486, The Day You Left (Two Chapters Combined)
Huang Youyi kept her promise and really didn't expose Li Xiang. She chatted with Liu Qianyu for a few words and came back, as for whether Liu Qianyu was curious about Li Xiang, Li Xiang didn't know, because he was sitting with his back to her.
Since Liu Qianyu didn't recognize him, he didn't want to take the initiative to say hello, and the two barely nodded their heads.
Although I don't know if Liu Qianyu asked Huang Youyi about him, when Li Xiang and Huang Youyi left the cafΓ©, they obviously felt Liu Qianyu's gaze on him, and the moment they went out, Li Xiang glanced at her sideways, just in time to see her curious eyes.
The other party seemed to have noticed something, and the expression on his face lit up, dΓ©jΓ vu but he couldn't remember what this feeling was, and he looked confused.
On the way away, Huang Youyi took the initiative to introduce Liu Qianyu.
"Her dad knew my uncle and my aunt very well, so I knew her since I was a child. She said.
It's her uncle and aunt again, Li Xiang thought to herself, she couldn't help but be curious about them, and Liu Guanglun knows each other, so is she also a person in the entertainment industry?
"Are your uncle and aunt also in the entertainment industry?" Li Xiang couldn't help but ask curiously.
Huang Youyi said with a smile: "emmmm~~ They used to be, but now they are not. β
"Retired?" Li Xiang asked.
"That's right. β
"What's your name?"
"I'm not telling you. β
Li Xiang glanced at Huang Youyi with a smile, didn't take it to heart, and drove on the seaside road.
"Where are we going?" Huang Youyi looked out the car window, the blue water like green and jade was lying quietly in the bay, the sea was calm and silent, only seabirds hovered in mid-air.
"Drive-in cinema. Li Xiang said, "Sit in the car and watch a movie, take a break, and then we go to dinner, what do you think of this arrangement?"
"Oh, yes. Huang Youyi said, and then asked, "Is there a drive-in movie theater near here?" β
"There is a house, which is by the sea. Li Xiang said.
"How do you know this place better than I do?"
Can Li Xiang say that I have made full preparations in advance for today's date?
"My grandmother's family is in Guangdong, and I often came to Guangdong for summer vacation when I was a child. β
There are drive-in movie theaters in many places, but Li Xiang brought Huang Youyi to this place is more special, because it is located on the beach by the sea, you can drive the car directly, with the sound of waves in your ears, and the two of them sit in the car and watch a favorite movie in the sealed compartment, which is quite romantic.
The two adjusted the channel in the car, put the seats down, and sat in the car to watch a cold-toned movie - "A Space Odyssey".
"Li Xiang, do you say that there will really be life in space?" Huang Youyi asked curiously as he half-lay on the co-pilot's seat, watching the movie appear in front of him.
Thanks to Xiaolian, Li wanted to know that Huang Youyi likes to watch science fiction movies, so he decided here.
"Have you ever heard of parallel universes? Li Xiang said, stretched out his hand and pressed it on the control panel, turning off the lights in the car.
"I've heard a little bit, but I don't know what it means. β
"Parallel universe means that in another time and space of the universe, there are exactly the same time, space and characters as we are now, for example, you and I are watching a movie in the car, then in a parallel universe, there will also be a me and you watching a movie, but they may not watch "Space Odyssey", but "Space Fleet", "Time and Space Drift" ......and so on."
Li wanted to explain the parallel universe to Huang Youyi, and she listened with great interest, and did not stop talking until 15 minutes into the movie, and the car quieted down and began to watch the movie seriously.
Li Xiang was half-lying in his seat, looking at it, feeling unable to concentrate, sleepy, and wanting to sleep. I got up too early today, I visited the zoo in the morning, and then I took the trouble to make Totoro, and now I am half-lying, except for the sound in the movie and the breathing sound of Huang Youyi next to him, everything seems very quiet and soothing, he can't help but relax physically and mentally, and gradually fall asleep......
In his sleep, Li Xiang found himself in an old but clean house, the pothos on the windowsill swaying gently in the sunset, a string of wind chimes hanging on the eaves of the window, tinkling in the evening breeze, the clock on the wall clattering, and the sound of a washing machine stirring in the bathroom......
