When it was dawn, Luo Binhan had not gone to the guest room to rest. He talked with Zhou Yu all night, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. And Zhou Yu never mentioned going to bed. Luo Binhan could tell that he must be a little confused these days, because Zhou Yu's complexion was not particularly good, a little pale due to lack of sunlight, and there were not obvious dark green spots under his eyes.
Luo Binhan asked him if he had gone back to study for a doctorate, but Zhou Yu shook his head and said no. This was beyond Luo Binhan's expectation. He thought that as long as the sun still rose, Zhou Yu would continue to pursue medical research. But when Zhou Yu admitted that he was no longer planning to further his studies in the near future, there was no trace of disappointment on his face.
This is a major change. And if Zhou Yu wasn't busy with his studies, Luo Binhan wouldn't understand why he still looked sleep-deprived. He asked Zhou Yu if he had found a hospital job, and Zhou Yu said no - but he did have a job. He is acting as a medical consultant for an international research project.
"Really?" Luo Binhan said, "It's similar to your dad's job?"
"It's not the same. It's not a large-scale cutting-edge research project, it's just a private project of a company."
That still sounds the same to Luo Binhan. He felt that it was a bit unexpected for Zhou Yu to do this, because it sounded a bit commercial, and that was something Zhou Yu had never been exposed to. But there's no harm in that, if it makes him think less about the past.
"You'd better go to bed early," he finally told Zhou Yu. "The circles under your eyes look like you haven't slept for several days and nights. This is quite dangerous, right? Don't you need me to explain the dangers to you?"
Zhou Yu agreed, but Luo Binhan felt that he didn't really listen. He must have had a chaotic schedule, because until dawn, he had been sitting next to Luo Binhan, chatting with him all the time. Even though his face didn't look good, he never showed obvious sleepiness.
They talked a little more about the Silence and Luo Binhan's long and confusing "Journey to Africa." In front of Zhou Yu, Luo Binhan didn't feel the need to hide any scary stories. Zhou Yu wouldn't find it scary anyway, but most of the things he talked about were relatively pleasant. He told Zhou Yu about Momoluo's pursuit of stars, Mi Gula and Mencheng, and how Blue Magpie was so frightened by Jing Huang that he cowered in the corner of the spaceship and shut himself up. When he talked about Mencheng and the Cat Man, he couldn't help but wonder. He spoke consciously for half an hour, and Zhou Yu didn't remind him at all.
"A black cat?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Yes," Luo Binhan said, "I remember it has another name. It should be called Shaodongjia. It was still on our spaceship before, but I haven't seen it for a while. Do you think its owner is a cat slave? ? How could anyone call a cat Shaodongjia? What is he going to call the female cat? "
"I don't know. Madam or something."
Luo Binhan didn't know if this was a joke, because Zhou Yu's expression looked particularly serious. That is completely different from Farke, because when Farke has a straight face, you either feel like he is training people like a middle-aged dean, or he seems to be putting on a show. But Zhou Yu's expressions rarely give people the feeling of feinting. People will think that he is indeed very sincere - this does not mean that Zhou Yu really can't lie. Most of their high school classmates believed that he and Zhou Yu were just a brother and sister who had a good relationship until graduation. What puzzled Luo Binhan the most was that it seemed that even several teachers were deceived by this obvious lie, forgetting that Zhou Yu's father was a painter much older than his actual age, and Zhou Yu's father never attended parent-teacher meetings.
They actually discussed naming the cat for a while until Luo Binhan accidentally mentioned Upsilon. As soon as he told Zhou Yu that Momoluo had a brother who was a policeman and almost tortured him, Zhou Yu immediately asked why. Luo Binhan said: "That's because..."
He stopped suddenly, remembering what that was all about.
"There is a guy like an interstellar criminal." He said vaguely, "A murderer with some mental problems. Old Mo's brother is here to catch him. He seems to be a little interested in me."
"interest?"
"I don't know what's going on. That guy always seems to want to give me a hard time, but I've never seen him before."
"Did he do something to you?"
"Nothing." Luo Binhan said, "Basically nothing was accomplished."
Zhou Yu stood up with a puzzled expression and went to the refrigerator to get another can of coffee. When he came back, Luo Binhan said carefully: "Let me ask you something."
"What's up?"
"...Do you have a younger brother?"
Zhou Yu looked at him speechlessly. Of course Luo Binhan knew that he was an only son, and he could also be said to be a single son of the third generation. He argued: "Human life is in a state of change."
"What do you want to say?"
"Perhaps when you are alone, a bunch of unknown brothers and sisters will appear."
Luo Binhan didn't mean to feel sad when he said this. He thought it was indeed quite funny. But Zhou Yu didn't seem to take it seriously, so he just shrugged and let it go.
"That pervert has been to Lihai City and knows your name." He said to Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu didn't show any surprise or fear, he just frowned slightly, as if he saw someone grabbing fruit and eating it without washing their hands. Luo Binhan weighed it for a moment, then asked: "Do you know someone who claims to have the same surname as you? He looks pretty young, and he might be carrying a guitar or something, but he might not. He once mentioned your name, I always feel like he might have followed you."
