Chapter 5 reveals a corner of the mystery

I had never felt that the way back to my hometown was so far away, and the atmosphere along the way seemed very depressing, and no one took the lead in breaking the silence. Gradually, a light rain began to fall outside the sky, although it was only the beginning of September, but there was a slight coldness.

Long Ruiyuan silently looked out of the sky, because of the drizzle, and then looked at the gloomy sky, bursts of sleepiness hit, and Long Ruiyuan's eyelids became heavier and heavier.

"Xiao Yuan, come to grandma, what do you see in grandma's hands?" In the mist, a slightly hunchbacked figure appeared in the haze, and from a distance, it could be seen that it was very dignified and atmospheric.

At this time, this figure was looking at Long Ruiyuan with a smile on his face, and he was still holding Long Ruiyuan's favorite candy when he was a child.

Long Ruiyuan looked at the old man not far away, with gray hair and a little bloated, and involuntarily walked towards the old man in front of him. But for some reason, the figure of the old man in front of him became more and more blurred, and a few steps away, Long Ruiyuan walked for a long time, but still failed to come to his grandmother's side.

Long Ruiyuan was anxious, yelling, becoming more and more panicked in his heart, calling his grandmother loudly, but his grandmother did not respond. I don't know when, there is more and more white fog around me, looking at the white expanse around me, my grandmother has long since disappeared.

Long Ruiyuan tried his best to run out of this white mist, but his legs became heavier and heavier as if they were filled with lead. Long Ruiyuan cried, he squatted on the ground, and there was nothing around him except for the white mist.

Tears had already blurred his eyes, but his parents were not around, and he was lonely and helpless to the extreme. After crying for a long time, Long Ruiyuan found that the white mist around him had long disappeared, and a kind voice sounded in his heart, guiding Long Ruiyuan to run in one direction.

Long Ruiyuan has not admitted defeat since he was a child, and he still remembers that when he used to watch the Olympiad math problems, he thought about it all night and made the questions, and then dragged his heavy body to the bed and fell asleep. So at this time, it is this character that does not admit defeat that supports him to keep running forward. Finally, this tough figure finally came to the side of the silver-haired old man.

"Xiao Yuan, your grandma and I are about to die. Since I was a child, your grandfather and I have watched you grow up, and you always think of you first when there is anything delicious, and you are also very filial to us. There are some things that I must explain to you clearly, your grandfather used to teach you kung fu, as well as the mantras of the exercises, grandma knows that you have never believed it, but there are really many wonderful things in this world. Do you know that your grandfather used to rob tombs, and in the early days of liberation, your grandfather invited friends who had robbed tombs to plan to do a big job, so he went to Henan to find ancient tombs, and then, "I saw the corners of my grandmother's mouth move, but Long Ruiyuan couldn't hear anything."

"Grandma, what's wrong with you, why can't I see you soon?" I saw that the old man in front of Long Ruiyuan still wanted to say something, but the figure gradually became transparent, and disappeared directly in the end.

Long Ruiyuan hurriedly wanted to hug his grandmother, but it was useless, and he saw his hands pass directly through his grandmother's illusory figure. Soon, there was darkness in front of me, dear grandma, and the white fog around me was gone. Only boundless darkness was left around Long Ruiyuan.

Long Ruiyuan grabbed the front of him with his hand, but he couldn't even see the hands in front of him. This fear came directly from his heart, and Long Ruiyuan felt that he was about to collapse. In fact, if you are an ordinary person, it is estimated that it will collapse a long time ago, if a person is in this absolutely dark environment, although there is no direct damage to the body, but the impact on the human soul is very shocking. Without the company of friends, without the greetings of relatives, all you can hear is the sound of your own heartbeat, and there is nothingness all around, which is enough to drive a person crazy.

The fear in Long Ruiyuan's heart was infinitely magnified, as if there were countless invisible tentacles around him.

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"Xiao Yuan, are you having a nightmare? You don't scare mom. After Long Ruiyuan opened his eyes, he saw his mother's anxious eyes looking at him. He also put his left hand on his forehead, and his father also parked the car on the side of the road, turning his head to pay attention to himself, although he didn't say anything, but the worried look also showed that he was also very worried about this matter.

Long Ruiyuan waved his hand and told his parents that he was fine.

"Mom and Dad, don't worry about me so much, I'm sixteen years old, it's just a nightmare." Long Ruiyuan lifted his clothes, only to find that the T-shirt was already soaked. No wonder I just woke up feeling sick. At this time, Long Ruiyuan's mother had already left the car, took out Long Ruiyuan's suitcase from the trunk, and took a piece of clothing from it for Long Ruiyuan to change into.

"Xiao Yuan, I know that you have a good relationship with your grandma, and I also know that you are worried about your grandma, but we also have to pay attention to our own bodies. We'll be at Grandma's house in a few hours, and Grandma doesn't want to see you sick. And your grandma is just not in good shape, so let's not be too pessimistic. Mom touched Long Ruiyuan's head and said to Long Ruiyuan in a serious tone.

