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Chapter 121 Time is like a song

In late July, West Vancouver, Vancouver.

Tang Xingguo's house was filled with the smell of medicine, and the originally spacious living room was crowded with people.Tang Jialang and his wife had arrived a week ago, and Tang Hongda was also there, standing beside the young woman who married him a few years ago.

Tang Ruize's eyes were flushed, and he and Aunt Zhang stayed by Tang Xingguo's bedside.

The living room was quiet.Brothers Tang Jialang and Tang Hongda stood side by side by the window, the ashtrays in hand were full of cigarette butts.

"The old man can't take it anymore this time." Tang Hongda took a deep puff of his cigarette and rubbed his eyes hard with the back of his hand.

Tang Jialang didn't say a word, his expression was serious.

"You really...don't inform Tang Tang?" Tang Hongda looked at his elder brother, "The old man didn't fall asleep last night, and kept talking about..."

"I don't have his son!" Tang Jialang growled, suppressing the emotions in his heart, and punched the tiles on the window sill.

The two were talking, but they didn't hear the footsteps coming from outside the main entrance.

The half-open door was pushed open, Zheng Rong sat on the sofa, and happened to meet Tang Tang who came in.

"Tangtang?" She was stunned for a moment, a trace of surprise appeared on her sad face, "Why do you..."

Tang Tang was only wearing a short-sleeved upper body, and his hair was a little messy, obviously he came here from Hong Kong City.Lu Yuxing stood behind him to protect him, with a hand on his shoulder.

"How is grandpa?" Even though Tang Tang had the same experience once, he couldn't help but panic.He walked quickly to his mother, holding Zheng Rong's hands tightly.

By the window, seeing someone coming, Tang Jialang couldn't help yelling: "You two shameless, how dare you show up here?"

He was furious, looking at Lu Yuxing behind Tang Tang, and as he spoke, he wanted to smash out the glass of hot water in his hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Tang Hongda quickly stopped Tang Jialang.

"Get out!" Tang Jialang roared.

Lu Yuxing brought Tang Tang to him and kept a certain distance from him.

The last time the two of them confessed everything when they went to Tang's house, Tang Jialang was so angry that he drove them out together, and finally threw an ancient stone that he didn't know where it came from, and smashed it firmly on Lu Yuxing's back.

"You don't have to admit the relationship between Tang Tang and you," Lu Yuxing looked at him coldly, "but Tang Xingguo is Tang Tang's grandfather."

Although Zheng Rong was also angry with her son, she still couldn't bear it.She went up to take Tang Jialang's arm, and comforted him softly: "Jialang, don't argue with him this time..."

"Don't spoil him!" Tang Jialang glared at Lu Yuxing angrily, and with a flick of his arm, Zheng Rong staggered and slumped against the pendulum beside him, groaning.

"you!"

Tang Tang's mood was already extremely bad. Seeing that Zheng Rong was injured, he immediately became angry, and he was about to rush up and beat his own father with red eyes.Lu Yuxing hugged his waist, before he had time to say anything, he heard a bell-like roar from upstairs.

"Is it enough?!"

Tang Ruize slapped the railing suddenly, his hands clenched into fists, with extreme sadness and anger in his eyes.His black hair was scratched to a mess, there were dark circles under his eyes, and there was stubble on his chin, and he was in a mess.

Downstairs fell silent for a moment.

Tang Hongda helped Zheng Rong up, and Tang Tang was pulled back by Lu Yuxing's arms, and turned his face away to wipe away tears.

"Tang Tang..." Tang Ruize gritted his teeth and suppressed his trembling voice, "You and Lu Yuxing come up."

Lu Yuxing supported Tang Tang, passed in front of Tang Jialang, and quietly went up to the second floor.

Tang Tang was a little dizzy, he barely stood on the railing, and waved to Lu Yuxing.Tang Ruize glanced at the two of them, and led them into Tang Xingguo's room.

"Grandpa wants to see you." Tang Ruize turned around at the door and said to Tang Tang, "Lu Yuxing is waiting outside, you go in with me."

"How is he?"

Tang Tang looked at Tang Ruize with earnest eyes, hoping to hear a glimmer of life from his answer.

"Tang Tang..."

Tang Ruize's brows twitched, and then his red eyes became moist.He opened his mouth with difficulty, "You know everything, don't you, this question should be asked by my brother."

Tang Tang and him looked at each other for a moment, and finally couldn't help crying.

He cried so sadly that Lu Yuxing also felt uncomfortable in his heart, but he couldn't say any words of comfort.Tang Tang was brought up by Tang Xingguo since he was a child, and the relationship between their grandparents and grandchildren is naturally better than that with their parents.

"Who is crying outside... Tang Tang, come in."

An old and hoarse voice came, and Aunt Zhang opened the door of the room, revealing the situation in the room.

Contrary to what Lu Yuxing thought, Tang Xingguo was not lying on the bed, but on the cool chair by the window.He turned his back to the door, and the sunlight poured down from the window, sprinkled on his skinny face.

With a smile on his face and neat velvet home clothes, he seemed to be caught in some kind of good memory.

Tang Xingguo was covered with a blanket. He stroked the photo in his hand and quietly looked at the big tree in the yard.

"Xiao Zhang," he said out of breath, intermittently, "you go out first, and accompany Lu Yu outside." He turned his head with difficulty, stretched out a thin and weak hand, and beckoned to the two brothers outside the door.

