"I dream about it every night...then...can you describe to me in detail the world you see?"
Liu Yinrou thought for a while and then said: "Well... to be precise... I actually don't have a very deep impression of the dream world, but I remember one thing very clearly."
"oh?"
"That's it...except for flowers, plants and trees, there are no other living creatures in that world...including people." Liu Yinrou said and took out a crystal plate from behind.
The outer edge of the board is severely worn, and it looks like it has been there for a long time.
Opening the crystal board and calling out a few paintings, Liu Yinrou described them while showing them: "Actually, at first I thought it was just a strange dream I had occasionally, but since I dreamed about that world, it has never stopped, even
Sometimes I would dream about it even after taking a nap, so I started to pay attention and draw the world I saw in my dream."
After saying that, Liu Yinrou handed the crystal plate to Chu Yanran.
Chu Yanran took it and took a look. The first painting depicts a small town surrounded by mountains and rivers. However, there are no people in or outside the city. The sky is filled with clouds of seven colors. It looks a bit like what Van Gogh painted.
"Starry Sky".
But judging from the depiction of the small town, this cloud does not look like some kind of artistic expression, but...
"I drew these clouds based on reality, and I saw them at night."
"night?"
"Well, it's quite strange there, but then I gradually became familiar with it and no longer found it strange. Sometimes I even wanted to stay there for a little longer." Liu Yinrou smiled sheepishly.
Chu Yanran couldn't help but wonder when she heard this: "Why?"
"Ah?" Liu Yinrou didn't quite understand what Chu Yanran was referring to.
Chu Yanran explained: "I want to ask why you like to stay in that kind of world."
Liu Yinrou thought for a while and then replied: "Because it's very quiet there, and although I can't see any living creatures, there are no other dangers. I can choose a direction and keep walking forward, and see many scenery without worrying."
Other things...of course...the most important thing is that since I started dreaming about that world, my mental state has obviously become much better, even better than when I was in deep sleep before."
"Huh?" Chu Yanran felt very incredible. At the same time, she also clearly realized that the world Liu Yinrou dreamed had important explanations for the problems she was currently facing. Perhaps... the appearance of this dream was an opportunity, a
An opportunity to reveal the truth.
But the problem is that Liu Yinrou's dream belongs to her after all. With the current science and technology, it is impossible to conduct interventional observation. In other words... there is no sufficient evidence to prove that the dream described by Liu Yinrou is real.
, no matter how vividly she describes it.
Thinking of this, Chu Yanran couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, but this was not the only surprise she saw during this trip.
"Um...Xiaorou, how old are you this year?"
Liu Yinrou was startled when he heard this, and then looked at Zhang Fengyu a little uneasily.
Zhang Fengyu said nothing and just nodded.
Chu Yanran was a little surprised. Why didn't Liu Yinrou seek Liu Yaning's opinion instead of looking at Zhang Fengyu first? Could it be that she also signed a "final agreement"?
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Liu Yinrou reply: "If calculated according to the age of a normal person, I should be over fifty years old... But... I had a serious illness when I was very young. It was originally an incurable disease.
, but with the help of Uncle Zhang, I survived again, and...from then on, my age growth became very slow..."
"Uncle Zhang?! You mean
Him?" Chu Yanran looked at Zhang Fengyu in surprise.
Zhang Fengyu, who had been silent all the way, finally said: "I will explain it to you when the time is right."
Tsk... Chu Yanran was a little unhappy, but suddenly he felt that he had regained some sense of familiarity. At least he no longer remained silent.
"Well, it's Uncle Zhang Fengyu. If it weren't for him, I might have died long ago." Liu Yinrou looked at Zhang Fengyu with eyes full of admiration.
Zhang Fengyu touched her head, as if he was doting on his own child.
Chu Yanran looked at the novelty and asked again: "Xiaorou, what did you mean when you said slowly...?"
Liu Yinrou stood up and said: "As you can see now, my physical development is very slow, and my mental growth is not as fast as that of normal people, so... even after decades, I am only ten
With a body of seven or eight years old and a mind of more than 20 years old, it seems like time has slowed down around me."
"Time slows down..." Chu Yanran frowned, and she stood up and looked around Liu Yinrou carefully, occasionally touching Liu Yinrou's body with her hands.
If Liu Yinrou has really lived for more than fifty years, then judging from her current physical condition, she is indeed only seventeen or eighteen years old.
This feeling is so strange...time slows down...time slows down...
…
We have run out of time.
…
The shortest distance describing a to b is a straight line, but the time passing through the straight line is always determined, and it will not stop for us for a minute or a second.
…
But what if this line is bent?
What is distortion...
…
"Time is warping..." Chu Yanran couldn't help but mutter to herself after sitting back.
