After Chen Yi left, I had a light meal alone in the Wutong Restaurant. In fact, I have already done all the things I need to do after returning to Nanjing, but because I decided to go to the prison to see Xiao Ai's father, I have to delay it for another day.

I went to the flower shop to buy some fresh flowers, and I had to go to see my grandmother first, and then talk to her about my recent life. Maybe it's because I've been dependent on her since I was a child, so deep feelings make me can't accept the fact that she is dead until now!

I also felt guilty that I hadn't been able to take her to a city other than Nanjing while she was alive.

During the afternoon rush hour, I stood at the intersection of Tulip Road, holding flowers and waiting for the taxis, but without exception, they all carried passengers, and a few cars did not know if there were passengers, waiting for the signal at the traffic light intersection.

I was surprised by the busyness, because it was rare to be unable to wait for a taxi on Tulip Road, and when I looked back, I didn't know when there were several more completed office buildings and a large store. I was convinced that Tulip Road could no longer be said to be outside the city. Perhaps, Zhao Mu is right, no one can stop the process of urbanization, and demolishing old alleys is the trend of the times!

After a while, a taxi finally stopped beside me, but it seemed to be carrying passengers, and just when I thought I was about to get off, the window opened, and then I saw Yang Qu's face with sunglasses.

She moved her sunglasses down and said to me with a smile: "Brother, I'm not a timely rain, when you want to take a taxi, I'll come in the car!" ”

"Why are you coming to Nanjing?"

"On weekends, it's boring to stay at school alone, so I'll come to Nanjing to be your timely rain."

I muttered, "Thank goodness I don't drown...... You can really find a place! ”

"Hehe, I can't find a place, I'll call you...... But when I arrived at Tulip Road, I realized how strong the family relationship of blood is thicker than water, and I actually met you on the side of the road...... Quick, hurry up and get in the car, I'll take you where you're going. ”

I muttered again: "Don't take a taxi from the train station, you can pay the travel expenses later, I have never been so extravagant since I was a child." ”

……

When I came to the cemetery, I got off the bus with Yang Qu, she was really not a girl who picked the door, and she paid the travel fee in a hurry, and I guessed correctly, she took a taxi all the way from the train station.

I said to her, "From the train station to Tulip Road, you can get there by transferring the subway twice, and it costs a total of 6 yuan." ”

Yang Qu replied indifferently: "This is the rush hour for work, how crowded it is to take the subway!" ”

"Then you charter a plane, the plane is not crowded."

"There's got to be a place to stop!"

After a few words with Yang Qu, the grief before coming was also alleviated, so I walked side by side with her to my grandmother's tombstone, and when I was about to approach, I didn't speak again, maintaining a deep and solemn state.

Yang Qu pushed me and asked, "Brother, is that tombstone on the other side your grandmother's?" ”

I nodded, and her expression darkened with me, and then she knelt down with a "plop" a meter away from the tombstone, which startled me. He was stunned for a long time before he asked her, "What are you doing here?" ”

She replied with a serious face: "Be respectful to the elderly!" ”

"Hurry up, she doesn't know you well, don't scare the old lady with such a big salute." As I spoke, I grabbed her arm and tried to pull her up, but she knocked her head twice, as if she was the saddest in the world when facing her grandmother.

After feeling that he had fully expressed his respect and sorrow for the deceased, Yang Qu finally got up, then patted the dust off his body and said to me, "Okay, it's time for you to talk to your grandmother...... You say hurry up, because I have something to say to her later. ”

I glanced at her, and she consciously moved out of the way, and then stood solemnly behind me, but I thought she was really a tease.

……

I stood in the center of the tombstone, looking at the kind photo of my grandmother, and the sadness that had been holding back in my heart for a long time finally spread. I remembered my grandmother's life, and I didn't speak yet, and I already felt choked.

