, pinned on the neckline, chest or hem, it is delicate and does not affect the activities.

But Chi Yingxue, who was lying on the big bed, didn't dare to turn over and move around for a full three minutes.

In the end, he still reluctantly took off the badge, wrapped it in a soft tissue, and put it in the most secret and safe place in his backpack, before lying back on the bed again.

The curtains in the house were all drawn, and the heavy curtains blocked the lights of thousands of houses.

The room was as dark as late at night, with only one bedside lamp dutifully on.

Chi Yingxue lay on her side, staring at the lamp for a long time.

Finally, reached out and turned it off.

When was the last time you turned off the lights before bed?Chi Yingxue couldn't remember.Or maybe never.In his night, no matter when, no matter where, always keep a light on.

He hates the dark, or rather, fear.

Just like this room at this moment, it is so dark that there is no light.

But he is very down-to-earth now.

"Good night."

In the darkness, he whispered softly, as if he was talking to himself, but also as if he was talking to another person.