(2-in-1, together today and tomorrow)

Nightmare.

A nightmare that haunts me for many years.

The alley was covered with wind and snow, and the little boy knelt on the cold ground, and he pinched the chocolate with his hands numb from the cold, and kept putting it in his mouth.

In this icy city, many children living on the streets die of cold and hunger every winter.

Lucky for the little boy, someone gave him chocolate when he was hungry and cold, this food is not only unimaginably sweet, but also extremely high in calories to keep his body running and keep him alive for one more day.

However, in the days that followed, the little boy asked himself countless times, if he could turn back time, would he choose to die in the bitter cold? Will still choose

Step into the arms of demons?

After the little boy finished his chocolate, he licked the residue from the wrapper until there was no taste left, and then he looked at the man in front of him with an almost pleading gaze.

Compared to the snowstorm, the figure was so small, but in the eyes of the little boy, it occupied almost all of his sight.

The figure's face was blurred in the snow, and only the amber pupils with a strange smile could be seen, and the pitch-black pupils were like two bottomless abysses.

The figure slowly stretched out his hand, only to see several chocolates in his palm, in the eyes of the little boy, it was not food, but his own life in this winter.

The little boy couldn't wait to grab the chocolates, and suddenly, the figure reached out with his other hand, and the fingertips wrapped in white gloves pressed precisely in the middle of his eyebrows.

It wasn't hard, but the boy felt like a sharp sword that could pierce his head at any moment.

The temperature around him was already so cold, but even in this environment, the little boy still felt another chill rushing down his back, cold to the bone, and his whole body seemed to be paralyzed, and he didn't dare to move.

fear

shudder

And the endless cold.

I don't know how long later, the figure moved, he slowly squatted down and looked at the little boy, and the little boy saw the delicate face, which did not look like a mortal against the background of the wind and snow.

"Do you want to come with me?" His voice was soft, like a seductive moan.

The little boy has no vision for the future, he only knows that he wants to live, and this is more important than anything else.

The little boy didn't know what he was looking at now, he looked at the amber pupils and nodded desperately.

The other party smiled, still holding his fingertips to his eyebrows: "Are you a cat or a dog?" ”

The little boy looked at him confused, at a loss.

The other party stretched out his hand holding the chocolate: "Wang, these are yours." ”

Ninety-nine out of a hundred children born on the streets are undignified, and the mere question of being alive is enough to overwhelm everything.

The chocolate is wrapped in paper, but it seems that you can smell its aroma, and the craving for food wanders agitated in every corner of consciousness, destroying reason almost instantly.

The little boy didn't know how he spoke, but faintly heard his weak voice in the sound of the howling snow.

"Wang"

The smile in his amber eyes grew stronger, and he flicked his wrist slightly, letting the chocolate fall to the ground as if he were sprinkling a handful of dog food: "It looks like a dog." ”

The little boy couldn't wait to get on the ground, picked up the chocolate and put it in his mouth, like a little wild dog being fed.

As he ate, he burst into tears, tears of humiliation, but he continued to eat without stopping.

Soon, the little boy felt a hand fall on the back of his head, rubbing it gently, and the man's voice came slowly: "All your past ends here, from now on, your name is."

"Shhh

Just when Xia Hou was panicking, a small hand was placed on his face, and the soft touch quickly soothed the restlessness.

Xia Hou gasped, his blurred vision gradually focused, and what caught his eyes was the familiar bedroom, and the nephrite fragrant person beside him.

Hunting Sakura lay next to Xia Hou and flicked his hand on his face: "Nightmare again?" You're having nightmares more and more often, why don't you go to the cube for some soothing? ”

From the nightmare to reality, Xiahou lay on his back as relieved, and shook his head slightly: "I've eaten it, it's useless." ”

At this time, he felt a poke in the face, turned his head to look, and saw a mobile phone camera facing him.

Kazakura held her phone and smiled evilly: "I took pictures of the nightmare you had just now, and I'll take it out for everyone to be happy later." ”

Xia Hou didn't speak, just turned around and put his arms around Kazakura's waist and buried his face in her arms, like a child seeking comfort.

If Xia Hou quarreled with her like before, Kazakura would feel normal, but now this childlike behavior made her stunned.

