Xiao Yao and Yu Luying took tram No. 6 home together.

In the twilight that has just fallen, the lights on the streets are already lit up, dotting the whole city.

The dilapidated tram No. 6, dragging two thick, long black braids, slowly drove down the street with a low humming sound.

Just looking at the appearance of this tram, one can't help but wonder if it has just traveled through a time tunnel from the 90s. There were not many people in the tram, and most of them chose other modes of transportation, Xiao Yao and Yu Luying sat in the two back window seats, and could see the night and the flickering light of the street lights outside the window.

The lights inside the train are turned off, and the lights inside the train are turned on only when you stop to pick up and drop off passengers.

The atmosphere in the car was a little dull, Xiao Yao lowered his head and pressed his phone, but Shen Jie still did not appear.

Yu Luying sat beside him, leaning out slightly, deliberately not wanting to talk to him.

There was no obvious expression on her face, and there was a hint of exhaustion in her eyes.

"Little Apple."

……

"Yu Luying."

"Hmm." Yu Luying turned her body back a little.

"Do me a favor." Xiao Yao said tiredly.

"What's the busy?" Yu Luying said.

"Your sister has been missing for a whole day, and I'm almost annoyed to explode," Xiao Yao said, holding his forehead, "If you still do it to me at this time, I feel like I'm about to sink into the sea of despair." ”

Yu Luying: "......"

"And how to say," Xiao Yao told Yu Luying: "This is also the first date since the two of us became boyfriend and girlfriend, I hope to have a happy ending that people can recall, can you understand what I mean?" ”

Yu Luying stretched out her slender arm, grabbed Xiao Yao, and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Thank you, thank you." Xiao Yao said: "Thank you, thank you very much. ”

"Sister still can't be contacted?" Yu Luying said.

"Hmm." Xiao Yao nodded and said, "I kind of want to contact Zhou Xiaoying, ask for her home's address, and-"

"Don't be impulsive." Yu Luying said, took out her mobile phone, and dialed Shen Jie's number again.

"Hello, the phone you are calling is turned off."

"It's off." Yu Luying said to Xiao Yao.

"Shhh

"Don't be so impulsive, run to someone's house and say if you don't agree with each other," Yu Luying said: "Don't have nothing to do, but you go to make a fuss and get into trouble instead." ”

"I know," Xiao Yao said softly, "I don't want to mess around, but now I feel very uncomfortable waiting like this and doing nothing." ”

"I understand," Yu Luying said to Xiao Yao, "but if a man wants to succeed, he must be able to calm down, right?" ”

“…… Well. Xiao Yao said.

"Big rabbit paper, let me tell you something." Yu Luying was silent for a while, and said to Xiao Yao seriously.

"Well, you say." Xiao Yao gently stroked the girl's arm.

"As for me, I'm just asking about you and my sister," Yu Luying pondered her words: "What is right and what is wrong, I don't need to say it, you understand the reason." What you two did and didn't do is a matter for you and God, and I really shouldn't force it. ”

Xiao Yao listened to this ambiguous words, closed his mouth, and just waited for her next words.

"But I always have hope, my friend," Ms. Yu said, "a man with a sense of responsibility." ”

"I have." Xiao Yao declared.

"No matter what you did in the past, what you didn't do," Yu Luying whispered: "No matter what you will do in the future, I only have one requirement for you, that is, to have a minimum limit." ”

"What do you mean by the bottom limit......" Xiao Yao cautiously confirmed with the other party: "I know that premarital sex is a violation of commandments......"

"The bottom limit means, at least, at least, take 10,000 steps back and say, whether you are with Shen Jie or with ...... With anyone, you have to take good measures," Yu Luying's eyes stared at the back of the chair in front of her: "This is responsible for other girls." That kind of thing is very harmful to a girl's body, and it is very likely to ruin a girl's life and even her future. ”

“…… I know. Xiao Yao said.

"My father, the man back then, if he had this kind of minimum limit, instead of only caring about himself," Yu Luying whispered: "Then there will be no me in this world, then my mother's life will not be like this, completely dragged down, she should have had a better life, she could have had her own life." ”

Better without you? You're not serious, are you?

"However, I don't think you're a drag," Xiao Yao said, "I don't think your appearance is a bad thing." ”

Xiao Yao noticed that Yu Luying's face was not very good-looking, so he added: "However, I understand what you mean." ”

It turns out that the point you mind in your heart is this, Xiao Yao thought to himself.

