Text: Episode XXIV

1.

Yang Shanting touched the ground and touched the surroundings again, the coffin was wrapped in a layer of soil, but the space for climbing out of this hole was huge.

It stands to reason that when the coffin was buried, it was impossible not to find the hollows around it, but if it was found that there were hollows all around, who would risk digging a pit here and burying the coffin?

If this is a shovel that falls heavily, won't the land collapse, and even the dead and the living will be buried in the ground? Could it be that someone dug these holes after the coffin was buried?

Yang Shanting had one hundred and twenty questions in his heart. But now that this situation is retreating, it is impossible to climb the hole and return to the ground, and there is only this downward path in front of you.

"I said the fifth, there is a downhill in front, you will climb down slowly, don't worry! Be careful, don't go any further! Yang Shanting instructed.

"Third brother, I know." Tao Shoude answered behind Yang Shanting.

Yang Shanting, who stabilized his mind, stretched out his hand to touch the ground and climbed down cautiously, only to move less than half a meter before his heart was half cold, this downhill is much steeper than he estimated, and now he is basically in a state of not being able to contain his body, and he screams that it is not good to slide down! Grabbed with both hands in front of him to no avail, didn't grab a few orders and felt a pain in the crotch, it turned out that Tao Shoude also slipped down, and grabbed Yang Shanting's life with both hands like him! Yang Shanting hurriedly raised his feet and scolded: "Little calf! Where are you going!? Hurry up and let me go! ”

Tao Shoude was dizzy and couldn't hear it, just choking on a mouthful of dirt.

"Let you go!" Yang Shanting was in pain, his face was hot and painful, his crotch was painful, and he couldn't care about anything else and turned over and clamped Tao Shoude with his legs.

Besides, Tao Shoude only felt that his legs were loose, and then his body that slipped down stopped, and he quickly spit out the soil in his mouth and spread his hand and said, "Third brother? Are you okay? I was wrong! ”

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Tao Shoude reached out to pull Yang Shanting's leg.

"Third brother?" Tao Shoude asked again, but Yang Shanting still didn't move, but his legs moved.

Tao Shoude grabbed it but didn't catch it, but when he reached out and touched Yang Shanting's feet. Tao Shoude thought that the third brother might crawl forward again, and he stopped making a sound, and silently followed Yang Shanting forward.

Yang Shanting didn't make any other sound except for the sound of his body rubbing the ground, Tao Shoude didn't feel anything wrong, he just followed Yang Shanting and crawled forward, until he crawled and crawled his hand and accidentally touched Yang Shanting's foot The heart was shocked! He clearly felt the tiptoes in his hands! Could it be that Yang Shanting is crawling on his back?

"Three, third brother, don't scare me!" Tao Shoude's heart suddenly mentioned his throat, his nose was sore, and his crotch was also a chill.

Yang Shanting still did not answer.

Tao Shoude raised his ears and listened carefully, except for the sound of "rustling" rubbing the ground, there was still no other movement! At this time, Tao Shoude felt a tingling on his scalp, and wondered what kind of scene was it for a person to crawl on his back?

Is this time to climb forward, or backward? Tao Shoude is in a dilemma!

"Third brother?" Tao Shoude shouted again, thinking about Yang Shanting's plain voice and smile, although they have known each other for a short time, they are very cordial, and now this situation must be investigated clearly no matter what.

I don't know if he can find out clearly.

2.

November 21, fine, minus 18 degrees.

11:02。

Cao Chengrui opened his eyes.

He had taken antipyretic medicine and was drowsy.

"Are you going to write it in the style of the Republic of China, or do you want to rob the tomb of a supernatural spirit?" Li Ling walked into the bedroom with a glass of water, the heat was rising, "I can scold the Internet all over the world, saying that this novel can't be chased, the author writes in a mess, and he is purely playing with his writing." ”

"Really?" Cao Chengrui nodded after speaking, and shook his head again.

