6 posts tagged with "reality"

Lin Mu finally managed to buy the ticket. Four hundred and eighty yuan. He checked the ticket information over and over, as if the seat number printed on it wasn't a number but a complex legal provision requiring careful study to grasp its full meaning, especially the tiny, almost illegible additional clauses. The ticketing website was like a spinning maze, leading him down "Sold Out" cul-de-sacs countless times before finally, in an unexpected corner, spitting out this strangely numbered ticket. He wasn't even sure if he really wanted to go, but the process of obtaining the ticket itself, like completing an arduous and meaningless task, brought a kind of weary satisfaction.

Ah Q has been feeling a bit hot lately. Perhaps it's because the weather is warming up, and it's time to drink iced water again. As usual, he strolled into that "Mixue Ice Cream & Tea" shop. The Snow King at the door was still smiling, but that smile, in Ah Q's eyes, seemed to have a bit more strangeness.

"A cup of lemonade," Ah Q said, his voice a little hoarse.

Before the sun even peeks out, the foot of Taishan is already crowded with silhouettes of people. There are shivering college students wrapped in military coats, tour guides holding small flags, and old ladies carrying baskets selling water and flatbreads. But among this crowd, the most eye-catching is Xiaoliuzi.

The moss in the corner, a dark, almost black green, like an unresolved knot of depression.

The red cherries, like agates, were crammed into the entire refrigerated truck. Old Wang drove carefully; the cherries were freshly picked from the port by his boss. Each crate was worth several thousand, and if they arrived late, their value would drop. He glanced in the rearview mirror, a red fire truck flashing its lights and emitting piercing sirens, closely tailing him.

Old Wang frowned, muttering, "Who's on fire again? What bad luck." He looked left and right, the road was narrow and full of cars, making it difficult to yield. Besides, who knows if some "drunk" was causing trouble again? There were news reports about people deliberately honking to scare others. Old Wang decided to wait a bit; what if it wasn't real?

On the third day after the earthquake, Lao Wang, a member of the rescue team, found another child in the rubble. The child was very small, wearing a comical yellow baseball cap, their little body crushed under a concrete slab, emitting a faint moan. Lao Wang's heart tightened, and he quickly called for colleagues to help.