Blind man Zou was lying on the bed, his empty eyes staring at the sky, as motionless as a corpse. Only the occasional rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.

"Uncle Zou," Yan Shouyi said, "we have notified Lao Jin to come over. He is a descendant of ancient medicine and can provide you with some help."

Blind Zou nodded, but judging from his expression, he didn't seem to have much desire to live.

Yan Shouyi didn’t understand why Blind Zou suddenly lost hope in life and even wanted to die?

"Ahem... Shouichi, I have owed too many people in my life. I owe it to your father, to the dog Taoist priests, and..."

Blind Man Zou choked with sobs for a long time, and in the end he did not utter the name. He just let out a long sigh and said:

"I wanted to leave alone, but now when I am dying, I feel that the geese passing by have left a sound. I, Blind Man Zou, have lived my whole life, and in the end I didn’t even leave a piece of shit behind... I’m really not willing to accept it.”

With that said, Blind Man Zou handed his guqin to Lin Zitong and said:

"Girl Lin, Shouyi has too much to learn, and it is not convenient for me to pass my guqin on to him, so I will simply give it to you. There is also a piano score that I spent my whole life writing, take it. Please study it carefully, it will be of great help to you in the future."

Lin Zitong took the old guqin and a tattered piano score, feeling very uncomfortable:
< br />"Uncle Zou, why don't you want to live anymore?"

The cold wind penetrated into the house through the cracks in the door, making a whining sound. Long Feicheng was annoyed and turned to close the door tightly.

But Blind Man Zou stopped him: "Open the door."

"...Okay." Long Feicheng didn't ask why, because he felt that Blind Man Zou was now Time is too precious to waste explaining these little things.

Looking at the darkness outside the door, Blind Zou told his story weakly:

“More than twenty years ago, I suffered from cancer and only had eight children left. Months ago, I was still young and didn't know the meaning of life. When I thought that I was going to die soon, I despaired of everything. I gave up my studies, broke up with my family, and walked away alone, wandering aimlessly. I didn’t want treatment, and I thought I would die wherever I went.”

“As time went by, I walked to Luoyang, and my health became worse and worse, and in the end I was so sick that I couldn’t even walk. Not moving, I threw away my backpack and lay down in a bridge hole. I closed my eyes and planned to wait quietly for death. People passing by came and went in a hurry, and no one cared about my life or death. After all, for this world, I am insignificant.”

"At that moment, I suddenly heard the sound of a piano. The sound was melodious and melodious, like a warm breeze blowing from spring. It made people feel comfortable, as if they were bathed in sunshine. The sound of the piano swept away my haze, I tried my best to open my eyes and saw a girl playing the guqin in the bridge hole. Although her music was sweet, no one cared about her, and people passing by didn't even want to stop and take a second look at her."

　“I have never cared so much about a stranger. The sound of the piano seemed to give me the strength to live. I got up again and sat next to the girl. She actually didn’t mind that I was in tatters. Just like that, she played and I listened. From sunrise to sunset, we never said a word. When there were no more pedestrians in the bridge, she still played, as if she was playing just for me."< br />
"In the month since then, I dragged my broken body and sat in the bridge hole every day to listen to her playing the piano. I shouldn't have lived this long, but I did live. Maybe it was the sound of her piano. It healed me. I looked at the girl, but the girl looked at the piano. I thought she was already familiar with my existence, so I mustered up the courage to go up and say hello, but she was shocked and messed up the strings—— I realized that the girl couldn’t see me.”

“For a month, the girl never knew I existed. She just went to the bridge on time, played the piano, and then went home. I asked her What's your name? She shook her head and said nothing. I asked her if I could continue to listen to her playing the piano. She smiled and said that few people like to listen to her playing the piano. In this world, there are not many people who are willing to listen to other people's moods. Time is right. Everyone is important, and not a single second can be wasted... But I, a person who should cherish time more, no longer care about everything. If possible, I hope I can hear it when I die. The sound of her piano."

"Her appearance seemed like a miracle. I should have died a month ago, but with her, I lived for two more months. I listened to her, from sunrise to sunset, her music soothed me, from sunrise to sunset. Later, as you can imagine, I developed a trace of love for her. When that trace of emotion appeared, I seemed not to want to Even though the disease was killing me, time seemed to have meaning."

"That morning, I came to the bridge on time and prepared a bouquet of flowers and a confession poem that I had written long ago. I kept chanting alone, and I was so nervous that my palms became sweaty... But I couldn't wait for her that day. Later I learned that on this morning, she was desperate for life and jumped from her balcony. Now she is Hospital, life or death uncertain..."

"I once regarded her as hope, she symbolized beauty, and her music was so warm, but I never thought that she would collapse before me. . I was getting ready, thinking that if she didn’t survive, I wouldn’t survive either. But for some reason, I, who was not afraid of death, didn’t have the courage at that time. I was afraid of what the world would look like after I died. No one will remember her anymore,I don’t remember the blind girl who played the piano under the bridge, and I don’t remember her sound like the spring breeze..."

