Guangzhou.

The night sky is dark and vast.

On the surface of the Pearl River, the soft water is gently rippling and sparkling.

On the shore viewing path, the cool breeze is blowing, and everything is silent.

Xu Xincheng dragged his tired body and walked slowly on the shore viewing road.

He thought to himself: "Tonight, it should be the latest day of overtime in the past two years." ”

With a slight wry smile, he continued to walk forward silently, enjoying the silence of the night as he walked.

On the bank of the Pearl River, on the wide and tidy viewing road, he was alone, accompanied by banyan trees and street lamps on the side of the road, enjoying the silence of the late night with him.

It was so quiet that he could hear the rustle of leaves in the breeze.

Gusts of breeze blew from across the river, carrying a faint scent of flowers, sweeping across the river, bringing the coolness of the river to his face, caressing his slightly swollen temples.

He took a deep breath, inhaled the cool aroma deeply, and suddenly felt a sense of comfort all over his body, and his spirit was immediately lifted.

It was cloudy tonight, with no moonlight, no starlight, and the night sky was pitch black and thick like ink.

On both sides of the river, all the landscape lights have been extinguished by the buildings lining the river, and not far away, the Canton Tower, which stands tall, has long since extinguished its brilliant lights, and from here, its silhouette can only be faintly seen.

The Canton Tower, which had worked all night, was tired, and the city of Guangzhou, which had been busy all day, was also tired, and they had all fallen asleep under the cover of this heavy night.

Xu Xincheng took out his mobile phone and looked down at the time above, 23:23.

Putting down his phone and raising his head, a figure came into his eyes, not far ahead, on a stone bench on the right side of the viewing road, a person was sitting.

He stopped, looked very closely, and by the faint light that shone from the street lamp, he saw that it was a girl with a ponytail, dressed in a black long-sleeved suit, sitting motionless on the stone bench.

He was a little curious, and thought to himself, "It's so late, and I'm still here alone." ”

Xu Xincheng felt that maybe he should get closer and see what was going on, but he felt that it would be very presumptuous and abrupt to do so.

After a moment's hesitation, a thought, and finally deciding that it shouldn't be so much, he raised his feet and walked on, and soon walked in front of the girl.

After walking more than 20 steps, Xu Xincheng stopped, turned his head and looked back, the girl was still sitting motionless, her thin figure looked so lonely under the thick night like ink.

He thought to himself, "It's so late, why is she sitting here alone? What's going on? It's dangerous for a girl to be here at such a late hour." ”

In just a split second, his mind flashed through several dangerous situations she might encounter.

"Could it be that it is an emotion? Could it be that you can't think about it? This is the riverside, the water of the Pearl River is quite deep, and there are people who can't think of it every year......" Thinking of this, his heart chuckled.

He said to himself: "No, at this time, I can't sit idly by, I have to go over and see, you can ask, first understand the situation." ”

He quickly turned around, walked back briskly, walked about 5 meters away from the girl, slowed down, walked to about 2 meters, and stopped at an angle of about 45 degrees to her right.

The street lamp was directly opposite the direction in which the girl was sitting, and he deliberately stopped at this position, so that he could see her through the light, and she could see him through the light, so that it would not appear too abrupt and not scare her.

Through the light, Xu Xincheng could see her sitting posture clearly.

She is sitting upright, her eyes slightly closed, her hands are spread flat, her palms are up, her right palm is placed on top of her left palm, and she is gently placed in front of her lower abdomen, and her two thumbs are touching, which seems to be sitting in meditation.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but shake his head slightly, muttering in his heart: "This is not a good place to meditate, especially for a girl." ”

With his hands behind his back, he bent down slightly and greeted softly: "Hello!"

He paused for a moment so as not to be too presumptuous, and then asked, "Are you okay?"

The girl didn't react at all as if she hadn't heard him.

He could only take two small steps forward, half-crouched down, raised his voice a little, and said, "Hello......! , are you alright?"

