Chapter 123: Shadow Puppetry
There was no news about Zhengxing for two days in a row, and Shen Zilu guessed that he was either stringing relatives or going out to play. But a week has passed, and he doesn't answer his phone calls, and he doesn't reply to Q.Q messages, which is more worrying than waiting for the college entrance examination scores.
Lie in bed. Look at it for a while, you can't see it at all, click the switch to enter the small window that is in the right line:
[Big brother, where did you go to HAPP.Y? Did you miss us? Tan Xiao wants to organize everyone to go out in the summer. Immediately after seeing my message, we set a time for our trip. 】
Waiting for his message was already waiting for Changfu, after sending it, Shen Zilu threw the phone aside and looked out the window in a daze.
There were a few clouds floating in the blue sky, and she stared at the clouds that were slowly drifting by, wondering if she would go to the countryside where there was no signal or if her phone was broken? Otherwise, there would be no news for so many days.
After another week, Guan Zhengxing was like evaporating from the world, Shen Zilu was really impatient to wait, changed his clothes and planned to go to his house to find someone. As soon as I came down the stairs, my aunt came out of the kitchen with a bowl of sour plum juice, and saw that she was dressed neatly and carrying a backpack, "Want to go out?" ”
Shen Zilu took the sour plum juice and took a sip, "Well, let's play with my classmates." ”
"Bring an umbrella, the weather forecast reports rain today."
Shen Zilu looked back at the scorching sun and expressed deep doubts, "The weather forecast is often inaccurate. ”
"Who is right on this day, if you can't protect yourself from thundershowers, hey......" The aunt didn't wait for her to finish, and the person had already run out of the door.
Halfway through, I received a call from Sheng Hailuo.
"Where?"
Shen Zilu stepped on the curb stone with one foot, leaned over to answer the phone, "On the street." ”
"Wandering?"
Shen Zilu paused, "Uh...... Go to my aunt's house and get something. ”
She didn't know what to lie to Sheng Hailuo, maybe she didn't want people to see through her thoughts.
"Oh, I want you to take a shower."
"Tomorrow."
"Okay. Some? ”
"Go in the morning, get up early and there are few people."
"Okay."
The two agreed on a time, and Shen Zilu continued to ride in the direction of Guan Zhengxing's house.
The environment in the Anjing community is still good, only one point, there is no property management, the lawn of the community has long been deserted, and it is surrounded by residents planting flowers and grass into a private small vegetable garden. She said casually: "Be the first cannon!" ”
A total of seven people, including onlookers, looked at her with a stupid expression.
“…… Hey, hey, hey. Shen Zilu quickened his pace and left.
When he went downstairs to Guan Zhengxing's house, Shen Zilu called him again, and there was a shutdown reminder on his mobile phone.
Ay? No one answered last night, so it's going to be turned off at this time?
She hesitated and hesitated, worried that Guan Zhengxing's stepmother did not go upstairs, waited at the door for half an hour, kept calling him, and always prompted the shutdown status.
Looking up at the room where Guan Zhengxing lived, the curtains were closed, and he should be at home.
Shen Zilu walked into the building with trepidation, and when he arrived at the door of Guan Zhengxing's house, he was half-squatting like a thief, his ears were attached to the door panel to listen to the movement inside, the house was quiet, as if there was really no one, raised his hand and knocked twice, no one answered, knocked a few times, and still no one answered the door.
waited in the stairwell for a while, and called him to send messages in a row, but Guan Zhengxing still didn't reply to her.
Hey this person, she doesn't believe it, and she can't lose it.
Shen Zilu knocked on the door of the opposite door, and it was an aunt wearing glasses who opened the door, Shen Zilu smiled: "Hello auntie, do you know where the person on the other side of the door has gone?" ”
The woman lifted the frame, her eyebrows frowning slightly, "I don't know." ”
Just about to close the door, Shen Zilu grabbed him, "Auntie, then do you know that the boy in his family is the one who is in high school, is he at home?" Or are you out playing? ”
The woman said, "O child,"
The tone was noticeably softened.
"I haven't seen him in a long time."
"Oh," Shen Zilu nodded, "Thank you." ”
The neighbor's door closed, and Shen Zilu slowly turned around and went downstairs.
Haven't been back in a long time? Where can I go?
Shen Zilu raised his head and looked at the window where he lived.
She wandered aimlessly on the street, and after lunch, she returned to the Anjing community, holding a bowl of ice porridge and waiting under the shade of the tree. I began to calculate the probability of whether Guan Zhengxing could come back.
In the next half a day, she ate a bowl of ice porridge, half a bag of melon seeds, a bag of beans and two strings of Zhongjie fruits, the weather was hot, people were easy to sweat, she went to the supermarket at the door to buy a bottle of chilled mineral water, the supermarket owner saw her back and forth several times, and asked casually: "Come to your classmate?" ”
Shen Zilu said: "Yes, I've been waiting for a long time." ”
The boss said, "I haven't seen him in a few days." ”
Shen Zilu took the change, "Can you always see him before?" ”
"It's all a community, can you not see it when you come out and go in, he lives with his stepmother, and there is a little girl, his father didn't last year or the year before last, I heard that it was a traffic accident."
The conduction velocity of the family situation in the cell is second only to silver.
She couldn't help but ask, "How long?" ”
"Oops...... "The boss began to recall, "a week or so, a week ago...... On Tuesday night, he came back for a trip. ”
"Remember so clearly?"
