A hand fell on Allen's shoulder. Adele squatted down and whispered, "Your mother will be proud of you."
Allen pressed his hand on Adele's hand and nodded, "Thank you."
He had regained his composure and stood up again. The tin house was full of afternoon sunshine. The inside and outside of the house were filled with sunflowers, making it look like a field of gold. Even though it was a simple and crude iron house, it was still embellished with a dream-like beauty.
"This oasis, and these flowers, grass, and trees can't be natural." After calming down, Allen re-examined the place.
Adele also agreed, "Oasis in the desert is usually because of the nearby underground river passing through, so it is possible to grow plants and trees. But it takes a long time to complete all this, but I'm sure that a year ago, this place was still a barren land, and it was impossible for such an oasis to be formed. "
"If it's not natural, then it's man-made?" Allen was surprised. What kind of person could create an oasis? Obviously, these flowers, grasses, and trees could not grow to their current state just by planting something.
They were created out of thin air!
Thinking of the word "created", Allen's heart moved slightly. At this time, there was the sound of a dog barking in the distance. The two turned their heads and looked over. Someone was walking over from that side. He looked like a farmer, carrying a shovel on his shoulder. Wearing a hat, his face could not be seen clearly, only that he was wearing a shirt and his long feet were rolled up without shoes. A yellow dog ran around him, barking twice from time to time.
Adele was fine, but she felt strange. When she looked at Allen, she couldn't help but be startled. The expression on Allen's face changed rapidly, from the initial shock to anger, and finally calmness to indifference. He whispered, "Adele, can you wait for me in the car? I want to talk to this person."
The young girl nodded and didn't ask why. She turned around and left.
When she disappeared behind the trees, the farmer also came to the tin house. Under the sunlight, he raised his head slightly under the brim of the hat. His eyes looked at Allen in the shadows, and then he threw a bone to the yellow dog. He walked into the iron house and took out a stone tablet made of a tree trunk. Allen watched as he nailed the wooden tablet into the ground beside the house and placed it between the sunflowers.
Allen walked over. There was a line of words engraved on the wooden tablet: May you be safe in heaven, pure and unstained like flowing water.
The knocking sound rang in his ears, and the man turned his back to him and continued his work. Allen said softly, "He's already gone. What's the point of doing this?"
The man with his back to him replied: "That depends on your idea of meaning. For me, if I remember her, then it all means something. If I've already forgotten, then there's no point in doing anything else. "
"Do you remember her?"
The man finally finished his work. He stood up, pulled the brim of his hat, and said softly, "Unforgettable."
Allen shuddered.
The man walked into the iron house and took out a smoking pipe and a pack of tobacco. He sat down by the side of the house, put his feet on the ground, and filled his pipe with tobacco. "Would you like to hear a story?" he said.
"Go ahead." Allen sat on the other side, leaning against the outer wall of the house. He raised his head and used his hand to block the bright but not glaring sunlight.
The man's voice seemed to come from far away. "Many years ago, there was a man. He was a bastard. He had been to many places and had different women. Even those women already had his flesh and blood, but he still abandoned them mercilessly. Because for him, meeting women and having children were just a means to continue the family line. It had nothing to do with love. "
"But on a bright afternoon like today, he saw a girl. When the girl looked back at him, he saw himself in the girl's eyes. At that moment, it was like something gently caressed his heart, and then he knew that he had fallen in love with the girl. "
"You might think it's unbelievable, but that's the truth. There's no logic to love, and it has nothing to do with reason. Some people spend their whole lives together, but in the end, they never really love each other. They are husband and wife, but strictly speaking, they are just partners living together. Some people have never seen each other, but because of a casual glance, they can never forget that glimpse. "
"As I said earlier, the man was a bastard. Although he liked girls, his methods were rough and unreasonable. He took the girl away from a big family and made her, who was originally a princess, become an ordinary girl. At first, the girl hated him as much as she wanted, so the man tried to please her. Knowing that she liked flowers and grass, he began to plant flowers and grass. Knowing that the girl liked small animals, he caught squirrels and puppies to tease her. "
"Gradually, the girl began to have a good impression of him. Then, naturally, the two of them got together. One fine night, the girl gave herself to him. As the girl cried, he swore that he would be good to her for the rest of his life. The girl believed him and regarded him as her lifelong partner. "
"However, the ending of the story was not as beautiful as other love stories. No matter how much the man wanted to be with the girl, he had to leave her. But he had no choice but to leave this girl, even if she already had his flesh and blood. But he had to leave, so he left without giving the girl any explanation. He would rather this girl hate him than have any hope for him. He prepared to atone for his sins. When he died, he would go to heaven to apologize to the girl and beg for her forgiveness. "The man paused here," If he had the chance to go to heaven … "
Allen was silent, and the man did not speak again. Only the tobacco in the pipe made a soft sound from time to time. After a while, the man blew out a smoke ring and said, "The story is over. Do you want to do it?"
"If I do it, I'm afraid she won't forgive me. Although she did say that she would put the dagger into the chest of the bastard man. But now I find that the man is not such a bastard. Maybe, he needs a chance to explain. "
Allen stood up and was ready to leave.
"There won't be a chance like this again," the man reminded him.
"I know, but Milo also said that if I do this, it will only end the dusk of this era, but not the fate of our race. You should know that, right? "
"I know." The man took a drag of the cigarette and blew it out. "It's just that I can't wait to go to that world to see her."
"Anyway, you've waited for so long. Just bear with it a little longer."
Allen waved his hand with his back to the man. "I'm leaving."
"Father."
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