A widower's entertainment

Chapter 248 [Love does not need logic] (Subscribe)
Beijing, Xinghua Hutong.

Watching the people Zhang Wei had contacted start to dismantle the wooden sheds in the yard, they were quite efficient. Soon the whole yard seemed much more spacious. Of course, Lin Youcheng did not intend to keep the materials from the wooden sheds, but let the masters take them away directly.

"The windows here need to be reinstalled, and the yard needs to be cleaned and repainted."

Master Zhao, who was leading the work and was the one contacted by Zhang Wei, said, "Is it the same in the yard next door?"

Lin Youcheng nodded and said, "The same is true for the yard next door, but I am considering whether to directly connect the walls of the two yards and build a door."

"I think it's a good idea."

After the master cleaned up and dismantled the wooden sheds, the narrow yard seemed much more spacious and bright. Zhang Wei couldn't help but say, "If this yard is planted with a tree and pruned carefully, it will have a more ancient and quiet feeling."

"Youcheng, I think you can plant some pomegranate trees in these two yards, which will have a good meaning."

"We'll talk about planting trees later."

Hearing what Zhang Wei said, Lin Youcheng waved his hands. He didn't think about the meaning of having many children and good fortune at the moment. After all, he already had those six children, which was enough blessing.

The wooden shed in the yard needs to be demolished, and some dilapidated brick walls need to be replaced, as well as the windows. Many places inside and outside need to be re-wired and repainted. This is not a job that can be done in one day, so Lin Youcheng has contracted all the work in the two yards to Master Zhao.

The cost would probably be more than a thousand yuan, not including the replacement of some furniture, after all, the two yards are that big.

When you calculate it all, the cost of these two courtyards is indeed not small.

However, Lin Youcheng still thinks it is worth it.

Because it was close, it was convenient for Lin Youcheng to come over to check on the project, but he didn't stay here to supervise the work all the time, after all, Zhang Wei was still waiting for his manuscript.

……

Lin Youcheng was writing a manuscript at his desk. In fact, he didn't need Zhang Wei to urge him to finish it, as he had almost finished the novel "The Unreachable Lover".

In fact, the story of "Unreachable Lovers" is as quiet as the sea, but in that simplicity and quietness there is a surging love.

Because Zhou Xian and Lin Yin both knew each other's location, and Lin Yin's predictions about Zhou Xian from the perspective of the future were always accurate, they confirmed their relationship as friends. With further mutual help and emotional development, the two made an agreement to meet on October 1990, 10, at a beautiful beach. Lin Yin wished that she could have a house on this beach. The time and place were unified, one would go there tomorrow and the other would go there two years later.

As the heroine in 1990, the meeting time soon arrived. She arrived at the beach and found Zhou Xian’s house design drawings in 1988. The construction worker told Lin Yin that this was Zhou Xian’s true love for him, but no one showed up.

Obviously, at this time Lin Yin didn't know that the reason Zhou Xian didn't come was that he was actually dead.

Lin Yin didn't know that true love was referring to her. She just thought that Zhou Xian had broken his promise and that he had changed his mind in her time and space. She threw the gloves she gave her into the sea and told the Zhou Xian of 1988 the truth. Zhou Xian of 19888 didn't expect that he would not keep his promise two years later, and he was already working hard to design the beautiful house on the beach where they met, which was the one he wanted to give to his true love in 1990.

It was at this time that Lin Yin's boyfriend in 1990 had returned to China, but was engaged to another woman. She could only rely on correspondence with Zhou Xian in 1988 for comfort. She felt very unrealistic and empty, and became attached to her ex-boyfriend. So she wrote a letter to Zhou Xian in 1988, hoping that he could change history during their date on October 1988, 10, the day her boyfriend was going to the United States, so that their relationship could continue.

Obviously, Zhou Xian was very sad in 1988, but he really loved Lin Yin and was willing to make her happy, so he left as promised.

But an accident happened. Zhou Xian was involved in a car accident and was hit and killed. At this time in 1988, Lin Yin had never seen Zhou Xian and did not feel anything in her heart. She just witnessed a car accident involving a stranger.

