"Little brother, the bronze door, I'll guard it." Ten years of waiting, no more', that's what I came to this world for......" she said in words he didn't understand.

He went limp, looked up at her, and watched quietly.

She smiled: "Little brother, don't look at me like this, you can't stop me now...... I, go to the bronze gate to guard, you take care of the dreamer for me, and occasionally I go to see grandpa, it's fine......"

She said a lot, and he listened quietly.

Finally, she smiled lightly: "Little brother, goodbye." ”

She went to the bronze gate for him, and the parting of the beginning of autumn that year, and the waiting for the next ten years, will not exist.

He watched, watching. It wasn't until her figure disappeared into the distance that he took a light breath and smiled slightly in the direction of her empty person. His eyes were quietly bent, his head tilted, and a condensation gleamed between his hair.

You ask him why he doesn't chase, chase?

How to chase?

She was ready to stop him! What else could he do?!

Three years. Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu promised Mengli to help her hide from the old man, and the little brother occasionally disguised himself as Mengli to see the old man, and Wu Xie and the fat man often went to see the old man.

They did a good job, but Old Man Meng knew his own granddaughter best, how could they hide it from him, but he had always cooperated with them.

The old man didn't expect that when he was dying, he would be able to see his beloved granddaughter.

Mengli didn't expect that when she returned from the bronze gate, she saw the last face of the old man.

The old man looked at Mengli, who was standing on the side of the hospital bed, embarrassed, indifferent in his eyes, and speechless, smiled weakly, raised his hand and wanted to touch Mengli's face: "Girl......"

"Di-" The old man's arm hung down, and his eyes were closed forever.

The old man walked away with a smile.

Girl, it's good to be alive......

Girl, don't blame grandpa, grandpa can't hold on, can't watch you get married......

Girl, live well, and stop doing those dangerous things......

Girl,......

"Doctor! Doctor! The dream guy hurriedly called out to the doctor, "Quick! Come on! Fast! ”

“……”

There was a rush outside the ward, and then several doctors and nurses poured into the ward, and Mengli was squeezed aside.

Mengli didn't react, as if her soul had been taken away, but she just looked in the direction of the hospital bed in a trance.

Nan Feng hurriedly came from outside, and looked at Mengli standing in the ward in shock: "Don't be in charge......"

A doctor walked up to them: "Are you a family member of a patient?" ”

"I am!" Mengli's voice was hoarse like a dying old man.

"Let's prepare for the old gentleman......"

Mengli's expression was still a little dazed, until the nurse was about to push the old man's body to the morgue and passed by her, she reached out and clung to the railing of the hospital bed.

"Please mourn!" The nurse was accustomed to seeing life and death, and her voice was flat and comforting. She thought Mengli would let go, but found that the hospital bed was not moving.

"Young master...... Nan Feng's voice was hoarse, and he spoke worriedly.

"Take the old master home!" A tear crossed her cheek.

"Yes!" Nan Feng and the dream guy standing outside the ward replied in unison.

Grandpa, Mengli will take you home......

Grandpa, it's all Mengli's fault, Mengli knows it's wrong......

Grandfather......

Dream House House.

Mengli washed away her filth, put on a black dress, and stood quietly beside the coffin, watching the dream guy plan to arrange the mourning hall, everyone had a sad look on their faces, only she was calm and a little abnormal.

Mengli stroked the coffin and whispered: "Grandpa, Mengli wants to cry, but there are no tears in her eyes, do you say Mengli is unfilial?" The confusion in his eyes was fleeting.

Nan Feng stood outside the hall, looking at Mengli's expression, a little sentimental. "Less in charge," he said.

"Done?" Mengli asked lightly.

"The elders have been notified. The Great Elder asks you to go to the ancestral hall after the funeral. ”

"I see, you go down."

……

Noon.

People who heard the death of the old man came to worship one after another, either true or false......

Mengli was dressed in black, standing quietly beside the coffin, indifferently looking at the people who came to worship.

"Liuli ......" Huo Xiuxiu saw Mengli standing next to the coffin, covered her mouth in shock, and her eyes were instantly moist.

