This is a villa with white and dark blue-grey interiors, which is simple and clear.
Wandering dreamed that he was walking down the stairs...
This place is weird.
Not where he temporarily lived abroad, not where he stayed at home.
It's not a hospital, it's not a school army, it's not the home of Lao Yu and Yu Wen's father and son...
In short, not anywhere he knew.
But when he stood here, there was a familiar and unfamiliar feeling—
He seemed to know where to turn, which room he was going to, and the structure of the room.
Every move is like the owner here, so it feels familiar.
But he did not have any sense of belonging because of it, so he was still unfamiliar.
He guessed that this might be where he lived as examiner A.
The house was supposed to be located somewhere in the proctoring area, and he didn't like it here.
But this is also normal, who would take charge of such a place
In the dream, it was already late, and the sun set in the last moment.
There are large floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor and one side of the first floor. Whenever Youhu turns to that angle, the lights outside will shake his eyes.
Visible through glass and lights, it was snowing outside.
It was clear that the sun was just setting, and the snow fell heavily in a blink of an eye...
He squinted to avoid the light, but his footsteps did not stop on the first floor.
The wandering in the dream knows inexplicably that he is going to the basement...
***
It was one day many years ago, just after nightfall, the snow did not stop.
The temperature in the house is just right, and a single coat is enough.
Examiner A just came back from a trip, and a layer of snow fell on his shoulders.
He took off his coat and went upstairs, hung his clothes in the bedroom, and was about to take a shower when suddenly there was movement downstairs.
This is the residence arranged for the invigilator in the system, a villa with a unified style.
On the left side of the villa area is the Twin Towers, which are used to punish candidates, and on the right side is a small park, which is very quiet on weekdays.
Therefore, the movement downstairs seemed very abrupt.
Examiner A lives alone and does not like to invite friends and company, and there are few other people in the residence.
But these two days are exceptions—
A certain illegal candidate named Qin Jiu is living here.
Of course, he didn't live in a bedroom, but in a confinement room.
The system does not allow the offending candidates to have a good time.
The movement downstairs stopped for a while, and then it sounded again.
It's not a loud noise, it's just a light tap, not in a hurry.
I could hear that the knocker had a joking sense.
Examiner A listened for a while, then walked down the stairs to the basement.
The basement was originally designed as an activity area and also has guest rooms. Later, in order to accommodate Qin Research, the system changed the guest room into a built-in confinement room.
Except for the lack of monitoring, it has the same properties as the normal confinement room.
The knocking sound came from inside the confinement room.
He pressed his finger to open the door.
There are not many things in the confinement room, a set of table and chairs and a bed placed against the wall are all the furniture.
There are some tools on the wall pretending to be hanging.
At that time, Qin Jiu, who was still a student, sat on the edge of the bed.
The corridor lamp shone in from outside the door and just landed on Qin Jiu.
He narrowed his eyes and tilted his head to block the light, and his raised hands were tied with leather ropes.
Beyond the open palm, you can see a lazy smile on the corner of his mouth.
"What's wrong?" Examiner A asked while holding the door.
"It's nothing." Qin Qiu said, "I heard a big examiner who was busy with official business coming back, so I just said hello as a courtesy."
His eyes narrowed again, still unable to adapt to the bright light.
Examiner A glanced back at the corridor lamp, and closed the door of the confinement room with his back.
He was locked very hard, making a "Peng" sound, as if reluctantly.
It suddenly became dark inside.
"Don't turn on the lights?" Examiner A said coldly.
He snapped a switch, and a light came on somewhere in the corner, much dimmer than the hall light.
"Oh, I want to let it go." Qin Qiu raised his hand and said, "But unfortunately, I was tied up like this, making it difficult for me to move. And the person who tied me was away for a long time without food. The water supply, I didn't come back until now. If I hadn't taken the initiative to say hello, I'm afraid I wouldn't remember me coming... Is this an excessive punishment, big examiner?"
As we all know, Examiner A is the youngest among the invigilators.
Surprisingly young.
But whether candidates or colleagues, will subconsciously ignore his age, because he is too strong, and his status in the system is extremely high.
