What are you afraid of?

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Jiang Shi came out of the bathroom after taking a shower. He saw the kitchen was lit, and there was the sound of gurgling water boiling.He walked over to look, and found that Mingmin was inside.

She actually stood up from the wheelchair, and the rolled dough was cut into thin strips, and she was about to put them in the pan.

"Mom." Jiang Shi exclaimed, "What are you doing so late? I'm hungry, let Aunt Li cook for you."

"I'm not hungry, just like making you some supper." Mingmin smiled and put down the noodles, "I suddenly realized that this time was very successful, just wait and eat."

"It's so late, why don't you cherish your body at all?" Jiang Shi approached and let her snuggle up beside her.

"I've slept enough, I can stand as long as I can." Mingmin said while stirring.

Jiang Shi saw that she didn't look tired, so he didn't say any more, but stayed by her side all the time, protecting her quietly.

"Okay." Mingmin fixed the timing, "Ah Shi, bring me the bowl."

Take out the noodles, pour the soup, arrange the plate, and a bowl of handmade soft, white and smooth noodles is freshly out of the pot.

"How about this face?" Mingmin looked at him expectantly and asked.

"Hmm..." Jiang Shi mused, "It's probably worth several thousand for outside sales."

"Fuck you." Mingmin smiled and pushed his arm, "Come and eat."

Jiang Shi ate half a bowl in a hurry, and couldn't speak after chewing, so he gave Ming Min a thumbs up.

Mingmin smiled, propped her chin and watched him eat, under the orange light, her gaze was so gentle that it seemed unreal.

"After eating this bowl of longevity noodles, my mother hopes that you will be safe, healthy and prosperous. I don't want you to be famous and rich, but only hope that you will be stable and smooth."

"Isn't it early?" Jiang Shi's suspicion was subconsciously uneasy.

"It's hard to come by such a super-level performance. I'm afraid you'll screw up on your birthday, so it's safe to say it in advance." Mingmin said.

"If you succeed once in cooking, you won't fail again. This is the experience of Chef Jiang's Chef Jiang." Jiang Shi looked at her expression without any strangeness, felt relieved, and winked at her and said .

Ming Min was easily amused by him, covering her mouth and laughing until her shoulders shook.

After the noodles were finished, Jiang Shi took the tableware back to the kitchen to wash, turned around after washing, and met Ming Min's eyes mixed with love and nostalgia.

"Tired?" Jiang Shi asked.

Mingmin nodded slightly.

"I'll take you back to the room to rest." Jiang Shi pushed her back to the room, hugged her skillfully and laid her on the bed, twisted the quilt for her, and said in a low voice, "Good night."

"Good night." Ming Min's eyes were crooked, she wanted to cry a little, but she was more happy.

She is very happy.

Opening the door, Jiang Shi met Yebai's eyes, as if he had been staring here, waiting for the moment when Jiang Shi pushed the door and entered.

Jiang Shi ran over and jumped onto the bed, and the weight of an adult man sat on Ye Bai's stomach and hugged him unceremoniously, as if he had encountered something very happy.

"Heavy." Ye Bai said so, but hugged Jiang Shi's waist, making him stick closer.

"I feel that my mother is in a very good state." Jiang Shi said with a joyful smile, "She seems to be able to live for a long time."

Ye Bai didn't speak, just hugged him quietly.

"Do you know that it is a miracle that some patients with advanced cancer can live five or ten years longer, but I think she can be even more miraculous than those miracles." Bai turned over and pressed him under him.

Jiang Shi's eyes were black and bright, like gems under the bottom of a clear lake.Ye Bai couldn't help kissing his eyelids, and then between his brows, and murmured: "I will be with you, always, forever, forever."

Jiang Shi felt sleepy, and fell asleep under Ye Bai's delicate and soft kiss.

He floats in darkness.

He couldn't see it, couldn't touch it, and he couldn't even tell where he was, as if his body and consciousness were also part of this darkness.

"Ashi!"

Someone is shouting.

This sound carries the light, and the brightness spreads along with the sound waves, which awakens his senses, and the whiteness occupies a moment, followed by a new scene.

"...Ashi, Ashi, are you awake?"

His eyes narrowed reflexively before he saw the person in front of him clearly, "Mom..."

"You're awake." Ming Min touched his face with a smile, "Sit up and let me take a good look."

Only then did he realize that he was pillowing on Mingmin's lap, and he couldn't help but feel hot on his face, so he sat up quickly.They were sitting on a sofa. This place was familiar to him... It was his home, the one that had been demolished.

How did you come back here?He was puzzled.

"You have grown up and become the most remarkable man, even better than the adult you dreamed of when you were young." Ming Min said while watching him tenderly.

He looked at her blankly, not understanding why she suddenly praised him.

"I have lived here with you for the longest time." Mingmin looked around the small living room, "But at that time my ambition was too great, and I was not satisfied with living my life peacefully in this small place, so I didn't cherish it, I gave it up All the way to the metropolis.”

He felt sad because he was the abandoned part, so he shrugged his head.

"That's why people can't have both. I regret leaving now, but if I hadn't left, I would definitely not be reconciled to the status quo. I have to give up one." She stroked her son's hair, "I'm sorry, I am a selfish mother, I didn't love you well and take care of you when you were a child, and when I was dying, I still coveted your company and hung on you."

He shook his head vigorously.