"Last Tuesday, the community held an activity and checked my body, otherwise I wouldn't be able to remember."
Shen Zilu looked at his watch, today is Tuesday. "What time did you see him?"
The boss said, "It was dark, he passed by my door, and I thought I had seen the wrong person." ”
“…… Well? ”
"This kid is dirty, his clothes and pants are full of gray marks, and he rolls out of the mud."
“……”
"After half an hour, he came out with another bag of things, and after that, I didn't see him."
Shen Zilu thanked him and returned to Guan Zhengxing's house downstairs to wait. There are many mosquitoes in summer, and Shen Zilu doesn't dare to stay in one place for a long time, so he walks back and forth at the door. She wondered, it was time for dinner, and if he didn't come back, the mother and daughter should come back for dinner.
When it was almost eight o'clock, Shen Zilu was bitten by mosquitoes for more than ten bags, and if he waited any longer, it was estimated that he would be eaten by mosquitoes. She was just about to leave, when a tall figure appeared in the corner of her eyes, walking quickly in her direction.
"......" Shen Zilu was wearing a black sports suit, standing in the shadows was not very obvious, when people passed by her, Shen Zilu was not sure, and when Guan Zhengxing trotted into the building, the moment the sensor light turned on, she finally saw the person clearly.
It's just that when I see him clearly, I can also see the dirty clothes he is wearing.
“……”
She wants to catch up and call someone, but I don't know why, a clean boy suddenly appears in front of you unkempt, and she feels very uncomfortable.
Shen Zilu watched the sensor lights in the corridor light up layer by layer, until it stopped on the floor where he was, and in the quiet night, even the sound of him closing the door became extremely clear. Then, the lights in his room came on, the curtains were not drawn, and a figure fell on the blue curtains, like a shadow puppet play.
She took out her phone and pressed Guan Zhengxing's number, 'Sorry, the user you dialed is turned off......
As soon as he was about to walk to the corridor, the lights on the upper floor went out instantly, and then the door rang, and the lights in the corridor turned on and off from top to bottom.
When he walked past the jogging platform on the second floor, Shen Zilu saw that he was carrying a travel bag, which was bulging and seemed to be stuffed with a lot of clothes. She stood next to a row of grape trellises, and when others ran out, Shen Zilu moved half a step to the side and hid behind the grape trellises.
When he walked a distance, Shen Zilu pushed his bicycle and followed......
The latest bus stopped running at eight o'clock, and Shen Zilu watched him cross the road with his bag and walk towards the viaduct opposite.
At this time, the traffic on the bridge is endless, and under the bridge is a one-way road that avoids the main road, the light of the street lamps extends into the distance, and a lonely figure on the non-motorized road walks farther and farther away towards the light.
followed too closely for fear that he would find out, Shen Zilu pushed the bicycle and followed far away.
After walking four or five blocks, she realized that it was in the direction of the new district, which was the area of her family's waterfront. Go further, there are fewer and fewer people, the construction of the new area has not yet been completed, there are construction tips around the hoarding, the road is not easy to walk, the potholes, it rained the night before, and many mud pits have accumulated water.
Shen Zilu parked the bicycle on the side of the road, and when he turned around, the person was gone.
Ay? What about people?
She walked in the direction where Guan Zhengxing disappeared, and saw that the gate of the newly constructed construction site was closed, and the sign on the door read the four big characters of Sino-Ocean Construction, which belonged to the First Engineering Company of China Railway Branch. In Jiangcheng, Sino-Ocean Construction is a state-owned enterprise builder with a high degree of credibility.
Shen Zilu looked in from the crack in the iron door, it was pitch black inside, and a row of two-story simple houses were built on the left hand side according to the wall, and light bulbs hung above the doors, swaying by the wind, swaying light and shadow, workers came in and out of the simple dormitory from time to time, and could vaguely hear the sound of men talking foul language, coughing, frolicking, and chatting and playing cards.
Shen Zilu wasn't sure if Guan Zhengxing was inside, but before he disappeared, he did come here.
There was a bang, Shen Zilu was startled, someone in a house near the gate was shirtless and was lifting the door curtain, the basin fell to the ground, he bent down to pick it up, and someone behind him smiled: "The basin with a weak body can't hold it." ”
The shirtless man turned around and scolded with a smile: "Get out, Lao Tzu is not empty, his hand is slippery." ”
He lowered the curtain and walked towards the back of the house with the basin, laughter wafting from the room in the silence of the night.
Shen Zilu counted, there are a total of thirty-eight doors, even if there are six people living in one room, there are two hundred and twenty-eight people, and the actual situation may be more. Just looking around, Guan Zhengxing suddenly appeared in sight, he walked out of the innermost room on the second floor, leaned his shoulders against the pillar, lowered his head and lit a cigarette.
"......" smoked?
When I looked at it again, I misunderstood, and I still watched motionless with a cigarette.
Shen Zilu knew that every time he missed his father, he would light a cigarette and smell the familiar smell of smoke, as if his father was beside him.
The dim light fell on his head and shoulders, he bowed his shoulders slightly, his facial features were hidden in the shadows, more profound and three-dimensional, his fingers were holding cigarettes on the armrests, and an inexplicable sentimentality emanated from his body, Shen Zilu clutched the pillar on the iron door and stared at him without blinking.
Suddenly, there was a voice behind him: "Who are you?!" ”