I couldn't find Xueqi at school, and after that, I was lucky enough to get a taxi after walking for 10 minutes and went straight home. I'm worried that I've been out for a long time, maybe Xueqi herself has already gone back.

But when I got home, I was disappointed again, the hall was still lit and empty, and there was still no snow in the house.

Xue Qi ...... Still haven't been back.

At that time, it was already past 11 o'clock, nearly midnight.

Damn it...... Where the hell did Xue Qi go, where did she go, where did she go?!!

I was getting more and more anxious and fidgeting.

I asked myself over and over in my mind, and I asked myself hard, but there was no answer.

My mind kept flashing back to the look when Xue Qi looked back at me when she left, that resolute expression, that sad look, made me feel powerless.

Don't...... Won't Xue Qi come back like this?

Did she just leave?

I thought weakly.

14 years of upbringing, 14 years of memories, is it ...... And so it went down the drain?

How so?

What a joke!

I'm going crazy!

I grabbed a handful of my own hair with my hand and grabbed it hard, and the sharp tearing pain from my scalp lifted me up a little.

"!" I cried out in a hoarse voice. "I don't believe it!"

In the empty hall, the more I thought about it, the more anxious I became, I wanted to rest for a while, but thinking of Xueqi's crying face, I still couldn't help it, and I ran out of the house again.

Because my car turned off and was parked in front of the Walmart supermarket, it was inconvenient to find someone to call, so I had no choice but to grab my bike keys and run out the door this time.

Bicycle.

I haven't ridden a bike in over a decade.

But this night, I ran to the underground garage again and pulled out the folding bike that I had been hiding in the box.

When I took out the folding bike from the old cardboard box, I was really in a trance.

The last time I rode this bike was when Xueqi was a toddler.

When I was in high school, when I was a young man, when Xueqi was still called Jiaqi by me, in order to pick up Xueqi, I would ride a bicycle to take Xueqi to Aunt Bao Juan every day to entrust her to take care of her, and then pick it up at night......

Ever since my dad died, I've driven his Ford, and after I got into Sanxin, I bought my own car and then resold my dad's car, and for me, the bike ...... It's a very distant concept, really.

But this night, I took it out again.

I treasured the treasure for many years.

Friends who have accompanied me through ups and downs.

Although the paint of the bicycle has peeled off and become rusty after many years, I still feel indescribably moved when I see the bicycle.

For a short moment, I felt as if I had turned back time, as if I had gone back more than ten years, back to the day when I picked up Xueqi in the alley on my bicycle.

It's as if the story of the past 14 years has been just a dream.

Everything was just a dream of mine, in fact, I didn't have to meet Xue Qi at all, she never existed in my life. These 14 years have been illusory,

It's all a dream.

And now, it's time to wake up from the dream.

Although it was only for a moment, my heart was still strongly touched.

I blinked, got the bike out of the box, filled it with a pump, and finally, pulled the old worn-out bike out of the garage, I patted my old friend on the back, and then, taking a step and riding it, pedaling,

Rode out of the house.

Just like 14 years ago.

And just like that, I embarked on a journey to find Xueqi for the third time.

Although I haven't ridden a bicycle for more than ten years, I don't feel the slightest rustiness, and I am really proficient.

It's weird. A man who is used to driving a bicycle rides a bicycle...... But it feels more familiar.

I sighed in my heart, and then turned again and again on the nearby road, looking for Xueqi's figure.

The cold wind blew through me, and my face tingled, like a dagger cutting, and I never felt it when I was driving, and this feeling can only be felt when I was on a bicycle.

This time, I went to find Xueqi with the mentality of not going home if I didn't find Xueqi, and no matter what, I had to find Xueqi.

Viaducts, piers, villa areas, and even near the haunted house where I once went with Yuezi Yuhui, I searched all over the place, and I carefully searched every possible place.

At the end of the day, it was already past 1 o'clock in the middle of the night, but ...... I still haven't found Xueqi.

At that time, I was exhausted and panting, and my whole body was stiff, because the weather was so cold, I kept running my nose and sneezed several times, and my hands on my bicycle were purple from the cold.

However, I still went door to door to find Xueqi. I kept thinking about the places I had been with Xueqi before.

Where have Xueqi and I been?

If you calculate it carefully, there are only a few places where Xueqi and I went...... Downtown, clothing store, library, bookstore, accessory store, toy store, shop, gourmet shop, stall, central park, children's park, zoo, gymnasium, ...... I've searched everywhere I can think of, but ...... I still can't find Xueqi.

It's already midnight, except for the 24-hour shops, most of the shops in the city have closed, and the streets that are still flowing and lively during the day seem so lonely and silent at night.

Xue Qi ...... Where are you?

Eventually, I was really tired of riding, so I dragged my bike slowly down the streets in the north wind.

One step at a time, one person, one bike.

Leaving home, where did Xue Qi go? Where could she go? Even though it was a winter night, I still had beads of sweat on my forehead and my heart was beating fast.

In the dead of night, there were few people on the streets, and even the air seemed to freeze. The dark houses lay across the darkness, and the hollow windows stared at me like strange eyes, and they seemed to be smiling.

Finally, I sat down under a street lamp, and by the dim light, I saw the surrounding scenery with rows of trees, like twisted people waving to me.

Eventually, I found that my whole being had become weak, the biting cold piercing my skin, mercilessly cutting my flesh and scraping my bones, and the boundless darkness was gathering at me.

