I lifted my pants and shouted in a panic: "Xia Xia! Xia Xia! ”

"Hey! Sister Fei, you're awake! "Shasha immediately Dada ran in.

"Xia Xia, have you seen Jin Niang recently?"

Xia Xia wondered why I asked such an irrelevant person: "No, Sister Fei can't take care of it herself, why do you ask irrelevant people?" Shall you take care of your body first? ”

I was horrified and said, "You go to Liucun to find Jin Niang, you must find her!" ”

"Sister Fei......"

"Go!"

After sending Xia Xia to Liucun to find Jin Niang, I couldn't sleep anymore, and I remembered that I was stunned by the bloody flowers on the mural before I had this nightmare-

I gathered my breath for a while, and although it was not yet dark, I lit a room of candles before I dared to look at the horrible fresco.

The mural hangs on the wall intact, clean and without a trace of blood.

Is it my delusion?

I reached out and touched it, and the picture was slightly damp, colder than the wall.

As soon as I remembered the hands that came out of the painting and pushed me, a stimulus.

As the condition deteriorated, everything seemed to be out of control, first quarreled with Song Lingjian, They said goodbye, I don't know whose prank it was, and there were constant nightmares - both physical and mental state are about to reach the limit these days, and I even hallucinated - I was already very timid, born afraid of ghosts, but recently I Xu is Yangshou is approaching, I feel that there are some gloomy and unclean things around me, I don't know when-I don't know when I suddenly collapsed.

Dangling like a ghost, it has already slanted westward, why hasn't Xia Xia come back yet? Liu Cun said that it was not close, and it was not far away, Xia Xia was a person with a fast foot, no matter whether Jin Niang was at home or not, she would definitely come back to my ward first no matter what happened. I felt really lonely and frightened, how could this place where I grew up be so empty and dim, so cold and gloomy on all sides?

"Miss Yan—" A voice suddenly sounded clearly behind me, and I screamed in fright.

"Sorry to scare the girl?" The voice is still clear and gentle.

I turned my head and saw that the man in the blue shirt was smiling at me gently, with a red afterglow in his beautiful eyes, and he actually had the grace of a woman

The new county official, the very popular Shangguan Yan?

I sighed, feeling a little too suspicious: "No, it's my own cowardice, and I'm scared to scream about everything." Why are you here? ”

Shangguan Yan said: "Patrolling the street and walking to this alley, I remembered that Xia Xia said last time that she liked the sugar gourd at the corner of the street, so I bought a few strings to make her sweet mouth - isn't Xia Xia here?"

Speaking of this, I immediately panicked: "I sent her out at noon to do something, and it stands to reason that she should have come back a long time ago, but I waited for her to come back, and I didn't dare to go out to find it myself, for fear that I would miss it, why didn't she come back-"

Shangguan Yan said: "I don't seem to have seen her when I was patrolling the streets, I will go back to the street to help the girl ask for it?" ”

I said uneasily: "No, she's not in town, she's- went to Liucun to find Jin Niang-" I felt like I couldn't breathe, Jin Niang's weird smiling face dangled in front of my eyes, so messy that I could barely stand, my Xia Xia, my Xia Xia can't have an accident......

Shangguan Yan said: "Liucun Jin Niang? Is it near the foggy slope? ”

I nodded eagerly: "Well, that's the belt--but it shouldn't be okay in broad daylight, Xia Xia is very measured, and she won't run into the fog slope if she has nothing to do, but it's been a few hours, she should be back-"

Shangguan Yan said: "Don't worry, it's going to be fine, I'm wondering if I want to go to Liucun after patrolling the street, I can just go and have a look, and find Xia Xia back by the way." ”

I really don't know who to ask for help, this new county official said naturally and sincerely, as if it was really a gesture, I didn't dare to have the slightest prevarication, for fear that he would really not go as soon as he pushed him, so he stubbornly said unceremoniously: "Then trouble my lord, please be sure to bring Xia Xia back......

Shangguan Yan gave me a gentle and stable smile, and the slanting sun illuminated his face warm and elegant, as if he was wearing a holy battle suit.

Have we seen it somewhere?

This hour's wait is about to burn out my heart. keeps recalling that the mood of waiting for Lian Xiao to appear at Li Xue's house is the same, every gust of wind, every distant shout, makes people's hearts tighten.

On the stone table in the compound, there were really a few strings of sugar gourds wrapped in paper bags by Shangguan Yan, and I put the sugar gourds on the table under the eaves, for fear that the afterglow would heat it up.

Xia Xia is not a greedy child, and the sugar gourd is a sign of happiness for her when she was young.

The night swallowed up the last light, my whole body was cold, and I stood at the entrance of the alley and watched in a daze, hoping that Shangguan Yan, who seemed to be credible and reliable, could bring Xia Xia back, I promise I won't blame her for being playful, I promise to agree to let her eat two strings of sugar gourds at a time-

Xia Xia - you can't be like them, just leave me here alone -

Hurried footsteps sounded outside the alleyway, and when I went out to take a look, what I saw was Xiang Wu, who was rushing towards this side with a person in his arms.

