Chapter 22: The Firescape
As usual, after Gu Yu tutored a junior high school student, he set foot on the way home, and went to the market to buy the ingredients needed for dinner halfway. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gu Yu's family situation is not too good, and for Gu Yu's problems, her parents really tried their best. In addition to his busy work, he has to bother to find those so-called expert masters, but how can the real masters be easily found? The ones who can be found by ordinary people are just some guys who are swaggering and deceiving under the banner of expert masters, so no matter how hard they try, even if they exhaust all their family savings and have to sell their properties and rent cheap houses to survive, Gu Yu's problem has not improved in the slightest.
Not long after, Gu Yu opened the door with the ingredients. didn't say anything like "Mom, I'm back", because Gu Yu knew that her mother had gone to find those so-called masters again. Gu Yu also persuaded her several times not to waste her efforts, but her mother's answer was the same every time: "This master is different from the last time, I heard that many people have been helped by him, don't worry, there will be no problem this time." However, even if her mother doesn't go to find any masters, she should be doing odd jobs at this time, no matter what, there will only be Gu Yu alone in the family at this time.
Gu Yu, who has long been accustomed to this, naturally does not have any feelings of loneliness and loss, all he can do is to be a tutor to share a little pressure for the family, and make dinner for his parents before they return home.
Gu Yu walked into the kitchen, took out the ingredients, washed them, and then started the tasks that must be done every day. I don't know why, but I always feel that my body is very relaxed today, as if something wrapped around me suddenly unraveled. Gu Yu couldn't help humming softly, and the action of cutting the carrot became brisk. Is it because I saw the ancient style? Gu Yu thought in his heart, how could it be, Gu Yu smiled self-deprecatingly.
When Gu Yu's parents finally returned home, Gu Yu had already prepared a table of meals. However, although there are many dishes, it is just a different combination of ingredients, and the ingredients are still relatively cheap radish and green vegetables and eggs. I have to say that Gu Yu's cooking skills are really good, just a few simple ingredients can be made with color, flavor and flavor. If it were done by Gu Feng, Bacheng would be made into carbon, no, the premise is that he, the guy who hasn't used the pot at home for almost ten years, will make carbon, and it is estimated that he will not even be able to make carbon.
"Xiaoyu, thank you for your hard work."
Gu Yu's father said weakly, exhausted, Gu Yu's mother didn't seem to have any energy.
Gu Yu naturally noticed the tiredness of his parents, although he felt sorry for the two of them, Gu Yu still said with a happy face: "Parents, I met the person who saved me today, maybe he can help us?" ”
"Really? That's really great, isn't it? The child is her father. ”
After Gu Yu's mother heard this, her eyes, which were originally dull due to physical exertion, suddenly brightened.
"yes, yes."
My father agreed, but looked a little absent-minded. They naturally heard Gu Yu say what happened when she disappeared, and they also knew that a young man had saved her, but after all, people were young, and even many high-ranking monks who were over half a hundred years old couldn't solve it, could he really solve it?
"By the way, today I went to the temple again to ask for a talisman, I heard that people say that it is very spiritual, Xiaoyu, you can take it with you first."
Gu Yu's mother suddenly remembered the amulet she had asked for today, and hurriedly turned it out of the satchel she was carrying and handed it to Gu Yu.
"Oh......"
Gu Yu took the so-called very effective talisman with a gentle smile on his face, but a trace of undetectable disgust flashed in his eyes. It's this kind of talisman again, and the previous talismans are simply out of the same mold, and the pattern knows that it is printed at a glance, and it is obviously useless but expensive to death.
Gu Yu's father looked at the talisman on Gu Yu's hand and didn't say anything, but it could be seen that he didn't expect anything from it.
"Light rain...... Distance...... How far is it going? ”
Seemingly afraid of Gu Yu's disgust, Gu Yu's father asked a little hesitantly.
Gu Yu naturally knew that his father was referring to the distance between the female ghost in the dream and himself, and his eyes were a little evasive.
"Also...... There's still a long way to go, so don't worry too much about it just yet. ”
"Oh, that's right."
The emotions in Gu Yu's father's eyes gradually darkened, as a member of the Gu family, he naturally knew that none of the girls in the Gu family could live past the age of nineteen, and Xiaoyu might not have much time left, so he had to find a way quickly.
“……”
Dinner time passed quickly in the family's ensuing silence.
After taking a shower, Gu Yu sat at the desk and looked at the two movie tickets on the table intently.
