"Ding......

The hand had lost its strength, and the chopsticks fell, striking the edge of the bowl with a crisp sound, spinning in the air, and finally falling to the ground, stained with dust invisible to the naked eye.

"How could it be ......?"

Parents used to be Dinkists and never thought of having children, at least until their lives were extended, but as they grew older, they saw the crystallization of their friends' love born into the world one by one, and this persistence was shaken, and finally after their lives were extended, they decided to become parents once.

So Parker's parents are much older than his peers, and when other peers are in the prime of life, they are already facing retirement.

Death is a very distant word for Parker, and there are not many afterlife homes today, only a few cities have been built to provide them to those who have lost hope in life and are bent on death.

He never thought that his newly retired parents would have to face all this, obviously the leisurely old age life is about to begin, the pension insurance is about to start, and there are still many things to do, especially when he is just 17 years old, how can they be willing to leave like this?

"Parker, we won't leave like this, the number of the afterlife homes is not much at present, the city's afterlife homes are just preparing to start, the number of people who can sign up has exceeded 10,000, according to the appointment, we can at least accompany you to adulthood, graduate from school, find a suitable job, meet a girl you like, we will accompany you until that moment, until life is stable, we will choose to leave." ”

Mother is not lying, the number of people who choose to die is increasing rapidly, there are too many people who are disappointed in the world, no matter what the reason, they just don't want to live, there is no little motivation to maintain their breathing, so they give priority to the right to die to those who are desperate.

But that's not what Parker wants.

"I'm full, I'll go upstairs first. ”

He couldn't listen to anything anymore, and he didn't have the strength to listen to his parents' reasons for dying, even if they had enough reasons to do so.

As timid as he had been in the square, he fled again, ran upstairs, locked the door, and buried himself under the covers, as if he had to drown himself before he dared to cry out with all his might.

"It's all too bad...... I can't help it, I've really done my best, he's still so young, I really don't know how he's going to live in the future......"

Parker thought he was hiding it well, but crying under the covers was not the best way to insulate the sound, and in the wooden room, all his emotions could be transmitted to his parents' ears.

This series of events made the mother sad, and it was difficult to hold back the tears, so that the father did not know how to comfort him, or rather, he also wanted to join in the crying ranks.

Instead of showing the parents' faces, the camera pans to the right to the small bar in front of the kitchen, where stacks of newspapers are spread out to prove that it has been read, and the headlines on the front page are the real reason for the parents' decision.

"According to the relevant laws, the state has introduced a new retirement policy for the elderly, for retirees between the ages of 60 and 120, who are now retired but enjoy the 120-year retirement pension policy, increase their economic consumption tax, increase the insurance amount by 30%, and the cost of death will also be raised. ”

That's why they chose to die, to die, they need a large deposit, and the price is not fixed, and it will continue to increase, if they don't pay the fee to make an appointment now, maybe when they really want to leave, they won't be able to leave Parker with more possessions.

......

"Parker, it's time to eat. ”

Early in the morning, her mother had already prepared breakfast, and the room was filled with the smell of food, but Parker did not respond to her mother's cries, perhaps worried that Parker would do something stupid, she worried, went upstairs, and pushed Parker's room open.

The room was empty, and there was no place to hide, and the bed, though messy, could no longer feel the body temperature of a person to the touch, and the mother could only sigh, lay the bedding, and turn to leave, without forgetting to close the door of his room.

......

Parker came out of the house early because he didn't know what to do with his parents, even though he knew what was going on with the countdown to their lives.

He didn't want to do this, and he also wanted to cherish this time that he had determined how long they could get along, but maybe there was a fire in his heart, and this thought was pressed into his heart, and he didn't know what year and month it would take to release.

"Everyone down there get out of the way!!"

A shout came into his ears, and Parker followed the conditioned response, immediately raised his head, looked at the top floor of the high-rise building, and immediately saw a man climb over the fence and stand on the edge of the roof, and jumped down without hesitation, with a tooth-aching sound of bones shattering, and fell in front of Parker.

The whole person is flat, it looks like a beef burger fried on an iron plate, smooth without a trace of undulations, at this moment, Parker is blind, until another person falls from the position where the man jumped just now, and with a snap, the two overlap and become a giant double-layer burger.

The blood was squeezed, poured out of the patty, splashed all over Parker's body, and the strong smell of blood stimulated Parker to wake up, causing his bladder to temporarily lose control, flowing down his trousers, mixing with the blood on the ground, and flowing towards the nearest manhole cover.

"Are you alright, kid? Oh my God......"

"Are you okay kid? Get out of here first! Maybe someone will jump down,, I don't know how many people have jumped off here these days, what the hell. ”

Passers-by were kind enough to pull Parker away, and for more than ten minutes, he was constantly questioned, but his voice was like a lock, and he didn't let go of a word and left.

The police arrived, the fire brigade arrived, and Parker, without saying a word, sat by the flower bed and watched as the firefighters shoveled the man and woman into the coffin with a spade.

"Son, where do you live? I'll send you back, take a good shower, and act as if nothing had happened. ”

Parker is now resistant to the word home, and this resistance finally made the words break through the door lock and speak the first words to the police.