He squinted, and immediately said after seeing me clearly, "Boss Yan, Xia Xia has found it." ”

A boulder fell in my heart: "It's good to find it, it's good to find it - what's wrong with her?" ”

Xiang Wudao: "We found her on the side road several miles away from Wupo, she was cold and cold, probably frightened and fell asleep. ”

I panicked and opened the door for Xiang Wu and asked him to carry Xia Xia into my room.

Xiang Wu leaned over and carefully put Xia Xia down, and I hurriedly took off her shoes and covered the quilt.

Xiang Wu took a breath, thinking that no matter how strong he was to carry Xia Xia for such a long distance, he would be tired, so I got up and said, "Brother Xiang, I'll pour water for you." ”

Xiang Wudao: "No need, Lord Shangguan is still on the way, I will meet him on the way back, saying that Xia Xia has been sent here, and please let him relax." ”

People who usually don't have an intersection but lone and helpless when I was most lonely and helpless reached out, and I couldn't repay my gratitude, I just whispered: "Thank you, thank you." ”

Xiang Wu looked at Xia Xia on the bed, and said with a long sigh: "I should go to Lord Shangguan, don't bother, say goodbye." ”

I held back my tears and smiled, "I'm tired, thank you on my behalf." ”

Xiang Wu hugged his fist and walked away.

Xia Xia curled up on the bed, her messy hair sticking to her face with sweat, frowning and trembling lightly.

I pressed the quilt for her, and she suddenly trembled her eyelids and cried out, "Don't—don't leave me, take me away—please—"

- Don't leave me behind -

Just like the child who was full of fear and wariness of everything five years ago, dirty, messy, and the moment he raised his head, those clean and clear eyes suddenly lit up my heart, and it seemed that he was begging me like this with his eyes.

Five years on, on that summer afternoon eating watermelon, there was such a little guy in my life, without warning, like someone accidentally threw a seed here, but this seed took root and sprouted by chance and grew into a towering tree.

At that time, everyone was big, and the heat of midsummer could not eliminate the joy in their hearts. The watermelon was brought by Han Sanxiao from Zhao Mingfu's backyard, probably out of the pleasure of mischief, that melon was exceptionally sweet, sweeter than any watermelon I have ever tasted.

Song Lingjian is still like that, the weather is too hot and she has a high bun, wearing a gray dress and sitting in the shade and spitting melons, like a pure son, sometimes she will glance sideways at Han Sanxiao, who is full of watermelons and spit out seeds, with a thick contempt on her face.

Just as he was talking about the happy place, Eleven Lang, who was lying on the side eating watermelon, suddenly stood up, jumped towards the door, and roared with a low whimper!

Eleven Lang's vigilance always startles me, when Lang screeches with a metallic screech ripples through the quiet alley in the afternoon!

A child at the door screamed, "Ah! Yes! I'm sorry - I'm sorry - spare me, spare me-"

Look at this eleven lang, which child did you scare again?

Song Lingjian shouted lightly: "Eat your melon." ”

Eleven Lang stared at the door for a while, and slowly walked back to his cool place, licking the flesh on the melon skin.

I leaned out of the courtyard door and saw that it was not a child of any family, but a little beggar in rags, with his hair coiled up in a loose bun, and his sleeves and trousers were torn apart, and if it was this summer time, it would have been cool, and he sat down on the ground in great horror, his arms tightly wrapped around his face, and protected himself as much as possible, and his beggar bowl was buckled upside down at his feet, and it was not broken, but fortunately it was not broken.

It's pathetic. It was already very hard to come out to beg at a young age, and I was still experiencing so many fears and unknowns.

I hurriedly ran to help him up, and said softly, "Little brother, are you okay?" Isn't it freaked? It's so pitiful, get up, did it hurt to fall? ”

The little beggar stared at the eleven lang in the courtyard as if he had seen a ghost, and replied to me, "No-it doesn't hurt—it doesn't hurt-"

His shaking hands were full of deep and shallow new and old wounds, at a young age, he was held in the arms of his father, but he had to suffer so much, I grabbed his hand and said: "Ah, "Why are there so many injuries? Did you just fall? Does it hurt? ”

The little beggar desperately pulled on his broken sleeves, trying to cover his ugly scars, but he didn't dare to look at me, and lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt—"

It's not good for me to be too zealous when he's avoiding me like this, maybe being too zealous is a disservice to him?

I picked up the beggar bowl he had dropped on the ground, turned around and went into the yard, picked the largest watermelon on the table and put it in the bowl, handed it to him, and said, "On such a hot day, eat a piece of melon to quench your thirst." My sister only has three dollars on her, so I'll give it to you first and buy something you want to eat, okay? ”

The little beggar stared at the watermelon in the bowl in a daze, as if he had never seen it before.