After Xia Mo finished speaking, the two of them began to look for it.

The preservation of these old books can be said to be very imperfect, and most of them have been soaked in rainwater, and most of them have become papier-mâché, and when the stacks are opened, a pungent musty smell is emitted.

Wan Rourou frowned, picked up a copy with two fingers in disgust, looked at the cover and threw it aside.

"So, when are we going to find it?" she couldn't help but grumble.

In fact, in order to find out the key diary, Xia Mo also spent a lot of effort.

"This pile is almost all textbooks, otherwise if you look at the innermost pile, the cover of the diary must be quite different from the textbook. He hinted at it, consciously or unconsciously.

Wan Rourou didn't have a clue, so she could only follow Xia Mo's prompts.

She carefully moved her foot through the middle of several piles of old books, and the half-human-high pile of books scratched the corner of her skirt, making her brow furrow even tighter.

Xia Mo followed and walked over, and after watching Wan Rourou open a few books, she suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, this is it!"

Wan Rourou hesitated to glance at the thick book that had just been revealed, a thick book that had been eaten by insects with many small holes, and was full of mildew, and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure?"

"At that time, notebooks liked to draw some stickers on it, if you look closely, is there a butterfly on it?" Xia Mo explained with a smile.

"Really...... But you can see the remaining half of the wings?" Wan Rourou asked in surprise.

"It's just that the eyes are good, open it quickly and see if it's a diary. Xia Mo explained casually.

Under Xia Mo's urging, Wan Rourou pinched the letter into suspicion, picked open the cover with her fingernails, and stared at the title page carefully for a long time, and then showed a hesitant look.

"Luckily, it's a diary, but unfortunately I can't see the name clearly. ”

Hearing her words, Xia Mo raised her eyebrows.

Behind this sentence of luck, but his efforts in three full cycles.

Fortunately, something was found.

"Take it and take a look. ”

Xia Mo took the notebook from Wan Rourou's hand, and there were a few lines of small characters written on the title page, but the ink had been rendered and could not be seen clearly.

Fortunately, there is a place at the bottom of the title page that has not been mottled and affected, and if you look closely, you can still see the three delicate small characters of the diary.

I opened the diary and looked at it one by one, and in the end I could see only three pages clearly.

Each page is filled with small print, recording the contents of several days.

It seems that this is undoubtedly a thrifty man.

[Thursday, September 18, 1941.] 】

[It's been two weeks since I started school, and it's a bit difficult to study, but today all the first-year students were summoned to the gymnasium by Teacher Wen, and after removing their clothes, they measured their body shape and took pictures. Although there is shyness, the black box "clicks" and enters the portrait, which is really novel and interesting......]

Xia Mo read the text above, and Wan Rourou smacked her lips after listening to it: "I can't understand it, there is really such a thing." ”

"At that time people who saw cameras were not new. Xia Mo smiled in response and read the second diary.

[Monday, December 8, 1941.] 】

[At the beginning of today's geology class, the classroom was knocked open by several mustaches in dark yellow uniforms, and ordered all of us to assemble in the auditorium, but Mr. Sateri, who ignored them, gave us the last lecture, said take care, and then watched us leave one by one. 】

[Mr. Sateri is one of the few gentlemen who has my respect, he is a good man, but later his classmates are spreading that Mr. is gone......]

Reading this, Wan Rourou and Xia Mo glanced at each other, and they both fell into silence.

It was a year of international turmoil, and the Battle of Pearl Harbor became a world-changing battle.

And under this, the fate of countless ordinary people is also being rewritten.

"War may bring peace, but it is definitely not the only way. ”

Xia Mo said with emotion, and then read the next one.

[Thursday, October 1, 1942.] 】

[Listen to Mr. Lin said, the school has resumed in Rongcheng, today is the opening ceremony, maybe this is the best news in recent days, I heard that a few boys have decided to go south, I am also moved, but my mother still does not agree......]

Wan Rourou was a little confused: "Isn't it natural to go back to your own school, why is it not allowed?"

"At that time, almost all the passages were blocked by the enemy, and ordinary people who wanted to leave had to undergo many investigations, especially the road to the south was closed. ”

Xia Mo explained and continued.

