(iv)
The night of Chinese New Year's Eve was very cold, but Liu Zhixi did not want to be with a large family, so she stood alone on the terrace of the villa to blow the wind. The wind was cold and fluttering, mixed with some rain, which made her feel gloomy. The city is lit up with gorgeous fireworks that take to the sky, staining half of the sky red, making the lonely night bloom like a glow. Liu Zhixi recalled an incident when she was a child, when she was still a little girl who didn't know anything about the world.
It was also the Spring Festival, Liu Zhixi pestered her grandmother to take her to see the fireworks, and the gorgeous fireworks disappeared in an instant, and she cried and refused to leave. Just passing by Country Garden, the rows of villas in it shine in a piece of light, beautiful. She begged her grandmother to take her in to play, but the security guard on duty at the door refused to let her go anyway. She stayed at the door as if she was playful, and a little young man in white, showing his beautiful white teeth, invited her to come in to play. It was as if she had arrived in a fantasy world, looking around curiously. She passed by the garden in the community, and a beautiful young woman showed a cold gaze, which made her shudder a little.
When Grandma led her away, her tears fell instantly, and she was a little inexplicably aggrieved, and she asked Grandma pitifully: "Grandma, why can't I live in such a beautiful big house?" She remembered her grandmother's forbearance, and remembered the young man's face. The handsome and delicate young man is like a ray of sunshine in winter, and like a touch of moonlight in the night.
Su Huai didn't know when he walked behind her, holding a cup of coffee, and drank it unhurriedly. Liu Zhixi smelled the mellow aroma of coffee, her jet-black hair was shining in the night, and Su Huai couldn't help but touch her head. Liu Zhixi dodged, Su Huai pounced, she grinned and said, "I'm not your pet cat." Su Huai couldn't help laughing, but she didn't know that the smile on her face was carved by a sharp blade. Lin Sujin stood downstairs and called out to Su Huai, "Come down and build a snowman!" Su Huai had a doting look in his eyes, and pulled Liu Zhixi downstairs.
Liu Zhixi's gloves were wet, and her fingers were numb from freezing in the ice and snow, Lin Sujin played with the snow for a while, but it was too cold, so she gave up and stood aside to watch Liu Zhixi. She was also cold, her cheeks were red and there were tears, but what was even colder was her heart, as if it was a huge ice cellar, freezing memories and warmth.
Lin Sujin was tired of playing, so he dragged Su Huai into the house to watch TV, and Liu Zhixi was alone on the empty grass, looking at the snowman in a daze. She sat stunned when she heard a low laugh. A big boy in a black trench coat stood behind him smiling kindly. He walked over and said in a friendly manner, "The snowman you built is beautiful, but it's missingβ" and as he spoke, he pulled a carrot out of his pocket and stuck it in the snowman's face. Liu Zhixi also snorted and asked, "Why do you still have carrots with you?" The boy looked into the distance a little shyly, and said unintentionally, "Because I belong to a rabbit!" β
Night Wind lifted the boy's plain scarf, he put his two hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, and looked back at Liu Zhixi, "Do you want to go shopping together." Liu Zhixi has been here for so long, but she has only been in and out of the Su family, and she has not completely walked through the community, so she involuntarily followed the boy's footsteps.
"My name is Leng Jiang, and I am in my third year of high school at Orange Well Middle School, what about you?" The boy said, looking at the moon. After a long time, Liu Zhixi answered, "Oh, you, hello, my name is Liu Zhixi, and I am in the first year of high school at Orange Well Middle School." The boy looked back, as if he was thinking about such a simple question, but Liu Zhixi still had to think twice. When his gaze met Liu Zhixi's cold eyes, his heart tightened inexplicably, and he twitched violently.
"Zhixi, Zhixi, have you come back from your hometown? I brought you a specialty from my hometown. A small avatar on the phone is constantly flashing, it is Zeng Xiao. Liu Zhixi's winter-like heart was injected with a trace of warmth. She tidied up her coat and hat, tied up her scarf, put on her little red boots, and prepared to go out. When she was changing her shoes at the entrance, the part-time worker aunt sprayed disinfectant on her slippers, she looked at the part-time worker suspiciously, and the aunt whispered a little embarrassedly, "It was Mrs. Su who instructed her." β
Liu Zhixi rushed out of the community, through the abandoned garden, to the community where she used to live with her grandmother. I saw a heavy snow sprinkled in the sky, and in a dead white, there was a tall figure standing abruptly. She walked behind him gently, jumped slightly, and patted him on the shoulder, sure enough, it was Zeng Xiao.
