Chapter 4 The fourth story: Zi Feiyu
Yao stood in front of me with a pitiful look. According to him, he suddenly found that my rattan chair was more comfortable than his. He insisted on sitting on my chair, just looking for trouble. Of course, I ignored him so much.After five minutes of looking at me with sad eyes, he finally walked away in grief and indignation.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and turned my head to look at Qingming. That guy was sitting quietly at the counter reading a book as usual, but the book in his hand today seemed to be a big tome. I peeked at the cover, and it turned out to be " Kangxi Dictionary", he was speechless immediately, did he think he was a scanner?
A minute later, a black cat swished onto my lap, and after finding a comfortable place, it began to pretend to be dead. Haruka is really childish!After pulling the ears and tail didn't work, I gave up, anyway, it's nice to hold a ball of fluffy hair.
The night was very calm, and there were no people on the street outside. Looking at the black cat sleeping soundly in my arms, I suddenly remembered something, a past event that had long been forgotten.
From childhood to adulthood, I can count my good friends with one hand, and Su Yang is one of them.She is my college classmate, and I share the same tastes, stay up late watching movies together, and work on graduation projects all night together.My bad luck can't infect her at all, so I am also happy to go shopping with her, and I feel less guilty. In the summer vacation of my junior year, Su Yang and I discussed going out for a trip and planned to go to a nearby ancient town for a few days. She has always been quick to do things, and she basically arranged all the chores like booking a hotel and buying a bus ticket. I just need to organize my own. Just pack.The destination is a small town near the city. After two hours by train and one hour by car, we finally stood at the entrance of the town. This is a typical southern water town. A small river runs through the middle of the town. People on both sides live by the water. It feels very comfortable, probably because of the nap time. The street is very quiet, and only a few old ladies are occasionally seen sitting in the house. Chatting softly at the door, and seeing us with a friendly smile makes people feel warm.There are many alleys in the town. Su Yang looked around while looking for the hotel he had booked. "It should be in the front... It's like this on the map, Xiao Xia, let's go a little further." Su Yang looked at the simple hand-painted map and said to me. I felt that I had reached the depths of the town, and the surrounding environment became more and more quiet. I looked at the clear water in the river next to it, and casually agreed: "Okay." Basically, Su Yang was there , I, a road idiot, don't have any right to speak, just follow her. Just as I was wandering, Su Yang's loud voice called me back to the world. She excitedly pointed to a water surface: "Xiao Xia, look! There is a sunken ship in the water!" "Huh? It really is." I became interested, so I came closer to observe it carefully.The water surface there is deeper than other places, and a corner of the black canopy is faintly exposed at the bottom of the water. If you look closely, there are many small fish swimming around in the cabin. The ship looks quite small, and the structure is still very new. I don’t know why no one salvaged it. I studied the sunken ship with great interest, and suddenly found something floating in the water. It was a piece of white cloth. Swaying in the water, it seems that someone's clothes fell into the water and were hooked by the sunken ship.Just as he was thinking about it, the clothes seemed to have some spirituality. He swayed them a bit, and then moved slowly. A pair of hands stretched out from the sleeves, grabbed the side of the sinking ship, and sat up. "Ah!" I exclaimed, but found that it was actually a person, but the black hair was floating in the water, so people couldn't see clearly.The man sat on the side of the boat, gently wiped his wet hair with his hands, and smiled at me. This is a man with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and his smile makes people feel very charming. After a chuckle, he plunged back into the water and didn't come up for a long time.I waited for a while, but I couldn't even see his figure, so I couldn't help feeling a little worried, so I asked Su Yang, "That man hasn't surfaced for a long time, is there something wrong?" Su Yang looked at me inexplicably, "Who?" "It's the man who just floated up from the boat. He's quite handsome." "You don't think handsome guys are crazy, do you? Where are men? I watched for a long time, and only saw a group of fish shadows..." Su Yang joked. Could it be those things again?I realized something, so I couldn't help but stop the topic, but said in my mouth: "I'm joking with you, let's go find a hotel, I'm a little tired." Su Yang readily agreed, and we continued to look for hotels. The family hotel named Pisces Inn is actually not far away, but the log signboard is blocked by lush creepers, so Su Yang and I didn't see it at first, but we didn't find it until we made two phone calls this place. Exquisite two-story building, the room we booked is on the second floor, and we need to climb up the old-fashioned wooden stairs.When we arrived, the tourist season had already passed, but the second floor was also full. According to the boss, it was all girls from the nearby university who came to relax. This statement sounds very reassuring. The innkeeper is a man, about twenty-six or seventeen, very handsome, with a pair of phoenix eyes that are particularly beautiful, he always likes to glance at you like nothing, but then quickly moves away.When I saw him, I had an indescribable feeling. It was a strange face, but it made people feel so familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before. Looking at Su Yang again, my heart skipped a beat. This girl is probably stuck in it.There are many people who pursue Su Yang, but she has never been interested in anyone, but now Su Yang looks at this man with shining eyes, which I have never seen before. Full of love and eagerness, Su Yang completely turned into an ordinary little girl. "Xiaoxia, do you think my dress looks good? Would it be a bit strange to match this bag?" After she asked me the same question for the nth time, I finally couldn't help asking: "Susu? Are you really Do you like him?" Her answer was within my expectations: "Of course I really like him, like love at first sight! This girl finally understands what love at first sight is, haha!" "You don't plan to live here forever, do you?" I asked her cautiously. "Let's stay here first. The price is not expensive anyway. When you don't want to stay anymore, I'll take you back, okay?" Don't you want to go back and find him?This sentence was swallowed hard by my stomach.Because Su Yang has already dressed up and can't wait to go downstairs. I froze for a moment, chased after her, and gave her a small card. what is this?she asked. It's a safe talisman, it's better to bring it with you when you're away from home.I'm a little embarrassed, but it's actually a charm given by my junior brother to exorcise evil spirits. I don't know why, but I think it should be given to Su Yang. Yeah?She looked at it and put it in her bag, shall we go to dinner? The living room downstairs is very big, we occupied a table by the window, the boss cooks himself, made a few dishes and a soup, stir-fried broccoli, fried bacon, preserved egg tofu, and a hibiscus egg soup, all delicious in color and fragrance , Su Yang strongly invited him to sit down and eat together, but he just shook his head.Helpless Su Yang had to give up this action.Not to mention, his craftsmanship is really good. In this day and age, there are indeed not many good-looking men who can cook. In the next few days, Su Yang stuck to him almost all day long, looking at her expectant eyes, I very wittily created a double space for her, almost most of the time I wandered outside alone.Fortunately, there are still many places worth visiting in the ancient town. After a few days, I feel that the trip is worthwhile. There are very few young people in the town, but I often see old men and women chatting together outside. It is estimated that young people have gone out to explore the world. After all, this ancient town is a bit too quiet for young people.And after walking around for the past few days, I discovered something unusual. There are no cats in this town. Not a single one, not only domestic cats, but even stray cats are rare.This is really strange.Because old ladies generally like to keep cats, even if they don't, how many stray cats should there be?But here, I have never met a cat.But it's not a big deal, maybe I'm the only cat lover who thinks it's not normal? I wandered slowly along the bluestone path, and before I knew it, I came to the place where I found the sunken ship on the first day.The surroundings are very secluded, and the silence in the air is even a bit suffocating.I was a little hesitant, but I still couldn't control my curiosity, so I mustered up the courage to look into the water. Fortunately, the water was very clear and the visibility was quite high. I could see groups of small fish swimming in the water. As for The white cloth I saw that day is long gone.I gathered myself together, I couldn't feel any ominous atmosphere here, so it was my hallucination that day, right?After all, when I was with Su Yang, I almost never met those things. I breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed my heart, and laughed secretly that my nerves were too tense.Thinking about it, I came here