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Chapter 1515 Life is always full of fantasy

In fact, the first few minutes were meant to explain one thing, his father's character, the stories his father always liked to tell, and his son's transformation from childhood to adulthood.

Although unremarkable, it is crucial and important.

Because this is where the story begins.

Although there were some doubts about how the story would unfold, everyone continued to watch the big screen quietly.

On the big screen, Edward did not notice his son's departure, and he was still there telling the story.

Edward said: "Perhaps you may ask, since the fish lady is not the soul of the thief, why does she have a soft spot for gold?"

At this time, the camera zoomed in to give a close-up of his hand. He held up his wedding ring and said, "This is the revelation I received on the day my son was born."

He was talking about Sandra, and this story was about her.

Edward looked at his wife again and said: "Sometimes, the only way to trap an unpredictable woman is to put a wedding ring on her."

His words made the guests laugh.

Instead, Edward sat down at the table and started eating his sandwich.

Will listened to the call: "Will Bloom of the Associated Press, if I can"

Edward raised his champagne glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Just one night, just one night in your life, to stop the world from revolving around Edward Bloom and make it revolve around my wife and me. Why don't you understand?"

But they could ask themselves if they had such a father, would they be like Will, right?

On the other side, in the Bloom family's kitchen, at the dining table, Sandra was listening to the phone and Edward was making sandwiches.

Will's dictation continued: "In order to tell the story of my father's life, it is impossible to completely separate fact from fiction, man and myth. The best way is to repeat what he said exactly as he said it."

Will interrupted: "You're embarrassing yourself, Dad, and you just don't know it."

At this time, Edward motioned to his wife, Sandra, to come to him. Sandra is still radiant, and it is not difficult for the audience to see that even though they have been married for thirty years, the two are still as loving as ever.

At this moment, the young Edward was suddenly lifting the fishing rod, and the camera showed a big fish under the water, struggling non-stop.

The shot fades again and cuts, this time outdoors, on a river.

Will looked suspicious and said: "In that story, I am just a footnote. I am the background of your great adventure story, but your great adventure story never happened. By the way, you were in Wych on the day I was born. They are trying to sell small businesses through the market."

Edward whispered: "I'm sorry for embarrassing you."

They kissed, and Edward pinched her chin in a unique way.

But here, it is very sparse and ordinary.

The guests applauded them again, dedicated to this loving couple.

The Beast spits out Edward's gold ring. Edward smiled and took the ring, then threw the "beast" into the water, causing a splash on the water.

At night, Sandra stood in the room looking at the swimming pool outside the window. Edward was swimming. Will's voice sounded again: "In fact, I can't see my shadow in my father, and I don't think he can see it in me either." To see his shadow. The two of us are like the most familiar strangers."

But this made them even more confused, what kind of story was this going to tell?

Because so far they are still confused.

And Will was still there, angry.

Will goes about his usual busy day at his job at the Associated Press. Will pressed the phone to his ear and cleared the pile of letters on his desk with his hands.

Edward shook his head and looked at his son and exclaimed, "Oh my God! Come on, Will, everyone loves to hear this story."

Edward toasted the newlyweds, and his daughter-in-law Josephine was smiling brightly. She cleverly concealed her husband's absence.

He found a letter with a handwritten name and address on the envelope, and tore it open.

He took it and didn't forget to thank the big fish: "Thank you!"

Will shook his head: "No, Dad, others don't like to hear it. I don't like to hear it either. I've heard this story a thousand times. I know all the witty words and can tell it as vividly as you."

Will's voiceover: "After that night, I didn't speak to my father for several years."

Will's voiceover continues: "On the surface, we never said we wouldn't talk anymore."

Edward said with some dissatisfaction: "What, you actually don't allow me to talk about my son?"

The camera cuts again, showing Edward and Will arguing fiercely on the roadside outside the restaurant, occasionally attracting the attention of passers-by. Both of them look a little drunk.

Edward suddenly thrust his hands into the water and grabbed hold of the Beast. He held the big catfish up to his face and looked directly into the fish's eyes.

