No, that's not right... This is too reckless, how is it possible?
Qiao Yuansi also knew that he must be looking stupid and suspicious as he could only stare blankly at Jin Yan. The door of the office was wide open, and the deformed people in the corridor outside were coming and going, chatting and laughing, but no one was there.
I wonder if a suspicion test is going on in the office not far away.
Didn't Jin Yan already see the photo she hung on the wall? Why did she dare to draw such a conclusion? Unless she was deliberately luring the snake out of its hole, right?
But if Jin Yan has already transformed, she should never notice anything strange from the bird food box. To draw the conclusion that "transformers cannot feed birds", we must first have the premise that "transformers lack compassion"
; However, shape-shifters do not have such a premise at all - after all, in their own eyes, they are all very normal human beings.
To find out from the birdseed box that Qiao Yuanji is not a shape-shifter, two things are required: one is a clear understanding of the nature of shape-shifters; the other is a simple but complete logic. Neither of these two things, shape-shifters have -
At least that's the case for now. She has observed so many shape-shifters and has not found any counterexamples yet.
Based on the inference drawn from this thinking...it is unlikely that Jin Yan is a shape-shifter.
Qiao Yuansi swallowed his dry throat, but still couldn't speak. The female student opposite was also staring at her; the former's face became paler and paler, as if a layer of cement had been gradually poured into her face, making her stiff.
She was so frozen that she couldn't even raise her eyebrows, but people could still see her growing fear. Jin Yan lowered her head and quickly pulled it back from where it was resting on the table. At this time, she was shaking slightly and couldn't stop it.
hand.
Qiao Yuansi suddenly understood.
Isn't she the same?
She didn't know how many times she felt that she could no longer bear the feeling of suffocation for even one more second; she wished she could grab those normal people who were not deformed at that time, shake their collars, and point at the deformed faces.
, tell them to open their eyes and take a good look.
It doesn't matter if she can wake up a companion. Even if she is discovered and is overwhelmed by the crowd, she at least shouts out before disappearing. If she fails, then everything will end and she will no longer have to be silent.
Bear with it - the new world has only begun for two months, she is only thirty-three years old, and she already doesn't know how to live the rest of her life.
Presumably Jin Yan feels the same way, right?
She tried her best to keep her voice steady, breaking the silence that seemed to have lasted for too long in the room.
"...haven't you seen my photo?" Even if Qiao Yuansi could empathize with Jin Yan, she did not dare to admit it rashly, so she asked the safest question.
Jin Yan lowered her eyelids. "Miss Qiao... is this a test set up by you? Are you using the bird food box to attract non-deformed people to come to you?"
Qiao Yuansi was startled.
"My father is a photographer... I know that photos can be modified by cropping and combining negatives. In fact, the teachers in the photography department must also know that. Aren't you afraid that they will become suspicious?" Jin Yan's voice became smaller and smaller as she spoke.
It was a bit difficult for Qiao Yuansi to hear clearly. She couldn't help but glance at the door. Jin Yan was probably afraid of being heard by people coming and going.
"I went to sit in on one of your classes before...I had my doubts since then...Also, who needs to hang up photos of their own facial deformations? I think it should only be normal people."
"Since you are so sure, what are you afraid of?" Qiao Yuansi's heart was beating fast, but he still did not admit it.
Jin Yan closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"Because I don't know what the purpose of you setting this... test is." When she answered, she also closed her eyes tightly, as if she had given up everything. "Ms. Qiao, why do you want to find other normal people?"
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The more normal people around her, the more dangerous she is. The more normal people there are, the more dangerous she is... In the depths of Qiao Yuansi's mind, this sentence was echoing repeatedly; but her hand didn't know when she put down the pen and touched it.
The table held Jin Yan's shoulders.
"This is not the place to talk," Qiao Yuansi said, the air coming out of his lips was trembling, "Follow me."
...In the face of a sea of deformed faces, the first week after he and Jin Yan found each other, Qiao Yuansi felt as if he must have been blessed by God.
As long as there is a companion, everything changes immediately: humans are probably such creatures. When they are connected, one plus one is greater than two. For safety reasons, Jin Yan ultimately did not have a candidate to attend her class;
But it didn't matter, because Jin Yan said that the reason why she insisted on scheduling this course was just to observe Qiao Yuansi more.
"Miss Qiao, I really don't know what is supporting you," Jin Yan would sometimes say.
Regarding the fact that the old world has actually come to an end, Jin Yan does not seem to take it seriously - rather, she feels that this is just a way for Qiao Yuansi to view the world and express his feelings; without talking about the past,
, Qiao Yuansi mentioned it twice, but when she saw that she didn’t take it seriously, she let it go. After all, whether she accepts it or not, what difference does it make to their lives?
