Volume II: Search Story Chapter 40. Starless Night
In the middle of the night, An Zhengyu quietly slipped out of the tent
The wounds on my body have been treated, and although it hurts a little when I walk, I can already walk
"Didn't you say don't go together, why did you come along?"
The boy squatting behind the tree was undoubtedly White Rabbit Zhe, An Zhengyu knelt down on one knee and said this in front of him
"I just came here"
Bai Tuzhe was obviously startled by An Zhengyu, who suddenly appeared, but he still pretended to be calm
"You don't look like you just squatted and observing? And why did you come here? β
"Then why did you come to me...... And how did you find me?"
"Well, well, I wanted to take a look at the night sky before, but it turned out that today is also a cloud, not to mention the stars, the moon can't be found, and when I was disappointed, I suddenly saw a figure next to the tree, take a closer look, isn't that you, so can you answer my question now?"
"I care about monsters"
β¦β¦ Monsters, ah
An Zhengyu thought about the classmates she had just seen her, and as soon as Han Moxi put her down, several people who seemed to be very lightly injured surrounded her and cared for her, telling her all the things that happened during her fall, and probably because she lost consciousness a little earlier than everyone else, An Zhengyu did not witness the monster
Speaking of this monster, An Zhengyu remembered the last time he saw it at school, that sunny day, the reflection he saw on the glass when he was moving homework...... How could it be, could it be said that monsters are real? It turns out that the police didn't lie
However, it has been a long time since An Zhengyu's three views were reshaped, and her classmates who directly witnessed the monster have adapted to it, and of course she is ...... I can only accept it
Is this the resilience of human beings, in a sense too strong
"I haven't seen the moon for the last two days, there's nothing in the sky, it's empty, and people who watch it are very upset."
An Zhengyu, a monster or something, had already given up thinking, and she simply said this abruptly
"Isn't there a cloud?"
ββ¦β¦ Yes, but if you can't see it clearly, isn't it equivalent to nothing?"
"Isn't it obvious if you look closely?"
"You really like to refute people, ah, yes, that's it, the stars and the moon are things that exist in distant places, and clouds are water vapor, not things...... Well, it can't be counted."
"You're so familiar, are we very familiar? And water vapor can't be counted as a thing? β
ββ¦β¦ Thank you for the compliment, my other friends always say that I am familiar, anyway, the clouds can't touch it, so stop it, count me as a loser."
Arguing was not her forte, so she gave up thinking again, said to herself, and lay down on the grass
"Are we playing? Nope."
"You can even quarrel with this."
"And are you really going to lie on the grass, there are bugs...... It's even possible that snakes will appear."
"Your tone of voice is like my grandmother who told me when I was a child to be obedient, otherwise the big bad wolf will come and take me away to eat."
"Shh
"What are you doing, really, ah, boring, if it's a fine day in the summer, will you see a lot of stars here?"
"Even if this is a suburb, it is unlikely, do you think it is a few years now, and the summer of the first ten years you have passed in vain?"
"Can't you make me look forward to it?"
ββ¦β¦ However, in the summer, the summer triangle can still be seen."
"What triangle?"
"Summer Triangle"
Tetsuya Hakuto lay down on the grass, facing the sky on his back, sketched a triangle in the night sky with his hands, and continued
"It is composed of Tianjin IV in Cygnus, Weaver Girl 1 in Lyra, and River Drum 2 in Aquila"
"Lyra, Swan, Aquila...... It's all very easy to remember at the beginning of the day, but I don't dare to compliment one, two, three, four, when it comes to constellations, I'm Taurus, what about you, it feels like a Capricorn? β
ββ¦β¦ I don't believe in any constellations, don't judge me without authorization, speaking of which, all the children born in the hospital will grow into a character within a fixed time, don't you think it's weird, well, Weaver Girl One and River Drum Two are also called Vega and Cowherd, so it's easy to remember, right? By the way, the Cowherd Star is written in English as Altair...... All in all I love the pronunciation, it feels cool."
"It's cool for this kind of reason, I often hear it from elementary school students, even though you are the same age as me, it feels like I'm taking care of my younger brother."
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"I'm sorry! Didn't mean to mock you! Please keep talking."
Sensing that the person next to him was a little emotional again, An Zhengyu could only apologize obediently...... This feeling really feels like a younger brother!
