clinging to you, imprisoning the past

That day, Zhou Zhi was in a daze on the hospital bed as usual, all kinds of tubes wrapped around his body, as if trying to lock him on the bed.He saw that the hospital bed beside him was covered with colorful flowers and fruits, and then turned his attention to his empty small table.Then he closed the curtain with a "shua", feeling inexplicably annoyed.

Light was denied access to his area, except for a ray of sunlight that crept up cautiously through the gap between the curtain and the floor.The space separated by the curtain was so dark that only the outline of the hospital bed could be barely seen. Zhou Zhi was very satisfied, and just as he closed his eyes and planned to sleep with him for a day, he heard a "creak" sound from the bed board, which seemed extremely abrupt in the quiet room.

He opened his eyes, was about to ask who it was, sat on his bed without saying hello, and held his breath the next second.

There was indeed a person sitting on his bed, but this "person" was pitch-black, and it was too conspicuous even in such a dim environment, as if the shadow under the strong light had been ripped off, as if floating in the air, but because The weight and sagging of the quilt makes it real again.The air froze, and together with the sound, this small world seemed to be dead. Zhou Zhi's hair stood on end, his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and the pain in his body made him realize that this was not a dream.

He tried with a dry voice,

"who are you?"

……

"Would you like to use the remaining time to return your soul to your former body?"

After a while of silence, an ethereal voice rang out. It was clearly the voice of a girl. It was extremely clear, but it was indifferent and mechanical as if it had been repeated tens of thousands of times. It also had an ancient meaning of tens of thousands of years, as if it was a call from another world.

Zhou Zhi blinked sharply and looked at the figure carefully, it was very petite.

It's a child...

Even though he was not a child in the normal sense, Zhou Zhi was not so scared anymore.

Before he summoned up the courage to continue the conversation with it, the voice sounded again, and what it said was exactly what Zhou Zhi was thinking at the moment.

"Make the decision now and you will be in the past body for 5 months, 16 days and 12 seconds."

"What happens when the time passes?" Zhou Zhi raised his speaking speed, subconsciously saving time.

"Entering a new cycle. When the body dies, the soul leaves the old body and returns to its original owner."

As soon as Zhou Zhi opened his mouth to ask the next question, he was immediately interrupted.

"You have three minutes to decide whether to sign the contract."

The sound stopped, and the shadow sat motionless on the bed, like a weird still life painting, the atmosphere was so depressing that people couldn't breathe, Zhou Zhi felt that the face of the "little girl" was facing him, and he couldn't see anything. But there was still the discomfort of being stared at.He suddenly had the feeling that the whole world was waiting for him to make a decision.

He recalled his past, but found that everything was so pale, and only this touch of color was covered up by himself.

15 years ago, that fall.

Now there is a chance for him to let nothing happen in that autumn and let the only light in his life continue to shine in another parallel world.

He took out a cigarette and a lighter from under the pillow, and lit them skillfully. The fire light lit up a small area in the darkness. Zhou Zhi took a deep breath, and blue smoke was ejected from his nose and mouth, melting into the darkness. , together with the release of his suppressed emotions.

He looked at the black spots on the bed that were burned by the falling sparks, and moved his gaze upwards, looking directly at the eyes that didn't exist.

"I'll sign." He paused, calm and calm. "Back to 1999, September."

"The contract takes effect."

Zhou Zhi closed his eyes, and everything in the past flew by before his eyes.

ponder,

I am coming.