Just as I was staring at the paper in a daze, a voice suddenly interrupted me.
"Gu Yu from the 16 Han edition!"
I was startled and stood up in a hurry, almost dropping the textbook in my hand.
"To, to!"
As soon as I looked up, I saw the teacher wrinkling his eyebrows and looking at me in displeasure, "Gu Yu, where have you been wandering? It's fine if you've been absent from class for the past few days, and you still can't wake up after coming here once." Yes, you look like this, do you still expect to fail the exam at the end of the semester?"
"sorry… "
"Forget it, sit down and listen carefully."
During lunch, Su Xiaoyun kept nagging in my ear.
"Gu Yu, you can't do this. This semester is coming to an end soon. Take a look at how many classes you have missed for no apparent reason? It's fine if you miss classes, and you've become more and more distracted in class recently. …”
I didn't hear what Xueba Su Xiaoyun said. All day long, all I could think about was when the class would be over, and I didn't have the heart to do anything.
In the afternoon, the sky suddenly became overcast. Not long after, it began to pour rain outside the window. This gloomy weather reminded me of that creepy dream. However, I am still sitting in the bright classroom intact, neither the school was abandoned nor Wen Jiubai was killed.
All of this is as absurd as a dream. When you wake up from the dream, you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Unfortunately, the reality is not so beautiful.
Just when I was wandering in class, I suddenly heard a voice in my ear, it was a classmate sitting near me whispering.
"Hey, look, there seems to be a strange person standing at the gate of our school."
Another person leaned his head over, "Really? Where?"
The first person pointed out the window, "It's right there. Did you see that? The man with long hair and a long gown didn't even hold an umbrella, just stood there all the time, and he didn't know what he was doing."
"Really, it's so strange."
When I realized it, I had already stood up from my seat with a "shua", and the whole class all cast their eyes on me.
"Gu Yu, you idiot!" I also heard Su Xiaoyun gnashing her teeth, "What the hell are you trying to do!"
"I'm sorry!" I only had time to apologize hastily, and rushed out of the classroom door, ignoring the angry shout of the teacher behind me.
"Gu Yu! Where are you going! Come back to me!"
It was raining heavily outside, so I rushed into the rain without taking anything, and ran to the school gate anxiously.
That must be Wen Jiubai, why is Wen Jiubai at the school gate? Does he need me? But if you were looking for me, wouldn't you call ahead
Or... did he encounter any troublesome things
I ran all the way from the teaching building to the school gate, looking around panting, and sure enough, not far away, I saw the back of a long-haired man wearing a long gown. Without thinking, I ran over immediately.
"Wen Jiubai! What are you doing here?"
But Wen Jiubai not only ignored me, but walked forward as if he didn't hear me. I was so anxious that I came up behind him in three steps at a time, and patted his shoulder with my hand.
"Wen Jiubai, why don't you speak!"
However, the person who was tapped on the shoulder turned his head. A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties looked at me inexplicably, "Well, what's the matter?"
I was extremely embarrassed for a moment, and quickly took a few steps back, "I'm sorry, that, I recognized the wrong person."
The uncle looked at me inexplicably, probably thinking that I was crazy, so he walked away quickly.
I stood alone in the rain, my hair and clothes were drenched. I squatted down in a daze, and stretched out my hand to stroke the wet bangs back.
I must be sick. I thought dejectedly.
Forget it, let's go back to class. I showed a self-deprecating smile, and I don't know how the people in the classroom will look at me when I go back. What reason should I make up...
At this moment, an umbrella suddenly appeared on top of my head, blocking the pouring rain. When I was still in a daze, I heard a voice saying helplessly.
"What are you doing? Don't hold an umbrella, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
When I looked up, I almost jumped up, "Wen Jiubai!"
The person standing in front of me was indeed Wen Jiubai. He didn't have long hair loose today, nor did he wear a long shirt. He had his hair tied back well, and he was wearing a neat shirt.
"You, why are you here?" I stammered.
"I should ask you this question." Wen Jiubai said helplessly, "Shouldn't you be teaching in the classroom at this time?"
"I… "
I can't tell him that I chased him out desperately because I saw someone similar to him.
"What about you? Why are you waiting at the school gate?" I asked back, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Wen Jiubai said leisurely, "Can't you come if you have nothing to do?"
