Extra 12: End and Rebirth
Suddenly, there was a moment when images flashed before Jiang Yunshu's eyes one after another. It was quiet and silent, with only the images.
The interior is antique, with golden statues, large areas of dark brown and black wood, and the structure is complex and layered, with a heavy pressure on the head. There are yellow or red curtains, which are solemn and majestic.
She looked around, up and down. There were many people inside the vast building. She didn't hear any sound, but she knew there were many people. There seemed to be some kind of device high up, with many things arranged in a row...
She followed people in and out of the quaint and magnificent doors.
Going around in circles——
What is this? Jiang Yunshu was stunned.
She recalled over and over again the panoramic picture that flashed by, the dynamic picture of a few seconds, and suddenly, she remembered.
This was when she was very young!
Jiang Yunshu felt a surge of surprise in his heart. Why didn't she remember this before?
It’s not that I’ve forgotten it over the years, but it’s as if it never happened and I don’t have the slightest impression of it.
But she should have a deep memory of such a scene that she didn't see on a daily basis, right? At least not like this. No matter how she recalled it in the past, she never had any memory of it.
She thought she had nothing to do with these things before.
Before this moment, she had never known she had such an experience, as if she had completely forgotten it since leaving that time and had not thought about it for many years.
Then, another image flashed before her eyes, this one she remembered, she remembered it whenever she thought of it.
She sat down on the gray bricks, muttering to herself, agreeing if she wanted to, but if she didn't, she would feel an unbearable discomfort. If she forgot what she had promised, she would suffer, but it was only when she was in great pain that she suddenly remembered what she had promised, and then she forgot it again.
Go back, go back.
It's all okay, it's all okay. There are also people who you should either not touch at all or stay away from. If you touch them once, you can't break off the relationship even if you want to... Jiang Yunshu felt complicated at that moment.
The tea room was quiet for a while.
The child said something, slowly got up from the chair beside the tea table, took two steps away, waved to people politely, said goodbye repeatedly, and walked out the door without looking back.
Not far from the door, Jiang Yuetan had been waiting here for a long time. When he saw the child coming out, he hurried forward to take the child home.
After walking a long way and returning to the familiar attic, Jiang Yuetan slowed down his pace, turned around and asked softly, "Yun Shu, how are you?"
Jiang Yunshu paused and said honestly, "They said they didn't know..." and told the story one by one.
Jiang Yuetan immediately sneered, "I knew it." Then he was so angry that he vomited.
You don’t know until you think about it. Once you think about it, you will suddenly realize that there are so many old beans.
After a pause, he sighed tiredly, pursed his lips, stopped, turned around and bent down, his eyes sad, he reached out and gently hugged the child next to him, and whispered something in her ear.
Jiang Yunshu listened quietly the entire time.
Finally, Jiang Yuetan stood up, took her hand again and walked forward, angrily chattering: "If you really don't feel guilty, then it doesn't matter, it's dispensable. Why do you say it's in our place and then say it's not?"
As he was talking, he suddenly said in a serious tone: "Xiao Shu, when the time comes, you must tell them in your heart..." He read out a name and reminded, "Tell them, if there is anything, go to this person, don't come to you, you don't know anything."
He turned his eyes, looked at the child softly, and said, "We, Xiao Shu, don't ask for anything else, just for peace and safety."
Jiang Yunshu followed the people forward, with no reaction on his face, and said "hmm" calmly.
Along the way, she quietly listened to the people next to her say:
"After this, our Xiaoshu won't hang around with them anymore, and we won't stay together anymore. Linqing and I will accompany Xiaoshu more often to travel and enjoy the scenery. We can relax and go if we meet someone we're meant to be with, and don't dwell on it if we don't. And if we get busy, Xiaoshu, you can find other children to go with you..."
"I wish our little Shu to grow up peacefully and happily. I have nothing else to ask for."
Jiang Yunshu would hum softly from time to time.
…………
Broad daylight.
Candles lit up.
The smoke curls up like auspicious clouds, winding and rising.
"Come back, eat..."
"Please...come back..."