Mengli heard the voice and turned her head to look at her: "Xiuxiu ......" her eyes touched Xie Yuchen beside Huo Xiuxiu, "Lord Hua'er......"

"You ......" Xie Yuchen opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into another sentence, "It's good to come back." ”

Xie Yuchen put his arm around Xiuxiu's shoulders and comforted her, and after worshipping the old man, he wanted to accompany Mengli to send the old man on his last journey, but Mengli refused.

She said, "You've done enough for me......"

Hearing this, Xie Yuchen's eyes were a little moist, they didn't do much well, but the old man was willing to pretend to be stupid, and cooperated with them to play this scene to the end, from beginning to end, only Mengli was kept in the dark.

……

"Girl!"

"Dream Glass!"

“！！！”

Wu Xie and the others received the news of the old man's death and hurried from Hangzhou, but they never expected that Mengli came out of the bronze door.

Mengli turned her gaze to them and nodded at them.

Touching Mengli's indifferent eyes, Wu Xie and the fat man couldn't help but be surprised, that look looked like a person. They couldn't help but look at the little brother behind them.

Yes, that kind of look is very similar to the eyes of the little brother many years ago, and it seems to have seen through the world indifferently.

Wu Xie opened his mouth, not knowing what to say, so he could only spit out the three words "I'm sorry" with difficulty.

"Needless to say, I'm sorry, it's all my own choice," Mengli said, her tone was flat and distressing.

Wu Xie wanted to say something, but the fat man pulled his arm and gestured with his eyes.

Wu Xie immediately understood what he meant—everything would wait until after the funeral.

After they paid homage to the old man, they stood quietly aside, ready to send the old man on his last journey. Whether it is the friendship with Mengli, or the help that the old man has given them in the past few years, it is reasonable that they will also send the old man on this last journey.

According to the custom of the dreamers, the ritual of initiation is carried out at dawn, during which relatives are to stay by the coffin and no one else is allowed to be around.

In the evening, after the fat man answered the phone, there was a little anxiety and uneasiness on his face.

Mengli told him to go and get busy if there was something.

After the fat man left in a hurry, Mengli instructed Nan Feng to arrange a guest room for Wu Xie and the little brother, while he knelt quietly beside the coffin.

"If you have nothing to do, don't go near the mourning hall tonight. Before dawn, I will come and call you. Nan Feng instructed.

Although Wu Xie had doubts, he didn't ask anything: "I know." ”

Late at night.

The cold moon hung high, and there was silence all around.

Mourning Hall. Mengli knelt beside the coffin, her expression indifferent, but her eyes were stained with imperceptible vulnerability.

"Grandpa, in this world, Mengli has no relatives......

"Grandpa, they all say that Mengli is very strong, in fact, Mengli loves to cry the most, when Mom and Dad left, Mengli hid in the room and cried, and then I was afraid that you would worry, Mengli cried in my heart...... Now Mengli can't cry, but her heart hurts......"

"Everyone says that there are gains and losses, gains and losses, and there are gains and losses, but Mengli has never gained anything, and she doesn't want to get anything. But why did you lose your loved ones? ”

"Grandpa......"

Mengli whispered what was in her heart, but no one responded.

Mengli's mood gradually calmed down, stood up, walked to the coffin and knelt down, got up again, and walked to a place where the crystal bell was hung in the mourning hall and stood still.

"Jingle bell—" The bell rang, and the red lips opened lightly, speaking in an incomprehensible language.

Every time she spoke, Mengli plucked the crystal bell, and the sound was crisp and calm.

The sound of this place is particularly abrupt in the quiet of the night.

During the ritual, Mengli's expression was very focused, and she didn't notice the figure flashing in the shadows, and even if she did, she probably wouldn't care.

The day will break.

"It's time to start." Mengli stared at the sky, her tone full of reluctance, helplessness and ...... Dreariness.

After the funeral.

"The ultimate has been destroyed, and from now on, the people of the Nine Gates no longer need to guard the Bronze Gate." Mengli looked at the fallen leaves floating in the water, and her expression was faint.