"I'm not going home. ”

......

Twenty minutes later, he appeared at the school gate, and in full view of everyone, he was taken to the principal's office by the police, covered in blood, and then taken by the principal to the school public bathroom for body cleaning, and finally delivered to the school psychiatrist.

It is difficult for most psychiatrists to change a person's mind with only verbal therapy, but it is not difficult to simply do psychological counseling for him, although Parker is destined to be traumatized by the death of the two in front of him, but for now, he has gotten rid of the fear of blood and corpses, and will not be full of cranky thoughts, as for whether he will have nightmares at night, that is what happens after leaving school.

The principal contacted Parker's parents, who would arrive at the school forty minutes to an hour and a half later to take Parker home for recuperation, while he was placed in the school chapel, under the protection of Jesus, waiting for his parents' arrival.

"Pray to the Father in Heaven, child, that He will bless you from the shadows and enjoy your night's sleep in peace. ”

After the priest had finished his daily prayer to confess to Jesus for his sins he had committed yesterday, and prayed for him to protect himself today, and when Parker entered the church and comforted him, he turned around and confessed the truth to his crucifixion and prayed for this poor innocent child.

Finally, touching Parker's head, he turned to leave, leaving Parker alone, staring blankly at the roof of the shed, watching the angels flying in the colorful glass, at this moment, he seemed to see the kingdom of God.

"Parker, Parker? Are you okay? I heard something happened to you, and you weren't hurt, right?"

The door of the room that had been kept open when the priest had left, and Lisa poked her head out to see that there was no one in the church, so she stepped in and looked at Parker in a daze, her eyes full of worry.

"I'm not bad......"

"It's okay, thank goodness...... Your parents will pick you up in a moment, right?"

"Hmmm......"

"That's good, rest at home, we're all waiting for you to get back on your feet, there's a parade in a few days, everyone is gearing up for a big show......"

"I'm sorry Lisa, I won't be participating in this kind of event in the future. ”

"What?"

"I won't be participating in the parade anymore, there's no point. ”

At this moment, Lisa really suspected that Parker was scared stupid, which is not surprising, two living people just smashed down like this, and broke him all over his body, it would not be easy for anyone to be different.

But think about it in another way, this is a fortunate aftermath of the catastrophe, at least he was not affected, he did not die in his teens, this is a blessing in misfortune, but why, I can't see a trace of brilliance in his eyes? It's like he has been taken away by those two people by the way.

"Why?"

"Because it doesn't make sense, it's not at all. ”

"But we're doing the right thing, are you so willing to be a screw?"

"When your parents retire, you will understand that we are destined to be ants crushed by the wheels of history, prisoners pulled by the carriage of the times, and the direction is always in the hands of the person holding the reins, and everything we do is nothing more than a mantis arm as a car. ”

"Buzz...... Buzz ......"

The phone vibrated twice, and Parker took it out and looked at it, and it was a text message from his mother.

"Dad and I are waiting for you at the door, pack your things, and we'll take you home. ”

Everything he needed to go home and rest was already ready, all in his school bag, he only took some textbooks, and as for the superhero comics that could save the world, he had thrown them in the trash.

He got up and wanted to leave, until Lisa called his name again, and when she came back to her senses, a pair of slender arms around his neck, and then a soft body burrowed into his arms, and gave him a sweet kiss with the smell of oranges.

"Everybody thinks we're a couple, even I think so, you're weird today, so I hope I can heal you, Parker, I want you to get back motivated, even if you don't go to the parade, I just want you to "come alive", listen Parker, I like you, so go home and rest, and come back in good spirits. ”

It was the first kiss in his life from the object of his admiration, and it finally touched his heart, but it did not make him sober up, but became more flustered.

"Good...... I think it could be ...... I will, well, I will. ”

"Okay, I'll send you away. ”

Pushing Parker to take the first step, Lisa, who was blushing at this moment, turned her head, crossed her hands into fists, hoping that her faith could forgive her for making such a frivolous act in such a solemn place, and after praying, she caught up with Parker's footsteps, and did not shy away from sending him to the school gate, saying hello to Parker's parents, and watching him get in the car and leave.

"She's beautiful and cute, maybe you can invite her to our house and try the cookies I made. ”

Mother seemed to be very happy, sitting in the passenger seat, constantly looking at Parker's expression with the reflector, Parker was not surprised by the supportive and tolerant attitude of his parents, young boys and girls of this age, stealing forbidden fruits has become commonplace, love or something, not enjoying it at this age, after this village, there is really no such shop.

"Well, let's talk about it......"

In response to Parker's ambiguous answer, the parents just smiled at each other, and did not bother Parker's thoughts again, so he leaned on the car glass so softly, staring at his class until he could no longer see.

......

"It wasn't until much later that I realized the real meaning behind my parents' smiles, not the joy and ambiguous smile that my son showed after learning that he was in love, but more of a heartfelt relief. ”

"No, the time for real peace of mind has not yet come, they still need to get along, and then they can make a conclusion about Lisa after getting acquainted with her, and consider whether she is suitable for me. ”

"Not only should you think carefully about whether the kid is worthy of their trust before marrying your daughter, but also consider whether the girl is worthy of their trust, and whether she will hurt their son again. ”

"They are going to die, and everyone knows that, which is why they are so desperate to find someone, to make her a strong rope, to bind my desire to take my life, afraid that I will choose to die when I have nothing, or be alone all my life. ”

"They want me alive, and I know that. ”

"After all, although life is hard, there are also sweetness. ”

......