[Wednesday, May 17, 1944.] 】

[Mr. Chen, who has always liked to read at night, suddenly lost his sight, although he only took a few months of history classes, but Mr. Chen's knowledge impressed us, and he was indeed worthy of the name of a professor, so we all spontaneously came to the hospital to take care of Mr. ......]

Wan Rourou listened and listened, and suddenly seemed to think of something.

"The professor who suddenly lost his sight...... Historiography...... Is this Mr. Chen a ......?"

"Professor's professor, who else in history can deserve this title besides that master of Chinese studies?"

Xia Mo affirmed her conjecture, which made Wan Rourou couldn't help but get excited.

"This feels amazing, I didn't expect to see such a big figure in history, it really feels like a face-to-face!"

"Take off the coat of history, in fact, the master of Chinese culture is just an ordinary person, you have to eat and sleep, the reason why you are excited is because you are facing this history, which is also the charm of history. ”

Xia Mo shrugged her shoulders, and then continued to look at the diary.

Except for these two pages, the remaining pages are almost indistinct, and the only one that can be seen is the one that has jumped to the end of the diary.

Monday, May 16, 1983. 】

[Tomorrow is the day of studying abroad, I am still a little apprehensive, today I went to Monk Street to see my best friend Su Mei, brought her favorite ghee fruit, she told me that she has an iron heart to stay in Rongcheng for the rest of her life, let me take advantage of this opportunity, but I am always worried about being discovered, and my heart has been beating non-stop......]

Here's the key point!

Xia Mo raised her head suddenly, just in time to meet Wan Rourou's gaze.

"That's right, the old lady once went to the United States to study, and my dad was in junior high school at that time, and my grandfather couldn't figure out why the old lady went!"

"One to study abroad, the other to stay in Rongcheng!" Wan Rourou's eyes were a little excited, and she couldn't help but clench her hands, "This is the classmate that the old lady is looking for! This is the old lady's diary!"

And this is also the last record in the diary, it seems that the old lady came back on purpose and left the diary here, perhaps to keep the memories of youth here.

Now, more than 30 years later, this diary once again connects two people with very different destinies.

It's a pity that they are no longer the female college students in their prime, but have become silver-haired old ladies.

After a moment of excitement, Wan Rourou calmed down, took out her mobile phone to search for a moment, and frowned again: "But where is this monk street? ”

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows: "It's been so many years, and with the urbanization construction, there must be a lot of old place names disappearing, but I have heard of this monk street." ”

"You know this?" Wan Rourou's face was full of disbelief.

"Well, when I was researching the literature in the library, I found a book about the construction plan of Lao Rongcheng, this monk street was named because it was near Daci Temple, and I thought it was fun and looked at it a few more times, but I didn't expect to meet it today. ”

After Wan Rourou listened to the words, she immediately walked out without hesitation.

Xia Mo looked over: "Where are you going?"

Wan Rourou turned her head and said with a serious face: "Where else can there be, Daci Temple, let's go!"

Is this girl so convinced of what I say?

Xia Mo nodded with a smile and walked out. After thanking the old nun, the two went straight to Daci Temple.

There were still two hours left before the three-hour deadline given by Wan Jinquan, Xia Mo didn't care about going to the parking lot with Wan Rourou to pick up the car, and ran directly to Binglan, which had already been parked on the side of the road.

Even Wan Rourou was a little puzzled.

After all, this is a family affair of the Wan family, and it is natural for her to be busy, Xia Mo insists on handling this matter as her own business, which is too interesting.

Regarding her questions, Xia Mo can only shirk his so-called research.

And the real reason, of course, is that after more than three hours, his mission will fail.

This trick was also something he only discovered in the last loop, and once he finished his conversation with Wan Jinquan, his quest panel would pop up with a three-hour countdown.

Yesterday, when he was only one step away from completing the task, he was declared a failure because of the overtime, which made him depressed for a while.

Today, I will complete all the previous steps quickly, and the rest of the time will definitely be enough.

It only took half an hour to reach the destination, Xia Mo parked the car, and Wan Rourou looked outside a little surprised.

"It's not ...... Taikoo Li?"

