Golden Light Puppet Show·Yan Qiaoyan·I am not me

Chapter 1

"Pretty as you come."

Hearing someone calling his name, he slowly recovered from his daze, and opened the door to meet the flat color in the golden eyes of his roommate who had lived with him for two years.

"your letter."

The front and back of the envelope are all white, and the ink color can be vaguely seen through the light.The fingers holding the letter were long and slender, with a strange dry feeling, and the smooth nails were very light pink.The back of that hand with sharp knuckles was bruised and veined, and it lacked blood color as if it hadn't seen the sun all year round.

"Are you ok?"

"I am fine."

Standing in the dark, Qiao Rulai leaned over to receive the letter, only to find that he was not only dressed in a neat black suit, but was also holding a black wide-brimmed woolen hat.After returning the letter, he rounded the corner and disappeared into the shadows.

Literally disappeared.

Qiao Rulai sat back at the desk, put down the letter, wiped her face, and nervously began to tidy up the desktop. Notebooks, calendars, pens, ink, watches, etc. were all neatly arranged. Finally, she took out a paper knife from the drawer and carefully cut the envelope , expand the letter inside.

There are almost no people who send letters with paper and brushes these days, but he will receive them every once in a while.Even if he stared the letter out of the hole, he couldn't understand the contents inside, he could only remember the familiar handwriting.Waiting for the reluctance to let go, time has passed for a long time.The daylight at three or four o'clock in the afternoon still retains the vitality of noon. The day is close to November, and the windows and doors of the room are tightly closed. He only wears a short-sleeved T-shirt and does not feel cold.

There were people walking around in the living room, a dark windbreaker was hung on the back of the dining table and chairs, his roommate was still dressed in the same attire when he left, closed the refrigerator door, and held a large box of matcha cake in his hand.

"Gao Hongli." He called his name.This is actually taken by him, for the sake of convenience.

"Want to eat?"

Gao Hongli took off the cover, lowered his head to measure, and suddenly two white arms stretched out from behind, encircling his waist.Through the suit fabric, theoretically there should be no touch, but he really felt the softness of the man's cheek on the back.The breath seemed to be blowing directly on the skin, fingers were moving, unbuttoning the jacket and vest one by one, touching the shirt, Gao Hongli held him down, "I have something to do, can I do it later?"

The arm was pulled away immediately, Qiao Rulai sat on the sofa and turned on the TV, chose a movie and stared at the screen without saying a word.This is basically his daily life on non-working days. He occasionally doesn't watch it, and he still sulks because he can't accept the ending.

Gao Hongli reminded him to remember to eat and went back to his room, Qiao Rulai responded, not sure if he took it to heart.

I can’t see that eating three meals on weekdays is public. The family members are worried about rest days. It’s too exaggerated to ask someone to deliver meals and supervise them. Gao Hong saw that Qiao Tathagata can really lie down for two days and watch movies and eat snacks. Li really thought so. It was very, very wise to realize that family members were indeed family members after opening his eyes.Qiao Rulai's parents were very enthusiastic when they found out that he had finally found a roommate. After recovering, Gao Hongli realized that he had unknowingly taken over the heavy responsibility of supervising the landlord.

It's not right for a human being to be looked after by ghosts.

After sorting out most of the recent task reports, Gao Hongli took a break to finish the cake, and came out with a plate, the living room was silent.

The movie ran out early and the progress returned to the control panel, the remote control slipped to the ground, Qiao Rulai fell into a deep sleep, and fell on the sofa with long arms and legs, looking cramped.Thinking that he would always complain about being uncomfortable when he woke up, Gao Hongli walked over and pushed, "Go back to sleep."

Qiao Rulai closed her eyes halfway, hugged his neck in a confused but precise manner, sighed in a daze, "Senior brother."

Gao Hongli scooped up the man, not intending to talk to him at all.

Although he is a peculiar existence, he thinks he is qualified to say that Qiao Tathagata is even weirder.He has been a buddhist and vegetarian since he was a child, with a gentle temper and a scientific-sounding police position. No one knows that the daily life in the workplace is completely eccentric.Every two or three weeks, when Qiao Rulai received an anonymous plain letter, her whole body would become unusual. This kind of situation usually happened on weekends. For Gao Hongli, it was very different from weekdays.

