Why do you keep doing some weird things these days?
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As the old man wished, the Pipa ghost plucked the strings a few more times.
The quiet sound of pipa sounded in the night.
It seems to bring a bit of coolness to the somewhat stuffy air.
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The old man was very excited.
Goosebumps all over my body.
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The old lady's heart skipped a beat.
She couldn't help it anymore.
"Old man, what are you doing?"
"Why do you look so distracted?"
Thinking of the old man's unusual words and deeds in the past few days, the old lady couldn't help but start to think about whether she would ask the old man to go to the temple to worship together tomorrow...
Talk about something.
It’s okay to pray for blessings if nothing happens.
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"listen!"
The old man lowered his voice.
Wave to the old lady.
"come over!"
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What?
The old lady hesitated a little.
The old man doesn’t even look at what he looks like now?
It's so suspicious...
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"hurry up!"
The old man was very anxious.
He waved his hands very hard.
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"I'm coming."
Seeing the old man's anxious look, the old lady couldn't delay even if she had doubts.
The old lady walked over quickly.
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"What?"
The old lady looked at the old man blankly.
Why did you ask her to come over?
The old lady was confused.
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"listen!"
The old man's voice became lower and lower.
"Didn't you say you didn't hear the sound of the pipa?"
"Listen now!"
The old man spoke very quickly.
If the old lady hadn't been so close, she wouldn't have been able to hear clearly what the old man said in full.
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but……
lute?!
The old lady suddenly became somewhat interested.
Just let her listen, how unpleasant is the pipa playing that made the old man become strange?
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After a few seconds, the old lady looked at the old man with some uncertainty.
The faint expectation on the other person's face made her next words a bit difficult to say.
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"Did you hear that?"
The old man said matter-of-factly.
"I just said there was a pipa sound."
"You also said that I heard it in my sleep, which is not true..."
The old man felt a sense of pride and joy that was akin to elation.
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old lady:……
"...I'll go to the balcony and listen."
Without waiting for the old man to react, the old lady had already walked into the balcony in a few steps.
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Why?
The old man was stunned.
He subconsciously raised his body.
He seems to want to follow the old lady.
But a few seconds later, he sat back on the sofa.
His hands tightened on the armrest of the sofa.
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After a while, the old lady came back.
The look on his face...
The old man's heart skipped a beat.
He felt a little uneasy for no reason.
He suppressed this inexplicable feeling.
He tried his best to put a smile on his face.
"how?"
"Do you think you can't hear clearly enough here?"
"Go to the balcony..."
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"……no."
The old lady shook her head.
"you……"
The old lady looked serious.
"Is there still the sound of the pipa now?"
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ah?
An unexpected question.
The old man was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.
"have-"
Why?
The old man's voice stopped suddenly.
"...No, no more."
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"It's gone now?"
The old lady confirmed.
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"Uh-huh."
The old man's uneasiness vaguely emerged again.
Why did he feel that something was wrong with the old woman's mood?
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"Yeah?"
The old lady smiled.
There was no smile in his eyes.
"But I never heard the sound of the pipa."
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Varied-
After a moment of confusion, the old man realized that these words had completely opposite meanings to what he subconsciously thought.
He opened his eyes in surprise and even disbelief.
"how come!?"
The old man stood up straight.
He looked suspicious and a little anxious.
"Didn't you hear that just now?"
"That's when I asked you to come and listen?"
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"No."
The old lady shook her head.
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"You went to the balcony and didn't hear it?"
The old man found it incredible.
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"No."
The old lady shook her head again.
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"When did your hearing get so bad?"
The old man blurted out.
In exchange, the old lady hit him hard on the shoulder.
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"You have poor hearing!"
The old man's nonsensical speculation made the old lady feel a little calmer.
"My hearing is fine."
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"and you……"
The old man was puzzled.
He also knew that the old woman had good hearing.
What I just said was just a joke.
So……
"Why didn't you hear the pipa sound?"
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"I also want to know why."
The old lady rolled her eyes slightly.
"Whether it's here or on the balcony..."
She walked around the balcony several times.
I was afraid that I was in the wrong position, so I didn't hear anything.
only……
No matter how she changed positions, most of her body was almost leaning out of the balcony...
I was stunned and didn't hear anything.
From being unwilling to give up at the beginning, she finally had to accept the facts.
She didn't want to admit this fact.
Because she admitted this fact, which means...
The old man has a problem.
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"……Too strange……"
The old lady murmured.
"Why didn't I hear..."
She was obviously very close to the old man.
The old man heard it.
Logically speaking, she should also hear it.
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The old man was silent.
The old woman was confused.
He was also very confused.
Why……
He subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the balcony.
Can't help but confirm again.
"You went to the balcony and didn't hear the sound of the pipa?"
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The old lady opened her mouth.
But the next second, she temporarily swallowed her answer.
She recalled it carefully.
In the end, the miracle didn't happen.
The old lady found no evidence that could overturn the conclusion she had reached before.
"……No."
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The old man turned his whole body backward.
He leaned his back on the sofa.
He reached out and rubbed his forehead vigorously.
what happened?
This thing... really happened one after another.
No one is given a chance to breathe.
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"...You really didn't hear the sound of the pipa?"
The old man couldn't help but confirm again and again.
He really didn't want to believe what the old woman said.
"Didn't you stay on the balcony for a while?"
"Did you really hear nothing when you were on the balcony?"
"I mean any sound."
The old man emphasized.
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The old lady shook her head.
The quick and crisp look made the old man's mouth twitch.
"Don't you want to think about it?"
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"What are you thinking about?"
The old lady disagreed.
"You have asked me this question several times."
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Old man:......
yes.
He remembered.
He had indeed asked the other party this question several times.