Chapter 8 Shanghai
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and he has changed from twelve to seventeen years old, Bai Jianshu is no longer a miner who wanders with the mine, he has opened a grocery store and lived a stable life. This is the summer vacation of the second year of high school, and Bai Jianshu took her to Shanghai to play at the request of his daughter. Bai Qi wanted to see his adoptive parents, even if they no longer remembered her.
The train drove into the urban area of Shanghai, and Bai Qi saw the high-rise buildings he had passed before, and every signboard beside the street was vivid. "Lin Yuan." Bai Qi muttered to himself. After getting out of the car, Bai Qi skillfully took his father to wander around the city of Shanghai. Bai Jianshu was very surprised, he didn't expect his daughter to know Shanghai so well, and after simply asking Bai Qi, Bai Qi replied that he had seen the map. When they passed a high school, Bai Qi stopped, she knew that this was the high school campus where she had been, and Lin Yuan was still at her front table at that time.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a round belly walked towards the school gate. The doorman greeted him and said, "Director Su, just came out of the make-up class for the children?" The middle-aged man smiled and said, "No, I'm tired, now I'm going to eat." After speaking, the middle-aged man walked out of the school gate. Bai Qi subconsciously said, "Hello, head teacher." The middle-aged man stopped and looked at Bai Qi's father and daughter curiously for a while before saying, "Little girl, hello, you just called me the head teacher?" Bai Qi replied a little surprised: "Well, I said it." "Why don't I remember you as a student, maybe from the past, sorry I'm a little forgetful." Su Datou said with a smile. After Bai Jianshu and Su Datou exchanged a few words, Su Datou left. Bai Jianshu smiled and said to Bai Qi: "You see that the temperament of teachers in Shanghai is different. Daughter, do you know him? Bai Qi said at the end of the day: "Dad, I recognized the wrong person." "It's nothing, and we don't feel embarrassed." Bai Jianshu still said happily.
After the father and daughter went shopping, Bai Jianshu said that he was a little tired and stopped at a restaurant to rest, while Bai Qi went out for a walk by himself. After telling his father not to run around, Bai Qi came to a residential building. This was the building where Lin Yuan's family lived before, Bai Qi stopped and looked at the eighth floor. At this time, there were several clothes drying on the balcony of the floor. Bai Qi took advantage of the doorman's free time to go to the toilet and ran into the building. She didn't know why she was doing this, but she had a vague sense that Lin Yuan might be here. Because she has never admitted Lin Yuan's departure, she believes that the two will meet one day, even if it is just imagination.
With a vague memory, Bai Qi found Lin Yuan's door, and she excitedly pressed the doorbell and began to wait. She felt the slow flow of time until the door was opened, and an old woman poked her head out, and she asked, "Is there anything wrong with the little girl?" "Grandma, is Lin Yuan here?" Bai Qi asked with apprehension. The old grandmother was stunned for a long time before she reacted and said: "Little girl, you have found the wrong house, there are only me and my wife in my family, and there is no one else in my family, and there is no one named Lin Yuan in our family." Bai Qi was suddenly lost, she said sorry to her grandmother, and then turned to leave. No, I remember very clearly, Lin Yuan's family is obviously here, but why not. No, Lin Yuan left me a piece of paper that they were going to move! Bai Qi thought of this and raised her spirit again, now she only needs to go to the property department of this community to check to prove her conjecture. Bai Qi hurried downstairs but unexpectedly met the security guard on the building, the security guard looked at Bai Qi vigilantly and said: "Little girl, what are you doing, why do you want to sneak into the community while I go to the toilet, Bai Qiyi didn't know what to say." The security guard said: "While there is nothing to do now, you should go out quickly, or you will be sued for trespassing on the house." "I didn't, I just came looking for someone." Bai Qi finally spoke. "Who are you looking for, do you have to sneak around?" The security guards didn't give in at all. Bai Qi said weakly: "Uncle, before I leave, can I deal with some things in the property on the first floor, just take a moment." The security guard thought for a while before saying, "Hurry up, and leave after asking." Bai Qi nodded gratefully and walked towards the property department.
When he came to the property department on the first floor, Bai Qi saw a staff member, and after the two exchanged words, the staff still refused to help Bai Qi inquire about the residents of No. 1 on the eighth floor. Bai Qi was determined, because she knew that this was a chance, and possibly the last.
"Little sister, this can't be checked by the family, this already involves the personal information of the household, let you check that I will be resigned, you better leave quickly."
"But, it's really important to me, sister, please please."
"No, no, you better go quickly, don't get in the way of my work."
The staff still refused to let Bai Qi inquire, Bai Qi was very helpless, but this was the news about Lin Yuan, and she didn't want to give up.
"Let her look it up." At this time, a voice came from behind Bai Qi. Foster father! Bai Qi turned to look at a man in his forties who was walking towards her. "Director, this isn't good, I could be resigned." The staff still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by a middle-aged man: "It's nothing, I'm fully responsible for the accident." With this sentence, the staff was no longer slack off and hurriedly called up the information of Building 8 No. 1, Bai Qi shook his head and said, "It's not this household, I want to see the information of the previous household." "Yes, the head of the previous household is called Lin Weihai, and he moved out at the end of October last year." The worker number pointed to the record on the computer. Bai Qi thought about the name in his mind.
My dad's name is Lin Weihai, so ask what your dad's name is. My dad's name is Li Qiyao. It's strange why I don't have the same surname as you. This is what Lin Yuan and Bai Qi have said.
