(4) Azhu

"Of course there's a story...... "Xiao Yu looked up at James. Dean's poster, but his eyes seemed to drift into the distance, and his voice gradually became lowered: "Azhu likes summer, especially playing in the yard under the big sun, it feels so bright and bright." She always smiles happily because she knows that her father likes her laughter and that she is the most important person in her father's heart......"

No matter how busy he was at work, Dad never forgot to come home at noon to see Azhu. Ah Zhu always sat patiently at the door every time waiting for his father to return, and the bright sun warmly shone on his eyes full of anticipation. As soon as Dad saw Ah Zhu, he picked her up and lifted her to the sky with all his might, laughing loudly, Ah Zhu knew that he was the only driving force in his father's life. Because of this, my mother often said that she was always second in my father's heart, and there was often a look of jealousy on her face, and Ah Zhu always smiled happily.

Later, my mother became pregnant. Ah Zhu saw his father's happy and expectant expression day by day, and felt that his love was getting farther and farther away from him day by day.

After the birth of his younger brother, his father rarely hugged Ah Zhu anymore, and Ah Zhu deeply felt the loneliness of being left behind. As the days passed, the younger brother gradually grew up in his father's warm embrace, and his father loved him more, and Ah Zhu felt more and more that his father no longer belonged to him. One day, when Ah Zhu told his father that he liked toy cars, his father seemed to finally notice his snubbing of Ah Zhu, and with an apologetic look in his eyes, he agreed to her with certainty.

After that, Ah Zhu rode a toy car to the entrance of the alley every day to wait for her father to come back, and her father still casually passed by her and went straight to her brother in the house. In his heart, his younger brother is the most important thing.

Ah Zhu is becoming more and more unhappy, but he likes his toy car more and more, because only it really belongs to him. There was no longer her pure smile in the bright front yard, because her father had never hugged her there again, and Ah Zhu knew that the bright and bright smile no longer belonged to her.

When the younger brother grows up, he likes to pester Ah Zhu. Ah Zhu doesn't like him, every time he sits in the back seat of the toy car, Ah Zhu will step on it very hard, but only when his younger brother sits in the back seat, Dad will touch his head or happily praise her for being a good sister who loves his younger brother.

In the afternoon, my father had not returned, so Ah Zhu carried my younger brother to the entrance of the alley, anxiously looking at the way back from my father. Time passed little by little, and my father was still nowhere to be seen. Ah Zhu knew that his father worked in a sugar factory, and as long as he followed the railroad tracks, he would definitely be able to find him. So she took her brother on the road, and after walking for a while, the sky suddenly became dark, and a few muffled thunders rolled from afar, Ah Zhu remembered that her father had told her that this was a precursor to the coming heavy rain, but she didn't seem to give up at all, because her father was the most important person in her life.

The rain finally started, and the bean-sized raindrops fell on the sister and brother, and the younger brother couldn't help crying, and Ah Zhu comforted him a little unhappily, but he still kept crying. Ah Zhu gradually felt impatient, the soil on the side of the railroad tracks seeped into the rain and turned into slippery and sticky yellow mud, the car sank into it, Ah Zhu became more and more unable to step on it, but when she thought of her father, she still tried to step forward step by step.

Woo...... Woo......

A train screamed and sped along. Ah Zhu panicked, she told herself to stay away from the railroad tracks, but all the strength of her body seemed to be exhausted, and her hands and feet just didn't obey the call. Seeing the train slowly approaching, the whistling sound became more and more intense each time, and Ah Zhu still couldn't move away from that place, as if something was firmly sucked in. In desperation, Ah Zhu jumped out of the car and prepared to pull his brother away. The younger brother is still young, and he can't walk on his own, let alone climb out of the back seat by himself, but no matter how hard Ah Zhu tries, he can't pull his younger brother away, and his younger brother's crying is getting louder and louder, and Ah Zhu is even more panicked. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and when the train notices Ah Zhu and his brother, it is too late to brake.

