Chapter 2 Chapter One

Setting up a trap and letting the target get in is one of the biological behaviors, and among the vertebrates, primates are the best at this kind of behavior.Among the arthropods, spiders are also the best. Its method is to weave a web (that is the ultimate art in the biological world, no matter how great a person's ability is, he can't weave a spider web), and wait for the food to be thrown into the web. , but that is not typical of snare behavior, because the insects that touch the net are not voluntary, but just by accident. Primates, however, are far more intelligent than arthropods. Therefore, people who fall into the trap are willing to fall into the trap, thinking that after falling into the trap, they will be happy and unparalleled.Therefore, when the trap is in progress, those who have entered the trap, or are about to enter the trap, have extreme longing.At the same time, if someone reminds loudly: "This is a trap. Don't fall into the trap." It will be of no use at all-not only is it useless to shout loudly, but even if you try to pull it hard, you will not be able to pull it back.

It is worth noting that the creatures that engage in snare behavior are naturally not limited to primate humans and arthropod spiders, there are many different types of creatures that also have the same behavior, but only primate humans perform the same behavior. The trap behavior is to deal with the same kind. When have you ever seen a spider make a web with painstaking efforts to make another spider fall into it? However, all kinds of traps set by man are used against man.So, can it be said that people among primate creatures can basically be divided into two types, one type lays traps, and the other type is lured into the traps.

Of course, it’s not that simple in fact. No matter how good at laying traps, people may be lured into traps set by others──Traps are set one by one, and exist in endless forms. Think about it carefully, For any primate, his whole life can be said to be a process of setting traps and entering traps, and no one can avoid it.In this way, is it possible to formulate a formula: "trap = life"? The topic seems to get bigger and bigger, and inevitably, the bigger the topic, the more boring it is, so it's better to say less. As with all stories: cut the gossip and get down to business.

When Miao Jiang came back, we confirmed that Hong Ling was the daughter who disappeared suddenly in her early years, and we really had mixed feelings.But whether it's joy, anger, sorrow, or joy, they come to my heart together, and I am always happy and inexplicable. Although in the whole incident, there are still some mysteries that have not been solved, such as how the Lolo people produced the phenomenon of flames surrounding the body during the process of producing the Fiery Woman, and so on. But now that we know that there are aliens involved in the incident, we can always make assumptions. Aliens have many abilities beyond the imagination of the earth people, and the earth people cannot understand it, which forms a mystery.If it is conceived from the perspective of extraterrestrial superpowers, it is easy to have acceptable assumptions.

I just assume that the kind of oblate spaceship and the kind of aliens that glisten with silver light and can fly at high speed are not the first time they have appeared in Miaojiang. Therefore, among the Luoluo people, the system of "Fire Girl" was left behind. Miaojiang may be a place that particularly attracts alien friends. That "strange Doctor Du Ling" is an alien, so they chose Miaojiang for their headquarters. Don't blame me for blaming aliens for many things. In fact, all the encounters involving our family were also caused by aliens. Landing, how could it attract the iron-headed lady and Boss Bai to meet?How could Da Man Lao Jiu and Miss Chen see such a scene?

If this is not the case, everything will change——Maybe Bai Su and I will not even have the chance to meet each other, if Boss Bai is satisfied with the fairy life in Miaojiang and only wants to have children there. Now is not too bad, even very good, since life is so unpredictable, the best way to deal with it is to let nature take its course. After a trip to Europe, after meeting the aged Bai Boss, when he returned home, Bai Su was a little restless.Always looking at me with a half-smile, half-smile, hesitant to speak.Sometimes, sitting there in a daze, but smiling.Most of the time, I am at my desk and I don't know what to write.I got another computer and learned it from scratch, with the utmost care, and within three days, I sighed: "If you want to go, go."

When Bai Su heard it, she jumped up. She didn't even come to kiss my face, but just blew a kiss to me and called out: "I'll teach her how to use a computer." Then, within about ten minutes, she got everything ready and rushed out of the door. Finally, I was very sensible, and I was already outside the door, started the car engine, and waited for her. After getting in the car, she asked me, "Aren't you going?" I sighed: "It is enough to have a mother like you. My suggestion is, if she is not interested in computers, don't force her to learn." The reason why Bai Su was restless was because he was concerned about Miao Jiang's daughter.