"That's right, Daci Temple is in a corner of it, I can't imagine it, the old places recorded in the diary have developed into such a city today. ”

"I'm in a trance. ”

"This is the power of the years, it is constantly pushing the progress of the times, and at the same time it will leave the memory of the times. ”

The two chatted and gradually came to the outside of Daci Temple.

This temple has a long history, and the scale is large, there are many monks, it has a history of more than 1,600 years, and the earliest can be traced back to the Wei and Jin dynasties, silently witnessing the millennium changes in Rongcheng.

Outside is the fashionable gathering place of Taikoo Li, and inside is the curling cigarette smoke and green lantern candles, this kind of landscape can also be seen in Rongcheng.

"If I'm not mistaken, Monk Street should be the snack street across the street right now. ”

"Where can we find such a big snack street?"

"Just look at it. ”

Xia Mo stepped forward, and Wan Rourou hurriedly followed.

This snack street still retains the style of an ancient street as a whole, but you can still see many traces of modern architecture.

It is said that after the demolition of this place at that time, later people felt that they had lost the characteristics and charm of the old Rong City, and rebuilt it.

In Xia Mo's words, this is to destroy the real antique and make a fake antique.

Walking outside the dizzying variety of snack shops, tourists will focus on Wan Rourou from time to time.

After all, all of them are valuable luxuries, but there are still a lot of stains on the skirt, which is indeed a bit inconsistent.

Wan Rourou didn't care, anyway, she had money, so she just went to Taikoo Li to buy a brand new set in a while, and she didn't consider wearing the old set a second time.

If you really want to talk about it, her personality is similar to Li Ruolan, she is very bold.

However, Li Ruolan is much more mature than her.

"This tastes good!"

"Wait, I'll try this!"

Maybe it's because she is a little hungry at noon, and Wan Rourou has to go up to join in the fun when she sees any snacks.

And the things she bought were often not eaten, so she simply handed them over to Xia Mo and said with a smile.

"I've worked hard for you today, please eat!"

Xia Mo could only smile helplessly and contribute to the disc action.

After shopping for a while, she still didn't find any clue, Wan Rourou was a little anxious.

"Can we really find it?" she glanced at the uneaten skewers in her hand, and then looked at the box in Xia Mo's hand.

"Actually, we found it just now. Xia Mo poked a hemp ball, took a bite of the crispy fragrance, and nodded.

"Found it? Where is it?"

"Do you remember what your diary says, what is Su Mei's favorite food?"

"Butter fruit?" Wan Rourou's memory is still good.

Xia Mo threw the empty box into the trash can and wiped her mouth with a napkin: "That's right, think about what the shop that sold hemp balls just now is called?"

"Old Peking ghee fruit?"

"Isn't this right, the old site of Yanda is in Beijing, your old lady and this are also from Beijing, I have only seen this one store along the way, do you need any other explanation?"

Xia Mo calmly analyzed and reasoned a reasonable result.

Wan Rourou's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smiled and squinted her eyes and put the box containing the skewers in her hand into Xia Mo's hand: "What you said is so right!

After speaking, she turned around directly and waved her hand heroically: "Let's go!"

Xia Mo looked at her back, and put the box on the top of the trash can conspicuously with a smile to ensure that the beggars and the like could see it at a glance, and then followed.

Five minutes later, they appeared at the door of the ghee fruit shop.

The butter fruit seller was a couple in their forties, who had a good business and seemed to be a little busy.

However, when Wan Rourou boldly auctioned 2,000 yuan to explain her intentions, the couple behaved very cooperatively.

After listening to Xia Mo's words, the proprietress frowned slightly: "My grandmother's name is indeed Zheng Sumei, and she is also from Beijing, but she is not a college student, she is just a butter fruit, and this skill is still passed down by her and her grandfather." ”

Xia Mo frowned: "Are you sure?, has she never mentioned Yanda?"

"What a swallow is big, our family has never studied, so we are looking forward to a son who can go to college, where can there be literate people. ”

The hostess's tone was very affirmative.

Xia Mo fell into deep thought.

Yesterday, he found out that this step was timed out, and the time was reset directly after the mission failed, so he didn't know what would happen next.

This is the difficulty of the advanced mission, which is directly increased by one level compared to the previous intermediate mission.

"Maybe we're on the wrong track?" Wan Rourou asked tentatively.

