Chapter 49

When Luo Yu woke up, he was in his room. He didn't know when he came back or when he fell asleep.

At this moment, the cell phone on the bedside table vibrated twice. He reached out to grab it and saw that it was a message from Lin Zi.

—Are you awake yet? Where are you planning to go today?

Luo Yu quickly typed a few words in reply.

—You decide.

In the living room, Xu Xiaoxia and Luo Zeping were sitting on the sofa eating breakfast. Seeing Luo Yu coming out, Xu Xiaoxia said, "Hurry up and wash up and get ready for dinner. Mom just went to Happy Garden and bought you a bowl of beef porridge."

Luo Yu looked at the beef porridge on the table and felt warm in his heart. He nodded and went into the bathroom to wash up.

After eating beef porridge, Luo Yu took Luo Zeping's car keys and went out to find his three friends.

These three guys lived in the same room. Before breaking up last night, Li Xiang mentioned that Luo Yu should move in with him, saying that they wanted to reminisce about their dormitory days. Luo Yu actually wanted to go, but because he was really busy, she had no choice but to turn it down.

Li, Liu and Lin had already been waiting at the hotel entrance. When they saw Luo Yu driving the car over, they rushed forward like a group of old ladies preparing for a clearance sale in a supermarket, fearing that all their things would be snatched away.

Luo Yu smiled, and after the three of them were seated, he asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Li Xiang, who was sitting in the passenger seat, adjusted his seat belt and said, "Liu Fei wants to eat duck butts, right? Let's take him to buy some first."

"Fuck!" Liu Fei exploded. "Li Xiang, you idiot! Do you have a fetish for duck butts?"

"Hey, Liu Fei, you've made great progress. You've learned the Lingcheng aunt's swearing style very well. Which rich girl are you planning to marry?" Lin Zi said with a smile beside him.

Luo Yu also joined in the fun. Ever since they entered the dormitory four years ago, whenever the four of them gathered together, they would start teasing each other and no one would let anyone go.

Liu Fei was really at his wit's end. He sighed, glanced at Luo Yu who was driving, and a light bulb went off in his head. He grinned and said, "I'll just follow Luo Yu. He keeps pushing me all day long."

"Fuck!" Li Xiang turned his head abruptly. "Liu Fei, you shameless bastard! No wonder you like eating duck butts so much! You're really into it."

After Li Xiang finished speaking, he turned to Luo Yu who was holding the steering wheel and said, "Luo Yu, you must protect your backers from now on."

Luo Yu coughed twice in embarrassment.

"How about this," Li Xiang continued, "you should delete Liu Fei's WeChat account later, so he doesn't come to bother you when he gets lonely."

"Fuck!" Liu Fei cursed, "Can't I just masturbate when I'm lonely?"

Lin Zi laughed so hard that he fell backwards. If he wasn't in the car, he would have rolled on the ground laughing, embarrassing himself.

Luo Yu also laughed along. After this commotion, he felt a lot more relaxed. He also said, "It's boring to masturbate alone. I need to put on a movie to keep me company."

"Then send me the film later." Liu Fei said.

"Don't." Li Xiang looked at Luo Yu, "Wait until we get home before you send it."

Liu Fei had a bad feeling. He straightened his back and stared at the back of Li Xiang's head, intending to slap him before he spoke.

"Why?" Luo Yu said.

Li Xiang seemed to know that Liu Fei was going to make a move. He lifted his back from the seat and said to Liu Fei while looking at him, "We're staying together tonight. What if after watching the show, he suddenly gets the urge to ejaculate in front of Lin Zi and me, and the sheets become so messed up that we can't sleep? Then Lin Zi and I will..."

"Li Xiang, is it so damn hard for you to speak politely?" Liu Fei raised his two middle fingers and pulled them down listlessly. "No wonder Zhang Wanwan looked down on you in the first place."

When Li Xiang was reminded of the past, he immediately became anxious. Zhang Wanwan was the most beautiful girl in their department. He had been pursuing her for two years, but she never even looked at him.

"A hero never brags about his past achievements," Li Xiang said. "Liu Fei, you're not a hero. You're just a weakling."

"Oh, you're such a strong cock. You cum once a minute, once a year. So awesome."

"Fuck you!" Li Xiang pointed at the base of his thigh. "Do you know that you've offended all three of us by saying this?"

