The deep night was like a monster with a wide mouth, as if it was about to swallow everything. The world of Zhouhe was as silent as death, and she couldn't hear the distant gunshots, nor could she hear the wails in the smoke of gunfire. Her world, as Qi Jingran's body temperature gradually cooled down, turned gray.

Her thin body hugged Qi Jingran tightly, so sad and desperate, no one even dared to step forward.

After a long time, she gently put Qi Jingran's head on the ground, and used her sleeve to gently wipe the blood on her hands and face. She has always loved beauty the most, how can she tolerate being so embarrassed to go to see the baby and go to see Aunt Qi.

Zhou He was cautious when he did all this, as if he was afraid that he would wake up Qi Jingran with pain. Cheng Wei stood behind her, and his body image was about to blend in with the night.

Qi Jingran's ashes were buried next to Aunt Qi's grave. As she wished when she was alive.

She didn't know many people, and there were only a handful of people at the funeral. Luo Kaiwen didn't know where to get the news, but he also came.

Originally, he thought that Zhou He would not want to see him and drive him away. But she didn't, as if she hadn't seen him. Let him weep bitterly and fall to his knees in front of the grave.

All kinds of past came to mind, and Zhou He closed his eyes. The pain spread along her limbs, and her tears had long since dried up, and she could no longer flow.

Everything was simple at the funeral, although Xu Yuanning and Li Peiyuan both attended the funeral, but because they were busy with official business in Kyoto, they both returned to Kyoto after the funeral. The house was not lively in the first place, but now it is even more bleak.

Zhou He declined Shu Hua's kindness to accompany her, saying that he wanted to be quiet and stayed alone in the house.

Her mind was empty, and she sat on the couch all the time, as if it were only a blink of an eye, and it was dark outside.

When Cheng Wei came over, the lights were not turned on in the living room, and it was so quiet that there was no sound. It's like there's no one.

He turned on the light, and at a glance he saw Zhou He sitting on the sofa with his knees crossed. He put down the food box he brought on the dining table, walked two or three meters away from Zhou He, and then said softly: "I brought porridge here, let's eat some." ”

Zhou He seemed to have just come back to his senses at this time, and Cheng Wei thought that she would resist. But no, her dull eyes moved, she said thank you, stood up, and said, "I'll go wash my face." ”

She knows that she is not in a good state now.

Cheng Wei watched her figure disappear into the bathroom, put out the porridge and appetizers in the food box, and then stood at the window and smoked.

He finished smoking a cigarette before Zhou He came out of the bathroom. Her face was so white that she could even see the green tendons on the back of her hand.

Seeing that the porridge was already on the table, she paused a little and walked over.

Cheng Wei also sat down opposite her and said, "Auntie makes everything light." ”

Zhou He nodded, didn't ask him if he had eaten, picked up the spoon and ate the porridge.

The house was very quiet for a while, Cheng Wei took out another cigarette and lit it, and sat and watched Zhou He eat porridge.

It was obvious that she had no appetite, but she still finished the small bowl of porridge in the bowl before putting down the spoon.

She didn't get up immediately to clean up, paused slightly, and said, "It's very troublesome, I don't need to send it over again in the future." ”

There was nothing in her tone, but the whole person was cold and detached.

Cheng Wei paused with his hand holding the cigarette and did not speak.

Zhou He didn't speak, got up and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks. probably didn't want to stay in the same space as Cheng Wei, she stayed in the kitchen for a long time before coming out.

There were a few more cigarette butts in the ashtray, and she looked a little tired, and after a pause, she said, "I'm going to rest." ”

She didn't stop, and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Cheng Wei kept his head down and smoked, not knowing what he was thinking, and only raised his head when he heard this. He looked at Zhou He's back and called out to Ah He.

Zhou He's footsteps stopped, and he didn't look back. He stood up and said, "The police...... An international wanted warrant has been issued. ”

Although there were people with him and plainclothes that day, Qin Yang had been prepared for a long time, and in the end he escaped. There is no information yet.

The group of people who had left before had been intercepted and brought back for interrogation. No matter how powerful he is, no matter how deep his foundation is, after this series of blows, he can't make waves. As long as he dares to show his face, he will be arrested immediately.

On the scene that day, his wooden warehouse that day was too unexpected. No one reacted at all. Even if he reacted at the time, the distance was so close, Qi Jingran couldn't save it.

Zhou He didn't expect him to talk about it, so he couldn't help but stand in a daze. After a long time, he nodded and said thank you.

