Those who work in the coffin shop

At the age of 17, Ah Chou's grandmother passed away.

That night, when she came to the store, it was extremely dark outside, the store was always lit with soft lights, Ah Tu welcomed her as before, and Bao Si sat on the sofa, lazily and casually.

Ah Chou still brought the scones, but this time, she put down the scones, turned around and shed tears silently.

"what happened to you?"

"Grandma... passed away."

After saying this, Ah Chou couldn't bear it any longer, and burst into tears.

She loves to laugh, but tonight, she couldn't bring herself to smile.

Her face was covered with tears, her hoarse voice, and her ugly appearance, for some reason, deeply hurt Bao Si's heart.

He stood up, hugged her, let her lean on his chest, and cried wantonly.

Ah Tu looked at her sadly at her feet.

"Grandma is gone, and I have no relatives in this world... I thought she would always be by my side... With grandma here, I am not afraid of being bullied, but now, I am alone, living alone, So tired...why do I do this, Boss, tell me, why does God treat me like this?" Ah Chou became emotional, and his voice became louder and louder, "I did something wrong in my previous life, and I have to be punished in this life. Punishment?"

Bao Si caressed her dry hair, and said softly: "You are not wrong, but this world is like this, no one will always be by your side, you will grow old, you will die, you will leave, so will Ah Tu, but now it I'm still with you, don't worry."

Hearing this, Ah Chou cried and laughed: "Boss, will you leave me too?"

Bo Si said nothing, just looked at her indifferently.

It was the first time Ah Chou cried so sadly in front of him.

"Grandma... I miss you, don't leave me, okay..."

After Ah Chou fell asleep on the sofa, he was still murmuring inaudibly.

There were still crystal tears in the corners of her eyes, and she was particularly moving under the light.

That year, when Ah Chou came to the store again, she looked calm, as if she had made up her mind, and said, "Boss, I am your customer tonight, and I have something I want you to help me with."

Bo Si looked up at her, "What's the matter?"

A Chou pondered for a while, and said, "I want the birthmark on my face to disappear. I don't want to be A Chou anymore. I want to become an ordinary girl."

"Whether a person is ordinary or not is not determined by his appearance."

"I know, but I want to try."

A Chou's expression was firm.

This is rare.

Bao Si stared into her eyes, with a faint smile on his mouth: "Have you met the one you are destined for?"

A Chou's face turned red instantly when she was told what was on her mind. She lowered her head, struggled for a while, and finally admitted in a low voice: "Yes, I found that I fell in love with that person. He is very good-looking. In front of him, I would I am ashamed of myself, so I want to make myself beautiful."

"But you said that the person who really loves you will accept everything from you."

Ah Chou's eyes dimmed for a moment, and he said: "I thought so too. Before I was tempted, I was carefree and didn't care what others thought of me. But after I was tempted, I found that I was humbled into the dust. I have low self-esteem, I don’t even have the courage to look at him, and only then did I realize that in order to make him like me, I am really willing to do anything.”

"If you become more beautiful, he may not necessarily like you."

"At least, I tried my best."

Ah Chou looked at him with burning eyes.

Bao Si narrowed his eyes coldly, and said, "Women have to pay a huge price to change their appearance from ugly to beautiful, and you may not be able to afford this price."

A Chou laughed silly: "Boss, are you worried about me?"

Bao Si was speechless, and A Chou said again: "Don't worry about me, this is my own choice. The boss is a businessman, so he shouldn't reject customers like me, right? For so many years, you have always had your own Principles do not make me an exception."

"You like that person that much?"

"Yeah." Ah Chou nodded deeply, and said, "For that person, everything is worth it."

"Even if you are beautiful, do you have to trade your life for it?"

"I am willing."

Ah Chou answered seriously without hesitation.

Seeing her persistence, Bao Si stopped persuading her, and only reached out to her, his cold palm covering the birthmark on her face, and said in a low voice, "As you wish."

The moment the palm and the birthmark were attached, Ah Chou felt a strong burning pain, as if something was forcibly peeling off the birthmark from her skin, tearing it off bit by bit.

"what……"

Ah Chou couldn't bear this kind of pain, so she yelled loudly, and when the pain dissipated, she felt a coolness again, as if Bao Si was using his strength to help her carefully soothe the wound, and after a while, it was all over.

The whole process takes less than 1 minute.

Ah Chou lost his birthmark and slowly opened his eyes.

At this very moment, the black birthmark was surrounded by a layer of faint light, floating in Bao Si's palm.

"Are you going to keep it?"

"It's a trade item, so I naturally want to keep it."

"It won't come to my face again?"

Bo Si chuckled, "What do you think?"

"Actually, it's been on my face for so long, I really can't bear it."

"You won't be ugly anymore."

Bo Si handed her a mirror.

Ah Chou took it, and looked at the girl in the mirror with some surprise.

She never knew that she would be so beautiful without a birthmark.

Her long hair hangs down, reflecting the charming girl in the mirror. At that moment, Ah Chou grinned, and the girl in the mirror also has bright eyes and bright teeth, smiling like a flower.

Ah Tu excitedly circled the girl.

"Boss, thank you for making me so beautiful."

"You're welcome, I told you, it's just a deal."

