90,000 Years of Longevity

Chapter 135: Lone Tree

On both sides of the inner yard, two big trees were planted. 

The types of trees were different, but all of them grew thick leaves, creating two coolness in the yard.

The two trees were several meters apart.

A black kitten appeared from nowhere, jumping back and forth on the two trees.

In the yard, there was a wooden table with a few leaves falling on it.

On both sides of the table, there were two rattan wooden chairs.

The paper on the doors and windows of the house was brand new, reflecting bright light under the sun.

These sceneries made the air exude a vivid breath.

Seeing Ye Bei walked into the courtyard, the old woman raised her foot and took a step forward.

The yard had a three-step threshold, which was not very high, but the woman was too old, her hands and feet were not tight, and both hands were holding the brand new wooden door of Yard No. 99 together. When she crossed her head, and then saw the scenery in the yard again, her body was startled a little, "It's incredible. After so many years, nothing has changed here. It's exactly the same as it was 80 years ago. Everything is brand new. This environment is so nostalgic."

"Actually, the changes are also great." Ye Bei said.

The scenery here did seem to be the same as before, but many things were no longer what they used to be.

After listening, the woman leaned her head, her muddy eyes looked carefully in this courtyard.

Every layout, every little detail.

She looked at everything place seriously.

The memories of decades ago merged with the current landscape.

After a long time, the woman spoke again, "I remember that there was a peach tree in this yard before, but it was gone. Now there are two more unknown trees. I saw through the crack of the door a few days ago. The weeds are very clean now. The trees you are talking about are just these two trees, right? They are growing really fast."

"Yeah." Ye Bei looked at the woman's changes.

Those eyes became more and more indifferent.

In his eyes, there was no emotion, no distractions.

Then he spoke, and his voice floated, "The person has been seen, and the trees have been planted. The cause and effect in the alley are completely cleared."

The woman loosened her hand to grasp the door and stepped on the threshold with difficulty. Her brows were sometimes frowned and sometimes loosened. When standing on the third threshold, she said seriously, "This tree, I always feel that something is missing."

Ye Bei did not answer but walked to the wooden table and sat on the chair gracefully. Then his eyes fell on the woman, "There are chairs in the yard, you sit down first."

"Okay." The woman answered a word and stepped into the yard with a shaking body step by step.

Ye Bei looked away from the woman again. Through the gate of Yard No. 99, he could just see the bucket of water that the woman had brought from the ancient well. It was quietly placed on the threshold of Yard No. 98. The sun was shining inside. The water without wind automatically reflected the bright light.

The woman was also not welcomed.

After coming over, she adjusted her clothes and sat opposite Ye Bei.

However, when she sat down, she immediately tilted her head, not looking at Ye Bei at all. Instead, she focused her gaze on a tree on the left side of the yard, quietly watching the green leaves swaying with the wind.

Ye Bei didn't speak.

The woman was silent.

The courtyard was very quiet.

The woman looked seriously. Her eyes were sometimes blank, sometimes burning, and sometimes thinking about something.

Time passed quietly.

Whoosh...

When a breeze blew, the dry branches of the tree shook, and the thick leaves made a rattling sound. The woman sitting in the chair grinned and showed a faint smile.

Ye Bei's gaze was placed on the bucket of water outside, and when he heard the sound of the leaves, he spoke again, "What can you see?"

The woman nodded, "Well, I see it."

Ye Bei's hand quietly placed on the wooden table.

With a slight movement of his fingers, a dark brown wooden cup appeared in his hand out of thin air. A glass of clear water appeared in it, and it exuded a cold breath.

Ye Bei picked up the cup and placed it at the corner of his mouth, rippling gently.

"Oh?" Only then did he faintly spit out a word.

The woman's eyes narrowed slightly, "Although these two trees are planted in the yard, they are very lonely." 

"How to explain?" Ye Bei stopped his hand. 

The woman was serious, "One is planted on the left and the other is on the right. They are all working hard to grow wildly, but the distance is too far. It may take a thousand years for the branches to touch each other."

Ye Bei nodded and murmured, "After a thousand years, maybe these two trees have already withered! Even if they actually touch each other, they will find that they are not the same species, and they will end up regretfully."

"Yes, some things are destined to be fruitless, because, from the beginning, they are doomed to be without result." The woman sighed.

"Meow~"

After her sentence ended, the little black cat that was moving back and forth between the two trees made a faint cry.

The corners of the woman's mouth moved, and she continued, "But it's good to be able to look lonely in a yard, and there is a black cat jumping back and forth between the two trees. Isn't this count as a connection?"

Ye Bei raised the cup and drank a bit of water. After drinking, Ye Bei placed the wooden cup lightly on the table and made a faint sound.

Then he said, "That cat, like a thread in the river of time, always likes to connect two different lives, but that thread will sooner or later break apart."

The woman's eyes closed slowly, and then she turned her head at Ye Bei, "Yes, that cat will pass away sooner or later. Even it itself is nothing but a piece of dust of time."

...

On the other side, Qiao's villa area.

The bloody smell in the air was disappearing little by little, and it was replaced by a strong smell of disinfectant water instead.

A group of men in black suits was carefully cleaning up.

"Go faster."

Cheng Shou stood there, watching the blood quickly washed into the sewer, and when the ground was getting cleaner a little bit, his voice urged coldly.

At the same time, he raised his head from time to time and looked towards the sky.

Just now, Wang An called him...

After asking him to clean up the scene, he also asked Cheng Shou to go to the alley to pick up Ye Bei immediately.

It was only that, however, Cheng Shou had a hunch that Egypt was so unstable now, plus Ye Bei, it wouldn't be long before something big would happen.

Maybe the whole world would undergo tremendous changes.