Dream Guide

It was just dusk when Qingmu returned to Liuying Lane.

There were already a few customers sitting in Ruhua Bar, and the new waiter was standing at the door to solicit customers. The facade was much brighter than before, and you could see the stage inside at a glance. Mo Yu was sitting on the stage holding his guitar and tuning, while Xiao Qi was watching dreamily from behind the bar where he was bartending.

Aoki walked in, leaned lazily on the bar and said, "Have a glass of beer."

Xiao Qi regained consciousness and said with a smile: "Boss, don't you try the cocktail I made?"

Aoki said: "Forget it, with your skills, I'd better drink beer."

Xiao Qi was not angry either. He smiled and poured a glass of beer for Aoki. He pushed it forward skillfully and the wine glass slid over on the smooth countertop and stopped just in front of Aoki.

"I got it from the proprietress, and the customers all say it tastes good!"

"Isn't it Mo Yu who is the real one?" Qingmu picked up the wine glass and looked at Mo Yu on the stage and said, "Isn't there a band? Why did you let your wife appear in public? Aren't you afraid of being abducted by the rich second generation?"

"Hey, who dares!" Xiao Qi said disdainfully, "Who dares to freeze the soil on Tai Sui's head? The boss's wife has decided on the matter between Mo Yu and me!"

"Do you think I am the Empress Dowager Cixi?" Bi Shenghua came in from the back door and happened to hear Xiao Qi's words. She also sat down next to Aoki at the bar, "Have a margarita and see your craftsmanship."

Xiao Qi stuck out his tongue at Aoki and turned around to mix drinks.

After seeing the illusory second half of Zhao Pengcheng's life, Aoki looked a little different when he looked at Life Flower. He seemed to see the middle-aged woman with crow's feet at the corners and a hint of sadness in her eyes, carrying a vegetable basket and walking alone on the desolate Liuying Lane street.

The memory scene unfolded in the dream for only a moment, but to that world it was a real ten years. Life is short and prosperity is fleeting. A woman devotes her best years to a man who is lying in bed and can no longer wake up. Now, he's back. And is she also back?

Aoki suddenly remembered what Du Wa said, that Situ was looking for evidence that World War II was fake. He once thought this idea was ridiculous, but now he thinks about it, if a person was trapped in the zero-dimensional dream corridor before World War II, and if he walked out one day, would time and space be pulled back to that era?

However, is he the only one who goes back, or will the whole world go back because of him? Just like Aoki is back, Zhao Pengcheng is back, but has the world that Zhao Pengcheng experienced really come back?

This is an unsolvable mystery, because neither Aoki nor Zhao Pengcheng can go into that world to take a look again. And where did Ruhua, who was gradually aging in that world, go in the end? Are she and the lifelong flower in front of her the same person?

When Bi Shenghua saw Aoki Lao looking at her with a strange look, she glared and said, "What are you looking at? Is there something written on my face?"

Aoki was still looking at it blankly, as if admiring a rare treasure. Something rich gradually emerged from his eyes and filled the air.

"Thank you!" he said.

"What?" Bishenghua looked confused, "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for always staying with me and never leaving me. From today on, I will be kind to you. When I complete my mission, we will find a small island and be together forever."

"Crazy!" Bi Shenghua cursed lightly and looked at Aoki like a monster.

Aoki's expression is serious, his tone is sincere, and his eyes are fiery. Bishenghua knew that he was not joking. Her face turned red and her heart started beating unconsciously.

Xiao Qi, who was bartending drinks, burst out laughing, but he didn't dare to laugh too loudly, as if he was holding back as if he had a stomachache.

There is a thick and sticky emotion flowing in the air, just like a glass of red wine infecting the sunset. Bi Shenghua couldn't stand it any longer. She avoided Qingmu's eyes and said to Xiao Qi: "Mix your wine well. Why are you laughing?"

Xiao Qi suppressed his laughter, put a glass of margarita on the bar, and winked at Lifespan Flower: "The sun came out in the west today, and the boss can talk about love. It's really like the iron tree is blooming."

Bi Shenghua pretended to be disdainful and said: "Tsk, I hear this kind of words hundreds of times a day in bars, and my ears are calloused."

There were more people in the bar. Mo Yu sang a song on the stage, and the atmosphere became intense. Bishenghua and Qingmu both drank in silence, while Xiao Qi concentrated on mixing drinks for the guests.

I don't know if it was because of alcohol or something else, but Bishenghua's face was always as rosy as a fresh peach blossom, while Aoki's eyes were filled with a thick, soft light.

Bi Shenghua did not dare to look directly into Aoki's eyes, and secretly shouted in her heart: Talk, you idiot! Say something, stop looking like that, say something else, while my heart softens, while that damn crow is gone...

However, crows are everywhere.

"Guagua, I'm outside enjoying the wind and sun, but you are here enjoying the blessings!"

The coal boss jumped out of nowhere, flapped his wings and jumped onto the bar, walking back and forth in front of Aoki and Lifespan.

"Found it! Found it! Guagua... I'm so awesome! In such a big city, how do you think I found him?"

He kept pacing on the bar and mumbling, but got no reply. He felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange, so he looked up. Seeing the blush on the landlady's face that hadn't completely faded away, and seeing Aoki's eyes overflowing with honey, Crow seemed to understand something:

"Wow, is the sky going to fall? Ru-hua-, hold on!"

Bi Shenghua stretched out her hand and pretended to hit him, laughing and scolding: "Damn crow, you're not hungry anymore, are you?"

The crow croaked twice: "Are the sauced elbows ready?"

Bishenghua said: "It's upstairs, go and eat by yourself."

The crow nodded calmly, jumped on the green wood, scratched Aoki's hair with its claws, stretched its neck, hung its head upside down, hung it in front of Aoki and said, "Come on!"

Customers in the store were attracted by the funny crow and took out their mobile phones to take pictures. Crow hurriedly covered his face with his wings: "Hey, the rules here are that you can chat, but you are not allowed to take pictures or post to Moments."

The guests laughed after being coaxed.

Aoki grabbed the crow from his head and said, "You can become an Internet celebrity if you keep showing off." Then he said to Bi Shenghua, "Let's go out for a walk."

Bi Shenghua nodded and stood up with Aoki.

Crow was held in Qingmu's arms, stretched out his head and shouted: "Quack, oh, be gentle! I can't breathe! Wow, you should hug the boss lady, not me!"

After leaving the bar, the crow returned to Aoki's head. The evening breeze blew and softened the feathers on his neck. He looked down at Qingmu, then looked sideways at Lifespan, and said, "I'd better go eat the soy pork elbow."

Aoki asked: "What did you just say you found?"

The coal boss said: "That stupid cat croaks."

"Sounding?" Aoki knew the importance of cats to poppies, "Where is it?"

The coal boss said: "He was taken in by a kind-hearted old lady. It's hard to take him out during the day. I plan to pick him up in the middle of the night. Oh, by the way, something seems to have happened to that old lady."

Bi Shenghua said: "This is an important matter. Go and take care of it now, don't create unnecessary complications."