Chapter 8: The Missing Isle
After school in the evening, everyone skillfully packed their schoolbags, put the chairs away, and walked out one after another.
At this time, a little girl appeared by the door, looking at the logo of the school uniform should be a junior girl, who was poking her head to look inside, Lin Jiajia quickly got up and went out after seeing it.
The two of them didn't know what to say outside the door, and after a while, Lin Jiajia walked back with a bag. Xia Xu glanced at it curiously, and in the bag was a packaged gift box, not knowing what it contained.
In a conspicuous position in the gift box, there is a sticky note paper with a peach pattern, on which are the words "Sister Jiajia, happy birthday!" written in colored pencils. Each word is a different color, and it is drawn very deeply, so you can see that the person who wrote it is very attentive.
"Jiajia, is your birthday today?" Xia Xu asked in surprise.
Lin Jiajia carried her schoolbag, and after hearing Xia Xu's words, she smiled awkwardly, "Ah, it's not here yet, I have a birthday next week." This was sent in advance to a student who had tutored English during the summer vacation of last semester. ”
After speaking, he smiled sweetly at Xia Xu and said, "Xia Xu, I'll go first." See you tomorrow!"
"Hmm. Xia Xu waved at her and watched her leave the classroom.
Outside the classroom, Xue Ziyang has been waiting for a long time, because he is very close to Lin Jiajia's home, coupled with that relationship, so the two of them have always gone home together at night. Today, of course, is no exception.
It's just that he doesn't know why, when he turned his head to leave, he involuntarily glanced back at the classroom and saw that Xia Xu was still in his seat.
Lin Jiajia gently tugged at Xue Ziyang's cuffs, and the two of them went downstairs together.
Xia Xu slowly packed her schoolbag, not wanting to go out too early. In case the classmates saw the private car waiting across the road, so, after school these days, Xia Xu was either the first to leave or the last to leave.
By the time she finished packing up and walked out of the classroom, the school was empty. In the quiet corridor, only the sound of Xia Xu going downstairs was "da-da-da".
Lao Zhao's car was parked in front of a shop, and no one would have thought that this would be a private car for a high school girl. And it's a luxury car worth 3 million.
Xia Xu naturally opened the car door and got into the car, and after the car started, it drove in the direction of GA High School.
Because Sun Zuo has been going straight to his grandfather's company to help after school recently, and Sen Sen has been busy practicing the piano recently, preparing for the performance. So when Xia Xu went to GA after school to pick up Sen Sen, who had finished practicing the piano, the time was just right.
As soon as I arrived at the school gate, I saw Sen Sen's bouncing figure by the gate, waving his hand towards the car.
"Seeing that you are so excited, how are you practicing today?" Xia Xu turned around in the co-pilot's position.
Looking at Sen Sen's happy face, there must be something good happening. As soon as Sen Sen put his schoolbag next to his seat, he jumped into the car excitedly and closed the door.
"Let's not talk about the piano, Xiaoxu, do you know? This school anniversary, Du Ke will come! Haha. Sen Sen said excitedly, with a look of excitement, "It's spread in the class, saying that it is to thank his alma mater, Du Ke is deliberately acting for free this time, everyone has been thinking about waiting for him to come to the rehearsal, so they will take a group photo and sign autographs." ”
Xia Xu then remembered that Sen Sen seemed to be a fan of Du Ke, and it was not surprising to hear that the idol would come, so excited.
"Oh. As usual, Xia Xu simply responded, but suddenly thought about it and couldn't help but get excited, "Really?
"Yes, yes, the news is conclusive, don't worry. Sen Sen replied affirmatively, but he was a little surprised to see Xia Xu's unusually little excitement.
"What's the matter? Could it be that Xiao Su is also interested now?" Sen Sen asked curiously, staring at his two big round eyes.
