OBS Chapter 380 Cats and Dogs (4)
Chapter 380 Cats and Dogs (4)
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Late that night.
Some online ride-hailing drivers work until three in the morning, when it is still light outside and all the houses have long gone to sleep.
With the help of the car lights, he saw a young man wandering on the street like a ghost.
Despite the boy's strange behavior, the car owner still felt pity for him, got out of the car and started a conversation with him. He found that although the boy looked handsome, he seemed to be a fool.
He asked the other person his last name and where he lived, but the other person would not answer and just kept repeating like a robot:
"Have you seen my cat and dog?"
The boy seemed to have not drunk water for a long time, and seemed to have repeated this sentence countless times.
At first, the car owner wanted to buy a bottle of water for the stupid boy out of pity, but as soon as he turned around, the faint voice kept coming at him, just like the Black and White Impermanence in the legend dragging heavy chains to take someone's life.
The night was dark and suddenly a slight breeze blew.
The car owner was so frightened that he left the bottle of water he had just bought and ran away.
the next day.
The rooster crows at dawn.
Suddenly, a little girl appeared at the place where the car owner escaped. She tilted her head slightly, bent down and picked up the bottle of drink.
Unopened, brand new.
Just a little dust.
Bai Qian lowered his head in silence. After a long while, he put down the bottle of water, looked in the distance, and said softly:
"Big brother, where have you been..."
……
The young man walked through the streets and alleys, stopping and questioning all the passers-by.
He still only asked one question, which was "Have you seen my cat and dog?"
No one paid any attention to him.
There was actually someone there at the beginning, but as day turned into night, everyone discovered that the boy was actually a fool.
No, it should be a madman.
Since then, Rongcheng seemed to have one more madman.
But what puzzled everyone was that after the madman asked them that strange question, they all met a little girl not long after.
The little girl had a delicate face, not like a creature of this world. When she raised her watery eyes to look at them, their hearts melted.
"Have you seen Big Brother?"
She asked similar questions to the madman. It is difficult for humans to have hostility towards cute things. Most of them were worried that the girl would be involved with the madman, so they tried to dissuade her. However, they could not resist the girl's persistence and told her.
So there was one more madman in Rongcheng, and also one more little girl looking for the madman.
They were like strange beasts that had strayed into this steel forest, wandering around out of place.
Like a wandering ghost.
……
Tokyo, Sobu High School.
Yukino looked at the freshly made desserts with joy, which were small things like egg tarts, and then looked up at the time, thinking that Yui and the others should be here soon.
"Mr. Su, congratulations on your comic being adapted into an anime."
"No, that's too emotionless and sounds a bit perfunctory."
"Cough cough."
"Um... what can you do unexpectedly? I just happened to be in a good mood today, so I made some desserts to see if they suit your taste..."
The cold ending tone dissipated in the abruptly stopped smile.
Xueno pinched her eyebrows helplessly and sighed softly.
"What am I doing, acting like an idiot?"
It's just a very ordinary congratulations, why did I have to worry about it for so long?
It's really unreasonable...
Just a simple congratulations from a friend will suffice, Yukino reminded herself in her heart.
Suddenly, someone tapped her shoulder. Yukino was startled and raised her head reflexively. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a familiar face.
"Um...Xiaoxue? Hello~" Yui greeted her with an apologetic look on her face.
"When did you learn not to knock?"
Yukino grumbled, but didn't blame her too much.
"Ah... Actually, I knocked on the door, but you didn't seem to hear it."
I thought you were not here, but the door opened as soon as I pushed it. What are you busy with, Xiaoxue?"
Hearing this, Xueno's skin, as smooth as butter, seemed to be covered with a light layer of strawberry jam. Her eyes began to wander, but she still said lightly:
"No, no. I was just thinking about something..."
"Oh, by the way, do you want to eat? Snacks for afternoon tea today."
Yukino stretched out her arm and pushed a bag of desserts to Yui. She definitely didn't do this to change the subject.
she thought.
“There are quite a variety of styles today.” Yui sighed.
"Well, I put a little more thought into it today."
A faint smile appeared on Yukino's lips.
But for some reason, even when the girl in front of her ate the egg tart and praised it for being delicious, she felt that she was a little absent-minded.
It's like... there's something you want to tell her?
Another few minutes passed.
Hikigaya and Ayaka also came.
This is a very normal thing. The two people on the other side can also be considered members of the department.
"Good afternoon, both of you. Just in case, I made yours as well, let's try them together."
Although Yukino felt something was wrong, she simply attributed it to being a little too sensitive today.
After greeting Hikigaya and the others, Yukino noticed that Yui didn't talk much after eating the egg tarts.
She looked at the other person's hesitant expression and immediately understood what he meant.
