Chapter 5 Chapter 4 How long can you last alone in a dark room

"Chen Jiao, you will be taken to a room. There is no electricity, no books and pens in that room. Only you are alone. Let's see how long you can last." Instructor Liu said. "Is this an exam?" Chen Jiao asked. "Yes. If you feel that you can't stay any longer, you can knock on the door, and we will let you out. You can't speak loudly inside, let alone yell, otherwise it will be considered a foul and you will be released immediately." "What will happen after it's released?" "If you are released under these two circumstances, you will be eliminated, and you will be sent back to Foshan immediately."

Instructor Liu answered unhurriedly.Chen Jiao followed Instructor Liu out and saw Instructor Wang's car was already waiting outside.After getting in the car, no one spoke. The atmosphere made Chen Jiao a little nervous, and her palms were sweating.The car stopped after driving for about ten minutes.After getting out of the car, Chen Jiao saw them coming to a row of bungalows.There are open spaces all around, only this row of houses stands in the middle, giving people a sense of isolation and helplessness.The corridor of the house was welded with iron bars, and a large black iron door in the middle was closed tightly, and a guard stood at the door.Instructor Wang and Instructor Liu handed over the certificates to the guard and said a few words to him, and the guard opened the door.The three entered in a file, and a young man in military uniform greeted him. He shook hands with the two instructors and led them inside.That young soldier left a deep impression on Chen Jiao, he was the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life.This tall and handsome soldier made Chen Jiao forget her fear, and felt that this was a romantic experience.

The handsome soldier led Chen Jiao to a room, opened the door, and beckoned her to go in.Chen Jiao noticed that the door was as thick as the iron door of a vault. "Chen Jiao, go in. We won't go in, remember what I told you just now." Instructor Liu said to Chen Jiao. Chen Jiao nodded and walked in. With a bang, the door closed behind him.The room was very dark, and it took Chen Jiao a while to adapt to the light here.This is a room without windows, the ceiling is at least 5 meters high from the ground, and there is a bright tile on it, which shows that it is not night.The room is about 9 square meters, and there is a single bed in the corner, covered with snow-white sheets.There were also two sets of pajamas and underwear on the bed.When Chen Jiao came to the bathroom, she saw that there was a squatting toilet and a shower, and there were toilet utensils on the sink, and four packs of toilet paper in the cabinet under the sink.Like a hotel!Chen Jiao thought to herself, she read very late in the past few nights and didn't get enough sleep. Now that I come here just to sleep, I won't yell!Chen Jiao took off her shoes and fell on the bed, and soon fell asleep.I don't know how long I slept, but I heard a "clang" in the haze.Chen Jiao got up and saw that the small window under the door was opened, and two lunch boxes and a white plastic bag were brought in.Chen Jiao was a little hungry, so she picked up the chopsticks and started eating.The meals were delicious, and she ate up all the food in the two lunch boxes.After eating and drinking enough, I lay down on the bed, feeling extremely beautiful in my heart.Since entering the base, he has been living under the noses of the two instructors, and he has been cautious in every move, for fear of doing something inappropriate to leave a bad impression on them.Now I can finally be alone, eat when I want, sleep when I want, it feels great!In order to show that she can do whatever she wants, Chen Jiao raised her feet and kicked the slippers on her feet towards the ceiling.The slippers fell on the table and knocked over the lunch box on top.

Chen Jiao stuck out her tongue, and quickly got up to tidy up.Put the lunch box in a plastic bag, take it to the bathroom and throw it in the garbage channel.After washing my hands with soap, I went out to drink a few sips of water, then took off my clothes and went to take a bath.This was Chen Jiao's first time taking a bath in the dark.There was silence all around, and I couldn't see my fingers.Turning on the faucet and standing under the shower head, she felt waves of white steam coming out. The moment the hot water hit her body, Chen Jiao shivered in comfort.You know what it's like to take a shower in the dark?will feel beautiful.In the dark, Chen Jiao stroked her smooth and delicate skin, imagining herself as a stunning beauty with an alluring appearance, and she was full of affection for this not yet fully developed body.She wanted to sing to express this feeling, but she couldn't think of other songs for a while, and the song "Little Cabbage" she hummed turned out to be "Little Cabbage": "Little Cabbage, Dilihuang, two or three years old, no mother, it's better to be with Daddy, I'm afraid" Daddy is marrying a stepmother... After listening to Aunt Lan singing "Little Cabbage" a lot, Chen Jiao also learned it.When I miss my father, I often hum this ditty.Once I actually cried while singing.But at this moment, Chen Jiao didn't have any complaints in her heart, and she almost sang this song in a cheerful tone. Realizing this, she shut up.After a lot of self-pity, Chen Jiao closed her eyes, raised her head, and imagined that she had turned into Hua Mulan, riding a white horse and charging into battle.After winning the battle, he was surrounded by many people and went home.She changed into a bright dress and sat in front of the rhombic mirror with yellow appliqués.After a while, she was imagining again, imagining herself as the female Zorro "White Rose", and when she was imagining flying over the eaves and walls, there was no water.She tapped the faucet several times, but still no water came out.