Zhang Wei was moved by Lin Youcheng's "Unreachable Lovers" from the very beginning, especially Lin Youcheng's writing, which created an otherworldly atmosphere and mood, and made the thrilling love story happen naturally, making him immersed in it and completely moved by the story.

He was already immersed in the story and walked into the cottage by the sea. He knew clearly that the cottage, which was full of romance and warmth, was an intersection of time and space. The love that had quietly developed between the two owners of the cottage over a full two years flowed slowly in every exquisite detail.

The words outline a smooth and beautiful picture, like a piece of fresh green spreading out in the warm spring sun, and every fragment and detail is full of fresh spirituality. And the love that is separated from real life and carnal desires, and exists completely in the beautiful spiritual time and space, makes Zhang Wei's heart seem to settle down completely after a long float, leaning against a quiet beach.

The whole novel gave him the same feeling as "Love Letter", so deep and beautiful.

But now, when Zhang Wei saw the later part of the manuscript, he did not expect the plot to develop like this. It was completely beyond his expectations. He did not expect that Zhou Xian would die in front of Lin Yin, and Lin Yin knew nothing about it.

"Youcheng, you you——you——"

"I... I really didn't expect that!"

Zhang Wei was so shocked that he was speechless for a moment, because he had no idea what to say. On the one hand, he thought that such a death could explain why Zhou Xian did not keep the date two years later, because Zhou Xian had died in 1988.

However, such an ending is too sad, especially when Lin Yin watched Zhou Xian's death but knew nothing about it. She had no idea that the person who died in front of her was looking at her with affection in his eyes.

To Lin Yin in 1988, Zhou Xian was just a stranger.

As an editor, Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh at Lin Youcheng's design, but when he saw this, he had to put down the manuscript to ease his uncomfortable mood, and then looked at Lin Youcheng and asked, "Isn't this novel a tragedy?"

Lin Youcheng smiled and said, "You will know if you read on."

Zhang Wei's mood was still not calm. Lin Yin was innocent at that time. She had someone she loved deeply. She could not foresee what would happen in the future. This was really the furthest distance in the world. No one could change it. But Lin Yin did the most wrong thing. When she saw her former lover who betrayed her, she actually thought of changing time to keep him.

This request of hers made Zhou Xian painful. It turned out that Zhou Xian was just a stranger to Lin Yin. The ending of the story was sad and beautiful. In her world, when she finally realized her love, he had already left.

"Youcheng, you are really good at writing."

Even though he felt sad, Zhang Wei had to admit that Lin Youcheng's plot design was really brilliant. He had not expected such a plot. It was unexpected, but it seemed reasonable.

After Zhang Wei calmed down, he continued to look through Lin Youcheng's manuscript and read to the back of the novel.

Because Zhou Xian had a car accident, history did not change. Lin Yin's boyfriend still went abroad in 1988, and everything that Lin Yin experienced in 1990 still happened. But one day in 1990, Lin Yin went to the Department of Architecture to find Zhou Xian in 1990. Inspired by Zhou Xian's design drawings, she remembered the car accident two years ago. She also understood why Zhou Xian did not go to the beach to keep the appointment. She thought about how her own emotional uncertainty ruined a love relationship. It was not Zhou Xian's fault that he changed his mind in two years, but that he had died in front of her. She immediately regretted it and was in grief.

It was at this time that Lin Yin immediately wrote a letter to Zhou Xian in 1988, telling him not to help her change her relationship with her ex-boyfriend on October 1988, 10, because that would be a car accident.

"Gone?"

I saw Lin Yin mailing the letter to the mailbox with tears on her face, and then the story ended there, abruptly ending.

Zhang Wei felt terrible. He looked at Lin Youcheng and asked, "Is this the end?"

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Lin Youcheng did not answer Zhang Wei directly, but asked: "What do you think if the story ends here and leaves it blank?"

"You will make your readers very sad. Maybe they will write to you one by one to ask if you have saved Zhou Xian's life?"

This is what Zhang Wei wanted to know. He also wanted to know whether Lin Yin's letter ultimately failed to save Zhou Xian's life and avoid the tragic car accident.