Qiao Rulai's room is spotless and simply furnished. The curtains and sheets are gray, and the rest are mostly white. Even though the light-colored wood grain furniture and dark blue decoration soften the atmosphere, the whole room is still subtly lacking in popularity.The owner himself is the same, most of the time silent like a plant.

Gao Hongli had seen his father Shi Yanwen on TV a long time ago. Whether he is a member of parliament or speaker, it is not easy for a five-year-old human being to still have considerable enthusiasm and unwavering spirit.Such an outstanding person seems to have nothing to do with the passive eldest son. For the first time, he answered the phone for the sleepy Qiao Rulai. Shi Yanwen asked with particular enthusiasm if they were friends.He patiently replied a few words, thinking to himself, of course not, he was just a passer-by ghost who was entangled by a drunken maniac and lost the task object.

Accepting the name Qiao Rulai chose and living in his apartment was after hanging up the phone call.

The warm breath blows on the face, the broken hair sweeps across the eyes and itches a little, Qiao Rulai straightened up, and smashed the many buttons on his shirt, was too eager to shake his hands and failed once or twice, and his face became more and more impatient .

Gao Hongli couldn't help laughing, "If you shake any more, you might as well tear it apart."

Qiao Rulai pursed her lips, quickly opened her shirt in dissatisfaction, and removed her belt and trousers.Gao Hongli's temperature is low all the year round, the comfortable body temperature comes from the pasted skin, and the warmth of the fingers inserted into it is actually quite comfortable.He embraced Qiao Tathagata, sighed involuntarily, and he leaned over to hold her, his lips and tongue pulled away his breath tenderly, and he briefly left and bit his Adam's apple.The warm five fingers were covered with a cold hand, and they were tightly clasped. Qiao Tathagata lowered her head and kissed. The body touched by the palm did gradually heat up.

No matter how many times you are a newcomer, Qiao Rulai always looks nervous at this time, so Gao Hongli combs his drooping white hair comfortingly.

He has seen a lot of intimate relationships among colleagues, and the combination of your love and my wish in a long life was originally normal.Desire is dispensable to him, Qiao Tathagata is indeed weird, and overall he is not bad among human beings.The first time he was pushed and pressed down, he felt astonished. After thinking about it, it didn't matter anyway. After that, he seemed to bear more. Gradually, Gao Hongli found strangely that he was the one who comforted Qiao Tathagata.

The letters at intervals can easily loosen his emotional valve, and he falls into indescribable anxiety. Qiao Tathagata wants someone to share it with him, and this person happens to be him.

Gao Hongli felt that the room was extremely hot. He didn't need oxygen to survive, but at this moment he seemed dizzy due to lack of oxygen. He was pushed to the numb place and even his thoughts froze for a moment. Occasionally, his voice was hoarse, which was still worse than usual. Raised a lot.

He looked away and found scattered letters on the chair. Because he had seen them by chance before, he felt that the handwriting was surprisingly familiar, so Gao Hongli subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Stretching out her fingers to straighten his face, Qiao Rulai's eyes were flushed with emotion, her expression was expressionless, and her voice was cold, "Look at me."

Gao Hongli smiled, and somehow angered Qiao Tathagata, he hugged her and pressed her to the head of the bed, his movements became heavy, it could be said that he was merciless.He was forced to let out a cracking sound, and suddenly said, "You are in such pain, is it because of love?"

He was breathing erratically and speaking slowly, out of sheer curiosity.He had asked this question more than once, Qiao Rulai usually just pretended not to hear it, but today when they reached the limit together, she gave an answer, and her lips sealed all his unspoken responses.

Yes to deny.

As for which one to deny, I don't know.

Today's children have complex thoughts, Gao Hongli thought he couldn't understand, hooked Qiao Tathagata, and gently patted his thin shoulder blades.His temper came and went quickly, and it didn't take long for him to return to mildness, and he couldn't see the unreasonable irritability before.

