The substitute princess of the general who crossed over

At eight or nine in the morning, people have not yet recovered from the warm blankets, their eyes are swollen, and they are stuffing breakfast into their mouths in a vague way, mechanically and dull.

Xia Lin came out of the unit's cafeteria, and as soon as she opened the door, she was staggered by the cold wind. She frowned, then wrapped her padded jacket tightly and walked towards the office.

Winter is so sad.

As soon as she sat down in the office, she heard someone knock on the door.

"Please come in."

Qin Xi stood at the door, pushed his glasses, his smile was as warm as the sun in winter, "At 9:[-], party members will have activities, go to the History Museum of City A to visit the calligraphy and painting exhibition, and wear the party emblem."

She stood at the window and looked down. Some colleagues had already gone down, chatting in twos and threes around the commercial vehicle.The snow in the small garden has piled up a thick layer.

Looking at Xia Linguang, he felt a chill down his back, as if a layer of goose bumps had grown on his skin.

Xia Lin pursed her lips, reached for the scarf hanging on the back of the chair, and wrapped it around her neck twice, trying to leave only a pair of eyes, and then walked downstairs slowly on her snow boots.

Seeing that everyone got into the car in a swarm, Qin Xi stood outside the car door and counted the number of people. Xia Lin walked past her and smiled at her, but Qin Xi didn't even look at her, and got into the car expressionlessly. .

Xia Lin's face was embarrassed, and the smile on the corner of her mouth couldn't go down or up.

She sat down by the window, the window was covered with mist, and she couldn't see clearly outside.She reached out and wiped it with her sleeve, and only then did she make a small circle, just enough to see outside.

Xia Lin was in a daze when she suddenly felt that the seat next to her was sinking.She turned her head to look, and Qin Xi was looking at her with a smile, holding a camera in her arms, the lens was not covered, looking at her like a black hole.

Xia Lin felt uncomfortable, but still smiled back, then turned her face and continued to look out the window.

Qin Xi is not a party member, but she will participate in some group activities and do video and follow-up.

She was a graduate student who had just been assigned at the end of last year. She had a calm face, but she was pretty, but she was too cold.She gets along very well with her colleagues, she is alone, she has no special friends, and she is gentle and alienated from others.

Sometimes Xia Lin was alone with her, and once thought she was a very good friend, every gesture would make people feel close, and she unconsciously wanted to get close to her.

But there are more times when two people pass by each other, and when you greet her, she will ignore you until they pass by.It's not that I didn't see it, it's not that I didn't hear it, it's just that I ignored you.

She is really an incomprehensible person, so Xia Lin no longer interacts with her too much, and her impermanence makes people feel uneasy.

For example, just now, the person who was smiling in the office, the person who turned around and left with a cold face, and the person sitting next to you now,

It made Xia Lin feel weird.

"Want to listen to music?" Qin Xi took off an earphone and handed it to Xia Lin.

Xia Lin turned her head, looked at the small white earphones in front of her, hesitated for a moment, but still took them.

"Thank you."

Lana Del Ray's song was playing in the earphones, Xia Lin tilted her head to identify it carefully, and vaguely remembered that this song seemed to be Summertime sadness.

That mournful, lifeless voice is very characteristic. Xia Lin once liked her very much, and basically listened to popular songs over and over again.

Xia Lin also watched the current song together with the lyrics and the MV.

The story is probably about two girls who were in love, one of them committed suicide and went to hell due to various secular reasons.Another girl also killed herself after seeing the ghost of her lover while driving.

Later, the two met each other in hell, saw each other, and smiled knowingly.

The tone of the entire MV is very gloomy, with a sluggish dark yellow, basically no color can be seen.It wasn't until the last time the two met that clumps of green bushes appeared on the screen.

Xia Lin once interpreted the ending very emotionally, why does hell appear in such bright colors?She thought, it might be because, where you are, hell is also heaven.

The museum in the city was not too far away, and the official car drove for two songs before finally stopping at the side of the road.

City A History Museum was built in the early 80s, and it has been nearly [-] years now. The exterior has just been renovated, with snow-white walls, clean marble floors, and transparent and bright floor-to-ceiling windows. Where there is no paint, mottled in the dark.

Although Xia Lin is a native of the city, she seldom comes here. She probably thinks that those precious cultural relics are not as interesting as the dazzling array of goods in the mall.

She walked lazily at the end of the crowd, her two feet wearing snow boots seemed to be filled with lead, and she was pulling forward.Standing at the gate with a "beep", it was let in.

The first exhibition hall is today's main venue. About the calligraphy exhibition of "Perfect Family", the museum is a closed space. Once you enter, you will be greeted by a strong and decadent aroma of ink.

She doesn't like the smell, it's like rice paper just picked up from the dripping ink, and there's a weird smell everywhere.

Xia Lin really couldn't generate much interest, she came out of the first exhibition hall alone, stood downstairs and looked up, the rows of antique wooden attics still looked like that.

