"Thank you!" Wang Shenhai smiled with relief: "The slight sadness shows that my life in this world is not in vain."
Yang Fan sat by the flower bed, first putting his feet flat on the ground, then putting his left foot on top of his right foot, and watching the pedestrians and vehicles on the road.
Although humans live in groups, 99% of them live parallel lives without any intersection.
So even if people on the road walked past Yang Fan and Wang Shenhai, they would not know that there was a dying person sitting here.
They may be worried about their work or study, or be excited about their upcoming date.
"I remember when we were in school, although we were in the same class, we didn't have much in common." Yang Fan said with a smile.
Wang Shenhai nodded: "I was busy finding a partner, and you were busy studying. By the way, you have a partner now, right?"
Yang Fan nodded: "Yes, I did it. Three at once."
Wang Shenhai laughed: "You used to give me the impression of being very honest, but your personality changed drastically after you entered society, and you are very good at bragging."
"It's true that my personality has changed, I'm not bragging," said Yang Fan.
Wang Shenhai was surprised: "He really has three girlfriends?"
"Shua" in Western Shu means "talk", which is not a derogatory word.
"Yes, even my girlfriend doesn't know this secret, only you know it." Yang Fan said with a smile.
"It's an honor." Wang Shenhai said with a smile: "If your girlfriend knew, you wouldn't have three girlfriends."
Yang Fan nodded: "The three of them only know that I have another girlfriend, but they don't know that I actually have two other girlfriends."
Wang Shenhai laughed: "Boasting again!"
"No, you can't understand the charm of a handsome man who is good at speaking and can debate with a group of scholars outside and with young girls at home. You are not a woman." Yang Fan was confident and spoke with certainty.
Wang Shenhai couldn't laugh anymore.
He thought of his first love whom he had abandoned.
It was indeed his first love that he abandoned, because when he knew he only had a few years to live, he said goodbye to his previous life and began to roam around the country.
However, he had no money to treat his illness, so his desire to experience more exotic customs was naturally not satisfactory, and he ultimately did not get to go to many places.
Having reached this point, he could go no further.
First love is beautiful, and Wang Shenhai is still secretly following the updates of his first love.
She has a new love, but he has a good attitude, as if he has fulfilled a wish, and his heart is full of blessings.
"More than a year ago, if I had money, my illness could have been cured. If I had met you at that time, would I have been saved?" Wang Shenhai said with some regret.
Yang Fan shook his head: "No!"
Wang Shenhai was just wondering, Yang Fan said again: "A year ago, when you came to Shancheng and met me, you were still dead."
"What do you mean?" Wang Shenhai said depressedly, "Just watch someone die and not help him?"
Yang Fan said: "I was also a pauper a year ago, and it's not much better now. My savings have just reached six figures, and it's still a long way from seven figures. I definitely won't be able to reach it this year."
"Then why do I feel like you can spend millions without blinking an eye?" Wang Shenhai asked.
"Because my girlfriend is rich." Yang Fan said.
Wang Shenhai was speechless: "I don't think you deserve to have three girlfriends, no, not even one!"
"Don't be blinded by jealousy." Yang Fan said.
Wang Shenhai firmly denied: "I'm not jealous, I think my girlfriend... my ex-girlfriend is the most beautiful, no one can compare to her... Uh, she's so beautiful, who is she?"
Wang Shenhai stretched his neck and looked at the screen of the mobile phone that Yang Fan handed to him.
Yang Fan slid the screen of his phone again, and the next photo appeared.
"This one is just as beautiful. Why have I never seen such a beautiful girl?" Wang Shenhai stretched his neck even longer because Yang Fan took the phone away and he subconsciously stretched his neck to follow him.
"I've met your ex-girlfriend at school. Now I'm letting you meet my girlfriend. We're even." Yang Fan took back his phone.
Wang Shenhai looked doubtful: "No way, these two are your girlfriends, both of them are your girlfriends?"
"Otherwise, why should I save it? If they see it, they will be jealous and make trouble for me." Yang Fan said.
After a moment of silence, Wang Shenhai sighed, "I suddenly want to continue living again."
Yang Fan nodded: "There are still many beautiful sights in the world, you haven't seen them all."
"Aren't there three girlfriends? What about the other one?" Wang Shenhai asked.
"You've also seen the other one." Yang Fan said.
"What do you mean?" Wang Shenhai was confused.
"The other one is the twin sister of one of these two." Yang Fan explained.
Wang Shenhai's eyes widened: "Yang Fan, I thought you were a scumbag, but I didn't expect you to be such an extreme scumbag. Even rabbits don't eat grass near their nests, but you actually..."
Yang Fan interrupted Wang Shenhai and said, "The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. Both of them know that I am dating them, but their relationship has not broken down."
After a moment of silence, Wang Shenhai became disheartened: "I suddenly don't want to live anymore."
"Don't compare yourself with others. Comparing yourself with others will only make you angry." Yang Fan comforted.
"If I don't compete with you, I don't want to live anymore." Wang Shenhai was devastated. He heard that his girlfriend's family is quite well-off.
As for how good it is, I don’t know.
He only knows how to spend millions without blinking an eye, so his family must have at least hundreds of millions of assets.
Many people cannot earn that much money even if they work hard for several lifetimes.
"Don't think that you are the most unfortunate person in the world. You have to know that a child's misfortune is always doubled for their parents." Yang Fan continued to comfort her.
Then he told Wang Shenhai the story of "I and the Altar of Earth".
Apart from the protagonist, the first characters to appear in Ditan are an elderly couple.
Fifteen years ago, this old couple could only be considered a middle-aged couple. They always came to the garden for a walk at dusk.
The man was very tall, with broad shoulders and long legs. He walked with his eyes straight ahead, and his body from his hips to his neck was straight and motionless.
His wife walked holding onto one of his arms, but she couldn't relax his upper body at all.
The woman was short and not very pretty. She was probably from a wealthy and famous family that had fallen on hard times.
She clung to her husband's arm like a delicate child, and when she looked around, her expression was always filled with fear.
She talked quietly to her husband, and when she saw someone approaching, she immediately stopped talking timidly.
Like the protagonist, they come to the garden almost regardless of rain or shine, and are more punctual than the protagonist.
The protagonist may come at any time, but they must come at dusk.
They walked around the garden counterclockwise and then left.
The protagonist watched an enviable middle-aged couple become two old people without realizing it.
The second character in the story is a young man who often comes to the garden to practice singing.
For many years, the young man hadn't spoken to the protagonist, until one day, he took the initiative to say hello to the protagonist.
From then on, the young man’s singing was no longer heard in the garden.