Chapter 16: Relics Buried in the Dust
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Su Yu and Xu Qingluo went downstairs and walked straight to the square at the entrance of the community. The lotus-shaped street lamp in the center of the square casts a milky white light, illuminating the small square. On the yellow bamboo bench on the side of the square, there were some chatting residents sitting in twos and threes, and a few teenage children were playing skateboards in the field. Su Xu and the others directly found a bench where no one was there and sat down, this appearance was like a young couple after dusk, which attracted the attention of several old men and old ladies. It's just that Su Yu is all focused on the notes in his hand, and he ignores everything else.
Xu Qingluo put the ice cream aside, pursed her lips and smiled and stretched out her hand to Su Yuyi. Su Yu understood and handed the thick black notebook to the girl. Xu Qingluo has the ability to read quickly, and she is naturally the only one who wants to read and refine information in a limited time.
The thought that there was a high probability that a secret would be revealed soon, both of them were a little excited. Xu Qingluo put the notes on her lap, rubbed her hands gently, and then held them back in her hands, just like reading the "Grass House" last night, she quickly flipped through them first. After flipping through and closing the note, she pondered for a while, then opened the note again and looked through it again, this time much slower and more carefully, and it took a full ten minutes. Su Yu watched the whole process, his eyes unblinking, nervous and full of anticipation.
Finally finished flipping through it for the second time, Xu Qingluo closed the note, and her face could not hide the disappointment. Su Yu immediately asked with concern, "How is it?"
Xu Qingluo glanced at him and shook her head slowly: "That symbol only appeared once in one astrolabe, and it was never mentioned in other places. If you don't know, you'll think it's a clerical error. ”
Su Yu was inevitably disappointed and asked, "It can't be a clerical error, right?"
"I can't figure it out now. Xu Qingluo raised her head, glanced at the blue and white night sky through the barrier woven by the light, and said to herself: "Even if it's not a clerical error, just one symbol can't trace anything, in short, this clue is broken again." ...... Perhaps, there really is no more. ”
Su Yu didn't understand what she said, obviously she was looking for something, thinking that she would find something in this notebook, but in the end she was disappointed. On the surface, she should be looking for the meaning of the astral symbol, but listening to her tone, it doesn't look like it. An unknown symbol, which cannot be found, is just a little more academic doubt, so why does it give people a sense of importance?
Su Yu resisted the urge to ask, took the notebook from the girl's lap, and turned it from the first page. He was thinking, my aunt was so nervous about the notes, she didn't want me to see it, there should always be some secret in it, maybe I was afraid that I would learn the things in the notes and become an astrologer and steal my cousin's job, which would be too trivial. Maybe what Xu Qingluo can't notice, I can notice.
So he turned the first page, and his gaze stopped at the first page. He suddenly felt a little awkward, the first page of a notebook is generally a blank cover page, write some names or commemorative texts and the like, but this notebook has no cover page, the first page goes directly to the topic, full of astrological texts. The last time he got it, he was a little surprised, but he was quickly attracted by the astrological content, so he didn't think much about it, and this time he felt that it was wrong.
The cover was ripped off?
"Two pages were torn out there, probably a table of contents or signature page. Seeing Su Yu staring at the fold and looking at it non-stop, Xu Qingluo opened her mouth to answer his doubts, "But it's very careful, and you can't see it if you don't look carefully." ”
Su Yu raised his head and looked at Xu Qingluo, his face full of suspicion: "It's so careful, it's deliberate?"
"Of course, it was intentional, it could be that I didn't want people to see something, or I made a mistake and was smeared with ink, and I tore it off when I looked like an eyesore. ”
Su Yu nodded instinctively: "I shouldn't want people to see it." ”
"You care?"
"Well, don't you think it's strange?" Su Yu scratched his head.
Xu Qingluo's eyes flashed, she reached out and took the note back, took it in her hand and observed it left and right, then carefully removed the black cover outside, and put the book up to observe its side and back. There were three vague words there, and they had obviously been wiped, but unfortunately the ink was too deep to be wiped clean, and the appearance of the words could still be vaguely distinguished. Xu Qingluo read it out word by word:
"Sue, Dream, Creek. ”
Before her words landed, the notes had already been snatched back by Su Yu. Su Yu's eyes were fixed on the back of the seal for a moment, and his trembling fingers gently and slowly stroked the three words, over and over again, he lowered his head and was silent, without saying a word.
Xu Qingluo was curious and wanted to ask, "Who is Su Mengxi", but saw a drop of water fall and fall on the hard paper cover of the note, and soon it was wet, followed by another drop. Su Yu hurriedly wiped it with the cuffs of his shirt, but drops of water kept sliding down his face, falling on his cuffs and the back of his hands, smudging out deep water stains.
