There are many barren fields in the southwestern suburbs of Jiaohe County, few people live here, occasionally there is a funeral convoy, or the bus from the town to the county seat passes by, in order to feel a trace of popularity, in front of the stop sign, Xia also stepped off the bus, just met a crying team from the cemetery, he bypassed it from the side.

The forest was shady, the branches were crawling with withered rattans, and from time to time an old crow called 'wow' in the treetops, flapping its wings and flying away. Xia Yi walked for a while, there were few voices around, far and near were dense white tombstones stretching out, and when he walked in the direction of the tombstone that had come twice, he had seen a figure in a police uniform standing there.

Hearing footsteps, the other party turned his head, "I thought you wouldn't come, so I cleaned up first." ”

Xia Yi walked to the tomb, looked at the tombstone that had just been wiped, lowered his head and fell silent, the man in the police uniform over there was called Fang Zhi, his brother-in-law, or ex-brother-in-law, he had been a policeman for ten years, and he was still a captain, and he was also sent to prison by his own hands at the beginning, thinking about it for so many years, Xia Yi's initial resentment towards him gradually smoothed out, not to mention that in front of his sister's grave, it was difficult to mention that it was difficult to mention anger, and in the final analysis, he also accounted for a large part of the responsibility for his sister's death.

“...... Look here, how many people are lying here? There are still many dead people waiting to be buried here, over the years, I have seen a lot of things, and I hope you will stop blaming yourself, and go back to your hometown to see your parents when you are free, you also know, I have a lot of things, I can't leave, when your sister is here, there are many complaints. ”

The police badge reflected the shine in the sunlight, and the figure walked around, while speaking, Fang Zhi squatted down and pulled out the weeds on the edge of his wife's tombstone, "When you were released from prison, I originally wanted to pick you up, but I was afraid that you would see me, so I turned around and left, how embarrassing it is, during the time you were released from prison, I have been watching you, seeing that your life is calm, my heart is somewhat steady, so I thought about calling today to see you." ”

In a low and gentle voice, Xia Yi was in a complicated mood, stretched out his hand to caress the tombstone, stroked the familiar name engraved on it, and the portrait of his sister pasted on it, and never said a word, after a while, he got up and left, and Fang Zhi also stood up and admonished: "Xiao Yi, take the right path." ”

A flock of crows startled the woods and flew over the cemetery in black.

Xia Yi's figure did not stop, walked straight out of this cemetery, took a bus back to the urban village, it was already evening, the sun was setting, the light rain was falling, the dirty street became muddy, he bought a yo-yo in a nearby shop, and found a pair of pieces in his trouser pocket, and two five cents were just enough.

"People who can't see, you can also pass the time, right?" Xia Yi put the toys in hand, and there was still more than a mile to go towards Gong Ring Street, the chemical factory that he sneaked into in the middle of the night with Zhao Dezhu last time was in the lower reaches of the river, and when he thought of it for a while, he had to think of the bizarre encounter that night, his special ability, suddenly, became a little strange, and he felt that once his temperament was repeated, he seemed to be able to use some strange abilities...... It's like playing games in junior high school and being able to send out skills, but it's not very accurate.

"Looks like I'm going to find time to figure it out......"

When he turned the corner, his footsteps stopped abruptly, and when he turned his gaze, in a slightly darker alley, a figure smashed into the pile of garbage, and three thugs dressed in bells and whistles, with red, yellow, and green hair, pressed the man into the dirty water and beat him, one of whom groped on the other, probably to collect money.

"......You bad old man, you go out with ten dollars!

"Go back to your wife and ask for more, don't give it tomorrow we will go to your house to find her in person...... I heard that your daughter-in-law is still good, and her son works in the city, if the money is less, then we have to help your son comfort and comfort your daughter-in-law. ”

Then he kicked on the old man's stomach again, baring his teeth and yelling fiercely: "Did you hear that-" While the figure on the ground nodded his head again and again, the young man with dyed yellow hair and earrings raised his head to look at Xia Yi who was standing at the entrance of the alley, twisted his neck, approached the past, raised his hand and pointed at his nose, "Look at what, believe it or not, I robbed you too." ”

"This person seems to be Xia Yi..... who is a poor ghost on the next street. Greenhair said with a smile.

Huang Mao withdrew his hand, "I remember, it's a person like you." He waved his hand at Xia Yi, "Get out, don't come to stir up with you, don't be a foreigner, kill you, and no one will avenge you." ”

Xia Yi looked at the old man on the ground and was silent for a while, and finally chose to leave, the urban village was originally a gathering place for migrant workers, and it was also a place where chaos breeds, as the city becomes more and more prosperous, these places will appear to anyone, and the fish and dragons are mixed, robbery, theft, and prostitution are all the norm, he went in once, and now he fights with these three people, or he can't hold back his hand and hurts someone, it is the second time to enter the palace.

