Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

Eat at the table.

Ryoko sat on my right, watched me eat, and asked me how things were going.

I drank the soup and told her that it was basically done, "I got the ticket for the [-]th."

"That's the day after tomorrow?" Liangzi immediately cheered up when he heard that, "Okay, I'll pack my bags right away and ask Xiuyi to get ready."

I saw her so happy, it was difficult to say the rest for a while.She noticed that I was still hesitating, and asked me what was going on.I put down my chopsticks, turned to hold her hand, looked her in the eyes and said, "But there are only two tickets."

Ryoko froze for a moment.

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"What's the matter, can't you get another one?" Ryoko asked.

"I didn't even have these two tickets." I explained to her helplessly, and her hand held mine tightly, "Do you know how these two tickets came from? The boss originally left them for his wife and children. It's a pity that the child in the family contracted a severe cold half a month ago, and the medicine was useless. His mother took care of him for a few days and nights, but he was not able to keep him. There are only two remaining tickets for us."

"But two..." Liangzi frowned, extremely embarrassed.

"If it's really impossible, I'll send Xiuyi out first, and I'll stay with you after I get the tickets." I knew in my heart that I would send her and Xiuyi away, and she was determined not to leave unless she came with me.

Before Ryoko made a sound, Xiuyi appeared from behind me mysteriously. I don't know if he had been hiding somewhere just now, and sat down on the chair on my left side without saying a word.

I just pretended that he heard what I said, and then said to him: "That's it, you pack up your luggage later, and we will see you off the day after tomorrow."

Xiuyi looked at us sadly, "Then what about you and Aunt Tan?"

"There is always a way." I thought, "If you really can't leave, it's okay to go to the house of an acquaintance to avoid the limelight for a while."

"No, you have to go." Xiuyi said without doubt, "Aunt Tan told me that you were originally on the list and the most dangerous, but she left you here in the end, so what's the point of me leaving alone? !"

Liangzi called his name to calm him down, but she also began to persuade me: "The most important thing is your safety, Kazuhiko, you must take your own life seriously. Listen to me, you and Xiuyi will go together."

"If you're not at home, they won't implicate me." Liangzi forced a smile, stretched out his fingers to gently stroke my cheek, "You have to live well, Kazuhiko, you have to always remember that your life is not yours, and It belongs to the two of us. If you have an accident and you are not in this world, then living in this world is meaningless to me." She grabbed my hand and forced me to promise her to let myself live no matter what— —“Even if you use despicable means, you will not hesitate.”

I promised her with my mouth, but only to reassure her.Life is such a thing, there are too many uncertain factors that threaten it, and it is difficult to interfere. Even if I promise her to try my best to keep myself alive, fate is beyond my personal will. What can't be done still can't be done.

"Then it's settled." Liangzi concluded, "You two go first, and I'll find another way."

"You're still pregnant, so you can't afford any accidents." Xiuyi objected coldly.When he spoke, he kept looking at my face to see if there was any abnormality in my reaction.I didn't show any abnormality. Liangzi confessed to me a long time ago that the pregnancy was fabricated, and the purpose was to let Xiuyi live in the school obediently. Unexpectedly, classes were suspended not long after, and Xiuyi went home to live again. It was difficult to find the right time to tell him clearly, because it would be too embarrassing to say it anyway.She asked me to accompany her to pretend that she was really pregnant, until she found a good reason and then explained it clearly to Xiuyi, so it was delayed until now.Even though I blamed her for being messy, I still cooperated with the acting. After all, she has always put me first. When she encounters difficult problems, how can I ignore them.

"Besides, uncle is used to your care. I'm afraid I can't do without you. It's useless to let me go. Why don't you go together. I'm still young and can run. Even if something happens, I can always try to escape."

Liangzi refused softly but firmly, "No, you guys go first. Originally, it's not easy for me to walk now, so trying to keep up is just adding to the confusion."

Xiuyi and I didn't hold her back, and agreed to leave first. I said we should go out for more activities while we were at home, and see if we could try to get tickets again.

