me and my monster neighbor

Even if Xu Lala regrets too much, now that he has returned to the real world, his life has to get back on track.

Xu Lela asked for a day off the next day on the grounds that he caught a cold from the rain.

He first went to an offline store to buy a new mobile phone, then changed the phone card, and immediately called his aunt to tell her the new number.Afterwards, he finished the binding of the bank card and other matters together, and he ran outside all morning.

At noon, he was eating takeaway at home alone, and unexpectedly received a courier.

The courier called but couldn't get through. Fortunately, Xu Lai was at home.

The courier box was very small, only the size of a palm. Xu Lai knew what was inside when he signed the courier, but this time he didn't bother, he opened the courier neatly, and took out a small custom-made new nameplate.

It is almost the same as the nameplate of the original titanium steel suspension chain. The front is still the English name Lucky, and the back is still three lines of information, but this time there is no mistake or omission.

Xu Lai rubbed the back of the nameplate carefully, and smiled helplessly, "Iwannagohome" has indeed found his way home, but the phone number on it is wrong again - he just changed a new number a few hours ago.

But Xu Lai thought again that his original mobile phone was in Yuanyuan's place. If Lucky is really lucky enough, having Yuanyuan's support is much better than coming to him.

Xu Lala hesitated for a moment, and looked up the phone number of the pet funeral home where Lucky's body was stored on the Internet. He first called the funeral home to make an appointment, and went there on time at four o'clock in the afternoon.

……

Xu Lai didn't take the two dogs with her, and took a taxi to the pet funeral home to collect Lucky's ashes.

Xu Lai had been resisting this matter all along, procrastinating again and again, he just wanted to go to the pet hospital to pick up Lucky home, and refused to see Lucky for the last time at the pet funeral home.

But Xu Lai is here now, and the handover process for collecting the ashes is very calm.

Until Xu Lai hung the custom-made tag that had just arrived on the temporary urn——

When he sent Lucky away at the pet shop, Xu Lai once said to Lucky: When you are reincarnated, you must come back to me again, and I will always keep the nameplate for you...

But now holding its urn, Xu Lai thought of Li Gongbao's black cat.

Xu Lala thought that the thing Lucky wanted to do the most after his death might be not to be reincarnated again.

It's like he believes that his parents always make decisions without authorization and hurt him on the grounds of "for his own good".

In a different place, his "prayer" to the kitten was nothing more than self-assessed interference.

Xu Lala took off the nameplate again, and put it in his pocket silently.

The most eye-catching thing on the nameplate is the word "Master".

After that, Xu Lai went to a glass handicraft store and ordered an hourglass urn.Of course, the store couldn’t make an hourglass urn with an accuracy of 8.333 minutes like Mr. Fu, and the minute and second were not bad. Xu Lai began to regret not customizing an exclusive urn for Lucky before leaving Zhongnan Cave.

But Xu Lala's state of mind is quite different from before. Although he hopes that Lucky will forgive him for forcing him to keep it with him for a few more seconds, he sincerely hopes that Lucky's soul is free.

By the time Xu Lala returned home, it was almost dusk.

My aunt just came back from the exchange meeting. She slumped on the sofa and was scrolling through the screen of her mobile phone to watch the takeaway. When she saw Xu Lai enter the room, she just lazily raised her eyelids and glanced at him.She had no intention of referring to Xu Lai's opinion, but just informed him: "We'll have barbecue tonight, and I also ordered a pot of shrimp porridge for three people."

Xu Lai nodded.

He went to feed "Champion" and "Big Money" first, and then came back and leaned against the sofa.

"aunt."

My aunt was lying on the sofa with Erlang's legs crossed, swinging her legs leisurely, she didn't even look at Xu Lai, and said, "Why?"

Xu Lala said, "Can you pay attention to your image?"

"..."

When my aunt heard this, she took the time to shift her gaze from the phone screen to Xu Lai's face, rolled her eyes, and didn't bother to look back.