"Shhhh ”

Lighting the wall lamp at the door, Lisa found Jason lying on the sofa, already asleep, turned her head to Parker and put her finger on the corner of her mouth, before gently taking off her high heels, but when she found the bruise on the corner of Jason's mouth, she frowned slightly, smiled with relief, and said to Parker.

"He's like you. ”

"It doesn't seem like you, make him a bowl of ginger soup, you know how cold that water gun is. ”

Lisa was busy in the kitchen, and he was busy, sitting at the dining table, lighting a cigarette, and suddenly shaking his head and smiling, this scene was very similar to him sneaking home after participating in the parade.

Lisa left a steak for Jason before attending Nelson's party, and he could eat it when it was reheated, but the broccoli on it was no longer green, and the taste was probably not very good, so after all, he still couldn't go back to what it was.

Perhaps alarmed by the sound of pots and pans, Jason woke up and hurriedly got up from the sofa, and saw Parker sitting at the table, unconsciously covering the wound on his face, but found that his parents did not say anything about the wound, and finally he put down his palm, but sat down at the table with some trepidation.

"Let's eat. ”

"Oh, good...... Daddy, Grandpa Nelson......"

"He's dead, but he's dead, he's got what he wants, tomorrow he's going to be buried, we'll go to his funeral together, eat first, go take a shower, go to bed early. ”

This was the answer Jason expected, and he had already acquiesced in the fact that he was leaving, but his mood was lowered again, and there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

"He was a nice guy who took me around for a long time and helped me with my homework. ”

"We all know he's a good guy. ”

"So I'd rather hope that he dies in bed in the company of his relatives and closes his eyes peacefully, rather than passively looking for death because he has to die......"

"Jason, no one is going to die in bed, don't say any more, let's eat. ”

The meal was tasteless, and even the spicy ginger soup didn't feel choking, Jason put down the rice bowl, took a shower, and entered the room early to turn off the light.

Lisa washed the dishes and began to wash up, leaving Parker alone in the living room to watch TV until Lisa leaned against the wall in her bathrobe and threw a square plastic package at him.

"Let me see if you're really healthy?"

"Okay...... Wait until I'm done watching this episode?"

"OK, don't forget to take a shower, I'll be waiting for you in bed. ”

Without forgetting to wink, she walked to the master bedroom, and when it was time to close the door, she deliberately tore off her bathrobe to expose half of her white shoulders, and then closed the door.

Come on, the talk show is no longer tasteful, and after watching it for less than fifteen minutes, Parker put the plastic bag in his pocket and walked to the bathroom, only to open the bathroom door when Jason poked his head out.

"Why don't you sleep yet?"

The old husband and wife have been doing it for so many years, although it is not a routine, but it is not so hot as desire, and when he glanced at his son, he calmly did not see a clue.

"I just thought that Grandpa Nelson can't sleep, Dad, is life really that hard in adulthood?"

"It's harder than you think. ”

"Okay......"

"Maybe you should quietly drink two glasses of wine after an hour to get some sleep, don't drink too much, remember to clean the glass, and rest early. ”

He is not yet old enough to drink, but now there are too many children who secretly smoke and drink, and even fly leaves, and the original law prohibiting underage drinking is now a non-existent and has no deterrent effect.

Parker is glad that his child is very well-behaved, not as excessive as other children, and it doesn't hurt to drink a little once in a while, it's just an early contact, and he will always learn in the future.

He's just worried that Jason will throw up on the floor after drinking too much and forget to clean up, so he'll be hanging out with Lisa tonight and being reprimanded tomorrow with his ears pulled.

"I see. ”

"I have to wake up on time tomorrow morning, and remember to wash my face well. ”

That was his last piece of advice to Jason tonight, and he finally retracted his head and went back to bed, guessing whether the wine tasted sweet or not, and Parker closed the bathroom door.

......

"Jason is very much like me, and also like his mother, at this stage, his heart is full of the sense of justice that should be in this age, but maybe the times are different, or maybe we have inadvertently influenced him after working for many years, resulting in his personality is not as strong as we imagined, or even more fragile. ”

"We weren't against him going to the march, just like our parents wouldn't stop us from going to that kind of event, because we knew it was safe and that we would be able to go home safely that day, except for some physical suffering. ”

"Unless you attack the police who are maintaining order, or destroy the facility, and you don't get out, the police won't arrest you, they won't catch them, and they won't affect their future because they're participating in the parade. ”

So the march is more of a way to vent than a means of justice to stop these rebellious and energetic teenagers from committing crimes elsewhere. ”

"I know that Jason doesn't attack the police or destroy public facilities, so like other children's parents, they let him go freely, so that the harmony of the family will really improve, and when they come home, they will be the kind of good kids their parents want, and they won't give us a headache with our busy schedules. ”

"It's just that the kind of self-denial and vulnerability that may be inherited from the self is a hidden danger that I should always be vigilant against. ”

......

