I was completely stunned by the scene in front of me, and everything in my memory was gone.

That green, that tall trees, that one... A holy place full of flowers.

All of them were gone, all of them, destroyed by the noisy and huge machine in front of them.

I didn't say a word for a long time, as if I was petrified...

And Zheng Jiayue beside me also stood still, I looked at her, her eyes were so sad, sad as if she could cry at any time.

This kind of picture is really ironic, when I was in Beijing, I often felt that the air in Beijing was very poor, the smog was very big, the urban atmosphere was too strong, not as good as my hometown, not as good as my small county town with good air, good place, and wild land...

But now, after all, it has become like this.

Everything has become so small in the face of interests.

No matter how good the scenery, no matter how good the trees, no matter how good the flowers, it is not as attractive as money.

I've always liked this clearing, and I've unconsciously regarded it as my own place, as a secret garden that only I know, but now...

This place doesn't belong to me anymore, this place, there's nothing I want to see anymore...

This made me a little sad, and it took me a long time before I turned my head and looked at Zheng Jiayue and said

"Let's go back, maybe, we can't see that place anymore."

Zheng Jiayue was also very disappointed, but she still nodded, followed me, and reluctantly walked back.

Neither of us spoke along the way, probably because we were very disappointed with each other...

It was still in a good mood, but now it's a mess.

Finally, when I was about to walk back to my house, Zheng Jiayue spoke again

"Xiao Xiaoming, let's.. Now go back to your parents, are they off work?"

I couldn't help but be stunned, and after thinking for a while, I spoke

"We'll have to wait, just go and wait at the swing outside."

Fortunately, I found that place last time, Zheng Jiayue also remembered it, and quickly nodded at me.

So the two of us walked back to the outside of the neighborhood and walked to the pile of gym equipment.

It's good that the stuff is still there, and there is no one there, and the swings are still there..

I walked forward with Zheng Jiayue, and was surprised to find that even the broken swing when I came here last time had been repaired, which made Zheng Jiayue a lot happier, she sat on the repaired swing, then looked at me, pointed to the swing next to me and said

"Let's sit together, Xiao Xiaoming.."

I shook my head and wanted to refuse, but something came to mind... Then I sat down again.

After sitting down, Zheng Jiayue smiled at me, she looked at me for a while, and suddenly spoke

"You're sad about it... Xiao Xiaoming~?"

I turned my head and asked

"Why do you say that? ？”

"Because, that's where you like it, I can see that the way you looked just now is so scary and sad... So.."

"You're not happy in your heart right now~"

I really didn't expect Zheng Jiayue to guess my emotions so clearly, I nodded at her and said

"Aren't you the same?"

"yes, I'm not happy either, but... I'm because I thought... Xiao Xiaoming, you will definitely be sad, so it is even more sad." Zheng Jiayue looked at me and said word by word.

Her words froze me, and I looked at her, and it took me a long time to turn my head and say with a sigh

"Eh, sometimes, I really don't understand why people always like to destroy those good things, and sometimes I often wonder why the world has become like this... Isn't it good to protect the environment? Isn't it good to love animals? Why, some people like to do that kind of thing that hurts other things."

I don't know if I'm whining or what's going on, but that's what I'm thinking about at this point...

And Zheng Jiayue listened quietly to me saying these words, and when I finished speaking, she said softly again

"But... This is the world we live in... Originally.. That's what it looks like."

"Maybe those people have their own reasons... All you can do is make sure you don't do something, right? So."

"If only I wanted to open some..."

I really didn't expect that one day it would be Zheng Jiayue's turn to enlighten me, and damn it, I think what this little guy said makes sense for the first time.

It made me look at her and feel a little better.

After a moment, I smiled at her and spoke

"You're pretty good at self-enlightenment, aren't you? You can't go where you want to go.."

Unexpectedly, Zheng Jiayue smiled again, she suddenly took out her mobile phone from her pocket, and then shook it in front of me and said

"Oh, here you go..." This thing can make you feel better."

I took Zheng Jiayue's mobile phone, and after taking a look, I realized that there was a photo on her mobile phone screen.

The person in the photo is none other than Zheng Jiayue herself...

