Cheng Shi couldn't be sure whether Ji Yue's "meeting" was a test or the aftereffects of the fight with Zhao Xishi, a believer in [Memory].
He only knew that if the other party really regained his memory, he would be the one to die.
Of course, this also includes the other three fire bearers who were present at the time.
Thinking about the nonsense he had said in the void about becoming a god, Cheng Shi's scalp went numb and his toes dug the ground. Although he was indeed on the road to becoming a god, who would be willing to look back at such a dark history?
So he didn't want to stay even a second longer, and while the night was still going on, he was ready to go back and explore the secrets of the statue. He had already made some discoveries, and hoped to find the answers he wanted before dawn.
However, things did not go as planned. Although Cheng Shi had deliberately avoided the direction in which Chen Shuo was "ejected", he still saw the familiar bald head after turning a corner.
The bald head was so bright in the moonlight, like a faded red light, telling Cheng Shi that it was forbidden to enter this place.
Cheng Shi's eyelids twitched slightly and he turned to leave.
But Chen Shuo did not stop him. He just stood there, looking up at the night sky, his eyes flashing, and said in a low voice:
“That’s how grandma left…”
"?"
Grandma?
With just these words, Cheng Shi stopped abruptly in his tracks, his ears standing up like gossip radars.
He's not leaving.
Chen Shuo did not look at Cheng Shi. He touched his head and looked at the stars in the distance. He seemed to be pulled by some emotions and fell into memories.
“I have been a stutterer since I was a child and was disliked since I was born.
They didn't like me, so they left me with my grandmother and took my flawless sister to live somewhere else."
Hearing this, Cheng Shi was stunned and thought to himself, so Chen Shu really has a younger sister?
"Grandma..."
When Chen Shuo said this, he suddenly laughed, but there were too many emotions mixed in this laugh, and Cheng Shi couldn't figure it out for a moment.
“…She’s not a good person. She’s mean-spirited, mean, petty, and vindictive, just like the villainous old woman in a TV show.
But no matter how outsiders view her, she is always the only decent person in my life.
Whether they were neighbors, classmates, teachers, fellow villagers, or passers-by, they all mocked and bullied me. Whenever they hit me and scolded me, only my grandma would stand up and help me scold them back one by one.
She took my hand and went to smash the doors of those people's houses. She stood at the door and pointed at the lintels of each house and cursed loudly. Every sentence was different. When she cursed so hard, even I was affected.
She called me tongueless, why didn't I dare to curse back like her?
I want to, but I can’t curse and I can’t learn.
She was a very powerful person and knew everything that went wrong in every household. Whichever family she scolded would become the talk and laughing stock of the village for the next few days.
Later, no one could afford to offend her, so gradually they became less mean to me.
But I have been used to being inferior since I was a child. I can't even raise my head when talking to people, and I am less and less willing to speak.
She scolds me for being spineless every day, but when others laugh at me for being spineless, she chases them with a broom and beats them.
But this time, something went wrong.
Once, she ran too fast and fell down at the door of her house.
By the time I got back from school, she had been lying there for several hours.
A few hours...
Although my house is not on the street, it is not in a deep alley either. So many people come and go, but no one is willing to help her.
When I rushed back, she was almost dying.
At that time, I wanted to call a doctor, but the old lady stopped me like this.
She said: It's too late.
She knew she would suffer retribution, but she was not afraid of it. She was only afraid that no one would help her curse others in the future.
I wanted to take her to the clinic, but she didn't want to, saying that she had just scolded someone yesterday and didn't want to endure that anger.
Before she died, she scolded me, saying that I would not be disliked by others and what would I do in the future.
I burst into tears, thinking that everyone in the village was a murderer and I wanted to kill them all.
The old lady saw what I was thinking, and she held my hand tightly and said:
"There are still many good people in the world, but they are not here..."
After saying that, she left.
I carried the old lady into the house and cried for a whole day and night. She fainted in the room and was awakened by hunger.
When I woke up lying on my grandma's body, I found that I no longer stuttered.
Grandma left me the thing she was most proud of.
Of course I know what bad luck is, but other than this, I don’t know how to face the malice of this world.
Because that’s all she taught me.”
The sound of falling tears could be heard in the silent night.
Cheng Shi turned to look at Chen Shu with mixed feelings, pursed his lips, not knowing what to say.
He didn't know why a heart-to-heart talk had suddenly happened, and he didn't know that it was so difficult to explain his past.
As expected, everyone has their own ups and downs, no matter how unlucky they are, there are memories that cannot be let go.
Cheng Shi sighed. He knew that it was Ji Yue's words today that evoked Chen Shuo's memories, but the sadness was too heavy at the moment, so he wanted to change the topic and not let the sad mood continue.
So he pointed at the teardrops under Chen Shu's feet and smiled with a complicated expression: "Is this also gasoline?"
Chen Shuo wiped his face clean and nodded heavily:
"Brother-in-law, you understand me!
Is this what your family taught you?"
“…”
How to ruin the atmosphere in one second and make others feel unlucky
Cheng Shi was so angry that he laughed. He pointed at Chen Shuo, but in the end he didn't curse.
I always feel like after listening to the story told by him, I would feel a little guilty if I scolded him again?
Oh no, this couldn't be what this [Silent] believer was thinking, right?
This can also be tricked! ?
Cheng Shi's expression changed several times, and finally he sighed and said:
"Chen Shu, be more polite, for your grandma's sake."
"But my grandma doesn't keep a good mouth."
“…”
If I pay any attention to you again, I'll be an idiot.
Cheng Shi's face darkened and he turned and left.
Chen Shuo did not stop him. Only after Cheng Shi had walked a long way did he touch his head and said thoughtfully:
“Why is it useless?
It’s obviously quite useful to both Qin Xin and Li Jingming.”
As he spoke, he squatted down, took out a match, lit it, and ignited the "tear" under his feet.
Looking at the small flames rising at his feet, he said in a strange tone:
"Grandma, your tricks don't always work.
Alas, I still have to understand and practice."
Seeing the flame slowly extinguished due to lack of fuel, Chen Shuo stood up and walked towards where Ji Yue was. As he walked, he looked up at the sky, looking at the brightest star in the night sky, and smiled:
"There is more evil than good in this world. Who says death is not a kind of relief?"
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