prophet

In order to fulfill his promise, Xia Yubing specially adjusted the vibrating alarm clock and stuffed the alarm clock under his pillow.

Early the next morning, he was awakened by the alarm clock and hurriedly turned off the alarm clock, raised his eyelids and looked at the other person who was sleeping soundly on the bed. After dozing off, he carefully got out of bed, brushed his teeth, washed his face and changed his clothes lightly, and then slipped out. .

The door opened and closed with a creak, and the person on the bed turned over, opened his eyes and looked at the door with a smile on his face.

Xia Yubing paced slowly in the alley, looking at the faint morning light, in a trance, he realized that he hadn't woken up so early for a long time.He decided to go outside for a walk first.The wind in the morning is very cool, blowing on people's bodies brings the moisture of morning dew. There are almost no people on the street. The sound of colliding pots and pans, the sound of running water.He walked slowly along the bluestone road to the avenue, looked around silently, and was attracted by a rustling movement at the corner. He looked over and saw a silver-gray van, most of which Hidden in an alley, while the rear of the car faces the avenue, the dark blue license plate is hidden in the dim light, making it almost invisible.

After a long time, he recognized that it was the sound of heavy footsteps.By chance, he found a nearby corner and hid, peeking at that place in the not-so-bright light.

Two rough men were working together to carry something in a large snakeskin bag, opened the trunk door of the car, and threw the snakeskin bag on it.Borrowing the slightly dim light on the street, Xia Yubing's pupils suddenly dilated as he watched the car, as if he had seen something unbelievable.

He saw that the snakeskin bag seemed to be moving!

illusion?He wanted to take another look, but the next second the car door was slammed shut.

As if falling into some kind of ice cellar, a chill spreads along the spine to the brain, making the scalp numb.Xia Yubing stood there motionless for a long time, then carefully took out the phone from his pocket with stiff hands, set the sound of the camera function to silent, and pulled the camera to take a picture of the car's license plate.

The license plate number of this license plate...Xia Yubing was about to take a closer look, when the van on the street corner started the engine, reversed the car and drove the car onto the avenue, Xia Yubing tightly clutched the phone, pressed his body tightly against the cold wall, From the corner of his eye, the car slowly drove out of his sight in the morning light.

He exhaled imperceptibly, stared blankly at the place where the van disappeared, then turned around and walked back slowly.

He didn't know what was in the snakeskin bag.He told himself not to think too much, maybe it was just an illusion, but his trembling hands betrayed him.At that moment, there seemed to be a white figure falling in front of his eyes, bloody and ghostly.

He walked back with a pale face, with a self-deprecating smile on his face.It turned out that so long had passed—it turned out that so long had passed, and he still remembered it so clearly.He walked through the alleys, and suddenly a picture of a child running in a panic and desperately in the alleys extending in all directions suddenly appeared in his mind.The pace under his feet was getting faster and faster. He clutched his phone vigorously and walked forward quickly.

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the sun is getting brighter and brighter. The whole town wakes up from sleep. There are more and more pedestrians on the street, and various shops open one after another. Shop" stopped, licked his dry lips with his tongue, looked at the price list and ordered breakfast.

"Boss, two char siu, two vegetable buns, two meat buns, two cups of soy milk, all packed. I will transfer the money to you on WeChat."

In the dense water vapor, the boss wearing a mask, hat, and apron with only one pair of eyes exposed looked at him, his eyes were as bright as seeing stars.

Seeing that no one responded, Xia Yubing raised his head, met the boss's eyes, and followed his gaze, only to notice the notice on the side: I can't speak.

Xia Yubing: "..." Is this boss dumb?

Xia Yubing looked at the boss, saw that the other party gave him an "OK" gesture, and then nodded.

Those hands...beautiful.The fingers are long and slender, with well-defined joints, not at all like the hands of a person who has worked hard all year round.Xia Yubing looked at those hands, her attention was seriously diverted.

The man in front of him was tall and tall, and wearing an apron on this big man did not look ridiculous. He had broad shoulders and narrow waist, and his eyes were as deep as the starry sky. Through those eyes, Xia Yubing seemed to be able to see his handsome face under the mask.

But why are those eyes so familiar?

"Xia Tong?" Xia Yubing called out.

"Xia Tong" packed up the things he wanted and handed them to him. Hearing his call, his eyes rolled down quietly, as if he was smiling.

"Are you really Xia Tong?" Xia Yubing took the bag and asked him in surprise.Can't speak?Are you kidding me?Who was the person who talked so eloquently yesterday?

"Xia Tong" nodded and shook his head.

Xia Yubing looked at him speechlessly.Is it or is it not?

"Xia Tong" finally nodded. He looked around and saw that there was no one there, so he took off his mask, revealing a chiseled face.

"Hmm... your complexion doesn't look very good, what happened?" Xia Tong's first words surprised Xia Yubing, he was stunned for a while, his eyelashes flickered involuntarily, and then pursed his lips and said: " I'm fine, maybe I'm hungry... What are you doing? Playing a prank?" Xia Yubing asked.

