掌聲雷動,閃光燈咔喀咔喀地閃過不停,舞台前穿著米黃色晚裝長裙的愛莉露出淺笑,一邊向眾人輕輕揮手,一邊登上舞台。254Please respect copyright.PENANAGzQBzBxGJz
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「恭喜你,愛莉女士,你嘅作品非常出色,為世人帶來好大嘅啟發。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAebVIkZEtwY
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「多謝你,殿下。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAgCPJuYPavm
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「殿下?」我問。254Please respect copyright.PENANACH1WVllSiR
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「佢係荷蘭王子,係呢一年負責頒獎嘅嘉賓。」鈴兒介紹道。254Please respect copyright.PENANAHmdsXQXZJw
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從殿下手中接過獎座和獎章,舞台上的愛莉眼泛淚光向台下的人致意,這個未來之中,和她一起出席的人是她的父母,看得出年老的二人都為女兒獲頒這殊榮而感到驕傲,眼框中盡是喜悅的淚水。254Please respect copyright.PENANAxZCGE6eKsr
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台上的愛莉抱著獎座給台下的行家拍照後走到講台把它放下,然後輕拉麥克風到自己嘴邊,接著開始以英文致謝詞。254Please respect copyright.PENANAk6JSS56Q74
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我一句都沒聽入腦,因為我們身邊這個年輕,真正的愛莉也眼泛淚光,正默默垂著淚。254Please respect copyright.PENANAranP5xTkuy
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「俾你。」我掏出手帕交給她。254Please respect copyright.PENANA6H0i9jmIFJ
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「唔……唔該。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAkETNvNDX7B
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西裝附有手帕太好了。254Please respect copyright.PENANAvyObNOrTFn
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「呢度就係未來?」我問,要不去看看未來的股市行情,回去常世後大賺一筆。254Please respect copyright.PENANABQ00kGY1CB
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「啱一半,呢度只係其中一個未來。」鈴兒說。254Please respect copyright.PENANADBjT3Ih0K8
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「其中一個?哦,你講唔同平行世界之中個種大同小異……」254Please respect copyright.PENANAHQzbaq7XEA
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「唔計個啲喇。愛莉成為一個成功嘅攝影師,只係諸多未來嘅其中一個。所以就算愛莉你離開阡迴旅館重返常世,亦唔代表呢個未來就一定會成真……呀!阿柏?!」254Please respect copyright.PENANA6z8mnMDRdl
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我急忙拉住鈴兒到一邊壓低聲線說:「喂,你唔係要勸佢返去嘅咩!你咁講咪搞到佢唔想返去?」254Please respect copyright.PENANABX9PMMaitL
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「我係要勸佢返去,唔係要呃佢返去。」鈴兒輕輕掙開我說,「平行世界多如恆河沙數,的確有佢成為出色攝影師嘅未來,但未來唔只呢一個。過程中任何一個變因唔同咗,可能快門撳慢咗,可能去錯咗地方影相,呢個未來就唔會成真。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAnFzspMYuzS
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我回首高聲反駁鈴兒:「唔,唔使理鈴兒㗎!愛莉,我頭先睇過你嘅相,的確係影得好好!只要你返去繼續努力,呢個未來……呢個登上舞台嘅你,就一定會係你本人!」254Please respect copyright.PENANAk2RadwlcCK
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怎能給她看這樣美好的未來後又說這不一定是你,太打擊人了!甚麼成真不成真先別說,至少要鼓勵愛莉願望離開……254Please respect copyright.PENANASgiOSt1FEH
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「阿柏,唔緊要㗎,鈴兒亦帶我睇過其他未來。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAmTtrXAOvh4
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「咦?」254Please respect copyright.PENANAyxQEK33l4m
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「只係呢個未來太美好,我先三番四次叫鈴兒帶我嚟睇。」愛莉幽幽地說。254Please respect copyright.PENANA3xU5jZTl99
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「睇過……其他未來……」254Please respect copyright.PENANAx4XRXkZV6f
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那麼說,其他的未來之中愛莉終其一生也只是…254Please respect copyright.PENANAx5Wr1ZaTSg
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「其實大部分未來,我都係平庸一生,呢個咁成功嘅我,只係極少數例子。」愛莉看著台上向眾人介紹得獎相片的自己,眼中百感交雜。254Please respect copyright.PENANAxF7ecyfK2O
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明明美好的將來就在自己眼前,卻是如此遙不可及。254Please respect copyright.PENANAWjndOVgEma
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「全職影相?離開阡迴旅館後如果我唔返呢份工,我連租都交唔起,點全職影相?更加唔好話可以好似佢咁……好似呢個我咁靠影相名成利就。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAIOxDs4jSS9
