"Well, he said," Xiao Yao replied, "He said, are you going to break off with the daughter of Shen Hongsheng's family?" ”

There was silence on the other end of the line.

Three seconds later: "And then, what do you say?" ”

"What can I say about that situation? Those two bald heads, one left and one right, can only say 'yes'. ”

There was silence on the other end of the line again.

"You're not really going to believe it, are you?" Three seconds later: "I'm joking with you, of course I'm not going to bird him." ”

"Oh." Shen Jie said softly.

"Oh, don't be unhappy," Xiao Yao said, "These adults are all the same." ”

"I didn't expect you to please the Yu family," Shen Jie's tone didn't sound very happy: "First Yu Luying's mother, and then her grandfather......"

"Ugh." Xiao Yao said.

"It would be nice if you could please my dad." Shen Jie said softly.

"Wife......" Xiao Yao wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know how to speak.

"That's what he told you? Didn't say anything else? Shen Jie asked Xiao Yao.

"More than that." Xiao Yao then started from the beginning, from the beginning of entering the door, until he went to the toilet under the pretense of going to the toilet, and tried his best to follow his memories and told all the conversations without omission.

"What does he think?" Shen Jie said: "Let you be a lobbyist? It seems that people still look down on you. ”

"That's right," Xiao Yao said, "I was a little flattered at the time - to be honest, Grandpa Yu is different from what he imagined, and he is very good." ”

"So you promised to come down?" Shen Jie asked Xiao Yao.

"Yes." Xiao Yao replied.

"Then don't tell the stupid girl." Shen Jie sighed lightly.

"How?" Xiao Yao was a little nervous: "I've already told her." ”

"What?" Shen Jie said.

Xiao Yao told Shen Jie how she met Yu Luying at the door of the toilet after she came out of the private room, what the two of them said, how Yu Luying got angry and left awkwardly, how she caught up, and how this awkwardness was interrupted by shadow time in the end.

"You, you," Shen Jie sighed heavily after listening: "You look like this, how will you survive in this world in the future?" ”

"What's wrong with me?" Xiao Yao said: "I don't even know why she is angry. ”

"Here's the problem," Shen Jie said, "You still don't know why the stupid girl is angry - if you want me to say that she didn't break up with you on the spot, that's really, really, really ......"

"Huh? Yes? Xiao Yao said.

"It seems that you really don't understand," Shen Jie's tone sounded a little strange: "I am also to blame for this matter, when the Yu family sent someone to pick you up, I should have stopped it—I was also panicked at that time, and I didn't think deeply about it." ”

Xiao Yao: "......"

"Grandpa Yu set up a set for you," Shen Jie explained: "Think about it, you met her grandfather without Yu Luying's knowledge, and the people present are the core figures of the Yu family, so that they can express your position on your behalf, and if it is publicized, no matter what position you express in the future, make any suggestions, whether it is collecting money or confiscating money, for any reason, for anyone's benefit, it will be questioned by others, When the time comes, you will have no way to keep your innocence in the world except to shut up and get out, do you understand it? ”

"What a mess," Xiao Yao said hurriedly: "It's too bad to think about people, conspiracy theories, it's not." ”

"You just told Yu Luying directly-" Shen Jie continued: "Okay, just say it, if you don't say it, she will know sooner or later, and she will be honest when she says it." ”

"That's to say," Xiao Yao said, "If you have a chance, you can help me talk to her and testify for me, to tell the truth, I was indeed deceived in the past, and I didn't know anything about it." ”

"Alas, you, standing in my position, how am I going to talk to her-" Shen Jie paused and said, "Okay, you don't care about this, I'll watch it." ”

"Nothing will be a problem, will it?" When she said this, Xiao Yao was still a little worried.

"What else can I ask now?" Shen Jie said: "Thank you Zhao Xiaomei, it was her attack that tied the fate of all of us together, whether it was the three of us, or Yu Luying and her grandfather, or you and her grandfather, they are all comrades-in-arms who have fought together, and those little mustards can't shake the friendship of life at all." ”

Zhao Xiaomei......

"By the way, why did you go to the Virgin's Mountain?" Xiao Yao asked Shen Jie: "Isn't there still a few steps from the entrance of the hotel to Our Lady Mountain?" ”

"I led her and them over," Shen Jie said, "Didn't you say that the Holy Sacrament can protect against shadows?" I remembered the last time I was at your grandmother's house, the Sacred Heart statue of Iesu that Father Yu just gave you glows to dispel shadows, do you remember? ”

"Yes." Xiao Yao said.

"I just want to say lead them to the side of Our Lady Mountain," Shen Jie said, "what if it works?" ”

"Did it work?" Xiao Yao asked.

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to be," Shen Jie replied, "But it's not good to say, who knows if those shadows have been weakened?" I didn't feel as strong as I seemed to be when I fought Silly Girl. ”

"Well......" Xiao Yao said, "I can't say it either." ”

"Dog, what should I do if I'm a little uncomfortable?" Shen Jie suddenly changed her coquettish tone.

