Chapter Forty-Eight: Where Do I Seem to Have Seen You?
She had a long dream.
Ignorantly, in a red hazy color, someone was calling for her. The voice is familiar and warm.
Gradually, the voice became clearer and clearer.
Mom!
The sound was wafting in her ears, and she wanted to open her eyes and take a look around. But she found that her body was as heavy as a rock, and she couldn't see it. But she knew that it was dark and there was no light.
She listened quietly in the darkness.
Gradually, the mother's voice fell silent. Waiting, waiting. She felt heavy in her head, and the air was like quicksand in a bottle, about to run out. She was about to lose her breath, and she was very sleepy.
Am I sinking? I'm going to die?
She felt her body falling, falling and falling. It was so fast that I could hear the sound of my skin rubbing against the wind. Falling faster and faster, faster and faster.
Just as she was about to fall into the abyss, a hand suddenly grabbed her.
She woke up suddenly.
The sky outside the window is green, and it is about to dawn. The room was still dark, and the floor lamp in the corner contained a small halo of light.
Feeling the temperature from her fingertips, she moved.
Oh, alive!
Instinctively, her fingers flexed, and she struggled to lift her head slightly as she felt the palm of her hand touching each other.
He woke up in an instant, or he hadn't really fallen asleep at all, sitting on the floor beside the bed, opening his eyes to meet the sight of her first looking up.
It's this hand.
Regaining some strength, she squirmed to get up, but she felt a stiffness all over her body, and grunted 'uh'.
"Sleep. Don't speak. Rest well. β
He spoke softly, and she lay down obediently on the pillow, her hand still gently holding her hand, extremely reassuring.
..........
In the early morning after the rain, a thin mist surrounds the trees. Meng Yi took a deep breath of fresh air and was refreshed. It's a pity that there is no breakfast, and I am used to the porridge and side dishes that Sangxia prepares early every day.
After discussing with Fusu, the two decided to take a leave of absence on behalf of Sangxia. After finishing his body, he walked into the living room and picked up a small card on the coffee table, although it was marked with a phone, Meng Yi, who has always been serious about things, decided to go for it himself.
As Fusu said earlier, the flower shop is very close to Runlu, go down to the foot of the mountain, turn the road, and pass through the small alley at the foot of Phoenix Mountain at the slope next to a mountain path.
On the slope, there are about five or six flower shops of average size next to each other. Meng Yi compared the photos printed on the card: the dark green faΓ§ade, the large glass window is purple and red, the flowers are clustered, the wooden door of the same color is quite high, and a crescent-shaped ornament hangs on the top of the edge of the door.
'Hazy Flower Art' silently checked and confirmed the name of the store, Meng Yi walked over and pushed open the dark green wooden door, and the crisp sound of the copper bell hanging inside the door rang.
The interior of the store is very bright and light, and in the corner on the right side of the wall is a lattice cabinet full of colorful ribbons. It is practical and beautiful, and at the same time plays a role as a partition. On the other wall, the ceiling is decorated with several mirrors of different shapes, reflecting the flowers all over the room, like a small sea of flowers.
Behind the lattice cabinet full of ribbons came a woman in a light beige cotton skirt, wearing gloves and holding a bouquet of roses, a dark green hairscarf tied around her head, and a few strands of hair floating haphazardly on her cheeks and neck.
"Hello. The woman put down the roses in her hand, took off her thick cotton gloves, brushed the bangs on her forehead, smiled and said to him, "Do you need anything?" β
Over the course of thousands of years, there have been occasional people who have regained their past lives after reincarnation. As a yin errand, Meng Yi has encountered it. However, he never imagined that one morning, thousands of years later, he would see this face again!
This face that has been found a thousand times in a dream! This face is incomparably warm, soft and bright, like a full moon on a silver plate in the night sky!
And this tranquil and gentle quiet temperament!
Meng Yi froze in place, looking at the gentle-faced flower shop hostess stupidly.
The air was silent, save her smile.
Two deep pear vortices bloomed at the corners of her mouth, and the shallow cinnabar mole was still hidden at the end of her left eyebrow.
Peacefulness!
He remembered that the first time he saw this face, the sky of the Qin Kingdom was snowing.
The snowflake-filled Qin Palace, between black and white, is solemn.
She was smiling as she was now, and he looked at her on the palace wall and smiled. Across the distance, the snowflakes in the sky, looking at each other.
At that time, he was still the young soldier who was fighting outside, and she was the princess of An Ning in the Qin Palace. The distance between them is separated by the palace wall, the corridor of the Qin Palace, and the Qin Emperor in the palace.
The two who were like participating in business met in fate, and they looked at each other in an instant.
Since then, every time he returns to Xianyang to report, he will always stop for a moment as he passes by the palace wall. And she, as if she had known that he was coming, waited on the wall of the palace early.
Looking at each other from afar, season after season, through the four seasons, year after year, until she and Lu that year.
