After a long time, Aunt Meng broke the silence first, she said that after tonight, she would no longer come out to set up a stall, and she would take care of her daughter who was busy with her graduation thesis at home. She also said that she would not set up a stall in the future, because her daughter said that when the graduation ceremony was over in a month, she would be able to earn money to support their mother and daughter, and she didn't want her mother to work so hard anymore, so she could rest assured that she would live at home for the rest of her life.

When he heard Aunt Meng mention the graduation ceremony in a month, Xiao Qianfan remembered that his four-year contract would expire in a month, and if he remembered correctly, it should be the 15th of next month, that is, in another month, he should leave this film school.

Four years ago, he had been looking forward to this day coming sooner so that he could leave the sad city and go to live the peaceful life he wanted. However, this day is really coming, but Xiao Qianfan feels inexplicably scared, as if the most precious thing in his heart is about to be lost.

That night, because both of them knew that it was the last night they could get along with each other, when they closed the stall in silence, they couldn't help but move very slowly, and every time they picked up something, they had to gently stroke it for a long time before putting it on the tricycle.

It seems to be silently saying goodbye to those things, or perhaps to saying goodbye to one's own heart, and there is an indescribable reluctance that floods the soul, and finally gathers in the eyes, turning into a warm liquid that keeps lingering.

It usually only takes a few minutes to pack up the things, but that night it took the two of them half an hour to load them all into the car, and in this way, they still seemed to feel too fast, and even had an urge to move the things off the car and put them back again.

Although the tricycle was ready to go, neither of them said goodbye first, as if they would never see each other again after saying these two words. Xiao Qianfan actually had a lot of things to say to Aunt Meng, but he still didn't have the courage to say it after hesitating.

All this was seen by Aunt Meng, she seemed to have a lot of things to say to Xiao Qianfan, as long as Xiao Qianfan could speak first, no matter what he said, she would accept and believe it unconditionally, and she would tell Xiao Qianfan everything she really had, but she was still disappointed, Xiao Qianfan still didn't have the courage to say what she wanted to hear after all.

If it weren't for the sudden call of other security guards on Xiao Qianfan's walkie-talkie, which broke the deadlock, they might have to ponder for a long time on the tricycle that had been installed.

After coming to their senses, they hurriedly said goodbye and left each other, but both of them walked very slowly, so slow that time seemed to stand still at that moment. Walking and walking, I don't know how long it took, suddenly both of them stopped, and invariably turned to look at each other who had already walked away.

The other party, who was still a little clear, couldn't help but be washed away by the tears that poured out of the corners of his eyes in an instant, became more and more blurred, and finally disappeared completely.

In the following month, Xiao Qianfan always felt inexplicably irritable during the day, and only felt a little more steady when he worked the night shift at night, but every time he patrolled, he always inadvertently stopped at Aunt Meng's stall and lost his mind for a long time before leaving.

Although the other stalls around are still the same, the handsome and beautiful students who are shopping are still flirting and chasing and frolicking as before. But in Xiao Qianfan's eyes, he felt that he was the only one left in the whole world, because the person he cared about the most in his heart did not come, so the world also lost all its vitality and joy.

When it was two o'clock in the middle of the night, he would still stand stupidly in the booth area where Aunt Meng used to be, closing his eyes and reminiscing about the happy times with Aunt Meng every night in the past.

Although he was the only one in the huge campus gate square at that moment, as long as he closed his eyes, Xiao Qianfan could still smell the familiar and tempting aroma of wontons, and even heard Aunt Meng whispering in his ear, but every time he opened his eyes again, he found that he was in tears.

The days flowed bitterly, day after day, midnight after midnight, Xiao Qianfan's heart read over and over again, thinking, paining, looking forward to, and avoiding, until finally he had to let the alcohol anesthetize before he could fall asleep.

At midnight before the graduation ceremony, it was also Xiao Qianfan's last night shift before the expiration of his contract, and when he habitually walked to Aunt Meng's former stall area, he actually saw a woman's figure squatting on the ground and seemed to be burning something.

Although the figure couldn't be seen clearly, Xiao Qianfan felt very familiar and cordial, so he rushed over like crazy, and the moment he came to the woman, he saw clearly that it was not Aunt Meng he was expecting, but a girl who should be very young was lowering her head and concentrating on burning a pile of clothes.

When Xiao Qianfan saw the style and color of those clothes clearly, his face changed, according to his memory, these clothes were the ones that Aunt Meng usually wore.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, and rushed into a madness, trying to save the burning clothes from the fire, and he would not allow them to be burned, because if the clothes were burned, his heart would be broken.

"Aunt Meng, what's wrong with her? Why are you burning her clothes? You...... Are you Mongi? Xiao Qianfan was desperately snatching clothes from the fire, and said while grabbing clothes, but when he saw the young girl raise her head and look at him with tears on her face, he realized that the other party should be Aunt Meng's daughter Mengqi.