Zeng Xiao gave her a simple smile, and her eyes were like crooked crescents, as if she wanted to load all the light and tenderness in the world. Zeng Xiao took out a beautifully packaged gift bag and solemnly handed it to Liu Zhixi. She smiled heartily and then took it, ready to open it, but was stopped by Zeng Xiao in time. He said softly and wistfully: "Don't take it apart yet, wait until we graduate from the college entrance examination, you can look at it, okay?" Liu Zhixi looked at him with affectionate eyes, and felt a sense of guilt that could not be repaid, she opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't say a word.
When she returned home at night, it was probably because of the cold wind that blew, and Liu Zhixi's head was in severe pain. Brown sugar ginger tea was placed on the desk by Su Huai, and Liu Zhixi rubbed her head vigorously, trying to concentrate on memorizing the words, but all the words turned into jumping tadpoles, swimming around that could not be caught and difficult to identify. Su Huai knocked on the door, came in and said, "I turned the heating on the highest setting, are you better?" Liu Zhixi's face was pale, her face was covered with tears, and she said angrily: "I, it's okay." As soon as he finished speaking, he collapsed on the chair like an inflatable bear with a leak.
Liu Zhixi's consciousness was dazed, she saw her grandmother's smiling face for a while, threw herself into her grandmother's arms, saw the young man in white for a while, holding her hand and playing together, and saw her parents who had been away for many years, taking her to drive around to see the scenery. There are so many beautiful moments in her heart, like a sea of flowers, falling all over her white clothes, every breath is sweet, and every time she looks back, her eyelashes are stained with pollen. "Wake up." It was Su Huai's deep and powerful voice. Liu Zhixi was greedy for the remnants of the dream, and she was reluctant to return to reality for a long time, and she did not reply for a long time. β
"The inflatable bear is full of vitality again!" Liu Zhixi suddenly sat up from the bed and said energetically. The nurse brought a beautiful lunch, Su Huai frowned, and said, "This pig's feet are too greasy for patients to eat." Wait a minute, I'll go buy you some light food. Without Liu Zhixi participating, Su Huai put on a down jacket and went out in the cold.
Liu Zhixi faced the bright sunlight and looked at the original English book given to her by Su Huai, although she stumbled to read, she was still attracted by the fascinating plot. The door of the ward was suddenly opened, and she didn't look up, looking at the book intently, "You're back?" The person on the other side was silent, and she raised her head and saw that it was Lin Sujin.
"You won't be happy." Lin Sujin was wearing a pale pink down jacket, reflecting her sparkling eyes, like a lotus in the lotus pond in summer. Liu Zhixi didn't know what to do, and stared at this uninvited guest with wide eyes. "You and Su Huai won't be happy." Lin Sujin pouted, and her pink lips looked like delicate roses under the effect of high-end lip gloss.
Liu Zhixi smiled instantly, Lin Sujin saw this smile, but it seemed to see a flood beast, and a trace of imperceptible panic flashed in his eyes. Liu Zhixi admitted that if it was in the past, she did like Su Huai, but now at this point, what can the love and attachment of the past be counted? Nothing can go back, and nothing will go back.
On the day she was discharged from the hospital, it was surprisingly cold, Liu Zhixi's body was still a little weak, she thought about her unfinished winter vacation homework, and insisted on going home despite Su Huai's objections. Su Huai said: "You can also learn in the hospital. Liu Zhixi's eyes were a little moist as she cleaned up. In the hospital, she always couldn't calm down, and she had a natural fear of the hospital, perhaps because of the crux left over from the incident ten years ago.
The wind swept up a few remaining dead leaves, Liu Zhixi looked at the clean streets, neat buildings, and suddenly felt the sadness under the fence, her fate was like those fallen leaves, flying all over the sky and having no home, and finally could only be swept into the garbage bin by the sanitation workers. Su Qian drove a car to pick up Liu Zhixi, he looked at this unaccompanied girl with apologetic guilt, her pale cheeks were as pure as snowflakes, there were two morbid flushes on her face, and her eyes cast a cold light, always so resolute, even if she dodged her eyes and didn't look at herself, Su Qian could feel the strength and stubbornness in her eyes.
