Chapter 107: Shallow Dream
The Gulf Stream passed through the clouds, like a giant black eagle roaring and gliding. The sky was pitch black like ink, making the natural protective color of the giant birds. The flying light rain climbed out of the mottled trajectory on the porthole, like the veins of leaves.
When the "Slapnier" approached Japan, Tokyo time was 6 a.m., and the whole journey time was 7 hours (corrected in the previous article), which was four hours faster than ordinary flights. In terms of efficiency, this jet transformed by the equipment department crushed most of Air China and civil aviation. However, even the "Slapnier" in the economy class of civil aviation cannot catch up with it. The ten-point system can be used, and the rumbling noise alone can deduct all the points.
Fortunately, the people who were renovating the equipment department seemed to know this flaw, so they specially prepared anti-noise headphones and placed them behind the sofa. If Mandy hadn't been wandering around and taking photos, she wouldn't have discovered them. It would have been considered a bad taste of the equipment department. It is very likely that even these anti-noise headphones were equipped by the principal repeatedly emphasized. Those stubborn people were even more stubborn than ducks and they could not admit their flaws.
The three people wearing anti-noise headphones were resting. It was impossible for the 7-hour flight to stay active all the time. When they arrived in Tokyo it was 6 am local time. This time was just getting up and full of energy. They had to adjust their mental outlook to accept a brand new day in Tokyo.
Lin Nian was sleeping on the soft chair of the sofa, and the black eye mask blocked the light tightly. His sleep quality was very good... No, rather than saying that he had a good sleep, he had a good control over his body. He could fall asleep immediately whenever he needed to fall asleep, and the sleep time always ended according to his needs. The only thing he couldn't control was that he would always dream when he fell asleep.
The clouds are misty, the dream of imitation.
And in the dream, there are always black sky, white snow, and girls with blond hair.
*
The little boy sat on the lawn of Bermuda and was playing with the Rubik's Cube in his hand. The surroundings were covered with white shadows, people were coming and going, laughing constantly.
In the little boy's hand was a third-level Rubik's Cube. It might be because of the extremely frozen weather in the port recently, the parts inside were frosted. The little boy struggled to make a crackling sound when he twisted it up, which made it even more difficult to restore it that was not smoothly.
Around the little boy, countless children wearing white hospital gowns were running on the lawn. The children were old and young. They seemed to be playing with ghosts, screaming and laughing endlessly, but this had nothing to do with the little boy. In his world, there seemed to be only the Rubik's Cube that he and his hands seemed to never be able to restore.
"You should make a cross first." The blonde girl behind the little boy looked down at the messy and indifferent Rubik's Cube in his hand, reminding: "This kind of twisting is never restored in a lifetime."
The little boy didn't say anything, twisting the Rubik's Cube on his own, and his hands didn't slow down and instead became more impatient.
"It's like a puzzle. The more urgent the more it is, the impossible it is to put it in. You have to put the correct tiles in the right place." said the blonde girl.
The little boy ignored him and still twisted the Rubik's Cube randomly.
The blonde girl stopped talking and just watched the little boy do useless work quietly. Until the children in the distance were tired of running away, they went to the nursing aunt in the corner to get water to rest, leaving only two people sitting in the middle of the lawn, and then she said again: "You seem to be very anxious. You can't hurry to play the Rubik's Cube, and you can't hurry to do anything. The more you are anxious, the more trouble you will get."
Finally, the little boy stopped the movements in his hand, and the color blocks on the Rubik's Cube were still in disorder. He looked up at the blonde girl behind him and said, "They said I was stupid."
"You are quite stupid." The blonde girl nodded in agreement with this statement: "If you give anyone here this Rubik's Cube, for three minutes... they can be well-paired in less than a minute, but I think you have been working for three days. Even if you are a dog, you will choose to detour if you can drill a hole. But you have been drilling in a stubborn way. Is there a piece of meat waiting for you on the other end of the hole? You must know that even if you work it together, others will not withdraw their opinions about you."
"They said that after the Rubik's Cube is put together, it can be opened, and there are things that make me smart." The little boy lowered his head and started twisting the Rubik's Cube: "In this way, they are willing to play with me."
"It seems that there is a piece of meat waiting for you." The blonde girl chuckled: "Who told you this."
"Yakov, Anton." said the little boy: "I can't catch up with them when they play hide-and-seek. I run very slowly. They say I'm stupid and they are not the same type of people, but the things in the Rubik's Cube can make me smarter and faster."
The blonde girl looked at the little boy's wooden and persistent face and refused to speak for a long time. She suddenly squatted down and snatched away the Rubik's Cube from the little boy's hand. The other party was stunned and turned around and rushed over to try to grab it back, but in a hurry, she was slightly tripped under her feet and fell to eat shit.
"They actually told you this secret." The blonde girl raised the cube high with her feet and smiled: "Every child has eaten the things in the cube, so she has become smarter. Now you haven't eaten it alone."
The little boy got up from the ground without saying a word and rushed over. The blonde girl flashed over and tripped him again: "Don't forcefully break the Rubik's Cube and open it. Is it Yakov and the others who told you that doing this will ruin the hidden things inside?"
The little boy wiped his face, which was covered with dirt, and there was only the cube thrown in the blonde girl's hand.
"How about making a deal?" The blonde girl held the Rubik's Cube and played with it: "I'll help you open the Rubik's Cube, and I can divide half of the things that can make people smarter."
