Chapter 1: The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop

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December 24, 8:35 a.m. on Christmas Eve, Shenyang, Liaoning.

The mother's memorial service has finally come to an end, and tomorrow morning, the mother's body will be sent to the crematorium for cremation. I have an indescribable feeling in my heart, Gao Peng and Liu Zhen have called, but I didn't pay attention to them, I just want to be alone for a while.

It's been more than three months since I returned to the Northeast, and my father's whereabouts are still nowhere to be found, and my mother is worried all day long.

At first, I was going to sell my father's house, because when I heard Gao Peng say that strangers had broken into my house, I always felt that the house was no longer safe. However, the actual situation is that after living with Bu Jin for a while, I didn't find anything abnormal, so I relaxed my vigilance, and said that I probably made a big fuss myself, and since those people had already obtained the rare books that my father treasured, then their purpose had been achieved, and there was no need to come back.

In the past three months, the only thing that makes me feel good is that Bu Jin has basically mastered the use of Chinese under my tireless teaching, and I later found out that Bu Jin is not as cold as she seems on the outside, and she still seems very cute at times after removing the barrier of language communication. It's just that she still has a lot of things to accept about life in the big city, and I think she may never get used to it. So, whenever I wasn't at home, I put Bu Jin at home, and she was very obedient and never caused me any trouble. Gao Peng often teased about my relationship with Bu Jin, and whenever this happened, I subconsciously thought of Ryazan - I had no hope that he would survive.

I wandered around the street alone, and when I got tired of walking, I found a random drink shop, walked in, and asked for a cup of coffee and a lot of desserts - I don't know why I like sweets lately, but that's fine, because they say that sweets make a person feel better.

As I sipped my coffee, I stared out the window blankly, my mind blank, and I couldn't tell what I was thinking. To be honest, I didn't show much sadness about my mother's death, and when I heard the news, I just nodded my head blankly, and in a trance, it seemed that I had lost something important, but there were no violent emotional fluctuations. I know that in many cases, when people hear some very bad news, they seem to accept the reality of it, but in reality, their subconscious mind just runs away from the problems, and maybe, years later, they suddenly remember it and be devastated and even have a nervous breakdown. I don't know if I'll ever have that day, but all in all, I still don't feel too much sadness.

When I was thinking in a daze, the old-fashioned phone ringing of "Ringing Ring" suddenly came out of my trouser pocket, I took out my phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number, and it looked like a landline, I hung up the phone, and recently I often get some harassing calls from selling online stores. In the past, I might have made fun of these harassing callers, but I really wasn't in that mood now, so I hung up.

Within two minutes, there were a few more rings of "bell bell bell", and I took out my phone to see that it was still the same number.

In this way, I hung up the phone, and the other party called again, and this back and forth no less than four or five times, I was finally impressed by this guy's persistence, and said unceremoniously when I answered the phone: "I have already said a few days ago, I have no need to buy an online store, Lao Tzu is very upset now, don't fucking harass me anymore." ”

After saying that, there was no response on the other side of the phone.

"Hello?" I tentatively asked, "Hello?" Anyone? ”

Suddenly, an incomparably familiar voice sounded in my ears: "My Lord Peixi, why is it so angry? ”

"Ryazan!?" I couldn't believe my ears and asked hurriedly.

"That's right," said the other person on the phone, "What's the matter, my Lord Peixi, you miss me so much?" ”

"You're not dead?" I was surprised.

"Please, boss, can't you say something nice, why do you always curse me?" Ryazan said.

"your grandma, I don't know if you're still alive, at that time in the root hole, you were entangled with the tattooed man for so long and didn't come out, and then the dungeon collapsed again, I don't know how you came out."

"Master Peixi, do you know what your Achilles' heel is?"

"I don't want to know about it." I said to him deliberately.

"Okay, then I'll tell you." I knew that no matter what I said, he would finish what he wanted to say, and he continued: "Your Achilles' heel is that your thinking is too rigid, and there is only one possibility for everything in your world, so don't you think about other possibilities? ”

"I can't think of it."

"Oops, you're just brain-smooth." Ryazan said sarcastically.

"Then you just tell me and it's over." I was dissatisfied.

