Rebel Demon King

Chapter 1083 May I be like a star and like the moon

After three and a half years, Cheng Mo returned to his hometown again. The changes in Star City were beyond his imagination, but there were still not many places to play for Cheng Mo and Athena.However, Athena is not keen on playing, whether it is historical sites or cultural landscapes, she has no interest.In addition, Star City has a lot of delicacies. The Suji Fried Shrimp on the first day off the plane and Wenchang Pavilion's private kitchen dishes on the second day surprised Athena's increasingly tricky taste buds.For someone like Athena who uses neither eyes nor mind travel, a person who uses only his mouth is really just right.

But the next night, at Athena's request, Cheng Mo still took Athena to eat hot pot. At this time, Tai Chi Dragon's staff had not yet had a holiday, so Cheng Mo called Fu Yuanzhuo to recommend him.Fu Yuanzhuo recommended "Ge Lao Guan" and strongly recommended the special bullfrog and fish of "Ge Lao Guan".After the recommendation was not enough, he also arranged for his father's secretary to make arrangements in advance so that Cheng Mo and Athena could enter the venue directly without queuing.

This hot pot meal almost made Athena cry. Athena ate from 05:30 in the afternoon until the closing time of "Ge Laoguan".All the employees of "Ge Lao Guan" knew that there was a big blond eater in the store, and even the chef ran out to take a sneak peek, so he couldn't wait to record a video as an advertisement.

After waiting for "Brother, Old Official", Cheng Mo took Athena to buy "Tea Beauty", and the two of them walked hand in hand on Jiefang West Road, which is still busy with traffic at eleven o'clock, wandering in the city that never sleeps, which Cheng Mo is very familiar with. .On Saturday night, the neon lights are like gorgeous jewels inlaid on both sides of the street, and the extremely heavy city floats in the sea of ​​lights during the day.In the night, apart from the noisy voices of people, cars, and songs from the bar.

Probably because the Rolls-Royce with a special license plate and a military explosion-proof off-road vehicle were waiting on the sidelines, the pedestrians looked at them secretly while walking around them.Many people thought they were filming TV, and stopped to watch from a distance. This made Cheng Mo less interesting to revisit the old place, but he also knew that it was inevitable.

The two walked to the "Tea Beauty" at the intersection of Yaowang Street under the eyes of everyone. Cheng Mo queued up to pay, and then stood on the side of the street with Athena and waited.He subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of "Yinyan", which could almost be regarded as the beginning of a new period of his life.Pointing at Yinyan, he told Athena about his experience as a bartender in a bar.All of that seemed to be vividly remembered.Athena listened with gusto, and then laughed at Cheng Mo for making money in such a stupid way.

Of course Cheng Mo was not convinced, and asked Athena how she could make money. For Athena, crimes are certainly not a problem, so there are endless ways to make money such as robbery, theft, and cheating.The two debated on the street like children, but neither could convince the other.

After the two cups of "Youlan Latte" were ready, Cheng Mo handed the tea filled with whipped cream to Athena.She took a sip tentatively through the straw. She had just finished eating a strong hot pot, and a cup of light and refreshing milk tea just washed her taste buds.Drinking the indescribably delicious milk tea, Athena closed her eyes, and said to Cheng Mo for the first time, "It's great to marry you."

Cheng Mo was rather depressed, "Could it be that my value is only in taking you to eat and drink?"

Athena thought for a while and said, "No, only you can take me to eat and drink."

On the third day, the beginning of spring on February [-]th, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly. It was not like the lingering rain in previous years when the year was approaching.In the afternoon, Cheng Mo asked Jiang Jun to follow him far away. There was no need to accompany him. He and Athena took a taxi to climb Yuelu Mountain. Of course, he deliberately avoided the road full of his and Xie Minyun's names.When going down the mountain, I took the cable car, and I could see Changya's teaching building in the air.

Cheng Mo pointed it out to Athena, and Athena asked to visit Cheng Mo's alma mater.Cheng Mo has no reason to refuse, he can't tell Athena that he doesn't want to be hurt.So Cheng Mo avoided the milk tea shop that didn't know if it was still open, and deliberately took a detour to the school gate.

This detour happened to pass by Shen Youyi who had just left Changya.

The two came to the gate of Changya, but it was a pity that the school gate was closed, and it would never be opened because of Cheng Mo and Athena, who didn't look like Changya's students.Cheng Mo had no choice but to take Athena around to the junction of the Normal University Gymnasium and the Changya Playground. The dead-end street that used to be full of sundries and rubbish has now become clean, and the rusty iron railings have also been painted silver. antirust paint.

