Chapter 296 Cities, Rivers and Lakes (Part 2)
"Can you tell me?" Brother Xiaoxia ordered a glass of wine and asked.
“Okay~”
Naturally, the bartender agreed to Xiaoxia Ge's request.
Then he wiped the wine glass and served the wine lovers around him while telling such a story to Brother Xiaoxia.
This story is very ordinary. In fact, before the Ark came out, this story was circulated in a city called London, but it was just like what I said.
This story is very ordinary. There are no huge monsters and heroes in the story, nor the soul-stirring things in martial arts, so this story has not become a legend.
It... gradually, in the increasingly dense steel city.
......
"margaret m".
This is the name of this weird old lady. Maybe if Xiaoxia Ge chased after him and asked, the woman would have answered this name. But it might not be.
In short, near this platform, this old man is a microcosm of the old woman a century ago.
She is a retired worker who is so ordinary that he cannot be more ordinary.
Since 2007, she has started to come to the subway station day after day. She never takes a ride, just sit quietly, and sit for a day!
The administrator of the platform also said that this behavior has lasted for ten years... or more!
However, this old lady must not have suffered from Alzheimer's disease. She had a brain problem while living, so she would have this move.
She has been here for more than ten years, but she actually has only one purpose, that is, to wait for the subway to open, and listen to the prompt that has been used for forty years:
【mind the gap】
That is the sound that Xiaoxia brother heard on the platform before [Note the gap].
Because this sentence was recorded by her husband forty years ago.
......
2007.
It was a distant era, and the wife's husband left her forever... Maybe it was because of aging, or vascular disease... but no one knows what it was.
Anyway, her world suddenly collapsed.
The only thing that supports her face life was the prompt sound recorded by her husband at the subway station.
And their encounter back then was also in front of the subway station!
She is a passenger, and her husband is a train attendant.
The first thing he said to her was... Pay attention to the gap
This sentence is the best sentence in the world for her!
However, as time progressed, the prompt that my husband recorded forty years ago was gradually removed.
There is only an old site left in the entire city, and this prompt sound is still playing.
In order to hear her husband's voice, she moved to the vicinity of the site, and she had to dress up carefully every morning and then go out early.
As the bartender's narration was unhurried, Brother Xiaoxia seemed to see a scene.
In the subway passage, the old woman passed by countless oncoming passengers, but her eyes never fell on anyone.
Occasionally, I would see a wandering artist whose talent reminded her of her husband, so she would come forward and throw coins and stop and watch for a while.
After getting off the platform, she kept looking back, afraid that she would not be able to catch up with the moment when the subway door was opened.
It was as if she was afraid that her husband would be disappointed if he didn't see her face after opening the door.
And when the train arrives, she will be as happy as a child again, leaving a hint of shyness before seeing her lover.
Finally, when the train opened, the familiar voice sounded, and the corners of her mouth began to rise, as if she saw the waiting person walking out of the car door with a smile.
This lonely old man has lived like this for ten years. Over the years, no one except herself knows the story, and no one can understand her approach.
But she never cared, she just sat so quietly, waiting and listening.
......
Until one day, the calm days were turbulent!
On this day, she went out early as usual, and everything around her was no different from usual.
Except when she got off the elevator, the couple in front of her made her fall into memories for a while.
However, when she finally waited for the train and appeared with the sound of expectation, the radio recalled another cold voice:
【Please pay attention to the gap between the train and the platform】
It is clearer and more pleasant than the previous prompt.
But, at this moment.
She began to panic.
At first she thought there was something wrong with her ear, but when the radio rang again, her eyes were filled with anxiety and despair.
Finally, she burst into tears in the crowded subway station. The pedestrians around her did not notice the old man with their bodies. They were in a hurry and walked by her side. There might occasionally be one or two people watching, but soon, they would be attracted by the open subway door.
After all, this woman is just a passerby in other people's world.
And in her own heart, at that moment, her husband completely...leaved away from her...
......
......
Afterwards, she found the staff, hoping to get the disc with her husband's voice.
The local railway staff told her that the CD had been eliminated long ago and there was nowhere to be found, her sadness had already crawled over every wrinkle on her face.
"I lost him again..."
This was the last sentence she said when she turned around and left.
......
Of course, the fact that this story could be circulated in that era certainly indicates that this story did not end here.
Because of this old woman's affairs, the staff at the London Underground Station announced it. A director also heard about the story and made a short film.
The name is [mind the gap]
Of course, in this copy, Xiaoxia Ge definitely couldn't hear the whole story. He just listened to the bar telling the story, and then... in the newspaper next to him, he saw a report similar to "The light rail platform will be renovated next month."
There are not many people in the bar, so naturally there is no noise.
The gentle music is singing unknown songs...
[City is cold, it makes your heart unable to find its direction]
[City is tender again, it allows your traumatized heart to encounter a trace of light]
【Follow a warm heart, find a more dazzling light in the city】
[That's not just a cold language, but another person is waiting forever late]
【Don't be afraid, I'm by your side】
Brother Xiaoxia put down his wine glass... He has read too many stories. In those books, there are the long sunset, the rain, snow, wind and sand, heroes, and beauty. They all have heart-wrenching experiences, which make people excited about love, hate and affection that makes people feel so excited that they have goose bumps.
This kind of coarse and cruel emotion occupies an unshakable position in the spiritual world of Brother Xiaoxia.
The knight seems to be like that...
But it seems that at this moment, Xiaoxia Ge's heart had some other things besides the huge things that could only be touched in the spiritual world.
For example, a woman sitting quietly beside the platform...
A small bench, listening for more than ten years.
Chapter completed!