Holographic Showdown

Chapter 4

Dream, why dream again?

A young red fox is tied to the cold electrotherapy equipment,

There are dense intubation tubes all over his body, intertwined like spider webs around the seat, he knew it, but he didn't make a sound.

Don't dare to make a sound, even if you are afraid, you dare not even shed a tear, otherwise the administrator will lock him into a small dark room in the basement, and let him stay there alone for three days and three nights, surrounded by nothing but cold There was nothing on the wall, and the little fox cub huddled in a corner by himself in a daze.

Fortunately, he is not afraid of the dark, but he feels a little cold. At this time, he will happily pull the tail behind his buttocks to keep warm, and then count his heartbeats, thinking about how long he will be five years old.

Although he didn't know how old he was at that time.

The red fox population has an IQ higher than that of all creatures.

At the age of two, memory collection can be turned on and recalled later.

In fact, he quite likes staying in the small dark room. Here, he can often sleep with his tail in his arms for a long, dreamless sleep. No one will disturb him, and there are no repeated forced attempts in the laboratory. The instruments sounded, and he could tell stories to himself.

The little fox cub often sleeps with its tail in its arms for three days and three nights. After that, the administrator opened the iron gate, took him out with his big fluffy tail, fed him some unnutritious white porridge, and carried him out for experiments. Then press him to the instrument as always.

I remember one time when anesthesia was being injected unconsciously, the administrator injected a whole bottle of anesthesia into his blood vessels. When he woke up the next evening, he found a collar on his neck. The administrator said it was his Disobedient punishment.

Afterwards, once he had strenuous exercise or obvious emotional ups and downs, the collar would release drugs to stimulate his glands, causing him to roll on the ground in pain, and the effect lasted for about half an hour before slowly fading away.

As a result, his physique became very painful.

This kind of memory is really like a white clay pot full of cracks, which will shatter to pieces all over the ground if you touch it, but only with those cracks can the outside sunlight have a chance to break in.

In the years he passed through the ghost gate, he managed to save his life by stealing a life. In the process of being sold by accident, Shen Ye brought him home. This tall, heroic North American gray wolf alpha told him, He would give himself a home if he wanted to.

Everything happened so suddenly that day, so that when he arrived in the strange environment, he hadn't had time to take care of himself, and he didn't take off his collar, so he appeared in Shen Yunting's world in a sloppy manner.

The young Shen Yunting is still handsome and handsome. He inherited the prairie fox omega mother racially. The moment he saw the fox ears on his head, the little fox cub mistakenly thought it was his kind. His eyes lit up with joy, and saw the boy approaching. He knelt down and stretched out his hand to gently stroke his little ear.

The little fox cub suddenly saw a beautifully crafted custom-made collarbone collar hanging on the boy's slender neck. He didn't know that it was the most popular decoration at that time, but he immediately remembered the time when he wore the collar in the basement. Those days without sunshine.

He raised his head and stretched out his hand to grab the silver cross on the collar, trying to tear it off with all his might, but was stopped by Shen Yunting, who abruptly withdrew his hand and took several steps back, carefully saying sorry.

The young man was very puzzled by the little guy's strange behavior, and walked a few more steps, only to see the other person staring at him with wide amber eyes, pretending to smile happily, and said to him: "Don't be afraid, I have it too... ..."

After speaking, the little fox cub went to grab the collar around his neck, tears fell to the ground from the pain, still smiling like the light of the fireworks, Shen Yunting heard him say to himself.

"It hurts a bit, but don't be afraid."

At the end of the memory is the scene of Shen Yunting hugging him into his arms, the little fox cub is smiling so happily, but tears are so many, so uncomfortable.

Falling in a dream.

The smell of disinfectant water in the ICU lingers all day long, Xie Zhen's eyes are barely opened, the ceiling is an eye-catching milky white, he looks a little dizzy, and there is a vague figure beside him, who seems to be sitting down. Gesture stayed by his bedside.

He moved his fingers with difficulty, and touched the other hand, and the owner of the hand was probably awakened by his touch, and called him softly in a hoarse voice: "Zai Zai?"

Xie Zhen couldn't speak, but smelled the familiar fragrance of plum, twisted his wrist with all his strength, and covered the hand, feeling dizzy, his thin lips moved slightly before he fell asleep drowsily.