Su Yu was crying, crying quietly, not even a little choked.
But this silent cry made Xu Qingluo's heart tremble a little, and the heavy sadness did not stop because of silence. She wanted to ask, "Why are you crying?", but opened her mouth and swallowed the words back. The owner of this note is surnamed Su, Su Mengxi, Zhu Yuzhe said that Su Yu's mother's surname is Su, so it should be her, right?
This is his mother's relic, but he never knew before, his aunt is still trying her best to hide it from him, and the torn cover is obviously his mother's signature.
Xu Qingluo was stunned, but looking at Su Yu, who was crying silently, her heart was at a loss. She didn't know how to persuade him, she just watched him quietly. She could understand his feelings, so her heart was gripped by a heavy sadness. In fact, she has always understood that lonely people are the same kind, even if they have their own loneliness, but in the end they are all the same loneliness, but unfortunately lonely people can never be warm to each other, otherwise where would such a dark loneliness come from.
Just like her. Just like him.
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Zhu Yuzhe was not happy at all, although he gradually gained the upper hand in the battle of wits and courage with the black cat. His mouse pad had been torn in half, his sheets were covered with deep and shallow plum blossom footprints, the floor was littered with books, trash cans had been knocked over, the power cord of the case had been broken, and a water cup had been broken. He waved his broom like a tragic warrior, and pushed the damned wildcat to the window, and then watched it leap away, and he stood in front of the window like the protagonist of a tragic movie.
After the gloom, there is busyness. Before his mother came back, he had to clean up the messy bedroom. Quickly sweep the sheets, make the bed, then sweep the floor, and throw all the evidence of the black cat's crime into the trash. Torn mouse pads, broken cups, overturned garbage, crumpled scraps of paper...... Wait, what's this lump of paper?
Zhu Yuzhe squatted next to the trash can and unfolded a paper ball. Then he suddenly remembered that this was what he had brought out of his mother's room when he took the notes. The notes were locked in a small box by his mother, and he struggled to find the key, and in addition to the notes, there was a crumpled ball of paper in the box, which he thought was garbage and took it out to throw it away, and threw it on the ground when he chased the black cat. Thinking of this, he was about to throw the half-unfolded paper ball directly into the trash, but he seemed to see a Su character on the paper, so after thinking about it, he still unfolded it and took a look.
It was actually two pages, the first page was written with a name in Juanxiu's neat handwriting - "Su Mengxi", with the year, month and date, and a place - "Yuyun Mengshan". On the second page is a large paragraph of confession-like words, Zhu Yuzhe was suddenly shocked when he saw the first line of words, where it was written "Su Yu my child". The distracting thoughts in his heart flew away at once, and he just stared down eagerly with wide eyes:
"Su Yu my child:
You were probably five or six years old when you read this notebook, and you won't remember your mother when you were five or six years old, but there is no way, your mother can't stay with you. This notebook is written down by me for the past three months, in order for you to understand, each stroke is written very clearly, I leave him to you, you can look at it every day, just like seeing your mother. Don't think that your mother doesn't want you and doesn't love you, but I can't wait to see you when you're still in my womb. When your mother is away, you have to be good and obedient. Remember, Mommy misses you, Dad misses you, and I look forward to seeing you, my child.
Su Mengxi. ”
Zhu Yuzhe read it from beginning to end in one breath, and stayed there after reading it.
My aunt is also an astrologer, why did my mother never mention it? My aunt wrote an astrology note to Su Yu? Could it be ...... Is that the notebook?
It doesn't take much thought to see the facts in front of you. The two pages are locked in one place with the notebook, the paper is identical, and the notebook is missing the cover, so the two are connected, so you can be sure of it. Zhu Yuzhe's heart suddenly became messy. He took the paper, straightened his eyes, and muttered after a while: "Mom, Mom, why? What are you trying to do? This note is a relic of your aunt, why are you hiding it from Su Yu? Why don't you let him see it? How can you be worthy of your aunt like this...... But what if everything is like this, what should I do?"
He thought about it, and finally gritted his teeth and crumpled the two pages into a ball again, stood up suddenly, turned around and ran to the kitchen: "Burn it, burn it quickly, don't let Su Yu see it!"
But as soon as he entered the kitchen with his front feet, he heard a knock on the door. He thought to himself, could it be that Su Yu is back? No, the door is not locked, neither Su Yu nor his mother will knock on the door, just come in. He couldn't let him think about it, the knock on the door rang twice in succession, he hurriedly put the paper ball in his pocket, ran over to open the door, but saw Zhang Yao wearing a black gauze dress and standing outside the door prettyly.