I come from a parallel world

On the second day of the new year, Jiang Xiang moved out of the county.

Gao Ran got the news from Feng Bei. He ate the big red dates without saying a word.

Jiang Xiang left, this development was expected by Gao Ran.

He is still young, and has only lived for more than ten years. The road ahead is very long, and it is up to him how to go.

Good or bad, it is up to him to decide, no matter what the consequences are, he has to bear it.

Even if you don't want to live or die, you have to accept it no matter how you escape from reality.

Gao Ran stuffed dates into his mouth one by one, his mind was in a mess, all about the things that happened recently.

Human heart and human nature, there are too many and complicated things involved behind these two words, which makes people feel shuddering while feeling emotional.

Feng Bei stretched out his hand, "Where is the nucleus?"

Gao Ran spat in his hand.

Feng Bei looked down, he was so lazy that he saved five, his face twitched, and he wasn't afraid to prick his mouth.

Gao Ran reacted, "Why are you picking it up with your hands? It's so dirty."

Feng Bei looked like "Fuck, I was possessed by a ghost just now", "It's dirty and smelly, I'm going to wash my hands, is there any soap?"

"..."

Just say it, why are you blushing.

Gao Ran flipped through the homework on the table, as if he had forgotten something.

What's up?The more I try to remember, the more I can't remember, and I have a headache.

Feng Bei came out of the bathroom, "I'm going to the city tomorrow."

Gao Ran asked with his eyes.

Feng Bei said, "Grandpa is taking care of his great-grandson, I'm going to have a wedding wine."

Gao Ran rested his chin with one hand, "Oh."

Feng Bei saw that the young man was listless, "Want to go with me?"

Gao Ran sighed, "I think so."

He pouted unhappily, "My mother won't agree."

Feng Bei raised his eyebrows, "Where's your father?"

Gao Ran hehehe, "In my house, my mother is the big boss, and if she gets ruthless, my father has nothing to do."

Feng Bei shrugged, "Then there is no other way."

Gao Ran lay down on the table, half dead.

Feng Bei smoked a cigarette, "Actually, there is nothing good in the city. There are many cars, many people, crowded, bad air, and there are human traffickers who specialize in mixing in the crowd, looking for opportunities to prey on children."

Gao Ran was startled, "Human trafficker?"

Feng Bei said, "Yes, human traffickers, abducting and trafficking children, range from birth to teenage years. Boys are more targeted than girls. The number of cases of missing children has doubled in the past two years."

Gao Ran slammed his mouth, "I heard it when I was in the country, if a family gave birth to a daughter in the past, and the family conditions were not good, they would throw the child away, and no one would pick it up."

He groaned, "Besides, if I gave birth to a girl, I would be disliked at home, and I asked to keep having it until I gave birth to a boy. My mother kept telling me that it was a good thing she gave birth to me right away, otherwise she would be offended."

Feng Bei frowned, "Patriarchal..."

Gao Ran nodded, "But after the family planning is implemented, if you don't dare to have extra children casually, you will be fined."

Feng Bei let out a puff of smoke, "The current level of medicine is getting more and more advanced every year. Family members can go to the hospital for sex identification. It is very common for baby girls to be aborted or abandoned."

"In a short period of time, the relevant policies will not come down."

Gao Ran opened his mouth, "That's over, if this continues, the ratio of men to women will be seriously out of balance in the next ten years."

Feng Bei sighed, "That's right, the team of bachelors will get longer and longer."

He tutted, "How did we get to talk about this?"

Gao Ran just glanced at him, "It was you who started first."

Feng Bei strokes the forehead.

Gao Ran tore a piece of paper and folded the plane, took a breath from his lips and threw it into the sky, the plane flew slowly and obliquely.

"I really don't understand my mother. I'm not a girl, and I'm almost eighteen. There will be no problem at all when I travel far."

Feng Bei picked up the plane and threw it away, "In order to make huge profits, some people find suitable targets, stun them, and then cut their vital organs alive. There is no distinction between men and women, as long as they are healthy."

