My name is Kong Lin
Xu Tangmian and Yu Chunsheng arrived at Song Weidong's house with a cake, expecting his uncle, aunt, and even Li Yutao to be there. However, after knocking on the door for a long time, no one answered.
Because a patient suddenly arrived at the clinic, Song Weidong arrived late, leaning on his cane.
Xu Tangmian and the other person were finally allowed to enter the house only after the master returned.
Song Weidong was about to pour them water when Yu Chunsheng stopped him, saying, "Your legs aren't very strong, so we can take care of these things."
Seeing that Xu Tangmian was already busy in the kitchen, Song Weidong had no choice but to sit back on the sofa and said with a smile, "You've really gone to a lot of trouble. Even at my house, you still have to do things for me."
Xu Tangmian chuckled and said, "You're being too polite."
Song Weidong glanced in the direction of the second bedroom and said to them, "I guess your uncle and the others are still out buying groceries, otherwise you two wouldn't be so busy with them around."
"I'm not busy." Yu Chunsheng casually picked up a book from the bookshelf as if he were in his own home, glanced at it, and then said to Song Weidong, "Can you finish reading it? If not, I'll take it back and read it."
Song Weidong waved his hand, "Take whatever you like back."
As the two were talking, there were several knocks at the door.
Xu Tangmian poked her head out of the kitchen and shouted, "Chunsheng! Stop talking, someone's knocking on the door!"
Yu Chunsheng and Song Weidong exchanged a glance. The latter turned to look at the door and muttered, "It's probably Xiao Tao. She doesn't have a key to my house."
"I'll go open the door." Yu Chunsheng walked towards the door.
Li Youlan and her husband returned triumphantly from outside the door, carrying large bags of vegetables and fruits. Although she didn't have much in her hands, she heard a woman's voice coming from inside the room. Thinking it was probably her nephew's girlfriend, she didn't bother to get her key and simply knocked on the door.
Soon, footsteps approached, and the door opened when the handle was turned.
"Thump, thump..." Bags of all sizes fell to the ground, and apples and oranges rolled all over the floor.
"What's wrong!" Hearing the noise, Xu Tangmian took off her gloves and quickly ran out of the kitchen.
“Ah Lin…” Li Youlan never expected that her beloved, whom she had cherished for more than ten years, would suddenly appear before her eyes. In an instant, her thoughts were in turmoil.
It was like a dream... She and her husband buried him together back then, and she would never forget how much he suffered and how he was tormented.
More than a decade has passed, and now her temples are gray, while he seems to have forgotten that time, remaining as dashing as ever.
Her eyes instantly reddened, and she stared intently at the young man in front of her, as if trying to see right through him.
Liu Xingyao's hands were trembling, and he could barely lift the groceries, but seeing his wife swaying, he quickly dropped the groceries and helped her to the sofa.
Yu Chunsheng didn't react much; he just stood there in the distance, his lips moving a few times but he couldn't utter a single word.
Although Li Youlan was led away, she kept turning her head to different directions as she moved, not wanting to miss Yu Chunsheng even for a second.
The scene was a bit awkward, so Song Weidong tried to smooth things over by saying, "By the way, Uncle and Aunt, I haven't told you yet, this is Xiao Xu's husband, Yu Chunsheng."
Li Youlan carefully examined Yu Chunsheng's face. "You are Xiao Xu's husband, the young man who can sing Soviet folk songs on the accordion?"
Yu Chunsheng pouted, seemingly not wanting to talk to her, and went straight out the door.
"Ah Lin!" Li Youlan called out to him again, rushing to find him, but her husband stopped her.
Liu Xingyao frowned and asked Song Weidong, "Where did he come from?"
Song Weidong was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Xu Tangmian: "This... I don't know, I guess I'll have to ask her. What's wrong, do you guys think there's something wrong with him?"
Liu Xingyao patted him on the shoulder and sat down opposite him. "There's a problem! A very big problem!"
"Wei Dong, you've known him for so long, don't you think he resembles anyone else?"
Song Weidong smiled and said, "Yes, he looks like Brother Kong, but I only met him once and don't remember him very well. Besides, Brother Kong has been gone for so many years, it's only natural that someone might look a bit like him."
"What do you mean 'similar'? They're practically identical!"
Liu Xingyao's words were like a bombshell dropped into the crowd, leaving Xu Tangmian speechless.
Yu Chunsheng looks exactly like Kong Lin, and also exactly like the person in the photo on her grandfather's pocket watch; she travels through time with this pocket watch at her grandfather's funeral, and Yu Chunsheng often stares blankly at the pocket watch.
When Grandma Li Youlan was eighty, she attended Grandpa's funeral to speak out for her friend. When Grandma Li Youlan was forty, she lost control of her emotions because of Yu Chunsheng's face...
No wonder!
No wonder he became agitated and questioned me when he saw the pocket watch when we first met.
No wonder he turned pale whenever we were intimate and couldn't stand being called a "rogue".
No wonder he is fluent in Russian and knowledgeable about education, yet he is unfamiliar with popular songs and movies from the 1980s.
The person mentioned by Grandma Li Youlan during her disturbance at the funeral, and also the one in the pocket watch photo, is Kong Lin!
Kong Lin is clearly Yu Chunsheng!
Xu Tangmian wanted to catch up with Yu Chunsheng to get to the bottom of things, but at that moment, she felt as if her blood was flowing backwards, and could only stand there listening to Liu Xingyao's calm analysis.
"Logically speaking, we are all materialists and shouldn't believe in these supernatural tales, but your friend is just too much like it... like he's been reincarnated."
