Chapter 39: The Red Line II
I woke up from a dream with a warm sleep beside me. I pushed her: "It's time to get up, otherwise you won't be able to catch up with the sword meeting." β
The man muttered, "What sword?" β
I sat up in amazement.
It wasn't Wu Zhen who slept next to meβit was Lei Fang.
I was in a trance, speechless.
Lei Fang rubbed her eyes and sat up, she was not as beautiful as Wu Zhen, with a little fleshy baby fat on her cheeks.
I didn't know where I was in this life and where I was.
I've been in my dreams for so long, but
Everything in the dream was too real, no, it was what really happened, buried in the depths of my own memory.
I touched the red thread on my wrist, it was hidden by my sleeve, but I could clearly feel that the red thread was heating slightly.
As soon as I lifted the quilt, I jumped out of bed barefoot.
"It's so early in the morning," Lei Fang sat up lazily, "Where are you going?" β
I stood still, uh, I'm disheveled and disheveled, and I really can't go out.
I didn't have a few change clothes, I wore Lei Fang's. Her clothes don't fit me very well, Lei Fang is taller than me, her shoulders are wider than mine, my sleeves and placket are a little long, and I look in the mirror, no matter how I look at it, it seems to have shrunk a circle.
Actually, I didn't shrink, but my clothes were bigger.
The mirror was polished smooth and bright, and I looked at the man in the mirrorβ
I'm used to another face, Wu Ning's face.
Now when I see the face that belongs to Qi Sheng, I feel a little unfamiliar, and the idea of "who is this person in the mirror" actually popped up in my mind for a while.
There was a thought in my heart that was extremely strong, and I wanted to break free from the shackles and move forward, but I couldn't take a step.
During the meal, Lei Fang cautiously asked, "Mr. Wu...... Can I go back to Leijiazhuang to pack some things? β
Her father looked at her, nodded and said, "Yes, be careful yourself." Go and go back. β
Lei Fang hurriedly responded: "Okay." β
When the rain stopped, the leaves of the mountains seemed to be blown yellow by the autumn wind overnight. The autumn sun is still bright, but it has lost the warmth of summer. The sunlight shone on the ground through the window lattice, casting a dim yellow dappled light and shadow.
Leijiazhuang looks old and sparse in the autumn wind, those pavilions and flourishing flowers and trees have fallen many leaves, and a layer of ground is laid underground, and there is no sound when you step on it, no one takes care of it, and no one cleans it. This huge Leijiazhuang was once so powerful. But in the blink of an eye, it was dilapidated and withered.
I stood in front of the door and looked down, many stone steps, and the stream below the mountain. Rivers, towns, housesβthe world below the mountain is like another world, too far from here.
"What are your plans?"
This is to ask Lei Fang, just. I also asked myself in my heart what I was going to do.
Tracing the past, the past peels off the surface little by little, revealing the original color inside, after a long time, the hue of love is still bright and soft. The crimson of blood is still shocking.
It all started so well.
But then, it will become unrecognizable.
I think occasionally. Perhaps, the past should be let pass.
But every time this thought came to mind, it was suppressed by another, stronger thought.
Who killed me?
There are two things in life that are inevitable.
One is life, the other is death.
Why? Why did you die?
Lei Fang was a little dazed: "I...... I have to go to Grandpa. And my sister ......."
I couldn't bear it, but I still had to say, "Do you know where they are?" β
Lei Fang shook his head.
"You can go back to Sand Lake with me first. It's not too late to plan for the future. If you go to the owner of Lei Zhuang alone, you don't know if you can find it. Secondly...... Leijiazhuang is now full of enemies, and there are so many people who want to make trouble. β
Lei Fang lowered his head and said with some stubbornness: "I want to stay...... This is my home. β
My heart was slightly sour.
I think I can understand Lei Fang's state of mind at this time.
Just like when I saw the ruins of the 100-yuan house, that kind of sadness, abruptness, and helplessness.
"People are home, and where there are people, is home. This place has become a place of right and wrong, and it is really not appropriate to stay for a long time......"
"I know ......"
She understood the reason, but her face showed a deep reluctance.
After a while, she whispered, "Then I'll clean up." β
A place where there is a family is home.
Where is my home?
Is it a hundred-dollar house, or a sand lake?
In fact, as long as it is my father, my master, and Qi Jing and Qi Han, wherever they are, it is my home.
We found a car and set off the next day back to Shahu.
Shigong was still in a daze, sleeping in the car most of the time. The father was silent, and Lei Fang was preoccupied. Yan San'er separated from us after leaving Leijiazhuang, and he wanted to go back to the Wild Goose Tower.
I've almost forgotten that he's still the third master of the Wild Goose Tower.
As he left, he touched my head and said, "If there is anything, remember to send me a letter." As soon as your master improves, don't forget to ask someone to tell me. β
His old-fashioned appearance made me want to tell him: What kind of stinky shelf, I'm older than you-
But I can only think, but I can't say.
Because I'm Qi Sheng now, I'm only a teenager.
That's what it's really like now.
The witch queen is dead.
The vivid people and things I saw in my dreams were just buried memories.
We stopped in a small town to eat, rest. Not far from Leijiazhuang to Shahu, the horse of the jockey is faster, and the carriage is naturally slower.
The person who drove the car was the one I had met with Lei Fang and served by my father's side. He was still dressed in gray, with a cloth wrapped around his head, a hat, and a cloth covering his face. The driver walking outside was afraid that the wind and sand would be too big, and there were some like him, so it didn't look dazzling.
I don't think he could speak, for I never heard him make the slightest sound, not even when he whipped his cart and drove his horse.
This man...... It's like a shadow.
Silent, gloomy and thin.
I told the shopkeeper to bring some more bread and bread to keep for the road, and then I took out the money to pay the bill. My father also wore a hat over his head, and our group sat in the corner of the small shop, which gradually became more and more noisy. Outside the shop, the mules that came from someone and the horse we pulled the cart did not deal with each other, and they did not know whether they were fighting for water or forage, and they were biting and neighing.
When Lei Fang wanted to get up, the gray-clothed man standing beside his father had already walked out, and he didn't see what he was doing, but just raised his hand and touched the horse's head, and the horse quieted down, snorting and snorting, and after a while, obediently lowered his head and ate the grass material.
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Carvin is finally over! I'm feeling it again! (To be continued)