Gao Ran said, "It's fake, I don't believe it."

Feng Bei flicked the soot, "Fake? I can tell you three or five more cases of that type right now."

His complexion was heavy, "Organizations that sell organs have been caught again, but they can't be eradicated. Where there is demand, there is a market."

Gao Ran took a deep breath.

People's hearts are unpredictable, bad people change their ways to be bad, it's hard to guard against.

You can only work hard to become stronger and prevent the bad guys from succeeding.

Feng Bei rubbed the boy's hair, "So you'd better be a good baby, it's not safe to be the first person to go if you don't know the place well."

Gao Ran leaned back, looking at the ceiling, "People always have to be independent."

Feng Bei patted him on the head, "What's the hurry, I promise you, next June I will take you to the city to play."

Gao Ran sat up straight and asked, "Why is it June [-]st next year?"

Feng Bei laughed, "That's your last Children's Day. After your birthday, you're an adult. Adults don't celebrate Children's Day."

Gao Ran's mouth twitched.

Feng Bei asked generously, "Just tell me in advance what gift you want. Your brother is poor, so you need to save money early."

Gao Ran said, "I want Ultraman."

Feng Bei, "..." also said that he is not a child.

After the meal, Gao Ran went to the next door to visit, and brought a jar of fried rice.

Zhang Guifang is drying shoes in the courtyard.

The sun seldom came out to show his face, and there were sharp and thin icicles hanging under the eaves, which were colorful when illuminated by the sun.

Gao Ran broke off a piece and gnawed it, crunchy, his teeth trembling coldly, "Auntie, where is Zhang Rong? Is he at home?"

Zhang Guifang said at home, "How did you do in the final exam?"

Gao Ran grinned, "Sixteen."

Zhang Guifang looked up, "All grades?"

Gao Ran laughed, "How is it possible, it's the class ranking."

Zhang Guifang asked, "How much is your cram school tuition?"

Gao Ran was taken aback, "Does Auntie want to report to Zhang Rong? She doesn't need it."

Zhang Guifang patted the ashes on the shoe, "Xiaorong failed the exam this time."

Gao Ran grinned and said, "If you don't pass the exam, you are much better than me. There are few girls in science classes, and their grades are generally not high. Very few can make it into the top ten. Zhang Rong is very strong."

Zhang Guifang finally had a little smile on his face, and he was not so tense.

"I'm afraid that she will be impetuous and won't sink down."

Gao Ran secretly rolled her eyes, then you can't push her down by force.

"No, Zhang Rong is very self-disciplined."

Zhang Guifang's face darkened, "I'm messing around with boys, so you don't love yourself, and you have a strong self-discipline?"

Gao Ran choked.

Zhang Guifang didn't continue the topic, "She's doing her homework upstairs."

Gao Ran went upstairs knowingly, not knowing what goal Zhang Rong's mother set for her, it must be very high.

Zhang Rong knew that Gao Ran was coming, so she put away her homework and took out peanut candy to treat him to.

Gao Ran leaned on the table and chatted with Zhang Rong, and it was he who started the conversation.

"Have you seen the snowman on my balcony? The nose is not a carrot, it's ham sausage, and the hat is from the school." "Have you bought fireworks at your house?" "Won't you go back to the countryside to worship your ancestors after thirty times?" "That's right , I heard that there will be a night market next year, just over the east gate." "..."

Zhang Rong responded one by one, and the wrinkles between her brows relaxed a little. She got up and closed the door, locked it, and even closed the windows.

Looking at her movements, Gao Ran knew that she was often watched by her mother and lacked a sense of security.

Talk about privacy with adults at this age, they will treat you as fart.

Zhang Rong said, "Gao Ran, I envy you."

Gao Ran turned her head in surprise, "Envy me?"

Zhang Rong hummed softly, "You are always carefree."

Gao Ran bent his back, "Actually, I have severe insomnia, and I am still very anxious."

If it weren't for Brother Xiaobei, he would have mental illness even if he didn't die.

Zhang Rong raised his eyes to look over, and there were only three words in his eyes, "You lied".

