"So they ......," she blinked, not daring to say the rest of the word.

Zheng Bang didn't care at all, and said, "Ah, they died a long time ago - now that I think about it, it's been seven or eight years." ”

"What's going on?" This time, Chai Guangmo was also interested.

"I guess I had an accident on the road. However, because there were no bones, no clues could be found, and the police said at the time that it was a tragedy caused by a landslide - but there was really no news about it at the time. ”

"Disappearing in vain? Other words. Chai Guangmo's face sank.

"Ah-" Zheng Bang waved his hand: "It's been almost ten years, and I haven't been in the same thing for a long time." ”

"In other words, it's possible that they're missing?" Zhao Leng held his chin with both hands and asked.

Zheng Bang was stunned.

"You're not wrong to say that, but if it's really okay, why don't you come to me?" Zheng Bang was a little frustrated.

Zhao Leng knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly reassured: "Don't think so, maybe it's like some bloody Korean dramas, and you have amnesia?" ”

Zheng Bang smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Don't mention them, besides, I've been used to it for a long time, haven't I been used to it alone for the past seven or eight years, fortunately, when they left, I was already the oldest." ”

"That's right." Zhao Leng nodded, if Zheng Bang's parents were still alive now, I am afraid they would be almost sixty.

"Where did I go?" was interrupted by Zhao Leng like this, Zheng Bang was a little confused.

"You said that Xiao Xiao often dragged you to the house to play, and mentioned your parents again." Chai Guangmo reminded him.

"Oh!" Zheng Bang nodded: "It's not very often, but at that time, she did like to ride on my head to do things-arrogant and domineering, and now she is like two people." ”

Zhao Leng couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"So?" Zheng Bang blinked.

"You're kidding, man." Zhao Leng slapped Zheng Bang coldly.

"Where's the joke?" Zheng Bang was puzzled.

"You say, Xiao Xiao's little bit is riding on your head? Really? Zhao Leng didn't believe it.

"Maybe it's an exaggeration, but it's really strong, and I could have beaten her at the time." Zheng Bang shrugged.

"You're tall and big, how could you lose to a little girl?" Zhao Leng's eyes widened, obviously unable to believe it: "Besides, you are a few years older than her." ”

Zheng Bang scratched his face: "You may not believe it, I wasn't much taller than her when I was a child, and she has a strong personality as a girl, so I am even more at a loss." ”

Chai Guangmo and Zhao Leng reached an agreement - both of them shook their heads:

"I don't believe it."

Zheng Bang smiled bitterly.

"Besides, your current physique was not much smaller when you were a child." Zhao Leng complained.

Zheng Bang's eyes widened: "Seriously, when I was a child, I was like a thin monkey like you, and I wasn't tall. ”

Zhao Leng spread out his hands: "Isn't that your only characteristic gone?" ”

"The only characteristic?"

Zhao Leng blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "High! ”

Zheng Bang was speechless.

"Believe it or not, in short, because my parents were very strict at the time, so I have always resisted, and my relationship with her is quite delicate. Later, after my parents died, she took a leave of absence. ”

"The reason for the suspension seems to be poor health. At first, many teachers, students and friends went to see her—every time I went, I was familiar with the road, so I was familiar with the road in this village—and then there were not many people who went, and even Xiao Xiao's name was forgotten in the school. ”

"Take a leave of absence?" Zhao Leng narrowed his eyes: "There are so many schools near a village like yours, and there are few teachers, so the students of a school should know each other, right?" Wouldn't a leave of absence cause for concern? ”

Zheng Bang nodded: "Just like you said, when Xiao Xiao was suspended from school at the beginning, one of our classroom partners naturally cared about her - at that time, everyone was in their teens, and the older ones left the village for the university entrance examination, and the younger ones didn't have a good relationship with her, so when they came and went, I was the only one who could visit her." ”

"I see." Zhao Leng nodded: "No wonder Xiao Xiao's return to the village this time did not cause an uproar, but it was your old face that had more impact on everyone." ”

When Zheng Bang heard this, he could only shrug his shoulders, and he didn't know whether Zhao Leng was complimenting or sarcastic.

"Actually, when she was in school, she wasn't in good health." Zheng Bang suddenly said: "I remember that there was a physical education class at that time, running. She had to compete with the boys, and she ran four or five miles back and forth, and finally won - but as soon as she got back to the classroom, she was lying on the table, and she didn't react at all. ”

Zhao Leng pursed his lips and asked, "Is her congenital body poor?" ”

"It has always been. Usually fainting or anemia. But that time was very serious, her body seemed to be unconscious, and she leaned on the table and chair and fell asleep-" Zheng Bang scratched his face, and the wording seemed to be very hard: "I don't know if I can call it sleep, because no one can call her." ”

"And then?" Zhao Leng asked.

"Later, I couldn't help it, and there were no knowledgeable people in the school, her family was in this village, not far from the school, but she had to walk seven or eight miles on the mountain road."

