Why did John want to go to the moon?
Mencius didn’t know, Confucius didn’t know, and Lao Tzu didn’t know either!
Therefore, players have to go back to an earlier timeline, or find out the old man’s purpose of going to the moon, or implant the psychological suggestion of "going to the moon" in him when he was a child.
So, in the timeline when John is older.
The matter of "going to the moon" became a natural thing.
To do this, they need a "memory fragment", which is a prop that can evoke memories and reverse the timeline.
"Memory fragment? This is all I have..."
As he was speaking, Old John picked up an umbrella from the bench and handed it to the two men.
“This thing…”
The anchor of the Alliance Zone, Ma Chachong, took the umbrella handed over by Old John and was a little skeptical:
"Can this also be used as a memory fragment?"
Talking.
The horse fork worm presses the handle.
Buzz——
As the handle vibrated, the umbrella in the game was opened by him.
Then there was a flash of white light, and time went back.
…
[Two years ago, Xiaoxi had just passed away from illness]
When the picture returned to normal, the umbrella was back in Old John's hands.
At this time, the time had moved forward a little and a drizzle was falling from the sky.
Old John was standing by the lighthouse at this moment, holding an umbrella.
To be more precise, it is holding an umbrella over the tombstone.
His umbrella was tilted towards the tombstone, as if he was afraid that it would get wet by rain.
Although his body was mostly wet, he was unaware and just muttered to himself.
As the peaceful and slightly sad piano music came, Old John's voice seemed a little hoarse:
"It's all over... Creek."
"Now, I can take care of her just like you do... She will never be alone again."
"Perhaps... I will never understand, but I will always be loyal to your wishes."
"Anya will also be grateful to you..."
“But when I leave too”
"Who will come to look after us..."
Having said this, old John, who was hunched over and looked sad and haggard, sighed.
The raindrops fell on his umbrella, making a rhythmic sound.
Seeing this, the horse fork worm walked up to Old John and said:
"Is this... your lover?"
"Who are you?" Because time jumped forward, Old John at this time didn't recognize him at all, and didn't know anything about 'life reconstruction'.
"My name is Lao Sao," said Ma Chach Chong, "I'm a doctor passing by."
"oh……"
Old John nodded, not caring, but continued to look at the tombstone, feeling lost:
"She shouldn't have been buried here. I mean, she didn't have to do this..."
"... Never mind... You won't understand..."
"Because even I often cannot understand her..."
The riddle-like question lingered in the minds of Ma Chachong and all the viewers in the live broadcast room——
What on earth did Old John mean? What did he mean by 'she could have done otherwise'? What did he mean by 'doing this'?
Moreover, who was the "Anya" that Old John was mumbling about before Old Sao talked to him?
The overlapping mysteries and the feeling of unraveling the mystery made everyone fully engaged and there was a heated discussion.
"What does Old John mean? He shouldn't be buried here. Does that mean Xiaoxi shouldn't be buried here?"
'Where should he be buried?'
"No, I think what the old man meant is that Xiaoxi shouldn't have died."
'hiss--'
"What the hell!"
"Is that... related to Anya?"
'【Anya】Who is this? Their child?'
"The old couple had no children. Didn't you see that it was the nanny who took care of old John in the end?"
"From what Old John said , they all know this Anya, and she is someone Xiaoxi cares about very much."
"Tsk, this game is interesting. I have to finish it today, or I won't be able to sleep all night."
'Second!'
"+1+1+1......"
Seeing the audience's encouragement, Ma Chachong nodded repeatedly:
"Okay, okay, let's clear it no matter what time it is today. Otherwise, not to mention you, I won't be able to sleep either..."
While talking!
The horse fork worm was looking for new clues nearby.
And at the top of the lighthouse, he found a familiar object——
Plush platypus doll.
A white light flashed, and time went back again.
…
[A few years ago, when Xiaoxi was dying]
This is the first time players meet Creek, John's wife, who has orange-red hair.
At this time, John had not yet moved into the house by the sea.
He is still guarding the terminally ill creek with all his heart.
And the platypus was held in the arms of the stream.
The ground was still covered with paper rabbits.
"...It's enough."
"Even if I pay for the surgery, there's still more than enough money left, don't worry..."
As he spoke, John tucked in the quilt for Xiaoxi.
"A white lie."
The stream suddenly said:
“…That’s what you said.”
"alright--"
John seemed to give Xiaoxi a comforting smile, telling her not to think too much:
"There must be enough money..."
"Okay." Xiaoxi interrupted him: "I don't like you lying, and I don't want to go against my beliefs."
"But we need that money to treat your illness..."
John's voice was low, and seemed to carry an incomprehensible pain:
"I understand that Anya is important to you, but...but you've gone too far now...she's not even..."
"You know what would make me happy, John?"
Suddenly, Xiaoxi turned his head and looked at John.
"……What?"
"You know that?"
“…”
Seeing John remain silent for a long time, Xiaoxi's mood seemed to drop as well.
