Laws of Spirit Recycling

Yu Yan and Huang Zhenzhen came to the door and saw the other party stepping over the threshold and walking out of the apartment. After thinking about it, they said, "By the way, do you know where the pencils are placed in Shao Zhiwen's studio?"

"I know, what's the matter?" Huang Zhenzhen looked back at him in doubt.

"You can look for the last box, maybe there is something you like... I heard from Wu Jiu that they like to hide presents there."

A comprehending smile appeared on Huang Zhenzhen's face, and he said with a feeling of complaint and relief: "How old are you and you still play this way, this guy is really..."

"When you have time, you can come and play with Wu Jiu." Her smile didn't fade, she turned around and waved to the elevator, "Goodbye."

Facing the person who didn't know that bad luck was coming, Yu Yan could only return a silent smile. He closed the door when he saw Huang Zhenzhen approaching the elevator. Standing next to the door was the lonely Shao Zhiwen.

Yu Yan asked: "Aren't you going with her?"

Shao Zhiwen didn't say a word, he took a step forward and looked at Wu Jiu in the living room.

"I have something to tell you." He glanced at Yu Yan beside him.

Wu Jiu didn't care at all, there was no wave in his seemingly frail eyes, "Say it."

Seeing that he didn't care about the presence of other people, Shao Zhiwen didn't bother with these anymore, and frowned slightly, and said: "I misunderstood you before, I'm sorry. But I don't understand why you want to lie to me with the truth, make such a joke, Do you just want me to hate you?"

"Then do you hate it?"

Shao Zhiwen was speechless, sighed softly, and said, "You still haven't changed at all."

Wu Jiu glanced at the thin square piece of cardboard on the coffee table, and said, "Even so, I found that many things have changed. From your point of view, it seems unsatisfactory that I haven't changed."

"You should know what I mean."

"I don't know." Wu Jiu's eyes suddenly became sharp, and there seemed to be a sneer on the corner of his mouth, "I don't care about it. It's just that when I saw you getting angry and going crazy, I suddenly wanted to laugh."

"It turns out that you also have such an expression... Just because of a few words from me, you can believe that a person who has known you for ten years will kill people at will. Maybe these ten years are nothing, far from enough to make you trust me."

"I became like this because I trusted you too much." Shao Zhiwen smiled bitterly, as if he didn't want to continue, "No matter what, you shouldn't use Zhenzhen and the child in her belly to lie to me."

Wu Jiu showed a dull expression, and smiled: "Yes, she is your fiancée, pregnant with your child, and I'm just your most proud student, I can't even be considered an ex in front of everyone, I can't deceive her My teacher, I can't do anything to hurt her, but even if I didn't do it, you and her are separated forever, and we can't spend the rest of our lives together."

The last sentence hurt Shao Zhiwen, his face was frosty, and his eyes were full of pain.

A trace of bloodthirsty madness flashed in Wu Jiu's eyes, and Yu Yan felt that he was completely different from before.

"Even if you go to see her, you can't change any of the status quo. Watching her appear at the funeral in a wedding dress from a distance, red things turn into trivial things, silently watch until your child is born safely, and then watch him being raised by a single mother When you grow up, what can you do? You can’t do anything, you’re just a helpless ghost wandering around, the only place you can live in is a corner darker than night.”

After saying that, he laughed to himself, looked around the bright and cold living room, "But you are better than me..."

When Shao Zhiwen heard this sentence, his hateful eyes suddenly darkened, "Is it sure to become like this between us?"

"That might be the best outcome."

"Both lose, is it really the best result you said?" Shao Zhiwen was puzzled, and slowly approached the other party, "I lost my family and friends, so why didn't you pay for a bright future? You worked hard to get those, is it worth it? ? Xiao Jiu, you are so stupid..."

Wu Jiu froze in place, unable to believe it: "You—"

"Yes, I know, all of them."

There was a faint light in Wu Jiu's eyes, he turned his face away and said nothing more.The two of them were speechless for a while, and it started to rain outside, and the eloquence fell on the balcony, enjoying the silence.

After waiting for a while, Yu Yan was about to ask Shao Zhiwen what he knew before he spoke.

"It was also raining that day, and it was still late at night when there were few people. I shouldn't be so late reminiscing with you, and I shouldn't...promise you to go to Huandao Lake." Shao Zhiwen looked at the gloomy sky outside, and his voice fell with the rain, "I I don’t regret jumping into the water to save you at that time, although I later realized that it was a trap, I believe this is not your long-planned purpose, because in my opinion, your future is much more precious than I imagined.”

"Why... give up everything and ruin your life and my life at all costs? When I say you haven't changed at all, I mean you are still as persistent as before. This is what moves me, and it also scares me the most."

