"I, I listen to you, so don't do this, okay?"

"You're not listening, you're just thinking about writing 'This guy is weird' or something, you're just trying to get out of here, you're not listening, you're not listening, are you, what I just said, can you repeat it, you're not listening at all."

It's still too hard for me to repeat something, but don't do it.

Underneath the cuffs are hidden knife marks, which must be traces of self-harm.

He also wore long sleeves in the summer - this was the conclusion we came to at that time, and we considered the masochistic factor, but it was quickly rejected, and in fact his parents loved him very much.

The factor of self-harm was also considered, but it was not verified, because we were just a counselor, and people did not say anything and could not intervene, and he never came to the counseling room after that time, and there was no hint for us to care.

So I didn't ask any more questions, and some of the speculations didn't be confirmed.

On the one hand, his performance is indeed "normal" a lot, or there is nothing noticeable, that is, An An divided, we prescribed him some short-term drugs, in our opinion, there is no need for long-term drug treatment, but we are still ready to suppress their own drugs in an instant. But on the other hand, it's true that we don't want to do more, and this is not only our laziness, but also the principle of non-intervention.

I still hope that I can slowly integrate into it or something, as long as I have such an idea, I can move forward step by step, even if it is slow.

"I'm sorry."

Now all we can do is go along with him.

"Tsk, it's all like this, it's all like this, you are like this, everyone else is like this, it's all like this, there is no person who is not like this, this world."

He rolled up his cuffs, and underneath them were a dense streak of blood that looked like a poisonous snake.

This should not be a knife cut, it is a ruler, not very sharp but still has clear edges and corners. This kind of ruler is drawn like this, the red one has a certain width, and there are some twisted marks on the arm like a red earthworm.

It starts from the wrist and extends upwards, but not downwards, probably because it is exposed.

"Do you think these look good?"

How can this kind of thing be pretty.

"Don't do that!"

"Now, I'll let you see this beautiful picture."

Blood flowers, blooming, this time, with a knife.

It's just a knife without a blade, probably because I haven't had a chance to sharpen it after buying it, but the destruction of the blunt weapon is also very cruel, and a blood-colored rose bloomed on the blood-stained arm.

"Is it pretty?"

His voice changed from the uneasiness and crampedness he had when he came to us to ask for help, and he could not see even the last trace of cowardice. But he is still the same at a loss, these behaviors can't be well concealed, but this is what he should be, or a normal embodiment.

"If you called me here just to watch your farce, I won't accompany you."

"Leave your phone behind."

The red blood was still flowing, but he didn't seem to care, and after simply wiping it with a piece of paper, he motioned for me to follow him.

"You, where are you going?"

"You have to come, this matter is more important than I thought, this can be seen from your visit, I didn't expect much, your reaction was too violent."

No, it doesn't quite look like him.

Wrong.

☆

Li Xinmu's home was a little smaller than I expected, but I understood it after I learned that there were only two brothers and sisters in it. After all, if there are only two people, you don't need a big house.

But it's still bigger than my house that was originally designed to be a family.

"Come in first."

Li Renxian was very calm, and after poking his head out from behind the thick security door to confirm my face, he spoke very calmly, but I was not so calm.

"Is this the case?"

"No one answered the phone."

"Where did your positioning system go? Obviously, even my family has found out about this, and at this time? ”

"I'm sorry, it's a little late now."

"Where?"

As I spoke, I opened the door vigorously and questioned Li Renxian.

"She's your sister, Li Xinmu!"

"I know, please calm down, Li Xinmu said that you are a very reliable person."

Is it reliable? That's really the case, but in fact I'm useless right now.

"Do you have any clues?"

"The positioning has been done again, and I will contact you when I hang up the phone, but I don't want my father to know, so it will take a little time."

"How long?"

"Let's sit down first, we should know soon."

The texture of the sofa is very good, although I don't know what kind of sofa is a good sofa, but it feels much better than the guy in my house who has been eating dust.

"What are you doing these days?"

