No. 7 Fish House

【lead】

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, the weather is getting cooler and cooler.The sudden drizzle made the wind of this autumn night a bit biting.He wrapped his clothes tightly, and stepped into the vast night with his head bowed...

Today, he forgot to bring an umbrella. Looking at the young couples holding umbrellas and embracing each other for warmth on the street, he turned his head a little sadly.After all these years, he is still alone, and the friends around him have families of their own.Sometimes, he even wondered if the moon elder in the sky had cut his marriage line, why after waiting for so many years, he couldn't wait for the destined her?

In the drizzle, he quickened his pace, wanting to get home earlier.

He has been going back and forth on this road for six years. Although this is a boring journey, he doesn't think so.

For the past six years, his daily life has been repeating yesterday's content. He can even guess who he will meet on the way home from the company every day.

He saw the old man who sold sauce pancakes was clearing up his stall and preparing to go home for dinner.I also saw the young man returning from school passing by the sauce pancake stand, taking out the money left on his body to buy sauce pancakes, and saying goodbye to the old man in a friendly manner.

After walking through this street, he stopped shortly after.Because a familiar melody sounded in his ears again, he saw a ragged tramp playing the erhu not far in front of him. The erhu was very old, and the tramp closed his eyes and was very intoxicated.

He looked at the homeless man, sitting here every day regardless of the wind and rain, as if he was waiting for someone rather than begging.Xu Shi was moved by the melodious voice, he touched his pocket, took out a silver coin and handed it to the homeless man.

The homeless man opened his eyes and looked at him with an unknown smile: "I will give you back and more, enjoy it, everything I gave you..."

A very inexplicable sentence made him smile: "No, you don't have to pay it back."

He stutters a bit, so he doesn't talk much.

After the homeless man said this, he left with his erhu in hand.Looking at the back of the homeless man, he felt that this man looked really strange.

Back home, at the right time, he saw his neighbor coming out to take out the trash again.

All of this seemed to be the right thing for him to figure out. Day after day, there was no change in the slightest, and there were no waves in the peaceful days.

However, the moment he opened the door, the smell of rice wafted into his nostrils, and he was dumbfounded.

In his home, there stood a girl with long hair and a pink dress. He couldn't think of any words to describe this girl in his mind. If he had to describe it, he could only use 'gentle'. Character.A very beautiful and gentle girl, she put the cooked meal on the table, and smiled at him: "A Sheng, you are back, are you hungry?"

This girl looked very young, four or five years younger than him, and she was a very strange face.

He froze, and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

The girl also seemed to be aware of his seriousness, the smile on the corner of her mouth faded, and she took on a crying tone, as if she was crying that he was hurting herself, "I'm your wife, why don't you know me anymore."

At that moment, 28-year-old Xue Lingsheng felt his head was covered with paste.

【One】

No. [-] Fish House is a library that doesn't occupy a large area. There are not many books in it, but they are very precious.Xing Ting looked at the rain outside the window with a sad face, it rained for several days in a row, the books in the house were almost moldy, it finally cleared up today.He carefully removed the books one by one, moved them outside the library and placed them in a row on the big wooden table.

With a meow, the pile of books collapsed, and a black kitten ran out of it.Its eyes are yellow, like two gemstones embedded in the eye sockets, at this moment there is anger hidden in the two topaz, as if blaming Xing Ting for disturbing its dream.

Xing Ting picked it up and squeezed its little paws. He used to be a person who was afraid of cats and hated cats.Ever since He Fu brought the cat back from the Zhang Mansion, Xing Ting loved it more than He Fu, and wished he could put it in his palm every day as an offering. Where have you been?"

The black cat lazily 'meowed', as if answering: I don't know.

The eldest master is He Fu, he has disappeared for three days, and he doesn't know where he went, leaving a No. [-] fish restaurant for Xing Ting to take care of.

Xing Ting smoothed the hair of the black cat, "Okay, the big master is not here, you go and eat all the fish he raised."

As soon as the cat heard that it could eat the fish in the fish tank, it was so excited that it crawled on Xing Ting's shoulder, wanting to give him a bobo.

Xing Ting quickly took it down, "I lied to you, if you eat the fish he raises, I can guarantee that you won't even have the cat's skin left."

The cat gave him a sleepy look: It's disgusting, if you raise fish and don't feed it to the cat, then it's a fart.

Xing Ting approached the fish house with the cat in his arms, and he was going to move a chair to sit here and bask in the sun.Just after he entered the door, the wind chime of No. [-] Fish House rang...