From Qi Jingran's accident to the present, she has not asked anything. Facing her silence, Cheng Wei also fell silent, didn't say anything in the end, said in a slightly hoarse voice to study early, and walked out.

He quickly closed the door, and Zhou He stood there for a long time, not going to the bathroom, but turning off the light again, and sitting on the sofa.

Cheng Wei walked out of the yard, but did not leave. Leaning against the wall, he took out his cigarette and smoked it, although it was still early, but there was no one in the alley, and it was so silent that even the sound of the barking of the dog next door could be heard far away.

He quickly finished a cigarette, extinguished the cigarette butt, looked back at the house where the lights had been turned off, and did not drive away, but to the courtyard next door.

There was also no light in the courtyard, but Li was waiting inside. Cheng Wei's face showed a little imperceptible tiredness, and said, "What's the matter?"

Li was silent for a moment and said, "Kyoto needs you to come over." ”

Cheng Wei didn't speak, and sat down on the sofa with his hands on his forehead. It took a long time to say that I knew.

Zhou He began to have nightmares at night, and every time he fell into a dream, the dream was the scene of that night. She looked at Qi Jingran who was hidden in the shadows, and walked towards Qin Yang step by step with the wooden warehouse in her hands. She yelled at her heartbreakingly not to come, but her voice was not heard. She watched Qi Jingran approach step by step, until she pressed the wooden warehouse against the back of Qin Yang's head. Then he watched her body bloom with blood-colored bewitching flowers.

Unable to do anything, the heart-rending pain overwhelmed her. Every time she woke up, she was covered in a cold sweat, and her face was wet with tears.

Although she didn't let Cheng Wei come over, the next morning, he still came over with breakfast. He didn't knock on the door, and when Zhou He opened the door, he saw him standing at the takeout with breakfast. A few cigarette butts were dropped at his feet.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he turned around, nodded at her, and said, "Wake up." ”

Zhou He didn't speak, he didn't say either, and the two of them just stood like that. In the end, Zhou He got out of the way, and he walked inside with his breakfast and put it on the dining table.

Zhou He's face was not good, with dark circles under his eyes. While eating, Cheng Wei looked at it for a while, and asked in a low voice, "Can't you sleep?"

Zhou He didn't expect him to ask this, so he paused slightly, and then replied, "No." ”

She cherishes words like gold and refuses to say another word.

Cheng Wei didn't ask any more, and watched her leave after eating the porridge.

didn't want to see Cheng Wei again, Zhou He didn't stay at home at noon. The only place she frequented was the library, but now that it was forbidden, she couldn't find a place to go, so she sat in the square for an afternoon.

originally thought that Cheng Wei would not go over after eating the closed door, but when she returned in the evening, he was already waiting. Seeing her come back empty-handed, he asked, "Where did you go?"

Zhou Ji didn't want to answer, so he was silent.

Cheng Wei didn't ask again, and still put the dinner he brought. After Zhou He finished eating, he took out a few white pills and said, "I asked the doctor to prescribe it, but I really can't sleep and take a single pill." After a slight pause, he continued: "You can't eat too much, and you can't take it for a long time." ”

He only gave four pills, probably because he was afraid that he would use it for other purposes.

Zhou He didn't speak, nor did he go to see the medicine, he was silent for a while, and said: "I will take care of myself, I want to be alone during this time, please don't come over again in the future." ”

Her tone was polite and detached. It's as if the person in front of you is a stranger.

She is like this, which Cheng Wei has never seen before. He wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Zhou He got up and went upstairs.

After she went upstairs and never came down, Cheng Wei sat in the silent living room, smoked a few cigarettes, checked the doors and windows, and then closed the door and left.

Although Zhou He went upstairs and lay on the bed, he couldn't sleep at all. Hearing the sound of Cheng Wei closing the door, she closed her eyes.

She still couldn't sleep, and after a while she opened her eyes again, and just looked at the pitch-black ceiling. She originally didn't plan to move the pills given by Cheng Wei, but she still didn't feel sleepy until the early hours of the morning, she got up and went downstairs, took the pills that were still on the table, and swallowed two at a time.

After that night, Cheng Wei did not come back. However, meals are still delivered on time every day. Zhou He will never touch the things he asks people to send, but the next meal, he will still send them.

Zhou He said twice that he didn't have to send it anymore, so he didn't say it anymore, and he didn't care, as if he didn't see it.

She seemed to have lost interest in everything, and she never even asked Cheng Wei how Qi Jingran was on Qin Yang's side. I have never asked who Qin Yang is.

Like a snail, she isolates herself from the outside world and immerses herself in her own world.

