In the new world, how to understand this vocabulary? A world exactly like the original? Or is it a world beyond imagination, completely unrelated to the original world? Linglong came to a new world with this doubt.
"Look, look! Fresh apples!"
"The bread has just come out of the oven! Do you want one?"
Linglong stood alone on a familiar yet unfamiliar commercial street. It was obvious that she had been here with Chu Yi before, in the commercial district of the main city, but everything was so unfamiliar.
"I don't even know who to look for...what should I do..."
Linglong looked around helplessly, and suddenly, she saw a familiar figure. This person was Chu Yi. But this first grader also made her feel strange. He was taller and more handsome than the first grader she knew, so she felt like following in the footsteps of the first grader and following him all the way to see this so-called new world.
The first day of junior high school walked into a coffee shop, and Linglong followed him in and sat down on the seat behind the first day of junior high school.
"Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time?"
The sight in front of her shocked Linglong. This first-year student was sitting with a beautiful and mature purple-haired girl.
"No, I just arrived. I ordered American food for you. I don't know what your taste is."
"That's fine. By the way, how is your school overseas?"
"Well, it's okay. I'll graduate next year. After I get my diploma, I decided to find a job there and live there. What about you?"
"I...I'd better wait for her...I can't forget her..." Chu Yi's tone became heavier. At this time, the purple-haired girl stood up and walked towards the front desk. After a while, she took I walked back with two glasses of iced Americano.
"I know you can't forget that Hongyan, but you have nothing in common, right? Why bother?" said the purple-haired girl
"Ruby, I told you, the dream I had was long and tragic, but... that dream was so real... and so wonderful..."
"Ruby? I remember Di Jun said... the companion he lost when he was young..." Linglong was listening enthusiastically from behind, when suddenly a young couple walked up to Linglong.
"Miss, if you don't want to drink, can you please stop occupying your seat?" the man said.
"Who...who said I don't want to drink anymore? I just didn't finish what I ordered!" Linglong said
"Really? Why do you look like a stalker to me?"
"How...how is it possible! I just haven't thought about it yet!"
Linglong explained in a panic. Her voice quickly attracted the attention of Chuyi and Ruby, but they didn't pay attention and continued to discuss their own topics.
"You mean...you fell in love with the girl in your dream at first sight?"
"No, it's just... Hey, my mental problem may be getting worse. I have to ask the doctor to increase the dosage of medicine..." Chu Yi covered his face and said
"Hey... you were obviously fine when you were a child, why did you suddenly become like this?"
"I don't know either……"
While the two were talking, there was another strange noise coming from behind, but neither of them paid attention. This made Linglong, who had just dealt with the troublesome young couple, breathe a sigh of relief.
"The people here are really weird... luckily they weren't exposed..." Linglong picked up a glass of iced Americano and took a sip, then spat it out instantly.
"Are you okay, ma'am?" The waiter who happened to be passing by saw Linglong's condition and immediately stepped forward to ask.
"It's okay, it's okay, I just choked a little..."
Such a big movement did not affect the conversation between Chu Yi and Ruby at all.
"How are you, Aunt Sally?"
"Oh, that's alright."
"That's good. My parents said that I can only wait for you for the last year. After I live abroad next year, we may never see each other again. Don't be immersed in false dreams anymore. Okay. "?" Ruby raised Chu Yi's face with both hands and asked gently.
"Well... I wish you success in your studies. I'm leaving first. My mother asked me to buy some food for her. If it's too late, it will be gone." The first grade of junior high school said and was about to leave.
"Okay...if you change your mind, just send me a message."
"Um."
The two said goodbye to each other and then went in different directions. Ruby went to the more luxurious business district, while Chuyi went to the vegetable market in the far corner.
"It's really shopping for groceries..." Linglong followed closely and kept observing, which also surprised everyone around him.
"What happened to that little girl? She learned to stalk others at such a young age?"
"Maybe he did something bad and is now wanted by the police."
Two grannies were talking about Linglong not far away. Seeing this, Linglong had no choice but to run into a cheap shop on the roadside, buy a peaked cap, sunglasses and a mask and put them on. This time she was no longer sneaky, but walked behind Chu Yi.
"Aunt Cui, I'm here again."
"Ah! It's the first year of junior high school! What kind of food do you want today?"
On the first day of the new year, he walked to a food stall and chatted with an aunt. Seeing this, Linglong also walked to the food stall next to him and pretended to pick some food.
"Let's have some cabbage today."
"That's right! Today's batch is all freshly picked. How much do you want?"
"Ruby came back today. Mom said we should cook more for her, so... how about 2 pounds?"
"no problem!"
The aunt picked out a few cabbages that looked good, packed them for the first grade of junior high school, and weighed them.
"It's 5 yuan and 80 cents, I'll charge you 5 yuan!"
"Well, thank you Aunt Cui."
"Say hello to your mother for me and see you next time!"