My thinking is different from hers. Since our daughter grew up with monkeys and grew up in the mountains, I think she is more suitable to live in Miaojiang.In Lanjiadong, everyone treats her well, and the Twelve Heavenly Officials treat her like their own daughter. Her life is carefree, carefree, happy and carefree. That is simply the highest state of life. , How many people are rolling in the world of mortals, using their intelligence for a lifetime, wanting to live such a life is impossible, and Hong Ling naturally has such a life, why must she be "civilized"? This is why I firmly advocate keeping her in Miaojiang.

Bai Su and I have the opposite opinion, she said: "We have completely failed to fulfill our parental responsibilities to her, so we should double, like ten times, care for her, take care of her, and train her to be an outstanding person. She also has the conditions, the intelligence, to be a wonderful human being." I once had a heated argument with Bai Su, but in the end we both gave in, so Hong Ling changed to "Stay in Miaojiang for the time being". I told Bai Su repeatedly that Hong Ling, our daughter, has a very strong rebellious nature, and family affection has little effect on her, which is caused by the environment.Although she is very affectionate when she sees Bai Su, it is just a small part of her nature, and she cannot be forced to do something she does not want to do by taking advantage of this part of her nature.

I have also repeatedly pointed out that Hong Ling's extreme interest in everything in the civilized world is just curiosity.Once her curiosity had passed, or she had ceased to be so eager, it was different. Bai Su didn't think so, but she didn't argue any further, she just said: "When she can decide by herself, let her decide." I could only sigh secretly: She is a happy person now, and when she becomes more and more civilized, her happiness will decrease accordingly. I dare say that Bai Su is wrong.But there is no power to prevent her from displaying her motherhood that has been suppressed for many years, so she has no choice but to let it go.Bai Su got on the plane at the first time. When I left the airport, I shook my head involuntarily. The plane would take off in 20 minutes. Her eagerness to see her daughter was evident from this.

When I got home, I had something to deal with. This matter was a bit weird. Originally, the matter had already started yesterday, so I should discuss it with Bai Su.But seeing Bai Su's distraught look, I didn't bother to speak—even if I said it, she wouldn't listen.She won't care if the sky is falling, let alone two old acquaintances who are coming to visit. However, these two old acquaintances are very important—don't think that I don't want to see my daughter at all, but since these two people want to see me, I can't refuse, I have to stay at home and wait for them. Yesterday morning, the teletext fax machine beeped, indicating that there was a message.Not too many people know the messaging number of my device, and I look forward to receiving messages from acquaintances. But after all the information was revealed, I was stunned for a few seconds, staring at the signature of the message, and then let out a low cry of "ah". The entire signal that appeared on the paper was as follows: "Mr. Wesley, I hope to meet you very much. I have important news to inform you, Mr. and Mrs. Taoger." I just stared at the signature "Mr. and Mrs. Taoge" for a few seconds—for a moment, I couldn't remember who the name was signed in very beautiful English calligraphy. Of course, it only took a few seconds, and I immediately remembered: this pair of couples appeared in a weird and inexplicable experience of mine-until now, I still doubt whether that experience was from beginning to end. Was it just a nightmare, or a hallucination, or was it a fact. Such doubts are naturally due to the fact that things are so incredible—this incredible experience is recorded in this story. As soon as I mention it, friends who are familiar with my experience must be able to think of who "Mr. and Mrs. Taoge" are. There are four members of Mr. Taoger's family, Mr. Taoger, his wife, and their lovely children. What kind of people are Mr. Taoge's family?It is quite difficult to briefly introduce their identities... Well, they came from the future world, passed through the time running device, and came to modern times. But that future world is a miserable world—the robots ruled the earth, and all living things became extinct, and only a small part remained, which became the toys of the robots. Mr. Tao Ge's