The roommate came back from the cafeteria with porridge and a few side dishes, and the plastic bag covered by the disposable lunch box was fumigated by the heat to produce dense water droplets, and the roommate put the bag on the table and kept rubbing his hands:

"It's cold and cold, it's cold, how can it be the same as the cold winter wax moon, how many months is it?"

No one responded.

"Ren Yu, has your fever subsided? Brought you porridge. ”

Still no response.

The roommate sighed, took a few steps back, and craned his neck to look at Ren Yu's bed.

Where else are the people? There were traces of the quilt being covered, the things on the table, the books, the backpack, nothing had been moved, even the computer was still on standby, its owner didn't even have time to turn it off, and the standby button glowed blue.

Another roommate had just returned from the laundry room with a plastic basin in his hand.

"What about anything?"

"Isn't it there? I don't know, it's still there just now. ”

"Where did you go? Didn't he have a fever? Fever still going out? ”

"How do I know! You call him, the counselor wants to count the application form in the group, has he not handed it in? ”

"Damn."

The two boys sat down separately, and when they had nothing to say, the warm porridge was steaming by itself, but in the evening, when the porridge was cold, and when all the other roommates who had been in class for the day had returned, the dormitory building became noisy again, and Ren Yu's bed was still empty.

Someone coaxed: "Ren Yu is in love?" ”

This is the first time in three years that Ren Yu has not returned home for no reason.

In the WeChat group of the dormitory, several roommates became more and more curious, discussing wildly, and the people who were Aite never spoke. Not only that, but in the next week, Ren Yu had no news, and his ~ roommates only received a brief explanation in the group:

"I'm on leave, and I have something at home."

The classes in medical school are really tight, and the students will spontaneously organize self-study in the morning and evening, the rhythm is tight and the degree of hard work is more than that of the third year of high school.

Something at home? What's going on at home?

After two years of getting along, they probably understand that Ren Yu's family conditions are very good, his parents are in business, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a rich second generation, such a boy is born the pride of the sky, what troubles will there be? Even if there are, most of them are just mediocre self-disturbing hypocrisy.

The boy doesn't know what it's like to be sad, what kind of absurdity is this. The young man's heart is precisely the most sour, and it is exacerbated in every way because there is nowhere to dissipate.

Ren Yu learned about the incident from Ren Xun's mouth, not long ago, Jiang Limei's mother suffered an accident in a minor operation, Ren Xun didn't know the specific reason, but it was probably sorted out from Jiang Limei's hoarseness, it was the cause of anesthesia, not medical malpractice, and not the responsibility of the hospital.

Surgical anesthesia theoretically has a risk of shock, and the probability is extremely low, but once it hits, it is called every day and the earth is not effective.

At that time, Ren Xun was running an exhibition with all the prestigious professors, and he was in Qinghai, which was a cooperative exhibition between Xining Taer Monastery and the Tibetan Culture Museum, which was very complicated and hard. received a call from Jiang Limei on the road, no matter how much she has an idea on weekdays, she is only in her early twenties, where has she experienced life and death at such an age? Ren Xun was at a loss, he comforted Jiang Limei, and at the same time called Ren's father and mother, hoping that his parents would help.

Even if it was just to help stabilize Jiang Limei, her state on the phone was almost crazy, laughing and crying for a while, it was completely a stress reaction to a sudden emotional blow.

Ancheng is so small, businessmen have their own circle, and they can't hide what happened to anyone's family, Ren's father and mother knew the news much earlier than Ren Xun, and Ren's mother just comforted her son: "Don't mess up, stabilize your mind, let's go see your Uncle Sheng, and we'll talk about it later." ”

The social etiquette between adults and adults, not to mention that the Ren family and the Sheng family still have business cooperation, the first thing they have to care about is the widowed Sheng Lin, not the widowed Jiang Limei.

