Boss Bai shrugged helplessly, "But he asked me to ask you."
"Said if you would tell me, I would have all the answers."
...
After being stunned for a moment, the old man smiled and shook his head, "As expected of little friend Xiao Xiao, no, Master Xiao."
"Just thoughtful."
He was indeed a little hesitant to tell his grandson the whole thing.
Monster.
Fantasy has become a reality.
But for them who can't see monsters, even if they know there are monsters, they can't see them.
So, is it better not to know?
But then I thought about how I had been holding onto my brother's last words for most of my life -
Although the two situations cannot be compared.
Maybe my grandson will forget to ask himself this question in a few days.
The old man decided to tell his grandson everything.
It was Sun Tzu who brought Master Xiao.
He believed that his grandson should know the truth.
...
"We talked about Jade Ball..."
"Jade ball?"
Boss Bai was surprised.
In fact, I had vaguely guessed this in my heart.
After all, the only intersection he could think of between his grandfather and Master Xiao was Jade Ball.
only......
"What did you talk about Yuqiu?"
"Didn't I take the jade ball down at that time?"
Since we talked about the jade ball, why didn't you come down and ask him for the jade ball?
…
"I originally wanted to come and get it..."
The old man stretched out his hand and touched the perfectly opened silken crabapple.
This is the only weeping crabapple in the yard.
It was planted by the old lady during her lifetime.
Always taken good care of.
Before leaving, he also told him to take good care of the silken crabapple.
"Master Xiao stopped me."
"He said……"
The old man recounted his conversation with Master Xiao.
…
As the old man told the story, Boss Bai's expression changed.
He opened his mouth.
But he saw the old man waving his hand to him.
He closed his mouth.
He didn't interrupt the old man's words.
…
"alright."
The old man turned to his grandson and smiled, "I'm done."
"You can ask if you have anything you want to ask."
…
"grandfather……"
Boss Bai swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
For a moment, I didn’t know what to ask.
However, the hesitation only lasted a few breaths.
Boss Bai took a deep breath.
The feeling of absurdity in my heart persists.
There was also a somewhat ridiculous look on his face.
"……monster?"
This is a high-end villa residential area.
The houses are quite far apart.
In the quiet courtyard at night, Boss Bai felt that the slightest emotion in his voice was amplified to the maximum.
Listening to his own voice, he actually felt a bit strange.
"Ahem~"
Boss Bai touched his neck and coughed a few times.
"grandfather."
There were still some weird sounds that made Boss Bai frown.
He coughed a few more times.
…
The old man shook his head and said, "Look at your future."
"Are you so surprised?"
…
As for...are you so surprised?
Boss Bai twitched his lips.
He obviously wanted to express his views calmly, but his voice was a little out of control.
"Of course!"
"Grandpa, do you know what you just said?"
"It's a monster!"
"You say……"
Boss Bai raised the jade ball in his hand, "You said there is a monster in this jade ball?!"
"There was one once."
The old man corrected his grandson, "It's gone now."
…
"..."
Boss Bai twitched his lips, "Grandpa, that's not the point now!"
"The point is the monster!"
"You just said monster!"
…
"What happened to the monster?"
The old man's rhetorical question made Boss Bai's temples jump hard.
"What happened to the monster?"
"grandfather!"
"Why did you accept the monster's words so easily?"
Boss Bai looked at the calm old man in disbelief, "How can monsters exist in the world?!"
"Monsters are made up by humans!"
"is fake!"
The more Boss Bai talked, the more excited he became.
"What era are you in now?"
"How did you..."
Is that Master Xiao too eloquent?
Why does the old man seem to believe the monster's words?
…
"How do you know the monster is fake?"
The old man was not surprised that his grandson was so old and even had a somewhat violent reaction.
"Of course the monster is fake!"
Boss Bai blurted out.
…
"So, what evidence do you have for this?"
It was rare for the old man to see his grandson showing such emotion.
A slight smile appeared in his eyes.
…
"evidence?"
Boss Bai was stunned.
Isn't this a matter of course?
I really want him to produce some evidence...
"Then what evidence do you have to prove that monsters exist?"
"Just a few words from Master Xiao?"
"Have you seen the monster?"
Boss Bai carefully recalled what the old man said before, "Didn't you say you didn't see it?"
…
"Well, I didn't see it."
The old man nodded.
"Then you..."
Boss Bai opened his eyes wide.
Since he didn't even see it, how could the old man believe it?
Isn't this strange?
In his impression, the old man was not so gullible.
…
"Just because I can't see it doesn't mean it's not there."
The old man's eyebrows relaxed.
The beautifully blooming trellis begonia made him smile and narrow his eyes.
…
Boss Bai:......
This is the truth.
But……
"How do you know it exists if no one has seen it?"
Isn't this just...a fantasy?
…
"Who said no one saw it?"
ah?
Boss Bai was stunned.
The old man continued, "Didn't I just say that?"
"My brother saw it."
"Master Xiao also saw it."
…
Boss Bai told himself to be patient.
He took a deep breath, "But aren't these all Master Xiao's one-sided words?"
"Who can guarantee that what he said is true?"
…
"I believe what Master Xiao said is true."
The old man looked serious.
"Everything he said about his brother was correct."
"If it's still possible to find out about these things..."
"Then a lot of things I once said to Yuqiu... It stands to reason that no one will know except myself."
"But Master Xiao knows."
"Do you think there is another possibility besides the monster in the jade ball telling him?"
…
Boss Bai was stunned.
"What did you say to Yuqiu at that time?"
"Yes."
The old man nodded.
"When I first discovered the jade ball, I couldn't figure out what was special about it, and I couldn't understand the message that my brother wanted to convey to me..."
"Gradually, I developed the habit of talking to myself about the jade ball."
There was a hint of emotion on the old man's face, "At that time, the family had almost returned to peace."
"I don't want to make my parents sad anymore because of my brother."
"It's just...I still can't let go of my brother's last words."
"...I have no one to talk to about my brother, and in the end I can only tell it to a jade ball."
At that time, he even laughed at himself many times for this.
Years later, every time I think about it, I feel both sad and funny.
