Chapter 49: Grandpa Dies
The moonlight sprinkled on the tree-lined paths of the school, and now it was close to curfew time, and there were very few students on campus, and when they came out of the bathroom, they only met two young couples who were in the moonlight.
"Are you all so bold now?" I was walking side by side with Wang Meng on the road, and I was staring intently at my shadow on the ground, when I suddenly heard Wang Meng say this.
"Huh, what?" Seeing that I was in a daze, Wang Meng looked in the direction where the little couple was.
That's when I reacted: "Well, no, it's just an individual." “
I answered cautiously, for fear that Wang Meng would misunderstand that I was also such a girl.
When Wang Meng heard my words, he just chuckled lightly and didn't say anything more.
I looked at Wang Meng's smile, still with the knife-like hard facial features, narrow peach blossom eyes, and his eyes were as intoxicating as the stars and the sea, his face, damn good-looking, almost made me crazy.
"Wang Meng, do you really dislike me?" I looked at his ghostly opening, and when I reacted, I began to regret that I had been poured cold water by him so many times, and I still asked people this question with a dead face.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but lower my head, for fear that he would see the embarrassment on my face, but I was very much expecting him to give me an answer.
"No, how many times have I told you, it's impossible for the two of us, and I won't like you either. Wang Meng's voice faintly came to my ears.
Expected answer, I sighed and smiled bitterly, I already knew the result, why do I have to test people like moths to fire again and again.
I tried to calm my mind, and when I looked up, I was already in the bedroom, and for the first time I felt that the road from the bathroom to the bedroom was so long.
I rushed into the door at the last second when the dormitory manager locked the door, and I didn't look at Wang Meng behind me, I only knew that he stopped in place and watched me enter.
I think he must have laughed at me in his heart at this time for being stupid, after all, in their time, there must have been no girl who took the initiative like me......
The next few days were normal class times, and on the last day of September, I finished my last class and returned to my dormitory in the joy of the teacher's announcement of the National Day holiday.
When I returned to the dormitory, I began to pack my things, what cups, toiletries, and creams were all put in, and this time I didn't know if I would stay in Jiangcheng for a few days, or bring a few more sets of clothes for insurance.
I was humming a song as I cleaned up my things, when suddenly, there was a rush from my phone on the bed.
I picked it up and looked, it was my father calling, I was very puzzled, he rarely called me, but there must be something on the phone, thinking of this, I couldn't care much, and hurriedly pressed the answer button.
"Hey, Jiang Xin, come back quickly, your grandfather is dying. Dad's voice came from the phone quickly, and before I could react, there was a beep hanging up on the phone.
When I heard my father's words, I immediately froze in place, and even forgot to put away the things in my hand.
I suddenly remembered that my grandfather was still in good spirits before he left home during the summer vacation, how could this old man who had been with me for almost 20 years not be able to do it.
A sour expression suddenly surged in my heart, and I couldn't help but think of my grandfather growing up when I was a child, and the bits and pieces of our life together.
It took me a while to come back to my senses and realize that my face was cold, and tears had soaked my chest at some point.
I wiped away my tears and quickened the process of tidying up, but instead of a trace of joy in my heart, I was filled with a sour and heavy emotion.
Because my home is far away from the school, I need to take the bus for a long time. After changing cars a few times, I finally returned to the familiar gate of the small courtyard.
At this moment, the courtyard door was closed, and the whole house seemed quiet, and I stood at the door for a long time, but I didn't have the courage to knock on the door.
Subconsciously, my grandfather gave me the impression that although he was sick all year round, it did not hinder his life, and this time, I stood at the door for a long time and did not want to open the door, because I was afraid to open the door and see my grandfather when he was dying.
The imminent death of a loved one is such a difficult and sad thing for everyone!
After standing for about ten minutes, I still fumbled for the key from my bag and opened the door tremblingly.
When I walked into the inner hall, I saw my father sitting on the bed, and when he saw me coming in, he raised his head, his sallow face and heavy dark circles under his eyes, obviously he hadn't rested well in the past few days.
But at the moment I didn't bother to look at him, and as soon as I entered the door, I went straight to my grandfather's bed.
At this moment, the grandfather is already skinny, his whole face is showing a decayed gray, and the parts of the person are flat, without a trace of ravines, which is the mental state of the imminent death.
Hearing the movement, Grandpa's closed eyes opened with difficulty: "Is it Xiaoxin?" As he spoke, Grandpa's thin left hand wanted to hold me.
My nose was sore, I couldn't hold back my tears anymore, and hurriedly held my grandfather's hand: "Grandpa, Xiaoxin is back, it's me." ”
I cried while looking at my grandfather's face, and I still couldn't believe that the old man in front of me was my grandfather.