It's true that Qiao Tathagata is a police officer, but it's a special profession. After training, her physical fitness is better than ordinary people.He is about the same height as Gao Hongli, and even thinner in comparison. It is said that he suffered from a ghostly physique since he was a child, and then gradually improved.Overly sensitive human beings have a hard time living long due to various reasons. It is good luck and the hard work of his family that he can grow so big. He probably feels pitiful. Gao Hongli did not refuse at the beginning, but his colleagues never let him down. A random, in the end is not the reason is not known.

Gao Hongli was thinking about the unfinished report, so he calmed down a bit and went to the bathroom.He boiled the water very hot, and the water vapor evaporated, and inhaling it seemed to warm the inside.One second he was thinking about the glare of the lights, and the next second he was plunged into sudden darkness. He remained calm and let the rushing water wash away. When his skin was hotter than before he came in, he gradually recovered his eyesight.

Recently, he had occasional headaches and similar insensitivity. Just as Gao Hongli made up his mind to go back for an examination, a cluster of black flames suddenly appeared on his left arm near the wrist bone, beating faintly as if burning.

He couldn't help sighing, if he had known that he would have to work overtime temporarily, he wouldn't have wasted energy here.

Go back to your room, open the black box on the table, and count the white cards that did not exist before, a total of 26.

The name on the front, the heavenly stems and earthly branches and numbers on the back, the time of death is dense, and the number of people is slightly higher. There should be other ghosts nearby who received the notification.

He put on new clothes. Except for the white shirt, his whole body from the vest to the tie and the buttons on the windbreaker was pure black. If it weren't for the light red on his thin lips, he would be pale and almost ghostly.Put on a wide-brimmed hat, and pass the full-length mirror at the door of the room, there is no reflection in it.

Opening music and fragments of speech came from the living room, and Qiao Rulai clicked on the new movie again.He changed into his pajamas, his white hair was damp and turned up slightly, making him appear younger than his actual age. He was surprised to see Gao Hongli's attire, "Is there another mission?".

"temporary."

In terms of time, they were still together less than 10 minutes ago, and today they did not allow Qiao Rulai to hug him for a while before leaving like in the past. Maybe he would be unhappy, so Gao Hongli approached and touched his forehead.

"I'm leaving, remember to eat dinner."

Qiao Rulai wanted to speak, but Gao Hongli had already disappeared from the room.The ghost messenger's body temperature cooled down quickly, and the fingertips touching his forehead were warmer than his lips.

Halfway through a movie, the trash cans around me were full of snack packages, and the mobile phone flickered. Qiao Rulai received a message from the young master Kaiming, saying that he was going to catch up with the general system's field work, and called him who was closest to Shangxian Palace to be on duty for a while.

The special black police uniforms and epaulettes do not show their functions. Even if others hear the nickname "Mojia" or see the crooked signboard of Shangxian Palace on the small bungalow used as an office building, they probably have no idea what they are doing. What the hell—maybe it would be shocking to know that there are such unscientific existences in the police system.

When Qiao Rulai received a call from Young Master Kaiming, she had only read half of the books she brought, and she emptied his private collection of snacks.The background TV news has been following the nightly building collapse, with experts and commentators bickering over ratings of housing safety hazards.

He pressed the call button, and the sudden yell almost burst his eardrum.

"Oh my god, come on, come on, come on, I've never seen such a fierce person so fast and so many, I'm not enough by myself!"

"Where are you?" Qiao Rulai started to pack her things with a guilty conscience.

"No. XX, XX Road, it's here where the collapse happened. I didn't expect that I didn't bring enough crazy things when I went out!" There was a muffled sound of rocks rolling down from the other end, followed by the son Kaiming swearing.

After five or six minutes of driving, he was stopped by a cordon. He stretched out his ID card, and soon came to the site of the collapsed building. The white street lights illuminated the intact side.He connected to the headset with the light on, and there was only a strong panting on the other end.

The atmosphere was not right, it was too quiet, and it didn't look like a scene where the Mo family's field missions were dispatched.The glazed Buddha beads on his left wrist were constantly burning to indicate danger, and the Mo Kuang in the piano bag on his back was also buzzing.

A black card floated under the street lamp and spun rapidly, and suddenly fell powerlessly. Qiao Rulai ran past below vigilantly. The black card suddenly retreated and rose back into the air, while he felt cold all over.

