Mingxi

Chapter 55

Holding the flowers in his hands, Jiang Zichen hesitated for a while. There was nothingness and darkness in all directions, only the 'Xi Sheng' on his chest was emitting a faint white light.

'……it hurts. 'Crying and wailing came from nowhere, and the darkness in front of my eyes faded away like a tide.When he came back to his senses, he found himself standing on the side of a remote road.In front of him was an overturned bus, and the pungent gasoline mixed with blood snaked to his feet.

The car body was on fire, and only a few burning figures could be vaguely seen in the fire, struggling and wailing in pain, and the smell of burnt flesh was so disgusting that it made people want to vomit.

Is this hallucination?Jiang Zichen frowned. Although he couldn't bear it, he didn't forget that he was not in a normal space at the moment, so he shouldn't act rashly.

The fire engulfed the entire vehicle, and the voices of living people could no longer be heard.Amidst the distorted and terrifying flames, a small figure gradually became clear. He walked towards Jiang Zichen step by step. His skin was parched, shriveled like charcoal, his hair was gone, and he was burnt and sticky. On the bloody scalp, the eyelids were glued together, and there were only two holes left in the nostrils. His whole body was completely unrecognizable, terrifying like a ghost from hell.

"I...it hurts so much..." His dark mouth opened and closed, his voice was hoarse, as if screaming in grief.

Jiang Zichen took a step back subconsciously, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure passing him. The child who had separated only a second ago dragged a poorly made doll and walked towards the terrifying 'person' in front of him.

"Don't be sad, I'll take you home." As the child said, he stretched out his small palm and held 'his' fingers without any fear.At that moment, starting from the part where they intersected, it seemed as if time went back in time, and the intact skin reappeared inch by inch, from the arms to the upper body, until the face was intact.

"Why..." Jiang Zichen's breath was stagnant, "Ah Qi." That was clearly the appearance of a young Lu Qi.His whole body was nailed in place, and suddenly he felt a certain part of his brain beating and agitating, and something was tumbling in the depths of his memory, trying to rush out.

He pressed his head, trying to recall, but that layer of memory seemed to be covered in a thick fog, so he couldn't see clearly.

"Little guy...how did you come here..." A soft and familiar female voice suddenly sounded.Jiang Zichen looked up subconsciously, the beautiful woman was standing in the forest with an illusory paper umbrella, her whole body was hazy, only the smile on the corner of her lips was still gentle and real.

'Sister, can you do me a favor. 'Everything in front of him seemed to be chaotic, Jiang Zichen saw the child who hadn't changed at all looked up at the woman with his little head up.

'My sister has been dead for a long time, there is no way to help you. Tang Shiyun looked at the rain curtain with a dazed expression, and his figure faded a little, and it was about to disappear.

He didn't care about being rejected, the child opened the paper umbrella he was holding, and the wide umbrella covered him inside, like a small mushroom growing on the ground, "I am very worried about my brother, but I can't go back now, sister Can you help me to see him. '

Tang Shiyun sighed, probably because he felt that he didn't understand his current situation to such a young child, so he could only follow him coaxingly, "My sister doesn't know your brother, how can I find him." '

'It doesn't matter, I will give this umbrella to my sister, and you will know. The child raised the umbrella with a smile, and under Tang Shiyun's unclear eyes, the umbrella surface lightly touched her increasingly hazy figure, and her soul turned into a wisp of green smoke and was sucked into the umbrella.

Jiang Zichen watched in silence, he seemed to understand that this was the child's memory.

The picture in front of him suddenly shattered. He opened his eyes and found that his hand was empty and the pot of flowers was gone.Jiang Zichen clenched his hands subconsciously, feeling empty in his heart.

'What's wrong?Where is it uncomfortable? In front of him was Wen Lan's worried face, and only then did he realize that he was actually standing at home, in front of a large group of familiar family members and friends.

Jiang Zichen didn't speak. He knew that he was still in his memory, and everything in front of him had already happened. He looked around and found a sense of familiarity, as if it was a birthday party held sometime.

'Chenchen, happy birthday. Both father and mother gave him birthday presents, and there was a big and exquisite cake in front of him.Tang Yuanzhou and Lu Feng Lu Qi who were still young also gave him gifts. He looked at Lu Qi who had grown up a little and didn't see anything wrong.

