CHAPTER XVI
In Chen Zifeng's single ward, Brother Guang and Lao Si were sitting on the sofa.
When Brother Guang and the fourth brother came here to visit him, they happened to catch Xu Shiya to wipe his body, and after a simple greeting, he and Xu Shiya ignored them.
Brother Guang and Lao Si looked at Xu Shiya, who was busy, and then looked at him who was staring at the ceiling expressionlessly, and in the silent ward, everyone seemed to be hiding their own thoughts.
Finally waited for Xu Shiya to finish wiping his body, Brother Guang couldn't help but open his mouth, "Female devil, I have a few words to say to Chen Zifeng, please leave first." β
"Why did you drive me away, and if you have anything to say, I am the closest person to him. β
Brother Guang turned to him on the hospital bed with an embarrassed smile on his face.
He looked at Xu Shiya, "I haven't been idle all morning, let's go downstairs to the park to catch my breath." β
Xu Shiya answered, put down the towel casually, and when she left, Xu Shiya threw a sentence at Brother Guang, "Don't call me the female devil in the future, I have a name." β
After Xu Shiya left the ward, Brother Guang smiled at him, "I haven't seen her for a few days, she is really a different person." β
Brother Guang said to the fourth child again, "Look, if you want to change a girl, you have to be a boy." β
The fourth child nodded, "People say that women have changed eighteen times, but this heart has changed for men." β
He sneered, "I have to thank Fifth Brother, if it weren't for him, Xu Shiya wouldn't have had such a big change." β
Hearing his sarcasm, Brother Guang's face was a little embarrassed, "I have already punished him, and he will not do it a second time." β
He asked rhetorically, "I won't do it again a second time, isn't it the third time?" Xu Shiya stabbed the fifth child, isn't it because the fifth child molested her?
The fourth child reconciled, "Someone secretly protects the female devil, and no one can hurt her." β
He was surprised, "Someone is secretly protecting the female devil?"
Seeing his reaction, the fourth child was also surprised, "You don't know, didn't Xu Shiya mention it to you?"
"Xu Shiya never mentioned it to me...... Who could be protecting her in the shadows?"
"Yes......" As soon as the fourth child opened his mouth, he was slapped on the thigh by Brother Guang, who seemed to hint that the fourth child should not talk too much.
Brother Guang got up from the sofa and came to his bedside, "Who else but me." β
He was skeptical, "You?"
"Old Town, is there anyone else but me who can protect her?"
Seeing that he didn't react, Brother Guang continued, "Think about it, how can she be safe and sound when she is so beautiful and trapped in the wolf's den? β
The fourth nodded silently.
He glanced at Brother Yi, "What does the wolf king mean?"
Brother Guang smiled, "If you want to say this, I have to reluctantly accept it." β
Regarding this topic, he didn't want to chew more with Brother Guang, he had already grasped the details of Brother Guang's signal to the fourth child to shut up, plus the excuse that Brother Guang was hiding was really far-fetched, he dared to conclude that there must be someone else behind Xu Shiya's back to protect her.
Since Brother Guang didn't want to reveal it, it was pointless to listen to him blow nonsense again, he said, "I can't believe that you came here today just to visit me, say, what are you looking for me?"
"You are injured like this, what can I do to find you, brother, I want to come over and ask you, what do you need us to help you settle. β
"You also saw that now that someone is serving me and the medical bills have been paid, what do I need your help with?"
"How did your injuries come about?"
"Didn't I tell you on the phone? β
Brother Guang smiled suspiciously, "The female devil was there just now, I didn't say it, your leg injury looks like a fall, but the arm injury seems to have been broken from the middle by a hard object and broken in two." If you fall from a height, the fracture must be accompanied by shattering, shattering, and breaking, how can there be such a thing as breaking? If it is only broken, the best explanation is that it is broken, and the injury to your arm is obviously broken by someone. β
"You deceived that girl, Brother Guang, I have been walking in society for so many years, can't you see through this? Say, who did it, we gave you this evil breath. β
The fourth child continued, "Chen Zifeng, the boss and I have always regarded you as a brother, as long as you say a word, this hatred of our brother will be avenged for you, no matter who you say, you don't have to worry about the rest." β
Brother Guang saw that he kept his mouth shut, and Brother Guang guessed in his heart that this hatred was not that he didn't want to revenge, but that there was something unspeakable, "Don't worry, as long as you say a word, we will definitely do it neatly, and we will definitely let him understand that he touched someone he shouldn't touch." β
Seeing that he was still silent, the fourth child added, "You must not have any worries, think about it, among the people you know, who else can do such a thing? β
He pretended to be grateful and said, "There are still many kind-hearted people in the world, no one cared about it at the time of the incident, but after being hospitalized, there were so many people vying to help me avenge my hatred." β
Speaking of this, he looked a little regretful, "You don't have to look for it, it's easier to call him over now." β
Brother Guang was puzzled, "You call him over now?"
"Yes, he was admitted the second day after I was hospitalized, and now he is lying in the multi-person ward downstairs. β
The fourth child was surprised, "What's the situation?"
