Deadlock

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Nian stood holding the receiver for a long time. Lu Yu's voice seemed to still echo in her ears. She sighed, put down the phone and turned to walk out. She had just taken two steps when she heard a familiar voice coming from behind her.

"Sister-in-law."

Jiang Nian turned to look at Gu Shizhou who was walking towards her, and smiled: "Political Commissar Gu, I just talked to Lu Yu on the phone, he is fine."

Gu Shizhou smiled faintly: "Well, he should be back soon."

He handed Jiang Nian a bag: "Take this back."

Jiang Nian blinked: "What?" After speaking, she lowered her head and glanced at it. The bag was filled with large grapes. Jiang Nian was stunned and looked up at Gu Shizhou in a daze. The man said: "I just saw them at a farmer's house? I bought them. You can take them back and eat them."

"No, no need."

Jiang Nian was really embarrassed to take the things sent by Gu Shizhou again. In the past few months when Lu Yu was away, Gu Shizhou helped her a lot. To put it simply, He bought her meat and fruit every now and then. When there was a problem with the circuit at home, he rushed over to fix it. Generally speaking, she didn't do much work on the private plot, and most of it was done by Gu Shizhou. Every time she went to the city, Gu Shizhou basically drove her to and from the city.

Jiang Nian felt that she owed Gu Shizhou more and more, and later she even wanted to avoid him.

But Gu Shizhou always happened to show up, helping her do all the things, and also kept a distance from her very sensibly, so that no one could find any reason to make rumors.

Gu Shizhou hung a bag of grapes on a branch of the tree next to him, and said to Jiang Nian: "I don't like grapes very much, you can take them back. There are still things to do in the group, I'll go and get busy first."

After that, he nodded to Jiang Nian and left.

Jiang Nian was lost in thought as she looked at the bag of grapes hanging on the tree branch. Finally, she carried the grapes back to the family building, thinking that when Lu Yu came back, he would definitely thank Gu Shizhou for his care during this time. Lu Yu's coat was still hanging on the hook next to the door. Jiang Nian looked at the army green coat quietly.

In the past five months, she dreamed of Lu Yu again. In that dream, Lu Yu was shot twice.

The first time was in the dark forest, and the second time was on the edge of a dark cliff.

The two scenes overlapped and impacted Jiang Nian's soul. She still remembered that she woke up in the middle of the night and cried while holding Lu Yu's clothes. The anxiety and nightmares during this period of time all dissipated a lot after receiving Lu Yu's call today.

Jiang

Nian counted the days on the calendar every day, one day at a time, and survived twenty days, and then another half a month, but Lu Yu didn't come back.

It has been six months and fifteen days since he left.

It has been raining heavily for several days, and some places have suffered from floods. Gu Shizhou and Chen Yao and others have all rushed to help with disaster relief.

The damp cold air also blew over. Jiang Nian sneezed several times in a row. She sat on the bench by the window and lay on the table, looking at the heavy rain outside the window. The leaves were washed by the rain and were fresh green and clean. She felt drowsy and fell asleep soon. The sound of heavy rain in her ears gradually turned into the sound of talking and laughing, discussing the restaurant business and city planning.

Jiang Nian's eyes widened in shock. What she saw was no longer the heavy rain, but her home in the new century.

She had been looking forward to this day for a long time!

Jiang Nian stood up from the chair and almost rushed to Jiang Nian's bedroom on the second floor. She didn't know if Jiang Nian had seen the note she left for her last time. Jiang Nian was afraid that her door was still locked, so she stopped in front of the bedroom, hesitated for a while, reached out and turned the doorknob, and with a click, the door opened.

Jiang Nian's hanging heart suddenly fell. She pushed open the door and walked in. The room was still the same as before, but Jiang Nian was not there.

She pursed her lips, and the loss in her heart expanded again.

Could it be that she missed it again this time?

Jiang Nian sat on the bed in disappointment. When she looked up, she saw a book on the desk. It was Jiang Nian's diary. She had read two pages before. Jiang Nian wrote that she saw Xu Chengcheng, and the rest was blank.

Jiang Nian didn't know if that person had written a diary in the past six months. She hesitated for a moment and got up and sat in front of the desk. She opened the diary and tried to find some clues. As soon as she opened the first page, she saw a line of words written on it.

- Jiang Nian, here is the answer you want to know.

Jiang Nian's heart skipped a beat, and her hands trembled a little as she turned the pages.

The first and second pages were still the records left by Jiang Nian. She turned to the third page, which was filled with dense writing. Jiang Nian looked at it carefully. The more she read, the more shocked she was. The doubts that had been lingering in her heart gradually became clear. She pursed her lips tightly and grasped the edge of the diary with her fingers. Because of the force, a mark was left on her fingers.

So that's how it is.

That's how it is.

She dreamed that Lu Yu was shot in two different scenes. It was true. It was also true that Lu Yu died twice.

Lu Yu was reborn twice. He always knew that he was the protagonist of the book. He also used his own blood to fight with all his strength to resist the consciousness of the world in the book. He knew the plot of this book better than anyone else.

No wonder Lu Yu came back early the night Jiang Nian hit the wall.

That year, heavy rain washed away the bridge. Song Xiangdong and Lu Zhijun, who were supposed to be trapped in the classroom, also left the village early. In Dongshi, Lu Yu suddenly mentioned that Captain Song and Song Bai should go hunting in the mountains, and she also wanted Captain Song to avoid the disaster.

Lu Yu knew everything from the beginning, but he never exposed her, but guided her to reveal her character step by step.

He understood everything, but he kept it hidden from her.

He even hid the disaster that happened every five years from her. No wonder when he married her, he said that he would have a child in three years. He was afraid that he would not be able to survive the disaster and leave her and the child helpless.