"Only the person who was mentioned would have such a big reaction, don't you think?" Liu Fei looked at the forest, then poked his head out to look at Luo Yu, and finally the three of them burst into laughter.

The endless verbal quarrel started in the car again. I didn't hear the loud voice of Luo and the urging of the car in front to honk. I almost suspected that the horn button was broken.

At this time, the car had entered Shuangfu Road and stopped on the street at the intersection. The four of them got out of the car together and walked towards the roast duck restaurant.

After ordering a whole roast duck, Luo Yu wanted to take a few more quickly packaged ones, but Liu Fei refused, saying that it was unnecessary and that it would be enough for everyone to eat together today.

There is a bakery and a coffee shop next to the duck shop. After buying the duck, the few people went into the bakery and bought some sausage bread. They then went into the coffee shop and ordered four cups of fruity coffee. Finally, they sat down at the door of the coffee shop and started eating.

"Hmm...it turns out that the duck is from Lingcheng. It smells so good." Liu Fei picked up two more pieces of duck meat and put them into his mouth.

"That makes sense."

"That makes sense."

"That makes sense."

The three of them spoke at the same time, their tones unclear.

Liu Fei rolled his eyes speechlessly and gave them the middle finger.

Luo Yu laughed and said, "If you want to eat WeChat in the future, tell me and I will mail it to you."

Liu Fei picked up another piece of duck meat and sighed, "There are still normal people."

The four of them finished eating a duck in less than 15 minutes. After eating, they chatted for a while and finally talked about where to go next.

"Let's go to the temple to pray for a marriage." Lin Zi finished the last sip of coffee.

"The one that's a popular tourist attraction?" Li Xiang said.

"That's the only one that can bring me marriage." Luo Yu cleaned up the garbage on the table, tied a knot in the bag, and threw it into the trash can under the table.

"Hey, you three, you bastards. How come you're united to seek marriage now? Who was the one who kept nagging you just now?" Liu Fei said unhappily.

"I'm fucking obsessed with your deep affection for Duck Butt. Did you miss the point?" Li Xiang retorted.

"It's so hot in the middle of the day, there shouldn't be many people around. Let's set off now." Luo Yu got up and went to drive the car out.

Luo Yu's expectation was wrong. There was no shortage of people at noon. There were huge crowds of people, including families, old men and women from tour groups, and a lot of other people. I would have thought that Jackson came to the inland to hold a concert.

After parking the car, the four of them turned onto Cherry Blossom Avenue along Beijing East Road. The cherry trees on both sides were lush with green leaves and branches, and looked very ordinary, but in spring, it was a different scene.

Luo Yuxiang decided that the next time they would come here, it would be with Luo Zhi. When the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, they would walk hand in hand along the cherry blossom path, eating sweet plum cakes as they entered Sangpo Lake.

When the time comes, he will definitely watch a spring sunset with Luo Zhi.

After buying tickets at the ticket office, the four of them climbed the stairs.

After coming up, the four of them originally rushed to the Guanyin Temple, but ended up being unable to move in front of the God of Wealth Temple.

Plop plop plop plop.

The four of them knelt down in front of the God of Wealth from left to right, and were just about to count.

Luo Yu was on the far right. He glanced at the three people with pious expressions and couldn't help laughing.

Li Xiang clicked his tongue and nudged his arm with his elbow. "Be careful! The God of Wealth is watching over us. Be careful or he'll take all your money."

Luo Yu immediately stopped smiling and knelt down devoutly with his hands clasped together like them.

After the four of them finished praying, Lin Zi said that he wanted to go to the Guanyin Temple to worship again. He said that he was pursuing a girl recently.

"I heard that this Guanyin Temple can also cut off bad karma. Are you sure you want to go?" Li Xiang said, "I think it's better to forget it. We brothers want to see you cry."

"Get lost." Lin Zi waved at him. "That girl is really nice. I just believed what they said online about breaking up if we're not suitable."

"I'll go with you." Luo Yu said.

Lin Zi put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile, "Let's go, ignore these two idiots."

There are quite a lot of people coming to the Guanyin Hall, most of them are girls. There is also a person next to the cushion, who is not sure whether he is a master from the temple or a volunteer, and he is instructing the people on the kneeling posture.

