Incapable de respirer

Chapitre 3

He walked towards Lan Ruo's body, which lay in the middle of the room. Lan Ruo's face was covered by a white veil. Lan Pu didn't...

She didn't lift the white veil; she simply embraced Lan Ruo's body gently through it.

She nestled her face against Lanruo's, then gently kissed Lanruo's forehead on the white cloth.

He then went back to his room.

Lan Ruo died on the afternoon Lan Pu was preparing for her college entrance exam. That afternoon, Lan Pu's mother...

When Qin returned to look for Lanruo, he found her packing her things alone in her room. Lanruo and Lan...

Lan Ruo shared a room with Lan Pu. After Lan Pu turned thirteen and entered high school, Lan Ruo usually lived in that room.

In the bedroom, the brother only slept in the living room on the two weekend days when his sister came home, but even then, the two siblings often giggled.

They chatted and laughed until late at night when their mother came out to intervene. Lanruo had very few belongings in the room; most of them were...

Lan Pu's little trinkets were actually all gifts from Lan Ruo. Things like plush dolls, paper cutouts, and dog tails.

Lanruo carefully cleaned the straw-woven puppy figurines and placed them on Lanpu's bookshelf.

Pu's mother's eyes reddened, and tears were about to fall. She thought it was because Lan Ruo knew her sister was going back.

She arrived and was unpacking. Lan Ruo turned to her mother, smiled, and said, "Sister..."

"It will be alright." Lan Pu's mother finally couldn't hold back her tears and hugged Lan Ruo tightly. Lan Ruo was very...

Calmly wiping away her mother's tears, she said, "Mom, I have to go..."

Lanpu's mother had no idea what her son's words truly meant. Fighting back tears, she said:

"Lanruo, I'm afraid my sister isn't going to make it. Would you please go see her?" Lanruo leaned against her mother's chest.

With bright eyes, she said, "Lanpu will be alright. Lanruo has to go first." Turning her head,

Lan Ruo gently nestled her face against her mother's, and after a moment of quiet rest, said, "I'll go downstairs first."

Yes.

Just as Lanpu's mother finished packing and was about to leave, she heard the sound from downstairs.

A flurry of shouts and footsteps came from below. The neighbors noticed Lan Ruo leaning against the wall, where she usually waited for Lan Pu to return.

At the entrance to that stairwell, his face was deathly pale, almost translucent. It was too late to get him to the hospital; the doctor said: First...

A congenital heart condition. How come it was never discovered before?! Lan Ruo lay in a deep coma for three...

On the afternoon of his final two exams at Lanpu, he finally breathed his last. He was unconscious.

Zhong Lanruo only said one sentence: "Sister, go home." This was after the doctor pronounced her dead.

Lanpu's father picked up his son from the hospital bed and carried him all the way home.

Wan'er hurriedly knocked on Lan Pu's door. The door was locked from the inside. Wan'er had just finished her exams.

The news came from the homeroom teacher; originally, everyone's intention was for Wan'er not to release Lan Pu.

Wan'er was about to go home, but she never expected Lan Pu to leave so suddenly, and she didn't even have time to react.

"Lan Pu, it's me, open the door!" Wan'er knocked frantically on the door. The door opened, and Lan...

Pu's calm face appeared behind the door. "I'm just a little tired and want to sleep." "Then let me..."

"Is it alright to stay in the room?" "Yes." Lan Pu calmly agreed and went back to bed.

Wan'er didn't sleep all night; she stayed by Lan Pu's side, but Lan Pu slept soundly.

It was very familiar and peaceful; Wan'er could even hear her soft snoring.

Until Lan Ruo was cremated, Lan Pu did not shed a single tear. She simply did everything calmly.

She had to do it. But she never spoke again. That summer, Lanpu stayed at home and didn't step out of bed.

When I leave the house, I eat when I'm told to eat and sleep when I'm told to sleep. When I'm not eating or sleeping, I stay at home.

She sat there blankly. Her family even began to suspect that she had gone mad from grief, but then she...

She didn't shed a tear. Her family realized this problem as they slowly recovered from their grief.

The seriousness of the situation. The university acceptance letter has arrived, but how can she cope with this silence?

What will the future hold? They've already lost a son, and now their only remaining daughter is in this state.

Lanpu's parents are on the verge of a breakdown.

The summer sun that day was scorching hot. Lanpu, who had been sitting blankly for a long time since breakfast, suddenly...

Ran slowly walked out the door and sat on the flower bed downstairs. Lanpu's mother just watched, not daring to...

Ask. Because even if you ask, she won't answer. The cicadas, their chirping hoarse from the sweltering heat, suddenly fell silent.

Immediately, the air fell into a suffocating, oppressive silence, that wandering path

At that moment, someone suddenly appeared out of nowhere, pacing casually, with disheveled hair...

His hair was casually tied in a bun, and his Taoist robe was so dirty that its original color was almost unrecognizable. He had nothing in his hand.

Holding a whisk, but not a fan or any other props, he simply stroked his sparse hair...

The man with the short beard muttered to himself: "Gui Chou, Yi Mao, Bing Wu, Ding Si... Alas... What a tragedy!"

