At about ten o'clock, Xiangyu came back and thoughtfully brought us late night snacks, which were some local specialties. We served the late night snacks as a tea accompaniment, and exchanged them for a pot of tea, and the three of us drank tea and chatted.
It's late at night.
I don’t know why, but Andrew’s words made me look at Xiangyu now, and I felt that her every frown and smile were not real, as if she had two faces. What I was facing was not her.
The real side.
When he woke up the next morning, Andrew had already packed his luggage. He was probably going to his next destination. I didn't know if it was Shentang Bay.
He said goodbye to us with a smile. I knew I would see him again in a few days, so I didn't feel much, but Xiangyu seemed a little reluctant to leave.
Because we booked a flight for the afternoon, Xiangyu didn't take him to the airport, so we didn't know where his next stop would be.
After Andrew left, Xiangyu and I went back to our houses to pack our things. In fact, there was nothing to pack, just a few items of clothing. Xiangyu probably had a few more souvenirs and the like.
Well, I don’t know what she will give to grandma. After the conversation with Andrew last night, I don’t dare to underestimate Xiangyu now, and my spirit is tense almost all the time.
To be honest, this state is really tiring.
That afternoon, we simply said goodbye to the old temple, donated some incense at the temple, and then headed to the airport.
In the waiting room of the airport, Xiang Yu suddenly said: "Zhou Cang, go buy a bottle of water for me."
I was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "I overlooked it. It's a hot day. You must be thirsty after walking all the way. What kind of drink do you want to drink?"
"It would be nice to be like you." Xiangyu looked at me and said, her eyes were dazzling and very beautiful.
I didn't dare to look into her eyes, feeling that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so I left quickly, then went to the vending machine and bought two bottles of soda.
"Zhou Cang," Xiangyu took the soda water from my hand and burst into laughter.
"What's the matter, don't you like this type of drink?" Seeing Xiangyu like this, I felt a little panicked. After all, the woman I had the most contact with during the past twenty years of my life was my grandma, so I was young.
I really don’t know much about girls’ preferences.
"No, no, you are just like the soda in my hand. It may seem ordinary, but it is beneficial to everyone."
Xiangyu's words sounded like a compliment to me, but I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, as if her "benefit" had a double meaning.
Since she deliberately wanted to divert the conversation, I was not polite and said directly: "Last night, I talked a lot with Andrew about your admission to Stanford."
After all, I still can't learn to beat around the bush, and I want to explain everything I have in my mind face to face, otherwise I will feel uncomfortable, especially for people I trusted before.
"I've noticed it a long time ago," Xiangyu unscrewed the cap of the soda water, took a sip, and said with a smile, "when we were having supper last night, I noticed that you had been restless. At that time, I
I guessed that Professor Andrew might have told you something, and the thing that made you care so much must be related to the astrolabe."
"Now that you know, are you going to tell me?" I also opened the soda water, took a big sip, looked at Xiangyu and asked.
Xiangyu held the soda bottle in his hand, and his eyes that were looking at me slowly moved away, and finally the focus of his eyes fell on the ground.
"Of course I want to tell you that from the moment I accepted Brother Li's suggestion and used the sound of the flute to lure away the angel long-tailed silkworm chrysalises in the tunnel at the bottom of Poyang Lake, I had already made up my mind to remove all the
I’ll tell you everything.” For some reason, I felt that Xiangyu’s tone when she said this was a bit sentimental, completely different from the lively and cheerful girl she usually is.
"Shall we say it now? We still have to wait until we return to the Zhou family's old house." Seeing her like this, I suddenly lost my composure. I don't know why, but I felt a little panicked in my heart.
"Zhou Cang, if I told you that we are actually the same kind of people, would you believe it?" Xiangyu suddenly raised his head and transferred his gaze that originally fell on the airport waiting room to my face.
God's eyes were actually covered with mist.
"Ah, what do you mean, the same kind of people? In fact, I am a little confused now that I am a mysterious person." Her first sentence shocked me.
Yesterday morning, Lao Miao Zhu also said that he and I are the same kind of people. Today, in the waiting room of the airport, this sentence appeared in my ears again.
