I insisted on asking, and then there was a little sister constant text message reminder, smoothly I took the No. 2 subway from Hongqiao to People's Square Station, transferred to Line 1 to Wenshui Road, and groped and finally arrived at the Shenchong Line 3 bus station bound for Chongming Island.

Walking across the high overpass, turning the dense grove that the little sister said in the text message, I finally saw that there was a not too big parking lot in front of me, and many buses were parked neatly.

In fact, there are not many people, there are only five or six old men and old ladies in front of me, who are not in a hurry and are very leisurely, which is in stark contrast to me who is in a hurry.

A few minutes later, the car started, maybe the fort town was very biased, maybe it was also the reason for this time, the people who got on the bus were still those in line, I chose a three-person seat very comfortably, and there were two uncles in the back who simply lay on the seat and hummed a little song leisurely.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the night sky of the city was completely dark, but outside the car window was brightly lit, as if it was about to compete with the day: one car after another on the road converged into a smart dragon, and the ubiquitous neon lights jumped to perform wonderfully, I stared out the window of the car in this so-called city that never sleeps, but my mind did not know where to fly.

Xiaomei's text message said that the Shenchong bus she took was about to arrive, and asked me if she was waiting in Baozhen, or going to the shipyard first, I looked at the deep night sky in the distance, and wondered what the situation was in that Baozhen, if it was as prosperous as Shanghai, I asked, the normal driving distance of Shenchong Line 3 is one and a half hours, that is, I can get there at about 9 o'clock at the latest.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the nightlife in the big city has just begun, and after my little sister and I meet, it should be very convenient to take a taxi to the shipyard or stay there.

But if Fort Town is just a small town in the middle of nowhere, it is already too late, accommodation and food may be possible, and it will be difficult to get a safe taxi.

My little sister was alone in that strange place, which made me feel faintly uneasy, if I really encountered something, then what should I do, I immediately sent a text message: just wait at the station.

The car was driving rapidly, and the scenery outside the window was constantly changing, at first it was full of high-rise buildings, and slowly there were fewer and fewer high-rise buildings, and now the houses are getting shorter and shorter, but there are more and more trees, and the flickering lights are left far behind.

The car had already left the city and was on its way to Chongming Island.

I tried hard to recall the map I found on Baidu to set a direction for Chongming Island in my mind, but I couldn't correspond to anything.

It was already pitch black outside the window, except for the distant lights that looked like stars in the sky.

The car was quiet, some of them had fallen asleep and dreamed of vague words from time to time, some of them were drowsy with their heads down, and they had been in the car for most of the day.

But at this time, I was completely sleepy, and silently thought about my thoughts: Now that Xiaohai should return to his residence, I don't know what kind of mood he will be in when he finds out that Pan Xiaoyan is not there.

I think he thought he had met the love of his life, he found the purest and most romantic love, that gentle woman captured his almighty body and mind, for her, he did not hesitate to abandon his wife and children, he did not hesitate to leave his homeland, he eloped penniless, several twists and turns deliberately found such a remote place to hide, he was full of enthusiasm and ready to stay with that woman, ready to work hard, and recreate a sweet family of three from scratch......

But now it's only three days, three days, the sweet words on the pillow have not completely dissipated, and the mountains and seas in the quilt are still vaguely reappearing, but the woman around her has long been gone......

At this time, Xiaohai must have lost his soul and regretted not being at the beginning.

But another worry came over me and made my mind heavy.

Knowing that a husband is like a wife, Xiao Yi said, "Even if he is cornered, Xiao Hai will not turn back, he has no such face", which is also one of the reasons why Xiao Yi encouraged me to come to Shanghai to pick up Xiao Hai

The woman said that Xiaohai still has 5 yuan in his hand, in this materialistic society, what does it mean for a big man to hold 5 yuan in his hand: he is out of ammunition and food, desperate, and the most important thing is that he has lost his spiritual support, and he does not hesitate to abandon everything The woman did not hesitate to say goodbye and abandon him, what a blow to a man.

There is a shipyard in Baozhen that should be very close to the sea, and in the middle of the night, Xiaohai ran to the beach alone, smoked for a long time, and then ...... When we arrive the next day, will we see it...... My always rich imagination plunged me into a different kind of restlessness, and I looked out the window restlessly, while pulling out my phone from time to time to check the time.

There is another half an hour to arrive at the station, the car seems to have driven into the wilderness, just now the faintly visible city night lights have long disappeared, the miserable white headlights illuminate the not very wide road, the roadside is more and more black is full of clusters of dense plants, fortunately the road at night is very quiet, almost no vehicles can be seen, which makes the bus travel more quickly.

It seems that it is about to arrive at the destination early.

My mind was silent, and my mind flooded again...... Xiao Hai was lying alone in a small rental house, the dim light shone on his listless face, he stared at the ceiling blankly, his mind was churning about everything that happened during this time, maybe he repented, maybe he was still stubborn, maybe he was thinking about what to do in the future, maybe he couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't think of the future, he jumped up and lit a cigarette again, no, it was not a cigarette, it was a cigarette butt that had been discarded, he was upset and took one puff after another greedily, The scorched paste of inferior tobacco mixed with paper nitrate filled this small space, and in the smoke, Xiaohai sat down as a Buddha.

I don't know how long it has been, he is still sitting honestly like this, but his solemn expression shows that his inner world is experiencing the wind and waves like "turning the river and the sea".

He repented of his actions, he regretted that he had come to this point, and he knew that if he returned, his relatives would forgive him for all the mistakes he had made, and he would accept and start a new life.

But he didn't have the face to go back, what is going on: he eloped with a woman, but was dumped by a woman, this man's inside and face, no matter what, he can be indifferent.

After thinking about it, Xiao Hai, who was red-eyed, finally made up his mind......

When we arrived the next day and finally found their shelter, when we opened the door, we saw Xiao Hai's pale face and patches of congealed blood on the ground......

A huge panic hit me in my heart, and I couldn't imagine it anymore, I curled up in a ball, hoping to resist the cold of the dark night: how could the spring night on Chongming Island be so cold, the car was like an ice cellar, and the cold cut into the bone marrow all around.