"It shouldn't be possible, all the clues are summarized here. Xia Mo shook her head and looked at the proprietress herself, "Is it convenient to ask where your grandmother is now?"

The proprietress spread her hands: "Her old man has been gone for almost ten years." ”

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to mention this." ”

"It's nothing, she is eighty-five years old, and she is happy and sad. ”

"It's convenient to ask where her old man is buried, and if possible, we want to pay our respects. ”

"It's on Babao Mountain......"

After asking the place clearly, Xia Mo and Wan Rourou rushed to Babaoshan all the time, and finally found a tombstone after spending an hour.

There was a black and white photo of a kind old lady pasted on the tombstone, and I don't know why, Xia Mo could be sure at the first glance that this was the person he was looking for.

If nothing else, that kind of scholarly temperament can still make people feel that this is a very cultured old lady despite the photos.

Although he didn't know why such an old lady would be willing to give up her bright future and become a small shopkeeper with fried butter fruits, Xia Mo firmly believed that he was not looking for the wrong person.

"Zheng Xiumei, it turned out to be this surname. Wan Rourou put the bouquet in her hand in front of the tombstone and carefully looked at the epitaph above.

This is not a small family, and there are more than ten names of direct descendants alone, which can be regarded as a prosperous person.

The tombstone was cleaned very clean, there was no weed, and it seemed that people often came to worship.

The wife should have walked very beautifully.

"Xia Mo, look here!" Wan Rourou pointed to the bottom line of small characters and greeted. It was a line of delicate small letters, which should have been engraved against the person's handwriting.

Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine.

"Su Shi's turmoil. ”

Xia Mo stared at the small words for a long time, and there was a ding dong in his ears, and he breathed a sigh of relief after a while, his eyes were complicated.

"I see, I see. ”

Wan Rourou looked up suspiciously: "What do you understand?"

"Tell me later, the old lady is almost there, right?"

"yes! I'll call my grandfather. ”

Two hours later, at half past one in the afternoon, the weather became gloomy, with a misty light rain, and the temperature on the mountain began to drop.

Two black business Mercedes cars drove over slowly, and a few bodyguards and a man who looked like a secretary came down from a car behind them, and came over to open the door for the previous car.

Immediately afterwards, a middle-aged man in a suit of about forty stepped out of the car and held out a black umbrella, and another middle-aged woman in a cheongsam also stepped down and opened a black umbrella.

Wan Rourou, who was still talking and laughing with Xia Mo with a cigarette in her mouth five minutes ago, became very honest at the moment, and stood straight to say hello.

"Mom, Dad!"

Of course, the man is the heir of the current Wanshi Group, and he is also Wan Jinquan's eldest son, Wan Jianguo.

Next to him is his wife, Lin Huiru, Wan Rourou's own mother.

They looked at Wan Rourou with a hint of tenderness in their eyes, nodded at her, and then smiled at Xia Mo.

Immediately after Wan Jinquan, the old man of the Wan family, he helped an old lady with white hair, a thin figure, but very kind eyes to walk down.

This is the oldest grandmother in the Wan family, Qin Sufen.

She wore a silk cheongsam, pearls in her ears, and a simple small black cross on her chest, with the unique literati temperament of that era, arrogant but not aggressive.

Wan Jianguo and his wife held umbrellas for the old man and grandmother, and walked towards Xia Mo and Wan Rourou step by step, and two bodyguards also came over to hold up umbrellas for the two of them.

Walking to the tombstone, the old grandmother looked at Xia Mo with a smile: "This little friend, it's Xia Mo, right?"

This old lady is too cute.

Although he was called a child, Xia Mo didn't mean to refute it at all.

In front of this ninety-year-old lady, he is really a child.

"Hello Mr. Qin, it's an honor to meet you. ”

Xia Mo called out according to the name of that era, and the old lady immediately laughed.

"It's a sensible child. ”

The old lady then looked at Wan Rourou and touched her head dotingly: "Rourou girl, I haven't come to see my grandmother for a long time, I've grown up." ”

Wan Rourou stuck out her tongue: "Didn't you give back the video to your old man two days ago!"

