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Bai Jingye's words fell, and there was a moment of silence in the room.Bai Li, who didn't know when to stand up secretly, watched and cared, and continued to be his competent pillar. Cuttlefish's ice cube face didn't respond for ten thousand years, so it didn't matter if he didn't say anything. As for Ah Qi and the original book, Ah Qi didn't say anything. He only slowly glanced in the direction of the original book - the original book also didn't move, only the cautious expression on his face since the appearance of Bai Jingye was gone now, and he was replaced by a The complex expression mixed with sadness and joy seemed to be a strong emotional struggle deep in his heart.

Ah Qi looked at it for a while, then looked away.Bai Jingye also collected his emotions at this time, raised his head and smiled slightly, and said, "Well, Ah Qi, anyway, today, I have a lot of time, please tell me carefully about you and the one who taught you how to play chess. people's affairs are good or not."

Ah Qi stared at Bai Jingye's for a while, then suddenly smiled, his smile was very bright, he nodded and said: "Okay! Since the lady said so, then the boy will explain it in detail," he looked at it funny The old butler, who had a bad complexion, seemed to be worse at this time, cleared his throat, and began to talk, "It's a long time ago. Although it is a very important memory for the boy, the boy rarely takes the initiative to recall it. If the lady hadn't asked about it today—well, I remember that when the boy was young, a guest came to the house one day. She was a very free and easy beautiful woman. I don't know what the woman said to my parents What, I only vaguely remember that not long after that day, the woman took the boy's hand and left the house. Holding the boy's hand and walking was not fast, along the way she asked the boy some questions casually, and the boy answered them one by one, thinking about it now, it was really a very warm scene."

The expression on Ah Qi's face became a little soft and strangely lonely with his words, and suddenly he woke up from the memory, he looked intently, but it was the squid who brought a cup of freshly poured tea into his palm, Ah Qi smiled, thanked him softly, but didn't drink, and the cuttlefish went back to its place to do a good job.

Ah Qi maintained the posture of holding the teacup, and continued: "Later we finally arrived at the woman's house, and the boy lived in that house for more than half a month. That is really a very good memory— ——Sometimes the little brother next door leads his younger brother to visit the house together, and takes the boy out to play nearby, slingshot pebbles, digs out bird nests, catches fish in the creek, and builds a fire in the valley to roast fish and potatoes, Broad bean, these are very happy memories of the boy. Furthermore, the lady is also very kind to the boy. She sometimes puts the boy on her lap, gently cleans the boy's ears, and the boy quietly nests in her arms , listening to the ballad she hummed softly. In the end, it’s back-to-back chess—”

Ah Qi glanced at the water glass in his hand, and gently tipped it to one side, the water in the glass suddenly became unstable, just when the water was about to pour out, he immediately put the glass back, and the water in the glass shook Ah Qi looked at it, the corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably, revealing a little dimple, "It was a very sunny day, the woman organized the boy and the other two children to gather in the yard early in the morning, she asked We stood under the pear tree, pulled up the hem of the clothes and flattened it into a square plane, while she herself put on the specially changed clothes and climbed up the tree neatly, holding a metal whisk in her hand, Precisely and quickly laying down the golden pears one after another, while our boys ran around like chickens under the tree and worked hard to pick up the pears that fell from the sky."

Bai Jingye was engrossed in listening, and murmured, "You really look very happy." The voice was very small, but Yuan Shu still heard it. The decision is average.

Ah Qi didn't notice the unusual state of the two, and continued, "Later, when we were sitting on the kang and chatting together after lunch, she took out a small wooden box from the inner room—"

"I see, that small wooden box is the same chess set as Ah Qi's, right?!" Bai Jingye shouted excitedly.

- It's over.The poor old butler wailed in his heart: It's over, it's over, the lady is really abnormal, first she was like a madman and wanted to come to this man's compound in the middle of the night, but now it's even better, she just hit her rudely Cut off other people's words, God, send someone down to tell the old man what happened to Miss.

Of course, Ah Qi didn't hear Bai Li's wailing in his heart, so he nodded his head, sort of answering Bai Jingye's question, "Well, what the woman took out was indeed a chess game." For some reason, he Then he smiled, "The boy is actually a very boring person, both old-fashioned and inflexible, so the chess pieces and chess pieces that the boy played with the lady just now are actually the set of chess pieces that the boy took out according to his memory. , produced."

Ah Qi put down the cup in her hand, stretched out her hand to take the wooden box of chess in the corner and opened it again, gently stroked the ink-colored chess patterns on the square chess cloth, and continued, "After she unfolded the chess cloth and chess pieces, A few of our children curiously asked what it was, and she patiently told us the rules of back chess—that person, in fact, is not very gentle, even rude, and patience is not good. However, she still explained the rules to us in detail - before playing chess, she did another thing, that is, divided the pears that were played earlier to us 3 equally, and she kept a share for herself. It is said that there are rewards and punishments in chess, so let’s bet on pears. We played until late that day, until it was dark, until the neighbor’s aunt came to call the little brother and his brother back for dinner—”

"We played until late that day, until it got dark, until the neighbor's aunt came to call my little brother and his brother back for dinner—"

Ah Qi stopped here, staring at the water glass in his hand in a daze, and after a few seconds, he said softly, "Then, there will be no more."

