The Dharma Sea of ​​the Green Snake

Chapter 379
One day in the 21st century in the future, in a certain alley in Changsha Pedestrian Street, Hunan.

A girl dressed like a student stood alone in the depths of the alley, the phone in her hand kept ringing, but she didn't attract her attention at all.

Because all the girl's attention is focused on the slightly weird old pawn shop not far away.

"Five seconds before I entered this alley, the pawnshop didn't exist."

The calm voice was a bit dull, but the girl's logic and thinking were very clear.

"That is to say, this pawn shop suddenly appeared here in less than a second when I left my sight."

"And just after this pawn shop appeared, no one walked into this alley again, as if they couldn't see this imagination at all."

After briefly analyzing the current situation, the girl said softly with certainty.

"It seems that it is just like the legend, you will only appear in front of people with obsessions, and then fulfill all the regrets in your heart for them."

"It's just that the name is a bit too rustic, and there are suspicions of plagiarism."

Walking towards the old pawn shop little by little, the girl took one last look at the signboard that said "No. [-] Pawn Shop" before stepping into the shop without looking back.

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"Welcome, distinguished guest."

It seems that I have been waiting for a long time, and it seems that it appeared out of thin air.

I saw a handsome young man in a Tang suit standing at the door of the pawn shop, smiling at the girl with a delicate but not lacking in gentle expression.

"If you appear in the outside world, you will definitely become a big star that attracts everyone's attention."

Not bewitched by the boy's smile, the girl just slowly took out a notebook from her pocket, opened it and turned to the last page.

"Zhao Mu, born in an unknown age, the earliest recorded appearance is in the Tang Dynasty in AD 903."

"Since then, he has been working as the 'doorman' of the pawn shop, and is also responsible for guiding the 'prayers' who enter the shop to understand the rules here."

After saying this, the girl looked away from the notebook again.

"I'm different from those 'intruders'. I made all the preparations before I started looking for this place."

"As long as you can help me cure his illness, I am willing to pay any price, even if the soul is imprisoned in the painting forever."

Zhao Mu looked up and down the girl in front of him who made a head start, and finally just shook his head lightly.

"It seems that the information you collected is still a bit fallacious. We don't pawn souls here."

"But as you said, this is indeed a place to fulfill your wishes."

After a slight pause in his tone, Zhao Mu first gestured to the girl to move forward, then turned around and walked towards the pawn shop.

"It's just that the price is not the soul you imagined, but the best memory in your life."

After a while, the girl, led by Zhao Mu, came to the real back room of the shop—a modern living room whose decoration was incompatible with the atmosphere of the whole shop.

The girl even saw a PS7 game console in a corner of the living room, as well as many collectible game CDs.

And in the very center of this living room, a woman with red hair and long dress was lying on the table, gently shaking the wine glass in her hand, as if everyone was intoxicated by the wine.

But the most striking thing is that behind the woman in the red-haired long dress, there is a "comic book" that is so huge that it needs the entire wall as the background.

It seemed to be telling a story from the past.

A story about how a young man slays demons and slays demons, and finally grows into an eminent monk.

"Xi, the guests have arrived."

Accompanied by Zhao Mu's reminder, the woman with red hair and long skirt opened her eyes drunkenly, exuding a lazy atmosphere in every move.

"Hey! This time the guest actually entered here with pure 'reason'?"

Facing the red-haired woman's surprise and ridicule, the girl just replied in her still slightly dull voice.

"Rationality is only relative."

"Since your shop is real, as long as you have the heart, you will naturally be able to find the law of its appearance."

When she said this, the girl suddenly looked at the red-haired woman with firm and serious eyes, and the originally slightly blank voice also revealed a hint of sadness.

"I heard that you can realize any wish here, is it true?"

Subconsciously putting down the wine glass in her hand, Xi felt a surge of sadness and happiness that was so strong that it almost enveloped her.

"I have wine, you have stories, we can sit down and talk slowly."

No longer as lazy as before, Xi, who put down her wine glass, finally showed her majesty as the owner of the pawnshop.

"If your story can move me, I can indeed grant one of your wishes."

As soon as these words came out, the girl who was still a little apprehensive finally took a reassurance, and began to recall every bit of her relationship with that person.

"We met when we were in college..."

"At that time, I was not in graduate school, and he was just a poor student who was repeated."

As the girl gradually narrated, a youthful and beautiful campus love scene appeared in Xi's mind.

"I know that his purpose of approaching me at the beginning was not pure. Just like all the seniors who like to tease girls under the banner of 'helping junior girls', he also wanted to tease me at the beginning."

"Just right, I also needed a temporary coolie to help me carry my luggage at that time, so I didn't refuse his help."

Immersed in the memories of the past, the girl's slightly dull eyes became active for the first time, as if she had transformed from a delicate doll into a living person.

"Afterwards, he frequently appeared in my field of vision..."

"The library occupies a seat for me, recites grammar with me during morning exercises, and even drags me to various parties on weekends..."

"To be honest, I only found him annoying at first, and I didn't think this was the so-called 'gentleness'."

"Because in the first half of my life, there were only my parents and my studies, and his various behaviors were only interfering with my study plans, and might even affect my graduate studies."

"Until that time, I fell asleep while going down the stairs, and he silently protected me—that was my first heartbeat."

Listening to the girl's narration, the image of the boy appeared in Xi's mind more and more clearly, but the situation seemed to be different from what she had imagined.

"Why do I feel that you didn't find a boyfriend, but a caring brother?"

Facing Xi's doubts, the girl finally showed a shy smile on her face.

"My brother won't hide from me, but he will hide from me."

"It's a pity that he only hid from me for a month before he was admitted to the hospital because of a genetic disease."

—Recommendation ticket—/—Monthly ticket—

(End of this chapter)