The camera looks down at the water, with Edward's shadow reflected on the dark water. As the ripples on the water surface spread out in circles, things began to change.

In fact, this is the biggest difference between North America and China. In China, it is almost impossible for a groom to leave early at a wedding.

When the camera moved up again, the young Edward Bloom appeared on the big screen. The subtitles showed his age at this moment, which was 20 years old. He was staring at the river. Young Edward was quite handsome and unruly.

Will's voice sounded: "I don't have direct contact with my father. Letters and Christmas cards are all written by my mother."

Will's voice sounded again: "When I called home, Mom always said Dad was out driving or swimming."

The movie continues.

Edward waved his hand and walked away looking slightly frustrated.

Will continued: "Not all of these stories make sense, and most of them never even happened. But that's the story!"

Edward stared intently at the water, like a lion preparing to hunt.

Seeing this scene, many people stood on the side of their son Will. After all, they could not imagine that such a father would still act like that at his son's wedding. Just as Will said, it was not to embarrass him. But let his father embarrass himself.

The title appears on the big screen: "Big Fish!"

It can be said that the previous scene, although not boring, is not exciting either. It even made many people a little confused and had no idea what kind of story this movie was going to tell.

The movie officially enters the plot.

This time it was in the delivery room of the hospital, where a young doctor was delivering Mrs. Bloom's baby. She was nervous and sweating profusely, and Dr. Bennett kept comforting her.

Dr. Bennett: "Mrs. Bloom, try harder!"

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound, and a little man with a slippery body like a fish was launched like a rocket. Before Dr. Bennett could hold him tightly, he was already launched into the air.

The nurses and Mr. Bloom tried to catch the child, but no one could. The newborn little guy flies towards the camera, allowing the audience to see the smile on his face.

The little guy landed, knocked over a tray and slid out the door, with everyone chasing him.

This paragraph left everyone stunned, and at this time, Will's narration sounded at the right time: "My father's birth set the tone for his legendary life. Although his life was not longer than others, it was richer. .Although his stories are a bit strange, the ending is always the most unexpected."

Dr. Bennett yelled, "Get the kid!"

A nurse finally hugged him, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Everyone understands that this should be the story of his magical birth told by Edward, but it is told through the mouth of his son Will.

It’s really fantastic! The camera switched again, and along with the sound of rain in Zheli, the phone rang. Through the tone of the ringtone, it is the kind of continuous sound that is unique to Europe, so that everyone can clearly judge that they are not in North America at this moment.

The phone continued to ring. Looking around the room, the camera showed that the room was almost empty except for a few unpacked boxes. A newly purchased cradle has not yet been opened.

There was laughter in the corridor outside, the door opened, and Will walked in, soaked to the skin, carrying four bags of groceries, and his wife, Josephine, ran in to answer the phone.

Josephine: "Hello!"

Will took off his wet clothes and watched Josephine answer the phone, seeming to be concerned about his wife's reaction.

Josephine continued, listening to the call: "Yes, he's home."

She handed the receiver to Will, looking concerned.

Josephine told him: "Your mother."

Will answered the phone. He seemed to have a premonition that there would be no good news, and his expression looked a little solemn.

Will listened to the phone and kept responding.

Josephine took off her wet coat and subconsciously placed her hand on her swollen belly. It was obvious that she had been pregnant for several months. She listened carefully to Will's phone call, trying to determine how serious the matter was.

Will answered the phone: "What did Dr. Bennett say? Okay. Of course, let me talk to him. I'll wait."

He covered the receiver and looked at Josephine.

Josephine asked worriedly, "Is it bad?"

Will looked solemn: "It's worse than they thought. They plan to give up chemotherapy."

Josephine looked at her husband: "You have to go back."

Will nodded: "Maybe I'll leave tonight."

Josephine paused for a moment: "I'll go with you."

Will shook his head and said, "No, you don't have to go!"

However, Josephine stroked her swollen belly and said firmly: "I'll go back with you."

Although they didn't say who it was, through a series of conversations between the two, they could already guess that it was Will's father, the storyteller Edward.

It's just that the dramatic progress of the plot is a bit surprising. She had cancer at the beginning and had to undergo chemotherapy?

