Spring Swamp

Text/Shuwei

Exclusively published by Jinjiang Literature City

After the Spring Festival, the temperature gradually rises.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Tang Qi's winter vacation is about to run out, even if he is reluctant to give up, he has to pack his luggage, take the train, and go back to school.

When I arrived in the capital, it was three o'clock in the afternoon the next day.

Through the windows, the rows of high-rise buildings under the pale haze retreated one after another, and the train slowed down and slowly entered the platform.

The prompt on the radio sounded—

"Passengers, the train is about to arrive at the terminal station, Imperial Capital Station, please pack your luggage and belongings, and prepare to get off the train......"

Tang Qi's luggage had already been packed, unplugged the cable connected to the power bank, dialed his mother's mobile phone number, and reported his safety to the family.

Tang Qi's mother is the kind of parent who loves to worry very much, and repeats the thousands of instructions when Tang Qi left home on the phone: "You must eat three meals on time", "Use warm water for washing", "Get along with your roommates", "Study carefully", ......

Tang Qi knew that his mother was concerned about him.

Although she had heard similar words too many times, she still kept her phone to her ear as much as possible in a noisy environment, listening carefully to the fragmented thoughts from her mother.

Vague pantothenic acid in the nasal cavity.

Before hanging up the phone, Tang Qi's mother asked Tang Qi to remember to take time to see her aunt before school started.

"I'll go today, I made an appointment with my aunt, and I will get off the train and go to her house first, and we will have dinner together in the evening."

"That's good, that's good......"

There were a few seconds of silence on the phone.

Tang Qi actually understood his mother's desire to speak, and comforted him: "Mom, I'll have a good chat with my aunt when I go back, how long have they not seen my aunt?" What can you know? A lot of words are guesses, and there is no evidence, so don't worry too much. ”

"......"

Tang Qi's mother seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Then you pay attention to safety when you go out of the station, install your mobile phone, there are easy thieves in crowded places." ”

Tang Qi's aunt has lived in the capital for many years, has a boyfriend, and her family conditions are quite good.

The first time I heard about my aunt's relationship was a few years ago, when Tang Qi was just in her first year of high school.

She came home from school with her schoolbag on her back, and when she entered the door, she saw her mother holding a landline phone talking to her aunt.

“...... When you have the opportunity, bring someone back for my sister to take a look at and help you check it. ”

Tang Qi listened with his ears pricked up, and was so excited that he didn't even wear slippers.

She rushed into the house and pressed the speakerphone button on the phone: "Auntie, do you have a boyfriend?" ”

"yes, it's boring to be alone. You study hard, and when the time comes, you will come over to accompany your aunt. ”

"Then when I am admitted to the capital, I will let the 'little uncle' invite you to dinner!"

After Tang Qi said this, he was hit on the head, and his mother held the magazine roll in her hand, telling her not to talk nonsense.

Mom also said, "Your aunt has just started to get in touch, what is it called 'little aunt'?" ”

Auntie's laughter and promise came from the phone: "Then we have to refuel, and when the time comes, let him invite you to eat roast duck and drink small hanging pear soup." ”

At that time, Tang Qi and his mother thought that there would soon be one more relative in the family.

also thought that they would soon meet my aunt's boyfriend.

In the blink of an eye, three or four years have passed, but my aunt's boyfriend has not shown up for a long time.

Marriage-related matters are not even mentioned.

My hometown is a small city in the fifth tier in the north, and it is not well developed.

Some relatives who are backward in their thinking think that it is wrong for my aunt to be in her thirties and not get married.

In addition, my aunt's boyfriend never shows up, and the mystery is mysterious, and the topic about my aunt has gradually changed its taste, making relatives secretly suspicious.

During the Chinese New Year this year, my aunt said that she was busy with work and had to take time to move, so she didn't go back to her hometown.

When I went home during the winter vacation, my relatives tried Tang Qi openly and secretly, "How is your aunt in the capital", "Is the relationship with your boyfriend okay", "Have you seen your boyfriend, what kind of person is it".

The relatives also pulled Tang Qi's mother and said:

"It's been a few years, why hasn't there been any news from Jiaying's boyfriend?"

"Didn't you say before that they all lived together, and the man's family didn't plan to come to propose?"

"Those rich people have a lot of eyes, don't be deceived."

A beautiful woman who goes out in a small place, often has a famous brand, and her boyfriend doesn't say a word about marriage.

With just these few articles, there is already too much room for reverie for relatives.

Tang Qi and his mother didn't think about these aspects, but after listening to them too much, they will inevitably be worried.

Tang Qi's mother's heart-heavy silence just now was also for these things.

When the train arrived at the station and opened, Tang Qi lined up and walked out slowly.

She has the address of her new home sent by her aunt on her phone.

