"Di"

She staggered and fell into a hazy fog.

She couldn't see her surroundings, as if her entire body was wrapped in layers of thick fog.

Suddenly, a ray of light appeared in front of her and broke through the fog, directly piercing through it. She knit her brows in discomfort and unconsciously closed her eyes.

Then, before she could even see it, the dense gray fog that surrounded her body quickly dispersed, as if it had been sucked clean by something.

The originally silent surroundings were suddenly filled with the sounds of people, as if she was in a bustling market. It was so sudden that her heart couldn't help jumping.

She wanted to open her eyes, but she suddenly felt a burst of pain from her shoulder.

She didn't have time to react and was pushed back a few steps by the force of the collision.

"Aiyo, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't see anyone." He apologized again and again. The other party laughed a few times. It was a man dressed in simple cotton clothing.

Si Yue came back to her senses and heard the other party's apologetic words. She understood that this person had bumped into her, "Ah?

It's fine. "

Si Yue stared at that person and felt that she had seen him before. Adding on the fact that the scar at the corner of his eye looked particularly fierce, it was a bit different from his gentle and honest appearance. She couldn't help looking at him a few more times.

That person felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at. He scratched his head in puzzlement and gave a simple and honest smile.

She thought that it might have been an illusion, so she waved her hand and didn't take it to heart.

After that person left, she rubbed her shoulder that was hurting from the collision.

After calming down, she looked around.

There were people coming and going on the street. It was a bustling scene that was filled with the smell of life.

There was a vast and long river on the side of the street, and many boatmen were waiting to pick up customers. It had just rained, so the boatmen were still wearing wet green bamboo hats on their heads and large woven raincoats on their bodies. The edges of the raincoats were still dripping to the ground.

It was the season for peach blossoms to bloom. The peach blossoms in the distant mountains were bright and fresh after the rain, but they were delicate but not beautiful. The mist covering them was also dyed with a light pink. Was it originally empty?

'Skeleton Pocket?'

'Is it hard to get rid of a paper tree?'

Chloroqiyu?

Jiang Jing?

Corridor tear?

Folding

Many fishing boats shuttled back and forth on the river, occasionally creating ripples on the calm surface of the water.

It happened to be evening at this time. The setting sun was hanging low, half hidden behind the mountains.

The orange-red light was like ink that had been dyed. It spread from deep to shallow, layer by layer, and gently enveloped the entire sky.

The clear ripples of water reflected a bright red in the halo. The water completely enveloped the vast sky in its painting, just like half of the sky.

She felt that this scene was very familiar, as if she had vaguely seen it many years ago. However, when she tried to think about it, she couldn't recall anything.

Before she could sort out her thoughts, the world fell into a deathly silence in an instant. The clouds stopped, the wind stopped, and everything became still in an instant.

Like a shadow puppet show, the movements of his hands were hurriedly interrupted.

Then the colors peeled away from her sight.

All of the colors suddenly cracked like pieces of soil after being exposed to the sun. Little by little, they shattered in front of her eyes and fell off.

Only a still gray and white scene was left.

She should have been extremely shocked by this illusory and strange scene, but for some reason, she inexplicably had a feeling that it was within her expectations. She just stopped and looked at the changing scene.

Suddenly, Si Yue looked at this scene and her heart suddenly trembled. She didn't know what to think. She looked around and then quickly turned to look at a certain corner.

There was only color there.

A little girl wearing a red dress.

Si Yue looked at her and felt a sense of familiarity.

She unconsciously took a few steps forward, wanting to get closer to her.

When she walked in front of the little girl, she forced out a smile, but she found that the girl's gaze didn't stop on her. Instead, it went straight through her and landed in a place behind her.

It was as if she couldn't see her at all.

She was startled. She bent down and reached out her hand, trying to touch the girl with her fingertips.

However, she discovered that at the place where she touched the girl, the tip of her finger turned into a piece of soft light, and when she moved her finger away from the girl, it returned to its original state.

What was going on?

She was astonished.

"Father, Mother …" A soft sob sounded in her ear. It sounded like a child's voice, but it was mixed with fear.

Si Yue couldn't help but look at the little girl hiding in the corner in front of her.

"Ruan Ruan, I'm scared …"

Another wave of weak sobbing sounded.

But …

Si Yue looked at the little girl.

Her clear eyes were wide open, filled with tears and fear. However, her mouth was tightly shut and she didn't make a single sound.

Her body couldn't stop trembling, as if she was terrified. Her originally rosy face had turned pale.

What was she looking at?

What was she afraid of?

Si Yue followed the girl's gaze and turned around. She found that she was looking at the man who had just bumped into her.

His originally honest and kind face had now become ferocious. His tiger-like eyes were wide open, like a hungry beast that had seen its prey. His eyes were full of greed.

Si Yue remembered who they were.

At that moment, the scene suddenly changed. It was as if someone had shaken off the painting scroll. Everything in front of her instantly became distorted and blurry.