Only Qin Zhuo is an exception.
When this candidate saw Examiner A for the first time, he was not afraid to make fun of him.
After learning that Examiner A was two years younger than him, he added "big" in front of the title, opened his mouth "big examiner", and closed his mouth "big examiner".
It's fine for anyone else to call this title.
In fact, some people do call it that, which is a respectful title for the chief invigilator.
But it came from Qin Jiu's mouth, with two points of casual ridicule.
Examiner A glanced at the wall clock and said, "I went out to do errands at 4 pm, and it is now 6:10."
A total of 2 hours and 10 minutes, this is most of the day calculated by the face
As for not giving food or water, that's even more fart!
With a cold snort, he pushed the cup and plate on the table: "Is this pig food?"
Of course it's not pig food, the presentation is very delicate and expensive.
This was sent by another invigilator who asked the restaurant in the commercial district to make amends for something during the day.
He was not hungry, so he stuffed the food into the confinement room.
Who knows that some candidates do not appreciate it.
Qin Jiu straightened his legs and changed to a more relaxed posture. He raised his eyelids, glanced over the cup and plate with little interest, and said, "It's not the same as last night."
Examiner A: "..."
"The meal last night was very good, and the taste was a bit special." Qin Qiu said: "The shrimp was fried and burnt, other than that, it was good."
"… "
Examiner A hung up the trash can beside him expressionlessly, and poured the water and fried meat into it: "You choose it yourself, then go hungry."
Leaning on the edge of the table, he poured his cool dinner and threw the plate back on the table.
There were two clangs in the confinement room, and the silence returned.
For a moment there was only the sound of their breathing.
Examiner A held his arms, his eyes fell from his thin eyelids and fell on Qin Qiu.
Silence has a taste of swords drawn.
This kind of tension continued quietly for a while, and Examiner A finally said: "I violated the rules so many times, what's the purpose?"
Qin Qiu raised his eyebrows: "Is there a purpose for the violation?"
Examiner A did not speak.
Qin Qiu added: "Isn't the purpose of the test to be selected, as far as I know it is so. The question is quite difficult, and I can't think of a particularly perfect way to pass it, so I can only settle for the next best thing. If there is a better way, Why should I violate the rules? Who is not afraid of punishment."
Examiner A: "A couple of idiots are enough, just stop when it suits you."
Qin Jiu laughed.
He laughed for a while and said, "I'm serious, do you believe it?"
"Do not believe."
Qin Qiu had a look of regret, making his teeth itch.
"The first time you cleaned the exam room, you buried a jammer inside."
"The third time to clean up the exam room, you led the questions into a logical confusion. The exam room was later put into use, and it completely collapsed halfway through, and it has not been successfully repaired until now."
Examiner A counts one by one.
Qin Jiu was neither in a hurry nor annoyed when he heard the words, and said, "It's just a prank."
Examiner A: "For the fifth time, you said you lost a retake card."
Qin Qiu: "That forest looks the same in all directions. Maybe I brought the card out when I took out the compass. I remember mentioning it to you at the time?"
Examiner A paused: "Last time, you hid the cheat sheet."
Qin Zhuo: "It is a pleasure to help others."
Examiner A stopped talking.
His light-colored eyes were dimmed by the light, and he stared at Qin Qiu silently.
Qin Qiu also looked back at him and did not avoid it.
After a long while, Examiner A glanced away, swept around and landed on the floor lamp.
After a while, he suddenly said: "Forget it, give me the bottom line.
Qin Qiu: "What's the matter, let's talk about it."
"I have countless opportunities to torture you with these questions, but I chose here, do you know why?"
Qin Qiu thought about it and said, "I don't know."
Examiner A: "..."
Looking at his face, Qin Qiu suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, answer seriously, because this is a confinement room."
Examiner A's eyes moved: "So you know."
"I happen to hear such a statement."
"The confinement room is the only place the system cannot detect. This is the leeway left by the original design concept, and it can be regarded as a safe haven under the rules."
Qin Zhu paused, then said, "I also heard that this safe haven had not been opened before this year, and it was someone who suggested to the system that the practice was not compliant, so the confinement room was exempted."