to travel, so I should relax.Walk along the bluestone steps by the river bank to the platform by the water. This is where women usually wash their clothes. The rough bluestone has been polished by the years. In the shallow water near the stone wall, a group of small fish gather together, like Like in a meeting, very lively.I became very playful and reached out to catch a tail. It was summer, and it should be a very enjoyable thing to soak my hands in the cool water. But I can't enjoy it because my hand is being held. I was held by a man who suddenly emerged from the water. His hands were slippery and cool. They looked weak and boneless, but I couldn't break free. The man rested his chin on one hand and grabbed me with the other nonchalantly. He raised his head slightly and looked at me with a pair of peach blossom eyes. "Are you looking for me?" he asked. I can't answer, even though I did mean to find him just now.Things like monsters will become entangled once they talk to them. I still understand this reason. I was silent, but he didn't take it seriously and continued talking to me. "It's so late, I thought you would come to see me earlier?" I am silent. "I'm lonely here, how about you? Are you lonely?" The next sentence is likely to be, you come with me.The monster always has such a set of rhetoric, and he is determined not to answer. Once he agrees, it will be over. If he keeps silent like this, there is nothing he can do.I quietly touched the exorcism charm given by my junior in my pocket, and felt a little relieved. "If you're lonely, let me play with you, okay?" "Uh?" This monster didn't follow the usual routine, but changed the way of saying it, which made me a little unresponsive, and unexpectedly made a sound.This is too bad, I took out the exorcism charm in my pocket, and hurriedly smeared it on his face. He didn't let go of my hand, but he didn't move either. Did it work?I carefully broke away his hand, intending to run away quickly, but unfortunately I didn't run away, he grabbed my other hand, and he tore off the charm without any effort, with an incomparably bright smile, but I felt Cold all over. "Little girl, I am more and more interested in you." The spell is completely useless, which proves that he is no longer an ordinary small character, and indirectly proves a problem, my current situation is very dangerous. He held up the torn piece of yellow paper, threw it away indifferently, and stroked my face with the other hand, "Hey, do you want to try some more? Maybe which one will come in handy?" .” My teeth are already chattering, the more beautiful his smile, the more afraid I am, beautiful things are often dangerous, this principle is common to both humans and monsters. The hand stroking my face exerted a little strength, and there was no trace of a smile in those peach eyes, but he was indeed smiling. "Play with me for a while?" he said. Before I could yell, I fell into the deep water, and I could even see a passerby on the river bank in front of my eyes. Obviously, that person didn't see me. In this secluded place, no one would know that I fell into the water. When Su Yang When I think of me, at least it will be dark, and I should have died by then. Even if I exhaust my grandfather's hard work, can I only live so far? There were hands on my waist, and these hands dragged me to the depths. I watched the light above my head leave me, and the surrounding was dark. The fear of the unknown made me close my eyes. I don’t know how long I have been diving. He stopped.What my feet touched in the darkness turned out to be solid ground. I couldn't believe it. When I opened my eyes, the scene in front of me surprised me even more. This is a very wide place, with simple stone tables and benches, everything is complete, and the surrounding stone walls emit a soft white light, illuminating the deep water like the interior of an ordinary house. Of course, ordinary people's indoors will not have so many fish swimming around, even if there are, they are in the fish tank. And here, rather than a room, it is more like a big fish tank in an aquarium. I remembered that after I was dragged into the water, I didn’t feel choking at all, so I couldn’t help but reach out and fish around, and a wisp of waterweed was wrapped in my hand. This was indeed in the water. The reason why I didn’t drown was probably It was also the reason for the person next to him.What is he trying to do? I thought I was going to die this time, but I didn’t know what this person was thinking. I sneaked a glance at his legs. I saw two very beautiful legs, slender and straight, without the expected fish tail. It seemed that he Not a mermaid.But think about it, only people who have read too many fairy tales will think that there is a mermaid in a small river ditch. Having said that, what exactly is he?Anyway, it has already fallen into the hands of the other party, and it is easy to die.I asked him point-blank, "What are you?" I didn't hear his answer for a while, so I asked again, "Are you a fish demon?" This time he answered, but the answer was beyond my expectation. "Me, what am I?" "For a long time, I thought I was a fish. But I slowly realized that I didn't look like these kids, and then I thought, Maybe I'm a person. But they are still different from me. I try I used to find someone to play with me, but when they saw me, they would scream and run away. Even if I caught them, they couldn't stay here like me, and they always died quickly. So I shouldn't be human either." Leaning against the invisible water screen behind him, he asked me sadly, "Am I a failure? I don't even know what I am..." His long hair was floating casually in the water, and the delicate face hidden under the long hair was full of inexplicable emotions, which looked a bit childish. For a while, I couldn't find the right words to answer him. For such a monster who has lost himself, what should I say to him? His voice still continued in his ears, it was so soft and erratic. "I feel that I have been dreaming. In the dream, I am a fish, swimming in the clear water, so uncomfortable, but sometimes I also have other dreams. In the dream, I am like every person on the shore. Same, walk on two legs, have so-called friends and relatives, but after waking up from the dream, I become the me that no one knows. Which dream is real? Or, I am now Is it a dream?" He swam around me, putting his hands on my neck. "Now, can you tell me, am I awake now, or am I dreaming?" I still can't answer. Is this a dream, or reality?I also became a little confused. Is the underwater place I am in a dream, or is it a dream above the water? "Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly", this allusion suddenly flashed in my mind, no matter how Zhuang Zi dreamed thousands of years ago, I can't continue to dream now, I can't be confused by him, I change my mind when I change my mind topic. "Well, what's your name?" "What's my name?" He thought for a long time, and finally told me that he couldn't remember. The monster who can’t even remember his own name made me feel pity for no reason, “I’ll give you a name, do you want it?” About to jump out. He opened his eyes slightly, probably not expecting me to say that, chuckled lightly, and agreed happily. Then call it non-fish. This name couldn't be more suitable for him, and I even felt a little proud of it. Not a fish, not a fish, he repeated the word, chanting small words in his mouth. The child is not a fish, An knows the joy of fish. The child is not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish? There was a strange gleam in those peach blossom eyes, "I seem to have had such a conversation a long time ago." "Ok?" "The moonlight was very clear that night. We watched the moon by the river and looked at the fish in the water. Someone once said the same thing. Yes, I remembered it and said the same thing." "Someone?" I asked. "Who?" He shook his head again, not remembering. Facing this monster who doesn't remember anything, I feel really helpless, but he seems to have accepted the name Feiyu, which gives me a little bit of comfort. "Hey, play with me for a while." He seemed to no longer be entangled in dreams or philosophical issues of reality, and turned to the living person in front of him. "What are you going to do to me?" For the sake of this, I can still keep calm, I really admire myself.Feiyu seemed very happy, gently brushing off the weeds on my face. "Of course I want you to play with me, it's really boring to be alone." "Then what if I don't want to?" I took a step back, avoiding his hand. You don't have a choice, his eyes convey that message silently.I sat on the stone bench blankly, my mind was in chaos, I was joking, if I stay here for a long time, I will definitely die. "I'm not a fish." The subconscious words rushed out of my heart. "I'm not a fish either." The guy looked at me with a smile, showing no intention of giving in. Either way, it was a dead end, so I made it clear and told him: "I'm a human, not a fish, and I'm not interested in staying underwater at all." But he still smiled, an extremely gentle smile, and a pair of watery peach blossom eyes just stared at me quietly, without speaking, just staring. Being stared at by his eyes, I couldn't help feeling frightened, this guy won't get annoyed, just strangle me now, right?But he didn't do anything, he just let out a long sigh, and then asked me: "If I call you, will you come to see me again?" Only fools will come, I thought so in my heart, but dared not say it. Feiyu looked at me, sighed again, and pressed his hand tightly to my eyes. The hand that pressed the eyes exerted some strength. What I felt was the cold sting and darkness, but A moment later, this darkness was replaced by light.