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台上的愛莉,這樣近。254Please respect copyright.PENANA7tUq2KXtpG
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台上的愛莉,卻是這樣遙遠。254Please respect copyright.PENANA9lv9OTcrUV
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「愛莉,對唔住,我只可以帶你睇未來,但我都唔知點做先可以到達呢個未來。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAGTyU9pLENq
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愛莉先是一楞然後說:「你唔使道歉,成日要你帶我嚟睇,係我唔啱至真……」254Please respect copyright.PENANAHd1cwoeGKx
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「但係留係阡迴旅館之中,呢個未來永遠,絕對唔會成真。」鈴兒沉聲凝重地說。254Please respect copyright.PENANAT9JGbgHbut
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「……」愛莉輕咬下唇。254Please respect copyright.PENANAHZglssy2y4
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「阡迴旅館你想留幾耐都無問題,你想我帶你嚟睇呢個未來幾多次都無問題,但係只要你留係阡迴旅館之中,台上面個嗰人永遠唔會係你。」254Please respect copyright.PENANA48BhTzEzig
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鈴兒用手搭著愛莉的肩膊說。254Please respect copyright.PENANAmQBbb2wTNU
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「的確返出去後生活好困難,但阡迴旅館之中嘅時間係停滯,只係留係個度——就咩都唔會成就到。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAofz0u0D32J
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愛莉的身體顫抖了一下,如電流穿過其柔弱的身體。254Please respect copyright.PENANAIIGZxmSImG
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「呢個未來……每一個未來,都只係一個可能性。有一句話你有無聽過?未來最好之處就係仲未來,令呢個未來成真嘅機會或者唔高,但永遠留係阡迴旅館之中,呢個未來成真嘅機會永遠都係零。」254Please respect copyright.PENANANGaM2di00h
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「……」254Please respect copyright.PENANAxNZMSHk7Nv
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鈴兒輕輕給愛莉一個擁抱,把她拉入胸前,低頭以耳語低聲道:「再睇多陣喇。無論幾多次,想睇幾耐,我都可以陪你喔,愛莉。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAmqdtJUcW6L
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臉上盡是忐忑的愛莉閉上眼點點頭,然後站直身子:「多謝你,鈴兒。」254Please respect copyright.PENANATPptth31Yx
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治癒人心的大姐姐……鈴兒與愛莉關係很好呢。254Please respect copyright.PENANAfSpLC1XqaU
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我不禁望向愛莉,她眼中閃閃生輝,如初離開洞窟的人首次抬頭仰望無垠的星海,繁星倒映在瞳孔中,如同現在台上的鎂光燈倒映在愛莉的眼內。254Please respect copyright.PENANAJpTwE1xxdo
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如此璀璨,如此觸挔可及,又如此遠在天邊。254Please respect copyright.PENANAsb8azTU5Wi
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「……都多謝你,阿柏。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAx9a8NQVHvy
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「只係唔知幾時變出嚟嘅手巾仔,唔使客氣。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAAuzMVjUANg
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我們默默在晚宴的現場看畢整場頒獎典禮,過程中我始終注意著愛莉的表情。眉頭緊皺,輕咬下唇,眼泛淚光,時而隨眾人歡呼一同鼓掌,時而緊握拳頭凝視著與王子殿下訪談的那個自己。254Please respect copyright.PENANAZLSN8NBEKh
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燈光亮起,晚宴告一段落。254Please respect copyright.PENANAKCqq7mLafB
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我相信她有了決定。254Please respect copyright.PENANAnf46PAzCi9
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「愛莉已經睇咗呢個未來好多次,每次睇,我都會講同一番說話,但佢始終決定繼續留返係阡迴旅館。」鈴兒壓下聲線道。254Please respect copyright.PENANA8ylWAeY83h
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「如果佢走,你捨唔捨得佢?」我問。254Please respect copyright.PENANAI1CY4W2qCC
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「梗係唔捨得,但我更想佢可以返去,阡迴旅館之中除左停滯就乜都無。」254Please respect copyright.PENANANWeyNRaJ36
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眾人開始散去,一直表情凝重的愛莉終於放鬆下來:「我地返去喇。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAPpZPmcA27F
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「嗯,幾時想再睇隨時同我講。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4LLiZHCzH