Brother Guang smiled disdainfully, "It's like the real thing." β
"You don't believe me?"
Brother Guang and the fourth shook their heads, "I don't believe it." β
He picked up the mobile phone next to his pillow, dialed a number, and pressed the speakerphone button after dialing, "Push the second dog over to me!"
An embarrassed voice came from the microphone, "Brother Chen, is it now?"
"Now!now!right now!"
Without waiting for a reply from the other end of the phone, he hung up the phone, and then said to Brother Guang, "Don't worry, sit down for a while, it will take time to push up from downstairs." β
In about ten minutes, Brother Guang and Lao Si saw a young man pushing the hospital bed into the ward, and the person lying on the hospital bed was wrapped in plaster on all his limbs and hung in the air.
The young man pushed the hospital bed to his free side and said to him aggrievedly, "Brother Chen, the doctor said to let Brother Ergou rest more." β
With his left hand, he vigorously tapped Ergou's right arm, which was wrapped in plaster, "What the doctor says, or what I say?"
Ergou endured the pain and popped out a word from between his teeth, "You!"
He said to Brother Guang and the fourth child, "See, Ergou is still obedient and sensible." β
He turned to Ergou again, "Ergou, learn to bark twice for my two elder brothers." β
The red-faced Ergou was so angry that he wanted to sit up from the hospital bed, but unfortunately he couldn't.
Ergou slowly closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, "Wang." β
"I don't like to learn, start over. β
Ergou took a deep breath, "Wang." β
He nodded with satisfaction, "It's a bit like this time, what is the name of the Tibetan mastiff?"
The second dog barked roughly, "Wang, Wang." β
"Well, it's kind of a look, what does Teddy call it?"
The second dog screamed, "Wang, Wang, Wang." β
He smiled at Brother Guang and the fourth brother beside him, "Do you think the second dog barks like it?"
At this moment, Brother Guang and the fourth child were already dumbfounded--What's wrong with Ergou? How could such a vicious and ruthless person in society be toyed with by a stinky boy who didn't even want his self-esteem?
At the beginning, he mentioned the nickname "Ergou", and they guessed that it might be the Ergou they knew, but there were too many people called Ergou, and they were not sure in their hearts. When the man was wheeled into the ward, they were shocked. When they saw that Ergou had suffered such humiliation, and that he was really obedient like a dog, they were shocked.
Brother Guang stood up slowly, "Ergou, is that you?"
Ergou was too seriously injured and also wore a neck guard around his neck, so he couldn't move his head, and Ergou could distinguish the person who spoke through his voice, "Brother Guang, is it you?"
"It's me, you're ......"
As soon as the stout and burly Ergou heard that it was an old man, his eyes instantly turned red, "Brother Guang...... Alas......"
"Who hurt you like this?"
"I'm stupid......"
"Who the hell did you so hard!"
"Brother Guang, I can't say it......"
"You didn't say that I guessed it...... You are really stupid, can you participate in the grievances between wealthy families?"
Ergou burst into tears, "I didn't know at first." β
"You know now, it's too late. β
Ergou still wanted to say something, but at this time he coughed a few times, and Ergou was so frightened that he didn't dare to gasp.
"I said, why are you two still chattering? Brother Guang, didn't you say to avenge me, hurry up, Xu Shiya should come back in a while. β
Brother Guang smiled dryly, "If the second dog has an arm and leg, I will knock it immediately, but you can see it, his limbs are broken!
The fourth added, "Yes, yes, you take a good look at him, he has been punished twice, let him go." β
"Let me say what is good about you two, who have come up and said that they want to avenge me, but now they are interceding for my enemy in front of me, and you are playing me like a monkey. β
Brother Guang explained, "Misunderstood me, didn't you think that the person who hurt you was still at ease outside?"
"Yes, yes, Ergou is much worse than you, you can spare him. β
"You people...... Say one thing in your mouth, do one thing behind your back, I'm too lazy to bother with you. If you have nothing else to do, go away, I'm going to rest. β
"There are also two dogs, when I have rested, I will play with you in the afternoon. β
The second dog wants to cry without tears.
Several of them left Chen Zifeng's ward together, and Brother Guang and Lao Si stayed in Ergou's ward for a while before leaving the hospital at noon.
On the way from the hospital to the workshop, Brother Guang and the fourth child, who were very worried, were silent, and this sudden situation completely disrupted their plans.
Back in the workshop office, the fourth child sitting in front of Brother Guang finally couldn't hold back, "Ergou said, the person who abolished him is headed by a woman, is she it?"
"Who else can there be besides her, she is not only Lin Tao's person, but also his mother...... The strongest resentment in this world is that a mother sees that her child has been hurt, and Ergou can live, and she can be considered merciful. β
"If his mother loved him so much, why did she leave in the first place?"
Brother Guang sighed deeply, "Don't mention the old past again." β
"Boss, there's one more thing, I said don't be angry. β
"Say it. β
"We are visiting him today to inquire about his condition, you can see his injury, it will not be better in a year and a half...... Coupled with the fact that woman has been by their side, I don't think our factory can be done. β
"At present, it is not a problem to wait for him to recover, the question is how to use him in the future?"