I opened my eyes, and in front of my eyes was the stone platform before, with gurgling water under my feet, so shallow that I could see the bottom at a glance, the sun was shining on my body, it was warm, everything was so normal, I touched my clothes, it was so dry There was not even a trace of water, the underwater stone room, the peachy-eyed man, and everything that happened just now were like a dream. But I knew it was definitely not a dream, because there was still a wispy weed on the buckle of my sandal, and it was even wet, as if it had just been fished out of the water.The water surface was calm, but I had an indescribable panic, as if something would come out of it at any moment. If I was caught again, would I still be able to get out?Not daring to continue thinking about it, I fled there as if fleeing. Stumbled back to the inn, but did not see Su Yang, not in the room, nor in the living room downstairs, the owner was the only one in the entire inn.He sat on the table by the window, drinking tea leisurely, and occasionally glanced out of the window.It was strange that Su Yang was not with him, so I asked him about Su Yang's whereabouts. "She went out for a walk." The man said lightly, "Would you like to sit down and drink tea together?" How can there be leisurely tea tasting at this moment, I thought so, but my body has already sat opposite him involuntarily. Maybe it's the calm atmosphere that makes people feel relaxed, maybe it's because I'm afraid of being alone in the room, maybe I want to talk about Su Yang and his progress, or maybe I just want to take a good look at this person in front of me. This man gave me a polite smile every time we met, and then walked away briskly, so that I only had a vague memory of him, but I couldn't remember what the man looked like. Such a person who was supposed to be a stranger became vivid in Su Yang's words over and over again, making people gradually feel that he should be an old friend whom he has known for a long time. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang is an orphan and has lived alone since he was a child, so cooking is so delicious. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang's smile is so bright, so dazzling that it makes people feel breathless. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang's eyes seemed to be talking, and I felt like I was stuck in it. Xiao Xia, if I become the proprietress of Pisces Hotel in the future, you must come and stay here often. I stared at Zhuang, trying to find the shadow that Su Yang described from him, but I was disappointed. The man in front of me who was drinking tea leisurely could not be connected with the Zhuang that Su Yang was talking about. He just sat quietly, whether it was troubles or joy, everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him. For a moment, I even thought that sitting opposite was a stone statue. However, the stone statue smiled at me, and there was a mysterious brilliance in his long and narrow phoenix eyes, as well as an indistinct emotion. Do you like this tea?Aged Pu'er, mixed with 500-meter-deep well water, boiled slowly over a pine charcoal fire, the taste is very good.Zhuang poured a cup for me and explained it to me gently. I don't understand these, and I don't know how to answer them. It seemed a little unpleasant to keep silent, so I decided to find something to talk to him about. "You are good at cooking, and the girl who marries you must be very happy." I decided to compliment him first, because no one would not like to hear good words. "Thank you for your compliment." He responded lightly, without showing much joy. That's right, handsome guys are often praised by others, and they are probably immune to it. I started to find other topics to ask him, for example, why is the name of the inn called Pisces Inn?Are you a Pisces? Do you really want to know?he ask me. I nod. There is a legend about Pisces in this town.It is said that a long time ago, a boy caught a red fish in a small river. The fish was very beautiful, so the boy liked it very much and put it in a water tank to raise it. Then one day, when the boy came home, When he found that the fish was gone, he was very sad, so he searched everywhere.It's a pity that he didn't find it. Later, the child went to the river again, trying to catch another red fish. At that time, red fish was very rare. The child squatted for several days, but he didn't meet the same fish. Later, he threw himself into the river. The water kills itself. People in the town salvaged for a long time, but they couldn't find his body. The strange thing is that since then, there have been many beautiful red fish in this river. Later, some people said that the child was also a fish in his previous life. The red fish that arrived was a fish demon, and lured him back into the water. Later, the river got a new name, Double Fish Stream, and the people in the town gradually stopped eating fish.This inn is in front of the Double Fish Creek, so it is naturally called the Double Fish Inn. By the way, by the way, I am indeed a Pisces. There are legends everywhere, wait, is that boy... Feiyu?If so, it would make sense, I was thinking, but I heard a small meow, and the crisp sound of ceramics clashing.The meowing is my text message ringtone, the text message is the regular monthly rent deduction notice from China Mobile, and the sound of ceramics colliding is when Zhuang touches the cup. "You're not afraid of cats, are you?" I was a little surprised, but also amused. "Of course it's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I'm allergic to cats, and there are no cats here, so I'm a little surprised to hear cats meowing." He patiently explained to me. "However, although I don't like cats, I like cat-like women, such as you." I was taken aback and his hands covered mine. "Stay with me." He stared at me closely. I stared at those eyes. I always heard Su Yang say that Zhuang's eyes could talk. Today I finally saw them. They are really charming eyes. When I saw it, I actually forgot to break free. Xiaoxia, I think I'm stuck. Su Yang's voice suddenly rang in my ears, faintly, I was shocked, shook off Zhuang's hand, and ran upstairs. Su Yang couldn't go out for a walk alone. I know her too well. Where did she go? ?The long wooden stairs are very noisy when walking, and the corridor is very quiet. This inn has many advantages, one of which is quiet, but now I would rather it be noisy than so quiet. I am afraid of this kind of emptiness feeling of silence. The door of the room was ajar, and it opened with a slight push. What greeted me behind the door was water, which filled the whole room and submerged the water on the ceiling. Red fish were swimming around above the bed, and aquatic plants were floating in it. The scene was very enchanting, I just froze for a moment, and immediately turned around and prepared to run away, but it was already too late, the corridor disappeared at some point, and there were exactly the same rooms outside, with the same furnishings, exactly the same filled with water, the entire inn , like a giant fish tank. There was also a door in that room, and I opened the door with trembling hands with a fluke mentality, but I was disappointed, the outside was also a room full of water, even if I opened that door again, it was the same , I'm already trapped in this big fish tank. There was a person sitting on the windowsill opposite, with two long legs dangling carelessly in the water, with a mocking expression on his handsome face, when he saw me, he just raised his hand and greeted me leisurely. "meet again." Not a fish!I was a little surprised, how could he be here?But it's not surprising if you think about it again. The water is probably his fault, right? What the hell is going on here?Was this an inn, or the bottom of Double Fish Creek?What about Su Yang?Where is Su Yang?Thinking of Su Yang, I am a little anxious, I have to leave here, but how can I get out now? "Do you want to leave here?" Feiyu asked me. I nodded hurriedly, no wonder I didn't want to leave.But, can I trust non-fish?Looking at his indifferent eyes, I hesitated. "Can you take me out of here?" I asked him cautiously. He smiled, looking at me like a god on high with that mocking expression. "You obviously don't believe me, why do you still ask me?" I was at a loss for words, yes, I never really believed in him at all. From the beginning to the end, I only believed in myself. "The only thing you can rely on is yourself." After leaving these words, Feiyu disappeared. Just like when he appeared, he disappeared completely. Now I am the only one left in this huge water tank. I curled up in a corner of the room, not knowing what to do, I couldn’t find an exit everywhere, the scene behind every door was the same, the sunlight came in through the window, creating mottled light and shadow in the water, I looked at that Light and shadow, suddenly remembered, there is sunshine, there should be real!I almost rushed to open the window, only to be overwhelmed by great disappointment, the same scene outside the window, full of water everywhere. I almost cried, but I know, now is not the time to cry, I must not give up, I must find a way out of here. Grandpa once told me that any formation has a weakness, illusions and dreams are just things to confuse people, if you find that point, the whole game can be broken. No matter how complicated the maze is, there will always be an exit. Where is the exit here?Among these identical scenes, there must be a place that is different, and I must find it. What is the difference?I poked around and finally found something that looked a bit odd. In the corner of the room outside the window, in the shade where the sun cannot reach, there is a small black shadow, look carefully, it is moving, it is the shape of a person. I widened my eyes to catch it, it was too small, it would be great if I could zoom in, I thought to myself.However, the black shadow really got bigger and clearer. This time it can be clearly seen that it belongs to a person's back. With all my strength, I shouted at the back: "Zhuang!" He turned around and asked me with a half-smile, "Is this tea good?"
