I went to my grandma's house. My grandpa had passed away a few years ago. My grandma lived alone and she was really sick.
My mother takes care of me.
I don’t know if my mother wants to escape, and I don’t want to bring up this issue anymore.
That day I was walking on the street, which was my father’s favorite street. I could hear the sound of wind chimes from the Liao Tower. This street is an ancient street.
I met Yinyan, she was driving and ignored me.
I climbed up Mount Gol, sat on the top, and looked at the city, which suddenly felt so strange.
I think my father, I owe him too many hugs.
The next day at work, Yinyan was sitting in the office. When I went in, she closed the door.
"You're ignoring me?"
"Master, I don't have any."
Yinyan started crying, softly at first, and then she cried heart-wrenchingly. The sound was so loud that it scared me to death. It was really fatal to make the master cry like that here.
I was stunned for a long time, then went over, picked up Yinyan, and she threw herself into my arms.
"Stop crying."
"Then you can't not talk to me."
"well."
My forehead was covered with sweat.
My master and I sat at the operating table, and they looked at us from time to time.
"What are you looking at? Mingzhe and I are in love."
I almost fell to the ground at that time, I was in such a passive relationship.
Someone suddenly stood up. It was Zhang Xiaoxue, who was working at the sixth operating table. Zhang Xiaoxue and my master came in on the same day. The two of us didn't talk much, as if we were having some kind of conflict. Zhang Xiaoxue and I rarely talked either.
"Yanzi, you are too overbearing. How can you treat your master as your husband? You are a little shameless."
As soon as I heard what this meant, I understood what it meant. There must have been some grudge between them. It was normal to have some grudges here, after all, there were many women.
"Xiaoxue, this is called skill. If you have the skill, you should use it."
Zhang Xiaoxue came over, walked to my side, looked at me and said.
"Mingzhe, I'm actually the most suitable. I'm gentle, but she's not. You can't control her temper when she gets angry."
Yinyan stood up suddenly.
“Oh my god!”
Zhang Xiaoxue screamed "Oh my god" and ran back to the control console.
"You little brat, I'll scare you to death."
Everyone in the room burst into laughter.
I didn't expect that Zhang Xiaoxue's feelings for me were real.
Yinyan didn't think Zhang Xiaoxue was serious at first, it seemed like this was going to be a very troublesome thing. Zhang Xiaoxue bought me a box of ice cream, I hesitated for a moment but still took it, it would be impolite not to take it.
Yinyan looked at me and I handed the ice cream to her.
"Master, you eat."
"That's more like it."
Yinyan looked at Zhang Xiaoxue proudly. The struggle had begun. With these two women, it would probably be very troublesome.
After get off work, the master said to go to her house, and I was stunned.
"It's okay, my parents want to see you."
I know what this means.
"no."
I actually said this sentence decisively, and I thought of my mother.
"Why?"
"No reason, no."
"You don't like me?"
I shook my head. I didn't want my mother to cry anymore. She had been crying for most of her life. Should I let her cry again? Or escape? Never come back to this home? I could hardly do that. At this moment, I didn't want to mention my mother to Yinyan.
"Do you like Zhang Xiaoxue?"
"No, no."
I got angry and went to my grandma's house. My mother was taking care of my grandma. My grandma was already well. She held my hand and looked at me. She was always like this, very kind, always like that. But my mother always had a gloomy face. Didn't she have happiness in this life? I really don't know.
I came out of my grandmother's house, thinking about Yinyan. My master had confessed to me to such an extent, but now I was in a dilemma. On one side was my mother, and on the other side was my master. What should I do? I didn't know. This was exactly the same as my mother and my girlfriend falling into the river. I couldn't figure out the answer.
I was sitting at platform eight and Zhang Xiaoxue came over.
"Mingzhe, would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?"
Girls nowadays are very brave. My master stared at her, but she stood there without moving.
"You don't have to glare at me. I have the power."
My master stood up, I didn't move, Zhang Xiaoxue didn't move either, she was serious, she wasn't afraid anymore. The director shouted.
"Zhang Xiaoxue, go back to your stage."
Zhang Xiaoxue turned around and went back to the stage.
The director called me out.
"Mingzhe, you have to make a choice. I know you are very good, but think about it, what will be the result?"
"Director, actually, I don't want to fall in love right now."
The director was stunned for a moment.
"Then explain it to them yourself."
Actually, I can’t explain it clearly. I don’t know what to do at the moment.
That day, I felt someone lying on my back again, not just once, and I was stunned.
After get off work, I told my master.
"Master, I want to talk to you about something."
We went to a restaurant to eat. Yinyan didn't say anything, just looked at me.
"The first thing is, I like you, but my mother..."
I told her about her mother and she looked at me for a long time before she spoke.
"That's not a problem, I'll take care of everything."
“The second thing is that the person on my back got on my back four times today.”
"That's not a problem, I'll do it."
The master's expression was a little serious, just like the first time I saw her.
When I returned home that day, my mother had not come back yet. I knew that my grandmother should have recovered a long time ago, or that she could have been brought over, but she didn't. I think she really wanted to escape from this home.
