side by side

"This is really absurd." Liang Jixuan murmured involuntarily. He never believed in ghosts and gods, but everything in front of him shook the world view he had established for a long time.

In addition to being shocked, it is unbelievable.

Mrs. Liang stared at the ground, not daring to look at him, muttering, saying sorry all the time. "Both of you are the flesh that fell from my body. I really can't bear to lose either of them," Madam Liang sobbed softly, tightly clutching the silk handkerchief, with bulging blue veins dormant on the back of her thin hand.

It showed a bit of timidity and desolation.

Liang Jixuan felt dizzy for a while, the tip of his tongue was numb, and he couldn't speak for a while.Anger surged from his heart to the top of his head, he refused the support of others, and barely stood up.Standing where he was, he took a deep look at Mrs. Liang, sighed heavily, and hurried out of the gate of Liang's house with his packed suitcase.

He really didn't know how to face his mother in this situation.

Walking on the street, with wisps of cool wind blowing, most of the anger in Liang Jixuan's heart disappeared, but what remained was a complete sense of powerlessness.If he abandons the absurdity of borrowing his life, and just brings it up and gives his brother a few years of life, he is not unwilling.What he couldn't accept was the way his mother did things, and the depression deep in his bones.

Liang Jixuan wiped his face, he was a little annoyed.He was in a hurry to go out, and he forgot to take Xiao Hei with him.While hesitating, he was about to turn around and go back, but suddenly saw a familiar figure jumping out from the wall in front of him.The big white cat came out from the corner of the street, lowered its head and licked its front paws, its fluffy white tail swished happily behind it, he raised his head, tilted his head and looked at him with those ice blue eyes.

Liang Jixuan suddenly wanted to cry, so he took the big white cat into his arms.Xiao Hei cocked his tail, arched the kitten's face outwards with some disgust, arched it, then moved back again, sticking out his little tongue and licking Liang Jixuan's cheek.

With Xiao Hei, Liang Jixuan rushed to the pier in a hurry, the ship had already blew the ship's horn, and he boarded the ship at the last moment when the deck was closed.

As soon as he boarded the boat, the big white cat, who had managed to settle down for a while, became a demon again.Jumped out of Liang Jixuan's arms, disappeared in a flash.

"Young master, you are very lucky." After finishing the deck, a crew member handed him a cigarette, and talked to Liang Jixuan with a smile, "Based on weekdays, you will definitely miss this boat."

Liang Jixuan waved his hands and refused, holding his knees and panting, he just ran all the way from the ferry, "Huh...how do you say that?"

The crew is a talkative one. Hearing Liang Jixuan's response, he rubbed his hands excitedly, "This is a secret, I only tell you, don't talk too much outside," he took two steps forward , leaning close to Liang Jixuan's ear, deliberately lowering his voice, "The boat that returned yesterday is bewitched."

"The ship that returned yesterday?" Liang Jixuan's brows twitched, feeling a little uneasy.

"That's not it!" The crew clapped their hands abruptly, and their voices rose, "It was my father-in-law who guarded the boat last night, otherwise how could I have heard the news."

"Last night, the last ship entered the port, a few hours later than usual. This is the rule of our industry. When bringing 'foreigners' home, we have to choose a time when the night is quiet and there is no light."

"What is this 'stranger'?" Liang Jixuan asked him.

"Hey, it's 'Stranger', that's the one." The crew member put his hands on his neck, drew it, then grinned and stuck out his tongue, "If you die in a foreign country, you have to go home, right? Tiangaolu Far away, mostly by boat."

"This man looks like a young master. He is well-dressed in a suit and tie, and he puts his luggage in the warehouse together. You don't know that there are so many suitcases that take up half of the warehouse," the crew waved exaggeratedly. With a wave of his arms, he drew a large circle in imaginary form, speaking with a nose and eyes, as if he had actually seen it.

"It was put together with the luggage, and the captain locked the lock himself. On the door, there was even a talisman from the Dragon King Temple." The Venerable Master recognized it, but in the end, guess what happened?"

"what happened?"

"What's the matter? It's gone!" The crew slammed their hands hard, "The whole warehouse is empty, including people and luggage, all disappeared. You don't know, the hexagram on the door is still sealed. A group of people, Hold up the lamp, tear up the hexagram, and open the door with the key, nothing is there, it’s empty! Tell me, isn’t this a trick, what is it?”

"The person you're talking about, I'm afraid he was transferred from abroad to China, right? What happened before the transfer?" Liang Jixuan only thought it was too much of a coincidence, "I was also on that ship before, it was also a coincidence, our destination It's the same place."

"Brother, you are also superstitious. Everyone is dead. They can't breathe or move. How could they die? You also said that this young man has a lot of luggage. I'm afraid someone has a good eye for money. Liang Jixuan suddenly remembered what happened under the osmanthus tree just now, couldn't help but lose his smile, waved his hands, and walked away.

"Hey, you man," the crew member muttered dissatisfiedly behind him, "what do you know. I haven't finished my sentence yet. When they opened the cabin, they saw a cat inside. An evil light shines straight from the dark place. Hey, son, you are blind."

It's a pity that Liang Jixuan, who walked away, couldn't hear him anymore.

On the same boat as before, at the same place, this person who has no chance to see him, has many similarities with him in the dark, and the intimacy of destiny, but because of the separation between heaven and man, he will never be destined. Knowing it again, Liang Jixuan suddenly felt a little sad.

The boat was still bumping, Liang Jixuan hurried back to the room before getting dizzy and vomiting.There was not much left in the pills he was carrying with him, he hesitated for a while, but he still swallowed a few pills.Nesting himself in the soft quilt, Liang Jixuan fell into a drowsy sleep.

The boat is like a cradle, like a mother's body, protecting him with warmth and tenderness like amniotic fluid.

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Rain, I don't know when it stopped.The pilgrims bid farewell and left.

Mr. Liang knelt in the front hall and performed three prayers piously.

The stick placed in front of him was covered with a layer of oily red glaze.Mr. Liang raised the heavy lottery, closed his eyes, and shook it three times evenly with his wrist, 'Shua!Swish!Swish! '

'Bang! ''Bang! '

Two sticks, front and back, were brought out one after another.

Abbot Keats twitched his porcelain white eyebrows involuntarily, "Put it back, let's twitch again."

Old Man Liang gathered himself together, wiped off the sweat from his forehead, closed his eyes, and shook again cautiously.

'Shua!Swish!Swish!Swish!Swish! '

'Bang! ''Bang! ’ Another two sticks hit the ground.

Mr. Liang couldn't help but turn pale.

tbc.