Gao Ran bared his white teeth, "I'm just kidding you."

To be honest, no one believed it, and he was speechless.

Zhang Rong's voice was very low, "You are very popular in the class, and many people like to play with you, unlike me."

She pursed her lips, her voice was a little disappointed, "I know they secretly say that I am arrogant and arrogant, but I really want to play with them, but I don't understand the topics they are interested in."

Gao Ran sighed, Zhang Rong was busy studying at school and also at home, he couldn't play, and he wasn't even allowed to watch TV.

Zhang Rong tucked her hair behind her ears, "When I get home every day, my mother will only ask me about my studies, and when I tell her anything else, she will interrupt, Gao Ran, you know? This is really annoying .”

Gao Ran stopped eating peanut candy, and couldn't taste the sweetness.

After a brief silence, Zhang Rong looked up at the wind chime hanging beside the bed, "Sometimes I wonder if I won't have so many troubles after I die."

Gao Ran looked at her in shock, "Why do you..."

Zhang Rong blinked, "I'm joking."

She rang the wind chime and said in the crisp sound, "I won't do that. If I die, I will have nothing. I don't want to die. I have my dream to realize."

"And I'm a coward."

After a pause, Zhang Rong said, "I wrote a letter to my mother, intending to run away from home, but when I think about going to a strange city, I have no money, no place to live, and no one I know. Lots and lots of questions and I'm irritated and scared, so I hold back."

Gao Ran swallowed her saliva, "Why don't you try to communicate with your mother."

Zhang Rong shook his head and said, "It's useless."

"I'm waiting, when the college entrance examination is over, when I grow up, I will leave here, what about you?"

She looked sideways at the boy, "Gao Ran, you will leave too, right? Your parents forced you to go to cram school, confiscated your comics, looked through your drawers, forced you to do things you don't like, disrespectful Your wishes are the same as ours."

Gao Ranxin said, is it still different?You can watch TV casually, or go out to play.

But he didn't say it.

Gao Ran stayed in Zhang Rong's house for more than half an hour, went back and took a can of fried rice to Shuai Shuai's house, returned the two novels by the way, and rented a few more for the next year.

People are not there.

Gao Ran asked the handsome uncle, only to find out that he went to his father's place for the New Year, and he left this morning.

I didn't even call before leaving.

Gao Ran threw the fried rice into the basket of the car, and rode away in a muffled voice.

There are a lot of people in the rental bookstore, and the boss has just bought a new batch of books, as well as pornographic books.

Gao Ran poked around inside for a long time, and when he came out with a few novels in his pocket, it was after four o'clock and the sky was dark.

"Little classmate, may I ask how to get to No. 35 Wanfu Road?"

An old voice came from behind, Gao Ran's footsteps stopped, he turned his head and saw a white-haired old man, "Grandpa, are you talking to me?"

The old man approached with a cane, "Yes."

Gao Ran pointed to him, "Wanfu Road is over there, turn left all the way, and go up a section after three intersections, which should be No. 35."

The old man said, "I'm getting old and my memory is not good, can I ask my little classmate to show me the way?"

Gao Ran didn't hesitate much, "Okay."

The old man said gratefully, "Thank you."

Gao Ran smiled embarrassedly, "It's fine."

The old man asked as he walked, "Is the little classmate a local?"

Gao Ran, "Yes."

The old man frowned, "The hygienic environment here is quite poor, and the law and order are not good. I ran into two pickpockets before I finished walking the whole street."

Gao Ran pushed the bicycle forward, and the wheels ran over the garbage on the side of the road, "Just these two years, it wasn't like this before."

The old man said, "The disadvantages brought about by economic development."

The corners of Gao Ran's eyes twitched slightly. This topic is quite heavy and profound. Economic development is currently not within the scope of his concerns.

The atmosphere was delicate, and Gao Ran had the illusion of dealing with the country's leaders.

"Is grandpa here to visit relatives?"

The old man said, "Look at the grandson."

