As a result, on the second day, Shen Yexi's appearance completely took the horror line, with messy hair, unshaven beard, and two bloodshot eyes.
Jiang Hu opened his eyes, stared at him calmly for a full thirty seconds, and then asked in a daze, "Yexi?"
Or what do you think? Aliens invaded Earth? Shen Yexi ignored him.
Jiang Hu thought about it in confusion, and then asked: "When I'm sleeping... I don't seem to have any bad habits like snoring, grinding my teeth, sleepwalking and kicking people, right?"
Shen Yexi asked: "What did you mean by that sentence last night?"
"...Ah? What are you talking about?" Jiang Hu yawned, rubbed his eyes, and asked in confusion, "Yesterday I..."
The second half of the sentence got stuck in his throat, because Shen Yexi directly picked him up and threw him into the bathroom: "Wake up for me, I have something to ask you."
"Who said last night that I can sleep as long as I want today?" Jiang Hu's muffled voice came from the bathroom. Shen Yexi, who was about to fry eggs in a frying pan, wanted to rush in at that time. Comparing the head of the pan and Jiang Hu, which one is harder—little bastard, how do you remember this sentence? !
Five minutes later, Jiang Hu wandered out of the bathroom. It seemed that the ice water had limited stimulating effect on him. He yawned loudly, tears appeared from the corners of his eyes, he bent his body, his pointed chin rested on the table, and stared blankly at the tablecloth, until the microwave oven rang softly, and Shen Yexi's A voice came from the kitchen: "Why are you still sleepwalking, Paste? Take the milk out of the microwave!"
"... Oh." Jiang Hu stood up with half-closed eyes, floated to the kitchen, turned on the microwave, took out two glasses of milk, then continued the previous action, lying there in a daze.
With a plate in his hand, Shen Yexi tapped Jiang Hu's head with his elbow: "Be smart, don't be like a dead dog, come out with me after eating."
Jiang Hu looked at him very sadly, and then said cautiously: "I can..."
"No!" Shen Yexi glared at him, "The year-end award..."
"It's a treat." Jiang Hu continued to behave like a dead dog, and now the whole team has developed antibodies to Boss Shen's move.
Shen Yexi rolled her eyes: "Then do you also want to work overtime during your annual vacation?"
Jiang Hu immediately sat up straight, more energetic than a chicken blood: "Where are we going now?"
Shen Yexi slapped him on the forehead.
The two quickly finished their breakfast, and then, with his annual vacation as a "hostage", Jiang Hu honestly got into Shen Yexi's car and rushed away. As the car drove farther and farther away from the urban area, Jiang Hu curled up on the back seat and closed his eyes to rest at first, but then the road was too bumpy, which jolted him awake.
When Shen Yexi stopped the car, he saw the young man looking out the window with his glasses reflecting the remaining snow light on the ground, thinking about something.
Shen Yexi reached out and patted the driver's seat to call Jiang Hu's attention: "Here we are, get out of the car."
Jiang Hu didn't move, but turned his head to look at him. The light in the car was not good, and Shen Yexi couldn't see his eyes clearly, so Jiang Hu asked in a low voice: "Have you thought about it? You must go back to the dead Is it the past? Yexi, my Chinese is not good, maybe I am not quite right, but the so-called "past" is a foregone conclusion, something that cannot be redeemed and cannot be turned back. ,Why bother?"
Shen Yexi didn't speak.
"Should we go back? Besides, I think, what happened to some things may have been buried underground with the dead forever. Do you think it is possible for you to dig it out again?" Jiang Huyi He said quickly, "Yexi, you told me that everything must be proved, otherwise guessing will always be guessing."
Shen Yexi closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again: "You can go down with me to have a look, just this time."
The two were silent for a while, Jiang Hu suddenly reached out to open the car door, and went down: "Let's go, take me to have a look."
They walked one after the other on the uninhabited suburban path, Shen Yexi led Jiang Hu into a small alley, walked past the abandoned warehouse, there seemed to be blood on the ground that hadn't been cleaned up, The air is full of dust and decay, even the fragrance of snow cannot be buried.
"I don't think anyone would dare to come here. There was a lot of trouble at that time." Shen Yexi smiled, and reached out to touch the pillars of a small, dark room, "It is said that I lived in it for nearly four days. , do you want to go in and have a look?"
Before Jiang Hu could speak, he took out a small flashlight from his pocket, took Jiang Hu's hand, and walked in. Jiang Hu noticed that even though it was daytime, with the door open and the flashlight turned on, even a myopic man like him could see clearly, but Shen Yexi's footsteps suddenly became unsteady, with one foot deep and one foot shallow. , as if he was in the dark and couldn't see his feet.
There is no light, no sound, and even the minimum life-sustaining air seems so turbid and thin. Jiang Hu knew that these four days were definitely not as light as Shen Yexi said. He remembered that Shen Yexi said that he couldn't sleep because of his arteries and heartbeats, and he didn't eat, drink or sleep for four days...
It wasn't that Shen Yexi had surpassed the limit of the human body, or he was in a trance and hallucinations, and he couldn't figure out his own situation.