What a disappointment!With a grunt, she hurriedly wiped her body dry and walked out of the bathroom in the dark. She was hit by a chair and nearly fell down.She came to the bed, fumbled into a set of pajamas, and began to move the bed.She pulled the bed out, pushed it under the skylight, took off her shoes, and lay down on the bed.That skylight was about two feet square, not much bigger than a pillow.Lying on the bed and looking up, this small piece of sky looks like a framed painting with two stars twinkling on the dark blue background. It's a pity that the moon cannot be seen. If there is a crescent moon dotted on it, the picture will be perfect.Chen Jiao suddenly thought that this is how the frog at the bottom of the well looks at the stars, but the skylight is smaller than the frog's well.Aren't you more pitiful than a frog?Thinking of this, Chen Jiao seemed to see one of the stars blinking, as if responding to her thoughts just now.She laughed.After an unknown amount of time, Chen Jiao fell asleep.When she opened her eyes and saw that the stars on the skylight had disappeared and the sky had turned light blue, she knew it was daytime.She got up slowly and came to the door, where she saw two plastic bags. She took them over and saw that one bag contained fish porridge and rice rolls, and the other bag contained Indonesian fried rice and borscht.She was croaking with hunger, picked up a spoon and ate a big mouthful of fried rice.Why is it so hard?Cold and not tasty at all.Another bite of fish porridge was so cold and fishy that she almost vomited it out.At this moment, Chen Jiao suddenly realized, is it already afternoon?Her breakfast and lunch were cold.She actually woke up from sleeping last night until this afternoon!After barely eating half a box of fried rice, Chen Jiao went to the bathroom to wash up.I took the water with my hands and flushed it on my face. After a few times, I felt refreshed.She leaned closer to the mirror and took a closer look at herself. After more than ten hours of deep sleep, her complexion was rosy and radiant, and she seemed to be more beautiful than before.It's just that this set of white striped pajamas is too loose, a bit like a hospital gown.

While squatting in the toilet, Chen Jiao looked up and saw a note stuck on the ceiling, which read: One bucket of water per day.It turns out that the daily water consumption is rationed, and there is only one bucket of water per day.No wonder the water stopped in the middle of the shower last night.It's all my fault that I didn't pay attention to observe yesterday. I didn't see this note. I used half a bucket of water to wash my face just now, so I can't take a bath tonight.Coming out of the bathroom, Chen Jiao came to the door, looked out through the crack of the door, but couldn't see anything, then lay down on the ground, looked at the small window below, still couldn't see anything.Chen Jiao originally thought that she could see the handsome officer from yesterday, but she didn't expect that she couldn't even hear his footsteps.Chen Jiao began to carefully observe the room she lived in.The wall surface is very white, and it has just been painted, and if I wipe it with my hands vigorously, some white powder will still be stained on my hands.She found that there was a big black eye in the four corners of the ceiling (she didn't know it was a camera at the time). After looking at it for a while, she couldn't figure it out, so she gave up the research.She opened all the drawers of the table, and there was nothing inside.She walked up and down the room, measuring its length and width with her feet.After several times, it was determined that the room was 21 steps vertically and 20 steps horizontally.After walking around a few times, Chen Jiao felt bored and couldn't find anything else to do, so she lay back on the bed and thought about it.She began to miss Brother Arong, and wanted to write him a letter to tell him about her recent situation.But it immediately occurred to her that there was no pen and paper here, and even if there was, she would not have freedom of communication.She also thought of Aunt Lan. After she left Aunt Lan, she remembered the little things that Aunt Lan had done to her. For the first time, she realized that she also had feelings for Aunt Lan.She was ashamed of being ruthless to Aunt Lan before she left.Finally made it to dinner time.

