Chapter 43: Testimony (1)
The next day, Ansu did not wake up to the morning bell of Myoboji Temple. When she woke up, Xiang Hui was gone. If it weren't for the fact that there was still his breath in the house, she would have thought that last night was just a dream. How could she believe that she had spent the night snuggling up with the person she had hated for sixteen years, completely defenseless, as relieved as she had curled up beside him and slept on that night sixteen years ago. She couldn't figure out why she was completely defenseless against Xiang Hui. After thinking about it for a long time, the only explanation is that I was too tired.
When she came to her senses, she saw the wooden beads scattered on the floor, and she scrambled to her feet and jumped out of bed to pick them up.
After searching every corner of the room, he finally found the ninety-nine wooden beads, but one of them was broken and could never be restored. An Su looked at the broken wooden bead for a long time, and suddenly she smiled. She immediately understood that the broken wooden beads could not be restored, so they could only be discarded; If you can't change the past, you should let it go. The past is left over from last night, and today is a new beginning.
At this moment, Ansu finally let go of everything in the past. She put on the remaining ninety-eight beads and put them back on her left wrist. The feeling of letting go is a sense of relief, and choosing to forgive makes only love leave in her heart.
Walking out of the living room, I inadvertently saw the half of the rope in the corner of the wall, and looked up to see that the switch on the wall had been replaced with a new rope. He fixed the switch. I pulled it, but the light didn't come on. I remember that the lights in the room suddenly went out last night, and they haven't lit up until now, so it should be a power outage.
On this day, Ansu still kowtowed to the mountain, but did not see the monk.
When she stumbled down the eighty-one steps, she looked up and saw a beautiful woman wearing sunglasses standing in front of her. looked closely, it was actually his friend Xia Bizhu. She was so pleasantly surprised.
An Su stood up and asked in surprise, "Bizhu, why are you here?" β
Xia Bizhu took off her sunglasses and smiled: "I'm waiting for you here!" Surprise, right? β
Ansu nodded: "What a surprise!" β
Xia Bizhu saw her black forehead, and reached out to help her wipe it: "What are you doing here?" β
"Kowtow." She replied simply and neatly.
Xia Bizhu pulled her dusty hand, frowning slightly, "What do you do to learn from others to kowtow?" Come back with me. After saying that, he pulled her down the mountain.
An Su withdrew her hand and looked up at the eighty-one steps, as if she saw the little monk smiling at her there. She smiled. "Others kowtow for pilgrimage, for practice, and I am to ask the Buddha to let me meet him again in the next life." After she finished speaking, she continued to take three steps and knock at a time.
Xia Bizhu looked at her creeping back, her eyes moistened, and she sighed: "How can there be such a stupid person?" β
She did not enter the temple, but waited for Ansu outside the mountain gate. On this day, An Su did not stay in the temple, but went down the mountain early with Xia Bizhu.
As soon as the two of them were about to go down the stairs, they saw Jingwen walking up the stairs.
After Jingwen greeted her, he told her that he had just gone to see off a senior brother who was wandering.
An Su thought of the monk who kowtowed and asked if it was him.
Jingwen said yes, and at the same time told her that the senior brother was a monk who had traveled here, and left the temple today and continued to travel. It reminded her of the pure hall of Yunyou. When will she see her brother again?
Jingwen smiled and said: "We will meet if we are fated!" β
After saying goodbye to him, An Su walked down the steps with Xia Bizhu. Jingwen glanced at Xia Bizhu, who had been staying aside and did not make a sound, and then looked at An Su, thought about it for a while, and then went back to the temple.
Back at home, Xia Bizhu told An Su that she heard He Xiangnuan say that she wanted to stay here, so she came to pick her up and go back to G City. The two talked for a long night, and Ansu finally decided to go back. She also understands that such a passive escapism is ultimately undesirable.
Early the next morning, Ansu went up the mountain to say goodbye to Master, but she did not see Venerable Zhishan because he was in retreat. After going down the mountain, she returned to G City with Xia Bizhu.
On the way back to G City, Xia Bizhu told An Su that she was not very suitable for the management model of the mall, so she resigned. An Su immediately asked her to come to the studio to help half-jokingly and half-seriously, but she didn't expect her to agree in one bite. Ansu is happy so that she doesn't have to spend too much energy on management and can devote all her energy to design.
