A play within a play, a shadow after a shadow Chapter 41 The Approaching Heart
"Oops~!" Gu Lichuan fell on the bed decadently, feeling that his whole person had fallen into the fluffy and soft mattress in an instant. The eyelids are heavy, and the eyeballs in the dark are a little sour. Outside the house, there was the sound of water slapping against the tiles, and the sound of lingering footsteps was getting closer.
"I'm going to take a shower," Ying Lan walked into the room and stood behind him, "You'll wash up later." ”
"Good ......," Gu Lichuan replied weakly.
"It's just right, while I'm taking a bath, you can cook the meal first, I'm a little hungry. With that, Ying Lan turned around and walked out of Gu Lichuan's room, leaving behind the sound of footsteps and the "click" of the door closing.
Although he got the new instructions of the "landlord", Gu Lichuan still lay motionless on the bed, and now the only thing he wanted to do was to take a shower and fall asleep, where would he still have the strength to cook.
"Did you say I made a wrong decision to move in?" Gu Lichuan complained to Yintong.
Yintong didn't think so: "You deserve it, you have to work for others under the fence, bear it." ”
"That's ......" Gu Lichuan smiled, struggled to get up, and staggered out of the bedroom, leaving a very reluctant figure writhing around.
Standing in the water, she raised her face to let the water in the shower pour on her face, and the surrounding area was steaming, giving people a very pleasant feeling. Her captivating curves and fair skin are hidden in the vapor.
Closing her eyes, she thought back to this mission, and her heart trembled a little. A vicious and irrational alien monster, a three-headed wolf with a mouth spewing green flames, a huge figure of the insect king covering the sky and the sun, and an ethereal figure of the moon and almost nothingness.
After performing such a long mission, this is probably the most seriously injured white fox. She thought so, anyway, he could recover quickly, and there was no need to worry at all.
But what is the so-called double pain, what is the matter? His ability, even if he has all the information about us, is only half-understood, too mysterious.
But what surprised her the most should be Gu Lichuan, who has known him for so long, from killing monsters single-handedly at the beginning to fighting with the white fox later, and then single-handedly fighting new combat robots, every battle he fought was eye-catching, and the team members refreshed their understanding of him again and again.
And this time, it was no longer man who he resisted, but God.
The silver glow in his left eye seemed like a sign of safety to her. In her eyes, as long as the silver light was not extinguished, Gu Lichuan had the ability to challenge anyone. Moreover, the way he looks when he fights is almost like two people in normal times—decisive, vicious, and wrapped around him with a fierceness that even the stars can't avoid.
But how gentle he is, I've known him for so long, I've never seen him get angry with himself, he always smiles, protects himself, never thinks about running away, never thinks about giving up.
Thinking of this, the corners of Ying Lan's mouth unconsciously rose upward.
In the next second, a voice suddenly broke her thoughts.
"You must follow my arrangement. ”
"Could it be...... Do you like Gu Lichuan?" Muttering to herself, Ying Lan opened her eyes and looked at her hands. For so long, she had never thought about it properly.
"If it weren't for these hands......" Ying Lan stood quietly in the bathroom, the slowly flowing hot water mixed with the liquid in the corners of her eyes, and the sound of water muffled the frustration in her tone.
"Maybe, you can live the life you want. ”
......
Gu Lichuan looked at the liaison instrument silently, and the sound of dripping kept coming.
"Hey?" Wang Lu's somewhat tired voice came.
"Wang Lu?" Gu Lichuan put the phone to his ear and called softly.
"Lethe!!" the tiredness just now disappeared in an instant, and Wang Lu shouted in surprise and joy.
"Where did you kid go, I went to look for you that night, and I turned out to be ......"
Gu Lichuan interrupted him and shouted hurriedly: "I know, I know everything, how are you now?"
"I just got out of the hospital," Wang Lu regained his composure, "When I went back, I found that you were gone, and there were still traces of a fight in the house, I thought I had been robbed." Where are you? What happened that day, when are you coming back?"
"Ah," Gu Lichuan, who was a little caught off guard by this string of questions, scratched his head, not knowing how to respond to him.
"Something very strange happened that night, and I probably won't be able to go back. ”
"What?!" Wang Lu shouted again, "Have you been kidnapped?
"No, no, no," Gu Lichuan stopped Wang Lu with a smile, "I'm not kidnapped, you don't have to worry about it anyway." Editing, I'll naturally cope. ”
On the other end of the phone, Wang Lu was silent for a long time.