He remembered the last time he had seen this face, and the sun was warm and harsh that day. It burned his eyes and stabbed his heart.
After receiving a letter from Fusu, An Ning was going to get married!
Wearing armor and riding a war horse, he returned to Xianyang with the wind of Mobei. But it's too late!
No, everything is impossible from the beginning. Many years later, it became clear to him that His Majesty would not marry An Ning to him at all.
The Meng family was the most courageous general of the Qin State, a weapon to defend the country's borders and expand its territory, and the princess was the bond used to marry and safeguard the interests between countries in that era.
He, she, are just pawns in that era and in the hands of that person. They are destined to become only tools.
He was covered in dust and hurried in, but he only had time to take one last look at her.
She waited long, long, long.
Waiting quietly, she seemed to know the arrangement of fate before he did, and she was more resilient than him. She just wanted to see him one last time before leaving. She stepped into the carriage in her wedding gown, and turned to look back at him who was in a hurry and covered in dust.
That deep, long-lasting glance was like an eternal imprint on his heart.
She silently said two words to him: live.
An Ning wants him to live!
Before every expedition, he would always come to see her. She also always stood at a distance and said to him: Alive.
As long as we live, maybe we still have a chance.
He nodded, tears welling up in his eyes, unable to control himself any longer. Watching her leave, his heart died little by little.
The guard of honor traveled farther and farther to the beat of the drums, and finally disappeared at the city gates, on the way to the Biansai, and disappeared into his world.
He hasn't seen her since. Her laughter was never heard again, the pear vortex on her lips, and her cinnabar mole were never seen again.
..................
Is that you? my peace??!!!
Looking at the woman in front of him, although she was no longer the young and young she was at that time, how could Meng Yi not recognize it?
It turns out that this is what you look like when you are older. Still, so good-looking!
The shopkeeper looked at the first customer who opened the door in the morning, and the strange man was staring at her with tears in his eyes.
"What's wrong with you, sir? β
When he woke up, he felt that his cheeks were wet and cold, and he reached out to touch it, and Meng Yi was stunned and at a loss.
The shopkeeper handed over a clean tissue, and he timidly took it and wiped his cheeks carelessly.
"What's wrong with you? The woman asked with concern.
"Oh, no, it's fine. I suddenly remembered a person, a long time ago, a... Friend. He was so flustered that he didn't know what to say, "Ah, I'm sorry!"
"Oh, do you need to buy something? Or you can sit down and take a break, that's okay. β
As Sangsha said, this is a kind and gentle woman. She was not in a hurry to sell more flowers and do more business, but began to care about this strange man who was just a passer-by to her.
"Ah, thank you. Meng Yi sat on the chair against the wall, watching her busy figure.
Maybe it was the dizziness of that moment, maybe it was his slightly pale face. She poured him a glass of hot milk and handed it to him, put a piece of candy in his palm, and whispered in a gentle voice, "Eat a piece of candy, low blood sugar will be troublesome." β
He stuffed the sugar into his mouth, and the sweet taste couldn't cover the bitterness and sourness in his heart.
In the end, I didn't live either!
As if sensing his thoughts, she suddenly looked up as she picked up the sheared leaves, smiled at him, and continued to bow her head to clean up.
Drinking the milk in the cup, his eyes looked at her for a moment.
Tranquility, the peace of life in this world, this is the best arrangement.
......... In the end, Meng Yi walked to the door of the small shop with a large bouquet of lilies, was stunned for a moment, and opened the dark green wooden door.
"Sir, please tell Sang Xia and let her rest well, there is no need to worry about the store, her body is important. β
He conveyed that Sangxia was unwell and suddenly fell ill and needed to take a few days off, and then he didn't know why he bought this fragrant bouquet of flowers, and he was still at a loss.
"Good. Meng Yi's throat was a little astringent.
"Ah, yes. She wiped the water droplets from her hands on her apron and sent him out the door with a smile, as if something had suddenly occurred to her.
"Sir, I seem to have seen you somewhere!"
......
He froze and paused. After an eerie silence, he turned to her and said, "No, I... We haven't seen it. β
"Oh. Maybe I'm mistaken. She scratched her forehead, looking a little embarrassed, "Then, you go slowly, goodbye." β
"Goodbye. He looked at her steadily.
Goodbye, Anning. Peace be upon you in this world.
Looking at the figure of the man walking away, the female shopkeeper who was still standing at the door suddenly felt a chill on her face. Reaching out to touch it, I was stunned to find that I actually cried for some reason. Confused!
The strange man had been gone for a while, but she was still standing there and thinking about it, as if she had seen it somewhere, had I forgotten?
.........
Just forget! Don't remember.
I'm not the Meng Yi I used to be, and you're not the peace I used to be. In this life, you must live well, for yourself, and live well.
I lost you in my previous life, and in this life, I just wish you well, and I don't come to disturb you......