The next day was a rest day. Ge Zhu went to work and I stayed at home reading. When my father came home from get off work, I prepared the dishes and the rice and served the wine.
My father took off his clothes, sat down and said.
"There was an accident at the crematorium, did you know that?"
I was stunned.
"I don't know. I haven't left the house all day."
"It's about one or two o'clock in the afternoon."
It was the time when the crematorium was closing, when work was finished.
"What's up?"
"Well, I don't know if I'll go there tomorrow."
My father had never been so hesitant before, so I was surprised. I didn’t ask any more questions, but Ge Zhu actually came to see me.
I went out and my father told me to come back early because he was worried about what happened.
When we go to Ge Zhu's place, with wine and snacks, she always manages to create some romance.
"How did you know that this was going to happen?"
"What happened?"
"you do not know?"
Ge Zhu didn't believe it. I insisted on standing up for her and letting her go. She thought I should know, but I really didn't know. He Dana could have predicted it.
Ge Zhu told me that the road suddenly split into three roads that day. People who were leaving get off work didn't know which one to take, and when they wanted to go back, there were still three roads. They stood there, Bai Jie took the middle road, and no one moved. After more than an hour, everything returned to normal.
This matter spread, and no one knew what happened to Bai Jie, but someone saw Bai Jie take the middle road and actually brought her daughter with her. She was not without him.
I was shocked and knew that this was not a good thing.
"Go to Bai Jie's house."
Ge Zhu knew about Bai Jie and I. When we went there, the compound was a mess. An old lady lived there. I asked Bai Jie.
"What Bai Jie? There is no Bai Jie here. I have been living here for more than 50 years."
I was sweating and looked at Ge Zhu. What on earth was going on? I felt like I was going crazy.
I asked Ge Zhu to go home and go to He Dana's place.
"I knew you would come, but it's a little late and the food is cold."
I sat down and asked directly.
"What happened?"
"You are always in a dream. Of course, it is mixed with reality. Some of it is real, and some of it is not real."
I was completely stupefied. Dreams and reality can be mixed together. In this world, such things happen. Dreams and reality are completely mixed together and cannot be distinguished. When you wake up, what you encounter is just like what you have experienced before. That is when dreams and reality are mixed together. It is completely frightening.
"Which of mine are real and which are fake?"
"Your dream has ended. Tomorrow you will know what is real and what is false."
He Dana's weirdness made me completely convinced. At least, what he taught me to place objects in the air is not something that ordinary people can do. He said it is a very simple thing. People have this ability, but they have not developed it. People are walking on a different path and are not on the right path at all.
I don't understand. He Dana has been doing scientific research for nearly his entire life, but it has never been made public. I don't know when I can see his diaries. That's the weirdest thing. I think so, and I really want to know. I always have an urge to go into these 18 rooms and take a look, but He Dana's eyes tell me that it is absolutely not allowed, so I control myself.
The next day at work, I found that Bai Jie didn't come. I asked the manager, and the manager was stunned for a long time and said.
"Bai Jie has been dead for a long time and has not been at work."
The manager was sweating and looking at me.
"I saw her at work yesterday. I introduced her and you approved her. Have you forgotten this?"
The director stood up and glared at me.
"Xiao Zuo, don't play with me. It could easily lead to someone's death."
I know that Bai Jie never appeared, she was just in my dream, I owed her that, so I was in this situation, then what is real? It is the same as what I see now.
After I finished my work, I went to find Ge Zhu. In the office, I didn't see Ge Zhu, but Master Yi Qiuju was there. When she saw me, her face turned red again.
"Where's Ge Zhu?"
Yi Qiuju was stunned for a moment, then her face turned pale and she stared at me blankly.
"Xiao Zuo, are you sick?"
I was also stunned. This was impossible. Was this also fake
"Gezhu."
I repeated it, and Yi Qiuju actually started to tremble.
"She, she's been dead for four years."
I shuddered. That's impossible.
"I drank with her yesterday."
Master Yi Qiuju sat on the ground and stared at me. I turned and left. The world was in chaos, my world was in chaos, I was really sick, everything was wrong, so I was sick. At this moment, the place I wanted to go most was He Dana's place, I felt that it was the safest there.
I went over and saw that He Dana had already prepared the dishes.
"It's okay, don't worry, have a drink first."
I drank a glass of white wine and felt better.
"What happened?"
"Bai Jie and Ge Zhu."
"This is normal. Bai Jie is dead, and Ge Zhu is also dead."
"Impossible, I clearly saw them."
"That's what you owe. It's fake. It's a dream."
“Why is it so real?”
"Of course, some of it is exactly the same as life, real life, there is no difference."
"Kuzumab..."
I can understand Bai Jie. That is what I want in my heart, to have a daughter with Bai Jie and let her be happy. But I cannot understand the appearance of Ge Zhu. We didn't even know each other, but he appeared in my dream.
