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Chapter 1522 The completely unexpected and bizarre truth

Jenny was stunned when she learned that Edward was about to die.

She said to Will: "I don't know how much you want to know. You have an image of your father in your mind, and I'm not going to change it, especially now, when everything is coming to an end."

"My dad talked about a lot of things that he never did, and I'm sure he did a lot of things that he never talked about," Will said. "I was just trying to connect the dots."

Jenny sat down at the long table.

She looked at Will and said: "First of all, you must understand that your father never wanted to stay here for a long time. But he came twice, the first time he came early. The second time, he came late."

This time the storyteller was Jenny.

The camera switches to Jenny's narration.

It was getting late, and Edward was worried.

Jenny's voice said: "In those days, your father worked alone. The most noteworthy advantage of Edward Bloom is that he has strong communication skills and everyone likes him very much. One night, on his way home, he encountered The worst rainstorm I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Raindrops hit the windshield and Edward turned on the wipers.

Edward had no choice but to stop the car. Suddenly, the pounding sound of rain turned into a gentle splashing sound. Because the car is underwater, the car tires are still on the road, but the surrounding air has turned into water.

On the road in the swamp, Edward climbed out of the car. The road came to an end. The sun shines brightly, but its rays struggle to penetrate the thick canopy of the trees.

The furnishings inside the shed are much nicer than they look on the outside, this is a real home. There was a fire burning in the stove and curtains on the windows.

Edward heard the sound of a piano coming from the shed. Just as he was about to knock on the door, the door opened by itself.

Edward told Norther his plan.

The camera cuts again, showing Edward at a mortgage auction. Two formally dressed company employees stood out among the crowd of bidders.

At that moment, he saw her - the girl in the river.

Jenny continued: "A person will see different things at different times in his life. As he gets older, the town looks different."

"So first he bought the farm, then the house, then the store," Jenny recounts.

Edward nodded: "I obviously neglected this place and now want to make amends. You see, in order to save the town, the Trust must own everything in it."

"You could set up a property trust, but it would require every contiguous piece of property. It's all or nothing," Amos said.

Edward realized his predicament and tried to remain calm. Water flowed in from the gap between the window and the door, but the speed was very slow, but he was in good condition.

Everyone turned to look at the new bidder.

She stretched a hand toward the windshield, and Edward smiled and raised his hand to meet her.

Jenny Hill played the piano with her back to Edward. Edward did not recognize this little girl who had once been passionately in love with him. Jenny did not turn around. She said: "You must be Edward Bloom."

She was swimming outside the car, and although her face was still unclear, she was still beautiful and mysterious, just as she was when the audience first saw her.

Edward's car hung on a ten-foot branch of an elm tree. Edward threw the suitcase out of the car, but it broke and the clothes were scattered on the floor. He quickly picked up the clothes. When he picked up the last pair of socks, he saw a piece of metal shining in the dirt. He picked it up and wiped it clean.

Edward saw a dilapidated small shack in the distance that was about to collapse. He walked toward the shack, his feet crunching in the mud and his trousers soaked.

The tired Edward took the broken box and walked towards a small town with only one street in the distance. Passing a rusty street sign... "Welcome to Ghost Town!"

The morning sun shines on the earth. Birds are chirping, leaves are dripping, grass is shining, everything looks so wet after last night's heavy rain.

"Whatever he bought, he wasn't going to let people move out or pay rent or anything. They just had to live as they were. Edward was making sure the town could continue to exist."

"Edward never had a lot of money, but he made other people rich. Now, he's asking them for help."

After Edward settled the matter with Al, he shook hands with him

Edward was astonished and couldn't believe it. He walked to the middle of the road, and there were no cars on either side. He looked up and saw that all his old shoes were still hanging on the wires, including his own pair.

Jenny continued: "Destiny comes full circle on a man and brings him a surprise!"

It turned out to be the key, the "key to the city" that had been lost for many years.

Jenny said: "New roads connected Ghost Town to the outside world, and with them came banks, mortgages and liabilities. Almost everywhere you looked, everyone was bankrupt."