"So that's how it is..." Wu Jiu chuckled, his drooping eyebrows trembled slightly, his pale face concealed his expression in the dark room.

"I owe you too much. I have been entangled with you for almost ten years. This time I finally paid it off." Then he sighed silently, "Little Jiu, let it go, whether it is hatred or resentment. I think...you are also very tired."

Like falling from a green leaf to a piece of green below, such a subtle sound of rain hides pity for the flowers, like a drop of tenderness given by all.After a burst of thunder rolled across the sky, Wu Jiu looked around with a sense of realization, that person had no idea when he would leave, and he knew that this time it was a real farewell.

Yu Yan thought of the wide road when he first met Wu Jiu, the distorted car in the torrential rain, and the other party standing beside him was indifferent and lonely, so he naturally thought that was the cause of Wu Jiu's death.

At the moment when the truth was revealed, I didn't expect it to be so obscure and gloomy. Wu Jiu took the opportunity to kill Shao Zhiwen, and at the same time sacrificed his own life. Both jade and stone died together. What kind of emotion supported him to choose the resolute way? Shao Zhiwen didn't know. I understand, but it is also difficult for Yu Yan to understand.

At this time, Wu Jiu was standing at the junction of the balcony and the living room, as if he was looking into the distance and meditating. The gauze curtain fluttered with the slanting rain, becoming the only vitality here.In front of him is the dark sky, the stormy sky, and the clouds and rosy clouds that he once had. Yu Yan wants to ask him if it is worth it—as a human being, is it really worth giving up his countless possible lives?

Even if he asks, maybe he won't get a real answer. Wu Jiu said that human beings are complex creatures, and he is right. That's why Wu Jiu especially likes creatures other than humans.

"Ding-dong-"

Yu Yan turned his head and looked at the gate, who else would come at this time?Could it be that Huang Zhenzhen came back to find Shao Zhiwen's whereabouts again?He glanced at the motionless Wu Jiu's back, and prepared to open the door himself.

"Hello, is this Mr. Wu?" A man in a blue coat stood at the door, and before he came back, he continued quickly: "You ordered this in our shop, please eat it within today, if You can keep it in the refrigerator if you don’t want to eat it, welcome to order next time.”

"Ah..." Before Yu Yan could say anything, he passively took the square box handed over by the other party, looked at it for a while and then looked up, and saw that the man had stepped into the elevator.

He put the beautifully packaged square box on the table, looked down to see a few words, and murmured: "Momofuku..."

Wu Jiu heard the sound and came, Yu Yan said: "That person sent it to you just now, and your name is written on the paper."

"I know." Wu Jiu untied the red silk ribbon wrapped around it, and opened the box.

"Cake." Immediately recognizing this delicately crafted, soft and sweet object, Yu Yan focused his gaze on the oval chocolate plate in the middle, "Today is your birthday?"

"tomorrow."

Seeing Wu Jiu sitting down, he took out a candle from a paper bag that came with it and put it on the cake, he couldn't help asking curiously, "Shouldn't we save it for tomorrow's celebration?"

"Tomorrow will be the same as today."

Light a candle, and a corner of the room glows with light. This candle brings faint warmth to the apartment that was not turned on.The man next to the cake finally no longer looked tired and alienated. The warm yellow light reflected in his eyes, glowing brightly.

Yu Yan also sat opposite, and asked in accordance with human customs, "Do you want to make a wish?"

"No, thank you." Wu Jiu smiled, in front of others, he was a reserved and reticent person, not at all sharp as he was in front of Shao Zhiwen.

Looking at the plump, shiny and bright red cherries on the cake, Yu Yan said: "This cake is very beautiful, did you order it yesterday?"

"I booked it on the day I returned home."

"So early..." Yu Yan seemed to guess what the other party was thinking, and said, "Are you going to spend time with Shao Zhiwen?"

"Yes, because after this birthday, three years will be over." The candlelight flickered, and his eyes flickered, "Three years... so fast."

Before today, he had never understood the true meaning of breaking up. Wu Jiu always questioned the words like "I don't want to delay the other party's future, the two of us have no future".This is wrong, he can't accept it, the three-year contract is an excuse for delay, he wants to prove it while seeking the answer.

But Wu Jiu forgot that this question is for two people, even though he tried all kinds of methods, as long as the other party stays put, their relationship will always be at an impasse.

Just like what Shao Zhiwen said, Wu Jiu's persistence frightened him.When one party in a relationship gives up everything without leaving any room, and in the eyes of the other party, it is just that the strongman is pressing every step of the way, the balance is really tilted and the relationship collapses.Wu Jiu was put on this emotional scale, and he felt the extreme tenderness as if he was placed on a high place, so he was reluctant to part with the shock and throbbing from his heart.