Lin Zi knelt down only after everyone had left, while Luo Yu stood on the stairs and watched.

At this moment, he was suddenly touched on the back, or rather, he was patted lightly on purpose, because the force seemed intentional.

Luo Yu turned his head and saw an old man in a yellow monk's robe staring at him with narrowed eyes. It seemed that he should be a master in the temple. After all, it was impossible for a person who was involved in the second dimension to come to the temple to cosplay as a monk.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Luo Yu felt puzzled.

The yellow-robed monk kept staring at him without saying a word. Just when Luo Yu was about to turn around and leave, he shouted.

"This young friend."

Luo Yu turned around and looked at him again.

The yellow-robed monk took out a bracelet and gave it to him, saying, "It's not easy to meet each other, so don't worry about me."

Luo Yu was stunned and hesitated for a few seconds, but finally took the bracelet and bowed to him to express his gratitude.

Although he didn't quite understand what the monk meant, based on the meaning of each word, he could guess that it was probably because the monk had a rare opportunity to meet someone he liked, so he gave him a bracelet to tell him not to worry.

"Luo Yu, was the master talking to you just now?" Lin Zi said as he walked up the stairs.

"Yeah. He gave me a bracelet, maybe because he thought I liked it." Luo Yu waved the bracelet in front of him.

"Damn, there is such a good thing. I hope you and I will become Taoists in the future." Lin Zi teased.

Luo Yu smiled and casually tucked the bracelet into his wrist, "Maybe."

After leaving the temple, we went for a stroll around Sangpo Lake, laughing all the way. There were many people picnicking on the grass by the lake. Li Xiang, a big man who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, shamelessly pretended to be a southern little potato and asked a few young ladies for two pieces of watermelon.

The other three watched with a chuckle.

"What are you laughing at? I'm very flexible." Li Xiang said in a frivolous tone after taking a bite of watermelon.

"Look at your shameless behavior. Someone who didn't know you would think you were trying to get someone's WeChat, but you ended up getting a melon instead." Liu Fei said, "Isn't that embarrassing?"

"Fuck! Revenge, right?" Li Xiang said.

Lin Zi and Luo Yu had already left them more than ten meters away, but they could still hear their chattering, thinking they were two chickens clucking.

It's really a headache.

"Luo Yu, how are your injuries recovering?" Lin Zi asked.

Luo Yu said: "Basically, there is no problem now, hey."

"What's wrong?" Lin Zi was puzzled by the sudden sigh.

Luo Yu smiled and said, "From yesterday till now, you are the only one who came to ask me about my injury. Look at those two guys."

Lin Zi followed his gaze and saw that Liu Fei and Li Xiang had already started fighting.

"If I were the one arguing with Li Xiang, I would get beaten."

Lin Zi also laughed, "Indeed, with his character, he probably forgot about your injury a long time ago."

"What are your plans for the future?"

Luo Yu said, "Do you have any plans?"

Lin Zi said, "Come with me and make a living, how about living off the wind for a few years?"

"Not really." Luo Yu smiled and continued walking forward.

"Luo Yu." Lin Zi called him, and the voice was different from usual, sounding hesitant.

Luo Yu stopped and asked, "Hmm?"

Lin Zi said, "You look very different from before."

Luo Yu was stunned for a moment, then he continued, "You've become much quieter. When you were with us before, you conquered Li Xiang."

"Is... is that so?" Luo Yu didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, he said, "I really don't remember anything about this."

Luo Yu felt very dazed. He had only been out of school for more than two months, but his friend, with whom he had been living for four years, said that he had changed.

Yes, how could it not change? He has killed people before.

Everyone gathered together for dinner tonight, and Xu Xiaoxia chose a restaurant specializing in Lingcheng cuisine.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the Luo couple had been waiting for a long time and all the dishes had been served, except for them to show off.

The four people at the dinner table continued to insult each other, as if they would never find another opportunity to do so if they didn't curse each other a few more times.

The Luo family couple laughed at their quarrel.

Having been strolling around the whole day, Liu, Lin and Li went back to the hotel to rest after dinner, and vowed that they must get together again within a year. After all, everyone has gone their separate ways now, and it is not easy to get together, so they must maintain this friendship.