The car stopped in the department store, and a group of young high school students poured out of the mall's movie theater, still holding Coke and popcorn in their hands, and they couldn't get enough of discussing the new movie. Su Qian looked at Su Huai with an inquiring gaze, Su Huai nodded slightly, gently pushed Liu Zhixi, and his voice was like a warm spring melting in winter, and said, "Let's go, take you to a movie." Liu Zhixi was in a trance, and was about to shirk and say that she had a headache, but she was pulled away by Su Huai without saying anything.
The No. 6 theater of Wanda Cinema was quiet, and the footsteps of the two of them seemed a little abrupt. The air conditioner was turned on very much, Liu Zhixi was no longer shivering, she was a little surprised, the movie theater should be overcrowded during the Spring Festival, why is it so quiet here. Liu Zhixi didn't care about the rules, picked a comfortable seat and sat down, resting her head comfortably on the soft back of the chair. Suddenly, there was a noise outside, the lights were instantly lit up, and a large group of people pushed the birthday cake and sang the birthday song happily, slowly walking towards her. Only then did she remember that today was her birthday.
In the midst of a large group of unfamiliar faces, she saw Leng Jiang at a glance. Crossing the crowd, Leng Jiang cast a concerned gaze at her, and after a brief look at each other, Liu Zhixi felt that there was a crack in the sound of defense in her heart. Lin Sujin also came, she was wearing a long peach duck down jacket, looking innocent and shy. She silently walked to Su Huai's side, unintentionally took Su Huai's hand, and said to Liu Zhixi affectionately: "We both wish you a happy birthday." Su Huai smiled and pinched her face, and she shyly played with Su Huai.
The movie begins, which is based on the novel "The Last of Us" by youth writer September Huainan, in which the heroes and heroines meet in the torrent of years, are washed away by fate, and finally gain a beautiful fate. The movie is a happy ending, and everyone is happy in the end, a lover eventually becomes a family, and a ruthless person releases his suspicions.
In Liu Zhixi's mind, she always recalls the scene where the hero and heroine hugged each other and cried at the end, and the second female number one cried on the side. Later, he discussed this plot with Su Huai, and he categorically concluded that the female number two was really happy, because the female number two also found her own home. However, Liu Zhixi couldn't help but wonder, can so many years of obsession really be erased with such a single stroke, it is as easy as a child who has written a wrong word to wipe off his handwriting, and it is as easy as a greedy child licking off the ice cream that melts in the summer.
When I returned home, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening, Liu Zhixi finished washing, and lay on the soft bed in the bedroom fiddling with her mobile phone. Outside, snow was falling again, covering the bustling city. She suddenly remembered that on the night not long ago, she and Su Huai were standing in the snow for a conversation, which was clearly only a month ago, but now that she thinks about it, it seems that she has experienced decades.
She saw her grandmother in her dream, and she smiled as kindly as ever and took her in her arms. Grandma opened her mouth, as if she wanted to tell her something, but the dream was quickly dispelled, leaving only a night sky that was so dark that it was panicking, and then there was the sound of emergency brakes, the sound of broken glass, the screams of men and women, Liu Zhixi's head was getting more and more painful, her hands were waving, and beads of sweat the size of beans were mixed with tears falling.
Suddenly, her hand was held by another pair of strong hands, she gradually calmed down, and when she opened her eyes, Su Huai was sitting on the side in her pajamas, holding her hand tightly. Seeing that she woke up, Su Huai's eyes were full of concern, and he whispered, "It's a nightmare, right?" I heard your heart-rending cry next door. Liu Zhixi withdrew her hand, wiped her eyes, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to disturb you." β
Su Huai's eyelashes were very long, he blinked, and his deep eyes were like a galaxy on a summer night. Liu Zhixi saw that her reflection was being edited by his camera-like gaze, and page by page was sealed in her mind. He is so affectionate, so focused, so sincere looking at Liu Zhixi, she loves him, but she has hatred in her heart, hatred is like a wheat mang, growing every inch of her heart, like a round stone in the stream, although it has lost its surface edge, it can still smash the window of the soul out of a big hole.
"Yes, I have nightmares." She turned her face away and stopped looking at Su Huai. Su Huai helped her fold the quilt and left with interest, freezing a lonely back in her eyes. Liu Zhixi knows that all this is not a dream, it is a real and cruel fact, a truth that can destroy her entire world.