"As long as that woman is around them, it's hard for us to start. β
"As long as the woman isn't with them, we can do it. β
"Boss, do you have an idea?"
"When you were in the hospital, you told him that someone was secretly protecting the female devil, and you found out that he didn't know who was secretly protecting the female devil, and he didn't even know who injured the second dog. β
"That's exactly what happened. β
"The female devil has such a good relationship with him, and she hasn't mentioned this to him, which is enough to prove that the woman confessed. β
"Since that woman avenged him, now is a good opportunity for mother and son to recognize each other, why is that woman still hiding from her child?"
"Yes, why would a mother hide from her child?"
The fourth child thought thoughtfully, "It shows that there is a big rift between their mother and son!"
"It must be so, their Chen brothers have lived in the old city for so many years, and it has always been their grandmother who has taken care of them...... So, we just have to push it and turn this rift into a rupture......"
"Then, the woman will leave them and no longer protect them......"
"At that time, we will use the morning breeze to make money for us without worry. β
"Tell me about your detailed plans, Boss. β
Brother Guang was close to the ear of the fourth child and whispered something.
After a while, the dark workshop reverberated with ugly laughter.
......
He carried his brother's schoolbag like an aimless ghost wandering through the sparsely populated streets.
Since leaving the hospital, Chen Zifeng has only left him more than a week to prepare for the high school entrance examination, and he has abandoned his studies for several months, which is almost an impossible task.
In this short period of time, he not only needs to make up for the homework that has fallen behind, but also to consolidate what he has learned before, the time is urgent, the task is heavy, and the studies he was proud of have made him lose confidence and feel frustrated.
The bag on his back was as heavy as a lead block, and his shoulders were almost crushed.
In the days of working in the workshop, in the midst of the heavy work, he imagined himself back in school countless times - the swaying blue curtains in the classroom, the dense handwriting on the blackboard, the bright sunshine on the playground in the afternoon, the innocent and lively smiling faces of his classmates, and their enchanting backs, these wonderful memories were clearly engraved in his mind, and he could not forget them, often feeling excited, and often feeling sad.
He only fantasized about it, never asked for extravagance, and when the day came, the familiar feeling suddenly became unfamiliar, and the wonderful memories became the fear in his heart, and the longing for life produced some rejection.
He walked with his head drooping, and when he saw the can above the ground, he kicked it away, and the can flew not far away, and he ran up and made up for it.
Tired of walking, he sat on the steps by the side of the road and watched the speeding cars on the road gradually fall into his mind.
He inexplicably had an urge to lie in the hospital like his brother if he rushed across the road and was hit by a car.
He thought again in a blink of an eye, he must not be so reckless, wouldn't this be a porcelain!
He chose to sit where he was, maybe one of the cars suddenly lost control, and took the initiative to crash into him, maybe he really won the prize.
A battered box car sped away, closer to him than any passing car, and he was nervous - but not this one, what if the owner of this car couldn't afford to pay for the medical bills, it had to be a better car.
After a long wait, many of his favorite cars sped in front of him, but none of them deviated from his tracks as he wished.
When he decided to give up, a Land Rover drove in front of him, the rear compartment of the Land Rover was surprisingly bright, he seemed to see a familiar silhouette from the inside, the blazing excitement instantly ignited his long-cold blood, and his body couldn't help but get up to chase this luxury car.
He galloped all the way, like a wild horse without the reins, he didn't care that the goal of longing was close or out of reach, he didn't care about the beauty of his dreams within reach or ethereal, he just wanted to run all the way, just wanted to chase his dreams and release his passion, no matter whether the car was getting farther and farther away, he didn't want to be self-conscious, he just wanted to shed tears, sweat, and didn't want to leave regrets.
As he ran, the Land Rover in front of him suddenly stopped, and at the same time, he stopped his steps.
The rear door of the Land Rover opened, and he was stunned, he clearly saw the person coming out of the car.
At this moment of meeting after a long absence, the beauty of the past turned over his heart, and after laughing, the heavy bitterness occupied his heart again.
The two sides, who were dozens of meters apart, were stunned, and they reacted first, and they ran towards him.
He reacted and did the same, choosing to turn around and run back.
Their shouts grew louder behind him, and he ran away from them faster.
When the call stopped coming, he thought he had gotten rid of them at his own speed, and he looked back to confirm that they had indeed disappeared from view, but the Land Rover was speeding towards him on another road.
In desperation, he found a dark alley, and he thought that the car would not be able to drive into the narrow alley, and even if it could barely get in, it would not be able to drive fast.
He no longer hesitated, and quickly got into the alley.
In the shadows, panting, he ran and muttered to himself, "I see, thank you, thank you...... That's enough, that's enough...... Do not see me, do not see me...... Please, please, go, go, leave me......"
It was a labyrinth of alleys, he didn't know how many turns he had turned, he couldn't run, he was exhausted and hid in the deepest part of a dead end.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly crouched down.
