Asking for Mountains

Some people say that there is everything in Lishan. There are mountains. There is water. There are villages covered by fog. There are old friends who have been dead for many years but still come home. There are also things that cannot be named. As soon as you walk inside. Just ask. Just what you really want. They always hear. … It's just that what the mountain gives you may not be what you want. ==================== "Bamboo Horse" Before Grandma Cao Zhiyuan suffered a stroke, she dug out an old map. Huaiyin Village is circled on the map. It was a very small village at the foot of Mount Li. It is also the place where Cao Zhiyuan lived for a while when he was a child. He remembered there were mountains, trees, and damp old houses. I still remember a little boy. The child held a rough bamboo horse in his hand and squatted in front of him, insisting that he call him brother. Later, Cao Zhiyuan left Huaiyin Village. Many years later, he returned with his grandmother's ashes. The village is still there. The old house is still there. Some things that should have been forgotten long ago are still there. ==================== "Skin Love" Xu Mi has a photo album. This matter is not a secret in his circle. He likes beautiful people. I also like to keep my favorite places. A pair of hands. A piece of neck. A mole behind an ear. Or the slight curling of someone's eyes when they smile. Xu Mi never thought there was any problem with this. What you and I wish for is done. Photos are put into albums, people leave life, and each other is decent. It wasn't until Song Yu disappeared that the police came to find him for the second time. They asked Xu Mi: "Are there any photos?" ==================== "Until Death Do Us Do Part" Cao Qingchuan is a very good person. Mild. Decent. The future is clean. Many people in the hospital liked him. But Zhou Mingyan always felt that something was wrong with Cao Qingchuan. Sometimes, in the middle of the night after the night shift, Cao Qingchuan would stand alone in the tea room and talk to the shadow in the glass. "I don't like you." "I'm just tired." "Don't look at me like that." Everyone thought he was just sick. It was not until later that Zhou Mingyan learned that Cao Qingchuan had been to the orphanage in the west of the city when he was a child. There is an old river behind the orphanage. The river flows down from Mount Li. ==================== "Mountain Lama" The first time Cao Lin heard about Lanke Village was when the border mission was about to end. That was a village deeper in Baishui Village. The mountain road is difficult to walk and the fog is heavy, so outsiders rarely go in. But someone in the village is sick. As a doctor, Cao Lin certainly couldn't pretend he didn't hear it. So he followed Li Wenxi into the mountains. Before entering the mountain, Li Wenxi told him that there was heavy fog in the mountain, so he should follow closely. Cao Lin didn't think much about it at that time. Until the fog gets thicker and thicker. Until he began to feel that there was something wrong with the way Li Wenxi looked at him. This article is a collection of Lishan Universe short stories. Fog in the mountains. Old map. Photo album. The river behind the orphanage. ==================== This article is a collection of several short stories The four stories are independent of each other, but they also share a world view. [Reading Tips] 1. Folk horror/supernatural suspense/morbid love/love. 2. Some units contain non-traditional HE. 3. This article is purely fictitious. All characters, places, and events are needed for the plot. Please do not substitute them into reality. Intention: Don't force it.