On the days when he commuted to and from work as usual, Myeongwoo no longer deliberately went to the hospital to look for LC-07. At that moment, he was suddenly afraid of that face, and he was afraid that he would be out of control.

In his sleep, he opened the bedside table and forgot what he wanted to open it for, only to see the picture inside.

Suddenly sober.

Those three smiling faces are already a strange feeling.

He quickly closed the drawer and watched the pattern of the light projected on the ceiling, like the quiet water of Qingtan Lake, shining in the rare sunlight.

"I want to compare myself to you." Mingyou had a somewhat stubborn tone, wanting to challenge himself and challenge Lin Yan.

"Than what?" Lin Yan didn't react for a moment, but after thinking about it carefully, he laughed, "Swimming!" You guy, you seem to have a purpose! ”

"Is it better than that?"

"Okay, okay!"

This is a boring game, whether it is compared or not, Lin Yan knows Mingyou's thoughts, he just wants to give himself enough courage to confess to He Qing.

The rare sunshine in Qingtan Lake, the temperature is still hot, Lin Yan doesn't care if this is a game or not, it is all a summer trip.

"Are you ready?" Mingyou took off his shirt and prepared to dive.

"Okay." Lin Yan also took it off, and the two of them stood side by side on the plank.

"Ready—jump!"

The two men jumped into the water almost at the same time, swimming freely in the cool water of the lake. They lost their direction as they were about to swim to the middle of the lake, which was much bigger and farther than they could see.

Mingyou already felt tired, but he didn't want to give up, and he had to work hard to move forward, but Lin Yan behind him had already happened to him.

Mingyou stopped, looked at him, saw that he was struggling, it was a water weed, so coincidentally it wrapped his feet around......

"Mingyou...... What are you doing? Lin Yan wanted to stop, but the aquatic grass was like a powerful rope, pulling him down. Mingyou? Lin Yan screamed again, and in a blur, Mingyou floated sluggishly in the water and looked at him.

"Mingyou!" Lin Yan shouted at him again, and his shouts shook the surrounding valley and reverberated with continuous sounds, as if countless people were calling for Mingyou to wake him up.

Like a lightning bolt in the daytime, the sudden bright light finally drew Mingyou's attention back to the present, pulled back to his eyes, and finally saw Lin Yan struggling in the water.

"Lin Yan?" Mingyou saw Lin Yan clearly from his trance, and quickly dived into the water to untie the aquatic plants on his feet, dragging him to the other side.

Neither of them knew how they had swam to shore, they were breathing heavily, their hearts beating wildly and their pale faces lying on the ground exhausted, the glare of the sun almost giving the illusion that they had reached heaven.

I don't know how long I lay like this, but with the coolness of my body, Lin Yan slowly got up from the ground.

"What's wrong with you kid?" Although he spoke in a reproachful tone, he didn't say it loudly, "Are you trying to drown me?" ”

Mingyou gasped, but he couldn't remember what he was doing at that moment: "What's wrong with me?" Didn't it pull you up? ”

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, looking at the innocence in his eyes, thinking that he didn't remember his cold eyes during that period of time, Lin Yan sighed, maybe he was frightened in the water, and it was possible to misunderstand him.

"Forget it." He said, "I lost. ”

"What?" Mingyou looked at him.

"Forget it, I lost." Lin Yan said it again, and then smiled at him, "I can't compare to you." ”

Mingyou didn't understand: "We didn't swim over, there was no victory." ”

"No, no, no." Lin Yan's heart didn't want to have the next competition, it was not interesting, "You saved me, this game is over." ”

"We can ...... next time"

"There's no next time." Lin Yan looked at him seriously, "Mingyou, you like He Qing, you should go and confess, don't use me as an excuse." If you do this, if you succeed, I will be happy for you. ”

Mingyou lowered his head, the wind blew through his body, and there was some cold.

"The summer vacation is coming to an end, you're going to the city, why don't you seize the opportunity?" Lin Yan said, "Don't compare swimming with me, let's meet He Qing." ”

Mingyou silently picked up his clothes and put them on.

"Alright, don't think about it. You see that you are the most promising person in our town, He Qing will be very happy if he follows you. Lin Yan said with a smile, but the smile was turned away from Mingyou, which would not let him notice a trace of sadness in his back.

"Let's go back." Mingyou put Lin Yan's clothes beside Lin Yan, "Don't catch a cold." ”

As for whether he looked for He Qing or not, and whether he contacted Lin Yan again, it seemed to have become an unknown after that summer.

Because of his mother's sudden illness, he only remembers accompanying his mother to Helong Hospital, and then he went to the city to study, and after graduation, he joined the work, and his success also alienated the distance from his mother.