Seeing that her colleagues were still wandering in the second exhibition hall, she went upstairs again on her own.

There was a creaking sound from the old stairs, and every time she went up, Xia Lin had to step on it firmly, for fear that the old bone-like steps would suddenly strike and throw her down.

The upstairs exhibition hall displays cultural relics about the history of City A. On the walls on both sides, important nodes, times and important people in the history of City A are captured, and a large-scale introduction and description is made to outline the basic context of the humanities of City A.

The characters in pine and cypress green script are engraved on the wall with a pitch-black background, and it seems to be exuding a slight chill in a trance, which makes people feel a little awkward at first glance.

Going inside is the display of cultural relics.

Inside the transparent glass, there are mostly cultural relics of Ba, Chu, and Qin in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as well as bronzes, portrait bricks and pottery figurines from the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The dim light is projected on these cultural relics that have been washed by the long river of time. The yellow mud and slightly oxidized bronzes are silently telling the long-standing stories through the glass windows.

In the huge exhibition hall, Xia Lin was the only one. As he walked in, it seemed as if he had crossed the line of time, facing the past and turning his back to the future, sinking step by step.

Her footsteps stopped abruptly, her eyes hidden behind the scarf flickered slightly, and her eyes fixed on a certain place. She stepped forward, leaned on the glass with her palms on her hands, and looked in.

Probably only one outline can be seen, the milky yellow arc-shaped ornament, the end is slightly retracted inward, according to the restored picture on the wall, it should have been sharp, but after years of polishing, it has become a little rounded, which does not look good. No matter how sharp.

It's hard to tell whether this kind of jewelry is worn around the neck or around the waist, but in the column of the introduction, two words are simply written, jade scorpion.

Looking at it, Xia Lin felt sad. The tiny cracks and khaki-yellow stains on the jade cup made her feel sorry. It should have been bright and shiny, maybe it should be hung on the chest of a beautiful girl, Or around the waist of a warm young man, when they miss each other, they reach out to hold this especially warm token.

It shouldn't be here, even if it is buried deep in a dark or dark tomb, with its owner, carrying the deep love it should carry, and it shouldn't be hidden behind thick glass, To receive the attention of everyone who comes and goes seems like a sacrilege.

"Xia Lin."

Xia Lin suddenly turned her head, and Qin Xi was standing not far away from her with a camera in her hand, looking at her.

"Huh?" Xia Lin replied, her throat was a little choked up.

Qin Xi came over, raised his hand, and lightly touched her eyelids with his fingertips.It was only then that Xia Lin realized that at some point, she had burst into tears.

She was stunned for a moment, not understanding what happened to herself, why...why did she suddenly cry?

"Don't cry." Qin Xi's deliberately lowered voice made people feel very healing.

Xia Lin looked at her, but found that Qin Xi was also staring at the jade scorpion intently. She didn't know if it was Xia Lin's illusion, but she always felt that Qin Xi's expression on looking at the jade scorpion was the same as the one that suddenly appeared in her heart just now. As sad as it is, it is melancholy.

"It's beautiful."

Qin Xi said suddenly.

Xia Lin was taken aback for a moment, then realized that she was talking about this jade shell, and then answered, "Well, I think so too."

Qin Xi turned his head and took a deep look at her. Xia Rin's shadow was reflected in the black pupils, with a hint of elusive emotion.

There are ancient accessories in the shop windows along the road, and those green, milky white, or withered jades all fascinate her, but there is no jade like that jade stalk, which paralyzes her consciousness like a soul-stirring one.

The two of them walked deeper with their own thoughts.

Xia Lin turned her head inadvertently, and unexpectedly found a narrow corridor leading to another compartment on the right side of the exhibition hall. There was only one lamp hanging on the ceiling in the dark and cramped passage, and the light was dim and feeble. Creepy.

Such a depressing tone made Xia Lin feel extremely gloomy, Xia Lin frowned tightly, and quickened her pace, but Qin Xi stopped at this moment.

Xia Lin looked back at her with doubts on her face.

"You stand under the light in the corridor, let me take a photo, the atmosphere here is very good." Qin Xi raised the camera in his hand, and the dark lens pointed at Xia Lin.

Xia Rin glanced at the dark and strange corridor, and then at Qin Xi, the uneasiness rose from her heart again, she always felt that Qin Xi looked at her in an indescribably subtle way.

She is hesitating.

Colleagues don't know why they haven't reached the third exhibition hall until now, the surroundings are quiet, there are only the two of them in the whole hall, and the undercurrent surges silently between them.

Qin Xi didn't urge her either, but just looked at her.

She just wanted to refuse, but she caught the flash of sadness in Qin Xi's eyes in an instant, and couldn't help but think of Qin Xi's expression when she looked at the jade pot just now, the words of refusal swirled in her mouth, and was finally swallowed go down.

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