"Are you here to read?" Xing Ting asked the man with his back turned.

The books in No. [-] Fish House can be read here, but they are absolutely not allowed to be taken away. This is the rule set by He Fu.It's just that few people come to read books. Most of the people who come here to read books are poor scholars, and they often sit for a whole day.Xing Ting was very surprised. He had read a few of the books here, but he didn't think they were very attractive. Why did these people read them for so long without eating or drinking.

Later, he discovered that these people were not human at all. Because they lost their memories as human beings and could not die, they always came here to borrow books to look at their lives.After reading their lives, they will disappear from this store...

That's why every time he sees people coming in but not going out.

It was daytime, and it was a daytime with a clear sky, and he felt a little ominous when someone came to read a book suddenly.

Even though he has been in the No. [-] fish house for so long, he still can't get used to facing these 'people' every day.

Xing Ting hid behind the bookshelf, he watched the man walk into the room and sat on the sofa without saying a word.The strange thing is that this person does not have a book in his hand...

Didn't he come to read a book?

So is he a real guest?

"Meow—" the black cat yelled again, as if mocking the timid Xing Ting.

Xing Ting glared at it: You are the only one who talks too much.

"Isn't Mister here to read?" Xing Ting walked out slowly from behind the bookshelf with the cat in his arms. He still didn't dare approach this person.Who knows if he is real or fake?

The man sitting on the sofa seemed a bit decadent, his head was lowered, his eyes were slightly closed.

Uh... This person actually fell asleep as soon as he entered the door?Did he use Fish House No. [-] as a hotel?

Xing Ting walked over and called softly: "Sir, what book do you want to read?"

The man was awakened by him, raised his head suddenly, and looked at Xing Ting in fear, "I... I am not married."

Xing Ting was stunned, he knew this man, it was this man who lent him his money when he was poor.

"Brother Xue?" Xing Ting couldn't believe that the handsome Xue Lingsheng was so decadent, he seemed ten years older!

Xue Lingsheng looked familiar at Xing Ting, he rubbed his eyes and took a closer look, and finally squeezed out a smile on his face: "Xiao Ting?"

Xing Ting put the cat down, and smiled: "It's me. You helped me before, and I said I would repay you. I met you today. Why don't you stay for lunch today? I'll treat you to this meal. Try it." Taste my craft."

Xue Lingsheng smiled forcedly: "No, it's just a little favor, don't worry about it for so long."

Xing Ting felt that Xue Lingsheng looked very tired, his face was pale, as if he was going to fall over in the next second.

"Brother Xue, are you sick? Your face is pale, is it okay?" Xing Ting asked.

"I'm sick, the doctor said I have amnesia." Xue Lingsheng smiled bitterly, "I don't remember anything, maybe soon I won't even remember myself."

Xing Ting wondered: "How come?"

"I forgot my wife..." Xue Lingsheng said.

"Are you married?" Xing Ting was a little delighted.

"No, I don't remember." Xue Lingsheng said very distressed, "I forgot everything about her, I don't even remember when I married her."

In the next half hour, Xue Lingsheng told Xing Ting about his adventures in the past few days.

Half a month ago, when Xue Lingsheng came home from get off work, he found a stranger had entered his home. He thought it was a burglar, but the stranger told him that she was Xue Lingsheng's wife.When Xue Lingsheng believed that the woman who entered the house illegally was a liar, the woman gave a series of valid evidence to prove that they were husband and wife.Women are very familiar with walking at Xue Lingsheng's house to prepare dinner for Xue Lingsheng, and they can also list many things about Xue Lingsheng.

Although, all this shows that this woman named Liang Ou is Xue Lingsheng's wife, but Xue Lingsheng firmly believes that he is not married.

He had been in love once since he was a child, and it was when he was studying.After talking for more than a month, they broke up. The reason was that his girlfriend couldn't bear Xue Lingsheng's boredom, and said that he was incomprehensible, flirtatious and romantic.Xue Lingsheng finds it ridiculous, the so-called romance is nothing more than wasting money on the basis of money. It's not that he doesn't understand romance, but that he has no money to waste.So after the breakup, Xue Lingsheng worked harder, and he has been working since graduation and never fell in love again.

Seeing that the people around him are all in pairs, and a man who is about to be married is still alone.

However, on such a rainy night, he suddenly had a young and beautiful wife, but he lost all memories of this woman.

