"Chapter 31—Inquiry"
"No, this, this can't be!"
Coming to the conclusion just now, I couldn't believe this fact for a while, if the two people on this album are my parents, then the photos on it and the small print next to it are also facts. So the identity of those two people is not human, not human, so what could it be?
Could it be... Ghost!
I couldn't believe that there were ghosts in this world, and whatever I guessed, the worst I had ever planned was that my parents would leave this world when I was young. But it never occurred to me that my parents were not part of this world. But if both of them are ghosts, then how did I get born into this world?
In the midst of this, although a lot of useful information was learned, there were many more questions. These questions are like the unsolved mysteries of the world, although sometimes these things cannot be explained in full by the scientific method.
Just as I was shocked by what was happening in front of me, I suddenly heard a sound of soot from outside the door of my room. I hurriedly closed the photo album, and then subconsciously looked at the wall clock on the wall, according to this time, it should be the time for grandpa to get off work. Since my grandfather didn't tell me about this before, he must have been hiding it from me and didn't want me to know. So at the moment, I quickly put the album back in its place, and now I know the secret in the album, and it doesn't lie in this moment.
Putting the album back in its place, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and returned to my chair with pretended composure, my heart was already beating wildly, and now if there was a testing machine, I would know how much my heart was beating every minute.
"Are you awake?"
Grandpa asked as he opened the door and looked at me in the chair. I nodded slightly to indicate that I had heard. Grandpa's clothes were covered with dust, and he looked very tired, and it seemed that the work on the construction site had made him a little unbearable. I didn't dare to say much, for fear that my grandfather would see what had just happened, so I said hello in a panic and hurried back to my room.
Grandpa closed the door, and because he was facing away from me, he didn't notice my unnatural expression. To be honest, if I hadn't found that album, I would have pinched my grandfather's waist and legs as usual at this time. But now, because of all the doubts in my heart, I don't know if this is the right time.
When I closed the door, I realized that in just a few seconds, my back was soaked with sweat. My eyes were rolling back and forth, wandering around the room like my heart was beating right now. Outside the room, only Grandpa's tired sigh was heard, and then silence resumed as usual.
I lay on the bed as if I was paralyzed, still thinking about everything I had just seen, and the two vague outlines were also imagined by me out of thin air, although the family photo had been torn apart by someone, but the feeling they gave me was still able to make me vaguely guess what they looked like.
After thinking about it for a long time, the curiosity in my heart became heavier and heavier, and now I am very impatient, and I want to rush out of the room and dig out the photo album and ask my grandfather what happened in person. But because of my grandfather's attitude before, I unconsciously hesitated, and in the past, he had been guarding this secret to the death, even if I asked, would he tell me the truth?
"Daddy, Mommy?"
In a trance, I muttered from my mouth that I had been trying to forget this title, and for many years, I had been bothered by the fact that I was an orphan. But luckily, I didn't know anything about them, so from a young age, I gradually accepted this fact by default. But acquiescence is not the same as acceptance, at the same age, when others snuggle up in the arms of their parents and wantonly ask for it, I can only watch stupidly from the sidelines. That envy and jealousy were only hidden in my heart, hidden by my delusional appearance.
Looking down at the carved ornament hanging around my neck, my eyes gradually became solemn. This is probably the only thing my parents left me, and I don't know what it means, but since they left it, it won't be bad for me.
"Xiaoqi, it's time to eat!"
Outside, just as I was troubled by the things on my mind, my grandfather had already made dinner and called me. I got out of bed with some hesitation, and although I was already very hungry, I couldn't get enough of it right now. It's not so much that I don't want to go out, but that I don't know how to deal with my grandfather after I know these things. I put on my slippers, moved little by little to the door of the room, and after making up my mind, I opened the door.
"What's wrong, sick?" At the dinner table, my grandfather looked at me a little sick and casually said with concern. I immediately ate the rice in the bowl, indicating that my current health is very healthy, and when my grandfather was not paying attention, I also secretly glanced at the photo album I put back on the bookshelf. It's still there, and it's good that Grandpa doesn't see it now.
I pulled the food from the bowl and asked, "Grandpa, I'm so old, can you tell me about my parents now?" Sure enough, after hearing this question, Grandpa's movements were also slightly stunned, and then he returned to normal, prevaricating as before: "Didn't you say it all, I don't know the news of your parents very clearly now, and I haven't been in touch for a long time." Maybe it's already in this place now. ”
"Not in this place, or not in this world?"
Listening to my suddenly aggravated tone, the movements in my grandfather's hand also stopped immediately, and there was finally a trace of surprise fluctuation on that pale and plain face. "I really don't know about your parents, so I don't know if it's in this world or not."
Looking at my grandfather's somewhat hesitant expression, I finally confirmed the thoughts in my heart at this time. Grandpa must have known about my parents, but now he thinks I don't know anything, and I'm trying my best to cover it up, but now that I'm an adult, there are some things I should know, especially my background, which is indeed a very important thing for me, I don't know what happened to make my grandfather keep his mouth shut about my parents.
I pushed the rice bowl in front of me away, then looked at the bookshelf on the side and said, "Grandpa, I saw that the house was too messy when you weren't at home just now, so I helped you clean up the house, and I happened to see that there was a lot of dust on the bookshelf, so..."
Listening to my words, grandpa's expression finally became solemn, and his somewhat cloudy eyes also shifted to the bookshelf where I was looking in an instant, and when I found that the position of the album was different from before, the expression on that face also became very solemn, as if the secret I was guarding was snooped on by others.
Not caring about grandpa's expression, I got up and walked to the bookshelf, and then in my grandfather's stunned eyes, I held the album I had just put in my hand and said to my grandfather, who was already stunned: "When I cleaned up the bookshelf, I found a photo album, and I was very interested in the contents of it..."