"What about Jiang Limei?" The sky in Qinghai is so far away that people's hearts are empty, and when a fire is lit, they can't find a way to burn. The professor who took him had an odd temper and was very strict, Ren Xun hid in the parking lot outside the museum and made a phone call, with a silver line crossed by a plane winding overhead, and he told Ren's mother: "I will buy a ticket to go back now, and I will accompany Jiang Xiaoyu." ”

Jiang Limei secretly told Ren Xun that her milk name was Xiaoyu, which was given by her mother, and only the closest people knew about it. Her sparkling eyes were like stars fished out of the water.

Ren's mother was silent for a while, and her tone was heavy: "Xiao Xun, you are busy with you first, the future is important." ”

It took a lot of effort to get on the line with this professor, if you can enter the list of creators of the album, even if it is the last position, it is not easy, which means that you can get the recommendation of first-class art schools abroad, Ren Xun is going abroad for further study, and you can't waste your talent and enthusiasm.

This is the path that Ren Xun has thought of a long time ago.

He wanted to be with Jiang Limei.

Many years later, in a foreign country, Ren Xun also took advantage of the dead of night to think carefully, the separation of young love is not as unaware as said in literary works, everything has an opportunity, everything has a source.

He hesitated at that time, and chose the former between the unfinished art exhibition project and Jiang Limei, how thin the fate was, in fact, since then, it has been broken.

Ren Xun was busy with art exhibitions during the day, and went back to call Jiang Limei at night, and remotely fulfilled the responsibility of a boyfriend, he told Jiang Limei that he could go back in a week at most, and he would accompany her to deal with those tricky things, and during his absence, no matter what happened, he could call Ren's mother for help.

Jiang Limei was stunned, and only said in a hoarse voice.

Ren Xun didn't hear it, Jiang Limei's pause was like a gray loss in the sky, and maybe there was a despair that could not be humane.

Mother's funeral has been dealt with, there are many relatives and friends who come to the house to express condolences and comfort, Uncle Sheng Lin is in charge, how can there be any tricky things that she needs to worry about as a half-old child?

If there is, it is an overwhelming emotion that is difficult to resolve, sadness and loneliness are like a huge shadow under the hood, Jiang Limei doesn't know how to deal with herself.

At this time, there was no one around her.

Ren Yu has never seen her cry, he has accompanied her in the dark and experienced many setbacks and collapses, but she has never cried, at most her eyes are red, Ren Xun said that Jiang Limei's voice is hoarse, how dumb is it? How many times did she cry? How many nights without sleep?

Ren Yu felt that there was a fire burning in his heart, but when he thought of Jiang Limei's pale face and tears, the fire was extinguished again and moved to the ice cave. All limbs and bones were frozen, and the chill was overwhelming.

Ren Xun collapsed, but Ren Yu couldn't show his patience as an elder brother, and he asked his younger brother in a cold tone that he didn't even notice:

"And then? Are you really leaving her alone? ”

"After the exhibition, I went to school to send the materials and went home on leave, but Uncle Sheng Lin said that Jiang Limei had already returned to Yangcheng." Ren Xun hugged his head in pain: "I called her roommate, she didn't go back to school at all, I don't know where she went, no one has news of her." ”

Once upon a time in Ancheng No. 9 Middle School, what was the name of Jiang Limei's best friend? Ren Xun can't think of it, but since there is no news from his college classmates, he hopes for his high school classmates. Ren Xun asked the teacher who was familiar with the ninth middle school to look around, and also contacted the girl who played well with Jiang Limei.

No news was heard.

"Aren't you Jiang Limei's boyfriend? The closest person to her is you, you ask us? ”

Ren Xun was blocked and had nothing to say.

He received a call from Jiang Limei half a month later, it was an unfamiliar phone number, and the people there were noisy, and it looked like an open-air park. Ren Xun didn't know, he just heard Cantonese that he didn't understand, and there was a noise, even mixed with the crisp sound of chess falling onto the chessboard.

He knew that Jiang Limei had returned to Yangcheng.

Ren Xun thinks that she knows Jiang Limei, she is squeamish, but tenacious, she may panic and collapse when she encounters things, but she will soon pack up her mood and start again, she is willing to call him, which means that she has adjusted. He asked her where she was now, but Jiang Limei didn't speak.

The weather seemed to be fine on her side, without a trace of wind, and the summer in Yangcheng was so long, she stood under the thick green sycamore leaves, and broke up with Ren Xunti in the silence of the afternoon.

