"Buddha, I hope our family can be healthy and safe." He said silently in his heart and bowed down reverently.

The Buddha statue has a kind face, as if a Buddha is smiling and nodding at them.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the man immediately opened his eyes, stood up, and looked around vigilantly.

He pulled the young man, there were two cabinets next to the door, he pulled the young man into a cabinet, and his expression pretended to be relaxed: "You stay here first, your parents won't let you come out, don't come out~"

The boy thought he was going to play a game with him, and nodded.

The man and woman glanced at each other, drew their weapons, and walked out of the temple gate.

After a long time there was no movement, and the sky gradually darkened.

The upper part of the cabinet has a screen, which has not been cleaned for a long time, and it is covered with dust, and I can only barely see the situation outside.

The boy didn't see his parents appear for a long time, he was a little worried, did something happen?

Maybe they don't want me, right? He couldn't help but think about it.

Thinking of this, I couldn't hold back my tears a little, and they fell down with a snap.

He sadly opened the cabinet door and walked outside with his head down.

"Pearl!" The man's clothes were stained with blood, and he looked anxious, "Go back and hide it, we didn't let you come out, don't come!" After saying that, he quickly looked around.

Mingzhu was shocked and recovered, he rubbed his red little eyes and asked, "What about Mom?" Maybe his eyesight was a little blurry from tears, and he didn't see the blood on the man's body.

"Go back!"

The man didn't answer him, and yelled again, startling Mingzhu, and the tears that had just been withdrawn were scared out again.

He didn't dare to disobey his father's words, and returned to the cupboard with a sob.

"Why don't you let me out!" The boy may have been thinking too much, and he was a little tired from thinking, so he fell asleep in the cupboard in a daze.

Suddenly, the boy heard a loud bang, and pulled him out of his dream, and he looked out through the dusty curtain, and could only see a figure in the haze, trying to stand up very the ground, and his hands supported the ground several times, and he fell down again after holding it halfway.

The man seemed to remember something, and he didn't know where he got the strength, so he stood up, and staggered to the cupboard, his fingers shaking, as if it had taken all his strength to open the door of the cupboard.

"Squeak"

The cabinet door was pulled open.

The young man was a little stunned, this person seemed to be his mother.

He was scared and distressed, and his tears couldn't stop flowing: "Mom...... Mom, what's wrong with you! ”

It's his mother, covered in blood, covering his whole face, and blood is flowing from the corners of his mouth and eyes, but his eyes are still gentle, and his eyes are the windows of his soul.

"Pearl." She reached out and stroked Mingzhu's hair.

"Run!" She suddenly became tougher, and she no longer looked like the woman she remembered.

She pulled Mingzhu out, and the young man's arm was a little painful.

"Run!" She carried Mingzhu to the mountain road and dropped him down halfway.

"Keep running, don't look back!" The woman's expression was fierce.

"Mom...... Mom, what's wrong with you? The boy was frightened, and he burst into tears, unwilling to move.

Looking at the appearance of the young man in front of her, it still touched the nature of the woman's heart, she squatted down, hugged the young man, and the hot tears flowed down with blood, and soaked onto the young man's shoulder.

"Run, Pearl. Mom and Dad are going to a far away place and may not be back for a long time. ”

"Don't you want me......"

"Silly boy." The woman felt the breath of war behind her.

"Why don't we want you?" She paused, "I'm really sorry for not fulfilling my parents' duties." ”

"Run, Pearl. Don't look back. We are waiting for you at the finish line! The woman gave the boy a push, stood up and slowly retreated.

"Trust us, Mingzhu, run as fast as you can." She smiled, the blood on her face couldn't hide the beauty of this smile, it was ...... The most beautiful smile in the world.

The boy began to run involuntarily, and just now the woman gave him a star power, forcing him to run forward.

He wanted to turn back, but found that he couldn't do it, his throat seemed to be choked by something, and he couldn't make a sound.

Tears burst the embankment.

The woman watched the boy go from behind, still with such a gentle face, until he was gone, leaving only his scent in place.

She took a deep breath, her expression turned cold again, a hint of determination appeared, she turned around and raised her sword, and walked up step by step.

……

Darkness, endless darkness, only darkness in sight.

The boy didn't know where he was running, he just kept crying, he kept running, and his face hurt a little from tears.

Buddha, you will help me fulfill my wish, right?

The star power conveyed by the woman has gradually been consumed, and the boy is now running on his weak star power.

When the star power was exhausted, he ran on his body, fell down and stood up and continued to run, not caring about the bloody wounds, only thinking about the end point that the woman said.

