The billowing clouds piled up into a black ocean, burying the last golden flakes of the sky, and the air was filled with the sweltering heat and humidity of midsummer.

Xia Yitong looked at the black clouds that seemed to be pressing overhead, and quickened his pace.

The silent and deep old alley was empty, except for the slight "squeak" sound she made when she stepped on the moss, which seemed eerie and terrifying.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning burst out of the black clouds, illuminating the dark alley.

At the same time, there was a "grunt" in her ears.

Xia Yitong stopped and rubbed her stomach.

Why hasn't Zuo Yuming's brother come today? Could it be that there are so many stray dogs and cats to be fed today, so there is no food to share with her? Or was he found today......

Suddenly, a loud thunderclap exploded, interrupting her thoughts, and several heavy drops of rain fell on top of her head.

Realizing that a rainstorm was coming, she hurried into the eaves next to her, ready to wait for him a little longer.

I don't know how long I waited, but it was already completely dark, and the potholes under the stone steps in front of me were full of stagnant water, but I still didn't see him.

When another lightning bolt lit up, she said to her own shadow on the wall: "Today the neighbor has a headache, and my aunt blasted me out again, saying that I have an evil disease, hey......" She sighed, with a helpless look on her face, and hooked the corners of her mouth self-deprecatingly.

This is a little trick she has learned in the past six months, and if she laughs at herself about sad things, she will feel much better.

"If it were me, then Mom and Dad wouldn't be dead. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man appeared on the opposite wall.

"Brother Zuo Yuming!"

She cried out excitedly, jumped down the steps, and went to meet him, ignoring her wet shoes and socks.

But as soon as she took two steps, she suddenly stopped again, and her whole body seemed to be nailed to the ground, standing in the rain and not daring to move.

I saw that on the wall of light and darkness, his curved figure was like a wet ink, blurring around, and the infinitely expanding and blurred shadow was staggering towards her.

And behind him, there was a man floating.

The man hovered above his baby-like body, which was high above his waist and was a huge swaying head, his limbs fluttering in the wind, like streamers made of plastic, constantly flapping forward.

If it hadn't been for seeing its hand, which really quietly grabbed Zuo Yuming's shoulder, maybe she would have thought that it was just a playground balloon floating in the wind.

Xia Yitong took a deep breath, wiped the rain from his face, and said to himself: "Brother Zuo Yuming is so good to me, he brings me food every day, I can't abandon him when he is in danger." ”

She mustered her courage, took a step back, and suddenly rushed straight at her with a scream.

Another bolt of lightning lit up, illuminating the empty alleys as if it were day.

There was no monster that looked like a balloon in front of him at all, only Zuo Yuming lying in a pool of blood.

There was a wound on his chest that was more than half a foot long, and blood was pouring out with the rain.

He saw her and squeezed a word out of his trembling lips.

"Back to ......"

With a "bang", the light broke through the darkness and reflected the world into a blood-red color, and the red light Dasheng turned into a dazzling gold.

Xia Yitong woke up from a familiar dream and subconsciously reached out to block the light in front of her.

After getting used to it a bit, her eyes fell on the silver coffee pot and the knobby hand in front of her, and then looked up at the elaborate peacock blue Victorian costume.

She couldn't help but feel in good spirits, stood upright, and said hesitantly: "Store manager...... That, I'm almost packed, and I definitely won't delay moving the store tomorrow. As he spoke, he nodded vigorously to show his sincerity.

Harry's handsome face smiled like a spring breeze, and he gently brushed away her bangs, which almost covered her eyes, and said, "No hurry, take your time, don't get tired, you know-" He paused, and took a white handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the sweat from her forehead.

Xia Yitong stood awkwardly, stiff as a piece of wood, letting him slowly wipe his sweat, and then leaned down and said in her ear in an ambiguous tone, "You know, I moved the store to the opposite side of your neighborhood for you." ”

Xia Yitong immediately took a big step back, and said upright again: "I promise to clean up today!"

Harry put the key on the table and explained, "Fix your bangs tomorrow when you rest, don't scare the guests." ”

Hearing the words "scaring the guests", Xia Yitong breathed a sigh of relief.

She was in a daze just now, and she forgot that her boss was a 24K pure central air conditioner.

The "main business" is to have an affair with customers, and the "side business" is to open a coffee shop to make money. Although the store is often harassed by the boyfriends of female customers, he still enjoys it. Mingqi said, to please a woman, you have to practice often, otherwise when true love comes back, what if you can't hold her tightly?

Xia Yitong didn't know who his true love was, although every time he mentioned it, his eyes could always show real sadness, but she still felt that his true love was really unlucky.

While thinking about it and cleaning up, before you know it, the neon on on the street has lit up.

When she sealed and packed all the tableware, the high school students who were studying on their own next night were walking past the door in pairs.

When she finished counting all the tables, chairs and benches, an intimate couple was walking out of the movie theater not far away.

She looked enviously at the crowd at the door and thought that she would never have close lovers and friends in her life.

With a faint sigh, she walked to the bar and crouched down, ready to take her bag home.

Suddenly, I heard a "bang", as if something heavy had smashed against the glass door of the coffee shop.

