Chapter 5 The Pretending Old Man
In the dead of night, Gu Fan tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. He began to regret it. He shouldn't have refused to participate in the activities organized by Du Jun just to contradict Du Jun. It was stupid to think about it. Du Jun originally planned this trip. Gu Fan himself didn't do it for
Lin Xi came with him, why didn't he follow him now just to save face?
Feeling really uneasy, Gu Fan got up and walked around, and came to the foot of the mountain. He looked at the dark mountains and forests, and could hear strange birds chirping. At the same time, he missed a gust of cool breeze, and felt a little hairy for some reason.
At this time, Lu Yi came over and handed Gu Fan a cigarette, with an expression like "I understand you very well", and then said: "Are you worried? If you go with Lin Xi, there will be someone to take care of you on the way.
, Think about it on such a dark night, in such a gloomy forest, if some cat or dog suddenly jumped out and frightened Lin Xi, she would definitely crawl into your arms. If you don’t go now, you don’t know who she will go to.
The diamond in your arms."
After hearing this, Gu Fan looked disdainful: "Brother, are you sure you are here to comfort me?"
"Of course, it's not just comfort. I also gave you 100% conscientious advice. I suggest you rush over to Lin Xi at a sprint speed of 100 meters before she falls into someone else's arms." Lu Yi said while laughing.
It's very evil, as if expecting a good show.
Gu Fanpi said with a smile: "Thank you for your conscientious advice, but I want to know why you don't go. Don't think that I don't know the purpose of your coming here. You just fell in love with the dance club."
As a girl, you are not going to practice the method you just mentioned."
Lu Yi immediately put on an awe-inspiring look: "Hey, put my affairs aside for now, my good brother's affairs are the top priority. See, I have always been such an excellent best friend who is anxious for others' needs."
"What should I do? Are you going to be shameless? Didn't you see the tone and demeanor of Du Jun's words? It looked like you were just following our dance club's activities." After saying this, Gu Fan took a puff of cigarette and felt very sad.
Unpleasant.
Lu Yi couldn't help but sigh: "Yes, I am the proud son of heaven. He is good at studying, versatile and capable. Many girls are secretly interested in him. How come he likes us? He is so superior but you snatched away the girl that he likes. I believe it."
He must be even more unhappy."
"I can't help it, is it fate? It's not up to anyone at all." Gu Fan said that, but he was still uneasy in his heart. Gu Fan thought he was not bad, but to be honest, he was still a little behind Du Jun, so deep down in his heart
I feel somewhat inferior, and I know more clearly how strong Du Jun's love rival is.
Everyone in this world has inferiority complex to some extent, and Gu Fan, Lu Yi, Du Jun, and Lin Xi are all no exceptions. But the difference is that some people remain silent while others hide it very well.
It's not that Gu Fan doesn't trust Lin Xi, but trust doesn't mean that he doesn't care about other men's plans for Lin Xi.
Suddenly Lu Yi said: "It's strange that they should be carrying flashlights, why can't they see any light on the mountain?"
After hearing this, Gu Fan also felt strange. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. There was a slight flicker of light. Could it be that they had walked to the other side of the mountain.
Lu Yi said again: "You said it's so late and the sky is so dark. Could the deep mountains and old forests be haunted by ghosts?"
Gu Fan laughed dryly: "Brother, please don't scare me. My girlfriend is still on the mountain, and the girl you like is also on the mountain."
"So, you need to let Lin Xi know how much you care about her." After speaking, Lu Yi took out a flashlight and handed it to Gu Fan, with a sly smile as if he was watching a good show.
Gu Fan took the flashlight and weighed it, wondering whether it was more important to protect Lin Xi or to go against Du Jun. Du Jun suggested climbing a mountain to see the night view. Gu Fan was worried about the earthquake and suggested staying in a safe place. If Gu Fan rushed up now, it would be equivalent to
It's to admit defeat to Du Jun.
What else was he thinking? Of course Lin Xi was the most important. Just when Gu Fan was about to go up the mountain, an old man with white hair and kind eyes suddenly walked over. What was even more surprising was that he was still sweeping the floor in the middle of the night.
Gu Fan and Lu Yi looked at me and I looked at you. They felt that this scene was a bit inconsistent. However, the old man seemed to have not seen Gu Fan and Lu Yi and was still busy sweeping the floor.
When the old man swept the floor near them, Lu Yi couldn't help but ask: "Old man, you are sweeping the floor in the middle of the night. Are you a little too diligent? Shouldn't you wait until the sun rises tomorrow before sweeping the floor? Besides, it's all in the dark now."
Yes, you can’t clean it either.”
After hearing this, the old man stopped and looked at the stunned expressions of Gu Fan and Lu Yi. The old man smiled meaningfully: "You're right, sweeping the floor in such a dark environment is a waste of energy and time.