In addition to Cheng Wei's people who bring food every day, Shu Hua will also come over from time to time. Although Xu Yuanning and Li Peiyuan are busy, they will also find time to call. Every week, he will look like he is doing nothing.

Only she knew that her world was dead silent. She has no interest in anything, and the last thing she does is to be in a daze.

She even often wondered if she hadn't met Qin Yang, if she had committed suicide when she got the dagger Qi Jingran had given her, would all this result be different?

In the end, it was her greed for life and fear of death that led to Qi Jingran's death.

She will never forget the sound of the wooden barn piercing her eardrums in the middle of the night, and the blinding red of the place. and Qi Jingran, whose body was gradually cold.

She is a complete waste now, and she can't even imagine that she wants to kill Qin Yang and avenge Qi Jingran. Her whole person is muddy, Qi Jingran asked her to live well, but she can't find the meaning of living.

When she opened the refrigerator one day, it was empty that she remembered that she hadn't gone out to buy anything in a long time. She had no desire to go out, and stood in the kitchen for a long time before going out.

In fact, she is also spineless. Although she never touched the things that Cheng Wei asked people to send, she always poured them out. But he slept on a pill he sent every day.

She had been taking two pills from the beginning, and one didn't work for her anymore. She often saved up and took two tablets every other night, and the night when there was no medicine, she sat in bed until dawn.

I haven't been out for a long time, and the outside world is still full of traffic. But everything was completely foreign to her, and she even felt that everything around her had nothing to do with her, and that she was walking in another world.

Zhou He's whole person was in a trance, and she cheered up to buy a lot of food and daily necessities in the supermarket, and then she carried it back.

When the bus arrived at the bus stop, she realized that she had no change on her. She didn't rush to get on the bus, and asked for a newspaper in front of the newsstand next to her for change.

By the time she was waiting for her to change her change, the bus had already left.

She was not in a hurry, she put her things on the ground, stood there for a while, and looked at the newspaper in her hand.

She just swept roughly, and when she reached a certain page, her movements stopped. The whole two sides of the top are writing about the life exploits and wronged details of an elder surnamed Xie in the army, and the elder is wearing a military uniform with a serious appearance.

Zhou Ji didn't finish reading a full page of the newspaper, roughly swept most of the page, and when he looked at the photo again, he found that the person in the photo was not like Cheng Wei, very serious.

She looked at it for a long time, until the bus came, and then she put away the newspaper and got on the bus with her things.

Zhou He didn't have any medicine that night, and Cheng Wei still hadn't slept when she came over at eleven o'clock in the evening. He must have just come back from Kyoto, and he was in the dust.

He didn't ring the doorbell, but brought wine and drank it at the door. When Zhou He went out, he saw someone sitting at the door, and when he walked over to look, he had already drunk half a bottle of wine.

There was no drunkenness on his face, and when he heard her footsteps, he turned around and said in a low voice, "Haven't you slept yet?"

Zhou He didn't speak, standing at the door and didn't move.

Cheng Wei quickly lowered his head, took a sip of wine, and said, "Don't worry about me, I just want to come here and sit and leave in a while." ”

Zhou He still didn't speak, and opened the door a moment later.

Cheng Wei looked up at her, her expression did not change in any way, and sat down next to him. Another bottle of wine was opened. The hot liquid slid down her throat, and Cheng Wei didn't stop her.

Zhou He hadn't drunk for a long time, and he was groggy in his head without drinking much. She didn't look at Cheng Wei, she only knew that she drank it one after another. It wasn't until Cheng Wei took the bottle from her hand that she stopped. She wasn't fully drunk, and she rested her head on her knees for a moment before she got up and stumbled inside.

Her brain was completely anesthetized with alcohol, and she collapsed on the bed, and fell asleep in a short time.

Cheng Wei didn't know when he went upstairs, stood quietly by the bed for a while, pulled the quilt to cover her, then turned off the light, and sat on the side. After a long time, he reached out and gently stroked her frowning brow.

Zhou He seemed to have sensed it in his dream, and his head moved slightly. Cheng Wei withdrew his hand and sat quietly.

When Zhou He woke up the next day, Cheng Wei was gone, and only the still warm breakfast was on the table. She hadn't drunk for a long time, and she had a headache, so she washed her face in the bathroom for a while before going out.

She still had nothing to do, and she didn't touch the breakfast. Closed the door, bought two bouquets of flowers at the entrance of the alley, and went to the cemetery.