Li Ling put down the water glass, put her hand on Cao Chengrui's forehead with concern and said, "Why don't you go for an injection?" ”

"It's fine."

"Don't be foolish!" Li Ling tucked the corners of the quilt for him, "I know that Lao Tao is gone, and you feel uncomfortable......"

"I don't know why I'm alive."

"Why? For me! ”

"For You ......"

"Yes, for me." Li Ling stood up and said, "I'll go out, you can take care of it at home, don't go around." ”

Cao Chengrui was home alone, he watched Li Ling go out, leaving him with only a beautiful back. This reminded him of the situation after he was hospitalized after being beaten, and he was also such a beautiful back.

As he recalled, the phone rang.

"Hey, Satsuki." Cao Chengrui cleared his throat and spoke.

"What's going on these days? Call you and don't answer. ”

"I'm sick."

"Seriously?" Yang Xinyue's voice could be heard very nervous, "I want to go and see you." ”

"Me, my girlfriend is at home."

"Ah, yes......"

"Something?" Cao Chengrui sat up straight.

"Well, but you're sick."

"It's okay, you can say it."

"I haven't seen Yaoyao in a few days."

"Did you go somewhere?" Cao Chengrui picked up the water cup on the bedside table and took a sip.

Yang Xinyue was silent, and only after a while did she say, "I know, you can rest well." With that, he hung up the phone.

Cao Chengrui put down the phone, with a sense of déjà vu.

There was a knock on the door.

3.

The midday sun shines through the windows, and the frost on the glass fades away.

When he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a knock on the door, Cao Chengrui opened his eyelids, raised his two hands and rubbed his eyes, snorted, got up from the bed, walked to the door, and asked, "Who?" ”

"Lao Cao, it's me, open the door!"

"Brother Liu?" Cao Chengrui heard a familiar voice, and opened the door as he responded.

The outsider was in his early sevens, wearing a white down jacket with broad shoulders, like the kind of "tiger back bear waist black swarthy and fierce man" mentioned in the commentary, he saw Cao Chengrui open the door and grinned and said: "How is it, is it better?" Your sister-in-law took the child to a relative's house and asked you for a drink. Then he raised the bag of the Asia-Pacific supermarket in his hand.

Cao Chengrui subconsciously took the bag and let the person into the house: "You find a place to sit first." ”

"I also bought a roast chicken from Fu Yixi, as well as chicken shredded rolls and red sausages, you can cut them!" The person who came was not polite, took off his down jacket and walked to the bathroom to wash his hands, and shouted: "I don't know if I have a bad kidney or what's wrong, I'm sweating for a while, and I'm tired." ”

Cao Chengrui was listening in the kitchen, and suddenly he felt dizzy and sweaty.

"How's your novel doing?"

"Still insisting." Cao Chengrui came out of the kitchen and replied.

"Well, what about you! I think you'd better get a job. ”

"Brother Liu?"

"Huh?"

"Liu Yinghong?"

"yes, what's wrong with you?"

"And who am I?"

Liu Yinghong sat on the sand room and crossed Erlang's legs and said, "You are Cao Chengrui." ”

"You're here to find Tao Qiwu, right?" Cao Chengrui was electrocuted and trembled.

"It's either for him, or for you." Liu Yinghong motioned for him to sit down, "I think you should know by now that those chaotic and changing styles are not from your handwriting at all."

Do you remember drinking with me at a restaurant? Remember the conversation with me at the café?

He can resurrect me in the article, resurrect Tao Qiwu, resurrect anyone.

It is also possible to control our past and present lives. ”

Cao Chengrui frowned, playful.

"Resistant, unwilling to accept these." Liu Yinghong got up from the sofa and walked to the computer, "You are creating your creation, but this is not your creation. ”

"But it's all so, so true......"

"Maybe that's his life, he's just writing his life...... People never realize that it is a dream when they dream. Everything in the dream is so real, but when one finds out that it is a dream, it is time to wake up. ”

"But the old Tao ......"