For nearly a month after returning home to recuperate, Parker had nightmares every night, sometimes dreaming of someone falling from a height, and sometimes the person who fell from a height was replaced by himself.

He would always wake up when those people lay on the ground in a blur of flesh, or when a leg fell off the bed, but he didn't want to use this fear to communicate with his parents, yes, there was still a gap between them.

A lot has happened in the past month, first of all, the school has a final exam, and the summer vacation, Parker also took the exam, and the results are very good, and the ranking runs from the bottom to the middle, which also makes the parents happy for a long time.

Secondly, he moved and moved away from the place where he had lived since he was a child, and perhaps his long-term nightmares were also related to the recognition of the bed, but this was not all bad, because the house rented by his father was not only very close to the school, but also close to Lisa's house, and it only took about ten minutes to walk, which greatly facilitated the two of them.

Lisa would occasionally visit the house, talk to Parker's parents, and even start to ask Parker's mother how to make Chinese food and biscuits, which Parker's mother was naturally very satisfied.

Finally, it is a big deal, because the number of suicides has been rising in recent times, and the government has taken corresponding measures to prevent more people from ending their own lives.

A device known as a health bracelet has been logged into the market, and distributed to the public for free, it will detect your heartbeat, blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature, cardiopulmonary function, and even mental state and a series of hundreds of test reports, even if you don't want to wear it, the community doctor has the right to notify the police and force you to wear it.

It is said that the bracelet also has a monitoring function, once the brain secretes dopamine down, the human body enters a depressed state, and says something that should not be said, it will automatically call the police, and the police will knock on your door within two minutes, but this function has not been officially confirmed.

The invention quickly took effect, and it took only 45 seconds for the patrolling police to arrive at the scene, break down the door, treat the wrist cutter and notify the hospital, and a series of processes successfully saved a life.

The media sang praises for this, threatening that there will be no more tragic incidents of elderly people living alone dying in their rooms without being found in the future, and leaving a trace of regret for the suicide victims, so that they can feel the preciousness of life when their lives are about to pass.

But is that all?

Then another law was promulgated, officially listing suicide as an illegal act, and it is a major crime, simply put, people are saved, they are in prison, people are killed, and they are fined.

The introduction of one measure after another has curbed the large-scale occurrence of self-suicide incidents in a very short period of time, and the daily self-suicide incidents have fallen in a precipitous manner, infinitely approaching zero.

All those who are desperate for life should think carefully about whether they can afford to go to prison after a failed suicide and feel their lives prolonged again, and to do long hours of heavy physical labor until they are released penniless.

Don't think that 200 years is the end of your life, and you want to die? I just let you live to be 300 years old, or even longer, which is a nightmare for the vast majority of ordinary people.

However, this matter does not have much impact on the Parker family, after all, the parents have already made an appointment for the death, and it will probably not be executed until Parker is twenty-five years old, and since they already know the date of their death, they will naturally covet the scenery of the world.

For Parker, who has just experienced the beauty of love and received the blessing of his parents, he is tasting the sweetness of the world, and he is naturally reluctant to leave, let alone leave before his parents.

They just wake up early on holidays, gather around the table, turn on the TV and watch the latest news, mechanically chewing on tasteless, buckwheat husk-like cereal.

It wasn't until the phone rang that my father glanced at Parker, picked up his phone, turned on the speakerphone, and was the first to say hello to the other end of the phone.

"Good morning Mr. George. ”

"Good morning Kevin, around ten o'clock in the morning, we will arrive at your door, and you will need to officially sign a construction contract at that time, when can you be there?"

"I can go over now, can I take my wife and son with me? After all, it holds all the memories of our family of three, and it will be gone from tomorrow, so we want to see it again." ”

"Of course, you are still the owner of the house before you sign the construction contract, and you have the right to do so, so that's it, we'll see you on site when the time comes. ”

Father hung up the phone, glanced at Parker, saw that he had drunk the last sip of milk, and beckoned his mother not to rush to wash the dishes, put on their shoes together, and take the car to their home, which was once and truly theirs.

The old house where the family has lived for decades should be beautiful and clean in Parker's impression, not so decayed, even though he has only been gone for more than a month, but it seems that time has passed fifty years, and even he himself has the illusion that he has not been back for a long time.

The swings in the courtyard had faded, the weeds had grown to ankle height, and the stone steps had grown green moss, which was easy to slip if they were not careful, and the three of them helped each other to the door, and the moment they opened the door, they could easily see the dust floating in the air in the sunlight.

For a month, the dust was not too thick, but I don't know which bastard saw that the house had been emptied, and the idle egg threw a stone at the window, smashing the whole piece of glass, causing the house to fill with water when the rain came.

The floor was skinned, hairy, and smelled damp, and became a home for insects and bacteria, and his parents were still sighing, but Parker had no desire to look at it, and instinctively didn't want to see his home so desolate, so he went back to the yard, straddled the swing, and shook gently, the rusty swing creaked.

"Parker, look what I've found!"