"That's different, haha. ”

The old lady smiled, then turned her head to look at the tombstone in front of her, and the moment she saw the black and white photo, she was stunned for a moment, and her eyes lost for a moment.

The whole hill fell silent, no one spoke, and even the sound of breathing became cautious, as if afraid of disturbing the old lady.

After a long time, the old lady looked at the small line under the tombstone, smiled wryly and shook her head.

"You've lived a much more chic life than me, maybe you're the one who made the right decision. ”

After speaking, she took off the small cross on her chest, bowed down with great difficulty, and placed it in front of the tombstone.

Only then did Xia Mo see clearly that the small diamond in the middle of the cross was also engraved with a swan symbol.

This is made by Swarovski for the old lady?

I'm afraid this small cross will cost hundreds of thousands, and it is really extraordinary.

Perhaps the sum of the whole tomb would not cost as much as this small cross.

After standing up, the old lady made a cross on her chest with a solemn expression, lightly touched her eyebrows, and spit out a few words.

"May the Lord bless you. ”

After doing all this, she seemed to have completed a very important ritual and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go, it's time to go back, I'm too old to stand. ”

After speaking, she also glanced at Xia Mo and the others with a smile, and then said: "Rourou, come and see your grandmother more when you have time, if Xia Mo is free, come over too, I like to talk with you young people." ”

"Definitely, definitely!"

After Xia Mo and Wan Rourou assured her, the old lady walked back with Lin Huiru's support, and several bodyguards followed carefully to the side.

And Wan Jinquan came over and said with a smile: "Xia Mo, this time I have fulfilled the old lady's wish, and my family owes you a big favor!"

Xia Mo waved his hand: "The old man is serious, I said that I only do what I want to do." ”

Wan Jinquan nodded with satisfaction, smiled and turned to leave.

Before leaving, Wan Jianguo also glanced at Xia Mo more, and then told Wan Rourou with an expressionless face: "When you come back, you will do more things at home, don't go out all day long, and don't know anything about the crazy surname." ”

"Got it, Daddy!"

Wan Rourou resolutely promised again, and then sent Wan Jianguo away.

The two black Mercedes-Benz cars returned the same way, Xia Mo looked at the car behind him that was moving slowly, and there was some emotion in his eyes.

Wan Rourou then urged: "Hurry up, Xia Mo, you haven't said what you want to tell me yet!"

"It's not a complicated story. ”

Xia Mo said lightly.

It was only in 1978 that China made a dispatch plan to send 3,000 people every year for five consecutive years, and put forward the dispatch policy and principle of "selecting college students, graduate students and advanced students to study abroad, and should focus on studying science, engineering, agriculture and medicine". ”

"At that time, those who were able to study abroad were the most elite intellectuals, and they were able to seize this opportunity, whether it was knowledge or connections, they could be greatly improved, so in 1983, even though the old lady was old, she still wanted to go out to study. ”

"At that time, the Wanshi Group was originally small, but in 1988, it was able to seize the opportunity of the Internet era to become a giant in just five years, who do you say contributed the most?"

Without waiting for Wan Rourou to answer, Xia Mo continued: "Of course, it was an old lady who had just returned to China at that time and had a lot of contacts and vision. ”

Hearing this, Wan Rourou nodded again and again, without denying it.

More or less these things, she also heard her father and grandfather talk about them.

It is undeniable that one of the reasons why my grandmother's status is so high is that she personally built the foundation of the Wanshi Group.

"And then?" Wan Rourou looked at Xia Mo with some curiosity, and there was some admiration in her eyes.

But back then, the old lady's grades were not very good, and I don't know how many people wanted to seize this opportunity, and their grades were better than her, so she thought of a way to change her grades with her best friend Zheng Sumei. ”

"At that time, everyone's transcripts were kept in the library of the current Capital University, and if you want to do something, you only need to make a few simple connections, which are recorded in the literature, and I guess she used this technique. ”

Of course, this is all based on Zheng Sumei's willingness and support, and it can be said that the lives of the two people have changed dramatically at that time, one has had a dull life since then, and the other has created a business empire with his own hands. ”

Speaking of this, Xia Mo couldn't help but sigh at the magic of fate.

Who would have thought that a person selling butter fruits on the street would have the opportunity to stand at the pinnacle of the entire Chinese business community.