I don't know if it was to test his idea, but at this time Shen Yexi laughed dryly: "Actually speaking, I really don't think it's as long as four days..."
"Then do you remember what happened when you were locked up here?" Jiang Hu interrupted him.
"I… "
"Do you remember what you were doing all the time? Were you really sober?"
Jiang Hu felt Shen Yexi's body tremble slightly, he took his hand out of Shen Yexi's hand without much effort, gently held Shen Yexi's arm, and put his shoulder against Shen Ye Hee's body.
Shen Yexi knew that Jiang Hu's shoulders were very thin, but now he felt the strength brought by the other's hard bones, and it seemed that he would never fall down if he stood there.
Suddenly, the uneasiness brought about by the familiar darkness faded strangely a little.
Jiang Hu said: "Let's go out, you don't want to be as optimistic as you think."
Shen Yexi didn't argue any more, and followed Jiang Hu out obediently. It is rare to have such bright weather in the gloomy winter. Shen Yexi leaned against the wall on one side and lit a cigarette. Jiang Hu accompanied him, and suddenly asked: "What did you think at the time, their next batch Where will the goods go?"
"Huh... huh?" Shen Yexi didn't react at first, paused, and then hesitated to answer, "I guess most of them will come here by water from T City? At that time, we checked very strictly and almost cut off their connections." …”
Jiang Hu sighed softly, Shen Yexi's voice stopped abruptly, and then Jiang Hu said softly: "Yexi, but I heard from Sheng Yao that there was no such thing as your so-called 'next batch' at that time." gone."
Shen Yexi was stunned.
"You forgot, it was you and Fang Jinxing who took the risk to lead people to cut off their supply of goods, and caught a group of habitual drug smugglers. Afterwards, the opponent's firepower was too strong, and you were caught in order to cover others." Jiang Jiang Hu said softly, "Yexi, do you still want to investigate? What was the situation at that time, you were the only one involved, but you were not as sober as you imagined."
"But I think..."
"Sensory deprivation affects complex thought processes and cognitive processes. At first, you will be restless and have trouble concentrating. Over time, it will get worse. You will have hallucinations. The senses will team up to deceive you, and you will even tremble with your hands, and you will not be able to walk straight until the pain subsides, and more importantly, people who are deprived of the senses will be more suggestive." Jiang Hu whispered The voice said, staring at Shen Yexi through the clear lens, "Are you sure you want to continue the investigation?"
Shen Yexi suddenly supported his forehead with his hands, wiped his face fiercely, and straightened up: "I'll take you to see the place where they closed Fang Jinxing at that time."
This time Jiang Hu didn't say anything more, just followed silently.
The fear from the darkness almost overwhelmed him, but he still wanted to come back here, even after setting foot on this land, every step he took was like stepping on thorns.
He can allow himself to fall in love with someone of the same sex, stick to what he loves willfully, and never pay attention to other people's ideas, but he can't bear such an unclear blind spot in his life. Jiang Hu said that what is dead is already dead, and what has passed is what has passed.
Shen Yexi felt that he would never be able to be so free and easy. Although the dead are already dead, the living must live with their conscience. Of course, the past cannot be changed, but they still have the right to be sacrificed.
Jiang Hu suddenly discovered that Shen Yexi was the manliest person he had ever met.
It seems that Fang Jinxing's treatment is no better than Shen Yexi's, or even worse. In the place where Shen Yexi was closed, after his eyes got used to the darkness, he could barely see a gleam of light, but this place was almost completely dark, even the cracks in the walls were nailed with iron sheets, and Jiang Hu almost lost sight of it when he entered. Tripped over the threshold.
"It is said that this used to be the torture room of those drug dealers." Shen Yexi said, this time he did not accompany Jiang Hu in, but just waited for him at the door.
Jiang Hu hit the wall with a flashlight in a circle: "There are bloodstains on the wall."
"Yes, there are many people. Later, DNA tests showed that there was Fang Jinxing. The forensic doctor concluded that he may have hit his head against the wall, and his nails were also torn."
Jiang Hu turned around inside, then turned to Shen Yexi and said, "Do you know what the so-called 'suggestive enhancement' means?"
Shen Yexi frowned: "You mean the kind in hypnosis... um, similar to the subject's ability to accept suggestions? It's mysterious."
"Our brains have automatic logic programs and critical programs. After receiving hypnosis, people's attention will be highly concentrated, but the range of perception is much narrower. The information in the hint will skip people's logic. He believed the other party’s words deeply, and even obeyed some of his instructions.” Jiang Hu pointed to the dark hut, “Do you know? In my opinion, it’s ridiculous that only one of two people can live, drug dealer Even if you are both desperadoes, it won't do them any good to see the two of you killing each other. Besides, there were two people when they went in. If they really want to negotiate with the police, they only bring out one person. Wouldn't the police suspect that ?”
Shen Yexi stared blankly at him: "You mean..."
"Besides, the other party is really like what you think. They want to see you killing each other like slaves in the ancient Roman Colosseum. How could they..."
"Why did they send two guards?" Shen Yexi murmured and took it.