Xu Xiaoxia needs to digest food after meals. She has recovered a lot in the past two days. When Luo Yu just came back from the underworld, she looked almost ten years older. Luo Yu, who was in a daze at the time, was so scared that he almost thought he had traveled through time.

"Then where do you want to go shopping?" Luo Yu said.

Xu Xiaoxia pointed to the end of the road. "Isn't there a small park up ahead? Let's go for a walk there. It's quiet and there's a small lake."

"That small lake has been abandoned for several years. I guess it stinks." Luo Zeping didn't really want to go to the small park. It was called a small park, but it was actually a piece of wasteland with shrubs and weeds growing randomly in it. No one came to take care of it, and no one was willing to go there.

"Oh, it's been so long since we went out for a walk like this. Let's just walk for a while." Xu Xiaoxia said.

Luo Yu nodded in agreement, "Dad, let's go shopping with Mom for a while, just take a walk and come out."

Luo Zeping couldn't persuade the mother and son, so he finally went in with them.

The small park was extremely quiet and desolate, but Xu Xiaoxia was watching it with great interest, as if she was admiring a spectacle that could only be seen once in a century.

However, just a few minutes after they walked into the small park.

Suddenly the weather changed.

"Oh, why does it look like it's going to rain?" Xu Xiaoxia said looking up at the sky.

Luo Zeping also felt strange, and looked up at the sky, pointing to the other side, "That's not right, look outside, the sky is quite blue."

Luo Yu looked carefully at the dark clouds with faint thunder and lightning pressing down on their heads, and felt that... it was as if someone was performing a ritual, only in this small park.

"Mom, let's go out. It looks like it's going to rain heavily."

The next second, heavy rain poured down without any warning, and the raindrops were as big as apples, hitting them.

"Oh my God! What's going on!" Xu Xiaoxia wanted to shield Luo Yu from the rain, but when she stretched out her hand, she found that there was nothing in her hand.

"Go out quickly, go out quickly, it's a sunny day outside! I said this park is weird!" Luo Zeping urged and pulled the two out.

Luo Yubian was dragged by Luo Zeping and looked up at the sky. The rain hit his face, making his vision a little blurred.

The rain came so strangely that he wondered if it had anything to do with him.

Luo Yu licked the corner of his mouth with the tip of his tongue and frowned.

This rain water is not salty, it is bitter.

After leaving the small park, it was just as Luo Zeping said, it was a sunny day outside!

Luo Yu looked back at the small park where it was still raining heavily, and the weird feeling in his heart became even stronger.

When people passing by the community saw it, they thought it had fallen into the lake and had just been fished out. Xu Xiaoxia smiled and said that it was caught in the rain.

After entering the house, I lined up to take a shower.

After taking a shower, Luo Yu didn’t bother to think about the sudden rain anymore. He had something else to do.

Luo Yu entered the room, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, opened the food delivery app, and downloaded ten large red horizontal papers, a brush and a box of ink.

Xu Xiaoxia coughed outside, and Luo Yu walked out to help her with her back. "Mom, why are you coughing suddenly?"

Xu Xiaoxia continued to cough. She picked up the cup on the table and drank some water. "I don't know. After taking a shower, my lungs feel like they have an air pump."

Luo Yu laughed, "You have a basketball in your lungs, right?"

"What are you talking about?" Luo Zeping asked after changing into pajamas and coming out of the room.

"It's none of your business. I'm chatting with my son." Xu Xiaoxia took another sip of water.

At this moment, there was a sudden "ding dong" sound.

"My takeaway is here." Luo Yu went out to get it.

"What did you buy?" After drinking a cup of hot water, Xu Xiaoxia's cough was relieved a lot.

Luo Yu opened the takeout bag and showed it to her. "I haven't used a brush to write for a long time. I'm afraid it will get rusty. I'll practice again in the next few days."

Xu Xiaoxia nodded, not surprised. After all, Luo Yu liked to write with a brush when he had nothing to do, and he was the one who wrote the couplets at home.

"Okay, then remember not to write too late and go to bed early. Tomorrow, go to the mall with Mom. It's almost autumn, so let's go pick out some clothes."

Luo Yu took back the bag, "Got it, I'll go back to my room then."

Luo Yu swept aside the computer, notebooks and other sundries on the table, then went to the kitchen to get four cups and fixed the four corners of the big red paper on the table.

He picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write.