The fish tank seemed to be broken by someone, and the water in the room began to recede rapidly, and in an instant, everything had returned to its original state. I was still sitting on the window seat, and Zhuang asked me silently with those talking eyes, is this tea good? The setting sun was projected on his face, it looked warm, but I felt the temperature suddenly became very low, and I had a strong urge to escape from the sight of the man in front of me, but I didn't dare to move. The sense of powerlessness still enveloped me, and I was very afraid. If I opened the door and saw the same scene again, would I go crazy? We were silent like this, and the time passed with the ticking of the pendulum, until the whole living room gradually fell into darkness, and when the lights were quietly turned on, Zhuang spoke. "I don't want to be alone anymore, stay with me." His voice was calm and powerful, sounding like the tone of those who propose marriage to young people on TV. I felt sick for a while, what did this person think of Su Yang?What about Su Yang?She loves you so much... I wanted to say it, but my heart seemed to be blocked by something, I couldn't say anything, I could only stare at him angrily. Fortunately, this situation was quickly broken, a few brisk footsteps sounded outside the door, a guest came, Zhuang left me and got up to greet the guest. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he passed by me, he bent down and said to me, Xia, what I said was serious. The heart I had just let go rose again in my throat. A few young girls came in, they seemed to meet for a self-guided tour, they were very lively, they surrounded the village as soon as they came in, chattering and asking non-stop, taking this opportunity, I quickly slipped to the upstairs guest room, at the corner of the stairs I glanced down inadvertently, which made me gasp, what kind of young girl is that!His skinny body, sunken eye sockets, pale face, hair dripping like weeds on his face, his arms covered with scale-like things, flickering under the light, it was really scary.What's even more frightening is that there are the same scales on Zhuang's wrist... Zhuang looked at me from a distance in their surroundings, a cold light flashed in his beautiful phoenix eyes, and he gave me a meaningful smile. I just felt very terrified, and I didn't dare to look at him again, so I immediately turned my head and went upstairs run. Pushing open the door, Su Yang was sitting on the bed watching TV, saw me running in, and asked me with a smile: "What's the matter? Running in in a panic?" Thank goodness Soo Young is safe and sound.I didn't know how to express it in words, I just kept giggling at her. "Susu, where did you go? I can't find you anywhere." "What are you talking about? I've been taking a shower in the bathroom, and I didn't even hear you call me." I don't want to get to the bottom of what's going on, I just want to leave here as soon as possible, leave this small town, and return to my normal life. "Hey, Susu, let's go back? I always feel that something is wrong here, so let's go back sooner." "Let's talk about it tomorrow morning, Xiaoxia, I'm very sleepy now, you should go to bed early too, good night." "Hello..." The outstretched hand paused in the air, and the room was silent. The only answer to me was her steady breathing. Su Yang was already asleep. She slept soundly, but I didn't dare to sleep, especially after accidentally seeing that scene, the scales on Zhuang's arms, and the group of weird women, this inn that was too quiet was full of weirdness everywhere, Zhuang The meaningful smile at the end scared me even more, and the strong sense of fear made my nerves tense. I checked the doors and windows three times before I dared to go to bed, got under the quilt, tightly clutched the amulet, Ears pricked up, not letting go of any disturbance outside. When I'm afraid, I'm always afraid of something. I heard a different voice in my dense heartbeat. The sound of people walking on the wooden floor, slow and dull footsteps, slowly coming in this direction, getting closer, getting closer, and finally stopped at my door. "Xia...open the door..." Zhuang's voice came from outside the door, I pushed Su Yang desperately, she was in a deep sleep and didn't respond at all.I was so scared that I shrank into the bed and dared not make a sound.His voice was very strange, obviously very gentle, but there was an invisible pressure, which made people feel stuffy and unspeakably uncomfortable. If you listen carefully, there is not only Zhuang’s voice outside the door, there is another subtle sound around him, like many insects gathering together and flapping their wings, buzzing, it is a group of people whispering , they were saying, come here, come here... 我想起楼下那群诡异的女人，头皮都开始发麻了，庄依然在不停地敲门，不停地呼唤我。他的力气很大，那块薄薄的门板在他的不断撞击下眼看就要支持不住了。我急了，一骨碌跳下床，拖起房间里唯一一张可以挪动的桌子堵住门，又拖着我那单人床往门上堵，把门堵得结结实实，做完这一切，才抱着被子发起抖来。 脸颊感受到一线凉意，我这才发现，自己已经出了一身冷汗，衣服都打湿了，脖子上挂的小袋子也湿了，那里面装的是爷爷亲手写的平安符，这么多年从未离身过，我急忙取下来将它展开，朱砂写就的字迹已经有些洇开了。 周围一下子安静了下来，在我将它展开的那一瞬间，庄的声音，外面低语的声音，全部消失了。 门板也停止了晃动，这道符的灵力这么大吗？我有些吃惊，因为这只不过是道平安符而已，明明连师弟的驱邪符咒对非鱼都毫无办法啊，庄的力量也绝不会在非鱼之下。 难道说，爷爷，你在天上看着我吗？ 我又喜又悲，几乎要落下泪来。 接下来的一个声音，却把我的泪生生地又逼回了肚子里。 “夏……”是庄的声音，他还在外边！ “夏，来陪我吧，和我在一起好吗？”我拼命地摇头，却发不出声音，我不要，我绝对不要和他在一起，绝对，不要变得跟那些女人一样。 “不要再错下去了……”另一个有些熟悉的声音让我吃了一惊，非鱼居然也在这里。 他的声音里没有以往那么多戏谑，显得很忧伤。 “已经够了……看看我，再看看她们……你还不够吗？” “你放过她吧，不要再浪费一条命了，无论是谁，都无法变成你想要的样子……”非鱼有些无奈，“我已经不想看着同伴再增加下去了……” “你们在我眼里根本什么都不算，看看这群丑陋的东西吧……根本什么都不是！”庄的声音很温柔，吐出的话却让人冰到骨子里。 “你还是那么任性……”非鱼的声音很平静，听不出任何情绪，“我已经不会再陪着你玩这种没有意义的游戏了。” 庄没有理他，又对我说道： “小夏，我只想要你一个，我保证，你会好好的，不会有事的。” 非鱼，非鱼，救救我……我在心里不停地祈祷着，但令人失望的是，非鱼如同消失了一样，我再也没有听到他的声音，反倒是庄的声音，一直持续不断的，轻柔地在门外响起，随着他敲门的动作，门也开始再度晃动，越来越激烈，脆弱的锁在他的声音中瑟瑟发抖，感觉随时都会支离破碎。 “小夏，我爱你，来我身边吧。” 庄的话语如同甜美的毒药，一遍又一遍地重复着，在他的声音里，我渐渐忘记了害怕，取而代之的是一种奇特的迷恋感，想要到他的身边去，想要填满他的寂寞，想要紧紧地拥抱住他，这感情变得很强烈，战胜了我仅有的一丝理智。 我蹭的一下站起身来，开始搬堵住门口的桌子和床，原本很沉的东西，此刻却轻而易举地就挪开了。三下两下之后，阻挡在我和庄之间的就只有一扇门了。 我毫不犹豫地打开了门，夜晚的冷空气迅速涌了进来，夹带着浓烈的腥味，腥味的来源并不是庄。他站在门外，笑容优雅，整个人纤尘不染，与他身边那群女人形成鲜明的对比。 那些谦卑地环绕着他的女人，个个垂首而立，宽大的衣袖下露出的手臂上，长满了密密麻麻的鳞片，黏液从身上不停滴落，在她们站立的地上汇聚成小小的水洼。其中一个女人抬起头，朝我看过来。 她幽幽地望着我，那种刻骨的怨恨，让我觉得自己好像一只被蛇盯上的青蛙，我倒抽一口凉气，刚刚的冲动消失得无影无踪，这才意识到自己的行为有多么愚蠢。 几乎在反应过来的同时，我开始关门，却没有关上，因为有一只手夹在了门隙里。 这是一只女性的手，前提是如果她还能算人的话，尖利的指甲缝里满是黑泥，手背上已经没有皮肤了，几乎全被鳞片覆盖住了，这只触目惊心的手在空中乱挥，似乎是感受到了我所在的位置，急切地向我逼近。 我忍着恶心，悄悄地变换了一下位置，谁知门的间隙却随着我的动作进一步扩大了，又急又气，只能死命地抵住门，不让裂隙再度扩大。 可惜已经晚了，门外的力量实在太大，我很快就支持不住了。门被人重重推开，腥气随之涌进来，我闭上了眼睛，没有勇气面对接下来要发生的事。 已经完了，我就要变得跟她们一样了吧…… 一分钟之后，想像中的冰冷与疼痛并没有到来，周围反而变得安静起来，有个东西掠过我的手边，那触感毛茸茸的，我睁开了眼睛。 空气中淡淡的檀香味一飘而过，一个小小的黑影消失在房间转角。 那是一只黑猫。
“小夏，小夏！你要睡到什么时候啊？该起来啦！” 是苏扬的声音啊，我翻了个身，正想继续睡，就被一阵凉意激醒。睁眼一看，苏扬那家伙正拿着湿毛巾朝我乐呢。她的笑容过于灿烂，反倒让我有种不知身在何处的感觉。这是梦？or reality? “苏苏啊，你昨天怎么睡那么早啊？”我试探地问她。 她莫名其妙地看着我说：“我昨天看电视看到凌晨一点钟，哪里早了？反倒是你，不到十点钟就早早的睡了。” 她摸了摸我的额头，自言自语道：“好像也没发烧啊？” 难道那些全都是我的梦？还是说现在的苏扬才是梦？我走到苏扬身边，悄悄地在她手臂上掐了一把。 苏扬一下子跳了起来，并且给了我一记栗暴。 这果然不是梦…… 我拖着苏扬，冲下楼去吃早餐，憨厚的大叔已经准备好了早饭，整整齐齐的在桌子上摆好了，我凑到他身边，低声地问他。 “庄？” “嗯？”大叔有些迷惘，稍后他笑了笑，给我夹了两颗芝麻团。 我端着盘子回到桌子前，仍然有些忧虑，又开始问苏扬：“怎么不听你提起庄了呢？”她用看白痴一样的眼神看着我：“你已经问我第N次了，什么庄啊庄的，你不会是睡糊涂了吧？” 我识趣地闭上了嘴，如果真是梦，那就让它过去吧。
离开小镇那天，苏扬依依不舍地拉着我，要再逛一圈才肯去搭车，我陪着她，慢慢地走在青石板路上，她特意绕去了有沉船的那个地方，看了一眼就大呼小叫地说沉船被人捞走了。 我按摁住怦怦直跳的心，朝水下看去，沉船果然已经不见了，河里空空如也，看不到一尾红鱼，也再找不见那个有着桃花眼的男人身影了。 非鱼，还会觉得寂寞吗？ 将随手摘的野花悄悄地丢在河里，看着它在水里打转，直到沉没，之后我转身离开。 走出小镇的时候我又看到了黑猫，它蹲在老宅子的墙头上，居高临下看着我，我们对视了一眼，它喵的一声，就溜下了墙头，跑得不见影儿了。 它的眼睛是琥珀色的，就好像……正在我膝上呼呼大睡的遥一样。 遥这家伙的睡相极其不好，到处动来动去的，眼看又要从我腿上滑下去了。我伸手一捞，干脆把它放在藤椅上，自己拣了本书，靠着柜台坐下了。 昏暗的视野好像变亮了，因为清明静静地把台灯朝我这边推了一些，我感激地对他笑笑，他却头一偏，不再看我了。我的眼睛落到他手中的大部头书上，惊得眼珠子差点没掉出来，这家伙是不是人啊？就这么一会儿功夫，一本康熙字典已经被他翻了大半了…… 我突然有种戏弄他的冲动，当他反应过来的时候，我已经钻到柜台里了。 柜台里面是个狭小的空间，对于两个人而言，它的确过于挤了，清明一脸不解地挪了点地方给我。我讪讪地解释说晚上有点冷，所以想到里面来避避风，话一出口我差点想把自己的舌头咬掉，明明才只是秋天，这话骗鬼鬼都不会信吧。 清明居然相信了这个荒唐的理由，没有说什么，只是把台灯又挪了回来，顺便站起身，从外面掂了个毛毛靠垫扔给我。我抱着被当成靠垫的遥，舒舒服服地缩在角落里，清明背着我，继续看起书来。 他宽阔的背遮住了大部分的光，在小小的空间里营造出一片温暖的黑暗，不顾怀里遥的爪子抗议，我悄悄地将头靠在那片黑暗上，如果说这一刻也是梦，那么一直梦下去也不错。 我的梦与现实，已经渐渐分不清了，睡梦中的遥，也会有这样的思考吧？
