When the morning came, Xu An put down his pen and stretched, he wrote very seriously, completely immersed in the huge and wonderful world of the book. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The book "A Song of Ice and Fire" is a memory and a creation for him, because the world setting of this book is too large, and Xu An has only read a few books, so those complicated and cumbersome settings have to be completed by him independently, without any reference.

As a result, it took him two years of spare time to complete the canon set even after reading the book, and another year to supplement and complete the first work.

It is precisely because of this that Xu An admires the original author of this book very much, whether it is the other party's rigorous setting, imagination that breaks through the sky, and profound writing skills, all of which make him willing to bow down!

At the same time, Xu An also had a feeling of excitement, because he had only seen five "A Song of Ice and Fire", and obviously not all of them were completed, so he wanted to try to finally complete this epic work!

And at the moment, Xu An still doesn't know what these things he has seen mean in the end.

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Going downstairs lightly, Xu An shivered excitedly, the early morning in September was slightly cold and humid, the air was filled with the fragrance of grass and earth, there were already people running on the community street outside the apartment, and the newsboy on a bicycle flexibly threw the newspaper in front of every house.

Xu An did a few simple stretches and started running, greeting the residents of the community along the way, and finally stopped near the park.

There's a mobile food truck where Old Jack sells coffee, hot dogs and sandwiches every morning to office workers who can't prepare breakfast in a hurry.

"Uncle Jack, bring me a cup of coffee."

"Take it yourself." Old Jack, with his beard on his face, was busy preparing the ingredients, and when he heard the sound, he just looked up and went on to get busy.

Xu An poured himself a cup of coffee, the steaming coffee was in his stomach, the whole person was in a lot of energy, put down the money and was about to leave, when he heard Uncle Jack say: "Ann, the community has not been very quiet recently, let Catherine pay attention to safety!" ”

Xu An was stunned for a moment and asked, "You mean that...... Serial killer? ”

"That's right, I heard that damn executioner picks on women!" Old Jack said solemnly.

"I interviewed Ms. Natasha the other day, and that murderer ruined everything for them, and he really deserves to die." Xu An stopped, Old Jack was talking about the serial murders that have occurred in Queens in recent months, the murderer is extremely perverted, the targets of the attack are all women, rape and murder, dismemberment, appalling, Queens has not had such a bad incident for a long time, "Officer Roy, is there any news?" Although it is not his jurisdiction, the police department should have news! ”

"No, Roy just told me it's safe here!" Old Jack waved the bread in his hand and said indignantly: "Roy is a megalomaniac, he always thinks that the security of his community is the best in the whole of New York, but he has not caught the thief who stole my cash box so far, not even a clue!" ”

As soon as Xu An heard this, he was ready to slip away, Old Jack was a cautious person, he had never been stolen before, and the only experience of theft made him haunted, and he was also full of complaints about Officer Roy, who was in charge of law and order, Xu An didn't want to listen to his nagging.

"Alright, Uncle Jack, I wish you all the best to find your cash box soon, I'm going to exercise, goodbye."

Old Jack was a little unsatisfied, but he still shouted at Xu An: "Goodbye, Ann, remember my words!" ”

"I will." Xu An waved his hand and continued to run.

Although it was early in the morning, there were a lot of people in the community park, some people were running with headphones, some were walking their dogs with leashes, and there were even a few Chinese old men and ladies dancing swords and tai chi.

Xu An ran a few laps, punched twice, and returned home.

When Xu An took a shower and went downstairs, he found that the whole room was filled with the aroma of toast and fried eggs, Catherine was busy in the kitchen, and the oil in the frying pan was sizzling.

"Good morning, Mom." Xu An went over and put his face on Catherine, pinched a piece of bread from the dining table, and stuffed it into his mouth in three or two clicks, he didn't sleep all night last night and the strenuous exercise in the morning, which made him feel hungry.

"Good morning, baby." Catherine turned off the fire and turned to look at her son, "Well, it looks like you're in good spirits, how was your sleep last night?" ”

"Hmm," Xu An swallowed the bread hard, and his empty stomach was finally much more comfortable, "It's good, no strange dreams, no insomnia, Mom, I feel so energetic that I don't have to sleep for three days and three nights." ”

Speaking of which, although the dream world has allowed Xu An to experience another life for six consecutive years, there are also many troubles, such as lack of sleep, mental trance, persistent hyperactivity or depression.