How he wished it was a dream, that he would wake up after running to the finish line, and that his family was fine, that he was still often chased and beaten by his father, and that his mother was still gentle enough to make breakfast for himself, and that he would never bring up the matter of playing again! O Buddha! Let it be a dream!

The darkness was like a huge spider's web, and he couldn't break free from it.

Where is the light?

Unconsciously, a faint silver light appeared on the tired boy's feet, like a dawn piercing the darkness,

The boy didn't notice that he seemed to have lost his mind, and just walked and ran in confusion.

The silver light grew brighter and brighter, covering the boy's feet.

His footsteps seem to have a special meaning, step by step as if stepping on this darkness, stepping on the real earth.

Authentic? What is real? Is it this dark space, or is it that you are in the real world, just trying to escape from the real and enter into a false fantasy?

The space seemed to be torn apart, and the boy walked and disappeared into the darkness.

Suddenly a voice came out of the darkness: "What? That's impossible! ”

"Don't worry, he's just an inconsequential person, or is it our big deal."

The sound subsided, and there was silence again, only darkness spreading.

……

"Huh? Grandpa, look, there's a guy here! ”

"I don't know whose boy it is, and his legs are full of wounds." An old man looked left and right, "Anyway, let's take him back to help him first, maybe he ran out of play, and it's really fate." ”

……

"Hey, let's get something to eat! You haven't eaten in two days. A young girl took a bowl of rice and said to the boy.

"Gollum." The boy's stomach rattled, but his eyes were blank, as if he were dead.

"Alas~"

The girl sighed and put the rice bowl on the table, she didn't know what to do.

After the boy was rescued two days ago, he didn't say a word, he didn't eat, he was like a dead man.

"Light rain." The old man opened the curtain and walked in, looked at the young man, and said, "Does he still refuse to speak?" ”

"Hmm." The girl named Xiaoyu nodded.

The old man snorted through his nose, a little helpless.

He walked up to the boy, sat down and patted him lightly on the back, and asked softly, "Do you believe in Buddhism?" ”

The young man's voice was hoarse and dry: "I don't believe it." ”

Then he looked up and looked at his surroundings, there was a Buddha statue in the middle of the room, and incense was burning, and a fragrance filled the room.

"Yes, when we rescued you, we saw you fall under Canglan Temple, I thought you believed in Buddhism."

Anger poured out of the young man's heart: "The Buddha is a liar, I don't believe in the Buddha!" ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "How can a Buddha deceive people?" ”

"The Buddha is a liar and will not grant your wishes!"

There were hot tears flowing from the young man's eyes, he had not drunk water, the water in his body had long been exhausted, and these hot tears were faintly red.

The old man could feel the sadness of the young man, and did not speak again for a while, but just patted him on the back and comforted him.

When the boy recovered and stopped crying, he asked softly, "Do you want to go out for a walk with me?" ”

The boy didn't answer, he tried to pull him, and he let the old man lead him.

The old man took him out of the room, which seemed to be wild, but it seemed to have a sense of paradise.

There was a small lake at the door, and the old man took the boy to the lake.

He looked at the lake and whispered, "Since the Age of Fusion, many people have left their religion. ”

"Because faith does not help them out of suffering, they feel that their faith is a liar and a false."

"But I won't." He looked at the boy, "In my opinion, faith is not to help us get out of the sea of suffering, no matter when, we can't put our hope on ethereal faith, we only believe in ourselves." ”

"Then why do you still believe in Buddhism?" The boy asked.

The old man smiled.

"When I was younger, I wasn't a good person, I wasn't a fusion era yet, I was a local bully, I did a lot of bad things, all kinds of evil.

Because of me, my family was shattered, and my parents washed their faces with tears every day. ”

He picked up a small rock and threw a float.

"One day I went to collect money from a family as a thug, but the man ran away, leaving his old mother at home.

We threatened the old mother and told her to call her son back quickly, or else we would destroy her house.

But the old mother just sat on a chair, gently twisted the beads in her hand, and ignored us.

We smashed his house to smithereens, and the old man still didn't move, just closed his eyes and looked peaceful.

I felt very strange, my companions all cursed and left, I did not go, I asked the old mother - are you not afraid?

She spoke kindly, her voice like a warm current, without a trace of anger: 'Is it useful to be afraid? I can't beat you. ’

I don't know why, but I find it particularly funny.

I always like to find that old mother when I have nothing to do, and I think she talks very interestingly.

She said one word to me – cause and effect. ”