He didn't know what he was doing, let alone what he had done wrong, so why was he so afraid to face them in his heart?
The hutongs here are far away from the lights of the city, and the darkness around them swallows up even the brightness of the night sky.
He gradually returned to his normal breathing, and his restless heart calmed down a little as he stared at the darkness around him and listened to the sound of the wind in the silence.
In the dark night, the subtle movements in the alley gradually became clear, and the restless wild cat suddenly cried, crying like a baby, and in this dark and silent night, he was covered with goosebumps. The broken window beside him was suddenly pushed open by an inexplicable force, and he sat on the ground in fright.
Under the strange yin wind, any wind and grass made him feel sensitive and nervous.
He felt that half of his head would poke out at the mouth of the dark alley at any moment, or a ghost would suddenly appear on his side to watch him.
He wanted to scream a few times to give himself courage, but if they were still looking for him in the area, he was afraid they would hear.
After repeated hesitation, he closed his mouth tightly and gritted his teeth.
Terrified to the point of extinction, he tried to get up and flee the place, fearing that if he ran out, he would run into them.
After repeated struggles, he buried his head deep and squatted in place.
The invisible pressure made it difficult for him to breathe.
The merciless night ravaged his unyielding strength.
The endless wind tore at his steadfastness, revealing the endless wounds wrapped in tenacity.
In fear, he thought that he could have left this strange alley, could have embraced the wonderful beauty, but he chose to suffer alone in this long night, he thought that there would be no more stupid freaks in this world.
Thinking of the word freak, he smiled awkwardly.
The window beside him shook again, but this time, he raised his head proudly and said to the broken window, "I have come from purgatory on earth, I have thrived in purgatory on earth, I have been conceived in darkness, I am a child of darkness, I enjoy the darkness, I control the darkness. β
In the dark night, he slowly stood up, raised his hand to point to the air, and showed a mouthful of white teeth, "Wait for the cow ghosts, snakes, and gods to come and scare me, quickly show your fangs, and show them all to me!"
Nothing responded to his cries in the quiet alley, and even the stray wild cats fled from his side.
He watched for a moment, and the cold gust of wind in the alley actually stopped strangely, as if there was really some ghost that was frightened away by him.
The moonlight appeared in the night sky, illuminating the peaceful alley, and his mind gradually calmed down, and his chaotic mind began to feel sleepy.
He sat gently against the wall, squinting his tired eyelids and slowly muttering to himself, "I have no love, only darkness and loneliness." β
After three days in the hospital, and after running for so long, as long as he is willing to close his eyes, he can sleep anytime and anywhere, no matter how cold the ground is.
The gloomy sky was lit up by the bright moon, the twinkling stars shone brightly, and the quiet alley resounded with the sound of crickets "chirping", which seemed to be a lullaby, leading him into a longing dreamland.
It was some time again.
"Chenzi Mountain, wake up. β
"Chenzi Mountain, get up quickly. β
In the blindfold, he heard their call, and he opened his heavy eyelids, and a wonderful, gentle face met him.
"Don't sleep here, you're frozen. β
"If you don't get up, we'll drag you up. β
Seeing them again brought light to him in the depths of darkness.
The sun lifts the dense dark clouds, and no matter how much he is nostalgic for the darkness, he must be baptized by the sun.
He stood up, "You're looking for the wrong person, I'm Chenzifeng." β
"Don't lie to us, you're Chenzi Mountain. β
"Chen Zifeng dropped out of school, do people who drop out of school still need to carry a schoolbag?"
He asked rhetorically, "Could it be that the people who carry the schoolbags are all students?"
"Do you dare to open the bag you are carrying?"
"Let's see if it's Chenzishan's textbook?"
He left the hospital carrying his brother's school bag, which contained his old textbooks, and he fell silent.
"Chenzi Mountain, you open it. β
"Chenzishan, what else do you have to say. β
The ironclad evidence was hidden in his school bag, and he was afraid that even a hundred mouths would not be able to get through, and no matter how much he explained, it would only highlight his ignorance, so he walked away from them.
As soon as he took a step, the sisters grabbed his hands.
"I want to run again!"
"If you don't make it clear today, you won't be able to escape!"
"You can find such a remote corner, where can I run?"
"It's good to know, don't try to dump us. β
"We finally found you, where are you going?"
"I didn't want to go anywhere, I squatted on the ground and slept all over my body, I just wanted to find a place to sit for a while. β
"It's so late, where can I find a place to sit?"
"If you don't go to our car, just park at the mouth of the alley. β
He shook his head, "Let go of your hands, I know where I've gone." β
The sisters looked at each other, their eyes reminding each other that once they let go, it would be difficult to let him run away and find him again.
He turned his back on them, but penetrated their minds, "Trust me, let go." β
Seeing that the twin sisters still did not mean to let go, he said, "I can swear that if I leave you again, my Chenzishan will not be a human being, but a homeless wild dog, who was spurned by people when he walked on the street, was hit by a car when he crossed the road, and finally died ...... his body."