You need some tea, right?
"Wait a minute, the water has just boiled. I'll make it for you."
After Yukino finished speaking, she stood up and poured water into the teapot fluently and smoothly. Even at this moment, she still had a relaxed and happy smile on her face.
Subsequently.
She gently lifted the hair that fell quietly on her ears and teased casually:
"Speaking of which, hasn't classmate Su come yet? Could it be that he is dating his girlfriend again and won't come?"
"Xiaoqing seems to have...dropped out of school..."
Bangdang—— Bangdang——
Accompanied by two crisp sounds.
Besides the teapot, it seemed that something else had fallen from the wooden table that was almost transparent under the sunlight.
——Something invisible.
……
In Rongcheng, a gray haze appeared in the sky, and then quickly turned into a bright crimson.
It was like fire was burning the clouds, becoming more and more intense.
Bai Qian finally found Su Qing in the corner of an alley.
The boy's body was curled up and his shoulders were shaking constantly.
"Cold...so cold..."
"Have you seen my cat and dog?"
The man's words were as fragile as a child's, and they continued to flow out of that body.
The voice was too low.
The voice was so low that it was not intended for people to hear clearly. It was more like speaking to oneself, conveying another message to others.
"help me."
"Who will...save me?"
"Big brother, it's okay, you will get better, you are a good person, and mom said good people will be rewarded."
Bai Qian's eyes were sore, so she squatted down and tried to warm the other person's body with her thin body.
But she was too small, even an adult woman couldn't do it, let alone her.
But Bai Qian's actions seemed to have some effect. Su Qing didn't seem so cold anymore, so he raised his face little by little, like a drowning person struggling for the last time to save himself.
"I remember you...your name is Bai Qian?"
"..."
"Did you see the cat and dog that day? The cat was a cat with beautiful golden eyes, and the dog was a dog with gentle pink eyes."
"You must have seen it...right?"
Su Qing suddenly grabbed Bai Qian's shoulders with such terrifying force that it hurt the girl.
When he said this, his expression was no longer so ferocious and terrifying, and even his eyes seemed to light up for a moment, as if they had come to life.
Bai Qian gritted her teeth as if in pain, and she managed to force a smile on her face, "Big brother, there were no cats and dogs from the beginning. It was because you wanted to meet someone that there were two cats and dogs in this world."
"Even I..."
"You're a liar, you're a liar!"
Su Qing roared like a wild beast, and his eyes were as bloody as a ferocious beast eating. The look he cast on Bai Qian almost made her think that she would die in the next moment.
But the other party seemed very tired.
The other party had walked countless miles and asked countless questions day and night, and his body was now extremely weak.
No water had entered his throat, and his throat had already become terribly hoarse. However, the strange thing was that the boy could still make sounds, but the voice was no longer warm and melodious.
"Big brother, please don't do this anymore." Bai Qian said anxiously.
"How could it be fake? How could it be fake... How could it be..."
Su Qing didn't listen to a single word Bai Qian said. His nails had already sunk into the surface of his skin, oozing out horrifying traces of blood, and were even going deeper.
At this moment, it seems that only this great pain can bring a moment of clarity.
"Big brother, have you ever worshipped Buddha?"
Bai Qian was suddenly panicked and continued quickly.
"In fact, true Buddhist disciples kneel before the so-called Buddha and pray devoutly day and night. What they worship is not the clay statue, but the Buddha in their hearts."
“So the first thing the Tathagata said after he attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree was, ‘All sentient beings possess the wisdom and virtues of the Tathagata, but they cannot attain them because of their delusions and attachments.’”
"That's the situation you're in now."
"You have lost yourself and don't know what you want. You have been deceiving yourself since leaving Tokyo."
"Even if you are a spirit, you will still die..."
"I am... a [spirit]?"
The young man looked at Bai Qian from a strange angle. His tone was puzzled, but his eyes lacked human emotion.
"Yes, do you remember--uh..."
With a flash, Su Qing was already in front of Bai Qian.
The man reached out and grabbed the girl by the throat, lifting her up high.
"what are you?"
"Why do you know me so well?"
"I am... I am you..."
Bai Qian struggled desperately, her legs shaking violently as she spoke.
But just as she was about to say the last few words, Bai Qian disappeared.
It was as if it had violated some rules of the game and disappeared completely.
Without Bai Qian, Su Qing suddenly lost his target.
He began to feel confused again, and his eyes, which were always full of smiles, were now filled with chaos.
"Drip-drip-"
There is a road next to the alley, and young people driving cars on the road kept honking their horns.
"Fuck, driving so slowly might as well be walking!"
The person who was speaking was called Wang Ning. He had just gotten his driver’s license and after driving for a few months he felt that the car was like a toy in his hands.