Chapter Forty-Four: Just Arriving Home and Setting Off
There was a knock on the door early in the morning, I didn't open it, but continued to dream my dreams, which were full of Jiang Li, and I just didn't want to wake up with tears in my eyes.
The one who knocked on the door took the key himself and opened the door. Then Zhou Tongtong's voice came: "Ah, dear, what happened to you two last night?" Got into a fight? β
Then came Zheng Yingying's voice: "Confidential? Keeping it secret what? β
I opened my eyes and saw Zheng Yingying holding the note we had left for her before we left. Chen Ziqing sat on the edge of the fat brother's bed, kept poking the fat brother with his fingers, and annoyed the fat brother rolling all over the bed.
Zhou Tongtong's hand pressed on my head, and said while touching: "It's no longer burning, when we left yesterday morning, our arms were still wrapped in bandages?" What did you do last night? How do you go today? β
I listened to Zhou Tongtong's words, and immediately became excited, "Yesterday morning? I asked, confused.
Zhou Tongtong saw that I was awake and said to me with a smile: "Yes, didn't we come here yesterday morning?" Are you stupid? Yesterday your arm was swollen and you had a fever. β
I stared at the three girls in surprise, trying to confirm Zhou Tongtong's words from their expressions, and the three of them stared at me like monsters.
The fat brother also sat up at this time and asked again: "Are you sure it was yesterday?" β
Chen Ziqing asked the fat brother angrily: "What day is it not yesterday?" You see that the two of you are like Jigong, go and clean up. β
If it was yesterday, according to the time, it was about ten o'clock when I went out with the fat brother, and it was more than eleven o'clock when I returned to the hotel, except for the time of going down the mountain and taking a taxi, the time of the two of us in the crater was simply static, no wonder Jiang Li said that it was useless to wear a watch there. I recalled the words of the janitor last night, why did he open his mouth and ask why he came back again, it turned out that it only took more than an hour for the two of us to go out to enter the door.
The fat brother and I looked at each other for a long time, and we didn't hold back a word, but Zhou Tongtong urged us to take a shower and change clothes, saying that there was something to tell us, and the two of us took turns to walk into the bathroom.
After washing, I changed my clothes, put on my glasses, and looked at the person in the mirror, it was no longer the exhibition of the university freshman, not only more mature on the face, but also a little vicissitudes and perseverance. After experiencing life and death, losing friends, but not knowing what I was pursuing, my original desire to find out my life experience seems to be extremely naΓ―ve, as long as I can live a peaceful life, what else can I cling to?
The past is gone, and it is more important to look backwards. It's just that Jiang Li's coming and going, it has been a pinprick pain in my heart, our relationship can't be calculated by time, just let time freeze there forever. I secretly made up my mind that I must help Jiang Li find the other six pots and put them back in the altar, which is also the only thing my friend can do for her.
Packing up my mood, I smiled and tried my best to hide the pain from the wounds on my body and heart, and walked out of the bathroom.
Zheng Yingying looked me up and down for a while, and then praised again: "It's almost the same, the handsome guy is back again." β
Seeing the fat brother smiling on the side, I coughed twice.
Then Zhou Tongtong frowned and said, "Zheng Xi, she may not be able to do it." β
Before I could react, I asked, "Who?" β
Zhou Tongtong glanced at me and said, "Zheng Xi, Zhao Tiesuo's wife, may be just the matter of the past two days." β
I replied, "Then let's go back and see if there's anything we need help with." β
The fat brother seems to be in a hurry than me, he has always been so enthusiastic, saying that he was going to pack his things and leave, and told me to go to the airport and buy a ticket.
After saying goodbye to the three girls, we took a taxi and went straight to the airport.
The fat brother chatted with me on the road and said, "I think that Zheng Yingying is a little interesting to you." β
I remembered again that he once made fun of Jiang Li with me, and my heart was sour, and then I replied to him angrily: "You see that everyone is interesting to me, can you think about yourself first?" β
The fat brother patted his chest and said: "I'll propose to your sister Hua when I go back, in this life, there are two things that must be experienced, one is to experience a desperate adventure, and the other is to experience a desperate love." β
These words amused me for a long time, when did the fat brother become a philosopher?