"Ruined?" The little brother frowned, not seeming to believe it.

"Ruined." Mengli looked directly into the little brother's eyes, and his tone was indifferent, "The bronze door no longer exists." ”

"What is the ultimate dream glass?" Wu Xie wanted to know what the truth he had been searching for all these years was.

"What's there?" Mengli repeated, her eyes turned to the water again, and she was silent for a long time, "I forgot ......" and then as if she was afraid that Wu Xie would ask again, she added, "I only remember that the end was ruined......"

The little brother who was standing beside her and had been watching her, his eyes flashed, he saw the dark light flashing under Mengli's eyes, she was lying! But why did she lie? What really happened to her behind the bronze door?

The air froze for a moment.

"How have you been doing in the past few years?" Mengli's words broke the silence between the three of them.

"It's all good, I'll ......" Before Wu Xie finished speaking, Mengli fell into the arms of the little brother.

"Little brother, why did you knock Mengli unconscious?!"

"She's hurt." The little brother looked at Mengli's frowning brows, and as he spoke, he picked Mengli up horizontally and walked towards the car.

Wu Xie noticed that Meng Li's hands covering her abdomen just now were covered with blood, and hurriedly ran to the driver's seat to be the driver.

hospital

"What?! My sister is hurt! How do you take care of your sister......" The fat man on the other end of the phone scolded and scolded.

Wu Xie listened helplessly, and when the fat man stopped to catch his breath, he only said one sentence and left the fat man speechless.

"It was an injury at the bronze gate, and she hasn't treated the wound since she came out."

Mengli entered the bronze gate, and they couldn't get out of it.

The fat man was silent for a long time and said, "How is that girl now?" ”

"The surgery was a success, and the doctor said that as long as you rest for a few days and let the wound heal, you will be fine. Now Mengli hasn't woken up yet, and the little brother is taking care of her," Wu Xie looked at the situation in the ward through the door and window, hooking his lips.

"By the way, what's going on over there? Why did you go back all of a sudden? ”

"Yuncai had a car accident and is now in the hospital, just woke up." The fat man said with a sigh.

"Are you alright?"

"I had a little injury, and the doctor said it would be fine for a few days."

"What about Aning?" Wu Xie asked.

"Your Aning is raising a baby at home! Nothing happened! Don't worry about it all day. The fat man quipped.

"Special times, special treatment. I'll trouble you to take care of it these days, and remember to call if you have something. ”

"Alright, let's do it first! Remember to let the little brother take a good look at the girl! The fat man raised his eyebrows, "Don't let her run away with others." ”

"......" Wu Xie looked helpless, thinking: The fat man should be a matchmaker.

After complaining and complaining, Wu Xie responded and ended the call.

Ward.

Mengli woke up from her slumber and saw the little brother on the side, but she didn't know what to say, or rather, she had nothing to say to him.

How so?

Or many years later, her impression of the little brother will only be the inky black eyes, hidden in the shadow of the hat, and this, the firm back.

Even his smile is blurred in his memory, and what he gives her the most is the back, the back that people will involuntarily catch up.

She kept chasing and didn't stop.

Expecting that one day, he would stop and look back at her who was chasing him, waiting for her......

She liked him and worshipped him, but she didn't know that the gods were not approachable by mortals like me, and she tried hard, tried to get closer. gave up his youth, family, and family affection for him, but he couldn't get his eyes back.

After a long time, she was also tired and tired, she didn't want to chase anymore, she just wanted to look at the gods from afar, for her, maybe it was the right choice.

What happened, you ask?

Later, ah.

Later, the dreamer was only in the antique business or something, and no one ever had a lama.

Little brother and Mengli.

It's probably the kind of situation where there are more than friends and less lovers.

Later, I heard that the head of the dream family was married to a young man, saying that she was "an old cow eats tender grass".

Only a few of their acquaintances know that it is indeed "old cows eat tender grass", but who is the old cow and who is the tender grass can only be experienced by themselves.