Going to work now makes me feel scared. That person will lie on my back. I can't see or touch him/her. I don't know if he/she is a man or a woman, old or young. I am very confused. The master has never given me a reasonable explanation. She just said that she can handle it. This keeps me in fear.
I was sitting at the eighth operating table, Yinyan was also sitting there in a daze, Zhang Xiaoxue came over and brought me a bottle of drink, and the master acted as if he didn't see anything.
"Master, key number two."
Yinyan didn't respond, so I reached out and pressed her, and she came to her senses and picked up the drink on the table and drank it.
Zhang Xiaoxue ran over and snatched it away.
"It's not for you."
Yinyan smiled, looked at me and said.
"Zhang Xiaoxue, don't bother. Mingzhe and I kissed yesterday."
Zhang Xiaoxue looked at me blankly, then tears came out of her eyes. She ran back to the operating table and the director came over.
"You go home, I'll come."
Zhang Xiaoxue burst into tears as soon as she walked out the door.
After get off work that day, the head of the department called me over.
"Am I sure?"
I was stunned for a moment and nodded.
Then, the master took me to someone's home. It was a row of bungalows in a ravine. The yard was very large, with flowers and plants, a pond with fish, a small rockery, and a rocking chair. Sitting on the rocking chair was a white-haired old lady who was in a particularly good mental state.
"Hello, Master Zhou."
"Ah, little swallow, here comes my little swallow."
The old lady stood up and hugged Xiaoyanzi. They were very close.
The old lady looked at me, Yinyan said.
"My apprentice."
"Oh, that's pretty handsome."
The old lady is very good at cooking, Yinyan said, she can speak four languages and is a chemist at the crematorium, a top chemist in the country.
We ate, drank, and chatted. After dinner, when we sat in the yard drinking tea, Yinyan told me about my story. Master Zhou looked at me for a few seconds and said nothing.
"I'll walk around."
I can see that there are some things they say that are inconvenient for me to say here.
I went out for a walk. The air here is really good, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. The old lady knew how to choose a place. It must have cost some money to buy this valley.
I stood by the stream, watching the flowing water. I didn't know how to tell my mother about Yinyan and I. Yinyan said she could handle it, but I had no idea how she was going to do it.
It was more than an hour later when I got back.
Yinyan said let’s go back, and my master and I left Master Zhou’s house, and Yinyan said after getting in the car.
"Go to the crematorium in the evening. I'll pick you up after dark."
I went home, but my mother still hadn't come back. I called her and she told me to stay here for a while longer. This meant that if I stayed with Yinyan, this period of time wouldn't be long.
It was dark, Yinyan sent me a text message telling me she was downstairs.
I went downstairs and got in the car.
Yinyan didn't say anything and was quite serious.
The lights in the crematorium were dim. This was my first time coming to the crematorium at night. In the entire crematorium, only the guard's light was on. We went over, Yinyan knocked on the glass, and the gatekeeper came out.
"Master Yin."
The gatekeeper opened the door and we went in. He didn't ask us what we were doing. Yinyan said that this gatekeeper, Uncle Zheng, has been guarding the gate for his entire life, from his youth until now.
Let’s go in, said the master.
"Follow me into the morgue."
It's so late at night when we enter the morgue. There's no one in the entire crematorium now.
The master went into the morgue. She didn't stop, but walked into another corridor. It was a single room, not a freezer. Some of the lights inside were on and flashing, indicating that there was a body inside. The master walked forward without looking to the sides. Every time she passed a door, the white curtain moved, and my scalp went numb.
The master walked to the end and turned. I didn't know there was a corridor there, so I followed him closely.
Turning around, the corridor was not long. When she reached the end, the master took a key down from the wall. The key was hanging on the wall with a black rope. She opened the door and pushed it open to go in.
I followed him in.
"Close the door."
When I arrived at the door, the master turned on the light, but it was dim.
There are ten more doors here, one by one, just opposite.
"This is the morgue of our crematorium experts. This means that after we die, we will rest here."
I looked at the master and I knew that my father Ke Zuo was buried here when he died, in the innermost morgue No. 1. I didn't know why the master brought me here.
The master walked to the side wall, where there were ten keys. The master stood there motionless. I could see clearly at this time that there should be ten keys, but one was missing. The one on the far left should be for morgue No. 1.
The master turned around and looked at me.
"Walk."
We went out, leaving a gap in the door. The master knocked on the glass twice and got in the car. I got in the car, but the master didn't drive. Instead, he took out a cigarette and lit it.
"Why are you still smoking?"
The master ignored me, lit a cigarette, and looked ahead. I had no idea what had happened, how did the key disappear
I don't know. I went to that place once when my father died, but I didn't go through that door, so I thought I had never been there. The door I went through was sealed.
After Uncle Zheng locked the door, the master finished smoking and drove away, then sent me downstairs to talk.
"get off."
I got off the car and the driver drove away, leaving me confused. What on earth was the driver going to do? (To be continued)