"Huh?" Xiao Yao said, "What's wrong? ”

"I'm still perceiving...... The feeling of being burned is the feeling that keeps me awake. ”

Shen Jie began to describe the feeling of burns to Xiao Yao.

The flames licked at her skin, instantly devouring both the girl's stockings and skin.

The tingling sensation spread along her legs, as if countless needles were piercing deep into every inch of her skin.

For Shen Jie, what kind of feeling is that?

She was not afraid of pain, and in her memory, she had experienced the biting chill of the snowy mountains, the mud on the grass, and the despair of suffocating underwater many times.

But the pain of this flame ...... It was almost unbearable for her, making her want to scream, but all that was left was a dumb moan.

Her feet were enveloped in flames, so hot that she felt like she was about to be reduced to ashes in the flames. The girl could feel the smell of burning skin, accompanied by thick smoke, as if the whole world was enveloped in this burning.

Time became extremely slow, no, time was frozen at that time, and every second was a long life, which plunged her into eternal pain.

"Dog, I don't want to wear stockings again for the rest of my life, okay?" Finally, Shen Jie said so.

"Okay, good, don't wear it, don't wear it. Where are you? Is it 605 no? Lucia isn't there, is he? Xiao Yao said.

Shen Jie hesitated for a moment, but finally did not refuse him.

Xiao Yao put on his clothes, went down to 605, and as soon as he entered the door, he hugged Shen Jie into his arms distressedly, and then got into the quilt with her, stroked the girl's hair, murmured, and comforted her.

"You, you, you usually talk about me," Xiao Yao said, "I'm not a daredevil—now you know it hurts, right?" You're not allowed to be so reckless in the future, do you hear? ”

"Well," Mother Meow behaved like a milk meow, "If it weren't for the fish, you might never see me, maybe I've become a vegetative person, or a charred plant." ”

"Grass, when I see him tomorrow, I have to knock him down." Xiao Yao said.

"And Brother Bo......" Shen Jie reminded Xiao Yao.

"Yes, yes." Xiao Yao said.

Xiao Yao patted her gently as if coaxing Xiao Maotou, and whispered to her at the same time. In the humming sound of the air conditioner, he didn't know if he had coaxed Shen Jie to sleep, but he was asleep anyway.

didn't stare at it for long, and was woken up by Shen Jie again: "You should go, it's time for the end of the evening activities, and Luziya will be back in a while." ”

Xiao Yao yawned and went upstairs, and it didn't take long for the senior army to come back.

"I heard that your kid said a lot of good things about me?" Xiao Yao looked at Gao Sijun and said, "Good job." ”

Gao Sijun was a little hesitant, blinking his eyes, not knowing whether Xiao Yao was saying the right thing or the opposite: "That's necessary, which of us is with whom - have you washed it?" ”

When I sleep at night, nightmares and strange dreams alternate.

He first dreamed that Shen Jie's whole body was on fire, rolling in front of him, crying and wailing. Xiao Yao opened the fire hose to extinguish the fire, but the fire burned more fiercely, and it turned out that he was holding a gas station oil gun...... After the girl was charred, all that remained was a headless body, belly up, limbs facing the ground, crawling around him like a spider, looking rather terrifying.

"Why?" Xiao Yao questioned her: "I thought we were friends. ”

The headless "spider" just crawls around and does not speak.

"Why are you doing this?" Xiao Yao continued to ask angrily, "You almost killed the two of them, you almost killed me, and you also killed Teacher Song - why did you do this?" Is it the task of the organization that you approached me from the beginning and pursued me? Have you never liked me? ”

How Zhao Xiaomei answered, Xiao Yao didn't remember anymore - in fact, the scenes and memories behind the dream were very vague.

He only remembered that he and Zhao Xiaomei walked through many places holding hands and talked a lot, and the feeling in the dream was very warm and a little sweet.

Zhao Xiaomei told him about her hardships, which sounded very reasonable in her dreams, but when she woke up and thought about it, the logic couldn't stand up to scrutiny at all.

The two of them went to the small wonton shop where they first met, and while eating wontons, Xiao Yao read to her the essays he wrote and poems. Walking out of the door of the wonton shop, there was a small river in Zhouzhuang outside, and Zhao Xiaomei volunteered to go down to the river to catch fish for him to eat.

The setting sun slanted on the river, as well as on the faces of teenagers and girls. Under a golden filter, Zhao Xiaomei stood in the river, dipped under the surface of the water from the waist down, holding an exaggerated fish in her hand, facing him, smiling like a flower.

Xiao Yao was woken up early by Shen Jie's phone call, at this time the senior army was still asleep, and Xiao Yao himself was still immersed in the melancholy brought by Qi Meng.

"Why are you so early?" Xiao Yao lowered his voice and said in a daze.