Seeing Xia Yi turn to leave, Huang Mao spat on the ground, re-entered the alley, and said with a smile: "That evil pen is a coward who relies on the blind to help......."

The departing figure stepped on the dirty puddle and stopped, Xia Yi's face was immersed in the shadows, the corners of his mouth were grinned, and he whispered: "Your mouth is really annoying." ”

Hanging under the cuffs at his side, the yo-yo turns up and down, buzzing.

The yellow hair over there also stopped, shrugged his shoulders at his companion, clenched his fists, turned around with a sneer, and was about to say: "Give face shame..... but the last words suddenly turned into a short voice: "I..... !!"

The gaze was greeted by a spinning yo-yo hitting the eye.

"Ahh

Huang Mao covered his eyes and howled, kicked on his stomach again, and the whole person flew directly into the alley, the other two hurriedly rushed over when they saw this, one of them was smashed to the ground by his companion who flew upside down before he could run two steps, and the last person waved his hand with a smirk: "Brother...... Forget it, we're just kidding this old guy......."

"I'll play with you too. ”

Answer: The figure of him played with the yo-yo, came from the shadows, approached the last red hair, the dim light on the side of the road shone on the figure in the alley and smashed wildly, different terrible screams continued for a while, the old man in the garbage heap shrank to the innermost, closed his eyes and did not dare to look, until the young man in old clothes came with a sentence: "Old man go back early, be careful of meeting bad people." ”

When he opened his eyes, the man had already walked away, and when he peeked out of the garbage heap, he saw three thugs in the alley with blue noses and swollen faces, hanging like red, green and yellow signal lights, hanging on the nearby iron fence and swaying, and the yellow hair raised his head tremblingly, and opened his swollen eyes, trembling and pleading with the old man.

"...... trouble, help us call an ambulance, thank you. ”

.......

The lights on the upper floor of the unit were still on, Xia Yi returned to the rental room, the fat man was already waiting for him in the room, around a piece of cream cake, smelled and smelled, "It's so fragrant..... I've wanted to eat it for a long time, fifteen yuan! These cake shops are too dark, if it weren't for Xiao Yu's birthday, the ghost would be willing to buy it, by the way, Lao Yi, did you bring a gift for Xiao Yu?"

Xia Yi touched his pocket, there was only one rope left in the yo-yo he bought before, and smiled: "...... prepared." ”

"That's good. ”

Zhao Dezhu put down the cake and moved a wooden board of about one meter in the middle of the balcony on both sides, in the opposite room, the girl heard the movement lightly, gently pushed open the window, groped over here, raised her white fingers between the slightly curled lips 'shhh', and whispered: "I brought a little something, and I hid it here before......"

She said and took out half a catty of pork and a small handful of green onions, "After Aunt ...... bought it back, I quietly cut it down, and I don't know if it's enough." ”

"Enough is enough to ......" the fat man nodded greedily, "Lao Yi and I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and Xiao Yu is still intimate." ”

The girl tilted her head with a smile, and when her ponytail swayed, she stretched out her two hands, "That'...... Where's my birthday present?"

"Here! I bought a cake for you, I'll blow out the candles later!" the fat man pushed a small piece of cake with Happy Birthday written on it into the middle of the wooden board, "Lao Ye has prepared it too." ”

"Really?"

Xiao Yu smiled even sweeter, "Brother Yi, what gift do you want to give me?"

Looking at the girl's shallow dimples and an expectant look, Xia Yi was silent for a moment, and in the fat man's stunned gaze, he took off the red rope with a ring around his neck.

"Lao Yi, this is not your sister'....."

"Xiao Yu, this is what I sent you. Without waiting for Zhao Dezhu to finish speaking, Xia Yi had already handed the ring and the red rope to the girl's palm, feeling the residual warmth of the gift, and also found out that the gift was a ring, Xiao Yu's face turned red, and he said hesitantly: "Thank you..... thank you..... Brother Yi......"

The blush almost crawled up to the neck.

"It's good to like it. Xia Yi smiled and brought the ingredients on the wooden board, "I'll take it to the kitchen and fry it, and the three of us will eat it together." ”

Seeing his brother turn inside, the fat man looked at the ring rubbing in the girl's hand again, and couldn't help but say: "That's the relic of Lao Yi's sister, if you can keep safe, you must wear it from time to time." ”

"Relic?"