Mother suddenly shouted, smiling brightly, and waving the comic book in her hand that Parker had long forgotten to discard, with many creases on the cover, and even the corners were moldy, and on it was a drawing of a man wearing a red and blue bodysuit and a mask, hanging upside down from a lantern.

This is his father's favorite superhero, and it is also Parker's childhood, the young Parker had to read half an hour of Spider-Man comics every night in the company of his mother to fall asleep, but as he grew older and other entertainment activities increased, the hobby of reading comics could only pass the time during class.

"I found it in the cupboard, and you had to sleep with it every day when you were a kid. ”

Parker took the comics handed by his mother, flipped through a few pages, and suddenly memories flooded over him like a tidal wave, allowing him to remember the later part of the plot and even most of the dialogues after several years.

This comic book is no less than a treasure to Parker, even though it has begun to mold and break, it is very memorable, and he has a sense of joy that he has been lost and regained.

His father's cell phone rang again, and he answered, but soon hung up again, and soon, several bulldozers and trucks came in from a distance, and Parker understood that the destination of these vehicles was his home.

After the father signed, the demolition staff distributed protective clothing, masks and goggles to the family of three to prevent damage from dust and debris.

They stood far away, watching quietly, until the iron ball easily smashed through the wall on the second floor, destroying and disintegrating Parker's bedroom, and the three of them seemed to feel the iron ball smashing on their bodies.

The word home represents too much for Chinese people to be measured by money, and even though Parker is not fluent in Chinese and has never been there, this does not affect his empathy for the emotions of his parents.

The wooden houses were easily knocked down by machinery, and in just over an hour, their home was in ruins, and all memories associated with it were destroyed.

Tears overflowed into their eyes, playing with the dust in the air, and then fell to the ground, absorbed by the soil, waiting for a moment to evaporate, until they rose to the top of the cloud, gathered with the tears of others, and when the clouds were overwhelmed, the tears were shaken off, and eventually they returned to their owners, and the cycle repeated.

So this downpour is not the tears of God, but the sorrow of mortals.

Parker held his parents' hands until the truck pulled their home away from one trip to another, and the staff informed them that they had to leave.

Nothing preserves family unity more than the grief of losing a treasure that the whole family treasures, so at this moment, some of the barriers that stuck in Parker's mind are dissolved, and he accepts the fact that his parents are leaving, even if he doesn't want them to make that choice.

Now, he just wants to spend more time with his parents during the time they are still alive, be a good child, find a good job in the future, let him leave without regrets and without worrying them.

In the following years, he no longer participated in the parade, even if he had conflicts with his former friends, he did not hesitate to study, his grades steadily improved, and it was with Lisa.

The relationship between the two is also very stable, the interests and hobbies are the same, there are few contradictions, there is no bloody third party involved, and the parents do not intervene, even if they are not in the same school during college, the distance has not had any impact on the relationship, after graduating from college, both parties have found a decent job, and got married as quickly as possible, becoming the earliest married person among classmates.

A happy life and a harmonious family are the envy of others, and Parker thought that this happy life would last for a long time, but on a weekend not long after, a phone call broke the peace of the morning.

......

The soft mattress shook a few times, Parker glanced sleepily at the side of the bed, Lisa was drinking water, and smiled apologetically when she saw Parker wake up.

Rolled over, buried his head in the middle of the folded pillow, like a child lying in bed, ready to sleep again, but one hand passed through his belly, through his elbow, and finally rested on his chin, gently caressing the rough stubble that had grown overnight.

"When I first met you, you hadn't shaved your beard, and in the blink of an eye, your chin was like sandpaper. ”

Lazily turned over, hugged her in his arms, felt the warmth of the body in his arms, he took a deep breath, obsessed with the warm smell in the room at the moment, and the soft sound of the mattress spring popping up, jokingly.

"So is it good or bad?"

"Why distinguish between good and bad? It's the change that time brings, that makes you mature, that makes you more ...... Sexy~"

Screwed on Parker's ass, she drilled into Parker's arms again, noses touched together, you could feel the coldness on the wings of the other person's nose, cheeks rubbing against his hair, comfortable soft hum, she liked Parker's hair, soft, with a smell that I don't know how to describe.

"What to eat in the morning?"

"You eat whatever I do, and my wife's recipe will never be released to her husband. ”

"Okay, dear madam, then I'll eat ...... this morning"

Before she could finish speaking, she reached directly into Lisa's ribs and began to tickle her, she had always been afraid of this, and once she was touched by the tickle flesh, she would keep laughing until the phone rang, and she put her arms around Parker's neck in a panic.

"Okay, okay, don't make any more trouble, I'll answer the phone. ”

The bright red lace nightdress was a little messy, but it was more sexy, she gently stroked the hair hanging down her ears, her white long legs stretched out of bed first, the slippers between her toes narrowed the distance, her feet put into the slippers, she got up, stretched out her index finger and pointed at his forehead, and pressed Parker back on the bed, the tiger teeth bit her lower lip, and wink in the blink of an eye.