I closed my eyes and suppressed the sadness in my heart before I spoke: "Grandma, it's been more than a month since you left, and it's not long or short...... During this time, I have been in Shanghai, meeting new people and living a new life...... I especially want to share my feelings with you during this time, but I'm afraid that you will think I am chattering, because you said that boys should do more things and talk less...... But grandma, I really miss you, I want you to make little fish potstickers, I want you to tell me how to be a decent man......"

Speaking of this, I lowered my head, and after waiting for Yang Qu, who had been silent behind me, for a while, he cautiously said to me, "You're done...... A few more words, I feel like I want to say more than you, but you are her grandson. ”

"I don't like to talk nonsense, as long as the meaning is there."

"Then you get out of the way."

Yang Qu pulled me aside as he spoke, then stood where I had just stood and spoke to my grandmother. And I didn't care too much about what she would say, so I turned my head to look at this cemetery that Yang Jin spent a lot of money to choose and had good feng shui. If people have a sense after death, I think grandma will be grateful to Yang Jin, because facing the lakes and flowers here, it must be much better than staying in an old nursing home when you are alive!

At the same time, Yang Qu cleared his throat and finally spoke: "Grandma, my name is Yang Qu, and I came to see you today...... Do you think that I am a little similar to Jiang Qiao, and if so, that's right, because we are brother and sister...... It's just that the identity is a little awkward, and we are half-brothers, so that's why he doesn't want to see me...... How could he be like this! If you can be a brother and sister in this life, will you still be able to do it in the next life? …… So I'm more open than he is on this...... By the way, I heard Sister Jin Qiu say, what you were most afraid of before your death was that he had no relatives, and now that you know that I am such a very kind and lively sister, will you feel very happy? ……”

Yang Qu really did what she said, she just kept chattering and saying a basket more than me, and I just listened calmly, because grandma liked to chat with grandma when she was alive, and it was actually good to have a girl who could chat with grandma like this.

I don't know how long it took, but Yang Qu finally turned to me and said, "Brother, do you still have something to say to grandma?" ”

"What else to say? My grandma loves a lunch break, and it's going to be a little bit of a lunch break soon. ”

"Okay, grandma, go to bed quickly...... My brother and I won't bother you for now, and we'll come to see you next time. ”

Looking at Yang Qu's serious appearance, I was willing to believe for a moment that grandma could perceive us, and there is no real death in this world, just a different way of existence, and fate is something that will never be broken, let us feel nostalgic, and make the living more brave and strong.

……

Because it is relatively remote here, it is difficult to get a taxi back, but fortunately, Yang Qu will use Didi to take a taxi, and she added an extra 20 yuan in tips before the car is willing to come and pick us up.

While we were waiting, she took out a bracelet from her bag, handed it to me and said, "Brother, you have a way, sell this bracelet for me...... This was given to me by my dad on my 15th birthday, and I bought about 100,000 yuan at that time, and you can just watch and sell it. ”

I glanced at her and replied, "You've really found a way to make a fortune!" ”

Yang Qu said smugly: "That's right, but thanks to your suggestion, otherwise I really don't have a good plan in the face of our mother's economic blockade!" ”

"Don't you hear me sarcastic? What about the 18,000 yuan last time I sold a bag? ”

Yang Qu puffed out his cheeks and looked at me, and replied, "It's all spent...... I warn you, don't scold me...... Because I've saved enough...... When I wasn't in college, when I didn't have any interpersonal interactions, I spent more than that little money a month! ”

I ignored her, didn't take the bracelet from her hand that might break with a shake of my hand, just lit a cigarette for myself and looked in the direction where the taxi would come.

Yang Qu didn't feel bored, she changed the topic and said to me: "Brother, it's the first time I've come to Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and you will take me around in the afternoon, I know you're a little pick...... All the expenses are mine, you can just have someone to play with me. ”

"We've known each other for a long time, don't you see that I'm a very rational person!"

"It's only half a day, I'll go with you tomorrow."