"aunt."

Now my aunt doesn't even bother to respond to Xu Lala with a snort.

Xu Lala turned around and leaned against the sofa, leaving only the back of her head for her.My aunt also only thought that he was immune to rolling eyes in advance, but she heard Xu Lai say: "Are you still in touch with my mother?"

My aunt was shaking her legs happily, but when she heard this, she stopped shaking her legs, and almost got hit in the face by the mobile phone.She was flustered and embarrassed, and stammered a little: "Ah...ah?"

Xu Lala turned her head, seeing her aunt's embarrassment, and couldn't help but said, "I want to have a word with her."

"What do you want to say?" Aunt turned over and sat up, her expression rarely becoming serious.

Xu Lala shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Although you are my 'aunt', you are an 'aunt' and better than a 'godmother', but there are some things I can only say to my own mother."

The aunt was silent.

Xu Lala laughed again: "Aren't you jealous of my mother?"

My aunt couldn't help giving Xu Lai a blank look again, and then said hesitantly: "I was worried that you would speak harshly to your mother, okay, in your previous state, putting on a world-weary face all day long, I I'm also worried that you will be psychologically distorted and report directly to the office, and it's not easy for me to mention this to you."

Xu Lala also put away her smiling face, pursed her lips and asked, "What's the matter?"

The aunt crossed her legs and straightened her back, clasped her arms around her chest, and said, "Your mother was diagnosed with depression before the divorce. After the divorce, she has been actively treating her. Now her condition has improved a lot, but she can't stand any stimulation. And you Her biggest knot. She chose to divorce in order to pursue her new life, and she felt that she owed you all her life because of the divorce. The two do not conflict, can you understand? I am also an outsider, I only hope you It’s good if you can understand, no matter if it’s me, your parents, no matter who it is, no one is qualified to ask you to ‘understand’, let alone ask you to ‘understand’.”

Xu Lala twitched the corners of his mouth and forced a smile. He joked, "Auntie, why didn't you teach my dad the art of speaking?"

Hearing this, my aunt let out a heavy "嗐", patted her thigh and said: "Although your father and I have lived in the same house for more than twenty years, the intersection of the next ten years has become more and more serious." Fewer and fewer. But I always thought your dad was just a dull-headed, seldom-talking, old-fashioned and serious, and he was too boring."

Xu Lala saw that his aunt's mouth was like opening a flood gate, and he complained about his father's non-stop blah, and the smile in the corner of his eyes became more obvious: "I didn't praise you, just say 'you understand, no People can ask you to understand', at first I heard that I take care of my feelings, but after thinking about it, is there something wrong? If I 'understand', I still refuse to 'understand', let alone ' Excuse me', doesn't that make me particularly unreasonable and unreasonable?"

The aunt leaned forward, slapped Xu Lala on the back, and said, "Oh, don't understand it that way. If you understand it, then you are the best, most sensible, and most objective little baby. Let's say it together." Alright, we don't have moral kidnapping here."

Xu Lala avoided his aunt's hand and leaned back on the back of the sofa. He lowered his eyes and said, "Just convey it to me. I won't say harsh words to her, but I probably won't say anything nice to her either. , I even just want to say a word to her, whether it is convenient for her to meet or call, she will make the decision."

My aunt carefully observed Xu Lai's face, and responded: "Mmm..."

After finishing the business, Xu Lala bent down and lay on the back of the sofa, and said to her aunt with a smile: "You are not using your mobile phone now, please lend me your mobile phone first."

My aunt distanced herself from Xu Lai suspiciously: "What are you doing?"

Although she and Xu Lai can get along with each other, a very personal thing like a mobile phone is not in the category of sharing.

Xu Lala solemnly swore: "I definitely don't want to pry into your privacy, I just want to..."

Aunt narrowed her eyes: "What are you thinking?"

