collection of short stories

What's the matter, beware of lightning strikes on rainy days!I thought it could escape the fate of being eaten by humans with those little cleverness, but as a sea urchin with nothing but thorns, it obviously overestimated its ability.

Seeing it, I am about to turn into a ripe grilled sea urchin at this barbecue stall!What a fishy food!Where is it delicious!Do you wake up? !

After hours of hard work, the escape was fruitless.Just imagine, which seafood can fight its way out of the barbecue stall basin in the food street of the coastal city and finally return to the sea unharmed.It desperately squeezed itself under a group of sea urchin brothers, trying to minimize its presence, and hoped that no one would order grilled sea urchins today!

Seeing the street lights come on at nightfall, it's time for a barbecue stall to make a fortune.

"Xiao Qi, sit down quickly! What do you want to eat?" The uncle stall owner warmly entertained his guests.

The sea urchin had no intention of fleeing for the time being, and silently listened to the movement outside the basin.Anytime tonight could be its last.My Buddha is merciful, as a sea urchin with enlightened wisdom, it can't help but hope that it will encounter some turning points before it dies.Didn't you always hear the story of a shepherd boy saving a fish or a snake from someone else? !It's exhilarating to think about!Let me go and I will repay you!But when it comes to saving a sea urchin...it burst into tears.Is this possibility as good as releasing a crayfish? !

"Just... two scallops." It was a very nice and very young voice, maybe there was a little familiar feeling, but it sounded a little tired.

The uncle responded, and his hands became busy. "Still like that?"

"Ah."

"Oh, it's been two years...it's not easy for you." The uncle sighed, feeling...the two are quite familiar.

There was silence outside for a while, and the sea urchin could only hear the sound of the uncle cooking something neatly.

Soon, a few more people sat down at the small table next to them, and the uncle asked each one clearly and began to collect a bunch of new food.The sea urchin listened to the menu with trepidation.Even if no one of those people ordered him to roast himself, he couldn't help shaking a few times just watching that hand stretch out towards the basin.

"Uncle Ming, a Taoist priest came to Lin Shuang two days ago to make a decision for Lin Shuang." The young man sat very close to the stall owner and said casually.

"Taoist? What did you say?"

"He said that Lin Shuang couldn't wake up because he lacked a soul. The car accident knocked out a soul, and he just went to reincarnation. He will wake up when the reincarnation is over. I think I believe it. At least there is such a person Thinking about it is better than watching him close his eyes on the hospital bed every day." The young man paused, "There is always something to look forward to in life."

Maybe it was because of his calm tone showing a somewhat disheartened taste, the sea urchin wanted to get out of the water to see his expression for some reason.

"Boss! Here are six sea urchins!" A greeting came from the small table next to him.

Oh my god!The sea urchin burst into tears instantly, one second he wanted to lean out to take a look, and the next second he wanted to press himself into a print on the bottom of the basin.It tremblingly saw the stall owner's big hand snatch six sea urchins from above.The water basin, which seemed a bit crowded at first, is so clean now!You can see the scenery outside through the thin water!

Miserable, I will confess here tonight.I have just lived for two years, and I haven't even reached adulthood in my life, so I have to confess!The sea urchin looked at the only three partners left in the basin, and hoped that the boss's hands would be sharper when it came to him.

"Oh, what a coincidence, it's you." A lazy voice sounded.Through the water, the sea urchin saw a man with a calm smile sitting down at the young man's small table.It also saw the young man named Xiao Qi by the way, he was good-looking, but there was sorrow hidden between his brows.

The young man was taken aback. "Master..."

Hearing this name, the stall owner couldn't help but turned his head and looked at it for a moment. "This is the Taoist priest you mentioned? You can't see it, you can't tell it!" These days, if you don't wear a Taoist robe, don't carry a mahogany sword, talisman, copper coin, etc., who would know that this is a Taoist priest?

"Haha, my teacher's school is right there, even if I don't wear Taoist robes, I'm still a Taoist priest." The man smiled, "Don't worry, little brother, your little lover will wake up soon."

The young man showed a very light smile.Even if you are not convinced at all, you can still listen to it as auspicious words. "Cheng Daochang made auspicious words. What do you want to eat? I treat you."

The stall owner greeted him. "This is all the fresh seafood I bought this morning. The supply is guaranteed, fresh and clean!"

