When I learned the news, it was the third day of Swallow's death.

After being discharged from the hospital for the second time, I have been having nightmares, dreaming of ghosts today, dreaming of falling off a cliff tomorrow, sometimes I have to wake up several times at night, the day is always soft, listless, and my daughter is not in the mood to pay attention.

This morning, before dawn, I tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. After thinking about it for a while, I suddenly remembered Yanzi, and after thinking about it repeatedly, I still couldn't understand what she was doing, and I couldn't help but sigh and feel sad for a while. It's really boring, I conceived the novel I wrote a little bit before, and after thinking about it, I actually felt that this heroine seemed to have some similarities with Yanzi, and her personality was also bold and arrogant, and at the same time, she was not lacking in delicacy. Realizing this, I quickly pulled my mind back, didn't want to think about it, and decided to set the characters again and jump out of the influence of the swallow.

Seeing that it was still early, I took out my mobile phone and flipped it indiscriminately, looked at WeChat, or the previous information, and suddenly remembered that my identity as an Internet celebrity didn't seem to have been taken off, and suddenly I hated it again, and I had the urge to smash it. But now I still have no income from work, and I am still a little short of breath, so I have no choice but to slam it on the table.

It seemed a little unconvinced, and it sounded in defiance.

"Hello!" I replied angrily.

"Xiaolan, I am Luo Fang, the mother of the swallows. ”

"Aunt Luo, it's you, why did you remember to call me, how are you?" Hearing a voice that I hadn't seen for a long time, I was a little excited and sat up directly from the bed.

"I'm fine, I've come to Yanzi, maybe I've been talking too much and a little dumb these days. I'm leaving today, do you have time to give me a ride? I have something to say. ”

"Of course it's going to be delivered, Auntie, you wait for me to find you. ”

"Uh-huh, if you can, you can come over at 6 o'clock, I'm in a hurry. ”

"Okay, I'll go now, you wait for me. ”

After hanging up the phone, I casually found a piece of clothing to put on, and after freshening up, I went downstairs and set off to Yanzi's house. Because it was not yet dawn, I waited for a long time to finally stop a taxi, and it was almost 6 o'clock when I got to the swallow downstairs. I hurriedly got on the elevator, pressed the floor where the swallow was, and walked around the elevator anxiously in my heart, for fear of missing the time.

The elevator bell rang quickly, the door opened, and I walked out in two steps. As soon as I walked to the door of Yanzi's house, before I knocked on the door, the door opened, and a figure dressed in black came out, it was Aunt Luo.

"Aunt Luo, I finally didn't miss your time, are you ready to go?" I asked excitedly, grabbing her hand.

"Xiaolan, it's you, yes, let's go now. Luo Fang grabbed my hand in turn and said in a deep voice.

"You guys?"

"No, it's us, let's go and deliver the swallows together. ”

"Send the swallows, where are the swallows going? Aren't you leaving?"

Aunt Luo didn't answer my words, but only shouted into the room, "Yuqiu, Xiaolan has arrived, we are all together, we can go and send the swallows." ”

I was stunned for a moment, and was about to continue asking questions, when Yuqiu walked out of the room. He was dressed in a white suit with a gray tie, and his hair smelled of hairspray, obviously well-dressed, like a bridegroom-to-be, the only ugly thing was that his face was tense and there was no smile.

"Yuqiu, you get married today!" I couldn't help but clap my face and say excitedly and loudly. But after thinking about it, I didn't prepare anything, as if I was a little embarrassed and stomped my feet and said, "Why didn't you say it earlier, I didn't prepare anything." ”

"Xiaolan, you must be very happy to be able to come to Yanzi, this is already the best gift. Yuqiu looked at me, as if he had a thousand words, and finally only said this simple sentence.

I believed their words, and although I felt that the atmosphere was a little abnormal, I naively thought that Yuqiu was nervous, and Aunt Luo was sad because Yanzi was leaving her. Along the way, Yuqiu silently drove a rented Rolls-Royce, I was in a good mood, sitting in the spacious carriage and not forgetting to watch the scenery outside the window at all times.

However, when I arrived at the place, I was stunned. It's not a nice hotel, it's a funeral parlor, and the plaque is hung with a large bouquet of white flowers, which looks very glaring.

"Yuqiu, you are in the wrong place, this place is unlucky on a happy day, hurry up. I smiled deliberately, blaming Yuqiu a little bit in my heart for making such a low-level mistake, and then reached out and pulled the corner of Yuqiu's suit and whispered.

