13 Mink Street

　　 Just a few days after the sky cleared, the rain came over again in disgust.

The rainy days in the deep winter can be called a punishment. When you are outside the house, raindrops will penetrate into the gaps in your clothes. When you are inside the house, the cold tide of moisture infiltration can bring you a kind of yourself. The illusion of living in a coffin.

　　 Karen is sitting at the door of the living room, flipping through a book in her hand. This is a book given to herself by Eunice, the title of the book is "Rhapsody Diary".

　　 The author is called "Robert", and the protagonist is also called Robert.

Robert in the book is a guy with exhibitionism. He likes to run naked at night. He is naked. Because in the book, the author mentioned several times that the protagonist felt that when he flicked the sides of his thighs under his crotch. A feeling of being "whipped";

　　The story is divided into volumes in the form of a diary.

For example, one day when he ran past a night market stall at night, he saw an old couple cooking their heads in a pot, and while the pot was bubbling, the voices of the two old couples heard, inviting him to have a taste. New flavors from their stall.

　　 One day he ran across a small bridge at night. On the west side of the bridge is rolling magma, and on the east side is the frozen river;

One day, when he ran through a post office at night, he saw a group of postmen who were going crazy and stuffing piles of letters into his mouth. One by one, his belly was sticking out like a small pile, and then the other staff in the post office next to him With my efforts, the postmen who were overwhelmed were forced into the mailbox.

　　...

　　 The last diary in this book is,

When Robert ran at night, he met a lot of pedestrians on the side of the road at night, and then those pedestrians saw him naked, and screamed embarrassedly and hurriedly took off their clothes, as if they were wearing clothes outside. Things that are extremely immoral and uncivilized, you need to hide behind you when you wear clothes.

　　 After this diary, is the conclusion of the book:

　　 After that day, I suddenly felt boring, and I don’t know whether it’s boring to run at night, or to be naked outdoors.

　　 When Karen read this book for the first time, he felt a bit like Dante’s "Divine Comedy";

　　Because there are many scenes in the book, they are not like human scenes.

　　 But there are indeed many metaphors in it, but whether this is really the author's intentional innuendo or the reader's forced reading comprehension is unclear.

　　 Because the author Robert chose to hang himself a year after the book was released, when the sales started to go viral, he added a lot of mystery to the book, and there are even many books on the analysis of "Rhapsody Diary".

　　At this time, Minalente and Chrissy came back with three umbrellas.

　　 They completed the final exam yesterday, and the school they went to at noon today received the transcript. I have to say that their school teacher is indeed very fast in marking the papers.

　　 Judging from her facial expression, Mina has a calm face. Her academic performance has been very good, and the final exam is just a cutscene;

　　 Chrissy is smiling, she should have a good grade;

　　 Lent seemed a little... depressed.

　　 In this generation of Inmelais, girls generally have better academic performance than boys, and the academic performance of the previous "Karen" is also very average.

　　 It’s just that Karen doesn’t have to go to school now. Lunt has lost his comrades in the same trench, so he has to face concentrated firepower alone.

　　 "Bad test?" Karen asked Lunt.

　　 Lun nodded.

　　 "Then quickly tell your mother your grades, and then promise your mother that you will work hard next semester, and take advantage of your mother's good mood these days."

　　 Hearing his brother's reminder, Lent's eyes lit up, and he ran to the basement to find Aunt Mary.

Before long, Lundt walked back with a smile. Obviously, the final exam results passed. His mother didn't blame him, didn't beat him, and even confiscated the cards in his collection. It was just as his brother said. , And told him to work hard next semester.

　　 "Hey, brother."

　　 After completing the robbery, Lent finally entered the happy state of winter vacation.

　　 "Lent, come mop the floor!" Mina called to her brother on the second floor.

　　 "Here, sister!"

　　 Lunt trot upstairs.

　　 Karen knows that Aunt Mary is in a good mood these days. The day before yesterday was her birthday. Karen prepared a sumptuous birthday dinner for her aunt. Of course, these are not the most important;

　　The most important thing is that at the dinner table, Diss personally toasted Aunt Mary:

　　 "You worked hard, because of the family business, because of Mason, because of the children at home."

　　 got Aunt Mary, who was affirmed by her father-in-law, drank the red wine in the glass, then buried her head and wept bitterly for a long time.

　　 In fact, she wants to laugh, but sometimes the expression of being too happy is to cry.

　　 Diss’ status in the hearts of his family is completely different, so Diss’ personal affirmation in person is of great significance to Aunt Mary.

In the two days after the birthday dinner, Aunt Mary walked with the wind and hummed her favorite happy tune. This morning when Mrs. Mark complained about her flowers being picked by the guests as usual, Aunt Mary took the initiative to tell her. Apologize and offer to pay compensation at the same time;

　　 This change made Mrs. Mark a little at a loss. Instead of asking Aunt Mary for compensation, she turned around and was so angry that she pulled out a few flowers by herself. Perhaps, she was just trying to find the fault for a personal quarrel.

　　 Close the book, and a sentence is printed on the cover:

　　 "You think you run frankly, but you can't get real visibility."