"Ge Zhu died four years ago. There are no photos of her in the exhibition room. She was a very good makeup artist and was also very beautiful. The reason for her death was very strange. She died in the dressing room without any symptoms. She just died like that. No one can explain it. I was there at the time."
"But why did you appear in my dream?"
"Did you know about the dream?"
I shook my head.
"You bumped into Ge Zhu's dream, so this happened."
“Is that real?”
"No, at least Ge Zhu is not in reality, but you can go to her house and take a look. There must be a reason."
He Dana didn't explain too much.
It was almost eleven o'clock in the evening. I left He Dana's house and went to Ge Zhu's house. That old house was familiar to me. The lights in the house were on. I didn't know what that meant. Ge Zhu had been dead for four years. Who else could be there? When I met her, there was no one else in the house.
I climbed over the backyard wall. The wall was very high, and I made a loud noise when I jumped down. My stomach ached for a long time before I stood up. The lights in the house went out. I hesitated, thinking that if the people in the house heard the noise, they would turn off the lights and stand in front of the window looking at me, but I couldn't see them. This was a scary thing. I didn't dare to move and squatted there for a long time before I hunched over and approached. It was a two-story house with many houses. The last one with the lights off should be my target.
I walked around and stood in front of the door, listening for any movement. I heard nothing, so I gently pushed the door, and it opened with a sound. My soul almost came out. I had kissed Ge Zhu in this room before, but at this moment, thinking that Ge Zhu had been dead for four years, four years! My legs went weak.
The door opened and there was no sound, so I walked in slowly. As soon as I stepped inside, the light came on, I screamed, and then I saw an old lady sitting there looking at me.
"Young man, I will give you everything you need, just this once. If you want to learn well, you must follow the right path."
I saw the photos of Ge Zhu and the old lady on the wall.
"I'm looking for Ge Zhu."
The old lady was stunned.
"She's been dead for four years, you are..."
"I'm her boyfriend."
I actually said that.
"Yes, Ge Zhu said that she would bring her boyfriend over in two days, but she died before she did. I never met this boyfriend. I didn't expect to see him four years later. Why didn't you come then? She must have been missing you when she died."
"I… "
I don't know whether this moment is real or fake. At night, many things are not real. Just like when you are walking outside, there are always some things that don't look right. You comfort yourself that it is dark and you are dazzled. In fact, you really saw it. The night is always weird, so don't go out at night.
"I'm fine."
I knew I couldn't stay here, so I ran away.
The next day I was resting, Yunbai came and sat on the sofa, and my father went to work.
"Ke Zuo, I want to talk to you."
I don't think it's necessary. What's there to talk about? Everything is meaningless.
"You let him go."
"Will you let me go?"
"Ke Zuo, please let him go because I love you. We still have one more life to go. We love each other."
It seems that Yun Bai knows everything. After all, she grew up in a refiner's family. At that time, Master Yun Zheng wanted her to go to the crematorium, but for some reason she didn't go.
"I won't. This is over now. I won't make things difficult for you. We can separate."
"It's impossible to separate. We are married for one lifetime, so we can't separate. This is the only way. You can propose conditions and let him go."
"divorce."
"Impossible. I'm telling you the truth. If we divorce, it will be a death sentence for both you and me. Maybe you can escape it, but I can't, because the fault is mine. So I won't die, and I won't divorce you, except for this."
"There are no other conditions. I don't want to see you again."
Yunbai is gone. When I went to see Xiaozhe again, she wouldn't let me. I could only see him when my son got home from school. Yunbai always picked up the children by herself and didn't give me any chance. Of course, she could see me standing in the corner. I knew how Yunbai felt. Master Yunzheng said that when he walked from the crematorium, Yunbai knew where he was. When he entered the door, Yunbai cabbage would be on the table and the wine would be hot to just the right temperature. This was how Yunbai felt, and it made me very strange.
She could sense my presence and knew where I was, but she never looked over here.
My heart ached. My son looked around and seemed to sense my presence. I was watching him.
The next time I went to Ge Zhu's home was during the day. I knocked on the door and it opened. It was the old lady, Ge Zhu's mother. I couldn't accept the appearance of a mother at this time. When the old lady saw it was me, she let me in.
"This is something Ge Zhu left behind. She said someone would come one day and give it to her. She told me that day that she died in the dressing room of the crematorium."
I was stunned. I was sure it was a dream that happened four years ago or four years later. Anyway, it happened to us. It was like wearing the same clothes. I couldn't explain it. I couldn't explain such a question at all.
It was a small box, very small and very delicate. I took it and looked at it for a long time. It was something familiar to me. Ge Zhu used it to pack something. I didn't say anything else and left. Maybe this would give me an answer.
I went home and opened the small box in my bedroom. I was stunned. (To be continued)