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Readers of Nathan Bookstore's Chronicle of Reasoning and Suspense are already familiar with Bu Yehou.

This familiarity is based on Bu Yehou's previous three short stories, although this is a newcomer writer who has only debuted for two months.

But being familiar doesn't mean liking it.

For example, Dani, the front desk clerk of a certain sofa brand, is very unimpressed with this Nightless Marquis.

Dani's first work is called "The Chair in the World".

She still can't forget the feeling she felt after watching "The Chair in the World" that day——

then.

She's sitting on the company's just-launched flagship sofa.

It was a single sofa, heavy and large, wrapped in delicate leather and soft sponge.

Very elastic.

The body feels very comfortable.

Sitting on such a sofa and reading novels, Dani enjoyed it very much.

However, before she finished the novel, she suddenly jumped up, and then looked back at the large sofa where she could hide herself, and felt as if ants were crawling all over her body!

And that's not the worst part.

The most frightening thing was that in the store where Dani was located, there were hundreds of similar sofas!

At that moment, Dani wanted to escape on the spot!

She felt that the hundreds of sofas in the store exuded a gloomy atmosphere!

It can be used as the front desk of a sofa brand. This is Dani's job. She occasionally acts as a salesperson to recommend a certain sofa to customers...

In short.

During those few days, Dani's working condition was very poor, and she hated Bu Yehou so much in her heart that it took several days to adjust.

Yes.

Last month, "Mystery of Reasoning and Suspense" put Bu Yehou's work on the first chapter again, but Dani chose to ignore it.

Look from the back to the front!

As can be imagined, the last article of the last issue of the magazine was also written overnight!

Avoid the beginning!

Inescapable ending!

Today Dani ordered "Deduction and Suspense Chronicles" again.

When I opened the first article, Dani couldn't laugh or cry, as expected, it was the work of Bu Yehou, could this magazine be better?

Why are there nights in every issue!

Is Buyehou the father of your magazine?

Dani complained in her heart, and subconsciously wanted to skip Bu Yehou's short story, but the title of the other party's work suddenly made her feel that it was not unacceptable?

"A Poem to the Sun?"

As far as the title is concerned, there is no sense of horror and gloom.

On the contrary, this title even has a harmonious warm tone, which is both sunny and poetic.

Let's see.

If it doesn't feel right, skip it right away.

The main reason is that the title of Bu Yehou's short story this time doesn't quite match the style of the previous stories. She really couldn't help being a little curious. Maybe this is the complexity of human nature, and she obviously doesn't like this author.

In a moment of thought.

The story officially begins.

[I opened my eyes and found myself sleeping on an operating table. Sitting up, he saw that it was a spacious room scattered with things. There is a man sitting on a chair. He was quietly thinking about something not far from me. A smile appeared on my face when I woke up. 】

Classic first person.

All the stories of Bu Ye Hou are unfolded in the first person.

But the beginning of this short story is not thrilling:

A man builds a robot.

This robot is "I".

I was taken to a forest by the man, there was a house here, and there was a cemetery in the distance.

The "I" in the story is curious:

Why do we live in the woods, where are the other humans?

man said:

Humans were infected by bacteria that suddenly covered the air and almost all died.

He moved here with his uncle before being infected.

It's a pity that his uncle was still infected with the bacteria and had been dead for a long time.

The cemetery far from the house belonged to his uncle.

Tut tut.

Dani shook her head while watching.

As expected of you, Bu Yehou.

At the beginning, I used this man's mouth to say lightly that human beings are almost extinct.

The words of this Nightless Marquis are always so cold and ruthless as always. When he describes life and death, he has a kind of rationality that makes people frown.

As if life and death were that simple.

Fortunately, there is no thriller element in this story so far.

Dani continued to watch, and then shook her head even more.

Because the man said lightly:

"I had a test yesterday, and I was also infected with bacteria. After I die, you can just dig a hole next to Uncle's grave and bury me. That's why I made you."

okay.

