side by side

The moon sets and the sun rises, and it is another day in a blink of an eye.

It was a working day, Gu Huatian happened to have morning classes, so he had to go back to school.Taking advantage of Liang Jixuan's inattention, Xiao Hei struggled out of his arms, and went off to nowhere.Liang Jixuan was in a trance, he was still deeply trapped in yesterday's nightmare and could not break free.

"How about...shall I take you back?" Gu Huatian looked at him, full of worry.

"No! No need, you go to class," Liang Jixuan shook his head quickly, he forced a smile, "If the students run away, you can cover it up, you, the teacher, if you don't go, it will be too eye-catching. "

"Hey, not free, not free," Gu Huatian smiled and shook his head, "Then I will call a car for you now." Gu Huatian personally sent Liang Jixuan into the car, and watched him leave in the dust until The car turned a corner and disappeared from sight, but he still stood there for a long time.

Sitting in the rickshaw, Liang Jixuan turned his head and saw Gu Huatian gradually disappearing into the dust, the weird dream from last night suddenly popped up in his mind, and his heart suddenly felt strange.How could he dream that Gu Huatian was crying... Although Liang Jixuan knew that the dream had nothing to do with reality, he just inexplicably cared about this nonsensical episode.

"Hey, young master, do you want to buy some flowers before leaving?" the coachman who was running ahead suddenly made a sound.

"Hua'er" Liang Jixuan repeated blankly, looking around, he realized that this journey was not quite the same as in the past.In Beiping today, the streets are full of chrysanthemums.The flowers are bright gold, thick white, dark purple, clustered and bulging, and the mouth of the bowl is full of fluff, and the petals are plump and trembling, protecting the heart in the middle.

Against the backdrop of the golden sycamore leaves all over the ground, there is a rustling autumn intention.

"Today?"

"Today is the Double Ninth Festival, my lord," the coachman laughed, and when the wind blew, the sound was bulging and could not be heard clearly. "You must go there to buy some flowers."

Holding the golden chrysanthemum in his hands, Liang Jixuan closed his eyes and thought about something.Yesterday, many things happened, all strange and bizarre.These things were contradictory, piecemeal, and vaguely related, but after thinking about it, he couldn't connect them. He didn't think it was right. He vaguely found that he seemed to have forgotten some very crucial issues.

"Master, the osmanthus wine is here!" The coachman stopped.

This greeting was like a thunderclap, which made Liang Jixuan tremble.

"Did I tell you to come here!?" Liang Jixuan grabbed the sweaty coachman, his eyes were terribly cruel.

"Huh?" The driver looked puzzled, and he was stunned.This master looked at Wen Ruo, but his hands were quite strong, and his palms were still cold. He shivered from the cold through the layer of cloth, "No, that master just said that. He told me to send you to the alley. You told me that I had to watch you go in before you leave." Mrs. Che said, when he asked, she shook everything like beans.

Liang Jixuan lost his strength, and he fell back heavily on the armchair.

He finally figured out what the strange feeling that had been lingering in his heart since last night was.

Gu Huatian shouldn't know about Guijiu Hutong, and he shouldn't know about Xiao An.

He shouldn't know unless...

...unless that dream last night was not a dream at all.

When he was at Gu's house in the afternoon, he still couldn't figure out what happened.But in the evening, he should have woken up once, and when he went out, he happened to meet Xiao An and Xiao Shami who came in from the alley.He and Gu Huatian walked into the end of Ping Alley in the western suburbs together with them, and saw the house that was exactly the same as Guijiu Alley.

Then he separated from the three of them.

All of this is not his imagination, but actually happened.

At this moment, Liang Jixuan didn't want to be entangled in what happened to the time regression about his brother that he saw when he was alone.He just wants to know what Gu Huatian saw and heard at that time.

What on earth did he know that couldn't be told to him?

Liang Jixuan felt depressed for a while.

"Grandpa..." the coachman said, "It's the place, do you want to get off?"

"...You pull me back," Liang Jixuan said in a sullen voice, "No," he paused, "Does Xing'an Newspaper know? Go there first."

"Well, it's not that good," the coachman hesitated, with a reluctant look, "I'm taking money, and I agreed to watch you go in, so I have to send you inside. Now I'm taking you back again." , isn’t that breaking your word?”

"No one will know," Liang Jixuan smiled bitterly, unable to tell whether he was laughing at the coachman or himself, "If you don't say anything, no one will know."

Today's Guijiu Alley is surprisingly lively.In a short while, several groups of guests have come to ask if the car can go.Liang Jixuan refused to get off, and the driver couldn't leave either. After asking for several orders, the driver had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree, "Okay, sir, then I'll see you off."

The car is back on its way steadily.

Pedestrians are in a hurry, holding chrysanthemums in their arms.Brilliant gold, thick white, and dark purple made Liang Jixuan's eyes hurt, and he closed his eyes.

He was really tired.

"Brother Liang, why are you here again?" It was Liang Jixuan's luck. The girl he met yesterday happened to be on duty today. It took you a long time!"

"Ah, I'm sorry, something suddenly happened yesterday," he said vaguely, "I'm here today to ask you for that newspaper."

"Hey, it's also strange, why is an old newspaper so popular recently," the little girl muttered, "Brother Liang, I'm sorry. The newspaper on September [-] was collected together early this morning. Let’s go, we don’t even have a single one here.”

"Take it away?" Liang Jixuan froze on the spot.

"Yes," the little girl nodded, "It's early this morning, and all the stockpiled goods have been bought away, we are also very surprised."

"Then...do you know who bought it?" An answer appeared in his heart, but Liang Jixuan still didn't give up.

"Hey, how can we know about this?" The little girl smiled, she stopped suddenly, and carefully raised her eyes to look at Liang Jixuan, "Hey Brother Liang...you, haven't you been here lately?" Have a good rest, this face doesn't look very good. This world is impermanent, so don't be too sad. "

"Oh, yes, yes..." He replied in a low voice, thinking that he had drifted away early in the morning, flying far away.The September [-]st newspaper was bought. Although it was beyond his expectation, it was reasonable after thinking about it.The answer in Liang Jixuan's heart was confirmed again, Gu Huatian must have something to hide from him.Liang Jixuan hastily bid farewell to the little girl from Xing'an Newspaper, and now he is in a hurry to confirm one thing.

Outside the door, the coachman was waiting for him, and the bunch of golden chrysanthemums on the seat of the car were shining brightly.

"Let's go," Liang Jixuan stepped onto the rickshaw, and he said firmly, "Go to Xijiaoping."

Liang Jixuan now only wants to go to Xijiaoping, to see the alley with his own eyes.See if there is a house there, and see if there are ten lanterns hanging at the door.

tbc.