1. A miraculous encounter
The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the miserable green light from the fireflies illuminated the stone statues of Arhats on both sides of the mountain road, and a young woman with a cloak like Sadako came out from behind the stone statue and turned her head dramatically.
[My name is Qiji, 28 years old this year, I could have married into a wealthy family with my face, but I had to fight for my IQ, but when I got old, I found that I was not talented, but just a mortal. Having just experienced the double whammy of unemployment and broken love, I decided to find a picturesque place to end my 'cup' life, so that at least I could save some food for the planet......]
There are still 250 meters to reach the summit.
The mobile phone rang, it was an ex-boyfriend calling, 33 days after the incident, this was the first call he made. Qi Ji thought he had a change of heart, his heart was beating wildly, and he was still struggling to forgive him when he answered the phone.
"I won't forgive you if you beg me."
"I'm not begging for your forgiveness, I'm asking for your address and sending your things."
"Die!"
"How do you curse?"
"I mean I'm going to die."
"Send me the address before you die." Hung up the phone during the day.
Qi Ji angrily threw the phone out, and it happened to hit the arm of Liu Cheng, who was going down the mountain opposite, and she hurriedly apologized.
The other party didn't care, picked up the phone and handed it to her.
Kiki took the phone and walked towards the top of the mountain with a thought on his mind, completely oblivious to his surprised gaze.
Liu Cheng stood in place and watched her back, and went down the mountain for a while.
This small island belongs to the jurisdiction of a cup of island, and the Yuelaoshi here is said to be very effective, but I don't know who pranked the Yuelaoshi on the Internet and wrote it as a "suicide cliff", and it was once on the hot search, I'm afraid which resentful couple wrote it in order to vent his anger!
Qiji was attracted by the hot search.
The ancient temple, the bamboo house, and the bamboo fence outside the window have two cranes, one is standing, and the other is cleaning her feathers.
Liu Cheng looked back from the crane and took the tea handed over by the abbot Zhiqing.
Zhiqing's age is comparable to Liucheng, he looks like he is in his 30s, gentle and elegant, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and the navy blue wide robe on his body makes him even thinner.
Three years ago, Liucheng went to a cup of island to look for an ancient building, fell ill here, and fortunately met Zhiqing to take care of it. Liucheng stayed for three months and discussed with Zhiqing Zen, and once wanted to be ordained. Zhiqing said that he was not finished.
Three months later, Zhiqing went to a Buddhist college in Tibet to give lectures, and Liucheng embarked on the road of secular practice. Before leaving, Liucheng asked Zhiqing to help find the 'cup of the sea' (the name of a building), and not long ago Liucheng received an email from Zhiqing, so he returned to the island of a cup.
He thought that this time was like last time, and he would leave after a while, but he didn't expect that it would become the place where he fell leaves. What happened next seemed to be predestined.
"Let it pass, hold on to it, not only is it punishing yourself, but it is also unfair to the people who love you."
Zhiqing picked up the teacup and drank it all, and refilled the tea for the two of them with a scoop.
The iron kettle burned on the small tandoor, and the steam rose.
"O one who loves me!"
Liu Cheng smiled bitterly.
"Did you inquire there?"
Zhiqing nodded with a smile, his smile was very healing.
"You're allergic!"
Zhiqing pointed to the arm of the hand that Liu Cheng was holding the teacup.
Liu Cheng looked down, and the place where the phone hit just now was red.
"You wait for me to get you the ointment."
Zhiqing got up and went to get the medicine.
Rumbling and muffled thunder sounded, and Liu Cheng looked out the window.
'Die, I said I'm going to die......
Yanagi's mind kept replaying the words he had just heard on the mountain road, 'She won't really ......'
Rolling thunder heralds a heavy rain to come, 'if it causes a mudslide......
Liu Cheng suddenly jumped up as if he had been stabbed and rushed out.
The rain poured down, and the waves were afraid to hit the reef, as if they were going to overturn the whole world. Qi Jisheng stood on the edge of the cliff without love, and the stones under his feet rolled down the cliff, looking shocking.
Scenes from the past flashed in front of my eyes:
The editor-in-chief just finished awarding her with an outstanding employee award yesterday, and today announced the promotion of her nemesis Wang Xue as the editor-in-chief, "Xiao Ji, what's the use of you losing your temper?" You're going to work with her! Besides, she's more suitable for the editor-in-chief than you! ”
A knife was plunged into Qiji's heart, gushing blood. Qiji received an email: The novel you wrote does not meet the requirements of the publishing house, and there will be a chance to cooperate in the future.
Another knife was plunged into Qiji's heart, gurgling blood.
Qi Ji pushed open the door and saw that his best friend was sitting on her boyfriend's body during the day, and her two hands were grabbing her best friend's crisp breasts during the day.
Another knife was plunged into Qiji's heart, gurgling blood.
