Chapter 252 I wish you to meet the one you miss again (ask for monthly ticket)
The night of August 5th, Tokyo, Japan.
The cafe was brightly lit. The retro gramophone on the counter was playing "Edith's Theme", and the rich aroma of coffee beans wafted from the blender.
Outside the glass door, people were talking gently on the long street.
Every night, there would always be a little girl wearing wooden clogs walking on the street, holding her father's hand in one hand and her mother's hand in the other, kicking and clacking her way forward. Her parents would sometimes pull her up as if she were swinging on a swing.
Ayase Origami doesn't like being a night owl, and the occasions where she needs to stay up late are mostly to accompany other members. So after returning to Tokyo, she immediately resumed her previous routine and fell asleep quietly in the attic upstairs.
As for Xia Pingzhou, he was in the cafe downstairs, playing poker with Robert and Hacker, two night owls.
The three of them were playing Landlord. It was said that the people in the original brigade didn't know what "Landlord" was, but after the Hong Kong girl Lan Duoduo joined the White Crow Brigade two years ago, she taught them the rules of Landlord in just ten days.
At first, Lan Duoduo had a lot of fun playing, and she cheated the team members out of a lot of money. But later, she finally realized what the difference in talent was: An Lunsi crushed her as soon as he started, and she couldn't have fun anymore.
After that, Lan Duoduo was defeated repeatedly by An Luns.
But this losing streak only lasted until half a month ago, when Lan Duoduo arranged for Xia Pingzhou, a rookie who looked like an undercover agent, to be a teammate on An Luns' side, and he was able to finally win a game back from An Luns.
At this time, the three people in the cafe were playing poker back and forth, and the poker cards on the table were piling up.
In this round, the hacker was the landlord, while Xia Pingzhou and Robert were the farmers. After a hard fight, the hacker was at a disadvantage, with cold sweat running down his face. He had no choice but to secretly hack into the other two's phones under the table and secretly look at their cards through the camera.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door behind him, which scared him. The hacker was like a cat with its fur standing on end, with its pores dilated and its hair standing up.
Xia Pingzhou raised his eyes from the cards in his hand and cast a suspicious look at the hacker.
The hacker coughed twice and quickly put the phone into the pocket of his jumpsuit.
"Who's coming?" he asked.
Robert turned his head to look at the figure outside the glass door, and saw a girl in a red dress, leaning against the glass door with her shoulders folded, looking down at her mobile phone. The neon light outlined her clear silhouette.
Perhaps it’s because of the mismatch between their age and appearance, but the blood descendants always look a bit distant when they don’t smile.
However, although her mental age is close to 100, her appearance remains that of an 18 or 19-year-old. No matter how mature she dresses, it cannot hide the immaturity of her facial features, so she often works hard on her makeup to make herself look more mature.
The Blood Descendant didn't put on much makeup today, or maybe it was because she just got off the plane and didn't have time to do so, so her facial features were as bright and beautiful as a young girl.
Xia Pingzhou still stared at the hacker motionlessly, as if he was looking at a criminal who had committed a sneaky act.
After a moment, he said expressionlessly, "Why did you react so strongly just now? Were you secretly using your phone to cheat under the table?"
"The owner is not here, why do you breathe out whenever you see someone?" The hacker frowned. "You can cheat in a game of Landlord? What can you cheat with?"
"For example, you can use your phone to open a simulated card-playing app and let the system help you play cards or something."
"Haha, am I that kind of person?" The hacker raised his hand to his chin and said disdainfully, "What kind of technology do you have? What kind of technology do I have? I'm just a Robot and a Cat. I can beat you guys in a card game with just my feet."
"Okay, I know you're panicking." Xia Pingzhou said expressionlessly, "If you have something to say, just talk nicely. Don't use foreign words."
"That's cool," the hacker said. "The Young Mistress loves a cat."
Xia Pingzhou responded: "The Priest loves a little boy."
The hacker's face twitched.
"Okay, stop arguing, who's going to open the door for the old lady?" Robert scratched the robot's head, "Otherwise, be careful she kicks the door in."
