After the two chatted for a few words about the guests at Luo Binhan's house, it was already dark. Because Zhou Yu's flight was booked for the next morning and he needed to pack his luggage in the evening, he ended the conversation, got up and went to the bedroom.
The relationship between the two no longer requires politeness. When Zhou Yu walked away, Luo Binhan turned on the Internet TV to watch. As a second-generation rich man, he is not addicted to pornography, gambling or drugs, nor is he addicted to tobacco or alcohol. His biggest hobby is watching movies, and he can enjoy watching movies regardless of good or bad. Over time, his movie review blog became quite famous in related circles. But he had no intention of enjoying a movie tonight. Although the latest European and American blockbusters were playing on the TV, his mind was filled with what Zhou Yu had just said and the memories of the two of them when they were students.
Among the overturned past events, the part about Zhou Yu seems to be particularly vague. Except for Zhou Yu, she never had unnecessary conversations with others. Although she often smiled on her face, it seemed to be a mechanical expression of politeness, revealing the meaning of keeping strangers away.
Most people who engage in art are a little neurotic. Although Luo Binhan didn't like it very much in the past, he could understand it. But looking back now, many of Zhou Yu's behaviors are quite suspicious. He remembered an incident that happened in high school. At that time, Zhou Yu and Zhou Yu often went in and out together.
In fact, because the two happened to have the same surname and even the pronunciation of their names was similar, many students initially thought they were siblings.
Zhou Yu and Luo Binhan are both in Class 1, and Zhou Yu is in Class 3. Therefore, the two usually only meet during lunch break and after school, and Luo Binhan will not run over to disturb the scenery during these two periods. The only exception is the school's spring and autumn outings. Since the free activities are conducted in groups, Zhou Yu, who is a marginalized figure in the class, always comes to accompany Zhou Yu. The classmates who misunderstand them as siblings have no doubts about this. The activity group required by the class teacher is five people, and if Zhou Yu is included, it will be six. When they went sightseeing inside the temple, they and three other people got separated because there were so many tourists inside.
The high school they attend is a prestigious school in the city and is known for its strict management. Students are required to stay in boarding schools unless there are special circumstances, and are not allowed to carry mobile phones. Among the three, only Luo Binhan and another girl secretly hid their mobile phones on their bodies.
After they contacted each other by mobile phone, they agreed to meet at the entrance of the temple, but the other three people still didn't come.
In desperation, Zhou Yu, who had come to worship with his grandmother before, went in to look for someone again. Luo Binhan and Zhou Yu were waiting there.
Thinking about it now, that was probably the only time he and Zhou Yu were alone.
While waiting, a drizzle came from outside the mountain. Because the rain was too gentle, the tourists didn't take it seriously, and Luo Binhan didn't care at first either.
There is a shallow pool outside the temple gate with clear water to the bottom. To pass the time, he squatted by the pond and counted turtles. The turtles in the pond were probably released by tourists. They were so densely packed on the bottom of the pond that Luo Binhan was a little dizzy after counting them.
At this time, Zhou Yu behind him suddenly said: "It's raining."
Luo Binhan was getting excited when he suddenly heard her talking behind him and almost lost his footing and fell into the pool. He held onto the edge of the pool, looked back, and found that Zhou Yu had walked behind him from the temple gate at some point, and was staring at the pool water from a distance of about one meter.
There was no smile on her face, it was a calmness that hid indifference. At that time, Luo Binhan had an unreasonable thought. He felt that this might be the other person's true state when he was alone.
Later, this idea received more confirmation from others. When the girls in Class 3 he knew mentioned Zhou Yu, although they would not say bad words, they would show some embarrassment and say euphemistically, "She seems a bit gloomy" and "I wonder what she is thinking about all day long." .
Luo Binhan didn't understand these situations during that spring outing. He was startled by Zhou Yu who took the initiative to speak. He didn't know whether the other party was talking to him or to herself. He thought about it and thought that the other party was the brother's childhood sweetheart after all. Not to mention that the relationship was very familiar, but after all, there should be no stalemate. So he smiled like a hotel waiter and said to Zhou Yu, "Do you want an umbrella?"
Zhou Yu stared at him for a few seconds, shaking her head slightly. That look was somewhat similar to Zhou Yu's.
Luo Binhan didn't take it seriously when his kindness was rejected, and was ready to continue counting turtles. At this time Zhou Yu said again: "Don't get too close to the water, or you may be in danger of falling."
Luo Binhan looked back at her a little confused. The pond where the turtles were kept was not deep, and the place where he was standing was even shallower, no more than one meter by visual inspection. Not to mention that Luo Binhan was good at breaststroke, even if a landlubber fell in, he wouldn't drown. It was impossible for Zhou Yu, who was standing nearby, not to notice this.
However, she stared at the water with a strange look and said: "If you fall into the water when it rains, you may be taken away by the Lord of Rain."
"……What?"
Zhou Yu suddenly smiled. It wasn't a polite fake smile, that charming and mysterious smile was filled with some kind of sinisterness.
She tilted her head slightly, put her finger to her lips, and said as if telling a secret:
"Will be taken to the moon."
Her expression and tone left a very deep impression on Luo Binhan. Later, when watching Japanese and Korean horror movies, he often used "similarity to Zhou Yu" as the criterion for scoring female ghosts.
But since then, although Zhou Yu occasionally showed some terrifying expressions, she never mentioned the "Lord of Rain" again. This may be because Zhou Yu was present.
Regarding the term "Lord of Rain", Luo Binhan once tried to search on the Internet, but could not find any particularly suitable content. He forgot about it and regarded it as a folk tale that Zhou Yu heard when he was a child. It is said that Zhou Yu's father was obsessed with folklore during his lifetime, and his early oil paintings also incorporated a large number of related elements. In the basement of Zhou Yu's house, he and Zhou Yu found many old collections of folk myths. Among them are relatively well-known legends, such as the White Snake, the Seven Fairies, and the Snail Girl, but they are all very different from the modern versions of the stories, such as the earlier regional scripts.
There are also foreign stories in the collection, but because they are in foreign languages, Zhou Yu is responsible for reading and checking them all. It is said that they are also some famous folk myths.
In addition, there are some rather obscure legends. For example, Spider Lady, Yuyin Nu, and Lotus Crane were stories that Luo Binhan had never heard of.
For some reason, all the stories seem to have the same theme, that is, tragic women with special life experiences and unhappy marriages. Even if it is a story that ends in comedy in mainstream perception, Zhou Yu's father seems to only collect the tragic version.
Although Luo Binhan did not see the so-called "Lord of Rain" in these books, since her father was obsessed with such legends, he presumed that the story he would tell his daughter would be a story with a similar theme - Luo Binhan had met the painter once. Frankly, the impression is not particularly good.
Telling such a pessimistic and poignant story to a young girl is definitely something that artist can do.
However, if it was just a childhood story, why did Zhou Yu show such a weird attitude?
In the past, he thought it was Zhou Yu who was trying to scare him for fun. But many years later, after Zhou Yu mysteriously disappeared, the story seemed to have become meaningful again.
...Did Zhou Yu really be taken away by the Lord of Rain? …
Luo Binhan came up with this idea in his daze. Then, he closed his eyes, tilted his head, and fell into sleep completely.