"Enough, don't say any more!"
"We don't believe you?"
At the same time, the sister lowered the hand that was pulling him.
He said to himself, "You think I'm cursing myself, but I'm no different from a homeless wild dog. β
He took his twin sisters out of the alley, they were standing on the brightly lit street, and he saw a bus stop not far away, and he pointed them out, "That's where I said, it's hard for people who are used to luxury cars to imagine, and the bus stop is also a place for people to rest." β
It was late at night, and there was no one at the bus stop except for the three of them.
He first sat down in the middle of the bench, with his twin sisters sitting on either side of him, one on the left and one on the right.
As soon as the twin sisters sat down, the past in the mountain park behind the school suddenly came to their minds.
At that time, the two sisters sat beside him as they do now, one left and one right.
At that time, they fought to the death in order to compete for him.
The past is vivid, and the heart is haunted. In the days when he disappeared, the sisters were always thinking alone, they never shared each other's thoughts, and they were deeply confused in the company of each other.
The scene of the past reappeared, but it was a different scene in their minds - if the sisters continued to fight, there would be only one result, both would lose, and no one would gain.
At this moment, they somewhat understand that when everyone is for themselves, they are actually paying for others. Competitiveness does not necessarily get, but going with the flow will lead to what you want. Cruel or beautiful, this can only be the ending between them. There will always be someone who achieves the other, and this person has to accept it with a smile.
Throughout the past, in the long life, in the past and in the future, their sisters will always give up because of giving, or give up because of gain. When who would get a boy and who could keep a boy now, they were in the past and they are in the present.
Seeing that he has graduated, but he is missing, the twin sisters have been looking for so long, there will be a hundred questions in their hearts that need him to explain, and in the face of him at this moment, no amount of words can only pale in the face.
They gradually figured out a lot of things, and they buried their heads, passively waiting for his choice, or rather, waiting for their own stay.
Their sisters waited in silence for him to speak, but he knew everything about them like a god.
When he was first expelled, he was homeless and had nothing to do, he was tired of Xu Shiya's entanglement, and often found reasons to sneak back to his alma mater, thousands of miles away, just to sneak a glance at them at the end of school.
At that time, although he was expelled from school, he still did not give up his obsession with their sisters.
On the day of the accident in the lotus garden, he followed the three of them all the way and hid near them. It suddenly rained that day, and the three of them hid in the gazebo to avoid the rain, but he was drenched in the rain in the corner.
That day, they sat on either side of his brother as they were now, and their sisters chattered, and in the heavy rain he could clearly see that their argument had developed into a push, and one of them had fallen into the lotus pond.
When the younger brother hesitated, he rushed out of the corner, and when the younger brother jumped into the lotus pond, he stopped again.
He looked at it from afar, how he wished that the person who jumped into the water to save them was himself, he was obviously drenched by the heavy rain, why couldn't he let himself get soaked again, so that his heart would not be so uncomfortable.
Time has passed, and at this moment they are sitting on their left and right, but they are not happy at all.
The two sisters sat beside them and didn't say a word, their hearts should be full of questions. For example, why didn't you come to school, where did you go in the past few days, why did you avoid them tonight?
They found him after a lot of twists and turns, shouldn't they say something?
He understood, they had changed, they had matured.
He looked up at the glittering streetlights, then turned his head to look at the sluggish sisters beside him, and he began to take a look at their appearance and clothing.
They were still so charming, and many times, he resisted the urge to caress their delicate faces, and even now.
Their sisters are wearing school uniforms today, shining in the light. The ordinary school uniforms worn on them have a temperament that is out of the ordinary.
It can also be said that although the loose school uniform cannot increase their temperament, it cannot stop their innate characteristics.
That's how he understands it, and I guess many people in the school think the same way.
Looking back on the time of school, their uniforms are always the cleanest in the whole school.
He thinks that the most rare thing is forever.
If it is said that whose school uniform becomes the cleanest among the students in the school on a certain day, it may not be difficult, and it is absolutely surprising to keep it like this every day, and even make them a certain curiosity - the school uniform that is worn is kept as white as the new school uniform every day, leaving people with the impression that it is not only clean, people will be incredible, and they will feel that the school uniform that everyone wears is different on them. People will think that the white places on their school uniforms are as white as clouds, and the blue places are as blue as the sky, which makes people fascinated and comfortable to watch.
In the days when he sat behind them, he often speculated that they had a well-off family, bought many sets of school uniforms, and changed them every day?
One day he had nothing to do, so he secretly clicked a pen of black ink behind their backs, and the next morning he went to school, and the ink was still there!
It turned out that they were like everyone else, only one set of school uniforms, and in different places, they were too pure, and the angelic purity even kept the dust away from them.
He looked at the black ink and fell into deep self-reproach.
He regretted that he had soiled their uniforms, that he had defiled them by his own ignorance. He had an urge in his heart to smoke himself to vent his resentment towards himself.
Thinking of this, he looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and all his troubled thoughts were gradually left behind him.