When asked about reincarnation, Liu Xingyao then asked, "How old is he this year?"
All eyes turned to Xu Tangmian, who said blankly, "He is twenty-three years old this year."
But he never said what year he was born.
Liu Xingyao nodded and comforted his wife: "Twenty-three years old means you were born in □□ year. Kong Lin didn't leave until 1968. It's just a coincidence that you look alike."
Song Weidong asked, puzzled, "They just look alike, but what about your aunt...?"
Xu Tangmian, however, did not believe it. She thought that they, her grandfather, and Kong Lin were classmates, all graduates of Peking University, and were cultured people, so naturally they would not believe in any talk of rebirth.
But she herself had traveled from the modern era, so accepting the fact that "Kong Lin was reborn as Yu Chunsheng" was too easy for her.
They had only heard that Chunsheng was twenty-three years old this year, so they guessed that he was born in □□ year, and easily regarded the fact that he looked exactly like Kong Lin as a coincidence.
He was born in the same year as his grandfather, 1946, and died in the Confucius Cemetery in 1968. He also passed away at the age of 22!
He must have been reborn here after his death, and that's why he always feels like he's the same age he was before he died.
Should we tell them the truth? Tell them that Yu Chunsheng is indeed Kong Lin? This thought had barely crossed Xu Tangmian's mind before it was extinguished.
It's really too difficult to convince ordinary people of the concepts of rebirth and time travel; they might just mistake her for a mental patient and send her to the hospital.
Besides, she had a little selfish motive: if it was confirmed that Yu Chunsheng was indeed Kong Lin, then he would no longer belong to her.
Putting aside the truth of what happened back then, all the people present have intricate connections with the Confucius Cemetery.
When the time comes, will Kong Lin choose the bond that has tirelessly worked to clear his name for two lifetimes, or her, a complete stranger who got married to him by mistake and causes him trouble every day?
Moreover, the truth cannot be ignored; she may have a grudge against him—she is Xu Zhilian's granddaughter.
Xu Tangmian's eyes gradually hardened; she was determined to find out the truth about what happened back then.
That letter of introduction she had long forgotten, and the train ticket to Beiping that she had given up, all of them needed to be put back on the agenda.
While the others were still reeling from the unexpected turn of events, Xu Tangmian calmed down and politely greeted them, "What happened today... was truly unexpected. I won't disturb your family any longer; I'll go back and check on my husband first."
Yu Chunsheng's reaction was also strange. What's the difference between remaining silent and tacitly agreeing? If he didn't want people to recognize him, he should have refuted it on the spot and said there was a mistake!
Li Youlan gradually calmed down, and immediately noticed the cake on the table, pointing at it and saying, "This is..."
Song Weidong explained to her, "Today is Xiao Xu's birthday, and the couple brought a cake to share with us."
Li Youlan was flattered and covered her chest, saying, "Oh dear, this... Happy birthday to you, this is really... I've messed things up again."
"Thank you." Xu Tangmian replied with a light smile, then waved her hand, "No need to see me off, I'll head back now."
She rushed towards their cabin, not seeing Yu Chunsheng along the way, which made her even more certain that something was wrong with him.
We were almost home when, from afar, the sound of a harmonica drifted from the little house.
She had heard that melody countless times.
My beloved sits beside me, secretly watching me without making a sound. I want to speak, but I don't know how. So many words remain in my heart.
Xu Tangmian dared not open the door.
My father once said that Grandma Li was Kong Lin's first love, and he must be thinking about the past now.
He, his grandfather, Li Youlan's grandmother, and Liu Xingyao's grandfather were people of the same era, while she, Xu Tongtong, was just their junior.
No! That's not how it works!
"I am Xu Tangmian! I am not Xu Tongtong!" she thought to herself, and suddenly pushed open the door.
The harmonica music stopped abruptly when she arrived.
Yu Chunsheng's originally dim eyes suddenly lit up, and he rushed towards her like a moth to a flame, holding her tightly for a long time without letting go.
"Why did it take you so long to come back? I missed you so much." Yu Chunsheng kissed her face haphazardly, his hands also becoming a little unruly.
Xu Tangmian suddenly realized something, abruptly pushed him away, and asked in a trembling voice, "Who exactly are you?!"
Yu Chunsheng looked at her, his face pale and his eyes somewhat confused, but he still managed a forced smile and replied, "What's wrong? Did those two strange people say something? You don't believe their nonsense, do you?"
"I don't believe them, I only believe you." Xu Tangmian's heart pounded, her voice weak and feeble.
"I am your husband, I am Yu Chunsheng." He walked over and carefully tried to hug her.
Xu Tangmian resolutely pushed him away again, went straight inside and threw all the clothes in the closet onto the bed to start packing.
Yu Chunsheng panicked and rushed over, pressing down on the clothes on the bed and saying frantically, "I'll tell you everything, don't go! Don't be afraid of me, okay? I'm not a ghost."
The tension that had been building in Xu Tangmian's mind suddenly snapped, but she was calmer than she had expected. She stopped what she was doing and looked at him calmly, "Who exactly are you?"
Yu Chunsheng's expression was complicated, and he hesitated for a long time before speaking.
"The copy of 'Song of Youth' that Song Weidong gave you was a gift from me. His uncle, Liu Xingyao, was one of my good friends when I was studying at Peking University. Xingyao's wife, Ms. Li Youlan, is my childhood friend."
"My name is Kong Lin. I was born in 1946 and died in 1968."
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