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Chapter 30: Seven days in reality, three years in dreams

After taking a few bites, Zhang Hui lost his appetite.

The memories in my mind gradually became clear. When I saw my familiar hometown, it seemed as if something had been pierced, and it suddenly poured into my mind like a volcano erupting.

Hot, hot.

reality.

These memories were something he was unwilling to face, but now he had to face them.

"Where do you want to go?"

"I want to go and worship my parents."

"Remember the road?"

"Just buried in that mountain."

"Can you still walk?" Zhou Yi asked, "Or will I carry you?"

"Can you go by yourself!" Zhang Hui gritted his teeth, and with Zhou Yi's support, he could still take a few steps.

When I saw my parents’ grave, tears suddenly flowed out.

Sparse pine trees naturally grow on the mountain, and many pine cones fall to the ground. When the locals worship, they always break a branch of a pine tree and take it home.

However, it is not the time for sacrifice, it is quite deserted.

Zhang Hui squatted in front of the grave and burned a little yellow paper. The heat of the flames dragged the ashes to the sky.

Next to the tombstone of his parents, there was a small earthblock with a woman's clothes buried inside.

Zhang Hui wiped his eyes and said, "Do you know? I have been looking for her all these years, but I have never found her."

"Others said that I was cheated by her and cheated out all my money. They said that I was stupid, my mind was not clear, and I handed over my life with a little favor. If I wasn't stupid, what was it?"

"But they didn't know how virtuous she was! How considerate she was!"

"I always comfort myself that she was not running away...but she was dead, so I buried her clothes here. How gentle it was. Every morning I would call me up and cook breakfast for me. We even agreed to have two children in the future, one boy and one girl."

"How could she run away? How could she? There are so many accidents in the world, right? Maybe she fell into the water with one foot, or maybe... how could she run away?"

For him, this woman is better than running away even if she dies.

Zhang Hui smiled and tears kept flowing down his cheeks. The two conflicting feelings seemed to completely tear the whole person apart.

The cemetery is just an ordinary mountain. Apart from the breeze blows, you can only hear the sound of tears rolling down.

This was the first time Zhou Yi saw a big man crying so sadly.

But he had no reason to criticize the other party, because he had no way to empathize with this complex emotion, nor did he want to experience it, nor did he want to experience it.

The old Comrade Li Xianfeng, who was standing beside him, also took a sip of wine silently.

He has lived for so many years, met even more miserable people, and even had tough guys who survived this level and grew up again.

But the fighting spirit of people is different. Some people try their best to survive, while others lose the motivation to survive and forcefully retain it is not meaningful.

Zhang Hui exuded a strong aura of death, and he was heartbroken.

There is no greater sorrow than death in his heart. He has made the final choice for this night.

"Have you made a decision?" Zhou Yi asked at the end.

"Yes, thank you, it doesn't seem to make sense for me to stay here. Thank you! Actually, I should be in Xisouli for a while, but this happened."

"Forget it, stop talking about this. Then have a drink." Zhou Yi stopped persuading the other party, but just took out a bottle of wine from the trunk.

This is the Sanguotou that Old Man Li often has. It costs ten yuan per bottle. It tastes not very good. It has nothing except that the alcohol is big enough.

Zhang Hui took a sip with all his strength, frowned slightly, it was so spicy that he couldn't get used to this kind of wine.

But no matter what, this was his last drink in his life. After he took a big sip, he drank in small sips.

The autumn wind seemed to have grown stronger at this moment, as if it was saying goodbye to him.

After drinking, the man started to talk more slowly. He began to describe his wife in another world, with a happy and gentle expression on his face.

"She is such a virtuous woman. She is a good dish, both chicken, duck, fish and meat can be of color, fragrance and flavor. If you come to my house, I will treat you to a drink... Hahaha, it seems impossible, but maybe there is another world. Maybe we will meet again in a hundred years?"

He recalled some scenes in his dream.

"Just today, my wife suddenly asked me to go out for a long trip and said that there was something for me to do. This matter is very important, so important that I would rather give up my life here than go out for a long trip. Now thinking about it, maybe my body instinct wants to wake up. If I don't wake up, I will die."

"Then what?"

"She cooked me a good meal and urged me to leave... This is trust. She thought I would come back... So after I woke up, I found myself back in the real world."

Zhang Hui talked about his son again.

He gave birth to a son in that world, just three years old.

"It's strange that 7 days in the real world, three years in the dream."

"He is a genius! I taught him to sing, and I learned it once. The tone is very accurate, and maybe I can become a singer in the future."

Zhang Hui's face was flushed and he was a little proud of it: "When I was a child, I wanted to be a rock singer, play guitar and sing on the stage."

"But my dad disagrees. He raps... aren't he just an actor? Actors are a low-ranking profession! It's really inexplicable! It's an era, aren't singers in big cities also making money?"

What he said was very interesting. Zhou Yi couldn't help but smile. He remembered the movie "Young and Dangerous" I watched last week. People in this era are really popular rock and roll.

Zhang Hui sang in a low voice. His tone was very standard and he really sang well. Even though his voice was a bit dull, it had a unique flavor.

If you have been training since childhood, it is okay to be a singer in a nightclub.

So he gave birth to a son in his dream and placed all hope on his "son".

"In my dream, I caught up with her because I sang well. I don't want to know whether she has cheated me of my money in the real world. I only know that she is still waiting for me at home... Oh, thank you, thank you. Don't worry about me anymore."

After hearing the man's description, Zhou Yi suddenly felt panicked. This was an indescribable complex emotion. Although he was extremely sad, he had to force his face to smile.

Because all of this is just escaping reality.

Even Zhang Hui knew in his heart that he was escaping reality and had to make himself laugh so that he could take the step towards death.
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