"He doesn't really exist."

"No!" Cao Chengrui was extremely angry, "You are illusory!" You're my fantasy! ”

"You're right to say that." Liu Yinghong turned to look at Cao Chengrui and said slowly: "I was also created by him." ”

Cao Chengrui gritted his teeth and sat down.

"I was created by him...... I was killed by him I don't know how many times......" Liu Yinghong pointed to the computer, "In the story, I am going to die again, I am a grave robber who cannot die well." And I'll kill Tao Qiwu. After that, Liu Yinghong smiled self-deprecatingly, looked around, and his eyes were full of fear: "But in this story, it was Tao Qiwu who killed me." ”

"It can't be."

"Why can't it be? He made himself a god! Far-fetched to apply good and evil to the characters he creates! And you and I are played with by him at will, if he wants you to be a good person, you are a good person, if he wants you to be a wicked person, you are a wicked person! ”

"There are no 100 percent good people, and there are no 100 percent bad people." Cao Chengrui adjusted his breathing, and as his breathing became steady, he noticed that everything in front of him was twisting.

4.

I opened my eyes and had a long dream.

Reaching out to the head of the bed, picking up the glasses and putting them on, I felt as if my neck was being choked by a pair of invisible hands, and I couldn't help but raise my hand and pull the skin in front of my neck.

Pick up your phone and unlock the screen.

December 12, 8:27, minus 22 degrees.

I sat up, and the temperature in the room was not high, compared to the temperature in the bed.

I don't remember the details of the dream, but I know that it was a terrible dream.

Yes, it's a nightmare.

5.

The message prompt pulled Cao Chengrui back to reality from his memories.

He clicked on the message, it was Yang Xinyue:

I'd like to meet with you if it's convenient for you.

The sun is shining outside the window, and the snow on the room is dazzling.

Cao Chengrui pondered for a moment and replied: Okay, where to find you?

"Old place."

6.

It's still the same restaurant, the same location. Cao Chengrui looked at the snow outside the window.

A few minutes later, he saw Yang Xinyue - a white down jacket and a black skirt, black leggings and white boots, wearing a red beanie hat, and long flowing hair.

"It's so cold today."

Yang Xinyue's face was flushed.

He nodded, poured a cup of hot water and placed it in front of her.

"It feels like I haven't seen you in a long time." Yang Xinyue was about to hold the water cup with both hands, but because it was too hot, the rabbit popped away.

Cao Chengrui looked at Yang Xinyue, "Well, I've been feeling it for a long time." ”

Where did all that time go?

7.

The snow danced like catkins in the wind, and some fluttered blink against the glass window and scattered.

I tried to retract my thoughts and calm my mind, but I couldn't. The heart is full of emptiness, and it seems to be pressing against a boulder. This feeling cannot be dissipated for a long time, empty, helpless, and directionless.

Yang Xinyue, who was sitting opposite, looked at me, her lips closed together, but I couldn't hear what she said. She was smiling, frustrated, excited and lost. I frowned and tried to listen, but all I could hear was the whirring of the wind. It's scary. I wanted to speak, but my mouth didn't listen.

My eyes move, my brain thinks, but my body doesn't control it.

Nightmares.

But I'm not afraid.

Everything is so natural.

My behavior is being controlled by others.

And I found that.

I was thrilled by this sudden thought.

It's like finding out in a nightmare that it's all fake!

I remembered what Liu Yinghong said, just now, I also saw him - Liu Yinghong, who was already dead! He's dead in this world, but he's alive in another story!

Maybe he's facing another death.

8.

"It's taken so long for you to finally figure it out."

Cao Chengrui followed the sound and looked at Liu Yinghong, who was sitting next to Yang Xinyue, looking at him with a smile.

Yang Xinyue didn't seem to see Liu Yinghong, she was still talking to herself, her mouth was moving but there was no sound.

