Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 29 No.20 Six Days

After Xiaozhi left, I sat by the ruins until midnight, and then went back to the second floor of the deserted village apartment to sleep.

In the morning, I woke up leisurely, still calling "Xiaoqian" habitually, and I didn't remember everything that happened last night until the whole house heard my echo.

Is she really gone?

I immediately opened the cabinet, but I couldn't find any of her things in it, not even a trace.At this time, I realized that the flute I brought from the deserted village was missing. I searched the room but couldn't find it, and it was obviously taken away by her.

Yes, it was the flute. When I played the flute, she remembered everything in an instant.Perhaps this is why Mr. Ouyang, who misses his daughter day and night, asked me to pass the flute to Xiaozhi.Because this flute contains the ancient emotions of the barren village, and only it can wake up Xiaozhi from her dream—the soul returns to her hometown.

This is the mission Mr. Ouyang entrusted to me.

But sadly, at the same time that I accomplished my mission, I lost Twigs forever.It was I who found Xiaozhi from the vast crowd, or it was Xiaozhi who found me from the vast crowd.It was I who made her find the memory from her imagination, and thus parted with me forever.

What a contradiction and what a pity.

However, it was doomed from the very beginning that Xiaozhi does not belong to our world, we are people from two different worlds, and it is absolutely impossible for us to be together.So we only have to be separated, and there is no other ending. This is the eternal sorrow between human beings and spirits.

All morning, I was in deep pain, but there was nothing I could do to get it back.Suddenly, I raised my left hand, only to realize that the jade ring was still on my hand.I immediately reached out to pull it out, but after pulling it out for a long time, I still couldn't pull it out, and I sat down in pain again.

Suddenly, I thought that maybe I have a second mission, which is to send this jade ring back to the deserted village.It is a sacred object passed down from generation to generation by the Ouyang family, and anyone who violates it will be cursed.Therefore, the only thing I can do now is to send it back, return it to its original owner, and return it to Zhao.

Regardless of whether the jade ring can be taken off my finger, I should try it, at least my heart is honest.Moreover, those jade wares brought out from the deserted village are still in the boxes on the third floor, and they should also go back to the ground of the deserted village.

Maybe—I can still see the twigs?

Just as I was meditating, I suddenly heard footsteps downstairs, and I ran out in a hurry.In the hall on the ground floor, I saw two migrant workers wearing hard hats. They turned out to be part of the demolition construction team. They said that the house would be demolished tomorrow and told me to move out quickly today.

After the migrant workers left, my heart became even heavier. Looking up at the ceiling of the hall, I seemed to hear a deep sigh.Yes, this building built in the 30s will be razed to the ground tomorrow. The souls of those who lived here will not rest in the ground.

I shook my head helplessly, and ran up to the second floor to tidy up my things.Then I went to the third floor, climbed up to the attic on the ceiling, and moved down the box containing the jade, as well as the photos and books left by Ruoyun back then. They shouldn't be destroyed just like that.

I was busy until three o'clock in the afternoon, and I finally packed everything up one by one.I called a taxi and took the items back to my house.

When I left the deserted village apartment, the sky suddenly began to rain.I stared at this dark green building, it was like a dying old man, struggling alone in the bitter wind and rain.The leaves of the ivy are trembling on the wall, do they also know the bad luck of tomorrow?

Farewell, deserted village apartment.

(End of this chapter)