The girl seemed to realize that there was someone beside her, and she slowly opened her slightly closed eyes, turned her face slightly sideways, and looked at him.

Xu Xincheng half-narrowed his eyes to improve his eyesight, he needed to see her as clearly as possible in order to better understand her condition, but the night was too thick and the light was too faint, so he could only see a rough idea, and he could only vaguely see that she was a young girl, with a three-dimensional melon seed face like a sculpture, well-defined facial features, and big eyes.

There seemed to be some uneasiness and sorrow in her expression, but the light was too dim for him to see clearly, and he couldn't be sure.

The girl only looked at him for a moment, then slowly turned her face back, slowly closed her eyes slightly, and returned to her previous state, as if she was thinking about something.

Xu Xincheng was stunned, and suddenly felt a little overwhelmed.

Sighing softly, he shook his head helplessly, took a deep breath, and thought to himself that it would be better to see if he could persuade her to go home, so he raised his voice a little more and said, "It's late now, it's quite dangerous here, I suggest you go home!"

He paused, seeing that she didn't respond, so he raised his voice again, and said, "Where's home?" or may I call a taxi for you?"

The girl seemed to have forgotten his existence, and returned to her own world, unable to move whatever he said.

Xu Xincheng encountered such a situation for the first time in his life, and at this moment, he was really completely stunned, and he didn't know what to do at all.

He frowned, looked at her helplessly, took a deep breath, and wanted to spit out the helpless breath in a big gulp, for fear of being heard by her, so he exhaled it little by little, in small sips.

He knew that there was no way to convince her, so he felt very helpless, hesitated for a while, and thought, "I have tried, I have tried my best." In that case, I had no choice but to leave. ”

He said helplessly: "Then I'm leaving, you must be careful!"

She still didn't react at all.

He straightened his bent body abruptly, first took a few steps back lightly, and after retreating to about 5 meters, he stopped, looked at her alone, couldn't help frowning, hesitated for a while, sighed lightly, shook his head, turned around, and walked in the direction of home.

Xu Xincheng walked a dozen steps in a worried manner, his pace getting slower and slower, and the steps became smaller and smaller, and finally, he stopped, turned around, and looked at the place where the girl was sitting, where she was still sitting quietly.

I looked at the time, and it was 23:33.

The street lamps on the bank of the Pearl River stand on the stone guardrail, with an average of one every 8 meters or so, usually these street lamps are very bright, but the night at this time is too thick, and the street lamps are so dim and weak in this dark night, like a faint candle against the endless darkness.

Worst of all, six of the seven lamps in front of the girl were unlit, they must have been blown out in the sudden storm this afternoon, and now only the middle lamp was still stubbornly lit, stubbornly fighting the endless darkness with its own strength, just to be able to stretch her up a protective net woven by its light.

Guangzhou is a city with good security, but it is inevitable that there will be some criminals, so there will still be some accidents from time to time, especially in the middle of the night. She just picked such a secluded and dark place, and chose such a dangerous place. Besides, it seems that her mood seems to be a little lost, maybe......

Thinking of this, in his heart, a voice said to him: "Stay, stay with her!"

When Xu Xincheng heard that voice, he immediately made up his mind in his heart: "I'd better stay with her for a while, and watch her from a distance, so as not to cause any danger." ”

He then took a step forward, strode back, still about 2 meters away from her, and greeted her softly again: "Hello!"

He deliberately paused for a short moment before he continued: "In this way, I will accompany you until you want to go back, and I will leave again." ”

The girl still didn't move.

He raised his left hand, pointed to another stone bench about 3 meters away, and said, "I'll sit on the stone bench next to you, and if anything, you can call me." ”

With that, he walked lightly to the stone bench, put his backpack on the stool, sat down with his face in the direction of the girl, and looked at her quietly, silently guarding her with the street lamp.

In the middle of the night, on the Pearl River in Guangzhou, on the viewing road on the bank, under a faint street lamp, on two stone benches, two people sat upright, fighting the endless darkness under the night.