Tears soaked her eyelids red and swollen like a peach pit, tears wrapped in all the grievances, without leaving a trace of dignity, looking like a lost child, she shouted hysterically:
"What are you during the day? I will find a man who loves me more than you, who is more handsome than you, who is richer than you, who is more fresh than you, and I will live better than ever. ”
The sobbing made her almost out of breath.
A bolt of lightning struck behind her, causing a mudslide, the rocks under her feet shook, and she lost her balance and fell to the ground, about to roll off the cliff, and the door to a pure white world opened to her.
A hand suddenly grabbed her, and when Kiki opened his eyes, he saw that it was the man he had met on the mountain road. At this moment, her body was hanging in mid-air, and there was a cliff below her.
"Hold on, don't let go, don't look down."
Liu Cheng used all his strength to pull Qiji up.
The rain stopped.
"Don't do stupid things in the future."
Liu Cheng was a little upset. He didn't want to have anything to do with women, but when this kind of thing happened, he couldn't stand idly by.
Kiki staggered to his feet and moved his arms and legs.
"It's okay, it's okay, you see that the arms and legs are intact."
At the beginning of the shock, Qiji saw this face clearly.
Isn't this the man on the mountain road just now?' is like the youth version of Chow Yun-fat, tall, mighty, and handsome. Could it be that Heaven heard my prayer and sent it to save me? ’
I'll just say, can travel be called a trip without an affair? ’
In fact, she didn't want to jump just now, who knew that she was struck by lightning. But fortunately, I made such an eye-catching handsome guy.
Qi Ji was bathed in the moonlight, beautiful and incomprehensible, and for a moment Liu Cheng seemed to be struck by lightning, his heart tightened, and he was a little afraid to look at her directly.
"Let's go, let's go down the mountain quickly! After a while it rained again. ”
Liu Cheng turned around in chagrin.
"Your arm." Qi Ji exclaimed, seeing that Liu Cheng's arm had been scratched in a long way.
"It's just a skin injury."
"I'll be in charge?"
"What is the responsibility?"
"I'll go down the mountain and be in charge of bandaging you."
"Uh......"
Liu Cheng wanted to refuse, he didn't want to have anything to do with her, but somehow he wanted to know where she came from.
"My name is Kiki, what about you?"
"Liucheng."
The clouds dispersed, and the moon appeared.
"You look like a domineering president, and you talk like a master. I thought I had traveled back in time! ”
"I'm just a piece of waste."
She walked beside him, a little unable to keep up with him, he deliberately slowed down, and in order to get used to her beat, the two of them walked down the hill together.
"Suicide is not a joke, you only have one life. Remember, as long as you live, you have a chance to turn the tables around. ”
Liu Cheng said earnestly. A warm stream spreads throughout Qiji's heart.
'Yes, life is still very long, I can't admit defeat, even if it's waste wood, I have to do my best to burn it! This time I will live well for myself! ’
Kiki thought so. She thought that the movies were all deceptive, and she didn't expect that she would have such an affair.
Yue Laoshi is really not in vain!!!!
What happened later was unexpected, the rich and handsome on the TOP list appeared by her side one by one, can she hold the love at her fingertips?
The next day, when the sky was bright, Qiji did not say goodbye to Liucheng, and hurriedly fled from the 'crime scene' and took the first ferry. The ferry drove away, and she turned around to see him standing on the shore.
Liu Cheng looked down at the photo, at first glance he thought it was Qiji, but after a closer look, the photo had turned yellow, indicating that it had been taken for some years. He looked up just in time to see her looking at him, looking at each other. His gaze changed from reluctance to apology.
Last night, Liu Cheng drank alcohol for the first time, in order to accompany her, or more precisely, to confirm that Qiji and his ex-wife were not related by blood, but she was drunk, very drunk, and cried very sadly, and for a moment he felt a little mean. He actually woke up early in the morning, but deliberately avoided her.
Last night, Kiki said the most words when she grew up and drank the most wine, and then she only remembered crying and didn't remember anything. In short, Qi Ji doesn't want to see him again, because now he is the person who knows her secrets the most in the world, either marry him or kill him, the two Qi Ji know that she can't do it, so forget about each other!
Kiki came out of the bathroom and sat at the desk in a daze, his hair still dripping with water. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and she heard the sound of horsepower.
"Are you up?" Horsepower shouted through the door.
"Why?" Kiki answered inside, but didn't open the door.
"I've got the key to the castle, do you want to check it out?" Ma asked .
Kiki jumped up from his chair excitedly, "I'm going." ”
She went to the closet to look for clothes and said, "Mali, you're a great man!" ”
Horsepower smiled and walked away.
Four days ago, he "picked up" Kiki, who was wandering on the streets, back to his home.
