Rebirth: I Became a Maggot 2

It's a wonderful feeling. I think many people, like me, have fantasized about being a superhero, a hero, or even a god.

Especially when I was little, I would often wear my mother's straw hat, and in the morning I would cover my mouth with a piece of cloth and pretend to be a knight-errant. Later, I would cut two holes in that piece of cloth and wear it over my eyes to pretend to be Zorro. At that time, that foreign knight-errant was my idol.

Many people have fantasized about becoming an eagle soaring in the sky, and some girls may wish they could become a beautiful butterfly fluttering in the air.

But I think no one, no one, has ever fantasized about becoming a maggot, right?

I never thought of it, but this bizarre thing just happened, and it happened to me. It's like one in six billion!

I've never even won two yuan in the lottery, yet I won such a bizarre prize and turned into maggots.

Who can I cry to? I have nowhere to cry. I want to cry but I can't. My heart is a vast ocean.

After I fell asleep, I felt as if I had returned to my mother's embrace, which was exceptionally warm and reassuring.

I feel my body slowly transforming, as if it's slowly cracking open, but without the slightest pain. It's like taking off an extremely uncomfortable piece of clothing, making me feel incredibly comfortable.

After the clothes were taken off, I felt incredibly comfortable all over, like someone who had been confined to their sleep for a long time and could finally stretch.

I stretched comfortably, and it felt so good that I slept incredibly soundly.

I vaguely felt that I was surrounded by a small space, but that space was large enough for me to stretch my arms and legs, turn over, and yawn freely.

I slept very soundly, and then fell asleep again, a wonderful feeling continuing to keep me asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, or how much longer I would sleep. I continued to drift off into a beautiful dream.

I dreamt of many wonderful things. I dreamt that I really became a human, got married, and had a little daughter. I would sing to my little daughter whenever I had free time, and when I came home tired from work, there would be delicious meals waiting for me. I was so immersed in that dream that I couldn't pull myself out of it.

Just as I was thinking of sleeping like this forever, I suddenly felt something calling me.

"Twenty-two cents, twenty-two cents." The voice was very soft, almost inaudible, but it sounded like it was calling out to me right next to my ear.

"One cent two, one cent two, wake up!" That voice made me very uneasy; I still wanted to change my daughter's diaper.

But the sound echoed in my ears, making me extremely uncomfortable and uneasy, as if I hadn't done something, as if I didn't belong here.

"Have you changed the diaper yet?" my wife asked gently.

"I..." I didn't know what to say. I suddenly couldn't remember when my wife and I met, when we got married, or even what my wife's name was. I had no recollection of it at all.

It's like I had a wife and children the moment I came out of the house. Why is that? Why?

"One cent and two cents, one cent and two cents, wake up!" The voice in my ear was still calling out, a voice full of concern and anxiety, which made me feel unusually uneasy.

"What's your name?" I asked my wife with a bitter expression.

My wife didn't answer my question. Instead, she slowly walked over, picked up the baby in the cradle, and looked at me.

The little girl was exceptionally cute, with not only beautiful big eyes but also adorable dimples, just like a beautiful little princess.

"Daddy!" the little girl called out happily, her dimples so beautiful when she smiled.

"Dad?" I asked myself bitterly.

"Daddy, are you going to leave us?" the little girl said sadly, looking at me pitifully with her beautiful big eyes.

"I..." I don't know what to say. I just feel so unreal, so surreal. It's like I have some important things to do that I haven't done yet. My mind shouldn't be here.

"Two cents, two cents, wake up." That voice that made my heart pound appeared in my ears again.

Hearing that voice again made me feel extremely uncomfortable, and a pain that was hard to describe arose in my heart.

"Dad, are you really going to leave us?" the daughter asked again.

"I don't know, I don't know, I don't know." I was completely on the verge of a breakdown. I didn't know what was happening, what was wrong with me? What was happening to me?

"Dad, aren't you happy being with us? Aren't you joyful? Don't you love Mom anymore?" our daughter asked sadly.

A pair of pitiful big eyes looked at me, which made my heart ache. I wanted to hug her and comfort her, to stop her crying. I love them, and I want to be with them.

But just as I reached out my hands, I suddenly realized that deep down I was rejecting it. My heart told me that there was something I hadn't done, something very important, something that concerned my life.

My outstretched hand hung in mid-air, unable to move forward an inch. It just hung there, while my wife and daughter in front of me slowly drifted away into the distance.

"Dad, save me, save me!" my daughter cried out in great distress.

"Twenty-two cents, wake up!" another voice rang in my ear.

I was lost. I just stood there dumbfounded, watching my wife and daughter slowly drift further and further away from me. As they left, I felt my heart slowly splitting and shattering.

So this is the life I've always wanted, but why is it just a dream? Why?

I cried out helplessly in my heart, why is this dream so real? Why is this dream so painful?

No wonder Dafu said that you can change after a good night's sleep. Maybe not everyone can change like that? How many maggots have been deceived by sweet dreams and turned into a dead swarm?

I slowly opened my eyes, and there were still some tears in the corners of my eyes. They dripped down my cheeks. The moment I opened my eyes, I knew it was time to wake up from my dream.

The first thing I heard after opening my eyes was, "Twenty-two cents, twenty-two cents."

A warm feeling suddenly welled up inside me. I never expected to be saved by Dafu again. If it weren't for her shouts, I don't know if I would have been drawn into that beautiful dream forever.

I opened my eyes to find myself in a cramped, swampy space. I stretched, and finally, the moment of my rebirth had arrived. Mysterious girl, wait, wait for me to come find you…