"As you can see," said the bird in front of me, "I'm a Gui Bird, and each Gui Bird is only half a body, which may seem strange because we don't have much contact with humans most of the time. ”

"Oh... Ah, sorry, I was a bit of a big reaction just now," I shook my head to sober myself up, "Let's go, let's go outside." Want to drink something?"

"The water is fine," said the bird, "thank you." ”

"You're welcome," I said, pouring a glass of boiled water from a small bowl and placing it on the table outside the storeroom. ”

The bird jumped on one leg to the chair across from me, thought for a moment and asked me, "Lord Yeck, do you mind if I drink water on the table?"

"It's okay, you can be casual. ”

The bird nodded, and jumped lightly on the table, it should have been accustomed to walking on one leg, and a bowl of water was quickly drunk, and it seemed that it had been thirsty along the way.

"Thank you for your hospitality," it said after drinking, "I have come to you today mainly to ask you to help me write a letter." ”

I thought it would be some other 100,000 urgent request, but I didn't expect it to be just a letter.

"It's okay to write letters, my main job is to help you write letters," I took out an A4 paper and filled the pen with ink, "You say, I'll write it." ”

"Besides, it would be great if you could help me get the letter to the other person. The bird said.

"I can't guarantee this, if I know each other, it's okay, if I don't, it can only depend on luck. ”

"Legend has it that if you know the name of a monster, you can call the other person in your heart, and if the other person wants to, you will respond to your call. ”

"Where did you hear these legends...... "I've heard the yokai say this to me more than once, "if I really had the ability, I would have stopped being a ghostwriter a long time ago......"

The bird was silent.

“...... Of course, there have been similar things," I remembered that Qingsu had heard my strong call, "but I don't know exactly how it happened, so I ......"

"It's all right, Lord Yek," said the bird, "because I have no other way but to come from afar to find you, and if you can't convey my thoughts here, then I'm dead." ”

"Hmm... Okay, I'll give it a try, but there's one thing I'm curious about, you say that the birds are half a body, why is that?"

"Fly and stop drinking and pecking, not separated, and come back from the dead, and you will be in one place. "This is the return of the birds, and we have been with our partners since we were born, whether we are flying in the sky, resting in the trees, or drinking water and foraging, we have been with our significant other, and we have never been separated." Theoretically, our lives are endless, but not truly immortal, because we can only be resurrected together if we leave with our partners. "It bent its legs and sat down on the table, and I saw that it had a red rope tied to its leg.

"Because you're both half-bodyed, you have to be with each other all the time to survive?"

"Yes and no. The bird said, "Not all Gui Fei Birds can be lucky to be accompanied by their partners for life and life, there are not a few Gui Fei Birds who are lonely, although they can also live, but they are just guaranteed not to be starved to death, I am one of them, but Qi and I are each other chose to leave each other." ”

"Qi... That's the one you're looking for. "Strange birds, obviously with their partners can take care of each other, half of the body is really inconvenient.

"That's right... We haven't seen each other for hundreds of years since we last separated, so I guess Qi has been looking for me for hundreds of years. ”

For hundreds of years... It is difficult for human beings to witness even a hundred years, and a few hundred years is an astronomical number.

"Why did you separate in the first place when you were worried about each other?" I asked.

"To survive. The bird said, "The two Guifei birds appear at the same time, which is not accepted by humans, so most of the Guifei birds basically live in inaccessible places, but Qi and I were unfortunately born in a place where humans gather." ”

“...... What does it mean to be unacceptable to humans?"

"Because humans believe that the return of birds is a bad omen, and that pairs of returning birds will bring flooding, humans will shoot one of them whenever they see a pair of returning birds. The bird said, "Originally, I didn't believe it, Qi and I fled from different cities in the shooting again and again, but the strange thing is that no matter where we went, there would really be floods, Qi was very sad, thinking that it was we who brought misfortune to mankind, and then we happened to learn that there was a mountain in the east that was a paradise for flying birds, and finally we agreed to go to that paradise in two ways, so that it would not bring disaster to mankind." ”

"Qi, what a kind companion. I said, "But the flood is really not something that you two birds can decide, you have to worry too much." ”

"Now, it doesn't matter," the bird combed her wings, "I soon found the paradise, and sure enough, as the legend says, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the food is plentiful, but the only regret is that I didn't wait for Qi." ”

"So you want to find Qi through me. ”

"Yes, there is no point in a paradise without Qi. ”

"But have you ever thought about it," I thought about it and said, "it's been so long, it's possible, Qi has been..."

"No," the bird stood up again, stretching out its legs tied with the red rope, "Gui Flying has only one companion in his life, and the red rope connects us, and if anyone encounters an accident, this red rope will break." ”

The red string looked like brand new.

"Okay, then what do you want to write?" I picked up my pen.

"Well, I'll start talking about that. The bird thought for a while, and slowly opened its mouth.

"Qi, you used to say that if you really have an afterlife, you should imprint it in this life, so that you won't find each other. You also said that the red thread on the foot must be tied in a way that will not be loosened, and we will definitely wait until the day when we will meet again. The day you left was the last day of summer, there was a rainbow in the sky after the rain, and you and the sunset slowly disappeared in front of my eyes, I actually wanted to be with you, but I knew that you would definitely not agree, because you are so kind, you would rather jump up and down with your inconvenient legs and feet than do anything that hurts, even if we are not sure if the flood is really caused by us. ”

The bird said slowly, and I wrote slowly, and I could see that it really missed its mate, because each other was sure that there would definitely be a next life, so they dared to make such a decision, human beings only have one lifetime, which is precious, who would gamble with such a future that can't see the results.

The bird paused for a moment and continued.

"Qi, we haven't seen each other for hundreds of years, I don't know how you've been doing these years, I miss the days when we flew together, the red thread you tied to me is really strong, and it has never been loosened, but I don't seem to have so much time to wait for you, I'm sorry, I think I may not be able to be reborn with you, I haven't had time to imprint it in this life, and I guess there will be no next life." ”

My pen stopped on the paper.

“...... What do you mean you don't have time to wait for it?" I asked, feeling a bad feeling in my heart.

"Because my lifespan has reached the limit," said the bird, "even if it is a bird, the time of a lifetime is limited." ”

"But don't you say that you can only be resurrected if you leave with your partner, and if you die first, don't you ......?" I said.

"Lord Yeke, as you said," the bird bowed her head slightly, "so I hope to find Qi as soon as possible, and I don't want to delay her life because I can't hold on." ”