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Chapter 8 The Three Years That Disappeared

The phone rang for a long time but was not connected. When the prompt sound was about to appear, a familiar female voice finally appeared in the microphone:

"Which one?"

The environment on the phone was a bit noisy, as if some event was being held on the other end.

I was relieved when I heard my wife's voice on the phone, and said into the microphone:

"Who else, I am your son's dear father, I agreed to call you last night"

Before I finished speaking, there was a sudden exclamation from the other end of the phone, and then my wife said in a crying voice:

"Shen Lian! You've suffered a thousand knives! Where have you died in the past few years?
Don't come back if you run away, why did you choose to call me today
My God, why is my life so miserable."

Before I could figure out what was going on, an old man's voice rang through the microphone:

"Shen Lian? Is it my uncle Shen Lian?
You kid, I haven't heard anything from you in the past three years, and I thought you were dead.
Isn't this the account that was closed for you last week?"

I could tell that it was my father-in-law who spoke, but what he said was inexplicable. I lived in the Taoist temple for one night, so why have I been missing for three years?

Before the old man finished speaking, I interrupted him first and said:

"Dad, what are you talking about? Why haven't I heard from you for three years? Didn't you call your girl yesterday morning?
I also said that I will go back in a few days, and I will bring you some local products, Sailongbian, and add another brother-in-law to me.

If you don’t believe me, ask your girl.”

"what a mess"

The old man interrupted me, took a deep breath on the phone, and continued:

"Shen Lian, I don't care what kind of madness you have been smoking these few years.

Today is Cuiwen's day of great joy. Finally, a young man is willing to ask her for a second marriage. Don't make trouble.

You have been missing for three years, and Cuiwen has been waiting for you for three years, and he has done his best."

After hearing what my father-in-law said, I realized that something was wrong.

When I heard my wife say that my account was cancelled, I thought it was because I didn’t call her last night and was having a temper with me.

But hearing these words now, it is definitely not a joke.

What happened this night?Why is my wife so happy again?Who is he happy with?
My head was about to explode, and I suddenly thought of something more important, so I said to the microphone:

"Dad, don't make such a joke.
I'm fine, why is your girl so happy again?

After ten thousand steps, even if I was missing for three years and my account was cancelled, what about our children?
The child was born two years ago, right?
Did she take the baby to Daxie? "

The old man on the phone sighed and said:

"Shen Lian, Cuiwen has been waiting for half a year without hearing from you.

She doesn't know what happened to you, or whether you are alive or dead.

If you are gone, how can she live alone with the child?

You also think for Cuiwen—the child was beaten."

After finishing these two sentences, my mind went blank, and I froze on the spot holding the phone.

At this time, a burst of firecrackers suddenly came from the microphone.

Then came the voice of my old mother-in-law:
"The groom is here to pick up the kiss, so hang up the phone quickly!
The phones are all turned off, and you are not allowed to answer calls you don’t know today.”

Before the voice finished, the phone in my hand had already sent a busy tone.
My wife was really happy again
I said to the proprietress of the canteen stupidly:
"What year is it today? What day is it?"

The proprietress was terrified by my appearance, she didn't answer, she just pointed to the calendar board hanging on the wall
March 23, [-] - May [-], [-].

Fatty Wang and I came to Luoshen County to collect bills on May [-], [-]
I rubbed my eyes, and after making sure I read correctly, I suddenly started to panic, and my body shook involuntarily.

While my body was shaking, my clothes were soaked in cold sweat.

As if I forgot how to breathe, I began to inhale desperately into my mouth, and then exhaled forcefully.

I haven't eaten since yesterday afternoon.

The body already had a hypoglycemic reaction, and I was frightened a few times, and now I understand that it has been inexplicably three years.

I can't accept it for a while, the body has a stress response
At this time, the proprietress of the canteen, who saw something was wrong, grabbed me, worried that something might happen to me in the store, she couldn't explain clearly, and hurriedly helped me sit on the chair.

Then he took the phone from me and put it away, saying:

"Brother, you are not right.
You are exactly the same as my brother when he was suffering from hysteria. He discovered it early and sent him to the hospital to find a good doctor.

It will be fine in a few days.

If you listen to the elder sister, take a long-distance bus to the city and get off at Wenhua West Road.

I went to the hospital to find Director Tong, and my younger brother was cured by Director Tong."

While talking, she helped me out of the canteen, pointed to the opposite coach station and said:

"That's the car, get in the car and go to the city.

Remember, get off at Wenhua West Road, the hospital is next to the station.”

As she spoke, she took me, who was in a daze, onto the bus bound for the city.

Not long after the proprietress filled up the ticket for me, the bus also arrived and drove towards the city.

After the car started driving, I went through what happened from last night to now in my mind.

But the more I thought about it, the more I couldn't understand it. I obviously only lived in the Taoist temple for one night, so it took three years.

You kissed my wife yesterday morning, why are you having a big wedding with someone else again?

Pity my unborn child, before he saw the world, he disappeared in a daze
The more I thought about it, the more awkward I became, and it seemed that just when I was about to get into a corner and my spirit was about to collapse, the conductor on the bus said:

"Wenhua West Road is here, passengers who get off at Wenhua West Road, please prepare to get off in advance"

Wenhua West Road is the address of the hospital that the proprietress of the canteen told me, but why is it so familiar, as if I have heard it somewhere before.

Compared with the separation of wives and children, it may be better to suffer from hysteria.

Maybe find the right doctor, take a few medicines and sleep well.

When I wake up, everything may be normal.

Maybe I never came to Luoshen County at all, the weird Taoist priests in the Taoist temple, and these inexplicable three years are just a dream.

I got out of the car in a daze, and at a glance I saw a not-so-big hospital next to the station.

I walked unsteadily to the gate of the hospital. Before I could see the name of the hospital, I was attracted by the house number on the gatepost.
The house number on the blue lacquered iron sheet——No. 180, Wenhua West Road.
Isn't this the house number in front of the gate of that weird Taoist temple?

Is this hospital also an illusion?I didn't leave Taoism at all?
Just when my head was about to explode, a person came out of the hospital.

This person is wearing a Taoist robe, at the age of 27 or [-], his delicate features are exactly the gilt in Taoist temples.
(End of this chapter)