Bai Jingye was fascinated by what she was listening to, but when she heard what Ah Qi said, she showed a puzzled expression, and asked in surprise, "No more? How come?"

Looking at Bai Jingye's bewildered expression, Ah Qi felt an inexplicable familiarity in his heart for some reason, he smiled at Bai Jingye comfortingly, and explained: "Yes. There is no future, because the memory boy after that is gone. The kid didn't know how he left her house, and he didn't remember saying goodbye to the brothers next door. He only remembered that the kid had already returned home when he could remember, and asked his parents about her, but his parents shook their heads and followed her. The kid said, I don’t know, they didn’t know such a person existed, and they didn’t know where the pear tree yard of hers described by the kid was. After that, she and the little brother next door became just kid midnight The only thing that can clearly prove the existence of the characters in the dream come back to me is it."

Ah Qi caressed the chess piece and the wooden box back and forth, there was no trace of sadness on his face, on the contrary, he was very calm, but the calm made the person watching feel depressed for no reason, and a dull emotion surged in his heart.

Bai Jingye looked at the back chess in Ah Qi's hand silently. Because of Ah Qi's impression, he had thought that this story might be plain and simple, but now, he sighed in his heart, it was indeed plain It's ok, but it's inexplicably sad.Looking at Ah Qi's calm face, Bai Jingye didn't know what to say for a while, so she also fell silent.

When the whole space was about to quiet down again, Bai Li spoke suddenly, but the person he spoke to was asking all the way, and after finally finding the right place, he saw his young lady and her husband standing at the door, panting heavily, The deputy head of the Wangfu, who was about to breathe calmly, called for someone—Bai Li's wife, Bai Li.

"What's the matter, Axian, why are you in such a hurry, you're not arranging my uncle's wedding at the main house—" As if thinking of something, Bai Li glanced at Bai Jingye, and hurriedly stopped talking.

Bai Li ran his hands along his chest, and when he felt that his chest was much better, he said, "Oh, it's because of my uncle and miss, you can go with me, originally the wedding will be all right until the end, but after we put my uncle and Naning Not long after the girl was sent into the bridal chamber, the uncle rushed out, and now he is looking for the young lady everywhere, saying that he wants to see you, alas, what is all this, fortunately, the lady is not in good health, and she worshiped the heavens and the earth when the new couple came, I was brought back to the room by the master to rest, and the guests in the mansion were almost scattered, and the scattered few were also easy-going and easy-going. After I sent them away, my wife, this No, I hurried to find you, miss."

Seeing that his wife was still out of breath, Bai Li hurriedly poured a cup of tea, walked up to her, and handed it to her. Seeing that she was drinking in a hurry, he was afraid that she would choke again, so he hurriedly said, "Oh, old lady, drink it slowly. Don't rush this time."

Bai Jingye walked up to Bai Li and his wife at this time, watching the interaction between the couple, thoughtful.

Bai Li hurriedly apologized to him: "Miss, Ah Xian has been busy so early in the morning, why don't we take a break before—"

Bai Jingye interrupted him with a warm voice: "I know that, Uncle Bai, you and Aunt Bai will rest here for a while, Jananna, I'll go by myself." Nodding his head, he said loudly: "Ah Qi, the original book, that's it, then I'll take a step first, another day," he paused, and said in a loud voice, "I'll come to see you some other day, you guys, wait Me." After speaking, he walked away resolutely, he walked not fast, but a little faster than usual, so soon Ah Qi and the others disappeared from sight.

But Bai Li and his wife have stayed in the palace for most of their lives. They grew up watching Bai Jingye, how can they really do what he said, don't worry about him going alone? The water glass was stuffed into the hand of Yuan Shu who was closest to him, before he could wipe his mouth, he muttered, "Hurry up, old man, let's go after Miss," and dragged the poor housekeeper Bai Li away.

The room suddenly became quiet again, Yuan Shu stared at the cup in his hand in a daze.Ah Qi looked at the empty yard, and silently went forward to close the door in the yard.

1 second, 2 seconds. 5 seconds.Suddenly, a girl complained, "Ah, ah, I can finally talk! Really! I'm suffocating!"

However, whether it was the original book staring at the cup, or Ah Qi who closed the door and came back, they were not surprised at the sudden sound and the girl in pink and white clothes exposed in the air.

The girl, that is, the soul envoy Nicole, rolled her eyes when she saw it strangely, and floated to the table where the tea was placed, and found a chair to sit down. The chestnuts that turned out began to be eaten.