we are just monsters

Chapter 2
At the buffet arranged by the organizer in the evening, Wang Shaofeng planned to have a good exchange, but this plan fell through, and he felt a little pity.

Although Gu Cheng is a little younger than him, after getting along with him these two days, he feels pretty good, and he is a very steady person without being anxious or rash in his words.

And I also know some ancient unpopular knowledge.

Standing together and talking casually, Gu Cheng raised his arm to look at his watch, gestured and left after seeing an unexpected old man just now.

Watching him walk away, Wang Shaofeng looked up again. Except for the colorful clouds in the sky, there was nothing unusual. He didn't know what Gu Cheng was looking at just now.

The sunset glow heralds good weather tomorrow.

Gu Cheng walked out of the long corridor unhurriedly, seemingly heading for the exit, but stopped for a while, passed a corner, and disappeared on the path of the Zhang Family Ancient Garden.

This is a secluded corner, behind a blue-tiled building, which blocks the sun, and the cool air makes people feel very comfortable.

Looking around, the next moment, the girl appeared in this corner, looking at him while circling around him, when the two eyes met, she stopped: "Are you looking for me?"

Before Gu Cheng could speak, she nodded again: "As expected, you can see me."

Gu Cheng thought for a while, took out the earphones from his pocket and put them on, although no music was playing.

Being bumped into talking to yourself and being weird isn't a big deal, it's just less trouble if you can.

"Why didn't you reincarnate?" He put on his headphones and asked the girl.

This girl is not human.

If the old professor in the conference room could see it, it would probably overturn the previous cognition, and the three views would be shattered.

But now if someone passed by, they would probably only think that he was on the phone with someone.

When the girl heard this, she tilted her head, stared at him and said, "You know me?"

Gu Cheng looked at her and didn't speak, but was thinking.

Amnesia?

chaos?

It is true that people will lose their memory after death, but it is accompanied by a state of confusion and ignorance as a wandering soul.

She's clearly not on this list.

"Who am I?" Seeing that he was silent, the girl asked, looking into his eyes.

"You are my daughter." Gu Cheng said.

The girl was stunned for a moment, as if the answer was beyond her expectation.

"Then who are you?" she asked unwillingly.

"I'm your father." Gu Cheng's expression remained unchanged, his calm tone seemed to be telling the truth.

This secluded corner suddenly fell silent, and neither of them spoke again.

Gu Cheng leaned against the wall and looked at her face, of course they knew each other.

Decades have passed in the blink of an eye. In his original prediction, the person standing in front of him should be a gray-haired old woman, or she may have passed away long ago, and there is no such person in the world.

From the looks of it, she was still the same age when she left, but the old clothes that had been washed and faded had been replaced with attires in line with this era.The thick braids were also untied behind her back, and the rural atmosphere of the 80s was completely gone. The times did not abandon her, even though she had been dead for a long time.

A slight chuckle came from the girl's mouth, and her hands behind her back were also quietly clenched.

"Stop pretending?" A faint smile appeared on Gu Cheng's face, he raised his hand as if he wanted to touch her head, but finally lowered it down again. I haven't seen her in these years, so it's still a little strange.

He came back once 20 years ago. He wanted to see how her life was, but what he saw was different. The house he left behind had long since changed owners. It was a strange family of three, and she had disappeared.

Never expected that she would become a wandering spirit when we met again.

The girl's clenched hands gradually loosened, she just looked at him and asked after a while, "Long time no see, where have you been?"

"Life, change places after staying for a long time, and then continue to live."

"It's quite carefree."

"What about you? The money you left was enough for you to live well. How did you become like this?"

"I'm dead."

Hearing her words, Gu Cheng sighed, and finally raised his hand to touch her face.

Indeed it is.

Dead, everything is gone, and it's useless to talk about it.

She's just human, and like everyone else she's ever known, she's going to age and die.

"Why not reincarnate?"

"I'm waiting for someone."

Hearing this, Gu Cheng was silent for a while, then withdrew his hand to look at her for a moment, and said, "I will send you to reincarnate."

"you dare?!"

The girl stared up at him, staring at him, her face full of anger.

"You're gone, I'm dead, it's hard to find you now, and as soon as we meet you want me to die again!"

"It's just reincarnation..."

"Is it different from death?"

The girl interrupted him.

"Qing'er..."

"Wang Aimin!"

"It's not big or small, call me Mr.." Gu Cheng straightened his shoulders, looked around, green bricks and green tiles, and the setting sun slanted, as if he had returned to that era.

This name, which had already been dusted in the corner of his memory, was being mentioned again now.

"Wang Aimin!" the girl yelled, poking her neck.

"My name is Gu Cheng now."

The girl curled her lips and said, "It sounds much better than Wang Aimin."

"Always change with the times." Gu Cheng also thinks the current name sounds nice.

But at that time, everyone was like this.

"Qing'er, I will send you to reincarnate."

The man in front of him is still in the doting attitude of many years ago, but the words he said have changed.

"That person died a long time ago. I'm not the Qing'er you said, and it has nothing to do with you."

The girl who had been dead for a long time said indifferently.

"then who are you?"

"me……"

The girl is stuck, obviously, she's just talking too much.

Seeing Gu Cheng raising his hand, she didn't move, but said coldly, "You try?"

The setting sun disappeared into the sky, and the last ray of light disappeared on the horizon. Gu Cheng looked at the slim wandering soul in front of him, and the curse of rebirth stopped on his lips.

Her slightly upturned face, with mist in her eyes, was just like the ragged little beggar back then.

After a long time, Gu Cheng raised his hand and rubbed her head.

"You can't go on like this forever."

"You're not human either."

"It's not the same, you are still human in essence, you just need to be reincarnated, I am not." Gu Cheng shook his head, did not talk about this topic, and retracted his hand: "Tell me, how did this happen?"

He left a house and a lot of money—tens of thousands.At that time, when the per capita salary was tens of yuan, it was indeed a huge sum of money. Whether it was setting up a shop or doing something else, one could live well.

Besides, he taught her a lot.

But she died.

"Are you going to send me away after asking?"

"You understand." Gu Cheng caught a glimpse of someone passing by not far away, and he pinched the cable hole of the earphone and put it to his mouth.

It is such a scene to meet again after decades.

Without words, she turned and disappeared.

"Wang Aimin, you have done all kinds of bad things!"

The next moment she reappeared, leaving behind such a sentence and disappeared again.

"My name is Gu Cheng."

Gu Cheng said something, and waited for a while, but he didn't hear back, so he had no choice but to put away his earphones, and turned the corner back to the main road. The sky hadn't completely darkened yet, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing where to go.

(End of this chapter)