In fact, Zhao Dezhu could see that the girl was interested in Xia Yi, but there were some things that Xia could not say to others, the fat man glanced at the busy figure in the room, and whispered to the girl who was puzzled: " Speaking of which, I have to talk about when I was in junior high school, when I was about to take the high school entrance examination, Lao Yi did very well in the class, and I liked each other with another girl, but I didn't pierce the layer of window paper, one night after self-study, and then the next day, the girl never appeared again, and then the police came to school, and we learned that her body was found under a canal on the way home...... There were bruises on his face and his head was broken. ”

Later, ......I heard that someone had seen a car pass by there, the car was a rich man in the town, but the person was doing business in the field at the time, and he was not at home at all, and the police could not come up with evidence to arrest him....... at that time, Lao Yi was like crazy and looked for people everywhere to ask, and finally found out from an acquaintance in a billiards room at the back door of the school that it was actually the son of a rich man who drove that day. ”

Xiao Yu clenched her fingers, and her face turned a little pale: "Then what happened later? Did the police arrest that person?"

The fat man shook his head: "No, that kid has an alibi...... At that time, it was not like there were cameras everywhere now, not to mention that it was still in the countryside, the fire in Lao Yi's heart couldn't be extinguished, and he didn't take the high school entrance examination, so he bought a knife...... Always looking for opportunities. Zhao Dezhu took a breath, "It's a pity that there are a few friends around that kid, and they didn't kill them, only a few people were cut, and one of them was seriously injured...... Lao Yi was also almost killed by that kid's car....... Lao Yi's sister was pregnant at the time, and the result was ...... Hearing the news, I was anxious to bleed profusely on the delivery bed, and the size was not saved......."

Later, the matter went to the county, and the kid's family forced him to turn himself in, it turned out that the kid drove to see the girl who came home from self-study the next night, and he had a crooked heart, but it didn't work, and he was angry and pushed people off the bridge...... In the end, he betrayed a manslaughter, but Lao Yi deliberately hurt people, and that's it after he came out. ”

He almost gritted his teeth and said this, his eyes were also slightly red, he sniffed, and said again: "So, you have to wear it on your body, Lao Yi and his sister have a good relationship." ”

Xiao Yu heard footsteps coming from the kitchen, she quickly wiped away her tears, and Xia Yi came over with a plate of fragrant stir-fried vegetables.

"It's done, but the seasoning is a little less, so let's eat it." Belch...... Why are your eyes red?"

"When I was young, my mother would accompany me every year for my birthday, but when I was gone, my father married my current aunt, so she rarely accompanied me. Xiao Yu smiled with red eyes, "Now that Brother Yi and Brother Fat Tiger are with me for my birthday, I almost cried with joy." ”

Xia Yi lit the candle on the cake, "Then some of you will cry in the future, and when the time comes, I will give you every year, and I will make you cry every year." He pushed the cake over, "Quick, make a wish." ”

The girl put her hands together to her lips, her face turned to the night sky for a while, and said, "It's over!" and then blew out the candle in one breath, Xia Yi cut the cake and put it on a small plate, "What is the promise?" ”

"If you say it, it won't work. Xiao Yu tilted her head and curled her mouth slightly, "However, I can tell you that I have another wish." She pointed to the sky, pursed her lips and said, "That is, to be a flight attendant in the future, to have the opportunity to look at the blue sky and white clouds, it should be very beautiful." ”

Without waiting for Xia Yi and the two to speak, she raised a finger, and with a sweet smile on her face, her dimples appeared, revealing her little tiger teeth: "I'll tell you another good news, the hospital told my dad that the cornea has fallen, which means that my wish will come true soon!"

"That's great, when you take a bite of the cake. ”

Zhao Dezhu laughed, quickly cut a small piece and stuffed it into his mouth, the night slowly deepened, the light rain finally fell heavily, a gray car drove through the rain curtain, in the driver's seat of the car, Dongfang Xu lit a cigarette, and listened to the radio: Lonely night, lonely you, welcome to listen to Jiaohe Radio.......

In the middle of the road outside the city, an ambulance sped by, splashing water on the window.

"That Chang Wu is not a murderer, nor is he a stranger, just a collusion with South Koreans. Dongfang Xu spit out smoke, looked at the wipers shaking, the ambulance lights in the distance, and said softly: "This gong rings on the street, it's really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon......."

He muttered, the co-pilot's door opened, and the colleague who came in with water vapor shook his head at him: "The energy detector is fine, and it has not received any traces of fluctuations of abnormal energy nearby, could it be a mistake?"

"My instincts tell me that the man must be hiding here. ”

Dongfang Xu looked at the dark street scene, then started the car and left, in the light of the lights, the three people in a certain alley were finally rescued, carried into the ambulance, and the police picked up a fragment of a yo-yo from the ground, "Who believes it, just this thing can beat these three people like this?"

"The important thing is that these three guys still talk about the rules of the rivers and lakes, they can't name that person, and when they recover from their injuries, they will call back themselves......" Another older policeman shook his head and smiled, "Since it's okay, let's go." ”

The car with flashing police lights drove away from the quiet rainy night, the dripping raindrops drifted in, hitting the window, Xiao Yu shrunk under the quilt, her fingertips stroked the ring hanging under her neck, and then gently held it in the palm of her hand and pressed it on her heart, and a smile bloomed at the corner of her mouth.