"Hmph, then the summer passes, and when the autumn comes, you can see the autumn quadrilateral again"
"And what about winter, Pentagon?"
"Winter is also a great triangle, consisting of Sirius, South River Three, Betelgeuse Four, Sirius you know? The brightest star, the English name is Sirius."
"Can you see it now? Words of the brightest star"
ββ¦β¦ Isn't there something wrong with your brain, you yourself said that there is nothing in the night sky tonight, even if it is the brightest, it is obscured by clouds, and there is no way at all"
"What about tomorrow?"
"If it's a sunny day, you can see it in the city."
"Then let's go and see it another day when it's sunny?"
"Huh? Why should I accompany you, isn't it enough to look at the stars, even if something really goes wrong with you, you don't have no other friends?"
"But you don't have any other friends, do you?"
ββ¦β¦ Neither are you, and besides, I'm not interested in the stars or anything."
"I'm not interested at all, and I still know so much...... If only you had a tenth of your mind spent studying."
"As a result, what you want to tell me is this, I'm annoyed, and I deserve to be a member of the study committee."
Turning over, Bai Tuzhe no longer looked at the sky in the same way as An Zhengyu
"You're not stupid, you feel like you're supposed to be a smart kid......"
An Zhengyu, who did not give up preaching, continued to speak, but was directly interrupted by Bai Tuzhe
"I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed, I'm annoyed, I'm tired of saying these words, my ears are cocooned, I'm not smart, I'm stupid, I'm not stupid, I don't understand it myself?"
"Sometimes it's the authorities who are fascinated ......"
"You talk to my mother with a virtue, congratulations on entering menopause early"
"Don't say that about your mother"
"Huh? When you say your mother, you actually use the word mother, and you don't care about your menopause but my mother? Yes, it seems that your tutor is very good, hum, I hate her anyway."
ββ¦β¦ Why? β
"Why? Then why do you love your mother so much, honor student?"
As soon as these words were spoken, An Zhengyu's former figure appeared in front of her eyes again, the figure that had never yielded
β¦β¦ Yes, An Zhengyu's mother in her impression has always been such a resolute strong woman, even if she was crushed on the hospital bed by a sudden illness after she entered junior high school, the mother in her mind will always be the one standing with her waist straight
Mother and father are very busy, and the impression they left on her the most was even the back at the door before going to work, and even compared to An Zhengyu, who spent more time with his father and knew him better, but before that day, An Zhengyu was just the same unsmiling back
- Yes, before that day, before her mother died
It was a slightly chilly autumn evening, and An Zhengyu, who had taken personal leave, got out of a taxi and ran wildly
"Xiao An? Long time no see"
Leaning against the door of the ward was her mother's sister, that is, her aunt, and An Zhengyu vaguely remembered that she often took care of herself when she was a child
But she doesn't have the time to miss the old now
ββ¦β¦ What about Mom? β
ββ¦β¦ Xiao An"
ββ¦β¦ Auntie, how is Mommy?"
"I'm sorry, you were still late and didn't get to see her for the last time...... It's not your fault, it's that we informed you too late, and you should have called your homeroom teacher earlier to ask for leave, I'm sorry, we thought there was still help, but I didn't expect ......"
ββ¦β¦ Nor is it ...... Auntie's fault"
This news hit An Zhengyu like thunder, she didn't know what to say for a while, she couldn't say anything, her mind was blank, and she couldn't even cry
ββ¦β¦ Follow me."
Aunt got out of the way and took An Zhengyu to the hospital bed, An Zhengyu didn't dare to go forward, she felt that if she really saw her mother's body, then this image would be firmly engraved in her heart, and she hoped that in the future, all that her mother left to herself would still be the unyielding back
The nurse was beside him, while his father was holding his mother in his hospital bed and crying
"Father...... Daddy"
An Zhengyu called out to him in a whisper, but he apparently didn't hear it
"Your daughter is calling you!"
