28. XXVIII
People always feel happy when they are close to happiness, but they suffer from gains and losses when happiness is in progress.
Even in such a dark forest, even with only a flashlight, they could clearly see a large expanse of dirt stained dark red with blood under the huddled figure. Red stumbled beside her, cautiously raising his hand to touch her pale, bloodless cheek.
The picture seemed to be pressed down in slow motion, Red looked at Liu Fanxu blankly, the tip of her nose gently touched the mobile phone he gave her, a pair of beautiful eyes were tightly closed, and her long eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes. She lay on the dark red dirt like a pool of blood, and Red grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground, and the palms of his fingers were stained blood-red with the dirt. He put down his hand and hugged Liu Fanxu into his arms, his head ached, his eyes were sometimes hazy and sometimes clear, and the sharp long roar in his ears tore at his nerves. Then there was a sharp pain in his back, and Morgan's angry shouts came from far away, "Red, hurry up and get her out of here, she's not dead yet!" ”
She's not dead, Liu Fanxu isn't dead, and his Aga isn't dead! Reason returned in an instant, his pupils shrank, and he immediately picked up Liu Fanxu horizontally, he quickly turned around, and followed Hodge, Morgan, and the ranger he hated, running in the direction he came. The ranger ran and shouted, "Follow me, I know a shortcut, trust me, I'm the best ranger." Hodge and Morgan looked at each other and decided to believe him. Red had lost his judgment by this time, he believed Hodge and Morgan, so he chose to trust the judgment they chose.
This ranger is not lying, he does know the woodland very well. It took them less than a third of the time they arrived at the camp. Liu Fanxu was quickly put into the ambulance, and Red had completely lost his cool, he didn't even say hello to Hodge and Morgan, he quickly jumped into the ambulance, and he insisted on accompanying her to the hospital. Hodge sighed and didn't stop, glad his partner hadn't completely lost hope. Knowing that Red can't concentrate on the case at all right now, let's let him stay with that girl. He turned around and Morgan returned to the forest, and they asked the rangers to take them back to the place where Liu Fanxu had just been found, and continue the search for the whereabouts of the murderer. Although Liu Fanxu was rescued, the murderer was still at large, and before he was caught, they couldn't take it lightly, and they needed to do everything they could to catch the strange and mysterious criminal.
Liu Fanxu slowly closed his eyes, the sharp pain in his body gradually disappeared, and his cold body slowly warmed up. Her eyelids were unusually heavy, and she didn't know why those bad feelings were leaving. A blinding light suddenly lit up in front of her eyes, she frowned, waved her hand impatiently, and then opened her eyes. The sunlight stabbed people's eyes, and she raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows, and then looked around.
The blue-gray stone brick platform, as mottled as in memory, damp and dirty but with an old and familiar smell, time passed quickly, and they left here beyond recognition, but this place still maintained its original appearance. The old railroad tracks carry groups of young people with longings, who come and go in a hurry, casually walking out of here, choosing the direction they may move in in the future. The endless wasteland in the distance, green and green, with the unique breath of life in spring, may have reminded them from the beginning that only in the unreachable distance can they hope for hope. This is the nine-and-three-quarter platform, where the first qiē begins and ends.
She stood on the empty platform, her eyes dazed and misty. She thought she was in some forest in Los Angeles, USA, not on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters in the UK, why was she here? Is she dead? That's why she came back here, is she a soul now? She raised her hands and looked at her fingertips, no matter how unwilling she was, did she leave after all?
"Aga, my dear child, why have you come here so early? I thought it would take a long time to wait for you. An old but mischievous voice sounded behind her. She turned sharply and looked at the visitor, her eyes widening uncontrollably, she pursed her lips and gently spat out the name that had not been spoken for many years, "Professor Dumbledore"
Professor Dumbledore stood a few steps behind her, wearing a brightly colored flower hat on his head, his long snow-white curly hair falling down to his knees, his wrinkled face, and his wise and loving blue eyes staring at her with a smile through the narrow glasses. She lowered her eyes suddenly, covering the tears in her eyes, she never knew that this old headmaster, who had not left much good impression on her, would make her so sentimental when he appeared in front of her again.
