Chapter 10: The Old Man and the Girl
The old man, carrying a huge burlap bag on his back, staggered down the deserted streets, stopping in front of the garbage bin. Set the burlap bag aside, and the head and upper body are fully protruding into the bin. He rummaged for a long time, and turned out two water bottles and half a bag of leftovers that had been thrown away.
But how can there be leftovers in a dustbin in a deserted, dilapidated town?
When I got home, it was late at night, and in the courtyard was a dilapidated grass house, and it always felt like a gust of wind could blow it down. As far as the eye can see, the whole town is in ruins, collapsed bricks and tiles, broken earth and stones, but the grass and mud houses in this yard are twisted and crooked.
No one cares, no one knows. No children, no daughters, no support. No one knows when the old man came here and how many years he lived alone.
The old man sat on a small bench and smoked a cigarette silently, and the black cat rubbed his head against his trouser leg. Slowly stretching out his folded palm, the old man stroked the black cat's chin.
"I remember the blind date when I was young, the other party was a very beautiful girl, but she was extremely disgusted with cats. You lay on top of me that night and couldn't push away, as if I was afraid that I would lose you for her. Dumplings, remember what I said to you? ”
The black cat looked up at the old man, his expression was full of pity, it was not the cat named Dumpling that the old man said, but the first thing it opened when it came to this world was the face of the old man who had gone through vicissitudes.
"Life is like a dream, love is only three points. The world is ruthless, but as long as you stutter, you will always be by my side. Unlike humans, greedy, selfish, and endless. Silly dumplings, don't be afraid, I won't lose yours, you will always be my cat. ”
The old man sighed and continued: "I didn't expect that in my lifetime, you changed your coat color and returned to my side. It's a pity that I'm no longer young and can't give you the life I used to have. ”
The old man spread the leftovers he had picked up on the ground, and the black cat barked happily and plunged into it, frantically licking the leftovers in the bag.
"In your previous life, you never ate what humans eat, only cat food or canned cat food, even if the cooked chicken breast is delivered to your mouth, you only eat a little bit depending on your mood." The old man looked at the black cat who seemed to be extremely hungry, and his heart was full of guilt, "Human meals are too greasy, cats shouldn't eat too much salt and oil, I'm sorry dumplings, I'm really sorry......"
"Meow~" The black cat raised its head, and the hair on its neck was sticky with oil stains......
When it first saw the old man, it had the urge to bite off his neck and suck his blood. But before it could do anything, the old man first held its head and kissed it fiercely.
The ghost cat was three years old, and in this way it became a dumpling for reincarnation in the old man's mouth. The longer they get along, the less it can see through the old man's mind. Especially in the middle of the night, when the shabby piano plays a deep melody, the three-year-old seems to have fallen into the depths of the universe.
If it could, it would have stayed with the poor old man, but that day, it found the white saddle. When it discovers that changing the white saddle is not something that happens overnight, it decides to say goodbye to the old man.
However, for more than a month, it has never found a suitable way to say goodbye.
There was no sound of the piano that night, and when the three-year-old entered the house, he saw the old man sitting in a chair, looking at the wedding photo hanging on the wall.
Click......
Click......
Above the photograph hangs an ancient dial, and the second hand moves in a pattern......
Young men and women are smiling happily under the dial, and the old man is looking at them, and they are looking at the old man.
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"So, this is the potential of people, potential, at that moment, in order to protect the beloved, the adrenaline of the body exploded to the extreme, and the whole talent suddenly had superhuman strength and a steely body, this kind of thing is often only in a moment, and then it is impossible to play it." "Dale Carnegie once said that most people have abilities and opportunities that they don't know about, and they have the potential to do things they never dreamed of. So, one's beliefs ......"
"He's really good." Li Muzi swiped up the screen.
"This is the golden bell hood iron cloth shirt, if you want to practice superior martial arts, you must first learn the unity of heaven and man! So what is a day? What is Human? When I was three years old, I ......"
Li Muzi's face was expressionless, and his fingers continued to swipe upward.
"In this world, there are actually many unknown secrets, as early as 30 million years ago......"
Li Muzi turned off the mobile phone and put the screen back in his pocket, "What is this explanation?" Brother Bai, you also saw it, that guy was hit by a bus, the driver was bleeding, and he didn't have anything! ”
The plastic chairs in the corridors of the suburban hospitals were full of students, and parents rushed over one after another, and the media broadcast them faster than the results of the hospital's examinations. The headline on the Bermuda Forum was finally not "One Punch Man Completes Taekwondo Black Belt Master", but was replaced by "Iron Man sacrificed his life to save the beautiful school girl".
"The headlines are finally updated, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing...... "I flipped through my phone and suddenly found something strange, the update time on the Bermuda forum was 11:20 p.m., earlier than any media, I remember that it was about eleven o'clock when I got on the bus, and it took about ten minutes to go, that is, about ten minutes after the incident, Bermuda Toutiao updated the article.