Everything seemed strange and familiar at the same time.
Li Xiang perked up and remembered that this was his home in the dream world!
He looked down at his feet, looked around again, and found himself standing in the doorway, in the hallway, and behind him was the door that had just closed, and the sound of the door clattering and closing seemed to linger in his ears.
There were some traces in the room that showed that someone was living here, but at the moment, no one was at home, and it seemed that the person who was there had just left for something, and might be back in a moment.
Little sister?
Li Xiang thought to himself, but he didn't know what date it was, whether it was the day before Li Xiang died in the dream, or a certain period after death.
The young lady is a young single mother, or a lonely old woman who is old.
Li Xiang couldn't help but worry, worried that the young lady would suddenly come back and find him, what would he do?
He stood there for a moment of hesitation before moving away, walking on the floor with a slight creaking sound. The floor is old, badly worn, and the slabs are no longer compact.
Li Xiang couldn't help but slow down, lighten his movements, came to the center of the living room, and turned his head to look around.
On the wall next to the door, a Buddhist shrine is enshrined high, and the fine incense in front of the Buddhist altar is lit, and a faint curling green smoke wafts out. The old black record player rests against the wall on a wooden shelf, the bean paste-colored refrigerator suddenly sounds a dense and slight hum, the dining table is covered with a white textured tablecloth, and there is a wooden rocking chair by the window, on which is a book spread out, as if the reader has just left for a moment.
Li Xiang's gaze fell on a wall, where many yellowed awards were pasted and many picture frames were hung.
The photos in the frame are of him and his young sister, almost all of them are group photos, only one is Li Xiang alone, his black and white portrait hangs in the middle of many photo frames, and a twisted gecko lies quietly on the wall next to the portrait motionless......
There are small notes pasted everywhere in the house, red, yellow, green, white...... Colorful, it adds a lot of bright colors to this old home.
Li Xiang leaned closer to a blue note and looked at it, and the words written on it were the handwriting of the young lady.
This one reads: If you want to eat anything at night, wash and cut the vegetables first, and I'll make it when you come back.
What does that mean? Li Xiang couldn't help but wonder, and looked at another small red note, which read: The medicine is on the record player, remember to take the medicine when listening to the song.
Young lady, who is this written for??? Li Xiang thought to himself suspiciously, could it be that there is anyone else in this family besides her?
The young lady has found a companion?
Li wanted to continue to read the next chapter of the small note, the red note read: Declining boy, the end of skipping lunch has been experienced yesterday, if you want to experience it again or even double it, just don't eat it, hum.
It's such a scary tone, it's really the usual style of the young lady, I feel that if this decrepit boy dares to skip eating, she will beat the other party to death.
Which decrepit boy is this decrepit boy?
Li Xiang was aroused by his curiosity and continued to browse through the small notes posted everywhere in his home.
He leaned over to the refrigerator, and there were two small notes pasted on the door of the box, and the white ones read: There are two bottles of beer in the refrigerator, do you want to drink them? Haha, if you drink it, you will want to pee and suffocate you!
Li Xiang:(β_β;)
Another blue note read: The large bottle of milk is drunk quickly, and it is about to expire.
Li Xiang: (?Ο?'ll)
The previous note said don't drink beer, you will want to pee after drinking, and the next note says that you are about to drink the big bottle of milk, aren't you afraid that he will pee this time?
On the dining table, a purple note was pasted on the white tablecloth at the corner of the table, which read: The baked cake I made is undoubtedly the best baked cake in the whole world! If you don't finish eating, I'll cut you.
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There are such notes everywhere in the house, some on the wall, some on shoes, some on doorknobs, some on bowls, some on drinking glasses......
A few simple sentences are written on each note, reminding the resident of the house everywhere and all the time, covering all aspects of food and daily life.
From these words, Li Xiang can know that this person has difficulty moving, has to take medicine for three meals a day, does not like to eat, likes to read, and likes to listen to the record player......
Li Xiang had vaguely guessed in his heart who it was written for, but he was still uncertain.
He pushed the door open and walked into the room where "he" had been staying.