"I know you've looked for me, but don't do it again, my high school classmates are terrified, they think I've killed someone, and someone almost called the police."

Jiang Limei's voice was clear, and she was like two people half a month ago.

It seems that her high-spirited vitality has come back to life.

Ren Xun didn't understand the reason why Jiang Limei insisted on breaking up, he understood that maybe he didn't fulfill his boyfriend's responsibilities, but his apology was returned by Jiang Limei:

"I don't blame you, it's just that you know that life is really long, and the levels to be overcome at each stage are different, and we just don't get along the way."

Ren Xun didn't understand what this uneasy sentence meant.

This time, he didn't hesitate, and immediately flew to Yangcheng, but was told by Jiang Limei's roommate downstairs in the dormitory that Jiang Limei had moved out.

"What does it mean to move away? Is she on a leave of absence? Or what? ”

The roommate looked Ren Xun up and down, the handsome and tall boy, beads of sweat oozing from the corners of his forehead, the anxiety in his eyes was not fake, he stood under the scorching sun for a long time.

"No, she went through the check-out procedures, and it is said that she went out to rent a house to live, and there are many rental houses near our school." The roommate didn't say this, she guessed that the person in front of her might be Jiang Limei's boyfriend.

Why don't I give you a copy of our schedule? You can go to the school building to find her, she still has to go to class. What's your last name? ”

Ren Xun accepted the class schedule, but received a text message from Jiang Limei the next day.

The text message was concise: "It's not convenient for us to meet now, you go back first, after a while, maybe it's winter vacation, let's go back to Ancheng to see you?" ”

Ren Xun believed it.

Jiang Limei's mother passed away, and she lost a family member, but it doesn't matter, he can be her family.

At that time, Ren Xun was in high spirits, and the future picture scroll was unobstructed in front of him, waiting for him to fill in the coloring and lay out, if there was someone who could pick up the brush with him, that person must be Jiang Limei.

But he didn't know Jiang Limei, he was too confident and conceited, like most boys of this age.

Jiang Limei has never returned to Ancheng since then, and she has never seen him again.

The phone number that contacted him later became empty, and no one knows how many contact information Jiang Limei has changed, in short, all the old friends in Ancheng have lost contact with her.

In the graduation season of his senior year, Ren Xun flew to Yangcheng again, a large number of students wearing bachelor's uniforms took pictures in the playground and at the door of the library, and on such an important day as the graduation ceremony, Ren Xun guessed that Jiang Limei would not be absent, but was told that Jiang Limei was the first to take the graduation certificate and sign the tripartite and left Yangcheng early.

The roommate saw the back of a tall boy from a distance, and ran over with a bachelor's hat to wipe his sweat: "Hey! Why are you here again? Come every three or five times, are you tired? Jiang Limei is not there. ”

Ren Xun didn't understand: "Are you talking about me?" ”

"Nonsense." The roommate is a local girl in Yangcheng, and her tone is cute, she ran away, ran back, and took out a thick envelope from her bag: "The money is here, return it to you." ”

Ren Xun was completely confused and didn't answer, but the girl stuffed the envelope in his hand, with an unquestionable gesture: "Okay, okay, don't let me be a mouthpiece anymore, let's be honest with you, she didn't confiscate any of the money you gave Jiang Limei in the past few years, store it with me, let me find a chance to return it to you together." ”

The girl shook her hand with relief: "It's all here, it's a lot of money, you can order it, I'm leaving school anyway." Thank you for being here today. ”

Ren Xun had the heart to ask to understand, but the girl had already run away quickly. He wanted to deposit the money in Jiang Limei's name to the school, but the school refused on the grounds that the graduates could not be contacted. In the end, Ren Xun sent the money to Jiang Limei's home in Ancheng, although he didn't know when Jiang Limei would go back.

It was 2016, WeChat Pay began to cover a large area, shared technology spread out, the world was getting better, spinning and rising, blooming brilliant fireworks, handed to everyone's eyes.

It's time to say goodbye.

It's time to go.

(End of chapter)