And all around her, there are flowers, obviously shining in that sea of flowers.

This reminds me of the last time I came, I did take a photo for Zheng Jiayue, but I didn't expect her to still have it... What I didn't expect was that I could only see the sea of flowers from the photo...

I was pleasantly surprised and a little sad, and I looked at the picture on her phone for a while before I could help but speak

"It's so pretty.."

Zheng Jiayue on the side blushed, she snatched back her mobile phone, looked at me and asked

"What's so good-looking~ Are you talking about me, or are you talking about that place?"

I came back to my senses, a spirit, and quickly smiled and said

"Of course I'm talking about you... Is that place better than you?"

Zheng Jiayue pursed her lips and spoke again

"Cut, less coming.. That's certainly not what I thought in my heart.."

When I heard Zheng Jiayue say this, I couldn't help but stand up and speak

"Why not, from the bottom of my heart, this.. What is this like you? You are the one... Closing the moon and embarrassing flowers?"

Zheng Jiayue waved her hand and immediately said

"Alright, alright, don't keep making it up.."

I didn't say anything when I heard Zheng Jiayue say this, I just looked at her, and she also looked at me, and finally a smile appeared on her face.

At this time, I was a little lucky, although that place was gone, but fortunately, there was Zheng Jiayue, and her, who shared the beauty of there with me, at least I remembered it alone, and Zheng Jiayue, and her, have a common memory with me...

It made me feel a lot better, and then I thought of something, looked at the time, and spoke

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to buy something for my parents? I should be back from work soon.."

Zheng Jiayue nodded quickly when she heard me say this, she looked at me, and then spoke again

"Okay.."

In this way, I took Zheng Jiayue and walked towards a supermarket on the side of the road.

Entering the supermarket, Zheng Jiayue's true character is fully revealed, she wants to buy everything, and she can't wait to buy the entire supermarket for my parents...

I tried my best to stop it, and finally bought a few random things that I had seen in the past, and then I carried them and prepared to wait in the community.

At this time, my parents may have already left work, and they are already at home, after all, they often have something early when they are fine...

So Zheng Jiayue and I went upstairs with a large bag of things, and knocked on the door with the idea of trying it out.

What I didn't expect was that the door was opened.

And then.. What I saw was my mother's face, full of surprise...

It was the first time I had seen my mother look like this, and she looked at me for a while before she let out a sound of surprise.

And my mother's voice also made my dad come over from the living room, and after seeing me and Zheng Jiayue, my dad's face also showed a look of surprise...

I can't find the best words to describe how I feel right now, if you don't experience it yourself, you will never understand the excitement and surprise that your parents feel when you don't come home for a long time and then suddenly appear in front of your parents...

Suddenly, my nose was a little sore, and it took me a while before I spoke again

"Dad.. Mother.. I'm back.."

As soon as the words fell, Zheng Jiayue behind him also spoke

"Uncle and aunt.. I.. I'm coming back with me~"

Zheng Jiayue's words made my parents look at her... And I thought about it, took a deep breath, and while putting things down, I reached out and took Zheng Jiayue's hand, and spoke

"Dad.. Mother.. That one.. Xiao Yue, she.."

"It's my girlfriend now, these two days.. We're fine, so we'll come back and see you."

When I said this, I could feel Zheng Jiayue's little hand in her hand trembling, she was very nervous... It was a lot more nervous than when she first came...

And my parents have been shocked since they saw the two of us, and now they are even more shocked when they hear me say this...

It took a while for my mother to react first, only to see her step forward and take Zheng Jiayue's hand, and said with a happy face

: "Is it.. Good, good.. Why don't you come back and say it in advance.. What else are you buying? Come in, come in.."

While talking, my mother dragged Zheng Jiayue into the house.

This made me deeply feel the malice that I was picking up... My dad looked at me meaningfully and nodded.

———— tomorrow morning

If I had to find one word to describe who I am now, it would be... I think I'm like a coward now...

Yes, I hid upstairs, and when I heard Li Xinran's screams, I couldn't move..

I didn't have the courage to rush down to her, my body, and I didn't even have the courage to go down.

At this time, the lights in the corridor went out one by one, and I stood in the dark, with only my faint heartbeat left in my mind, and Li Xinran's scream just now.