He had not doubted his feelings for them, but he had doubted his feelings for them, and now he was no longer confused, as bright and clear as the bright moon in the sky.
He stood up from among them and said to them, "Everyone didn't expect that I would skip class when the high school entrance examination was approaching, and my grades should make me focus on the critical period, rather than being impetuous or anxious...... I've heard that you've been looking for me all this time, and if it weren't for Mr. Li stopping you, you two would have almost found my house. β
He lowered his head and said slowly, "That's right, you care about me, I know you care about me, in that school, only you care about where I go, I can meet you here today, maybe God doesn't want to live up to your hard work," he smiled, "I'm such a crippled and rebellious person, the person who cares about me is actually the most perfect person in the whole school, to be honest, it's a bit ironic." β
The twin sisters looked at his rickety back and deeply felt the world that a boy faced.
They had never met a boy as different as himβhe was learned, he was wild, he knew how to be sophisticated, but he was the opposite, he was only a junior child, but he was more mature in speaking and doing things than many adults.
However, when they were young, they only saw the surface of the world, and how could they have learned that this boy's world was full of lies and unspeakable pain.
They are fascinated by his world, they try to enter his world, they see the scenery on the mire, they do not anticipate the abyss under the mire.
He turned to them and said, "We have known each other since we were very young, although we only have a one-sided relationship, and it is not an exaggeration for me to say that we have experienced life and death. The so-called childhood sweethearts are also a luxury for children who grow up in the upper and lower classes of society. When we were so young, we experienced things that others may not experience in a lifetime, I don't know what your childhood sweethearts look like, in my opinion, but that's it. β
The twin sisters empathized with his words, they grew up in wealthy families, and the concept of childhood sweethearts also stayed at that most memorable moment.
He continued, "We were so young at the time, we had never been in contact with each other, how could we have such a tacit understanding......? It's like we're two sets of twins with their hearts connected. β
Hearing his affectionate words, their eyes widened, and they were looking forward to his follow-up confession.
He glanced at the two sisters separately, "You are sitting here without saying a word, do you want me to take the initiative to confess to you?"
When the sisters heard the word "confession", they looked surprised, and they looked at each other and became alert at the same time.
They looked at his handsome face, and the bitterness of yesterday in their eyes was gone, and what was to be revealed today was better than anything.
He turned his back to them and said affectionately, "Do you know why, you sisters always like to distinguish between Chenzi Mountain and Chenzi Feng?"
"Why?"
"Because you sisters all like Chenzi Mountain. β
He knew that the sisters would not answer him, but he still pretended to pause, because they needed some time to prepare for the rest of the day.
He turned his back to them and said, "Do you know why, I never want to distinguish between Lin Shiyu and Lin Shixue?"
"Why?"
"Because I and your sisters are good friends, I don't care who you are. β
Hearing his words, the twin sisters suddenly stood up from the bench, and they shouted to him in unison, "Impossible!"
He spread his hands to them, "Since everyone is a good buddy, it is necessary to distinguish clearly?"
"By impossible I mean we can't be buddies. β
"By impossible I mean we can't be friends. β
"Since I can't even be a buddy friend, I have to become a passerby. β
They pointed to his back, "Do you dare to turn around and say this to us!"
"Do you dare to say this in front of our eyes!"
He turned around and stared at them with wide eyes, "I'll give you the stairs down, don't you go down, don't you? Buddy friends don't do it, you have to be a passerby, don't you? In this case, from today on, the ends of the world, the heavens are on different sides!"
With that, he crossed the road.
The twin sisters stood stunned, and by the time they had come to their senses, he was already on the other side of the road.
They shouted at his back, "Chenzi Mountain, why is this?"
"Chenzishan, can you let us understand something?"
He didn't stop, and as he fled quickly, he turned back slightly, fearing that they would catch up, and at the same time, he was looking forward to it.
He had already walked a stop, and stopped walking under a street lamp, and he could no longer see them.
At this time, a sentence popped out of his mind inexplicably, "You are talking too ruthlessly, they will definitely not chase you, never, never again!"
He lay under the street lamp, and the tears he held back finally flowed uncontrollably.
When he couldn't contain his crying, he suddenly slapped himself, "What are you crying about, what is there to cry about!
He then wiped away his tears and moved on.
It's late at night, but where can he go?
Back at his grandmother's house, he would never have stepped on this road.
Go to Mr. Li's house, Mr. Li's house is dozens of kilometers away from here, I'm afraid he will have to walk all night.
He touched his trouser pocket, remembering that he had already left the few large tickets for his brother who was lying in the hospital.
He was reluctant to use the change he had left in his pocket for a taxi.
He saw a 24-hour noodle restaurant on the street, he wanted to go inside to borrow a phone, walked into the door of the store and pondered, so he called Mr. Li so late and asked her to drive over to pick him up, he thought it was a bit inappropriate to trouble people so much.
He left the noodle shop with a "gurgling" stomach, in fact, he was already hungry, but he didn't care about filling his stomach at those times.
