Sometimes we drift away before we realize that there is already a distance

Probably many people are like this, irretrievable, remorseful

Because of the heavy rain that delayed the time, it was close to 8 o'clock in the evening when I returned home

The lights on the side of the road in the community are dim, showing the shadows of the trees perfectly, and the number of pedestrians walking after dinner gradually increases

But in the light, I saw a shadow that I shouldn't have seen

"Lin Yi?"

I tried to call the girl in front of me, could it be that I recognized the wrong person?

The girl seemed stunned for a moment, and then walked towards me, her white skirt like a beating elf, and the dim light seemed to surround her

"Why are you here?"

"Do you think it looks good?"

The girl gently hooked the corners of her mouth, without hiding the banter in her eyes, which slowly enlarged in my eyes

It was as if there was a moment of distraction, as if I saw an angel

"Of course I'm here to find you."

Looking for me? How will this guy know where my home is

"You, what's the matter with coming to me?"

I didn't seem to have agreed anything with her

"Can you walk with me?"

She turned away, as if sure I would follow

Well, yes, I think I'll follow, there's something I know in her back

The willow trees by the moat are already shady, the moonlight is sprinkled with silver on the surface of the river, and the pedestrians in the river come and go, most of them are couples or families of three

I followed her quietly, and I sensed that she seemed to have something to say to me

"Yechen, have you thought about what you will do in the future?"

Well?? It's a bit of a surprise to be asked such a question all of a sudden

"I, I haven't thought much about it, I probably got admitted to a good university, entered a good company, married a wife and had children, and then let birth, old age, sickness and death, just live this life ordinarily."

"It's so good to be ordinary!"

The breeze brought not only this sentence, but also a trace of envy and helplessness

"It's not good, it's just that my ability is only that"

Of course, I still haven't added a sentence, not like you have such a good family background

"But I don't even have a chance to choose, to fantasize."

She turned her head suddenly, her long hair brushing my face, and there seemed to be a hint of citrus scent

At this moment, she was already in tears

I didn't know why she was crying or how to comfort her, so I let her throw herself into my arms

Yes, at this moment, I clearly felt something that déjà vu me

Hopelessness and loneliness

It was probably the moment I held back my cry just now and threw myself into my arms, and it exploded instantly

"I don't want to be manipulated all the time, I don't want to deliberately behave, I just want to do what I want to do, that's good, that's good, I want a lot of friends, I can go shopping together, I can go to the playground together."

"Just because my name is Lin Yi, just because my surname is Lin"

The moment my clothes were wet with tears, I realized that I probably hadn't known her all along, only that her name was Lin Yi

It may be that the feeling of loneliness and despair is too similar to that of those who understand it will feel distressed

I gently hugged the girl who was crying in my arms

Stroking her hair, as if soothing a sad cat

"Alright, alright, just cry"

As if she was tired of crying, she seemed to feel me gently caressing her hair and looking at me with red eyes with a slight surprise

"It's not pitiful, it's just two lonely patients who share the same disease"

We all had to be lonely for different reasons, until we understood the distance between us and the crowd, the small groups, but the distance became more and more distant, more and more withdrawn, until we couldn't stand it anymore, and then we cried or made a big fuss, and then we were still alone the next day

Because the distance is getting farther and farther away, we can no longer recover, so it is only suitable to be a lonely patient

The two of us are just sympathetic to each other, and now we seem to know this person a little bit

"So, Lin Yi, what happened to you, what happened?"