we are just monsters

Chapter 114 Which Mu?

After half a year, the end of August.

The summer sun is very hot, Zhou Xiaotian is actually a little stuffy in Taoist robes, and it is better to blow on an electric fan, the old streets and alleys are not as impetuous as outside, and they are also cooler than ordinary places.

She looked at the colleague in front of her, a little surprised by his reaction.

Probably no one would remember the name Zhou Muqing, because their master and apprentice had no relatives, no friends, and they were always lonely.

Lonely and widowed.

She didn't expect to mention this name after more than half a year.

Zhou Xiaotian looked at Gu Cheng, wondering at his reaction.

"Zhou Muqing."

Gu Cheng read in a low voice.

"You know him?" Zhou Xiaotian was surprised.

"Are you Zhou Muqing's apprentice?" Gu Cheng thought for a while, but it wasn't quite right, the age was wrong.

"Nonsense, I have already said what my master's name is, can I still be someone else's apprentice?"

Looking at him, Zhou Xiaotian suspected that this was the damned grandson of Wang Aimin—if he knew him, he should be inseparable from him. After all, Master's circle of friends is so big, and he has been wandering all his life without a destination.

In that case, I have to find a way to beat him... If his grandfather Wang Aimin is still alive, he probably can't stand the beating, so forget it.

"I... don't know if I know him or not, but I did know someone with this name." Gu Cheng said.

The Zhou Muqing he knew died at Zhou Xiaotian's age, before Zhou Xiaotian was born at that time.

"Which Mu? Which Qing?"

Zhou Xiaotian wrote that name on the paper, Gu Cheng's eyelids drooped.

Suddenly, but puzzled.

Mu Qing, the air of harmony, Mu Ru Qingfeng, also refers to the sky.

Zhou Muqing, Zhou Xiaotian.

"Have you heard of it?" Zhou Xiaotian asked.

"Maybe... know." Gu Cheng thought for a while, and took Zhou Xiaotian's pen.

In Zhou Xiaotian's surprised eyes, Gu Cheng outlined the face of a young girl. Although it was just a simple sketch, one could see the appearance of Master from it.

She opened her eyes wide, wondering why this young man of her own age would know what Master looked like when he was young.

"who are you?"

"Can you tell me about you and Master?" Gu Cheng didn't answer, but pondered.

If it wasn't for the photo Lilith mentioned, even if he knew the name of Zhou Xiaotian's master, he would probably have thought it was the same name.

Zhou Xiaotian was in doubt, and even suspected that Gu Cheng had been to his home, seen the portrait of Master, and then drew his youthful appearance based on the photo.

But she quickly dispelled the idea, there was no reason to do so, and, the master has passed away, what's the point?

"I just... want to know that the elders in the family have such a photo." Gu Cheng said.

"Is that elder of yours called Wang Aimin?" Zhou Xiaotian looked unkindly.

"..."

Gu Cheng thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, he's dead."

Zhou Xiaotian froze for a moment, then remained silent.

It's normal to die, but she doesn't know why she feels a little melancholy.

It may be that there is finally news about that person, even if it is news of death, it would be great if the master is still there.

Zhou Xiaotian carefully put away the piece of paper that drew Zhou Muqing's youthful appearance. After thinking about it, he didn't know where to start. Master's life was simple, and he only did one thing from beginning to end.

"My master has been looking for Wang Aimin for a long time."

"how long?"

"lifetime."

Zhou Xiaotian said, "Do you want to pay homage to her with me?"

"Where is her tomb?" Gu Cheng asked.

"No." Zhou Xiaotian shook his head.

"No?"

"She won't let me set up a grave."

"..."

Gu Cheng remained silent.

Xia Xiaoman knew everything and remembered everything, but he didn't want him to know, so he said he forgot how he died and that the ashes were thrown away.

"You found out." A slightly hoarse voice came from behind, letting Gu Cheng know who it was.

He turned his head and saw the figure in white at the door of the store, she was standing there quietly.

When she came to Zhou Xiaotian's side, Zhou Xiaotian didn't notice it.

Gu Cheng looked up at her. Zhou Muqing, who changed his name to Xia Xiaoman, lost his former vivacity and looked at Zhou Xiaotian with pity.

"This is my apprentice," she said.

She held back this sentence all her life, and she always wanted to say it, but she never had the chance until she died.

Gu Cheng nodded incredulously.

"Much better than your apprentice." She continued.

Gu Cheng was speechless.

Zhou Xiaotian didn't notice Gu Cheng's movements, "My master still misses her master when he gets old."

"...Don't listen." Zhou Muqing sat between Gu Cheng and Zhou Xiaotian.

Coming out of Xiaofeng Que, the August sunshine was a bit dazzling, Gu Cheng silently walked out of the old streets and alleys, looking back at the dead souls who followed.

"Zhou Xiaotian is your apprentice."

"Yes."

"You didn't die early."

"Yes."

"you……"

Gu Cheng hesitated.

"If I live half a year longer, I will be able to find you alive." She said regretfully, a little bit embarrassed.

Throughout his life, he ended up missing half a year.

She also understood a long time ago that the figure she glimpsed at the station was not a hallucination, nor was it a resemblance, but it was him, immortal, living in the world with a different identity.

At that moment, they were only tens of meters away, but they missed it after all. Otherwise, she would have exposed Gu Cheng's identity as an old bastard more than ten years earlier...Probably not, facing her at that time, Gu Cheng would have pretended to be become his own grandson.

Then she would show her kindness as an old lady, and Gu Cheng had to really pretend to be a grandson to the end... Thinking about it this way, she felt a little regretful that she couldn't let this bastard be called grandma.

"Half a year."

"Yeah, half a year." She said.

Gu Cheng thought for a while, then he died not long ago.

He always thought that Zhou Muqing died too early and felt sorry for it, but what he didn't expect was that she also lived to this age, and even passed away not long ago.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Gu Cheng was still a little confused.

"Tell you what?" She twitched the corners of her mouth, "Tell you that I have been looking for you all this time? Waste decades of being an ordinary person, and then you laugh at me from the perspective of a bastard?
"Don't look at me with sympathy, it's disgusting."

"you're old."

"Of course, I'm not an old bastard."

"But..." Gu Cheng looked at her still young face, "You look the same as before."

"Is there a possibility that I died at the age of 26 and was buried last year?"

she says.

Decades are not long, but they are not short either. For ordinary people, it is a lifetime.

She spent her whole life on an immortal.

Gu Cheng sighed and hugged her thin body.

"Is this sympathy?" She turned her head and asked.

"No." Gu Cheng said.

"Really?"

"Really, I just...wanted to hug you."

Zhou Muqing closed his eyes.

It turned out that Master's embrace was so warm.

50 years late.

(End of this chapter)