The man who may represent the last life in this world is also dying.

And "I" is just a robot.

This story is still not scary at present, but the description of life and death makes Dani feel the heartlessness and coldness of Bu Ye Hou.

In the following days.

I started caring for this man on his deathbed.

As a robot, I have no emotions and cannot understand the meaning of life and death.

The man realized this and said:

"In order for you to bury me correctly, I want you to understand what 'death' is all about."

see this.

Dani was suddenly happy.

What is it about death?

Can such absolutely rational words as Buyehou express the thickness of life?

She was suddenly a little curious:

How will Bu Yehou write about "death" next?

The text is as rational as ever, but there are more details of life.

We live in the forest, and there is a vegetable garden at the door, and rabbits often steal vegetables.

I had nothing to do but catch the rabbit.

But I was only given the same functions as an adult woman, and it was impossible to chase a rabbit.

The rabbit seemed to be laughing at me, and disappeared into the forest at once.

The man seemed to be very happy and was smiling all the time.

He said with a smile: "Slowly in life, I will become more like a human being."

When I got home, the man was still laughing. Although I didn't quite understand it, my heart felt a little itchy, and my body temperature began to rise. I didn't know what to do for a while, so I could only scratch my head.

That's right.

It seems that this is a feeling called "shyness".

I suddenly hated him for always smiling.

During lunch, he tapped the tabletop twice to get my attention.

I was drinking soup and looked up at him.

He picks up vegetables with a fork, and there are many marks of rabbit bites on them.

"Why are my salads and soups full of vegetables bitten by rabbits? Why don't you eat them like this?"

"It's a coincidence. A matter of chance."

I replied while eating a vegetable salad that hadn't been bitten by a rabbit.

Dani chuckled.

I didn't expect that Bu Yehou would write such a witty plot.

Although she doesn't like Bu Yehou, Dani has to admit that the details of this life are described very well, and there is a feeling of warmth in the heart.

The robot starts to "shy".

Robot learns to "prank tricks".

As the man said, "I" will gradually become more like a human being in life.

"It seems to be different from the style of Bu Yehou before."

Dani talked to herself.

The story continues.

The man said he was going to die in a week, as if he could know the date of death because of the correct examination, but I still couldn't understand the meaning of death.

As a robot, my death was predetermined.

I put my wrist to my ear and I can clearly hear the motor, tick tock for a second, and I die when the motor stops working...

When the man has five days left in his life.

The rabbit came to eat the leaves in the vegetable garden again. I still wanted to catch this little guy, so I rushed out without hesitation.

It began to rain.

I chased the rabbit and ran to the edge of the cliff.

This little animal with white fur has nowhere to escape, quietly letting me hold it, I feel the small warmth in my hand, it seems to be getting hotter and hotter.

Sudden.

The cliffs began to cave in.

I fell hard, holding the rabbit tightly in my arms.

The moment I landed, a strong impact ran through my whole body. Half of my body was damaged, one leg was broken, and there was a huge gap from the abdomen to the chest, but it was not fatal to the robot.

I looked at the rabbit on my chest.

There is red stuff on the white fur, I know it's blood.

The rabbit's body gradually became cold, and the body temperature seemed to flow from my wrist.

I returned home with the rabbit in both hands, limping on one foot, and dropping things from my body from time to time.

It was raining non-stop.

I went home with difficulty and asked the man, can I save this rabbit?

The man shook his head and said that the rabbit couldn't bear the impact of the fall and fell to my death in my arm.

I thought of the lively rabbit chasing desperately among the vegetables, and then I looked at the white fur in front of my eyes, the red eyes narrowed into a line, and the rabbit didn't move.

"Ah... ah..."

I opened my mouth to say something, but no words came out.

I felt the pain coming from deep in my chest, I should have nothing to do with the pain.

But why am I in pain?

I lost my strength and fell to my knees.

I have been given the function of crying.

He looked at me with extremely sad eyes and said:

"This is death."