Kazakura asked softly, "What's the matter?" ”

"I'm having nightmares," Xiahou muttered.

Kazakura: "I know you're having nightmares, but you didn't have nightmares like this before." What did you dream about? ”

Xia Hou didn't answer, but hugged it tighter, and he just hugged the cherry blossoms so tightly, as if he was lingering on the temperature of skin contact.

Xiahou, who has always been very aggressive, became like this, and Hunting Sakura didn't have the heart to play around, she didn't continue to ask, just hugged Xiahou and gently stroked the back of his head.

The dormitory was silent, except for the sound of breathing.

I don't know how long it took, but Xiahou's vague voice came from Kazakura's arms: "Kazakura, marry me." ”

Kazakura froze, sat up suddenly, and looked at Xiahou in dismay.

After a while, she seemed to realize something, and slapped Xiahou on the head: "I hid the recorder, I want everyone to see my jokes, right?" Recorder out! ”

Xia Hou didn't show a hippie smile when he was fighting, his eyes were clear and deep: "I'm not joking. ”

Kazakura was silent, her eyes were confused, and she looked a little overwhelmed: "What do you mean. We didn't say yes before, just sleep together, and don't talk about feelings. ”

Xia Hou said in a half-joking tone: "The first thing you see when you open your eyes every day is you, and you slowly have feelings." ”

The sudden strange atmosphere made Kazakura at a loss, and she was about to get out of bed and leave: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you. I'm up."

Before Kazakura could get out of bed, she was suddenly pounced by Xiahou, and the huge force made her unable to resist, and the whole person fell on the bed and was hugged tightly by Xiahou.

Xiahou hugged Kazakura's waist, closed his eyes and buried his head in her shoulder: "Lie down with me for a while."

Kazakura's struggle gradually decreased, her eyes became more and more misty, and I don't know how long it took, she reached out and gently hugged the man who had slept in the same bed for countless days and nights.

Hunting Sakura's mind is not as delicate as that of ordinary girls, but she can also detect Xiahou's strangeness at this time: "What's wrong with you today?" Weird. ”

Xiahou: "I had a nightmare."

Kazakura said angrily, "I know, you've already said it, so I asked you what kind of nightmare you had." ”

Xiahou: "I dreamed of a secret from the past. ”

Kazakura blinked: "Secret? Can you tell me? ”

Xiahou asked rhetorically: "Are you willing to marry me?" ”

Kazakura laughed angrily: "Is there anything to do with the two?" ”

"Yes." Xia Hou's answer was very unexpected, "Marry me, my heart is yours, and you can take it to see." ”

Hunting Sakura was silent and sneered: "What age is it, still believe in marriage?" If you run into a high-ranking scumbag, you will be pinched to death in minutes. ”

Xiahou smiled and asked, "Then are you a scumbag?" ”

Kazakura nudged Xiahou away, turned her back to him, and said, "It's even more scum than the scumbag you've ever seen." ”

Xiahou leaned over and continued to hug Kazakura's waist: "Isn't that right?" I'm pinched by you~"

Kazakura didn't continue to break free, she reached to her waist and put her hand on the back of Xiahou's hand: "Your secret. Is it important? Why don't you hide it in your heart and say it to me? ”

Xia Hou asked rhetorically: "Have you ever hidden a secret in your heart?" ”

Kazakura nodded.

Xia Hou turned over his palm and clasped Hunting Sakura's little hand: "Then you must also know very well that you hide your secret day after day and year after year, and how lonely it is to think of hiding it for the rest of your life and hiding it until you die." ”

Mixed emotions appeared in Kazakura's eyes, as if she was stuck in a memory.

She closed her eyes and turned around, touching Xiahou's forehead: "You say, secret." ”

"Then you are willing to marry" Before Xia Hou could finish speaking, Kazakura pressed her index finger against his lips.

"Shhhh

Xia Hou didn't continue, he hugged Kazakura hard, his cheek pressed against her forehead, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

In this hazy sweetness, Xia Hou slowly spoke, telling the secret he had never told anyone:

"I'm a processor cultivated by Chino."

Suddenly, the air seemed to be frozen, so cold that people shivered to breathe.