Athena looked up at the tall curved fence and asked, "Do you want to jump over it?"

"There's no need to be so shocking." Cheng Mo walked to the corner of the fence, and he found the thickest iron railing with ease. He took a deep breath, as if he was unlocking the code that hides the shocking secret. The railing twisted slightly, the first time the cylindrical iron railing didn't move at all, Cheng Mo thought it had been re-welded to death.He tried again, this time a little more force, and the iron railing slowly sank with the sound of friction until it completely escaped from the round steel pipe at the top, and Cheng Mo easily lifted the two finger-thick railings from the out of the concrete base.

An opening leaked from the corner of the railing, like a passage to a secret world.

Athena said in surprise: "Is the school the same as a prison?"

"Of course not," Cheng Mo said, "but during class time, you definitely can't go out."

"So you often skip class?"

Cheng Mo shook his head, he bent over the iron railing, stood on the edge of the playground and stretched out his hand to Athena.Athena was very interested in such a childish adventure, and there was an imperceptible smile on her face.She raised her hand to hold Cheng Mo's hand, and walked sideways through the "secret exit".After jumping off the cement base, he took the iron railing from Cheng Mo's hand and installed it back flawlessly.

After the installation was complete, she clapped her hands, looked at the railing, and asked with great interest, "Is this a secret that all the students in your school know?"

"No. This is actually a secret that few people know." Thinking of the railings that were about to rust, Cheng Mo said, "It is estimated that few people know now."

"Then how did you know?"

Cheng Mo didn't answer right away, he and Athena walked side by side through the playground, until he could see the teaching building when he looked up, then whispered: "Mr. Shen told me."

"It seems that you didn't see Teacher Nanxi writing this paragraph?"

Cheng Mo smiled and explained: "It's not necessarily necessary to write everything. If you write this out, maybe this loophole will be patched. Then the students behind will not be able to sneak out." He didn't intend to tell Athena and Shen Youyi have dual personalities, this is a secret that belongs to both him and Shen Youyi.

"By the way, Teacher Nanxi seems to be going to be interviewed. I saw it in the group." Athena said.

Cheng Mo said casually: "It's normal, the new book is on sale. Going to the interview is a good means of publicity."

Seeing that Cheng Mo didn't want to say anything, Athena didn't continue the chat, and instead asked about Cheng Mo's student life. She was very curious about everything in Huaxia School, the tall flagpoles, and the newspaper column. And the big dining hall, these are all magical things that she has never been exposed to.Under Cheng Mo's introduction, the two of them walked quietly through the tree-lined road full of sycamore trees and came to the teaching building.

Time flies, the teaching building covered with white tiles has not changed at all, even the portraits of celebrities hanging on the walls are the same as before.Cheng Mo took Athena to the class (9) he used to attend. Through the window, he could see the neat tables and chairs, the blackboard, the national flag pasted on the blackboard, and the map of China next to it.

Through the glass window, Cheng Mo's gaze landed on the seat that once belonged to him, and the memories engulfed him like a tsunami.There are so many unforgettable memories here, when he closes his eyes, it seems as if he can see Shen Youyi standing on the podium, giving a lecture in the dense light.She held the textbook in one hand and chalk in the other, and her voice was light and soft, gurgling like running water, like a continuous song.

Now all of this no longer exists, and when the sun shines on the body, it is like a sword, making people feel pain all over.

"Go in and see?" Athena asked.

Cheng Mo came back to his senses and said in a low voice, "No. There's nothing to see."

Athena said: "Then wait for me and I will go in and have a look."

Cheng Mo turned around and stood in the corridor, looking at the bamboo garden behind the teaching building and the Xiangjiang River.Athena disappeared in place.

After a while, Athena teleported out of it.

Cheng Mo asked, "What's so interesting that you've seen it for so long?"

"Written 'Athena Visited Here' under your desk."

"It's not like something you'd do."

Athena blinked, "I'll just practice my pen."

Cheng Mo shrugged his shoulders, "Okay!"

"I also saw a word on the blackboard."

"A word?"

Athena nodded, and began to chant softly: "Song, Fan Chengda, Che Yaoyao. The car is far away, the horse is longing. You travel east, east, east, and east, and you fly to the west wind. May I be like a star, like a moon, and stream light every night. Bright and clean. The moon is temporarily dark, and the stars are always bright. Stay bright and wait for the moon to return, and it will be full of three or five."

Cheng Mo thought for a while and said, "This should be poetry, Sao style poetry, also called Chuci style."

"is it?"

Cheng Mo nodded, "We don't have this poem in our high school textbooks. I don't know who wrote it."

"Then what does this poem mean?"