Because the facial features of the girl in front of her look too similar to Aunt Meng, but she is much younger and more delicate, and her skin is very white and delicate, without a trace of wrinkles, and her long eyelashes are slightly curled and raised, trembling gently in the firelight, which is extremely pitiful.

"I'm Mengqi, and I'm also the daughter of the Aunt Mengqi you know, my mother asked me to tell you, she is gone, she will never come back, she made me burn her clothes, she is really tired, she doesn't want to face the past anymore, she wants to start a new life, so I let her go." Meng Qi whimpered.

"What! Aunt Meng is gone? She...... Why go? Even if you start a new life, why do you have to leave? What's the use of dodging? Why can't we face the past calmly? Where did she go, tell me okay? I can face it with her, tell me quickly, okay? Xiao Qianfan grabbed Meng Qi's hands extremely unwillingly, and asked uncontrollably.

"What are you going to do with her? Haven't you been hiding from the past four years? If you dare to face the past, as a talented screenwriter, would you have been a security guard here for four years? If you can face the past calmly, will you deceive my mother, aren't you the real Xiao Qianfan? Didn't you tell Dean Wang that after tomorrow, your contract will expire, and you plan to leave here forever? So who are you to accuse my mom of doing something wrong? Meng Qi trembled and pointed at Xiao Qianfan and shouted.

"This ...... You know all about it? Does Aunt Meng know that? I...... I didn't mean to lie to you, really! Actually, I've always wanted to tell your mom everything, it's just...... It's just that I didn't find the right opportunity, I'll ......" Xiao Qianfan tried his best to argue, but he knew in his heart how pale his explanation was.

In the past four years, he wanted to tell Aunt Meng, but every time the words came to his lips, he didn't have the courage to say it, he didn't know if he could really go back to the high-spirited genius screenwriter Xiao Qianfan in the past, and he didn't know how to face his love for Aunt Meng, whether it was gratitude, family affection, or the most indescribable love.

"That's right, my mom and I both know, whether you mean to lie to my mom or not, but you're a coward, do you dare to say that you can forget your past? Do you dare to say that you can tell your heart in public? Do you dare to go to Dean Wang and tell him that you are willing to accept the position of doctoral supervisor? If you can do that, I can tell you where my mother is, or you can get out of here and go as far as you can! Also, tomorrow's graduation ceremony, if you still decide to leave, you won't use it, then you don't deserve to know where my mother is! ”

After Meng Qi said this in one breath, he turned around and ran, leaving Xiao Qianfan staring at Meng Qi's back with remorse and painful memories, that night was the most lost and helpless night in Xiao Qianfan's life, that night, if he hadn't been on the night shift, he would have spent it under countless alcohol anesthesia.

After getting off the night shift at six o'clock the next morning, the leader of the security department told him to work harder and continue to work the day shift, because a grand graduation ceremony was going to be held in the college auditorium, so Xiao Qianfan went back to the dormitory to wash up briefly, ate a little casually, and hurried to the auditorium to help maintain order.

When Xiao Qianfan stood on the side of the rostrum, looking at the almost full auditorium and the flashing flashes of reporters' cameras around him, he was extremely depressed and unwilling, and fell into endless hallucinations......

The scenes of Mengqi saying those words hoarsely to him at more than two o'clock in the morning have always been replayed in his mind repeatedly, and every time he reviewed it, his heart was torn a little bit.

He had the illusion that there seemed to be a veil of tenacity in his heart, which bound his heart firmly, so that in the past four years, he has always lived in remorse and guilt, and every thread on those veils seems to be the happiest memories and thoughts that his father, mother and sister have brought to him.

The silk threads formed by these memories and thoughts made him never get out of his inner world, always living in the shadows of the past, and with each passing day, the veil of these silk threads became tighter and tighter.

And at this moment, Xiao Qianfan, who had suffered for four years, finally couldn't bear it anymore, the figure of his parents and sister, the fire of the explosion in the villa, the old and lonely figure of Aunt Meng, and her simple and kind smile, as well as the words that Meng Qi pointed at him, instantly turned into countless bloody silk threads, and then turned into a huge bloody veil, completely binding him.

As the veil became tighter and smaller, he soon felt out of breath, and gradually, the figures of his parents, sister, Aunt Meng, and Mengqi in front of him became farther and farther away, more and more blurred, and finally disappeared.

Before disappearing, Xiao Qianfan seemed to hear his parents, sister, Aunt Meng, and Meng Qi all questioning him: "Is it your cowardice that killed us, are you still Xiao Qianfan?" No! You don't deserve to be Xiao Qianfan! You'll never see us again! ”