(a)

"The flowing water is more distant with the spring, and the clouds will eventually be with whom."

The sunset in the distance is kind and soft. Chang Xia stood on the European-style balcony of Aunt Hong's house.

This is a new community, as soon as you enter the community gate, you will step on a cobblestone interwoven with black and white patterns, through the flower beds of the cobblestone path, and Aunt Hong's house is close to the inside of the fence of the community.

Chang Xia turned his head to see the green of grass and trees in the flower bed. There is no hesitation in a different place, and wandering in Nanjing is like a miserable dream.

Looking at the scenery in the distance, the carved railing fence, the garden in the community faintly reveals the verdant green of grass and trees.

As she watched the sunset, she tilted her head sideways and wiped her half-dried hair with a towel. In the kitchen, there was the sound of Aunt Hong chopping vegetables.

Two bedrooms arched to a living room, renovated only a few months, everywhere looks new home refreshing, in a metropolis to buy a house is not easy.

Suddenly, I heard the door slam open, and the footsteps of a man entered, and then the sound of a boy talking to Aunt Hong.

Chang Xia's heart beat tightly, but it was inconvenient to poke his head out, so he had to press himself and still comb his hair slowly.

Hearing this, Aunt Hong pretended to be flat and said, "Xiaomu, we have a guest at home." ”

(b)

Chang Xia turned his head sideways and saw the boy who came in, with a big head on his neck that did not match his body, thick curly hair, and a high forehead, as if full of Shakespearean wisdom.

Wearing a plaid shirt on the top and a pair of black casual jeans on the bottom, his torso is also printed with the delicacy of a Shanghai man, unlike the simplicity of a northerner with wide shoulders and a round waist like Bai Xian.

"Hello!" Both of them said hello lightly.

Then I heard him talking Shanghainese to Aunt Hong, probably asking if he wanted to buy some more food and come back?

After dinner, in the living room, the TV screen flickered.

Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong's two daughters, Chang Xia, and Xiaomu all sat on the sofa in the living room watching TV.

Aunt Hong at home has long since faded away from the palace envoy-like momentum she saw in Chang Xia, and has been restored to a happy mother who works hard for her daughter.

The circular sofa seems to bring up the warm family atmosphere. The lights in the living room are turned off, the light and shadow of the TV are projected on everyone's faces, and everyone is laughing and commenting on the TV series while peeling lychees and eating, and from time to time they are dissatisfied with the plot of the TV series.

A girl who once stumbled on the streets of Nanjing, the twilight was already smoky, and she looked around, and the wilderness seemed to have no village.

dragged his luggage and ran away, fell into the cliff, and looked down at the darkness without seeing the bottom. The girl hugged her shoulders and shivered, and suddenly saw that the light above was as bright as day.

She seemed to float up and land at Aunt Hong's house.

Chang Xia had no intention of watching TV, quietly retreated from the dim light in the living room, and entered the bedroom, she turned on the light, took out the notebook from the box, sat at the head of the bed, and scratched it on the notebook.

After a while, I heard a creaking sound in the room, and Aunt Hong's figure paced in.

She sat down next to Chang Xia, "What's the matter, I don't watch TV either!" ”

Although she had a smile on her face, the smile was dissatisfied, and her eyes were bright, like a female cat on the wall catching a mouse to probe Summer's thoughts.

At this moment, Chang Xia's pager rang sharply again, and pounced under the pillow.

You don't have to look at it, you know who it is, Chang Xia is even more irritable. Reached under the pillow and tightened his grip on the pager.

But the pager fluttered without the slightest intention of stopping, and struggled desperately in Chang Xia's hands. Aunt Hong's house has no phone for the time being, and she can only go outside to call back.

But now Chang Xia's actions seem to be unfree, weekdays at home, outside for a while, Aunt Hong seems to casually ask: "What are you doing?" ”

Aunt Hong is like a director, monitoring and controlling everything that happens in the filming set, absolutely forbidding outsiders to enter the scene, destroying the development of the plot.

Chang Xia could only hold the pager nervously. Aunt Hong was alert: "Who? ”

Chang Xia Zhiwu said: "A classmate, let me give her a call after I arrive in Shanghai." ”

At night, I slept in Aunt Hong's eldest daughter's bed, and the sheets emitted a cool and clean smell.

In the dark, Chang Xia tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and Bai Xian didn't expect that as soon as Chang Xia went to Shanghai, he disappeared.

Chang Xia got up to go to the toilet, a thin layer of translucent black floated in the room, and the furniture in the room was ghosted, and it seemed to be a little bigger, and he saw the body of Xiaomu on the sofa in Aunt Hong's living room. Hearing the noise, the figure tilted its head slightly from the couch, as if looking for glasses to put on.

is as shrewd as Aunt Hong, and has always let Xiaomu live at home, arranging the channels for the two to get in touch, and everything just waits for it to come into being.

(c)

On the second day of Chang Xia's arrival in Shanghai, she took Chang Xia to the shopping mall to see the prosperity that had never been seen in the town.

Aunt Hong wore a crimson silk shirt, revealing her white arms; The permed short hair is tucked behind the ears, the cheeks seem to be dyed with pink, only the wrinkles on the face can't hide that she is an aging mother, but Chang Xia feels that she is more like a female cat with burning eyes on the wall of the city.

Passing in front of those colorful clothes, Aunt Hong turned around and looked Chang Xia up and down, her eyes stayed on Chang Xia's slender waist, as if she was a little sad, and sighed: "These clothes are specially designed for you, this world belongs to you young people." ”

In the darkness, Aunt Hong turned her head to look ahead, one cheek was full of contemplation, Chang Xia seemed to see the broken butterfly wings, she seemed to murmur: "I missed the time, I stayed in Xili for too long, that small place." ”

The corners of Chang Xia's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, I won't miss my youth, I've come out. The city is the place where my dreams fall, and the dandelions are floating in front of me, and the little golden needles are shining in the sun.

Walking past the diamond hand cabinet, she pulled Chang Xia and looked back at the luxury items in the glass cabinet, shining.

As if unintentionally, he said: "Xiaomu's sister brought a set of diamond jewelry from South Korea and said that she would give it to Xiaomu's future bride. We asked Xiaomu to open it for us to see, but he wouldn't. ”

She looked at Chang Xia and smiled meaningfully, encouraging, teasing, and looking forward to it.

Chang Xia watched Ling Bo, a bride in a white wedding dress, walking lightly, her long white veil wrinkled and swirled, dragging behind her with a faint white light; She lowered her head, her soft chin pressed against her chest, and her eyes slowly lifted up shyly; The bouquet of roses in both hands concealed the brilliance of the diamond ring in her hand and the necklace on her chest.

"Aunt Hong, don't persuade me anymore, I can't resist anymore." Chang Xia choked in her heart, she was just an orphan girl with no future.

In the evening, a mysterious smile appeared in the dark Chang Xia, staying in Shanghai, and not necessarily marrying Xiaomu according to Aunt Hong's arrangement.

This is just Aunt Hong's wishful thinking. Slowly, you can move out of Aunt Hong's house; Slowly, get rid of Aunt Hong's control.