Midnight Bookstore - Chapter 324
Chapter 324: Masochism
The bus, as usual, drove very slowly, swaying
The people inside also swayed along with it, like a pendulum, repeating at a fixed frequency
From birth,
to shaking,
to Death.
Zhou Ze stood beside the old man, his hand grabbing the handrail above. There were many people around, but there was not much pressure. After all, they were all made of paper.
The old man raised his head and looked at Zhou Ze. He smiled a little embarrassedly and said apologetically,
“My legs aren’t well. I have rheumatism.”
Zhou ze nodded.
“Although I know it won’t hurt now because I’m already dead, I still feel pain when I see the heavy rain outside.”
The old man looked at the pouring rain outside the window, and his eyes revealed a nostalgic look.
Old Rheumatism had accompanied him for many years, from the initial torture, slowly to numbness, and finally to habit
Until the day he became a ghost after his death,
it turned into reminiscence again.
The bus arrived at the station,
zhou Ze and the Little Loli each escorted a girl out of the bus.
The bus slowly drove away again, a bus full of paper figurines, and a privileged old man.
Zhou Ze remembered that the news report said that the old man needed to weave bamboo baskets to supplement the family’s expenses. A family needed an old man in his seventies to rely on weaving bamboo baskets to support them. It was enough to show just how poor the family was.
Although the local government had also given several pensions, which could at least allow the elderly family to live peacefully, it did not seem to be enough.
“What are you thinking about?”
The Little Loli asked as she stood under the bus stop and looked at the pouring rain outside.
“I’m thinking about crowdfunding.”
“Huh?”
“A while ago, something happened at Doctor Lin’s Hospital. An elder brother used his sister’s car accident to slander the hospital for not paying or treating her. He launched a crowdfunding online.
“In fact, from a personal and emotional point of view, people like the old man in the car just now need to be crowdfunded.”
“MM-HMM.”
“There are too many people who are sick and too many people who are miserable. Whether it’s true or false, whether it’s exaggerated or not, to be honest, I’m already numb to it.”.
“In my past life, when there were people in my circle of friends posting about crowdfunding for treatment, I would more or less donate a little. In the end, there were too many such crowdfunding campaigns. I really couldn’t be bothered to pay attention to them.”.
“However, for people who sacrifice and give up for the cause, they do things that ordinary people don’t dare to do. For most ordinary people, donating to such people is more proactive.
“Most people are weak. If we can give money and encourage more brave people to stand up and be willing to put down their burdens and concerns to protect everyone, it really won’t be a loss
“My boss, I think you should think about something else when you’re feeling sentimental.”
“What?”
“That is, how are we going to go back now? The rain is really heavy.”
The Little Loli said gloomily.
..
When the two of them returned to Liu Chuyu’s house,
what Liu Chuyu saw when he opened the door was..,
four drenched chickens.
The Little Loli shouted that she would take a shower and blow-dry her hair first. Then, she could only look at Zhou Ze who was the first to walk into the bathroom without saying anything. When Zhou Ze came out with a towel to dry his hair, the Little Loli angrily shouted at Zhou Ze,
“Ungentlemanly Man!”
“I’ll take a shower first. When you go in, the temperature in the bathroom will be very warm. I’m afraid that you’ll freeze.”
The Little Loli was stunned for a moment and immediately said, “It’s summer! Also, don’t be so disgusting, okay? No wonder you were single in your previous life!”
If the Little Loli was really just a little loli, she would probably fall for this trick. But in fact, according to the Little Loli’s words, she had seen all kinds of storms in her past life?
After the Little Loli came out of the shower..,
the three of them sat on the sofa in the living room.
There were two boxes of biscuits on the coffee table,
it could be seen that when Zhou Ze and the Little Loli went out, Liu Chuyu, who was at home alone and injured, was really struggling with food.
He believed in the chicken soup that only after suffering could one rise to the top,
moreover, he felt that Zhou Ze and the Little Loli were the kind of people who had great perseverance. Only by overcoming the rejection of the feeling of eating in their souls could they be able to eat normally.
It was similar to a kind of ascetic cultivation.
Zhou Ze felt a little soft-hearted and could not bear it,
he kept feeling that if he allowed Liu Chuyu, his subordinate, to continue fighting with the food like this, would there really be any problems?
But when he thought about the fact that he was using the paramita oral liquid that was a little less and a little less difficult to replenish..,
zhou Ze suddenly felt that it was not necessarily a bad thing for young people to experience more setbacks and tribulations.
Just like doctor Lin back then, if he did not treat the interns like dogs back then, doctor Lin would not have such excellent medical skills as he did today.
Yes..,
that was the reason.
Liu Chuyu looked at Zhou Ze with some embarrassment. To be honest, it was only at this moment that he felt the care from his boss. He had actually braved the rain to bring the evil spirit back. The purpose was to let him get some GPA points.
Zhou Ze didn’t delay any longer and used his fingernails to open the gates of Hell.
The Little Loli separated the souls of the two girls and helped Zhou Ze throw them into the gates of Hell.
Everything..,
was completed!