The room still remained the same, it seemed that "Li Xiang" had never left, the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, and it looked like someone had slept in the bed last night.
His ironed white shirt hung at the end of the bed, unstained with ash, as if he had taken it off before going to bed.
His gold-rimmed glasses were on the desk, and the case was open, beside him.
There was a notebook with a black cover spread out, with handwriting on it, and a dark blue fountain pen in it, the cap of which was removed and set aside, as if someone had just written with it.
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The room was the same as the outside, there were also notes pasted everywhere, especially on the desk, and there were more than a dozen of them.
"Tomorrow the weather is good, let's go shopping. β
"Tomorrow it's raining, let's go to the pavilion and feed the goldfish. β
"Tomorrow will be cloudy, the sun will not be shining, it is suitable for going out shopping. β
"Tomorrow the weather is bad, there are few people on the streets, let's go out. β
"Tomorrow the weather is just right, go out for a walk. β
"There's a shower tomorrow, do you want to see a rainbow?"
"Tomorrow there will be a force 5 wind, do you want to fly? β
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Li Xiang had already discovered that these notes were not written to others, and there was no one else in this house.
These notes are all addressed to him!
He was sure.
Li Xiang pulled out the chair in front of the desk, sat down, read the notes pasted on the desk one by one, and flipped through the black covered notebook that was spread out, on which two full rows of "positive" characters were strangely written, until the third "positive" character in the third row, and a horizontal ...... below was missing
The word "positive" is used to count.
It's just that few people use this in modern society, and only elementary and junior high school students can be so naΓ―ve.
The handwriting of these "positive" characters is that of the young lady.
Li Xiang didn't know what she was doing with this, so she counted it, and there were 10 straight words in a row, a total of two rows, that is, a total of 100.
There are three orthography in the third row that are missing one horizontal, which is 14.
That adds up to 114.
Li Xiang didn't understand what he was remembering.
Turning back, the page is blank, turning forward, the whole page is densely packed with neat "positive" words.
Li Xiang couldn't count how many there were at once, and he was attracted by the top sentence.
"The Day My Baby Elephant Left"
At the end of this page, there is another sentence that says: I have written a full page, you have not come back, that world must be very interesting, you have forgotten the way home.
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Li Xiang especially wanted to shed tears at this moment, but he held back, he thought to himself that I am not her Li Xiang, I just happened to walk into their world and saw their experiences, that's all, these words, these actions are not done for him, don't be sentimental and self-inflicted.
Although he couldn't hold back his tears, Li Xiang's mood was inevitably heavy, if these "positive" words were really counting days, then, her Li Xiang had been away for three years, however, there were small notes pasted everywhere in this house, and the messages on them were all daily words, like she didn't live alone in this family, her Li Xiang didn't leave, and she still lived here.
It's a place full of contradictions.
I don't know how long I stayed in the room, Li Xiang came out with heavy steps.
Jingle bell~~~ The wind chimes on the eaves of the window rang softly, attracting his attention.
He walked over to the rocking chair by the window, bent down, and picked up the book that had been spread out on the chair.
The original owner turned to page 92.
Flip through the book and look at the cover, "The Old Man and the Sea".
Li Xiang was stunned, he happened to be writing this book, and he happened to write the content on page 92!
Sit down, lean back in the rocking chair, and then look down on page 92, and quickly read all the remaining 14 pages, as if feeling something, and tilt your head to the window, looking downstairs at the street.
At this time, the sun is setting, the afterglow is sprinkled on the pothos and wind chimes swaying in the wind in the window, and the streets are lit up, and people come and go very lively.
The noise came from afar, as if it were another world.
A young man on a motorcycle stopped at the door of the bookstore, and a gentle and quiet girl came out of the bookstore, straddled the back seat of the motorcycle, and left with her arms around the boy's waist.
Li remembered that the young lady had helped him invite this girl to his house, but unfortunately, she didn't come in the end.
He watched the motorcycle carrying the girl disappear into the street, when he suddenly heard the barking of a dog outside the door, the sound of footsteps approaching, and then the key was inserted into the keyhole, and the door was pushed open with a click......
Li Xiang stood up suddenly in a panic, at a loss.