Before going to bed at night, Xiang Shuying came to Li Xiang's room curiously. At this moment, Li Xiang was still sitting in front of the computer, but he was no longer typing. When browsing the newly finished book "The Old Man and the Sea", he heard the movement and looked back at Xiang Shuying.

"You haven't fallen asleep yet? Did Dou Shishi sleep?"

Xiang Shuying glanced at his computer and said, "Your grandma is coaxing them to sleep. Are you writing a book?"

Li Xiang nodded, pushed the laptop in front of her, and said, "Just finished writing, do you want to take a look?"

"I'm finished writing the new book? Wow~~ Let's take a look." Xiang Shuying sat down and began to read the freshly released "The Old Man and the Sea".

She cares more about Li Xiang's literary affairs than music, one is because she teaches Chinese, and the other is because she helped to recommend and submit Li Xiang's "Escape" and she is considered Li Xiang's guide, so she is naturally honored.

"Is this what you mentioned before, "The Old Man and the Sea"?"

When she saw the title, she quickly remembered a news article she saw not long ago. The news was about Li Xiang’s report at the Forestry University reader exchange meeting, which included the introduction of his new book, which mentioned "The Old Man and the Sea".

Xiang Shuying only looked at one page and deeply felt the huge change in Li Xiang's writing style. "I Am a Cat" is joking, with humor hidden between the lines, and the text of "The Old Man and the Sea" in front of her is extremely rigorous and solemn.

If "I Am a Cat" is an exquisite sketch, then "The Old Man and the Sea" is a majestic drama. This type of novel is either written boring or boring, or a classic passed down from generation to generation.

Li Xiang is only 19 years old and just tried to write a novel of such a style. I don’t know if it is arrogant or really wants to leave a strong mark in the history of literature.

Although Xiang Shuying is full of confidence in Li Xiang, she still believes that the 19-year-old boy is just trying this kind of writing tentatively and stops trying it out.

Climbing the towering peak with bare hands requires several rounds of tentative exploration until the last time is ripe and reach the top in one go.

Now Li Xiang, Xiang Shuying, thinks that it is just a first round of tentative climbing, and may stop at one tenth of the height. So after reading the contents of the first page, she smiled and asked Li Xiang if she had gained a lot after writing this book "The Old Man and the Sea".

Although "The Old Man and the Sea" only has less than 40,000 words, due to style, no word is redundant and tight like a mechanical one, so it really takes no less time to look. After reading two pages of Xiang Shuying, she saw that it was getting late, so she asked Li Xiang to send "The Old Man and the Sea" to her email address. She went back to her room to lie on the bed to watch it without disturbing Li Xiaoxiang's rest.

"Good night." Li Xiang watched Xiang Shuying leave, sat at the desk again, thought for a while, and wrote a sentence under the big words "The Old Man and the Sea": For all the strong and optimistic people, especially for the young lady.

Then turn off the computer, turn off the lights in the room, lie on the bed, staring at the ceiling in the darkness in a daze...

In a daze, Li Xiang wondered if the young lady would continue to appear in her dream tonight, or maybe even the dream in the car cinema. She pushed open the door and turned around. A pair of bright eyes appeared in front of her. This time, she would not wake up from the dream without waiting for him to look at her. Did the traces of time have crawled into her face, and did the burden of life and the collapse of beliefs have crushed her spirit? If possible, he really wanted to tell her that there would be someone in another world who would care about her.

Li Xiang calculated the time and date from the word "positive" on his younger sister's notebook, which was the third year after another Li Xiang left...

He thought of the book he had just finished, "The Old Man and the Sea". In many dreams, he remembered that his sister was reading this book, constantly reading and reading it. It can be inferred from the way she spread the book out. Sometimes she was reading the first half, and sometimes she was reading the last end. She always tossed and turned around, and she must have read it more than once.

Not only did she read it herself, but she also often read "Li Xiang" to listen to it.

Why did she like this book "The Old Man and the Sea"?

Li Xiang was lying on the bed, thinking about the theme of this book. It is arrogant to conquer nature. We cannot escape the fate of failure in the process of fighting nature. However, in the face of failure, people still have to be dignified, brave, and never compromise. In Dou Dou's words, they must respect it.

"Li Xiang"'s illness was brought from the womb. After fighting for 26 years, he still couldn't escape the fate of premature death. In fact, he and the young lady knew it well. However, the young lady hoped that he would be like an old man, even if he was doomed to fail, he would be brave and unable to compromise. When fate showed his minions and could not handle it, he could not take the sword. At least he had to make a face at it, otherwise he would be bullied too miserably and cowardly by fate in this life.

And what about her?

Li Xiang felt that she was actually more like the old man, a real sea fighter, and "Li Xiang" was more like her big fish. The big fish was chased and swallowed by sharks all the way. She picked up all her own and drove it away. She saw the fins of the big fish being eaten, the internal organs of the big fish being swallowed, the head of the big fish being broken down bit by bit, the meat and vitality on the big fish being passed away little by little, and in the end she was only a cold skeleton left.

She knew the final result, but she was still struggling.

They could not escape the fate of failure, but for the old man, he succeeded, he defeated himself, and for the young lady, she resisted fate and raised "Li Xiang" all the way to the age of 26, instead of dying while learning to speak.

It's just a pity that both of them failed in the end.

...

After Xiang Shuying returned to the room, he first cleaned up the cosmetics messed up by Dou Dou Shishi on the dressing table, then turned off the lights in the room, dimmed the bedside lamp, sat on the bed and sent the "Old Man and the Sea" on his mobile phone to a kindle, then turned off the phone, placed it on the bedside table, picked up the kindle and turned to the third page, and started to watch it.

As I watched, my sleepiness gradually disappeared, my spirit became more and more excited, and my eyes became brighter and brighter...

The campus is the most beautiful place in every city. The next day, Li Xiang was awakened by the sound of birds outside the window. The morning light shone into the room through the gaps in the curtains, dispelling the silent darkness.

The chirping birds are made by a group of sparrows, and there is also the tick sound of woodpeckers. If you listen carefully, you can also hear the beautiful singing of the thrush.

He had no dreams all night and had no dreams of anything. Li wanted to get up and went out, and found that Shi Shi got up earlier than him.

The child was wearing a sky blue pajamas, standing in the yard, holding his little head and staring at the birds in the woods. His grandfather was tidying up his flowers and plants.

"Pigeon~~~ Look!" Shishi saw Li Xiang, and showed a smile like a sunny day. He pointed his little hand at the tree and said happily: "There are so many little birds, they are singing."

Li Xiang looked into the woods, and saw some small figures jumping up and down between the branches, which became very lively early in the morning.

"Do you want to get closer?" Li Xiang asked.

Shishi shook her head and said she didn't want to get close, for fear of scaring away the birds, she still prefers to stand here and listen from a distance.

"They are so cute."

I met a group of birds early in the morning, which made Shishi feel happy and had surprise on her face.

Xiang Shuying also came out, and there was surprise on her face, but what attracted more attention was the pair of dark circles on her face!

This aunt watched "The Old Man and the Sea" at 3 o'clock in the morning. After watching it, she was excited and couldn't sleep. She tossed and turned in the bed. She finally fell asleep. She woke up early in the morning. She felt that her mind had no rest all night and was always filled with the plot in the book.

She saw Shishi, kissed her fiercely, then grabbed Li Xiang and said excitedly: "Come on, tell me about the new book to my aunt."
Chapter completed!