If it wasn't for the gradually approaching distance, maybe he wouldn't have fallen from the top again, accelerated his destruction in the panic of weightlessness, and what finally shattered was the irreversible time hourglass.

In the left-handed hourglass, there are a few similar memories of him. From the age of 17 to 27, one-third of his short life, the shining sands slipped down one after another, replaying a person's story repeatedly. .Those years that were regarded as treasures were hard to come back to. If he waited in place, the other party would never come back.

When he realized this point, Wu Jiu finally realized that it is meaningless to delve into the reason of the breakup, just like the fork in the open road of life, if someone chooses to go straight, someone must disappear around the corner.

The candle was half burned, and the dripping candle tears solidified into an abrupt ball. The flame on the wick kept dancing with the rushing wind. In the blink of an eye, Yu Yan saw that the figure of the opposite person was changing.

He is becoming transparent faster than the melting of a candle, like extracting every color in the illusionary body, becoming a ghost that truly merges with the void.

"Your time is up." Seeing his thoughtful appearance, Yu Yan asked, "Do you want to try the cake? Although it has no taste."

Wu Jiu raised his eyes to stare at the birthday candles on the cake, and after a long time, he said, "When shall we leave?"

"Now, what else do you want to do?" Yu Yan asked casually, he knew that at this moment the other party had nothing to worry about.

"No."

A man came out from the darkness, glanced casually at the person sitting at the table, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go."

Wu Jiu cooperated with Yu Yan to get up together with him, walked to the entrance, when Yu Yan was about to enter the password, someone took his hand, he reacted in time and grabbed Wu Jiu, took a step away, and the three of them appeared at the door outside hallway.

Yu Yan suddenly thought of something, and said to Wu Jiu, "Is your painting... finished?"

Wu Jiu replied in a flat tone, "No, but it's not important anymore."

Thinking that it was the painting that the other party rushed to work day and night, Yu Yan became curious: "I want to see it."

Fu Jianchi looked at Yu Yan's pleading eyes and said, "He and I are waiting for you here."

It didn't take a moment for Yu Yan to open the apartment door and come out, and the three of them walked into the elevator.

"Did you see it?" Wu Jiu asked proactively.

"I see." Yu Yan did not hide his thoughts at all, and gave the creator a strange look, and said: "You said it was a scenery that you have never seen before, but why do I think it is very ordinary? Is it because the painting is not finished?"

"No, it is indeed very ordinary."

There was a faint smile on Wu Jiu's face, with a bit of tranquility, although Yu Yan was puzzled, he couldn't help but be convinced that maybe what was ordinary in the eyes of others was the uniqueness that he hadn't seen.

Walking out of the community, they saw a minibus driving slowly and parked firmly in front of them.

Wu Jiu glanced ahead, and said, "No driver, is this the car that came to pick us up?"

"That's right, get in the car."

Yu Yan and the undead sat in a row, and Fu Jianchi sat behind them as before. After sitting down, the yin-yang car started by itself and drove towards the end of the thick and dark road.

The sky is full of snow... It comes after deviating from the scenery of the human world, just like the flying feathers of the elves in fairy tales. They sway in the silver-blue night, forming a dynamic beauty that is more vast and magnificent than the starry sky. Dust flutters with an even more light figure, and falls from the sky to the earth. Its fall is more like a rebirth of a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon.

If he could stand in such a snowy field, Yu Yan would definitely hold up his palms and wait for the cold snowflakes to rest gently on his palms and land on his shoulders, hair tips, and eyebrows.

Wu Jiu smiled and said, "Seeing that you like watching snow fall very much."

"Because it's beautiful." Yu Yan looked away from the scenery outside the window and said, "By the way, have you ever painted a snow scene?"

"I did, but it was very early. It is rare to see such snow in cities now."

"When you arrive in the Underworld, you will go to the Reincarnation Road after passing the Nether River. What do you want to do in the next life? Do you still want to be a painter?"

Hearing his question, Wu Jiu chuckled lightly, and said, "Isn't it something I can decide on my own? But... if I can still pick up a paintbrush, I may not be able to become a painter."

The car stopped in the darkness, Wu Jiu and Fu Jianchi got up, and when they were about to get out of the car, he turned his head and asked, "Will Shao Zhiwen come here too?"

Yu Yan said truthfully: "No, he cannot be reincarnated."

There was a gloomy look in Wu Jiu's eyes, and he said goodbye to him politely.

In the Nether River, the lotus lantern was floating. He knew that he was about to usher in a new life. He had no fear of the unknown world, nor did he feel the slightest expectation, but this was only temporary, and everything would die out soon.

Hope, will come after he opened his eyes.