"yes, that's it." Yu Luying nodded and said.

Xiao Yao clenched the other party's palm and continued to caress her arm with his other hand: "You have my word."

"Hmm." Yu Luying nodded.

“So，we are cool now？” Xiao Yao squeezed Yu Luying's palm.

“cool.” Yu Luying said.

Xiao Yao went to Yu Luying's house for dinner, and Yu Luying wanted to take him to Modern Cafe to brush up on the questions, but Xiao Yao refused on the grounds that he was too tired.

"Being tired is one thing," Xiao Yao shook the mobile phone in his hand at Yu Luying, and said truthfully: "It's also one thing to be unthinking." ”

"Xiao Yao," Yu Luying glanced at the door where her mother had just walked out, and said in a low voice: "You have to learn to regulate your emotions, otherwise you have to revolve around her alone for the rest of your life?" As long as she ignores you and she quarrels with you, you are so anxious that you delay your business? ”

"If you ignore me, and you quarrel with me, I won't have the heart to brush up on the questions." Xiao Yaoqiang squeezed out a smile and gently pinched Yu Luying's face.

Xiao Yao wanted to go home to rest and wait, but Yu Luying said nothing and refused to let him go.

"I have to watch you, or what if you run to someone's house and get into trouble?" Yu Luying said.

"I promise you, I won't—not tonight." Xiao Yao swore solemnly.

"I don't believe you," Yu Luying insisted, "And at this time, I have to accompany you." ”

"But now I want to be alone," Xiao Yao said with a wry smile: "You're tired for a day, and I want you to rest well - I will be under a lot of psychological pressure if you do this." ”

Yu Luying was very stubborn, but Xiao Yao was more stubborn than her, and in the end, he persuaded her to stay at home with her mother.

"We keep in touch with QQ." Xiao Yao said.

When Yu Luying sent Xiao Yao out, Xiao Yao noticed that the half of Yu Luying's right foot was wet by the lake water, and there was a darker and faint trace on the white sock. In the parts that are not wet, the white of the socks appears more pure, while in the wet and dry parts, they appear slightly yellow. The trail takes on a gradient effect, from dark to light, shimmering in the light.

This fully shows that the lake in the war park is not as clean as it seems?

However, Xiao Yao didn't have the heart to think about this.

When he walked back to his alley, Xiao Yao used the public phone in the commissary at the entrance of the alley to make three calls to Shen Jie.

It's all shut down.

Xiao Yao clearly remembered that the last meeting with Shen Jie was here.

After returning home, Xiao Yao went to his daughter's room for a turn, but there was no one.

Because he couldn't receive a signal from this side in 2034, Xiao Yao went back to his room and waited.

He didn't turn on the light, just sat in the darkness, sat on the hard couch in the room, and tapped the lid of the sewing kit with the tips of his fingers.

Waiting for someone is like drinking.

It's like drinking a glass of ice-cold water, and then for a long, long time, one by one, condensed into hot tears.

Xiao Yao felt like he was trapped in a mysterious whirlpool, unable to extricate himself.

The teenager tried to distract himself by listening to music, reading, and chatting with Yu Luying, but he couldn't concentrate.

He always kept thinking about Shen Jie, who was missing.

He began to feel that his life had become meaningless, because Shen Jie had become the most important part of his life, and he couldn't imagine what life would be like without Shen Jie.

The boy didn't know what to do with his emotions, and anxiety was like a swarm of termites, eating away at his bone marrow. He remembered the good times he had with Shen Jie—memories that only added to his worries and anxieties.

All night, Xiao Yao waited for Shen Jie's news, but never received it. He felt as if he had been abandoned, completely lost his direction and purpose.

Even with Yu Luying, it's the same.

Extreme anxiety made him want to release the pressure.

Xiao Yao submitted an application to Yu Luying through QQ.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the shower below." Yu Luying replied.

With a sense of guilt, after releasing the pressure appropriately, Xiao Yao leaned back on the sofa and fell into a state of confusion, half-asleep and half-awake.

He had a strange dream.

In the dream, he walked on a very barren land.

Xiao Yao raised his head and saw that the sky was gray, and there was no sun, moon and stars, and it was difficult to tell whether it was the "sky" or the top of an extremely high rock cave.

There are only a few grasses and mud on the land, and the whole environment is very desolate.

