Esseret

Snuggling together, the man was still frowning and taking care of his beautiful clothes, while the woman was screaming coquettishly, like a child showing off the pets and candies she just got.

Edward didn't pay much attention to the noisy voices around him.He thought that his whole life would be wandering around the world, and he never thought that he would be stranded because of some trivial matters, wandering around Eseret.He was drumming in his heart, thinking that it was all the fault of that guy Jesse, but he unconsciously excused him and blamed the person behind the East Market—this person is probably the spider in the corner, and there is nowhere that is not him net.Whispering, he glanced dissatisfied at the face in the corner gnawing his fingers, unkempt, delirious, and looked like he hadn't eaten a few meals.His palms were sweating a little, Edward took his hands out of his pockets, and the man was about to pounce on him. He dodged sideways and lifted his knees. He didn't know whether he kicked his chin or his teeth, leaving a few bubbles on his trousers. .Edward suddenly realized something, put his hand back and touched it, he was stunned for a moment, then grinned suddenly, and threw some dried plant fragments on his hair.The man scratched like itching, pulled off a few crumbs that were attached to his hair, buried his nose in his palm and sniffed, as if he had regained his health.

People in Dongshi are disgusting.

Edward took back the fragments thrown to him, because there was something sticking to it, whether it was saliva or snot, and his scalp felt a little numb; but he held it firmly in his hand, and then gave the man who lost his mind a slap , fanned the person to the wall in the corner, and stepped on the collapsed stomach.

The cyan feathers were blown back to the land by the sea breeze, and the heads swarmed forward, their fingers scratching randomly, and some flesh and skin flakes got stuck in their nails.The feathers were torn into strands, and when the wind blew again, they scattered like dandelions.The severe pain made the eyes blurred, but the fine feathers became clearer. The tramp's fingers trembled, imagining to touch these magical torn fates, just like the dry wall he leaned against, falling off The wall skin was swallowed by him, and he was digging crazily. A wandering artist doesn't have complete and beautiful nails.He also thought about the unfinished cigarette, and the empty pouch left on the rainy ground.He put the empty cigarette pouch into his clothes, and followed the invisible figure to a place with lights.His movements were so clumsy that he knocked the stall down, as he was used to.Afterwards he entered a white house and walked through winding corridors, perhaps entering a maze.Somewhere in the maze, sometimes there is a beep, and sometimes someone is talking in sleep or talking to himself.Pain kicked him, and he was robbed again, like a cigarette being robbed.He fell into a drowsy sleep until early morning, a pair of gentle hands touched his face and neck, it was as cool as the river water of Esseret, he seemed to be lying on his back and floating on the surface of the water, something underneath was blowing bubbles at his neck, blowing with him into the sea.

He thought he would finally get rid of the bad things about Esseret, and he was happy in his heart, and he sat on the feather impatiently and was about to fly away.While turning his head back, he hurried forward to meet the nothingness, crossed the autumn and winter seas to the spring and summer forests, and closed his eyes comfortably.

27. "I wish you a good night's sleep."

The figures dispersed and the corner became quiet.Edward rubbed the plants stuck to his hands, couldn't help frowning, squeezed his whole face together, and then relaxed all of a sudden.He felt that the wind in the port was too strong, which made his head ache.First, he wanted to avoid the tavern, and then he avoided an alley, for fear that a dark green door would open and bump into him.At the very beginning, a figure swayed past, he dodged behind the wall in fear, tripped over a foot protruding from a corner, the sleeping man cursed and stared at him sleepily.He trotted away and followed the music to find Dongshi.Beside the sachet stand was a beautiful girl with a well-proportioned waist and a shiny round gemstone inlaid on her navel; the other girl next to her was more delicate and her breasts were fuller. Huff and puff together.Seeing Edward coming, the two of them smiled at each other and danced around him on the beat of drums. Fragrant petals spread around him, and the bells on the woman's ankles were like birds pecking at nectar.

Edward frowned embarrassingly, but felt relieved by the beauty and the appropriate fragrance.He let his small fingers hook him, and unconsciously joined their dance, the voices gathered, the applause one after another, and the carefree laughter made people not used to it.At the end of the song, sweating profusely for a long time, neither chasing nor hiding, surrounded by bright colors, looking around, being surrounded, Edward thought that he must drink a glass of cold wine, stood at the window blowing the high wind, and opened his eyes. mouth to the sky.But then he caught a glimpse of a pair of eyes, and he chased after it, and a white cat flew up on the roof, sitting upright and wagging its tail.The music stopped, only to hear the tail beating back and forth, like a small hammer hitting his temple.The figures were about to disperse again, and he really wanted to yell not to go, to tell people to stop and stay.In the empty path, the shadow of the cat swayed leisurely, and finally stopped at a certain position, neither too far nor too close, making Edward clearly feel that it was definitely not a dream, and at the same time he could not take a step to escape. Can only freeze in place.

