The night breeze was slightly cool, and the Niancao glowing with green light was both real and illusory, gently stretching its branches and leaves in the wind. Alice held it in her hand, and the Niancao turned into countless weak green light particles, scattered and annihilated.
"It takes a lot of effort to keep it growing. Do you have any questions? Just ask," Alice said.
Sun Suhe rubbed his temples, "The jumping off building incident mentioned before, well, there are other things. Although I still have many questions, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain them clearly in a while. What I want to know most now is
, who do you think I am, and who do you think you are?”
"What do you think? Imagine if you met your childhood self, what would you think of him?"
"Well, I think he is so childish and stupid..." Sun Suhe replied casually, his face turning red as he spoke.
Alice patted Sun Suhe on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Yes, yes, as expected of me, I am quite self-aware. Seriously, do you remember the story of the Ship of Theseus?"
"You mean that thinking paradox?" Sun Suhe asked.
Alice nodded, "If I remember correctly, the origin of this paradox is this. Prince Theseus of Athens took a boat to Crete and killed the monster Minos Bull. In order to commemorate him, the Athenians made this
The ship survived as a monument to the hero. As time passed, the wood decayed, and the Athenians continued to replace it with new wood. Eventually every piece of wood in the ship was replaced. Then the ship was still the ship of Theseus.
Boat?"
Sun Suhe understood the meaning of Alice's words, but he didn't know how to answer this question for a while.
Alice continued: "How can we think clearly about the paradox that many philosophers have debated? However, I think the reason why the ship of Theseus is the ship of Theseus is not because of the keel, not because of the deck, not because of the deck.
Because of the sail, not because of a certain piece of wood. Same thing
, the reason why I am me is not because of muscles, bones, organs, or certain cells. What makes me me should be some deeper self-understanding, and this self-understanding always exists in you consistently.
In me, so you are me and I am you.”
"You are me, and I am you. You are me, and I am you." Sun Suhe chewed these words carefully.
After pondering for a long time, he let out a long sigh: "Hey, this kind of philosophical thinking becomes more and more confusing the more I think about it. I know what kind of person I am, and you also know what kind of person you are. That's enough.
By the way, do you have any questions to ask me?"
"Well, um, you haven't called your parents for a long time, right?" Alice asked a little coyly.
Sun Suhe rubbed his hair awkwardly, "I haven't fought back since I ran away from home. Actually, hey..."
Alice bit her lip and whispered: "Let's hit one."
Sun Suhe was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his heart was shocked. I haven't seen my parents for more than a month, but she...
Suddenly feeling sour in his heart, Sun Suhe felt that compared with Alice's mood, all his anger and self-esteem seemed so childish. He looked at the time and said, "My parents should be off work by now. Give me a call, I'll do it now
beat."
Sun Suhe put his cell phone into hands-free mode and dialed his home phone number without hesitation.
Beep, beep, beep... In the quiet room, the time waiting for the connection seemed extremely long.
"Hello, Su He?" Mom's voice came out from the phone with a bit of surprise. Alice clenched her hands unconsciously, her eyes were red, and she turned slightly, as if she didn't dare to look at the phone she was talking on.
Sun Suhe couldn't help but pour out two poems in his heart: He is more timid when he is close to his hometown, and he dare not ask the stranger. At this situation, he felt an inexplicable sense of guilt invaded his whole body, and he didn't know whether it was for his family, Alice, or for others.
Own.
Sun Suhe's voice was slightly choked and he said: "Mom, it's okay, I just want to call home."
"Do you have a cold? Is it serious? You must take care of yourself when you are alone outside." Hearing that Sun Suhe's voice was strange, her mother asked urgently.
"It's okay, I'm okay. My nose was itchy just now..." Sun Suhe waved to Alice while making a phone call, and pointed to the phone. Alice suppressed her emotions, gritted her teeth and shook her head.
This phone call took a long time, but Sun Suhe felt that time passed too quickly.
Both his parents made a tacit agreement not to mention work. They just asked him to take good care of himself, have enough food and clothing, don't get sick, and just call home if he is short of money. They talked about many trivial matters, and Sun Suhe came first.
For the first time, I didn’t find it annoying at all. Instead, I felt sad and warm at the same time, with mixed feelings.
Sun Suhe deeply felt that parents always want to give their children what they think is the best, but when this kindness is not what the children really want, everything seems so helpless.
After hanging up the phone, Alice leaned against the wall alone without saying a word. Sun Suhe couldn't bear to see it, but he didn't know how to comfort her, so he pinched his nose and shouted in an exaggerated way: "It stinks, it stinks."