I hold my head in both hands, and I know that death is the pain of losing something.

...

Dani felt her heart twitch violently.

She was thinking before, can a writer like Bu Yehou, who often writes about the dead, really write the meaning of life and death well?

Now she knows.

It's not that Yehou Hou doesn't understand——

Death is the pain of losing something.

The story uses the perspective of a robot to describe death, which should be rational and cold, but when she saw this, her eyes suddenly turned red.

The story is not over yet.

When a man fixes my damaged body, I get mad at him for the first time:

"I hate you!"

Why do you have to make me out?

If I wasn't born in this world, if I didn't like something, I wouldn't be so afraid of death and parting.

I burst into tears.

I like this man.

But this man made me just want me to bury his body.

If it's so painful, it's better not to have a heart, I hate the heart he gave me.

He has a sad expression on his face.

His life is also disappearing bit by bit.

I think he will be as immobile as a rabbit soon.

"How many hours are left?"

In the final countdown of his life, I looked outside and asked him.

He was silent for a while, and then told me how many seconds he had left in his life.

I have a question.

If you die from germs, can you keep the time so accurately?

"I can also know exactly when I died, because robots like me are set to stop their activities from the beginning, and then you are too..."

Why are you pretending to be human?

I put my ear against his chest and heard the faint sound of the motor in his body.

The magazine is here.

Dani's hand suddenly stopped.

She suddenly felt great sadness, and at the same time her eyes widened in astonishment. This is a shocking reversal design!

It turns out that this man is also a robot!

Bu Yehou is good at writing a huge reversal at the end of the story, but the shock brought about by this reversal is spiritual.

The idea of ​​the story has been sublimated!

The understanding of death by "I" above is: the pain of losing something.

And here the article does not say it clearly, but it is actually saying that life is growth and inheritance!

This is the meaning of life!

Dani didn't want to admit it, but she was really deeply moved.

Thinking of the day her grandfather left, she smiled and clenched her hand.

It turns out that at the moment of death, there is someone who can hold your hand, which is such a comforting thing.

She has always been unable to let go of her grandfather, but now Dani realized that the kind old man's smile before leaving was actually an open-mindedness to life and a calmness to death.

The uncle in the story has been dead for two hundred years.

The man has been thinking about the uncle who made him all these years.

The man endowed with life and humanity finally collapsed in two hundred years of solitude, so he created me, and also endowed me with humanity and life, and life always longs for the company of another life.

I forgive him.

Because I knew how he felt when he made me, maybe I will do the same thing in the future, at this moment I hugged him tightly.

"Thank you for making me."

Love and loss make people's hearts cry, if this is the case, why not just make me a puppet who loves nothing and has no heart.

I used to think so.

But now I thank this man.

【If I hadn't been born in this world, I wouldn't have seen the vast grasslands on the hills. If you don't give me a heart, I can't look at the bird's nest happily. No more frowning because of the bitterness of the coffee. Touch every shining point in this world. What a valuable thing this is. 】

life.

die.

The two protagonists of this story are two robots.

But Dani can no longer simply regard these two characters as robots.

Just like in the human world, children must have the same feelings towards their parents. Human inheritance is like this.

From generation to generation, we have learned to love and die.

Survive the cycle of light and dark until the children grow up and continue what their parents did.

Dani suddenly understood Buyehou. Perhaps it was because he knew enough about life and death that his words were always cold, but this might not be a kind of respect.

Or awe.

"Perhaps Bu Yehou has a warm heart under his dark exterior. I shouldn't be prejudiced just based on the previous stories, just like this "Poem to the Sun". He is a writer worthy of recognition..."

Think so.

Dani turned to the end.

As expected, the epilogue is also the work of Bu Yehou.

With great expectations, she continued to read the story written by Bu Yehou.

The last story is called "The Far Away Couple".

See half.

Dani closed the magazine expressionlessly, and added a sentence to herself:

"forget it."

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