"...I won't agree to the treatment. We can just keep the money..."
"But if you agree with my ideals, you can repair the house... and take good care of Anya for me."
Silence.
"John?" Xiaoxi's voice sounded again.
"Um?"
“I made this…”
As she spoke, Xiaoxi pulled her weak hand out from under the quilt.
Hand the paper rabbit with a yellow belly to John.
"Hey! Isn't this the one we found on the lighthouse before!"
The horse fork worm's eyes lit up:
"Oh - so these paper rabbits were all folded by Xiaoxi?"
So, what’s the point?
Lao Sao felt like he had found a clue, but it wasn't very clear, so he continued reading -
"What is this?" Xiaoxi asked John, holding up a yellow and blue paper rabbit.
John scratched his head: "Uh...what is it?"
"I want you to tell me what this is."
Xiaoxi asked a little paranoidly, as if expecting something.
"A...paper rabbit like the others you made."
John didn't understand.
"What else?"
"Uh... is it made of paper?"
"What else?"
"Its belly is yellow and the rest of it is blue."
"That's right! What else?!"
Hearing this, Xiaoxi seemed to become excited and asked.
"Well……"
However, John couldn't say anything more. He scratched his head and couldn't figure it out, so he simply changed the subject:
"By the way, I wrote a song for you. Let me play it for you."
"The name of this song is "For River"
"...What an old-fashioned name." Xiaoxi chuckled and teased.
As the soft piano music sounded, the forkworm couldn't help but frown.
"I feel like there's something wrong with what Xiaoxi said."
Hearing this!
The audience also expressed their agreement.
"I'm not insulting you, but I think there's something wrong with the creek."
"Yeah, it feels a bit like Riddler."
'I thought at first that those paper bunnies were to stave off Alzheimer's disease (orz)'
'She seemed to be trying to express something through these things'
"Yes, she seemed unable to speak, and instead kept guiding John to say"
"But John can't understand it either. This is... so weird..."
"Like my girlfriend..."
'aphasia?'
"Doesn't aphasia mean muteness?"
'Autism?'
'Doesn't autism mean people simply don't communicate with others?'
"I don't quite understand. Should we just move on quickly or..."
Lao Sao also didn't understand what was going on.
So he began to look for memory fragments to move the timeline forward.
…
And at the same time.
In the apartment.
"Do you still remember this? You talked to me about it for a long time."
Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng, covered with a small blanket, sat leg to leg, each occupying one side of the sofa, lying comfortably and watching the live broadcast.
Seeing this, Shen Miaomiao remembered that she was confused by this project plan during the production.
"Is it difficult? Is it okay? This section is to explain Xiaoxi's illness... "
good!
As the players noticed.
Xiaoxi does suffer from congenital mental illness.
Asperger's Syndrome
This is a type of autism spectrum disorder characterized by social difficulties, accompanied by narrow interests and repetitive behaviors, but compared with other autism spectrum disorders, language and cognitive development are relatively preserved.
To put it bluntly, they can speak and know how to talk, but they cannot correctly express what they are thinking, nor can they socialize normally.
A person suffering from this disease is like a lone boat on the vast ocean.
They watched the other ships from afar, but could not understand them.
Similarly, other ships could only watch them from a distance.
As time goes back, John's friends will confirm this.
In addition to this, another player's guess will be confirmed - Xiaoxi should not have died.
At least, she shouldn't have left John first.
At that time, the roof beams of the house by the sea had just been built, but unexpectedly Xiaoxi was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Therefore, "building a house by the sea" and "extending the life of the creek" became a multiple-choice question that tormented John.
In fact, there was nothing to hesitate about. Faced with Xiaoxi who was suffering from a terminal illness, he naturally had to stop working on the house and devote all his energy to treating Xiaoxi and prolonging her life.
But the problem is that Xiaoxi insisted on building a house.
In the end, the result was obvious - Xiaoxi gave up treatment in exchange for a house by the sea.
But why would Xiaoxi rather give up her life and insist on asking John to build the house?
The players don't know.
In addition, there is a bigger mystery.
Going back in time, John and Xiaoxi had just gotten married.
One day, John confessed something to Xiaoxi at the instigation of his good friend.
He said that the reason he pursued her in the first place was simply because he felt that she was different, aloof and cold, like a water lotus blooming alone.
Originally, this was just a harmless little topic between husband and wife.
After all, John's love for the creek must be even richer at this time.
But.
Since that day, Xiaoxi became paranoid and began to fold origami rabbits desperately, asking John over and over again:
"See that rabbit? Tell me about it?"
"See that rabbit? Tell me about it?"
"See that rabbit? Tell me about it?"
He kept repeating himself, as if he wanted to remind John of something.
One day, two days, three days.
One year, two years, three years.
Tens of years, dozens of years.
Even when she was terminally ill and on the verge of death, she continued to remind John.
A full half of my life.