In a corner of the wasteland, he saw a large stone wall, with no doors around it, only a narrow opening, and a cross standing in the middle of the hole, which emitted a faint light.

Slowly, a swaddled baby squeezed through the small hole, followed by another baby, and then a multitude of babies squeezed out of the hole.

Their bodies were weak, and their hoarse cries echoed through the stone walls.

Xiao Yao couldn't help but feel frightened, and every child's eyes seemed to be looking directly at him, as if they could see through his soul.

He felt the gaze of these innocent babies chill his whole body, and he pulled his legs to escape, but his feet were stuck in the ground as if they were rooted, and he couldn't move.

The babies crawled past him one after another, and finally only one child stopped at Xiao Yao's feet, raised his head, opened his clear eyes, and smiled at Xiao Yao.

"Who are you?" Xiao Yao asked him, "Where is this?" ”

"I'm Shen Diyun, your son." The baby replied, "This is LIMBO, where the souls of aborted babies and dead babies reside." ”

"There is no happiness in heaven, and there is no eternal suffering in hell...... Xiao Yao recalled what Yu Luying told him on the boat during the day: "Son, why are you here? ”

"You know very well why I'm here," Shen Diyun told him on the ground, "It's because of your irresponsible behavior and your father-in-law's brutal oppression." Of course, the blame is on you. ”

"I ...... I promised Yu Luying that I would be a responsible man. Xiao Yao muttered.

"It's too late, Dad." Shen Diyun's smile made Xiao Yao feel scared.

"Son, are you okay here?" Xiao Yao mustered up his courage, squatted down, and stroked the top of the baby's head.

"It's not good at all," Shen Diyun said, "it's boring here, and there's no internet." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone," Xiao Yao took out his mobile phone from his pocket: "There is a signal, how can there be no network?" ”

Then, everything in front of me began to become chaotic and blurry until it disappeared.

Xiao Yao woke up, and the mobile phone in his hand was still vibrating.

This dream was so real that Xiao Yao was so frightened that his heart palpitated.

What is "Shen Diyun", the name is too arbitrary, I say......

Xiao Yao used his inner complaint to resolve the discomfort while looking at the phone screen.

Caller ID: Wife.

！！！

Xiao Yao sprang up.

-- Dividing line --

Luo Yunxuan gently closed Shen Jie's bedroom door and saw Lisa holding a plate full of delicious food, waiting outside the door.

"She's not awake yet." Luo Yunxuan told Lisa: "You can bring the food in first. ”

"The master is back." Lisa replied in stiff and broken Chinese.

"So early?" Luo Yunxuan muttered in his heart, waved his hand at Lisa, and walked quickly towards the spiraling escalator, ready to go downstairs.

"Hongsheng!" As soon as he arrived at the hall on the first floor, Luo Yunxuan saw Shen Hongsheng's bare feet in dark socks walking towards him.

As always, he was followed by the always expressionless British butler, with her husband's suit jacket and hat on his arm.

"Yun Xuan." Shen Hongsheng kindly stretched out his hand and took Luo Yunxuan in his arms: "How are things going?" ”

The couple touched each other's cheeks lovingly, and Luo Yunxuan took Shen Hongsheng's hand and walked to the sofa in the center of the hall and sat down.

Afterwards, Luo Yunxuan looked at the housekeeper Johns.

"There's nothing that Johns can't know," Shen Hongsheng took out his cigar box: "Just say it." ”

"After Xiaojie got up in the morning, I pulled her to appreciate my cocktail craftsmanship, chatted together, and talked about homely things," Luo Yunxuan told Shen Hongsheng: "As planned, I will soon put her down." ”

"Drink it in the morning? Yours is the case. Shen Hongsheng looked at his daughter's door upstairs: "She won't still be sleeping, right?" ”

"I just went to see it, and I slept like a piglet." Luo Yunxuan said with a smile.

"Let's omit the process," a hint of imperceptible nervousness flashed on Shen Hongsheng's face: "Tell me the conclusion directly." ”

"Your daughter, Xiaojie, is still a girl." Luo Yunxuan told him.

Shen Hongsheng was stunned for a second, the smile on his face began to slowly stretch, and he said with relief: "I know that Xiaojie, this child, no matter how much he messes around, there is still a limit." ”

"Of course," Luo Yunxuan said, "Don't look at whose daughter it is?" ”

"That's it," Shen Hongsheng bit a cigar with his teeth, "I'll be more relieved." ”

(End of chapter)