　　 Karen silently used his fingers to calculate the days. If today is not counted, there are only two days left on the 7th that Diss said.

　　 Aunt Eunice also came on her birthday night; Karen also went to Eunice’s house for afternoon tea yesterday.

　　 Karen clearly noticed that Mrs. Jenny was preparing to move, and she specifically asked Karen if she was seasick.

　　 In short, the days are approaching.

"Jingle Bell…"

　　 The phone rang.

　　 Karen walked over and answered the phone:

　　 "Hello, this is the Funeral Club of Inmelais."

　　 "Hello, I'm looking for Karen Inmerles."

　　 There was a gentle male voice on the phone.

　　 "Excuse me, what can I do with him?" Karen asked.

　　 "Can you ask Karen to answer the phone? I have a gift of life I want to give him."

　　 "Sorry, Karen is not at home now."

　　 Karen hung up.

　　 Is there any telecom fraud now?

　　At this moment, Mina came over, took out a letter and handed it to Karen:

　　 "Brother, I forgot when I just came back, this is a letter to you."

　　 "Who gave it to me?" Karen took the envelope and found that there was no recipient on it.

"　　" is a priest named Simon. He took the initiative to approach us on the tram and said that he and grandpa were good friends, and then asked us who was the smartest and he would give us the smartest gift.

　　 I was not going to answer because I thought this person was so strange.

　　 But Lunt said that Brother Karen is the smartest at home, and Chrissy nodded immediately.

　　 That priest gave us this letter, let us come back and give it to your brother.

　　 Brother, that priest is not a liar, right? "

　　 "It's possible," Karen said, "You still have to be careful next time."

　　 "Well, but he got out of the car after only one letter."

　　 "Okay, I have received the letter. By the way, there is yogurt made by me in the refrigerator. Go and share it with Kris Lunt and the others."

　　 "Okay, brother."

　　 Mina hugged Karen, kissed Karen on the face and ran away with a smile.

　　 Mina, who has always been quiet and sensible, suddenly became willing to express her feelings. This is not because Mina has changed, but because she, who is so delicate in mind, may have noticed something.

　　 Karen sat down again and opened the envelope:

　　"Hello, when you see this letter, congratulations, you are the lucky one chosen by fate.

　　 I will lead you into the real stairs of this world and appreciate the real scenery of this world.

if you are willing to,

　　 tonight at eight o'clock,

　　 can go to the door of the church on Mingke Street, I will be there waiting for you.

　　Your lead person—Simon. "

"Ha ha."

　　 Karen laughed after reading the letter.

　　 The format of this letter made him naturally think of the various prize-winning scam emails that were stuffed in his mailbox in his previous life.

but,

After 　　 laughed,

　　 Karen's expression also became serious.

　　 It's a phone call and a letter, and the location is still the church where my grandfather worked. It's okay to ridicule, but it's a bit self-deception to treat it as a scam.

but,

　　 "Sizzle..."

　　 Karen tore the letter.

　　 "Oh, the fool just went."

　　 Karen walked up to the second floor. Just then, he saw Diss walking down.

　　 Ye Ye and Sun's eyes just met,

　　 Karen immediately said:

"Grandpa, a priest passed me a letter through Mina and they had a phone call to find me earlier, saying that I was the lucky one chosen by fate, and in the letter he invited me to be at 8 o'clock tonight. Meet him at the door of the church on Mink Street. Simon is the depositary."

　　 The report is complete.

　　 Diss nodded, indicating that he knew.

　　 Karen stretched slightly, and it was time for him to prepare dinner.

　　 "You don't need to prepare dinner anymore."

"Um?"

　　 "Come out with me."

　　 "Okay, grandpa, I'm going to get the car keys... Oh no, grandpa, Uncle Mason has left in a hearse, and there is business today."

　　 "Just walk."

　　 "Okay, grandpa."

　　 Karen followed Diss to the first floor. There were several umbrellas on the inside of the living room door, all of which were black.

　　 After all, the umbrellas in the funeral society are not suitable for having too many rich colors.

　　 Diss walked in front with an umbrella, Karen followed behind with an umbrella, and the grandfather and grandson stepped into the rain curtain.

　　 Karen didn't ask where Diss was going, so he just followed, except that the direction to go was not where the church was.

　　Walking to the intersection, Diss stopped, and Karen stopped too.

　　 A taxi drove past, Diss beckoned, and the car stopped in front of his grandpa and grandson.

　　 Karen stepped forward to help Grandpa open the door of the rear seat so that Grandpa got in the car first, and then he sat in the co-pilot position.

　　 It turned out that when Grandpa said to walk, he meant to walk out and take a taxi.

　　 Grandpa said the location, West Street Cemetery.

　　 Twenty minutes later, the taxi stopped at the entrance of the cemetery. It was a small cemetery, and it was already "full", and its location was not in the city center but not in the suburbs.

Unlike the people who were familiar with the cemetery in the previous life, the residents of Luojia City did not resist the cemetery near their residence. To a certain extent, houses closer to the cemetery would be more popular. , Of course, the premise is that the cemetery is well maintained, not the style of mass graves.