And he lost contact with the innkeeper.

Is it a spell? So the children who leave Helong Town will be disconnected from them from all?

Unconsciously, Mingyou felt the moistness in the corners of his eyes, and the warm tears wet the pillow.

……

How did Ahsan contact him directly through messaging apps? He couldn't find out, she seemed to be completely out of the range he could find.

"Ahsan, where are you?" He sent her a message through his previous contacts, but the avatar was always gray, "Ahsan, you don't have an identity, how can you live here?" ”

The other party still did not reply.

"You at least let me give you an identity, and I can explain it to your mother, let's meet."

"Ahsan? Is this your social account? ”

"Ahsan, I know I'm a stranger too, but at least we're both from Helong Town."

"Ahsan, don't be childish, okay?" Mingyou was a little angry, "If you are caught by the police and sent back, you will not have a chance to come here again." ”

However, the other party still did not reply, as if it had never existed.

Mingyou sighed: "Our company's network is about to be fully covered, and we will be able to find you soon." ”

That end was quiet for a long time, and just when Mingyou wanted to give up, the other end finally replied: "So what? Throw away your phone, can you still find me? ”

His heart was in turmoil, what kind of child was this?

Just when he was at a loss for what to do with the child, the secretary came and knocked on the door, planning his thoughts.

"Mr. Ming, Mr. Kang is looking for you."

Mingyou looked at her, a little surprised why Kang Keming suddenly became so "polite" today?

"Invite him in."

Concoming entered his office and did not let the secretary leave, but said to her, "You stay." ”

Mingyou motioned for the secretary to stay and stood aside.

Kang Keming didn't plan to sit down, so he said bluntly: "That project of yours, I don't know how many batches of robots you plan to build, but I don't plan to do it, and you don't have to say anything to me." As soon as he finished speaking, he added, "You never told me anything anyway." ”

Mingyou looked at him: "Mr. Kang, I'm sorry for the previous design, I thought you didn't like this setting, so I didn't discuss it too much with you." ”

"Don't like it?" Kang Keming sneered, "I don't like it very much!" ”

He looked at Mingyou, and the robot secretary behind him: "They should always be different from us, I hope one day you can understand." ”

Mingyou glanced back at the secretary and replied calmly: "Machines are smarter than people, but people are better at disguise, aren't they?" ”

"Hmph." Kang Keming disagreed.

"Shouldn't humans be treated equally when they create robots to work instead of us?" Mingyou looked at him, "Some people say they don't like robots, but they rely on the ease of their work; Some people say they like robots, but they silently hurt them. ”

He took a few steps forward and approached Concom, who instinctively took a few steps back.

"Let them have feelings maybe let them see clearly whether human beings can really be desperate in the face of interests."

"Then you want them to learn to think for themselves!" Concom's retorted, "What about feelings? Sympathy? Or let them be angry and rebel? ”

Kang Keming approached him: "Feelings are not the goal, instead of labor is the goal, what is in your head?" ”

Mingyou's eyes froze for a moment.

"You've changed your whole body since you made the LC model of the robot, you know? You're too keen to do research alone! You're so keen to get close to them, don't think people don't know, you're secretly dealing with the robots in that hospital! ”

After a heated argument, the sudden silence made the whole office feel very strangely quiet.

"Why do you want them to resemble humans? Why do you want to increase affection again? Why don't you ask about your own purpose? "Are you in love with robots?" ”

Mingyou couldn't answer the question, but instantly felt like he was about to enter a blank fault...... The secretary stepped forward suddenly, and carefully touched him from behind, like an electric current that brought him back to his senses.

"Mr. Ming, it's 10 o'clock, and you have a visitor waiting for you."

This sentence eases the embarrassment at the moment.

Kang Keming calmed himself down, then crossed his hands on his hips, and sighed several times: "Forget it, I don't want to participate in this project." My forte should be designing more interesting programs, not making bots scary. ”

He lowered his hand, opened the office door himself, and walked out.

The secretary walked to the door and said to Mingyou, "Mr. Ming, do I need to pour you a cup of coffee?" ”

Mingyou eased his state: "Didn't you say there were visitors?" ”

The secretary smiled: "I'm sorry, my data record is wrong, it should be this time next week." ”

Mingyou was stunned for a moment, and then smiled as well: "Thank you." ”

The secretary turned and left the office.

The empty office left Mingyou alone. Concom's words were intermittently ringing in his ears, and he could no longer connect a complete sentence, and those words were like hammers, hitting his head and giving him a headache.

It was at this time that he received a message from Aunt Li from Helong Town.

"Mingyou, your mother wants to see you."