"What should I do if I go to the movies together, I seem to be looking forward to it, is this a date?"
Gu Yu muttered to herself, her face was quietly dyed with a hint of red, and the little girl's feelings were undoubtedly revealed.
"If only I hadn't had that dream tonight, or tomorrow I would have been ugly with dark circles under my eyes."
Gu Yu thought happily, but he was actually very uneasy in his heart. That nightmare is coming up more and more often, and the situation of being stuck in front of the female ghost last night has never appeared, will there be something wrong tonight?
Thinking like this, Gu Yu's heart became more and more uneasy, and after hesitating for a while, Gu Yu seemed to have made a certain decision. Take out the coffee powder you use to refresh yourself from the drawer, as long as you don't sleep tonight, and ask Gu Feng if he can help tomorrow.
A few minutes later, Gu Yu nodded with satisfaction as she looked at the brewed cups of coffee, and then took out a novel with the theme of time travel that she had always wanted to read, originally she was going to save it for after the college entrance examination in order to avoid distraction, but now she can't think much about it.
But as I said earlier, the world is not good enough for people to come true. If it were normal, a cup of coffee could make Gu Yu, a girl who rarely drinks coffee, feel good for a long time. However, something went wrong tonight, and a few cups of coffee were quickly drunk by Gu Yu. But funny novels and bitter coffee seem to have lost their effect. The sleepiness is getting stronger and stronger, it can't go on like this, something must be done, Gu Yu got up from the chair and was about to make a few more cups of coffee, but at this moment, Gu Yu's consciousness suddenly blurred......
Red, the crimson of the flames of burning fire, filled the field of vision, and it seemed that colors other than red were not allowed in this world.
Gu Yu smiled, it was the first time in all these years that he had made this expression in this place. But at this time, the expression praised by the world carried the bitterness and helplessness of the owner and a trace of relief. Gu Yu knew that he didn't have to run away anymore. The scene in front of her had changed, and the coffins that had been piled up on either side of her were still burning. All the coffins formed a small circle, and they were in the center of the circle, and there was no need to escape, because there was nowhere to escape.
Gu Yu knew that the female ghost in red was behind him. Gu Yu forcibly held back the fear in his heart, turned around, and looked at the charred grimace that had almost touched his face, and his eyes couldn't help but widen. Gu Yu was so scared, so scared that he couldn't suppress the trembling of his body even if he clenched his teeth hard, and he was so scared that even if he clenched his fists desperately, he couldn't slow down the speed of his heartbeat.
However, Gu Yu still held on, not wanting to reveal even a trace of cowardice in front of this female ghost. Whether it was his father's tired voice or his mother's crying red eyes, Gu Yu couldn't bear it anymore. Perhaps, it is the best choice to leave like this, as long as he is gone, his father will not have to run around all day, and his mother will not have to work day and night. As long as that's it, it's enough for them to take it a little easier, even if they leave on their own, right?
The female ghost grinned, revealing an ugly smile that looked hideous and terrifying against the backdrop of her yellowed teeth and carbon-like cheeks, and a red flame ignited from the soles of the female ghost's dangling feet, enveloping the female ghost's entire body in the blink of an eye. The face of the female ghost in the flames was distorted, and Gu Yu couldn't see her expression clearly, but she knew that the female ghost was still smiling. The flames suddenly began to swell, like the greedy blood mouth of an unknown beast, devouring towards Gu Yu.
Just as Gu Yu was about to accept the arrival of death, she suddenly emitted a burst of intense white light, and two rectangular pieces of paper appeared in front of her, and at the same time, a light curtain blocked the flames attacking Gu Yu. After the light curtain blocked the flames, Gu Yu noticed that the two pieces of paper were actually the movie tickets given to her by Gu Feng. Before she could react, the two movie tickets suddenly began to emit a strong white light, blurring the entire world......
Gu Yu woke up from the bed, looked at the sky outside the window, which had begun to turn white, and suddenly felt a feeling of the rest of his life after the catastrophe. For the first time, after that dream, I woke up naturally instead of waking up. I didn't die, I was still alive when I was supposed to die in my dream.
"This dream...... Is it true? ”
Gu Yu got up, still unable to believe that he had been saved, whether last night's dream was an illusion caused by his too much hope to be saved. Flipping over the quilt, two movie tickets that should have been placed in a drawer by themselves were lying quietly beside him.
It's true...... Saved?