blind circle

Shu Xin's body was shaken from side to side by the sound of the wheels of the bus rolling on the dirt, making a constant "clucking" sound.

Somehow, he found himself sitting in an old bus, next to a little boy, who was sleeping soundly with his head on his lap.

He couldn't help stretching out his hand to touch this round little head, but the moment he stretched out his hand, he was surprised to find that his body turned into a woman!

Shu Xin was a little panicked, he hurriedly looked around, and there were several sleeping men sitting on the seats next to him.

The car was speeding on the mountain road, with cliffs on one side of the road and a row of crumbling big trees on the other side.

Shu Xin desperately told himself to calm down!

It's this dream again!

In the past ten years, this scene has always appeared in dreams, but tonight is particularly clear!

That is, from then on, in this absurd dream, his eyes were full of the scene of his biological mother taking him home.

This is Shu Xin's last memory of his biological mother.

Sitting up suddenly, the alarm clock beside the bed had already rang.It was already 7 o'clock in the morning, and there were still 2 hours before the agreed time to go to the research institute.

Shu Xin leaned weakly on the head of the bed, still recalling the strange dreams he had frequently had recently in his mind.

"Xing Xing, your complexion is not very good, didn't you sleep well last night?" Ji Liang brought a cup of hot milk in front of Shu Xin, his eyes full of worry.

"I don't know what's going on. I've been dreaming about things in the past recently. Maybe it's a side effect of the medicine." Shu Xin gestured slowly, but still couldn't get out of the dream completely.

Ji Liang's generous palm rested on Shu Xin's forehead, and the scorching heat rushed into his palm, "Xing Xing, you have a fever."

Compared with the physical powerlessness, the psychological haze made Shu Xin feel more physically and mentally exhausted.

Shu Xin let out a long breath, squeezed the space between his eyebrows with his hand, and tried to cheer up, "We have to send some gifts to Li Shengfeng to express our gratitude."

"I sent it in last night and he looked fine."

Ji Liang put his hands on Shu Xin's shoulders, pressed his body on the bed, pulled the corner of the quilt upwards, then took off his shoes and got into the quilt from the other side of the bed.

He wrapped Shu Xin's thin back in his arms, and rested his chin on Shu Xin's shoulder, "Go to sleep, I will be by your side."

The scorching breath rushed out of the nasal cavity from the throat.Shu Xin closed his eyelids, his head seemed to be filled with a puddle of paste, and he was dizzy.

An inexplicable sense of sadness suddenly came to my heart, and the fragmented experience of the past was like an old film film, emerging from the bottom of my heart frame by frame.

At that time, Shu Xin had just graduated from the college entrance examination, but his grandparents passed away one after another.As a young adult, he needs to bear the college expenses for the next four years alone. What's more difficult is that he has already lost contact with his father.

As usual, Shu Xin finished his part-time job in a restaurant.He dragged his exhausted body out of the crowded subway, and followed the swarming crowd to transfer to another subway.

Commuting to and from get off work basically consumes two hours of time every day.

Before entering the house, he would always go to the fresh food store at the door to choose some discounted vegetables.At that time, every dollar in my hand wished I could break it into two.

The old city, small attics, and stairways are full of folded waste paper shells waiting to be recycled.

The landlady, who was wearing a loose dress and took off her shoes on plastic, saw Shu Xin coming back, and said earnestly, "Shu Xin, you also know about the recent removal of shared housing for out-of-towners. Auntie has tried her best to ensure that you can live in another one." Yue, but if you can't find a place to live after a month, then I have nothing to do, so hurry up and think of a way!"

Shu Xin's hand paused for a moment, bowed down to apologize frequently, and gestured a thank you sentence with his hand: "Madam, thank you so much, I have already started looking at houses near my work, and as soon as I find a suitable place, I will immediately Just move out!"

Although the landlady didn't quite understand it, she guessed half of it, so she could only sigh and shake her head.

The sound insulation effect of the old house is not good, and Shu Xin can still hear the conversations of the next-door landlord while standing in the small room.

"Tell me, a young man who can't speak is still so high-minded. He insists on coming to a big city to prove himself. Isn't that obviously asking for trouble?"

"Hey, keep your voice down! Although she is dumb, her ears are good..."

Shu Xin bit her lower lip, her shoulders drooped a little.He also wants to go home, but that home has long been unable to accommodate him many years ago.

The house he lives in is only ten square meters, plus a bathroom that can barely turn around.

According to the usual practice, he checked the doors and windows first, and then started cooking.

Count the portions and steam a portion of rice that is just enough for one person, and then briefly stir-fry those discounted dishes that are not too fresh in the pot.Every day is a stereotyped food, not a little bit of meat.The little oil left over from the vegetables can be refilled by pulling and pulling, and I can keep it for tomorrow.

The unbearable experience of the past has always been dusty in Shu Xin's heart, no matter how deep it is buried, it will suddenly pop up inadvertently.

Shu Xin's shoulders trembled slightly in Ji Liang's arms. Although he never told Ji Liang what he had done, Ji Jiang seemed to feel his current thoughts behind him.

"Don't worry, everything in the past is over. I promise I won't let you be wronged again from now on."

