Chapter 10: Eternity and Poetry

"Ding Ding Ding, Ding Ding Ding", at 7:30 in the morning, the mobile phone next to the pillow rang on time.

"Meow... Meow... Meow..."The cat Xiaoqi heard the alarm bell and came to the bedroom door and called me gently. Wednesday, August 16, 2017, fine. I opened my eyes and got up lazily, I was tired, really tired. Outside the window, the morning sun is still orange, the sky is still clear, the clouds are still floating, the pigeons on the roof are still circling the house in the distance, and the wind is still blowing in my hair.

I regretted my actions yesterday, but I quickly realized that I could start all over again now, that the world had been restarted for me, that I hadn't robbed banks or taken hostages, that I hadn't done anything, that black box that wasn't worth mentioning anymore, that everything was starting from scratch, and that I could live a normal life again.

Put on a gray t-shirt and jeans, take care of your hair, feed the cat, and go outside. The aunts in the square downstairs are still dancing in the square, "Time is like a shuttle, and the stars are moving, and the years have witnessed the magic of love... Riding an orange bike to the subway station, I took the newspaper handed to me by my aunt next to the elevator, which read today's headline "Medical Service Level Greatly Improved XXXX", dated August 16, 2017.

"The Perseid meteor shower arrived as scheduled in the early hours of this morning, and many astronomy enthusiasts came to the Fangcun Mountain on the outskirts of the city to watch the meteor shower, so let's enjoy the beautiful meteor shower." The subway was playing the same news. I haven't been to work for a long time, but nothing unusual has happened to others. Now, next to me sat that beautiful and sexy woman, who seemed to be reading WeChat.

"Hey, can you add a WeChat?" I accosted her, only this time it was much easier.

She looked up at my phone, looked at me, and didn't speak.

"What's your name?" I asked her again, and the tone was firm and calm, kind and gentle.

"I won't tell you" she was still reluctant to say, but at least she did.

"Why not? Well, I go to the central square, where do you go? I asked again.

"Your next stop." She continued.

"My name is Liu Yitian, it's a pleasure to meet you." I smiled.

"Oh, hello."

"Did you watch the meteor shower last night?" I asked her.

"Didn't look"

"There's a purple meteor, and it's said that meteor has magical powers." I said jokingly.

"What magic?"

"It gives a person a sense of the future. You see, it's 8:40 a.m., and in half a minute, the subway will arrive at the next station, Tianfanglou Station. Then there will be a girl in a yellow dress who gets into the car next to a fat boy with glasses, who will accidentally step on the girl, and then the boy does not say sorry. I explained to her that she seemed impatient and that no one would believe me.

"You mean..." Before she could finish speaking, the door of the train opened, and a girl in a yellow dress walked in on the opposite side, next to a fat boy with glasses, and then, the fat boy accidentally stepped on the girl, and then the boy didn't say sorry, the girl looked disgusted.

The woman next to me looked a little flustered, "You... Did you watch a meteor shower? She was surprised.

"Although in my experience it is impossible to predict the future, ... But how did you do that just now? "She started to doubt me.

"Haha, that's magic. Now can you tell me what your name is? I laughed.

"I, my name is Chen Xianglian." She was a little embarrassed.

"Xianglian, this name is so good, very classical" is indeed a more classical name, but it is not very consistent with her current temperament, the woman around me is beautiful and sexy and exudes a mature temperament, so that I have always called her a woman.

I took out my phone, "Can I add a WeChat?" Or give me a contact form. I asked her.

"Add WeChat." I scanned her WeChat, her screen name is Qinglian, and her avatar is a beautiful selfie.

"Qinglian, can I ask you to have dinner in the evening?" I tried to date her.

"No, I'll go home for dinner, and my husband will wait for me at home." She looked disgusted.

It turns out that she is already married, no wonder she looks a little mature temperament. I clicked on her Moments, but she didn't open them to me.

Then I got out of the car and I started to observe everyone around me, every thing, every detail, maybe there was an answer in those details, or maybe it was just something that I had ignored before.

I came to the company, breathed a sigh of relief, and after the turbulent bank robbery, I felt the preciousness of this peace, and I just sat quietly and felt the peace that this ordinariness brought me.

"Did you see a meteor shower yesterday?" Xiao Luo brought up this topic again, and I just smiled slightly and didn't say a word.

"Our classmates watched the meteor shower on the roof of the dormitory building together, and we also saw a purple meteor." Xiao Luo said.

"I also saw it yesterday, that purple meteor is very bright, so beautiful" Senior Sister Zhang Han also responded.

"Purple? It's rare. Colleague Zhou Tong was a little surprised.

"What time did you see the purple meteor?" I asked.