Kiki's decision to come to the island was also a temporary decision, and he did not book a hotel in advance. Who knew that the only three-star hotel on the island was full of people because of the holding of the Ocean Wave Cup International Bartender Competition. Fortunately, he met the warm-hearted horsepower and kindly took her in. Not only that, but Ma also acted as a tour guide and took Kiki around the island.
After just four days of getting along, the two of them are already like sisters and brothers, and they are almost a blood alliance. The horsepower with high emotional intelligence is a perfect match for Qiji.
Walking on the road, the neighbors said, "Mali your girlfriend is so beautiful". Horsepower only giggles and doesn't excuse himself.
At first, Kiki tried her best to clarify, but she found that after clarifying on the first day, she would say when she met a neighbor on the second day, "Ma took his beautiful girlfriend out to play!" "Treat Kiki's right to interpret as a woman's shyness. So Qiji let them misunderstand, anyway, she doesn't have a boyfriend to be jealous of. One thing she wondered, "Do I look so young?" "So it's a little complacent.
Ma is 18 years old this year, and after graduating from high school, he did not go out to work like most young people, but stayed on the island to do odd jobs on the docks. He doesn't have a specific plan for the future, he's still young anyway. The wind and sun gave him a tan, which Kiki said looked healthy, like a Hollywood star. Horsepower is always intimidated by some of Kiki's opinions.
Kiki was attracted by a deserted villa at the end of the seawall, saying that it resembled a medieval castle. Horsepower has never been described like this. Kiki also takes great pains to tell the story of vampires. The janitor was not there, and Kiki was disappointed that he couldn't get in.
After returning home, Kiki specially downloaded "Rainfield" on the Internet to watch it with Ma Ma, and the two laughed a lot. After that, the two called the abandoned villa "The Ancient Castle".
Unexpectedly, Ma Ma got the key to the castle. Qi Ji pulled his hair in a bun, wore a short-sleeved denim jumpsuit, and paired a pair of cherry red flip-flops, and went out with horsepower.
One Glass Island is like another time and space abandoned outside the giant wheel of time, still the 7th and 80s, with old buildings, winding paths, and no rules.
The streets and alleys are empty, the storefronts on the side of the road are dark and dark, the shopkeeper doesn't know where to go to cool off, and the radio at the counter is babbling Hokkien songs. Occasionally, a cat can be seen running around a street corner. The island looked languid and detached, like an unhooked cog in the track of time, stuck.
Listening to Ma Li, the withering and high risk of the fishing industry has led young people to work outside the island, leaving the elderly and children behind.
"Then why are you staying here?" Kiki asked curiously.
"Half a year ago, my father was shipwrecked in Shanghai, and my mother has never been able to get out. I was by her side, and she was at ease. She wanted to sell all the fishing boats she rented out so as not to be sad, and she didn't want me to drive them again. When I sold the boat, I wanted to invest in tourism. I love this island, although it is a little shabby and backward. But the future will be fine. ”
"You've really grown up. I also think that tourism here will be done in the future. Actually, I like it very much, and to exaggerate, I feel like I've been in this place in my previous life. The big city is too volatile and the slow pace here gives me a peaceful, bland pleasure. ”
As he spoke, Qi Ji remembered the man he had met in Xiaoyu.
"There is a moon old stone in Xiaoyu, which is very spiritual. Have you said goodbye? ”
"Ahh I do not know! ”
"Isn't there an affair or something?"
"Good horsepower. It seems that I can't really teach you a lesson. Kiki stretched out his hand and grabbed it at the armpit and waist of the horsepower.
Ma Li is most afraid of others tickling him, "You are my own sister, spare me!" Seeing that Qiji still didn't stop, he deliberately said, "If you stop, I'll tell you a secret." ”
"Don't try to fool me."
"Really, really, it's about the castle."
Qi Ji stopped when he heard this, "What's the matter?" ”
"It's probably the oldest house here! Listening to my grandmother, it seems that it was built by some yellow hair, and it was for preaching or something. Later, the war was raging, and Huang Maozi ran away. Later, it became the residence of a high-ranking official. And then ......"
"What happened after that?"
"Then it became the ancestral home of that family. And it also has a very literary name. ”
"A house has a name!"
"Well, it's called 'a cup of the sea'."
"'A cup of the sea'......"
Kiki reminisced, with the mood of going on a treasure hunt, looking forward to the reunion with the castle.
Postscript:
On the terrace, the table was full of beer, foreign wine, red wine, and all kinds of wine, some empty, some left.
Qiji cried so much that he was drunk and hazy, and he was lying on the table and sleepy, "Am I a failure?" ”
Liu Cheng was also a little drunk, he approached gently, hesitated for a moment, and then kissed her forehead gently, his face full of doting, "Fool, everything will be fine!" ”
Kiki fell asleep peacefully.
Liu Cheng chased mosquitoes by her side.