Chapter 97 A Kiss
His pale lips trembled, and he spoke in a low voice, his eyes misty as if filled with mist, "Xiaoxue, are you looking at me too? I wish I could tell you one day that I like you, too. Although I know you can't accept me, I still hope that one day I can tell you my feelings."
Shi Yan covered his chest. Even though he knew that the other person couldn't hear him, being able to listen to the concert with Xiaoxue was his most unforgettable day, although Xiaoxue today was a little strange compared to usual.
As the concert reached its climax, everyone around them stood up and cheered. Qin Muxue and Shi Yan also stood up like them. Qin Muxue suddenly touched Shi Yan's cold cheek in the crowded crowd. For a moment, he was stunned. The surroundings were crowded and noisy, but it seemed as if there were only two of them left in the world.
Qin Muxue was about to say sorry, but Shi Yan next to her pulled her in front of him. At that moment, she seemed to see stars flashing in his eyes.
His face enlarged in front of her, until he called out "Xiaoxue" in a suppressed voice, and his cold lips kissed her forehead, and she was stunned on the spot for a moment.
Shi Yan whispered in her ear: "Xiaoxue, I'm back."
Shi Yan recovered. He finally remembered. Qin Muxue went from being at a loss to being excited. "Shi Yan, you remember everything."
Even he could not escape the invasion of memories. A fierce look flashed across Shi Yan's eyes, but after looking at Qin Muxue, his eyes suddenly became gentle.
This memory was probably his most unbearable one. As he had no money to eat, he went home to ask his parents for living expenses. As a result, he was severely beaten by his stepfather. Anyway, he was beaten more than once or twice. But this time, even if he was beaten, he could not get back dozens of yuan of living expenses. He returned to his dormitory in a miserable state, but his roommate said that his bed had an unpleasant smell.
He knew that they were targeting him. Although he had nothing, he was very clean and washed his sheets almost once a week. On the contrary, his roommates didn't even wash their sheets for an entire semester.
They framed him as a thief, soaked his bed, and poured a basin of water on his head. He was already covered in wounds, and had been hungry for two days, so he could only eat boiled water. His body was weak and exhausted, so he could only hide in the corner of the dormitory. By then, he already felt that something was wrong with his consciousness, because there were always some strange things flashing in his mind.
Both his mother and stepfather said that he was a lunatic, and when he was crazy, he would go crazy and want to kill them, but Shi Yan had no recollection of it. He had never dared to have too much contact with his classmates at school, and he was a loner and gloomy person, so people spread the rumor that he was a weirdo.
That was probably his most miserable and desperate day. He humbly wanted to pray for some pity, but was afraid that the girl he secretly loved would see his miserable appearance.
In this unbearable memory, Qin Muxue appeared and made this memory complete. Even though he was scarred, with her comfort, the world didn't seem so bad anymore.
When the eighteen-year-old Shi Yan felt that as long as he had Xiaoxue, he could hold on no matter what, and had the idea of kissing Qin Muxue, the real Shi Yan immediately regained consciousness. Even the eighteen-year-old self could not...
As his consciousness recovered, everything around him began to collapse, and he gradually returned to his original appearance. He held Qin Muxue's hand and said, "Xiaoxue, let's get out of here quickly."
Qin Muxue was still feeling embarrassed about the kiss just now. She wanted to ask Shi Yan why he did that, but then she thought it would be even more embarrassing if she asked, so she decided to leave first. She didn't know how Manman was doing.
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Qu Yanbai has entered two black holes. After entering one, he was chased by a group of wild dogs for a long time. He finally got out and entered another black hole, but he saw some disgusting scenes of decadence and debauchery, and the owner of the memory was insulted by Commander Wu. He finally escaped from the third black hole.
The lights of two other black holes nearby had gone out, which meant that their consciousness could no longer escape. He was anxious and had to find Manman. Time was running out. He had a feeling that Manman must be in the black hole. Qu Yanbai jumped in without hesitation.
When Manman woke up, she found herself back in time when she was 8 years old. Her parents had not yet had the car accident, and she was still a little princess loved by her parents.
I was sent to my grandmother's house during the summer vacation, and I was eagerly waiting for my parents to pick me up. When my parents were about to arrive, I received the news that they had died in a car accident.
Manman was a little confused. Looking at the date on the calendar, it was the day before her parents died. If she had asked her parents not to pick her up the next day, they would not have had the car accident.