Bang!

The toy car flew past Ah Zhu.

"Sister, save me!"

Ah Zhu heard his brother's last helpless call, and the whole world stood still for a moment. Ah Zhu lost consciousness completely, and by the time she came back to her senses, her father had already appeared in front of her. He shook his body vigorously and screamed angrily: "You killed my son, you killed my son!" In vain I treated you as my own daughter, and you killed my son! ”

Ah Zhu stared at his father's angry face, his heart died little by little, and there was no more love in his father's eyes. No! He is not his own father at all, and he is not his own child at all. The heavy rain was still falling, Ah Zhu's eyes were blurry, she couldn't tell whether it was rain or tears, but she was still a beloved father, as long as she could save her brother, her father would definitely love her again, Ah Zhu thought so.

Ah Zhu looked at the toy car quietly, and suddenly found that his younger brother was still sitting on it, stretching out his hand and shouting loudly, clearly and clearly: "Sister, save me, save me!" ”

Ah Zhu saw a lot of hands constantly pulling her brother's body, and she rushed to the toy car, pulling her brother back hard. This time, Ah Zhu refused to let go, because she knew that this was the only chance to win back her father's love.

That power is so great, Ah Zhu feels powerless, but at this time, there is a force behind him to help him. Finally, the hands were gone, and the younger brother jumped up and walked behind him, and Ah Zhu turned his head to see a strange boy looking at him with a smile on his face. The younger brother and he held hands, the faces of the two were somewhat similar, the younger brother asked Ah Zhu to bring back the toy car, Ah Zhu nodded.

Mom and Dad hugged a headless corpse and said it was her brother, and Ah Zhu tried to convince her father that his brother was beside him, but Dad wouldn't even look at her.

The younger brother followed him, and the boy lived in the stream and had to go back every day. Ah Zhu never went out again, and she hid in her room every day because her brother and the boy would accompany her. The boy said that his name is Weiwei, he likes to eat ice, and every Saturday he will find his brother and Ah Zhu to eat ice, and the younger brother said that as long as the toy car is here, he can always accompany Ah Zhu, and no one else can touch the toy car except Ah Zhu, because it belongs to the younger brother alone. Ah Zhu gradually grew up, her father never said anything to her again, Ah Zhu did not have any extravagance in her heart, she only hoped that one day her father could see her brother, I believe that Ah Zhu did not kill her brother, he is here to accompany Ah Zhu, and also accompany her father.

When Ah Zhu was in elementary school, a classmate came to see Ah Zhu, and Ah Zhu accidentally let him touch the toy car, and his younger brother was very angry and disappeared that night. The next day, the classmate did not come to class, and when he heard that he had broken his head in the bathroom the night before, his younger brother told Ah Zhu that he had done it, and his face was full of joy. Ah Zhu becomes more and more unable to control her brother, and three of Ah Zhu's friends come to see her, and the younger brother says that he wants to go home with them. When Xiao Yu said this, he looked at Tong Tong helplessly.

"Are you...... Say...... You're Azhu? ”

Tong Tong looked at Xiao Yu with a frightened face, Xiao Yu's eyes flashed with a strange light, nodded, Tong Tong's face was pale, took a step back, and said, "Don't ...... Don't look for me! ”

"You know she's timid, but you always like to scare her!" Although Zhizi was terrified in her heart, she finally remained calm for a long time and looked at Xiaoyu with a smile.

"Brother...... Who do you like? Xiao Yu asked at the toy car, with no joke on her face.

"Alright...... Okay, I think you're probably really well, and we should go back too! Zhizi was also scared in her heart, and finally couldn't help but stand up and prepare to leave.

Xiao Yu looked at them and said, "Thank you for coming to see me, I'll be going to class next Monday!" Even though she said this, her eyes kept staring at the toy car.

