Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

This is not the first time someone has followed him.

As early as a year ago, Xu Minglang often felt that he was being watched by others, even when he was on a path that was not traveled by.

At that time, he only regarded it as excessive self-awareness, and ignored it, until one time he accidentally turned around and saw a tall man wearing a hooded sweater, his face was hidden in the shadows and could not be seen.He tried to test it, and even raised his hand and waved it twice, but the man just stood behind the crowd and looked at him, then walked away quickly with his head down.

He thought it was a prank at the time, so he didn't take it to heart. Until recently, the stalker became rampant, and he could be seen in the crowd almost every two days.

In addition, now he was squeezed in a crowded carriage, surrounded by some lady or man who sprayed patchouli-like perfume, which made his brain explode.He was imprisoned by the crowd, like a butterfly stuffed with needles, and there was only a small electronic screen in his sight, and the news was playing on the screen.

I'm so annoying.

Xu Minglang sighed.

"Recently, the police have launched an active investigation into the serial murders that occurred in our city. The police once again reminded citizens not to travel alone at night, and they also accept citizens' enthusiasm for providing clues..."

Xu Minglang's ears were almost callused. This escaped serial murderer was a once-in-a-century madness. He specialized in killing homeless people, and his killing methods were cruel. Leaving a Rubik's Cube pattern mark on the scene, it has the classic style of Rubik's Cube Ripper Jack.

People who are keen to discuss celebrity gossip naturally turn the topic to this case. Whether they are gathering with friends or chatting in the company, the first sentence is: "Hey, do you know the 'Rubik's Cube Killer'?"

Xu Minglang closed his sour eyes, and sincerely hoped that such anti-social elements who threatened the safety of the people would be caught by the police as soon as possible.

It's a pity that before closing his eyes and resting for a while, the feeling of being watched became stronger again, and his nerves suddenly tensed up.

"Could it be that that person followed me to the subway?" Xu Minglang had an extra thought while being nervous.

If all this happened in a densely populated train, the other party would not dare to do anything to hurt him. In this case, why didn't he take this opportunity to find out the stalker?

Five minutes later, he had searched five cars, but he hadn't even seen a single hair of the man.At this time, there were only two stops left before the place where he was going to get off.

Xu Minglang had to admit that he was overthinking.

One stop left.

He stopped searching and leaned his head on the railing by the door, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a tall man in a dark sweater through the gap in the railing.

Xu Minglang regained his energy immediately, the car had already arrived at the stop, he rushed out along the flow of people, trying to lure the stalker out of the car, and waited for the opportunity to get back into the car.

He hid behind a pillar as soon as he got out of the car, and then counted whether there was that sudden figure among the passengers who got off the car.But after searching around, he didn't see the stalker until everyone dispersed.

Xu Minglang was too absorbed in counting, but forgot that he was going back to the carriage...

But it was too late, the elevator door was closed, Xu Minglang punched the air to vent his dissatisfaction, but saw a tall and abnormal figure in the car window, also wearing a dark sweater, holding a metal pole, When he saw Xu Minglang, he waved his hand.

Xu Minglang froze in place, watching the subway roar away in shock, and a strong wind blew up in front of him.

"Fuck! Fuck!!" After realizing what he had just done, Xu Minglang started the self-abuse mode, "Am I a ****?!"

After working for a long time, he got off the car early to fish like a fool, but the one who was caught went home by car, and he had to wait another 10 minutes for the next subway...

The most urgent thing to do now is Xu Minglang took out his mobile phone to call Xue Yingying, telling her that she would be home in a while, but the phone was hung up automatically and no one answered, he tried to make two more calls, still the same.

Xu Minglang only thought that Xue Yingying was busy cooking and couldn't look at her phone for a while, so she sent a WeChat instead:

Yingying, I was delayed on the road for a while, and I still have half an hour to get home.

No reply there.

Xu Minglang touched the flannel box in his pocket, suddenly feeling flustered for no reason.

That night Xu Minglang didn't go home until almost nine o'clock in the evening. There were no night lights in the community, so he turned on his mobile phone to flash the light so as not to disturb the little wild cats hiding in the grass.It seemed to be extraordinarily quiet tonight, and it might be because of the drop in temperature. The few children who used to gather at the door to play were gone, and the dead leaves under their feet were piled up like a pile of garbage.

Climbing up to the fifth floor in one breath, he was exhausted and out of breath. As usual, Xu Minglang had to cross all kinds of cardboard boxes, garbage, and even bicycles placed by his neighbors in the aisle before he could reach the door at the end.

When he passed by, he took a special look at the house closest to his house. As usual, the doors and windows were still closed, and the front of the door was spotless. If it wasn't for the lights inside that could be seen through the window, Xu Minglang would even feel that no one lived there.

What a weird neighbor.

Xu Minglang crossed that door, stood at the door of his own house and knocked.He waited there for at least a minute.But no one opened the door.

