789, a new beginning (5/5 for Shengyi and Jiawen Oba, plus more)
PS: Two chapters in one
It's raining, and the autumn rain outside the window is dripping, drenching the whole world wet, and also making people's thoughts sticky, as if stained with water droplets, becoming heavy and cold.
An autumn rain is cool, and as the autumn rain falls, the weather begins to cool down rapidly, and all life is preparing for winter.
The dog park is hazy and hazy, and it looks even more secluded in the twilight. Once again, the maple groves in the park were dyed red, silent in the rain, like a fire burning in the water.
"Pigeon pigeon~~~" The master entered the study softly, nestled beside Li Xiang, his little head gently pillowed on his arm, and accompanied him to look at the world full of autumn in the window.
There was a piano sound in my ears, this is Dou Dou and his mother playing the piano, the new piano is better than the original home, Xiang Xiaoyuan likes it very much, and takes the little sister to play whenever he has time.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" asked the teacher. Teacher Xiao Li's face was wilted and listless.
The master shook his head, tilted his little head, pillowed it on his arm, and said, "I don't know, I'm so sad." โ
Li Xiang touched her forehead, worried that the weather would turn cold and cold, but her body temperature was normal.
"I'm so sad. The teacher kept repeating, but he couldn't say what he was sad about, which made Li Xiang worry about whether she was not feeling well, so she took her to the clinic in the community for a check-up, she was healthy and there was nothing wrong, and the doctor suggested that if she was still sad the next day, then it was best to go to the hospital for a check-up.
At night, Shishi and Li Xiang slept together, and this night, Li Xiang finally dreamed of the young lady, and strangely, he dreamed of it for several days in a row.
On the first night, he saw her taking a nap at home. Outside the window, the sun hanging in mid-air gradually tilted to the west, and finally fell to the bottom of the western mountain. The young lady slept until dark, and when she woke up, the whole room was dark, and she sat in the darkness for a long time, without moving, as if the whole world was still, only the sound of rain outside the window.
On the second night, he saw the young lady rummaging at home, looking for something for a long time. He thought something precious had been lost, until he saw the young lady find an old Nokia straight phone under the bed. The phone was already out of power and turned off, she hurriedly rummaged again, it took a long time to find the charger, plug in the power to charge the phone, and couldn't wait to turn it on, tossing for a long time. Actually, she was just rummaging through her text inbox. In the mailbox, there are more than 100 text messages, but nearly half of them are 10086 and other system text messages.
On the third night, he saw three women in the house, all of whom were older, but they were dressed more brightly, and they instantly compared the young lady. She looked much older than they were. Li Xiang always sees the young lady appear alone, and this time it is rare to see a guest at home, and he can't help but be happy for her.
He saw them cooking dinner together, opening a bottle of red wine, and having a lively dinner with the music of an old record player. After dinner, they wiped down the table, laid out the tablecloth, and found a pair of mahjong to play. At 10 o'clock in the evening, some people said that they couldn't stay up late because they were too old, so they left. Li wanted to see the young lady send everyone out of the door, and told them to go down the stairs and pay attention to their feet, and then saw her close the door and sit at the mahjong table for a long time. Then she put away the mahjong, folded the tablecloth and put it in the cupboard, washed her hands, came to the shrine in the living room, took out three pale yellow incense sticks, lit them, bowed respectfully three times, and inserted them in front of the shrine.
On the fourth night, Li wanted to see the young lady cooking in the kitchen, the bulb above her head slammed, sparks splashed, and then the light went out, and it was pitch black all around. She went out of the kitchen in the dark, went to the living room and found a flashlight, a stool, an insulating tape, and an electric driver, came back to the kitchen, turned on the flashlight, put the stool under the light bulb, stepped on it, stood on tiptoe, bit the flashlight in her mouth again, and began to repair the socket with her bare hands. It took a long time, but the light in the kitchen still didn't come on, and finally she said dejectedly, lit the candle, and prepared to continue cooking, when suddenly she said it again, and soaked a bowl of instant noodles to pass the stomach.
On the fifth night, there were suddenly piles of old books at home, and the young lady was carefully sorting them out. Li Xiang stood aside and watched for a long time before he realized that it was the bookstore downstairs that had closed down, and the name of that bookstore was "My Ideal". Opposite it, there is a spacious and bright national chain bookstore, "My Ideal" has no business at all, but the landlord still wants to raise the rent, and the young lady can't support it, so she can only close. Li Xiang saw her muttering about these old books while sorting out these old books with red eyes.
On the sixth night, as soon as Li Xiang appeared, he heard beautiful singing wafting in the room, and saw that the old record player in the corner was spotlessly wiped and slowly turning, and a female voice was singing in Cantonese: I saw the snow drifting by, floating into the sad memory, let me think about you again, but it made my heart ache......