Without.. There was no other sound...

Did Lu Mao just hit Li Xinran? That "snap" sound, did he hit her?

I don't dare to imagine what kind of scene Li Xinran's house is like now, I can even guess that it must be very bad...

Lu Mao brought people here, he must have come to take revenge on Li Xinran, in front of others, the more Lu Mao did too much to Li Xinran, the more he could show that he took good care of his younger brother... So I can almost guess that Lu Mao must still be beating Li Xinran, although I can't hear any sound now, but the picture in the room is definitely numb just by seeing it...

What's even more terrifying is that I knew all about what was happening, but I didn't do anything about it.

It's not like me, it's not me at all.

If I were a student, even if I saw a girl I didn't know being bullied by hooligans or something on the road, I would definitely rush forward without hesitation.

And now it's a girl I know, a very miserable girl, or my sworn enemy hurting her, I don't even dare to do anything...

This makes me feel uncomfortable and condemned...

But even so, I still didn't go downstairs.

I still clearly know that my presence will not do any good, it will only make things more troublesome...

I may not be able to beat the three of them alone, and all Li Xinran's plans and preparations will be in vain...

I'll just take this as one of my own reasons, but I'm standing upstairs in the dark. Nothing was done..

I waited for a while, but there was still no movement downstairs.

I was a little bolder, and slowly moved around the corner and looked downstairs.

The three of them were no longer there, the door was tightly closed, and they should have all entered Li Xinran's house.

At this time, I took a deep breath, and then suddenly accelerated, went downstairs as fast as I could, and then rushed out of the corridor of Li Xinran's house.

After running out of the stairway, I almost ran all the way with my head bored...

By the time I came to my senses, I had run far, far away, so far that I didn't know where I was going.

At this time, I looked around in confusion, strange places, unfamiliar lights...

Everything is glittering, but everything is again, completely alien ..

I found a flower stand on the side of the road, and sat on it a little weakly.

After sitting down, I gasped for breath and couldn't calm down for a long time.

I suddenly remembered the time I took Zheng Jiayue to Shenzhen, that time something like that happened, I asked Zheng Jiayue to go first.. And then leave it yourself to deal with those hooligans ..

And now, I'm running faster than anyone else...

This made me laugh a little self-deprecatingly, I never felt that I was afraid of Lu Mao, but now... I seem to be really scared...

Actually, I know the reason, I'm not afraid of Lu Mao, I'm just afraid of myself and losing my current life...

Lose your current position, lose your current job...

I'm just scared that I'm losing these things...

If it had been before, I would have beaten Lu Mao without hesitation, but now... I started to get scared, I would think, I would hesitate...

It's not a good thing, at least in some ways, it's really not a good thing...

I hate the way I am, but really, as if I can't change anything...

In this way, while condemning myself in my heart, I sat here in confusion.

I don't know how long I've been sitting here anymore, but suddenly I realized something...

Then he stood up again.

After standing up, I didn't walk in the direction of the subway, but walked back along the road I had just run all the way over.

When I walked back, my pace was slow, and I was very careful, keeping my eyes on the front...

I've been looking for Lu Mao and them, and I've been looking at them...

However, I didn't see anyone along the way, and when I was about to walk back to the neighborhood where Li Xinran lived, I found a car on the side of the road.

I first avoided and looked, and after making sure that there was no one in the car, I stepped forward again and determined that this was the car that Lu Mao often drove...

I still remember one time when I went home, Lu Mao drove this license plate number to find Yu Qian... It should be that there is nothing wrong with this car..

It seemed that the three of them were still at Li Xinran's house, so I stepped aside again, went across the street, and found a hidden place to hide...

At this time, I was like a paparazzi, watching the car from a distance, waiting for the three people to appear...

I don't know how long I waited, but finally Lu Mao and the two little dogs appeared.

I was nervous when I saw these three people, and subconsciously hid again.

I saw that the three of them quickly got into the car, and after a while, the car started and drove towards the road.

After seeing the car drive away, I crossed the highway again. Then I walked back into the community.

Although it didn't help Li Xinran just now, I have to go see her at this time... Let's see if there's anything going on with her...

