Chapter 164: Nightmares and Killings (Part II)
Li Ai, who was lying on the silver-white dining table, bit her lower lip tightly, and her long eyelashes were full of wet marks. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info eyes like stars were closed, but they were still in tears in their sleep.
Yes. There are undead, there are demons, naturally there will be netherworlds, there will be yellow springs, and there will also be dead places. And what kind of fate will he have when he appears here, do you need to say? Thinking like this, she felt a little more regretful in her heart. If he hadn't indulged in that kind of emotion, wouldn't he have been able to interpret the answer earlier and save him from such a fate?
She thought silently, but there was a strange brilliance in the depths of her eyes, as if she was about to wake up from this dream. The river of blood, the broken bridge, and the red flowers in the field of vision were all slightly distorted, wanting to return to their original appearance, but in the end they calmed down. It was as if some outside force wanted to perpetuate the dream, to make her see something......
Lethe, Lethe...... As she ran, she lowered her eyes and stared at the river of blood under her feet, and her liver and intestines were broken for a moment. Is the legendary Meng Po soup made from the water of the Lethe River? But how can you forget, how can you forget?
Nai, Nai...... His gaze wandered to the narrow broken bridge at his feet, and his name came to mind. As it is, yin and yang are separated. Even if you don't want to forget, if you lose him, it will be irretrievable......
She tilted her head, trying to dispel the gloom in her mind, and strode closer to him. He kept moving forward, and she chased after him, calling his name and trying to stop.
But no matter how she shouted, his footsteps did not stop, and he kept moving forward, step by step, as if he was about to enter the depths of the Yellow Spring and step into reincarnation...... It wasn't until he left Naihe, walked into the sea of fire-like flowers, and walked in front of the three-colored boulder that he stopped. He tilted his head and stared silently at the three-colored boulder, his empty eyes slowly filled with a certain color, and then slowly became smart.
Li Ai, who was struggling to catch up, didn't notice this, she just stared at his figure getting closer and closer, kept getting closer, closer, and finally reached his side on the other side of the Lethe River, on the other side of this helplessness, and then pounced hard, hugging his back tightly.
"Li Ai?" A familiar voice came from above his head, making Li Ai, who had buried his face in his back, tremble, and raised his head, only to see him turn his head with a stunned face. The stunned moment only existed for a moment, and then it dissipated and turned into a warm smile.
"Zhang Zhou?" Looking at the smile on his face that suddenly melted, Li Ai couldn't help but look away. She remembered the scene where he desperately apologized for concealing it with some selfishness, and compared with what she had done to him, compared with the selfish thoughts and struggles she had born in her heart, she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of herself.
Thinking of the fact that he had avoided her in the past two days, his eyes were even darker. He hates that of himself, too, right? Otherwise, why wouldn't they even want to go to school?
She thought silently, and as soon as the arm around his waist went weak, she was about to let go and withdraw. At this moment, he suddenly reached out and gently rubbed her long hair over her shoulders in a rather awkward posture.
Li Ai's body stiffened, and the arm that he originally wanted to let go also froze, still wrapped around his waist. Although his body gradually softened as he rubbed her hair, the arms around his waist did not let go, and were still tightly wrapped, as if afraid of his sudden departure. As if sensing her uneasiness, Zhang Zhou's palm rubbing her hair became softer.
The two of them stood in this sea of blood-colored flowers, quietly embracing each other, quietly snuggling up to each other, so peaceful, so happy. It's just that such a quiet and peaceful atmosphere will not last long after all, and in the end, it will still be broken.
"Zhang Zhou," she said, holding her pretty face against his back, calling out his name, breaking the silence and peace. His palm gently rubbing her hair paused, and he answered in a low voice, silently waiting for her next words.
"Do you still love me? At...... Knowing the truth...... he lowered his eyes slightly, and unsurprisingly, saw her white knuckles. He was silent, and with his other hand he grasped the two soft wings she had tangled in front of him.
"Of course I love you." He raised his eyes, and the deepest part of his eyes didn't know what kind of color fluctuated, "If I don't love you, how can I care so much about what you say?" He whispered, closing his eyes slightly, hiding the colors that appeared in the depths of his eyes, and then continued to rub her hair.