'Happy birthday, brother Zichen. Lu Qi held a big box, smiled and blessed, "I've been choosing a gift for a long time, and I must go back and open it." 'It sounds like there's nothing wrong with it, it's just a child pretending to be mysterious and wanting to show the surprise only to the recipient.But Jiang Zichen, who had seen Lu Qi's miserable state a moment ago, was staring at the gift box, feeling strange.

What's in here?He receives a lot of presents on his birthday every year, and his memory is also very good, especially he remembers the things from close people, but why, he can't remember what Lu Qi gave him this time.

"Pa-ta..." The light suddenly flickered in front of him, and he stood alone in the room, in front of him were gift boxes that had been opened all over the floor.Jiang Zichen got up to look for the one that Lu Qi had given him, but found that the box was already empty.He looked around, but saw a beautiful doll beside his bed, which looked like the crude doll he had seen before being dragged by the child.

It sat on the head of the bed, its eyes were bright, as if it was alive, and it was staring at him. It was obviously quite creepy, but he felt strangely close.Jiang Zichen wanted to pick up the puppet, but suddenly his feet were empty. He seemed to have fallen into a bottomless pit instantly. As he fell, fragments of memory flickered all around him, as if he had been swept away by a gust of wind. stripped from his body.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to keep those fragments, but a flower emitting faint white light suddenly appeared, landed on his fingertips, and shattered in the next moment, turning into a hazy light, the light embedded in him. Between his fingers, a hand was interlocked with his fingers, and a complicated pattern appeared on the ring finger, which fit together into a complete pattern.

Jiang Zichen chuckled subconsciously, and with a slight force, he pulled the hand towards him, and the hazy light intertwined backwards, finally showing a complete appearance.He opened his arms and embraced the figure, "You found me."

"Cough..." Lu Qi suddenly covered his mouth and coughed uncontrollably. There was a dry, ash-like taste in his throat.

"What's wrong with you?" Lu Feng sensed something was wrong, and he appeared a step away in a flash. He clasped Lu Qi's hand, and saw a handful of gray dust in his palm.

Lu Qi stared blankly, then suddenly chuckled, and knelt on the ground weakly, ashes fell from his clothes continuously, as if his whole body was being crushed.

"Hold on." Lu Feng had no time to ask about the situation. He cut his palm, and the gushing blood fell on Lu Qi's body, which slowed down the speed of desertification.

"You guys won," Lu Qi looked at the ground with a blank expression, as if he had finally come to the end and became weak, "Don't worry, you can't save me, I'm already dead, in the next life, forget it, I'll die too There is no next life, I'm leaving, you take care of yourself." He has lived for so many years, and there is nothing dissatisfied, anyway, Huai'an is gone, although there is no way to walk Huangquan Road together, at least don't go too late, Maybe we'll see each other again.

"I'm sorry, brother." He said this last sentence, closed his eyes, and disappeared instantly, leaving only the clothes on the ground and a large piece of ashes.

"Ka..." Fu Huaiming opened his eyes, and checked around anxiously. He seemed to hear something cracking.At this moment, his ears keenly caught a long sigh, and he turned his head quickly, only to see Fu Huai'an let out a long breath, and slowly opened his eyes.

Even if he was mentally prepared, this moment seemed to come too suddenly. Fu Huaiming froze in place, as if the long wait and dedication had finally paid off. The turbulent emotions in his heart were too complicated, which made him temporarily My mind went blank.

"Brother...Brother..." The weak call pulled his mind back, his knees softened, and he almost staggered to his knees in front of Fu Huai'an. The face looked alive.

"An'an, brother is here." Fu Huaiming was about to shed tears. He touched the corners of Fu Huai'an's eyes with trembling fingers to confirm that he was indeed awake, and only then did he feel a sense of reality.This is his only relative in this world. He brought up with one hand, such a kind and sensible brother. He has not grown up yet, and he has not tasted all the good things in this world, but he has been lying on the hospital bed for 13 years. .Every day, every year, he hates, regrets, and blames himself.

"...Go to...home." Fu Huai'an spoke intermittently, almost unable to make a sentence, but Fu Huaiming understood, he picked up his younger brother and walked out, "Okay, let's go home."

Jiang Zichen opened his eyes, facing Tang Yuanzhou's magnified face, he punched him in shock.Tang Yuanzhou quickly moved away, "Hey, hey, I've worked so hard to save you, so you can repay me like this."