The little boy didn't agree, and pounced on him again and fell down again.
The blonde girl sighed, "Are you so stingy?"
"They said they had to open it themselves to be useful." The little boy who got up again whispered, and pounced again.
"What a bunch of unlovable little ghosts." The blonde girl muttered and dodged the little boy's pounce. When the little boy was about to pounce again, she suddenly swept her legs and grabbed the little boy's arm with one hand and pressed him on the lawn and sat on him: "What if that's the case, I'll teach you how to open the Rubik's Cube. Although it will be difficult, it may take you several months or even years to learn it, but once I teach you how to open the Rubik's Cube, I'll divide half of the things inside." The blonde girl said: "It's fair. You have to know that no one in Black Swan Harbor except the doctor is willing to teach others how to be smart."
"The doctor said his surgery wouldn't help me, either." said the little boy.
"That's a pity. It seems that only I can help you." The blonde girl said: "But the price is to share half of the things in the Rubik's Cube, and the choice is in your hands."
The little boy was silent for a long time without answering, and the blonde girl asked softly again: "You want to be smart but just want to play with them?"
The boy nodded.
"This is a sure profitable deal for you. Even with my help, you can't untie the Rubik's Cube, but at least you can still play with me." The blonde girl said: "If it is untie, then everyone will be happy and you can play with more children."
The boy seemed to be convinced, he nodded slightly, and then the Rubik's Cube fell on the lawn in front of him. The blonde girl let go and stood up and clapped her hands: "The contract is established now. If you want to listen to me in the future, I will teach you how to open the Rubik's Cube."
"From now?" the little boy held up the Rubik's Cube and lowered his head to stand in front of the blonde girl.
"From now on." The blonde girl looked at the little boy who was short of her head and helped him to remove the broken grass and dirt on her head: "The things in the Rubik's Cube are important to you, and to everyone. The more important things are, the harder it is, so it may take us a long time to get it... Don't worry, some things are not yet at the right time, and it's still too early."
It's too early?
The little boy watched the blonde girl pressing her head, but his eyes fell into the distance. Outside the window, a black storm was wandering at the end of the skyline. The extremely cold frozen soil was drizzling. At the end of the white area, there was a dull rumbling storm in the horizon. There was a thunder roaring and a strong tremor. You could feel the trembling of the earth from a distance between the sky.
"Wait a little longer," she said, "It's too early for you and me now."
*
The Gulfstream passenger plane trembled, and the tremor made Lin Nian subconsciously open his eyes, but the line of sight was dark. It took him half a second to react before he pulled off the eye mask from his face and looked around.
"Junior brother, are you awake?" Mandy saw Lin Nian take off her blindfold and said, "You have such good sleep quality. You can sleep so well in this environment."
"The noise in the place where I used to live was quite loud, so I'm used to it." Lin Nian rubbed his nose, and the vague sound and pictures in his mind faded away like a tide, leaving only the empty black beach.
"We're here." Miyamoto, who was sitting opposite, looked at the view outside the porthole, his eyes full of remembrance and emotion.
Lin Nian, who had recovered from his sleep, looked out the porthole. The rain flowed out winding water marks on the window. The plane was falling. A faint mist was covered with water on the wings and pulled out a long white line. Below them was the bustling Tokyo. Even at six o'clock in the morning, the city was still lit with dense sparks. The sea of clouds in the sky was darkened by the film sun. The turbid yellow street lights on the streets extended to the corners of the entire city like veins.
"Is this Tokyo? At six o'clock in the morning, the city is covered with gray." Lin Nian looked at the brightly lit city and was a little stunned: "But it is like a fire here, burning from day to night, and burning for a long time to day."
"There are always many people who work day and night to make a living and their future lives. This city will illuminate the street lights that illuminate the road ahead for them for 24 hours to prevent too many confused people from falling into the gutter that no one cares about drowning. Tokyo is such a warm and dangerous city." Miyamoto said.
"Is it warm and dangerous?" Lin Nian couldn't help but just looked at the beautiful scenery silently. He seemed to be able to feel the temperature and noise emitted by the city all the time. Even at dawn, countless people were busy running around in this maze of sparks weaving nets.
"I always feel that you are all very literary and artistic, which makes me feel out of place. When I mention Tokyo, I can only think of Takuya Kimura and Yokodian... Did we take the airport railway to the city when we got off the plane?" Mandy kept eating the cheesecake found in the freezer in a slight gulp. It seemed that the seven-hour flight did make her a little hungry.
"You can keep a little belly and eat for a while. I believe that the reception of Inuyama's family will not disappoint you." Miyamoto said, "I glanced at Mandy, who was like a hamster's winter reserve.
"Long Yin and Kaiseki? I have only heard of these two." Lin Nian said.
"Specifically, Longyin and Kaiseki are the same thing. Longyin is a store. Kaiseki is a type of cuisine. There are also Tuobai and Kikuno, which are the three restaurants of Kaiseki cuisine. However, our family has its own chef, so it is highly likely that we will not visit those stores." Miyamoto smiled: "I believe that the things our chefs will make will not be worse than the previous two, but will be more in line with Lin Jun's appetite."
"I've increased my knowledge again, I'll wait and see." Lin Nian nodded.
The black Gulf Stream whizzed over the city and glided towards Narita Airport located in Chiba. The sound of rain quietly passed, and the sound of wind, howling and the warmth of the sunlight filled the whole world.
Chapter completed!