From childhood to adulthood, I can count my good friends with one hand, and Su Yang is one of them.She is my college classmate, and I share the same tastes, stay up late watching movies together, and work on graduation projects all night together.My bad luck can't infect her at all, so I am also happy to go shopping with her, and I feel less guilty. In the summer vacation of my junior year, Su Yang and I discussed going out for a trip and planned to go to a nearby ancient town for a few days. She has always been quick to do things, and she basically arranged all the chores like booking a hotel and buying a bus ticket. I just need to organize my own. Just pack.The destination is a small town near the city. After two hours by train and one hour by car, we finally stood at the entrance of the town. This is a typical southern water town. A small river runs through the middle of the town. People on both sides live by the water. It feels very comfortable, probably because of the nap time. The street is very quiet, and only a few old ladies are occasionally seen sitting in the house. Chatting softly at the door, and seeing us with a friendly smile makes people feel warm.There are many alleys in the town. Su Yang looked around while looking for the hotel he had booked. "It should be in the front... It's like this on the map, Xiao Xia, let's go a little further." Su Yang looked at the simple hand-painted map and said to me. I felt that I had reached the depths of the town, and the surrounding environment became more and more quiet. I looked at the clear water in the river next to it, and casually agreed: "Okay." Basically, Su Yang was there , I, a road idiot, don't have any right to speak, just follow her. Just as I was wandering, Su Yang's loud voice called me back to the world. She excitedly pointed to a water surface: "Xiao Xia, look! There is a sunken ship in the water!" "Huh? It really is." I became interested, so I came closer to observe it carefully.The water surface there is deeper than other places, and a corner of the black canopy is faintly exposed at the bottom of the water. If you look closely, there are many small fish swimming around in the cabin. The ship looks quite small, and the structure is still very new. I don’t know why no one salvaged it. I studied the sunken ship with great interest, and suddenly found something floating in the water. It was a piece of white cloth. Swaying in the water, it seems that someone's clothes fell into the water and were hooked by the sunken ship.Just as he was thinking about it, the clothes seemed to have some spirituality. He swayed them a bit, and then moved slowly. A pair of hands stretched out from the sleeves, grabbed the side of the sinking ship, and sat up. "Ah!" I exclaimed, but found that it was actually a person, but the black hair was floating in the water, so people couldn't see clearly.The man sat on the side of the boat, gently wiped his wet hair with his hands, and smiled at me. This is a man with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and his smile makes people feel very charming. After a chuckle, he plunged back into the water and didn't come up for a long time.I waited for a while, but I couldn't even see his figure, so I couldn't help feeling a little worried, so I asked Su Yang, "That man hasn't surfaced for a long time, is there something wrong?" Su Yang looked at me inexplicably, "Who?" "It's the man who just floated up from the boat. He's quite handsome." "You don't think handsome guys are crazy, do you? Where are men? I watched for a long time, and only saw a group of fish shadows..." Su Yang joked. Could it be those things again?I realized something, so I couldn't help but stop the topic, but said in my mouth: "I'm joking with you, let's go find a hotel, I'm a little tired." Su Yang readily agreed, and we continued to look for hotels. The family hotel named Pisces Inn is actually not far away, but the log signboard is blocked by lush creepers, so Su Yang and I didn't see it at first, but we didn't find it until we made two phone calls this place. Exquisite two-story building, the room we booked is on the second floor, and we need to climb up the old-fashioned wooden stairs.When we arrived, the tourist season had already passed, but the second floor was also full. According to the boss, it was all girls from the nearby university who came to relax. This statement sounds very reassuring. The innkeeper is a man, about twenty-six or seventeen, very handsome, with a pair of phoenix eyes that are particularly beautiful, he always likes to glance at you like nothing, but then quickly moves away.When I saw him, I had an indescribable feeling. It was a strange face, but it made people feel so familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere before. Looking at Su Yang again, my heart skipped a beat. This girl is probably stuck in it.There are many people who pursue Su Yang, but she has never been interested in anyone, but now Su Yang looks at this man with shining eyes, which I have never seen before. Full of love and eagerness, Su Yang completely turned into an ordinary little girl. "Xiaoxia, do you think my dress looks good? Would it be a bit strange to match this bag?" After she asked me the same question for the nth time, I finally couldn't help asking: "Susu? Are you really Do you like him?" Her answer was within my expectations: "Of course I really like him, like love at first sight! This girl finally understands what love at first sight is, haha!" "You don't plan to live here forever, do you?" I asked her cautiously. "Let's stay here first. The price is not expensive anyway. When you don't want to stay anymore, I'll take you back, okay?" Don't you want to go back and find him?This sentence was swallowed hard by my stomach.Because Su Yang has already dressed up and can't wait to go downstairs. I froze for a moment, chased after her, and gave her a small card. what is this?she asked. It's a safe talisman, it's better to bring it with you when you're away from home.I'm a little embarrassed, but it's actually a charm given by my junior brother to exorcise evil spirits. I don't know why, but I think it should be given to Su Yang. Yeah?She looked at it and put it in her bag, shall we go to dinner? The living room downstairs is very big, we occupied a table by the window, the boss cooks himself, made a few dishes and a soup, stir-fried broccoli, fried bacon, preserved egg tofu, and a hibiscus egg soup, all delicious in color and fragrance , Su Yang strongly invited him to sit down and eat together, but he just shook his head.Helpless Su Yang had to give up this action.Not to mention, his craftsmanship is really good. In this day and age, there are indeed not many good-looking men who can cook. In the next few days, Su Yang stuck to him almost all day long, looking at her expectant eyes, I very wittily created a double space for her, almost most of the time I wandered outside alone.Fortunately, there are still many places worth visiting in the ancient town. After a few days, I feel that the trip is worthwhile. There are very few young people in the town, but I often see old men and women chatting together outside. It is estimated that young people have gone out to explore the world. After all, this ancient town is a bit too quiet for young people.And after walking around for the past few days, I discovered something unusual. There are no cats in this town. Not a single one, not only domestic cats, but even stray cats are rare.This is really strange.Because old ladies generally like to keep cats, even if they don't, how many stray cats should there be?But here, I have never met a cat.But it's not a big deal, maybe I'm the only cat lover who thinks it's not normal? I wandered slowly along the bluestone path, and before I knew it, I came to the place where I found the sunken ship on the first day.The surroundings are very secluded, and the silence in the air is even a bit suffocating.I was a little hesitant, but I still couldn't control my curiosity, so I mustered up the courage to look into the water. Fortunately, the water was very clear and the visibility was quite high. I could see groups of small fish swimming in the water. As for The white cloth I saw that day is long gone.I gathered myself together, I couldn't feel any ominous atmosphere here, so it was my hallucination that day, right?After all, when I was with Su Yang, I almost never met those things. I breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed my heart, and laughed secretly that my nerves were too tense.Thinking about it, I came here to travel, so I should relax.Walk along the bluestone steps by the river bank to the platform by the water. This is where women usually wash their clothes. The rough bluestone has been polished by the years. In the shallow water near the stone wall, a group of small fish gather together, like Like in a meeting, very lively.I became very playful and reached out to catch a tail. It was summer, and it should be a very enjoyable thing to soak my hands in the cool water. But I can't enjoy it because my hand is being held. I was held by a man who suddenly