Although he said this, he did not leave, but lit a third cigarette, I still looked at him like that, I felt like a helpless child at this time, the eldest brother had been silently smoking this cigarette, and then threw the cigarette butt on the ground, but did not step on it, and then left.

I didn't move, didn't even make a sound, and watched him leave like this, disappearing into the night. I didn't move, I suddenly remembered that I had a candy in my pocket, and I took it out as if it was still edible, so I peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in my mouth, chewing it little by little with my teeth.

I repeated the chewing motion mechanically, I didn't know what I was looking at, what I was thinking, anyway, I just watched the night, and there was darkness in front of me.

It was a long, long time before I noticed that there was a man standing in the darkness, as if he had been standing there, and as if he had suddenly appeared there, and from his silent appearance, I realized that he had been standing there for a long time, and I seemed to know who he was, and I didn't seem to know.

But I seem to be able to guess who he is.

But I didn't make a sound, I just looked in the direction where he was standing, and after he noticed my presence of him, he came up to me, and I looked at him, although I couldn't see clearly at night, but I could still recognize it as Zhang Ziang.

He said, "He Yang, are you okay?" ”

I felt my nose sour, but I held back, I didn't speak, Zhang Ziang put his hand on my shoulder, although he didn't say a word, but I knew that he was comforting me, or rather, he already knew some facts.

I looked up at him, and I asked, "You already knew?" ”

But there was obviously some choking in my voice, Zhang Ziang saw me like this, he said: "It's cold at night, let's go back first." ”

I didn't move, I sorted out my emotions, tried to make my voice normal, and I said, "Do you know why I'm sitting here in the middle of the night?" ”

Zhang Ziang said: "I don't know. ”

I said, "The first thing my brother said when he saw me was that he and I went to play in the fields and I went missing, do you know how I disappeared?" ”

I looked at Zhang Ziang, and I continued: "I was kidnapped, the man who drowned in the river kidnapped me, he took me to the river, he tied me around my waist with a rope, threw me into the river and dragged me up again, as if it was a game. But when I was dragged up again, I found that the person who dragged me up was no longer him, he fell to the ground motionless, I don't know what happened to him, but when I saw him like this, I actually laughed, I felt so happy, I even forgot that it was another stranger who dragged me up. ”

After a pause, I continued: "The man then tied the rope to him, and threw him into the river, and he tied the rope to a tree by the river, and said to me - this is our secret, and you must not tell anyone, otherwise I will come to you in the middle of the night." I nodded in agreement, I just remember it was night, but I don't know exactly when. After that the man took me back to the fields, and I went home on my own, and I told no one what I had experienced and seen by the river. ”

Zhang Ziang didn't say anything, because when he heard this, he probably heard something wrong, and I continued: "So my eldest brother talked about the second thing, that is, my mother's suicide, he said that these things were not casually, there were hints from him, and the first thing he said was to tell me that he already knew what happened that night, otherwise he wouldn't have talked about my mother's suicide." ”

Zhang Ziang asked: "What does this matter have to do with your mother's suicide?" ”

I said, "Because of this experience by the river, I later told my mother. ”

Zhang Ziang listened and said, "Could it be that your mother's suicide is related to knowing about it?" ”

I said, "I always thought it was the reason, but I wasn't sure, after all, my mother didn't say that when she was dying, but after seeing my eldest brother tonight, I knew it was true, because I told her about it, so she died." ”

Zhang Ziang said: "Then the person who appeared outside your window in the middle of the night, you actually know who it is!" ”

Zhang Ziang may not have imagined that I always knew who was outside my window, including why the eldest brother mentioned that he was standing outside the window wearing a pig's head mask, because he found out that I knew who the person standing outside the window was, and this person wearing a pig's head mask was obviously not the person I had seen.

So at this time, Zhang Ziang asked me: "So who is this person you have seen?" ”

I said, "I can't reveal the identity of this person, it's my agreement with him." ”

Zhang Ziang asked, "Can't even I say it?" ”

I said, "It's because you can't say it, and I seem to understand why you're in the same middle school with me." ”

Now Zhang Ziang looked at me, I also looked at him, and I said, "Zhang Ziang, do you understand that after tonight, my eldest brother will no longer be my eldest brother." ”

Zhang Ziang said: "He Yang ......"

I said, "I used to tell you that he had a heated argument with my father before my mother committed suicide, and I think it was my father who caused my mother to commit suicide, so I hated him, and after I left, I basically never went back." I lied about it, and you should have found out, because I always knew what my mother died, and the reason why I don't go back to see them anymore is because of my eldest brother. ”

Zhang Ziang asked, "Why?" ”