, Ouch, who stinks so much, go take a shower."
In fact, Sun Suhe wanted to comfort her with words. However, in this situation, any comfort seemed to turn into a shameful show off. Sun Suhe looked at Alice's lonely back walking towards the bathroom, and could only hope that a comfortable hot bath would change her.
Change your mood.
Alice entered the bathroom in silence. She stood under the shower, letting the warm water wash away the dust all over her body, and was filled with emotions. Her wet hair was spread freely, and Alice occasionally brushed the hair hanging down from her forehead with her hands.
, it’s just that I can’t tell whether what I wiped away together is water or tears.
Sun Suhe leaned on the sofa and looked at himself reflected in the window glass. All kinds of feelings and thoughts surged into his heart like a tide. He closed his eyes and reached out to touch his cheek.
The night wind blew by, and Sun Suhe carefully distinguished what was the coolness of the cool breeze blowing across his face, what was the warmth touched by his fingers, and what was the touch from his fingertips. His mind gradually calmed down, and the beating of his heart was overtaken.
Feeling more and more clearly, Sun Suhe felt for the first time so clearly that life was rushing through his body. Deep in his heart, a voice became stronger and stronger: Whether it is for myself or for my family, I must survive!
Bang, bang, bang... A knock on the door from the bathroom interrupted Sun Suhe's thoughts.
"What's wrong? The door is stuck again? His grandma's door has been stuck at both ends every day." Sun Suhe hurried over. Just as he was about to help open the door, he suddenly remembered something, and suddenly his face turned red with embarrassment, and he stood at the door helplessly.
forward.
"Bring me some clothes and bath towels. Give me the one you use to dry on the balcony." Alice's voice came from the bathroom.
"Okay, okay, wait a moment, I'll get it right away." Sun Suhe said, quickly running away in three steps at a time.
Alice was petite and wore a T-shirt from Sun Suhe as pajamas. She was sitting carelessly on the sofa drinking milk. Although the hem of the T-shirt almost reached Alice's knees, Sun Suhe was still too shy to look directly at her.
The faint body fragrance that came from the tip of his nose from time to time made his cheeks feel hot.
Alice looked at Sun Suhe's embarrassment, smiled narrowly, and deliberately came over.
"What are you doing?" Sun Suhe made an impatient look to cover up his embarrassment.
"What are you doing?" Alice said and put her face on Sun Suhe's shoulder.
"No, no, no, is it fun? Stop playing tricks on me, okay?" Sun Suhe begged helplessly.
"Ashamed, ashamed, I have an innocent little virgin named Sun Suhe." Alice rubbed Sun Suhe's head and laughed so hard that the milk in her hand almost spilled. She smiled and whispered into Sun Suhe's ear.
Said: "Let me tell you a secret, actually I am not a woman."
"Eh?" Sun Suhe was stunned for a moment, feeling that he had been surprised more times today than in the past year.
Alice looked at Sun Suhe's astonished look and couldn't help laughing again. She patted Sun Suhe on the shoulder and said, "Because I'm not a human being at all, and of course I'm not a woman. What are you so shy about?"
Um?"
"You're not a human? That's right. It's strange to think of humans in another world."
But the way Sun Suhe looked at Alice, apart from her breathtakingly beautiful appearance, her basic body structure seemed to be no different from that of a human being.
"Do you think that humans and I are similar? In fact, there are many substantial differences. By the way, look." Alice said, gently lifting her silver hair from her ears.
Sun Suhe saw that her ears were small and pointed, and they seemed to be like the elf in the story.
Alice played with the ends of her hair casually and said: "It's quite lucky to say that I didn't turn into a slime, goblin or something, haha. Although I am very different from humans now, at least my appearance is still acceptable."
"But, she turned into a woman, um, a mother?"
Before Sun Suhe finished speaking, he saw Alice looking at him with a smile.
A chill arose spontaneously, and Sun Suhe couldn't help but shudder. He quickly changed the subject: "You are not the legendary elves, are you?"
Alice thought for a while and said: "I don't know if they are elves. There is no concept of elves in our world. However, since I can come to this world, maybe there are people from our family who have come here in history.
It is not impossible for the world to leave legends behind.”
As Alice was talking, her face suddenly turned pale without warning, and she suddenly lay down on the sofa, covered in cold sweat.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Sun Suhe's anxious voice kept coming. But the sounds Alice could hear became smaller and smaller, and her consciousness gradually fell into a silent darkness.