The cemetery was deserted in the early morning, and she put the flowers she bought in front of Aunt Qi's tomb and Qi Jingran's tomb respectively, and then sat down in front of the tombstone.

Her mind was empty, and she sat all day. It wasn't until the afternoon that I went back to the house.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the house, I saw a courier brother standing at the door pressing the doorbell. She was slightly stunned, stepped forward quickly, and asked, "Is there something wrong with you?"

The courier brother looked back at her and asked, "Is it Miss Zhou?"

Zhou He nodded and said yes.

The courier guy quickly took out an envelope and said, "There's a courier of yours here, and it's coming in the morning, and there's no one on your side." Please sign for it. ”

Zhou He couldn't think of someone who would send him a courier, but he still took the courier and signed it. The sender's name is not on the list, and the number is hidden. She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you find out who sent it?"

The courier brother had to hurry to deliver the next one, and said, "Don't you open it and see it?" After he finished speaking, he continued: "You take a look first, if you really don't know who sent it, you can call me again, and I will check it for you." ”

He said he left in a hurry.

Zhou He looked at the envelope for a while, opened the door, and entered the house.

Somehow, she didn't wonder who sent it at all, and she didn't open it. It wasn't until she had some wine in the evening that she opened the envelope.

It was thin, and it was holding stationery. Zhou He's heart skipped a beat, and he opened the folded letterhead. The handwriting inside is familiar, and it is Qi Jingran's. Zhou He's hand trembled uncontrollably. I immediately read it:

Ah, I should have been gone when you read this letter. Don't cry, don't be sad. Death is a relief for me. You should be happy for me.

Ahe, although Aunt Qi and I are gone, you must live well. If there is an afterlife, we will still be sisters.

I've been too paranoid all my life. So much so that the pain is unbearable. You must not be like me. Some people are destined to be just passers-by in life.

Later I learned that it wasn't just someone who had to be. All my pain comes from being too attached. But by the time I understood, it was too late. My life has long been filthy and full of holes. Not even qualified to get the so-called happiness again.

I'm sorry for too many people.

Aho, when you read this letter, you must have known everything. I won't repeat it here.

I caused you a lot of trouble when I was alive, and I will trouble you again after I die. I can't find anyone to trust but you.

In this life, in addition to owing and owing Aunt Qi, I owe Lao Ke the most. It's just a pity that I met him too late. I am grateful for his tolerance of me and for everything he has given me. It's just that I can't give him anything.

When you read this letter, he's probably in prison. Please go to him on my behalf and tell him how to thank him for all he has given me. Thank you to him for giving me warmth and care in the last days of my life.

If there is an afterlife, I wait for him.

At the end of the writing, her handwriting and thoughts were already confused, most of them were written bits and pieces with Lao Ke. In the end, let Zhou He live well and see the prosperous world for her.

After reading it, Zhou He had tears on the letterhead. She set the letter aside, took out the wine, and drank it glass after glass.

Creation always makes people, if she had met the right person earlier, she would not have had so much pain. I used to think that the person I met was the person I liked on a white horse. Later, I learned that it was just a catastrophe. A catastrophe that is riddled with holes.

Zhou He didn't go upstairs that night, she didn't know how much she drank, and finally fell asleep on the sofa.

Although she was drunk, she woke up the next day when it was dark outside. She didn't look at the letter again, but put it away with the envelope. stood by the window for a long time, went to the bathroom to wash up, then took out his mobile phone and called Cheng Wei.

Although Qi Jingran did not explain who knew Lao Ke in the letter, she knew that Cheng Wei must know.

Cheng Wei's phone was not answered for a long time, and when she was about to hang up, the phone was answered. However, the person who picked it up was not Cheng Wei, but Li Jing.

Zhou Ji was not surprised, was silent for a while, and asked, "I want to see Lao Ke." ”

Li on the other end of the phone was silent, and after a while, he said, "He's not in Yucheng." After a slight pause, he asked, "Where are you now?"

Zhou He went back to his home.

He asked her to wait for a while, and he asked someone to come and pick her up. It's not convenient to talk about this on the phone.

Zhou Rong didn't let him come and pick him up, asked him where he was, and said that he would take a taxi over.

Li hesitated a little and said the name of the hotel where he was located. Zhou Rong didn't say much, hung up the phone, and went out to take a taxi.

When she called, Cheng Wei didn't know where to go, and when she arrived, he was standing on the side of the road, with a cigarette between his fingers, and nodded when he saw her, and said, "Go up and sit down." ”

He said without waiting for Zhou He's answer, and walked to the hotel. Zhou He was silent and followed him inside.