Shen Miaomiao still remembers that she was so shocked by this scene that she was speechless for a long time!
That’s half a lifetime!
What does Xiaoxi want to remind John of by folding paper rabbits for half her life?
And why, in this half of his life, were John's countless answers not the correct answers and could never satisfy Xiaoxi?
What exactly does that paper bunny mean?
What answer does Xiaoxi want?
And in the midst of huge doubts!
With a flash of white light, time continued to move forward.
…
"Wow! It's quite lively!"
Going back in time.
This time, A Yin found that they had come to a meadow.
The sea is not far away, and the lighthouse looks particularly dreamy under the moonlight.
The grass was bustling with people and filled with laughter.
Various flower bouquets and colorful lights surrounded the tables and chairs, and guests and friends were chatting and laughing with champagne in hand.
"This is an... outdoor wedding?!"
After looking at it for a moment, A Yin understood the time point they were at.
It looked like they were flashing back to John and Brook's wedding day.
The wedding is now coming to an end.
Perhaps because of Xiaoxi's autism, the two wedding protagonists were not present at the scene at the moment.
A Yin was one of the two people found under the lighthouse.
“…Do you feel anything different now?”
Creek leaned under the lighthouse and looked toward John.
"Of course, we exchanged rings, didn't we?"
John also looked towards the stream, his tone full of tenderness.
However, Xiaoxi shook his head:
"No, I mean she..."
As he spoke, Xiaoxi pointed to the lighthouse behind him:
"What do you think of Anya?"
As soon as these words came out!
All the audience in the live broadcast room straightened up!
A cry of surprise -
"What the hell! Anya! Lighthouse?!"
"So this lighthouse is called Anya!"
“Hiss——I think I understand.”
"Xiaoxi knew that she was suffering from a terminal disease, and the lighthouse was a witness to her and John's love, so she gave up treatment and let John continue to build houses here and guard the lighthouse?"
"Isn't that a bit far-fetched? Are you willing to sacrifice your life for a testimony of love?"
"That's right... it seems a bit illogical."
"Tsk, this game is pretty awesome. In other games, the more you progress, the fewer mysteries you have, but in this game, the more you progress, the more mysteries you have."
"It's the work of an old thief, it's normal, how can you be content if he doesn't torture you?"
"Let's keep pushing forward then..."
As the comments continued, John spoke:
"Let's go dance on top!"
The stream seemed somewhat cramped:
"Uh...but I can't..."
"It's okay! I'll teach you!"
As he spoke, John stood up and took Xiaoxi's hand.
The two ran all the way to the top of the lighthouse. A bright yellow light lit up at the top of the lighthouse, like another bright moon in the night sky.
In the distance, the sea waves are rippling.
In the lighthouse, the light and shadow are warm.
Seeing this, the players were slightly moved.
Although, Old John didn't know why Creek valued the lighthouse so much.
But he still chose to carefully protect this lighthouse named "Anya" for half his life.
From its former glory and brightness to its abandoned and dilapidated state after the passage of time.
John was never far away.
Just like his love for the stream.
Because of your illness, I may not understand what you are saying, but I am still willing to listen to you with my greatest patience.
It was so before, it is so now, and it will always be so.
because I love you.
From the beginning to now, it has never changed.
Although my dying wish is to go to the moon, it's strange to say.
In my memory.
It's all you.
Accompanied by the gentle piano music "For River".
In the light, the two danced awkwardly, and soft laughter drifted out from the lighthouse.
It is like a boat full of love, shining warmly in the sea of ​​stars.
The mottled memories that have been buried in the long river of time are reopened.
The romance and beauty of a lingering stream infects every witness
As time goes by, the two people's journey from acquaintance to understanding and then to love, every little bit of it is melted into the fragments of memories!
With the witness of the pastor, they held hands and promised to be loyal to each other forever, no matter life, old age, sickness or death.
Amid the roar of the breeze, they rode their cheerful horses, galloping freely in the stable, leaving laughter all the way.
In the crowded cinema, they were a little shy, but sat side by side.
Yes, from youth, to middle age, and then to death from illness.
From meeting, to knowing each other, to falling in love and parting.
Life is so short, so short that I don’t have the time to love you better. I can only watch over this lighthouse.
Life is so long, so long that I sit in front of your tombstone day and night, waiting for the unbearable change of day and night.
Looking back again and again, time moves forward again and again.
The magical thing is that it is different from the previous backtracking.
In the several flashbacks of the two people's love process, the players used the same item -
That ugly stuffed platypus!
Yes!
And all the memories about the two of them were recalled using that ugly platypus doll!
The platypus actually followed Xiaoxi for his entire life and never left her arms.
Even when John first plucked up the courage to ask Xiaoxi out to a movie.
Next to her was also sitting the ugly platypus doll.
However!
When they still want to go back further!
An unexpected situation occurred -
As the white light gradually dimmed, the two doctors were seen standing in a broken chaotic light spot!
Old John's memory suddenly came to an end?