"What's wrong?" he walked forward quickly, glancing at Qiao Xihe's phone screen.

On top of that, there is a page of text messages, but what is displayed is a line of garbled characters.

Each text message, without exception, is garbled, and you can't see what the content is.

Eric looked like he hadn't seen anything, and said to Qiao Xihe, "What's the matter, what are you doing in a daze, not eating?"

Qiao Xihe suddenly came back to his senses, put away his phone, and said with a faint smile: "It's nothing, just a glance at the time." Have you woken up, come, eat more food, or you'll be hungry at night. ”

"Good. Eric replied with a smile and sat down to continue eating.

The village chief's wife and Grandma Yan continued to sing and harmonize, talking about how good their daughter was and how eager they were to find a boyfriend to marry. However, after talking for a long time, Eric just ate his meal very calmly, occasionally touched a glass of wine with the village chief, and never talked to the two of them, and in the end they also realized that Eric did not have this idea, although it was very regrettable, but they did not mention it in their interest.

After eating, Eric was still a little drunk, and he refused the help of the village chief, saying that he could go back safely and securely.

A few people were polite and went home.

Lao Yan and his family walked in front, chatting in the local dialect.

Qiao Xihe and Eric followed behind them.

Eric looked up at the bright moon in the night and said with a smile: "It's so beautiful to see the night sky here, you see, how round the moon is, and so many beautiful stars." ”

Qiao Xihe followed his words and looked up.

The moonlight is shining brightly, and the silvery white light falls on the country road, but there are no extra lights, so the stars in the night sky are brighter and brighter.

Suddenly, a meteor streaked across the sky, leaving a faint silver-white trail of light on the blackened sky.

Eric shouted like a child, "Xihe, look, there is a shooting star, make a wish!" As he spoke, he clasped his hands in front of his chest, closed his eyes and made a wish.

He probably got so excited because he was drinking, right?

Qiao Xihe looked at his appearance and couldn't help but smile.

However, she didn't want to make a wish, and how many good wishes she had made were shattered one by one in the end.

So, it's better not to expect anything.

She lowered her head, momentarily immersed in her grief.

At this time, Eric made a wish, clapped his hands, opened his eyes, and said with a smile: "Xihe, what wish did you make?"

He drank the wine and was a little excited, so while clapping his hands, he jumped on the spot, who knew that there was only a stone at his feet, and his feet just fell on it, and then he slipped and his body fell to Qiao Xihe's side.

Qiao Xihe saw a black shadow pressing in front of him, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to help.

As a result, her hand staggered, and Eric's body slammed into her, causing her to stumble and stagger a few steps, and if she hadn't just held on to a nearby tree, she would have fallen to the dirt.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Eric came back to his senses and quickly apologized, "I didn't mean to, did you get hurt somewhere?"

Qiao Xihe waved his hand and said calmly: "No." ”

Lao Yan and his family heard the movement behind them, and they hurriedly came over to take a look.

"What's the matter, is Xihe uncomfortable?"

Qiao Xihe shook his head and said, "No, I just accidentally fell just now." ”

Grandma Yan said, "It's okay, it's not early, let's go back quickly." ”

Eric said, "Is there a wild beast in the village at night?"

"Haha, occasionally. Lao Yan smiled heartily.

Eric's shoulders trembled, and he said to Qiao Xihe, "Xihe, then let's go back quickly." ”

"Good. Qiao Xihe nodded, took a step forward, and then heard a crisp "click" sound under her feet, and then her feet also slipped and almost fell.

Eric grabbed her arm, "What's wrong?"

Qiao Xihe shook her head, "I don't know ...... either" she said, she looked down and saw that the moonlight fell on something on the ground, and as a result, a ray of light was reflected, "This is ......"

"My phone?" Eric panicked, quickly picked it up, and looked at it, "This ...... Looks like it's your ......"

Qiao Xihe touched his empty pocket, and then looked at the things in Eric's hand.

“……”

The phone is shielded with a spider's web-like crack, and the whole phone takes on an eerie arc.

She quickly took her phone and pressed the power button, but there was no reaction on the screen.

"Broken......" she sighed.

Eric was embarrassed, "I'm sorry, if I hadn't been too excited, I wouldn't have broken your phone......"

"It's okay," Qiao Xihe said lightly, raised his hand to dust off the broken phone, and then put it in his pocket, "Anyway, I can't use my phone here, and when I go back, I can just buy a new phone." ”

Eric said, "That's it, I'll give you a new phone, which is considered to be reparation, okay?"

"No, it's already a very old phone, and it's not worth much. Qiao Xihe's expression was still very indifferent, and he walked forward.

Eric hurriedly followed, "If I don't pay for your phone, I'll be very upset." ”

“…… All right. Qiao Xihe didn't want to continue to be polite.

Eric looked relieved, "Thank you for giving me a chance to make amends." ”

Qiao Xihe smiled, looking very bleak in the silver moonlight.

Then, she continued on her way.

Eric quietly followed her.

Back at Lao Yan's house, the old couple washed and slept early. At home, there is only a small LCD TV, which was bought by Lao Yan's granddaughter a few years ago, but only a few units can be received, and they usually don't like to watch TV, so it's just a decoration.

Eric fiddled with the TV for a while, and when he saw that there was nothing to see, he sighed and stretched.

Qiao Xihe said: "Life here will be very boring, and there will not be so many entertainment activities outside. ”

"I won't be bored!" said Eric, "I think there are still a lot of interesting things waiting for us to discover." ”

He looked energetic again.

Qiao Xihe smiled and shook his head, "I'm going back to sleep." People here wake up at dawn in the morning, so let's go to bed early, right?"

"Okay. Eric waved, "Good night, Xihe." ”

"Good night. Qiao Xihe returned to the room, picked up the broken mobile phone on the table, looked at it again and again, with a little helplessness and gloom in his eyes, and then threw the mobile phone into his bag.

As the night wore on, not a single house in the village was still lit, and there was a deep silence and darkness.

In another city a few hours away by car, the lights in the offices of the high-rise buildings are on, bright and brilliant, but they cannot illuminate the heart of the man on the sofa at the moment.

He frowned, looking at the record of not a single reply to the text message, and none of the outgoing calls were answered.

He pressed the familiar number again.

"Sorry, the phone you are calling is turned off......"

His tired eyes closed and he leaned back on the couch in a dejected manner.

Jojo, where the hell are you?