It's like saying, don't go.

Seeing that the person in front of him showed signs of waking up, Shen Yunting was so happy that he almost shed tears, suppressed his excitement and pressed the special call bell in the ward, and hung up after summarizing the situation in a few words, then carefully held his hand, Afraid of touching the needle on it, he then used his palm to cover the heat.

The sleepless nights that lasted more than a week had tortured him both physically and mentally. Seeing the light of hope at this moment, his hanging heart was finally willing to let go.

Xie Zhen woke up completely after falling into a coma for half an hour. He was discharged from the hospital after a month of recuperation. His life was finally back on track. When he returned to the training camp and picked up his gun, he realized that he seemed to have crossed the gate of hell again. return.

The days after that were back to normal.

Xie Zhen has become very obedient, starting at eight o'clock in the morning, eating three meals on time, returning home at nine o'clock in the evening, washing and falling asleep, not throwing temper tantrums or causing trouble, but not having any homely conversations with Shen Yunting, the communication between them is getting better and better At the end, Xie Zhen deleted his message directly after receiving it.

Shen Yunting felt that he didn't know him.

[Training camp at [-] p.m.]

After the 3000-meter run, Xie Zhen ran to the bathroom to take a shower with his head covered in sweat, and then changed into the prepared clothes and went to the cafeteria to eat.

His slender fingers carelessly swipe and pull the electronic menu a few times, poke and tap a few times, and finally press his fingerprint, the system deducts the corresponding amount from his alliance account, and the invoice machine at the front desk quickly pops up a white data sheet , Xie Zhen tore off the list to find a seat.

Just a few steps away, I saw a group of familiar figures on a row of communal tables not far away, and someone in the middle waved to him, Xie Zhen raised his hand and waved lightly.

Xiao Yuchi hooked his hands, motioning for him to come over.

Xie Zhen didn't see that familiar face in the crowd, so he breathed a sigh of relief, stuffed the list into his pocket, pulled off the hood he was wearing, and went straight to sit next to Xiao Yuchi. With so many people around, he still called out in a polite manner: "Instructor Xiao."

Xiao Yuchi is one year older than Shen Yunting, it stands to reason that it is not an exaggeration to call him uncle, after all Shen Yunting is nine years older than Xie Zhen.

Zhou Quan was laughed at, and Xiao Yuchi also couldn't laugh or cry, he couldn't accept that Maotou boy was so well-behaved suddenly: "Don't be like this, you're too unfamiliar, you haven't trained tonight, do you want to come to the Mechanical Research Institute to play with guns?"

Of course, Xie Zhen nodded. You must know that the guns in the firearms department are all top-of-the-line, and the ones assigned by the superiors in peacetime are simply incomparable, not to mention that Xie Zhen is still a patient with "terminal cancer" in firearms.

Someone booed: "Ouyou, who is this?"

Xiao Yuchi glanced at him, continued to look at Xie Zhen, and said calmly: "Who will be the person that Colonel Shen brought up with you?"

The surrounding circle of people soon boiled over.

"Fuck, I heard that Shen Motou has a baby brother." Qi Yuan, who was sitting next to Xiao Yuchi, was full of surprise, turned his head away from him and went to see Xie Zhen, but he still asked, "Could it be him? "

This sentence fueled the curiosity of the people in Zhouquan several times. People kept stealing glances at Xie Zhen, looking at him or asking questions, surrounded Xie Zhen for a while, which made people quite uncomfortable.

Of course, if Shen Yunting knew this, he would definitely not be able to eat him, so Xiao Yuchi still smoothed things out out of safety considerations: "Go, go, eat your own food, the seedlings are good, and the hair hasn't grown yet. Don't let you old bastards ruin it..." The playful atmosphere broke up, and when he heard the meal pickup announcement, Xiao Yuchi reminded Xie Zhen: "Go get the things, let's chat when we get back."

Xie Zhenying, before he got up and took the first step, he suddenly remembered something, turned his head, hesitated for a while and asked, "Brother Chi, where is he?"