Xi'er looked at her, remembering the man's expression downstairs, and seemed to have completely understood, so she comforted softly: "Xiaoyu, don't blame yourself, let everything pass!" ”

Xiaoyu looked at Xi'er, smiled with tears in her eyes and said, "Let's go!" My brother seems to like you! ”

The aunt kept sending the three of them out of the door, and Xi'er vaguely heard the aunt say to the man after she went back: "It's been so many years, do you still refuse to forgive Xiaoyao?" ”

"I ......" Xi'er didn't hear the following words.

The sun is still shining all over the floor, when will the sun shine into the house? Xi'er thought suspiciously. Tongtong walked quickly, his face was pale, and when he was about to walk out of the alley, the three of them couldn't help but glance back together.

"Fortunately, no one ......" invariably gave birth to a trace of fear in his heart.

After walking for a while, Kirito's tears flowed.

"What for?" Zhizi asked, but as soon as she spoke, she understood it completely, because her heart was also heavy.

"I didn't ...... Nothing, just can't help it! Kiritsu said.

"Let's go home!" Xi'er said.

"Hmm!" For the first time, the three of them felt that their home was so warm.

(5) Red snow

"Xi'er, are you saying that the relationship between Xiaoyu and her father is the biggest reason for her character?" Zhizi asked Xi'er about this past experience.

"I think it should be!" Xi'er nodded.

"No, no, there's one more thing...... "Do you remember the bomb shelter in the park?" ”

"You mean...... "The three of them are chasing the past one by one on the road.

"Hey! Look at the bomb shelters! Kiriki almost shouted with joy.

"What's so strange about bomb shelters?" Zhizi was very unimpressed.

"It's the first time I've seen a bomb shelter, and the college used to dig bomb shelters, which reminds me of "Soul Broken Blue Bridge", so romantic...... "Tong Tong fell into the fantasy country again.

"Well, the two inadvertently wanted to meet, but unfortunately ......" Xi'er sighed.

"Hey, you just like these movies, but look at ...... It's so dirty inside!

There was also a strange smell. "Zhizi is always used to the considerations of real life.

"You're really a bad sight! I think your boyfriend won't be able to stand you in the future. Kiritong couldn't help but sneer.

The three of them kept talking, and Xiao Yu remained silent all the time.

"What do you say?" Tongtong glanced at Xiao Yu beside him and asked casually.

Xiao Yu was silent for a long time, stretched out her index finger to her lips to make a silent gesture, and then said softly, "Listen...... Listen carefully. Can you hear a man's wail? ”

"What wailing?" The three of them spoke almost at the same time, and Xiao Yu immediately stopped, and put her hands around her ears, indicating that she wanted her to listen quietly.

In the bomb shelter, except for the faint whistle of the wind, you can almost hear the echo of breathing and the rapid beating of the heart, but there is no so-called wailing at all.

"Yes! Yes! There must be! It was Qianqian who told me! Xiao Yu said softly.

"Who is Qianqian?" Kiriki asked with a curious eye.

Xiao Yu began to tell the story again.

"Qianqian is a very beautiful girl, her hair is black and long. The boys in the class always secretly like her, and even secretly follow her, but Qianqian always ignores them. Qianqian's homework is very good, and she likes to draw, and the art teacher likes her very much and praises her for her talent. Every Sunday, the teacher would take her and a few girls to sketch everywhere. After drawing for a while, the teacher said that they couldn't draw their own ideas, and it was just a waste of time to continue drawing, and the students gradually gave up when they saw that the teacher cared less and less about them.

But the teacher only loves Qianqian very much, Qianqian paints wholeheartedly, and the teacher points out with interest. Qianqian likes him very much. She often wondered if the teacher was her father! ……“

The teacher told Qianqian that she used to have a daughter Jiajia who was very similar to her. Long hair, big eyes.