"I don't remember seeing such a person." Zhou Yu replied calmly.
"Have you been to Quinye Street in the past few years? It's that small shopping street very close to No. 2 Middle School?"
"No. Interstellar criminals wouldn't go to that kind of place, would they?"
Luo Binhan shook his head heavily. Zhou Yu obviously knows nothing about interstellar criminals or perverted wolves. But this would be a good thing after all, if Zhou Yu had never met Zhou Wenxing, or at least not enough to leave a deep impression. What Zhou Wenxing is interested in is Zhou Yu, a butterfly spirit with an alien ancestor, or the idiot who took in Jing Huang, a big trouble. Zhou Yu never did anything that would cause trouble.
"Whatever." Luo Binhan said, "We sent Lao Mo's brother back to their hometown... Something happened to him and he needed help from people in his hometown. Before we sent him on the ship, his colleagues kept Chasing that pervert.”
"Have you caught it yet?"
"No." Luo Binhan said, "I don't know the specific situation, but it sounds like it's pretty bad. Someone was seriously injured, and something was stolen."
Luo Binhan didn't want to think too much about Upsilon's expression at that time, but for some reason, Zhou Yu showed a little interest in this topic. He asked: "What exactly was stolen?"
"Sounds like something valuable."
"Could it be a weapon or something?"
Luo Binhan thought about the few words he heard from the conversation between the Yongguang brothers. "Not really," he said. "It doesn't sound like a weapon, more like... some kind of rare animal? They mentioned breeding and origin."
"That's it."
"What's wrong?"
"It's nothing. I just think it would be more difficult for the police to deal with it if criminals were given access to secret weapons."
Luo Binhan couldn't deny this. He felt sorry for Upsilon, and this incident might become a major stain on the career of the Yongguang tribe. They completely lost Zhou Wenxing's whereabouts. The next time the madman is found, he may have committed an unforgivable crime in some remote area. At that time, Upsilon may become silent again, thinking of the pursuit he gave up in order to save a baby.
But let him be for now. Luo Binhan decided not to mention this matter again. No matter where in the universe Zhou Wenxing is causing chaos at the moment, it has nothing to do with Lihai City. Zhou Yu is no longer here, and there may be a magic sword fairy who can kill Wuyuan people living in seclusion in the mountains. Luo Binhan didn't quite believe that Zhou Wenxing would come back again. According to his common sense, serial killers rarely commit crimes in the same place repeatedly. Unless the last crime failed.
"In short," Luo Binhan said, "this matter has nothing to do with us."
Zhou Yu agreed and lowered his head to drink coffee. Luo Binhan couldn't help but ask: "Did I misremember your previous habits, or are you drinking coffee more aggressively?"
"It's been quite busy these days."
"Because of your consulting job?"
"Yeah. There was an accident. A door opened that shouldn't have."
"What do you mean? A dangerous virus was leaked?"
Zhou Yu shook his head and said, "An experimental dog with a bad personality ran out."
"What? Are you afraid it will demolish the laboratory?"
"Not to that extent, but it could cause an accident. It's best to double check where it has been."
Luo Binhan once witnessed how an adult sled dog trapped in an apartment renovated his living room and bedroom. He never underestimated the destructive power of dogs. Dogs, or wolves, may not be as nimble and light as cats, but they have a toughness, or fierceness. If there is something they desire, they must achieve it no matter how much hardship they endure. Luo Binhan doesn't hate this temper, but he actually prefers to tease stray cats.
They didn't discuss much on the topic of lab dogs. After all, this is a corporate project, and Luo Binhan doesn't want to get too involved in other people's business secrets. They continued to chat with each other, as if they were attending a summer vacation camping, talking about whatever topics came to mind. During this period, Luo Binhan found that he had mentioned Bang Bang on the menu of Sugar Land at least three times, but never mentioned Bang Bang once because he did not want to mention anything unpleasant. His story had no logic, but Zhou Yu just listened and never asked him to explain everything in detail from beginning to end. No matter whether Luo Binhan went to Africa or another world, these have now become topics for passing boredom.
Sometimes, Luo Binhan would stop his story at certain junctures to avoid being put into a situation where he had to make embarrassing explanations. Whenever he encounters this kind of moment, he will ask Zhou Yu certain questions. And even though Lihai City is a speck of dust in the universe, there are countless things he can ask about, such as Luo Jiaotian's college life, the formula for parrot feed, or why Zhou Yu puts a long-handled knife next to the bedside table in his bedroom. Black Umbrella - In fact, Luo Binhan felt that the umbrella monster looked familiar, but he couldn't remember when he had seen it before. He didn't want to ask in detail, because the umbrella was gloomy, a bit like Zhou Yu's style. All he wanted to talk about now was joy, not regret and loss.
