"Dad, I'm back."

Xia Yuan pushed open the gate of his yard, and the whole courtyard was quiet, and when he walked into the house, the furnishings inside were the same as when he left a few days ago, and the dishes that had not had time to be washed because he was in a hurry were still lying quietly in the kitchen bucket, emitting an unpleasant smell.

"Didn't you come back again...... "It's been going for months, hasn't it?"

Xia Yuan's father is an archaeologist, and he is also the only archaeologist in the Xia family, and he is the most proficient person in the Xia family. In the eyes of Grandpa Xia, who has been soaked in the inverted bucket all his life, he is a complete weirdo: "What is the use of reading?" It's not as good as I am. ”

Xia Yuan thought that tomorrow would be the day when housekeeping came, so he simply ignored the mess and walked directly to the bedroom on the second floor.

Man, as soon as he is quiet, he can easily think about many things, and he draws the curtains so tightly that there is not a single light in the whole room. He lay on the bed, recalling that the day before yesterday in the antique shop, it was clear that this was the first time he had seen Xu Yuanyang, but for some reason, there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity, as if he had seen her when and where, but he thought again and again, just by virtue of her outstanding appearance, it should not be the type that will be forgotten when he sees it.

Could it be that Wen Mu's somewhat similar appearance to her makes her feel familiar? But thinking about it carefully, I vaguely feel that it is not this kind of familiarity because of the similar appearance. It was clearly a feeling that seemed to have penetrated into the bones, and there was an unknown fear and awe mixed in this layer of familiarity. Just thinking like this, at that moment, he felt that there were ten thousand small insects crawling in his body.

Xia Yuan shuddered, what kind of strange feeling is this! Always thinking about something that you don't have.

A moment later, he took out a thick album from the drawer next to the bed and spread it out on the bed. The thick and large album was filled with all kinds of photos of different eras, and the photos that were placed in the front were already a little problematic and began to turn yellow. It was still a photo taken by the old man when he was young, and Wen Lan's grandfather took it on the side of various ancient tombs, and there were a few photos of some explorers who were in the same team with them.

I still remember when I was a child, my grandfather said: "Those few who died lightly never came up again after going down." ”

"It's just me and Huazi who have a hard life, we have been to so many places, I have seen so many people who died inside, and we can still live well until now."

Only at this moment, their smiles were forever engraved on the photo, along with the old man.

"Grandpa, what you said is so dangerous, so why are so many people rushing to go?" At that time, the little Xia Yuan didn't understand, his eyes widened with curiosity, and he turned his head to look at Grandpa Xia who was holding him.

"Maybe it's because of people's greed, everyone knows that the treasure under the ground, just bring one or two pieces, it is an endless amount of wealth, they, just hold such a fluke heart, or are forced to be cornered, on the top of the can't go, just want to try to go down, lucky, the baby and people come up together, the rest of the life does not have to worry; If you are unlucky, you will be planted in it, and you will not even have the rest of your life, because there is a successful precedent, and countless people will follow suit. Grandpa Xia happily shook the rocking chair, and his relaxed appearance was as if all this he said had nothing to do with him.

"That grandpa, our family is so rich, so why do you have to fight?"

"This ...... When you become an adult, you must go underground once seems to be the rule set by the ancestors, I remember that it seems that the ancestor said that the children born in the Xia family did not even dare to go to the tomb once, even if they were not a person who could stand up to the sky, over time, the ancestral training also evolved into that there must be a trial when they become adults, and only the children who come back alive are qualified to continue to live. ”

Xiao Xia Yuan was puzzled: "Listening to Grandpa say this, it is clear that there is only one trial, but why did you and Grandpa Wen go to so many places?" ”

"It's probably because I found out the fun in it for the first time, and the life is a little boring, so I made an appointment to go underground to have fun together."

......

Xia Yuan stroked the person in the photo and said with a wry smile: "Old man, you really have a big heart, and you are still looking for fun underground before you die." ”

Eleven years ago, it was also the last time Grandpa Xia and Grandpa Wen fought together.

The morning when Grandpa Xia walked out of the house with his old hiking bag on his back, it was the last time Xia Yuan saw him, and he smiled and waved at his family: "Those guys have found another ancient tomb, I heard that it is the tomb of a great emperor, it is not an ordinary place, you can go back when I go!" ”

After saying that, he got into the van that had been parked outside the yard without looking back.

This time, it was never returned.

Flipping back from the album, there is a young and beautiful woman, with a slight resemblance to Xia Yuan between her eyebrows and eyes. You don't need to look at it to know that the person in the photo is Xia Yuan's mother, and there are photos of her everywhere in the house, which can be said to be Xia Yuan's most familiar stranger. All her time was frozen in her best years.

Twenty-five years ago, a young actress in the entertainment industry was born, she conquered the world with her superb acting skills and stunning appearance, and became popular all over the world overnight, occupying the headlines of major newspapers and magazines.

But five years later, at the peak of her career, she suddenly announced that she had found the love of her life, and she wanted to end her career from this day on, and devote herself to the family wholeheartedly.

After that, she literally disappeared from everyone's sight, and in the years before her death, there was no news about her.

"It's a shame!"

"What a good child, what a pity."

Although it is said that in the current Internet, you can still search for various reports and materials about her more than 20 years ago, and the movies and TV series she starred in have also become classics and various remake materials. But with the development of the times, all kinds of stars are competing for popularity, and she has been dead for many years, but she has gradually faded out of people's memories like this, and only when she suddenly mentions it, people will look at each other and smile: "Oh! You're talking about her! It's really nostalgic. ”

"If she's still alive, she'll be happy now, right?"

But it is precisely because of this that there is the current Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan's eyes were a little blurry when he looked at the photo, he put the album aside and buried himself in the pillow: "Mom, I really want to see you, I really want to be like other children, throw yourself into your arms and be coquettish." ”

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