Xu Lai couldn't make it clear, so he tried his best to explain: "I don't add a certain friend to my new account now, this person is our mutual friend, and even if I want to, the other party can't add me as a friend, so I just want to Use your mobile phone to send a message..."

"Our... mutual friend?" The aunt's doubts deepened. She might have guessed something, and she wanted to trick Xu Lai into narrowing down the scope. "Which WeChat account is my friend? Personal account or work account?"

Xu Lala replied truthfully: "...all of them."

My aunt probably mistakenly thought that the mutual friend Xu Lai mentioned was his father or his mother, so she generously took out another mobile phone with a work customer service number from her bag, and handed it to him: "Take it."

At the beginning, I was forced to add the two WeChat accounts of my aunt, but now it is a surprise for Xu Lai.My aunt's WeChat work account is very manual customer service, and the circle of friends only has forwarding links and friendship promotions, and there is nothing personal about it.

As soon as Xu Lala took over the phone, he was thinking about how to get his aunt's WeChat account.

He sat down with his mobile phone in his hand, and took the time to send a message to Yuanchu.

Although I realized that the speed of flow in the demon world is different from that in the real world, Xu Lai must not send a message to Yuan Chu now, saying things like "don't wait for me".

Xu Lala could only treat it with a normal heart, and he sent a message to Yuanchu.

Said, "I made you wait too long again", this sentence is quite like the mantra of the party who is late for a date between lovers, but Xu Lela is always late, and he has no choice but to be late, and every time he is late, it takes four years;

Said, "But I'll be late next time", this sentence is more like a shameless act of righteousness, only those who are proud of being favored have such confidence, and the person who spoils the other party with full satisfaction should be helpless, but Xu Lai Just helplessly expounding the fact that he is proud of being favored.

Xu Lai continued to send a lot of irrelevant things to Yuan Chu, for example, he regretted not ordering an hourglass for ashes with Mr. Fu, for example, when he heard that he ordered an hourglass for ashes, the first store thought it was "unlucky" and refused to accept him. Shan, let's say he took the initiative to meet his mother.

Xu Lala talked to himself for half an hour on the WeChat account with the remark titled "Adolescent Rebellious Child", until his aunt's client sent a message, and the barbecue takeaway ordered by his aunt also arrived, so Xu Lala had to interrupt his cross-talk. Space-time dialogue.

Xu Lala went back to school the next day. He was a transfer student. The students in his class were not only freshmen, but also juniors who were supposed to be a level below him. This also greatly reduced Xu Lala's social enthusiasm.

But Xu Lala's face is not bad, which makes it easier for him to get the favor of the opposite sex, and the male squad leader in the same class takes good care of him. Hearing that Xu Lala lost his mobile phone and new books on the first day of school, the squad leader immediately replaced him enthusiastically. I went to the school warehouse and asked the corresponding teacher in charge about the inventory of new books.

The bell rang for a while during the break, Xu Lai rested his chin and looked at the students in the class, some of them were chatting, and some of them were buried in the questions.

Some classmates took the initiative to talk to him, said his name was very interesting, and asked him which school he went to, and some boys came up and said "Brother Lae" directly, and even shared snacks with him.

Everyone around, lively and lively, seemed to be friendlier than Xu Lai imagined.

Xu Lala suddenly felt that it would not be bad to spend the next year here.

That is... the dean who confiscated his earrings on the first day of school, caught Xu Lai as soon as he met him in the teaching corridor, and said, "Where's your [-]-word self-criticism? Why didn't you hand it in yesterday!"

——Xu Lala didn't remember it until this time. He talked back to the director on the first day of school, making the director so angry that he blew his beard and stared. Not only was his earrings confiscated, but he was also ordered to write [-] words Review book.

As a result, Xu Lala only remembered the rough and wild eyebrows of the dean, but he didn't remember the punishment of [-] words at all.

This was the third day of Xu Lela's start of school, but it was his second visit to the dean's office.