emerged from the water. His hands were slippery and cool. They looked weak and boneless, but I couldn't break free. The man rested his chin on one hand and grabbed me with the other nonchalantly. He raised his head slightly and looked at me with a pair of peach blossom eyes. "Are you looking for me?" he asked. I can't answer, even though I did mean to find him just now.Things like monsters will become entangled once they talk to them. I still understand this reason. I was silent, but he didn't take it seriously and continued talking to me. "It's so late, I thought you would come to see me earlier?" I am silent. "I'm lonely here, how about you? Are you lonely?" The next sentence is likely to be, you come with me.The monster always has such a set of rhetoric, and he is determined not to answer. Once he agrees, it will be over. If he keeps silent like this, there is nothing he can do.I quietly touched the exorcism charm given by my junior in my pocket, and felt a little relieved. "If you're lonely, let me play with you, okay?" "Uh?" This monster didn't follow the usual routine, but changed the way of saying it, which made me a little unresponsive, and unexpectedly made a sound.This is too bad, I took out the exorcism charm in my pocket, and hurriedly smeared it on his face. He didn't let go of my hand, but he didn't move either. Did it work?I carefully broke away his hand, intending to run away quickly, but unfortunately I didn't run away, he grabbed my other hand, and he tore off the charm without any effort, with an incomparably bright smile, but I felt Cold all over. "Little girl, I am more and more interested in you." The spell is completely useless, which proves that he is no longer an ordinary small character, and indirectly proves a problem, my current situation is very dangerous. He held up the torn piece of yellow paper, threw it away indifferently, and stroked my face with the other hand, "Hey, do you want to try some more? Maybe which one will come in handy?" .” My teeth are already chattering, the more beautiful his smile, the more afraid I am, beautiful things are often dangerous, this principle is common to both humans and monsters. The hand stroking my face exerted a little strength, and there was no trace of a smile in those peach eyes, but he was indeed smiling. "Play with me for a while?" he said. Before I could yell, I fell into the deep water, and I could even see a passerby on the river bank in front of my eyes. Obviously, that person didn't see me. In this secluded place, no one would know that I fell into the water. When Su Yang When I think of me, at least it will be dark, and I should have died by then. Even if I exhaust my grandfather's hard work, can I only live so far? There were hands on my waist, and these hands dragged me to the depths. I watched the light above my head leave me, and the surrounding was dark. The fear of the unknown made me close my eyes. I don’t know how long I have been diving. He stopped.What my feet touched in the darkness turned out to be solid ground. I couldn't believe it. When I opened my eyes, the scene in front of me surprised me even more. This is a very wide place, with simple stone tables and benches, everything is complete, and the surrounding stone walls emit a soft white light, illuminating the deep water like the interior of an ordinary house. Of course, ordinary people's indoors will not have so many fish swimming around, even if there are, they are in the fish tank. And here, rather than a room, it is more like a big fish tank in an aquarium. I remembered that after I was dragged into the water, I didn’t feel choking at all, so I couldn’t help but reach out and fish around, and a wisp of waterweed was wrapped in my hand. This was indeed in the water. The reason why I didn’t drown was probably It was also the reason for the person next to him.What is he trying to do? I thought I was going to die this time, but I didn’t know what this person was thinking. I sneaked a glance at his legs. I saw two very beautiful legs, slender and straight, without the expected fish tail. It seemed that he Not a mermaid.But think about it, only people who have read too many fairy tales will think that there is a mermaid in a small river ditch. Having said that, what exactly is he?Anyway, it has already fallen into the hands of the other party, and it is easy to die.I asked him point-blank, "What are you?" I didn't hear his answer for a while, so I asked again, "Are you a fish demon?" This time he answered, but the answer was beyond my expectation. "Me, what am I?" "For a long time, I thought I was a fish. But I slowly realized that I didn't look like these kids, and then I thought, Maybe I'm a person. But they are still different from me. I try I used to find someone to play with me, but when they saw me, they would scream and run away. Even if I caught them, they couldn't stay here like me, and they always died quickly. So I shouldn't be human either." Leaning against the invisible water screen behind him, he asked me sadly, "Am I a failure? I don't even know what I am..." His long hair was floating casually in the water, and the delicate face hidden under the long hair was full of inexplicable emotions, which looked a bit childish. For a while, I couldn't find the right words to answer him. For such a monster who has lost himself, what should I say to him? His voice still continued in his ears, it was so soft and erratic. "I feel that I have been dreaming. In the dream, I am a fish, swimming in the clear water, so uncomfortable, but sometimes I also have other dreams. In the dream, I am like every person on the shore. Same, walk on two legs, have so-called friends and relatives, but after waking up from the dream, I become the me that no one knows. Which dream is real? Or, I am now Is it a dream?" He swam around me, putting his hands on my neck. "Now, can you tell me, am I awake now, or am I dreaming?" I still can't answer. Is this a dream, or reality?I also became a little confused. Is the underwater place I am in a dream, or is it a dream above the water? "Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly", this allusion suddenly flashed in my mind, no matter how Zhuang Zi dreamed thousands of years ago, I can't continue to dream now, I can't be confused by him, I change my mind when I change my mind topic. "Well, what's your name?" "What's my name?" He thought for a long time, and finally told me that he couldn't remember. The monster who can’t even remember his own name made me feel pity for no reason, “I’ll give you a name, do you want it?” About to jump out. He opened his eyes slightly, probably not expecting me to say that, chuckled lightly, and agreed happily. Then call it non-fish. This name couldn't be more suitable for him, and I even felt a little proud of it. Not a fish, not a fish, he repeated the word, chanting small words in his mouth. The child is not a fish, An knows the joy of fish. The child is not me, how do you know that I don't know the joy of fish? There was a strange gleam in those peach blossom eyes, "I seem to have had such a conversation a long time ago." "Ok?" "The moonlight was very clear that night. We watched the moon by the river and looked at the fish in the water. Someone once said the same thing. Yes, I remembered it and said the same thing." "Someone?" I asked. "Who?" He shook his head again, not remembering. Facing this monster who doesn't remember anything, I feel really helpless, but he seems to have accepted the name Feiyu, which gives me a little bit of comfort. "Hey, play with me for a while." He seemed to no longer be entangled in dreams or philosophical issues of reality, and turned to the living person in front of him. "What are you going to do to me?" For the sake of this, I can still keep calm, I really admire myself.Feiyu seemed very happy, gently brushing off the weeds on my face. "Of course I want you to play with me, it's really boring to be alone." "Then what if I don't want to?" I took a step back, avoiding his hand. You don't have a choice, his eyes convey that message silently.I sat on the stone bench blankly, my mind was in chaos, I was joking, if I stay here for a long time, I will definitely die. "I'm not a fish." The subconscious words rushed out of my heart. "I'm not a fish either." The guy looked at me with a smile, showing no intention of giving in. Either way, it was a dead end, so I made it clear and told him: "I'm a human, not a fish, and I'm not interested in staying underwater at all." But he still smiled, an extremely gentle smile, and a pair of watery peach blossom eyes just stared at me quietly, without speaking, just staring. Being stared at by his eyes, I couldn't help feeling frightened, this guy won't get annoyed, just strangle me now, right?But he didn't do anything, he just let out a long sigh, and then asked me: "If I call you, will you come to see me again?" Only fools will come, I thought so in my heart, but dared not say it. Feiyu looked at me, sighed again, and pressed his hand tightly to my eyes. The hand that pressed the eyes exerted some strength. What I felt was the cold sting and darkness, but A moment later, this darkness was replaced by light.