"The front of the poem expresses the heroine's longing, and the back expresses the heroine's perseverance."

"May I be like a star king like a moon?"

"Correct."

"Chinese is so beautiful." Athena took Cheng Mo's hand and said softly, "May I be like a star king or a moon."

Cheng Mo said with a smile: "I thought you were going to say that I am a hot pot and you are the bottom of the hot pot."

Athena said seriously: "It seems. It's not bad." She looked at Cheng Mo, "Then are you going to eat Brother Laoguan again today?"

Cheng Mo said dotingly: "As long as you want."

Athena became excited, "Then I am a beautiful frog and you are a fish head"

"Why aren't you a fish head?"

"Because the beautiful frog has a beautiful word."

"Didn't you agree that it was your little Coke? It didn't take long before it turned into a fish head?"

"I announce that I prefer 'Tea Beauty' recently. Do you want to be my milk tea?"

An ominous premonition arose in Cheng Mo's heart, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He said seriously: "Then I'll be the head of a fish honestly!"

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February [-]th is the first day of the national holiday, and the [-]th is the New Year's Eve tomorrow.The busy and noisy city of the past has calmed down.Because the family was going to have guests today, Shen Youyi started to work early in the morning, first went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and then went to the supermarket to buy some new year's goods, as well as the door couplet and the word "Fu" pasted on the door.

She didn't care about these things before, but after having a daughter, her mood changed a little.First, she and her daughter pasted the red door couplet and the big "Fu" on the door, and then she began to prepare.Because she knew that the TV station would broadcast her talk show tonight, she called her mother the day before yesterday and invited her father and mother to come over for dinner.

Zhang Rujie probably thought she was trying to mend the relationship, so she agreed angrily and said a few more words to her.Shen Youyi didn't refute a word this time.When it was almost noon, my mother called again, saying that not only relatives, but also Liu Yixiao's family had returned to Star City and would come over.

Shen Youyi hesitated for a while, but still didn't say anything, just responded: "Come on!"

Zhang Rujie thought that Shen Youyi's heart of not marrying had already been shaken, and she said joyfully, "You don't know how much Liu Yixiao's mother likes you, and asked your Uncle Liu to find a way to transfer your father to the Writers Association to be the chairman, aren't you? I don’t know your father, so I’m just trying to make a name for myself.”

Shen Youyi thought of his father's helpless face that night, and when he put down the phone, his hands trembled.She didn't know if she could get her parents' understanding by doing this, so she was a little uneasy about it, so that when cooking, she put the wrong ingredients several times.

Chi Xia called at noon, and she went straight to the point, "The response to the program preview is very good, and everyone is looking forward to your first appearance."

Shen Youyi has also paid attention to these things online these days, and knows that although his traffic is not comparable to that of top stars, it has a high degree of topicality.One is that the sales of new books are booming all over the Internet, and her fans have increased dramatically. Her publishing house registered and authenticated her "Nanxi" Weibo, and now the number of fans has reached 700 million.Even if there is more or less water, who doesn't have any water?The second is that she has never shown her true face in front of the public. For this reason, many people complain that she is engaged in marketing.Shen Youyi really didn't want people to know that Nanxi was her, but he didn't expect that this really made fans eager to know what "Nanxi" looked like.

Therefore, after the program preview was released today, the name "Nanxi" has been searched several times. For a writer, only Gu Xiaosi and Hu Han, who are very popular, have received such treatment. As for other writers, It is rare to be on the trending searches one after another, because of participating in interviews. Of course, this is also the willingness of the TV station to contribute to the flames.

Shen Youyi pretended to be indifferent and replied: "Well, that's good."

Chi Xia said sincerely: "It's too late to regret it now, we can ask the TV station to cut some parts that shouldn't be shown."

"Sister Xia, since I recorded it, I have no intention of going back on my word."

Chi Xia was silent on the other end of the phone, as if she wanted to communicate with Shen Youyi in a serious manner.

"Sister Xia, although most of our contacts are at work, I still think you can understand me and support me." Shen Youyi smiled, "I don't think there are many people who can support me. I thought you were one of them. one."

Chi Xia sighed and said, "As long as you don't regret it yourself."

"I'm not sure about the future. But at this moment, I just want to embrace fate, even if it's full of thorns." Shen Youyi whispered a line from Si Caiwei in "The West of Time Series".Chi Xia told her to contact her at any time, and then hung up the phone.The continuous sound of "beep, beep, beep" made Shen Youyi inexplicably feel a little lost. She remembered that she was sitting under the autumn sycamore tree wearing headphones, holding the collection of Tang poetry and Song poetry that few people are willing to read now, Watch the twilight being swallowed up bit by bit.Thinking of the sentence I wrote on the blackboard, "You travel east, east, east, and east, and you fly to the west wind. May I be like a star king like a moon, and the night and night are bright and clean." These words and sentences buried in the ancient pages are like A foreshadowing lurking deep in my heart.From her childhood, from textbooks, novels, and fantasies with her eyes closed, until this moment, all of them suddenly emerged.