family are just toys. After they left the future world, they have been escaping, thinking that they can escape, and they even hid under the thick ice of Greenland. However, in the end, they (including me) finally understood that there was no way to escape. All the escape process is also a kind of toy play. The powerful, irresistible control force from the future world has long been followed Come on, keep playing its game. As a result, the Taogers began to drink heavily. The last time I saw them was in a slum in Mumbai, India. Yes, a child who is as cute as a golden boy and a jade girl has become a beggar.I once got drunk with them for one night, and the next morning, my headache seemed to be split open, and their family disappeared, and I don’t know where they hid again. I knew I couldn’t hide, but I still wanted to hide. It’s really sad. . At the time, this experience was just fantastic and inexplicable, not particularly scary, but when I thought about it afterwards, I felt shuddering and very frightening. Because the situation in the future world will inevitably appear, when all living things on the earth will become extinct. How is this future gradually formed?Whether there is a way to restore it is all illusory and irresponsible. All of a sudden, the Taogers sent me such a message of requesting to meet again, which really made me tense and my muscles stiffened. The first thing I thought of was the kind of person who was only 20 centimeters tall, came and went like lightning, and had great abilities. to the incredible little robot. (Today's advanced micro-technology can already produce micro-robots that are as small as gnats and have extraordinary performance. I don't know whether people are playing with them or they are playing with people.) I have been captured by these little robots, and even taken to the future by them, so there is always a certain degree of fear in my heart.Shortly after that experience, I was at Dr. Yuan Zhenxia's office and learned that there was a "new form of life in the universe—a living robot". This kind of small robot implements "use the barbarian to control the barbarian". However, I have never had the chance to meet this new form of life in the universe called "Conway XVII".Moreover, since I left India that time, I haven't seen Mr. Taoger's family, nor have I seen that little robot again, so I have gradually forgotten about it. Suddenly I received a message from the Taogers again, which really shocked me. I didn't have time to study how they got the number of my teletext fax machine, but I quickly recalled their appearance. They are all extremely handsome, and in the classification of toys in the future world, they belong to the handsome type—and when I am in the future world, as a toy, my classification is the strong type. Toys come in categories, just like in the real world.There were colorful dolls for little girls, alloy monsters for boys, and so on. Moreover, even Mr. Tao Ge's family didn't understand that their appearance would not change, and their children would not grow up-this is why they had to hide everywhere in the real world, and they couldn't live in the real world. Living in one place for more than two years - what will the neighbors think if the child under the age of ten has not changed at all in two years? I thought about it a lot, just whether I should discuss it with Bai Su or not, I thought about it for a long time, because Bai Su was fully aware of my experience, and afterward, Bai Su had her very unique insights that were worth pondering. But for the sake of her daughter, Bai Su put all her heart and soul into it. I knew that she would definitely have a trip to Miaojiang in the shortest possible time, so I decided to handle this matter by myself—of course not without assistants at all. I found Wen Baoyu and Hu Hua, and without saying anything, I just showed them the news about the Tao Ge couple.They are all familiar with my past adventures, as long as they have an ordinary memory, they should be able to know who the Taogers are. Sure enough, after looking at it, within three seconds, both of them had a reaction.Hu Hua took a deep breath, his expression became very solemn, Wen Baoyu's reaction was naturally nervous as usual, he first let out a cry of surprise, then reached out his hand on his forehead, "slapped" it, and then loudly He said, "Where are their lovely children? The names are Ivan and Donna, right? They...they..." When he said this, he probably thought of their special identities, so he was a little shocked, so he paused for a while, and looked at me with a very