Xia Tong looked at the other party's slightly pale face and obviously stunned expression, just smiled: "Yeah, it's a prank, do you like it?"

Xia Yubing: "..."

Xia Tong nodded indifferently: "You order two of everything, are you buying it for your girlfriend?"

Xia Yubing immediately denied the words: "Of course not."

"Speaking so fast, is it a guilty conscience?"

Xia Yubing shook his head: "Really not." Why is Xia Tong so familiar now?They didn't seem so happy yesterday...

"Don't be afraid, I won't laugh at you if you tell me."

Xia Yubing: "...Why are you here? Didn't you say you have a job?"

Xia Tong pointed to the steamer: "Isn't this work?"

Xia Yubing: "..." But no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a bun seller.

"You did all of this?"

Xia Tong: "No, our boss did it. Well...to be precise, my boss and I did it."

Xia Yubing: "Aren't you afraid that someone will see through your lies if you speak so blatantly?"

Xia Tong was still smiling without any panic and shyness: "When did I lie, I just said that I can't speak."

Xia Yubing: "..." Your word play is really...

Xia Tong smiled: "Remember to keep it secret for me. Especially for your friends."

Xia Yubing: "..."

"It's almost time, I'm leaving first." Xia Yubing said goodbye to him, pretending to hear his last words, "Don't be shy, welcome to come back next time and bring your girlfriend over to have a look", turned around and left.

Beside the lantern of the flamboyant "a steamed stuffed bun shop", in the steaming mist, Xia Tong watched the young man disappear into the alley, suppressed the smile on his face, scanned the surroundings quickly, then put on the mask in silence, only revealing A pair of deep and bright eyes.

When Xia Yubing returned to the room, Qu Hedong glanced at the phone. It was past eight o'clock, and it was nearly two hours of strolling outside.

"I thought you got lost." Qu Hedong said.

Xia Yubing: "...So you got lost yesterday too?"

Qu Hedong, who was turned into a general, said, "..."

After breakfast, the group embarked on the next day's journey.

According to the plan, after four o'clock in the afternoon, the seven people gathered together after finishing the work of collecting folk songs, and started a "tour" in the name of collecting folk songs.

The pedestrian street in Yunshui Town is very long, and there are rows of well-shaped bluestone avenues. The buildings of some ages have an antique charm inside and out, and the glazed tiles shine dizzyingly in the afternoon sun.There are many shops on the street, and there are a variety of goods, which makes people dazzled when looking around.

"There are a lot of people." Chen Yue, Xiao Xiao, Lu Yan, and Gao Long all had a lollipop in their mouths, and the four of them stood side by side by the street, looking at the crowd and "sucking" their mouths. People passing by frequently looked sideways.

"You four, gangsters." Qu Hedong saw the four "big gangsters" from a distance, and couldn't help teasing.

"'Hei Shi Hui' is about the same." Xia Yubing calmly made a stab at the side.

"Huh? Yu Bing actually knows what 'Hei Shi Hui' is?" Lu Yan showed timely surprise.Gao Long echoed from the side, and looked at Xia Yubing in astonishment, after all, he had the impression that the other party was someone who didn't even know what a "bidong" was.

"Have you seen Pokémon?" Xia Yubing asked.

"I've seen it." Gao Long replied.

"Have you seen Doraemon?"

"I've seen it."

"Have you seen Dragon Warrior Blue Cat Dragon Knights Rainbow Cat Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes Biography Ultraman Tiga Armor Warrior Meteor Garden Mischief Kiss Ultimate Team?"

"Well... I've seen it all."

Xia Yubing: "That's fine, I also have a childhood."

Gao Long and Lu Yan: "..." Brother, your childhood was a bit out of the mainstream...

Chen Yue focused on eating without saying a word, but took out a few lollipops from his pocket and handed them to the three people who had just arrived: "Come on, let's eat lollipops together and transform into a brown sugar macchiato. I just bought the lollipop, look at the strange packaging and shape, it feels like there are surprises everywhere."

Xia Yubing looked at the lollipop in her hand. In the light, the candy wrapper with colorful halos was wrapped with star-shaped, crescent-shaped, flower-shaped and various candies. They were small, exquisite and beautiful, and girls liked them.Xia Yubing looked at it, and couldn't help but recall the time when he was a child and followed Mo Erya. He remembered that she seemed to like those things very much at that time. Girls in the cardamom age always like all kinds of novelty and fun things. TV In the fairy tale story in the movie, he watched most of the cartoon idol dramas with her when he was a child, and "Brown Sugar Macchiato" is one of them. , However, that innocent and energetic big sister disappeared from his life at some point, and was replaced by a few years of depression and haggard appearance.

"Just said a few words, and then started to be in a daze again?" Qu Hedong patted his head with a smile, and finally rubbed his hair. The delicate and soft touch reached his heart directly. For a second, he was a little drunk.

