Chapter 335: The Road Ahead Is Difficult
Chapter 335: Turning Back Is Difficult (Chapter )
"Anna..."
Just like Leon in her memory, after calling out the name of the girl in front of her, Emma felt that all the fatigue in her body suddenly receded like the tide, and even her shoulders, which felt as heavy as if they were carrying a thousand-pound burden, suddenly felt relaxed.
However, what replaced it was not the joy and happiness from the heart, but a lingering regret and shame.
“I lost my job…”
After saying this dejectedly, Emma…or Leon in the past, explained with a look of annoyance on her face:
"I really didn't slack off, but I can only carry about half the weight of others. The foreman only paid me half a month's salary and told me not to go to the dock tomorrow. I..."
"You're already fine."
The dim oil lamp and the girl's soft footsteps approached together. After a warm hug, a comforting voice without any blame rang in Emma's ears.
"Brother, this is not your fault. I know you must have done your best. I have saved you some food tonight. Come in and have a good rest after you finish eating..."
"I……"
"Senior Emma?"
The puzzled whisper in her ear and the warmth from her palm pulled Emma out of this memory that did not belong to her.
After shaking her head in confusion, Emma looked at Leon who had a puzzled look, and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, I just... um... I think I saw your past memories."
Looking at the slightly fluorescent white bricks under her feet, Emma said softly:
“If I’m not mistaken, if two people step on the same brick, the person who steps on it later will seem to see the memory of the person who stepped on it earlier.
Leon, if you mind, I actually…"
"It's okay, just watch."
Recalling the first time he lost his job as a bag carrier at the dock, how he secretly found a place to cry, and then was comforted by Anna's kind words, Leon smiled a little embarrassedly.
"There shouldn't be anything too shameful in my memories, and if you hadn't saved Anna in the hospital, these memories would be... well... Anyway, if reading my memories can help you cross the black and white bridge, then I won't mind."
"Thanks……"
Holding Leon's warm and strong hand, Emma's palms were finally no longer slightly cold, and a little color appeared on her pale face again. Her heart was warmed by his frank and passionate emotions.
After making sure that she was ready, Leon, who still had one foot outside the bridge, clenched his fists, then raised his other foot and stood completely on the black and white bridge.
White bricks also represent happiness.
Emma, who had received Leon's promise, regained her courage and stepped onto the bridge.
"Big brother!"
The one who appeared in front of Emma this time was Leon's brother who was chubby and cute, but always looked serious and looked like a little adult. At this moment, Emma, or Leon in her memory, was standing next to a wall, staring at the nails on the wall in a trance, while William, who was standing next to Leon, looked up and asked seriously:
"Brother, are you sick?"
Is Leon sick this time?
After hearing the question from Leon’s brother, Emma couldn’t help but be slightly startled.
Isn't that right? Leon stepped on the white tile, so this should be a happy memory, right?
The Leon in his memory seemed to have the same doubts as Emma. After shaking his body a little, Leon said with a puzzled look on his face:
"No, I'm a little tired recently, but I think I'm fine."
"Do not lie to me!"
After looking at Yanang seriously and then looking down at himself, William, who looked like a little adult, also shuddered a little, then frowned and said seriously:
"If you're not sick, why is your area so swollen..."
"Cough, cough, cough! Cough, cough, cough!"
After using the loudest cough in his life to wake Emma up from her memories, Leon did not expect that the memory of the two brothers "letting the water" by the wall would also be captured by the Black and White Bridge. With an embarrassed face, he said to the dazed Emma:
"Well, I just thought about it. Although I don't mind sharing my memories with you, Senior, but... um... but some situations are quite special... so... um... so can I screen the content first, and then you can step on it?"
Through her still tightly clenched hands, Emma felt the embarrassment surging in Leon's heart, which was enough to make one dig out a large flat with one's toes. Then she came to her senses and understood what she had just seen.
After recalling the strange yet extremely real touch, Emma's fair face suddenly turned red, even her small and fair earlobes were stained with a hint of crimson, and then she quickly turned her head away.
"Okay...Ok..."
"..."
Damn it! I was wondering why I was so lucky this time, two consecutive white blocks, it turns out they were waiting for me here!
After secretly cursing his damn luck, Leon took a deep breath and took the third step.
White blocks, still white blocks.
This time it is Melanie who appears. Although she is naughty and loves to stir up trouble, most of the time, she is still a warm and caring little girl.
The best memory associated with her was that she was caught in freezing rain while selling newspapers and had a high fever the next day. Anna ran out to buy medicine for her, and Melanie took William to dig out a few nests of crow eggs to nourish her body.
Well...it was actually pretty good up to this point, but unfortunately, in the following week, my house was attacked crazily by a flock of angry crows, and everything from the door to the windowsill was covered with half-dried bird droppings.
When I recovered from my illness and went to clean up with a shovel, I found that the grayish-white dry bird droppings were more than two fingers thick. I had to hit them with a hammer before I could pick them out. It took me three or four days to finally clean them all.
All I can say is that this little cotton jacket is warm enough when it is warm, but it is also really leaky when it is supposed to be leaky...
After reading this warm but hilarious memory, Leon couldn't help but shook his head helplessly, then squeezed Senior Emma's palm hard, indicating that there was nothing to be avoided this time and she could step on it.
However, Leon pinched several times in a row, and Senior Emma, who fell behind, did not continue to move forward, and remained silent. A wave of grief that was almost overflowing, followed the tightly clenched palms of the two and broke into Leon's heart.
"Emma, my daughter..."
Along with the grief that almost broke his heart in two, Leon felt his ears slightly swollen and painful. A voice that was sad, slightly annoyed, but full of worry and reluctance, trembled and drilled into his eardrum.
"It's been six years...how are you doing?"
(End of this chapter)