But she passed away due to illness two years ago, so every time she sees Qianqian, it's like seeing her own daughter. Qianqian is happy because she feels more and more like a father in her teacher. The teacher would often hold her hand tightly and tell herself how much he loved his daughter.

One day, Lao Lao hugged Qianqian tightly, and Qianqian was both scared and happy in her heart, because she had not felt such warm and strong love for a long time. The teacher's eyes showed a different enthusiasm from Qianqian's memory, which moved her to tears, and the teacher gently patted Qianqian's back and said, "Qianqian, don't be afraid, the teacher will never leave you!" ”

The teacher's hugs became more and more frequent, and Qianqian sometimes felt frightened, but she didn't know why. This feeling became stronger and stronger as she grew older, and Qianqian began to be afraid of being alone with the teacher, and the teacher said, "Qianqian, what are you afraid of?" Qianqian couldn't speak.

This feeling of disgust was like a huge shadow, overwhelming Qianqian, and sometimes she couldn't help but wake up late at night, but she didn't know whether she was looking forward to her father's love or her teacher's love, and she didn't know whether she was afraid of the teacher's strange eyes, or his beard stinging her cheeks.

Finally, one day, Qianqian told her teacher that she would stop drawing because fear had made it impossible for her to continue. The teacher was very disappointed, and he told Qianqian that this was the last time he would see her. Then took her to a place.

It was a gloomy bomb shelter, a favorite place of Allison. The teacher said that at first, she brought Jiajia here for air defense exercises, and then her daughter gradually liked this place, and often had to tell a lot of stories by herself, she always listened quietly, sometimes fell asleep in her arms, and she always kissed her face and told her how much she loved her.

Qianqian's whole body trembled with fear, the teacher approached her step by step, Qianqian wanted to escape, but the teacher had already grabbed her hand. Qianqian heard the teacher's heavy and rapid breathing, and her brain was confused, she couldn't tell whether it was her father or the teacher in front of her, and she couldn't tell whether she was Qianqian or Jiajia, and she didn't know what she was afraid of. She slowly retreated to the wall, and the teacher's deep eyes seemed to have a hint of a hideous smile, and he pressed towards Qianqian little by little, and Qianqian turned her face to the left.

Qianqian remembered the utility knife that she had put in her schoolbag for the art class. The teacher had pulled her towards him and said softly, "Jiajia, Daddy loves you!" ”

The teacher's lips fell on her lips, and Qianqian finally got the knife. For a while, a familiar voice in my ear was telling me: "He's not a father, he is not a father!" ”

Then he felt a tremendous force pull his hand upward. The past came back to her eyes one by one, and when a loud scream woke Qianqian up, she found that her hands were covered with blood. Many, many, red. Qianqian smiled, she finally figured out that it was not her father at all, I don't know when, it was raining heavily. Qianqian remembered that many years ago, it was this rain that buried the love between her and her father.

The teacher disappeared in the rain and fog. Qianqian didn't know where the teacher had gone, but she would never feel fear again. Every night in bed, she could hear the familiar wail, and without the slightest fear, she smiled even more happily.

After a few days, the rain finally stopped. There was an unusual smell coming from the bomb shelter, and people said that the teacher committed suicide because he couldn't stand the loneliness of life. Qianqian believed this statement, because the teacher's face was so happy and satisfied before he died, although the teacher did not leave a suicide note, but Qianqian told the police that the teacher said that this was the last time he saw him.

The teacher was an honest man who had never made a feud with anyone else during his lifetime, and the utility knife that stabbed him to death only had his own fingerprints on it.

Qianqian asked her mother to help her buy another pair of gloves because the gloves and her favorite clothes were dirty. Qianqian cut them into pieces and sprinkled them into the stream one by one, like beautiful red snowflakes.

Qianqian cut off her long hair because Qianqian was not Jiajia. She still likes to draw, but she has become obsessed with black, and she thinks that this is the right thing for her.