I was thinking about going back and having a good meal, using my mobile phone to check where there was a grilled fish restaurant, I didn't know if there was Jiang Li grilled deliciously, and I felt sad again after checking it, so I simply closed my eyes and leaned on the seat.
It was already evening after getting off the plane, and my fat brother and I went straight to the hospital.
In the ward, Zhao Tiesuo has been with his wife, and he didn't pick up his daughter from the countryside, probably because he was afraid that the child would not be able to accept it.
As soon as the fat brother and I walked in, Zheng Xi, who had long since woken up, actually opened his eyes slightly and stretched out a hand to pull the fat brother.
The fat brother said to me and Zhao Tiesuo: "You two go outside and wait for the meeting first, she probably has something to say." β
Zhao Tiesuo and I were puzzled, and finally walked outside the ward, sat on the bench and waited. I was sitting right in front of the door of the ward, and I could see inside when the door was not closed.
I didn't know how to ask about the sick number, so I found something to chat with Zhao Tiesuo, and I asked him: "By the way, Boss Zhou bought your heirloom last time, do you remember?" It seems to be lost. β
Zhao Tiesuo said: "I also looked for a long time, and I wanted to discuss with Tongtong to buy it back, but I couldn't find it." β
I asked Zhao Tiesuo again: "Is there any black gas in that pot in your house?" β
Zhao Tiesuo was confused by my question, and replied to me: "What is the black gas, that pot is empty." After thinking about it, he said: "The blue glass in the pot seems to have a black pattern, and it moves, I thought it was a natural pattern, and the reflection can produce an optical illusion, making people feel that they are moving, are you talking about the black gas in it?" β
I didn't know what it should be, so I replied to him, "Yes, that's it, just have it." β
Zhao Tiesuo wondered: "Do you have anything to say?" Is there good or not good? β
I hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, β
Zhao Tiesuo nodded.
I looked into the room again, as if Zheng Xi gave the fat brother a note, the fat brother took out something from his pocket, Zheng Xi read it and returned it to the fat brother, and then the fat brother knelt on the ground, and the upper body lay on Zheng Xi's body, and cried.
When Zhao Tiesuo and I heard this, we hurriedly ran in, Zheng Xi had passed away. Zhao Tie locked on the other side, and cried in a position with the fat brother. Doctors and nurses also rushed to hear the noise.
I thought to myself that when Jiang Li died, I didn't see the fat brother so sad, it is estimated that he has been suppressed for too long and needs to be released.
I squeezed out of the crowd, walked into the corridor and called Lu Shan, asking her to help prepare for the funeral in the past two days, but I couldn't get through no matter how I broadcast, so I called Sister Hua again, but I still couldn't get through.
I said hello to the fat brother, and I don't know if he heard it, so I went out and took a taxi and went straight to the fat brother's store.
The roller shutter of the store was closed, and I didn't get out of the car and asked the driver to take me home.
When they arrived, the house was empty, and Xiao Hei was gone. There was a note written in Lu Shan's handwriting on the table, which left a message saying that someone called to tell them that they had a blue pot and asked if they wanted to buy it, and they went to see the goods. The long address finally stopped at a place called Shimoshiragaki Village.
As soon as I heard that it was about turbidity, they didn't have any danger, so they hurriedly called the fat brother, but the phone was connected, and the fat brother didn't answer. I called Zhao Tiesuo again.
Zhao Tiesuo said that the fat brother's mobile phone may be out of battery, and asked me what was wrong, I said that I had something urgent to go out, and I tried to rush back before the funeral.
I was just packing my things when suddenly the phone rang and the caller ID was an unknown number.
I picked up the phone, and a man's voice came from the other side: "Where are you?" β
I casually said, "At home." β
Then the man said, "Don't go today, I'll leave tomorrow morning." β
I asked, "Who are you?" β
There was no answer for a long time, and then the phone was hung up, and the time was eight o'clock in the evening.