"Don't make a fuss, I'm going to see someone in prison in the afternoon."

"Oh my God...... I just came out of the cemetery and went to prison...... You...... What kind of person are you, you feel like a state agent! Can't it be normal? ”

I flicked into her skull, then replied, "Going to these places doesn't mean I'm mysterious...... It can only show that my time in Nanjing is not happy......"

"If you stop, I'm afraid you will say these three words unhappy...... Go wherever you like, I'll play by myself. ”

……

After separating from Yang Qu, I took another taxi to the edge of the city, and twenty minutes later arrived at the prison where Mr. Xiao was being held. I was lucky enough to be able to visit, and I went in as a friend of Mr. Xiao, which was a bit embarrassing. Because the last thing we can do is be friends.

After waiting for about ten minutes, I met with Mr. Xiao, his gray hair was more than before, and he had lost a lot of weight, but he smiled and said to me: "Young man, I knew you would come to me, but it was a little later than I expected. ”

I replied with a serious face: "Why are you so sure that I will come, if it wasn't for yesterday to clean up Xiao Ai's house." To be honest, I really can't remember coming to this place. ”

"In the midst of chance, there is its own necessity...... Say, why did you come to see me? ”

I didn't go around the bush with him, and replied bluntly: "I just want to ask a little bit about Xiao Ai from you...... You may not know, but I do wonder if she's doing well and if her eyes have been healed. ”

"It's not convenient for me to talk to you too much here, I want to protect my daughter."

I looked around at the surveillance and understood his concerns, and I felt a sense of joy in my heart. In this way, Xiao always has Xiao Ai news, which makes me feel very strongly. Xiao Ai is not missing, she is still in contact with someone in Nanjing.

After a long silence, I finally looked up at him and said, "I know that there are some things that you can't say more, and I don't expect you to tell me her whereabouts, as long as you can tell me how she is doing now." ”

Mr. Xiao just nodded, but my heart was a burst of irrepressible joy, and then a deep loss, as for why I was lost, I can't say it myself.

After calming down for a long time, I whispered to Mr. Xiao again: "I know that if I ask you more, it will look very greedy, but I still want to know if she will return to Nanjing...... Here, there are her friends, her teachers and classmates, and you, the father......"

I said a lot, but I didn't say the words "and her lover", because since she left Nanjing and chose to marry Yuan Zhen, I have been very uninteresting when I say this.

This time, Mr. Xiao didn't answer me, he just glanced at me and then chose to leave, and I was so indulged in the unfinished loss, I sat alone for a long time, until the staff reminded me, I left my chair, and then walked out of the bright room that was lit by the sun.

……

Although it was only three days to return to Nanjing this time, I had no regrets and thought that I had done all the things I needed to do. So, early the next morning, I took Yang Qu to the train station. Then he assigned her to print out the tickets for the two of them to return to Shanghai.

She handed me the ticket, and I unconsciously glanced at her hand, and then asked her with confusion, "Why did you get three tickets?" ”

Yang Qu glanced at me mysteriously, and then replied: "There must be my teacher in the threesome, how boring it is for two people to go back!" ”

"Is it your classmate in Nanjing?"

At the moment when I asked, I saw another taxi stop in the drop-off area, and then I saw Jin Qiu come out of the car, and the taxi driver helped her take out a large suitcase from the trunk.

I was a little surprised, and I didn't want to believe that the person who was going to walk with us was Jin Qiu, so I just thought that I happened to meet here.

Yang Qu pouted and smiled at me, "Aren't you surprised?" …… But I think you should be more surprised, because Sister Jin Qiu is going to Shanghai with us......"

As she spoke, Jin Qiu had already dragged her suitcase in front of me, she didn't take off her sunglasses, but said to me in a calm tone: "Like you, there is nothing in Nanjing that can make me feel nostalgic...... So, this time you are my boss, and I want to start my new life in Shanghai. ”

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