Jenny went on to tell the true story: "Within six months, Edward's estate trust had acquired the entire town. But there was one exception."

Three catfish swam in front of the headlights.

Edward was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

"Most of them have never seen Ghost Town, they just heard Edward describe it. But that's enough, Edward sells dreams.

Edward raised his hand.

Edward takes notes.

The downpour fell all at once, with no gaps between the raindrops. It was like being trapped in a waterfall, the sound was very loud.

It was Edward who was talking to Amos, the "werewolf boss" of the circus, and others.

Jenny explains: “In order to save the town, Edward decided to buy it.”

"Fifty thousand yuan!"

The difference from what Edward told earlier is that it is still in Ghost Town, but looking around the main street, you can see "For Sale" signs on many windows.

"There are two companies that want to acquire Ghost Town, but they both want to lower the price. One company wants to open a chicken processing plant. The other company plans to turn Ghost Town into a municipal waste disposal site. No matter which company is acquired, Ghost Town will It will all be ruined.”

Jenny is still playing the piano: "No one's going to come here unless we're talking about a deal. No one's going to be talking about a deal with me, unless it's you, and you're buying the town."

What follows is a quick cut of footage.

"I have heard."

"I'll pay you a lot more than the market value of your property and you won't have to move out," Edward said. "Nothing will change except your name on the deed, I promise."

Before the music was over, Jenny stopped playing the piano and turned to Edward, but Edward still didn't recognize her.

Jenny looked at him: "To put it bluntly, you bought the swamp from me, and I can still stay here. You are the owner of the house, but it is still mine. I live here, and you can come and go as you like. Coming and going, wandering from one place to another. Am I right?”

Edward felt weird hearing her say that, but he nodded anyway.

Jenny said: "But Mr. Bloom, I don't think so. If nothing will change, then don't change, just stay the same."

Edward advised: "You won't lose anything. You can ask anyone in the town. I have nothing but generosity. I only wish everyone well."

Jenny was silent for a while before speaking: "Mr. Bloom, why did you buy this land? Are you feeling some kind of mid-life crisis? Instead of buying convertible currency securities, you bought the town."

Edward looked at her, confused and surprised, because no one had asked these questions before.

Edward still said: "Helping others is the foundation of happiness."

But Jenny shook her head: "I don't believe you will be happy."

Edward was a little confused: "I'm sorry. Have I offended you?"

Jenny shook her head again: "No, you did fulfill your promise and you came back. I just hope you can come back soon."

Jenny recalled a memory from the past, when she was still little Jenny, and she watched the barefoot Edward leave Ghost Town.

The audience also suddenly realized at this moment that Jenny was talking about Edward coming back later.

At the same time, I also remembered what Edward told me about coming to Ghost Town.

Edward finally recognized this woman as the little girl Jenny from before. He suddenly said: "You are Biman's daughter, but your last name has been changed."

He paused and realized: "You are married."

Jenny said bitterly: "I am 18 years old and he is 28 years old. But it turned out that the gap is huge."

Before Edward could speak, Jenny continued: "I won't sell the house to you, Mr. Bloom."

"I understand, it's wasting your time."

But in fact Edward still didn't understand, so he said goodbye to her by touching his hat with his hand.

Edward closed the door as he left, but it fell off. It wasn't the clean exit he had hoped for.

Jenny was surprised and angry when she saw this scene.

Edward wanted to push the door onto the hinges, but there was a "pop" and the hinges fell off. The doorframe was bent out of shape and the entire shed creaked.

Edward was a little at a loss: "I'm sorry."

He tried to lean the door against the frame, but it slid down again.

Jenny was a little crazy: "Don't worry about it, just leave it like that."

Edward forcefully explained: "I can do it, I can"

He tried to install the door in a different way, but it held up for a while and then fell off, smashing a small table.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry," Edward apologized again.

He was a little embarrassed, but he became more and more helpful!

Jenny sighed: “Please go, let’s go.”