　　 Standing at the entrance of the cemetery, you can see a wooden house inside. It should be the house of the gardener, but now the door is closed and the gardener should not be at home.

　　 Diss walked in along the gravel path, and then took Karen to a joint tombstone.

　　 This should be a joint burial of a husband and wife, the last name is Smith.

　　 "Today is the memorial day of your father and mother."

　　 Karen was silent.

　　 It stands to reason that he should kneel down at this time and shout with a deep voice, "Father, mother, my child is coming to see you."

　　 But Karen can't do this kind of overly artificial emotional expression, and he still has to do it in front of Diss. First of all, this style of painting is not allowed.

but,

　　 Karen still held the umbrella, took a step back, and bowed to the tombstone.

　　 After bowing, Karen asked, "Where are their bodies buried here?"

　　 Diss shook his head.

　　 Oh, that's the clothing mound.

　　 Karen remembered that Pu'er said that the remains of clergy would be recycled by the major churches, because this was one of the important materials. What Ms. Molly asked of herself was the purified body.

　　The family name of the tombstone is Smith instead of Inmelais. Is it to hide the fear of being disturbed?

　　 Karen glanced at Diss from the corner of his eyes. "Karen"’s parents were killed by Diss himself, because they were severely polluted at the time, and they were no longer humans or even sober existences;

　　 So their memorial day is also Diss’s sad day. A man who pays so much attention to family killed two of his family members with his own hands.

　　 Diss stood there silently for a long time.

　　 Karen was by her side, lowered her head, watching the puddle in front of her being hit by the rain little by little.

finally,

　　 Diss turned around, apparently planning to leave, Karen hurriedly followed.

　　 "Grandpa, do you come here today every year?" Karen asked.

　　 In the memory of the last "Karen", there is no memory of accompanying grandpa to worship his parents.

　　 "Yeah." Diss replied, "I choose a tombstone every year, stop and stand for a while."

　　 "Huh, huh?" Karen's eyes widened, "So, who is the owner of the tombstone that Grandpa just now?"

　　 "Smiths, isn't it written on the tombstone?" Diss asked rhetorically.

　　 So, it doesn’t even count as a cloak, and any pseudonym to cover people’s ears is just my own brain supplement. The tomb buried under the tomb is really an unknown couple surnamed Smith!

　　 "Are you surprised?" Diss asked.

　　 Karen pursed her lips, and said, "It was a little accidental, but I can understand, if I have sorrow in my heart, even a photo, a flower, a beam of sunshine can be sustenance and miss.

　　 Grandpa deliberately found a cemetery and chose another tombstone. The sense of form is already very comprehensive. "

　　 "A sense of form, a sense of ritual." Diss chewed on two words, "Yes, that's right."

　　 "Then..." Karen asked, "Choose another tombstone?"

　　 Diss shook his head and said:

　　 "The rain is getting heavier, so let's go home. The sense of form is too heavy and it's not good."

　　 Karen and Diss walked out of the cemetery. Fortunately, the driver who had drove them over seemed to be an athlete who had committed an athlete's foot.

　　 But it would be inconvenient to take a taxi on a rainy day. Karen helped Diss to open the rear door. After Diss got in, Karen ran to the other side to open the door and sat down beside Diss.

　　 "13 Mingke Street."

　　 "Okay, gentlemen."

　　...

　　 came home and stood in front of the house.

　　 Diss stretched out his hand, placed it on Karen's shoulder, patted it, and said:

"go home."

　　 This scene has appeared once, but at that time Diss had a murderous intent. Now, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is full of kindness.

　　 However, the moment Diss opened the door...

　　 Karen stopped suddenly,

　　 He suddenly thought of something, wrong!

　　 The picture of that day resurfaced in Karen's mind, holding the golden retriever by himself, and Diss standing beside him;

　　 Then, Diss put his hand on his shoulder and asked himself a question: Where is the front?

　　I took it for granted that it was Diss’s test of himself, and only by saying the answer "home" can I poke the softness in Diss's heart to save his life;

　　 But it was Mr. Hoffen’s work ahead, so he created his own preconceived ideas.

　　 In fact, Diss didn't want to kill himself from the beginning.

so…

　　 The picture in Karen's mind began to move, the angle of view began to stretch, and came to the back.

　　 ahead,

　　 from left to right, also from front to back,

　　 are the golden retrievers who are squatting on the far left and foremost by the traction rope,

　　 standing behind the golden retriever holding the traction rope,

　　 Diss who stands diagonally behind him and puts his hands on his shoulders;

　　...

　　 "Karen."

"grandfather…"

　　 "Karen, where is this place?"

"Family!!"

　　 When I called out this answer in a hoarse voice,

　　 In the screen,

　　 Diss, who put his hands on his shoulders, actually made a protective action to place himself under him. At the same time, Diss turned his head and looked behind him with murderous intent in his eyes.

　　 That killing intent didn’t come to oneself,

　　 Instead, he was facing the road behind him or even across the road... the vague black shadow!