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「……唔知仲會唔會再睇。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAM3cY95PzLN
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愛莉這回答就很值得細味了。254Please respect copyright.PENANAy1urNsRsff
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鈴兒結出手印轉身,她頭上的風鈴髮飾再次隨她步伐響起鈴聲,是在傾聽迴音的來源嗎?254Please respect copyright.PENANAfhX5455WIn
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「好似係呢邊。」我望向右前方的一扇門,畢竟我方向感很好,一聽就知道鈴聲的來源了。254Please respect copyright.PENANAeQNK3qAqLO
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「…阿…阿柏?」鈴兒回首望我。254Please respect copyright.PENANA6zpkNSY1ZB
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「做咩?」254Please respect copyright.PENANA1IsB7ixYIg
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她卻是神色有異地吞一吞口水:「返…返去再講。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAZOJGHybFp3
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穿過散席的人潮,這個平行宇宙中的人還是熱愛自拍打卡,特別是這場活動來賓或多或少都是攝影師吧。254Please respect copyright.PENANAL03uLfUQ7d
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按鈴兒所說,身在平行宇宙的我們擁有實體,鏡頭亦會拍到我們,但我們的存在感近乎零,只會如背景路人一般融入到這世界之中,而且即使干涉到這邊,因為只是某個未來的可能性,也不會影響我們本來的時間軸云云……254Please respect copyright.PENANAEIxlncZs9C
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鈴兒長篇大論起來也很可怕。254Please respect copyright.PENANAMD2zYrLyJa
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默默地穿過人潮的我們走向阡迴之門,門的後方就是阡迴旅館。風鈴的殘響每隔幾步就似有還無地泛起,提示著我們回去的方向——254Please respect copyright.PENANAuDQDzQNHjh
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「溫年柏。」254Please respect copyright.PENANAtInhirpNPK
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「咦?」254Please respect copyright.PENANAJm5HXFeQ7T
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在這平行世界之中,為甚麼會有人叫喚我的名字?254Please respect copyright.PENANA0MrkZzwbz4
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如同那天迷途誤入阡迴旅館般,我又是下意識地回首查看,卻沒有看到認識的人。254Please respect copyright.PENANAmCeBpaWMMQ
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幻聽?254Please respect copyright.PENANAL7jxDmHuBY
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打算繼續往前走的我,卻突然發現鈴兒與愛莉已經穿過了阡迴之門。254Please respect copyright.PENANAEgstpfVhPv
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「喂等埋!等埋我啊鈴兒!!」254Please respect copyright.PENANACYvv8sANpv
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衝開幾個人的我急步往前,捉住門柄猛然推開!254Please respect copyright.PENANARxhZsyR7Mt
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「先生,你無事嘛?」254Please respect copyright.PENANA6i8OyERtPL
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門外是酒店的大堂,只有滿是來賓簽名的布景板和紅地毯,一名路過的侍者看著狼狽的我問道。254Please respect copyright.PENANAzJfAkQz5qi
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「……唔好意思,我以為係洗手間。」254Please respect copyright.PENANACHFborEx8c
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糟糕了。254Please respect copyright.PENANA7G9tll3g1O
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「洗手間係個邊。」他指向遠方的一扇門。254Please respect copyright.PENANANUwoYxGf7O
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「唔該。」254Please respect copyright.PENANA8uUE7lNleN
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糟糕糟糕糟糕,現在是甚麼情況?我與鈴兒走失,被遺下了在平行世界了?!254Please respect copyright.PENANA8Hfr7b2QDn
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對了,隨意門!254Please respect copyright.PENANA9lZtz10S4X
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回去阡迴旅館,回去阡迴旅館,回去阡迴旅館!我在心中重覆默念著這想法,然後握住洗手間的門柄推開!254Please respect copyright.PENANAG8vnvGbsqc
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就普通的洗手間。254Please respect copyright.PENANAwlvZ2sAAqp
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「啊啊大獲!!」254Please respect copyright.PENANAJpDpP0v7nS
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先解放,再冷靜下來吧。