That bomb shelter will always belong to the teacher and Jiajia, and no one dares to enter it again. Because no one will forget that in the red pool of blood, the teacher is crawling with maggots' bodies. Everyone says that the teacher has no children and no daughters, which is really pitiful, who is Jiajia? Maybe only the teacher knows! Qianqian thought so. Every time I come here, I tell people that there is a man's wail in the bomb shelter. It's been years, and just now I can finally hear it. If you look closely, you'll be able to hear it! The smell left by the teacher has not dissipated, so smell it and see if there is one?

Xiao Yu's face appeared again, and her almost black eyes stared at the three of them.

"Ah......h The three of them couldn't help but run forward, and in the whirring wind, they only heard Xiao Yu's mysterious laughter for a while.

(6) Graduation trip

"Then you mean that the Qianqian that Xiaoyu said is also herself?" Xi'er's voice was already a little trembling.

"Xiaoyu is really weird, I really doubt her ......" Zhizi paused for a while to look at Xi'er, her face changed slightly, and after thinking for a while, she said to herself in a strange voice: "That night ......, the night of the graduation trip......"

"You mean...... The stories she told? When Xi'er thought of this, her whole body trembled even more, because she would never forget the events of that night in her life.

"It's just ......" Xiao Yu seemed to be worried about something.

"Anything else?"

"The teacher still has Xiaoyu, she will go too!" Tong Tong raised his hand and said, Xiao Yu glanced at Tong Tong, did not stop her, and seemed to agree with the decision.

It's still quite cold in February. Early in the morning, Xi'er got up, sorted out her clothes and personal belongings, and couldn't help but shiver. When she was about to go out, the phone rang, and it was Zhizi who called, asking her to wait for Xiaoyu at home.

"Sister, where are you going?" Lele asked curiously.

"North, we'll go to Keelung. Play near Yilan. Xi'er replied.

"How many days are you going to go?"

"Three days and two nights!"

"Oh, that's good. It's going to be fun to spend the night outside! ”

"This is my first time traveling overnight, I remember that my teacher used to say that traveling with friends is a good opportunity to experience life, I hope I can feel it this time!"

Xi'er waved to Lele and Xiaoyu. Zhizi walked away together. Xiaoyu looked back at Lele, dressed in black, and smiled weirdly. Leguang felt a strong impact, and a strange feeling arose in his heart, but he didn't know what it was, maybe he was still young, right? Lele thought so.

The first two days of the trip, Xiao Yu seemed very pleasant. Xi'er. Tongtong and the others were very happy, because it was the first time they had seen such a relaxed smile on Xiao Yu's face. The last half-day trip was in the suburbs of Taipei, and when the car entered the city of Taipei at night, Xiaoyu's face was gloomy again, but except for Xi'er. The rest of the people were immersed in the song and did not notice it. Xi'er sat next to Xiaoyu and couldn't help but ask her, "Xiaoyu, why are you unhappy again?" ”

"I don't like Taipei!"

"Why?"

"Because...... I saw ......"

"Toot ......"

The microphone reached the teacher's hand, and the beep made Xi'er not hear Xiaoyu's words. Just when Xi'er asked Xiaoyu to answer again, the teacher spoke: "Tonight is a room for six people, and you decide who you want to sleep with." Tomorrow is the last day, and I think everyone is tired for the past two days, so let's go to bed early at night. ”

"Well, of course it's the four of us, who else wants to be in a room with us?" Zhizi walked over to the two of them.

"I'm with you!" At this time, Xiao Dai walked over.

"Xiaoyu, are you going to tell ghost stories at night? Then I'll stay with you too! Xiujie asked after Xiao Dai.

Zhizi's words made Xi'er forget about her conversation with Xiaoyu just now, and then the car stopped.

"The elevator is not big, come and line up, our room is on the eighth floor, just each room is a group, go up together."