Li Xiang immediately remembered this song called "Drifting Snow", and he knew that the young lady liked it very much. She seemed to be in a good mood tonight, sitting at the dinner table, singing along, holding a book in her hand, reading in the warm early winter sun, with an open notebook and a pen in her hand. Her habit of reading the secretary's notes has not changed.
The puppy lay at her feet and yawned quietly.
Li Xiang came for six nights in a row, but this time he couldn't hold back, picked up the pen in his notebook, and wrote down a sentence: Sing well.
The young lady was probably so fascinated by it that she didn't notice that the pen in her hand floated on its own, and she wrote a sentence in her notebook.
"Wang~~~" The little dog at his feet felt Li Xiang's breath, opened his sleepy eyes, and screamed.
The young lady took her eyes off the book, first looked down at the little dog at her feet, and then saw the pen rolling on the table, picked it up, put it back in the notebook and clamped it, and suddenly her hand froze in mid-air, and her eyes were fixed there, staring closely at the extra line of words on the notebook.
She looked around vigilantly, found nothing abnormal, and looked down at the teacher's little dog. The little dog crouched on the ground, wagged its tail at her, and snorted softly.
The young lady thought about it, picked up the pen, and wrote down the line below "Sing well": Who are you?
After waiting for a long time, she never saw new handwriting appear on the notebook, and she thought that she was suspicious and hallucinated. However, when she put down the pen she was holding tightly, she immediately saw that the pen floated into the air, floating above the notebook, as if grasped by an invisible hand, and a new line of handwriting appeared: I am a passing immortal.
After writing, the pen fell from mid-air and rolled to the young lady's hand. She picked it up and wrote, "The two ancient children?" Are you the boy or the girl?
After writing, I took the initiative to put down the pen, and then I saw the pen floating, shaking a few times, and a new line of words appeared: I am not them, I am another immortal, passing by.
The young lady wrote: Why are you here?
Li Xiang: The song you sang is very good, I heard the song and came over, do you like this song very much? I have listened to you listen to it many times.
Little Sister: It's very good, don't you think? Since you are a fairy, can I ask you a favor.
Li Xiang: We just met, and you asked me for help?
Little sister: It's so stingy, how can the gods not be generous.
Li Xiang: Forget it, I listened to you sing, so I'll do you a favor, you say, what do you want me to help?
The young lady immediately smiled and said, "The gods are so good." Immediately thought that the other party might not be able to hear, so he picked up a pen and wrote in a notebook: You are a good fairy.
Li Xiang wrote: You can continue to sing, don't stop, but can you have a cheerful song?
The young lady was surprised and wrote: Do you still want to order songs? The gods will still order songs? Have you ever been to KTV?
Li Xiang has a black line on his forehead, what kind of brain circuit is this!
Li Xiang didn't reply to her, so as not to expose himself as a fake immortal, after all, I haven't heard of any immortal going to KTV.
The young lady waited for a while, and saw that the fairy did not move, so she hurriedly wrote: Don't be angry, the fairy can support the boat in his belly. Shall I sing a song "Paper Short Love" to you?
That's just like the words, Li Xiang wrote: Yes.
The young lady immediately sang and wrote while singing: You actually like to listen to love songs, are you in love?
Li Xiang:(; OะดO)
Sure enough, even if she is a lot older, the young lady who looks bleak at night still does not change her lively and optimistic personality, and it has only been a short while, and she is "jumping around", and she dares to ask the gods like this, which is simply a big rebellion.
The young lady saw that the immortal who was hidden beside her did not reply, and wrote: The immortal is big, I want to know if my son has been reincarnated?
Li Xiang wrote: Reincarnation? Isn't that death? Why do you ask such a question?
The young lady wrote: I just want to know this question, do you know?
Li Xiang: Of course I know that he has long been reincarnated.
The young lady wrote: Is he doing well? How many people are there in his family? Are his parents there? Do they love him? Is he a boy or a girl? It can't be a dog, right?
Li Xiang was angry and wrote: How many questions are these?
The young lady smiled and wrote: Then I will sing a few more songs to you, I will also sing "Sunshine is Always After the Wind and Rain", have you heard it?
Li thought about it, and felt that he was too bad as a fairy, and he only promised to help her a favor, but so many problems suddenly appeared, this is an investigation of the household registration, and then he warmed his heart for the young lady who still cares about him, so he wrote: I pinched my fingers and found that there were a total of 5 people in his family plus him, his parents were there, and a pair of twin sisters, he was a boy, not a dog, and his life was very happy.
The young lady stared at these lines for a long time, and finally wiped her eyes quickly, and continued to write: He also has a twin sister?
Li Xiang wrote: Don't question the words of the gods.
The young lady wrote: When he was alive, he especially wanted a sister, and now he finally got his wish, I am really happy for him.
Li Xiang wrote: He is now 19 years old, a big star, and countless people like him, willing to cheer for him, and shed tears for him.
The young lady wrote: I guess he sings, he sings so well.
