The city is like an abyss. The delicate life is maintained in the entangled laws. The unclimbable height of life is a dream that cannot be awakened. As the power given by the surroundings continues to grow, people's experience of fatigue becomes more and more serious. The element of stability suddenly breaks out at a certain moment, turning into endless sorrow and longing, growing in hope, interrupted in hope, shattered in expectation, and ultimately the relationship is stranded and time is wasted.
At this moment, people will also mistakenly think that their life span is infinite, and forget that one day they will die and leave this world.
In a high-rise building in City L, Ye Yun, Qiao Nuannuan, and Xue Qingqing were eating, drinking, laughing, and wasting away their time until late at night.
the other side.
Fang Shiyi sat aside respectfully, facing a beautiful woman with his eyes lowered.
A square piece of money was placed in front of him.
The woman laughed and said, "Fang Shiyi, why do you feel like a mouse meets a cat every time you see me? It's not like you can't beat me and you don't even want money. It's like you owe me something."
Fang Shiyi shook his head slightly, his eyes used to be sharp but now he was gentle: "Rong Rong, I shouldn't have come to see you."
The woman was Xue Rongrong. She smiled and said: "Whether you come to love me or not, I can't fall in love. I even deprive you of the right to chase me when you see me."
Fang Shiyi just kept silent after hearing this.
Xue Rongrong turned around and said, "Let's get down to business. Let me tell you a story first."
Fang Shiyi hummed.
"That was a matter between my great-grandfather and my grandfather 90 years ago." Xue Rongrong said.
Xue Rongrong's words brought Fang Shiyi back to the Republic of China. Mr. Xue was only in his 20s and Grandpa Xue was just born.
A dilapidated casino was bustling with people.
"Come again, come again!" Mr. Xue shouted loudly, "I don't believe it!" Mr. Xue threw the cards in his hand and waited for the waiter to shuffle them. Lao Xie, who was at the gambling table, pulled Mrs. Xue, "Forget it, come back next time, forget it this time, we don't have many chips." Lao Xie, who came with Mr. Xue, kept urging.
"Alas!" When there was another round, Mr. Xue lost the last chip, but Mr. Xue had no intention of quitting. When the waiter shuffled the cards, he couldn't help but go to get them. The people next to him were booing, saying that they had no chips and wanted to rebel by touching the cards.
When Mr. Xue came to the counter and wanted to exchange chips, he had already spent all his savings. "I heard that you have a pawn... that can exchange anything... for money. Can you exchange it?" Mr. Xue asked the counter hesitantly. The teller, the lady at the counter was very beautiful, but Mr. Xue had no intention of looking at her.
Mr. Xue was preoccupied with how to make back the lost money and make more. His child, who was just one month old, still needed a lot of expenses. He came to the casino just to try his luck. Unexpectedly, he became addicted the first time he came. He completely forgot the last words his father told him not to gamble, which resulted in him getting out of hand and full of resentment and regret, but it was of no use.
"Oh? Can I change it? I wonder if you still have it? It's your first time?" the teller replied casually. Old Mrs. Mr. Xue followed the manager.
This manager was so beautiful that her heart melted at first sight. Mr. Xue couldn't close his mouth for a long time when he saw her, and his saliva almost started to flow. He felt that she didn't look like a person who could grow up in this world at all. The manager was very enthusiastic. He greeted Mr. Xue and asked about his family background, family members, education, and physical condition. Mr. Xue answered them one by one.
After a while, they came to the entrance of a basement. They walked into a long and steep staircase. After walking down for a few minutes, a counter appeared in front of Mr. Xue. The manager asked Old Mrs.
The male teller was also very enthusiastic. He handed a booklet to Mr. Xue, and then pointed out to Mr. Xue how much money could be exchanged. Mr. Xue seemed confused and confused, so he decided on a set meal. The male teller took out a contract and asked Mr. Xue to sign it, and told Mr. Xue that once the signature came into effect, he would have no chance to regret it. Mr. Xue nodded eagerly when he thought that he could exchange it for a large amount of banknotes.
After Mr. Xue signed, he was taken to a dark room by the beautiful manager. The light in the room was weak. You could feel someone inside, but you couldn't see clearly. The beautiful manager asked Mr. Xue to lie down on the bed in the middle of the room. After Mr. Xue lay down, the lights suddenly turned on and Mr. Xue became confused.
