Fumizu is a city that faces the sea and is divided into two by a narrow river that runs through the city, the old city to the south and the new city to the north, and the old and new cities are connected by several small bridges.

The slightly undulating water reflects the various people on the shore, their eyes are misty, the wine is hot, and the night scenery seems to be particularly sultry. There are several semi-open-air bars along the river, which are also particularly suitable.

Xu Ruqing likes this open-air bar called "Weile", and he comes here when he is bored, drinking and enjoying the sultry night at the same time.

"Qing, it's such a coincidence, you're here too." A girl with delicate makeup and waist-length hair walked over and patted Xu Ruqing's shoulder.

"Well, Sister Keiko, would you like to have a few drinks?" Xu Ruqing turned his head and said to the waiter, "Trouble two glasses of vodka." ”

Li Hui is a student in the third year of Zhiyuan High School, two years older than Xu Ruqing, and met Xu Ruqing when he first came to Dexian High School and participated in the art league of the two schools by chance. Xu Ruqing actually envied Li Hui, the eldest sister, from the bottom of her heart, and envied her for having a beautiful face, a free and easy personality, and her boyfriend Jiang Yu, who would always accompany her no matter how much trouble Li Hui made.

Xu Ruqing took the wine glass and handed one of the glasses to Li Hui. The glass touches lightly, and he tilts his head and drinks it all.

"Qing, Jiang Yu is still over there, I'll go over first, don't stay here alone for too long, go home early, it's not safe to walk at night too late." Li Hui's eyes gestured to the table of people by the river, and left.

Xu Ruqing suddenly remembered that every time he came to Weile before, he often sat at the table by the water with Chi Yingyue and Xu Yan, leisurely looking at the boats passing on the lake, chatting about the boring things he encountered that day, complaining about which teacher was making things difficult for him in class recently, and fantasizing about his future self.

Xu Ruqing lowered his head and took out the last cigarette from the cigarette case, sandwiched it between his fingers, but he felt all over the pockets on his body, but he couldn't find a lighter. Gently knocked on the table of the bar, the waiter who was looking for the bottle behind the bar raised her head, she shook her left hand lazily holding a cigarette at the waiter, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "Is there a fire?" ”

"Yes, wait a minute." The waiter replied to the delicate-looking girl in front of him very politely, and thought about how to ask the other party to leave a contact information.

Xu Ruqing stretched out her hand and was about to take the lighter, but she was empty, she slowly raised her head to look at the person who took the lighter, and then hurriedly took out the last few pieces of cash from her bag and pressed them under the wine glass, got up and was about to leave. Chi Yingyue grabbed Xu Ruqing's hand, opened her mouth hesitantly, and said, "Qing, I haven't ...... for a long time."

Xu Ruqing didn't wait for her to finish speaking, she shook off her hand and left, leaving Chi Yingyue standing alone in the night.

From beginning to end, Xu Ruqing didn't even see Chi Yingyue's face clearly, she was not ruthless, she just, she just didn't know how to face the person behind her, this person who made her feel warm in her endless lonely childhood.

Xu Ruqing lowered her head and rummaged in the bag for the key, but the bag was so big that she couldn't find the shadow of the key when she rummaged through it, and a thought flashed in her mind: It wouldn't be Weile.

Through the fence, Xu Ruqing looked at the dark window of the living room and stood in front of the courtyard gate for a long time. Xu Ruqing sighed helplessly, Shang Xiangyun and Xu Xinhong were often abroad, but they also fulfilled her wish, and they were happy to be at ease alone, uncontrolled and restrained. In addition to having no money and forgetting the key, I often can't remember my own mother and stepfather.

Xu Ruqing relied on Shang Xiangyun very much when he was a child, and after being forcibly stuffed to his uncle's house, although he was humiliated, he still firmly believed that Shang Xiangyun loved him. But five years is too long, so long that this kind of belief has gradually been polished to the end, and the resistance to Shang Xiangyun in his heart has become more and more intense.

It wasn't until he was 11 years old that Shang Xiangyun was full of confidence and pride, with his stepfather Xu Xinhong, followed by a 15-year-old boy named Xu Yan, who threw down a bank card in the living room of Zhou Baimei's house and took himself away.

Xu Ruqing turned around and walked a few steps east along the side of the road, and suddenly seemed to remember something, stopped, raised his arm, lifted his left cuff, and revealed a pink watch. Weile should have closed its doors already.

Xu Ruqing turned around and walked to the door of the house and squatted down, hanging his head, with a burst of despair in his heart, did he squat like this all night? Straight to school tomorrow morning?

She took out her mobile phone from her pocket and flipped through the contacts: Ms. Shang, Yueyue, Yang Youan, Sister Huizi, Mediterranean...... Turning to the Mediterranean Sea, Xu Ruqing obviously felt a chill, but before she could press the phone out, the phone had already turned off automatically. Xu Ruqing took a deep breath and looked up at the few lonely stars in the night sky, his expression was full of helplessness. The phone is out of battery, there is no money on me, and there is nowhere to go.

The two rows of street lamps under the willow trees stood straight, but the dim bean-like light revealed a hint of laziness. The light reflected on Xu Ruqing's face, outlining her perfect facial line. A fair-skinned goose-egg face is embedded with a pair of ancient light brown eyes, and a small, straight nose with pale lips. Xu Ruqing's facial contours are more three-dimensional, and she is a little aggressive in the ointment, and when you first see her, you will always feel that this person is a little difficult to approach.

Xu was bored, she picked up a small piece of branch and drew something on the ground, and the curvature of the corners of her lips was particularly eye-catching.

"Xu Ruqing?" The three words of Qinglang tore through the silence around them, passed through the night, and drilled into Xu Ruqing's ears.

Stopped what he was doing, and raised his eyes to look at He Yu, who was standing not far away in the backlight. Many years later, she still remembers the night when a freshly dressed teenager stood in front of her in front of her in the backlight, softly calling her name.

"What's the matter?" Xu Ruqing threw down the branch, patted the soil on the corner of his sleeve, and stood up.

"Why are you here?" The two spoke almost at the same time.

"I didn't have the keys with me." The two replied almost at the same time.

The air was suddenly quiet for a few seconds, and He Yuxian laughed.

"What a coincidence." Xu Ruqing squatted down again as he spoke, raised his head and asked, "Your home is also nearby?" ”

Xu Ruqing is not a self-acquainted person, but thinking that He Yu helped him before, the vigilance in his heart naturally decreased a lot.

He Yu also squatted down next to Xu Ruqing, the two were not very close, and they could only smell the faint smell of smoke on her.

"My house is in the back row, right in front of yours." He Yu thought for a while, and then said, "It's just been a short time since I moved here, and it's been about a month." ”

He Yu paused, smiled awkwardly, and continued: "At eleven o'clock, I originally wanted to come out to buy something to eat, but when I came back from the night market and walked to the front of my house, I found that I didn't bring a key when I went out, so I walked around the neighborhood. ”

Xu Ruqing picked up the branch just now and continued to draw, "No one in your house today?" ”

"Well, my mom went out of town a few days ago and won't be back until tomorrow." He Yu looked back at the closed door behind him and asked, "Are your parents often not at home?" ”

Xu Ruqing nodded, turned his head slightly, looked at He Yu for a long time, and said, "I live by myself." "Actually, I wanted to say thank you, but I really couldn't say it.

He Yu looked at the painting on the ground and thought: Xu Ruqing likes it, does the boat?