puzzled expression. I spread my hands: "Since that time, I haven't seen them again, and I don't know why they came to me, let alone when they will come, so I ask you to wait for them here temporarily." Hu Shi and Wen Baoyu did not refuse my request, but Wen Baoyu asked back: "What about you? What do you have to do so that you can't wait for your old friend at home?" I sighed, indeed, I have some other things, and I can't wait for guests in the room twenty-four hours without an exact time, although the guests are not only old acquaintances, but I am very eager to see them again. The "some other things" are of course very important, and I have to deal with them myself, but I didn't answer Wen Baoyu, and I don't intend to disclose anything here, but of course, after the whole matter is resolved, of course I will disclose the whole process from. After all, Wen Baoyu has matured a lot. Seeing that I didn't answer, although he looked puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions. I told them that Bai Su had gone to Miaojiang, and I was afraid that Lao Cai would offend someone. I reiterated the last time I saw Tao Ge and his wife. If you come with a poor appearance, you must not neglect it, and you can treat them with good wine as much as possible.I'll be back as often as possible, and in the meantime, keep in touch with them. Hu Shuo nodded very seriously, indeed, Wen Baoyu was ecstatic to accept my commission.In his own words, these few days, he has been bored to the point of "boredom", and he can't leave to visit Lan Si, so having such an errand, although it is also a boring errand, is better than doing nothing at all. Hearing such a "fallacy" from him, I couldn't help shaking my head: "Isn't Hong Ling's story not exciting enough or memorable enough? Why are you looking for new excitement so soon?" Wen Baoyu laughed unscrupulously: "This is what you said yourself. The course of a person's life is the course of exploration and continuation of exploration. Naturally, it is best to have new stimuli every day, new tricks, five o'clock, six o'clock, absolutely Not the same." I waved my hand vigorously and stopped talking nonsense with him. Wen Baoyu followed me out of the door and shouted loudly: "If I hadn't gone up the mountain to explore, Hongling would still be a savage on the mountain." I shook my head: "How many times have you mentioned it? Do you want to tattoo this credit on your thigh?" When I say this, of course it is ironic.But Wen Baoyu listened, but he was very serious, lowered his head, stroked his thighs with both hands, as if he was still considering whether my proposal was feasible or not. Of course I know that his actions at this time have something else in his heart——his little lover Lansi has tattoos on her thigh, a scorpion on the left, and a centipede on the right. , will be startled, but after getting used to it, you will feel that it is a part of Lansi's body, like her birthmark. Sure enough, Wen Baoyu's thoughts were in my mind, he was thinking about Lansi, he murmured: "Even the female savage's life experience, there is a chance to reveal the truth, what is the origin of Lansi, will it also come to light?" Opportunity? What is her origin?" Lansi's origin is mysterious, and the Twelve Heavenly Officials thought she was the "daughter of the Gu God", but of course it wasn't true. Wen Baoyu raised this issue more than once, and every time, I always persuaded him that it doesn't matter whether Lansi's origin is clear or not, and it will never affect the friendship between him and Lansi. But this time, I didn't say anything.Because after the recent experience, I feel that there is nothing impossible in the world - a female savage with long hairs all over the mountains in Miaojiang, after tracing her life experience, it turned out to be my daughter , then, the blue silk floating down the river can naturally be of any identity. I just put my hand on Wen Baoyu's shoulder and patted it twice to express my comfort to him: don't worry, there is a chance, or the opportunity comes, the question in your heart will always have an answer one day. Wen Baoyu sighed, and I pushed the door open.The wind outside is very strong. Since yesterday, the observatory has issued a typhoon warning. I also asked Bai Su if he would wait for the typhoon to pass before making the trip—of course it was Bai asking, and Bai Su refused to delay even for three minutes. I went out to run some errands, and the weather was getting worse, with the wind picking up and the rain pouring down. The first time I called back was seven hours after I