One after another, they chanted aloud, softly and quietly, then bowed and stepped forward...
They turned and walked around, gently nudging the child behind them. Jiang Yunshu stepped forward, taking in everything ahead, his chaotic mind trying to remember this and that, mumbling something intermittently, and then stepped forward to signal as they had done before.
There seems to be no wind this morning.
Until morning, under the bright but not strong sunlight, a breeze blew around.
The orange-red flames suddenly shot up high, swaying in the wind like an illusory gauze. A large area of scorching air was filled, shining brightly into the fire, and turned into gray and black dots, which fell quietly or drifted away in the wind, leaving a patch of gray and white dots on people's clothes.
From time to time, people would silently signal to the children next to them, and the children would immediately take a few quick steps to the side to avoid the wind, fire and heat.
She blinked rapidly from time to time, her eyes felt uncomfortable, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her face, making her feel itchy and her hands dusty, but she still blinked rapidly and hard.
Suddenly, “Whoosh!”
Suddenly, a strong wind blew up from the sky and earth, sweeping across the burning, hot, gray-black spots. Jiang Yunshu was caught off guard and was directly blown all over his face and body by the scorching wind.
His face felt hot and cold, and his eyes felt a burning sensation that intensified. Jiang Yunshu squinted and blinked rapidly, stepping back repeatedly. Someone quickly grabbed him and scooped him up to the side to avoid the wind.
She closed her eyes deeply, then opened them again. Her vision was still clear, but the burning sensation in her eyes persisted, urging her to blink again and again...
Intermittently, when the wind and fire returned to dust and the ancient noise returned to silence, Jiang Yunshu, dressed in gray and white, was led away.
"What's wrong with your eyes?" Jiang Yuetan asked.
Jiang Yunshu closed his eyes and said in a muffled voice, "I got burned by the wind."
Jiang Yuetan turned his head to look at the boy next to him and said, "Linqing." Jiang Linqing immediately washed his hands and took out a small box. "Look up and open your eyes." He leaned over to take a closer look at her eyes, then simply put two drops of eye drops in. He said, "Rest for a while and I'll call you when the time comes."
Jiang Yunshu said "hmm".
Afternoon.
Under the bright and strong sunlight.
A group of people walked up to the dark and solemn attic. As the carved door opened, bright sunlight instantly filled the view. One by one, they stepped over the threshold and walked to the terrace.
Jiang Yunshu followed them, blinking. If they looked back, she would step forward and do the same. If they didn't look back, she would blink her eyes, feeling a little strange, and listen to their low chanting.
They turned sideways to reveal her figure, without looking at her, but still chanting: "...This is...Jiang Yunshu..."
"This is... Jiang Yunshu..."
"...May Jiang Yunshu... be safe and sound..."
Recite in a low voice.
Jiang Yunshu thought expressionlessly, "I don't understand."
Suddenly, she felt a pain in her hand. Jiang Yunshu lowered her eyes and saw that her hands were covered with dust. She paused, then slowly raised her eyes in confusion.
Then, my hand started to hurt again. After a while, my hand started to shake, and I started to hurt again...
Jiang Yunshu was calm. He looked at the people in front of him and shook off the dust without making a sound.
I'll think about it once, but after three or five times, I'll be indifferent and have no idea. What's the big deal?
Wow!
The orange flames leaped up, were isolated, and reignited in the old ashes, extinguished, ignited, extinguished, ignited, covered and covered again -
The heavy gray color rises and falls.
The fire grew stronger, became extremely strong, and then gradually died out...
Jiang Yunshu stepped back, away from the scorching fire and the scorching sun, and walked silently to the shade behind the crowd.
She waited quietly in the corner of the attic. Jiang Linqing also came over silently and huddled with her in the corner, watching people coming and going in front of them, their simple clothes fluttering by.
Suddenly, Jiang Yunshu caught a glimpse of a hand reaching out from the side. She paused, turned her head to look at the person next to her, then lowered her head following his gaze and saw that he was stretching out his hand with his index finger pointing at her hand.
