On the Collapse of a Fantasy Writer's World View

"He and I... have met before?"

Tang Xiaochuan was taken aback for a moment. He didn't remember that he had met Gongsun Shu at all. Although he had a strange feeling in his heart when he saw Gongsun Shu for the first time, he didn't have the slightest impression or memory in his mind. Let's look back In the past twenty years of his life, he can't remember where he has seen someone like Gongsun Shu...

People with looks like Gongsun Shu, as long as they saw each other for the last time, it is impossible for most people to forget easily, right?

If he really met Gongsun Shu, it is impossible for him not to remember at all, unless the side he met with Gongsun Shu happened before he was adopted... After all, he has no memory of his life before he was adopted , although that may be because he was too young to remember anything, but he does not have any memories of those days.

But if Gongsun Shu met him when he was a child, it was 20 years ago. How could Gongsun Shu remember an ordinary human cub he met 20 years ago?

The budgerigar nodded: "You have met before."

Tang Xiaochuan touched his nose: "I don't remember at all..."

"The boss said that you two met before, and he knew a...secret about you," the budgerigar bewitched Tang Xiaochuan in a low tone, "If you want to know, come and meet the boss with me."

Tang Xiaochuan frowned slightly: "A secret related to me?"

He froze for a moment, he really couldn't figure out what secret he could have, but because of this, he became more and more curious... What secret did Gongsun Shu know about him?

Although Tao Huaian had warned him to stay away from Gongsun Shu before, he didn't think Gongsun Shu had anything to gain from him, but even so, he couldn't easily run away because of an unnecessary "secret" Meet a person who looks like an enemy but not a friend to Tao Huaian.

Tao Xiaobai stared at the budgerigar vigilantly and called, "Wow, woof!"

"I beg you to save the boss," the budgerigar begged Tang Xiaochuan in a low voice, "he was seriously injured, if you don't save him, he will soon be unable to hold on..."

Tang Xiaochuan pursed his lips: "But even if you ask me to save him, I can't do anything. How can I save him?"

"There is one thing that only you can do..." Budgie looked into Tang Xiaochuan's eyes and said seriously.

Tang Xiaochuan hesitated. According to Tao Huaian's advice, he should not go to see Gongsun Shu alone, but for some reason, the secret about him that the budgerigar said made him inexplicably concerned...

He had a vague premonition in his heart, that secret... seemed to be quite important.

But at the same time, there was a vague resistance in his heart, preventing him from touching that secret.

Just like poppies, it is repulsive but full of tempting crime factors.

Tao Xiaobai seemed to see Tang Xiaochuan's entanglement, and immediately barked, and rubbed Tang Xiaochuan's calf with his head.

Although Tang Xiaohei didn't understand what happened, he still grabbed Tang Xiaochuan's chest and clothes tightly with his chubby claws.

"Please come with me to save the boss..." The budgerigar was still begging in a low voice, "Please..."

Its voice is shrill and sad, which is unbearable.

Tang Xiaochuan still couldn't bear to refuse a cute and furry animal. After struggling for a long time, he still hesitated to agree: "Okay, I agree..."

He was really curious about what Gongsun Shu's so-called secret was.

"Great!" The budgerigar's eyes lit up immediately.

Tao Xiaobai, who seemed to understand it, became anxious immediately: "Wow, woof!"

Although Tang Xiaohei looked ignorant, his eyes were red for no reason, and he grabbed Tang Xiaochuan's clothes with his small hands tearfully.

"Hey, I'll be back as soon as I go." Tang Xiaochuan pinched Tang Xiaohei's face, and then patted Tao Xiaobai's head, "I'll be back soon, obediently wait for me at home."

After trying to comfort him for a while, he gently put Tang Xiaohe on the sofa. Of course, he couldn't take Tang Xiaohe with him.

After Tang Xiaohei was put on the sofa by Tang Xiaochuan, he puffed up his cheeks immediately, pouted his small mouth, and chubby hands scratched in the air, as if he wanted to catch Tang Xiaochuan, while Tao Xiaobai also opened his mouth to bite very disturbedly. He grabbed Tang Xiaochuan's trousers, as if he wanted to prevent Tang Xiaochuan from leaving.

Tang Xiaochuan's heart softened, but after hesitating for a moment, he still ignored the two's persuasion, turned around and left with the budgerigar: "You lead the way ahead."

Soon, Tang Xiaochuan followed the budgerigar to the coffee shop opened by Gongsun Shu.

Compared with the previous few times, this time the coffee shop looked more desolate and depressed, as if there was no trace of popularity, obviously no one had been there for a long time, and even the closed notice board at the door was covered with dust.