"Oh, my dear child, you are much more frank than you used to be" Professor Dumbledore showed a warm smile under his snow-white thick beard, he turned and slowly paced to the bench next to them and sat down, looking very tired, he patted the place next to him and winked at her, "Aga, can you sit down and talk?" Liu Fanxu lowered his eyes, with a light smile on the corner of his mouth, and slowly walked to the old principal's side and sat down. She put her hands on her knees, her eyes looked at the fingertips of the clasp, and only after a while did she whisper, "Frank?" ”
Professor Dumbledore looked sideways at Liu Fanxu's thin and fair cheeks, the starry wizard robe he was wearing, with his movements, a burst of bright light, her eyelashes trembled, her eyes were almost unable to open her eyes by the strong light that was close at hand, and the corners of her mouth that were originally smiling twitched slightly. After years of not seeing, she was still overwhelmed by the old headmaster's usual eccentric taste. Professor Dumbledore's face had a wicked smile on his face after the prank had succeeded, and Liu Fanxu rolled his eyes silently with his eyes down.
"So, Aga, did you find that man?" Professor Dumbledore asked suddenly, his voice carrying expectations and blessings, the care of an elder for his juniors. Liu Fanxu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that Professor Dumbledore was talking about that conversation, did he always remember it? The expression on her face gradually relaxed, and finally settled into a comfortable smile. Professor Dumbledore's blue eyes flashed with gossip, and he winked mischievously, as if casually asking, "It seems so, but it's a pity that I didn't make it to the end, I don't know if my dear child can help my poor old man to answer his doubts, I want to know who he is." ”
Liu Fanxu lowered his eyes and smiled, his lips opened and closed, and he spit out the sentence "Love is destined, we can't find the true meaning of life alone, we need to be with the person we love" That afternoon, the earnest persuasion of the old man next to him is still vivid. After so many years, she has never been able to find the answer, and now she understands the true meaning of this sentence, but she is doomed to lose, and she has no chance to hold his hand. Her eyelids closed slightly, her eyelashes trembled slightly, the curvature of her mouth was smoothed out by the sadness that hit her heart, and her voice carried an unconcealed sadness, "Professor Dumbledore, I am a Slytherin, and we are destined to be unhappy." ”
"Why do you say that, my child." Professor Dumbledore asked rhetorically, and Liu Fanxu sneered softly, "You really don't know? Why do I say that. She raised her eyes and looked at the edge of the platform, "Should I let him go, that's what he wants, and if I let him lie like that without dignity, he will hate me." Professor Dumbledore clasped his fingers together on his knees, and his gaze followed her to the edge of the platform, "How can you be sure that he has no attachment to this earthly world?" ”
"Obviously," Liu Fanxu turned his head to look at the old man suddenly, his eyes were as cold as ice, "Don't you know best?" Hold on to this reason and use him to death. Professor Dumbledore raised his hand to cover his eyes, tears slipped down his large, wrinkled hand, and he said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry, Aga. "What's the use of being sorry, Liu Fanxu turned her head, and when her mentor asked the old man with a sad voice: What about his soul, when he said this, how could he have had even a trace of softness, she blinked her eyelashes, and shook off the wetness floating in her eyes, "For greater justice, en?" Therefore, every qiē is sacrificial, including yourself, including your lover, including my mentor, including Lily's son, whom he protects wholeheartedly. Professor Dumbledore, you are like a Slytherin! ”
Professor Dumbledore's body trembled slightly, and she knew that the words she uttered hurt him deeply. But the pus and blood that had been pressing on her heart for many years had always corroded her mottled heart, and she had wanted to say it countless times, but the people who could listen and give her answers were no longer there. She could only bury them in her heart, repeating them in her dreams day after day, and then she wanted to destroy them along with herself.
"Aga, do you know that he doesn't just want to protect Harry" Professor Dumbledore choked his voice, put down the hand covering his eyes, and turned to Liu Fanxu with a tear-stained old face, his gaze was frank and sincere, but what he said made her fall into the abyss, "He is also protecting you, Aga, you are like his child, he is devoted to you." I still remember how glad I was when he told me that he was going to take you as an apprentice, and that was the first time that Seaver's heart had waved since Lily's death. He's guarding you carefully, you know? After he knew that I had invited you to the office to chat, he broke into my office in a rage, and he told me: You can use me, whatever you want, I can do anything for you, but don't touch her, she is not your pawn, give her freedom, Albus, please, she is like my child. ”