left. At that time, I was on the top floor of a very tall building, looking out from the large glass window, it was windy and rainy, and a glass of wine in my hand was placed on the table. It is constantly shaking---the "sway coefficient" of the building is quite large, and the whole building is swaying under the blowing of strong winds. People who are not used to this kind of situation, or don't understand that tall buildings must have this kind of sway, would be very scary. It was Wen Baoyu who answered the phone, and he said: "No one is here, I'm talking to nonsense, we are discussing a very serious issue, about the philosophy of life." I snorted and didn't express my opinion, just said: "Let's discuss it slowly." The second time I called back, it was in the early hours of the morning. I was in a car driving on a very empty road. The wind was stronger and the rain was heavier. It is like bumping in the huge waves of the sea. It was still Wen Baoyu who answered the phone. I wanted to apologize, but woke him up so late.But Wen Baoyu's voice didn't feel sleepy at all, on the contrary, he was extremely excited, shouting: "They are here. Mr. Taoge and Mrs. Taoge are here, and they arrived not long ago." I looked at the wind and rain outside the car, imagining what it would be like to visit old friends in such bad weather. I said: "It will take some time for me to come back, please entertain them well." Wen Baoyu was calling: "No. You'd better come back immediately, because the situation...is a bit strange, and... something unexpected happened to you." I was taken aback, and lost my voice: "That kind of little robot appeared again? Don't fight them." Wen Baoyu said loudly: "No, I said that things are unexpected to you, then it is really unexpected to you." I was angry: "Stop showing off, just tell me what it is." Wen Baoyu hesitated for a while, I kept urging, and a nonsense voice came from the phone: "I really need you to come to understand." Nonsense people are very stable, completely different from Wen Baoyu, what they say is very real and reliable. Even if he said that, we can see that things must be weird.I paused for a while: "I'll try my best to get back before dawn, I have something to do now." Hu said, "Okay, I'll wait for you as much as possible." I put down the phone—driving in such heavy wind and rain requires concentration. After a few minutes, I remembered that there was something wrong with that nonsense. In the situation of the conversation just now, Hu Hua should say: OK, I will wait for you.Or, we wait for you. But what he said was: try to wait for you to come. what does that mean?Is there any urgent situation that must be dealt with immediately, so that they can only "try" to wait for me, and if they can't wait, they have to deal with it by themselves? Thinking of this, I naturally picked up the phone again, but I couldn’t get through. After a few times, I became anxious and asked the phone company, saying that due to the storm, all the phones in the area where I lived were out of order. Wen Baoyu has an extremely small and exquisite wireless phone, which is a masterpiece of modern cutting-edge science and was made by a scientific genius in the Gobi Desert. I lost contact with them. It's just a wind and rain, and there will be such a result, which is really ironic.Of course, it must not be attributed to "the practical science of mankind is too backward"──In fact, human science is indeed very backward, but the development of communication science is more prominent than other types of science. This kind of situation where communication is cut off in wind and rain only occurs in the case of wired communication (the communication method of optical fiber is also a kind of wired communication).The communication method using radio waves is only affected by the excessive explosion of sunspots or the abnormal changes of other celestial bodies. Compared with other scientific fields of human beings, it has made much progress. At this time, I couldn't get in touch with Wen Baoyu and Hu Hua, just because Wen Baoyu didn't bring his exquisite wireless phone with him. I'm also using a wireless phone -- a small communication tool that I can use to talk to the other side of the world if I want to. If you want to compare the scientific advancement of human beings in communication tools, you can just cite two examples: In medicine, it is equal to the ability to overcome various fatal diseases.In terms of transportation, there must be at least three to five times faster and safer long-distance transportation than now. I suddenly thought