And this person gave up with his own hands and gave up the opportunity to others.

Wan Rourou was not satisfied, clasped her hands and said, "This is all your guess, why do you say that my grandmother's grades are not good, is this also recorded in the literature?"

"It's all written in your grandmother's diary, go back and take a good look at it yourself. ”

Xia Mo said and walked down the mountain.

Wan Rourou hurriedly chased after her: "Where is the diary? Why don't I remember! Wait! You go slowly! The high heels I am wearing!"

On the top of the drizzly mountain, a well-cared for tombstone stands in it, with a straight waist.

The old lady in the black and white photo is smiling kindly, her eyes are open and bright, and she seems to be looking at the small black cross in front of her, without a trace of regret.

On the empty mountain, there was a faint sound of hearty laughter.

Don't listen to the sound of the forest beating the leaves, why not groan and walk slowly. Bamboo cane shoes are lighter than horses, who is afraid?

A cloud of smoke and rain is Ren Ping's life. The steep spring breeze blows the wine and wakes up, slightly cold, and the mountain is obliquely shining but welcomes.

Looking back at the bleak place, there is no wind and rain and no sunshine.

Xia Mo didn't know why Zheng Sumei gave the opportunity to her grandmother in the first place.

Maybe it's because you don't feel like you're the material?

Or maybe it's because of love that you decide to stay?

Or is it something else?

He didn't know, and he couldn't guess.

However, he thinks that this kind of ordinary life is not bad, at least there are not many troubles, and he can enjoy family fun with his children and grandchildren.

If there is such an opportunity.

One road leads to the peak of glory and loneliness, and the other road leads to dull and happy days.

How to choose?

Xia Mo walked on the road, and he was a little hesitant for a while.

Ding Ding Ding!

The phone rings.

It's Xia Duo's phone.

Looking at the call wallpaper, it was a photo taken by Xia Duo on the Magic Capital Cruise, with her hair fluttering in the wind and a cheerful smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Brother, are you coming back for dinner today? I found a particularly delicious restaurant!"

The corners of Xia Mo's mouth raised slightly: "Okay, my brother will come back soon, I want to see how good this restaurant tastes." ”

"It tastes good!"

"What restaurant?" Wan Rourou suddenly turned her head.

"Wow brother! I heard a woman's voice! Who is it this time!"

"Listen to me!"

On the mountain, the two figures walked farther and farther.

……

Thursday, July 3rd, 2019.

In Xia Xin's store, Xia Mo's face was a little ugly.

"It shouldn't be, it is said that such a big cat, and it is fully vaccinated, how can it be infected with parvovirus?" Xia Xin looked at the test strip in his hand, puzzled.

Since this morning, Xia Mo has felt that something is wrong.

The star, who usually comes over at nine o'clock on time to step on his face, is lying motionless on the windowsill today, and he doesn't bother to look at the dried fish in front of him.

Xia Duo was so worried, fortunately, Xia Mo found an excuse that might be diarrhea and brought Xia Xin here to take a look, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to eat.

"Sanjin, can you still be saved?"

"It's hard to say, parvovirus has a very high fatality rate, and the efficiency of drug treatment is average, and it depends more on how resistant it is. Xia Xin shook his head.

For this kind of thing that purely depends on the will of heaven, Xia Mo can't do anything, so he can only let Xia Xin try to treat it.

At the beginning of this cycle, before the task was accepted, this kind of thing happened, which made Xia Mo feel a little uneasy.

The star was placed in a sterilized cage, his head drooping and languishing, his paws stuck in his paws, and the liquid in his vial dripping down, trying to help it fight death.

"You've been watching all morning, if you're hungry or not, let's go eat first. Xia Xin, who had just finished his work, washed his hands and walked over wiping the droplets.

Xia Mo raised his head and glanced at him, and Xia Xin was suddenly startled.

"Lao Xia, what's the matter with you?"

"What's wrong?" As soon as Xia Mo spoke, he felt that his voice was hoarse, and his voice didn't look like him at all.

Xia Xin hurriedly took out his mobile phone and turned on the selfie camera to point at him.

Xia Mo in the camera actually grew white hair, and the corners of her eyes began to be full of wrinkles.