Jiang Nian buried her tears in her arms and cried. Her tears soaked the diary and stained the handwriting.

The dreams were real, and her Lu Yu was really going to die.

The stabbing pain in her heart came again, penetrating into every pore and leaving bloody holes. Jiang Nian felt that even breathing was painful. She wanted to save Lu Yu, but this disaster was a dead end, a dead end that no one could break.

"Lu Yu"

Jiang Nian stood up and stroked the handwriting on the paper with her fingertips. The pain of watching the person she loved fall into danger but being powerless made her collapse and suffocate.

There were footsteps outside, and the closed door opened from outside. A ray of light came in, spilling on the desk, illuminating Jiang Nian's haggard profile. She raised her head and looked at the door. Jiang Nian closed the door and walked in, looking at her with heartache.

Two identical faces, but two different expressions.

"I'm sorry, I should have told you earlier."

Jiang Nian typed a line of words on his mobile phone and turned to Jiang Nian. Jiang Nian was absent-minded for a moment, picked up a pen, turned over the diary, wrote a line of words on a blank page, and faced Jiang Nian: "Tell me, how do you know all this?" Jiang Nian lowered his head and typed

on his mobile phone for a long time before handing it to Jiang Nian.

'Like Lu Yu, I know that I am a character in a book, but I don't have Lu Yu's strong willpower. I have been controlled by the consciousness of the world in the book. I watched Xu Cheng die helplessly. I watched my body hit the wall uncontrollably. I have been controlled and manipulated by that invisible force. My soul was also controlled in the book. I watched Lu Yu resist for five years, but the results of his two lives were the same as mine. Until the third time, after I hit the wall and died, my soul was not trapped in the book, but appeared in the world outside the book. I became you and I was reborn. Jiang Nian, it was you who saved me, Xu Cheng, and Lu Yu. '

Jiang Nian was stunned for a long time, frowning, and tears kept falling.

It turns out that Jiang Nian has endured so much.

She came to her senses and wrote on the paper: "Will Lu Yu be safe?"

Jiang Nian took the phone and wrote: "I have burned the books. I don't know if it will help Lu Yu."

Jiang Nian asked: "What if Lu Yu died?"

Jiang Nian's expression froze, and some pain appeared on her face. She held the phone tightly and hesitated for a while, then began to type: "If Lu Yu died, we may all return to the original starting point. Jiang Nian

stared at her phone for a long time before she whispered, "He'll be fine, he'll be fine."

She didn't dare to think about what she would do without Lu Yu in the future, and she didn't dare to think about returning to the real world. She sat there for a long time, holding a cold book and reading the story of Lu Yu and Sun Ying. The other person quietly accompanied her. After a long time, Jiang Nian typed a line of words and handed it to Jiang Nian.

If Lu Yu can return safely, it means that the consciousness of this book has disappeared, and the medium between the two of us has also disappeared. We may never meet again in the future. '

Jiang Nian looked up and looked at 'Jiang Nian' who was standing beside her. Although they looked the same, Jiang Nian felt that the person in front of her had a gentle demeanor, and there was a gentleness and tranquility in her eyes and eyebrows that she had never seen before. If it weren't for this face, she would have almost failed to recognize herself.

'Jiang Nian' gently wiped away the tears on Jiang Nian's face, with a gentle smile in her eyes and eyebrows, 'she' typed another line on her mobile phone: 'I believe Lu Yu will definitely get through this, he knows you are still waiting for him. '

The heavy rain was still falling, the window was half open, and the cold rain drifted in and fell on Jiang Nian. The cold wind seemed to penetrate into the seams of her bones and woke her up abruptly. The new century room in front of her turned into glass windows from the old era.

All her doubts were cleared up in this dream.

Jiang Nian laughed. No wonder Lu Yu was so cold and resistant when she tried to bring him together with Sun Ying. It turned out to be this reason.

At that time, he tried his best to get rid of the shackles of the plot, but she tried every means to push him back on track.

"A-choo--"

Jiang Nian sneezed several times in a row. She rubbed her itchy nose and prayed in her heart, hoping that Lu Yu could come back safely and escape the nightmare of five years of reincarnation.

She was afraid that everything would return to the starting point and she would never see Lu Yu again.

Jiang

Nian caught a cold, and it was not a mild illness.

She stayed at home for three days, had no appetite, and was always worried about whether Lu Yu could return safely. Her cheeks had become thinner. Shu Xue, Guan Lu, and Tian Saozi had all knocked on the door, but Jiang Nian brushed them off with a few words.

The rain had been falling for seven days, and it only stopped yesterday.

Gu Shizhou and his friends came back at night. When he heard Shu Xue say that Jiang Nian had not left the house for three days, Gu Shizhou frowned and asked, "How is she now?"

Shu Xue shook her head, "I haven't seen her since the rain stopped yesterday. Everyone thought that it was raining and there was nowhere to go, so they stayed at home. We didn't think much about it, but I always felt that Sister Jiang's voice was not right, and she had a stuffy nose. She must have caught a cold."

Gu Shizhou quickly went to Jiang Nian's building. After thinking about something, he turned back and said to Shu Xue, "Brother, Sister, you come with me."

Shu Xue said, "Okay."

Jiang Nian's door was still closed. Gu Shizhou knocked on the door for a long time but there was no movement inside. Yu Liang's wife, Guan Lu and Yue Qiao all came out. Yue Qiao said, "That shouldn't be the case. I talked to Jiang Nian at around 6 o'clock in the afternoon. Is she asleep?"

Chen Yao and Yu Liang also came over with the child in his arms. As soon as they stepped onto the stairs, they heard Gu Shizhou say, "I can't think of that anymore."

After that, he kicked the door open.