Chapter 1031: 1031
Chapter 1031: First Time Conversing With It
The fading world had its color seeping out . Chen Ge could see his hands turning gray . He noticed that this door was more complicated than he had expected . “My brain is getting duller by the minute . This can’t go on any longer . ”
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Fang Yu’s world was much bigger than Wu Sheng’s world . Other than the orphanage, most of the other buildings looked the same, so it was easy to get lost in the city . Chen Ge looked for a long time before he found a way to exit the city . It was a small path hidden among a gray forest . There was no smell of flowers, no chirping of birds—everywhere he looked, there was gray foliage and white trunks . His limbs were turning white . Chen Ge could sense his movement slowing down . He had no idea why that was happening .
“No matter what, I need to find Fang Yu soon!”
The forest went deeper than he thought . The road was winding, and it appeared to go on endlessly . Chen Ge trekked forward because he had no other choice . The longer he stayed in Fang Yu’s world, the more he would forget . Therefore, he could not repeat what he had done in Wu Sheng’s world; he could not wait at a stop for Xu Yin and the rest to come before he made his move . Every second was precious, just like Fang Yu’s life . From the moment she opened her eyes in the morning and wrote down her memory, her life entered a countdown . She had to find the people in her memory before midnight because she knew that once she lay down, it would be a clean slate the next morning .
After a very long walk, until Chen Ge became numb to the surroundings, the scenery suddenly opened up . There was a wooden house at the end of the road . It was surrounded by fresh flowers and littered with toys . Pushing open the door, Chen Ge’s hands that grabbed the backpack tightened . He saw a little girl sitting in the middle of the house . She wore pure white clothes and had long gray hair . She was carrying a small fishbowl, in which a blood red goldfish was swimming . The fish moved agitatedly, but the fish bowl was only so big .
“Fang Yu?” Hearing him, the girl in the white dress turned to look at Chen Ge . She looked just like Fang Yu, but her eyes were like lifeless as if she was a puppet .
“I finally found you . It’s time to go home . ” The girl’s body shivered . Her lips moved, but she made no sound . It appeared like she was repeating the term ‘home’ soundlessly . Chen Ge looked at the girl before his eyes wandered to the fishbowl . The only thing that had color in this world was that goldfish . Entering the room, Chen Ge pulled up the girl from the floor . The girl did not resist, like a shell that had no self .
“There are many people missing you back at home . They have not forgotten you . ” The girl hugged the fishbowl while Chen Ge put his hands around her as they walked out from the wooden house . Once they stepped out, the goldfish became more agitated like it was trying to jump out from its small enclosure .
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“Why are you hugging that fishbowl? Is the goldfish that important to you?”
“Yes . ” A simple word, but that was the first voice that Chen Ge had heard in the world behind Fang Yu’s door . Realizing that he could communicate with her, Chen Ge smiled . “You must be lonely, staying here alone, right? Do you remember a boy who always stay by your side, a boy who is a chatterbox?”
The girl shook her head, but her eyes stayed glued to the goldfish . It was hard to tell what she was thinking .
“He helped you at the most dangerous moment . For you, he gave his life . ” Chen Ge carried the girl, but he was also studying the goldfish . “Do you know what it means by the end of one’s life?”
The girl did not answer .
“The opposite of life is death . After we die, we cannot hear his voice, see his face, or touch his palms anymore . ” Chen Ge was not just chatting with the girl . He was testing her out . Fang Yu only had one day of memory, but that did not mean that she had forgotten everything . There was one person that she had not forgotten, and that was Zhang Yi . Chen Ge knew what Zhang Yi represented for Fang Yu . Before entering this world, he predicted that Zhang Yi would be the only light in Fang Yu’s world . But after meeting Fang Yu, Chen Ge realized that things were not that simple . The only color and light in this gray and white world was a goldfish, a blood red goldfish .
“In this world, has anyone spoken to you, other than myself?” Chen Ge carried the backpack and walked next to the girl . They walked side by side, but neither of them was looking at each other . Their eyes were focused elsewhere .
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After a long time, the girl replied, “No . ”
There was no expression on her face, and her gray eyes carried no hope . There was no despair, either, only a still silence .
“Then, am I your only friend?” Chen Ge spoke very slowly like he needed to think for a long time before he could construct the sentence in his mind .
“Friend?” The girl stopped moving . Her gray eyes looked at Chen Ge, the latter reflecting in her eyes . For some reason, the world in her eyes appeared to become more barren . “You, no . ”
“Fine, perhaps I got the wrong person . ” Chen Ge’s hand landed on the girl’s shoulder lightly . “I used to have a friend like you . He is very lonely and always alone . I forgot how we met, but I knew we were always seen together . ”
Pa!
The clear fishbowl started to crack, but the girl continued to walk slowly ahead like nothing had happened .
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“Why would such good friends end up like strangers?” Chen Ge looked at the winding road as he summoned Xu Yin’s name in his heart . The employees were trying hard to break through . They were trying to cooperate to break down this world .
“I have forgotten many things, all the pain, despair, and experiences that I have enjoyed with my friend . When I came to, the friend had already left . ”
“What is the name of your friend?” The girl’s voice was soft . She kept her head lowered .
“I can’t remember anymore, but I believe it is Chen Ge . ” Chen Ge stopped moving . “He wants to have the same name as mine . ”
The girl did not stop, and she moved along without waiting for Chen Ge . The cracks on the fishbowl became more obvious . The goldfish swam about in anxiety, and the clear water became muddled .
“I also know someone with that name . ” The girl’s voice was slightly different from before . “He has no friends . No one is willing to be his friend, including me . ”
“Is the child that repellent?”
“No, it’s the opposite . He is a very good kid . ” The girl kept her head lowered . The voice did not seem to come from her lips but somewhere else inside this world .
“Why would such a good kid have trouble making friends?” Chen Ge spoke slower and slower . Half of his body was now gray .
“Because he carries a deep secret . ” The girl slowly lifted her head that had gotten blurry . “He is a child that refuses to die . No matter how you kill him, he will always return . Would you befriend someone like that?”
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