Strictly speaking, he asked for leave the next day and did not come to school, so Xu Lai went to school for two days to achieve the achievement of clocking in the second office.

……

On Sunday afternoon, when Xu Lai was brushing the college entrance examination papers in the living room, two silly dogs kept making trouble for him. At first, Xu Lai would remind himself to smile and remember the kindness of the "champion" Erha to him, which is higher than the mountains and higher than the mountains. The sea was still deep, and Xu Lala persisted for more than half an hour. When the "champion" jumped onto the sofa and lay on Xu Lala's back, and rode on top of his head, Xu Lala couldn't bear it any longer, and still pushed the unfilial son away.

At this time, Xu Lai received a message from her aunt, who first sent a location and said, "Come over to this ice shop at four o'clock."

This is the first time he saw his mother after a year.

In the afternoon, the fine sunlight shines through the cabinet glass on the round table for two people. His mother is wearing a modified mint green cheongsam, her hair is tied up, her face is painted with delicate makeup, fresh and elegant, gentle and quiet, quiet and quiet sat there.

However, perhaps it was Xu Lai who saw her younger in Meridian Flower's dream. When he saw his mother again, he realized that his mother seemed to have gone through a lot of vicissitudes. It completely concealed the fatigue in her eyes.

But he is still immersed in the dream of his mother who has always been young and beautiful.

The aunt was also in the shop, she was sitting alone in a corner, three or four tables away from Xu Lai's mother.She was worried that their mother and son would have conflicts when they met, but she wanted to leave them more space to be alone and talk to each other.

But my aunt watched from a distance, and still couldn't help sighing. Xu Lala had been silent since he entered the store.

It was his mother who was talking.

She said a lot, as if she wanted to make up for what she hadn't said in the missing year.

"I'm really happy that you can take the initiative to say that you want to see me."

"Mom is sorry for you."

"In the past year, I have not accompanied your growth, and I have no right to ask whether your life is good or not. Maybe you also think that my concern is fake, but I heard from your aunt that you are doing well now. I I'm really happy for you..."

"I was pregnant with you when I was not ready to be a mother. Your father unilaterally demanded to give birth to you. We all thought it was responsible for you-but he was not ready to be a husband and father either. preparation."

Xu Lala lowered her head, her gaze was always fixed on the bowl of snow mountain ice cream in front of her whose snow top had already melted, and the rim of the porcelain bowl was covered with snow water.

His phone made a "ding" sound, and Xu Lala glanced at it and put the phone back on the table.

Mom's voice became softer and softer, she couldn't help sighing: "Without your consent, I gave birth to you without your consent, but I couldn't stay with you all the time, I am really sorry..."

She was talking, talking, there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth, but tears had already flowed out.During her depression, she spent countless nights repeatedly questioning the meaning of living, the purpose of living. "Happiness" was originally a very common thing, but for her during the depression period, she even thought that "happy people" had superpowers.

During this period, she didn't dare to think of Xu Lai. She would take all the minor illnesses, difficulties, setbacks, and negative encounters that Xu Lai had experienced during the 18 years of growing up on her. She collapsed several times, and her favorite But people have become the hurt she dared not speak of, she can't even live passionately for herself, she can't even live her own life well, why did she give birth to Xu Lai and suffer.

"..."

As his mother's last words fell, Xu Lai used the cherry blossom spoon to stir the snow mountain ice cream, and the cherry blossom spoon touched the wall of the white porcelain bowl, making a very crisp sound.

Xu Lala raised his head, looked directly at his mother's self-blaming face, and spoke in an exceptionally calm tone.

"I don't want to accept your apology," he said to his mother.

He seemed to see cracks in the forced smile on his mother's face.But Xu Lala really couldn't pretend to be open-minded, pretending that his parents divorced and "a family was separated" had no effect on him.

His mother lowered her eyes, holding on to the clear glass bowl uneasily, and her fingers kept rubbing the bowl wall. She forced a happy face and said, "I know... I just..."