The eerie tranquility vanished in an instant, weeping came and went, and a few bleak, white faces roared towards them. Qiao Rulai hurriedly dodged but it was too late. Young Master Kaiming threw the self-proclaimed demon-subduing staff's iron rod through the air, shaking the ghosts' tips Xiao rushed forward, and the young master Kaiming himself, wearing night vision goggles, jumped out from nowhere, grabbed the iron rod and made a shrill sound on the ground, grabbed Qiao Rulai and ran away.

The nearby headsets are too noisy, but Qiao Rulai is not in the mood to think about it now.When she was out of breath and stopped in front of Gao Hongli, and saw the female ghost envoy who was missing a hand behind him and passed out on the ground, Qiao Rulai thought that he had grasped part of the reason for the bad situation.

"It was originally planned to extradite 26 people, four of them turned into ghosts, a few became wandering ghosts, the rest were swallowed, and two ghosts were eaten at the same time."

What Gao Hongli said was an understatement, partly because he was distracted by manipulating the black card to levitate in the four corners of the air, encircling the collapsed building, separating the two spaces, so that the task object could not escape.Even though he didn't express anything, Qiao Rulai also saw that it was not easy for him to maintain.He went out much earlier than Young Master Kaiming, so he should have been consumed in advance.

Those white shadows ate ghost messengers and inflated into dangerous existences in a short period of time, ghosts who were more inclined to do evil than wraiths-in terms of their death time, their deterioration was indeed too fast.

"Ghost messengers...except you can't fight any of them, but you can still be an experience pack!" Young Master Kaiming complained in a low voice, and made a gesture, "Qiao Tathagata, I will accompany you to start the battle without weakening them. Ghost messengers and I Sooner or later it will be consumed."

Gao Hongli said: "Because of the distance, my assistance may not be timely. Be careful."

Qiao Rulai nodded, what he learned from Mo Cangli was the formation technique, and he took out Mo Kuang from the piano bag, leaving only a few yellow talismans, and threw out the bag and the rest.Young Master Kaiming took a deep breath, ran ahead to attract the target, Qiao Tathagata was behind, dodged the wreckage of the ruins after the collapse, bit his finger and wiped it on the falling rocks, quickly circled the building, returned to the collapsed front, and It is near Gao Hongli, which is indeed a very important position.

"Are you ready?" Gao Hongli asked.

He was calm as if it was inappropriate to be cut off from the world, but at this moment it was reassuring.Qiao Tathagata thrust the ink into the ground while he tightened the four corners of the black card to squeeze the floating space of the resentful spirits, and rolled it with the sword as the heart, and a dazzling white light rose from the place where the bloodstain was left before.

The sudden light and the sudden gust of wind made all the white shadows move slowly, and Young Master Kaiming disappeared into the precarious darkness. Just as Qiao Rulai was about to give a reminder, he suddenly heard a shrill scream, and the attacking white shadow was completely pierced by a touch of red. Breaking, the twisted form hovered back into the air, much weaker than before.Qiao Rulai turned her head to see the remaining two red cards in Gao Hongli's hand, and asked clearly, "Did you violate the rules?"

"Let's go out first, and the salary will be deducted at most." Gao Hongli replied blankly.

Qiao Rulai wanted to laugh, but Young Master Kaiming clicked his tongue painfully in the headset. He immediately concentrated his mind, infinitely magnified his senses, passed through the ink madness and the place where the blood was left, closed his eyes and felt everything, and received all the subtle sounds in his ear. in the head.

The wandering ghosts are mixed with malice, indifference, curiosity, fear, and gluttony. Young Master Kaiming faces most dangers alone, and Qiao Tathagata focuses on following his aura.

Hearing the occasional reminders, the young man on the other end bent his backhand and quickly slapped a talisman into the void, and the white shadow suddenly backed away, floating in the air and laughing.

It took a lot of energy to maintain the formation to suppress the vengeful spirits and to explore in a large area. Even if Qiao Rulai didn't move much while leaning on the sword, her forehead was gradually covered with sweat, and her tense limbs were almost stiff.Realizing that Young Master Kaiming has help, many of them turned to attack him. Gao Hongli maintained the barrier that blocked the space for a long time. He had to worry about the wounded around him and was distracted from supporting him. He rarely looked angry.Seeing the wandering ghosts who couldn't get a better deal and turned back, Qiao Rulai said sarcastically, "Master, you are enlightened, you have more of them." , "Come out, the ghosts in the dark can't help you."

