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Chapter 20 Bed, 05:56 pm
He waited for a while, but did not wait for Deng Huailing to answer.The other party's breathing was heavy and slow, echoing in the quiet room, like sighs, tickling his heart a little.
Deng Huailing was always alert when she fell asleep, and would wake up at the slightest movement. When Rosie came to this apartment for the first time, she was keenly spotted because she was staring at each other in the dark.
But Deng Huailing didn't wake up today.Rosie touched his hand, felt a slight tremor in the right hand wearing the black ring, and was immediately held back.Deng Huailing trembled in his sleep, as if trapped in a world of ice and snow, his forehead hair stuck in strands of blood fell in front of his eyes, and felt that Rosie took his hand and held it tightly like a life-saving straw.
That's a symptom of excessive mental exertion, manifested in lethargy and dreaminess.The breathing that filled the room became rapid, as if Deng Huailing encountered something dangerous in his dream."Why..." His chapped lips moved, and he suddenly whispered a few words.
"Mr. Deng?" Rosie didn't hear clearly.He tried to move the hand that was not being held, and looped it around Deng Huailing's neck from the bottom, trying to move the other's head from his lower abdomen to his thigh, so that the other party could sleep more comfortably, and he could also get out of bed.sat up.
But in the next moment, he was pushed back heavily, and his back hit the head of the bed. Deng Huailing got very close and pinned his wrists.
"Why, give me the ring..."
Deng Huailing said very softly, his lips accidentally brushed against his ear.Rosie felt that the operation of the power core had stopped for a moment. He was terrified, thinking that the other party had woken up, but Deng Huailing still closed his eyes, and fell asleep after saying that, and buried his head in his shoulder, likeThey rubbed together like a large canine, finding a comfortable position.
Rosie froze there as if struck by lightning.For half a minute, his smoothly running program got stuck, he didn't think about anything, his mind went blank and he let the other person fall on his shoulder, and his hot breath gradually heated up his skin.
Half a minute later, he slowly thought about Deng Huailing's dream talk."Ring" should refer to the Black Ring. He never asked the other party how to obtain this powerful weapon. According to the information in this sentence, someone probably gave it to him.
Who is the one?Rosie guessed wildly that the black ring that can change the magnetic field and manipulate the wind is unique in all of Cesina, maybe it was written by a certain scientist?Or a rich man, a businessman, or an intelligence dealer?He thought of Rolla, the proprietress whom he met at the HOPE bar that day, she seemed to care about Deng Huailing very much.
What's more, it's two rings.In the human context, giving a ring seems to be inseparable from affection. Do ordinary friends give this kind of gift?He was a little distressed, there was a vast ocean between the bionic and human emotions, he couldn't go to Deng Huailing's island, and he had no way of knowing what happened on it.
Rosie was inexplicably a little concerned, minded that someone gave Deng Huailing a ring, minded that Deng Huailing... had a dream about someone he didn't know.In fact, they have only known each other for a few days, and there is no doubt that the other party has a mysterious past.
As a bionic person, he is just a weapon, a personal item, no different from the Tang knife lying on the table. How can he have such a possessive desire that is strictly prohibited by the procedure?
Rosie became irritable and wanted to push Deng Huailing away.A piece of his heart was missing for no apparent reason, and it was terribly empty.Deng Huailing was too close and intimate to him, as if he belonged entirely to him.He was afraid that if this went on like this, he would become jealous of the human being in the dream of the other party, and act out of the ordinary, even though he didn't even know what that human being looked like.
But Deng Huailing wouldn't let him leave.He broke free from the imprisoned wrist, and Deng Huailing slowly hugged him up and wrapped his arms around his waist, as if he must find a refuge in the dream.
"Don't go," the bounty hunter murmured.Rosie was instantly drained of all her strength, she didn't even have the courage to push her away, and she fell into this embrace in a daze.Who Deng Huailing took him for, he didn't want to think about it, even if it was used as a temporary substitute, to soothe the exhausted spirit of the other party, isn't that what a bionic partner should do?
