die

Nothing happened to each other, the two of them ate the wontons downstairs in the morning, and they parted.

As for the cat, Zhang Deng still suspected that he was just having a dream last night.

After all, life is not necessarily so coincidental, what is dreamed is real.He didn't believe it, still couldn't believe it.

However, this guess can be discussed with Zhou You.

"Hello, Zhou You?" He dialed Zhou You's phone.

The other party burped lazily, which counted as an answer.

"Have you ever thought about the possibility that the cat has... died?" Zhang Deng paused, and chose to change his wording.

Zhou You on the other end of the phone didn't answer right away, but was quiet for a while.

Then, she patted her thigh excitedly: "It's true, you atheist thinks more than I do, smart, a child can be taught!"

Zhang Deng: "Haha."

Putting down the phone, he turned on the computer to reply to some email messages from fans and acquaintances, took the bag and went to Xiaomi's house.

Zhou You didn't ask him to go with him this time, but attendance is always required, maybe the boss will give him a bonus as soon as he is happy.

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Today's Zhou You is wearing a silk suspender top and big pants. The top is tucked into the pants, and there are two colorful belts around his waist. He still has a Taoist bun tied into the sky, and he is looking at his phone with his red lips grinning.

She clicked on a voice.

"Yuyou, what do you want to eat this afternoon? The old aunt said that there is taro ball, red bean and lotus seed soup today. Would you like to bring some to you? Do you want to add ice?"

Li Li's gentle voice came from the phone. She looked around and put the phone on her ears. After a while, her ears turned red, and she couldn't help but smile.

Then she clicked on another voice.

"Speaking of which, you are a descendant, you are a descendant, how is Qimen Dunjia used? You are honestly using spells and formulas, and you are walking! Don't worry, I don't teach you anything all day long. I told you to practice before. How much do you remember on the left? You want to fly with the sword? You need to learn about the mop first!"

[Say you are tender, you are so tender, how can Qimen Dunjia be used like this?You should be honest and use spells and spells, let's take a step forward!Don't say I don't teach you things all the time, how much do you remember from what I asked you to practice before?Still want to fly with Yujian?You learn to mop the floor first! 】

Ouch, this strong Cantonese-style Chinese made Zhou You's brows clear, she clicked off the voice before finishing listening, and looked left and then to make sure that no one was paying attention to her, then turned to the phone. He rolled his eyes.

Mobile: MMP what did I do?

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When Zhang Deng saw Zhou You, she was squatting on the ground, holding a cigarette between her hands in desperation, watching the news on her mobile phone.

"What is Boss Zhou looking at?" Zhang Deng leaned over like a fly rubbing his hands.

Boss Zhang pressed the cigarette on the ground, turned off the flame, and sighed: "Zhang Deng."

Zhang Deng nodded and bowed: "What's wrong, boss."

"I just calculated that the cat might really be dead."

Zhang Deng had a look of incredulity, and exaggeratedly shook his eyebrows: "No way, I guessed it right? My God, Boss Zhou is here~ but~how~how~do~na~"

Zhou You flicked the cigarette butt on him: "Nimma, can you speak well, and what tone does the ending sound have? What's wrong?"

Zhang Deng had no choice but to reply: "Then what should I do, the cat is dead, what else can I do? Tell Xiaomi that the cat is dead?"

Surely not.Zhou You shook his head, thinking about what to do.

After a while, her cell phone rang again.

Zhou You picked up the phone impatiently, and was about to start cursing according to the voice, when he suddenly saw the content of the message.

"Huh. This old bald donkey is quite capable." She raised her hand and looked carefully.After a while, she slapped Zhang Deng hard: "Go, I have a solution."

Zhou You walked downstairs to Xiaomi's house, dialed a number, picked up the phone and said to the phone: "Old man, you send two people over! I have to deliver a cat."

I could only hear the Cantonese-speaking person on the other end of the phone say again: "What? You haven't finished it yet? Now you need another man? I said you are tender, don't you believe me?"

"Stop talking nonsense, next time I meet you I will give you Soft China, can I have one?"

The man clicked his lips: "Then you owe me three, don't forget."

"Got it, got it." Zhou You looked impatient, put down the phone and gave Xiaomi another one.

She was at home, Zhou You told her to go upstairs immediately and asked her to open the door.

After the conversation was over, Zhang Deng watched Zhou You light a cigarette, and stood downstairs to smoke.

"Aren't you in a hurry to go up?" he asked.

"No hurry." Zhou You said, "It will take some time for the manpower to arrive."

It turned out to be waiting for someone.

Zhang Deng thought that Zhou You had hired other people, so he lit a cigarette honestly and waited for someone to come.

But after smoking most of it, Zhou You snapped his fingers and nodded to Zhang Deng: "People are coming, let's go up."

Eh?

Where is someone?Zhang Deng looked around, but there was no one.

But Zhou You walked upstairs and said to himself: "It's Mr. Mo. Please come all the way here."

Zhang Deng felt that it was very strange, he shivered in fright, and hurriedly followed.

After entering the door, Zhou You first asked Xiaomi: "I want to light a cigarette later, do you mind?"

Xiaomi looked puzzled, not understanding what Zhou You was going to do.

Zhou You scratched his head and said, "It's not me who smokes, so what, it's considered incense. One of my colleagues likes to smoke."