But when my aunt heard this, she walked forward to her father with a little indignation, and yelled at him like this
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But my father continued to cry
"How long are you going to cry, and have you taken care of the aftermath? Did you buy the tomb? β
So my aunt continued to question my father, and this time my father answered
"Tomb? She's with me! β
"Good! Then you go to your company with the corpse! How long will you be able not to be childish! β
To An Zhengyu's surprise, the aunt slapped her father, and then continued
"When you and my sister fell in love, I said not to marry such a naΓ―ve person"
"Am I naΓ―ve!? Who do you think this home is hosting! β
"You remember this! Then come to your senses, your daughter is calling you, how can you ignore the truth of the living because of the dead"
"She's not dead! She is always with me! β
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Pulling back the reality from the memories, An Zhengyu slowly spoke
"My Mother ......"
"Huh? Who's going to listen to that little in your house, you don't really plan to talk about it, do you?"
But this was ruthlessly interrupted by White Rabbit Zhe
ββ¦β¦ You're a ...... Exceptional"
After a long silence, An Zhengyu could only hold back such a sentence
"Hmph, what are you? Disgusting guys? Why are you here, why did you catch up with it when you just happened to see it?"
"Of course it's because you're suspicious."
"Want to make a small report? The teacher should be right next to him, huh? Go and call her along."
ββ¦β¦ I'm not that fond of small reports."
"Oh?"
ββ¦β¦ Anyway, when I saw that there was such a suspicious guy and nothing in my head, I came straight over."
"When you see a suspicious guy chasing after you, your reaction is to talk about stars"
"Because, because after all, they are classmates?"
An Zhengyu didn't intend to lie, what she said was true, and when she saw that it was full of suspicions and something was obviously wrong, her classmates slipped out impulsively, and when they met, they unconsciously chatted about various things...... It's better to say that I don't know what to say, so I just talked about all kinds of things, because it came out on impulse
"What are you doing, how did you get here, is that ...... Did the king snake bring you here? How did you and she meet?"
If you don't talk about that, then I'll just ask! An Zhengyu thought so and asked the words
"King Snake ......? Ah, you don't know her, hmph, she's obviously a study committee."
ββ¦β¦ Yes? β
was brought over by the king snake, since Bai Tuzhe obviously had a conflict with Han Moxi, it could only be the king snake, this was the only answer An Zhengyu could think of, but Bai Tuzhe felt that he would know the king snake, which made her very puzzled
"I was here a while ago, the policeman."
ββ¦β¦ Yes, it was the policeman who came from that, did you know her at that time, like that? The monster also learned the details through her? β
"If you have to ask if it's right or not, it's true."
So...... Sure enough, the king snake brought him here? If it's to assist the police, that's not surprising, great
Secretly sighing in his heart, An Zhengyu was happy that his classmates were not strange terrorists
"Are you going to go to King Snake next? That's how I ...... first."
I set out because of curiosity, so since my curiosity has been satisfied, I should naturally go back...... But something bad happened
There was a gunshot in the distance, followed by a bright light, which disturbed what An Zhengyu was about to say
ββ¦β¦ No matter what you're going to go first, I'll go first, why is it now, it's not the same as saying good"
Panic flashed on Bai Tuzhe's face, and he got up and rushed to the place where the bright light was shining
"Wait a minute, I'll go too!"
Maybe it was another impulse, An Zhengyu shouted at him
"What are you going to do?"
"You care about me, anyway, I'm going"
The sound of gunfire is obviously not a safe omen, but it is a pity that young people like to take risks regardless of their lives, and who cares about this?
So An Zhengyu also got up from the ground, but the leg injury was not over after all, and he fell down in disgrace
"Shh
Bai Tuzhe, who originally ran to the front, turned back and grabbed An Zhengyu and dragged her to her feet
"I'm annoyed!"
"I'm sorry ......"
"Ahhh Right! Bastard drag oil bottle"
Supporting An Zhengyu, Bai Tuzhe walked with her on the lawn under the night sky, and a few small trees could be seen in the distance
"In a hurry?"
"It's not that rushed...... Damn, but how are you going to compensate for the time you wasted"
"There is still some time until graduation, and then we will discuss it slowly?"
"Shh
"Oh yes, you see if there's a path over there."
"Where's that path...... It's just that there are more people walking, and the grass is flattened."
"There is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, it becomes a road", isn't there such a saying, saying that kind of path, is it considered a strange way?"
"Hmph, who knows"
An Zhengyu suddenly wanted to laugh, and she didn't know why
Unfortunately, she didn't know that this would be the opening song of all her tragedies