we are just monsters

Chapter 23 Long Life and Short Life

After Gu Cheng went back to the house and put down the bag, he washed his hands, opened the refrigerator, took out a handful of shallots, and the tofu bought yesterday, and went to the kitchen to wash them carefully and cut them into sections.

"What are you sneaking up on?" He didn't turn his head, Xia Xiaoman floated behind him and rubbed his nose with his hands.

"Lilith and the others call you an old ghost." She asked the black cat for a long time, but she couldn't figure out what kind of existence Gu Cheng was, so she only got this name.

"You want to call it that too?"

Gu Cheng sliced ​​the tofu unhurriedly.

"No, I'm just curious. You are immortal, so there should be many legends left behind, such as witches. I've heard of it before, but nothing about you. Why?"

Xia Xiaoman carefully looked at Gu Cheng's face, trying to find something, "Also, you are not a ghost, why are you called an old ghost?"

"Is there a possibility that you are not a ghost, but I am?" Gu Cheng put forward a hypothesis.

"..."

Xia Xiaoman rolled his eyes and said after a long time: "I just saw Uncle Chen sweeping the floor for you, did you bully him?"

"You should ask his wife that question, not me."

"Everyone has a wife, but you don't, it's so pitiful."

"Well, how pitiful."

"Want it?"

"You reincarnated, I will find you when you are reincarnated." Gu Cheng turned around and said with a smile.

Xia Xiaoman originally shook his hands behind his back, but when he heard him say that, he immediately lowered his eyes, was silent for a while, and then sighed: "You really don't have any feelings for me, Wang Aimin."

"Yes."

"That's different."

"Of course it's different. You don't think a long-lived person would be emotionally invested in a short-lived ghost, do you?"

"You hurt people like this." Xia Xiaoman said.

"I'm just stating a fact."

"I can not be reconciled."

Xia Xiaoman lowered her head and gently pressed her into his arms, "I'm not reconciled, why did you live forever? If you were a normal person, then you wouldn't have left. Everything will develop according to the normal order."

"Probably so."

Gu Cheng thought about it carefully and then nodded, "But I am an immortal, and you are alone."

For the immortals, everyone is just a passerby. Even Chen Hua and the others are just friends who can get along with each other for a long time, and they will pass away in the end.

Time will take everything but him.

This is the first time that Xia Xiaoman has faced this problem squarely. Before that, she was prevaricating it with something funny. Gu Cheng was very relieved that she finally...huh?etc.

"Let go, don't take the opportunity to touch me."

"Humph!"

Xia Xiaoman left with a face full of reluctance, even pushed his head hard, then turned and went to the living room.

"I send you to reincarnate because I know that one day we will meet again. Although I don't know the person after reincarnation, and you won't remember me, you will still be happy. The last thing you want to see is like Zhang Lulu. It's true when it's gone. Gone."

Gu Cheng's voice came from the kitchen, Xia Xiaoman sat on the sofa and didn't know if he heard it.

He heard it and pretended not to hear it.

"Some people are open-minded, thinking that they will be a hero again in 18 years, and even look forward to what they will live in the next life, and whether they can make up for this regret. They are very open-minded. For a moment, let go of everything in this life.”

Xia Xiaoman moved her head, she was not so open-minded, in her opinion, there is no difference between reincarnation and disappearing, that is not her anymore.

"Some people are pessimistic. They are too lazy to live when they are alive, and they dare not die. They can only live day by day. When they finally die, they know that they can dissipate. They can't wish for it. They would rather endure loneliness for several years or even ten years than Continue to the next life."

Zhang Lulu is an example. Xia Xiaoman still hasn't forgotten the woman in Xishan Cemetery that Gu Cheng took her to visit a few days ago, curled up in front of the incense candles, and said that she could last for a month, and she didn't know how she felt in this month.

Waiting for the unbearable day with anticipation?Or sort out your mentality, and recall the past again before it is completely wiped out.

"There are also some people who are too concerned about the regrets of this life, have been reluctant to reincarnate, and always want to wait, but no matter whether they are open-minded or not open-minded, they can't change anything. The final result is two, Dissipate, or reincarnate."

Gu Cheng brought out the ready-made tofu mixed with shallots and put it on the table, and continued: "Since it can't be changed, it's better to let nature take its course, there may be a day of reunion in reincarnation, and there will be a new life with new joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys. After too long, there is really nothing left.”

"You are very suitable to be a person who persuades you to reincarnate." Xia Xiaoman had to admit that she was a little moved by Gu Cheng's reunion.

"I'm not urging you. If you want to play more, you can stay for a few more days. Just be careful, don't keep the more you don't want to leave."

Gu Cheng brought out another plate of dry-stir-fried green beans, set out the bowls and chopsticks, lit a stick of incense and put it in the incense burner, treated the dishes on the table as offerings, and called Xia Xiaoman to sit down.

The dishes are very simple, even when there is only one person, Xia Xiaoman doesn't eat rice, he just tastes the dishes to enjoy himself, and he doesn't even need to fry more, he just needs to eat a few bites less.

Xia Xiaoman's ghost floated over faintly and smelled the aroma of the food, "Have you lived with ghosts before?"

"I have encountered everything in my life for so long. When an old professor died, he insisted on dragging me to continue to ponder over his unfinished subject and come to a result before reincarnating with peace of mind."

Gu Cheng shook his head with a smile, short-lived species have various regrets, and it is rare to let go of everything in front of them after death.

After one person and one ghost finished their meal, Gu Cheng packed up the dishes, wiped the table clean, and took out a book to read. Xia Xiaoman was sitting beside him, curling his hair with his fingers, his thoughts wandering.

Changsheng, who can see the souls of the dead, hides among the crowd, Xia Xiaoman really doubts that he is a Bodhisattva, or at least one of the thousands of incarnations who walk the world.

The compassion on his face when he saved the souls of the dead could not be faked, if Lilith saw it, she should not be so afraid.

"If you have nothing to do, go out for a stroll and see where there are lost wandering souls."

"You are as impermanent as black and white. Is this your job?" Xia Xiaoman glanced at Gu Cheng. This guy happened to be wearing black clothes, but he didn't wear the hat of 'make money at first sight'.

Gu Cheng said indifferently: "Those who need to be rescued are poor people, and it is a great help if you can help."

"Great mercy, Amitabha, can the master save me?" Xia Xiaoman clasped his hands together and bowed his head in worship.

"Okay, this will save you."

"Flesh Pu... ah!"

After being knocked on the head, Xia Xiaoman stood up grumbling, stretched himself and planned to go out to have a look.

She stretched her waist endlessly, and her slender waist was still shaking. After shaking for a while, Xia Xiaoman looked sideways, but Gu Cheng lowered his head and didn't even look at her.

"I suspect that you were a eunuch in the palace in ancient times."

"Well, the famous Zhao Gao is me."

"Really?" Xia Xiaoman turned his head abruptly.

"Fake, let's go." Gu Cheng waved his hand, as if he didn't see where Xia Xiaoman's suspicious gaze was aiming.

(End of this chapter)