The scene turned into a vast expanse of white. Then, as if someone had drawn ink, there was an outline first, then color was added. When she came back to her senses, the entire painting had been completed.

The next moment, the painting transformed into an incomparably realistic scene.

It was a girl. In the pitch-black room, she couldn't see her face clearly. But she could vaguely see that her bright eyes were stubbornly staring at the small opening on the door. Her eyes reflected the light from the opening, and it was obvious that she had a pair of beautiful eyes.

"Brother Ah Shi will come and save me. Just you wait."

"He'll beat you to a pulp and then cry for mercy."

"You'll regret it!

Bastard! "

Si Yue heard the voice again. This time, the voice sounded older than before. It was the clear voice of a young girl.

She silently listened to the girl's imagination. Young girls always had a lot to say in their hearts. It was as if there was no end to it. They chattered incessantly, but they pretended to be calm and expectant.

She was so naive and stubborn that she hoped that her little brother would descend from the sky like a hero and break that door open to take her away from the swamp.

This was a beautiful dream that she had always had when she was young. But in the end, it was all in vain.

Si Yue looked at the girl's bright eyes and sighed softly in her heart.

Ruan Ruan, he won't be coming.

The scene changed again. The girl was lying on the ground in a sorry state. Her face was covered in dirt, and she gradually grew into a beautiful girl. Her plain white face was gradually covered in rouge and powder. Her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like clear water, Ying Ying, her nose was high, and her lips were like cherry petals.

Si Yue watched her grow into an adult in the brothel. Her eyebrows and the corners of her eyes were tainted with the color of spring.

Ruan Ruan's eyebrows gradually lost their color under the influence of the wind and moon, and blossomed into a decadent splendor.

Her charm was revealed, and at a glance, it was intoxicating.

However, his gaze gradually turned cold and indifferent.

Si Yue didn't hear her call out "Brother Ah Shi" again, and her heart gradually became silent.

It was as if this person no longer existed in her life.

One day, Ruan Ruan happened to catch a glimpse of that familiar figure in the brothel. She recognized him at a glance, as if she had carefully traced his face countless times in her dreams.

She stumbled and hid behind a pillar in a panic. Only when the sound of the voice was far away did she kneel on the ground absentmindedly. Only then did she dare to carefully poke her head out to look at him.

He was still as handsome as before, and his eyebrows were more steady.

Si Yue looked at Ruan Ruan's stupefied expression and the tears that fell from the corners of her eyes.

Ruan Ruan's heart had never been so mixed. She was rolling with both joy and indescribable hatred. Finally, it stirred into a feeling of pain that climbed up her heart bit by bit.

Her face was pale, and even the rouge couldn't hide the decadence that overturned her in an instant. Her beautiful face was instantly left with only a dull gray, like a withered flower in the biting cold of winter.

Ruan Ruan took out a handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed a few times. Then, as if nothing had happened, she hid the handkerchief in her sleeve with trembling hands.

Si Yue saw that her originally pale lips were wet with a touch of bright red.

What was different from the original trajectory was that this Ruan Ruan only watched as he left the Drunken Red Brothel. The two of them didn't have the slightest bit of contact. It was as if they were two unrelated people who brushed past each other and had nothing to do with each other in life.

The wheels of fate rolled and rolled. At a certain point in time, there was a slight deviation, and the final result was a completely different and unknown direction.

And this time, Si Yue was just a bystander.

Ruan Ruan had a high fever after that day and was bedridden for a long time. But in the end, she managed to pull through.

One day, when the sky was hazy, she saw him through the window.

He was riding a tall horse with a handsome appearance. Alone and without any attachments, he left with his back to the remote little town.

The horse's hooves clattered on the wet limestone after the rain. He was covered in the thin misty rain of Jiangnan. Facing the faint light of dawn, he hurriedly left the little town of dreams.

Just as casually as he had come.

Si Yue carefully watched Ruan Ruan's expression. She calmly watched the man's back as he disappeared into the distance, as if her gaze was passing by the clouds and birds on the horizon.

But in her heart, she was sobbing sorrowfully.

Si Yue seemed to see Ruan Ruan hugging her knees and wailing. The more she restrained herself, the more impudent she became.

She had long expected that such a day would come, but the sadness did not weaken because of foresight. Instead, it became more and more intense, and then it became an unavoidable disaster.

From then on, the love and hate between them were written off with one stroke.

Si Yue wanted to say something but stopped. She wanted to say something to Ruan Ruan, but in that instant, an ear-piercing shattering sound exploded in her ears.

She was startled by the sound and unconsciously closed her eyes. Then, like a gust of wind, when she opened her eyes again, she couldn't help but stare blankly.

The scene had changed. She was no longer in Ruan Ruan's room.

Pei Ruan looked much more haggard. There were pieces of broken porcelain on the ground at her feet.

Two maidservants stood a few steps away, looking at her in horror.