Li Xiang wrote: You're right, he's a big singer, and everyone likes to hear him sing.
The young lady hesitated for a moment and wrote: Then is he a good person?
Li Xiang saw this question, was stunned, and wrote: Are you worried that he will become a bad person?
The young lady wrote: Isn't the entertainment industry Vanity Fair? I'm worried that he will ...... if he stays for a long time.
Li Xiang wrote: He is a good person, and he will always be a good person.
Seeing this, the smile on the young lady's face was extraordinarily bright, but there was a crystal swirling in her eyes, and soon tears fell. A cold wind of early winter blew on the balcony, blowing the doors and windows open, and the tears of the young lady broke the embankment in an instant.
Crying and laughing are both for joy, but the one who cries knows and the one who laughs does not know how much pain is paid for this joy.
"Sunshine is Always After the Wind and Rain" couldn't be sung anymore, and the young lady whispered in her mouth: "When he died, I made a wish, hoping that he would be loved in the next life, lovely, with armor and weakness, and kindness with edge...... Now, the gods have helped me achieve it. โ
She looked into the void, her eyes fell on where Li Xiang was, as if she could see him, and cried and choked, "Last question, is his mother good to him?"
Li Xiang wrote: As good as you.
The young lady cried silently, with a smile on her face, and finally glanced at the notebook full of words, got up from the table, squatted down and stroked the puppy gently, and then got up again, looked around with affection, her eyes stayed in the void where Li Xiang was, and said: "I know you, how can I not know you, you see how similar your words are to mine, I taught you to write it by hand." โ
After a pause, she continued, "Thank you, baby elephant, for coming to see me, I haven't been so happy in a long time. I've been waiting for you for ten years, and I've finally waited for you, and I'm really afraid that before you come, I'll die first. โ
She finally said, "Can you call me Mom again?"
Immediately afterward, she saw the pen on the table float up on its own, and after a shaking, it landed on the table, and then the black notebook flew over and flew in front of her.
She stretched out her hand with a blur of teary eyes, took the notebook, stared at the words on it for a long time, and stroked it in the void for a while, as if caressing her son, then turned to the shrine in the living room, took out three pale yellow incense, lit it, inserted it, took a few steps back, knelt on the ground reverently, leaned forward, slowly lay down, prostrate on the ground, folded her hands, raised it high above her head, pressed her forehead against the cold stone slab, and said, "Thank you for helping me fulfill my wish, and now is the time for me to fulfill my vow." โ
There was a cold wind of early winter blowing on the balcony, blowing the window screens and pothos, blowing the pages on the table, blowing the wind chimes, in Li Xiang's surprised eyes, I saw the figure of the young lady shaking for a while, and then like fine sand, a little bit blown away by the wind, and finally looked back at him, completely disappeared in front of him.
Woo woo~~~
There was a whimpering sound of a puppy in his ears, and Li wanted to see the puppy named Shishi looking at him with humanized eyes, and like the young lady, it was quickly blown away by the wind until it disappeared completely.
Li Xiang was sad to find that the whole house had changed, and it was no longer clean and tidy before. I saw that there were large patches of mildew on the walls and floors, cobwebs hung in the corners, pothos on the windowsill died in the muddy water, the old record player was covered with dust, the tin picture frame was rusty, the incense in front of the shrine had long been burned out, and the color of the joyful harmony had faded and cracked into two petals...... Only the wind chimes were still tinkling in the wind.
He walked to the shrine, picked up the two immortals, and wanted to try to take them away, but as if holding a ball of sand in his hand, the statue of the two immortals flowed away from the palm of his hand little by little, and time was like sand, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
At that moment, a voice came from outside the door.
"The landlord has been dead for three years, the house has been empty for three years, no one lives in it, and now this place is going to be demolished, and the original landlord's testamentary trustee can only be contacted. "It's an old voice.
Then came the sound of a key inserting into the lockhole, the sound of a door lock turning, and the sound of a door being pushed open.
The old man said: "I haven't lived in it for a long time, there is a heavy musty smell in this house, cough cough cough ~~~"
A female voice said, "Huh, why is there a notebook on the ground? Has anyone been here?"
The old man said, "This house has not been visited for a long time. โ
The female voice said, "The words in the notebook seem to have just been written." โ
The old man said, "Where?"
The female voice said, "Look at it, the word mom and the ink are all on my hands." There are also words on the walls. โ
The old man said, "Oh, it was written by Xiao He. โ
The female voice asked, "Who is Xiao He?"
The old man said, "It's the owner of this house, He Shunan." โ
The female voice asked, "Is it a girl?"
The old man said, "...... I've always been an idealized girl.ใ โ
The female voice said, "What is written on the wall......? The words behind me are illegible. โ
The old man said: "When people leave an empty house, life is like a dream, it is difficult to see in this life, and we will meet again in the next life." โ
PS: As the title says, this is a new beginning, not the end, and the young lady ushered in a new beginning.
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