"It's impossible to have nothing to do." I muttered, and stood up, "How could you run to stand at the gate of my school when you have nothing to do?"
Wen Jiubai was still smiling, "How do you know I wouldn't come? After all, you have never rushed out of the classroom in the heavy rain like today."
I looked at Wen Jiubai in surprise, "What? No, no, it's impossible, you are definitely lying to me!"
"Whether I'm lying to you, who knows?" Wen Jiubai smiled even brighter.
"Wen Jiubai!"
Wen Jiubai's laughter was mixed with the sound of raindrops. For a moment, it was as if everything had returned to the past, giving people the illusion that nothing had happened.
I took a deep breath, looked at Wen Jiubai, and finally mustered up my courage, "Wen Jiubai..."
"Huh?" He looked at me softly.
"I'm a bit hungry. Do you have anything good in there?" I asked.
He laughed, straightened up, and opened his umbrella, "Why not? There is still one pheasant that was caught in vain yesterday."
"What about Bai?"
"He, he probably went somewhere to steal wine and drink."
In this way, I followed under Wen Jiubai's umbrella and returned to the old house. We had a very sumptuous dinner, Wen Jiubai's expression was always gentle, and he didn't seem to worry about his life at all.
And when the meal was almost finished, I still couldn't hold back.
"Drink some soup." Wen Jiubai filled a bowl of soup and handed it to me, "If you don't drink it, it will be cold."
I took the soup, and I didn't drink it, and I didn't drink it. In the end, he chose to put the bowl aside, and hesitated to speak.
"Wen Jiubai... I think we need to talk."
Wen Jiubai looked at me and sighed softly, "I know. What do you want to say? Say it."
I looked at his face, "You don't look scared at all."
"Why am I afraid?" he asked calmly.
"Because you're going to die, I see your future." I raised my voice, "But you didn't make any preparations, any countermeasures, and you didn't even talk about it, why?"
"Because - I told you, that is the established future, and even I have no way to change it." Wen Jiubai said calmly.
"Then are you willing? Willing to die?" I asked back.
"It's not a matter of willingness or unwillingness. It's a fact, and there's nothing we can do about it. In other words, I'm already a dead person, but the god of death is still on the way." Wen Jiubai rejected me with a more forceful attitude. .
"It's really not a matter of being willing or not." I smirked, "The problem is, everyone is afraid of death, aren't you afraid?"
Wen Jiubai looked at me silently, his gaze lingered near my eyes, wondering what he wanted to find out from me. After a while, he slowly opened his mouth,
"Gu Yu, I'm not human."
What Wen Jiubai said after a while made me even more angry. Not only angry, but also a strange emotion spread in my chest, that emotion is called funny.
"Is this sentence your last defense? Really, Wen Jiubai? I know, the fox of Qingqiu, the monster with nine tails, of course I know who you are! But do you just want to use this to escape? Don't you Human, so you won't be afraid?"
Wen Jiubai looked at me in surprise, I took a deep breath, and continued, "In the dream... the future you asked me a question. You asked me, 'Gu Yu, tell me, do you think I'm a good person? '"
I saw Wen Jiubai's expression wavering for a moment, and he asked, "How did you answer?"
"I shook my head. Because you asked me to answer this question unreservedly and intuitively."
I looked at Wen Jiubai, whose eyes flickered a few times and then closed, with a painful expression on his face.
"However, there were some things I didn't have time to tell him at the time." I continued, "You ask me if you are a good person, and I will say no. Because if what you did before is true, then you are absolutely Not a good person, or even a heinous monster. On this point, I am not lying. But at the same time, I don’t think you are a villain.”
Wen Jiubai opened his eyes all at once, and looked at me with burning eyes.
"Because the wicked will not ask me this question." I said softly, "Because the wicked will not sacrifice their lives to save my life, nor will they open a medicine shop at the foot of the mountain to cure diseases and save people, and they will not make a living by exorcising ghosts and demons. I Thinking... Maybe you're not a good person, but you've been trying to be a good person."
After such a long speech, looking at Wen Jiubai's expression, I felt that I should have succeeded. However, God knows how long I have been preparing to scare Wen Jiubai with just a few simple words. During the two minutes just now, my palms were soaked with sweat.
"Gu Yu." Wen Jiubai suddenly asked at this moment, "Tell me honestly, how long have you memorized the manuscript?"