"Wang Lu?" Seeing that Wang Lu didn't speak, Gu Lichuan asked.
Wang Lu spoke: "Okay, as long as you're fine." ”
"Uh...... Well. Gu Lichuan didn't know what to say.
"If you've stayed there enough, come back," Wang Lu changed his tone and said lightly, "The door is open for you~!"
Gu Lichuan laughed: "Okay." ”
......
The white fox sat in the room, the curtains blocked a large amount of sunlight out of the window, the room was dark and quiet, only a trace of sunlight shone in, and the dust showed its body in the sunlight, flying lightly.
"It hurts...... "Holding his chest, the white fox smiled helplessly, his body seemed to tremble slightly, and a trace of cold sweat slipped down his sideburns.
The clothes were resting on the side of the bed, and the tattoos on the white fox's back that had been spreading all the way to his chest seemed to be beating slowly in the dark, and the aura of fear was thick and oppressive.
"When will we find it?" the white fox collapsed limply on the bed, staring at the ceiling.
Suddenly, there was a vibrating sound from the contact device, and it slowly moved gently on the table.
The white fox got up and walked over slowly.
It's Long Ao.
"Hey Boss," the white fox connected to the contact device, "What's the matter?"
"Your knife is broken," Long Ao's calm voice came, "Come to the office, and assign you a new task by the way." ”
The white fox shook his head helplessly: "Oh, I want a new knife, I don't want a task!"
"yes? I thought you wanted to go to the Middle East, so forget it. Long Ao pretended to be regretful, "Then I'll let Ying Lan and Gu Lichuan go." ”
"Eh, eh, blah, blah!" White Fox interrupted Long Ao abruptly, "Are you going to the Middle East to play? ”
"Then I'll wait for you in the office. ”
Putting down the contact device, the white fox walked to the side of the bed and picked up his clothes, and turned around and walked towards the door while sticking his arms into his sleeves.
......
Dressed in pure white short sleeves and black hot pants, Ying Lan walked out of the bathroom while wiping her hair, and Gu Lichuan slumped on the sofa, looking at the people on TV with a blank face. The sunlight shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding glass doors of the balcony into the living room, on the fluffy sofa, on Gu Lichuan's side face, and on his sleepy eyes. The smell of food wafts from the kitchen, and the heat wafts from the bathroom, and the atmosphere suddenly becomes very comfortable, without a hint of hustle and bustle. Ying Lan tilted her head and looked at Gu Lichuan in front of her.
It would be nice if we could keep going like this. Ying Lan thought, stood on tiptoe and slowly walked towards Gu Lichuan.
As they got closer, their figures were bathed in warm orange sunlight. Gu Lichuan didn't react in the slightest—he was already asleep. "You're still half-open when you're asleep, are you Zhang Fei?" said Ying Lan chuckled softly, and some of her damp black hair shone faintly in the sun, like a layer of mysterious magic, gently covering her behind her and on her fair skin. She bent down and leaned her face closer to Gu Lichuan's, trying to get a closer look at him.
The TV program ended, and the sound gradually stopped.
"Wow," Ying Lan sighed softly, "his eyelashes are so long." I have to say that among the men she has seen, Gu Lichuan is the best-looking. The most important thing is that he has a gentle and elegant temperament, like a stream of water guarding his body, which does not need to be deliberately proclaimed, but is enough to protect him from infringement. Again, this temperament can make those who stay with him feel happy and reassuring, which is why he left home halfway to join the special operations team but was quickly accepted.
Ying Lan watched him silently, her eyes flashing with curiosity, like a fawn in the forest gently touching a sleeping boy.
"How did you get your silver eyes?" the question jumped out of Lingering's mouth.
Suddenly, there was a "tick-tock" ringing in Gu Lichuan's bedroom, which startled both Ying Lan and Gu Lichuan. Gu Lichuan, who had been devastated by the alarm clock since he was a child, subconsciously jumped up, but he didn't expect that Ying Lan was standing in front of him and put his face so close.
Gu Lichuan felt that his lips touched something soft, and that touch suddenly reminded him of Rita in his mind, but the temperature coming from there was a little cold.
Under the sun, the sun is just right. Two sparrows stand on a telephone pole and bounce. The iron flow of the city is constantly passing through it, and the buildings under construction are slowly pointing to the sky like bamboo shoots, higher and higher, higher and higher.
But in the eyes of Gu Lichuan and Ying Lan, there are only two people in the world at this moment - themselves, and the person standing in front of them.