"Okay, let me have a look and pick someone who is destined." The man squinted his eyes, turned his gaze, and looked at a bunch of small bowls containing seafood one by one.

The sea urchin tried to shake its thorns to meet his gaze, but it didn't know if this could attract his attention and let this "Taoist" save his life.Believe it or not, at this juncture, the sea urchin found that he still had the idea of ​​"save my life and I will repay you".When he saw himself, the man's gaze seemed to pause for a moment.He took out a coin from his pocket and threw it into the basin, and it fell right beside the sea urchin.That coin looked like an ordinary one yuan, but for some unknown reason, many bubbles appeared around him.

The sea urchin with a confused face: "...What the hell? What does this mean?"

The man nodded with a grin. "Hahahaha, it seems that this is only destined..."

"Ah, help..."

In the next second, before the sea urchin had time to confess its last words, it felt a very strong suction pulling its soul out of the thorny sphere.It floated in the air in a daze, watching the man pointing at itself, and then the uncle stall owner picked up his body and took it to cook.The uncle's technique was skillful, he watched his heart palpitations, but the scalding temperature couldn't reach him.

If this is the case, even if I die, I don’t feel any pain... It must be better than that kind of knife and oil pot!The sea urchin looked at the Taoist priest again, and for a moment, felt that something was waiting for him in the dark, so he turned around and floated away slowly.

In a daze, as if he had walked a long way in the dark, and seemed to have stayed there for a very long time, he barely opened his eyes.The eyelids are heavy, and there are some regular mechanical sounds in the ears.Snow-white walls, curtains, beds, and some medical monitors around, this place is obviously a ward.

"Woo..." He struggled a bit, his limbs were heavy.

"Xiao, Xiaoshuang... I, am I not dreaming?" A familiar voice came, and the unbelievable surprise made the voice tremble uncontrollably.

Immediately he saw the speaker.The young man who had just been woken up by himself raised his head when he fell asleep on the edge of the bed, with obvious tiredness accumulated in his eyes.He suddenly remembered many things.For example, this young man is Qi Yufei, whom he has known since college; for example, he is his lover; for example, the house they rented just now; , like being a sea urchin... wait, what's the deal with sea urchins? !

He opened his mouth, and his hoarse voice made it very difficult for him to speak.But he still tried his best to speak: "Yu, Fei..."

Qi Yufei beside the hospital bed held his hand tightly.

"It's good to wake up, good to wake up! How do you feel now? Do you want to drink water? What's wrong? Do you have a headache? Where's your leg? Me, I'll call the nurse right away..."

Looking at the lover who was so excited that he didn't know what to do first, Lin Shuang smiled and tried to hold his hand tightly.Maybe it's time to thank the Taoist priest?Anyway, wake up, even if everyone is happy.

But... to admit that I went to reincarnation and became a sea urchin and was roasted and eaten in the end, or forget it.

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"Broken Listening" Five

Looking at the familiar name in the communicator, Ludo No. 12 chose to turn off the communicator in dejection.It's not that he didn't want to apologize, it's just... the thought of the other party's angry expression made him cower.No matter what, I have to think of a more appropriate way to say it. I'm afraid that I am too nervous to say anything human.

Whose fault is this?Strictly speaking, no one is wrong.Probably the fault was that he didn't have time to explain to Montan before departure.After all, the mission of leaving the Andolani Space Station to the central star of the Ouyemei Alliance cannot be rejected by oneself.Moreover, in just 5 minutes of preparation time, the starship jumped from the experimental site immediately after boarding - after all, it was for those crazy scientists to get the experimental data - it is only, yes, ghost that we can give everyone a notice .

The newly discovered transition field is very unstable, and theoretical communication is almost impossible.Therefore, Ludo could not use the communicator normally until the final destination, the central star.The problem is that it has been three and a half cosmic weeks since I left the space station.Xingjiwang dutifully confessed that his starship had arrived safely... For this reason, he looked forward to the scene in his mind that Montan could calm down if he didn't see the news of his death.

A communication popped up suddenly, and after glancing at Ludo, he threw it out in fright.Who else could it be if it didn't say Montan in the contact person?

Great sage of deep space, he is not prepared to explain to Montan and ask for forgiveness at all!During those three and a half cosmic weeks, everyone on the starship has been recording all kinds of data on the hull, analyzing and correcting the piles of experimental results, without any personal time at all.As for after coming to the central star, his