Gao Hongli turned around and said, "You take care of yourself."

Qiao Rulai took out a few talismans from her pocket, and said to herself, "At worst, throw them out together."

Gao Hongli was amused.

Fortunately, young master Kaiming was full of depression, he performed supernormally, and was assisted by others, before the yin energy was at its peak, they cleaned up only the last one.

However, the anger of the resentful spirit became more and more violent with the help of the day, and the wind that rolled up knocked the young master Kaiming down and rolled him to Qiao Tathagata, almost knocking down Mok Kuang.The four corners of the enchantment suddenly tightened, the red card flew out from the side, Young Master Kaiming jumped up, and threw the iron bar through the chest of the wraith.

With the ear-piercing cry, everything ceased to exist.

Young Master Kaiming sat on the ground and complained loudly, he was the one who was mainly responsible for doing the work, compared to the other immobile and long-range system, he looked like a dead dog.

In fact, Qiao Rulai's spirit was stretched to the limit, she let go of her sword and her legs softened, Gao Hongli who came running pulled her arms and leaned against her body, struggling to hold her breath.

The female ghost messenger who had lost her hand was half asleep and half awake. Just as Gao Hongli removed the barrier, the ghost messenger who came nearby immediately took her and disappeared into the night.

After notifying the policemen outside, Young Master Kaiming closed his cell phone and said loudly, "Hey, Ghost Messenger, we are already familiar with each other. I would like to express my serious protest? Please report this kind of abnormal ghost as soon as possible, otherwise we can only rely on us to clean it up." It's gone." He smiled, but his words were blunt, "You have high authority, and it's your business to protect your subordinates, but you can't afford to die, and we are human beings and we can't afford to die."

Gao Hongli replied simply: "I'm sorry, it was my fault."

"It's been a long time since I've had a scene of this level. I'm exhausted." Young master Kaiming rubbed his ears and sat in the cab, tore off the lollipop wrapper and chewed it into pieces. Go back to duty and report to you!"

"...Hey!" Before he could react, he started the car and ran away. Qiao Rulai took out his mobile phone and said, "Can you tell me what happened?"

"Ask the ghost envoy!" The voice pointed out that Young Master Kaiming was particularly irritable.

Qiao Rulai leaned against Gao Hongli for a long time, and only then did she feel uncomfortable. When she wanted to speak, she found that he seemed calm, his lips were bloodless, obviously very tired, so he silently closed his mouth.

Gao Hongli said, "Did you ask you to eat before going out? Or did you eat the box?"

Qiao Rulai didn't expect him to ask this, and was speechless for a moment.

After Gao Hongli got the answer, he stroked his white hair, "Let's go, I want to eat supper."

The ghost messenger is not even a human being, so where does the hunger come from, Qiao Tathagata thinks he is just greedy.Gao Hongli is free to do everything, even his name and address are resolved within 5 minutes, but he is particularly concerned about all kinds of food.Buy the ones you like and put them in the box under the coffee table, and eat the ones you don't like in silence with a straight face. If Qiao Rulai's appetite is right, you can help him solve it, and you can see that he rarely shows some obvious joy.The ghost messenger also has a salary. Qiao Tathagata guesses that his salary may only be spent on appetite. After all, he does not need to consider all human problems.

This day was very miraculous. Qiao Rulai received the letter routinely, worked overtime until midnight, and finally turned around and went to an izakaya for a late-night dinner.He was wearing a police uniform, and Gao Hongli was wearing a suit. He took off his jacket and looked a little serious among the office workers who came back late.

Losing a ghost messenger is a major event, Gao Hongli described the accident with a very serious tone.The two discussed for a while, and he was distracted and finished choosing food and handed it to the waiter.Nervous all night, Qiao Rulai propped up her face in a drowsy state, and was pushed while half asleep and half awake.A lot came on the table one after another, Gao Hongli changed the plain fried dumplings and noodle soup in front of him, tasted the rest, finished the ones he found delicious, and put the ones he didn't like very much aside.

