Hogetsu

They sat side by side on the steps, looking at the untended courtyard in front of them, growing wildly in the summer.Yu Wenzhou's laundry was hanging on the vines and blowing in the wind, which reminded him of a passage in a novel: "Lilian looked downstairs from the window, and there was a cloud of white mist under the grape trellis. At first she thought it was falling through the grape vines. Moonlight, and then it looked more and more like a human figure, until the cloud of mist raised its arms and waved to her. She rushed downstairs and came to the courtyard, where the flowers and trees were flourishing, and there was nothing but the sound of insects."

"But it only appeared this time, and it was not clear whether it was a ghost or not. Many stories are like this, but they are just human stories." Wang Jiexi looked at the shirt on the vine and seemed to be thinking: "Ghosts and gods are the only ones in the novel. The function is to guide the main character, good or bad. Without explaining the motive, angels and demons naturally fight around humans, without a life of their own. Even in ghost novels, the way the devil rebels against God is by tempting it The favored people come to anger God. The result of the struggle between them is either that the conspiracy of the devil is discovered, the evil spirit possessing people or the devil who tempts people to fall is expelled, and they live in peace and contentment; or the weak and not religious people voluntarily I took refuge in Satan and no longer accepted God's protection to cause disasters to the world. People are suffering in purgatory and waiting for God to save them. I doubt the meaning of witches, ghosts, and magic in it. In some stories, their endings are so unimportant. When their ending is important, they are so human-like." Wang Jiexi's tone did not fluctuate, appearing very strange, when he turned to look at Yu Wenzhou, his larger-than-normal left eye blinked slightly, as if confused.

Eerie and dazed, those two words mixed together are fascinating.Yu Wenzhou became more interested in him: "When you said this, you were so inhuman."

"You think I'm not?"

It was originally just a teasing sentence mixed with temptation, but Wang Jiexi bumped into it without avoiding it, and asked directly, "Do you think I am?"Yu Wenzhou tilted his head slightly: "Just to answer your words, so are you?"

"I do not know."

Wang Jiexi neither clearly stated yes or no, nor did he pretend to be mysterious and say you guess, he said he didn't know.It has been like this since we met until now, obviously everything is weird, but he neither explains nor conceals it, as if he treats very ordinary things.Yu Wenzhou had no choice but to ask himself.

He picked up the empty paper bag and shook it in his hand: "Sir, what do you usually eat? I didn't find a kitchen nearby."

"I don't need to eat. Just now, I was with you."

"Then you can correct the fallacy of the old customs in the novel because you have experienced it?"

This time Wang Jiexi didn't answer, but instead asked Yu Wenzhou, "You don't doubt it?"

Yu Wenzhou clenched his fist to cover his mouth and smiled lightly and shortly. Of course he knew how ridiculous Wang Jiexi said that he could not eat.But what is the relationship between truth and falsehood: "If it is true, then I will witness an extraordinary life; if it is false, then I will meet an interesting soul. Listen to a story, no matter what you lose."

"Yes, I have."