The two boarded the plane.

The lights in the cabin are dim. Most of the passengers were asleep, including Josephine. Her head rested on Will's shoulder. Will looked at her sleeping form and gently stroked her hair.

Later, a little boy sitting next to him caught Will's attention. Perhaps he was too bored. The little boy changed different gestures, and the light cast his shadow on the back of the chair. The hand shadows he made are really wonderful. It started out as a bird, then turned into a monkey, and finally turned into a dog.

Will looked at the picture as if it brought back memories, and the camera focused on the last hand shadow, which was a dog.

Along with the movements of the little boy's hands, the dog's shadow seemed to make a dog's unique sound.

But the next moment, it was Edward making hand shadows. Will, then a little boy, sat on the floor in his pajamas, the lamp between them on the coffee table casting huge shadows of his hands on the wall.

"What story should we tell? The monkey in the barn? Or the dog on the road?"

Will, still a little boy, said, "Tell me the story about the witch."

Edward shook his head: "Mom, if you don't let me tell you this kind of story again, you will have nightmares."

Little boy Will: "I'm not afraid."

Edward looked around to see if his wife could hear them, then he leaned over to Will.

Edward whispered: "I'm not afraid either."

Will smiled, hearing stories like this excited him.

Edward continued: "All this happened in a swamp outside Ashton. Adults don't let children go to the swamp because there are venomous snakes, giant spiders and quicksand. They will kill you before you can scream. Swallow you in one gulp. But that night, five of us went to the swamp: me, Rudy, Wilbur. Freeley, brothers Don Price and Zacky Price."

Edward counted the names on his fingers.

"None of us knew what was going to happen."

He moved his hand from the lamp as he spoke.

The camera also switched, and the light of a flashlight swept across!

At night in the swamp, the moonlight is dim.

Five children lined up in a column and walked forward one after another. The four children in front all had flashlights on, but the last one kept stumbling and almost knocked down Edward, who was still a child.

Through the words of the little kids, the audience can understand that these little kids, including Edward, are here to find witches.

Edward continued to tell the story about the witch.

They came outside an old house, and the atmosphere here seemed a bit eerie.

Edward said: "Now everyone knows that there is a witch in most towns of a certain size. They specialize in eating naughty children and puppies that accidentally break into their yards. The witches use the leftover bones to cast spells. The curse makes the land barren.”

The camera pulls back, allowing the viewer to see the Gothic building in its entirety: cracked windows, climbing vines, and a monstrous gargoyle half-buried in the earth. Even bats dare not fly over.

In the moonlight, the house looked particularly terrifying. Who knows what lurks in the shadows.

The adult Edward continued to tell his son: "Of all the witches in Alabama, there is one that is the most terrifying because she has a glass eye that is said to contain magic power."

The children peered in from the door of the house.

While they were discussing, they approached the gloomy house.

Edward walked through the tall bushes toward the front door of the house, as if something was about to jump out of the bushes at any moment.

He stepped onto the porch, which squeaked under his feet, but he kept walking. A cat screamed and jumped out from under a broken wicker chair. Edward walked to the front door breathlessly.

The door handle is made of brass and looks like a trumpet. Edward stretched his hand forward little by little and finally rang the doorbell. The door opened quickly, and an old woman stood in front of the door, her left eye covered by a blindfold. She was like a zombie, too stiff to lie down.

Edward said calmly and bluntly: "Ma'am, my name is Edward Bloom, and someone wants to see your eyes."

Edward waited outside the gate, and every minute he waited became more convinced that he was dead. But Edward suddenly appeared behind the gate.

"Did you get the eyeball?" the boy asked!

Edward said expressionlessly: "I brought it."

The boy, Don Price, wondered: "Let's see."

The old woman stepped out of the shadows behind Edward and removed her blindfold. Her eyeball glowed like hell when the flashlight beam hit her left eye.

The camera focused on the boy, who was frightened by what he saw.

Because in his eyes he saw an old man standing on a rickety step stool changing a light bulb. Suddenly, he fell off the step stool and died.

(End of this chapter)