Yuqiu didn't speak, and Aunt Luo didn't say anything, got out of the car, took my hand and walked straight in silently.

A particularly bad premonition drove me to want to run away, but my legs had no strength, I turned my face to look at Aunt Luo, who had been silent, her face was already hanging two lines of crystal tears, she didn't wipe them, let these tears fall from her face to her neck, and fell on her clothes. There are several white wreaths on both sides of the mourning hall, and there are two rows of bright red roses, there is a crystal coffin in the middle of the mourning hall, in which a man in white is lying on the altar, and on a mourning platform a little back, the person in the black and white photo is the swallow, and the mouth seems to have a little smile.

"Auntie, you can joke with me, why is the picture of the swallow here? Let's go quickly, go to the wedding of the swallow, it will not be good to wait for the auspicious time to pass." ”

I deliberately turned my head and took Aunt Luo's hand and was about to go out, this place made me feel depressed and scared even more. I desperately told myself that the portrait couldn't be a swallow's, just a little like it, but the tears soon blurred my eyes.

Yuqiu, who had been following behind, had a wooden expression and looked at the photo blankly.

"Before Yanzi left, the last thing she said was about you, she said that she knew that she could not make up for the wrong things she had done, and she did not expect you to forgive, the only hope was that you would be good friends again in the next life, this is what she told me to convey to you. At that time, I don't know if she had a premonition or what, I can't forget to tell you anyway. ”

"Swallow!!"

I can no longer escape the fact that the swallow is indeed gone, and today is the day when the swallow will be cremated and the body will be cremated, what an experience it is, I hope I have never experienced in my life.

Aunt Luo's last cry of pain, the abnormal calm of Yuqiu, and all kinds of memories of swallows in my heart hit my soul like a tide, reminding me all the time: the little girl I grew up with, all the good things we have experienced together, whether it is pain, whether it is our love or hate, will eventually be submerged in the tide of life, become eternal memories, and never come back.

Soon, a living person turned into a pile of gray-white soot in the furnace of the fire, and then it was packed into a small white jar, and everything was like a dream.

Yuqiu held the ashes in her hand and looked at them carefully, and then handed them to Aunt Luo. Aunt Luo took it into her arms as if she was holding a newborn baby, and she was chanting words over and over again.

Then, Yuqiu picked up the photo of the swallow, stroked it repeatedly with her hand, and suddenly said with a smile, "Let's go, Yanzi, we're going to get married, are you ready?"

"Yuqiu, you kid, why bother?" Aunt Luo said in a choked voice.

"Mom, I said I wanted to give Swallow the most beautiful wedding. Xiaolan, you can be a witness. When Yuqiu spoke, there was a longing and happy expression on her face, as if the swallow was really in front of her.

On a large grassy area behind the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel is the wedding scene that has been set up.

The arch woven by red roses, walking through the arch, is a large stage covered with red carpet, the stage background is a large LED screen, on which the wedding photos of swallows and Yuqiu are playing, a band on the stage is playing the saxophone, playing the violin, along the stage and down a red carpet spreads all the way, on both sides of the road is a red rose pillar one by one, at the end of the red carpet is a big tree decorated with roses, hanging red streamers, writing various blessings. Beyond the tree are delicately decorated tables and chairs, on which are placed exquisite tableware, food and wine. Looking up at the sky, there are countless balloons of various colors floating in the wind.

Yuqiu walked from the arch to the stage with the statue of the swallow in his arms, bowed deeply three times to the empty lawn, and after reciting the wedding vows sonorously, he took out a wedding ring and put it on his hand, and finally gave an affectionate kiss to the portrait.

From today on, we will be husband and wife, whether we are born, old, sick or dead, poor or rich, we will never give up. ”

I couldn't bear to look directly behind me, Aunt Luo was too sad and sat on the stage.

"Swallow, did you see it, did you hear it? My child, Yuqiu has given you the best wedding, you can go with peace of mind, I hope you have no illness in the other world, and have a good and happy life. ”

"Yanzi, I don't hate you anymore, how many overnight feuds do we have since we were children? ”

The hotel staff were all moved when they saw this.

Life is very long, and it is also very short, sometimes the long is boring, and sometimes the short is too late for us to say goodbye to each other, at this moment, I deeply feel the ruthlessness of time and the shortness of the road of life. It is a journey that never knows the end, and it is also a testing ground for witnessing humanity.