No matter what Lu Mao did, I have to take a look, maybe this will make the condemnation in my heart a little better, maybe this will make me feel a little more at ease...

With this thought, the pace of my feet was very fast, and I walked briskly back to the door of Li Xinran's corridor. I barely stopped, and when I went up the stairs, I soon stood in front of Li Xinran's door.

At this point, I reached out and knocked on the door quickly...

And when I knocked on the door, my voice was muffled

"It's me.. Are you at home? Open the door."

The knocking continued for a while, and the door opened.

I was nervous at first, and soon... I saw a picture that I couldn't describe...

How to say it.. How to describe it: .

Li Xinran seemed to see me through the cat's eyes, her eyes were dead, and there was no luster...

Just now the floor in the house is still very clean... A place of hair.

It's all shredded... It seems that there is a shredded one.

At this time, Li Xinran still had tears in his eyes... She looked at me blankly, with a reddened palm print on the side of her cheek.

And her original hair, pitifully and sadly, was a mess.

Seeing Li Xinran like this, I don't know what kind of feeling I feel in my heart...

I never knew the world would be like this.

In this world that looks peaceful and gentle, there can be such a thing... What's even sadder is that this kind of thing is happening almost every moment...

Bullying, abuse... Cruel..

The dark side of this world, everywhere, permeates every corner...

At this time, Li Xinran had not fully recovered from the panic...

I watched her walk in the door, locked her door when she entered, and dragged her to the bathroom next to the side.

After being dragged in by me, Li Xinran's whole body was still shaking, I turned on the faucet on the side, looked at her and said

"It's okay.. Don't be afraid.. When the water boils, you wash your hair first, don't be afraid.."

I don't know what I can do, so I can say that everything I do now relies on my instincts.

Hearing my words, Li Xinran seemed to come back to her senses a little, I noticed that there were still a few footprints on her clothes, obviously Lu Mao's group not only came in and slapped her one by one, but also kicked her... Moreover..

They also ripped off her hair one by one.

Just thinking about it makes me feel like I feel the pain... I don't know how Lu Mao can do it, how can they do it to a girl like this...

And I took another deep breath at this time.. looked at Li Xinran and said again

"Do what I say." After that, he turned around and walked out of the bathroom again.

After walking out of the bathroom, I found a broom on the side and began to silently sweep the hair on the floor.

I know that every girl regards her hair as her most precious thing, so I don't dare to guess Li Xinran's heart now...

I don't know how she feels now, I think, she should be scared, right?

She is a girl, and if she wants to be treated like this, she must be afraid.

As for the pain, it goes without saying that .. When a man beats a woman, what a beast can do, will she not hurt?

It's impossible for me to be kicked twice, let alone a weak girl like her...

While thinking about this, I swept all the hair on the ground...

After sweeping, I looked into the bathroom, Li Xinran was still standing there, she seemed to be sobbing, and her body was trembling.

This made me sigh and re-enter the inside.

After entering, Li Xinran still didn't look at me, her tears were like beads with broken threads, falling down her face one by one.

Seeing her like this, my heart is a little sour... I moved my mouth, and it took me a while to squeeze out a few words.

"I'm sorry.. Didn't help you.."

"I'm sorry.."

My words made Li Xinran cry even more, she bit her lower lip desperately, and her jaw kept shaking...

I can tell she's always been a strong woman, at least... is a very tolerable woman.. But now that it's like this, it shows that she's really very sad...

And I couldn't stand the girl's crying, and now this matter is still a big responsibility for me... Inevitably, I will blame myself more in my heart.

I don't know how long it took, Li Xinran suddenly moved a step forward, she leaned on my arms, and all the tears were left on my body.

The moment I felt her leaning over, my instinctive reaction was to dodge, but for some reason, in the end I still didn't dodge... Instead, I let her stick to my arms...

I didn't reach out to hug her, but Li Xinran hugged me, and she cried even more, and even cried out loud...

I heard her bleak voice and couldn't help but look at her ruined hair again...

After a while I sighed again, as if something was determined in my heart...

I moved my mouth and spoke

"Don't cry ... It's not worth it.. I.."

"I promise you... Even if I don't work with you... But as long as I have the chance... Everything he's done to you.."