"Ozawa...Tangtang, come in."

Tang Tang stopped crying, Lu Yuxing patted him on the back and asked Tang Ruize to take him in.

Aunt Zhang came out and closed the door.

"He is a very good person." Aunt Zhang stood beside Lu Yuxing lonely, "I know that he has always felt guilty about the death of his lover, so at this moment, he feels a kind of relief..."

Lu Yuxing remained silent, looking at the closed door.

In the room, Tang Tang walked quickly to the cool chair, held Tang Xingguo's hand, and knelt down.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Grandpa, I didn't know you were sick."

He lay on Tang Xingguo's lap, holding his grandfather's hand fondly like a child.

Tang Xingguo put Ruan Zhen's photo in his arms with a smile, freed up a hand, and stroked Tang Tang's hair.

"Such a small child..." He murmured, "When did he grow up so big..."

Tang Ruize stood aside with his hands down, sobbing in his throat.

"Xiao Ze." Tang Xingguo looked up at Tang Ruize again, with a smile on his darkened face, "You come here too."

He stretched out his hand to bring Tang Ruize over, and Tang Ruize squatted down beside Tang Tang, allowing Tang Xingguo to stroke his face and head.He lowered his head and endured it, tears falling on his crumpled suit pants.

"Both of you were brought up by me." Tang Xingguo said with difficulty, "Xiao Ze...you have to hold back your temper, you have a lot of occasions, and smile more. Don't be alone in the future, it's too... lonely."

He turned to Tang Tang again, "Tangtang...you were too self-willed before, and grandpa is so worried about you."

"Do you know why grandpa suspects that you... moved that thing?" He said quietly, "You came back from Europe, and your whole person... changed. You are not self-willed at all, so good,..."

Listening to what he said, Tang Tang burst into tears again.

"Why are you crying?" Tang Xingguo wiped away the tears from the corners of Tang Tang's eyes with his thumb, and let out a pale sneer in his throat, "It's not like you don't know, grandpa is going to die..."

He looked into Tang Tang's eyes blankly, "After grandpa died...did your dad bury me beside your grandma?"

Tang Tang's tears seemed unstoppable. He nodded abruptly and said, "Yes, yes. The scenery there is very beautiful. I visit you every year..."

Tang Xingguo sighed and turned to look out the window.

The sun was dazzling, and the warm day surrounded him, as if leading to heaven.

"Grandpa is most worried about you." His voice trailed off, "Ozawa, no matter what happens...don't leave Tangtang behind."

Tang Ruize held his hand, "Definitely. I will protect him."

"Life and death are fate..." Tang Xingguo read softly, "Ruan Zhen, Ruan Zhen also told me so..."

He gasped for a few breaths, the oppression of lack of oxygen in his chest became more and more intense, and he let out a strong coughing sound.

Tang Tang and Tang Ruize clenched his hands together, Tang Xingguo coughed violently a few times, and said with difficulty:

"Call... Lu Yuxing in."

Lu Yuxing had been listening outside the door, and when he heard the words, he opened the door and went in.

"You..." Tang Xingguo glanced back at him, with a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, "You are still together."

"I'm sorry," Lu Yuxing stood behind Tang Tang with his hands down, "I failed to fulfill my promise."

The energy in Tang Xingguo's body went in and out, he shook his head weakly, and said to Tang Ruize:

"Ozawa, I want to tell them something. You listen to me too."

"Wisteria..." His voice became hoarse, "Wisteria is a...device that goes back in time."

Tang Xingguo put his hand on Tang Tang's head, "Its opening requires the death of the Tang family." He looked at Lu Yuxing again, "...and the sacrifice of 'lover'."

"This is the key to unlock it," he said. "Only these two parties...have the right to unlock it."

Tang Tang didn't care to listen to these anymore, he fell on Tang Xingguo's knee, tears wet the blanket.When Lu Yuxing heard this, there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

"A stopwatch...one hour is set back, and the date is set back by one day...a year..."

"Time will take your memory back, back to the backtracking point." Tang Xingguo coughed violently, "until the day you face death..."

"Two people died, go back again." Tang Xingguo caressed Ruan Zhen's photo, "One person died, time continues to move forward..."

"This is the first time going back," he said.

Lu Yuxing continued: "If both of them are dead, start the second retrospective. Except for every time after the first time, the time of death will be advanced."

Tang Ruize showed a puzzled expression, "If the holder dies before his child is born..."

"So, this is a dangerous thing." Tang Xingguo closed his eyes, "I shouldn't let Ruan Zhen touch it."

After a while, tears flowed from the corners of his wrinkled eyes.

"You are all good boys." He said quietly, "Lu Yuxing, you are very reliable. If there were no mistakes Tang Tang made before, I would hand over the wisteria to you."

Tang Tang, who was lying on his lap, trembled violently when he heard the words.

"Live on..." He stroked Tang Tang's hair, "You guys, don't follow in my footsteps."

A gust of wind blew in the courtyard, and the shadows of the trees swayed, mottled the bodies of the grandfather and grandson.

"Grandpa, I'm watching you from... the sky." He said lightly.

The cries and the sound of leaves slowly faded away in Tang Xingguo's ears.Tang Tang shook his arm uncontrollably, but he no longer had the strength to raise his arm to touch his little grandson's head.