At that time, her grandmother's family didn't have a telephone. She wanted to go to the village store to find a phone, but she couldn't remember her parents' contact information. She was too young and didn't remember the number at all.
Manman was extremely upset, but she could no longer accept the pain of losing her parents.
She hurried to her grandmother and asked childishly, "Grandma, will my parents come over tomorrow?"
"Yes, Manman, are you missing your parents? They will come to pick you up tomorrow, so you don't have to worry." Grandma touched her head.
But Manman didn't want them to come over, "Grandma, can you call and tell them not to come over?"
Grandma thought she was just reluctant to leave. "You can still come to play with grandma during the holidays. School will start the day after tomorrow. You have to go back to the city."
But if her parents came as usual, they would have a car accident. She didn’t want to experience the death of her parents again. “Grandma, please.”
Grandma was unmoved and finally annoyed enough to go cook, leaving Manman alone to worry about what to do and how she could get the phone number.
At this moment, she remembered her grandmother's phone book, so she rummaged through the boxes and drawers to look for it, and finally found the phone book with a red cover. She couldn't wait to look through it, and tears welled up in her eyes when she saw her father's name. It was this number that she could never remember, but the moment she saw it again, she remembered it.
The phone number has been found, but now there is still a problem that she has to go to the convenience store to make the call. Manman touched her pockets, but they were empty, so she had to ask her grandmother for money.
Seeing that she was pestering him again, the grandmother could only give her a dollar and said, "Okay, okay, go buy yourself some candy and don't get lost."
Manman couldn't help but jump for joy. She went to the store and dialed the number. She was looking forward to the voice on the other end until she heard her father's voice: "Hello, who is this?"
"Dad..." Before she could even utter a word, Manman started sobbing. Little kids, once they start crying, they won't stop.
The man on the other end was a little surprised to hear his daughter's voice, "Manman, why are you calling? What's the matter?"
Manman immediately thought of her purpose. Now was not the time to reminisce. She had to make everything clear. "Mom and Dad, don't... don't come to pick me up."
"Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about? Don't you miss your mom and dad? We will pick you up tomorrow to buy you new clothes and stationery. School may start the day after tomorrow." Manman's father just thought she was being willful and didn't investigate her purpose.
But Manman couldn't let her parents get hurt again. Even though she knew it was an illusion, she at least hoped that her parents would have a good ending and that she could see them again. Since she couldn't convince them to come, she asked them to come later so that they would miss the time of the car accident. "Dad, I want to eat the roast duck at Jinyun Market. Can you bring one for me?" The roast duck there was extremely delicious. Even after so many years, she still couldn't forget it. But this time she didn't come for the food, but so that her parents could come later. The roast duck restaurant would not open until nine o'clock. As long as they went there specially to buy it, they would definitely miss the earliest bus.
"Okay, if my daughter wants to eat, why can't I buy it for her!" Hearing her father's doting tone, Manman couldn't help but burst into tears. This was all she could do now, and she hoped that everything would go well tomorrow.
"Okay, Dad, goodbye." After hanging up the phone, she felt lost, but she felt relaxed.
At night, she stayed awake all night, tossing and turning, her heart was filled with excitement. She couldn't fall asleep at the thought of seeing her parents.
When she got up early in the morning, she saw a 1.9-meter-tall man standing at the door. She was only about 8 years old, and Qu Yanbai was like a giant in front of her. "Qu Yanbai, why are you here?"
Qu Yanbai stared at her for a long time. The smaller version of Manman was right in front of him. He was a little surprised. "Manman? This is indeed your dream. I feel very familiar here. Although this place was changed many years ago, the houses have not changed much. I thought that since you are here, you should be in your hometown."
Qu Yanbai looked at everything around him. He also grew up here, so he was naturally familiar with everything here. Not far away was his original home.
"What brings you here?"
"This is an illusion. I'm here to take you out."
Manman hesitated and shook her head. "No, I can't leave now. I want to take one last look at my parents. Qu Yanbai, wait until I see them before we leave, okay?"
She was in tears. She really missed her parents so much. Now she could see them in the illusion. This was her only wish.
Qu Yanbai certainly understood her feelings, because his mother also died young. At this time, his mother should not have died yet. He looked back expectantly.
"Manman, let's wait until your parents come back before we leave!"
Manman wiped her tears and said "OK". At this time, her grandmother rushed out with a broom and shouted at Qu Yanbai vigilantly: "How dare you bully my child? I will beat you to death!"