He said to himself, "If you're going to walk all night, why don't you fill your stomach first?"
He turned back into the noodle shop, and standing in the middle of the noodle shop, he looked at the menu on the wall, his eyes fixed on the cheapest noodle soup.
A proprietress in her forties got up from a nearby dining table, and the proprietress came to his side and greeted him with a smile, "Young man, what to eat?"
He thought about it, and he was worried that one bowl of noodle soup would not be enough, and it would be too luxurious to eat two bowls.
He turned to the proprietress and asked, "Is there fried rice?"
"Fried rice? Yes, what kind of fried rice do you want?"
"Egg fried rice is good. β
"You sit and wait. β
He asked again, "I don't see fried rice on the wall of your house, how much does it cost?"
"Ten bucks. β
"Is it a big portion?"
The proprietress looked at him carefully, and felt that this handsome young man was a little cute, and the proprietress smiled and said, "It must be a large portion." β
After the proprietress entered the kitchen, he threw his schoolbag to the side, leaned his heavy body on the chair, and slowly closed his eyes as he looked at the empty noodle restaurant.
His head was clouded, his heart was extremely tired, and he had the illusion that the past few months had been as long as half a century.
Leaning on the backrest, he took a deep breath and persuaded himself, "What's the use of wanting to, can you change anything? Don't think about them, why do you have to be so uncomfortable?"
Ever since their sisters had transferred to the present day, his heart had always been in a state of tension, and now he could let go.
He recalled the days of homelessness, he struggled to survive in a dirty and treacherous environment, and his safety was threatened by Brother Guang's gang of vicious people all the time, especially the fifth child who had always plotted against Xu Shiya, and always held a grudge against him. He knew very well that the reason why those people kept him alive was because he still had value in him that could be used by those people. No matter what happened in the future, now that he had escaped from them, he was exhausted and finally waved goodbye to the dark time.
He saw the smiling proprietress walking towards him with a large plate of fried rice, he sat up straight, and said to himself in his heart, "All the weight on your body is unloaded, eat, eat hard, eat enough, and go on the road easily." β
The proprietress looked at him devouring him, and thought to herself, this is a few days without eating to have such a good appearance!
On the one hand, the proprietress is proud of her own craftsmanship, and on the other hand, she is worried that he will choke on herself.
The proprietress sat down across from him, and he just glanced at the proprietress and continued to eat.
He didn't slow down the pace of eating, he didn't have a little restraint because outsiders were watching, he didn't care what others thought of him, he just enjoyed the pleasure of filling his stomach.
The proprietress found that although the boy in front of her was handsome, she didn't pay attention to her image at all, and the proprietress didn't feel annoyed, but liked it a little, "Young man, you're a college student, right?"
Two words popped out of his rice-stuffed mouth, "No." β
"It's a high school student. β
"No, it's a junior high school student. β
"Ahh
He nodded.
The proprietress continued, "Today's children are so mature!"
Mature? Is it physically mature? Taller! Those pampered peers are just a group of children in his eyes, and when they grow tall, are they considered mature?
With such a thought in his heart, he didn't intend to say it, and continued to "charge" at the rice that was only half a plate left.
The proprietress saw that the young man opposite didn't pay attention to herself, and only the fried rice on the plate was in her eyes, and the proprietress thought about what interesting topics she could talk to him about, so that he could divert his attention, slow down the pace of eating, and pass the boring night by the way, "Have you ever heard of the rice vacuum cleaner?"
He looked up and looked at the proprietress suspiciously, "What's it?
"Well, rice vacuum cleaner, haven't you heard of it?"
"Haven't heard of it. β
"I've been doing catering for so many years, and I've seen people who use chopsticks to pick up rice and put it in their mouths, and you look at you, you use chopsticks to pile up the rice in your mouth, and then your mouth is like a vacuum cleaner, and you suck all the rice into your stomach. β
He looked at the face of the proprietress and thought of this image in his mind, and he suddenly burst into laughter so much that he squirted the rice out of his mouth.
The proprietress laughed with him, "Well, I'm not wrong." β
He choked on himself with laughter and coughed desperately.
The proprietress originally intended to divert the young man's attention and let him eat slowly, but she didn't expect her words to choke him, "I'll go get you a bottle of water." β
The proprietress quickly came back with a bottle of mineral water, unscrewed the lid and sent it to him.
He took a few sips of "Gu Dong Gu Dong", his face softened, he looked at the freshly opened mineral water in his hand, and asked the proprietress, "How much is this mineral water?"
"Don't want money, you drink. β
He nodded his head, picked up his chopsticks and continued to eat, and he paid much more attention to the way he ate now than before.
"It's nice to be young, uninhibited, carefree. β
He understood what the proprietress meant, she meant that young people could eat whatever they wanted without caring too much about other people's opinions. Adults, on the other hand, are sensitive to other people's feelings and opinions. Isn't it true that both adults and children are like this? If they eat happily and others are unhappy, whose problem is it? He really doesn't understand what he wants to do if he restricts his own happiness for the sake of others to see happiness.