Jiang Zichen straightened up, only to find himself lying on the floor, "What's going on."

Tang Yuanzhou patted him on the shoulder, "You're lucky, you're fine."

"Where's Mingxi?" Ever since he woke up and didn't see Mingxi, Jiang Zichen felt a little flustered. He remembered that he was held back, but when he woke up, there was nothing.

"I don't know, I only saw you, let's go, uncles and aunts are very worried about you." Tang Yuanzhou pulled him up, his expression relaxed a little.

Jiang Zichen looked around, but didn't see anyone else, so he followed away restlessly.

"Chenchen, Chenchen, Mom is really worried." As soon as she got home, Wen Lan rushed forward, her eyes were a little red, as if she had cried a lot, Jiang Zichen immediately softened, "Okay, Mom, I Isn't it okay?"

"Woooo..." After hearing his comfort, Wen Lan couldn't help but shed tears, "Chenchen..."

Jiang Zichen frowned, feeling a little strange, "What's wrong, Mom." But Wen Lan just cried and couldn't speak.He could only look back at Jiang Jingshan who said nothing, "Dad?"

Jiang Jingshan sighed deeply, "Archie, it's gone."

Jiang Zichen didn't understand, or he subconsciously didn't consider the deep meaning of his words, "What?"

"Archie died a few years ago, and was resurrected by the child in your body. Now that child is gone, and Archie is gone." Jiang Jingshan didn't understand how things had developed to this state, and Lu Qi was watching him. When he grew up, he didn't notice anything wrong at all. He raised him to such an age that he was almost the same as his own son. Who knew that this kind of thing would happen.Thinking of Lu Feng's appearance when he came back, Jiang Jingshan felt very uncomfortable. It was because he didn't take good care of Lu Qi.

Jiang Zichen felt a blow to the head, and his eyes were blackened. He staggered two steps, supported the wall, and breathed heavily.

"What's the matter?" Tang Yuanzhou also came at this time, he was holding an oiled paper umbrella, the surface of the umbrella was old, and there was a little dust falling on it.Jiang Zichen saw it at a glance, and felt very familiar, "Where did you come from?"

"I saw it in my car, but I don't know who put it there." Tang Yuanzhou was also puzzled, not knowing who put it in his car.Jiang Zichen snatched the umbrella and opened it directly. Although it was very old, he could still recognize it. It was the umbrella in which Tang Shiyun's soul was lodged in that memory.

The bad premonition in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, Jiang Zichen ignored the calls of others, suddenly turned around and rushed into Mingxi's room, and began to search around. He didn't know what he was looking for, but there seemed to be a voice urging him to do so. Do.

Not in the closet, not on the bedside table, not under the bed, he moved roughly and made a mess of things, but he still couldn't find what he was looking for.Biting his fingers and thinking for a while, Jiang Zichen suddenly thought of something, and ran back to his room. After searching for a while, he overturned the bedside table, and finally found something strange. There was a small box embedded in the bottom of his bedside table.

The box was made of wood, with a simple style and a very dark background, engraved with complicated and beautiful patterns. He felt a rough and cold feeling when he touched the surface.

There was a small lock on the box without a key, but when he touched the small lock, the small lock opened automatically. He opened the box, and there was only a handful of dark brown soil and a few faded and withered petals inside. .

Jiang Zichen's pupils trembled violently, his whole body was trembling uncontrollably, his heart was in a tearing pain, his Adam's apple rolled slightly, and he vomited out a mouthful of blood.

"rustle……"

He heard the sound of the wind blowing the cloth gently, Jiang Zichen opened his eyes and saw a familiar piece of scorched earth.

"We meet again." The little child stood in front of him with a bright smile, "I'm leaving, and I'm saying goodbye to you." Then, he stretched out his hand, holding a white flower, "This time don't Throw it away, or you won’t be able to get it back.”

Jiang Zichen took it in a daze, watching the child run away a few steps and threw himself into the arms of a young man, waved his hand over his shoulder as farewell, "Say thank you to that big brother for me, I like him very much The mirror." The voice slowly faded away, "I'm going home with my brother."

The young man patted the child's head, but he didn't cast his eyes on Jiang Zichen at all, looking very disgusted.

Jiang Zichen watched the big and small figures disappear at the end of the road to death, and then looked down at the flower in the palm of his hand in a daze. He gently pressed his lips against the soft petals, tears finally fell, "I found is you."