A few days after the weather cleared up, the rain came again annoyingly.

The rainy days in late winter can be called a kind of punishment. If you are outside the house, the raindrops will get into the gaps in your clothes. If you are inside, the coldness from the water vapor that penetrates will give you a feeling that you have already been in advance.

The illusion of living in a coffin.

Karen was sitting at the door of the living room, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it. This was a book given to him by Eunice, and it was called "Diary of Mad Fantasy".

The author's name is "Robert" and the protagonist is also named Robert.

Robert in the book is a guy with exhibitionism. He likes to run naked at night. He is naked. Because in the book, the author mentioned several times that the protagonist feels something when his crotch swings his thighs.

A feeling of being “whipped”;

The story is divided into volumes in the form of a diary, recording the absurd and bizarre stories that the protagonist experienced while running at night over many days.

For example, one day when he was running past a night market stall at night, he saw an old couple putting their heads in a pot to boil. While the pot was bubbling, they heard the voices of the two old couples, inviting him to have a taste.

New flavors from their stall.

One day he passed a small bridge while running at night. On the west side of the bridge was rolling lava and on the east side was a frozen river.

One day, he passed a post office while running at night and saw a group of postmen stuffing piles of letters into their mouths like crazy. Their stomachs protruded one by one, like a small mountain. Then, with the help of other staff at the post office nearby,

With great efforts, the overfed postmen were forced into the mailbox.

…

The last diary entry in this book is,

When Robert was running at night, he met many pedestrians on the roadside at night. Then when those pedestrians saw him naked, they screamed and took off their clothes in embarrassment, as if wearing clothes outside was the only thing.

It is extremely immoral and uncivilized to do something sneaky and hide while wearing clothes.

After this diary entry, there is the conclusion of the book:

After that day, I suddenly felt boring. I don’t know whether it was running at night that became boring, or being naked outdoors.

When Karen read this book for the first time, he felt it was a bit like Dante's "Divine Comedy";

Because many scenes in the book do not look like scenes from the human world.

But there are indeed many metaphors in it, but it is not clear whether this is really the author's intentional innuendo or the reader's forced reading and understanding.

Because the author Robert chose to hang himself a year after the book was released and when sales were just booming, which added a lot of mystery to the book. There are even many books about the analysis of "Rhapsody Diary".

At this time, Minalent and Chris came back holding three umbrellas.

They completed their final exam yesterday and went to school to collect their transcripts at noon today. I have to say that the teachers in their school marked the papers very quickly.

Judging from her expression, Mina looked calm. Her academic performance had always been very good, and the final exam was just a formality;

Chris is smiling, so she must have good grades;

Lunt seemed a little... depressed.

In this generation of Immelais children, girls generally have better academic performance than boys, and the previous "Karen" also had average academic performance.

It's just that Karen doesn't have to go to school now. Lunt has lost his comrades in the same trench, and he has to face the concentrated firepower alone.

"Did you do well on the test?" Karen asked Lunt.

Lund nodded.

"Then hurry up and tell your mother your results, and then promise your mother that you will work hard next semester, while your mother is in a good mood these days."

Upon hearing his brother's reminder, Lunt's eyes suddenly lit up and he immediately ran to the basement to find Aunt Mary.

Not long after, Lunt came back with a smile. Obviously, the final exam results had passed. His mother did not blame him, nor beat him, nor confiscated the cards he collected, but it was true as his brother said.

, telling him to work hard next semester.

"Hey, brother."

After completing the tribulation, Lunt finally entered the happy state of winter vacation.

"Lunt, come mop the floor!" Mina called to her brother from the second floor.

"Here we come, sister!"

Lunt trotted upstairs.

Karen knew that Aunt Mary was in a good mood these days. It was her birthday the day before yesterday. Karen prepared a sumptuous birthday dinner for her aunt. Of course, these are not the most important things;

The most important thing is that at the dinner table, Dis personally toasted to Aunt Mary:

"You worked hard because of the family business, because of Mason, and because of the children at home."

After receiving the affirmation from her father-in-law, Aunt Mary drank the red wine in one gulp, then buried her head and cried bitterly for a long time.

In fact, she wanted to laugh, but sometimes the expression of being too happy was crying instead.

Dice's status in the hearts of her family is completely different, so Dice's personal affirmation in person was of great significance to Aunt Mary.

In the past two days after the birthday dinner, Aunt Mary was walking with wind, humming her favorite cheerful tune. This morning, when Mrs. Mark came to complain as usual about the flowers being picked by condolences guests, Aunt Mary actually took the initiative to express her gratitude to her.

Apologize and offer compensation;

This change made Mrs. Mark a little overwhelmed. Instead of asking for compensation from Aunt Mary, she turned around and pulled out a few flowers with her own hands in anger. Perhaps, she originally wanted to find someone to quarrel with.

Close the book and there is a sentence printed on the cover:

"You think you are running honestly, but you cannot get real visibility."

Karen silently counted the days with her fingers. Not counting today, there were only two days left of the 7 days Dis mentioned.

Eunice also came here on the night of her aunt's birthday; yesterday, Karen also went to Eunice's house for afternoon tea.

Karen clearly noticed that Mrs. Jenny was preparing to move, and she specifically asked Karen if she was seasick.

In short, the day is gradually approaching.

"Jingle Bell……"

The phone rings.

Karen walked over and answered the phone:

"Hello, this is Immelais Funeral Society."

"Hello, I'm looking for Karen Immelais."

There was a gentle male voice on the other end of the phone.

"Excuse me, what do you want to see him for?" Karen asked.

"Can you please put Karen on the phone? I have a gift of life that I want to give to him."

"Sorry, Karen isn't home right now."

Karen hung up the phone.

Is there already telecom fraud?

At this time, Mina came over and took out a letter and handed it to Karen:

"Brother, I forgot when I came back. This is a letter for you."

"Who gave it to me?" Karen took the envelope and found that there was no addressee written on the envelope.

"A priest named Simon came to us on the tram and told us that he and grandpa were good friends. Then he asked us who was the smartest and he would give a gift to the smartest one among us.

I wasn't going to answer at first because I thought this person was so strange.

But Lunt said that Brother Karen, you are the smartest in the family, and Chris immediately nodded in agreement.

The priest gave us this letter and asked us to come back and give it to you, brother.

Brother, is that priest a liar?"

"It's possible." Karen warned, "You have to be more careful next time."

"Yeah, but he only gave me a letter and got off the bus."

"Okay, I received the letter. By the way, there is yogurt I made in the refrigerator. You go and share it with Chris Lent and the others."

"Okay, brother."

Mina hugged Karen, kissed Karen on the cheek and ran away with a smile.

Mina, who had always been quiet and sensible, suddenly became willing to express her feelings. This was not because Mina had changed, but because she was delicate and thoughtful and might have noticed something.

Karen sat down again and opened the envelope:

"Hello, when you see this letter, congratulations, you are the lucky one chosen by fate.

I will lead you onto the real ladder of this world and appreciate the real scenery of this world.

if you are willing to,

Tonight at eight o'clock,

You can go to the church door on Mink Street, where I will be waiting for you.

Your guide—Simon."
To be continued...