As soon as he got on the elevator, Tongtong asked with some confusion: "Strange, why is there no fourth floor?" ”

"I want to know, you read the Taiwanese language, what does four mean, stupid!" Zhizi laughed, and then felt a pain in her thigh, and Kirino was twisting herself hard. Zhizi immediately avoided the side, and the two kept frolicking, and the sound became louder and louder.

"Hey! You two should be restrained, don't let others think that our school is like this? Xi'er glanced at the two of them.

"What are you pretending to be serious?" Tongtong tickled under Xi'er's armpit, and then the three of them laughed.

Only Xiao Yu's expression has not changed, his eyes have turned a few times, and he has been looking around. Although Xiao Dai and Xiujie are also familiar with each other, they are not as good as the four of them, so they just smiled slightly when they looked at the three of them.

"That's right! Xiaoyu, I haven't finished what I said just now, what the hell is going on? Xi'er remembered the conversation in the car again.

"Oh, nothing, just a little familiar!"

"What does it feel?"

Xiao Yu looked at Xiao Dai and Xiujie, and seemed reluctant to continue. Xi'er understood what she meant, and then the six of them went upstairs.

The hostel said that it was usually suitable for five to seven people, but the teacher considered that seven people might be too crowded, so he turned his suite into a general room and shared it with the students. The teacher said that he was not used to being alone yesterday, so it was better to squeeze with the students.

Xi'er and the others were arranged in the room closest to the elevator, and Xi'er was the last to enter the room, and when she was about to close the door, she found that the bolt was very loose, and an iron hook was installed next to it to prevent it from falling off. It seems unsafe, but it's okay to think about it only one night, and the teacher just sleeps next door, and you can hear it when you knock on the wall, so there's nothing wrong with it.

Xiao Dai seemed to be tired, and soon fell asleep after taking a shower and lying on the innermost side, and Xiujie was napping with his eyelids on the side because he was waiting to listen to ghost stories. Girls have always been very slow to take a bath, and Xiujie finally couldn't help it, yawned and said, "When Xiaoyu wants to tell a story, remember to wake me up." ”

"Oh, good!" Kiriki agreed.

Tongtong then took a bath, Zhizi and Xi'er wanted to go out for a walk, and when they went out, the teacher happened to come over to check the room, and told them that it was better not to wander around, so as not to be deceived. The two nodded on the surface, but the teacher stuck out his tongue and slipped out after leaving.

After walking around for a while, I was afraid of getting lost for two days, so I bought some snacks and returned to the hostel. Xi'er felt a little strange when she entered the elevator, but she thought that maybe she rarely took such a vehicle, so she was not used to it. Upstairs, Xiaoyu was taking a shower, and the three of them turned on the TV and laughed easily. Suddenly, there was a "bang" in the bathroom, and it sounded like a slippery sound.

"Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you?" There was no response. After a while, Xiao Yu walked out with a towel wrapped around her head, and Xi'er asked, "Xiao Yu, did you slip just now?" ”

"Oh, it's okay! I'm fine, who's going to wash? Zhizi said that she was tired and went to wash first. About twenty minutes later, there was an exclamation from inside, the three of them were startled, Xi'er ran over and knocked on the door hard, and after another five or six minutes the door opened, Zhizi came out and said, "Really, this hostel is really bad, the electric lights keep flashing around, and there is no hot water just now." Oh! I forgot, you haven't washed Xi'er yet, but it may be available later, let's call and ask. ”

The counter's reply was that there were some temporary problems with the hot water system, and someone had been sent to overhaul it, but it would take two or three hours to wait, and Xi'er could only consider herself unlucky.

"It's okay, today is the last day, let's not sleep well tonight, listen to Xiaoyu tell ghost stories, and then go wash after she finishes speaking, I held back the first two days." Kiritsu proposed.

"Wake them both up, too." Zhizi said.

"Don't." Xiaoyu grabbed Zhizi: "It's too coincidental!" I guess I better not wake them up! ”

"What is such a coincidence?" Xi'er has been hiding such doubts from the car.