Long Ruiyuan just nodded, but in fact, he knew that his grandmother was actually in her eighties, although during the Chinese New Year, he looked at his grandmother's state very well, but after all, who knows what will happen to someone of such an age.

Long Ruiyuan's father saw that his son was in a better state, and said, Then we will continue to set off. Long Ruiyuan nodded, and the car started. Long Ruiyuan looked out the window, at this time the car had already driven out of the city, and now there were basically no people on both sides of the road.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Long Ruiyuan's thoughts gradually recalled the dream he had just made. How could I have such a dream just now, and I don't know if what my grandmother said to me in my dream is true. In Long Ruiyuan's impression, the image of his grandfather stayed in the summer vacation when he had just graduated from elementary school. I still remember when my grandfather died, my grandmother looked a lot older in an instant.

And I cried for a long time, after all, when I was a child, because my parents had to go to work, my grandfather and grandmother always took me. It wasn't until I was in the third grade that my parents had a stable job that I took myself to the newly bought home in Zhonghai City.

So when I was very young, my grandfather told me stories before going to bed and coaxed myself to sleep, I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I think back, it seems that at that time, my grandfather told me the most adventure stories. Although the protagonists of the adventure stories have changed one after another, it feels like the style of doing things, and these stories can't be experienced by my grandfather himself.

And in addition to having respiratory diseases, my grandfather is actually really strong, and he also knows a lot of martial arts. Grandma often lectured her grandfather about this incident, and her grandfather could only smile helplessly, but he often asked himself to practice this and that. After a long time, I got used to it, and my grandmother also knew my grandfather's character, although she still had broken thoughts on her lips, but she never stopped it once.

And there is a big wooden barrel at grandma's house, which was Long Ruiyuan's nightmare when he was a child, because when he was a child, children were active by nature, but every time he stood on the pile, or after practicing, he had to soak in that wooden barrel for an hour, that is, two hours. For Long Ruiyuan when he was a child, this was tantamount to a torment.

But now that I think about it, my physical fitness now far exceeds that of my peers, and there must be a lot of connections with my grandfather's martial arts teaching and medicinal baths when he was a child. Since Long Ruiyuan was taken to the city by his parents, he originally thought that he would never be soaked in a wooden barrel again, because he was happy for a long time. But I didn't expect that as long as I went back to my grandmother's house, I would still be pressed by my grandfather in the wooden barrel at night and obediently bathed.

After thinking about it so much, Long Ruiyuan still decided to ask his mother.

"Mom, what did my grandfather do before, when I was a child, my grandfather often taught me some martial arts and let me take a bath, you don't care?" Long Ruiyuan put his head to his mother's ear.

"Xiao Yuan, your grandfather used to have a lot of strength and help the villagers do heavy work. Why did you suddenly mention your grandfather, did you miss your grandfather? I saw my mother squinting and just turning her head slightly, as if she was remembering something.

"Mom and Dad, are you hiding anything from me, I don't believe that people like my grandfather who know so many martial arts are just what you say." Long Ruiyuan's face was full of disbelief, in his impression, although his grandfather was very easy-going, he would also have a very tough temperament from time to time, and he thought it was his illusion when he was a child, but when he thought of everything today, he felt that his grandfather was not so simple.

Long Ruiyuan's parents looked at each other and chose to remain silent. The father continued to drive, but judging from the movements of his legs shaking from time to time, in fact, his heart was not as calm as it seemed. The mother looked at Long Ruiyuan, the corners of her mouth moved, but she still chose to be silent, and looked ahead, falling into deep thought.

Looking at the expressions of his parents, Long Ruiyuan knew that his grandfather's identity was definitely not simple. After pondering for a while, looking at his parents' slightly heavy expressions, Long Ruiyuan still expressed the confusion in his heart.

"Grandpa, he used to rob tombs, when I watched my grandfather die, although you didn't let me see it, I still secretly watched, and I saw that my grandfather's entire face was covered with purple lines. What did my grandfather do, and why did he do this when he died? ”

At that time, Long Ruiyuan looked at his grandfather's hideous appearance, and had nightmares for many days, but when he thought that it was the person closest to him, he suppressed the fear in his heart, and kept reminding himself, that was his grandfather, how could he be so afraid of his grandfather's death, because of this, Long Ruiyuan also blamed himself for a long time.

When Long Ruiyuan's parents heard this, they were obviously stunned for a while, so that the car almost hit the fence on the side of the road. Long Ruiyuan's father slowed down, parked the car on the side of the road, looked at Long Ruiyuan's mother, paused and said, "Since you know everything, then we can't hide anything from you, if you want to know, your mother will tell you." ”

Long Ruiyuan hurriedly looked at his mother, looking forward to what his mother said next.

"Actually, it's like this, your grandfather ......"