It had only been half an hour since the last conversation between him and Xia Xin.

In half an hour, he went from being in his prime to being old.

This is...... What's going on?

"Lao Xia, I'll take you to the hospital right away!" Xia Xin said and took out his mobile phone to call a taxi.

Xia Mo stood up and grabbed him, and when he got up, he felt his bones ringing: "Sanjin, don't worry, this matter will be kept secret for me, and I will temporarily borrow it from you for a while today." ”

"No, your change is too weird, you must ......"

"Do you want me to be studied as an alien?"

Xia Mo's words made Xia Xin stunned in place.

The young man suddenly aged within half an hour, no matter how you think about it, it feels too strange, if it is discovered, this news is scheduled to be in the hot search headlines for at least a month.

After hesitating for a while, Xia Xin put down his phone: "Then, what should we do now?"

"I know in my heart, you can go buy me some food first, I'm a little hungry. ”

Watching Xia Xin go out step by step, Xia Mo returned to the chair next to the star and sat down, staring at the ceiling with deep eyes.

Could it be that something is wrong with the game?

He opened the game panel and everything was normal.

"Damn the game, doesn't even have a customer service!"

Xia Mo cursed in a low voice, and suddenly realized something.

Customer!

Right!

That bartender!

Originally, I went to the tavern where I mysteriously disappeared, and the disappearing watch was also given to him by the bartender.

He must know!

Xia Mo looked at the languishing star in front of him, hesitated for a moment, and then pulled out the needle in his hand.

Twenty minutes later, Xia Xin came back with two lunch boxes, looked at the empty treatment room, and stood stupidly in place.

The mountain city is still a bustling and busy city, with countless people coming and going, running between life and survival.

At the beginning of the day, countless bars and cabarets opened, where men and women indulged freely, pouring out all the stress of the day.

An old man carrying a cat cage walks down the famous bar street, his eyes bright but his pace slow.

His eyes kept searching, but he was disappointed.

Not here, not there, not everywhere!

Where the hell did it go?

In Xia Mo's pocket, the mobile phone rang, and he took it out to take a look.

It's a message without a number.

"The whole mountain town has been searched, and there are no new bars recently, and there are no bartenders over 50 years old in any of the bars. ”

After reading the news, Xia Mo skillfully transferred 10,000 yuan to an account, and then fell into disappointment again.

His aging continues, slowly, but every bit of change can be felt.

In order to find the mysterious tavern and bartender, Xia Mo did whatever it took to activate all the connections used in the previous cycle.

But the results were found to be that there was no such person.

Is this providential?

Xia Mo smiled bitterly and looked at the dark sky, and slowly walked home.

Of course, this home is not a new home at the confluence of two rivers, but an old house where he and his sister have lived since childhood.

The first appearance of the tavern was in the alley of the cramped old community.

This is Xia Mo's last glimmer of hope.

Coming to the alley, Xia Mo took a deep breath and walked in, and then completely fell into despair.

No.

Nothing.

Is that the end of it?

Feeling that the aging was getting worse and worse, Xia Mo's breathing began to become rapid, her body suddenly weakened, and she slowly slid down against the wall.

The phone in his pocket kept vibrating, and he didn't know if it was his brother or sister, and he didn't plan to answer it anyway.

His eyes became more and more misty, and the dark world was like a monster with a wide open mouth, trying to engulf every creature full of desire.

"Meow ......"

A subtle sound came from the cage, and Xia Mo turned her head with difficulty.

Xingxing, who had been lying in the cage, actually walked out, and there was a faint light on his body.

The star walked through Xia Mo on its own and walked forward.

Xia Mo used the last bit of strength in his body to stand up and staggered forward with it.

The next moment, his eyes widened.

The dead end just now, at this moment, there is an extra tavern door in the innermost part.

Xingxing walked to the door and shouted, and a familiar figure walked out, it was the bartender, squatting down with a gentle smile, and touching Xingxing's head dotingly: "You are so generous, you have given up your lifespan, you little guy protector." ”

Xia Mo struggled over and grabbed the bartender by the collar.

"Tell me!"

The bartender grabbed Xia Mo's hand unhurriedly, looked him up and down, and then nodded: "The situation is actually not bad, much better than the previous ones." ”

"What the hell is going on, tell me!" Xia Mo repeated again.