Gao Ran made a sound, and he found that the old man's body was strong, and he could keep up with him, without panting or exerting any effort.

The old man sighed, "Grandson is disobedient, he hasn't been back for a year, and I, an old man, have to come all the way to see him. I don't know what he's doing here."

Gao Ran joked, "Grandpa, as the old saying goes, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

The old man pondered, "That's right."

The words are so, but the expression is not the case at all.

While waiting for the traffic light, Gao Ran looked sideways at the old man, which startled him.

Fuck, the eyes are the same shape as Cao Fox, and the pensive look is also a bit similar. Could it be his legendary grandfather?

Gao Ran immediately distanced himself from the old man.

Mr. Cao showed some appreciation on his wrinkled face, "Yes, you are very smart, I thought you wouldn't even notice when you reached your destination."

Gao Ran left without saying a word.

Mr. Cao raised his hand, and the two men behind stepped forward.

Gao Ran was stopped, he twisted his neck back, tried his best not to jump, but said calmly, "Old man, there are many people watching on the street, it's not good for you to do this?"

Mr. Cao said kindly, "Just a cup of tea."

Gao Ran looked at the two strong men with expressionless faces, and then at the old man. After thinking about it for about a minute, he agreed.

If you don't agree, you can't do it. The address and family situation are dead, and you can find it out by checking it.

Might as well get rid of it sooner.

It's like drinking a cup of tea, and it's really like that.

After a cup of tea bottomed out, Mr. Cao sent someone to send Gao Ran home.

Gao Ran refused.

Brother Xiaobei said that Cao Huli's grandfather was a famous hypnotist. From the moment he sat down, he was very defensive, and his nerve endings were always tense.

While drinking tea, Gao Ran's consciousness was temporarily confused, which lasted less than five seconds, and he struggled to wake up.

It's not surprising that the old man used hypnotism on him, he was mentally prepared.

I really don't know what the grandparents and grandsons were thinking.

At such an old age, Gao Ran doesn't like to lose his temper, for he is afraid that his anger will turn out bad or bad.

Gao Ran discovered a phenomenon.

Falling asleep in Cao Huli's car back then happened when he was completely unprepared.

The second time he stayed in the office with Cao Huli, he was extra careful and didn't fall asleep.

Hypnosis is not something that can be induced just by thinking about it, and it is not terrible.

Mr. Cao put down his teacup, "Little classmate, we will meet later."

Gao Ran went out without looking back.

The smile on Mr. Cao's face disappeared, replaced by an unspeakable expression.

The jade was sent out, and he made his own opinion.

Mr. Cao buttoned the table, closed his eyelids and fell into deep thought.

Not long after, a person came over and reported respectfully, "The young master has received the news, and the person has come."

Mr. Cao snorted coldly, "Come here if you come here. Is it possible that I'm still afraid of him?"

"Let's go and watch the excitement."

Gao Ran ran into Fox Cao on the street. He buttoned two wrong buttons on his coat, and his hair was uncombed and draped over his forehead in a mess. He was not as calm as usual and panicked.

Cao Shiyuan scanned the young man up and down, and after confirming what was going on, he lowered his eyes and peeled off the candy to eat.

Gao Ran put the bicycle rack next to him, "Your grandpa hypnotized me."

Cao Shiyuan put the candy in his mouth, rolled his tongue, and his breath was full of lemon flavor, "I apologize to you on his behalf."

Gao Ran made a sound from his nose, "You haven't admitted it until now."

Cao Shiyuan rolled his eyelids, "If you insist that I hypnotized you, then do as you like, I apologize."

A helpless look of "you are making trouble for no reason, and I can't do anything about you".

Gao Ran has nothing to say.

Cao Shiyuan spread out his palm, and there was a colorful candy on it, "I brought it from other places, try it?"

Gao Ran refused, "I don't like candy."

Cao Shiyuan said yes? "You like to eat sweets, why don't you eat the candies I give you?"

Gao Ran said, "I like sweets, but that doesn't mean I like sugar."

Especially the lemon flavor, he hates it the most.

wrong.