Even though I knew I couldn't blame him, I couldn't help but ask.

"Sorry, I'm playing outside."

"Tsk, doesn't it matter if Li Xinmu goes to the house of the opposite sex to play?"

I think it's better for me if it doesn't matter, but it's too much to worry about it.

"I told her not to go, but she was angry and ignored my warning."

"So it seems that your warnings don't have much effect."

Angry?

Isn't that a little more important, tsk, what am I thinking at this time?

"The location has been found, I'll drive."

Li Renxian stood up directly after the mobile phone vibrate, he was still as fresh and capable as the last time he was at the Comic Con, but at this time he was a little more tired. It was not physical exertion that dried up his strength, but mental anxiety.

"Drive slower."

His speed worries me a little, although there is a certain allowable range of speeding in urban traffic, but it is better not to challenge this bottom line.

"It's not enough, I can't slow down."

His face reflected in the mirror was full of worry, and his eyes lost the confident sparkle they had last seen, replaced by a decadent, colorless indifference.

I also know very well that if I drive it, I may not be able to reduce the speed, probably a famous "worry" thing to keep refueling the engine of the car, on the brightly lit road Li Xinmu chased the speed of the wind.

"You're not going to have your driver's license revoked after today, are you?"

"It's okay, I've paid close attention to the electronic police, even if I have no choice but to do it, there are withholding people, so don't worry."

Anyway, I hope these reliance don't let you have no worries about breaking the law.

But now, people like me, who are very disgusted with violating social conventions, can't help but hope that they can reach Li Xinmu's side so quickly.

Please, there's something wrong.

I don't know where Li Renxian is going, but I know where he is heading to Li Xinmu.

"Hey, hello, I'm Lu Yu-"

The phone rang, Li Renxian glanced at me in the mirror, I also looked at him, and I answered the phone after shaking the phone in the rearview mirror, or in the car.

"I, I, I'm Philris Nozoy, and Li Xinmu is with other men, do you know?"

"Where?"

"I'm sorry, I just walked outside and didn't notice, but you guys are the one, right?"

"Which one?"

"That's it, les couple, right?"

"I don't know much French, but that's what that couple means."

"Well, you are, she seems to be a little reluctant now."

"I'm going, thank you for the reminder, really appreciate it."

"It's not good, but I'm still not comfortable with it."

"Thank you very much! By the way, if you can, can you help me find it? ”

I suddenly asked Nozomi-san, I don't know why, I always have a feeling of worry.

"Is that what happened?"

"It's nothing, can you help me, I'll hang up here first."

"I'll care, bye-bye."

"Bye."

It's already here, and Li Renxian's behavior of parking tells me that this should be the location displayed on Li Xinmu's mobile phone. It's a very ordinary street, and there are a lot of vendors who set up their stalls in the evening. If it is a night market, it is still too far away, after several relatively large-scale rectifications, the city's night markets have been hit hard, except for some other concessions, other similar to food streets or something, there is no night market into the climate.

But it's really not like that. Although the number of vendors is less than the dim lights, the various LED lights on both sides of the street tell the world that this city is a city that never sleeps.

And the place we are looking for is here.

"Follow me."

Li Renxian looked at the location on the phone for a while, and then turned around and called me, and I reacted almost at the same time.

"Hmm!"

The car can't get in, and the one who got off just now was because of this. This also means that the rest of the journey can only rely on your feet, and you can walk by yourself.

One wall after another swept in front of me, and there was no way to foresee whether it would be a person or a bicycle or a bicycle or a vicious dog or something around the corner, but I still didn't slow down, and walked through this dark path with Li Renxian.

The blind spot of light pollution, where you can faintly see the stars in the sky, is a sight you can't see on those glorious streets. But even in this dark path, the light pollution stubbornly swallowed most of the faint stars in the sky, and the rest were those with very high brightness levels.

Sparse.

It's just that at this time, I can't care about the stars in the sky, and I rely on these to vaguely distinguish the way forward on the path reflected in the windows of the only light room.

Stopped, suddenly.