Jiang Yunshu's brain took two seconds to comprehend what was said, then he understood and shook his head slightly with his lips pursed.
Jiang Linqing stopped talking, nodded, and withdrew his hand.
In the corner, the brother and sister watched people coming and going quietly.
Not far ahead, Jiang Yuetan looked back but didn't see the two people. He was obviously stunned. "Yun Shu?"
Jiang Yunshu and Jiang Linqing saw it, and immediately walked up to him silently and quickly and stood beside him.
Jiang Yuetan saw them walking out from an empty corner together. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled, reached out and took the brother and sister's hands, asking them to come forward, walk to the center of the crowd, and walk in front of everyone.
Jiang Yuetan was accompanying the two children. Jiang Yunshu tilted his head to look at the person next to him, gestured, and listened to what they said. "Got it," he nodded.
Jiang Yunshu looked ahead. First, the patriarch asked the "old thing" she had remembered to come up and mumble something and perform some formalities. Then he walked away and asked Jiang Yunshu to come forward and do it silently. Only then did Jiang Yuetan and Jiang Linqing continue.
The figures before him shifted, making his eyes dazzled. He remembered this and that, and sometimes Jiang Yunshu was in a trance, unable to remember if he had done everything properly. He followed the people, stopping and starting, but at least he was not stopped by anyone in a panic...
"That's right."
Jiang Yunshu thought calmly.
…………
In the shadows under the sun, strong winds come and go freely, and the burning and scorching air quickly dissipates into the sky and earth.
She crammed everything into one day, making it a bit busy but also quick. Unless she was extremely tired, she was reluctant to split things up into multiple days if they could be finished in one day.
After hearing the instructions, Jiang Yunshu followed him down the stairs.
After walking a long way out of the attic, Jiang Yuetan paused, glanced at the people not far away, and said calmly, "We'll go first", then turned around and called Jiang Yunshu and Jiang Linqing behind him.
The two sides parted ways.
go home.
A familiar place.
"Lin Qing."
Jiang Yuetan suddenly turned and glanced at the boy next to him.
Jiang Linqing nodded immediately and said calmly, "I'll go find something delicious for my sister." Then he turned and left.
Watching the figure disappear and listening to the familiar footsteps fade away and disappear completely, Jiang Yuetan turned back, walked into the room with the child, and closed the door.
Dusty from the journey, Jiang Yunshu hadn't even packed up yet. Sitting at the small table, he drank some water, blinked, and looked at the person in front of him.
"Yun Shu..." Jiang Yuetan was silent for a moment, then looked up at her with a calm expression, saying, "There's no hope for them. Let's just focus on ourselves."
Jiang Yunshu said "hmm".
Jiang Yuetan said, "Xiao Shu, relax a little, and be relaxed yourself."
After a pause, he looked at the child in front of him with a dazed look on his face, and couldn't help muttering: "I always feel that Xiao Shu is different... When did..."
Jiang Yunshu was quiet for a moment, then said "hmm" again.
Jiang Yuetan slowly came back to his senses, and the dazed look in his eyes gradually disappeared. After a while, he looked at her and said softly but seriously:
"Just consider the past over. From now on, try to trust yourself wholeheartedly for once, okay?"
“Believe in yourself and you will be free.”
Jiang Yunshu was stunned, his mouth slightly open unconsciously.
She was silent for a long, long time. As the light and shadows in front of her eyes changed and there was a knock on the door, she said calmly:
"good."
free.
I want freedom and peace.
The memories settle at the end.
Jiang Yunshu stood between heaven and earth, raised his head, looked at the countless water droplets flying so fast that they were blurred in the sky, closed his eyes, and the burning sensation in his eyes faded away.
The vision was blurry, then clear.
Jiang Yunshu, dressed in white, nestled in a soft nest, holding the cup in both hands, tilting her head to stare at the swaying water in the cup. Suddenly, she slowly brought the cup closer, put it to her lips, and gulped it down in one gulp.
At this moment, please help me wash away the dust and dirt of the past, present and future.
The past is over. From now on, it is my new life.
I am free.
She said.
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