Gao Ran's face turned ugly, "How do you know I like sweets?"

Cao Shiyuan didn't reply, "Grandpa didn't mean anything."

Gao Ran acted as if he heard a big joke, "Hypnotized me when we met for the first time, is that not malicious?"

Cao Shiyuan pursed his lips, "Indeed not."

Gao Ran waved his hand, "I can see it, you can say that black is white, but I can't tell you."

Cao Shiyuan suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the boy's collar.

Gao Ran was caught off guard, he broke free and fiddled with his collar, "What are you doing?"

Cao Shiyuan laughed.

That smile couldn't tell if it was joy, a sigh, or something else, it was weird and muddy, with many impurities mixed in it.

Gao Ran looked at him like he was insane, turned around, got on his bicycle and left.

Cao Shi watched the young man leave, and did not look away until his figure disappeared into the street and was no longer seen.

Sitting in the car, Cao Shiyuan took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, "It's troublesome."

Mr. Cao said on the other end, "I am your grandfather, so I can't get involved in your affairs?"

Cao Shiyuan said coldly, "I will deal with my own affairs."

His words fell, and he hung up the phone without waiting for the other end to say anything.

Mr. Cao patted the armrest of the chair, will he handle it?You are overconfident, let me see how you plan to deal with it next.

Gao Ran is in a bad mood.

Shuai Shuai left without saying hello, and met Cao Huli and his grandfather on the way. Both grandparents and grandchildren were too busy thinking.

He can't handle that kind of people.

It's still as good as Brother Xiaobei, and it won't make him feel like he will be slapped at any time.

Gao Ran walked through the main alley and turned into a side alley. It was so late, and he thought he would go home before dark.

It turned out well, my stomach was flattened by hunger.

The alley was pitch-black, with a high-burning cold wind blowing, and the chill crawled up his back one after another. He shivered and turned his head nervously.

There was no one behind.

Gao Ran turned his head back and saw a figure in front of him, who was getting closer, and he recognized that it was the aunt who cooked at Jiang Xiang's family.

Brother Xiaobei didn't even find him, so he didn't expect to meet him.

Gao Ran immediately put one foot on the ground, "Auntie, do you remember me? I am..."

His words were interrupted by a woman's voice.

The woman's voice was soft, "Gao Ran, your name is Gao Ran, and you are Jiang Xiang's deskmate. I know your name."

Gao Ran breathed white gas from his mouth, and asked directly, "Auntie, did you put that photo frame?"

The woman didn't hide it either, she admitted bluntly, "Yes, I let it go."

Gao Ran breathed a sigh of relief, it was just as he had guessed, as long as it wasn't a ghost.

"You know Captain Feng is my neighbor, so you want to get my attention, and then find him through me, right? Auntie, why don't you report the crime directly?"

The woman's tone was sad, "There is no evidence."

Gao Ran pulled down the hood of his coat, "Auntie, who are you and Jiang Xiang's parents?"

The woman only said two words, "Old friend."

Gao Ran stepped on the pedal to get a little closer, looking at the woman by the moonlight, with shawl hair, plain appearance, friendly eyebrows and eyes, the same clothes that he wore for cooking that day, and a thick woolen scarf around his neck. scarf and a rather old bag in his hand.

It looked like he was out on business and was about to go back.

"Auntie, Jiang Xiang's sister-in-law was arrested, and the little uncle was arrested and shot dead."

The woman laughed, "Retribution."

Gao Ran's throat was dry, he coughed twice, the coughing became more itchy, his face was flushed with tears, and tears came out.

The woman asked concerned, "Do you want some water? I have a cup in my bag."

Gao Ran said no, he coughed enough, took a few deep breaths, and panted, "Jiang Xiang left the county today, and probably won't come back."

The woman said for a while, "The child did not inherit the same advantages as his parents, and he will not make great achievements in the future."

The tone was very indifferent, as if commenting on an irrelevant stranger.

Gao Ran was not the person involved, so he didn't make any comments. He said bitterly, "Auntie, you really scared me about the photo frame. I thought there was a ghost."