"I don't remember the time, it's almost 3 o'clock." Xiao Luo replied.

"Mmmm, almost, it looks like it's 3 o'clock, and I'll go to bed after reading it." Zhang Han also expressed his affirmation.

"We still have a lot of couples making wishes, standing on the roof of the dormitory, hahaha" Xiao Luo said with a smile again.

"My girlfriend and her boyfriend stood on the roof of their respective dorm buildings to watch the meteor shower, and then made a wish together on WeChat." Xiao Luo said.

"Isn't it impossible to make a wish?" Zhou Tong asked.

"I didn't say it, I only allowed typing, not voice, haha" Xiao Luo laughed again.

"I don't make a wish anymore, I used to make a wish when I was studying, hoping that meteors could make love last forever, but in the end I broke up, and now I'm still single." Zhang Han looked playful and helpless, and everyone laughed.

"Maybe, the purple meteor might actually be able to make that moment eternal." I said.

"But I don't know if eternity is really a good thing." I said again.

"Of course eternity is good, but unfortunately there is no eternity in this world." Zhang Han continued my words.

"When you think he's going to be eternal, he'll tell you plainly that you're wrong!" Zhang Han's tone was a little heavy.

"Senior sister, I've made you sad." Xiao Luo amused everyone.

"No, I mean eternity, not sadness." Zhang Han argued.

Maybe she's right, but maybe she's wrong, and I'll probably be eternal, though I don't know if it's a good thing.

"Fei Fei, do you believe in eternity?" I asked Li Feifei, who was doing a test sample.

"Eternity? What is it? "The question seems a bit sudden.

"Whatever it is, eternity, is immutable, there is no death, there is no tomorrow." I explained.

"It's scary." Li Feifei said.

"Terrible? Why? ”

"Isn't it scary that everything is set in stone? I just like to change, otherwise I wouldn't have changed jobs. ”

"But you're not going to get old, you're not going to get fat." I continued.

"It's boring, it's boring to be the same anyway, if you face the same things all day long, and you won't get old, isn't it more uncomfortable than death? It's scary, it's scary. Li Feifei's words seemed to hit my soft spot.

Will I really become eternal, in this cage of time, everything is immutable, there is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow, only I know, eternity becomes a real life sentence.

At night, looking at the three lights in the opposite building without any regularity, I opened WeChat and sent a message to Ami.

Me: "Do you believe in eternity?" ”

Ami: "Why do you ask this question all of a sudden? ”

Me: "It's nothing, it's just that I remembered it all of a sudden." ”

Ami: "It's kind of weird. ”

Me: "No, can you answer me?" ”

Ami: "I believe"

Me: "What can I believe in eternity?" ”

Ami: "Anything can last forever. ”

Me: "Anything can be eternal?" ”

Ami: "Yes, including eternity itself. ”

Me: "I don't understand, don't people die?" ”

Ami: "People die, because death is eternal. ”

Me: "If that man will die, how can he be said to be eternal?" ”

Ami: "To exist is to be eternal. ”

Me: "Exists?" Doesn't a person cease to exist when he dies? ”

Ami: "No, as long as it exists, you can't erase it. ”

Me: "You mean eternal in the river of time?" ”

Ami: "Existence is eternal because of its existence, and in my opinion, existence is eternity. ”

Ami: "Time gives eternity to every being. ”

Me: "You're so optimistic, although I also believe in eternity, but I never thought about what you said about eternity. ”

Me: "Will that time be eternal?" ”

Ami: "Yes, time is the measure of eternity, and without time there is no eternity, and if time is not eternal, then eternity will not be eternal. ”

Me: "You make a lot of sense." ”

Ami: "Haha, of course. ”

Me: "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful. ”

Ami: "Haha, envy. ”

Me: "Haha, you're amazing, what are you doing?" ”

Ami: "I'm reading a book. ”

Me: "What are you reading?" So hard. ”

Ami: "No, I'm reading poetry. ”

Me: "Do you still like poetry?" What kind of poems are you reading? ”

Ami: "You're from afar, I'm going far." A long way to pass through here. There is nothing in the sky, why give me comfort. The flock of birds like black raindrops, flying from dusk into the night, and there is nothing in the night, why do you comfort me? ”

Me: "Whose poem is this?" ”

Ami: "Haizi." ”

Me: "You still read Haizi's poems, you have thoughts." ”

Ami: "Haha, no, I just have nothing to read at night." ”

Me: "What do these verses mean?" ”

Ami: "I don't understand either, maybe I will." ”

Me: "I hope so." ”

Ami: "It's getting late, I'm going to wash up." ”

Me: "Uh-huh, get some rest early, good night." ”

Ami: "Good night, let's talk tomorrow." ”

Unfortunately, I don't have a tomorrow.