Chapter 9: Lost Contact
Liang Zhe woke up from the floor, in the past five years, he has woken up from the floor countless times, often, he obviously slept on the sofa, or slept on the bed, but when he woke up, he would be on the floor, the floor was hard and cold, and it was not comfortable.
He got up from the floor, shook his drowsy head, and as he became conscious, the pain in his teeth hit, he found painkillers, picked out two with trembling fingers, swallowed them with last night's beer, and went out.
He went to Pang Yi's house and banged on the door hard.
The wife stayed here last night.
The door opened, holding a mop, Pang Yi with an apron stood in the door, Pang Yi's face was pale, his lips were blue, his eyes were black, he looked very weak, after seeing Liang Zhe, Pang Yi's pair of fish eyes behind the lenses instantly widened, but soon shrunk, he squinted at Liang Zhe, and asked coldly: "What are you doing?" ”
Liang Zhe looked down at his wife's mobile phone, and the AirDrop contact was empty.
There was a reprimand from He Ranran in the living room, Liang Zhe looked over and saw He Ranran sitting on the sofa, a thin teenager stood in front of the sofa with his head bowed and his hands down, receiving education, the young man turned his head to look, and happened to look at Liang Zhe, Liang Zhe saw the young man's aggrieved expression, and that glance seemed to ask him for help.
"Anyone?" Liang Zhe shouted inside.
"Who are you looking for?" He Ran walked to the entrance.
Liang Zhe checked his mobile phone, but still didn't see his wife, he pushed Pang Yi away, walked straight in, and ignored He Ranran at the entrance, he stood in the living room and shouted: "Is there anyone?" I'm Liang Zhe! ”
He Ranran frowned: "Everyone is here, who are you looking for?!" ”
Liang Zhe turned a deaf ear, walked quickly into the bedroom and shouted again, and went to the balcony to shout again, but still didn't see his wife, he opened the wardrobe and looked, and then returned to the living room, opened all the doors and windows, and checked them in turn, but still didn't see his wife.
He Ranran followed behind Liang Zhe: "Are you crazy?" If you do this again, I'll call the police. ”
Liang Zhe suddenly turned around and pressed He Ranran's shoulders: "Did you go out this morning?" ”
He Ranran saw Liang Zhe's blood-red eyes, and she said, "Come out, Pang Yi went to buy vegetables." ”
Liang Zhe left like a gust of wind, ran back to his house, looked inside and outside the door, did not see his wife, he then ran upstairs, Deng Zhongquan was directing the people of the moving company to move, he searched for Deng Zhongquan's house with a swift pace, and with Deng Zhongquan's acquiescence, he opened all the packed boxes, but still did not see his wife.
When he walked out of Deng Zhongquan's house, a familiar sense of panic arose.
He shivered and hugged his arms tightly.
With a hand on his shoulder, he quickly turned his head, it was Deng Zhongquan.
"Is something wrong?" Deng Zhongquan asked with a concerned face.
Liang Zhe ignored Deng Zhongquan, he went downstairs in a hurry, opened the door of his house, sat at the door, waited for more than an hour, his wife still did not appear, he realized that he could not wait any longer, his wife was either lost or trapped, the longer the time dragged on, the slimmer the hope of coming back, he had to act to rescue his wife back to his side.
He shouted in the corridor, one floor at a time, at first he only called his own name, and then he no longer had any scruples, and directly called Meng Xiaoyao's name, he shouted the whole building again, looked for it again, didn't see his wife, and went downstairs again, looking for it in the community, he felt that his wife might have been lost in a corner of the community.
A drizzle fell in the sky.
While shouting for Meng Xiaoyao, he ran around the path covered in dirt, constantly burrowing into the flower beds and trees, and rummaging through the dark corners when he saw them. His unusual behavior quickly attracted attention, and some people recognized him as Liang Zhe, who had lost his son five years ago and his wife had died a month earlier. People looked at him from afar, avoiding him from afar, and an old man on crutches heard him shouting Meng Xiaoyao, knowing that Meng Xiaoyao was his wife who died not long ago.
"He's an infatuated person." The old man said with red eyes, "Infatuated lovers are often pitiful. ”
"I think he's crazy." One young man said, "It should be sent to a psychiatric hospital." ”
The rain was heavy, the crowd of onlookers scattered like birds and beasts, there were security guards to persuade Liang Zhe, was pushed away by Liang Zhe, he stood in the rain blankly, looking around at the flowers and plants in the rain, suddenly like returning to five years ago, he called for his son on the mountain on a rainy night, he couldn't let the same thing happen again, he couldn't lose his wife twice.
"Meng Xiaoyao, where are you—" He raised his head and screamed at the sky, the rapid rain fell on his face, his voice was blocked back by the rain, he exerted his strength and sent his voice away again.
"Wife, where are you—" He walked forward in a circle, his whole body drenched in rain, his wet hair covering his forehead and obscuring his vision, and he pulled his hair to the sides, revealing his vicissitudes of life.
His feet slipped, and he fell to the ground, and he looked at the stones below him with great interest, just like those stones five years ago, and he picked one up, put it in front of his eyes, and the corners of his mouth trembled twice, revealing a desolate wry smile.