These even affected his personality and temper, Xu An remembered that he was a humble and polite good boy when he was a child, but since he started dreaming, his temper has become more and more irritable and irritable, although he has been trying his best to suppress it, but there are always times when he can't control himself.

Yesterday was the only night in six years without dreaming, so even if he didn't sleep all night, Xu An still felt energetic.

Hearing this, Catherine suddenly smiled and said happily: "God forbid, I hope you will never have those strange dreams again." ”

"Never again!" Xu An said with a smile, after Stephen was diagnosed with organ failure in the dream, he has been immersed in a sad and desperate mood and can't extricate himself, that kind of world-weary mood lasted for a long time, so long that Xu An even thought that life was so hopeless, now it's okay, take a deep breath, he feels that the bread and fried eggs are so sweet, even the frying pan in the kitchen has become very warm, "Okay, Mom, I'm going to be late, let's eat the bread on the way." ”

"Hey, and milk cereal!"

"It's too late!" Xu An shouted as he hurriedly rushed out of the house, "By the way, Mom, I heard old Jack say that Queens has not been peaceful recently, you have to pay attention to safety and don't work overtime at night." ”

For Catherine's safety, he is actually not particularly worried, the serial killer only picks young women, so far all the victims are under the age of 20, and there are even minors, Xu An has studied some case files, this kind of purposeful killer generally has psychological problems, and basically will not change his goals.

After graduating from Columbia University's School of Journalism this summer, Xu An was fortunate enough to work as an intern at the New York Times, where the New York Times headquarters is still located in Times Square in Manhattan, very far from Queens, where Xu's home is located.

Bumpy along the way, when Xu An came out of the subway station, the sun was already rising outside, when the sun was shining, from the residential area of Queens to Manhattan's Times Square, it was like traveling from one world to another, there were dozens of shopping malls and theaters gathered around, countless TV-style billboards were posted on the nearby upstairs, colorful neon tube advertisements were everywhere, and street performers and tourists could be seen everywhere, making it seem that this place is always so prosperous and busy.

Xu An wondered if Stephen's world also had such a bustling New York Times Square, because Stephen had rarely set foot in the commercial areas of these cities, he was an environmentalist, and he longed for the wilderness and the remote streets in the corners of the city, which were obviously more suitable for extreme sports.

In the dream world, Xu An always passively receives Stephen's emotions and what he sees and hears, and has no autonomy.

The headquarters of the New York Times is located in the northwest corner of Times Square, and an entire skyscraper belongs to the New York Times Group, and Xu An is only one of the most inconspicuous members, and the status of interns is probably a little higher than that of the cleaners in the building.

Xu An's department is a local news interview center, and he usually has more contact with local news gathering and writing work in New York, and he and several other interns are responsible for interviewing and sorting out information on some small events.

The news center is always a hot scene, everyone is always busy, the timeliness of the news determines the fast-paced atmosphere here, Xu An greeted everyone while turning on the computer, and took advantage of the time to pick up a cup of coffee and come back.

Sitting on the swivel chair and taking a sip of coffee, he suddenly sensitively noticed that his colleagues were in a strange mood, and they seemed to be busy, but it seemed that many people were secretly looking at him, and when he looked over, they pretended to be indifferent, which made Xu An have to wonder if he had something on his face, or something wrong with his clothes.

It's weird.

"Richie, did you see my voice recorder?" Xu An sat on the chair and slid to the side, and he found that Richie, who was also an intern with him, was also dodging his gaze!

"Oh, voice recorder? I didn't see it, maybe you didn't bring it back at home? Richie stared at his computer, focused.

Xu An took a look and found that Richie's computer screen was just a simple system desktop and some icons, "No, I don't usually bring a voice recorder home, is there anything else going on?" Why is everyone secretly watching me? ”

"Ah, sorry, I don't know ......"

"Hey man, you must know that, right, everyone was weird this morning, you want to play tricks on me, don't you?" Xu An asked tentatively, "Tell you, I know Chinese kung fu, and if you want to play tricks, I'm afraid you have chosen the wrong object!" ”

Richie turned his head to look at Xu An, his gaze was very strange, he opened his mouth and was about to speak, when he heard the voice of Deputy Director Andrew.

"Ann, come to my office."