What should I do next? Will Xueqi go home and look for me? Am I going to look for it, or am I waiting for Xueqi at home? I slammed my paralyzed thigh hard to stimulate myself and tell myself: this is not true.

But it's true.

Under the streetlights, my shadow was stretched long.

I sat there for a long time, and the minutes ticked by.

Under the street lamp, I thought a lot and reflected a lot. The more I thought about it, the more I felt a little remorseful and a little scared. I regret that I should have explained it gently to Xueqi at that time, instead of saying such heartless words.

Of course, in addition to remorse, I was more afraid. I really don't know what happened to Xue Qi.

Will she have a car accident? Will she be targeted by the perverts? Will she be kidnapped by gangsters? Or even ...... Will he commit suicide?

All sorts of terrible and crazy thoughts make me shudder.

I got up from under the streetlight, dragged my bike, and kept walking.

I kept walking, knowing only that I should go, but I didn't know where to go, or should I go home and wait?

The steps became smaller and smaller, and each step seemed to drag a heavy chain. I never thought I'd get to this point one day.

I felt my eyelids getting heavier and my head getting dizzier, and I felt like I had a cold.

I don't know how far I've walked, I don't know how long I've walked, I just feel like the scenery in front of me is the same, apartment building after apartment building, street lamp after streetlamp. The burning anger in his chest gradually calmed down, replaced by deep fear.

Tonight's night didn't seem to be so peaceful, and with a little bit of wind and grass, I felt like Xueqi was calling my name......

I walked for a long time, almost three hours, and by the end of the day, I was frozen, the lights in the city had been extinguished, and the city was pitch black.

In the end, I only felt that something was wrong with the whole person, the whole person was dizzy, my whole body was sore and cold, and I couldn't even stand steadily.

I don't know how I got home, but when I got home, I found that Xueqi still hadn't come back, so I collapsed on the sofa in a mess, put on a coat and fell asleep......

I didn't sleep well that night, I woke up on the sofa several times, and the headache got worse and worse, I had difficulty breathing in my throat as if something was stuck, and my stomach was churning all the time, and my whole body was uncomfortable to death, and I had never been uncomfortable with this since I was a child. I finally closed my eyes, but I dreamed that I kept falling from the sky...... Fall......

Tossed like this until the morning, but Xueqi still didn't come back. When I opened my eyes that day, I only felt that the world was spinning, and the whole person was so cold that I couldn't even stand steadily, and I vomited on the spot.

Realizing that something was wrong with my body, I hurriedly touched my forehead, only to realize that my forehead was so hot that I couldn't speak.

Damn it...... I had a high fever.

Xueqi, who braved the cold wind outside last night to find all night, is no wonder if she doesn't catch a cold.

I had a headache and brain fever, and the thought that Xue Qi might be worse than me now made me even more worried. But at that time, I was already dizzy and couldn't walk.

I stood up and called Yuhui and Ma Yike to tell them that Xueqi hadn't come back yet. After that, I told Yuhui that I was not feeling well and had to go to the hospital, so I put the key just below the threshold of the door of the house, and asked her to come to my house, help me get the key, and wait for Xueqi in the villa for me.

After that, I stumbled out of the house, braved the cold wind, and forced my dizziness to go outside and go to the nearest hospital.

When I got out of the hospital, I was so uncomfortable that my throat was hoarse, and I didn't know how I managed to get to the hospital, anyway, when I got off at the hospital, I was so uncomfortable that I couldn't even walk, and I almost vomited, and finally the unknown taxi driver helped me sign up.

Not long after, I was admitted to the emergency room because my temperature was an astonishing 41.4 degrees!

I couldn't believe I could have such a high fever.

I haven't had a fever of more than 40 degrees a few times in my life, let alone an outrageous high temperature like 41 degrees. This is probably because I was looking for Xueqi outside last night and suffered a cold.

The doctor quickly prescribed me saline, and I was sent to the ward for an intravenous drip with the help of the nurse.

Anyway, I was already dizzy, everything I saw was spinning, and my mind wasn't very clear.

I just lay at the head of the bed and threw up for a while, and the nurse waited for me to finish throwing up before giving me the needle.

After inserting the needle, I lay on the bed in a daze, and I was so sleepy, but I didn't dare to sleep because my phone was at the head of the bed, and I was afraid that if I fell asleep, I would miss Xueqi's news.

After much hesitation, I still called Yuhui and told her the ward number I was in.

I called Yuhui to let her know that I was okay, and by the way, I could report my whereabouts, so that I could feel at ease. Otherwise, when the time comes, the missing person will become me and Xueqi, and it will be even more troublesome.

After the phone call, my whole body collapsed, and there were Venus in front of me, and I felt unspeakably uncomfortable, as if there were trillions of ants crawling, and my whole body was paralyzed, and I couldn't speak in pain.

"Qiqi ......"

I lay on the hospital bed in a daze, my eyes fixed on the ceiling, and I felt that my whole body was getting cold and heavy, as if I was gradually becoming an iron man.

I was very sick.

That was probably the last illness I had ever had in my life.

I struggled to hold on, forcing myself to keep my eyes open, but later, my eyelids closed uncontrollably, little by little.

I don't know when I fell asleep, anyway, I just remember that until I fell asleep, I was still thinking about Xueqi.

I hope she can come back.