Ten Days End

"What should I do... Man-monkey..." Zheng Yingxiong said painfully with tears in his eyes, "Did you see it? That 'Tao' is gone..."

The man-monkey looked in the direction where the 'Tao' disappeared, then stretched out his hand and gently placed it on Zheng Yingxiong's shoulder, and said in a deep voice:

"Every 'Tao' here is ultimately floating in the troubled times." He sighed softly, "The number of 'Tao' is simply incalculable, and no one will care about a disappeared 'Tao', because the old 'Tao' will be eliminated and the new 'Tao' will be remade."

"But...but here!" Zheng Yingxiong stretched out his hand to cover his chest, crying and saying, "I'm really sad here...! I often can't breathe... I often feel sad..."

The monkey's eyes flickered after hearing this, and he couldn't help but think of that figure.

Her voice, appearance and smile are still fresh in his memory.

The monkey sighed, then stretched out his hand and placed it on Zheng Yingxiong's chest, and gently covered Zheng Yingxiong's hand with his cold palm. Even though this child has lived here for more than ten years, he still has the brain of an eight-year-old child. Not only did he not receive the education he should have received, but he also suffered many joys and sorrows that he shouldn't have at this age.

"You won't lose it again." The monkey tried to smile and said, "The world is so big, each of us will lose our own things, but as long as we keep it in our hearts, we will never lose it."

"Really...?" Zheng Yingxiong looked up at the monkey.

"Well, look. ”

The monkey gently patted Zheng Yingxiong's chest, then clenched his hand into a fist, as if he had taken something out of it, then slowly moved his hand in front of Zheng Yingxiong, then blew gently on his fist, turned his hand over to show him, and held a brilliant "Tao" in his hand.

"As long as you always remember her, she will always be brilliant and always in your heart."

Zheng Yingxiong reached out to take the "Tao" and nodded thoughtfully: "Our important things... are always in our hearts."

"That's right." The monkey nodded, "As long as someone remembers her, she will not really disappear."

"I know..."

"Let's continue the game." The monkey said, "It's my turn."

"Yeah."

Zheng Yingxiong held the "Tao" in his hand and watched the monkey take out the last "Tao" in the box and put it on the table. Now the box is empty.

According to the rules, "whoever can get the last Tao wins", and now the winner is the monkey.

"You win." Zheng Yingxiong said.

"Not necessarily." The monkey shook his head and denied, "Whether I won or not, you should verify it yourself."

"Hmm?"

Zheng Yingxiong didn't understand what the monkey meant, but saw the monkey stretched out his hand and gently patted the empty box where he had just taken out the "Tao".

"Depend on yourself." The monkey said.

Zheng Yingxiong seemed to understand, and then stretched out his hand to explore the inside of the cardboard box. Just by moving his palm slightly, he found a paper ball in the corner of the box, and his eyes flickered slightly at this moment.

"It doesn't matter whether I win or not." The monkey said to Zheng Yingxiong, "Someone will win here sooner or later. And for me...anyone can win."

Zheng Yingxiong took out his hand, held the paper ball tightly in his hand, and then nodded: "I know."

"My steps may stop, but you won't." The monkey said, "Go, your "ticket" will stay with me."

"I won't stop." Zheng Yingxiong said, "Even if I lose all my "tickets", I won't stop!"

"Hmm. "

"I will keep moving forward with the "Sword" and "Swallow". "Zheng Yingxiong said with tears on his face, looking at the monkey with a pair of determined eyes, "Until someone wins here!"

"I believe you."

...

Yun Yao and the other two waited outside for only more than ten minutes before seeing Zheng Yingxiong coming out of the house.

He looked like he had cried a lot, but he was in an inexplicably good mood, as if the big stone that had been hanging in his heart had fallen at this moment.

The monkey also followed him out of the playground slowly, and then stood outside the door again, as if nothing had happened.

"Brother Yingxiong, are you okay?" Tiantian looked at Zheng Yingxiong with concern.

"I'm fine, sister." Zheng Yingxiong replied, "Don't worry."

When the monkey heard Zheng Yingxiong call Tiantian "sister", he couldn't help but glance at Tiantian.

She really looked like an old friend, but the temperament revealed between her eyebrows was even more sad.

"But I'm sorry..." Zheng Yingxiong said, "I lost two Taos, and now I only have one left."

HeOpening her palm, a brand new, radiant "Tao" lay inside.

"Take this one too." Tiantian said, "You used this "Tao" to participate in games in the monkey-man venue, so keep it as a souvenir."

Zheng Yingxiong thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Thank you, sister..."

After leaving, neither Zheng Yingxiong nor the monkey-man mentioned what happened. They just looked at each other and then looked away.

This was a reunion that was never expected to happen, and a farewell where one could not call out the other's name.

"Let's go, sister." Zheng Yingxiong said, "Go find the person you are looking for."

"Okay." Yun Yao nodded, then picked up a rusty little iron rod from the ground, and threw it into the air casually.

After the iron rod drew a big circle in the air, it landed on one side, stood on the ground for a short time, and then lay straight in one direction.

"It depends on your luck. "Yun Yao said, "The first time I threw the iron rod, I found the person that Brother Yingxiong wanted to find. The second time, it's our turn."

Everyone determined the direction and walked in the direction indicated by the iron rod.

Before walking out of the alley, Zheng Yingxiong looked back at the monkey again, and the monkey just nodded gently.

As he said, he stopped here.

The only one who can move forward next is himself.

After walking out of the alley, Zheng Yingxiong took out the paper ball that he touched from the box from his pocket. It should be written with what Gu Yu wanted to say but didn't say.

Zheng Yingxiong thought that before the game started, the monkey took the box to one side and was busy for several minutes, which should be preparing this note.

He slowly opened the note, and there was a sentence written on it:

"Zheng Yingxiong, go find "cause and effect", the path she chose is very likely to be correct. No matter what happens in the future, never choose to become a "zodiac sign", goodbye. "

After hearing this, Zheng Yingxiong reached out and gently stroked the two words "goodbye", feeling an indescribable sadness.

He looked up at the three girls walking in front of him and felt that it was time for him to make a decision.

Although he had vowed not to join any organization again, there were indeed people in front of him who he could trust.

"Sisters."

Zheng Yingxiong slowly raised the note in his hand, called the three people, and then said: "I have something to discuss with you."