Little A didn't give me the answer I wanted. She said: "If I could predict the future, I wouldn't have to walk on this long and endless National Highway 318!"

Little A's words are blunt and cruel, but they are the truth. They can live a good life. After all, it is just a good wish of mine. Little A is just Little A after all. She cannot fulfill the dream in my heart.

I drank up the pot of highland barley wine given to me by Xiao A, and then looked blankly at the dimmed sunshine outside the window. The wind suddenly stirred up dust and white foamy debris...

...

Because of the car accident ahead, this road inn became lively at night, with people from all over the world staying here.

In the evening, the innkeeper slaughtered a sheep and set up a bonfire in the courtyard. A group of us from all over the world gathered around the bonfire, drinking wine and waiting for the roasted lamb.

In the crowd, there were teenagers looking for dreams, truck drivers, street singers with guitars, and angry young men and women... all kinds of men and women, except the rich and poor, the noble and the lowly, the 369 and so on.

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The mutton was finally roasted. The innkeeper took a cutting knife and divided the meat among each person. Then they drank more happily. The sound of clinking wine glasses came one after another, and the sound of broken dreams was heard in the collision.

..... A number 318 embodies all kinds of life.

At this moment, I kind of understood why a 318 full of cruelty would become the yearning of many people, because the dream was broken here, but the new dream lit up the darkness, endlessly...

Looking at those laughing or crying faces, I became calmer and calmer. The joys, sorrows and joys of life are nothing more than this. When you see through these joys, sorrows and joys, what is left is just a naked body.

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.....

The next day, I set off again, walking through Ya'an and Luding, passing through the Erlang Mountain Tunnel, and passing through the photographer's paradise "Xindu Bridge". I finally felt a little uncomfortable with the plateau climate, especially the constantly changing altitude.

It was even more difficult for me to adapt, and it was daunting to drive through

After the fearful 72nd bend in the Nujiang River, I had a vomiting reaction. Not only was it a physiological reaction, but I also truly realized the cruelty of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, which is known as the most dangerous highway in the world, and the constant reminders of the number of deaths I saw along the way.

The signage is even more shocking.

Thanks to my good health, I took some medicine to overcome altitude sickness, and after a day of rest, my body gradually adapted to it. Fortunately, I had Xiao A as my companion along the way. When the road conditions were not complicated, she could drive a certain distance on my behalf and also give me some advice.

It gave me some time to relieve my fatigue.

This is already the sixth day since I left Nantong. Until now, I still haven’t received a reply from An Qi. I believe she really hasn’t turned on her phone. At this point, I have never doubted her. She really can

Completely cut off contact with the outside world. Even if your phone is on your body, you will not turn it on because of boredom or other emotions.

.....

It was a night. Xiao A and I were still staying in a road inn. The wind was freezing outside and snow finally started to fall in the sky. This meant that tomorrow’s trip would be even more difficult. Maybe we wouldn’t be able to walk 300 kilometers in one day.

It is more likely that I will be stuck in this small town because I can't move forward due to this snow. Of course, this is something I don't want to see. I hope I can reach Lhasa before the year.

Put on the thickest down jacket, sit under the eaves of the second floor, light a cigarette, and stare blankly at the snowflakes in the sky.

I don’t know when Little A came to me. She handed me a thermos cup with hot water in it. I took the thermos cup, but she put out the cigarette butt in my hand and said to me: "You have altitude sickness, are you okay?"

Smoking!"

"I am very adaptable." Although I said this, I did not smoke anymore. Instead, I took a sip of the hot water given to me by Xiao A. When the hot water flowed into my body, it was much more comfortable than smoking.

Xiao A took out her camera, took a few photos of the snowy sky, and then shared with me the photos she took along the way with great interest, but my mind was not on the scenery along the way.

What I think about all the time is not her on the other side.

In silence, Xiao A put away the camera and said to me: "We will arrive in Ranwu tomorrow. Let's say goodbye. You should drive more carefully."

I was not surprised by Little A’s request. If she had followed me all the way to Lhasa, then I’m afraid there would be no point in her walking through 318.

I said to her: "You too."

Little A nodded and said: "Actually, I'm quite curious as to why you asked me so excitedly that day if I would come out of the shadows. I don't believe you care about me."

I took another sip of hot water and stared blankly at the yellow dog hiding in the haystack to keep warm. After a long time, I said, "It must be because of concern."

"Another concern besides your wife, right?"

I nodded: "Actually, she is my first wife, but..." I did not continue.

Little A misunderstood what I meant. She said: "I can understand that people will inevitably fall in love with many people in their life!"

I shook my head and said: "It is true that a person will fall in love with more than one person in his life, but I...maybe I have never loved her!"

"But she loves you unforgettably?"

"Perhaps the hurt I caused her is more unforgettable... Sometimes, there is always a picture in my mind of her sitting on the beach, looking at the sea amidst the ups and downs of the waves from sunrise to dusk.

The other side...but what was left to me was a lonely and lonely back!"

"What is she looking at?"

"Maybe it's fragrance, maybe it's time, maybe it's just a lighthouse..."

...

After a very long silence, Little A said to me: "There is actually no lighthouse on the other side. If she continues to look like this, I am afraid that what awaits her is just a hundred years of loneliness!"

"Why?"

"Because there is no lighthouse in her heart. Where can there be a lighthouse on the other side!"

"If there is no lighthouse in my heart, where can there be a lighthouse on the other side..." Xiao A's words touched me so deeply that I choked up all my emotions and couldn't say a word for a long while.

Little A patted me on the shoulder and said: "Go to bed early, we have to get up early tomorrow, and then we should say goodbye."

I nodded, and when Xiao A was about to leave, I called out to her.

She looked back at me in confusion: "What?"

"Do you have a lighthouse in your heart?"
Chapter completed!