After the dinner was delivered, she no longer devoured it like yesterday, and ate slowly mouthful by mouthful, delaying the time as much as possible.Because after dinner, there is nothing to do.I don't know how long it took for that meal, there was not a single grain left in the lunch box, the pork chops were gnawed clean, and even the bones were chewed to pieces by her.After eating, she got up and stretched, looked down, and licked the lunch box carefully with her tongue.After dinner, it was finally dark.Hiccupping, rubbing his stomach, slowly going to the bathroom to wash up, and then groping back to the bed to lie down and watch the sky.The sky painting was a little different from last night, the stars were gone, and the dark blue sky was painted with a layer of off-white, making the sky painting lifeless.Chen Jiao's heart also became empty, and a strong sense of loneliness and isolation came over her.In order to get rid of this feeling, she started singing again, and she sang the same song "Little Cabbage": Little Cabbage, Dilihuang, two or three years old, no mother, it's better to live with daddy, just afraid that daddy will marry a stepmother... Thinking that she has never received the love of her parents, and she has never even seen her biological mother, Chen Jiao couldn't help crying.Suddenly there was a loud noise, and a thunder exploded above her head, scaring Chen Jiao into a scream.After the thunderstorm, Wan Lai was silent.Chen Jiao looked through her tearful eyes, the room seemed to be covered with a dark curtain, so dense, so dark, surrounded by ferocious beasts, lurking in the corner, staring at them.A white light flashed across the skylight, and another loud thunder exploded.Accompanied by lightning and thunder, the rain splashed down from the sky, as if the god was angry and knocked over the basin of water.There is a viscous substance in the air, exuding a dank chill that makes people breathless.Chen Jiao covered her ears, curled up in the quilt, her body trembling uncontrollably.She thought of that handsome officer, and desperately wanted to ask him for help, so she jumped out of bed, came to the door, and was about to knock on the door loudly, come on, I want to go out!The moment her hand touched the door, Chen Jiao stopped.The instructor's warning sounded in my ears: If you go out like this now, even if you are eliminated, you will be sent back to Foshan immediately!How embarrassing it is to go back like this. The students in the martial arts school thought that they had been selected into the provincial martial arts school. Now that they have been sent back in less than a month, they will surely die of laughter.Brother Arong was also a member of the special police force after several tests, and those tests were also very cruel, so he was able to grit his teeth and persevere, but he couldn't pass the first test, so he was too hopeless.Thinking of this, Chen Jiao slowly put down the hand that was knocking on the door, and bit her lip desperately until it bled, and finally restrained the urge to go out.Another loud thunder struck, and Chen Jiao climbed onto the bed, covering her head with a sheet.

I don't know how long it took, the sky was finally tired, the rain gradually subsided, Chen Jiao slowly poked her head out from under the quilt, and looked at the skylight on the roof.At this time, Tianhua was a pure piece of navy blue, calm as if nothing had happened.The sound of ticking rain is the aftertaste of the heavenly roar.The rain stopped completely, the room gradually brightened, and a full moon appeared on the skylight.This was the first time Chen Jiao saw the moon from the skylight, and she felt a little happy.Thinking of the fear just now, it felt like a nightmare, and I was glad for my persistence. If I had knocked on the door just now, how could I have seen such a beautiful moon?This night left a deep impression on Chen Jiao's memory.Whenever she encounters a hurdle she thinks she can't get through, she will think of this night of lightning and thunder.After the storm has passed, the bright moon will rise.She just needs to be patient. 15-year-old Chen Jiao lay under the skylight, watching the moon move gradually, and felt that she had figured out many things.When the moon disappeared completely and the room fell into darkness again, she closed her eyes and quickly fell into the black hole of sleep.The next day, when Chen Jiao woke up, she saw that the sky painting had turned into a transparent blue color, and her mood suddenly brightened.After breakfast, she moved the bed back against the wall and stood under the skylight looking up.A ray of sunlight came in and fell right on her.

She closed her eyes and imagined that she was bathed in spring sunshine, surrounded by flowers.She smelled the refreshing fragrance of flowers, and there were crisp chirping of birds in her ears.When she came to the lychee forest behind the school, she saw a green bird, which was very similar to the one that was captured by Brother Arong and released by her when she was 12 years old.The bird saw her, flew to the tallest tree with a "flutter", stood on the branch and sang to her happily.She walked straight ahead and walked into a large forest, where the sun was shining down like a fishing net, dancing and dancing amidst the singing of birds.It seems that it has just rained here, and the air is very fresh, exuding the fragrance of earth.Her feet stepped on the thick fallen leaves, making a "rustling" sound.A voice in the dark said, through this forest, the sea is in front of you, which is a beautiful scenery you have never seen before.