of these things in the midst of the wind and rain. It was a kind of association for no reason at all, and it didn't have any special meaning.I just thought about it for a while, and then concentrated on driving—what I want to do is naturally very important, otherwise, I wouldn't do it in such weather, and I wouldn't wait for the Taogers at home. But since that matter has nothing to do with this story, let it be mentioned, and I will never repeat it again. The wind and rain did not subside a little until early in the morning, and the raindrops hit the roof of the car, making the sound of popping beans. I parked the car at the door, left the car, and rushed to the door. Before reaching out to push the door, the door opened all of a sudden, obviously someone was waiting for me to come back behind the door. I reached out and wiped the rainwater off my face—even though it was only two steps away, it was already covered with rainwater.I saw Wen Baoyu who opened the door with an anxious expression, as if he had been waiting for a long time. As I walked towards the house, I said, "Where are the guests? Why don't you take that phone with you? Do you know that all the phones in this area are broken?" I asked a lot of questions in one breath, and at the same time, I saw Hu Hua stopped pacing with his hands behind his back. Nonsense is a bit "young and old", like the habit of walking slowly with hands behind their backs, which is very ancient, and modern people will not have this kind of behavior. As soon as Hu Shi saw me, he gave me a gesture with an air of "you are finally here", with a strange expression on his face. I saw that there was no one else there—the Taogers were such a striking couple, and there was no reason why I would not see them if they were there. Before I could ask any more questions, Wen Baoyu jumped forward and said loudly: "The thing is very strange." I wiped the rain from my hair again: "Why, they didn't come?" Hu Hua looked hesitant: "I...we can't be sure." I stared: "What are you talking about? On the phone, didn't you tell me that they had come? You also said that I can only understand when I come." Wen Baoyu hesitated: "At that time, the doorbell rang, and nonsense went to open the door. There were two people outside the door, a man and a woman. The weather was so bad, who would come to you? Of course it was the Mr. Tao Ge and his wife you mentioned──" Wen Baoyu's speculation was naturally reasonable, so as soon as he put down the phone, he turned to the door, opened his arms, and said loudly: "Welcome, welcome. The most rare thing is that the old man is here, welcome──" He still wanted to continue his welcome speech, but at this moment, he had already seen clearly the two people at the door, and Hu Hua was retreating again and again.At that time, it was windy and rainy, and as soon as the door was opened, the wind carried the rain and rushed in. The ground was immediately wet, and the situation of the people standing at the door would not be much better. Wen Baoyu stopped talking, and only then did he say a word: "Please come in." He said, and Wen Baoyu came to the phone to talk to me. At that time, they already knew that something was unusual, Hence the conversation. A man and a woman at the door walked in, and stayed there for another three to five seconds, talking nonsense, before passing, braving the wind forcefully, and closing the door. After closing the door, the wind and rain were blocked out, but the sound of wind and rain was still very alarming. For a while, several people in the room looked at me and at you, but no one made a sound. I heard Hu Hua and Wen Baoyu narrate alternately. When I got to this point, I already knew that the person who came must have a very special appearance, which made them behave in a panic. I frowned: "I have already said that they have been drinking for a long time, and they are very poor. They are homeless with a smell of alcohol and tattered clothes!" Thinking of meeting the Taogers in India, I couldn't help but sigh again.Who knew that Wen Baoyu and Hu Hua's answers were beyond my expectation.They looked at each other first, then shook their heads together, and said nonsense, "No, they don't look like homeless people at all!" Based on my preconceptions about the Taoger couple, both Wen Baoyu and Hu Hua have a subjective impression——Mr. Taoger is tall and handsome, and Mrs. Taoger has beautiful hair and is extremely gorgeous. But at this time, a man and a woman standing in front of the door with their clothes completely wet, shaking in the rustle, held each other's hand