It's not far from the train station, take Line 2, get off the subway and walk for more than ten minutes.

Wearing a long black down jacket, carrying a large schoolbag and dragging a heavy suitcase, Tang Qi almost staggered into the subway with the crowd.

The closer she got to her aunt's house, the more chaotic she became.

Marriage or not marriage are all the freedom of the aunt, and Tang Qi does not want to interfere with the aunt under the guise of "care" and "love".

But she was afraid, afraid that there was a 1 in 10,000,000 chance that the gossip was true.

She was afraid that her aunt would be hurt.

After all, she went to school in the capital last summer, and for a whole semester, she would meet her aunt every once in a while, and she had never met her boyfriend.

Even when she mentioned the mysterious guy in front of her aunt, she had already familiarly called him "little aunt".

My aunt always said that "my sister-in-law" was very busy.

However, the neighbor's uncle had to juggle the nursery and raising horses, and he was always tired and dark and thin in the summer, and when his wife's relatives came, he would still run back from the horse farm sweating.

Even if he was in a hurry, he carried a lot of food, greeted his wife's relatives, and chatted about his heart.

They may even act a little nervous.

Tang Qi believes that the neighbor's uncle behaved like that because he cared about his wife and respected his wife's family.

The subway arrived at the "Higashishishijo" station, shook lightly, and stopped.

It was the peak of the end of the winter vacation, and there were no seats, so Tang Qi stood by the door, trying his best to shrink his body and suitcase inside, to make way for the passengers who were about to get off the bus.

She was still thinking angrily in her head:

That man, does he really care about his aunt enough?

After a few more stops, after getting off the subway, Tang Qi walked to his aunt's new home according to the navigation of his mobile phone.

Standing outside the community, she was stunned.

That's not what an ordinary residential building should look like, the building is unique, fashionable, and looks so magnificent.

Even an ivory tower girl like Tang Qi, who doesn't know anything about real estate, can see that the residence in front of her is a high-end community that is very rich and expensive.

The urban area of the capital is worth every inch of land.

She didn't think that the move that her aunt said was moving to this kind of place.

The uneasiness in my heart grew faintly.

In particular, when Tang Qi was communicating with the security guard at the door, saying that she was going to "16 buildings and 5 floors", she inadvertently raised her eyes and caught a glimpse of the security guard's inexplicable glance at her.

I can't say what that kind of scrutiny means, it's very uncomfortable.

Is it because she seems to be a student from an ordinary family, not like someone who can afford to live here?

Or is there something else?

Tang Qi sensitively sensed that there was some contempt hidden in the security guard's scrutiny.

After checking the owner's message, the security guard called the aunt to ask, and then let the soup in.

People and vehicles were separated in the community, and the vehicles took the underpass, and Tang Qi dragged his suitcase into the pedestrian entrance.

The water of the artificial lake is sparkling;

The well-pruned trees have not yet sprouted new shoots;

The bald bulbul landed on the branches, occasionally chirping twice.

Sixteen buildings are L-shaped with elevator doors in matte rose gold.

Tang Qi stood in front of the door waiting for the elevator, absent-minded, and it was difficult to hide his panic.

She knew what she was panicking about.

I vaguely remembered the last meeting with my aunt before I went home for the Chinese New Year:

At that time, my aunt received a bill from her assistant and calculated it carefully with a calculator, saying that the studio's market was average, and she didn't make much money this year after counting the rent and personnel expenses.

With these things in mind, when he entered the elevator, Tang Qi noticed the existence of another person, but he didn't pay attention to it.

She didn't even look at her for half a minute, she just pressed the floor she was going to in a gloomy manner, and then stood in the middle of the elevator door, continuing to wander.

What to do?

Will my aunt meet a man who plays with her feelings as those relatives said?

The elevator arrived at the person's floor, and there was a "clanging sound", and at the same time as Tang Qi came back to his senses, the person behind him also opened his mouth.

He said, "Sorry, I borrowed it." ”

The voice is low.

One person and one box occupy the only way for people.

Tang Qi pushed her large suitcase apologetically to make room.

The man passed by her, and she realized that he was really tall.

I already have 170cm, but the figure in front of me feels taller than the squad leader who led the morning run in the class, almost 190cm?

The man wears a loose mohair sweater, the color is a very special kind of green, soft and not eye-catching.

The hand holding the phone has an overcoat on his arm. The skin is very white, like a pampered son, which is very commensurate with the expensive decoration in front of him.

As he took something out of his trouser pocket, he dropped a card and landed on the hallway carpet silently.

Tang Qi was worried about his aunt in his mind, and he was also a mess in his heart, and instinctively reminded him: "Your things have fallen." ”

So before the elevator door slowly closed, she saw the man turn around.

He picked up the card, not smiling, but politely enough to say "thank you" to her.