Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 32 No.20 Nine Days

The twigs did not appear.

I stayed up all night, quietly waiting for a miracle to happen.I had been so afraid of phantoms and nightmares, but now I longed for them, just to see Twigs again.However, the entire Jinshi Building was as dead as a tomb, and when the cock crowed outside at dawn, I knew she would never come again.

In the morning, I sorted out my luggage and made sure I didn't take any of the things here.Then, I quietly bid farewell to Jinshidi, and when I walked out of the gate of the ancient house, I silently said goodbye in my heart.

This ancient family that has lasted for thousands of years has now come to an end completely. All love, hate, and sin are all sealed in this house, so as not to intrude into other people's lives anymore.

I walked out of the deserted village with my luggage on my back, and almost no one noticed me. When I walked through the chastity archway and looked at the rough sea in the distance, I suddenly had a strange feeling in my heart.

The seashore in the early morning is filled with thick mist, spreading out like a Chinese painting. When I came here in winter, I have never seen such a scene.So, I couldn't help but walked to the sea, climbed up a rocky hill, and found that there were endless cemeteries under the hillside.Countless tombs stand at my feet, quietly listening to the waves of the sea.

When I looked around, I suddenly found a figure of a woman in white standing on the cliff hundreds of meters away.Under the high cliff is the sea. She stands alone facing the sea. The sea breeze blows her white dress and long black hair, like a black and white ink painting.Although the distance was far away, and it was just a vague shadow in the mist by the sea, the slender figure and black hair in the shawl immediately reminded me of a person——

"Twigs?"

It was like traveling a long distance in the desert, and suddenly found a sweet spring. I couldn't suppress my excitement anymore, and immediately ran towards the cliff.But the cliff was too high, and the rocks along the way were steep and uneven, so I could only move forward with hands and feet.

After a few minutes, I finally climbed up the cliff with difficulty, only to find that there was nothing in front of me.I looked around nervously. There was only such a big place on the cliff, and there was no one in sight except myself.

I rushed to the end of the cliff in despair, and one step further was the abyss.The cliff is at least 50 meters away from the sea, and I can see the white waves under my feet roaring deafeningly.A damp mist surrounded me, like walking on clouds.

"Twigs—"

I call out to the sea and I know she can hear me and I know she's always there for me

Xiaozhi once said a word to me, and it has always been remembered in my heart——

"As long as you think of me in your heart, then you will see me."

I believe this statement is true.Now, I'm thinking of you from the bottom of my heart, but why can't I see you?

Maybe, you can't bear to let me see you.

On this high cliff, I waited for a long time until the sun broke through the fog and the scorching sun shone on my face.But the strange thing is that the wind on the sea has gradually calmed down, and the originally rough sea is as calm as a mirror at this moment.The temperature under the scorching sun immediately increased, and I felt hot sweat all over my body, as if I had gone from the sea to the desert.

Suddenly, I saw a woman's face faintly reflected at the end of the sea and sky——

As if watching an outdoor movie, I held my breath immediately. It was definitely not my hallucination, but a real scene, as if the sea and the sky became a curtain, the sun became a movie projector, and the sunlight projected On this huge curtain, I gradually saw that face—Xiaozhi.

Yes, she was smiling at the end of the sea, her face shrouded in hazy light and shadow, like Nie Xiaoqian under the shadow of a candle.Her eyes, eyebrows and nose seemed to be covered with a layer of flowing veil, and seemed to be reflected by a wave of clear water.

Looking at the twig that is far away in the sky but close in front of my eyes, I feel as if I can touch her by reaching out - however, the face of twig gradually fades away, disappearing into the sky like flowing water.

I rubbed my eyes again, only to see that the sea and the sky had returned to normal again, it was still the blue sky, the black sea, and at the end of my vision was only the skyline where the sea and the sky meet.

Only now did I understand that the strange scene I saw just now was nothing but a so-called "mirage".

"Mirage" is an atmospheric optical phenomenon, which can transmit scenes of different time and space to the eyes, and generally occurs in deserts or seasides.

But how did the twigs appear in "The Mirage"?I can't explain this phenomenon, maybe it's just God's mercy for me.

I remember watching a movie where the hero walked through a desert and saw the face of a beautiful woman emerging from the "mirage", so he secretly fell in love with this stranger.

But Xiaozhi and I are just the opposite.

Finally, I took a deep breath of the air on the cliff and left this strange place.

The road down the mountain was extremely difficult, and it was hard to find the way to the deserted village.Then, I walked quickly towards the direction of Sereng Town, and said silently in my heart again: "Farewell, deserted village."

At noon, I arrived in Serang Town exhausted, had a quick lunch, then took a minibus to the long-distance bus station in K City, and finally caught the last bus back to Shanghai.

When the bus returned to Shanghai, the sky was already full of stars.I walked out of the passenger terminal with my luggage on my back, and recalled the first day of this story, when the four college students visited my home, and I felt an inexplicable melancholy in my heart.

So, I looked up at the mysterious starry sky, and sighed softly: "Let everything end."

(End of this chapter)