Act I: The Beginning of It All
In an unknown col, there is a three-story building built in the 60s of the last century, hidden in the dense mountain forest, and the yellowing creeper almost completely covers the exterior wall of the Soviet-style building, and even the originally small windows are tightly covered by this vegetation, making it difficult to see the inside of the building from the outside.
There is a one-person-high iron guardrail on the periphery of the small building, which has been rusted by the wind and rain for more than half a century, and all kinds of nameless vine plants are entwined on it, and even a few small flowers that are not red or white are scattered on the ground.
The fenced yard is covered with withered yellow weeds, an ancient Beetle car parked in the yard, although the car shape is the appearance of the fifties and sixties of the last century, the paint and plating parts of the body are very well maintained, the whole car looks at least seventy percent new, the front window glass and chrome bumper are even more polished, which shows that the owner of this car cherishes her car.
Suddenly, there was the sound of an old-fashioned telephone ringing from somewhere in the small building, followed by a series of clatters of high heels on the wooden floor, and it seemed that a woman walked quickly towards the telephone, followed by a sparse noise, as if many things had been knocked down by the woman, falling to the ground and falling into a mess, something had been rolling far, far away, and then spinning on the floor, slower and slower but refusing to stop......
On the second floor of the three-story building, Dr. Shi's studio, two rows of bookshelves occupy the two walls of the room, and in addition to the bookshelf full of various books, there are animal and plant specimens, human bones, and some strange ancient cultural relics. These objects of unknown origin and numerous books filled the shelves and continued to occupy the space on the floor, divided into three or four piles and piled up on the floor in an irregular manner, making the originally spacious room seem much narrower.
The two remaining walls in the room were also facing each other, and by the wall in the doorway was a table with five or six blade servers stacked on top of each other, connected by a large mess of cobweb-like wires, a small cathode ray tube display showing an arithmetic window, and the LED indicators of the modem and router hanging on the wall were flashing constantly, and I didn't know what program these blade servers were running.
Next to the cathode ray tube display was the old dial telephone landline that was ringing loud, and it was still screaming wildly, apparently patient.
There was also a large table at the base of the wall facing the door, the mess on the table was beyond the imagination of any cleaner, almost all the items next to each other were unrelated, they were stacked together almost half a meter high without any category, and Dr. Shi, who was sitting at the table and looking at a thick ancient book with a magnifying glass, was almost completely submerged.
"Damn...... It's just that calling at this time is really messing up the old lady......" Doctor Shi angrily dropped the ancient books and magnifying glass in his hand, kicked the wall with his feet under the table, and the seat with rollers slid backwards, she turned around, stretched out her legs and bounced out of the chair, and walked quickly to the position of the telephone, just didn't take a few steps, and didn't know what tripped under her feet, although Dr. Shi was agile and did not trip, but in the stumbling knocked down a pile of debris on the ground, and suddenly the pile of books nearly one person high collapsed, and a wooden box stacked on it fell to the ground and broke the lid, inside large and small beads and metal coins of unknown material rolled around……
Ignoring this, Dr. Shi stabilized his body and walked quickly to the old telephone, because the number of this phone was only known to a very small number of people, and these people were all extremely important people to her.
Grabbing the telephone and putting the receiver to his ear, Dr. Shi asked, "Hey, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, is Dr. Shi there?" On the other side of the line came the voice of a very young girl, her voice was very special, slender, pure, slightly sweet, like a gently plucked string in the quiet room, even as a woman Dr. Shi listened, it was very pleasant to hear, it can be imagined that this girl's voice must be extremely "lethal" for men.
Dr. Shi couldn't help but feel a little strange, judging purely from her voice, she never knew a girl with such a beautiful voice in her impression, this girl was definitely not one of the important contacts who knew her contact information, where did she get her phone number?
"Hello, I'm Dr. Shi. After a moment of hesitation, Dr. Shi confirmed his identity to the other party. "Who are you, what are you looking for me, and where did you get this phone number?"
"Uh...... Doctor Shi, don't you remember me? I'm Cheng Xiaonan!" After confirming Doctor Shi's identity, the girl's voice was a little excited: "I've been looking for you everywhere for so long, but I can't find you anywhere, this phone number is the ...... I got from your friend Mountain Soul"
"Oh...... Soul of the Mountain......" Hearing this unfamiliar screen name, Doctor Shi's heartbeat involuntarily accelerated. Since the return of the dragon's spine in the sea of clouds, the two of them have not been able to meet again since the disbandment of the treasure exploration team, occasionally talking on the phone, and always talking about some topics that don't matter, as if the adventure of two people living and dying together has long been drowned out by the comfortable days of the city, perhaps, he has forgotten what the two people once said at the moment of life and death......
Wait! Cheng Xiaonan! How does this name sound so familiar! Doctor Shi suddenly jumped out of his sweet and bitter thoughts. By the way, I remember! Cheng Xiaonan is not the boy who entrusted me to treat my paralyzed girlfriend!
Cheng Xiaonan, Dr. Shi remembered him, it was a tall and thin, white and clean little boy, the child had a delicate face, a pointed chin, a pair of eyes full of melancholy in the pupils, a messy hair looked a little raunchy but had a unique style, although the body was a little thin and sturdy, standing there like a tall poplar......
Today, this Cheng Xiaonan is a girl's voice, is it the same name and surname?"Cheng Xiaonan? Which Cheng Xiaonan?" Dr. Shi had doubts about the girl's identity; "I do know a person named Cheng Xiaonan, but it was a boy, I don't remember knowing a girl named Cheng Xiaonan......"
"Uh...... Doctor Shi, actually...... Actually, I'm the man you said Cheng Xiaonan!" The girl's voice on the other side of the phone seemed a little anxious. "I have something very important to ask you ......"
Doctor Shi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "I said, you are obviously questioning my IQ! Obviously it is a girl's voice, how can you be a boy, no matter how stupid I am, I will never be unable to figure out how much difference there is between male and female voices, don't tell me that you are a man, but the voice sounds like a girl, even if you use voice changing software, it is impossible to have such a perfect girl's voice!"
On the other side of the phone line, the girl who called herself "Cheng Xiaonan" was silent, and she didn't speak for a long time, and Dr. Shi could only hear the sound of thin breathing coming from the earpiece. After a long time, the girl finally spoke: "Doctor Shi, whether you believe it or not, I am indeed the Cheng Xiaonan who entrusted you at the beginning, maybe my voice has become completely unfamiliar, and you may not even recognize me when we meet, but the fact that I am Cheng Xiaonan is absolutely true! Doctor Shi, do you remember that morning, you and I met in the park, and in the face of your repeated prompts, the decision I made? That decision that cannot be regretted?"
That morning? That ...... A decision that cannot be regretted? Oh yes, I remember......
Dr. Shi held the phone in her hand, and a past that was not too long ago was awakened from her mind.........
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