"Where?"

Li Renxian's answer is a small road that extends in all directions.

"It's around here, but I can't find the exact location."

It's not the location that you can't find, it's the people.

"Li Xinmu ——!"

Li Renxian suddenly opened his throat and shouted, it is indeed too difficult to find someone here with the naked eye. But yelling like this will affect others, and it will be annoying, which is not what a polite person should do.

"Li Xinmu ——!"

However, it is clear that this hand does not care about being a polite person.

"Li Xinmu ——!"

Our shouts survived for a while, and soon there were voices, and even though they were swearing, we couldn't just stop talking.

"Li Xinmu ——!"

Li Renxian's voice is the kind that has a strong penetrating power, but I'm not suitable for shouting loudly. But despite this, I kept my voice as loud as I could, hoping that she could hear it.

"Li Xinmu ——!"

But in the end, Li Renxian's voice suddenly disappeared, and my halfway voice was immediately deflated.

It was a mobile phone, and the screen was lit up and ringing Li Xinmu's favorite song.

It was Li Xinmu's mobile phone.

That's Li Xinmu's mobile phone!

"What should I do?"

Li Renxian's eyes completely lost their brilliance, and he squatted on the ground holding the mobile phone and looked at it intently, kept watching, and looked at it motionlessly. Today's moon is not very bright, even a little muddy, and under the baptism of the moonlight, this partial house looks holy.

"Can you get your people to follow this person?"

Suddenly thinking of something, I said to Li Renxian.

"What?"

He looked up in confusion and muttered to me.

"That's the one who was last contacted, and in fact he's missing, and that's what I got this afternoon."

"Why!"

I can't imagine how he got up so quickly from a squatting position.

"Why!"

He grabbed me.

"Why didn't you say it sooner!"

"I thought that if I found Li Xinmu, I would be able to find him."

I turned my head to the side with some guilt, in fact I had another idea that it would be nice if we could find him together. But this is clearly not the case, and we will find nothing.

"Let's make a phone call first."

Li Renxian let go of me and put his hand against his forehead against the wall.

I could understand what he meant, and it didn't turn out to be his surprise, and soon another voice sounded in the annex, followed by another light.

"Yes, you're right."

But what's the point of being right at this time?

"What to do."

Li Renxian hammered the wall so hard that I could only pat him on the shoulder.

"Let's go, let's go out first, we have one last clue."

Yes, we have one last clue.

I can only pin my hopes on you, Nozomi.

"What?"

"Didn't I just answer a phone call in the car?"

“······”

He clearly didn't understand what I meant.

"The person who called me was an exchange student at our school."

His brow furrowed at the hearing of the exchange student, and then he relaxed again.

"What's wrong?"

I think Li Renxian must have guessed something, through my current words and the words I said when I answered the phone in the car.

"She saw it."

This is the last clue, and what is needed now is nothing else, but a reply from our school's exchange student, Philres Shee. I gave her the green light for all the contact channels on my phone, and as soon as there was a message, I could get what I thought was the safest hint.

Make sure not to miss out.

That's what I thought.

"Now, wait."

Li Renxian was obviously in a hurry, and after returning to the car, he opened the freezer and took a cold beer and poured it in one go.

"Drink?"

"No, I can't drink it yet."

"Oh."

He apparently calmed down after drinking, which made me feel a little strange. Obviously, I was a person who was not calm when I was at the door just now, but now he is not calm enough.

I took the medicine before going out again, and it was as I expected, but how did Li Renxian stay calm when I didn't come?

The faint smell of smoke in the car seemed to tell me the answer.

There was still that tired look in the rearview mirror, and Li Renxian, who had calmed down a little, finally took off the hand that had been on the steering wheel.

- "Please, it's important, did you find her?" ”

After learning that Li Xinmu's mobile phone was not on her, I immediately sent a message to Xi.

What is this, it turns out that the carefully prepared clues have no effect, but the classmates have inadvertently become the last straw.

"Li Renxian, there's news."

- "What the hell is going on?" ”