"Hey, white fox, are you looking for me?" Gu Lichuan looked at the face of the white fox in the liaison instrument.
"Yes," the white fox looked at him, "what's wrong with you? Why are you so red?"
"It's fine. Gu Lichuan smiled unnaturally.
For a moment, the white fox showed a smile that seemed to understand.
"It's okay, take a break, we're going to do a new mission tomorrow. ”
"New mission?" Gu Lichuan frowned.
"Well, it's a new mission," the white fox raised his hand and pointed at Gu Lichuan, "And it's a new mission that only you, me, and Mu Yi participate in." ”
Gu Lichuan looked back at Ying Lan, then turned his head to look at the white fox: "Okay, I know." ”
"Then I won't bother, I wish you a happy life~" The white fox smiled sheepishly, and the screen of the liaison instrument returned to darkness with a "boom".
"What do you think, this guy. Gu Lichuan shook his head and walked out of the bedroom. Ying Lan sat on the sofa, her arms tightly wrapped around her legs, her face flushed, and she looked a little cramped and uneasy.
Is she shy? Gu Lichuan thought with some tears and laughter.
"People are still a little girl," Yintong said on the side, "You recklessly kissed someone, and you laughed at someone embarrassed, are you human?"
Feeling very reasonable, Gu Lichuan rolled his eyes and touched his face very embarrassed.
"Hurry up and comfort people," Silver Hitomi shouted, full of a slow sense of justice and responsibility, "You think everyone is as active as Rita?!"
Hearing this, Gu Lichuan stepped forward and slowly squatted in front of Ying Lan.
Ying Lan held her knees with both hands, her face was still flushed, she had a strange smile on her face, and her eyes were a little trance-like.
"Yinglan?" Gu Lichuan asked softly with his head tilted.
"Hmm...... Huh?" Ying Lan raised her face to look at him, and through her clear amber eyes, Gu Lichuan seemed to see her soul for the first time—clean and lonely.
"Are you okay?" Seeing her like this, Gu Lichuan was suddenly a little overwhelmed.
"That," Ling Lan paused, "I didn't want that, I just wanted to see you, and it turned out to be ......"
Well, Gu Lichuan suddenly realized that Ying Lan was still thinking about how to explain why she was standing so close in front of her, maybe at this moment she felt that she must think that she was a female hooligan.
So Gu Lichuan smiled: "I know, I mean I accidentally ...... just now"
"Ah, that, that ......" Ying Lan seemed to be trying to suppress her breathing, she gasped sharply for a while, twisted her head to the side, her face was more gorgeous as if it was burning, and it took a long time to slowly speak.
"It was the first kiss. ”
Gu Lichuan was stunned for a moment, such a big girl, haven't you been in love before? Although there are slots, if you spit it out at this moment, you will be looking for death.
"I'm sorry," Gu Lichuan's expression suddenly became very guilty, "I didn't mean it, it was purely a conditioned reflex at that time." ”
"I know," Ying Lan tucked her hair behind her ears, "but don't think I'm trying to do anything wrong." ”
Gu Lichuan stood up: "Let's go, eat." ”
"Oh. Ying Lan got up, looked up at Gu Lichuan again, and blinked.
"The white fox said there was a task just now?"
"Yes," Gu Lichuan rubbed his hair, with a helpless expression, "It's just me and him and Mu Yi going together, and I don't know what the task is." ”
"It shouldn't be a difficult task, otherwise I wouldn't have let just the three of you go. Lingering pouted, turned and walked towards the kitchen. Leaving Gu Lichuan in the back with a meaningful smile.
"I said, you've kissed them all," Silver Hitomi said, "I've asked it before, but it's a very serious question." ”
"Huh?" Gu Lichuan responded absentmindedly, still thinking about the kiss just now, soft, a little sweet, and a little cool, very different from Rita.
"Do you like her?"
This time, Gu Lichuan no longer prevaricated: "Yes, I like it." ”
So do you like her because she's a haunt or do you see her as a replacement for Rita?"
Gu Lichuan was shocked, looking at Ying Lan's back and gently beating long hair, and was speechless for a while.
"Gu Lichuan, this thing can't be ambiguous. Silver Hitomi said lightly.
“......”
In an instant, Gu Lichuan seemed to have been drained of all his strength, took a few steps back, and sat down on the sofa.
The sunlight outside the window began to tilt, and as Ying Lan walked towards the kitchen, the living room fell silent, and everything stayed there silently, as if waiting for Gu Lichuan to give an answer.