Toward daybreak, they both gradually stopped talking. Luo Binhan looked out the window at the increasingly clear outline of the city. He might have looked like he was thinking, but in fact he was not thinking about anything. He hasn't thought about his next plan yet. Anyway, he has no intention of staying in Lihai City for a long time this time. Specifically, it should be a few months, because the pirate leader believed that this time was enough to find his missing sister, and he was waiting for an opportunity to kill Fake during the search. Luo Binhan did not believe him blindly, and wisely pointed out to the pirate leader that if a person can be picked up by a giant pelican, he can also be picked away by any other animal, until time passes extremely slowly. The place. In this way, by the time Jing Huang and the animals that kidnapped him quarreled for three days and three nights, and returned home in triumph, the entire solar system might have been replaced by a singing idiot star. If that happens, the time spent in Lihai City will be their last reunion, so Jing Huang should really let him pluck out a few more hairs as a souvenir instead of pulling his hair. Anyway, the pirate leader will still have plenty of time to grow his hair back.
No matter how much Jing Huang didn't take it seriously, the possibility of a farewell existed. Luo Binhan knew that he should actually think about this possibility and think about what he would do if he had to spend the rest of his life in Lihai City. He should have thought about it a long time ago, because he always thought that he would come back sooner or later, after all the adventures ended, after he met the real protagonist of the story of No Far Land. However, when a new day came, his mind was still empty.
He heard Zhou Yu calling him in the middle of nowhere, so he turned around. Zhou Yu asked: "Are you going to see Luo Jiaotian?"
"I haven't thought about it yet," Luo Binhan said. "Is it possible for me to live here for several months without anyone recognizing me?"
"Only Fake can do that kind of thing, right?"
"He said he couldn't do it. I felt like he was lying to me."
Zhou Yu did not directly express his opinion, but his eyes showed agreement.
"He wants you to reintegrate into your original life, right? Farke seems to have a perfectionist tendency. If you ask him to restore something, it must be exactly the same as before."
"Are you talking about yourself or Fake?" Luo Binhan said, "And there was no African rainforest in my previous life. How can I explain to others that I went to Africa? Because I love insects?"
Zhou Yu hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Actually, you don't need to explain."
"Why?"
"Probably not many people will ask you to your face. If they do, just smile. No matter what reaction you give, others will probably be satisfied."
Luo Binhan suddenly woke up from the trance and confusion before dawn. He couldn't help but start to think about Zhou Yu's words, and smelled a huge reputation crisis under the illusion of peace and comfort. He moved his stiff body and asked slowly: "Why are they satisfied?"
Zhou Yu looked away and said, "There are many rumors."
"for example?"
"...It doesn't matter if you don't know."
Luo Binhan insisted that this matter was very relevant. When he put his hands on Zhou Yu's shoulders, his best friend could no longer pretend to drink from a long-empty coffee can.
"Some people think you have a terminal illness." Zhou Yu said, "Traveling in the last days of your life...for reasons like this."
"Then they will definitely wonder how I came back looking so healthy. Look, I even have some abdominal muscles. These are all given to me by African insects."
"...You were squeezed out by your father's current wife."
"What's going on?" Luo Binhan said, "Now that the three-year period has come, I'm being welcomed back to the court again?"
Zhou Yu's expression clearly believed that this was an explanation. For a long time, Luo Binhan knew that he reacted indifferently to external evaluations. Zhou Yu is exactly the kind of person who doesn't care what others think of him. He warned Zhou Yu sternly with his eyes not to comment.
"These two are the main ones. It doesn't matter if you don't know the other ones. Originally, you are free to go wherever you want. If others ask, it's okay not to explain, right?"
"Well said," Luo Binhan said, "then these two are definitely not the most important versions. What is the most important version?"
Like a top student who was caught playing truant, Zhou Yu lowered his face, trying not to let Luo Binhan catch any flaws in his expression, but he didn't know that this would make him feel guilty even more.
"You're lovelorn," he said simply.
"That's great!" Luo Binhan said, "But who dumped me?"
"Zhou Yu."
"shit."
"...is one of the people rumored to be."
"Who else dumped me?"
Zhou Yu turned his neck slightly in disbelief. Between his tiny movements, all kinds of terrible answers flashed through Luo Binhan's mind. There were too many answers that would allow him to go to the rooftop to say his final goodbyes, some of which were simply irredeemable. For example, his cousin, his biological sister, and the young aunt who had just gotten married the day before he disappeared. He once went there Zhou Yu, the front desk lady of the company she used to be in charge of.
He bravely asked all the disastrous options in order. Zhou Yu listened carefully, then calmly raised four fingers. Luo Binhan suddenly felt relieved. What a blessing among misfortunes.
"I had a few more chats with the receptionist," he clarified. "Her hometown is on the beach and she likes boating. She didn't know I was in charge at the time and thought I just joined the job. But an acquaintance here saw her. . I remember she had a boyfriend. I never abused my power and did anything stupid."
"I mean all four options were selected." Zhou Yu also clarified to him, "There is no front desk."