Walking to the landline, picking up the phone with her right hand, putting her other hand on her chest, shaking her body slightly, the suspender strap on her left shoulder slipped off, leaking out of her white shoulder, she knew what she would encounter after hanging up the phone, and was looking forward to the first drop of sweat in the morning, leaning against the wardrobe, the corners of her mouth were raised, and her eyes were looking directly at Parker, beautiful and hot.

“hello......”

"Yes, we just woke up ......"

The fingers wrapped around the telephone line paused, hanging limply, the smile on his face gradually faded, and turned into an unspeakable for Parker, turning his head and looking out the window, his left hand running through his hair in a bit of panic, smoothing out the curly hair.

"Okay, Parker and I will be over in a moment, huh. ”

The microphone was put back on the landline, his head down, his blonde hair glistening harshly in the sunlight, Parker was puzzled, leaning against the head of the bed, his hands on his chest, questioning.

"Parker, listen, I just hope you don't get too excited, mom called just now......"

"What did she say?"

A shadow swept over his mind, he threw the condom aside, his body was not lazily in need of support, sat up straight, and looked directly at Lisa.

Taking a deep breath, Lisa only felt that she was blowing a very good quality balloon, forcefully expelling the air from her chest, and even her cheeks bulging, before finally lifting her hair and telling Parker the truth.

"Whew...... Mom and Dad are going to die tomorrow. ”

In an instant he was on the ground, not even wearing slippers, and rushed straight to the closet, rummaged through his clothes, just put on his pants, and strode to the door.

"Parker!!"

......

His head was on the window, his eyes were a little glazed, feeling the vibration of the car when it was moving, his ears were itching, but he didn't bother to pick it, Lisa grasped the steering wheel, her eyes were full of worry, but she didn't say a word, just stretched out her hand with a diamond ring, covering Parker's hand, passing on his own body temperature.

The diamond is not big, less than a carat, and the white gold band is also very pitiful, but it is very heavy in her heart, and it is a little heavy.

The two are still living in Parker's high school residence, while Wang Hui and his wife have moved into the house built on the original address, and there is some distance between the two places, although Lisa drives very fast, and it will take an hour and a half to arrive.

The car stopped, and Parker was like a walking corpse at this moment, losing the vitality of the morning, pressing down the elevator and looking straight at the floor display.

She carefully smoothed the folds in her husband's dress, folded his collar, and even pulled his trouser legs around twice before getting up and looking into Parker's blank eyes.

"Parker, listen to me, cheer up, Mom and Dad don't want you like this, at least not so lifeless, you need to reassure them, OK?"

"I tried my best. ”

He wanted to grin, but the plan failed, and after learning the news, he had lost the ability to control his facial expressions, and when the elevator door opened, he knocked on the door like this.

"Come so soon? Come on in. ”

The mother opened the door, smiled at the two, the moment the door was opened, the two smelled the aroma of the food, at the table, not as the two thought, only the husband and wife eat, but sat three guests, more lively.

"Hey Parker, Lisa, are you alright? Lisa, you're getting prettier. ”

Nelson, who had his back to the door, turned around when he saw the two of them coming, his hands on the back of his chair, his face was slightly red, and there were still bright red wine droplets on his white upper lip and beard.

Parker couldn't laugh, he could only nod and say hello to his wife and daughter, and looked around the room, it was still so clean and tidy, but the couple's daily necessities had been packed up and piled up in the corner.

Lisa handed her mother the formal dress she was going to wear tomorrow, and after a kind greeting, she immediately put on her apron and went into the kitchen to help with her mother's last dish.

"Haven't you eaten yet? Wash your hands and come over for dinner, Nelson brought a bottle of good wine, try it?"

The father was in a normal state of mind, and perhaps more happy than usual because of the drinking, and the father and son looked at each other for a long time before Parker answered.

“......”

"Good ......"

Washing his hands and sitting down, Nelson shook the decanter, the scarlet liquid in the decanter in beautiful waves, and remained on the walls for a long time before slowly merging with the large amount of wine at the bottom of the decanter.

After pouring a glass for him, Nelson raised his head, and the three of them raised their glasses, and there was a crisp collision sound, and Parker drank all the wine in one gulp, and the smell of alcohol was still there, so he didn't exhale immediately, and held his breath for about three or four seconds before exhaling this long breath.

No one cared about his appearance, nor did they ask him about the taste of the wine, he was here to get drunk, and everyone knew it, so they didn't say a word about it.

Nelson had a good conversation with his father, and the two had been in frequent communication since they first moved in, and for this old gentleman, who was not wealthy, he had a foreign friend who could hear interesting stories about other countries, and indeed gained a lot of knowledge, and unfortunately, this friend was going to heaven tomorrow.

So at the dinner table, the two old friends tried to find happiness in the last moment, while Parker did not say a word, easily drained half a bottle of red wine and a whole bottle of whiskey, and smoked a cigarette roll in his mouth, and occasionally flicked the ashes of his cigarette, but did not say a word.

The party didn't last long, and ended forty minutes after Parker's arrival, and old Nelson put on his suit, his eyes were full of meaning, patted Parker, and left with his wife and daughter, handing over the rest of the couple's time to the younger couple.