It was Shen Yunting who asked, of course, and only in front of Xiao Yuchi would he show a little concern for that person, and today is Shen Yunting's birthday, but the other party has not returned from working overtime last night, and even the time for eating I didn't see anyone in the cafeteria at all.

"Here's the meeting, he's in charge of this season's personnel promotion and assessment," Xiao Yuchi ate a chopstick of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, took out a piece of candy with his left hand and threw it to the little fox, and said unhurriedly while eating, "I want to help He, but you also know this guy's temper, he is very stubborn, and he will never allow outsiders to intervene if he can complete it by himself."

Xie Zhen squeezed the candy in his hand, and the scene of Shen Yunting sitting in the conference room with the lamp on and looking at the official document plan came to mind. He couldn't help feeling uncomfortable, and asked again: "Do you have time after dinner?"

Xiao Yuchi shook his head, picked up shredded ginger from a plate of meat and vegetables with his chopsticks, frowned and vomited bitterly: "Your brother is busy with the tasks, and I will be responsible for the later transition." After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and sighed After a while, he raised his eyes and looked at him: "But tonight, the management will have dinner to celebrate your brother's 34th birthday. Will you come?"

Xie Zhen didn't know about this, but now he knew it and refused it. When he went to the front desk to pick up the meal, he was struggling. He wanted to ask Xiao Yuchi to send a blessing to Shen Yunting, but after thinking for a long time, he finally gave up. After eating in silence, I chatted with the other party for a few words and left.

He went to pack another piece of porridge with preserved egg and lean meat, carried the things all the way to the headquarters, came to the door of Shen Yunting's office, quietly turned his hand and pushed open a crack in the door, after confirming that there was no one inside, So he walked in boldly, put the fast food box on his desk, and walked away in a hurry. In fact, he had done this kind of thing countless times before, so today is also very smooth.

After staying in the training camp for a while, he packed up his things and left. Instead of going to the firearms research institute, he sent a message to Xiao Yuchi saying he was not feeling well, and went home alone with a backpack containing sweaty clothes.

As summer turned to autumn, a cool evening breeze blew in the street market, blowing through the half-opened car window and lifting the broken hair on Xie Chen's side face, making Xie Zhen want to smoke for no reason, but because of his habit of resisting smoking Because of the smell, I made up for the appearance of leaning on the seat and breathing out smoke in my mind, and after I was addicted to it, I turned the steering wheel and drove home.

Back in the duplex apartment, Xie Zhen threw the clothes into the washing machine and ignored it. He collapsed on the sofa in the living room, bent his legs and took out his mobile phone to check the news. There was only one message from Shen Yunting about half an hour ago news and asked him what was wrong with him.

Xie Zhen stared at the glowing screen, read that sentence countless times, edited a short line of words in the input box, and quickly let him delete them all, and finally typed "Happy Birthday", but He also deleted it. After tossing for a long time, he simply turned off the phone and refused to reply. Anyway, he hasn't replied to this person's message in a while, so it doesn't matter if there is more.

Shen Yunting called, but he hung up.

Then the mobile phone was turned on silent mode, Xie pillow curled up into a ball and fell asleep, holding the big furry tail in his hand, he hugged his pile of softness, the fantasy was like hugging Shen Yunting when he was a child, even though The tail can't give him the same hug back as Shen Yunting.

Hmm... When did you have such thoughts?After the incident happened almost two years ago, I was immersed in the fear of gain and loss every day. To be honest, it may be because of some kind of taboo emotion. This kind of emotion is called "love", but Xie Zhen is not sure about it. Whether it was the right behavior for that person to have such feelings, he kept avoiding that person and pretended to be indifferent, like an emotionless robot.

Before saying goodbye to Xiao Yuchi today, the other party stopped him suddenly and talked to him for a while.

"Pillow, you are already an adult, I won't interfere with you and Yun Ting's affairs, but as his best friend, I have to defend him, he and Ning Ziyang just made a play on occasion, And I don't believe that your feelings for him are still the same as before. You are still too young, and it is too easy to pass by important people. Brother Chi hopes that you can express your thoughts directly, especially for him. You make yourself feel sorry for something like this, okay?"

Yunting, he really cares about you.Jin Woochi finally said.