He went to the hospital and told the doctor about it. The doctor in a white coat thought it was a little funny, "You mean, one day you came home and found a woman in your family who was preparing a sumptuous dinner for herself. Said she was your wife and you didn't know her?"

The doctor looked at Xue Lingsheng who had been hanging his head in front of him, and did not raise his head until he reminded Xue Lingsheng again. There was a trace of grief and anger in his eyes, "Do you think I am crazy like them and say crazy things? I have already gone to I went to three hospitals, and they think I should go to a mental hospital!"

"I didn't say that." Wang Yizheng calmly raised his head and looked at him seriously, "I think what you said is the truth."

Hearing these words, Xue Lingsheng looked at him a little excitedly as if he had received a life-saving straw, "Do you really believe me?"

Wang Yizheng nodded, and continued, "But I think your memory is wrong, and I think this should be the reason why you came to me. You must think that you have lost your memory, right?"

Xue Lingsheng nodded gratefully.

Wang Yizheng smiled, "You have amnesia, you don't remember all the things you did with her, I think it may be because your work is too tiring and you have blocked information other than work." He put his hands together on the table, adjusted the Take a look at your sitting posture and then say, "Try to think about it, can you think of anything else besides work?"

Xue Lingsheng seriously began to think back. In his memory, he only had the memory of going to and from work every day.Apart from these, he really doesn't seem to have any other memories, he seems to have become a working machine.

He closed his eyes in pain: "I don't remember..."

Wang Yizheng smiled, this was indeed expected.From the moment the young man entered the door, he could tell that he was a family man. His shirt was flat and without any extra wrinkles, and the way to tie his tie also told him that Xue Lingsheng had a wife who loved him.And this wife is very good at housekeeping. At this moment, she should be anxiously waiting for her husband to return home.

So Wang Yizheng said, "You have forgotten her because your life is filled with work. Since you have forgotten her, let's get to know her again."

"Acquaintance again?" Xue Lingsheng looked at him hesitantly.

"Well, reacquaintance is like meeting a stranger for the first time, then accepting a stranger, and finally falling in love with this stranger." Wang Yizheng said with a smile, "Actually, this world is strange to us, but Because of our existence, it will no longer be a stranger."

Xue Lingsheng half-understood the last paragraph, but he also felt that perhaps what Dr. Wang said was right, since he had forgotten it, he should start over.

When he walked out of the hospital, he seemed to be relieved, and his whole body was extremely relaxed.He looked at the pedestrians rushing around, and he was one of them. They went to work to survive but finally forgot to survive.Maybe people should slow down appropriately and try to accept something other than survival.

Hearing this, Xing Ting asked, "Then why are you in this state now?"

Xue Lingsheng's eyes were full of fear, he stretched out his hand to hold Xing Ting, "I feel that my life is a deception..."

"Scam?" Xing Ting repeated, "Why do you think so?"

"Have you ever had this feeling that one day you suddenly feel that the world you exist in is an illusion, and everyone around you is conspiring to lie to you. Your life has become a mess at that moment..."

"You start to be confused about what is real and what is fake, what is a dream and what is reality."

Xing Ting was confused by Xue Lingsheng's words. He looked at Xue Lingsheng and felt that this person was really sick.Even so, he still kindly comforted, "Brother Xue, you may be too tired, so relax and don't think so much."

Xue Lingsheng smiled bitterly: "You won't understand me, that feeling is really scary, everything is fake, maybe even yourself is fake."

"Uh..." Xing Ting was suddenly speechless, not knowing how to answer.

How can it be so easy to tell the truth from the false in this world? If you can live happily, you can be happy to the fullest, so why bother to be obsessed with the true and the false?

Xue Lingsheng stood up suddenly, as if trying to understand something.

"I see, it must be that person!"

"Who?" Xing Ting asked.

"That homeless man, when I gave him money, he said he would give it back to me so I could enjoy it."

The words the bum left that day: I'll give you back, and more.

Enjoy it, I give you...

Xue Lingsheng shouted these words and ran out of No. [-] fish house.

Before Xing Ting could react, when he chased him out, there was no sign of him on the street.

All I saw was a boy in white clothes coming slowly with a purple bamboo umbrella in the crowd.

"Yo, Boss He, are you finally willing to come back?" Xing Ting leaned against the door, his tone very arrogant.

The boy in white raised his umbrella slightly, pursed his lips and smiled: "Are you waiting for me?"

"Heh, narcissism! I'm sneaking cats." Xing Ting flicked his hand, turned around and entered the room, hugging the little black cat.

"childish."