Rosie hesitated for a while, then reached out to caress Deng Huailing's back.He touched the strong shoulder blades, the muscles were smooth and firm, and every part had been tempered by years of blood and fire.The opponent's arms were a little wider than his, and he couldn't wrap them around easily, so he carefully patted Deng Huailing's back, just like what many mothers would do to coax their children.
Deng Huailing breathed evenly and soon fell into a deep sleep.Buried on Rosie's shoulders, his spirit seemed to be extraordinarily peaceful, all the tyranny and aggression displayed in the black market were tamed, like a wild beast dozing lazily.
The uneasy dream dissipated, and there were only two intertwined breathing sounds in the room, like undulating waves.
The light penetrating through the blinds shifted slowly, Rosie hugged Deng Huailing, and looked at the diamond-shaped piece of sunlight on the floor when she had nothing to do, watching it gradually become square, narrowed, and elongated into a diamond shape.Eventually the only light in the dark room also disappeared, and the setting sun sank into the horizon, and it was evening.
Androids are patient and don't get tired as long as there's still fluid left to work.Rosie waited quietly, and at about six o'clock in the evening, the person on her shoulder moved and opened her eyes.
When Deng Huailing was asleep, his expression was not hostile, and he even showed a bit of confusion. Once he woke up, his eyes showed the fierceness of a hunter.He found himself sleeping on Rosie's shoulder, and couldn't help but froze: "How long have I been sleeping?"
"All day long, Mr. Deng." Rosie said with a smile, "It's a pity I can't move, otherwise I will apply medicine to your wound."
It was only then that Deng Huailing discovered something worse - he hugged his partner bionic and slept all day?He withdrew his hand hastily, something was wrong, Rosie must think he was a shameless person by now.
No, it can't be said that it's bad... He thought about it, like being trapped in a cloud, a soft and peaceful sleep. Bounty hunters are originally sleep-deprived professions, and this sleep almost wiped out the sleep they owed all these years.Time is all made up.
There is a voice in the bottom of my heart that says, it's not bad.
"Sorry, I……"
"Don't feel sorry, I'm very happy." Rosie didn't seem to care much, and asked casually, "But, Mr. Deng, did you dream of anyone? You looked very disturbed in the dream."
"Who did I dream of?" Deng Huailing recalled with his chin propped up, "If I insist, a stranger, but I don't know who he is, and I have never seen his face."
Rosie almost blurted out about the black ring, but she knew that asking any further questions would be crossing the line.How could the person who gave such an expensive gift be a stranger?Deng Huailing obviously didn't want him to ask more questions, so he prevaricated. He didn't want to be dismissed by Mr. Deng as impolite.
"So that's the case." He sat on the edge of the bed and lowered his head, raised the corners of his lips to make his voice sound lighter.
Deng Huailing originally got out of bed, turned on the communicator while standing, and browsed the news that he had missed that day and night. When he saw Rosie's appearance, he felt that the other party was a little disappointed.He couldn't recall saying anything in the dream that offended Rosie, but he was an observant person after all, and he knew right away that the android suspected he wasn't telling the truth, and cared about it.
"Think I'm perfunctory?" Deng Huailing squatted down funny, and stuffed the communicator back into his pocket so that he could look up into Rosie's downcast eyes. "Androids can play petty temper?You have a new understanding."
Without waiting for Rosie to speak, he confided his dream, "A long time—about ten years ago, there was a riot in Cesina, 'Blood Christmas'. The rebels from 'Surgery' captured the outer city, and the checkpoints fell, causing the Second DistrictRefugees poured into the city in large numbers. I was eight years old at the time, holding my knife, and poured into the city with the crowd."
"Yes, I didn't grow up in Cecina, I'm from District Two." Under Rosie's surprised gaze, he continued, "Cecina's army started killing refugees; at first I didn't understand why, thenI only guessed that they did this to force out the leader of 'Skill', that is, Luo Xi, the spiritual leader of the second district."