Qu Yanbai was scolded for no reason and could only let his grandmother beat him. Manman quickly stopped him and said, "Grandma, you misunderstood him. He just came back to visit his relatives and was asking for directions."
Grandma stared at Qu Yanbai for a long time before she felt that he looked familiar. He did look a bit like the people from the Qu family not far away. Qu Yanbai explained, "I'm sorry, old man. I am indeed here to visit relatives. I hope you don't mind."
Grandma took back the broom awkwardly and said, "I misunderstood you." Her face was full of disgust.
Manman couldn't help but laugh when she saw Qu Yanbai looking so embarrassed.
"The Qu family is over there. I'll take you there!" She pretended to lead the way, and only then did her grandmother agree to let her leave.
Qu Yanbai touched his head and said, "It really hurts when our grandma hits people."
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Not far away, Grandma Qu was washing clothes by the river. Next to her was a teenage boy fishing in the river, like a smaller version of Qu Yanbai.
"So this is your childhood. I seem to have really seen you when you were a child." If she hadn't come to this illusion, she probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to reconstruct the Taoyuan Village of more than ten years. Deep in her memory, she had indeed seen Qu Yanbai, but because it was so long ago, she no longer had any impression of him.
"It's Grandma Qu, and you." At this moment, Grandma Qu was not as old as she was in reality, and Qu Yanbai was still a carefree teenager.
It wasn't until Grandma Qu saw Qu Yanbai that she stared at him for a long time and said, "Young man, you look so much like my grandson."
Qu Yanbai stood there in a daze, saying silently in his heart: Because I am your grandson. Unfortunately, everything in front of him was an illusion, and he could not open his mouth to reveal his true identity.
Until a tall and capable woman not far away shouted towards us: "Mom, Baibai, the pancakes are ready, come back for breakfast."
"Hey, I'll be right there." Little Qu Yanbai got off the river and followed his grandmother back home step by step. At this time, Qu Yanbai had already burst into tears without realizing it.
"I never thought that I could see my mother again in your memory." He was filled with emotion, because his mother had always been a cheerful and optimistic person, so even her death did not bring much of a blow to Qu Yanbai. She had already started to prepare him mentally and told him that she was about to die. Death was not scary for Qu Yanbai, but what was scary was that people would forget. If the living relatives truly forgot the dead, that would be the real death...
"This is your mother, she is so beautiful." Manman couldn't help but praise her.
"She is the most confident and powerful woman I have ever met. She is my lifelong role model." Qu Yanbai murmured.
Manman looked at Qu's mother's back, feeling a lot of emotion for a moment, "Don't you want to go and see them?"
Qu Yanbai is a rational person. "It may be a bit cruel to say this, but everything here is fake, isn't it? Everything in reality has already happened. We have no choice but to accept reality. I am already very satisfied to be able to see her from afar like this."
Manman felt sad after hearing what you said, "I know what you mean, but I really want to see my parents again. I didn't even see them for the last time!"
Qu Yanbai was at a loss for a moment. He didn't know how to comfort Manman. "Don't cry. I will face it with you."
At twelve o'clock noon, Manman had been waiting at the door for a long time, just hoping to see her parents. It was not until Mr. and Mrs. Ding came here carrying large and small bags of things that she finally let go of her worries. They had not been in a car accident and they were back.
"Mom and Dad! You're here!" Manman excitedly threw herself into her parents' arms. This was the first time she saw their faces in so many years. She felt sad and happy at the same time. Now, she could only enjoy a brief reunion in the illusion.
Father Ding held the roast duck and said, "Manman, this is your favorite roast duck. Look, Daddy lined up early in the morning to buy it for you."
“Thank you, Dad!”
But at this moment her mind was very clear. No matter how beautiful the illusion was, she should not be deceived by such an illusion. But she still wanted to stay with her parents for a while longer.
The photos of her parents had faded due to her touching, but now they were standing in front of her alive.
The family was eating around the eight-immortal table. Manman was sensible and helped them pick up food. Father Ding suddenly said, "It's all thanks to Manman. If we had taken the early bus back, maybe..."
Mother Ding interrupted him and said, "Don't talk about these depressing things. Come to our Little Fortune Star and have a roast duck leg. Later, Mom and Dad will take you to the mall to buy new clothes."
While eating the duck legs, Manman couldn't stop her tears from flowing down, "Thank you, thank you..." If her parents hadn't died, her future life would have been very happy, she wouldn't have to live under someone else's roof, and she would have been a child loved by her parents.
