The car was quiet for a long time, and neither of them spoke.
Qu Mingcong's brain repeatedly recalled every sentence Xiang Ping said, starting from the first sentence to the last sentence——
no.
How could it not be?
His hands clenched into fists unconsciously, and then unclenched unconsciously. After a few times, the palms of his hands gradually overflowed with a sticky feeling, like poisonous insects lurking in the hot rain forest, moving out bit by bit along the pores.
Squirming, even if I tighten my grip, I can't suppress the aversion to cold.
"It's not a human being..." He murmured, "If it wasn't a human being, why would He Qile call me sister when he saw me? Isn't 'it' He Qile's sister?"
Xiang Ping was stunned, "...Although she lacks human characteristics, for Xiao Le, she is a person with whom she can communicate. Calling her sister is just his personal habit."
Qu Mingcong twitched the corner of his mouth, "It does make sense..."
Xiang Ping studied his expression carefully and asked softly: "Do you have any clues about 'it'?"
Qu Mingcong looked at her, "Why do you think I know the whereabouts of 'it'? What do you base your judgment on? According to what you said before, He Qile didn't find the target in the brains of me and my family and friends. Isn't that right?
Clear my suspicion?"
Xiang Ping frowned slightly, "Mr. Qu, I thought I had explained it clearly enough. Are you still unwilling to cooperate with our investigation?"
"I don't know the basis for judgment, so I can't cooperate with you." Qu Mingcong replied.
Xiang Ping sighed helplessly, "Okay... let me tell you straight, we installed bugs in your car and your home, and found that you would talk to yourself intermittently, although we didn't find it for the time being.
Target, but your performance should be that you are talking to 'it', so we suspect that 'it' learned to hide itself during the period of disappearance, which is why Xiaole has been unable to find 'it'."
"What if 'it' stays hidden forever?" Qu Mingcong asked.
"That's impossible." Xiang Ping shook her head gently, "Hiding it in other people's consciousness and never appearing is no different from sentencing yourself to life imprisonment. If it doesn't come out, it only means that 'it' has been transferred to
Somewhere else.”
Qu Mingcong said nothing and seemed to be thinking about something.
Xiang Ping observed his expression and said slowly: "Do you think the appearance of 'it' is regular? I didn't find that you had any communication today. Does it only appear when you are alone?"
Qu Mingcong glanced at her, "I'm not sure. I need some time to think about it. If I have a clue... I will contact He Qile."
Xiang Ping looked into his eyes silently, as if judging whether his words were true or false.
The driver in front slowed down and reminded: "The Botanical Garden is ahead, which gate should we park at?"
"The nearest door." Qu Mingcong answered quickly.
Xiang Ping knew that he meant to end the conversation, so she looked a little disappointed and regained some indifference, sitting quietly in the car.
The car stopped by the side of the road, and Qu Mingcong opened the door and got out.
The moment he was about to close the car door, he stopped, turned around, leaned over to look at Xiang Ping in the car, and said, "I have one last question."
Xiang Ping frowned and looked at him.
"If you find 'it'..." he asked, "What will happen to 'it'?"
Xiang Ping answered him calmly: "Of course I will try my best to save him."
Qu Mingcong: "Save?"
"The outside world is too dangerous, and 'it' lacks a trait that humans should have, and it is easy to die silently." Xiang Ping said, "We have spent a lot of time and effort, and there are many valuable scientific research results.
, it’s all because ‘it’ is with you, so you can rest assured that we will protect ‘it’ just like we protect Xiao Le.”
After hearing this, he didn't know what it felt like. He closed the car door gently and murmured: "Is it like protecting a giant panda? In the end, she was lost..."
He turned and walked towards the botanical garden gate.
…
There are still many visitors to the botanical garden.
Because Qu Wan fell into the water in the artificial lake, the park temporarily added safety notices in the afternoon and erected them by the lake. As soon as Qu Mingcong approached, security guards came to remind him.
Qu Mingcong explained that his mobile phone had fallen into the water and he had to go into the water to retrieve it no matter what. The security guard looked stunned and recognized him as a family member of the tourist who fell into the water that morning. He immediately took him to the duty room, then took out a mobile phone and placed it in front of him.
before.
"The lanyard is broken." The security guard told him. "It fell on the ground when you were leaving. A tourist picked it up and gave it to us. However, the phone has been soaked in water. You should quickly find a place to repair the phone."
——When Qu Mingcong dragged Qu Wan to the shore, Qu Wan struggled hard and probably broke the mobile phone lanyard at that time.
He picked up the phone and put the wet half of the lanyard on his hand, bringing a coolness to his skin.
The security guard kindly reminded him: "Don't turn on your phone. A phone that has been soaked in water cannot be turned on."
"Well, thank you." Qu Mingcong came back to his senses, put the phone and the lanyard into his jacket pocket, turned around and left in a hurry.
After leaving the botanical garden, Qu Mingcong took a taxi to the nearest maintenance point.
The repairman felt that there was little need for repairs and advised him to get a new phone, but Qu Mingcong still insisted, even though the cost of repairing and replacing parts was almost as much as the price of buying a new phone.
He waited at the maintenance station for a long time.
While waiting, I repeatedly asked myself, will she feel it when the phone is flooded? Will she feel scared if the phone cannot be turned on? Will the replacement of parts affect her?... But the phone cannot be repaired without replacing parts.
Okay, how should he choose?
My mind is getting more and more confused, filled with unanswerable questions.
And after asking again and again, in the end they all boiled down to one question: What if she is no longer there?
Just like Xiang Ping said, he could not understand this form of existence, nor could he imagine how the mobile phone, as the carrier of her existence, would affect her if something went wrong.
The sun is gradually setting in the west, and the maintenance work is coming to an end.
Qu Mingcong stared at the maintenance staff reinstalling the disassembled mobile phone. All his nerves were tense. He thought he might need to prepare mentally in advance, but the maintenance staff did not give him this opportunity at all.
Turn on——
Qu Mingcong's breathing stagnated and he stared at the startup animation playing on the phone screen.
"Well, it's fixed." The maintenance staff returned the phone to him, "Take a look."
Qu Mingcong was stunned for a few seconds before reaching out to take the phone, "...are everything in it there?"
"I'm not sure, you should check it, look at the photo albums, folders, etc... If any of the files are damaged, there's nothing you can do about it. Your machine has too much water in it. It would be great if it can be repaired."
Qu Mingcong didn't look at the photo album. The first thing he did was open the game app.
The login status is invalid and you need to log in again... followed by identity verification, receive the verification code, and successfully log in...
After the page was loaded, the beautiful girl smiled and waved to him on the screen.
The man who repaired the phone glanced at it and said with a smile: "You want to play this too? That's okay, Mr. Kryptonian. My wife still lives in the one-bedroom apartment from the beginning of the game."
Qu Mingcong stared at the phone screen blankly, feeling that his heart was still soaked in the cold artificial lake...
How about I change the introduction? Sigh... I really can't write an introduction, it gives me a headache