Examiner A finished listening and said, "Who said it?"
Qin Research: "People who have checked, people who participated, people who happen to know."
It amounts to some kind of confession.
Examiner A was silent for a while and said, "So you did come with a mission, and then stared at me."
It should have been a question, but he said it calmly.
Qin Qiu: "Examiner A has a deep relationship with the system. This is the information I got. It's really unreasonable without special treatment. What do you think?"
Examiner A snorted coldly, which was regarded as an answer.
This reaction seemed to please the examinee on the opposite side. He stared at examiner A for a long time, and then said: "When I first saw you, I thought you were on the side of the system, and among the designers, maintainers, and other participants. Like an ostrich, he covered his eyes and ears, pretending he couldn’t see the system’s problems, because he couldn’t control it, and it was himself who rashly stopped the unfortunate.”
"But later I found out that it doesn't seem to be the case." Qin Qiu said, "But you are too hard to guess. I don't know if it's because of your acting so well, or because of some of my reasons. I've never been able to determine your position. Just now, I was shaken a bit."
Examiner A looked at him from the corner of his eyes, still not enthusiastic: "What about now?"
"Now? Let's change the way." Qin Qiu said, "Can you give me an accurate statement? I've guessed your thoughts for a long time..."
He paused for a moment, then said, "If I keep guessing, I'm about to doubt my identity."
"Identity? What do you mean?"
"Do you know what kind of relationship people take guessing for fun?"
Examiner A looked at him and said nothing.
Qin Qiu didn't speak.
The silence spread again for a while.
Examiner A suddenly opened his mouth and said, "I did the exemption for the confinement room. Is it accurate?"
Qin Qiu's eyes were bright, and he said, "Forget it, it's barely enough."
Examiner A glanced at the time again and finally stood up.
Only then did Qin Qiu realize that he didn't even take off his military boots and seemed to be going out.
"Go slowly and reluctantly." As he said that, he was about to walk towards the door.
Qin Qiu's voice sounded behind him: "Aren't you going to loosen me up?"
Examiner A paused and said expressionlessly, "You can get it off in a minute, do you have to pretend to be so miserable?"
There was a chuckle behind him, followed by the screeching of the muslin cord.
"Okay, but you're wrong a little—"
Examiner A did not look back.
As soon as he walked to the door, there was another person behind him.
"—Actually, it's only a few seconds."
Qin Qiu stood behind him and was about to say something, when he suddenly stretched out his thumb and wiped the side of his neck: "The neckline is a little damp, is it raining outside?"
It feels warm and dry when rubbed with your fingertips.
Examiner A held the doorknob and didn't move, only narrowed his eyes lightly.
After a while, he said, "No, it's snowing."
***
You Huo suddenly woke up at this time.
Just like a few occasional dreams over the years, the moment of waking up, the content is blurred and cannot be captured.
Only a few bits can be caught in the rapidly blurring shadows.
Youhuo only remembered that there seemed to be Qin Qiu in the dream, as well as the rope and the room.
Can't remember the details.
There were a few knocking noises from somewhere outside, and it was muffled.
You Huo sat up from the bed, pinching the bridge of his nose to ease his sleepiness.
Just after rubbing it twice, he suddenly felt that something was wrong...
Dreams come true, dreams come true. If he really dreamed of Qin Qiu, it wasn't—
You Huo suddenly opened his eyes.
He first saw Qin Qiu who was on the opposite bed, just like him, just sober, and also a little confused.
Then, he turned his head silently and saw the extra people in the dormitory—
Not far from his bed, a man with leather rope tied his hands was sitting lazily on a desk.
Beside Qin Zhou, who had just woken up, a man in a shirt, trousers, and military boots was leaning against the balcony door, folded his arms and drooped his eyelids, looking at them coldly.
On his right arm is a standard badge with the metal characters "Proctor A" engraved on it.
Whoever dreamed of who was clearly divided.
Confused: "… "
Qin Research: "..."
The atmosphere is particularly solidified, and the moonlight is particularly beautiful.
Unforgettable tonight.