Xia Yitong was startled, hurriedly stood up, and met a pair of brown-green eyes.

His face was so close to her that she could clearly see the thick brown eyelashes on his deep eyes, and the dark green lines in his amber tan pupils.

She pulled away a little, fanned the whiskey smell in the air, and looked at the man again.

With an angular face, a tall nose bridge, and slightly curly short hair, he seems to be a mixed-race child.

The man straightened up with the bar, and was more than 1.85 meters tall.

His eyes were glazed, as if he was looking at her and not looking at her, and he staggered to himself, "Lisa...... Don't go, don't go, Lisa......"

Xia Yitong stepped on small broken steps and slowly retreated, the man suddenly stretched out his hand to her, she quickly took a step back, and hit the shelf behind her with a "bang".

Enduring the pain in her back, she reached out and groped for a while on the shelf, but did not touch anything, and then remembered that the bottles and cans on the shelves had been packed into cardboard boxes by her.

She smiled wryly and looked at the bag directly under the man's arm, and then looked up at the gate where there was a lot of traffic just now, but at this time, no one was suddenly gone, took a deep breath, and deepened the smile that was more ugly than crying at him.

"That...... Big brother, as the saying goes, there is no grass at the end of the world, why do you love a flower. I see that you look like a mixed-race child, so you should understand that true love can cross borders, and you are destined to meet thousands of miles away, but you are not destined to meet each other. You can't hang yourself from one tree, you have to try a few different trees, right?"

Her words seemed to have an effect, and the man's outstretched hand slowly drooped like a zombie, still muttering the name in his mouth, and staggered towards the door, and when he reached the door, he banged on the door again.

Xia Yitong felt pain when he looked at it.

When the man walked away, she hurriedly took the key and bag and ran to the door, the glass door was locked, and the roller shutter door was pulled to the end, all in one go.

Then she remembered that the lights didn't seem to be turned off......

Harry's warm smile like a spring breeze instantly appeared in his mind: "Hitomi, how can you hurt my heart so much, you never take my words to heart, and you don't even remember such a trivial matter as turning off the lights." ”

Xia Yitong felt an inexplicable chill emerge from her pores.

She lowered her head to concentrate, her eyes fixed on the ground, revealing a glimmer of light, as if trying to see a hole in the ground.

After a few minutes, she said, "Shut it off."

The street lamp not far away flickered, but the light in the crack in the door was still bright.

"Hehe", she hooked the corners of her mouth with self-deprecation, what made her suddenly feel that she had superpowers? Is it the aging wiring in the community? Or the light bulb at home?

Reopening the door and turning off the lights, she got on the small electric tricycle that pulled the goods in the store and prepared to go home.

Along the way, she chose a brightly lit road to go home, not because she was afraid of meeting another drunkard, but because she developed the habit of wearing only black clothes in order not to be noticed since she was a child. Today, she was wearing a long black dress, her snow-white skin looked very pale in the night, coupled with her naturally bull-colored lips and long hair that covered her eyes......

She remembered the last time she came home so late, took a shortcut and walked a dimly lit path, met an old woman walking her dog, and ...... At last...... She helped her call 120.

The tricycle stopped at the entrance of the community, the bright moonlight shone on the stone arch, and the four big characters "Jubao Community" were faintly visible under the coiled red roses. Because she is the only one living in the community for many years, the community has long been out of property, and the two broken street lamps in front of the gate cast a shallow shadow inward, as if inviting her to enter, and the end of the shadow was pitch black, like a bottomless silent abyss.

However, just behind this community, there are large high-rise buildings and brilliant lights.

She turned on the power and drove inward, and when she drove directly under the gate, she seemed to be pressing something, and at the same time she heard an "hmm" sound, so she reversed the car to see what was going on, and the car clucked and pressed the thing again, and she heard an "um" again.

Xia Yitong turned the front of the car to shine in the direction from which the sound came, and then, she almost fell off the electric car.

I saw that the man who was still drinking in front of her was lying at the door of her community at this time, his eyes were fierce, and he was glaring at her through gritted teeth, but the wine seemed to be awake.

She followed his gaze down and saw his arm between the front and rear wheels of the electric tricycle......

Now she literally jumped off the tricycle.

"Are you alright? Do you need me to call 120 for you?"

I hope it didn't break it, he wouldn't have touched the porcelain on purpose. While her heart was broken, she crouched down and rummaged through the phone in her bag.

The man sat up suddenly, grabbed her arm and pushed her into the community, and at the same time rolled over and stood in front of Xia Yitong.

The moment he grabbed her, Xia Yitong was sure that he saw a white phantom flashing in the place where she had just been.

She looked at the tall back in front of the headlights in amazement, only to realize that he was dressed somewhat like a Marine uniform, but not a military uniform. A triangular silver pattern was printed on each joint of the garment, and a circle of lilac light flowed quickly along the triangular outline.

She rubbed her eyes and looked again, and the light on the pattern was gone.

Xia Yitong stood up and walked towards him suspiciously, "Sir, that ...... just now"

As soon as she got close to him, she saw something floating in front of him.

That thing didn't even have a face.