The next day, Niu Liang didn't go out of the car because of his distress, and he got up very late, and didn't get up from bed until more than ten o'clock in the morning. Annoyed and panicked, he couldn't help but come to Liu Dong's residence, Liu Dong happened to be at home off duty, and the two chatted.

Niu Liang told his friend Liu Dong about his confusion and distress.

After listening to Niu Liang's statement, Liu Dong didn't understand, so he said to Niu Liang: "I don't understand why anymore...... Have you told Liu Kun and Lin Xuan about this?"

Niu Liang: "As soon as they finished the college entrance examination, they traveled to distant relatives' houses and left, and they haven't come back yet." ...... But I think it's useless to say that it has anything to do with them. How can they analyze the causes of these complex social psychological and human phenomena that they have not been exposed to, experienced, or even heard of in school?"

Liu Dong: "Then what should you do?"

Niu Liang lowered his head and thought for a while, and said quietly: "If only I could find that person!"

"Who?" asked Liu Dong curiously.

"A strange man," Niu Liang paused, "a strange man I met in the ruins of the Old Summer Palace. ”

Then, Niu Liang told Liu Dong the story of his encounter with the mysterious book seller, and finally said: "It is really at the foot of the Son of Heaven, in the capital city, and there are dragons and crouching tigers everywhere! Maybe one day you will meet a fairy-like character!"

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Dong was a little unconvinced.

"Why am I lying to you! I bought his 'The World's No. 1 Strange Book' and put it in the box at home!"

"Can you show me?"

"Let's go, I'll take you to see it now!"

As he spoke, Niu Liang picked up Liu Dong and walked out of the room. When he came to Niu Liang's bedroom, Niu Liang took out the book he bought from a small suitcase and handed it to Liu Dong. Liu Dong took the book and flipped through it. After looking at it for a while, he raised his head and looked at Niu Liang: "I didn't expect such a strange thing...... Can you lend me a look?"

Niu Liang: "Of course you can! But you have to keep it and don't show it easily." ”

Liu Dong: "I know this!"

As he spoke, Liu Dong looked at it again. Niu Liang said, "Take it back and look at it slowly! Now go out with me for a walk." ”

Liu Dong: "You mean to go to the forest in the ruins of the Old Summer Palace?"

Niu Liang: "I want to touch him again...... Maybe I won't be there at the right time that day!"

Liu Dong: "Okay! If you touch it, I'll see it too!"

Niu Liang first accompanied Liu Dong to put the book home, and then the two walked out of the alley and walked towards the undeveloped mysterious forest in the ruins of the Old Summer Palace. The scorching sun of midsummer baked the earth, and Niu Liang and Liu Dong didn't take a few steps on the street before they felt that they were about to become roast ducks, and they ran away for their lives, and finally entered the rural road under the thick shade. There is a saying: one thing descends one thing. The deep green on the tall trees seemed to have been cultivated into refinement, and the magic weapon of the sun was collected, and the two of them felt cool, and their bodies gradually became much more refreshed. Niu Liang and Liu Dong slowed down and talked as they walked.

Niu Liang: "The man looked to be in his thirties and forties, wearing a pair of glasses and a stubble beard, like a down-and-out literati! ”

Liu Dong: "Is this characteristic of his obvious in the book?"

Niu Liang: "It's especially obvious! Everywhere there are witty words, Cui Ren reflects! At the same time, you know, it's a novel -- the author expounds his truth in the form of a novel, and the story is also written in a bizarre twist and turn, sincere and touching! The language description is full of brilliant strokes, breathtaking!"

Liu Dong: "Then I have to study and study hard when I go back!"

Niu Liang: "Through his works, I found that he has studied many social problems and phenomena very deeply, so I suddenly thought that he might also have studied those phenomena and problems I encountered, so I wanted to come to him again." ”

Liu Dong: "It would be nice if I could meet that strange person!"

As they talked, they came to a clearing in the woods. Niu Liang's eyes widened, and the search seemed to be looking for him with a magnifying glass! However, he searched several times: there was no one!

Niu Liang said in frustration: "This is the place! But there is still no one!"

Liu Dong didn't seem to believe it, and walked around the clearing again: there was still no trace of a person! Niu Liang came to a big tree and pointed with his hand: "He was sitting under this tree at that time, and there was a gray-brown cloth blanket more than two feet long and more than a foot wide in front of him, and the book was placed on the blanket. Behind the cloth carpet there is also a piece of advertising paper, on which is written the words "the author sells books, the world's first strange book, sweeping the history of human civilization for 10,000 years", and directly below the advertising paper, there is also a small poem written with a pen, the content of the poem is "strange books have been completed in ten years, and they are terrifying to look at; "He was still reading a book in his hand, the title of which was "The Legend of the Giants......"

When Liu Dong listened, it was as if he was listening to a distant legend, full of boundless reverie! Niu Liang said, as if he was telling a distant memory, full of deep longing! And the two converged in the sigh of the opportunity of life: the opportunity cannot be lost, the loss will not come again, the encounter is fate, the encounter can not be sought, the changes of the world are impermanent, and suddenly life is blurred into a fluctuating breeze!

After listening to Niu Liang, Liu Dong couldn't help but chant an ancient poem:

"The yellow crane is gone, and the white clouds are empty for thousands of years!"

Niu Liang seemed to have realized: "Forget it! Don't think about these things that are gone and can't be recovered!"

Then the two of them sat down at the foot of the tree. Liu Dong couldn't help asking, "Then what should you do?"

Niu Liang: "There is always a time when the harsh winter will pass, and the night can't be indefinite—leave it alone, let's talk about something else, right?"

Liu Dong: "Okay!"

So the two began to talk widely. They talked about the mystery of heaven and nature, the mystery of the earth and mankind, environmental pollution, the population explosion, terrorism, advertising, marketing, tourism, literature, art, movies, celebrities, computers, games, love, sex, anecdotes encountered in the past, and ideals of life in the future. When talking about his future ideals, Niu Liang said: "My ideal is to drive the taxi service to the limit!"

Liu Dong: "Drive the taxi service to the limit? I don't understand, what do you mean?"

Niu Liang: "It is to constantly pursue a new realm of taxi service, until the highest level in the taxi category, and the current 'Haosang' can be said to have just started!"

Liu Dong: "I kind of understand!"

Niu Liang: "What about you? What is your ideal? Do you plan to be a masseur forever?"

Liu Dong: "This kind of masseur may not be a long-term solution. Does it have the kind of extreme pursuit that you have? No, it doesn't make much sense. As for my future aspirations, I haven't thought about it yet. However, I'm more interested in body art photography. ”

Niu Liang: "Really, it seems that your fate has come!"

Liu Dong: "What fate?"

Niu Liang: "One of the themes of that book is about body art, and the author has conceived a limit in it, you can take a good look at it, maybe it will help you in the future!"

Liu Dong: "Really, I really should study it well! Then let's go back?"

Niu Liang raised his wrist and looked at the following table: "Ah, I've been sitting for a long time! It's time to go!"

With such a vast sea and sky, the confusion and distress in Niu Liang's heart were almost diluted. The two of them stood up and walked easily towards the outside of the forest.