When Mr. Xue woke up, he was already outside the basement entrance with a bag of money in his hand. He felt nothing and did not feel any discomfort. He had even forgotten what he had just exchanged for the bag of money. He walked to the counter, exchanged half of the money for chips, and returned to the gambling table, but he failed miserably again not long after.
When Mr. Xue returned home, he only brought back full of disappointment, helplessness, regret and anger. More than ten years later, Mr. Xue was bedridden and dying. All the money the family could spend was spent, and his great-grandmother became ill from overwork.
Grandpa Xue, who was underage, had to drop out of school and work to support his family. His father was lying on the bed, and every time he talked to Grandpa Xue: "My dear, daddy is sorry for you, alas! Never try your luck by gambling in the future." !" But seeing that his father was critically ill and he could earn very little money, he decided to come to the casino and borrow some money from the loan department, hoping to make a big deal out of his small skills.
"Come on, come on! Buy it and leave!" The waiter shouted, Grandpa Xue cautiously deposited a little money and went down. After a while, all the money was lost. Grandpa Xue was unwilling to give in. After a few rounds, when Grandpa Xue wanted to place a bet again, he found that he was penniless and thought in his heart: How could this be!
Grandpa Xue also wanted to borrow money from the loan department of the casino. Several security guards shouted: "You have lost all your money and you still want to borrow money? Take us to your house quickly to get the money to pay off the debt!" Grandpa Xue was escorted by several people and forced to go to his house to get it. Money, as it was taken out of the casino building. He suddenly saw a recruitment notice on the notice board at the door, which said that the casino's pawn shop was recruiting, and there was no limit to the number of people. He hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute."
The security guard asked what he was doing, and Grandpa Xue said: "I'm going to try this recruitment. If the salary is high, I can pay you back!" The security guards laughed and said, "It's you!" At this time, the window upstairs opened and a beautiful woman stuck out her head. Come and say: "Security, bring that person up."
The security guards looked at each other and took Grandpa Xue upstairs. When they were going upstairs, Grandpa Xue also saw Uncle Xie, whom he hadn't seen for many years. "Uncle Xue, Uncle Xue." Grandpa Xue shouted. Lao Xie turned around and saw that it was Grandpa Xue, the son of Mrs. Xue. He smiled awkwardly, said hello, and left in a hurry.
Grandpa Xue was taken to the manager's office. When he saw the unusually beautiful manager, his heart melted. Grandpa Xue stood blankly at the door without speaking or walking forward. The beautiful manager warmly greeted Grandpa Xue to come and sit down. Grandpa Xue timidly sat opposite the beautiful manager.
The beautiful manager asked Grandpa Xue with a smile: "Do you know the nature and content of the work of our pawn department?" Grandpa Xue shook his head blankly: "I don't know." "Then let me show you something first." Beauty the manager said.
"What?" Grandpa Xue asked instinctively and curiously. At this time, I saw the beautiful manager slowly unbuttoning her blouse, revealing the white skin on her chest. Grandpa Xue's heart moved. She gently wiped it on her face, but in an instant, all Grandpa Xue saw was a skeleton!
Grandpa Xue said, extremely horrified! Jump up from the chair you're sitting on and take a few steps back! "Don't panic!" The skeleton spoke. It wiped its face with five dry skeleton fingers and turned back into the beautiful manager. Grandpa Xue did not recover from the shock at all.
The beautiful manager still said in her sweet voice: "What you see is only the true face of people. Now look out the window." Grandpa Xue was in shock, thinking what a mess he was thinking! When Grandpa Xue mechanically looked out the window, he let out another cry and couldn't close his mouth for a long time. He even couldn't control his feet and couldn't move back even if he wanted to!
The beautiful manager smiled and asked: "What did you see?" "Skeletons?! The walking dead?! Why are they all skeletons?" Grandpa Xue said tremblingly. "Take a closer look!" The beautiful manager continued to point to Grandpa Xue with a smile. "Some people, no, some skeletons and walking dead have some starlight on them." Grandpa Xue replied.
"Well, your observation is very good! You should observe more and see more in your future work!" the beautiful manager praised him. She continued: "These are originally the shining points and beautiful places of human nature. In our opinion, these are the only things that people are worth. This is what we recycle and sell."