Compared with before, the general framework of their living environment has not changed, but in many aspects there has been a deterioration of subtle chaos. After becoming a precarious marginalized person, Qiao Yuansi observed the things around him partly out of curiosity and partly out of necessity.
The world: In addition to the gradual increase in negligence, deceit, perfunctory, and low-level absurdity, the public security seemed to be gradually getting worse. Some of the sensational news and stories always made her suspect that the trouble was caused by the evolutionists.
As an alien hidden among shape-shifters and an ordinary person living in the apocalyptic world, Qiao Yuansi clearly realizes that her future life will only get worse slowly and bit by bit - if she is lucky enough
words.
If she is unlucky, the world may suddenly change into something she can't even recognize overnight; she doesn't know which day she will be grabbed by the world and burned to ashes the morning she steps out of the house.
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Later Qiao Yuansi found out that it was not in the morning when she was burned to ashes.
On the tenth month to the end of the month, after Qiao Yuansi entered the house, he received a message from Jin Yan on his answering machine. "Ms. Qiao," the latter's voice was slightly excited, "you listened.
Don't be angry, I know you don't agree with me doing this...but I am 200% sure this time, I have found another normal person who can see the deformation!"
Qiao Yuan Si's heart immediately jumped up. Jin Yan was clear-minded and smart, but after all, she was still young, and sometimes she could be called brave or reckless. In addition, it was her first time meeting other people, so she met Qiao Yuan Si.
Encouraged by this success, she always felt that she could find another Qiao Yuanji.
"Don't worry, I haven't mentioned a word about your existence to him. We have made an appointment to meet at the park next to the school at seven o'clock tonight. I will carefully observe and consider him then..."
Seven o'clock?
Qiao Yuansi raised his wrist to look at his watch, quickly grabbed the hat and scarf hanging by the door, turned around and rushed out.
Jin Yan had indeed given it some thought. At this moment, winter was gradually entering, and the park was already completely dark at seven o'clock. Under the orange streetlights, the park was sparsely populated, and the surroundings had a wide field of vision.
, extending in all directions, if something unexpected happens, Jin Yan also has a chance to escape.
Qiao Yuansi, who was searching everywhere, stopped suddenly when she saw two figures on a bench in the distance and sat down on the edge of the flower bed. She was under the shade of the tree, pulled her hat down and raised her scarf.
His eyes were fixed on the pair of figures who looked like a couple - the boy was older than Jin Yan and looked unfamiliar. He didn't look like a student, but seemed to have already gone to work.
Qiao Yuansi sat and observed from a distance for a while, and gradually relaxed half of her heart. From such a long distance, she naturally couldn't hear anything; but from the atmosphere and body movements when the two interacted, everything seemed to be fine.
It went smoothly. The two didn't talk for long. After ten minutes, they nodded to each other, and the boy stood up and left first.
Fortunately, the other half of her heart was relieved. Qiao Yuansi followed her just to ensure Jin Yan's safety. Now that she saw that the boy had left first and Jin Yan was still fine, she finally breathed a sigh of relief - after thinking about it
, she stood up and followed the boy from a distance.
The boy didn't seem to realize that he was being followed; the two walked quietly in the dim darkness, one behind the other. There were very few people in the park, and only a man who looked like an office worker walked past them.
After a while, a female employee wearing a red company uniform walked over; next, two girls of similar age with work badges on their chests walked over, and a middle-aged man wearing a blue company uniform walked over.
...are there few people?
When Qiao Yuansi stopped suddenly, turned around and rushed back, in the corner of her field of vision, the boy walked towards the park gate without looking back.
On that dark and cold winter evening, the scenes in my memory became as old and unreal as a black and white movie.
Qiao Yuansi remembered that she had been running back desperately all the way. It was only two or three minutes away, but it seemed that she would never end. But Jin Yan seemed to suddenly appear in front of her: Jin Yan was still sitting in the same position.
On the bench, she lowered her head at some point, and her long hair covered the side of her face.
Next to Jin Yan, the male office worker, the two girls wearing work badges, the female staff member in red uniform, and the middle-aged man in blue uniform were standing in a circle, putting their hands on the bench.
The girls gathered around. When they heard the footsteps of Qiao Yuansi stumbling and suddenly stopping, they turned their heads one after another.
Each one is a human face.
Qiao Yuansi was in a trance, unaware of their gazes, and just stared at Jin Yan.
Jin Yan finally slowly turned her head.
Thick blood-red scratches crawled out from the corners of her eyes, as if the blood had torn the earth, winding its way up her face, tearing her face into several pieces. Her tears came one after another.
The blood fell to the ground, but it couldn't wash away even a little bit of the blood stains on her face.
Qiao Yuansi took a breath and made a small sound in her throat. By the time she hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands, it was already too late. As if she heard some signal, the group of company employees walked towards her step by step.
Came over.
"Sure enough, there is another one." I don't know who said it.