"Didn't you tell me to take you on a dive yesterday?" Shen Jie said.

"Oh, it seems like that." Xiao Yao said: "But there's no need to be so early? ”

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry down." Shen Jie hung up the phone after speaking.

Shen Jie also called Yu Luying about diving, but the latter said that she was not interested, so the two of them went. After paying the fee, they followed the diving instructor into a small boat, and the three of them headed for the shallow water offshore.

"If I knew I should get up earlier, I would just watch the sunrise over the sea." Xiao Yao looked at the whiteness of the east and said to himself.

"It's okay," the coach comforted him, "It's cloudy today, and you can't see the sunrise if you wake up early." ”

"You are really good at talking," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I immediately felt comfortable when I said this." ”

"It's still early, and I almost can't call you at this point." Shen Jie complained.

"Hey, let's sneak out and play at this point, can't we go back to the morning mass in time?" Xiao Yao suddenly thought of something.

"It's okay, Lucia came back and told me that today's Mass is before the closing ceremony."

"That's a good dare." Xiao Yao said, lowered his voice and said to Shen Jie: "You said that you can't see the shore on all sides, in case this person throws us down, and there is no camera or anything, will the disappearance case be dealt with?" I can't solve the case. ”

"Yes," Shen Jie said with a smile, "So, when you are at sea, don't offend people, especially the captain." ”

At this time, the coach accosted them: "Hey, I heard you just talk about Mass, you are also parishioners?" ”

"Chakumen, catechumens," Xiao Yao said, "You too?" ”

"We are fishermen in this area," the instructor told them, "I came out to do this as an amateur." ”

"I've heard people say before that in China, many fishermen on the seashore are educated, why?" Shen Jie asked curiously.

"Because St. Peter was also a fisherman," the instructor told them, "We who go out to sea all year round are afraid of the wind and waves, so we should ask his old man to bless us." ”

As he spoke, he had arrived at the snorkeling spot.

Diving is divided into snorkeling, deep diving and free diving, Xiao Yao does not have a diving license, he can only experience snorkeling, Shen Jie has a certificate but does not bring it with him, plus accompany Xiao Yao, so the two of them snorkel together.

There is no imaginary diving helmet, no imaginary fins, only goggles + oxygen mask, and it is completely a feeling of running naked underwater.

After Xiao Yao was pressed by the coach, he was always worried that the seawater would suddenly rush into the mask and then choke into the lung tube, so he kept pressing the mask with one hand, and the swimming posture was unbalanced, always spinning, and it was all up to the coach to pull to maintain this depth.

But overall, this first novelty experience was very refreshing.

According to Shen Jie, the seabed in this area is very shallow, but I don't know if it's because it's cloudy today, or because his concept of "very shallow" is too different from Shen Jie's - looking down from here, it feels a little dark and scary when it is not far from your feet.

It is no wonder that they can be safe and sound in the sea, and if the depths of the sea do not welcome the light, they will naturally not produce shadows.

But then he thought about it again, the shadow is something formed by blocking the light, and the shadow of the deep sea, where all the light is blocked by the sea, should not be the shadow of the sea, which occupies 71% of the earth's surface area?

What would the sea, which was already moody enough to do whatever it wanted, if it also had a temple?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yao suddenly felt a chill, and his once adjusted posture became chaotic again.

Shen Jie is an old driver, so naturally she doesn't need the coach to pull her, so she got to Xiao Yao's other side and grabbed his hand.

Xiao Yao turned his head to look at her with some surprise, and saw a little girl wearing goggles and an oxygen mask, carrying an oxygen cylinder on her back, and wearing a one-piece black tight diving suit with bare feet.

Shen Jie let go of his hand and pointed to her chest.

Then he used both hands to make a red heart.

He pointed at Xiao Yao again.

Ouch, is this coach uncle still around? Xiao Yao thought.

Is this the first time that Meow's mother has taken the initiative to confess to herself?

Xiao Yao's heart blossomed, all the haze was swept away, and he pounced on her and wanted to hug her, but he bumped into the other party and then slid away.

Through the mask, Xiao Yao couldn't see Shen Jie's expression clearly, only that she held her hand again, and gave the diver uncle a bunch of gestures with the other hand, Xiao Yao only understood a thumbs down gesture.

Uncle Diver let go of Xiao Yao's arm with some hesitation, and Shen Jie continued to dive down with him.

until it touches the coral reef on the seabed at a depth of eleven or two meters.

It's so beautiful, Xiao Yao can't see Shen Jie in the coral reef clearly, but he still thinks so in his heart.

Shen Jie hugged him gently and pointed up with the index finger of her left hand.

Xiao Yao hugged Shen Jie tightly and looked up at the "sky".

He saw the calm sea, the kind of visual effect that he could see from below.

I also saw the light on the surface of the water.

"Follow the light!" Xiao Yao thought.

(End of chapter)