Liu Yinghong picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip, "It's time for you to wake up." ”

"Now these ......," Cao Chengrui's eyes looked from left to right, "these are all things he created in this story, right?" After that, he looked at Yang Xinyue again and continued: "Including her, it only exists in this story?" ”

"Maybe she also exists in other stories, changing her name, changing her identity, changing her personality, and changing her appearance." Liu Yinghong put down the water glass, stretched out his right hand and shook it lightly in front of Cao Chengrui's eyes, Cao Chengrui felt that his body was shocked, and his hands and feet could move.

9.

I raised my hands and looked at them, and they really belonged to me, but they didn't necessarily belong to me.

"You were a tomb robber in the last story?" I clenched my fists vigorously to confirm that these hands belonged to me, "I remember that Tao Qiwu wrote a short story about tomb robberies and bandits in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. ”

Liu Yinghong nodded and said, "That's right, I'm a tomb robber, in another world." ”

"Interesting, you are in the world created by Tao Qiwu......" I didn't finish my sentence before I was interrupted by Liu Yinghong, "Tao Qiwu itself was also created. ”

"It's really making me dizzy." I smiled self-deprecatingly: "We have to have everything created...... Our families, our loved ones, our experiences, our sufferings, our sins are all created. ”

Liu Yinghong was stunned and muttered: "I have a wife and children, and when I found out that all this was fake, I tried to remind them of their mothers." ”

I remembered what Liu Yinghong's daughter-in-law said when I went to Liu Yinghong's house with Tao Qiwu a few months ago.

A few months ago?

It's ridiculous, what's the point of all this time? It's just set up to advance the plot.

Liu Yinghong saw that I was chilled and coughed lightly, "Do you know why you are different from Tao Qiwu?" ”

I shook my head.

"Because he has integrated his life into your life." He thought for a moment and then said: "You and Tao Qiwu are his incarnations, you are him, he is them, and then ......"

"And then?"

And then he discovered it, and he incorporated his thoughts and experiences into you! He felt that this was inappropriate, he was afraid that more people would know that he was unsatisfactory, he was afraid of being ridiculed, insulted, and spurned...... Because he can't accomplish anything either!

He imagined that he was a best-selling author, but in reality, or in his world, he was not; He fantasizes that he is not bad for money, but in his world he is anxious because of a dollar; He often thinks that he can have a perfect love, but in fact he has never even touched a woman's hand!

It's ridiculous, he's scared, he feels pathetic, he's going to kill you in this story, kill you - Cao Chengrui, kill him - Tao Qiwu! ”

"Wait a minute......" I suddenly realized something, raised my eyes to Liu Yinghong and asked, "How do you know all this?" ”

"Maybe I didn't know, right? But in his countless thoughts and stories, I live, I die, I am a good person, I am a bad person...... And this time I have a home, a wife, and a child, he asked me to work hard to support the family, and my wife and children are hot on the kang, and I can't let go of this life. Liu Yinghong lowered his head, "But he took this away again...... I'm Tao Yinghong? Liu Yinghong? Tao Yinghong? Zhao Yinghong? Cao Yinghong? Zhang Yinghong? As he spoke, he sneered, "Huh...... Who am I? ”

"Who are you?"

10.

I think I know it all.

"It's kind of interesting." I pulled my neck with my hand and looked at Yang Xinyue—her mouth moved, and finally she made a sound: "8,2,5,4,8,7,4,4,4,6,4......"

Liu Yinghong lowered his head and smiled like a madman.

"I'm you." I looked up out the window and there were snowflakes.

"That's right, I'm you." I pointed to the sky outside the window.

The snow drifted slower and slower, and finally came to a standstill.

Yang Xinyue opened her mouth and stared at me blankly.

Liu Yinghong stopped laughing and raised his head, "It's your turn, the next person to be written to death is you!" It's time for the story to end. ”

"The story is just beginning."

"Let's go."

Text: Episode 24 -End-