tightly, and looked at Hu Hua and Wen Baoyu with absent-minded eyes. A person, it seems, is not a hundred years old, but also ninety years old.The man might have been tall and tall, but he couldn't get to the bottom of it, because at this time, he was stooped, like a born hunchback, and when looking at people, he had to lift his head with great difficulty. He raised his head, and the light was reflected on his face, so he could see the overlapping wrinkles on his face very clearly. The loose human skin can produce such a terrible effect. His eyes were cloudy and completely dull, the pupils of his eyes looked false, his forehead was half bald, and his hair, which was very white and gray, fell all over the back of his head, which was now wet from the rain and stuck to his head. , it seems that it is very weird, he seems to want to speak, but he opened his mouth, in his mouth is a pair of broken and uneven teeth, there are many missing teeth and few left, but there is a strange and unbearable burst of teeth in his throat. voice. Although everyone is familiar with the fable "when a person gets old, his teeth fall out, but his tongue is still there", but when he gets old to a certain extent, the flexibility of his tongue will inevitably be greatly reduced. At this time, the old man in front of him is like that. His tongue was working hard, but the sound he made was still indistinct, and he didn't know what he wanted to express at all. From the corner of his mouth, it was not known whether it was rain or saliva, and it seemed that this old man was dying and would fall down at any time. Wen Baoyu and Hu Shuo are both adaptable, but seeing this situation, they couldn't help being at a loss, and for a while, they didn't know what to do—after they looked at the old man, they didn't even have the courage to look at the old woman again people.If it is a cruel phenomenon for people to grow old like this, they all thought in their hearts that the old woman would look more cruel. It’s still nonsense to regain his composure first. He wanted to reach out to help the two old people, but just as he reached out, the two old people grabbed his wrist together. The old man still opened his mouth wide and tried to speak, but it was still difficult. The voice came out clearly, but the old woman said something that could be heard first. She was asking: "Where is Wesley?" At this moment, the two of them looked at the old woman directly. It was the same as the old man, except that the cracks on the lips were deeper, and the hand of the two old men who grabbed the nonsense, which was also the old woman's, looked more like a chicken paw, and at the same time trembled violently. Nonsense hurriedly said: "Wesley has something to go out, and will come back as soon as possible, the two are—" Since the old man in front of him was so far from the Tao Ge and his wife in their imagination, Hu Hua couldn't be sure who they were. The two old people didn't answer either, but after a while, they showed very disappointed expressions. Don't think that if the skin is sagging, the wrinkles are increasing, and the muscles are not flexible, people will not be able to have appropriate expressions on their faces to reflect their minds.At least for the two old people in front of them, the disappointed expressions on their faces let those who saw them know that they were on the verge of despair.Hu Hua and Wen Baoyu were young, seeing the two old people so sad, they said in unison: "Yes. Yes. Wesley should be damned. He shouldn't go out, shouldn't leave." When I heard this, I snorted: "These two old people can't be Tao Ge and his wife, and they didn't make an appointment with me. How do I know they will come? You shouldn't blame me." Hu Hua sighed: "Alas. When I saw their situation, I could use any language, which made them feel better." While talking, they helped the old man and sat down. Wen Baoyu hurriedly took a stack of dry towels and wiped them. He remembered that if they were Tao Ge and his wife, they would need wine, so they poured again. Two glasses of good wine were handed to them, which seemed to be the right thing to do. The old man took the wine and immediately swallowed a mouthful. The old woman asked again: "When will Wesley come back?" Wen Baoyu hurriedly said: "Hurry up. Hurry up. He just called back." The two old people drank again, and Wen Baoyu asked again: "Excuse me... Well, originally, there was a couple, the Tao Ge and his wife, who would come to visit... There was an agreement in advance, may I ask the two of you—" Wen Baoyu asked very skillfully, but the