Xiaomi glanced at Zhang Deng suspiciously.He quickly waved his hand: "It's not me, I don't."

Zhou You took out a cigarette, asked Xiaomi to sit on the south side of the dining table, and sat opposite her, lit a cigarette, and placed it vertically in the rice bowl in the middle of the table.

Standing beside her, Zhang Deng only watched her close her eyes and move her mouth silently, but the two of them couldn't hear anything.

After a while, Zhou You opened his eyes and glanced at Xiaomi.

She hesitated, then smiled and said a word.

"Xiaomi, she calls you sister."

Xiaomi sitting across the table opened his eyes wide, and then tears rolled out of his eyes.

"When you were five years old, you told her that you wanted to be her older sister and take care of her in the future. After hearing that, she kept calling you older sister."

"She said that every time she wanted to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, she would go to your pillow and pick your hair." Zhou You squinted her eyes, as if she was listening to someone talking.

Xiaomi nodded, took out a tissue, and said in an inaudible voice, "I once heard her call me sister at night."

"This child is very happy." Zhou You continued, "Xiaomei—is that the name? When you picked her up, she almost drowned by the dirty pool."

"She has always loved you very much, and she is still talking about the toys, clothes and cans you bought for her." Zhou You seemed to see a chattering child, and couldn't help frowning, "She likes it so much." Remember to put the pink bow last time on the mailbox outside the door at night."

Sighing, Zhou You closed his eyes and continued to listen for a while.

"Don't stay up late."

"Don't skip breakfast."

"Stop eating junk food all the time."

After Zhou You said these three sentences, Zhang Deng suspected that it was Xiaomi's mother who said it secretly. Unexpectedly, she said directly: "You are not in good health. Xiaomei has been protecting you before. Now that she is gone, you don't take care of her." Take care of yourself, you will be seriously ill within three years."

"She was very worried about you, so she refused to leave."

Xiaomi resisted panting loudly, wiped away the tears on his face, and after a while, asked Zhou You: "Then where did she go?"

"Do you mean before or now?"

"All."

Zhou You said: "She is still at home now. She was there to protect you from a disaster. Last week, did something happen to you?"

Xiaomi thought about it carefully, and seemed to remember something.

"Do you still remember the car accident at Zhanggong Bridge last week?"

The two nodded.

"That's right, it's Xiaomi's car." Zhang Deng also remembered, "I remember that truck that rear-ended was so miserable, the front of the car sank in, and the driver was stuck in the car, and he couldn't pull it out."

Last week, Zhang Deng also saw a small video from Moments, which was horrible.

Zhou You nodded: "You should have been there at the time. If you weren't there, you would have left temporarily. But there must be a solution to this catastrophe, so your family's Xiaomei went to prevent the disaster for you."

The more Xiaomi heard it, the more uncomfortable she felt, and she couldn't help covering her chest: "Her, how would she know... I'd rather she didn't go..."

"Cats are sometimes smarter than humans. Besides, do you think she hasn't thought about anything?" Zhou You glanced at the rice bowl on the table, "She loves you very much."

The sentence "she loves you very much" made Zhang Deng's nose sour.

Seeing that Xiaomi was on the verge of collapse, Zhou You quietly took out a small card.

"If you want to say goodbye to her again, you can call this restaurant." The small card she handed over had the name of a restaurant printed on it.

"'Hazi Canteen'?" Zhang Deng read aloud, "What is this for?"

"In addition to their daily business, the owner is also very good at cooking cat food. You can ask him to teach you how to make a bowl and keep it for Xiaomei at night. After seeing off the meal, she will know how you feel, and she can leave with peace of mind."

"After all, animals don't have the first seven, and if they leave, they leave." Zhou You said, "However, she has been so persistent with you all her life, maybe you will see each other in the future."

Xiaomi picked up the card, looked up and asked, "Really?"

Zhou You looked at her and only smiled.

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Any parting between life and death is full of strong emotions.

Zhang Deng couldn't help but think of the men and women he saw in his grandmother's arms when he was a child.

They were all crying, and even if they weren't crying, there was no smile on their faces.

He asked grandma why everyone was crying so hard.

In his memory, his parents just went out for a trip, and they wanted to play longer.

Grandma didn't speak, and she hasn't since.

His concept of life and death was established in other people's gossip.

If there is a ghost, why did his parents never find him?

Zhang Deng sighed and sent Zhou You to the bus.

He went to the convenience store to buy half a dozen beers and some cold dishes, carried them around, and went back to his small rental house.

He has always avoided talking about such a heavy topic.If possible, he also wants to escape for a lifetime.

But he himself will die sooner or later, and he will face it anyway.

Thinking about it, this is the trouble in his life. Facing the unknown when it will come and what kind of death will happen to him, all Zhang Deng can do is walk through it step by step.

There must be many good things in life. What he fears is not that he will not encounter them, but that they will destroy all the good things at the last moment.

If possible, how wonderful it would be to have a never-ending feast.

He drank four cans of beer, took a shower, threw himself on the bed, and drifted off to sleep.

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In the middle of the night, he vaguely heard three or two cat meows.

Half asleep and half awake, he thought he heard the sound of a stray cat downstairs.

But the meow gradually approached, and finally stayed by his ear.

It seemed that a kitten was quietly rubbing his head.Then, a young man next to her knelt down and said to her, "Let's go."

The kitten "meowed" and followed the man away.