Who is waiting for an opportunity under this boundless shadow?

"Are you sure you want to go back to live?" Returning to Li Xiaoai's residence downstairs always made me feel uneasy.

"Don't worry, I'm going back to take a shower and change a set of clothes, and sleep beautifully, tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve." Li Xiaoai pretended to be very longing.

"Then you lock the door, pay attention to safety, and contact me at any time if you have anything." I tapped the smart positioning watch on my wrist twice with my index finger.

At some point, watches have become our stumbling block.

"Okay, contact me tomorrow." It's that cherry blossom smile again.

"Goodbye!" She turned around and entered the hotel apartment building, where security was not too much to worry about, and the security and surveillance were more professional than anywhere else.

Get in touch tomorrow? I always felt that something was wrong, I looked back at the back of Li Xiaoai entering the elevator, wouldn't she go anywhere tomorrow?

Finally feeling a little tired, and every nerve was numb from days of security work, and I walked around the fountain in front of the hotel apartment to get back to the road. I looked up at Li Xiaoai's room, waiting for her lights to turn on and see her faint figure, so I looked away with confidence. Standing on the side of the road and lighting a cigarette, a moment of relief made the body a little demobilized, but there was an indescribable emptiness, what have I become accustomed to? Or have I forgotten something?

The house I rented was less than two kilometers away from Defense Shield's office building, and three to four kilometers from Li Xiaoai's hotel apartment, which was more than a five-minute drive.

"Hello? Tidal tide? "When I got back to my room, I dialed Yoo Su-hee's phone.

The phone shows that it is connected but there is no sound, "... Brother~" After a few seconds, Liu Suxi finally read a word out of the microphone.

"Happy New Year, it's New Year tomorrow."

"Hmm!" The voice is soft.

"What's wrong? Jingjing hasn't seen you in the past two days and asked you. "I turned on the TV with the remote control and turned the sound down a bit.

“...”

"Hello? Is there a bad signal on your side? "I sat on the couch with my phone in one hand and changed the channel with the other.

"No~" The voice was still so faint, and a series of continuous coughing sounds came from the background sound, rapid and violent.

Even though she didn't say anything, I could hear the meaning in her tone, "How is Auntie's health?" Is it better? ”

A more violent cough, "Brother, Happy New Year, I'll hang up first." ”

The phone was hung up, and all that was left in the room was a burst of singing from the TV, "No matter where I am, the direction of home will always be in my heart..."

Unconsciously, at such times, it always makes people feel a little homesick, Jingjing should be playing with her own toys, and her mother should be watching TV in the living room. In order not to be disciplined by the two adults, Liu Yi and I would run out to play, light fires and set off cannons, and hang around with paper lanterns. At that time, Liu Suxi was born and couldn't walk, so we would pile up a lot of conch and shells in front of Liu Suxi, who could only sit in the crib, and she didn't even have teeth at that time, but she could already grin and giggle. But now there is no such crisp laughter, and even the strength to speak seems to be minimal.

The past and reality in my memory are intertwined, they are all New Year's Holidays, but the feeling is far away, I picked up my mobile phone and sent a message to the past, "Wait for a while, feel free to call me back." ”

Sitting on the sofa boringly changing TV channels, all kinds of annoyances made me a little anxious, smoked a few cigarettes, my throat that I hadn't drunk for a long time was a little dry and itchy, I put out the cigarette butt and picked up the windbreaker on the back of the sofa and went out alone.

On the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets of the Special Administrative Region are almost empty, and the usually lively night market pubs are even less lit.

A seafood night market that is reluctant to close is still lit up, and inside sits a table of lingering couples and another table of homeless old boys. I went in alone and sat down at an empty table not far from the door.

"Let's get to that first." I ordered some appetizers and beers and handed the menu back to the owner.

Gradually at night, the lights outside the night market are bright, most people are enjoying the unique warmth that the Spring Festival brings to everyone, perhaps the Spring Festival has been arranged in late winter and early spring from the very beginning to make people feel the warmth and hope of winter and spring. The four seasons are like reincarnation, seemingly repeating the cycle but turning a thousand times, everyone in this city has the same season, but the feelings in the heart are so completely different.

Several old boys left the store drunk, and each of them left in different directions with their blessings. At the same time, the couple stood outside the store and hugged each other reluctantly, unable to tell who of them was at this time, but maybe they would be a family during the next Spring Festival.

I curled the corners of my mouth and swallowed the whole beer, but my phone and smart watch shook at the same time. They are not connected by Bluetooth and should be out of sync.

"Did you sleep?" Information about the smartwatch.

"Brother, are you sleeping?" The information of the mobile phone, the two messages are only one word missing.

I put down the glass and hesitated, the smart watch can't type without a link to the phone, I can only use voice, "No, what's wrong?" ”

Then he grabbed his phone and typed a string of words, "No, you're done?" "Switching sentences in an anxious and chaotic life and work does require a shift in roles.

"Nothing happened, but I was scared, and I didn't dare to sleep." The smart watch shook for a moment, and there may be a frightened heart behind a string of cold words.

After thinking for a few seconds, he was about to say a word of comfort to the smart watch, but the mobile phone screen on the table lit up, and it was a call from Liu Suxi. Both screens lit up at the same time, and for a moment I had the illusion that I had no time to balance work and life.

"Good night, good dreams." I tried to keep the call as simple as possible and pressed off the smart watch's screen. Then he grabbed his phone and walked out of the store, "Boss, I'm sorry, let's pay me first." ”

The night was as cold as water, I stood up the collar of my windbreaker to block the sea breeze, walked in a random direction, and pressed the answer button casually, "Hey? Tidal tides. ”

"Brother...", the other end of the phone shouted, and it seemed to be cut off.

"Auntie has already slept?" I asked tentatively.

It was as if the voice was broken again..."Well, I've already slept~"

"How are you doing, I don't have time to ask about your studies, and the college entrance examination is coming up next semester." I asked in a relaxed tone.

… There was another short interval, "Brother, I want to take a break from school next semester." ”

"What?" Although I tried to suppress my tone, I still felt like a brother blowing up. I think Liu Yi must have the same reaction as me when he heard these words.

"I, I..." Liu Suxi's tone was like a child who had done something wrong, with twitches in her voice.

"How can I take a leave of absence?" Everyone knows the significance of the college entrance examination for ordinary people, and those who dare to give up such an important result should at least have other ideas, but what does Liu Suxi want to do?

"I~ my mother's health is dying, I want to accompany her to the doctor... The convulsive voice finally turned into a sob.

"What?" I was a little incredulous and slowed down, "What is wrong with Auntie?" ”

"Lung... Woo~~ Suspected of lung cancer, brother, I really don't want to study anymore, I need to earn money, I want to save my mother~~" Her crying couldn't be stopped, that was her only relative.

The sudden bad news made me feel a little dizzy, and my mind buzzed, and I thought about the picture of the once kind woman in my mind as I walked. Liu Yi and her mother, a gentle but not strong woman. In the early years, when Uncle Liu and my father were killed, Liu Yi's mother was almost ill, and my mother, although she was also grief-stricken, never gave up her life, and since then her mother has rarely gone to work in the factory. Fortunately, the old unit was full of acquaintances who had met for decades, and Liu Yi and Liu Suxi barely grew up with her mother's meager income.