two old men didn't answer——from then on, the two didn't speak again, they just kept drinking, talking nonsense and Wen Baoyu tried his best to force them to speak, but to no avail. Nonsense is already dull and reticent, but it's okay.Wen Baoyu was so eloquent that he couldn't get the old man to speak. He said angrily afterwards: "To be honest, if I wanted to make the two mummies speak that night, I succeeded, hmph." The old man stopped talking, Hu Hua and Wen Baoyu had nothing to do, even their identities could not be confirmed.At that time, they only hoped that I would call again, but I lost contact with them. I frowned, the situation was very strange, no wonder they said they were not sure whether the Taogers had been here.The most important question now is, where did those mysterious old men go?When I was listening to their narration, I thought in my heart that the old man must be resting in the upstairs room, so I am not in a hurry. But what Hu said next surprised and angered me, he said: "We couldn't stop trying to talk to them, but they were just drinking." It wasn't until four o'clock in the morning that Wen Baoyu's lips were almost cracked when he spoke. The two old people put down their wine glasses, sighed, and stood up tremblingly together, still holding hands, as if they wanted to support each other so as not to fall. They walked towards the door, Hu Shuo and Wen Baoyu were taken aback, and hurriedly stopped at the door: "You two, it's raining so hard outside, how can you go out?" Having said that, the two of them arrived at the door together by coincidence, making gestures of obstruction. When I saw such a situation, I couldn't help being surprised, because it meant that their efforts to stop them had not succeeded: the two old people left in the storm. My gaze became very sharp, I pointed at them, and said in a voiceless voice: "You let the two old people leave?" 胡说和温宝裕互望了一眼，低下了头，一声不出，大有惭頳的神情──连温宝裕也会有这种神情，这当真大出我的意料之外，因为他一贯死不认错，受了责备，说什么也要争辩一番的。 这令我感到，事情一定有十分特别之处，所以我尽量令自己的声音听来柔和：“怎么一回事，你们连阻止两个老人离去的能力都没有？” 温宝裕神情苦涩：“正因为是两个老人，一碰就会跌倒，所以无法动手阻拦他们。” 我顿足：“谁叫你动手来？你们两个，只要站在门口，他们就出不去。” 胡说长叹一声：“卫先生，别说我们了，当时就算你和尊夫人都在场，也阻不住他们。” 胡说特别指出非但我，连白素在场，都不能阻止，更证明事出非常了。 我瞪着他，等他进一步的解释。胡说十分难过地摇了摇头，温宝裕叫了起来：“他们哀求，求我们让开，让他们出去。” 他叫完了之后，也回瞪着我，虽然没有再说什么，可是那神气分明是在说，这样老的两个老人哀求你，你能抗拒吗？ 我吸了一口气，摇着头：“他们一定有事来找我，就算天气好，也不应该放走他们。” 温宝裕反倒埋怨起我来：“那要怪你的不是，你明知他们要来，为什么不在家等他们？” 我为之气结：“我有事要办，他们又没有说明什么时候会来，我怎能二十四小时等他们？” 胡说在这时，又长叹了一声，向我作了一个手势，示意我别和温宝裕争，等听完了他的叙述再说。 我也觉得事情必有蹊跷，也想知道当时发生了什么事，所以用力一挥手，请他说下去。 当时，胡说和温宝裕一起阻在门口，要不让两个老人离去，自然绰绰有余，两个老人也没有强行夺门而出的意思，只是伸出手来，发着颤，指着他们，老头子的口中，仍然只发出含糊的声音，老妇人的话比较听得清楚：“让我们走。” 温宝裕说道：“两位，你们来找卫斯理，他就回来了，天亮前，会回来。” 那时离天亮，也不过两小时而已，温宝裕自认所说的话，很有说服力。可是两个老人却身子一面抖，一面摇头，老妇人道：“来不及了，……你看我们，还能有多少时间？来不及了，让我们走吧。” 温宝裕也算是处理过不少棘手之事，胡说更是十分老成的人，可是在这样的情形之下，他们也是手足无措，不知如何才好。 不论如何，他们都没有理由在这样的风雨之夜，任由两个老人离去的。 可是两个老人哀求得那么恳切，而且，对老人来说，两小时的生命，有可能就是他们最后仅余的生命了。 要他们把仅余的生命，用在等候上，当然十分不当。 温胡两人还在犹豫不决，老人又叹了一声──他们连叹息都不能一下子完成，而是断断续续的，由此可知他们的衰老到了何等程度。 温宝裕还在努力：“你们来找卫斯理，有什么事，能不能先对我们说说？” 两个老人的神情哀伤，近乎绝望，一起缓缓摇头，又向门口走近了半步。 温胡两人后退，胡说也在继续努力：“两位要到什么地方去？我驾车送你们。” 胡说这个提议很好──老人坚决要离去，难以阻止。就算我和白素在，也只有这个办法，至少可以知道老人落脚何处。 老人却并不接受胡说的好意，又一齐缓缓摇着头，老妇人道：“不……不必了，我们有车子。” 他们来的时候，一开门，温宝裕和胡说，发现门外竟然是老得成了这样子的两个老人，惊愕之余，并没有留意门外的情形，再加上雨水扑进来，急于把门关上，也不知道老人是用什么交通工具来的。 这时，老人说有车子，那就再没有法子阻止他们离去的了。 胡说叙述到这里，略停了一停，苦笑：“老人的神情凄苦哀伤之极，他们一定要离开，我们实在无法阻止他们，真的无法阻止。” 我暗叹一声，明白在那样的情形下，任由老人离去，并不能算是他们两人的过失。我道：“你们应该跟踪他们，看他们到什么地方去，而且，两个老人……老到了这种程度，怎么还能驾车？” 温宝裕道：“我们都想到了，可是一开门，由于情景实在太奇特，我们呆了半分钟左右，就错过了时机，无法跟踪了。” 我又大是恼怒，因为温宝裕的话，根本不成理由，我道：“门一开，看到了什么？一艘宇宙飞船飞进来，把他们载走了？” 我这样说，以他们两人和我相处之久，自然可以知道那是我生气之极，意存讥讽。可是两人一听得我这样说，却现出了十分惊讶的神情，倒像是给我说中了一样。 我忙作了一个手势，请他们把当时的情形，连速道来。胡说指着门：“当时，我一面去开门，一面还问他们，是不是肯定要走──” 两个老人的神情虽然绝望，叫人看了神伤，可是他们表示要离去的意愿，却十分坚决，同时尽他们可能，用力点了一下头。 胡说做事稳重，临开门之前，还和温宝裕交换了一下眼色，得到了温宝裕的同意，这才打开了门。 风势仍劲，雨也很大，门一打开，站在门前的两个老人，就被风吹得一个踉跄，几乎站立不稳。 温宝裕在这时，踏前一步，想去扶两个老人。可是他手还没有伸出，只是向门外看了一眼，就现出惊呆之极的神情。 那时，胡说开了门之后，他人在门后，看不到门外的情形，但是在温宝裕的神情上，也可以知道门外一定有十分怪异的事情。 也就在这时，扑进门来的风雨，势子也陡然小了许多，胡说一个箭步，跑到了温宝裕的身边，向门外看去。 接下来发生的事，就令他们两人“呆了半分钟”。他们看到（温宝裕先看到，胡说接着看到，其间也不过相差了一秒半秒，所以他们两人看到的情形一致）在门外，停着一辆车子。 那应该是一辆客货两用车，在各处都可以见到，所不同的是，这辆车子的门，开在车厢的后面──这种情形，也并非稀罕。 车子是倒退驶到门口的，车厢后的门，正好对住了门口，也由于车子的阻挡，所以阻住了风雨。 两个老人走到门口，车厢后面的门，自动打开，车厢中有灯光，两个老人已互相搀扶着上车。胡说和温宝裕两人，向车厢中看了一眼，都张大了口，合不拢来。 他们看到，车厢中另有两个老人在──他们以为来访的两个老人，应该是老人之最了，可是车厢中的那两个老人，看来还要老，老到了难以设想的地步。 车中的两个老人，还想伸手去接登车的两个，可是等他们伸出发抖的手来时，那两个老人，已经互相扶持着，登上了车子。 这时，虽然风雨被车子阻住，但风雨声仍然十分惊人，胡温二人，看到四个老人之间，口唇颤动，像是说了几句话，但是一点也听不到他们讲了些什么，只是看到登车的两个老人摇了摇头，在车上两个更老的老人，也登时神情变得绝望之至。 胡说在讲到这里的时候，补充了他自己的意见，他道：“我认为在车上的老人是在问：见到卫斯理没有。登车的老人给了否定的回答，所以车上的老人，哀伤欲绝。他们来找你，一定有性命交关的要事。” 我心情复杂沉重，一时之间，不表意见。 当时的情形是，胡、温两人为眼前的情景怔呆间，车厢的门已关上。他们本来已准备跟踪，可是车厢门一关上，车子就以相当高的速度驶开去，扑面而来的风雨，令得两人连眼也睁不开来。