A "clang" sound interrupted Chen Jiao's meditation.She opened her eyes annoyed, and saw the lunch box just brought in under the door.Huh?Why did you deliver lunch so quickly, it seems like you just had breakfast not long ago?Could it be that he stood here for a few hours just now?Chen Jiao didn't go to get food, she closed her eyes again, and wanted to go down and see the sea that she had never seen before.But I can't get back the feeling I had just now. She opened her eyes regretfully, and went to get a lunch box to eat.After eating, Chen Jiao returned to the skylight to bathe in the sun, and continued to meditate, thinking that she must go through the forest and see the sea.But she stood there for a long time, but the beautiful scenery did not appear again, only her scarlet eyelids were beating in front of her eyes.I had no choice but to open my eyes and give up.Back on the bed and lying down, Chen Jiao put on the quilt to take a nap, but she couldn't fall asleep.The heroic image of Instructor Liu in police uniform appeared in his eyes, and he was very envious.As long as you perform well and pass the assessment, you will soon be able to perform missions in a pompous police uniform like her.Chen Jiao recalled what she saw in the documentary a few days ago. The Ministry of Public Security held a commendation meeting to award police officers who had solved major crimes. She imagined that after becoming a policeman, she would solve many major drug trafficking cases and destroy drug dealers one by one. The group, who became a famous female detective, was awarded the title of a first-class hero model, wearing a police uniform, pinning a military medal, and wearing a big red flower on his chest, riding a tall horse back to the Yingcai Martial Arts School.The principal, Master Long, led the horse for him. The teachers and students of the whole school lined up to welcome them, and he held up flowers and waved to them.Aunt Lan smiled proudly in the crowd, the wrinkles on her face disappeared, and she looked ten years younger than before.Thinking of this, Chen Jiao was so proud that she couldn't help laughing out loud.In a daze, I seemed to see Brother Arong in military uniform standing at the head of the bed, stretching out a thumb to himself.