Putting away the birthmark, Bao Si turned and left.

"Boss." Ah Chou stopped him, hesitant to speak.

Bao Si stopped and turned around, "Is there anything else?"

Ah Chou's cheeks were slightly red, and she mustered up the courage to go all out and said, "Boss, I want to stay by your side."

"What did you say?"

Ah Chou took a deep breath, looked at him, and said every word seriously, "I said, I want to stay by your side."

Bao Si raised his lips slightly: "That's why you want to be beautiful?"

Ah Chou bit his lip and did not deny it: "Yes."

Bo Si turned around coldly and said, "You did something that you will regret."

A Chou was in a hurry: "I won't regret it, I will always..."

"I'm not human." Bao Si interrupted her, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you are beautiful, if you stay with me, you will still grow old and die. Beauty means nothing to me."

"But, boss, I treat you..."

"This is not where you should come. After the deal is done, you can go."

Ah Chou looked at his back injured, and said in a low voice: "Boss, do you think that human beings should live the same life, study and study, get married and have children when they grow up, what's the point of such a life? By the side of the person I want to keep, even if I grow old and die, this is happiness."

"That's your life. That's all I've said. Go away. Don't come here again."

Bo Si didn't look back.

After that night, for five years, Ah Chou did not come to the shop again.

Bo Si's life has not changed, he still receives many guests every night, greedy thoughts, pursuit of money and desire, sometimes, Bo Si is deeply tired.

Without the ugly little girl with a schoolbag chattering in the shop, the shop would become extraordinarily quiet every night. As time passed, Ah Tu had become an old cat, and he was no longer as naughty as he was when he was a child. Bo Si still remembered the first The first time I saw it, it looked thin and cute, but now, Ah Tu struggles to walk, and often sleeps all day long.

Life is like that, life is fragile sometimes because life has an end.

But his time has no end, he is destined to walk alone in this world, no matter how many ugly people's hearts he sees, he can only live alone, alone.

Any warm company is short-lived for him, he can enjoy it, but he must not indulge in it.

His shop never opens during the day, because he doesn't like crowds, excitement, and sunshine.

Just when Bao Si thought that the little girl would never show up in the store, Ah Chou was wearing a beautiful dress that night, with long hair like a waterfall, standing at the door with a smile on his face.

I haven't seen her for five years. When Bo Si saw her again, he lamented how time flies so fast in the world. Ah Chou was wearing a red padded jacket, hugging the injured Ah Tu and knelt at the door as if it happened yesterday. Unexpectedly, everything changed in a blink of an eye. , Ah Tu became a vicissitudes old cat, and Ah Chou became a beautiful woman.

It's fun to be alive, isn't it?For many things, you can guess the beginning, but you can't guess the end, because you never know what will happen in the next second, and what you will meet again.

Ah Tu dragged his weak body and still ran towards her happily. Ah Chou hugged Ah Tu, and every time he touched it, his eyes became moist.

"Didn't I tell you not to come again?"

Ah Chou lowered his eyes, depressed: "I know, let's treat today as the last time, and I won't bother you again in the future."

Ah Chou took out a small bag and gently put it on the table, "Boss, here are scones, here you are, and..."

A Chou took out a photo from her bag, she handed it to Bao Si, and said, "I took this photo today, I want to give it to you."

"Why did you send me a picture?"

"Because I'm afraid you will forget me one day."

Ah Chou bit her lips tightly. She wanted to cry, but she didn't cry out after all with tears in her eyes. She suppressed her emotions and pretended to be relaxed: "I'm going to get married, like a normal person."

Bao Si looked at her, didn't take the photo, and didn't speak.

A Chou smiled happily and said: "Thank you boss for making me so beautiful. I have many people chasing after me. By chance, that destined person appeared. He treats me very well and loves me very much, just like When I was young, my grandma loved me like that, and I felt very happy, so I agreed to his marriage proposal..."

Bo Si said flatly, "Then congratulations first."

"Yes." Ah Chou wiped the corners of his eyes, and whispered in a choked voice: "I was very ignorant when I was young, and I always caused trouble for the boss. I thought, that's it, I won't bother you anymore, but getting married It's a big deal, after much deliberation, I regard the boss as a family member, so I want to come here specially to tell you that in the future, I will no longer be a child, the person who belongs to me in the world, I finally found him .”

Bao Si stretched out his hand and casually took the photo.

"I've kept the photos. It's late today, so let's go."

"Yeah." Ah Chou nodded and hugged Ah Tu, "Thank you boss, I haven't lost Ah Tu for so many years, I won't see him again in the future."

"Let's live your life, our store is not suitable for people like you to come and go."

"I know, because I'm human."

Ah Chou turned his eyes, stared at Bao Si quietly, and said: "Humans should live in a place that belongs to humans and live a life that humans should live. Is this what the boss wants to teach me? I have grown from a child to an adult, but Boss, you haven't changed at all, you are still so good-looking and gentle, boss, I used to...really like you, but this is the first and last time I say it, boss...goodbye."

The moment the sound fell, Ah Chou turned sideways.

That night, what Ah Chou left in Bao Si's eyes was a thin and lonely back.

It is in stark contrast to the smiling face in the photo.