As he said this, he looked up at the two of them.
Seeing that Xia Pingzhou and Hacker, the two lazy dogs, were unwilling to get up and just stared into each other's eyes, he had to sigh, stand up from the table, walk over and open the door for the Bloodline.
After the blood descendant walked into the cafe, he looked up from his phone and looked around with his red eyes.
"Where is the eldest lady?" she asked curiously.
"I'm asleep. What's the matter?"
Xia Pingzhou spoke without raising his head, and was even unwilling to look at the blood descendant.
He was obviously still upset about what happened in the Bergen Tavern last time, when the old lady Changming Zhuiqing and Bai Tanlang had a quarrel with him. If it weren't for Yanma Lin and Ayase Origami protecting him, they would probably have fought in the tavern at that time.
"That's great, come out with me and talk?"
The blood descendant tilted his head, his light golden hair swaying gently.
"Why?" Xia Pingzhou raised his head and asked.
The Blood Descendant stared at him motionlessly, and after a while he said, "I want to apologize to you for what happened last time."
"Just apologize. There's no need to go out of your way to talk, right?" Xia Pingzhou said, "I'm not happy playing Landlord?"
"Sister, I once accompanied you to fight demons in Venice. Have you turned against me now?" asked the Blood Descendant.
Xia Pingzhou was silent for a moment, "Okay, let's go talk."
As he said that, he put down his cards on the table and looked at the hacker: "I'll let you go, little brat."
"It was obviously me who let you go." The hacker snorted, leaned back on the sofa, and fanned him.
"So there's no card game tonight?" Robert scratched his head and stretched. "Oh... I really hate you sentimental boys and girls. It's better to wait until the Ripper's sister comes to Tokyo before things get interesting."
"A girl over a hundred years old?" the hacker muttered.
"Shut up." The blood descendant looked at him with a smile.
Hackers are silent.
"Leave."
After he finished speaking, Xia Pingzhou stood up from the sofa and walked out of the cafe with the Blood Clan.
When the glass door closed, the wind chimes tinkled, isolating the aroma of coffee behind you.
Looking around, the streets are filled with all kinds of neon signs. Seagulls flying from Tokyo Bay are flying between billboards and wires, and the absurd advertising slogans never stop.
"Are you not angry anymore?" Xia Pingzhou asked.
"After all, you're a hundred years old, so you won't hold grudges that often." The blood descendant smiled slightly.
"Let me do the math. Bai Tanlang lived for more than a hundred years, and you lived for a hundred years, so the two of you are hundreds of years old in total. Do you have the nerve to get angry at a nineteen-year-old like me?" Xia Pingzhou said, "Can you be a little more mature like me?"
"That's right. Actually, I should thank you." The Blood Descendant suddenly said, "If it weren't for this series of coincidences, I wouldn't have known that 1001 was still alive."
"I was just in a bad mood and went to the bar to have a drink. There's nothing to thank you for."
"So, this is fate." The Bloodline raised the corner of his mouth and turned his head to tease him, "No wonder I feel that your eyes are somewhat similar to 1001. Could it be that you are sent by God to guide me?"
"It's hard to find a competitor who can still be so immature over a hundred years old."
"What's wrong?"
"So, are you really sure that the boy in the photo is 1001?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I'll know when I see it." The Blood Descendant said calmly, "At least there is a hope, and people live for this hope."
"Why do you miss him so much? Didn't you just spend a few days together in Verdun?"
“No matter how many hundreds of years you live, some emotions are hard to forget.”
"Then where do your emotions come from?" Xia Pingzhou asked, "You have lived for more than 30,000 days, but you have only been with him for a week."
"You science guys are so boring." Bloody said, "Then let me tell you something realistic: I used to be a homeless child and almost died on the battlefield. 1001 saved my life at that time, so my life belongs to him."
She paused, then turned to look at Xia Pingzhou: "Does this sound more reasonable?"
"What if I save you once too?" he asked.