"You shouldn't drink so much. ”

"I can get up tomorrow morning. ”

"But it hurts too much. ”

"Once in a while, it doesn't matter. ”

Mother and Lisa were cleaning the dishes in the kitchen, and they just listened attentively to the conversation between father and son, but Lisa felt that Parker's attitude was a little blunt, and glared at Parker with a little dissatisfaction, but Parker didn't notice it, and asked about his father.

"Why only told me today. ”

"You've only been working for a short time, we can't affect your work status, it's hard to do work now, and it's easy to lose your job if you make a little mistake. ”

"But after tomorrow, I will still be affected by my work. ”

"Everybody has a time. ”

"You're selfish. ”

Parker ......

The father waved his hand to the dissatisfied Lisa, he knew that at this moment the father and the son, life and death are on opposite sides, and if it is the child of whose family, if there is some filial piety, he will be unhappy.

Staring at the cigarette on the table, he picked it up and lit one for himself, he quit smoking before the longevity gene was popular, but at this moment he wanted to indulge, opened his mouth and inhaled slightly, the smoke entered his lungs with the air, and he coughed out without holding back.

"The tobacco is so strong now, ...... From your point of view, I'm selfish. ”

He didn't say the rest of the sentence, but even if he didn't say it, Parker understood what his father meant, and from his own point of view, his parents didn't inform him until the day before he died, and it was indeed selfish to catch him off guard, but from his father's point of view, it was even more selfless.

Parker didn't speak, just didn't want to look at his father's face anymore, silently picked up his glass, and took a sip of the whiskey diluted after the ice cubes had melted, the taste was no longer spicy, but had some aroma.

It's just that after this sip of wine, he completely detonated all the alcohol in his body, and in an instant he began to surge, and his consciousness began to be unconscious, he was very sleepy, got up by the corner of the table, staggered to the sofa, lay down, covered his ears and put the cushion on his head like a thief, wanting to play the role of isolation, but unfortunately the effect was very little.

He wanted to escape, he didn't want to feel that time was still flowing before his parents died, but all this was just self-deception, he could still hear his parents' conversations, he still felt guilty about his cowardice, and in the end, he slept, but unfortunately the good dreams did not last long.

......

Until late at night, his stomach began to churn, accompanied by a hot pain, he turned over, and then he woke up, opened his eyes dimly, and there was a person sitting beside him, but the room was too dark for him to see who it was.

"Lisa......?"

"Is it, darling, do you need some water?"

"If you can, let's have a bit. ”

The water temperature was just right, not too hot to drink, not too cold to irritate the stomach, warm and soothing the discomfort of the stomach, so that Parker let out a long groan of comfort.

"What time is it?"

"It's just past midnight, let's get some more sleep. ”

Lisa lay down, lying on the other side of the couch, reaching out and putting her arm around Parker's shoulder, patting it gently, as if to soothe a lost child, making him sleepy again.

"I know you're sad...... But I will always be with you. ”

"Thank you, Lisa. ”

"This is what I'm supposed to do Hani. ”

The room was quiet, and only the sound of the two of them breathing evenly could be heard, and he didn't know whether it was the voice of his heart or the whispering after falling asleep, he said something indistinctly.

"Lisa, I don't have parents anymore......"

There was no response, just a slight snort in the room.

......

Early in the morning, at five o'clock, the parents changed into formal clothes and greeted the death with dignity, Parker and Lisa were busy in the kitchen, preparing the last breakfast for their parents, suddenly the doorbell rang, he wiped his wet hands on the scarf twice, walked over and opened the door.

His parents-in-law, neighbors, the Nelsons, and Parker's high school classmates all stood at the door, waiting to open the door and give Parker a warm hug one by one.

It's not strange to see his father-in-law and mother-in-law and the Nelson family, but the presence of these classmates made Parker very surprised, turned his head to look at Lisa, and after getting her affirmation, he shook his head helplessly, and entertained these friends who originally collapsed because Parker broke away from the group, but after entering the society, they bid farewell to the idea of secondary school, and reunited with their innocent friendship.

The last breakfast is Chinese, otherwise there is no need for Parker to help, the parents sat down after thanking these relatives and friends who were present, and they were obviously a little surprised to see the Chinese breakfast, showing surprise, praising a small two, under the gaze of everyone, chewing slowly and tasting the craftsmanship of their son and daughter-in-law, and answering other people's topics from time to time, so that the atmosphere is not too heavy.

Only Parker did not participate in any discussion, just stood quietly at the door, watching his parents until they finished eating, got up and put on their coats, and the group took the elevator in two groups and got into their respective cars.

Let's go.

Along the way, many passers-by stopped, looked at the convoy, and gave enough attention, and now the death has become a luxury, and it has become the only luxury that most people can enjoy before the end of their lives.

The Death House is not far from Parker's high school, only three streets away, and I remember that in the past, when I saw a convoy of cars in front of the school, I used to pass through the section of the road that his parents had to pass when they sent him to school, and my heart suddenly became uneasy.

It's been a long time since he went to high school, and his parents are about to leave him, and when he enters society, he already understands how difficult and well-intentioned the decision his parents made, but time is like a stream of water running through his fingers into the distance.