A hand was climbed on the shoulder, rubbing it comfortingly, and approached gradually, without frightening the nervous man.A girl returned to the sachet with a charming smile, beckoned to Edward, and called "Annie"; playfully shaking the baby on her belly, she grinned and showed her porcelain white teeth, while picking the thing off, go Change the black bead of the left eye.Before evening, the weather was overcast, and some shops lit their lights.The girl nestled in the sachet, as long as she was caught by the gem-like red bead and her natural darker bead, her body and mind seemed to be thrown into the fire, with the red fruit of temptation on one side and the whisper of the devil on the other. .When she gets the chance, she'll pop out of the sunken pile of sachets and hang a string of sachets around your neck.Sometimes she is in a good mood, and she will tiptoe and kiss your side face, like a child who secretly licked candy, pursing her lips unsatisfactorily.

Edward was awakened by the soft chest on his back. He first looked back and saw a sly smile, and then felt something else in his buttocks, which made him subconsciously bend his knees forward and push the man away with his arms He knelt on the ground with a bang.There was no emotion in the man's eyes, no smile, no anger, no disappointment, and certainly not the slightest apology.Edward hemmed and hawed "you" for a long time, but couldn't say anything.He heard the man jokingly ask him which side he wants, and one question after another...

"Look at you, Annie!" The girl with different eyes came over, "Why are you scaring others!" Then she turned to Edward, stretched out her hand and lifted him up, "My name is Ellie, I'm so sorry—" She looked embarrassed Smiling softly, he kissed Edward's side face lightly, it was itchy, red, and hot.Putting the sachet in Edward's neck around Edward's neck, like a wife adjusting her husband's tie, from time to time she glanced up affectionately and docilely.

"Here, that's all." As if casting a spell, "I wish you a good sleep tonight."

Edward didn't know how he drifted back to the hotel. It wasn't until he was lying on the hard bed in a daze, looking at the flickering yellow lights, that he remembered that he was sleeping on the land of Esseret, not a dangling ship , nor on the tavern floor.The wind in the middle of the night blows the curtains wide open, agitating, as if the surface of the water is fading away, and the body falls heavily into the abyss.Edward first casually touched his pocket to find some cigarettes, but he didn't touch anything except the sachet; but his hand seemed to be caught in a spider's web, and the spider spun and climbed up along his arm. not open.Edward puffed his cheeks, his clothes were still wrapped around his wrists, he rushed to the toilet, knelt down and vomited, the soup was watery.

He just remembered the bunch of sachets and that extra thing in his pocket.

"I wish you a good night's sleep." The girl stared at him.

Edward woke up suddenly from the bed, he subconsciously reached for the clothes, pulled out all the inside, and a sachet fell to the ground.The morning sun was brought in by the breeze, and he hadn't slept through the night for a long time.

28. "When someone dances in the night, the shadows in the wall dance. In the night, no one can dance, and the shadows in the wall dance."

Edward buried his head and ran to the sachet shop in Dongshi. He probably knew what this kind of temptation meant—a kind of fishing line, just hanging the hook, waiting for the fish to bite, and he happened to be the kind who was washed ashore. The fish on the side, with their mouths full of sand, were put into the small fish tank, followed by the artificial bait and were flickered back and forth.

"Look, this gentleman is here again." Obviously there was no surprise, the other mouth was open, and she was saying "Edward".

"What do you mean?"

"What charades are you playing?" Annie changed into overalls and her hair was tied up, showing some heroism. "Are you here to ask for a sachet?"

"Don't play dumb for me." Edward leaned closer and put the sachet into the man's hand, "You slipped it to me yesterday, don't think I don't know."

"Yo!" Ellie exclaimed, covering her nose pretendingly, "what!" Two black beads twirled, and the red one on her navel stared wide.

"I've never seen this thing before." Annie smiled with her mouth crooked, knocked back what was in her hand, and touched Edward's thigh. "You seem to understand it very well."

Edward grabbed the free hand and pulled it high, as if trying to yank the line into the water, thinking it would be safe.

"Who is behind you, huh?"

"Ha! We, I