"sorry."

The woman cried guiltily, "I have no choice but to find you...I can only find you..."

Why are you crying so hard?Gao Ran hurriedly got out of the car, flustered, "Auntie, don't cry."

He rummaged in several pockets, but he didn't find the toilet paper, and forgot to bring it when he went out.

The woman kept crying and kept repeating, "I can only find you...I can only find you..."

Gao Ran didn't understand, and panicked, what do you mean you can only find him? "Auntie, don't cry. I didn't mean to blame you. I just didn't understand it at the time."

She added in her heart that when she came back and saw the photo frame in her schoolbag, she was also very frightened.

"Thank you, thank you." The woman cried more and more sadly, her voice hoarse, "I can only find you, I can only find you."

Gao Ran came back to his senses, but the person had disappeared.

He sighed, "I forgot to ask my aunt where she went, otherwise I could send her back."

"Ah-"

A gust of wind blew by, Gao Ran shivered from the cold, he sneezed, and rode his bicycle out of the alley without waiting long, turned here and there, and his eyebrows were almost frozen when he got home.

Liu Xiu asked him to serve the dishes, and said, "Go and deliver some fried rice."

Gao Ran went to the kitchen, "Shuaishai is not at home, he went to his father's place."

Liu Xiu patted his son's arm, "Then why haven't you come back now? Have you gone wild again?"

Gao Ran remembered that there was still a novel in his arms, and immediately became nervous, "Then what, Mom, I have a urgency to pee."

Liu Xiu shouted at his son's back, "Why are you running, there is a toilet downstairs!"

Gao Ran trotted all the way upstairs.

Liu Xiu took a spatula to hold the rice, "Xiao Ran is going to rent a bookstore soon."

Gao Jianjun said, "He has made great progress this semester and performed well. Let him read a few books."

Liu Xiu turned her head in surprise, "Gao Jianjun, why is your position becoming unstable?"

Gao Jianjun took his job and went out without saying a word.

Liu Xiu threw the spatula into the pot, pulled the apron and threw it on the pot table. Every day was a matter of trouble, and she was angry.

A voice came from the main room, "Mom, it's time to eat!"

Liu Xiu's face softened slightly.

Raising a child to guard against old age, it seems that she can only point at her son in the future.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was not very good.

Both young and old are eating, and the couple ignore each other.

Gao Ran picked up the food, "Mom, talk to Zhang Rong's mother when you have time."

Liu Xiu knew what her son was thinking, "This trick won't work, her mother is more stubborn than your mother and I."

Gao Ran's voice was vague, "Then what should I do? Really don't care?"

Liu Xiu put a piece of chicken into his son's bowl, "Let's eat your meal."

Gao Ran doesn't like to eat chicken, it's hard, Seya, he gave it to his father.

When I was done, I took a chopstick of green pepper shredded pork for his mother, and took a spoon to dig some boiled potatoes for grandma.

Everyone has a share, and they all like to eat.

Comrade Gao Jianjun said, "There are indeed problems with Zhang Guifang's educational methods."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the topic was over and there was nothing to talk about.

In the evening, Gao Ran watched the news broadcast downstairs with his parents and grandma. The first episode of the TV series started.

Gao Ran took a shower and lay down under the blanket to read a novel.

When Feng Bei came over, Gao Ran had already finished half of a novel.

"The big red persimmons I brought you, get up and eat."

Gao Ran poked his head out from under the quilt and asked the man to lift the trash can to the bedside.

Feng Bei's face was dark, "Just be lazy."

Gao Ran tore the skin of the persimmons in the trash, "Brother Xiao Bei, let me tell you, the aunt who cooks at Jiang Xiang's family..."

Feng Bei interrupted the boy, "I just want to tell you about this too."

"The woman's body was found in the abandoned factory, dead for some days."

He took off his shoes and sat on the bed, "Why don't you eat persimmons? By the way, what did you want to say just now?"

Gao Ran's face was pale, and he said tremblingly, "I just wanted to say that I saw her in the alley and talked to her for a while."