But Grandpa Xue didn't listen to what the beautiful manager said at all. The beautiful manager continued: "Most people in this world have been pawned by the previous generation for their beauty, courage, luck, etc. when they were born or even before they were born... And some people have also been pawned by the previous generation in this life. Still betraying my health, integrity, and responsibility..."
Before the beautiful manager could finish speaking, Grandpa Xue weakly interjected: "Are you a human or a ghost? It's none of my business!" The beautiful manager just smiled. "I...I don't want to work here anymore!" Grandpa Xue said, "I'm scared!" The beautiful manager showed a gentle smile, and Grandpa Xue felt indescribably comfortable in his eyes, "Our salary here is very high. Oh!" said the beautiful manager.
"Then why did you choose me?" Grandpa Xue asked. However, the beautiful manager asked: "Do you know why your father is sick?" "My father? How do you know?" Grandpa Xue was confused, but he also replied: "He worked hard, stayed up late and worked overtime, and became ill from overwork. Alas! "
The beautiful manager laughed: "In fact, he has already pawned his health to us!" Grandpa Xue felt incredible and said loudly: "Health? Pawn? This is impossible! Nonsense!" The beautiful manager smiled: "Your dad Did he often tell you not to gamble? In fact, his father, your grandfather, said this to him before he died."
Grandpa Xue was impatient and frightened: "You also know this?" "One of the things your grandfather pawned back then was the luck of his son, your father, so I have warned you not to let your father try it. Go gamble...but as early as ten years ago, for the livelihood of you and your mother, your father had no choice but to gamble, but lost all his belongings, so he pawned your shining points here."
"My shining point? What is that?" Grandpa Xue muttered. It seems that Grandpa Xue has heard the reason for his own tragedy for more than ten years, but he feels sad and incredible, "Don't people have these shining points, will they live miserable lives?" The beautiful manager smiled: "Without the shining points, the rest It’s just greed, laziness, and selfishness, just like the me you just saw, a skeleton and a walking zombie.”
"Why are you telling me this? I don't want to do this job!" Grandpa Xue said loudly. "You really don't want to? Don't you want to pay back the money?" the beautiful manager asked gently. "Think!" Grandpa Xue blurted out. "Your father pawned all your shining points with us, including your freedom and happiness, including all the time for the rest of your life, all the time! You have no future, and you can't go back. You are destined to come back. Haha." The beautiful manager said proudly: "Now you can look back."
At this time, Grandpa Xue turned around. In front of him was a mirror. In the mirror was just a dry skeleton without any blood or light, as if it had been dead for many years.
The heat of the season exudes a bitter taste, and the staleness in the story is full of traces of the bizarre.
Fang Shiyi thought to himself: "Could it be human organ transplantation at that time?"
Xue Rongrong smiled, "Then you are overthinking. This is what my grandma and my mother said. The organization my great-great-grandfather and my grandpa joined at that time was the predecessor of the Star Club."
Fang Shiyi frowned slightly: "So, the Xingchen Society seems to have a special method of controlling the mind."
Xue Rongrong shook his head and said: "If it is just a means of controlling people's minds, there is nothing to argue about and nothing to be afraid of." Xue Rongrong paused, "It seems that they had some kind of device or equipment at that time."
"what is that?"
"It may be a device that extends its own life by absorbing the vitality of other beings."
Fang Shiyi frowned, suddenly remembered something, and clenched his fists loudly.
In the distance, Mu Siyao and her best friend Yuying were taking pictures, taking photos, and singing indoors together.
In the dark room next to them, a message was displayed on a screen.
The message read: Xue Rongrong, Ye Yun’s ex-girlfriend, died trying to save Ye Yun; Xie Linghan, Ye Yun’s former lover, committed suicide due to depression; Hu Di, Ye Yun’s ex-wife, they had a son, who later died in a car accident; Shangguan Yu, Ye Yun's sister, never married and died of old age; Qin Qin, one of Ye Yun's romantic partners, was killed; Zhong Liyan, Ye Yun's ex-girlfriend and Ye Yun's constant companion, died naturally; Li Si, Ye Yun's second wife was infertile and died of cancer; Qiao Nuannuan, Ye Yun's ex-girlfriend, disappeared; Mu Siyao, Ye Yun's lover, was killed by Ye Yun.
