Sorcerer

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That night, Wu Maxi didn't sleep well, and woke up before dawn. She went to Jianyou's room and found that Jianyou was also missing. She turned around and went straight to the environment room, only to see that the environment room was completely dark. [ ]【叶*】【*】Wu Maxi was about to turn around and leave when she heard some faint voices.Weaving the infinite light, she saw Jane kneeling next to her grandfather's corpse, weeping and grooming him.

Wu Maxi silently turned on the lamp, sat on the other side of the corpse, and helped the corpse tidy up its hair.

Cleaning up, changing clothes, until the body was buried, Jian You has been very quiet.

She wept silently, even when Shi Muting appeared next to her, she didn't want to pay attention, but just looked at her grandfather intently.

In this deserted and desolate atmosphere, time passed slowly, and it was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye.

Han Xiaolai waited for a few rowdy colleagues to return to their hometown, and Shi Muting also moved to the Tianren Hall. There were only Wu Maxi and Jian You at home.Jian You's emotions still haven't recovered, and she's been depressed all day long.Wu Maxi wanted to have a warm New Year's Eve banquet, but he had no choice but to go to the restaurant to buy takeaways because he was not good at the barbecue.

The sky was still very gloomy, with layers of lead clouds weighing heavily overhead.The cold wind blew across the street, making the red, green and green on the street unrestrained. Under the dark sky, there was a sense of desolation and madness.

There are far fewer pedestrians on the street, and there are only a few vendors in the night market.

Wu Maxi picked a cloth bear half the size of a human from the puppet stand, and walked back with the food box.

Near the door of the house, I saw the man with the horse face. [ ]

In the arms of the horse-faced man, he held Xue Tiehua's gorgeously dressed corpse. 【leaf*】【*】

A sharp knife was stuck in Xue Tiehua's chest, blood flowed out from the wound, dyeing his pink clothes dark red.

The horse-faced man was full of desolation and grief, moving slowly on the street like a walking dead. When he passed by Wu Maxi, he turned his head and gave him a look. That look was full of resentment and sadness, and it was the look of losing a loved one.

A man has such deep feelings for another man.

This is an emotion that Wu Maxi can't understand, but its sincerity and pain still make people move.

It wasn't until the back of the horse-faced man disappeared at the corner of the street that Wu Maxi continued to walk forward. After walking a few steps, another acquaintance, Lao Que, jumped out from the side of the street.

In the past few days for Chinese New Year, there is a long holiday in the courtyard.Wu Maxi was busy with Grandpa Jianyou's funeral, so she didn't bother to contact Lao Que.When Lao Que heard the news of Che Han's return to Heshangyuan from Luo Cizhang, he felt uneasy and came directly to the door.

Lao Que stared at him with an unkind expression, and said, "What exactly do you want? The plan is gone, right?"

Wu Maxi said calmly: "The plan is still in progress, and the materials have been purchased almost. However, maybe this method is not needed, and we may be able to borrow the strength of others."

"You mean You Baiye from Chili next month?" There was a flame burning in Lao Que's eyes.

Wumaxi said: "No.[ ]" He originally wanted to borrow Shi Muting's power, but to borrow her power, Jian You must be taken into account, which made Wumaxi a little uncertain. ( ·~ )

Lao Que said: "No matter whose strength you want to borrow, I'll tell you that Che Han has already returned to Heshangyuan, and he is probably investigating my whereabouts now. If Che Han takes me back, I will definitely drag you to die together."

Wu Maxi was too lazy to respond to him, and turned to another topic, asking, "How did that person die just now?"

"That man disguised as a woman is crazy?" Lao Que's tone was a little puzzled.

Wu Maxi nodded.

"You are in the mood to meddle in your own business," Lao Que sneered coldly.

Wumaxi glanced at him coldly, and said in a harsh tone, "I'm the leader of the plan. I'll tell you, listen."

Lao Que let out a cold snort, and instead of arguing with him, he restrained his tone a little, and said, "Suicide."

"Why?" Wu Maxi looked at the pool of blood on the ground.

"The madman suddenly ran to the street, knelt on the ground and called for help, shouted a few words and began to solicit customers like a street girl, then suddenly trembling all over, took out a dagger from his arms and pierced his heart." The tone was much calmer, "Before he died, he asked people around for the address of a young researcher. That young researcher was talking about you?"

Wu Maxi didn't speak, but felt a little desolate in her heart.

It seems that Xue Tiehua said that he didn't need help that day because he was lost in his true nature. After waking up, he ran out to ask for help. Ten, chose to commit suicide.

Lao Que said: "I don't care about your busyness, but if I miss my business, I will make him die in an ugly way."

Wumaxi said coldly: "Go back and wait for my news." After saying that, she turned and left.

Looking at his back, Lao Que forcibly suppressed his anger, put on a thick hat, and got into the alley next to him.

After returning home, Wu Maxi went to see Jian You first.

She still sat silently in the room, not saying a word or moving.When he handed the puppet bear to her, she just took it and held it in her hands in a numb manner, without any change in expression, her face was dull and ashamed, just like the lead gray sky.

Wu Maxi returned to the restaurant, arranged the dishes on the table, and led Jian You out to sit down.

The two silently looked at the table full of dishes, but neither put their chopsticks down.

This is a reunion dinner.

After the age of five, Wu Maxi chased corpses all over the world with her father, and there was no concept of reunion dinner at all.

In his memory, the real New Year's Eve only happened before he was five years old, and the lively scene has long been blurred.

Many years later, in this strange Northwest, there was another reunion dinner shrouded in gloom and mist.

Wu Maxi said: "Eat." Then he picked up the chopsticks and began to pick up and eat vegetables at a mechanical speed.

This New Year's Eve ended silently in the puppet-like eating.

After the reunion dinner, Wu Maxi returned to the state room and sank into the meditation practice, but found that the effect of the practice was unprecedentedly poor. Knowing that it was a wrong state of mind, she had no choice but to withdraw from the meditation, watched it absent-mindedly for a while, and then rested.

The next morning, when I opened my eyes, I found that there was a snow-white light coming in from the window.

When I came to the window to look, there was a heavy snowfall outside, and the whole Zuoyuan Town turned white, and I couldn't see the edge at a glance.

The sky was still gloomy, and the lead gray sky extended to the end, blending with the white snow field, and it was impossible to distinguish it.

When I came to Jianyou's room, I saw Jianyou standing in front of the window holding the cloth bear, staring blankly at the gloomy snow scene outside the window.

Wu Maxi saw that her clothes were thin, so she took her coat and put it on for her.

Jian You turned her head to look at him, and said softly: "What an ugly dress." After speaking, she leaned her head gently on Wumaxi's chest.

Wu Maxi turned her head to look at the snowy scenery outside the window, and suddenly remembered the morning when she and Ruyi first met.

The same snow scene, but the snow scene was so bright that day!

Jian You said softly: "Let's build a brazier in the house. When I was a child, I lived in Lengyuan with my grandfather. Whenever it was cold, we would build a big brazier at home. Sweet potatoes were baked in it, and it felt so warm."

Wumaxi said: "Okay, you take a rest first, I'll go buy a furnace."

"Forget it, that's it." After Jian You finished speaking, she slowly closed her eyes, and fell asleep after a while.

Wu Maxi put her on the bed, covered her with the quilt, and went to the street to buy braziers, charcoal, barbecue utensils and various foods.

After burning the charcoal, Wu Maxi sat next to the brazier, watching the red fire light quietly, and suddenly wanted to ask herself a question: What is the most beautiful old thing in my heart?