Strange disease

Chapter 65 End of Text

All my lost, forgotten memories end here.

At this moment, I am standing on the same bamboo road as in the past, with the sound of water rushing on the shore, and people coming and going around me.

I died again.I'm back here again.

Everything was like an extremely absurd dream, but I clearly knew that I had indeed successfully returned to the world.

This time, I was no longer at a loss. I hurriedly pushed away the crowd in front of me and ran on the road.

I ran anxiously and reached the ferry ahead as fast as I could.

The ferryman was still standing on the pier like a pine, wearing a black cloak, only showing a pale and thin chin.

He didn't seem surprised when he saw me again.

He said, "You're back."

I went back to the candy store.

The hole was boarded up again, this time with four nails.

I pushed open the door, and the crisp wind chimes jingled, and the sweet smell came to my face.

The proprietress propped her head and sat behind the counter humming a ditty. When she saw me, her eyes lit up and her expression was pleasantly surprised.

"Are you finally back?"

she says.

"Why did it take so long this time?"

I laughed, but laughed tears.

"Because I found that I still can't bear the world."

I say.

"I still can't let him go."

Later, the ferryman told me that such accidents had never happened before.

Occasionally, a mad soul jumps desperately down, but it will come back soon.

The last time was probably decades ago.

I asked, "Then what happened to that soul?"

He was silent for a moment, and said: "He discovered the secret here. So that soul stayed and became the lowest-level ferryman."

I froze.

"Then why did he come back so soon after jumping?"

I asked.

"What did he see?"

The ferryman said: "He found that even if he returned to the mortal world, he would be just a ghost floating in the air. No one could see him, no one could hear him speak. His ashes were buried in a beautiful cemetery. Still the same as when he was young. He saw that his parents were doing well, but their hair was a little grayer than before."

"So he put his heart down and left silently with the wind."

I suddenly froze in place. At that moment, it was like being shot in the heart, and my whole body was cold.

It turned out to be the case.

It turned out to be so.

I'm just a dead soul, I thought I was just going back to see Xi Rong - he won't see me, won't find me, won't notice me, I'm just a lonely person who won't be seen by the world The wild ghost, quietly floated beside him, glanced at him secretly, to satisfy my own innocent thoughts.

... I just need to look at him, and I am satisfied that he is doing well.

But who would have thought that Xi Rong persisted in keeping my body intact.

After I jumped from the black hole, I fell into the mortal world, and my soul entered my body, so I was "resurrected".

But this body is dead after all, so it will rot from time to time, barely supported by my soul or meager will.

This state of neither life nor death appeared, and it looked like I had a disease, which caused my skin to fester and bleed from time to time, and then grow back to heal again, over and over again.

The proprietress kept me, saying that she was short of a clerk in the shop.

So I stayed in the candy house as a temporary worker.

It is said to be a part-time job, but it is actually responsible for entertaining customers when they come to the door.

Sell ​​candy for time.

Where did the candy come from?

I thought wistfully of the ferryman and his girl who were not in the store and went somewhere for a date.

Oh yes, I have a new business recently, and I have to watch those customers and be on guard against them jumping off the plank while I'm not paying attention, even though it doesn't happen often.

After all, the ferrymen have said that it will probably appear once every few decades.

I just recently found out that above the candy house there is also an inn for ghosts who roam the streets with nothing to do.

It’s just that if you want to stay in the store, it takes more time to deliver. According to my observation, a person (actually a ghost) can only come once every six months.

Maybe it’s because I’ve become half of the “staff”. Like the ferryman and the proprietress of the candy store, I’m no longer affected by the changing parallel time and space and the world line.

All kinds of faces came to the store, and I actually remember everyone.Some of them come only once in a few months, some have disappeared for several years, and some linger at the door all day long, looking at the storefront eagerly.

I witnessed them crying bitterly, or losing their souls. Everyone has a different story, and everyone has been burdened with an unforgettable life in the mortal world.

I listen and watch...

In it, but also out of it.

Many times, or more accurately, most of the time, I still think of Xi Rong.

It's just that my mood at this time is quite different from before.

I still miss him, but I won't be going back.

He promised me that he would live a good life, and I was willing to believe it.

And I have limited but good enough memories to spend the eternity and long time.

I think, I am willing to wait here year after year, waiting for him to be happy and live a long life, and finally, maybe one day, we will meet again unexpectedly at this crowded street.

At that time, I might be able to laugh and say that even when he was old, he was still a handsome and handsome old man. He was full of children and grandchildren, and the bear children in the family couldn't manage it, but I was still young and young, and then I watched him go away consummated. On the ferry, surrounded by the holy light of the sky, leaving only a pale back.

After all, saving the dying and healing the wounded is a matter of great virtue. I have never doubted that a good person like Xi Rong will definitely go to heaven.

That day, I propped my cheeks, sat behind the counter bored, stuffed my mouth with all kinds of candy, like a hamster before hibernation.

Another advantage of being a buddy is that I can use my work privileges unscrupulously and eat candy freely.

The business in the store often comes in bursts, especially after the next ferry arrives and docks, I will experience a wave of peak passenger flow, and there are not many people visiting in normal times.

At this moment, the wind chimes at the door jingled.

I said casually: "Welcome, do you want to buy candy?"

When I saw the person coming clearly, I opened my eyes wide, as if the place had been weathered, and I couldn't react at all for a while.

That handsome face has clear lines, and his superb eyes seem to hide a galaxy of stars. He is dressed in white, and he just came to me.

I opened my mouth, but no sound came out.

Only tears flowed down her cheeks.

He walked over to the counter, reached out and touched my tear-soaked face lightly.

"No sugar." He said softly.

"I'm coming to find you."

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