The sudden cold rain fell from the sky, dripping diagonally on the glass, drawing crystal clear thin lines.
The windows of the buses were closed tightly, and the pace of pedestrians on the street sped up a bit. Those who couldn't escape could only find nearby shops or eaves to take shelter from the rain.
The door opened, and a well-dressed old woman rushed onto the bus in two steps, and rubbed the bus card against the card swipe with a look of dismay on her face.
"Dip~ old man's card."
"Wear a mask."
"Are you blind? Didn't you see that I was taking it out?"
Staring at the somewhat sulky driver with dissatisfaction, the old woman with triangular eyes put away her bus pass, took out her mask with a sullen face, stood still, and scanned the other people in the bus with sharp eyes, like a bird
Female hyena hunting.
Seemingly seeing something, the old man narrowed his eyes and walked quickly.
"Xia Jie, don't talk nonsense. After all, there are still many good people in this world. Mom tells you that you should try your best to help those in need. Giving roses to others will leave a lingering fragrance. Only by helping others can the good people in this world be born.
Only when there are more good people united can we drive away the bad people who bully others... Didi, dee, dee, dee, dee!!!!"
The soft sounds in my ears disappeared instantly, and the private car blocked behind by the bus made a harsh sound.
Seemingly being provoked, several other private cars also started honking their horns loudly.
The gentle face in his mind disappeared in an instant. Xia Jie's eyes gradually focused as he was sitting on the bus, but he found that at some point, a dissatisfied silver-haired old woman had stood to his left.
Although he was a little confused about where the other party's dissatisfaction came from, Xia Jie quickly stood up and gave up his seat for the old man.
Sitting down neatly on the blue seat, the old man's gloomy expression did not improve at all. Instead, he glanced sideways at the young man and muttered indifferently.
"Today's young people, at a young age, like to occupy seats just like people in their seventies or eighties. They really don't have the hard-working spirit of the past. When they see the elderly, they don't know how to take the initiative to give up their seats, and they don't know how to respect the old and love the young.
Seven years older makes you look older. I think the current post-90s generation can only compete with the elderly for seats..."
Xia Jie got off the bus. The old man's harsh words had gone away with the bus. He looked up at the increasingly heavy rain. The young man walked quickly to the nearest small store.
When he came out of the store, the young man already had a black umbrella in his hand.
Before I could open my umbrella, there was a rush of footsteps behind me.
"Hey, brother, don't leave yet, brother!"
Turning his head in confusion, Xia Jie realized that the person who called him was a high school couple who lived near his home. They usually made love on the street as if no one was around, which made Xia Jie accidentally remember this young couple.
"What's the matter?"
Half pulling and half dragging Xia Jie back to the supermarket entrance, the male high school student scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Brother, you see it's raining harder and harder now. My daughter and I are stuck here and can't go home."
Pointing at the female high school student standing three meters away, the male high school student smiled apologetically.
"If Xiaowen is not sent home, she will definitely be angry, so..."
Xia Jie looked down at the umbrella in his hand and remained silent.
Seeing Xia Jie's hesitation, the male high school student's face became more sincere again.
"Brother, we are just high school students and have no money to buy an umbrella. The owner of this private supermarket is so evil. The most common umbrella actually costs 30. Brother, can you help me and lend me the umbrella?
Once you use it, Xiaowen's house is nearby. I'll come back and return the umbrella to you after I send Xiaowen back. Please, brother~ I promise you, it won't take more than ten minutes."
After nodding, Xia Jie handed the umbrella to the male high school student.
"Okay, then hurry up as much as possible, I'll be waiting for you here."
Taking the umbrella with a smile on his face, the high school boy rushed towards his girlfriend without looking back.
"Xiaowen, I told you a long time ago, do you think I'm awesome..."
"You are so awesome, let me reward you, mua~"
Watching the male high school student open his umbrella and disappear into the rain with his girlfriend, a gust of cold wind blew slantingly with icy rain. Xia Jie leaned against the inside of the shop door again, but his lower body was still wet.