I opened my eyes, and in front of my eyes was the stone platform before, with gurgling water under my feet, so shallow that I could see the bottom at a glance, the sun was shining on my body, it was warm, everything was so normal, I touched my clothes, it was so dry There was not even a trace of water, the underwater stone room, the peachy-eyed man, and everything that happened just now were like a dream. But I knew it was definitely not a dream, because there was still a wispy weed on the buckle of my sandal, and it was even wet, as if it had just been fished out of the water.The water surface was calm, but I had an indescribable panic, as if something would come out of it at any moment. If I was caught again, would I still be able to get out?Not daring to continue thinking about it, I fled there as if fleeing. Stumbled back to the inn, but did not see Su Yang, not in the room, nor in the living room downstairs, the owner was the only one in the entire inn.He sat on the table by the window, drinking tea leisurely, and occasionally glanced out of the window.It was strange that Su Yang was not with him, so I asked him about Su Yang's whereabouts. "She went out for a walk." The man said lightly, "Would you like to sit down and drink tea together?" How can there be leisurely tea tasting at this moment, I thought so, but my body has already sat opposite him involuntarily. Maybe it's the calm atmosphere that makes people feel relaxed, maybe it's because I'm afraid of being alone in the room, maybe I want to talk about Su Yang and his progress, or maybe I just want to take a good look at this person in front of me. This man gave me a polite smile every time we met, and then walked away briskly, so that I only had a vague memory of him, but I couldn't remember what the man looked like. Such a person who was supposed to be a stranger became vivid in Su Yang's words over and over again, making people gradually feel that he should be an old friend whom he has known for a long time. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang is an orphan and has lived alone since he was a child, so cooking is so delicious. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang's smile is so bright, so dazzling that it makes people feel breathless. Xiao Xia, do you know?Zhuang's eyes seemed to be talking, and I felt like I was stuck in it. Xiao Xia, if I become the proprietress of Pisces Hotel in the future, you must come and stay here often. I stared at Zhuang, trying to find the shadow that Su Yang described from him, but I was disappointed. The man in front of me who was drinking tea leisurely could not be connected with the Zhuang that Su Yang was talking about. He just sat quietly, whether it was troubles or joy, everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him. For a moment, I even thought that sitting opposite was a stone statue. However, the stone statue smiled at me, and there was a mysterious brilliance in his long and narrow phoenix eyes, as well as an indistinct emotion. Do you like this tea?Aged Pu'er, mixed with 500-meter-deep well water, boiled slowly over a pine charcoal fire, the taste is very good.Zhuang poured a cup for me and explained it to me gently. I don't understand these, and I don't know how to answer them. It seemed a little unpleasant to keep silent, so I decided to find something to talk to him about. "You are good at cooking, and the girl who marries you must be very happy." I decided to compliment him first, because no one would not like to hear good words. "Thank you for your compliment." He responded lightly, without showing much joy. That's right, handsome guys are often praised by others, and they are probably immune to it. I started to find other topics to ask him, for example, why is the name of the inn called Pisces Inn?Are you a Pisces? Do you really want to know?he ask me. I nod. There is a legend about Pisces in this town.It is said that a long time ago, a boy caught a red fish in a small river. The fish was very beautiful, so the boy liked it very much and put it in a water tank to raise it. Then one day, when the boy came home, When he found that the fish was gone, he was very sad, so he searched everywhere.It's a pity that he didn't find it. Later, the child went to the river again, trying to catch another red fish. At that time, red fish was very rare. The child squatted for several days, but he didn't meet the same fish. Later, he threw himself into the river. The water kills itself. People in the town salvaged for a long time, but they couldn't find his body. The strange thing is that since then, there have been many beautiful red fish in this river. Later, some people said that the child was also a fish in his previous life. The red fish that arrived was a fish demon, and lured him back into the water. Later, the river got a new name, Double Fish Stream, and the people in the town gradually stopped eating fish.This inn is in front of the Double Fish Creek, so it is naturally called the Double Fish Inn. By the way, by the way, I am indeed a Pisces. There are legends everywhere, wait, is that boy... Feiyu?If so, it would make sense, I was thinking, but I heard a small meow, and the crisp sound of ceramics clashing.The meowing is my text message ringtone, the text message is the regular monthly rent deduction notice from China Mobile, and the sound of ceramics colliding is when Zhuang touches the cup. "You're not afraid of cats, are you?" I was a little surprised, but also amused. "Of course it's not that I'm afraid, it's just that I'm allergic to cats, and there are no cats here, so I'm a little surprised to hear cats meowing." He patiently explained to me. "However, although I don't like cats, I like cat-like women, such as you." I was taken aback and his hands covered mine. "Stay with me." He stared at me closely. I stared at those eyes. I always heard Su Yang say that Zhuang's eyes could talk. Today I finally saw them. They are really charming eyes. When I saw it, I actually forgot to break free. Xiaoxia, I think I'm stuck. Su Yang's voice suddenly rang in my ears, faintly, I was shocked, shook off Zhuang's hand, and ran upstairs. Su Yang couldn't go out for a walk alone. I know her too well. Where did she go? ?The long wooden stairs are very noisy when walking, and the corridor is very quiet. This inn has many advantages, one of which is quiet, but now I would rather it be noisy than so quiet. I am afraid of this kind of emptiness feeling of silence. The door of the room was ajar, and it opened with a slight push. What greeted me behind the door was water, which filled the whole room and submerged the water on the ceiling. Red fish were swimming around above the bed, and aquatic plants were floating in it. The scene was very enchanting, I just froze for a moment, and immediately turned around and prepared to run away, but it was already too late, the corridor disappeared at some point, and there were exactly the same rooms outside, with the same furnishings, exactly the same filled with water, the entire inn , like a giant fish tank. There was also a door in that room, and I opened the door with trembling hands with a fluke mentality, but I was disappointed, the outside was also a room full of water, even if I opened that door again, it was the same , I'm already trapped in this big fish tank. There was a person sitting on the windowsill opposite, with two long legs dangling carelessly in the water, with a mocking expression on his handsome face, when he saw me, he just raised his hand and greeted me leisurely. "meet again." Not a fish!I was a little surprised, how could he be here?But it's not surprising if you think about it again. The water is probably his fault, right? What the hell is going on here?Was this an inn, or the bottom of Double Fish Creek?What about Su Yang?Where is Su Yang?Thinking of Su Yang, I am a little anxious, I have to leave here, but how can I get out now? "Do you want to leave here?" Feiyu asked me. I nodded hurriedly, no wonder I didn't want to leave.But, can I trust non-fish?Looking at his indifferent eyes, I hesitated. "Can you take me out of here?" I asked him cautiously. He smiled, looking at me like a god on high with that mocking expression. "You obviously don't believe me, why do you still ask me?" I was at a loss for words, yes, I never really believed in him at all. From the beginning to the end, I only believed in myself. "The only thing you can rely on is yourself." After leaving these words, Feiyu disappeared. Just like when he appeared, he disappeared completely. Now I am the only one left in this huge water tank. I curled up in a corner of the room, not knowing what to do, I couldn’t find an exit everywhere, the scene behind every door was the same, the sunlight came in through the window, creating mottled light and shadow in the water, I looked at that Light and shadow, suddenly remembered, there is sunshine, there should be real!I almost rushed to open the window, only to be overwhelmed by great disappointment, the same scene outside the window, full of water everywhere. I almost cried, but I know, now is not the time to cry, I must not give up, I must find a way out of here. Grandpa once told me that any formation has a weakness, illusions and dreams are just things to confuse people, if you find that point, the whole game can be broken. No matter how complicated the maze is, there will always be an exit. Where is the exit here?Among these identical scenes, there must be a place that is different, and I must find it. What is the difference?I poked around and finally found something that looked a bit odd. In the corner of the room outside the window, in the shade where the sun cannot reach, there is a small black shadow, look carefully, it is moving, it is the shape of a person. I widened my eyes to catch it, it was too small, it would be great if I could zoom in, I thought to myself.However, the black shadow really got bigger and clearer. This time it can be clearly seen that it belongs to a person's back. With all my strength, I shouted at the back: "Zhuang!" He turned around and asked me with a half-smile, "Is this tea good?"
