Chapter 725 Uncle’s Regret
"When my uncle told me this, he already had an aunt and a younger brother."
The boy suddenly said, "Uncle started a family very late."
“I didn’t get married until I was about to graduate from elementary school.”
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"Uncle has been waiting for that young lady, right?"
"I thought maybe one day she would come back."
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"But until now, my uncle has not waited for that young lady."
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Because he remembered his uncle's demeanor when talking about this matter, the boy couldn't help but feel a little depressed, "Alas~"
A sigh escaped his throat.
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"Dingling bell~"
The cheerful and loud ringing of bells rang through the campus, and soon, the sounds of footsteps and noisy noises came from outside.
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The boy woke up suddenly.
Only then did I realize that he had been talking for too long without paying attention.
"I'm sorry."
The boy scratched his head and said, "I seem to be taking up too much of your time."
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"It's okay, we don't have anything else to do after class anyway."
Zhuge Yun waved his hand.
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"Has your uncle really never seen that young lady again?"
Zhao Luzheng couldn't help but ask.
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"Yeah."
The boy smiled and said, "Even if you are a monster, how can you leave so soon after being with you for such a long time?"
"Also, although my uncle didn't say it, I think his first love should be that young lady."
"Compared with being rejected, it is more difficult to let go of simply disappearing."
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Zhao Luzheng murmured: "What a pity."
This is a story that is not very clear and has no ending.
Obviously it has a better beginning than many stories.
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"Yeah, what a shame."
The boy smiled helplessly, but there was no smile in his eyes.
His uncle was very kind to him and confided in him at a young age.
Maybe it’s because other people in the family don’t believe in uncle, right?
My uncle also had this matter in his heart for too long and wanted to find someone to talk to.
So I had no choice but to find him, who was just an ignorant child at the time.
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He was an ignorant child at that time, and he once said that when he grew up, he would help his uncle find that young lady.
But when he really grew up, he forgot this promise.
He also became like the rest of the family, thinking that his uncle's memory was either to amuse the fashionable child, or it was just like the adults in the family said. The uncle was a little crazy and fell into self-delusion. Can't extricate myself from it.
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Today I accidentally heard a man say so confidently that even if he couldn't see monsters in reality, he at least wanted to see monsters in his dreams. He immediately thought of his uncle.
I couldn't help but say so much.
"It would be great if uncle could also see that young lady in his dream."
The boy couldn't help but said, "This will put an end to uncle's years of regret."
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"Because I was afraid that the young lady would not be able to find him when she came back, my uncle had been living in the courtyard where he grew up."
"Even if I get married, I will come back and stay for a few days from time to time."
"I'm just worried that I might miss the young lady."
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"One day I saw my uncle sitting under a maple tree. The red maples in full bloom were falling on him, and the gray on his temples became more and more conspicuous."
"I felt so sad all of a sudden."
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"Isn't it a little strange?"
The boy shrugged, "My uncle smiled at me when he saw me."...
"I don't even know what I was feeling sad about before."
"But now, I probably know what I was feeling sad about at that time."
"My uncle is getting older day by day, but he has never seen the person he has been looking forward to for so long."
"How long can uncle wait?"
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"Oh, why do I talk so much again?"
The boy smiled very apologetically at Zhuge Yun and the others, "My name is Xu Zizhen, from the law school."
"I'm really sorry for pulling you into talking about something I don't know."
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"No."
Zhuge Yun shook his head, "My name is Zhuge Yun."
He pointed at the other three people one by one, "Zhao Luzheng, Xiao Xiao, Zhang Bo."
"We are all from the School of Management."
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"Hello."
"As an apology for wasting your time and a thank you for listening to what I have to say, I'll treat you to lunch."
"Besides, there is no good food in the cafeteria at this time."
The boy, Xu Zizhen, smiled and extended the invitation.
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"Okay, then we're welcome."
Zhuge Yun looked at the other people and nodded in agreement.
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Xiao Xiao and his group found a private restaurant near the school.
Because it was almost noon, there were not many customers in the restaurant.
They chose a table by the window and sat down.
After the waiter went down with the menus they ordered, Xu Zizhen looked at Zhuge Yun with some curiosity, "Can I ask, why do you believe that there are monsters in the world?"
"Because-"
Zhuge Yun almost blurted out that it was because of the third child.
There is a friend around you who can see monsters. If it were you, you would believe it.
He simply stopped the car in time.
"Because-"
Zhuge Yun's expression remained normal, but his heart was a little anxious. Suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, "Oh, what's the reason for this?"
"I can believe it if I want to believe it."
Zhuge Yun mentally praised himself for his wit.
Xu Zizhen was stunned for a moment, then laughed a little, "Yes."
For some things, believing means believing. Why do you need so many reasons?
There was silence at the table.
Xu Zizhen recalled some distant memories because of Zhuge Yun's unintentional words before.
I remembered the clear and profound regret and bewilderment in my uncle's eyes at that time.
At that time, I didn't understand my uncle's occasional trances, but now I understand a little bit.
Xu Zizhen didn't know whether what his uncle said was true?
Was there really such a young lady in his uncle's past life that only he could see?
The worried words of the adults in the family about his uncle crossed his mind.
"I wonder what he thinks?"
"Don't I, my parents, my parents, and my grandparents know that there is someone in my house?"
"Could it be someone only he can see?"
"He's not young anymore, it's time for him to wake up."
"Maybe after getting married, he will forget about that young lady, right?"
Later, my uncle got married.
Later, my uncle never mentioned that little sister again.
And he, obviously the only one who told everything about his uncle, also forgot about it like everyone else.
They all thought their uncle had forgotten.
In other words, I became sober because I had my own family.
No more indulging in unrealistic dreams.
However, Xu Zizhen thought, maybe they were all wrong.
Uncle never forgot.
Never, no.
(End of chapter)