So, who are we, the same kind of people?
"Of course you don't believe it. Over the years, I have tried my best to get rid of my origin, but in the end, I was still trapped in it. So, in the end, I compromised, I accepted this fate, and then used the power of the astrolabe to
In turn, protecting the astrolabe also protects myself." Xiangyu looked at me and said word by word, without caring whether I understood or not.
At this time, I was too embarrassed to interrupt, because the layer of water mist that originally covered her eyes had turned into water droplets and hung on her face.
It seemed that I had known Xiangyu for so long, and it was the first time that I saw her in such a fragile state, but I didn’t know what to do, so I could only silently lay down the tissue.
"Maybe you have guessed that I am also a descendant of the Yufu tribe. For thousands of years, our tribe has been scattered around Poyang Lake, responsible for protecting the astrolabe. However, we are all ordinary people. I think
It is not easy to protect the integrity of the astrolabe. Therefore, more than a hundred years ago, after discussion, our tribe quietly took away the astrolabe that was originally hidden in the giant Buddha at the bottom of the lake, and then hid it
Arriving at Shentang Bay."
Xiangyu twitched and calmed down a little.
"Then how do you know what all the astrolabe looks like?" I asked carefully, for fear of making her cry again by accident.
"Every family has a mysterious book, which records some mysterious things in special words. In this book, all the astrolabe looks are hidden. However, so far, I have not seen
I haven't researched what those words are about?" Xiangyu took a sip of soda water and his mood visibly stabilized.
"Mysterious book," I immediately thought of the "heavenly book" found in the secret compartment of my grandfather's study. Is this the book Xiangyu was talking about?
It's a pity that I lose a mobile phone every time I go on an adventure, so now there are no photos taken before on this mobile phone. I can only wait until I return to the Zhou family's old house to record the photos of the ancient book I took in the study.
Take a look at the Xiang jade in the photo.
According to what Xiang Yu just said, this mysterious little book is owned by every family in charge of the astrolabe. So, could the book in grandpa's study belong to grandma's family?
If it belongs to grandma's family, I wonder if grandma can understand the content. If grandma can understand it, did my father receive guidance from grandma in his research on those mysterious words?
Suddenly, another question came to my mind, "Xiangyu, what's the deal with playing the flute?"
"In ancient times, in order to protect the astrolabe, our tribe trained many animals with flute sounds. These animals usually live at the bottom of Poyang Lake and do not pose any threat to fishermen, but we can use flute sounds to command them.
Attack those who break into the bottom of the lake, and as a descendant of the Yufu tribe, of course I know how to play these flutes." Xiangyu explained.
"Xiangyu, how much do you know about the astrolabe, and you have been saying that we are the same kind of people, so what exactly does this kind of thing mean? And, is there anything special about me that makes you keep saying
It is said that only I can find the astrolabe, but according to what you just said, didn't you hide this astrolabe yourself? Finally, if we can really find all the astrolabes, what will we do?"
I expressed the doubts in my heart in one breath.
"Zhou Cang, actually, I may know less than you about the astrolabe. You can feel many things, but we can't. From the moment you had the hallucination in the Zhuyin Ancient Temple on the seaside eight years ago,
I already know that you are different from us, and I believe Professor Chen Mo and others feel the same way. Have you ever thought about it, in fact, all those hallucinations you thought are real."
"After getting here, of course I will have some ideas."
"As for why it is you, it may be clearer if I express it this way. You are the same kind of people as us, but you also belong to the same kind of existence as the astrolabe. The person who hides the astrolabe has a special identity just like you.
, so they were able to see the space that we can’t see and hide the astrolabe there.”
I was completely confused now.
"Can it be said that I can freely travel between different spaces?"
"Not necessarily. If you do it deliberately, you won't be able to achieve it."
At this time, a boarding announcement came from the waiting room.
"Okay, let's talk slowly when we get back to the Zhou family's old house. It's not the right time to talk about this on a plane." Xiangyu looked at me and said with a smile, then stood up and pulled the suitcase.