From them, I seem to see the future of the world.
I agreed to spend the Peace Festival together. Since I can't leave Jiuyou for the time being, I can only wait until the life hard drive arrives and the Millennium Plan officially begins.
After that, I met Xia Jiawen again, he was drying his pants. It was said that a child fell into the water, he jumped to save him, and his pants were torn into several pieces.
I opened my mouth and said, "If you don't have suit pants, just wear shorts."
Xia Jiawen smiled shyly after hearing this, his face slightly reddened: "I don't think it's appropriate..."
What is he shy about?
He was a person who didn't care about his appearance, and only cared about his children. Now he was worried about a pair of suit pants.
Xia Jiawen and I talked a lot, mostly about past experiences. I have been studying Word Spirits for the past few years, and Xia Jiawen has been teaching students, so there is nothing special about my experience.
During the chat, he slapped his thigh and said that he must find a way to recreate hot pot in the experimental city. He liked hot pot very much before the war started.
"I will try to make milk tea and cakes in the future, as the food here is still too scarce." He said:
"I still want to make the children's living environment better. After all, we will spend a long time here..."
"It's not bad to live in this ivory tower all the time without having to be exposed to the ugliness of the outside world. Mingyue, if you don't have to write the rule book, I would even like to invite you to come along."
Through his eyes, I seemed to be observing many figures in this world. Those who plan, those who watch, those who run, those who sacrifice...
He and I looked forward to the untouchable future. Hot pot, barbecue, milk tea, amusement park... His eyes were shining. This teacher was really planning their future, a pure and flawless future. For this future, he could pay any price.
Only then did I suddenly realize the difference between him and me, although I thought he was a good person, but his heart was warm, while I might have nothing in my chest.
He drank some wine.
After a few sips of wine, when I turned my head, I actually saw the tears in his eyes.
Is he crying?
Why.
Why would such an optimistic guy cry?
"...Mingyue." His voice was a little hoarse, and he tilted his face. His lenses tilted several degrees, quickly blocking the slight watery light in his eyes.
His body leaned towards me. Here was the green area of the experimental city with few pedestrians, so he could finally expose his gaffe.
In the past, he was Teacher Xia, a role model for the children, and the fifth person in charge. At this stage when the Millennium Plan was about to be launched, the only person he could confide in was probably me. When he said goodbye to the world forever, I unexpectedly appeared by his side.
"Mingyue, I feel like I'm trapped in a cage." The young man said hoarsely:
"I keep walking, but I can't get out..."
I held his shoulders and understood what he meant.
The isolated island that has stood for thousands of years may be a paradise, but it is also a huge cage.
Being isolated from the world, saying goodbye to all relatives and friends forever, living in the underworld for the rest of your life, waiting for an unknown result a thousand years later... How cruel it is.
The sound of wind in my ears became louder, and wind mixed with metal powder came from the end of the street.
It seemed like something was beating in my chest, and I pursed my lips.
Humans are just one race in this world. Whether it is the birth of a distant new star, the explosion in a corner of the universe, or the death of a star, they have nothing to do with humans. Heavy rains can wash them away, fires can burn them, and tsunamis can swallow them. Although they desperately build an ark that spans thousands of years when disaster strikes, no one knows what the success rate is.
On this ark, some people are building the deck, some are building seats, some are filling up the fuel, and some are inspecting the route with a telescope... There are dense crowds of people shuttling back and forth. Teacher Xia and I have tried our best, but in our entire lives, we can only add one piece of wood to the ark. What about more?
I don’t even know where it will lead, who will continue to navigate it for us in the end, and what kind of existence we are struggling with.
I used to think that the enemy was a god, but it turns out that there is a higher dimension beyond the starry sky. Humans as a collective species are already tiny, let alone being reduced to one in eight billion.
The man next to me.
…He cried and said he couldn’t get out.
It seems like we have no choice from beginning to end and are trapped in a cage all our lives.
In the vast universe, humans are no different from birds. Even though birds are free, we cannot reach the distant stars.
"Teacher Xia." I held his hand.
A drop of scalding liquid fell on the back of my hand. The drunk man murmured. He had been suppressing his emotions for too long and his lenses concealed his vulnerability.
"I want a pair of suit pants..." he repeated.
"I really want a pair of suit pants. Mingyue... they are in the big shopping mall. I can buy them whenever I want. I don't need to report to the seventh manager and ask him to help us transport them..."
"I want the freedom to buy a pair of suit pants...really..."
I sat quietly beside him.
...How come I don't know whether he wants suit pants or something else.
It’s just that he didn’t dare to talk about his deeper dreams, because they were too far away and too rare for us…
Until the last ray of sunset falls, the long night is approaching, the night covers the white of the mountains and fields, and the vision sinks into a vortex of black and gray.
I slowly let go of his hand.
Put a coat on him as he fell asleep on the bench.
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