Xia Bizhu joked: "In this way, I will become your full-time nanny!" β
An Su didn't say anything, just laughed. Finally, she said, "I decided to go to Tibet to collect style. β
Xia Bizhu was silent for a moment and said to her, "Boss, can I report later?" β
"Huh?"
Xia Bizhu said: "Our sisters have known each other for so many years, and they have never traveled together." Take advantage of this time, I will accompany you to the Tibetan area. β
An Su smiled when she heard this, with Bizhu as her attendant, she didn't have to worry about anything, and all the matters of booking tickets and hotels were handed over to her.
After returning home for a long time, Ansu's work has accumulated a lot. She decided to go to the Tibetan area temporarily, she didn't have time to make a strategy, so she asked Sun Jing for help, so that she could list a rough route for her, and Sun Jing readily agreed. She asked Sun Jing again about the news of Jingtang. Sun Jing told her that she had heard that Master Jingtang was in Nanhua Temple by chance, so they tried to try their luck, and they really invited him. Now I don't know where he has gone.
Two days later, Sun Jing sorted out the specific route she had taken to Tibet and gave her in detail. Sun Jing originally flew directly to Lhasa and had severe altitude sickness, so she suggested not to fly directly. Xia Bizhu discussed with An Su and decided to fly to Xining first, and then enter Tibet from there. After booking the air and train tickets, she worked extra shifts for a week, finished the work, and made all the arrangements before leaving.
At noon the day before departure, Ansu listened to a colleague discussing a piece of news while eating. That is, there was a traffic accident in the suburbs yesterday, and the person who was hit was killed on the spot, and the perpetrator fled. The traffic police department is looking for witnesses in order to solve the case as soon as possible. It's not strange to see such a thing, everyone just chats after tea and dinner, and forgets about it.
After the meal, Sun Jing called to ask An Su if the hotel was booked, and she could send her the information about the hotel she was staying in. Ansu told her that the flight ticket and hotel had been arranged by Bizhu, so she didn't have to worry about it. Sun Jing said that it was much better to have a companion, and finally told her the news that her colleague Cao Yushan's fiancΓ© had died in a car accident yesterday. An Su was stunned for a moment, remembering the news that his colleague was talking about during the meal, and for some reason he thought of Tu Yunxi. Whatever is fine, it has nothing to do with her. She shook her head and continued to work.
Xia Bizhu prepared a bunch of things for the two, including essential anti-altitude sickness drugs, as well as a large box of snacks made by herself. Looking at the box of dim sum, Ansu said that it was like going to a spring outing for children in kindergarten. Xia Bizhu also came back with two long skirts of the same style and different colors, saying that she would wear a sister's outfit at that time. Ansu smiled at the pile of things she had prepared, listening to her nagging on the side, and her heart was full of happiness. It feels so good to be taken care of!
As soon as he boarded the train to Lhasa, An Su heard the news from Ge Yuhong. A few days ago, Tu Yunxi died of an overdose of injecting drugs. Within a week, she heard of the death of two people she knew, and although she had hated them for sixteen years, the sudden news of their deaths still made her heart a little uneasy. The saddest thing should be Xiang Hui. They have not been in contact since that night. After facing the death of his friends one after another, he was imprisoned, how much pain he should have endured in his heart. Thinking about it like this, she was a little unbearable. In the past, she cursed them all to hell over and over again, but now she sighed about their end.
Xia Bizhu sighed when she saw An Su and asked her what had happened. An Su told her about the deaths of Peng Dongjun and Tu Yunxi, and Xiang Hui's preparation to turn himself in.
Xia Bizhu listened expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Isn't this what you want?" β
"It used to be." An Su shook his head, "I don't want to, it has nothing to do with us anyway." β
They arrived in Xining at noon, and the train to Lhasa in the evening. Due to the frequent delays of the plane recently, Bizhu took precautions and booked an early flight ticket, so they set off as soon as it was dawn. The plane was indeed delayed, but it did not affect their trip. It's just that the day was tiring enough, so she fell asleep quickly. She had a dream in which a pair of big beautiful eyes appeared, but those eyes were full of hatred. It was a pair of familiar eyes, but she thought about it for a long time, and she couldn't remember who it was. I don't know how long she slept, she opened her eyes half-asleep and saw Xia Bizhu sitting on the sleeper, looking out the window attentively. It's already pitch black outside the window, what's there to see? Ansu didn't have time to think about it and fell asleep again. (To be continued.) )