Zhao Leng couldn't help frowning, this is not close.

"What did you do?" Zhao Leng was completely hooked by Zheng Bang's story, looked at Zheng Bang's eyes nervously, clenched his hands into fists, and really sweated for Xiao Xiao.

"I carried her home, but luckily it wasn't serious. Later, she heard from her parents that she had forgotten to take her medicine. Zheng Bang sighed: "But it scared us." Although I didn't tell me completely, after that time, I knew a rough idea - Xiao Xiao seemed to have some congenital physical condition, relying on medicinal stones to sustain his life, so he was so painful. ”

Zhao Leng breathed a sigh of relief: "Then she thanked you." ”

"Nope." When Zheng Bang said this, the expression on his face became strange.

"On the contrary - since that time, especially after she learned that I knew her secret, her attitude towards me has completely changed - we used to talk and laugh and laugh, but since that incident, she has ignored me at school."

Zhao Leng frowned: "Why is this?" ”

Chai Guangmo said: "I guess, she tried her best to hide the situation of her body, but she didn't want to be known." Perhaps the last thing she wants you to know about is this. ”

Zheng Bang rubbed his palms and exhaled: "Maybe." But I didn't know that she was becoming more and more isolated at school, and I even felt that she didn't communicate much with people, and she was getting more and more unhappy - everyone was very tacit about not messing with her. ”

Zhao Leng trembled when she heard this, and she slapped the table with all her might: "It's too much!" ”

Chai Guangmo hurriedly comforted her and motioned for Zheng Bang to continue.

"Later, she took a leave of absence." Zheng Bang paused and said, "I took a break from school for three years, and then one day, her whole family disappeared, and I never saw her again." ”

"The whole family disappears??" Zhao Leng blinked incredulously.

"What kind of magical event is this?"

"I heard from the people in the village at that time that the family had moved to the city. Originally, I thought that the natural environment in the village was better, which was conducive to Xiao Xiao's body—but later—"

"Gone for treatment?" Zhao Leng asked.

Someone did say that, but it wasn't accurate. Because her family didn't greet us – and there seemed to be no need to explain that. ”

Zhao Leng was also silent, this kind of parting, just by sounding, is worrying.

Zheng Bang said: "During the three-year suspension period, I went to her when I was free. At first, she wouldn't even open the door for me, but I went there enough times that she seemed to be relieved one day. ”

"She forgave you?"

"I can't talk about it." Zheng Bang remembered the past and couldn't help but smile: "After all, what can I have with her?" Aren't we all children, she doesn't blame me at all, she just tells me that she is very unwilling. ”

"Why?" Zhao Leng asked.

"She refused to say it, but intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that if she disappeared one day, it would make me completely ignore this memory and not want to cause trouble for others."

Zhao Leng nodded: "I think that in the next development, Xiao Xiao should be suffering from some incurable disease." ”

"I felt the same way at the beginning, and although I can't say what it is, I always feel that way." Zheng Bang smiled bitterly: "So I made an agreement with her." ”

"Agreed?" Zhao Leng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged: "Quick, let's talk about it!" ”

"There's nothing to say!" Zheng Bang blushed and waved his hand.

"Maybe it's important!" Zhao Leng urged.

Zheng Bang still refused to give in, unprecedentedly, Chai Guangmo said: "I think Zhao Leng is right, maybe this agreement is a very important matter, maybe it has something to do with Blue Phoenix and the current Miss Xiao Xiao." ”

When Zheng Bang heard this, his face sank.

"Actually...... Actually, it was just a very naïve joke, and I decided that it was not even an agreement. ”

"Three lives?" Zhao Leng's eyes lit up.

"In other words, if we can meet again, this time I must tell me what she thinks." Zheng Bang muttered.

"Wait!" Zhao Leng keenly interrupted Zheng Bang: "You must be hiding something, there is a fault in this - did she tell you something before?" ”

Zheng Bang was stunned for a moment and sighed: "You really broke the sand tank and asked to the end." ”

"Hehe, don't underestimate the curiosity of gossip."

"Yes — I once went to her house to take care of her and asked why she didn't want to share the problem, and we helped her solve it together."

"Oh, why hide it, it's not her fault that she's sick." Zhao Leng nodded.

She prevaricated at the time and said that it was because the disease had dragged down her parents, so she didn't want to mention it. But then — and then we got closer — and she had a new story. ”

"What's that?"

"She said it was to protect us, and she made a promise with me that if she survived, she would tell me the secret."

Zhao Leng gritted his teeth: "Hmm, isn't this meeting again!" ”

She got up abruptly and patted Zheng Bang's back: "It's just right, go and ask, what the situation is!" ”

Chai Guangmo stopped the excited Zhao Leng: "Don't worry, if she can speak, wouldn't Brother Zheng Bang already know?" ”

"What do you mean?" Zhao Leng frowned: "You mean, what is unspeakable about this Miss Xiao Xiao now?" ”