At first we wanted it to leave quickly, so the water wave pushed away our palms, the flow speed increased, and it disappeared without a trace, until we remembered the coolness and gentleness it bringed, and then we wanted to find it, and it had rushed downstream, pouring into the sea called history, becoming a memory that will not be recorded, but only exist in our hearts.

The best fried chicken restaurant nearby.

An old shoe store that sold him his first pair of sneakers.

In the cold drink shop downstairs of my mother's company, the ice cream made by the beautiful clerk is always extra sweet.

In the park where I frequented my childhood with my friends, the railings rusted and broke, and I could no longer protect the safety of the skateboarder.

Looking in the rearview mirror, his parents smiled in their eyebrows, probably missing, he silently turned his head, wiped the corners of his eyes, and turned up the car radio channel, the music channel he had listened to since he was a child was playing a very old music.

Until the Death Hospital, because it was the first one this morning, I didn't use the number, and went directly into the room that scared Parker, and the staff who had done a good job of comprehensive protection pushed the cart in, confirmed the identity of the parents, and took the two into the compartment inside.

"Parker, Parker...... Say something. ”

Entering the Afterlife's Hospital, the loud voice will also become a good girl, and there is always an unsettling aura here, making people turn the volume to the lowest, and everyone urges Parker, who is pushed forward, separated by glass, face to face with his parents.

The parents were very calm, and the calm staff all glanced at them in surprise, but this performance did not surprise Parker in the slightest, he knew that his parents had been preparing for this moment for many years.

With his hands clenched into fists to his mouth, he coughed, and one could see his hands shaking and his eyes staring wildly.

"I'll be fine...... I will work well, treat Lisa well, and in the future there will be a child, and I will give everything for him, just like you did to me, Dad, Mom......"

"Ziqing, we're leaving, you're alone, will you be afraid?"

"I ...... NoGod......”

He was nervous, he was afraid, so he babbled nonsense, like an apology for a child who made a mistake, and said something confused, and his mother saw his embarrassment, and with just one sentence, he detonated a tear bomb that had been buried in Parker's heart for a long time.

He couldn't stand this, he really couldn't stand it, so he turned around, covered his face with his hands, and whispered his faith, and didn't want his parents to see him collapse at this moment.

His actions did not surprise his parents, knowing his son Mo Ruomu, she had already seen that he was not strong, smiled gently, looked at Lisa, put her hands into fists and twisted them under her eyes, made a crying nose movement, pointed at him again, opened her arms, and motioned for Lisa to comfort him.

"I love you Parker, as a mother, I will never be able to be by your side, whether our lives are extended or not, this day will eventually come, and in the days to come, you still need someone who loves you, and promise that you must also love her, and you must take good care of Lisa, okay?"

"I know, I know. ”

"Lisa, thank you for your hard work, do you want to say anything?"

The father looked at his son and shook his head with a smile, he didn't want to make himself cry, even though he was in tears now.

As a father of Chinese education, he can only be a father, it is difficult to become friends with his children, until now, he also needs to maintain the image of a father, once he speaks, he is deflated.

"Mr. Wang, Mrs. Wang, I'm ready, let's lie down. ”

"Okay, please take care of my introverted son after we leave, and cause trouble for everyone, Parker, Mom and Dad love you. ”

Bowing lightly, thanking all relatives and friends for being there, the two lay on the cold iron bed, quietly waiting, waiting for their share of death.

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Wang, Mrs. Wang, you can feel an extremely strong sense of excitement later, this is a normal reaction, don't panic too much, please allow me to check your bracelet for the last time to confirm your identity, check it is correct, Mr. Nelson Sterford, the tired and bitter life is over......"

"Welcome to the dead. ”

Finally, check the personal information of the health bracelet and remove it.

Injectable ......

Until death came, the two did not let go of their hands, and in the hallucination, that day was just at sunset, Parker was playing on the swing in the courtyard, saw his parents come home, and came forward to ask for a new issue of Spider-Man comics.

As the grass sprouted, and dragonflies landed on the tips from time to time, my father put Parker on his shoulders and pushed away the home, which had not yet become a ruin.

"Go home......"

"Well, let's make sweet and sour tenderloin tonight......"

"............ Toot"

"I can take Wang Hui and his wife home, and I hope that the husband and wife will accompany their father and be happy and healthy all day long. ”

"Amen ......"

Pushing open the door of the Death Hospital, the families lining up behind them stopped to look, Parker was the leader, carrying two body bags, and his other hand was holding a yellowed and tattered Spider-Man comic......

......

"After a period of time, I began to inexplicably hate the country I used to aspire to, I no longer liked the way they were educated, and I no longer liked the attitude of selfless dedication after becoming a parent, which is not fair to an independent individual, a person. ”

"It wasn't until much later, when I had children, that I realized that I didn't hate this way of upbringing, that I continued to teach my children the way my fathers did, and I confess that I was willing to give my all for my children, out of responsibility, but also out of love for them. ”

"The dislike and resentment at the beginning was just the guilt that came from seeing the unexpected balance in the parents' bank card when inheriting the inheritance. ”

"Only when we become parents can we understand the difficulty of being parents, and when our parents leave, we will understand what parents mean to us. ”

......