A gleam flashed in the bartender's eyes, and then he squeezed Xia Mo's hand away and pulled him in.

Strange things happened, the moment he walked into the tavern, Xia Mo's whole person was full of strength again, and his aging disappeared in an instant.

The bartender stood behind the bar with a star in his arms: "Congratulations on successfully completing the first stage of the game." ”

"Sure enough, it's you!Why did you disappear after that night?!Where the hell is this?!"

"You can call it Heaven, or Hell, or the Eighth Pawnshop Heavenly Dao Library or something, it doesn't matter, it's all one place anyway. ”

The bartender shrugged his shoulders: "As you can see, only the most desperate people can find here, just as you were and you are now." ”

Xia Mo's eyes flashed with shock, and then she gritted her teeth and asked, "Why did my vitality suddenly pass away?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that every day you spend in the game, the time in your body will pass dozens of times more than in the outside world, in short, you feel like you've only lived one day, but your body has passed a month. ”

"You should understand that there is no free lunch in this world. ”

The bartender pinched his hands and calculated: "So you should be ...... by now More than a hundred years old?"

Xia Mo's emotions gradually calmed down, walked to the bar, and stared at the bartender: "Then why, the passing time will all burst out today?"

"Because you completed the first stage of the game ahead of schedule and comprehended the meaning of the bland, there are actually several more realizations, but this one you comprehended is the first time I've seen it. ”

Is it because ......

Xia Mo couldn't help but think of what happened yesterday.

"You're one of the best players I've ever met, and no one has ever been able to comprehend as early as you have before, so there's a bug in the game that doesn't hold back the tide of time. ”

After speaking, the bartender gently let go of Xingxing, and Xingxing actually regained his vitality and jumped into Xia Mo's arms.

"So I had to show up to fix this bug so you can continue the game and start the next phase. ”

Xia Mo raised his hand, and there was another watch on his wrist.

Without hesitation, he took off the watch and slapped it on the table: "What a bullshit game, I won't play it anymore!"

"Are you sure?" said the bartender, with a small smile in his eyes.

"Because of this game, your life can change from a failed loser to a colorful one, and you can pretend to be slapped in the face and spend a lot of money, isn't this the life that everyone yearns for?"

"How many people are struggling to get enough of this opportunity, think about them, think about your previous life, are you willing to give up?"

The bartender's smile was even more pronounced.

"Of course, because of your excellence, I decided to give you more benefits in the next game stage, and ensure that you have all the money, career, and beauties, and the conditions are very good, how about it?"

Xia Mo looked at the watch in front of her and fell into hesitation.

A month later.

Xia Duo stood at the entrance of the airport, and Lin Miaomiao stood on the other side, holding the admission letter from Xia Duo, with a somewhat excited expression.

"Brother, you really don't want to send us over?" Xia Duo looked at Xia Mo reluctantly,

Xia Mo was in high spirits, wearing sunglasses and half-leaning next to the newly bought Lamborghini, smiling and waving her hand: "You have grown up, do you know that you want to learn to live independently?"

"Got it!"

Xia Duo helplessly took Lin Miaomiao's hand and walked towards the airport.

Xia Mo returned to the car, gently touched the star who was snoring on the co-pilot, and smiled helplessly: "Angela's girl still has two hours to go to Rongcheng Airport, we still have to run a little longer, it's hard!"

The star flicked his tail and meowed without his eyes open.

The silver-gray Lamborghini then slowly left, leaving a bunch of envious eyes.

Not far away, on the magazine column of the airport, there is a character interview.

Xia Mo's face is on the cover, and there are many titles below.

[Snooker Nova defeated Teacher Huo, and his real identity turned out to be a big philanthropist!]

[Just registered Douyin and can have more than 100 million fans, how did he do it?]

[A racing driver who was named by the Duke, his talent is amazing]

The wind lifted the last page of the magazine, revealing a conversation between Xia Mo and the reporter.

"I used to think there was pie in the sky, until I picked it up and found the pit under my feet. ”

"Mr. Xia has a very thorough view of life, but if you could do it all over again, would you still pick up this pie?"

"It's hard to say, but let's wait until there's time to restart it. ”

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