CHAPTER XIII
Su Li is my screen name, and my name is not Su Li. Just like Yu Zecheng is his screen name, his name is not Yu Zecheng.
He called me Su Li, and I called him Yu Zecheng, and I have been called this for more than eight years.
It is only today, until now, that I have found out that not only do I not know his real name, but all that I know about him is false.
He has no wife and no children, he is not even 40 years old, he is just 32 years old.
I quickly put my phone down.
My eyes are black now, and my head is a mess. I lay on my back with no strength in my hands to lift my phone.
After a long, long time, I could clearly hear the children chasing and laughing in the living room, and I could even hear my own heartbeat.
But I just felt like I was asleep.
I didn't know how long I lay down, and I had a splitting headache and had to get up and look for medicine.
Lao Wang was already in his room, snoring like thunder. The children were still watching TV and playing around.
I looked at the electronic clock in the living room in a daze, I couldn't see clearly, my myopia seemed to be serious again.
I approached, squinting and trying to look and see. In fact, the eyes have seen it, but the brain just doesn't know what time it is.
What time is 7:47?
There was the sound of fireworks and firecrackers outside, and I slowly came back to my senses: Oh, today is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, 7:50, almost 8 o'clock?
I forgot that I had come out to look for medicine and I went back to my bedroom to find my phone.
Yu Zecheng sent several more messages, I looked at the time, did I not fall asleep? I put down my phone and did not reply to him, but there was an interval of more than 20 minutes.
However, I think it's a long time.
I looked at the messages sent by Yu Zecheng again, and he said:
Su Li, I'm sorry. I lied to you at first, and then I had to keep making it up.
I didn't mean to lie to you, you have to trust me.
You okay?
Talk back as soon as possible.
Su Li, you're angry. I'm really sorry! Call me back.
Am I angry? I asked myself. Yes, I'm angry. I answered myself honestly.
But why should you be angry? What position do you have to be angry? He said he lied, but did the lies hurt you, and you should be angry?
I continued to question myself. I, the one in my heart, didn't say a word at the moment.
In my heart, there has always been a little girl squatting at the base of the wall and drawing on the ground with small branches.
Her little face was dirty, and her little hands were also dirty, and from time to time she wiped off the unsatisfactory parts of her drawings with her hands, making them dusty.
I hadn't seen her for a long time, but now I saw her, as if I was still getting closer to her.
She suddenly raised her head, and her dirty little face had a pair of big eyes, and her eyes were clean and bright.
She spoke suddenly. She said, "There used to be a child squatting here with me, but I can't find him now." His name is Yu Zecheng, have you seen him?
I felt a great pain in my heart, and I had to bend down and hug myself.
Mommy, Mommy, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling sick? Mommy! Mommy! are you talking?......
Erbao shouted anxiously and pushed me vigorously. I came back to my senses and found myself curled up and sitting on the ground with myself in my arms.
I hurriedly got up, smiled at Erbao and said: Mom is fine, but I'm a little sleepy, you go and ask Dabao, can we sleep now?
Good!
Erbao hurriedly ran to the living room to ask Dabao, and Dabao came to me and asked me why.
Her little face was full of displeasure, and her facial features wrinkled together: Mom! Why? Didn't you go to bed at nine o'clock?
Okay, then it's still nine o'clock to bed, just get you two ready. I had to say it right away and say it to her with a good attitude.
So, the two children happily went to the living room to watch TV.
I should reply to Yu Zecheng, so I said: I know now, you have no wife and no children, and you are just 32 years old and not married.
I knew he must have been holding his phone all the time, waiting for my reply. But it was a long time before he spoke.
He said: Su Li, I must meet you as soon as possible.