Xue Yingying had this situation once before, when she fell asleep watching TV, it happened that Xu Minglang didn't bring the key that day, so she waited at the door for an hour before entering the house.

Xu Minglang fumbled around in several pockets on his body, and finally took out the house key in his butt pocket, successfully avoiding the fate of waiting in the cold wind forever.

With a "click", the door was opened, and the light and the aroma of food flowed out from the crack of the door. For a moment, Xu Minglang was intoxicated by this simple happiness, and hurriedly walked into the room with his slippers on.

He yelled as he walked, "Yingying, I'm back. It smells so good. Let's have dinner after I wash my hands, okay?"

Xu Minglang saw the TV drama in the living room playing your idol drama, and concluded that Xue Yingying was lying on the sofa, so he rushed over with light steps.

"Yingying! Wow——" Xu Minglang's grimace didn't scare anyone, because there was only a remote control covered with a plastic film on that sofa.

On the one hand, Xu Minglang wondered why Xue Yingying was so elegant today, and remembered playing games when he was a child. On the other hand, he began to search from corner to corner. He had already planned that when he found Xue Yingying, he would have an interesting hey hey with her.

"Yingying, where are you?" Xu Minglang lifted the tablecloth hanging from the floor, but found nothing.

This is already one of the few places in the family where people can hide, and he has searched all the other places. Isn't Yingying at home?He took out his mobile phone and called Xue Yingying, but he heard "the number you dialed is an empty number" on the receiver.

The blood all over Xu Minglang's body was cold, and the mechanical female voice was already incomprehensible to him.

What does the empty number mean?Has Xue Yingying returned to Beijing?Why at this moment...

Without any warning at all, Xue Yingying left without saying goodbye after cooking the last dinner for him.It took Xu Minglang a long time to sort out the current situation.Just now, he was rummaging through Xue Yingying's things, trying to tell himself that Xue Yingying was just going out.

All of Xue Yingying's things are gone, whether it is her favorite goose yellow dress, or the pair of sheepskin boots that cost her half a month's salary to buy, and even the pen pinned to his music score. Never see.

However, this is quite similar to Xue Yingying's style. She acts decisively and never procrastinates. Xu Minglang used to think that Xue Yingying had a boyish "magnificence", so he was worried that the relationship between the two would be affected, but after so many years However, Xue Yingying can only restrain her edge when facing Xu Minglang, and show the attitude of a little girl.

"It doesn't make sense... Wasn't it always good before? How could it be like this?" Xu Minglang asked himself repeatedly.

The only explanation is that Xue Yingying was finally disappointed in him. She had been waiting for him for four years, but she didn't get a decent life, so she chose to leave without saying goodbye.

"I let her down." Xu Minglang's mind was full of these words, and the memories of the two people's relationship were repeatedly shown along with this sentence. When he realized it again, he was eating cold pickled fish and crying face tears.

After the meal, Xu Minglang cheered up a bit. He decided to take a nap first, and then call Yingying's parents in the morning to at least confirm her safety, and then he will take a few days off at the piano shop to go back to Beijing.

"I want to break up with you", he wanted to hear Xue Yingying say it to him personally.

Xu Minglang had no sleep all night, that sleepiness seemed so insignificant in front of the great sadness, he shrank himself on the sofa, he was afraid of lying on that double bed, he could no longer bear any more memories.

The cold moonlight outside the window rendered everything into a melancholy blue. Xu Minglang repeatedly described every corner of the living room, but he closed his eyes in pain.He felt a little thirsty, so he got up and opened a bottle of mineral water to drink from the refrigerator. Xu Minglang was allergic to alcohol, so he never drank alcohol on weekdays, but at this moment he really hoped that the water could also be intoxicating.

Xu Minglang sighed, opened his chair and sat down, looking directly at the refrigerator door, Xue Yingying took away all those kitten-patterned refrigerator magnets, leaving only one dark magnet, which was Xu Minglang’s pencil bag. I found it. At that time, he stuck it on the refrigerator to tease Xue Yingying, causing Xue Yingying to chase and beat him everywhere with a shoehorn, saying that he had committed the crime of interrogation.

Under the magnetic clasp is a group photo of the two of them, which was taken when they climbed the mountain in their junior year. He will always remember that Xue Yingying was radiant without makeup at that time. He didn't stop to take a break when he was sunburned, and he followed behind panting, complaining that the weather was too hot to kill.

This may be the only personal item that Xue Yingying did not take away, after all, the group photo cannot be divided into two halves.Xu Minglang picked up the photo, looked at the photo in his hand through the moonlight, and suddenly froze.He hurried to turn on the light, but the result was the same.In the photo, there was originally a group photo of the two of them, but now only Xu Minglang was left.

The Xue Yingying who was originally compared to the scissors disappeared, but was replaced by the crowd and bushes in the distance.