The fish tank seemed to be broken by someone, and the water in the room began to recede rapidly, and in an instant, everything had returned to its original state. I was still sitting on the window seat, and Zhuang asked me silently with those talking eyes, is this tea good? The setting sun was projected on his face, it looked warm, but I felt the temperature suddenly became very low, and I had a strong urge to escape from the sight of the man in front of me, but I didn't dare to move. The sense of powerlessness still enveloped me, and I was very afraid. If I opened the door and saw the same scene again, would I go crazy? We were silent like this, and the time passed with the ticking of the pendulum, until the whole living room gradually fell into darkness, and when the lights were quietly turned on, Zhuang spoke. "I don't want to be alone anymore, stay with me." His voice was calm and powerful, sounding like the tone of those who propose marriage to young people on TV. I felt sick for a while, what did this person think of Su Yang?What about Su Yang?She loves you so much... I wanted to say it, but my heart seemed to be blocked by something, I couldn't say anything, I could only stare at him angrily. Fortunately, this situation was quickly broken, a few brisk footsteps sounded outside the door, a guest came, Zhuang left me and got up to greet the guest. I secretly breathed a sigh of relief. When he passed by me, he bent down and said to me, Xia, what I said was serious. The heart I had just let go rose again in my throat. A few young girls came in, they seemed to meet for a self-guided tour, they were very lively, they surrounded the village as soon as they came in, chattering and asking non-stop, taking this opportunity, I quickly slipped to the upstairs guest room, at the corner of the stairs I glanced down inadvertently, which made me gasp, what kind of young girl is that!His skinny body, sunken eye sockets, pale face, hair dripping like weeds on his face, his arms covered with scale-like things, flickering under the light, it was really scary.What's even more frightening is that there are the same scales on Zhuang's wrist... Zhuang looked at me from a distance in their surroundings, a cold light flashed in his beautiful phoenix eyes, and he gave me a meaningful smile. I just felt very terrified, and I didn't dare to look at him again, so I immediately turned my head and went upstairs run. Pushing open the door, Su Yang was sitting on the bed watching TV, saw me running in, and asked me with a smile: "What's the matter? Running in in a panic?" Thank goodness Soo Young is safe and sound.I didn't know how to express it in words, I just kept giggling at her. "Susu, where did you go? I can't find you anywhere." "What are you talking about? I've been taking a shower in the bathroom, and I didn't even hear you call me." I don't want to get to the bottom of what's going on, I just want to leave here as soon as possible, leave this small town, and return to my normal life. "Hey, Susu, let's go back? I always feel that something is wrong here, so let's go back sooner." "Let's talk about it tomorrow morning, Xiaoxia, I'm very sleepy now, you should go to bed early too, good night." "Hello..." The outstretched hand paused in the air, and the room was silent. The only answer to me was her steady breathing. Su Yang was already asleep. She slept soundly, but I didn't dare to sleep, especially after accidentally seeing that scene, the scales on Zhuang's arms, and the group of weird women, this inn that was too quiet was full of weirdness everywhere, Zhuang The meaningful smile at the end scared me even more, and the strong sense of fear made my nerves tense. I checked the doors and windows three times before I dared to go to bed, got under the quilt, tightly clutched the amulet, Ears pricked up, not letting go of any disturbance outside. When I'm afraid, I'm always afraid of something. I heard a different voice in my dense heartbeat. The sound of people walking on the wooden floor, slow and dull footsteps, slowly coming in this direction, getting closer, getting closer, and finally stopped at my door. "Xia...open the door..." Zhuang's voice came from outside the door, I pushed Su Yang desperately, she was in a deep sleep and didn't respond at all.I was so scared that I shrank into the bed and dared not make a sound.His voice was very strange, obviously very gentle, but there was an invisible pressure, which made people feel stuffy and unspeakably uncomfortable. If you listen carefully, there is not only Zhuang’s voice outside the door, there is another subtle sound around him, like many insects gathering together and flapping their wings, buzzing, it is a group of people whispering , they were saying, come here, come here... 我想起楼下那群诡异的女人，头皮都开始发麻了，庄依然在不停地敲门，不停地呼唤我。他的力气很大，那块薄薄的门板在他的不断撞击下眼看就要支持不住了。我急了，一骨碌跳下床，拖起房间里唯一一张可以挪动的桌子堵住门，又拖着我那单人床往门上堵，把门堵得结结实实，做完这一切，才抱着被子发起抖来。 脸颊感受到一线凉意，我这才发现，自己已经出了一身冷汗，衣服都打湿了，脖子上挂的小袋子也湿了，那里面装的是爷爷亲手写的平安符，这么多年从未离身过，我急忙取下来将它展开，朱砂写就的字迹已经有些洇开了。 周围一下子安静了下来，在我将它展开的那一瞬间，庄的声音，外面低语的声音，全部消失了。 门板也停止了晃动，这道符的灵力这么大吗？我有些吃惊，因为这只不过是道平安符而已，明明连师弟的驱邪符咒对非鱼都毫无办法啊，庄的力量也绝不会在非鱼之下。 难道说，爷爷，你在天上看着我吗？ 我又喜又悲，几乎要落下泪来。 接下来的一个声音，却把我的泪生生地又逼回了肚子里。 “夏……”是庄的声音，他还在外边！ “夏，来陪我吧，和我在一起好吗？”我拼命地摇头，却发不出声音，我不要，我绝对不要和他在一起，绝对，不要变得跟那些女人一样。 “不要再错下去了……”另一个有些熟悉的声音让我吃了一惊，非鱼居然也在这里。 他的声音里没有以往那么多戏谑，显得很忧伤。 “已经够了……看看我，再看看她们……你还不够吗？” “你放过她吧，不要再浪费一条命了，无论是谁，都无法变成你想要的样子……”非鱼有些无奈，“我已经不想看着同伴再增加下去了……” “你们在我眼里根本什么都不算，看看这群丑陋的东西吧……根本什么都不是！”庄的声音很温柔，吐出的话却让人冰到骨子里。 “你还是那么任性……”非鱼的声音很平静，听不出任何情绪，“我已经不会再陪着你玩这种没有意义的游戏了。” 庄没有理他，又对我说道： “小夏，我只想要你一个，我保证，你会好好的，不会有事的。” 非鱼，非鱼，救救我……我在心里不停地祈祷着，但令人失望的是，非鱼如同消失了一样，我再也没有听到他的声音，反倒是庄的声音，一直持续不断的，轻柔地在门外响起，随着他敲门的动作，门也开始再度晃动，越来越激烈，脆弱的锁在他的声音中瑟瑟发抖，感觉随时都会支离破碎。 “小夏，我爱你，来我身边吧。” 庄的话语如同甜美的毒药，一遍又一遍地重复着，在他的声音里，我渐渐忘记了害怕，取而代之的是一种奇特的迷恋感，想要到他的身边去，想要填满他的寂寞，想要紧紧地拥抱住他，这感情变得很强烈，战胜了我仅有的一丝理智。 我蹭的一下站起身来，开始搬堵住门口的桌子和床，原本很沉的东西，此刻却轻而易举地就挪开了。三下两下之后，阻挡在我和庄之间的就只有一扇门了。 我毫不犹豫地打开了门，夜晚的冷空气迅速涌了进来，夹带着浓烈的腥味，腥味的来源并不是庄。他站在门外，笑容优雅，整个人纤尘不染，与他身边那群女人形成鲜明的对比。 那些谦卑地环绕着他的女人，个个垂首而立，宽大的衣袖下露出的手臂上，长满了密密麻麻的鳞片，黏液从身上不停滴落，在她们站立的地上汇聚成小小的水洼。其中一个女人抬起头，朝我看过来。 她幽幽地望着我，那种刻骨的怨恨，让我觉得自己好像一只被蛇盯上的青蛙，我倒抽一口凉气，刚刚的冲动消失得无影无踪，这才意识到自己的行为有多么愚蠢。 几乎在反应过来的同时，我开始关门，却没有关上，因为有一只手夹在了门隙里。 这是一只女性的手，前提是如果她还能算人的话，尖利的指甲缝里满是黑泥，手背上已经没有皮肤了，几乎全被鳞片覆盖住了，这只触目惊心的手在空中乱挥，似乎是感受到了我所在的位置，急切地向我逼近。 我忍着恶心，悄悄地变换了一下位置，谁知门的间隙却随着我的动作进一步扩大了，又急又气，只能死命地抵住门，不让裂隙再度扩大。 可惜已经晚了，门外的力量实在太大，我很快就支持不住了。门被人重重推开，腥气随之涌进来，我闭上了眼睛，没有勇气面对接下来要发生的事。 已经完了，我就要变得跟她们一样了吧…… 一分钟之后，想像中的冰冷与疼痛并没有到来，周围反而变得安静起来，有个东西掠过我的手边，那触感毛茸茸的，我睁开了眼睛。 空气中淡淡的檀香味一飘而过，一个小小的黑影消失在房间转角。 那是一只黑猫。
“小夏，小夏！你要睡到什么时候啊？该起来啦！” 是苏扬的声音啊，我翻了个身，正想继续睡，就被一阵凉意激醒。睁眼一看，苏扬那家伙正拿着湿毛巾朝我乐呢。她的笑容过于灿烂，反倒让我有种不知身在何处的感觉。这是梦？or reality? “苏苏啊，你昨天怎么睡那么早啊？”我试探地问她。 她莫名其妙地看着我说：“我昨天看电视看到凌晨一点钟，哪里早了？反倒是你，不到十点钟就早早的睡了。” 她摸了摸我的额头，自言自语道：“好像也没发烧啊？” 难道那些全都是我的梦？还是说现在的苏扬才是梦？我走到苏扬身边，悄悄地在她手臂上掐了一把。 苏扬一下子跳了起来，并且给了我一记栗暴。 这果然不是梦…… 我拖着苏扬，冲下楼去吃早餐，憨厚的大叔已经准备好了早饭，整整齐齐的在桌子上摆好了，我凑到他身边，低声地问他。 “庄？” “嗯？”大叔有些迷惘，稍后他笑了笑，给我夹了两颗芝麻团。 我端着盘子回到桌子前，仍然有些忧虑，又开始问苏扬：“怎么不听你提起庄了呢？”她用看白痴一样的眼神看着我：“你已经问我第N次了，什么庄啊庄的，你不会是睡糊涂了吧？” 我识趣地闭上了嘴，如果真是梦，那就让它过去吧。
离开小镇那天，苏扬依依不舍地拉着我，要再逛一圈才肯去搭车，我陪着她，慢慢地走在青石板路上，她特意绕去了有沉船的那个地方，看了一眼就大呼小叫地说沉船被人捞走了。 我按摁住怦怦直跳的心，朝水下看去，沉船果然已经不见了，河里空空如也，看不到一尾红鱼，也再找不见那个有着桃花眼的男人身影了。 非鱼，还会觉得寂寞吗？ 将随手摘的野花悄悄地丢在河里，看着它在水里打转，直到沉没，之后我转身离开。 走出小镇的时候我又看到了黑猫，它蹲在老宅子的墙头上，居高临下看着我，我们对视了一眼，它喵的一声，就溜下了墙头，跑得不见影儿了。 它的眼睛是琥珀色的，就好像……正在我膝上呼呼大睡的遥一样。 遥这家伙的睡相极其不好，到处动来动去的，眼看又要从我腿上滑下去了。我伸手一捞，干脆把它放在藤椅上，自己拣了本书，靠着柜台坐下了。 昏暗的视野好像变亮了，因为清明静静地把台灯朝我这边推了一些，我感激地对他笑笑，他却头一偏，不再看我了。我的眼睛落到他手中的大部头书上，惊得眼珠子差点没掉出来，这家伙是不是人啊？就这么一会儿功夫，一本康熙字典已经被他翻了大半了…… 我突然有种戏弄他的冲动，当他反应过来的时候，我已经钻到柜台里了。 柜台里面是个狭小的空间，对于两个人而言，它的确过于挤了，清明一脸不解地挪了点地方给我。我讪讪地解释说晚上有点冷，所以想到里面来避避风，话一出口我差点想把自己的舌头咬掉，明明才只是秋天，这话骗鬼鬼都不会信吧。 清明居然相信了这个荒唐的理由，没有说什么，只是把台灯又挪了回来，顺便站起身，从外面掂了个毛毛靠垫扔给我。我抱着被当成靠垫的遥，舒舒服服地缩在角落里，清明背着我，继续看起书来。 他宽阔的背遮住了大部分的光，在小小的空间里营造出一片温暖的黑暗，不顾怀里遥的爪子抗议，我悄悄地将头靠在那片黑暗上，如果说这一刻也是梦，那么一直梦下去也不错。 我的梦与现实，已经渐渐分不清了，睡梦中的遥，也会有这样的思考吧？