Xia Yubing knocked off his hand as expected, and then rolled her eyes: "Don't hit me on the head!"

Qu Hedong smiled slightly.

Seeing the glittering candy wrappers, Luo Luo frowned subtly.She quickly glanced at the other people, and when she saw someone holding a hesitation, she also picked out a "flower-shaped" candy.Xia Yubing glanced at her calmly.

"Don't tell me, this candy is really feminine." Gao Long crunched the candy in his mouth and pulled out the plastic candy stick.

"Hehe." Chen Yue.

"Hehe." Xiao Xiao.

"Hehe." Lu Yan, who felt that these two words should be said the most, had a very strong tone, and added a "buy one, get one free" look, "Brother, you are wrong, just forget about yourself, how can you get me and you?" Brother Dong and Yu Bing are also brought along?"

Ten minutes ago, after declining three times, Gao Long secretly gritted his teeth and shook his hands to pick candy in the eyes of the three people looking at him calmly, said to him: "...but this candy tastes good, hehe..." Later That hehe sound was extremely powerless.

Xia Yubing and Qu Hedong who were pointed out silently watched the two of them quarreling.

"Let's go, if we continue to stand here, we will be killed by the eyes of the crowd." Xiao Xiao said.

"Just now I heard that there is a Mazu Temple at the end of this pedestrian street. Want to go and see it?" Chen Yue said.

Several people nodded in agreement, walked around, chatted, watched and bought, and strolled leisurely along the way.

The temple is not spacious, but the vermilion gate propped up by two beams and pillars looks quite imposing from a distance. No kind of lively scene can shake their heart to guard the world behind the door.

"This place was missed. We didn't find it before, and it wasn't in the plan." Gao Long said.

"Well, yes." Lu Yan had already finished eating the candy in his mouth, and now he took out another lollipop from his pocket, tore off the candy wrapper and put it into his mouth.

"I heard that there is a special way to step on the threshold of this kind of temple. Men step on the left foot first, and women step on the right foot first." Xia Yubing said suddenly, and everyone looked at him after hearing the words.

"Eh? I didn't expect you to study this, Yu Bing?" It was Chen Yue who spoke, his eyes were shining like obsidian, which was exactly the same as her whole personality, with indescribable agility.

"Well, not at all. It's just that I've been to such a place before." Xia Yubing said vaguely, frowning for some reason.

Xiao Xiao looked at the two of them, raised his eyebrows, patted Chen Yue's shoulder lightly, and blinked at her ambiguously. Chen Yue was stunned for a moment, then quickly glanced at the plaque on the temple gate in a daze. Xia Yubing, and then a bright red glow slowly rose on his cheeks.

Gao Long and Lu Yan looked at each other and smiled meaningfully.

Qu Hedong stared at the expressions of the four people, his brows furrowed suddenly, and the temperature in his eyes dropped a little.

"Do you believe in these rumors?" Lu Yan asked.

And Xia Yubing didn't notice these things, he suddenly remembered the years after he "survived a catastrophe", his mother always took her to various temples to pray for blessings.Those temples are always crowded with people, wave after wave, seeking peace, wealth, and health.The ignorant child is always in awe and curiosity in the face of the mysterious and unknown gods. He asked his mother what those people who folded their hands and knelt down to worship the gods were doing. The mother said that those people were making wishes, hoping that the gods would help them realize their wishes. Asked again if it was useful, my mother looked at him with sighing eyes, stroked his head, and said softly, "Sincerity makes spirit."He believed it, and he imitated those people, folded his hands, knelt on the futon, and begged the gods devoutly as the bell rang again and again, praying for his brother to come back.

And the gods never manifested themselves.

"I am still firm in my Marxist materialism. Be a good socialist youth who advocates science and culture, opposes feudal superstition, loves the party, the country and the people." Gao Long said.

"I think, believe it or not, we won't lose anything if we follow through." Xiao Xiao said.

"That's true." Lu Yan and Chen Yue nodded in agreement.

Xia Yubing looked at the temple in front of him expressionlessly, without saying a word.

"Go in and have a look." Qu Hedong glanced at the three of them and led them in.

Hearing what Xia Yubing said, the group of people paid extra attention when they crossed the threshold.Gao Long raised his right foot, hesitating for a while, then put it down, and finally took his left foot and crossed the threshold. Lu Yan, with a lollipop in his mouth, pointed at him and smiled, "Haha, what a materialistic young man."

Xiao Xiao smiled when he saw this: "Materialism is a good young man."

Chen Yue: "Materialism is a good young man."

Gao Long: "..." He cast his eyes on Qu and Dong, saw that the other party was smiling and didn't speak, so he couldn't help but patted him on the shoulder, "Hello, Brother Dong. You don't know that they have been fighting against each other for three days. There are so many people bullying me, it is very desolate to think about it."

Qu Hedong looked at him with a bewildered smile, and from the beginning to the end, his attention was on Xia Yubing.

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