A pair of feet came to him and helped him up, it was a thin young man, wearing thick glasses, the young man's timid expression fluttered in the rain, and the young man said in a young voice: "Uncle Liang, are you okay?" ”
Liang Zhe looked at it carefully and recognized it as Pang Jinjin, the impression of Pang Jinjin has always been the thin appearance of five years ago, wearing glasses and being silent, and now Pang Jinjin is more than a head taller than five years ago, but thinner, like a bamboo pole, and the glasses are much thicker, but the timid expression on his face is the same as before.
"Yangyang ......" Liang Zhe pressed Pang Jinjin's shoulder, "Yangyang should be as tall as you." ”
Pang Jinjin's brows furrowed, and he turned his head to look at the other side.
"Enterprising......" Liang Zhe observed Pang Enterprising's face, "Are you hiding something from me?" ”
Pang Jinjin turned his head and glanced at Liang Zhe with his usual nervous and timid gaze.
At this time, a stern shout sounded, He Ranran stood not far away with an umbrella, Pang Jinjin broke free of Liang Zhe's hand and ran towards He Ranran. After Liang Zhe saw Pang Jinjin coming to He Ranran's side, He Ranran pulled Pang Jinjin under the umbrella, and half of He Ranran's body was drenched in rain, and the two quickly disappeared into the rain curtain.
Liang Zhe continued to look for Meng Xiaoyao and continued to shout Meng Xiaoyao's name.
His shouts echoed through the community, as if he were crying out for souls.
Many people open the windows from upstairs, stand in front of the window and watch him in the rain downstairs, people are disgusted, or angry, or melancholy, or sympathetic, they feel all kinds of emotions from Liang Zhe's shouting, but they don't know the meaning behind Liang Zhe's shouting, and they can't understand Liang Zhe's lonely and desperate mood at the moment.
Liang Zhe searched around the community three times, and finally came to the small square covered in mud and sat on a row of chairs.
There was no one in the originally lively small square, colorful activity equipment stood quietly, there were slides, swings, climbing frames, merry-go-rounds, he saw a small blue ball under the merry-go-round, he got up and walked over, picked up the small ball, looked up at the wooden horse, he remembered that one of Yangyang's favorite projects is to ride a wooden horse, and he will ride it at the age of two, this is a place where their family of three often plays together, leaving many good memories.
He rode on the wooden horse, his head leaned against the pole of the wooden horse, he suddenly felt very tired, he could not lift his head, so he rode on the wooden horse, held the pole, and squinted for a while. He regained some strength, took out his mobile phone to check, and was pleasantly surprised to find that his wife's mobile phone model appeared in the AirDrop contact, he immediately sent a text to his wife, but his wife did not reply, he jumped off the Trojan horse, and shouted loudly to Meng Xiaoyao while sending a text to his wife.
Finally, with a clanging sound, my wife sent a text: I'm here.
Looking at these three words, Liang Zhe cried with joy, and tears flowed down with the rain.
My wife then sent a text: I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come out without permission.
Liang Zhe hurriedly said: "It's okay, as long as you're still there......"
My wife sent the text again: I followed Pang Yi out in the morning, and when I passed by the small square, I saw many children, I listened to their laughter like Yangyang's laughter, and then I sat on the row of chairs and looked at those children, I wished that Yangyang was also among them, and then I felt like I was asleep, I don't know what happened next, if it wasn't for your shouting, if it wasn't for the mobile phone prompt, maybe I would never wake up.
Liang Zhe said with palpitations: "It'......s good to wake up."
The wife sent a text: Fortunately, you didn't give up, thank you, husband.
His wife's words filled Liang Zhe with strength, he nodded and said, "I won't give up, I know that you are waiting for me somewhere, and I also know that Yangyang is waiting for me somewhere, I will find you, and I will find Yangyang." ”
The wife sent a text: "Together, we will definitely find Yangyang."
Liang Zhe returned home with his wife, and on the way someone heard him talking to himself in the air, and people were even more convinced that he was crazy. After returning home, Liang Zhe took a shower, changed his clothes, maybe he was cold, he was chills, kept sneezing, took some cold medicine indiscriminately, wrapped himself in the quilt, and sent a message to his wife in the quilt, and learned that He Ranran's family was still going to attend Deng Zhongquan's housewarming dinner, so he decided to go too, and wait and see what happened.
In the afternoon, he felt better and got up to cook a bowl of clear noodle soup.
He placed dishes and chopsticks across the table and poured his wife a glass of wine.
He drank wine with noodles and drank with his wife in the air, and vaguely, as if he saw his wife's voice and smile.
At night, he had a splitting headache, hot and cold, he didn't sleep at all in the first half of the night, and finally fell asleep in the second half of the night, but nightmares hit him frequently, and he sent a text to his wife: Honey, don't leave me again, okay?
A moment later, my wife sent a text: I will not leave you again.
Subsequently, the wife sent another text: I love you, husband.
The mobile phone screen illuminated Liang Zhe's face, reflecting a reddish light, since Yangyang disappeared, in the past five years, he has not heard his wife say "I love you", and he has not said "I love you" to his wife, although they are in love with each other and care about each other, but there is inevitably blame and anger towards each other in their hearts, and those quarrels for no reason are proof.
Warm tears flowed from Liang Zhe's eyes, and he sent a text to his wife: I love you too, wife.
He hugged his phone and finally fell asleep.