Lin Youcheng looked at Zhang Wei and said, "I actually thought about writing it. Fortunately, the letter was sent in time. Zhou Xian in 1988 did not go, and he waited until the day when Lin Yin wrote a letter to cancel the beach house in 1990 to meet her, who did not know him. He told Lin Yin in 1990 everything that happened between him and the future Lin Yin. The story ended here, avoiding the tragedy of reincarnation in time and space in the future."

"When Lin Yin was about to move out of the house, Zhou Xian walked up to her with a smile and picked up the puppy. Lin Yin asked, "Excuse me, who are you?" Zhou Xian took out a letter from Lin Yin in 1999 to Zhou Xian in 1988 and smiled warmly, "From now on, I'm going to tell you a long story. Will you believe me?"

Zhang Wei listened to Lin Youcheng's words, nodded, and said, "This is a good way to write it."

"But have you ever thought that Lin Yin, who is in another time and space after 1990, cannot meet Zhou Xian?"

"..."

Obviously, this question made Zhang Wei difficult to understand and confused for a while.

In fact, this is also what Lin Youcheng is thinking about. According to the original correct time and space sequence, the hero received the last hastily sent letter from the heroine, did not go to the cafe to stop the heroine from breaking up with her ex, was not hit by a car, and of course did not die. The hero knew the date of the heroine's move from the date of the first letter the heroine wrote to him. The hero went to the "Sea House" to find her at that time, and time went back to the beginning of the story. At this time, the heroine did not know the hero. All the subsequent plots had not happened to the heroine at this time, but to the hero, they had happened and remained in the hero's memory. In this way, the hero told the heroine that he would tell her the incredible story between them.

Lin Youcheng looked at Zhang Wei's frown and continued to explain: "If Zhou Xian received Lin Yin's last letter and changed his fate, and did not die, then he should have lived in that house by the sea, and the story would have changed completely. So Lin Yin would not have lived in this house, so how could she move, and how could they have known each other through email?"

"..."

Zhang Wei listened to Lin Youcheng's words and felt that they made sense. He didn't know how to refute them, so he just nodded.

But soon, Zhang Wei came to his senses and asked, "Why couldn't it be that Zhou Xian didn't go to the cafe after receiving the last letter, and changed his fate? But at that time, Lin Yin hadn't broken up with her ex-boyfriend yet, so Zhou Xian left the beach villa according to future developments and let Lin Yin move in. Then he came to find her two years later on the day Lin Yin moved in and got to know her?"

Lin Youcheng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhang Wei to think of this. He said, "Then we have to add the concept of parallel universes. Zhou Xian in the original universe was killed by a car. After receiving the urgent letter, Zhou Xian did not go to the appointment and did not participate in the fatal car accident trip, so another parallel universe was launched. In the original universe, death is death, and the dead cannot be resurrected. In the other new parallel universe, Zhou Xian and Lin Yin started to get to know each other again from the day they moved away from the beach, although Zhou Xian already knew her."

Zhang Wei felt more and more complicated as he listened to Lin Youcheng's words, but he had to admit that what Lin Youcheng said made sense.

Novels involving the concept of time seem to be so complicated that if you want to make sense of them, you must have a certain understanding of them.

Although Zhang Wei did not have a deep understanding of science fiction, he had heard Lin Youcheng mention the butterfly effect. Because death was avoided, everything changed after that. Because of the butterfly effect, everything changed. If one point was changed, the whole situation would be affected, and everything, whether known or not, would start over again.

"So I want the readers to think about the ending themselves, because no matter what the ending is, it seems difficult to achieve a logical perfection, and it is easy to fall into a logical dead loop. Of course, if we really want to pay attention to logic, then the first thing to figure out is why there is a red mailbox connecting two different time and space. Maybe-"

“Love doesn’t need logic.”

Hearing Lin Youchen's words, Zhang Wei was stunned. He nodded and agreed: "You make sense. Love does not need logic."

Just like the end of logic of Ishihiro in "The Devotion of Suspect X", the love that he sacrificed his life for.

Just like Lynch who turned into a baby in "The Wonderful Life of a Human Being" and fell asleep forever in the arms of his old lover, there is no logic at all.

Or perhaps love transcends logic.

(End of this chapter)