Xia Xu only remembered Lin Jiajia's obsession with Du Ke for a while, and next week is her birthday, if she can get Du Ke's autograph, she will be happy, right? While pondering, she gently patted her schoolbag, and Du Ke's CD was sandwiched in the middle of the history book, "Well, that's it." Xia Xu said to herself.
"Okay, by the way, Sensen, do you know when he's going to come to the rehearsal?" asked Xia Su.
"Tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow afternoon. Hey. "That's right, important things have to be said three times, let alone such exciting things. The more Sen Sen spoke, the more excited he became, and he almost danced.
As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come by coincidence, Lin Jiajia has a birthday next week, and it's about to be a weekend, and Du Ke will come to rehearsal tomorrow, isn't this a godsend?
Xia Xu thought about it, clapped his hands, and suddenly thought of a plan, "Sen Sen, I'll come to you tomorrow afternoon, right?"
"Huh?" Sen Sen was taken aback, could it be that Xia Xu also wanted to see Du Ke?
Xia Xu continued: "Remember to send me a message before the rehearsal tomorrow, and I'll see if I can slip out of Huaxun." ”
Sen Sen nodded ignorantly, "Mm-hmm, okay." Come on, come on, I just want to show you the tune I played. Hey. But when did Xia Xu start to like Du Ke, Sen Sen thought curiously.
After returning home at night, Xue Ziyang lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling. The bag hung untouched on the chair, with no sign of opening. The sound of the piano came from the bedroom next door, which was very pleasant.
Xue Ziyang slowly sat up from the bed, and slowly picked up the photo frame on the bedside table, which showed a group photo of a smiling girl and a little boy.
The girl has jet-black hair, which is very long and beautiful. The slender legs look even more slender under the wrap of the jeans. She held a crystal trophy in her left hand and rested her right hand on the boy's shoulder. The girl was none other than the girl playing the piano in the next room.
Xue Ziyang looked at this photo of himself when he was a child, his eyes were a little blurry, and he muttered softly: "Sister, ......"
Suddenly, there was a violent sound of glass breaking, which startled Xue Ziyang and hurriedly rushed out.
"Sister, sister!" Xue Ziyang slammed open the door of the next bedroom and shouted.
Contrary to the appearance in the photo, the room is a thin girl who seems to have only a pile of bones left. Sitting in a wheelchair, with different shades of silver hair on his head, I don't know that I thought it was a special perm in the barbershop. An orange blanket was placed over the empty lower half of the body. If you don't look closely, the whole person looks like he is on that pair of wheels.
The girl was trembling all over, crying as she waved her arms and smashed the knick-knuckles and vases to the ground.
"Sister, woo...... Sister, don't do this!" Xue Ziyang cried out and hugged her tightly.
The girl seemed to be frightened, her eyes still trembling with horror. The mouth kept muttering, "Don't come, don't drive......"
Looking at the mess in the house, the mother who rushed from the kitchen stood quietly at the door, covering her mouth and sobbing.
This is not once or twice, after so many years, Xue Zining's condition is still recurring and irregular.
The mother silently cleaned up the debris on the ground, and after glancing at her daughter, who was comforted by Xue Ziyang, who was finally asleep, she closed the door with confidence.
Xue Ziyang returned to the bedroom, leaning on the back of the chair with a melancholy face, feeling a little tired.
Glancing at the brown cover book on the shelf, I suddenly couldn't help but think of a passage I saw on a page casually when I picked up Xia Xu's brown notebook, "I always thought that at the end of the sea, there would be a colorful island." You said you would find me colorful marshmallows on the island. Later, I walked alone to the end of the sea, but it was still a boundless blue, and there was no island, and there were no marshmallows. The seagull told me that I had been on that island all along, holding that marshmallow. That day, I learned that the island was gone, and you were gone......"
Although he didn't know why Xia Xu wrote this poem, he should have felt the same mood at that time as he is now.
A gentle feeling of curiosity and sadness was ready to move in Xue Ziyang's heart.