She is sure that she is not moving herself, she is sure that she needs to go on such a thorny road. For a writer, pain is the source of inspiration.

Compromise is vulgar.

Shen Youyi put down her cell phone, she turned off the fire, and dumped the dried egg and corn porridge in the pot into the trash can.She quickly made another copy, brought it to the restaurant, and put it in front of Shen Linglu who was quietly waiting with "Anpanman".

Shen Linglu was holding a spoon, wearing an apron, and was waiting for the big meal.But the mother put down the egg and corn porridge but didn't give her to eat immediately, but picked her up and asked in a low voice: "Xiaolu, will you support mother?"

Shen Linglu waved the spoon twice, and said with a smile of "heh, heh, heh", "Support! Support!"

Shen Youyi kissed Shen Linglu, and put her daughter back on the baby chair, "Xiaolu is the best."

Shen Linglu shouted: "Be good! Be good!"

Shen Youyi rubbed his daughter's hair and said with a smile, "Eat quickly."

Shen Linglu grabbed the spoon and began to snort porridge. Hearing her daughter's childish voice, Shen Youyi felt at ease.She walked back to the kitchen and suddenly felt that her heart had completely calmed down.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, the mother came over first, and while helping her take care of her daughter, she whispered the good news of the Liu family in her ear.At four o'clock, some relatives who usually have close contacts also came over.After Shen Youyi gave birth to his daughter, this was probably the first time Shen Youyi took his daughter to a relative's gathering, and it was also the first time they came to Shen Youyi's home.

Seeing that Shen Youyi's living environment is not good, it can even be said to be a bit bad.Uncles, aunts, uncles and aunts also complained to Zhang Rujie, saying how they could live in a second-hand house for their daughter and granddaughter.Zhang Rujie angrily explained that Shen Youyi insisted on living here, and everyone changed the topic.Zhang Rujie went out of the kitchen to greet her relatives, and Shen Youyi started preparing a home-cooked banquet in the kitchen alone.

There was a lot of noise outside, the sound of TV, voices, and children's noises. Shen Youyi thought that this should be the last time, so he didn't worry about it and started cooking wholeheartedly.For most modern women, this is a problem and trouble, but for Shen Youyi, it is just a piece of cake.When Liu Yixiao's family and his father arrived, Shen Youyi had already cooked a large table of dishes.

The dining room of her family is small and simple, and there is barely room for a round table, which is still a very old table, before Shen Youyi had not spread the tablecloth, she couldn't bear to look directly at it.Because no one usually comes to her house, she doesn't need such a big table, so she borrowed this round table from a neighbor's house.In short, it looks a bit shabby, but the dishes on the table are not shabby at all.Oven Breaded Chicken, Wild Garlic Pine Pork, Avocado Snow Crab Salad, Pickled Chicken Feet, Garlic Twice Cooked Pork, Baked Prawns with Matsutake Mushroom Sauce, Roasted Loofah with Shrimp Balls in Golden Soup
Every dish is full of color, fragrance and taste, just smelling it, just looking at it will increase your appetite.Shu Wanrong saw Shen Youyi who had been busy in the kitchen, and looked at the dishes on the table that looked like restaurants, and felt more and more satisfied.Seeing that his son was still sitting on the chair stupidly, he pushed Liu Yixiao, and said in a low voice, "Aren't you going to help?"

Liu Yixiao got up amidst everyone's good-natured laughter, ran to the kitchen and asked Shen Youyi if he needed any help.Shen Youyi didn't refuse either, and smiled and asked Liu Yixiao to bring the food.Seeing Liu Yixiao's helpless and shy face facing Shen Youyi, the restaurant burst into laughter again, and everyone made jokes about the two of them.

When Shen Youyi and Liu Yixiao came to the table, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic. Between the toasts and cups, it seemed that this marriage could be settled.

This time, from the beginning to the end, Shen Youyi didn't say anything against it.The atmosphere in the restaurant was really pleasant, until almost eight o'clock, she suddenly walked to the living room at the side, turned on the TV, and said calmly: "I originally invited my parents over today because I have a talk show to be broadcast. Come out, I said a lot of psychological words to my parents, I hope my parents can read it."

(End of this chapter)