Looking back at the already muddy tile floor in the store, Xia Jie decided to wait outside the door in order not to make it even dirtier.
He wanted to make sure that the high school boy who borrowed his umbrella saw him at first sight when he came back, instead of thinking that he had left just because he was in the shop.
Because he no longer has money to buy a second umbrella.
The wind has not stopped and the rain has not stopped.
The air is getting cooler and cooler, but the rain shows no sign of getting lighter.
A regular customer who was buying cigarettes looked at the embarrassed young man who was standing at the door of the shop strangely, and then closed his umbrella and walked into the shop.
"Lao Zhang, here's a box of hard Chinese."
The shop owner sitting on the chair shook his head helplessly: "No, it has been sold out a long time ago, and it has not been available recently. Now we only have soft ones."
"It's soft...it's expensive, and it's not easy to smoke...forget it, let's just use soft ones. It's better than not smoking at all."
Taking the cigarette box, the customer skillfully opened it and lit one for himself. However, his peripheral vision once again accidentally fell on the embarrassed figure standing at the door of the shop.
For some reason, the guests always felt that the guy standing outside in the rain was pitiful.
"Old Zhang, why don't you call in that silly boy who got caught in the rain? Isn't that unethical?"
Sitting on the boss's chair again, the shop owner rolled his eyes and crossed his legs.
"What I'm saying is, it's not like I didn't let him come in to take shelter from the rain? He chose to stand at the door and wait, and he made his own choice. Who's to blame?"
After taking a deep breath, the guest slowly blew out the smoke ring with a comfortable look on his face.
"Waiting? So, is someone coming to pick him up and give him an umbrella?"
"This silly boy bought an umbrella from me two hours ago. He lent it to a young couple who was taking shelter at the door before using it. I guess he was waiting to return the umbrella. It was also outside the station.
In order to prevent the young man who borrowed the umbrella from not being able to find him when returning it."
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The guest's eyes widened.
"Yeah, it's been more than two hours."
Playing with the kerosene lighter in his hand, the store owner sighed.
"This silly boy probably can't wait for someone to return the umbrella. Thirty yuan can be regarded as buying a cold lesson. I hope this silly boy can be more careful in the future..."
Outside the glass door, Xia Jie sneezed and shook his head in disappointment, facing the icy rain in the sky, he stepped into the rain curtain.
At this moment, a brand new black umbrella is lying quietly in a trash can in a certain community. Surrounded by garbage, it is getting dirtier and smellier.
As more and more garbage covered it, the black umbrella finally disappeared into the trash can.
"You shouldn't die like this."
"But the fact is that I am indeed dead. In order to save a little girl, I was hit by a car and her mother didn't even look back at me... Except for the crying little girl, maybe she will remember more
Hold me for a few seconds."
Sitting in the darkness with his legs crossed, Xia Jie responded calmly to the voice that appeared out of thin air.
"No matter who you are, let me die like this, go to the underworld or hell, I have no family anymore.
For me, there is nothing worth remembering in this world. I have fulfilled my mother’s teachings to the best of my ability. My mother said that being willing to help others will attract a lot of goodwill and gratitude. However, the fact is that I have helped a lot of people, and I have really received a lot of gratitude.
Good intentions are rare, and the word "thank you" is a shameful word that is difficult to say for most people.
Mom may be wrong. There may not be as many good people as there are bad people in this world, or maybe everything I encounter is a mistake."
After a few seconds of silence, the ethereal neutral voice appeared out of thin air again, still elusive.
"You shouldn't die like this. Moreover, even if I really let you go, you should go to heaven. Going to hell is too unfair for you. I think you understand this."
Xia Jie's eyes scanned the darkness, but still couldn't see anything. He had to completely give up the idea of observing the environment.
Although I don't know what my situation is now, it can't be worse than being hit by a car.
"The greatest fairness in this world is unfairness, so even if God really throws me into hell, I will admit it. No matter who you are, please let me go. Just let me leave quietly. I will
Thank you very much."