But what if the sun rises tomorrow? If you sweep it clean, it will still be dirty the next day, so you still have to continue sweeping. Whether you sweep this place clean or not is not important to me anymore. This is how life is.
Many things are so futile, and many things you seem to be doing are meaningful, but in the end you will find that they are actually nothing.”
Gu Fan was surprised for a moment, and then quickly came back to his senses: "It sounds reasonable, but it doesn't feel right. Master, are you teaching us philosophy?"
"No, I'm just giving you a reminder. It may be useful to you in the future." The old man thought for a moment, and then lamented again and again: "There are some things that you can't stop no matter how hard you try, just like this place, no matter how much you sweep,
It will still be dirty the next day, so what should I do?”
Lu Yi was stunned for a moment as he listened: "Uncle, I rarely do housework, and I have no knowledge of sweeping the floor. I don't know what you are talking about, but I know you must be very good. You can say this even if you sweep the floor."
It’s a profound question that even a college student like me can’t understand.”
The old man smiled: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now. You just need to remember that it doesn't matter whether the floor has been swept clean or not. What matters is how to make the floor no longer dirty. If you can't stop the floor from getting dirty, you can forget it."
Sweeping every day will not help."
Lu Yi smiled bitterly: "How can this land not be dirty? This is a big problem that has troubled mankind for thousands of years."
The old man added: "But what if I hope that the ground here will be dirty every day, so that I can continue to sweep the floor, have work to do, and earn money."
"What does this mean?" Gu Fan and Lu Yi felt that the old man was asking them a very simple yet profound question, and now their minds were a little confused.
"Young people, if you don't understand now, you will understand in the future." After saying this, the old man looked up at the mountain and couldn't help but sigh: "Your friends have been going up the mountain for a while, I hope they can have a good time.
"
Gu Fan nodded: "We also hope they can have a good time."
The old man asked again: "But you didn't go. It seems that some people are destined. Some people should go and some people should stay."
Lu Yi immediately grimaced: "What do you mean, uncle? I know that because of our geographical relationship, there may be a generation gap. Maybe the generation gap is more than just a little, so it is a bit difficult to communicate in terms of ideas. But please consider the listener when you speak.
Can you understand me?"
After hearing this, the old man couldn't help laughing: "What I mean is that you can't put your eggs in one basket. If someone climbs the mountain, there must be someone at the bottom of the mountain to support him, just in case."
"Great, Master, you finally said something to make us understand. It seems that our generation gap is not as big as imagined." Gu Fan and Lu Yi were happy for a while, and suddenly thought of a question: "What do you mean, Master, what do you mean?
Just in case, is there anything unexpected happening in your mountain?"
The old man didn't answer, just smiled meaningfully, and then left in such a swagger, which made Gu Fan and Lu Yi nervous and confused. They didn't understand why the old man was here, and he deliberately made it mysterious.
At this moment, the sound of stones rolling down came, which aroused the alertness of Gu Fan and Lu Yi. They looked up and saw that they could not see anything in the pitch black, but the movements were getting faster and faster, and the sounds were getting louder and louder.
It's close, and it's coming towards them.
For safety reasons, Gu Fan and Lu Yi immediately took more than ten steps back, and for some reason they were so nervous that they broke into a cold sweat.
A stone-like object rolled down from the mountain and landed in front of Gu Fan and Lu Yi. They didn't see it clearly at first. When the flashlight shone over them, the two of them took a deep breath because it was not a stone, but a stone.
It's a skull.
A gust of wind blew by, making Gu Fan and Lu Yi's hearts tremble, and their hands were shaking. Suddenly, frightened shouts came from the mountain, which seemed to be from Du Jun and Lin Xi.
"Oh my god, no way, that's what I'm most worried about!" Gu Fan rushed forward without even thinking. He only had Lin Xi's safety in his heart and didn't care about anything else.
"No, it can't really be haunted. Don't leave me alone." Lu Yi also followed, praying to the gods and Buddhas in the sky to bless him countless times, vowing that as long as this time passed safely, he would change his mind when he returned.
, to be a college student with comprehensive development of moral, intellectual, physical, artistic and physical skills, and to be determined to always be a flower of the motherland instead of cow dung.
The shouts from the mountain reached below, and the old man who had just walked away not far away also heard it. He couldn't help but turn around, glanced at the dark forest indifferently, then shook his head and sighed: "No matter how you sweep the ground, but after a while
Time will get dirty again, and what is coming will still come, and no one can stop it. If you two young people can understand what I say, then maybe there is a glimmer of hope."
At the same time, in the ancient town at the foot of the mountain, the residents all heard the screams of terror, but none of them took any action. Their faces were only slightly nervous, but there was no expression of fear at all. Some people's eyes even became
Chapter completed!