The 2013 winter break began a week after their reunion. They met in the café on January 19, and winter break began on Saturday, January 26.

The summer solstice remembers all the time nodes clearly.

On the 19th, Xia Zhi told Cao Limei about the agreement with Xiao Yiqing and Liang Lu on WeChat, and asked her to come over next week during the winter vacation.

Cao Limei didn't reply to her message until the evening of January 22, with only a simple "good" word.

Xia Zhi didn't care at the time, in fact, she didn't get a reply immediately after sending the message, she thought Cao Limei was busy, so she didn't bother much, and then forgot about the message.

And Cao Limei replied to her at about twelve o'clock that night, when she happened to have a good idea, she typed vigorously, and didn't notice the message, and when she saw it, it was almost a little bit, and she didn't reply.

Before getting off work on January 25, Xia Zhi thought that tomorrow would be the winter vacation, and she didn't know if Cao Limei had arranged the itinerary, so she was going to let Cao Limei live at her home, so she didn't book a hotel for her.

Xia Zhi called Cao Limei and wanted to ask her what time the high-speed train was, and when she went to pick up the station, the phone rang for a minute, and no one answered. She didn't call again, just sent a message to ask.

Cao Limei didn't come back until midnight, she said: [I won't come tomorrow, I'm too tired, I want to take a good rest.] 】

On the morning of the 26th, Xia Zhi was very depressed when she saw her message, but thought that maybe she had just been on vacation and was a little prostration, so she asked her to come back next weekend.

- There is no way to do it on the summer solstice, Cao Limei and Xiao Yiqing are on vacation, she is still on early annual leave, and Liang Lu is also busy with the final exam, and she may not be able to run away on weekdays.

Later, she thought that she shouldn't have asked Cao Limei to come back on the weekend, she should have asked her to come over right away without any further delay.

She could, as usual, make a phone call and scold her for releasing pigeons, pretend to be angry and let her leave the child's house or everything, and come out alone to catch her breath.

But she didn't. She didn't call Cao Limei. For two weeks and half a month, they didn't get through to the phone, and WeChat messages always replied every half a day or even two or three days, she didn't know what she was doing, what was she busy with?

She should have shown that she cared more about her. They have known each other for ten years, the most passionate four years of their lives, they have spent it together, how can she ignore her like this?

Every word, every sentence, and even every punctuation mark sent by Cao Limei was lying in Xia Zhi's social account full of prophecy, but she didn't notice it at all.

Even if she gave Cao Limei one more word, sent a voice message, and made a phone call, the result might be different, why didn't she do it?

The summer solstice remembers clearly that day is February 3, the twenty-third day of the lunar month. Cao Limei's last no-show.

In the six years before, she had missed such appointments several times. Xia Zhi didn't pay attention to it, she even thought a little angrily, if she didn't come, she wouldn't come, and it wasn't the first time.

She sent a message to ask: [Pigeon King, you released our pigeons again, don't forget it in the future. 】

At three o'clock in the afternoon, she finally received a reply: [Summer Solstice, I'm Zhang Renli, and Limei left last night. Thank you for taking care of her all the time. 】

She was out to see an art exhibition. She wore a black velvet hat, she sweated on her back and the top of her head all at once, she held her phone in one hand, pulled off her hat with the other, static electricity ruffled her hair messy, she stood on the road at a loss. 666 Literature Network

Was it a joke, she thought? How is that possible? If you release pigeons, you will release pigeons, as for such a prank? Over the years, Cao Limei always said that she wanted to come to Nanzhou to see them, and she planned with great interest before every holiday, and finally she was entangled in all kinds of trivial things and said that she couldn't get out.

Her ears were buzzing, the sound of the engines of the cars rushing to and from the road was blocked by a strange air current, which could not reach her eardrums, and the crowd shuttling around her suddenly fell silent, not even making a sound of footsteps.

It wasn't until a passerby accidentally touched her shoulder that she stumbled and realized that she should make a call.

She called up the address book, first found Cao Limei's number, was stunned for two seconds, then clicked back and dialed the phone to Zhang Renli.

She couldn't remember what she had said to him, the man's voice was a little hoarse and low on the phone, she felt that her words were not subject to confusion, she just spit out a bunch of words, and let Zhang Renli assemble and understand on his own.

In contrast, he was much calmer than her.

"Summer solstice, last night, Limei jumped down from the roof. She left the book to move...... In the morning, the police came, arranged for the poetry inspection, and now they are ready to send it to the Penang funeral home. ”

After hanging up the phone, it took her a while to sort out what was going on. She cried on the way, and the hat was clutched in the palm of her hand, sweat and tears, and a piece of the hat was wet.

She didn't know how to convey the news to Xiao Yiqing and Liang Lu, she entered the subway station, cried and edited the information as she walked, and the tears that dripped on her phone hindered her typing several times, and she had to stop and wipe her phone on her clothes.

She should have called, but she couldn't cry, she wiped her tears with the back of her hand, and cried.

Two young college girls looked at her on the subway for a long time, and one of them approached her and handed her a tissue, she wanted to say "thank you", but she couldn't say it, so she could only nod.

She cried all the way to Nanshi, and when she arrived at the door of Liang Lu's dormitory, when Liang Lu opened the door, her eyes were also red and swollen. Not long after, Xiao Yiqing also arrived, and the three of them hugged each other in the house and cried again.

"Alright, don't cry." Liang Lu said this, but she kept wiping her tears, "There's no point in us crying here, let's hurry up and clean up and see if we can catch a night train to Yancheng, Limei will go out of Penang tomorrow, right?" ”

Xia Solstice nodded. She took a tissue and blew her nose, picked up her backpack and was about to stand up, when she suddenly remembered something and said, "Liang Lu, aren't you going to have an interview tomorrow?" ”

Liang Lu paused: "Go to the fucking interview." It's okay, don't worry about it. ”

But Xiao Yiqing said: "Liang Lu, you have to go to the interview, you have been preparing for more than half a year, this is an opportunity that you can not find in a lifetime." If we live, we have to live our lives, and we will take the unfinished road for Limei. ”

The three of them were silent for a while, Xia Zhi pressed Liang Lu's shoulder and said, "It's okay, she will want you to get this place." ”

Liang Lu bit her lip, took off her glasses and wiped her tears, then nodded.

After coming out of Liang Lu's dormitory and walking for a while, Xia Zhi said to Xiao Yiqing: "Yiqing, don't go, you have made an appointment with a doctor tomorrow." ”

Xiao Yiqing said lightly: "I'll do it again next month." ”

"Didn't you just say that the living have to live their lives? The more you know how short and fragile this life is, the more you have to do what you want to do. Xia Zhi was also worried that the fatigue of the boat and car would have an impact on Xiao Yiqing's body, she stared at a thin cloud in the sky and said softly.