"You shouldn't die like this, and there is no need to lie in front of me. Although your unwillingness has been killed by yourself, you still have some memories. I know it, because I know everything about you."
Xia Jie buried his head between his thighs and remained silent.
He felt that it was too weak to refute this unknown existence with words, so it was better to remain silent.
Perhaps this is cowardice born out of kindness.
"You shouldn't die like this. You have always wanted to experience a more exciting life. You are nostalgic for the Steam game library on your computer. You are eager to integrate into the illusory worlds that are divorced from reality. In fact, you have long been tired of this dull world.
, and you are tired of being a good guy who is always hurt by others, those game worlds are the last haven for your soul."
The ethereal voice seemed to take care of Xia Jie's mood, and his tone became slightly softer.
"You shouldn't die like this. You are nostalgic and full of unwillingness. This is enough. There is no need to deny it. You should change. Since you have died once, you should forget about your mother.
The curse you imposed allows me to truly live for once, and even if I die again, I must die willingly."
The young man raised his eyelids and clenched his fists, but could only loosen them again.
Pouring his lips bitterly, Xia Jie retorted in a low voice that only he could hear.
"It's not a curse..."
"You shouldn't die like this. Even if God is here, he won't allow you to die worthlessly. The same goes for me. So, you don't actually have the right to choose. You need to know that for now
For you, there is still a chance to start over. This is an opportunity that no one else has, but only you. You can understand that this is a gift brought by you doing good things for twenty-three years, and this is also
The reason why I'm here."
Standing up, Xia Jie once again looked around him blankly, trying to find something outside the darkness.
"You...who are you? Where is this place, and what chance do I have?"
Ethereal sounds came from all directions, making Xia Jie unable to find the source of the sounds.
"You shouldn't die like this. Regarding questions like 'Who am I' and 'Where is this place?', you need to find the answers yourself. And your chance is to randomly travel to various game worlds and do good deeds."
Okay, whether you want to become stronger or commit suicide, it’s all up to you to decide, but you must remember two points.”
"Whether you said it or not is the same as not saying it...what two points?"
With a wry smile, Xia Jie, who had no choice, had to accept the reality.
"You shouldn't die like this. The first point is that if you want to return here and continue to other worlds, you must complete all the tasks issued to you by the corresponding world. This is the self-ransom you must pay, otherwise
If you do, you will stay in that world forever and never be able to come back.
The second point is very simple. You only have one life. To use an inappropriate metaphor, you can think of this as a survival game that can be cleared in one life. But for me, there is no chance for you to invest coins again. If you die, it will be complete.
Gone.
Finally, I will give you two opportunities to ask questions. As for whether I will answer, everything is unknown."
Xia Jie reluctantly worked up the energy to understand the meaning of the unknown existence. After thinking about it for a moment, Xia Jie asked in a low voice.
"Um...do I still have a chance to return to my original world?"
Xia Jie thought this was a simple question, but unexpectedly the unknown existence became unusually silent.
"Well, it seems you don't want to answer this question."
Sighing, Xia Jie raised his right hand and observed the lines on the palm of his hand and the skin on the back of his hand.
She is fair and tender, like a new baby, and her skin is better than when she was alive.
Close your eyes.
If he remembered correctly, after pushing the little girl away, he subconsciously blocked the front of the car with his hands in the rain. The bones of his right hand below the wrist were completely broken by the violent impact of the front of the car, and then he was hit by the car.
What remained within Red's sight was a speeding car and a woman running away with a crying little girl in her arms.
Slowly raising his head, Xia Jie's face became more serious.
"Why do you always emphasize the words 'I shouldn't die like this' before speaking? Is there any meaning?"
The ethereal voice still couldn't tell the gender, and it came clearly from the void and darkness.
"'I shouldn't die like this'..."
Xia Jie looked confused when he heard this, not knowing what the other person meant by repeating his words.
"Aren't you willing to answer this question?"
There was no sound anymore in the darkness, and Xia Jie instantly felt unspeakable loneliness.