On the other hand, he thinks that it is a bit of a generalization to assert that young people are not bound by just one thing about eating.
He retorted, "Not exactly, young people need to pay more attention to their own things, and if they are not careful, it may take a lifetime to pay for it, and at some point, young people pay a far heavier price than adults." β
The proprietress stared at him with wide eyes, this junior high school student was far more mature than she imagined, not just mature, "Indeed, as you said, if Auntie had made the right choice when she was young, she would not have stayed up all night here now." β
He disagreed, "No one can predict the outcome of the choices made in their youth, and if they do, then the young people of the world will no longer be confused." β
He smiled lightly, "Young people are not confused, just like a bird is born to fly...... I believe that when many young people make choices, they will think about the present, they will think about the future, and in the end, impulse plays a key role. β
The proprietress nodded as if she didn't understand.
"People at different stages have different levels of suffering, and you see others laughing sweetly, but you don't see others crying bitterly...... When you were younger, you made other choices and went to other paths, how do you know that you will be happier than you are today?"
He continued, "A lot of people start to regret making a choice, regretting that they didn't make that choice, and if they had made another choice, they wouldn't necessarily be satisfied." No matter what choice you make, in the end, your unwilling heart will always be at work. There is nothing perfect in this world, and no one can predict the future...... What I want to express is that don't blame your past self because of today's gains and losses, since you have made a choice, just go with the flow, and whether you are happy or not is not your own decision. β
His words shocked the proprietress that the young man did not know his story, and his words spoke to her heart.
The proprietress was curious about what he had experienced, which would give him an extraordinary insight and state of mind at such an age, "You said that in the middle of the night, a child of your age should stay at home, instead of wandering outside." β
He looked up at the proprietress and said, "Wandering, how do you know I'm wandering?"
The proprietress waved her hand, "Auntie didn't mean that, I meant it...... You see you just entered my shop, suddenly turned around and left, and it didn't take long for you to come back again, I'm just a little curious, can you share your story with Auntie?"
"My story?"
"Well, your story. β
"My story, like most young people, has nothing to tell. β
"Forget it, you are not an all-night kid in an Internet bar, you should be a good student, a good student doesn't come home in the middle of the night, so I bet you must have something different from ordinary young people. β
Seeing that he had no intention of confiding in him, the proprietress said to him, "In this way, you can share it with Auntie, and Auntie will invite you to eat this meal." β
He looked at the empty plate and touched the few coins in his trouser pocket, "Is it okay to have another one?" β
"Wait. β
It didn't take long for the proprietress to come to him with the fried rice that had just come out of the pot, "Auntie will add more eggs to you, eat it quickly." β
He took the fried rice, lowered his head and sighed, he told his heart while eating, "In the green time, there will always be a girl like this, you obviously like it very much, but you don't want to have too much contact with her, you obviously don't know her well enough, but you feel that you have known her for many years." β
"Her eyes are so beautiful, you can't help but admire her quietly, and when she notices that you are peeking at her, you will not be shy, you will not dodge, but will show a bright smile in response to her. You may be sad, but you will not have any scruples because of selfishness, you face her kindness with a smile, look into her eyes, and silently bless her in your heart. β
"She is like a white cloud under a clear sky, and you look at it from afar, and watch it drift away from you in the wind, and drift away from you into the distant sky. β
"You will envy the bird, and you will envy the bird that can follow in its footsteps and be able to hug it. β
"You will inevitably be a little lonely, in fact, it is this kind of miss that makes you understand that you really loved. β
"She came by stepping on the clouds, and you like her so much, how can you bear to drag an angel into the mortal world. β
"I am a person who does not deserve her, I fear that my filthy self will stain her purity, I fear that my miserable self will restrict her freedom, and I fear that my cowardly and incompetent self will destroy her happiness that she deserves. β
"After all, they're so beautiful...... It's so beautiful that I have to stay away. β
He put down his chopsticks and looked at the half plate of fried rice in front of him with empty eyes, "Who doesn't want to get beauty, often all they get is poignancy." β
The proprietress was deeply immersed in his story, and after a while, the proprietress spoke, "Auntie has something to say to you, don't blame Auntie for being straightforward...... You are a child who only thinks about yourself when you eat, you are a person who does not pay attention to others for the sake of your own happiness, will you be happy in the future if you make such a choice today?"
The proprietress said something that made him fall into deep thought.
......
He had been standing by the sea for hours, pacing a few steps, trying to relieve the soreness in his legs.
He walked up to her side and said to her slowly, "If we had really stayed away from you, today's tragedy would not have happened to us. β
He sighed deeply, "Tragedy shouldn't have happened to us, we are people from two worlds, and we shouldn't have been entangled from beginning to end. β
"The birds in the sky love the fish in the sea, and whoever wants to leave his own world, who insists on entering each other's world, will never end well. β
"I have given you a chance, but the birds of the sky do not want to stay in their own skies, and insist on falling into the sea to live with the fish. β
"And what about the end?"
"The birds of the sky were immersed in the bottom of the sea, along with the fish guarding her corpse. β