The Blood Descendant was stunned.
She shook her head and said nonchalantly, "It's different. He made me feel for the first time what it was like to be treated as a human being. Before that, everyone looked at me like a dirty stray cat, and occasionally showed pity."
"But you are now a hundred-year-old cat. If anyone looks down on you, just scratch them to death. Why do you have to keep thinking about the past?"
"It's still different." The Blood Descendant shook his head again, "Only when a person has nothing, the things he gets are the most precious and unforgettable."
"Why?"
"Because after you get better, everything else seems like a bonus and looks a lot cheaper."
Xia Pingzhou thought for a moment and said, "But objectively speaking, you never got him. 1001 was looking for the white-haired girl, not you."
The Bloodborn was silent for a moment.
"Yes, I never got him." She said softly, "That's why I can't forget him. Isn't that what people are like? I also thought about forgetting him, but he kept calling my name in his dreams."
As she spoke, she looked up and saw, under the neon lights, some gaudy-dressed gigolos soliciting customers on the street.
Tokyo's nights are always like that. At first glance, the neon lights look like knocked-over dominoes, lighting up in rows and extending endlessly to the end of the world.
"I still don't understand why you don't live by the name he gave you," Xia Pingzhou said, "What if he hears that name and comes looking for you?"
"Where did you hear it?" The Blood Descendant turned his head and looked at him.
Xia Pingzhou said without hesitation: "As soon as you reveal your name, wanted notices will be all over the Internet, which is a hundred times more useful than any missing person website. If he is still alive and as powerful as you said, I guarantee he will find you soon."
"You're right, but I refuse."
"Why?"
"Because many years ago, that name was a secret of a thirteen-year-old girl. Every time she heard this name, she would chuckle to herself. Sometimes she would hear someone calling her that in her dreams, and she would wake up in surprise... In the end, she found that there was no one around her, and she suddenly shed tears." The Bloodline said softly, "I don't want to betray her, so... I won't tell this name to anyone else."
Xia Pingzhou was silent.
The two of them entered from the Shibaura Pier side entrance and boarded the pedestrian walkway of the Tokyo Bay Rainbow Bridge.
On the brightly lit bridge, vehicles were constantly passing by like streams of light. The sea breeze from Tokyo Bay blew in from both sides, and the girl's long light golden hair fluttered in the salty wind.
"Do you want to die?" Xia Pingzhou suddenly asked, "I can't stand living for more than a decade, so I can't imagine what it would be like if I lived to be a hundred years old."
"I have thought about it... but as long as there is someone I want to see, I can hold on." The Blood Descendant whispered, "It doesn't matter how long it takes. I live just to see him again."
"Your feelings are too heavy." Xia Pingzhou said expressionlessly, "He may have forgotten you, and he doesn't even know that you have been looking for him for so many years. Your feelings for each other are completely unbalanced."
“He won’t forget.”
"Why?"
"Because he told me that he would meet me again." The Blood Descendant said firmly.
"You are really as childish as a three-year-old sometimes." Xia Pingzhou muttered, "Is it always like this when people are deceiving themselves?"
"Didn't you just ask me how I can survive? Just lie to yourself." The Blood Descendant said, "Do you have a reason to lie to yourself like this?"
"I?"
"The hacker told me that you were looking for your family, also a little girl with white hair."
"What a coincidence, isn't it?" After a moment's silence, Xia Pingzhou asked.
"Yes, maybe there are such coincidences in the world." The Blood Descendant said with emotion, "I didn't believe it before, but I believe it after I met you."
They suddenly stopped talking. The two of them walked quietly on the Rainbow Bridge over Tokyo Bay, looking sideways at the rising and falling waves. Under the dark night, the outline of Mount Fuji was still so beautiful that it made people dazed.
After a moment, the descendant suddenly spoke softly, breaking the silence amid the clamor:
"Xia Ping Zhou...I hope you can meet the one you miss again."
Xia Pingzhou was slightly stunned and turned his head to look at her profile.
"The same to you."
(End of this chapter)
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