Sorrow, it takes three lifetimes to resolve the hatred of the past, why bother with the past affections? What joy is there in life? What suffering is there in death? Come, stop asking.

Where to go and rest? ... Lanpu's mother felt the words sounded familiar, and suddenly remembered that the Taoist priest was chanting...

It was Lan Pu's birth date and time. This reminded me of the old prophecy, "Dragons and phoenixes cannot share the same pond," so...

They stepped forward and stopped the Taoist priest.

---janeadam

Reply [7]: Lan Pu thus became the disciple of that Taoist priest. Before leaving, the Taoist priest left behind a talisman called "Fen".

After dissolving the talisman, mix it with water and give it to Lan Pu to drink. Lan Pu slept for a full day and night after drinking the talisman water, and when she woke up...

A cheerful and talkative daughter. It's just that her personality has become extremely quiet, a far cry from her former outgoing self.

They're not comparable anymore. Fortunately, they still answer questions directly and don't give irrelevant answers. (Family members)

Although I feel there are many things that are not right, there is nothing to be too demanding about.

Lan Pu graduated from university uneventfully and got an uneventful job. It was just that...

Lan Pu, with her ordinary appearance, is now as unremarkable as a drop of water, silently blending into the crowd.

He disappeared. However, several highly respected local monks remembered this man with a slightly...

Pale and always silent, Lanpu often wandered alone in the temple, or sat...

On the hillside platform of Laojun Cave, I savor a cup of tea alone until dusk, watching the distant lights of countless homes.

It ignited close to his feet. As he came and went, even the old man guarding the mountain gate would greet Lan Pu with a smile.

Phew. Abbot Zixu of Laojun Cave and Lanpu were friends. Lanpu didn't know his master's name.

But when the description of his master was mentioned, the over-sixty-year-old Daoist Master Zixu gave a slightly embarrassed laugh.

He said, "Let's consider ourselves equals." Later, Zixu said to Lanpu, "Although you are a Taoist, your master..."

Fu follows the path of Guanyin—practicing both Buddhism and Taoism. You'd be better off becoming a registered disciple at Huayan Temple.

It will be good for your family. In this way, Lanpu became a lay disciple of Master Shixinyue.

That day was just a few days after Guanyin's birthday in February; the early spring breeze was lazy and languid.

Green buds unfurled from the branches. Lan Pu hadn't intended to bother Master Xinyue at Huayan Temple; she knew that...

Having just finished her business, Master Xinyue must be exhausted. But she couldn't resist Wan'er's persistent nagging.

"Go away, go away, I promise I'll be good and won't bother you!" Wan'er used her most seductive charm.

Her alluring demeanor. Lan Pu smiled faintly; she truly couldn't handle Wan'er. So she agreed.

It was past noon when they arrived at Huayan Temple. Lanpu guessed that the vegetarian meal service at Huayan Temple had already ended, so he accompanied her.

Wan'er was eating outside the mountain gate. While she was eating, a man sitting at the next table kept making noises towards her.

They were looking him over, and Lanpu noticed, but didn't pay much attention. After a while, he finally couldn't help but step forward and say...

"Miss, may I have my fortune told?" Lan Pu immediately realized that this was a fortune teller.

Fortune tellers are as numerous as hairs on a cow at Huayan Temple; this is a characteristic of all Buddhist and Taoist sites. (Lanpu)

Having seen so many people like that, she never felt curious enough to try it herself. Her master had told her before leaving: "Don't..."

Then, take your birth chart and give it to anyone else for analysis. Lan Pu remembered this sentence firmly. Later, Lan Pu...

I was also curious, so I looked for books on the I Ching and Four Pillars of Destiny to read, but after a long time, I still couldn't get through them.

There were no clues, only one thing I remembered: her destiny star was accompanied by the Heavenly Nobleman. The book says: [The following is a separate, unrelated sentence:] ...with...

People who are aided by such benefactors possess a high level of understanding of Buddhism and Taoism, but are prone to developing desires to renounce the world. If they do not worship or befriend such individuals...

With monks and Taoist priests as teachers, becoming a monk or nun is only a matter of time. Lan Pu smiled faintly. Walking on the road, Lan Pu...

Several times, people have approached me and said, "Miss, your appearance is very peculiar, may I..."

"Want to take a look?" Lan Pu took it as just a common phrase used to attract business, smiled faintly, and left.

That day, the fortune teller also brought up that phrase, but Lan Pu simply smiled faintly and ignored it.

He ignored her. Wan'er was quite curious, so she asked, "What's so strange about it? Tell me!"

Lan Pu glared at Wan'er, who playfully stuck out her tongue and dared not say another word. The middle-aged man...

The boy said with a hint of pleading, "I won't take your money, I just want to see your face. If I..."

If I'm not mistaken, your palm lines are different from ordinary people's. May I have your hand, miss?

have a look?"

Lan Pu's heart skipped a beat. Lan Pu knew her palmistry was different from many others.

Normally, a person's palm has three main lines: one for life, one for career, and one for love.

Love, but Lan Pu's palm only has two lines, besides the life line, there is only one very conspicuous horizontal line.