"I'm sorry, Ashi." Her voice trembled, and she hugged the tall Jiang Shi tightly in her arms like a child, "I regret it so much, I would rather not have those fame and wealth, and I want to be with you, see Watching you grow up, so that the time I can recall will not be so rare."

"Mom..." he called softly.

"I really miss you... If there is an afterlife, can I still be your mother?"

"Mom, mom, mom..." He hugged Mingmin's waist tightly, he became inexplicably flustered, he felt that he was going to lose.

"Ah Shi, I'm leaving." Mingmin said with a smile, tears in her eyes. She gently broke away from Jiang Shi's arm—she tried her best, but she still couldn't stop her parting footsteps.

Mingmin stood up, said "goodbye" softly to him, and then walked towards the entrance.

Jiang Shicai realized that this was Mingmin's appearance ten years ago. She was still young and beautiful, and she was the appearance of his mother deep in his memory.

She stopped at the door, and Jiang Shi couldn't help calling for her to keep her, but she opened the door anyway, and left like going to work, leaving Jiang Shi alone.

"Ashi...Ashi..."

Jiang Shi opened his eyes, he felt his heartbeat and breathing, the surrounding sounds and the moisture on his face, everything fell into place.

When he saw Yebai, the first thing he said was: "Where's my mother?"

He also opened his mouth in vain, Jiang Shi's tear-stained face made it impossible for him to tell the truth himself.

Jiang Shi's heart fell to the bottom, he didn't wait for a reply, got up from the bed, and staggered to Mingmin's room.

Aunt Li was on the phone next to her with red eyes: "Well, I left around eight o'clock this morning, no pain..."

He froze at the door.

Mingmin was lying on the bed with a peaceful expression. If it wasn't for the gray face that looked like an uncolored doll, Jiang Shi would have thought she was just awake.

Aunt Li hung up the phone, and seeing Jiang Shi was even more sad. She endured her grief and said, "When I got up this morning and came to see her, just...you come and see her again."

But Jiang Shi's feet seemed to have taken root, he didn't want to go there, he just wanted to stay away from this reality.

With a familiar chest on his back, Ye Bai's voice was low and soothing, "Let's go and see her."

Guided by Ye Bai, Jiang Shi came to Mingmin's bedside, and he suddenly felt that this person was very strange.Last night she was obviously so energetic, her hands could roll dough, her legs could walk back and forth in the kitchen, and she would still smile at him. How could such a lively person lose all vitality overnight.

"Ashi." Yebai called him worriedly, his expressionless expression was not quite right.

Jiang Shi didn't answer, he reached into the quilt and held Ming Min's hand, feeling weak but still warm.

He tightened his grip cautiously, as if keeping the remaining warmth, he could keep Mingmin.

When Zhang Jiazhe came back, people from the funeral home also came.He was also stunned when he saw Mingmin's body, then he lowered his head and sighed long.

"I'm going to take her away." Zhang Jiazhe said to Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi raised his eyes and looked at him quietly and desolately.

This kind of gaze made Zhang Jiazhe's uncontrollable heart beat faster, like a lonely and helpless little beast that still resists people thousands of miles away, overlapping with Jiang Shi ten years ago.

Another gaze that almost turned into reality fiercely gouged it out, which gave Zhang Jiazhe the feeling of being suffocated by a snake wrapped around his neck. He didn't need to look to know who it was.

Jiang Shi and Ye Bai also went to the funeral parlor together. After doing it for a while, someone came over and said that they could go to burn incense and worship.

Mingmin put on makeup and became more beautiful. She lay quietly in the dark coffin, which made Jiang Shi feel as if she had passed away.

Was it a dream yesterday, or is it a dream now?

Zhang Jiazhe gave him three sticks of incense, "Come here and pay your respects."

Jiang Shi didn't pick it up, it was too weird, yesterday he saw Mingmin busy, heard Mingmin call his name, ate the noodles she made, and said good night to her, today he wants him to treat Mingmin as a He couldn't treat the dead.

Seeing Jiang Shi's absent-minded appearance, Ye Bai's heart throbbed a little. He wrapped Jiang Shi in his arms and whispered in his ear: "I'm still here, and I'm here..."

Mingmin has many colleagues and partners here, so there is still a memorial service.These things have nothing to do with Jiang Shi, he felt very tired, so he asked Ye Bai to take him home.

"A Shi." Ye Bai looked at him anxiously, "You...are you hungry? I will heat it up, can I give you some hot food?"

Jiang Shi nodded wearily, "I'll go back to sleep, call me when you're done."

His response made Ye Bai jump up, "Okay, then you have a good rest."

Jiang Shi went back to the room and took out the leftovers from the refrigerator in vain.

last night……

He sighed and said goodbye in his heart.

It took only 10 minutes to heat it in the microwave, and it was no use arranging the dishes in an appetizing manner. After looking at the closed door, he planned to wait a little longer and let Jiang Shi sleep more.

After 15 minutes, he knocked on the door, "Ashi, it's time to eat."

no response.

Knock again: "Ashi, Ashi, you haven't eaten all day, get up and eat."

Still no response.

Ye Bai frowned, pressed the handle, and the door was locked.

It was the first time she had been locked out of the room with Jiang Shi for so long.

He quietly exerted a trace of demon power, clicked on the deadbolt, and the door opened.

Ye Bai saw that the body curled up on the bed was trembling, and the suppressed sobs leaked out, mixed with pain and moaning.Sadness overflowed the room.

Jiang Shi was crying.