Liu Yinrou had never heard of anything about time distortion, so she asked: "What is time distortion?"
Chu Yanran came back to her senses, and she looked at Liu Yinrou carefully. The secrets in this girl were far more than that, or...in fact, she was not the secret itself, but the point where many secrets were intertwined.
This involves Zhang Fengyu and may involve more people.
Chu Yanran was not familiar with this place before coming here, but after staying here for a short time, Chu Yanran discovered that this small villa in the suburbs looked ordinary, but in fact it was under high surveillance.
In other words... Chu Yanran's trip was arranged. Someone led her here, and they didn't care that Chu Yanran would find out.
Thinking of this, Chu Yanran explained: "Time warp is a very complicated thing, but to simply describe its power... Just like you now, time slows down around you, even though a few days have passed.
Ten years, but for you, you have only spent a small part of it. However, in contrast, things around you have not slowed down. In other words... distortion only happens to you. With the help of it, you
Having a life far beyond that of ordinary people is immortality in the true sense."
After hearing this, Liu Yinrou looked at Zhang Fengyu in surprise, and then asked Chu Yanran uneasily: "Then...will I be taken away for research..."
Chu Yanran was startled, and then burst into laughter. Her laughter came so suddenly that Liu Yinrou was a little confused.
Liu Yaning also smiled. She leaned over and touched her little niece's hair and said, "Rou, don't be afraid. Your Aunt Chu is just assuming."
But Liu Yinrou doesn't think so. Although her mental growth has been slower than ordinary people over the years, it is only reflected in her attitude towards life. In fact, her
Her thinking and cognitive abilities have been growing rapidly, but she didn't show it because she didn't encounter those complicated things in the past.
But the arrival of Chu Yanran today seemed to break all this. She began to realize that the danger was approaching, and those eyes observing her began to become eager.
"Really?" Liu Yinrou looked at Chu Yanran dubiously and said, "Aunt Chu, are you really making assumptions?"
Chu Yanran smiled and nodded: "Well, don't be afraid, Xiaorou. This world is not that scary, and no one will take you away for experiments. Even if there is, your Uncle Zhang will definitely protect you."
Liu Yinrou was still a little uneasy after hearing this. It was not until Zhang Fengyu held her hand that the panic in her eyes finally faded away.
At night, Chu Yanran, who had stayed in the villa temporarily for the night, did not fall asleep until the early morning.
She was waiting for Zhang Fengyu to tell her the truth.
But looking at the moonlight and the cold wind blowing, Chu Yanran became more and more awake.
Zhang Fengyu should not choose to tell her the truth at this time...at least...before she signs the "final agreement".
So Chu Yanran sighed and decided to take a rest first. As she was about to close the window, there was a slight knock on the door behind her.
Chu Yanran was startled. She quietly came to the door and asked tentatively: "Who?"
The person outside the door did not speak, but slipped a note through the crack of the door.
Then the man left, and his footsteps were light and quick.
Chu Yanran picked up the note and looked at it. There was a line of small words written on it.
"Please stay here for a few more days, and I will take you to see that world."
After reading this beautiful line of fine print, Chu Yanran already realized who it was... But she never expected that it was not Zhang Fengyu who took the initiative to come to her, but Liu Yinrou...
Quietly putting away the note, Chu Yanran came to the window again.
The wind rustled in the forest outside the window, and several vague figures left quietly. Chu Yanran looked up at the sky and smiled softly.
…
The next day, Chu Yanran was going to leave as planned, but when she went out, she sprained her foot, and the pain made it impossible for her to walk.
So under Liu Yaning's kind invitation, Chu Yanran stayed again.
Although Zhang Fengyu became suspicious, he didn't ask any more questions. He just silently bought some medicine and came back to apply it on Chu Yanran.
During the few days of recuperation, Chu Yanran was not with Liu Yinrou every day, and her curiosity shifted more to the nearby farmland.
After ten years of "cold winter", the status of professional farmers has been further consolidated, and it even became a popular occupation for a time.
But only those who truly love the land can become real professional farmers.
Under their cultivation, cultivated land is no longer just a place where humans obtain food from nature, but a part of the natural environment.
For example, right now, Chu Yanran, who has lived at Liu Yinrou's house for three days, is sitting in front of the door feeding a few squirrels.
These little things that originally hibernated have now changed their habits because of sufficient food.
Seeing them eating with gusto, Chu Yanran suddenly felt surprisingly calm... For a moment, all the pursuit of the truth... the future... and the twists and turns left her.
She couldn't help but have the idea that if she let go of everything, it would be a good choice to spend the rest of her life here.
But at night, when Chu Yanran was combing Liu Yinrou's hair, Liu Yinrou quietly put a button-like thing in Chu Yanran's clothes, and then said: "Wish you a sweet dream."