I know that I am not entitled to your forgiveness, I just want to apologize to you, that's all - she quickly closed her lips again, this kind of words are more unforgivable than her pleading for forgiveness.

She heard the sound of the chair being moved when Xu Lae got up, but she didn't look up.

However, she suddenly heard Xu Lai say to her before leaving: "But..."

"I'm so grateful you gave birth to me."

His mother raised her head in astonishment, but only heard the tinkling bells of the wind chime curtain at the entrance of the store, and Xu Lai had already left.

Seeing Xu Lala leaving, my aunt immediately picked up her bag and cell phone, and came to Xu Lala's mother's table with the tray.

Xu Lala's mother stared blankly at her aunt with tears in her eyes: "Did I hear wrong just now..."

My aunt sat far away and didn't hear their conversation, so she asked, "What did La La say?"

Xu Lala's mother said without confidence: "He said...he is very grateful to me for giving birth to him."

After Xu Lala left the ice shop, he did not leave immediately, but waited for a while at the corner of the street. Two minutes later, a delivery guy brought him his things.

— a small bouquet of roses.

Eleven bright red roses are bundled with black flower paper and red ribbons, and the petals are sprinkled with crystal clear drops of water.

There is a small blank card tied between the branches and leaves, which is Xu Lai's special request.

Xu Lala took out the pen prepared in advance and wrote a few words on the card.

Then, he saw a young mother walking past him with a little girl. Xu mistakenly thought that Xu Lai, who was wearing a high school uniform, was waiting for her little girlfriend on the side of the road. The young mother smiled at Xu Lai, held her daughter's hand and taught her to say : "Tell my brother to come on."

The six or seven-year-old girl was alive and kicking, she also knew the meaning of giving roses, she covered her little mouth and giggled.

Xu Lala stopped them and asked politely: "Sister, can you do me a favor..."

The aunt pulled Xu Lala's chair to the opposite side, she sat down next to Xu Lala's mother, and patted her on the back to comfort her: "That child, Lala, is like this, hard-spoken and soft-hearted, even though he said he would not accept your apology , but, but... He probably didn't mean that!"

My aunt was in a hurry and didn't know where to start.

Xu Lala said earlier that he wanted to say something to his mother in person, and his aunt had warned her before, but he thought he couldn't just say "I don't accept your apology" to his mother just for the sake of himself?

Hey, he did say that in the end.

Just when my aunt was at her wit's end, the glass door behind her was pushed open again, and the crisp and pleasant sound of wind chimes jingled.

The aunt had no time to attend, but a little girl came to their table with a small square bottle in both hands and a bouquet of roses around her arm.

"Auntie."

The little girl tiptoed to put the small square bottle on the table. Although the aunt was out of the situation, she still helped the little girl quickly so that the child would not accidentally drop it.

The small square bottle stood on the table, and the little girl sent out the bouquet of roses in her arms, and the aunt wanted to take it, but the little girl still held the flowers and said anxiously: "This is for that aunt! "

The aunt stood up dumbfounded, and pulled her chair to make way for the little girl. The other customers in the store also looked at this side with goodwill.

The little girl gave the flowers to Xu Lala's mother with her own hands, and said with a blushing face, "A brother asked me to give it to you."

After the little girl delivered the flowers smoothly, she ran away bouncing. Her mother stood at the door with a smile on her face, holding the glass door for her and waiting for her.

My aunt couldn't help laughing, "Lagging, lagging, crushing stones into soil, soil is the earth. In "Returning to Zangyi", everything is born on the earth and eventually returns to it.

And she wants to say that all things are born of love and eventually return to love.Xu Lala is "love" itself.

On the table was Sleepless Eau de Parfum with Black Opium.

Xu Lala's mother was holding the rose in her hand. She stared blankly at the small card hidden in the rose. The familiar and unfamiliar handwriting jumped into her eyes, and tears burst out immediately.

The card reads:

"Life is wonderful, you have to be good, mom"