Once this thought came to her mind, Manman also began to feel lost. She looked up in confusion and began to doubt whether everything here was true or false, and whether she could really stay here.
Originally, Manman and Qu Yanbai agreed that she would only stay with her parents for two hours, and if she did not show up, Qu Yanbai had to wake her up.
Seeing that she was not showing up, Qu Yanbai hurried to Manman's grandmother's house and found Manman and Ding's mother teasing the puppy at the door. Her face was blooming with a smile he had never seen before. Even though he was reluctant, he had to wake her up.
"Manman, it's time to leave!" Qu Yanbai called her loudly.
Manman shook her head and hugged her parents, "I don't want to leave, I want to be with mom and dad."
Qu Yanbai could only pull her away with all his heart, while her parents shouted from behind: "Manman! Manman! Come back soon."
Everything here was truly terrifying. If Qu Yanbai had not been relatively sober and had not gone to see his mother, it would have been just as hard to let go. Manman seemed to be possessed. Qu Yanbai had no choice but to pour a basin of cold water on her face. With her parents and grandmother chasing after her, Manman woke up in an instant.
She couldn't stay here any longer, so she hardened her heart and stopped looking at them. Instead, she held Qu Yanbai's hand and tried her best to escape from here. The moment she made up her mind, Manman finally returned to her original appearance, but what Qu Yanbai saw was her face full of tears.
The surrounding scenes slowly disappeared, but Manman sat on the ground and burst into tears, "Qu Yanbai, tell me, will mom and dad be alive and well in that other parallel world, and will they live happily with me?"
Qu Yanbai held her in his arms with heartache, "Of course, they will be very happy in countless spaces, and you will be very happy too." Just like he was also reborn, he believed that Manman in the parallel universe had a happy family, and such a natural disaster would not happen. She would live happily with her parents, even though there was no possibility of them having any intersection.
"Without my mom and dad, I feel like I have nothing..." Bead-sized tears fell.
He held her hand tightly and lifted her up easily, "There are people you cherish waiting for you outside now."
If her parents had not come to pick her up, the car accident would not have happened. Manman has been living in self-blame all these years.
"Your parents love you and are willing to do everything for you. They won't blame you. I know you've been living in pain all these years, and you've managed to get through such difficult times... Manman will never let you feel sad again."
Manman raised her head, tears blurred her eyes. She felt Qu Yanbai's heart beating violently. He stroked her hair, "Manman is a strong girl. You know, what I like most is your persistence and strength. Even if you don't have your parents, you still have us, you still have me... You should know that you are the most precious thing to me."
Manman lay on his chest and cried loudly. Perhaps only crying could relieve the strong negative emotions in her heart.
Knowing that they had left the memory illusion and returned to the black hole, Shi Yan and Qin Muxue had just come out of the illusion. Qin Muxue was relieved to see that Manman was safe and sound, "Fortunately, Manman, you are okay."
But now the four of them have not appeared yet, and there are still lights flickering inside the two black holes.
"I wonder how An An is doing?" Qin Muxue walked around the place, but the road here was endless and there was no end in sight. She seemed to be standing still.
"There are two black holes left, one of them must be An An's!"
"Don't worry, An An is very strong."
As soon as Shi Yan finished speaking, this place began to collapse. The collapse of the memory illusion meant that the owner of the supernatural power was in danger.
As the darkness around them gradually faded, they returned to the real world.
An An pinched Wu Ru's neck expressionlessly, "Don't try to use my relatives to blackmail me. Where is my father? If you don't tell me, you'll die!"
Commander Wu was already on the verge of death. Not only was his supernatural power unable to deceive An An, but even the few people behind him came out safely.
"You, you don't even think about killing me!"
He would rather live in the illusion of memory than be killed by the people in front of him. Wu Ru closed his eyes and lost consciousness.
An An angrily threw him aside, "Damn guy."
Shi Yan explained: "He blew himself up, and his consciousness has entered the illusion of consciousness. His body has died, but his consciousness is still there, living forever in that memory."
"He actually came up with such a method. In a sense, this can be considered a kind of immortality, right?"
Moreover, everything in that illusion will go against everything in the original world. "It is indeed a bargain for him. Maybe in the illusion, he has already dominated the world."
An An stretched out her hand, and the wall of the secret room collapsed, but there was no one she was looking for, but dozens of pretty women. Seeing what was in front of them, they were so scared that they ran away...
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