Tang Xiaochuan went upstairs, and as soon as he opened the door, a strong sweet smell of cake mixed with the bitter smell of coffee rushed to his face. All this seemed different from the bloody smell he had imagined, and he was stunned for a moment.

Tang Xiaochuan paused, but he still walked into the coffee shop.

The next moment, Gongsun Shu, who was supposed to be seriously injured and dying, came out of the kitchen carrying a tray.

He was wearing home casual clothes and a kitchen apron. There were coffee and cakes in the tray. Although his face was a little pale and his expression was haggard, he obviously didn't look like he was struggling on the verge of life and death.

Seeing Tang Xiaochuan coming, Gongsun Shu smiled slightly: "You are here, sit down."

Tang Xiaochuan looked at the cake and coffee in Gongsun Shu's tray, and knew that this guy definitely didn't ask him to drink coffee and eat cake, but when he hesitated for a moment, the door of the coffee shop was suddenly closed behind him.

After hearing the sound of closing the door, he looked back subconsciously. It turned out that the budgerigar had turned into a human shape at some point, and closed the door with his hand.

After the handsome young man with yellow hair closed the door, he noticed Tang Xiaochuan's gaze, he paused, and turned his head to avoid Tang Xiaochuan's sight.

After turning back into a human form, he was completely intact. How could he look like he was injured just now?

Tang Xiaochuan's heart skipped a beat, knowing that something was wrong.

But the matter has come to this, he calmed down instead, looked at Gongsun Shu calmly and asked: "You came to me today, what's the matter?"

Gongsun Shu glanced at the young man with yellow hair, and smiled slightly: "I thought Xiao Huang had already told you."

"He said you were seriously injured and dying," Tang Xiaochuan said coolly, "He asked me to come and see you for the last time."

Gongsun Shu smiled, but was not angry: "Really?"

"Why did you come to me?" Tang Xiaochuan looked around the coffee shop, and found that the coffee shop was covered with dust, and there were even cobwebs formed in the corners. It seemed that no one had cleaned it for a long time. Gongsun Shu's life these days is far from being as chic as he is now, "You can't come to see me to taste your new cake and coffee, can you?"

Gongsun Shu shrugged with a smile: "I did come to ask you to taste my new cake, and by the way... catch up."

"Reminisce?" Tang Xiaochuan frowned, "Did we know each other before?"

Gongsun Shu smiled but did not answer: "Won't you sit down and taste my new cake?"

"Forget it, who knows if you have been poisoned," Tang Xiaochuan rolled his eyes, but he thought about it, and it was tiring to stand all the time, so he opened a stool and sat down, "I have something to do quickly." Say, I'm busy."

Gongsun Shu was not annoyed, he smiled slightly, pulled away the stool opposite Tang Xiaochuan, and sat down leisurely.

"We've met before."

"When? Why don't I remember?" Tang Xiaochuan gave Gongsun Shu a sideways glance, "Could it be that you want to talk about the previous life?" Could it be that this guy wants to get close to him?But this approach of "I seem to have seen you before" is too old-fashioned, right?

"More than 20 years ago." Gongsun Shu said calmly.

"More than 20 years ago?" Tang Xiaochuan was taken aback. Could it be that he was really before he was adopted?

"...Are you kidding me? I was a kid more than 20 years ago. How did you meet me? Even if you did meet me, how could you remember me?"

Gongsun Shu shook his head and said with a smile, "No, the you I met more than 20 years ago was not a kid, but the you you are now."

Tang Xiaochuan was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he twitched the corner of his mouth: "Do you want to say you have timed or I have timed? How did you see me now more than 20 years ago?" Could it be that Gongsun Shu met me more than 20 years ago? Had his biological father who looked similar to him?

"The you I saw at that time is the you you are now," Gongsun Shu continued, ignoring Tang Xiaochuan's suspicious eyes, "we had just met at that time, but we met each other too late and became friends , as the saying goes, meeting you for the first time is like returning from an old friend..."

"We have become very good friends. Before I took root here, I wandered all over the world as my home. I have been to many places and seen many scenery. You especially like to hear me tell the stories that happened when I was wandering around. , because you have been here since you were born and have never been anywhere, I like to tell stories, and you like my stories..."

"and many more!"

Tang Xiaochuan couldn't help interrupting Gongsunshu: "20 years ago, I was a child, how could I know you?" He must have been in the orphanage at that time, how could the people in the orphanage allow an inexplicable stranger People come here every day to tell a story to a child?

Gongsun Shu shook his head, smiled slightly and said, "No, you are not."

Tang Xiaochuan blinked: "What do you mean?"

Gongsun Shu sighed: "Don't you understand? When I first met you 20 years ago, you were already like this."

"Although you have been disguising yourself as an ordinary human being, you are not."

"You are not human at all."