When Francis returned home, nothing had changed in the house, but the man who had been waiting for him to come home every day was gone.

He sat on the sofa, took out a cigarette, and was about to light it, when she seemed to be standing on the sofa, crossed her waist, and said with a righteous face: "You are not allowed to smoke in the room, the smell is bad and it smells bad, so I don't want to smoke your second-hand smoke." ”

He sighed and went to the balcony and sat down on the chaise longue on which she used to lie down, on which they had made love, but she refused at first, and he was half-forced, and the result was so miserable that she threatened to burn the chaise longue.

He looked at the sky silently, as she had done before, looking up at the sky, and he asked her what was there to see in the sky, and she said she was counting the stars. When she was a child, she lived in an orphanage and couldn't sleep, and no one played with her, so she counted the stars through the window, and fell asleep while counting, forgetting how many stars she counted.

Now there was not a single star in the sky, and it was black, as if it was going to rain. She is most afraid of thunder, and every time there is thunder, she will hide in his arms and hold him tightly. Sometimes she cried because her mother died on a rainy night with thunder.

He has been in so many relationships, but he likes to hold her the most, and every time he hugs her, he will have a feeling of having the whole world. He has also divided his hands countless times, and each time he is crisp and neat, never dragging mud and water. But she was the only one who made him heartbroken and unforgettable. Even if he was betrayed by Song Qing at the beginning, he had never suffered so much. He thought, he really loved her miserably.

He finished smoking and was about to go back to his room when he saw the flowers she had kept on the balcony. She shouldn't have taken much care of it lately, the soil in the pot has cracked, the leaves are yellow, and there are only a few leaves left, which are still strong and green. He took the kettle and poured water, and carefully watered it one basin after another, and finally felt at ease.

Song Qing is going abroad again, so he called him to send it off. If it had been normal, he would have rejected it categorically. It's just that people are going abroad with their boyfriends, and he doesn't look small-bellied.

Song Qing really let go of their past and got a boyfriend, and she was more elegant and calm than before. The boyfriend knew that he was an ex, but he didn't care about it, and left them to chat alone.

"Your boyfriend is really wonderful, is he so relieved?" asked Fang Jidong.

Song Qing smiled: "He trusts me." ”

They stopped talking, and after a while, Song Qing broke the silence: "Do you know where she went?"

Fang Jidong looked up at her, his eyes were dark, and it took a long time before he asked, "You know?"

"She told me she went to Dali. "I'm afraid Song Qing is the only person Shen Yuxi contacts, how strange, they used to be together, but now they can still be intimate.

"She's been in contact with me, don't you think it's strange, why would she contact me?"

Francis only looked at her and did not speak, but it was clear that he was expecting her answer.

Song Qing smiled slightly: "When she was a child, I gave her a doll. She said that before she met your grandfather, it was the doll that gave her endless warmth, and it was the doll who accompanied her through the dark and difficult days. You see, fate is so strange, the two of us can still meet, fall in love with you together, and finally leave you. We sisters are destined to be inseparable from you. ”

"I persuaded her, and I was afraid that one day she would regret it as much as I did. But she was even more stupid than me, knowing that she would regret it, she still left without hesitation. ”

Fang Jidong didn't speak, and Song Qing reminded him that her time to board the plane was coming, so he asked, "Do you have her contact information?"

"We haven't been in touch for months, and her phone number has been deactivated. She told me that if she settled down somewhere, she wouldn't contact me anymore. I think she's probably found a good place to go. ”

Dali is rainy these days, and it is a day. The slightest drizzle caused the ancient city to be foggy, and Fang Jidong got out of the car with an umbrella. When he came, he didn't expect it to rain in Dali, the weather was a little cold, he wore less, and he couldn't help but feel a chill on his body.

He walked aimlessly along the stone path, passing one shop after another with local characteristics. In front of a video store, he suddenly stopped, and a poster on the window glass of the store caught his attention.

A little girl of two or three years old, leaning on her arms, her smile was quiet and elegant, like a lily who did not know anything about the world.

He stared at the poster for a long time, and the boss saw him in the store, walked to the door, and said very enthusiastically, "Come and sit in the house?"

Fang Jidong took the umbrella and walked into the store. The shop is small, with a few tiny shelves full of discs.

The shopkeeper pointed to the poster at the door and said with a smile: "That little girl is my daughter, she was naughty some time ago, slipped out to play, and almost got lost, and it was sent by the girl above." ”

"When was it some time ago?"

The shopkeeper thought seriously for a while: "It's been a few months, and my daughter likes her very much, so she often comes over and takes away several discs." ”

"She's ...... now"

"Oh, she's not here now, she seems to have been playing here for half a month, and she came to say goodbye when she left. By the way, this poster was taken that day. I thought it was so good-looking, so I hung it up. ”

Fang Jidong felt a little lost in his heart, he was still late.

"Do you know this girl?" asked the shopkeeper, seeing that he looked lonely.

It was a girl like a little ball outside the door, who ran in and jumped in, pounced on the shopkeeper, and called out to her father in a milky voice. She was followed by a woman in her thirties, presumably the mother of the little girl.