"Persistence! Persistence is victory!" Chen Jiao clenched her fists to cheer herself up. She got up, stood on the bed, strode forward, and sang the "March of the People's Liberation Army": "Forward! Forward! Forward! Our team is facing the sun! Our feet are on the land of the motherland..." Singing After a while, she amused herself, Chen Jiao smiled and fell on the bed, wrapped the quilt, and fell asleep with her head covered.It was already night when I woke up.Chen Jiao got up and had dinner. After washing up, she stood under the skylight and looked up at the sky.The moon has not yet risen, and there is silence all around, and everything in the house is hidden in darkness.She closed her eyes and imagined that a bright moon was slowly rising, and the bright moonlight poured its brilliance like water into the earth.Her heart became clear.After standing for a while, Chen Jiao couldn't help but began to walk with gossip.According to the key point taught by Master to "walk like a fish with a hexagram", she swam from side to side with her hands behind her back, and her body swayed back and forth like a fish.As he walked, he naturally stretched out three fingers of his right hand, imagining holding a gleaming steel knife, walking with the knife, turning around with the knife, feeling the cold light shining in the dark, and the red tassel on the handle of the knife fluttering like a red snake.After finishing a set of saber techniques, all the joints in her body were able to move. She felt very comfortable, so she began to pretend to fight with another person, and said in her mouth: "The sword is in the hand, there is a sword in the heart, the breath comes out of the pubic area, and the sword strikes." Huashan!" She turned around fiercely: "Turn around and move forward!" Imagining the opponent's knife directly slashing at the door, she didn't dodge, she moved her head back an inch, stretched out her hand to grab the knife, squatted down, and swept her legs Trip each other up.I don't know how long she practiced, but she didn't stop until she was exhausted.After Chen Jiao took a shower, she put on clean pajamas and lay down on the bed, every pore in her body felt comfortable.I've been locked up here for three days, and for the first time I feel solid, as if I've returned to a martial arts school, came back from practicing, took a shower, and went to bed steadfastly.She remembered the story Master told about Patriarch Bodhidharma facing the wall.Bodhidharma faced the wall in the Shaolin Temple in Songshan Mountain for nine years, and he must have come here by his firm belief and selfless state.At this time, Chen Jiao began to comprehend Master's teachings. Practicing martial arts can not only strengthen the body, but also sharpen the will.A strong will is enough to resist all loneliness and loneliness.From this day on, Chen Jiao resumed her routine at the martial arts school. Get up in the early morning and start to practice boxing after breakfast, take a break after lunch, and practice swordsmanship in the afternoon.When I was tired, I sat under the skylight and meditated.Chen Jiao gradually realized the benefits of practicing martial arts alone.There is no master or companion by my side, and I practice quietly by myself. Every move and style is what I think in my heart. If I feel that it is not perfect, I correct it by myself and repeat it over and over again until I am satisfied.It is easier to concentrate when practicing martial arts in the dark than in brightly lit places.Imagine yourself to be a beautiful woman with strong martial arts, who is cultivating by a lake in the forest, surrounded by fragrance and fairy music, she gracefully dances the sword in her hand, and enters the state of selflessness.After dinner, take a shower and go to bed.With nothing to worry about in my heart, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.I don't know how many days have passed like this.That day when Chen Jiao was sitting under the skylight and meditating, the door suddenly opened.Chen Jiao felt the room brighten up, and the sunlight rushed in with strength, shaking Chen Jiao's body.Chen Jiao narrowed her eyes, and vaguely saw a handsome soldier walking in. He stopped in front of Chen Jiao, smiled and said, "Chen Jiao, you can go out now." He handed Chen Jiao a blindfold, helped her put it on, and said softly in her ear: "Put this on first, and then follow me." This handsome young soldier who looked like a myth lightly supported Chen Jiao's shoulders and led her towards the door.Chen Jiao heard a "bang", and the heavy door closed behind them.At the door, he took Chen Jiao's hand. Chen Jiao still remembers the feeling of being held by those slender and warm hands.Chen Jiao followed him through a long corridor, and those few minutes seemed like a century.She really wanted to be pulled by these hands forever.This is the first time that the girl Chen Jiao has strange feelings towards the opposite sex.In the dark, in that long corridor, something like a petal grew from the bottom of her heart, and her love was just beginning.They entered a room, and he let go of Chen Jiao's hand.Someone took off the blindfold for Chen Jiao.Chen Jiao opened her eyes and knew that this was the infirmary. The curtains here were closed, and it was not much brighter than that dark room.A middle-aged female doctor gently opened Chen Jiao's eyelids, gave her eye drops, and told her to slowly open her eyes to feel the light.Then go over and slowly open the curtains.When Chen Jiao fully opened her eyes, she felt that the world was so bright for the first time.Two instructors appeared in front of Chen Jiao.Instructor Liu said with a smile: "Chen Jiao, congratulations, you passed the test!" Chen Jiao hadn't adapted to this bright world yet, she didn't respond to the instructor's words, and nodded blankly.She turned her head to look for the officer who held her hand just now, and saw his back disappearing at the door.Chen Jiao walked out behind the two instructors.The glare of the sun made her unconsciously cover her forehead with her hands.After getting into the jeep, Instructor Wang turned his head and smiled and said to her, "Chen Jiao, your movements are very free and easy when you practice martial arts, and you look very beautiful." As soon as she came out of the dark cabin, Chen Jiao's brain hadn't returned to normal operation. She didn't think about how Instructor Wang saw her practicing. She simply responded, "Really?" Instructor Liu affectionately patted Clap her hand: "Good performance, hard work." Chen Jiao asked Instructor Liu: "How many days have I been in there?" "Today is the 21st day." Instructor Liu replied. 21 days?Chen Jiao felt as if only half a month had passed, and it seemed that several years had passed.It turned out to be 21 days.Looking at Chen Jiao after 21 days, how childish she is.These 21 days are a boundary river that separates Chen Jiao's past from the present. On the other side of the river, Chen Jiao is still a child, but on this side she has grown up. "Can I become a policeman?" Chen Jiao asked. "I still do not know yet." Instructor Liu replied.The two instructors sent Chen Jiao back to the dormitory. Instructor Liu said to her, "You should rest first. A leader will talk to you in a few days." "Am I staying in the dormitory these few days?" Chen Jiao asked. "Yes. You can read this book for a few days, and you'd better memorize it." Instructor Liu took out a book from his bag and handed it to her.