"You go out, I'll talk to Xiao Xin. Grandpa said to Dad.
Dad took one look at me and went out with the door.
"Xiaoxin, grandpa can't do it, the road in the future, you need to go by yourself, you are different from your father, you are a good child, grandpa gave you the secret technique of Maoshan, you must practice it well, grandpa hopes that you can learn him well and recover our Jiang family." Grandpa almost used all his strength to say this sentence with difficulty.
"Grandpa, don't talk nonsense, you'll be fine, you won't die. I shook my head and wept profusely.
"Silly boy, everyone has this day, grandpa has a good granddaughter like you in this life, there are no regrets, grandpa's biggest regret is that he didn't see you start a family, grandpa is not there in the future, you have to take good care of yourself." ”
Grandpa struggled to reach out of my hand and touched my hair.
I was so sad that I couldn't speak at the moment, but I just nodded again and again: "Grandpa, don't worry, you won't die, I will be obedient, you have to get better." ”
Grandpa looked at me and smiled kindly, and soon, his hand hung limply from my head, and the smile on the corner of his mouth froze.
As I watched this scene, a buzz in my mind made me feel like I had lost consciousness: "Grandpa?" I kept calling for grandpa. Suddenly, I noticed an extra white light in the room.
I looked up, and my grandfather's face slowly appeared in the white light, it was my grandfather's soul, and my grandfather looked at me and smiled kindly at me, still like that. But soon, the white light faded away.
Seeing this scene, finally, I couldn't bear it anymore and cried out loud.
Hearing this, Dad pushed the door and entered the room, looked at my appearance, and understood, quietly wiping his tears while tidying up Grandpa's body.
I stood dumbfounded, watching my dad wash his face, shave his beard and hair, trim his nails, and put on his shroud.
After doing all this, my father knelt down in front of the bed, and when I saw this, I also knelt down, and at this moment our father and I cried tacitly, wantonly swaying the sadness in our hearts.
Because I had to deal with my grandfather's funeral, I went to bed early in the evening, and my grandfather's body was parked in the hall next door, and I slept in the next room, but I couldn't sleep at all. Although my grandfather had turned into a cold corpse at this time, I didn't feel scared at the moment, because he was my dear grandfather.
At this moment, my heart is still like a movie replaying the clips of getting along with my grandfather when I was a child, in my memory, my grandfather is such a kind person, I have been very well-behaved since I was a child, so I was almost never murdered by my grandfather, but my father was often scolded because he often let him worry.
Therefore, since I was a child, I have been a good baby in the palm of my grandfather's hand. From the time my grandfather was cured by Wang Meng to the present, but only a few months later, I still can't believe the fact that my grandfather has left.
However, at this moment, my grandfather's body is next door, but I can't help but believe it, so when I think of this, my heart is filled with sadness, my nose is blocked, and tears keep falling unconsciously.
There were a lot of crickets on a midsummer night, and I listened to the noisy insect calls and watched the moonlight outside the window spill in through the cracks, and finally fell asleep in a daze.
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At night, I had a very long dream, and my grandfather dragged it out for me, and he still looked so kind.
"Xiaoxin, why do you have a dark mark on your body?" Grandpa looked at me with a worried expression.
"Grandpa, this mark on my body is a curse, because I summoned Wang Meng out at the beginning, so this curse will follow me, but if I go out with Wang Meng to practice, the mark will slowly fade, and the color of the curse will become lighter. “
I knew I couldn't hide the curse, so I told my grandfather about it.
"Hey, you can't escape from what you should have come, it's all fate. The worry on Grandpa's face grew stronger, and he sighed and said to me.
"Is there anything unusual about Wang Meng getting along with you recently?" Grandpa suddenly changed the conversation and asked me about it.
I looked confused at this time, but I still answered my grandfather honestly: "It's not strange, it's just that he seems to have a lot of things like him recently, and he is always elusive, and when he asks him where he went, he ignores it and says that he has his own things to be busy with, he is a ghost, I really don't know what he has to be busy with." ”
I replied as I unconsciously complained.
"When I saw Wang Meng this time, I found that his anger has become heavier, has something happened to you recently?" Grandpa then asked.
"Angry, what kind of anger? Wang Meng has been dead for thousands of years, what kind of anger can there be, grandpa, are you mistaken?" I heard my grandfather's words, and I looked puzzled.
"Xiao Xin, things are not as simple as you think, Wang Meng, this person, the strange appearance, coming to you, is doomed, anyway, no matter what, when you get along with him in the future, you have to be careful, you know?" Grandpa looked at me with a worried face, and his tone was undisguised worry and concern.
"Don't worry, grandpa, I'm so old, I know what to expect. I replied obediently to my grandfather's words, and my grandfather smiled comfortably.