"In short, the leader finally showed up. At the request of Cesina's government, he came to the front line alone without a single magazine. I have a master who grew up with me. We were hunted down by the army and crashed intoThe government was in the net for Rosie. The firepower was overwhelming, I was blinded by accident, and Master hid me in a corner to help the leader."
"My eyesight hasn't recovered for a long time. Someone came to save me, but it wasn't Master. He protected me and escaped far away, handed me two rings, and told me that if someone comes, tear them apart with the wind, and then leaveI turned the ring recklessly in the dark, and heard the screams of the rebels around me, and then everything fell silent." Deng Huailing said, "That was the first time I used the black ring. That's it."
"It's gone?" Rosie felt that every fragment in it was full of pain when she thought about it, but Deng Huailing stated it lightly, as if it had nothing to do with her.
"It's gone." Deng Huailing helplessly spread his hands.He didn't look in a bad mood, but he definitely wasn't in a good mood, and he didn't seem to like such memories very much.
"So, do you care about the person who gave you the black ring, Mr. Deng?" Rosie asked.In order to prevent any rift between the two of them, Deng Huailing had already frankly revealed the past, so he no longer covered up this problem. The more he pretended, the more the rift would widen.
"You can also say that." Deng Huailing lazily leaned against the edge of the bed, hooking a drawstring hanging from Rosie's coat.He'd come back last night to change out the dirty cotton T-shirt for the android, and now Rosie was wearing his coat, which seemed much better than his own.
"Maybe I guessed who he is, or maybe my guess is wrong. I have been investigating the identity of that person. If I find him, I can find my master. After all, that old man left without saying a word.left me... to follow Rosie."
Rosie stared at the person in front of her, with a hint of sadness in her eyes.He knew that Deng Huailing hated anyone's sympathy, and he mentioned these things to him simply to reassure him, but he still couldn't help feeling sorry for the other party.
He didn't remind Deng Huailing that that person and the master might have died in the roundup of the government, there is no need for such nonsense, Deng Huailing's heart is like a mirror.Living in this chaotic city is a hopeless thing in itself. You have to tell a little lie to deceive yourself and others occasionally, and coat your bitter fate with a layer of sugar to swallow it.
Deng Huailing changed his clothes last night, but forgot to change himself. His body was covered in blood and dirt, so he went into the bathroom to take a shower.Rosie thought for a while, and warmed up the energy sandwich for the other party—the daily food of most residents in Cesina, all ingredients are composites, poured out of the mold, mixed with pigments to form rough meat and egg shapes, Deng HuaiLing bought a freezer.
He opened the medicine box again, intending to help apply the medicine when the other party came out.Deng Huailing's body was full of small wounds, which were cut open in the wind, and he might be infected if he touched the water again.After doing all this, he glanced at the still closed shutters.
I don't know if the person sent by "Shu" to follow after the incident last night has left, but it is prudent not to open it.
After Deng Huailing finished washing, she walked out with a towel in her hair.His chin was dripping with water, and the wound on his arm was indeed open, and the blood melted in the water and flowed faintly, but he didn't care.Rosie was about to urge him to treat the wound, but the communicator placed on the table vibrated suddenly, and the two of them turned their heads in shock.
It was an extremely important message marked in red, sent by Chen Wei from CyberRose:
"Mr. Deng, I hope you and Rosie are all well after last night's battle. I heard that you came to me on the night of the terrorist attack and asked to repatriate your bionic partner. I couldn't meet you. I'm negligent. I apologize here. If you don't mind, please go to the R&D center building at 9 o'clock tonight, and I will reschedule the meeting.
——Dr. Chen, Chief Scientific Officer of CyberRose Bionic Human R&D Center”
Rosie found in the information database: wearing a ring on the index finger of the right hand means being single and longing for a relationship, and wearing a ring on the middle finger means having a loyal and unswerving love, so he was confused.
——But Deng Huailing just wears it casually.
——The ring was given by Rosie ten years ago.