Bai Qi remembered again, pointed to Lin Weihai's name and asked, "Then do you know this person?" The staff shook their heads and said, "It's all last year, how do I remember." "So, does he have a son?" Bai Qi didn't want to give up, and wanted to ask again. "Well, yes, I remember he had a son, but I can't remember what it was called, but he played basketball a lot. I don't remember him shooting in the neighborhood all the time. The staff said. Bai Qi nodded with satisfaction, and Li Qiyao on the side waved his hand, and the staff nodded knowingly.
"Thank you. I probably wouldn't have been able to look it up without you. Bai Qi said to Li Qiyao's father. Li Qiyao smiled and asked, "Little sister, what's your name, you're here to find a boyfriend?" Bai Qi's face instantly turned red for a while before he said, "No, I'm looking for relatives, but I can't find it." After Bai Qi and Li Qiyao talked for a while, Bai Qi said goodbye to him and left because he was worried that his father would wait too long in the restaurant.
Li Qiyao quietly looked at Bai Qi's departing back and said to himself, "She really looks like my daughter." "Director Li, don't you have no daughter?" The staff member asked suspiciously......
Bai Qi's heart that had been tense for five years finally let go, she knew that Lin Yuan was still alive, and the time in this world was the same as that time, so it hadn't changed, but she hadn't met Lin Yuan at this time. Then why didn't he come to me? Has he forgotten me? No way! Bai Qi took out the Fang Yang in his arms, looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and said to himself: "Lin Yuan, I will come to the university in Shanghai to find you!" ”
When it was time to leave Shanghai, Bai Qi had no choice but to reluctantly leave Shanghai. When he was about to go home, Bai Jianshu suddenly wanted to take his daughter to Hangzhou to play for two days.
Lin Yuan played a basketball game with his friends on the outdoor court. "Three-point, three-point, Brother Yuan's three-pointer." Teammates shouted excitedly. Lin Yuan stepped back and dodged one man before shooting smoothly at the three-point line. The basketball is pinpointed into the basket after a graceful arc. Everyone clapped their hands and applauded in affirmation. The second time, Lin Yuan got the ball again, and he wanted to try his three-point shot again, but he heard someone say: "Look, there is a girl in white in that car!" Lin Yuan subconsciously turned his head to look at the road in the distance, but saw nothing. The opposing player saw that he hurriedly snatched the ball from Lin Yuan's hand and threw two points. "Xiao Huang, how can you distract Brother Yuan by talking nonsense while playing, it's not fair!" Lin Yuan's teammates said dissatisfied. Xiao Huang scratched his head and said apologetically: "I heard you say that Brother Yuan is very sensitive to girls in white, I want to see if it's true, and besides, Brother Yuan is so powerful, we only got two points." Lin Yuan ignored them, he was a little disappointed, not because he missed the ball, but because of a trouble. He had forgotten when he had been looking for a girl dressed in white, but every time he saw it was not what he was looking for. He didn't know who he was looking for, but he just wanted to find it, which was deeply engraved in his subconscious and couldn't get rid of it.
"Dad, when will the high-speed train depart?" Bai Qipao looked at the outside scenery from the bus window. "The train will leave in half an hour, Bai Qi, we can catch up in time." Bai Jianshu looked at the time and said. The bus drove over a slope, and Bai Qi arrived at a familiar back on the court in the distance - Lin Yuan! Bai Qi's excited heart shouted at the driver: "Driver, stop, stop!" "Hey, you can't park here, you have to get out of the car and stop at the intersection in front of you." The driver answered angrily and didn't pay attention to Bai Qi's voice. Bai Jianshu didn't feel surprised to see Bai Qi suddenly have such an abnormal reaction. The car stopped at an intersection, and Bai Qifei rushed out of the car door.
"Hey, Mom?"
"Son, it's time to go home for dinner."
"Well, I'll go back now."
Lin Yuan hung up his mother's phone and said goodbye to his friends, then turned around and walked into the alley. Bai Qi gasped and ran to the slope to look at the basketball court below, but there was no familiar figure here. "Bai Qi, what's wrong? Is there anyone here? Bai Jianshu caught up with his daughter and asked. Am I mistaken? Bai Qi did not answer Bai Jianshu. She felt helpless, lost, and tears flowed down her cheeks. Bai Jianshu hugged his daughter and comforted: "It's okay, Bai Qi, it's okay." "I took a taxi casually. The father and daughter caught the high-speed train back to Qinghai.
Lin Yuan walked to the alley and felt a little guilty, as if he had forgotten something. He turned to look into the alley, but there was nothing. At this time, the originally clear sky instantly filled the sky, and the light of the alley also dimmed instantly. As soon as Lin Yuan turned around and left the sky, it rained heavily, and he had to hide under the eaves. Why is this rain so strange? Lin Yuan pondered. He watched the rain quietly. Lin Yuan unconsciously caught a few drops of rain with his hand, watching the rain evaporate in his hands, and finally only a few white crystals remained in his hands. "Salt?" Lin Yuan said to himself. The heavy rain lasted only seven or eight minutes before stopping. The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be blown away by the strong wind, and they disappeared in an instant. The sun appeared in the remnant clouds in the west, emitting a soft light that stained the sky red. Lin Yuan walked out of the eaves, looking at everything that had been renovated, he turned his head to look west, there seemed to be a ...... he was looking for