Ronin: Start with the cotton

2013 2 Month 22 Day.

The atmosphere of the Chinese New Year has not completely dissipated, and there is still the smell of fireworks and the smell of bacon in the air.

Qiao Shan and Lin Zhaoxi sat on the steps in front of the tower.

"The time is almost up..."

"Ah."

……

Lin Zhaoxi pursed her lips, looked at Qiao Shan, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but whispered: "Tell me, if we really can't go back this time..."

Qiao Shan withdrew his distant gaze and looked at Lin Zhaoxi.

Lin Zhaoxi panicked at once, hurriedly looked away, lowered her head, fingered the shoelace unconsciously, and explained: "What I mean is, what should we do if Pei Zhi really doesn't come..."

"Here we come!" Qiao Shan said suddenly.

Lin Zhaoxi was stunned for a moment, and looked towards the entrance of the alley, and sure enough, he saw two figures walking slowly, it was Father Pei and Pei Zhi.

Qiao Shan and Lin Zhaoxi stood up.

At this moment, the door of No. 284 courtyard suddenly opened with a bang, and Lao Lin ran out excitedly holding the manuscript paper, looked around, saw Qiao Shan and the other two at a glance, and ran over immediately.

"I proved it! I finally proved it!!!"

"Quick! Xiao Ji, help me see the process!"

Lao Lin stuffed the manuscript paper to Qiao Shan and said excitedly, "Is there any problem with the last step? I used... er, Pei Zhi?"

Only then did Lao Lin see Pei Zhi and Father Pei approaching him.

……

Lao Lin looked at Qiao Shan in astonishment.

Qiao Shan nodded and said, "Seeing that you have been calculating, I didn't tell you that we should go back today."

Today is recording time on the voice recorder.

"Master..."

Pei Zhi's expression was complicated, and he lost the high-spiritedness he usually saw on the news. Now he was wearing an ordinary casual clothes, and he took the initiative to say hello to Lao Lin, but his eyes couldn't help looking at Lin Zhaoxi who was at the side, seeing that his expression was clear. Indifferent, his eyes suddenly dimmed.

Qiao Shan took out the recording pen he had prepared earlier from his pocket, and pressed the recording button.

"Are you here?" Qiao Shan said lightly.

Pei Zhi's heart tightened, he looked at Qiao Shan, his life in the past six months flashed through his mind, thinking of the "conversation" with Cheese Pei Zhi before, his Adam's apple rolled, he hesitated for a while, and finally heaved a long sigh: "... Thank you."

As for what to thank, only he himself knows.

"Have you thought about it? If you go back this time, you will never come back again." Like that recording, Qiao Shan said the same words.

Pei Zhi closed his eyes: "Think about it..."

A hand stretched out and patted Pei Zhi's shoulder.

Pei Zhi turned around and looked at Father Pei with tears in his eyes: "...Dad, I'm sorry..."

Pei Donglai couldn't control his emotions for a while, he patted Pei Zhi's shoulder heavily, and with encouragement in his heart, he said in a deep voice:

"Silly boy, it's okay..."

"When you go back... take care of your mother, take care of yourself..."

After listening to the recording thousands of times, this time when he said it from his father himself, Pei Zhi couldn't hold on any longer and hugged his father tightly.

Qiao Shan turned off the recording and turned to look at Lin Zhaoxi.

The four eyes met, and time stood still.

……

……

Strawberry World.

The bloody ripples faded, and a faint light lit up inside the dim tower.

"call……"

Pei Zhi, who was maintaining the posture of smearing the formula, suddenly moved, and the look in his eyes changed instantly, as if he had become another person, and the stone in his hand was powerless to fall.

Qiao Shan turned on the flashlight of his phone and looked at Lin Zhaoxi and Lao Lin.

"So, you're back?" Lao Lin asked suspiciously.

From day to night, from outside the tower to inside the tower, the changes in space and time made everyone uncomfortable.

"It's not over yet." Qiao Shan said.

Pei Zhi finally came back to his senses, and said emotionally: "Yes! It's not over yet!!!"

……

pat!

The dimly lit tower suddenly lit up with lights.

Qiao Shan's hand hung down from the button on the wall, he looked up at the newly installed warm light, and then at the three people who were at a loss, with a smile on his lips.

Because it was dark before crossing, and Pei Zhi hastily applied the formula, Lin Zhaoxi didn't observe the inside of the tower carefully.

At this time, I realized that this place has changed its appearance at some point.

Newly fitted light bulbs.

There are a bunch of tools in the corner.

The iron gate on the top of the general tower, which has been blocked by the iron gate for many years, is also opened at this time.

……

Picking up a bag from the corner of the wall, Qiao Shan came to the wall, aimed at the smeared formula, and smashed it down hard.

collapse--

With a dull and hollow sound, a hole was smashed into the wall.

Probing in with his hand, after groping inside for a while, Qiao Shan took out a dusty iron box from inside.

"This is……"

Seeing Qiao Shan handing the iron box to herself, Lin Zhaoxi accepted it in a daze.

After returning from the time travel, some of Qiao Shan's actions and the lights on the tower made Lin Zhaoxi feel a little overwhelmed, and subconsciously panicked.

"Don't be afraid, this is a letter from your mother." Qiao Shan said softly.

Mother's letter?

written for me?

Lin Zhaoxi looked at Lao Lin, saw that he was bewildered, hugged the iron box and hesitated for a moment, and opened it anyway, only to see that it was indeed a folded piece of paper, and the writing on the inside could be vaguely seen.

……

【I love you】

【Although I just glanced at you】

[I want to be with you all the time, but I have to leave]

【You have no memory of me, I am not sorry】

[Don't have any imagination about me, imagination will bring sadness]

【I'm just an ordinary mother... went to a distant place】

……

The letter was dripping with blood, there was a handprint on it, and there were two gaps.

Lin Zhaoxi's eye sockets turned red immediately.

pat-

pat-

A teardrop fell on the letter paper.

Qiao Shan took a step forward, came to Lin Zhaoxi, and gently hugged him in his arms. Lin Zhaoxi couldn't control it anymore, and hugged Qiao Shan hard, his body trembling slightly, and let out a suppressed cry.

……

After a while, when Lin Zhaoxi had vented the sadness and longing in his heart, Qiao Shan patted Lin Zhaoxi's back, glanced at Lao Lin and Pei Zhi, took Lin Zhaoxi's hand, and walked towards the stairs leading to the top of the tower , lightly said:
"follow me."

Pei Zhi thought of the "conversation" with Cheese Pei Zhi before, his heart moved, and he immediately followed.

Seeing this, Lao Lin naturally followed.

……

The tower is located in Zhuanzhu Alley, with a height of more than ten meters, it does not feel high from below. However, when you reach the top of the tower, look at the lights of thousands of houses in front of you, and listen to the sound of waves coming from the east, you will feel relaxed and happy. , There is a sense of drifting away from the world.

As the four of them climbed to the top of the tower, the dim lights illuminated again.

In the center, the table has been set up long ago.

A modern toolbox.

Qiao Shan stepped forward to open the box, took out the cotton swab and the prepared medicine from it, looked at Lao Lin, nodded, and signaled him to come over.

Then he handed the letter from Lin Zhaoxi to Lao Lin.

"Wipe off the last blood mark..." Qiao Shan said.

"Trust me," he repeated.

……

After confirming, seeing Qiao Shan's serious expression, Lao Lin stepped forward, took a cotton swab, dipped it in the liquid medicine, and gently smeared off the bloodstain.

In an instant!
The lights of Wanjia in front of me turned into dots of stars!

The world in front of me began to blur...