Xie Zhen woke up after sleeping until dark for a few minutes, looked at the bustling Huajie outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, walked off the sofa with bare feet, estimated the time for a while, and ran to the kitchen to cook a bowl of hangover soup , carried it to the living room and put it on the table, and then walked back to the sofa, sitting quietly staring at the door not far away in a daze.

During the time he was holding on to his energy, the door was not opened a single time. Xie Zhen rubbed his eyes several times to remind himself to persevere, but in the end he couldn't hold back the trembling of his eyelids, fell down on the sofa and fell asleep again .

The hangover soup dissipated the heat that had been rising from the white mist, and began to stop warming and moistening the throat. It was not until it was completely cold that Shen Yunting dragged his tired body back home. When he closed the door and bent over to change his shoes, he caught sight of the sofa in the sofa. Xie Zhen, who was sleeping curled up, gradually softened his brows and eyes.

There was Xiao Yuchi at the party to help hold back the alcohol, so he didn't drink much, and now he just picked up his stamina and was in a slightly tipsy state. In the past, he would not have dared to come back reeking of alcohol.

He took off his coat and put it on the hanger next to the door. Unexpectedly, the person on the sofa slowly opened his eyes, but he probably didn't notice the other party's return. When the film is cool, hold it lightly, hold it in front of your eyes to check the message, and there is a missed call on the lock screen.

It's all one caller.

He saw a voice from Peng Xuzhou in the pile of repeated messages. He didn't know what the other party was doing suddenly, but he clicked to listen without thinking.

"Old Xie, I like you so much. You are handsome and have a good personality. Oh, I really want to be with you. Why don't you care about gender, let's just make do with each other, hahahaha. "

From the looks of outsiders, every word in this sentence is a confession. Only those who are familiar with Peng Xuzhou know what kind of joke he is making, including Xie Zhen, who has heard many words like this. Every time Xie Zhen They would take him to the fighting arena and beat him up.

It's just that they are the only ones who know, and only they can understand, excluding Shen Yunting who is standing a few steps away and listening to it verbatim.

Just when Xie Zhen was thinking about how to swear concisely and clearly, he heard the man behind him asking him in a low voice: "Who is this?"

Xie Zhen's first reaction was to turn off the screen, because he didn't like others peeking at the chat records between him and his friends, and then he got up to get angry, and when he heard the other party's voice, he felt a fire in his heart for no reason.

So he simply followed suit: "My boyfriend."

Shen Yunting got angry on the spot, raised his voice and asked sharply: "What did you say?" The ending trembled, obviously dissatisfied, more because of disbelief in the result.

"Aren't you annoying?" Xie Zhen put the phone upside down on the sofa cushion, sat up in a very bad mood, and looked up at him slightly after stamina, "Do I still need to report to you if I'm in a relationship?"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and wanted to go back to the room, but unexpectedly, his wrist was grabbed by the other party, and he forcefully pulled him back on the sofa and pressed him down. You must know that Shen Yunting perfectly reproduced Shen Ye, the North American gray wolf family, in all aspects of body functions. The strength and speed of the descendants of the species are absolutely not inferior to any species.

Xie Zhen's wrist was pinched so painfully, he stared at him with wide eyes, and shouted at him: "What are you doing?!"

Shen Yunting's face instantly came to him, his mint blue pupils exuded a cold light, very much like the wolf king's anger at being invaded by outsiders, this handsome face has never shown such a handsome face to his beloved little fox cub With a ferocious expression, today he broke the high-tension line because of a single sentence.

Shen Yunting stared at him intently, his terrifying gaze forced the other party to feel the surroundings cooling down crazily, making people flustered, he whispered into Xie Zhen's ear word by word and questioned: "Who is that person?"

Just by hearing this tone, one can imagine the man's gnashing of teeth. Even Xie Zhen couldn't help shivering, but he still kept his mouth shut, refusing to show any weakness, and bluntly said: "That's my boyfriend, and you What does it matter? Is it possible that I want to be with you as an alpha? Don't be ridiculous, I think you and Ning Ziyang are pretty good, hurry up and buy a ring and get a marriage certificate, and make trouble here all day, you don't tire me tired."

The more familiar people are, the more they know where the knife stabs the most. Stimulated by Xie Zhen, the thread of reason broke in two.