"I'm too lazy to explain that much to you." Ryazan said, "I called you because I had something else to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?" I asked, a little confused.

Ryazan paused and said, "Has anything strange happened around you recently?" ”

As soon as I heard this, I didn't know what to do, my heart tightened, and my heart said no, could it be that something strange was going to happen? But I thought about it, but I didn't notice anything strange lately, so I said to him, "Nothing strange happened. ”

Ryazan seemed to think for a moment, and then continued: "It's been more than three months, and it's almost time for them to do it. ”

"Them?" I asked.

"It's the tattooed people, their guys." Ryazan explained.

As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly asked excitedly: "So, that old Han and they are not dead?" ”

Ryazan sighed and said, "Oh, it's really hard to say, anyway, after you come to me, I will have the opportunity to tell you in detail." ”

"To you?" I wondered why I should go to you. So, he said: "I have completed the task entrusted to me by my father, and Bu Jin seems to have completed the task assigned to her by Ashuna, why do you want to go to Yunnan?" ”

"My Lord Peixi, I'll just say that your thinking is rigid, and you still don't admit it." Ryazan smiled and said, "Who told you to let you go to Yunnan?" I'm just saying wait until you come to me. ”

I wondered, so I asked, "Where are you?" ”

Ryazan smiled and replied, "I'm in Hubei now." ”

"Hubei?" This was really unexpected to me, and I hurriedly asked, "What are you doing in Hubei?" ”

"You'll know this question when you come."

I was a little angry in my heart, and said that I should be at your mercy for the sake of Lu, so I opened my mouth and responded directly: "Why should I be at your mercy? I don't want to go to Hubei. ”

"Huh?" Ryazan said: "Lord Peixi, our expedition is not over yet, how can you give up halfway." ”

"Adventure? Go on your own adventure, I won't accompany you. I replied.

"Well, you have to be there." Ryazan is convincing me.

I remembered the bronze drum in the dungeon, and said, "How can there be so many musts, in my opinion, you are the one who must go." Moreover, after I took over Bu Jin, I completed Ashuna's task, although I don't know what kind of task it is, but all this is over, and there is no need to wade into any troubled waters. You don't have to use my father's affairs to seduce me into the gang, it was his own business when he was young, and I don't want to mix it up too much. ”

Ryazan smacked twice on the phone and said, "Lord Peixi, I haven't seen you for a few months, how did you become so assertive?" ”

I still think of the bronze drum, and if there is my carving in the bronze drum, then I still think that all this is a fateful arrangement, but there is obviously no me in the prophecy of thousands of years ago, so why should I be bored to go up and look for danger?

I immediately asked Ryazan how he knew my mobile phone number, and his answer was very simple, telling me that in this information age, as long as you want to find someone, then you will definitely be able to find him.

I didn't understand and asked, "Why do you have to look for me?" Boss, I don't necessarily have anything to do with those things, you don't have to take me with you everything, okay? ”

Ryazan said yes again and again, and said: "Lord Peixi, I know that it is useless to persuade you now, so I can only wait for you to take the initiative to contact me, because during this period of time, you may encounter a series of strange things, and you will come to Hubei to find me sooner or later." ”

"Cut, you'd better not be so ......"

"Doodoo" ......

The other side of the phone has hung up.

I didn't call back because I actually prefer a quiet life, and I really didn't have a lot of interest in adventures and other things, so after I drank coffee and ate dessert, I called a taxi back home.

When I got home, Bu Jin was already asleep, and since she came back, she has been sleeping in my room, her life is so regular, and I often only sleep on the sofa.

At night, I leaned back on the sofa, lit a cigarette, watched CCTV's 10 sets of "Exploration and Discovery" for a while, and fell asleep in a daze.

The next morning, I suddenly received a call from the funeral home.

"Hello?" I asked, sleepy-eyed.

"Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. Fan?" On the other side of the phone was a woman.

"Yes, I am."

"We apologize for the inconvenience as we have very bad news for you."

I was shocked when I heard it, very bad news? Busy asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The words that came out on the other side of the phone made me feel like a bolt from the blue, and I couldn't accept it, but I heard her say, "Your mother's body, last night...... Someone stole it. ”

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