At the end of the argument, both of them were filled with the sadness of parting. I could see this from their expressions. The decision was made, whether Ryoko took the initiative to stay in the city or Xiuyi asked her and me to go first, whose decision was made? My heart is full of torment.We sat and chatted at the dining table for a while, and I suddenly thought of Xiuyi's first day at our house.At that time, I was in the middle seat, Yoshiko was on the left, and he was on the right; now my seat has not changed, they have shifted positions from each other.Compared with the original people, there have been many changes. The changes between Liangzi and I are not bad, but they are fine lines carved by time, and their effect on Xiuyi is amazing. Liangzi and I watched him grow from a seedling Shuye, twigs, and unstoppable growth have become such a healthy and refreshing young man today, so I can appreciate the wonder of it all the more.

Soon we went back to our respective rooms to pack up. Liangzi started to help me pack the necessities for the journey. She looked at this and that, always worried that I couldn’t take care of myself, and wanted to pack everything into a suitcase at once. The suitcase was only 22 inches in size, so no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't accept it all.

While packing my luggage, she asked, "Hey, Kazuhiko, if we really have a child, would you be happy?"

"Your body..."

"If there is one."

"It will definitely be fun." I was looking through what I needed to bring. "We haven't raised children yet, so I don't know what the situation is. It might be noisy, and it might be interesting." I picked out two A favorite tie, rolled into two balls in the corner of the suitcase. "You talk like we're going to have a baby soon. What's going on?"

"I'm just expressing emotion. I've been pretending to be pregnant with Xiuyi for the past few months, and it's almost giving me the illusion that we're really going to have a baby." Liangzi took two of my shirts from the shelf of the closet, folded them and put them in the box, " You... If you have a chance, tell him the truth after you leave, I really can't say it."

"In fact, if we really had... what a happy family we would be." Because it was the time of parting, Ryoko's emotions swelled up, and he just opened his eyes to look at the familiar furnishings in the room, and said softly as if dreaming : "If only we could stay here forever."

I sat down by the bed, not knowing how to comfort her, and said awkwardly: "You know, you can keep me anytime."

Liangzi walked up to me and knelt down, stared at me with his face up, and asked very seriously: "Don't stay for me or anyone else. Promise me, when it comes to your own safety, don't stay. You have to Don't stop for a moment. Even if you are the only one going on in the end, don't be sad, but see that as the real you, free from any constraints."

"I can't just look out for myself."

"You can." Liangzi emphasized, "I don't mind if you are more selfish. Kazuhiko, sometimes your sense of responsibility is too heavy, and your actions are more controlled by rules and logic than emotions. This is not necessarily a good thing. Take care Don't get into trouble yourself."

She asked me to remember what she said, looked at my watch, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and told me to pack up quickly, she went out and told Xiuyi to take a shower first.

She came back after 10 minutes, saying that the fire in the furnace was extinguished, and it wasted so much time by re-igniting the fire and replacing it with new briquettes. We continued to pack our clothes and chat about the past.There are many things that I never took the initiative to think of, and I thought I had forgotten them long ago. When Liangzi reminded me, those memories seemed to be blown away from a box hidden in the corner and covered with dust. Out.

At this time, I heard a loud noise from the bathroom, and then something crackled and fell. I stood up and wanted to see what happened to Xiuyi. Liangzi said that she would go and watch, and told me to concentrate on thinking about nothing I missed. items, and walked towards the bathroom by himself.

I heard her ask Xiuyi what happened through the door, and Xiuyi replied in a muffled voice from inside, saying don't worry, it was just a fall.Liangzi told him to be careful, don't hurt himself again before leaving, Xiuyi agreed.

"This child, Xiuyi, is so careless. It makes people worry." When Liangzi came back from the outside, he took the door behind him, unable to hide his worry.

As a result, she said so, but she had an accident the next day.

During dinner the next morning, I asked Xiuyi if his fall was serious, and he said it was not serious, but I saw that his expression was always sluggish, and he couldn't lift his spirits. His eyes were blue and black, as if he hadn't slept all night, so I let him He went back to his room to rest, and I wanted to go out again to try my luck and see if I could get another ticket.

The things have basically been tidied up. The home that was originally full of traces of the life of the three people suddenly lost many belongings of the two people.Liangzi felt uncomfortable when he was touched by the scene, so he connected a long plastic hose to the faucet in the courtyard to water the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

I changed my clothes and was about to go out when I suddenly heard her scream. When I rushed in front of me, she half-kneeled on the ground, clutched her ankle and smiled wryly at me: "Heyan, I might have been bitten by a snake."

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