Among these classmates, there must be a reporter from Bermuda Headlines. I glanced at the classmate sitting across from me, and suddenly stopped because of the gaze of one person, and Su Yi was looking at me.
I looked away and quietly took a deep breath, she was so beautiful, frosty.
Time passed minute by minute, the students were taken home by their parents for last night's check-up, the doctor and several nurses also returned upstairs to continue their duties, and finally there were only four people left in the corridor. Li Muzi had already told his family that he would not use it to pick up, and I was waiting for the second uncle here, and the second uncle on the phone was completely unaware of the previous events, but why hasn't the second uncle arrived for so long?
Su Yu sat down, as if her eyes were coming this way, but her expression was a little dull, and she didn't know what she was thinking. I wanted to sit next to her, but on the way to the hospital, she kept showing a special disgust with me, and even helped her into the car and shook off my hand in disgust. Well, I'd better not be bored.
There was another girl, I didn't know her name, the one who told me to go back to eat by the river, and I had asked her what her name was, but I couldn't hear her answer because the bonfire was too chaotic. Even though she was looking away every time I looked at her, I could still see that she was watching me all the time.
After a while, she came over and sat down on my left side, and Li Muzi, who was sitting on the right, looked at her strangely.
"Brother Bai...... I...... Just call me a girl! It's my screen name! ”
I was about to reply, but I saw Su Yu, who was sitting diagonally opposite, suddenly stood up and staggered a few steps to this side, "Bai Saddle, I ......"
I never thought that I could have such a fast skill and reaction, I only felt a scorching heat from the six-pointed star in my chest, and I subconsciously caught the fallen Su Yi and hugged her in my arms.
"I'll call the doctor upstairs!" The girl was the first to run out.
This may be the most intimate contact, but I don't have any thoughts, looking at Su Yu's face, I am worried about her.
"Brother Bai, what is on your sister-in-law's head?"
Hearing Li Muzi say this, I also noticed the abnormality, under a few strands of hair, faintly, there was actually an "S" on Su Yu's forehead that was slightly lighter than the skin color......
"Why hasn't the doctor come yet?" I looked anxiously at the staircase and was about to carry Su Yu over, but was stopped by Li Muzi.
"Brother Bai, try not to let your sister-in-law move too much, you wait here, I'll go to the second floor to have a look."
Looking at the back of Li Muzi running, I only feel that he is a very reassuring friend, the main force of the freshman basketball team, handsome and jealous, if there is no ghost cat, I may not have a chance to be friends with such a person, right?
Li Muzi ran to the staircase and suddenly stopped, he had never believed in ghosts and gods, but he was still startled by the scene in front of him. Between the two stairs on the first and second floors, the girl stood silently, motionless.
"Less...... Girlish? ”
"Well, hello, Li Muzi." The girl replied with a blank face.
Li Muzi felt that the girl was a little strange and asked, "What about the doctor?" ”
The girl was silent, not saying a word.
Li Muzi didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he was just suddenly frightened before, and after confirming that it was a girl, he ran up in a few steps, "I'll go up and take a look." ”
The girl grabbed Li Muzi's wrist and easily pulled him back.
Li Muzi was shocked, he never thought that a girl would have such strength, he wanted to break free, but it was like being fixed by chains, and he couldn't escape.
"Girl, what are you doing here?" Li Muzi looked at her directly, although he was surprised by her strength, Li Muzi was not afraid of her at all.
"Li Muzi, don't meddle with things." The girl said coldly, "Now turn around and go downstairs, and go home and sleep." From now on, stay away from the white saddle, don't ask any questions that shouldn't be asked, and don't care about anything you can't control. ”
Li Muzi's brows gradually sank, he stared at the girl's eyes, and said, "It turns out that you are this kind of person, you like Brother Bai, so you want to harm Su Yu's sister-in-law!" ”
"I like white saddles, but it's not as simple as you think. Don't you wonder where I got all this energy? Think of the man who pushed the bus away with one palm before. Our affairs are not for the people of your world to get involved in. ”
Li Muzi was silent for a long time, and muttered: "No wonder Brother Bai can defeat Li Cheng with one punch, as well as that man and you, it turns out that you ...... It's all about practicing qigong, right? ”
The girl listened and gasped, this Li Muzi is not a fool, right?
"Doctor !!" Li Muzi suddenly roared, the hospital was quiet at night, and the entire upper and lower floors could be heard clearly.
The girl didn't expect Li Muzi to be so bold, listening to the footsteps sounding upstairs, she smiled softly and said, "Li Muzi, don't be complacent, I will definitely kill you." ”
How could Li Muzi be afraid of such a threat? He shook off the girl's hand and glared at her fiercely.