C1498 Whose Story?
C1498 Whose Story?
"Is that so? You think you can leave tomorrow? " Sikong Banyu asked Liu Xia.
"It should be possible."
Liu Xia met Sikong Banyu's gaze and saw the calmness and profoundness in his eyes. It was as if he had seen through everything and could not hide any secrets from him. This was the first time she felt this strange feeling.
The small room descended into a deathly silence. The crackling of the flames became the only sound that could be heard to cover the breathing of the two of them. Whether it was Sikong Banyu or Liu Xia, neither of them said anything else. It was as if the warmth inside the house was making them feel the difference between the heaven and the earth. It was just that what they felt, perhaps only they themselves knew.
"Elder Han, aren't you curious about why I'm doing this?" After a long while, Liu Xia sighed and asked.
"If you think it's easier to say it, you can say it."
"Hehe …" Better? " Liu Xia shook her head with a smile. "Perhaps, ever since the tsunami struck the city where my family lives, I was already miles away from such a luxurious treasure."
"At least there is a distance, not an unreachable distance."
"Hmm? Hehe … Does it make any difference? You should understand that I'm talking about being very, very far away... as far as the horizon. " Liu Xia leaned back on the reclining chair, as if she was someone who had accepted everyone's descent without resisting. She was tired, and didn't want to fight back anymore. Her humble strength was even more miserable and painful than before. In that case, she might as well just sit there and wait for death. Perhaps that would be her best fate.
"The horizon isn't far. As long as you want to leave, you will eventually arrive."
Sikong Banyu picked up the crowbar and knocked on the door again. He then placed a teapot beside him on the stove, looked up at Liu Xia, and continued, "Those who are alive will always leave, but some people will stay where they are, while others will walk against the current. Some people don't want to leave, so they will stay where they are, lying flat on the ground, waiting for their lives to come to an end."
"I belong to the third category."
Sikong Banyu didn't say anything after hearing that. Yes, Liu Xia belonged to the third category. In the teahouse, he had known that this girl who seemed to be forcing herself to smile had been suffering a pain that could not be described. There were three masks hanging on her face, one of them was her pain, one of them was the person she saw, and the other one was something she had secretly taken out when there was no one around.
Liu Xia looked at Sikong Banyu but did not say anything. She smiled and said, "Elder Han, I know you are a knowledgeable and knowledgeable person. You must have guessed it when you saved me, right? Furthermore, you are also a resident of this street. As you have thought, I have migrated here and do not have many survival skills here. The only person who will be able to survive is me. "
"You're still under pressure, aren't you?" After interacting with Liu Xia a few times, he knew that Liu Xia was actually an educated person. In the past, even if her family wasn't rich, they wouldn't be worse than ordinary people. If there wasn't too much pressure to make her breathless, Liu Xia wouldn't walk on a path she didn't want to walk on.
"Yes, I still have pressure." Liu Xia took a deep breath.
"The tsunami engulfed my parents and left me only one younger brother. His name was Liu Ming, and he was only 12 years old, but both of his legs were already crippled. We moved to Tan Zhou, where the government gave us shelter and a place to live. We are very grateful, if my brother is healthy, then this is a new starting point, only... He's only twelve years old, and his life hasn't even begun. He shouldn't be destined to end up in a wheelchair. "
"So I worked hard to earn money, hoping to raise enough money to get him to do the lower limb replacement surgery. So I went to the rich and powerful, because that's the only place with the fastest money. "
"A rich and powerful person?" Sikong Banyu was silent and didn't say anything. It was the biggest nightclub on this street, the place where people were drunk, the place where people fell, the place where many people sought excitement, and also where many people hid their filth.
"But …" As she said this, tears rolled down Liu Xia's face. "I thought I could use some tricks to get out of the mud and into the ground. I could survive under the influence of so many lanterns and wine. However … I seem to have underestimated the extent and weight of this world's ugliness. "
"Yesterday a customer took a fancy to me and threw in a lot of money to take me away. I ran away. "Then today..."
Sikong Banyu said, "Isn't that what you want? Maybe this amount of money is enough to end your career and allow you to live the life you want. Why choose to run away? "
Liu Xia shook her head. She looked up at Sikong Banyu and mocked herself, "Do you feel like you want to be both a whore and a chastity arch?"
"I don't think so. I'm just curious."
"Hehe …" It's natural for you to think that way. I don't blame you. "Yes, I really need money, but I won't sell myself out. Buddha said that the detachment of the soul must be borne by the physical body, and if you betray one of them, then you have already lost the qualifications to pursue your own life. I want to have a life of my own, I don't want to live in a muddled state, and even if it isn't a glorious death, at least I can still preserve a piece of pure land, a pure land that belongs to me."
"Pure Land?" Sikong Banyu was silent. He suddenly felt that the word birth was not only a representation of living, but also a desire, a pursuit, and the value that life itself held in everyone's heart.
If there is a conflict between life and the value of the heart to life, that is a difficult choice. As a moral and living choice, someone would say, if one dies, there is nothing left, even if you can see the moral, but is that really the case?
"Yes, Pure Land... I want to keep the pure land in my heart and leave it for good. Do you think I'm selfish? "For your own pure land, you would rather abandon my crippled brother, hehe …" Liu Xia laughed miserably, but also helplessly. There were many times when she wished to see the golden light flashing before her eyes.