When the little girl saw Fang Jidong, she stared at him curiously with big eyes, probably thinking that he was blind. After a while, the little girl suddenly said, "Uncle, I have seen you." ”

"Uncle is the first time you came, how did you meet him? The shopkeeper said to Fang Jidong again: "This kid, I didn't do this before, I probably think you are good-looking." Haha, don't mind. ”

Fang Jidong squatted down with a smile and asked Maruko gently, "Where have you seen me?"

"In that sister's phone. Maruko pointed to the poster and said innocently.

Fang Jidong's mood didn't know how to describe it, his heart was turbulent, but he continued to ask with a calm face: "What have you seen?"

"My sister looked at your picture and cried, I asked her why she was crying?" she said......" Maruko tilted her head and thought for a while, scratched her hair and said in annoyance, "I can't remember what she said." ”

Fang Jidong stroked her scratched hair and said with a smile: "It's okay, you can think slowly." ”

Maruko was taken inside by her mother, and the shopkeeper hesitated to speak: "It turned out to be you, you are her boyfriend?"

Fang Jidong didn't speak, just nodded.

"Oh, that's right, I have a disc here, and when she was playing here, she sang a song, and I recorded it for her. Originally, I said that I was going to send it to her when I burned it, but I forgot her address and left it with me. You go back and listen to it, it's worth listening to. The shopkeeper rummaged through the cupboard on the side, and after looking for a while, he found it.

He took it, and the cover of the disc was the poster, and he looked at it for a while and put it in his coat pocket and thanked the shopkeeper.

"Where do you live?" asked the owner.

"I just arrived and didn't have time to book a hostel. ”

"Miss Shen used to live in the Flower Picking Inn, and the environment there was not bad. It's also close to here, less than 300 meters to the east. It's low season and there should still be rooms that you can go over and see. ”

Fang Jidong walked east along the road, and didn't go far before he saw the flower inn that the shopkeeper said. Sure enough, half of the off-season inn was empty, and he quickly finished checking in. The room was on the second floor, and he went up to clean it up, sat on the bed for a while, and suddenly remembered the disc. He took out the computer he had with him, opened it and put the disc inside.

Shen Yuxi's sad voice, accompanied by a melodious guitar, slowly passed out.

Tears drown me, who should be sad

Who should let go of this relationship

I finally understood

Promises that cannot be fulfilled become shackles

In reality, happiness is always out of stock

Please tell him I don't love him

Laughing sadly, self-punishing

I want to put an end to all this struggle

Tell the truth and lie ruthlessly

Don't tell him I miss him

Hate is easier to let go than love

When tears choked his chest

Let silence take the place of all answers

Shen Yuxi only sang a paragraph and finished it quickly. There was a long blank space in the back, and Fang Jidong was about to rewind it to replay it, when suddenly someone was speaking softly.

"Sister, why are you crying?" was the voice of the little maruko.

"Oh, maybe the sand has lost my eyes. ”

"Then let me blow it on you, Mom said, if your eyes are in the sand, just blow it. ”

"Thank you, the sand seems to have come out. ”

"Sister, who is this uncle? ”

"He's my sister's...... Wife. ”

"What is a lover?"

"Just like your mom and dad are, they love each other. ”

"Oh, why isn't he by your side, my mom and dad are together every day. ”

"I lost him. ”

"I'll help you get him back. ”

"Well, if you find him, tell him ......"

There seemed to be a whisper in the back, and Francis couldn't hear what was being said at all. There are only two parts of the CD, and there is nothing more.

Fang Jidong went downstairs to eat and was stopped by the girl at the front desk.

"Mr. Fang, your wallet just left here. ”

The girl was holding a black purse in her hand, and Francis glanced at it, it was his.

He nodded, took it casually, and said thank you.

"Check to see if there's anything missing. ”

Fang Jidong opened it casually, glanced at it a few times, closed it again, and said, "Nothing is missing." ”

"That ......" The girl seemed a little hesitant, and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Anything else?" asked Francis.

"I just want to ask, is the photo in your wallet called Shen Yuxi?"

"You know her?"

"She's lived here for a while, and she's not familiar with it, but she's very impressed. ”

"Oh, that's right. ”

"Are you her boyfriend?"

"Hmm. ”

She had written some words on the wishing wall over there, and on the day she left, she sat there for a long time after she finished writing. I saw that she was very sad, and our boss went to talk to her for a while. ”

Fang Jidong went to see the Wishing Wall, and there were many dense wishes written on the wall. There is hope that he will be admitted to college, and there is hope that the crush will like him. He searched there for a long time before finally discovering Shen Yuxi's handwriting.

Francis, I'm sorry, goodbye.

Fang Jidong stayed in Dali for a week, and every day Xu Wenyu would call.

"Brother Dong, come back quickly, I can't manage a company as big as yours. ”

"Brother Dong, you should do it, I'm busy now, I haven't seen Fu Jing and my son for several days, she loves to be angry with me, this time it's better, she doesn't even answer my phone. ”

"Brother Dong, I have talked about another cooperation, aren't you afraid that I will collapse your company?"

Fang Jidong couldn't stand Xu Wenyu's daily devastation, and finally decided to go back. Shen Yuxi has long been out of Dali, and he can't find her here.

On the day he left, he went to the video store again, and the little Maruko was very happy to see him.

"Uncle, I remember what my sister told me. ”

"Oh, what did she say?"

"She says she loves you. ”