"Did she survive? "Lin Zitong asked softly.

"The situation at that time was almost impossible to survive, but... I met a person and made a deal with him. "

Yan Shouyi asked: "Who is it? "

" "The credit knife man." "

"What? ! "

Everyone was extremely surprised. They didn't expect that Blind Zou would actually be related to the person who borrowed the knife.

Only heard Zou Blind said: "The person who borrowed the knife can think There is a way to save her, and it can also keep me alive, but there is one condition - the creditor predicted that she and I will have a child in the future, and what the creditor wants is my child! "

"You... promised him? "Yan Shouyi felt like something was stuck in his throat.

Blind Zou nodded helplessly.

He was just an ordinary person at that time and didn't understand this at all. His mentality was the same as that of Lin Fan back then. , I feel that I just made an empty promise to the person who borrowed the knife. Whether I can be with a girl in the future or whether I can have children is not certain. Even if I agree, what will happen?

"The knife on credit People have indeed accomplished everything they promised. She survived, and I was able to survive through some methods. I confessed my love to her in the ward, and she agreed to my love. We got married and had children. We should have been so happy. We were happily together until—the credit card holder came back to collect the bill. "

At this point, Blind Zou covered his head in pain: "He took away our child, and I couldn't stop him at all. That night, my wife scolded me for being an incompetent waste, and because I was unable to change everything, I eventually separated from her. However, I still couldn't let go of the guilt in my heart. I decided to at least make some amends, so I quietly gave her my corneas. She once gave me light, and now I give the light back to her. "

"Later, I seemed to have returned to the days when I was terminally ill. I took her piano and walked in the dark, looking for the whereabouts of the person who borrowed the knife alone. On the way to search, I also I got to know your father, Dog Taoist, Miaoji Bald Donkey and others, but for many years, the Xiandao people were like the descendants of Lu Ban, extinct from the world. No matter how far I traveled to the ends of the earth, I could not find the kid who was robbed. ”

“To this day, the life that was extended by the person who borrowed the knife has expired. I know that I don’t have much time left, but the guilt in my heart is like a stick in my eye. Thorn, I have not been able to see my son even once again, I...I am afraid that I will never die with my eyes closed..."

Blind Zou shed turbid tears, and let out an unwilling whimper with his dry and hoarse throat.< br />
This isThe story of Blind Zou is a story of a man who should not be alive, who keeps finding hope and then losing it.

The story between him and the girl is just like the story between Boya and Ziqi, "Meeting a bosom friend in high mountains and flowing water", but it is a pity that their ending is even more tragic than that of Boya and Ziqi.

Now Yan Shouyi and others finally understood where the heart-breaking pain in Zou Xiazi’s music came from.

It is his longing and guilt for his children, which is his only concern when facing death.

“I’m afraid I’ll never be able to wait for him again in my life.” Blind Zou choked with sobs.

Yan Shouyi quickly held Zou’s hand and said, “Uncle Zou, to be honest, we met someone who borrowed the knife from us.”

Zou was stunned. , and then forced a smile: "You don't need to make up lies to deceive me."

"It's true!"

In order to make Blind Zou believe, Yan Shou directly took out I bought two kitchen knives left by the knife owner.

When Blind Man Zou saw the kitchen knife, his eyes widened and his face was full of shock.

Of course he recognized this kitchen knife, because the person who gave him the knife back then also left him the same knife!

"You, are you telling the truth?! Cough cough... cough cough!" Blind Zou coughed in excitement.

Long Feicheng hurriedly helped Zou Xiazi, and Lin Zitong comforted him: "The person who borrowed the knife is in Rongcheng now. He has his eyes on West Lake and fought against Shouyi today."

Yan Shouyi also said: "You must hold on, we will go find the credit card holder and find out the whereabouts of your son!"

"You really didn't lie to me. ?" Blind Zou still felt incredible.

"Absolutely not." Yan Shouyi said firmly.

At this moment, Lao Jin arrived. When he saw Blind Man Zou’s face, he was frightened. After taking his pulse and diagnosing it, Blind Man Zou asked anxiously:

"How is my condition? How many days can I live?"

Lao Jin looked embarrassed and wanted to talk to Yan Shouyi alone first, but Zou Xiazi did not He said angrily: "Just say it right here, no need to hide it!"

Yan Shouyi also nodded, and then Lao Jin said:

"Your Your physical condition is very poor. I will try my best... I should only be able to keep you alive for another week."

"Is one week enough?" Blind Zou asked Yan Shouyi.

Yan Shouyi gritted his teeth and said: "I will capture the person who borrowed the knife alive in front of you tomorrow!"