Kazakura violently broke away from Xiahou's embrace, summoned the talisman sword from the space ring and held it in his hand, reaching Xiahou's throat, and there seemed to be a flame burning in his pupils: "Xiahou, I warn you, it's okay if you tease my feelings, I don't care." But don't make fun of it! ”

Xia Hou ignored the blade of the sword against his throat, he took the matches and cigars on the bedside table, and lit one for himself: "You should know that although I am not usually serious, it is impossible to joke about this kind of thing. ”

Kazakura's lips trembled, she stared at Xia Hou's every move, and retreated to the door: "I don't care if you are real or not, I will tell the captain about this, and you will take three oaths like Bai, and you will be marginalized from now on." At the worst, he was besieged and killed by everyone and disappeared directly from the emperor's lining. ”

Xia Hou's expression was still flat, he nodded, and spit out a puff of smoke ring: "This is your freedom." I said, I'm not kidding, the two things I just said are not joking - I'm a processor of Chino, and"

He paused when he said this, and seemed to smile: "Like you said, it's boring to be too straightforward." ”

Kazakura had already retreated to the door, and as soon as she opened the door and left this independent space, and went to the plaza to shout what she had just heard, Emperor Lin would fall into an unprecedented upheaval.

No.

It's not just the Emperor's Landing.

One of the three main members of the reincarnation chief powerhouse is the shadow planted by "arrogance", if this kind of thing spreads, the relationship between the members of each team, and the relationship between the teams, will fall apart in an instant, and everyone will be in danger.

Kazakura's hand was already on the doorknob, and her strength was enough to wipe out a mountain in an instant, but at this time, the doorknob seemed to be immeasurably heavy, and her hand trembled, and she couldn't press it down.

Just when Kazakura was in a cold sweat and her consciousness was entangled and blurred, Xia Hou quietly came to her.

Kazakura's heart suddenly cooled, she was so frightened and lost her mind just now that she was approached without reacting.

With Xiahou's hand-to-hand combat ability, if she fights with all her might, this distance can easily kill her.

However, it was not a fierce attack that greeted Kazakura, but an open embrace.

Xiahou hugged Kazakura, gently took her hand off the doorknob, kissed her on the side of the cheek, and said softly, "Come here, I'll tell you all my secrets." ”

The bedroom was dimly lit, the light and shadow were dim, and the hour hand of the wall clock had turned a quarter of a turn.

Kazakura sat on the chair next to the bed, her hair a little messy, and she remained in this position for three hours, not moving.

After Xiahou finished telling his whole story, Kazakura was silent for a long, long time before his eyes slowly focused, and he looked at Xiahou blankly: "You were adopted by Chino when you were a child, and later became his processor."

Xiahou: "Yes." ”

Kazakura: "There are many people like you who have been cultivated by Chino since childhood, and take advantage of the time difference between the reincarnation space and the previous life to continuously send them to death, so that the deceased have the opportunity to be selected by the cube to enter the reincarnation space and become Chino's shadow. ”

Xiahou: "Yes." ”

Kazakura: "Your mission is to live to the day of the invasion of the arrogant world, to deliver information to Chino, and to help him crush the entire team from within." ”

Xiahou: "Yes." ”

Kazakura: "But you betrayed Chino and chose to become a true reincarnation. ”

Xia Hou didn't answer immediately this time, he took a big puff of his cigar and exhaled it slowly, and his deep voice came from the blurred smoke screen.

"Yes."

Kazakura held her forehead and muttered, "I don't understand. How did you come to this sudden turn of events? Shouldn't you always be loyal to Chino and look for an opportunity to stab us in the back? ”

Xia Hou smiled slightly, and his eyes became deeper: "Have you heard the story of the frog at the bottom of the well?" ”

Kazakura nodded.

Xiahou: "Just imagine, in the eyes of the frog in that well, the sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. What would it think if it had the chance to step out of the well and see the vastness of the world? ”

"Many frogs will feel lost in the unknown, choose to jump back into the well, and continue to hide in the world they know."

"But there are also frogs who choose to go far away, to embrace the vast world, and never look back."

"At the beginning, I was really carrying out the mission given by Chino, loyal and numb, until I was born and died with everyone, supporting each other, and I gradually had an idea."

"Why not live for yourself?"

"It must be nice to feel like you have your own life."

(End of chapter)