"The deeper you sink into the filth, the more you yearn for purity; The more you indulge in loneliness, the more you value tenderness. So, I'm going to run away from you, I'm going to want to be separated from you for a while, to calm each other, all because I love you. ”
"But," he said, shaking his palm as he rubbed her hair, felt something soak through the thin white garment he was wearing, and wet his back. "But if that's the case, why are you avoiding me?"
"......" he was silent, then withdrew his palm on top of her head, then parted her arms around his waist. And when she sensed his intention to separate her arms, the arms she was clutching instantly became weak.
She lowered her eyes weakly, and there was a little mist in her eyes. At that moment, he let go of the two hands that were holding her arms, then turned around and hugged her into his arms. When the tip of his nose touched his solid chest, Li Ai hadn't reacted yet. It wasn't until his breathing rang clearly in her ears that she understood. The arm that had fallen to his side was raised again, and it wrapped around his body hard.
"Naturally, I have my own troubles." He whispered in her ear, his eyes deep and helpless. "A lot of things aren't what you think they are...... It's just ......" he whispered, the helplessness in his eyes gradually widening, and turning to the color of pain. Even his voice trembled.
As if sensing something, Li Ai, who was buried in his arms, hugged his waist harder. She pressed her head hard against his chest and asked in a muffled voice, "Just what?" ”
"It's just that it doesn't make sense to say that anymore. This life is over, and I am ...... There is no longer a ...... between me and you," he said, but he couldn't say any more. He lifted his palm and pressed it against the back of her head, the pain in his eyes even more intense.
And his words also made her arm around his waist even harder, as if she wanted to rub him into her body and keep him by her side forever. This made his eyes darken slightly, and he felt a little pity. I can't help but want to speak up, like Moyin Bao'er, I made a promise to her in the next life.
At that moment, his eyes were full of hope, similar to the gaze he had when he asked Li Ai for his homework, but he was describing the future with her existence in his heart. It was as if he was not part of the dream at this time, but that his soul had really come here. The line between dream and reality blurred abruptly......
"Afterlife...... If there is an afterlife......" he muttered in a low voice, lowering his eyes and staring at her in his arms. I wanted to make a promise to her, but was interrupted by a voice coming out of nowhere. "There is no afterlife!"
"There is no afterlife, don't believe it, you see!" Zhang Zhou was stunned for a moment, only to hear the voice full of malice repeating again, making the arm of the person in his arms around his body tighten a little. The small palms were also clenched, and they grabbed the clothes on his body tightly, trying hard, hard to keep him.
He turned his head at the direction of the voice, and looked at the three-colored boulder, his eyes fixed on the color that represented the afterlife, but he saw only chaos, no scene, no picture. He couldn't help but smile, lowered his eyes, looked at her with pity, rubbed the palm on the back of her head, and rubbed her hair again. "Sure enough...... There is no afterlife. ”
"I wanted to give you a promise...... But it turns out that I don't have the ability to make promises, ah......" This sentence seemed to break something, and the whole dream was distorted again. He smiled silently in this distortion, and then in Li Ai's teary eyes, he crumbled into fragments with the wind, and returned to nothingness with the whole world, leaving only a hazy darkness......
Then, the dream woke up......
The figure in the narrow alley, surrounded by countless evil creatures, suddenly stopped moving, turned his blood-red eyes, and looked at a place where his numb heart throbbed. But what was reflected in his gaze was a high wall corroded by sprayed black blood. He was slightly stunned, his numb heart was empty, and he was a little stunned.
In the midst of such emotional fluctuations, he stood in place, and there was a bit of agility in his eyes, as if he wanted to break free from the restraints. But at this moment, the evil creatures surrounding him struck again, leaving huge scars on his body. The intense pain instantly made the blood in his eyes skyrocket, suppressing the few points of agility.
He turned around, spread his black and white wings, and fought again with a long knife swirling black flames. The faint eyes hanging above his head lowered his gaze slightly, and glanced at the puppet on his waist that was gradually dimming the fluorescence, as if a mocking emotion flashed in the depths.
And in the direction he had just looked, in the apartment that had throbbed his heart behind the high wall, the girl lying at the dining table hung in the pocket of her clothes on the chair on which she was sitting, and the same puppet gradually retracted the green fluorescence on its body. When the fluorescence dimmed completely, the girl lying on the table opened her eyes......