"good!"
After buying groceries at Aunt Cui's place, she walked towards a meat stall on the first day of the new year.
"Little girl, you haven't decided what to buy yet? You've been choosing for a long time!"
Linglong was just about to keep up with the first grade student when she was stopped by her boss.
"Uh... give me a little of this."
In order to quickly catch up with the first grade of junior high school, Linglong had to point to the nearest eggplant and said
"All right……"
The boss turned around and took out a bag to put a few eggplants in. He was dissatisfied and said, "fuck, I spent most of the day choosing just to buy this much, I'm done with it..."
"Okay, a total of 6 yuan. WeChat is still..."
"WeChat, WeChat, WeChat, hurry, hurry, hurry!"
Before Linglong could pay, she had already bought the meat and walked out of the market on the first day of the new year.
"Hurry up, boss!" Linglong said anxiously
"Okay, okay, don't rush me, I'll give it to you."
After Linglong took the eggplant, she hurriedly chased after him, but when she ran out of the vegetable market, she found that Chu Yi had already disappeared.
"It's over...I lost you...hey..."
Just when Linglong knelt down and sighed, a purple-haired girl came to her.
"You have been following the first grade of junior high school, right? What is your purpose?" Ruby asked
"You...what are you talking about? What is the first year of junior high school? I don't know you? Haha..."
"Stop pretending. I've been watching your behavior. You can't fool me."
Ruby stared at Linglong, as if saying you can't lie to me.
"I'll ask you another question, or I'll call the police!" Ruby took out her phone and signaled.
"Well……"
Just when Linglong didn't know what to do, suddenly the first grade of junior high school came back and met the two people having a conversation.
"exquisite!?"
"First grade of junior high school? Do you know her?"
"Sh-!"
Ruby turned back to look at Chu Yi in surprise, while Linglong took this opportunity to speak to Chu Yi individually and gestured where to go. Chu Yi immediately agreed after seeing her.
"Oh...oh! She is my college classmate! She came to see me." The first year of junior high school said quickly
"Your classmates? I remember there were no girls in your class, right?" Ruby said
"She...she just transferred here! Ruby, could you please help me take these dishes back first? I'll take my classmates around."
"Uh...okay..."
Ruby took the dish from Chu Yi's hand dubiously, and then walked back, while Chu Yi and Linglong came to an open space with few people.
"Linglong? You are Linglong, right?" Chu Yi said in surprise.
"Yes...yes, what's wrong with you, junior high school? Why have you grown so big? And everything here..."
"Now...I don't know whether the world over there is real or not. Everything here is real...and Ruby...my parents..." Chu Yi lowered his head and said
"Actually, I have been following you since the coffee shop. Tell me everything about this world!"
"I was transferred here from the battle in Salinas. In the blink of an eye, I actually appeared in Hongyan's home when I was a child. At first, I thought it was all fake and an illusion created by Salinas, but... …Ruby’s appearance…” Chu Yi choked up as he spoke, with tears streaming from the corners of his eyes.
"Linglong, tell me...are you fake, or is Ruby fake? Or am I the fake one?"
"Don't think too much! I'm here to save you! I will find a way! Don't give up, okay?" Linglong comforted Chu Yi and said
"I am here... I don't know how long it has been... I am now attending the best university in Ellaville with the help of Ruby, and Ruby is studying abroad, and then Azong, and now he has inherited his father's We raise cattle and sheep on our farm. I can’t bear to live like this..."
The energy in the eyes of the first year of junior high school was gone, and what was left was only full of expectation and hope for a better life.
"Didn't you tell Ruby before that you wanted to wait for Hongyan? Maybe she is already waiting for you in the original world! Do you know how worried she is about you?"
"Of course I know...the first thing I did when I came here was to look for everyone. In the past few years, I have searched all over the world, asking journalist friends to get information, let alone Hongyan...even what There’s no such thing as a demon, a black magician, or anything like that.”
"How is that possible? Could it be that..."
"It's really Linglong. I couldn't believe it when I first saw you. It seemed like there were two dreams. One was about you, and the other was about the present. I couldn't tell...which one belongs to It’s my home…”
"First grade, listen to me. The most important thing right now is that we have to find a way to escape from here. Others are also working hard to help Teacher Luo Qiang and the others, and I have to help you too!"
As soon as Linglong finished speaking, the phone rang in the first year of junior high school. She picked it up and saw that it was her mother.
"Hey, Mom, um, yes, I'll go back now, okay."
After exchanging a few words, Chu Yi hung up the phone, then picked up Linglong and walked towards home.
"First grade of junior high school?"
"Ruby told my mother about you, and she asked me to take you back to have a look, and if I can get any information... it might be of some help to you!"
Although Chu Yi was talking to Linglong with a smile on his face, Linglong could see that his expression revealed sadness and sadness.
Maybe this is how life should be from the beginning, but... the world is always cruel.
"Um……"