However, there were two more corpses in the room. The corpses collapsed on the ground and quickly decomposed and reeked, emitting waves of disgusting smells.
This was because the two girls had already died when the evil spirit had possessed them. The Evil Spirit’s souls had originally occupied them and they were still able to maintain their “Living”state. After their souls were extracted.., the two skins naturally returned to their original state.
Zhou ze said that he was going out for a walk, and the room became a little stuffy.
The Little Loli raised her head,
she looked up at the sky,
she shouted, “The children’s channel’s “Bear infestation”is going to be broadcast. I’m going to watch it!”
In the living room,
only Liu Chuyu, who was still wrapped in bandages, was left,
she looked at the two rotting corpses lying on the living room in astonishment,
along with the touch of touching just now,
he instantly felt as if he had been eaten by a dog.
At that moment,
he could only struggle to get up,
he began to clean up the already smelly corpses.
..
Walking out of the door, it was still raining outside, but the rain was already much less than before, and it was also showing signs of stopping.
Zhou Ze did not turn around to go back, or else he would have to face the two corpses again. Compared to dealing with the two rotten corpses, it seemed that a little rain would be more acceptable.
Walking in the rain should be considered a little comfortable.
In fact, a person like boss Zhou could be comfortable in any kind of environment. When you put aside the chores and didn’t have that kind of obsession, the scenery that your eyes saw would naturally be different from others.
Boss Zhou walked for half an hour. In order to ensure that Liu Chuyu had already taken care of the corpses, and because he was injured, it was inconvenient for him to move, so boss Zhou planned to walk for a while more.
As he walked, he heard the sound of a bell.
The bell made Zhou Ze frown, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
He raised his head and looked in that direction. He saw a yellow wall and golden tiles. In this downtown area, there was actually a small temple.
The door of the temple was very small, and the walls of the temple were not very wide. After all, it was located in the city, and every inch of land was worth gold. Even Buddha felt the pressure from the land price, so he did not dare to put on such a big show like in the Deep Mountains.
However, the bell actually made him uncomfortable, which made Zhou Ze even more interested in this small temple.
As the saying went, the mountain was not high, but it was named after the immortal. The water was not deep, but the dragon was spiritual.
Nowadays, even if it was a big scenic spot or many big temples in famous mountains, they were basically private contractors to make money. In that kind of place, boss Zhou would not even have a problem holding the Buddha statue or taking pictures with the three pure ones, let alone visiting it.
However, this small temple gave Zhou ze a feeling of fear.
It could make ghosts feel fear,
it meant that this temple was really spiritual.
It was better not to visit it. Although there was no entrance fee, boss Zhou felt that he didn’t need to take such a risk.
It was true that he had the status of an official, but the Little Loli herself had said that the ghost errand could only be considered the lowest class in hell. Maybe the Buddha was in a bad mood and you deliberately went up to him, but others might not mind slapping you to death.
There was a teahouse outside the small temple. Inside, it did not look like the teahouse in Sichuan where machine numbing was placed. This was really just a place to drink tea.
Zhou Ze walked in and asked for a pot of bitter tea. When the tea was served, he took out a cigarette and bit it in his mouth.
Before he lit it, another middle-aged man came in from outside the door. The man sat down opposite Zhou Ze.
The man was wearing a blue sportswear. After he sat there, he randomly ordered a pot of tea and his gaze was fixed on the temple outside the door.
To be honest, sitting here and drinking tea was pure suffering. When ordinary tea drinkers came here, they felt that drinking tea at the temple was quite artistic. After listening to the bell, they felt that their own people were sublimated.
However, for Boss Zhou, every time the bell rang, his body felt uncomfortable, even uncomfortable.
But this feeling was also a kind of reverse comfort. Just as the old man on the shady cart said, when the pain was really gone, he would miss it.
He drank a mouthful of bitter tea,
then he frowned and shook his body,
he gently sucked in a breath of cold air,
he could actually taste the pleasure of being abused,
wonderful,
ineffable.
After drinking a cup of tea, it was quite a taste.
He refilled another cup of tea for himself,
he picked up the cup,
and smelled the aroma of bitter tea,
the bell rang again,
the hand holding the cup trembled slightly, rippling with faint ripples,
then he lowered his head,
and took a sip,
the slight pain on his body and the bitterness between his lips and teeth,
complemented each other.
But,
when boss Zhou was about to lower his head to take a second sip,
he was surprised to find that,
the middle-aged man who had just walked in was sitting opposite him,
his hand holding the Teacup..,
was also trembling slightly.
Zhou Ze didn’t take it seriously,
after a while..,
the next bell rang much louder than the previous one. The novice monk who rang the bell probably used all his strength as the last bell.
“Boom!”
Zhou Ze took a deep breath,
his mind was dizzy..,
but he still managed to control the Teacup steadily.
The middle-aged man sitting opposite Zhou Ze let out a muffled groan. Then, his body shook violently and he almost fell to the ground. The Teacup in his hand was thrown out.
“Bang!”
The Teacup was thrown out,
it splashed directly on Zhou Ze’s face.
“…”Zhou Ze.