Qiao Rulai took a random photo of Ye Xiao and posted it in the Mo family group, and soon got a lot of replies.

Doctor Ming sent a full-body photo of cooking noodles, Huang Hou popped up a disdainful expression, Yu Xingyi replied with a photo of grilled fish, Mo Xue and Dongmen Asahi expressed their envy together.

Gongzi Kaiming sent out the town building map to end the topic - the exploded cooking pot, frying pan family and an English apology note - and then typed: Shi Jingzhong, I can't even eat instant noodles when I go back later, and you still have to come to stimulate ? !Who else ate up Shangxian Palace? !

Qiao Rulai pursed her lips and smiled, not noticing that Gao Hongli was looking at him.

It's not that Qiao Tathagata lacks expression, but that he has always been thoughtful, and it's rare to see such a simple smile.

It shouldn't be like this.he thinks.

This person bears a huge and inexplicable responsibility, and the most frequent expression on his face seems to be a calm expression with lowered brows and pleasing eyes, silently thinking about something.

What an odd idea.

His vision was blurred at the moment when his eyelids opened and closed, and he couldn't see anything clearly when he tried again. He took a breath and heard a strange yet familiar "Senior Brother".

The soft voice trembled slightly, and the word "simple" was depressing.

The veins on the back of the hand throbbed violently, almost twitching, the glass that could not be held fell to the ground, the beer wetted the trousers and leather shoes,

"... Junior Brother." He said unconsciously.

The background music in the store happened to be the turn of a festive song with lively drum beats. Qiao Rulai and Young Master Kaiming were chatting privately about the details of the report when they were startled by the sudden movement.Gao Hongli pressed his hands firmly on the table, his light eyes lost focus.

Qiao Rulai quickly supported him, put down the money and left, and pushed him into the passenger seat.Gao Hongli's breathing was extremely rapid, and he was so pretty as to pat, his tentacles were terrified, never thought that the cold and pale ghost could become so hot.There were scorched burn marks on his cuffs that climbed up to the back of his hands, and the same on his neck, climbed up to the side of his face and receded again, over and over again.

Maybe it was because of nervousness, but Qiao Rulai's eyes wandered, and his complexion sank.He had no clue about the ghost's physique, so he could only silently start the car and go back.Fortunately, Gao Hongli had already recovered when he got home, and he had no memory of the previous abnormality.

It was obviously regrettable for him to leave without finishing his supper. To make up for it, he brought out another cake, which was a bit too much for one size fits all, so he gave a small piece to Qiao Tathagata.

Qiao Rulai ate her cake in two or three bites, said something roughly, and asked hesitantly: "You mentioned that all the ghosts have no memory of being human. Could this be related to your past?"

Gao Hongli replied: "The past is the past. I have been a ghost messenger for many years, and my memory has never been loosened."

Qiao Tathagata lowered her eyes, pinching the fingers holding the small iron fork tightly.

He also said: "The way of existence of ghost messengers and mission objects is very similar to a certain extent. Before the young master enlightened me, I locked myself into the formation with them and fought at the same time. It should be the result of being affected by resentment."

Qiao Rulai turned her head and saw that Gao Hongli had just installed the cake, with a smile on his peaceful side face, she didn't know what to think, so she held his face and kissed him.Surprised, the other party put his hand on his waist and responded softly.

it's too cold.

What comes through the shirt is not the warmth that a human should have, Qiao Tathagata thought, her eyes unconsciously opened with moisture.

Ignoring the physical involvement, they are probably friends, the kind who don't know how to talk about their thoughts.It should be said that both parties are not interested in talking, it is better to directly expose the heart through straightforward behavior.

Gao Hongli accepted everything completely, and he didn't mind being spied on by others. He was so frank and clear that it was abnormal, so he only understood Qiao Tathagata unilaterally.

The huge hole in his heart seems to never be filled. He is only 25 or [-] years old, which is considered young for human beings. He does not know where he has accumulated such deep pain.

Gao Hongli embraced him and asked, "You're still in a bad mood, do you want to do it?"

Qiao Tathagata was a little embarrassed, "...No."

"I actually don't know how else to comfort you other than this."

Qiao Tathagata immediately hugged him tightly upon hearing this.

This night we slept together, just like the weekend when we received the letter.