Edward wanted to try harder: "I can."

But Jenny’s voice became louder and said: “Let’s go!”

Jenny's expression was serious, and Edward weighed the weight of chivalry, finally backed down, turned and walked towards the car.

Jenny watched him leave, furious. However, there was something more in her emotions, an element of tenderness.

"Most men would accept failure in that situation, but Edward is not such a person." Jenny continued to talk about her impression of Edward.

Edward is back again, and this time, with the help of Carl the Giant, Edward unloads a brand new door from the truck.

Jenny watched Edward working, angry and amused. Edward and Carl put a new door on the shed.

Edward holds nails between his lips to install new windows in the shed. Jenny was making soup and thought the story Edward told was funny.

Jenny's voice spoke slowly, telling the story: "As time went by month by month, he found more and more things that needed to be repaired. Until one day, the shed had a new look."

Edward and Carl cut down a big tree, and the sunlight poured in suddenly. Under the golden sunshine, you can see that the former small shack has now become a small and cute white house, and it is surrounded by a white picket fence. Every corner of the house is beautiful.

Edward tightened the screws on the hat rack on the hall wall. Jenny leaned against the door frame and listened to his story, her eyes filled with deep admiration.

Edward said while working: "Of course, the best thing is having new ideas."

After Edward installed the hat rack, he hung up the hat he had left on the chair. He felt great about himself.

The two men looked at each other. After this last piece of work, Edward had no reason to stay any longer.

Edward hesitated: "I think I should."

He took his hat off the hat rack.

Jenny said, "Just leave it there."

Jenny approached Edward, who did not step back. She took one of his hands and hung the hat on the screw. She was very close, almost kissing him, but Edward gently stopped her.

Edward insisted: "No."

Jenny froze, feeling humiliated, and ran away.

Edward knew that his actions hurt her and he said: "Don't be like this, don't be so embarrassed. I shouldn't let you have such thoughts. I love my wife."

"I see."

"From the moment I met her until I die, she was the only one for me."

"Lucky woman."

"I'm sorry, Jenny."

Edward prepares to leave.

Jenny stopped him: "Wait! Edward!"

She found a pen, quickly signed the deed, and handed it to Edward. Edward glanced at her, thanked her, and left.

Edward took one last look at the perfect little town.

Jenny's voice floated: "That day, Edward Bloom left and never returned to the town he saved."

Edward got into the car and started the engine.

The camera shows the entire ghost town, as the swamp begins to encroach on the house's territory, and tangled vines and branches cover the entire house. Buds sprouted from the porch planks, and venomous snakes roamed the swamp.

Day turned into night.

"As for the girl, people thought she turned into a witch and went crazy. She became a legendary figure."

Four children with flashlights can be seen peering through the rusty iron gate. After a while, they all ran away.

"The story ends where it begins."

At this time, Will finally understood that Jenny was the witch in Edward's story, but he didn't understand that Jenny couldn't be that old.

But Jenny said that in Edward's eyes there were only two kinds of women, his wife and other women!

Will was confused: "You're not crazy!"

Jenny said: "Well, therapy. One day I realized that I fell in love with a man who could never love me, and I was living in a fairy tale world. People are not like in the story, they are meaningless to each other. Hurt, they were both kind and cruel, as I am now. I don't know if I should tell you these things."

She began to lose control and became less composed.

"No, I want to know. It's nice to know."

Jenny looked at Will and said, "I've always wanted to see you, I really do."

She suddenly smiled again: "I envy you very much. Edward mentioned that you received honors at the University of Missouri and found a job at the Associated Press. He was proud of everything you did, and he loved you so much every moment. "

Jenny held back tears, it was not the first time she cried over this incident.

Jenny continued with tears in her eyes: "Every time he was with me, it was like the sun shining. After he left, the sunshine also disappeared. I want to be like you, get his attention, but unfortunately it is never possible. I am illusory , and you are real.”

Will tried to sort out his chaotic thoughts.

"You know that, don't you?"

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(End of this chapter)