The warm and generous palm wraps Shu Xin's slender and thin hand in the palm, and the thumb pad gently rubs the edge of Shu Xin's palm.

In the afternoon, under the leadership of Li Shengfeng, Ji Liang and Shu Xin entered Dr. Berkeley's research institute together.They were greeted by a blond British man who was about the same age as Li Shengfeng.

Ji Liang silently wrote down the appearance of Dr. Berkeley.

"Hello, I'm Berkeley."

Berkeley squinted his eyes and looked Shu Xin up and down with great interest.He really couldn't understand that the young man in front of him could make Li Shengfeng, who killed without blood, plead for him.

After a brief self-introduction, Dr. Berkeley suddenly smiled and said to Li Shengfeng, "Tom rarely asks me!"

Shu Xin and Ji Liang were a little puzzled by the kindness in the smile.

Right now, they don't know anything about the identity of this Berkeley doctor, but this person is an important breakthrough for this mission.

Along the way, Berkeley led the three of them to walk around the perimeter of the institute. The security system inside the institute was very strict. Every door leading to the interior required double identification by pupils and fingerprints. What kind of experiment was going on inside? Outsiders can't spy on it at all.

"Come on, this is the Department of Otolaryngology and Noseology." Berkeley led Shu Xin and Ji Liang into a peripheral diagnosis room, which was basically not much different from ordinary consultation rooms in terms of furnishings.

Sitting at his desk, Berkeley flipped through Shu Xin's materials, and Jier put it by his hand.

"Judging from your previous examination at the Manhattan Hospital, I personally think that in addition to the acquired vocal cord damage, a large part of the reason comes from your native family and childhood shadow."

Berkeley crossed his fingers and leaned forward. "Can you tell us about your childhood?"

The atmosphere in the diagnosis room suddenly froze, and everyone's eyes were on Shu Xin.

Shu Xin's eyelashes drooped down, covering up the complicated eyes.Those unbearable memories of the past were barbs in Shu Xin's heart. He didn't dare to think about it, let alone say it.

"Sorry, we may need to give Shu Xin some time." Ji Liang frowned and stared at Shu Xin, he lowered his head and whispered in Shu Xin's ear, "Xing Xing, if you are not ready, we will come back at another time!"

Shu Xin took a deep breath, managed to squeeze out a smile, and cast a firm look at Ji Liang, "It's okay, you can help me relay it to Dr. Berkeley."

The curtain opened 40 years ago.

At the time when the slogan of "going to the mountains and going to the countryside" was vigorously promoted, Shu Xin's father, Shu Jianguo, also had to leave the city.

Shu Jianguo gave up volleyball training in the provincial team and had to face a completely unfamiliar rural environment, feeling really annoyed.

A group of people sat on the rickety truck and drove into the mountain nest in a roundabout way.Looking at the scene around him, Shu Jianguo felt very uncomfortable. This kind of complicated feeling came from the confusion and unwillingness to the future.

The truck drove into a farm that had just been harvested, and Shu Jianguo got out of the truck with his companions who were going to the countryside with their luggage.They were led up a mountain road by an unkempt uncle with many patches on their clothes.

Before taking a few steps, Shu Jianguo's feet were covered with yellow mud, but he knew that this was not the time for him to be hypocritical, so he raised his feet to rub against the rocks, and quickly followed the large army.

There are six people in this team, four boys and two girls.

After being placed in the collective dormitory, several boys of similar age began to ask each other about each other's situation. When they heard that Shu Jianguo was playing basketball, the other three immediately became excited.

"Shu Jianguo, teach us if you have nothing to do!"

Shu Jianguo smiled heartily: "Succeed! Someday when you have free time, just find two poles and hang a broken fishing net, and I will teach you how to play!"

The conditions in the mountain village are extremely difficult, but Shu Jianguo has always been submissive, so he feels nothing.

However, when the aborigines in the village saw that the children from the city looked so fair and comfortable, they felt 1 happy in their hearts, and they would secretly stuff some steamed buns for Shu Jianguo.

Shu Jianguo used to work hard in urban volleyball team training, and the daily farm work was a kind of training for him.When doing farm work, Shu Jianguo used it as physical training, often adjusting the rhythm of his work, as if he was still on the field.

Shu Jianguo couldn't bear it, but the others really couldn't bear it.After a few days, those in the same dormitory were lying on the bed and could not move. Shu Jianguo took the initiative to teach them how to rest after exercising to relieve their muscle soreness. good.

It's a pity that the city people at that time were too conspicuous in this small and remote village, especially the few ignorant wanderers in the village were quite jealous.

No matter how good the life in the small village is, Shu Jianguo is still unwilling to see his talent in volleyball being buried like this.

Half a month later, I heard that the city's volleyball team had been established, and the players assigned to other villages were all called back, but I still hadn't received any news.

No news means that he was not selected, and the loss and sadness flooded into Shu Jianguo's heart like a flood.He really couldn't understand, could all his previous efforts be so wasted, could it be that he would miss volleyball for the rest of his life?

All this was seen by Liang Yu who went to the countryside together.After eating that day, Liang Yu deliberately stopped Shu Jianguo, she didn't ask anything, but said to Shu Jianguo: "Brother, you didn't catch up with the good times, but I can see that you are capable of going out Yes, unfortunately not now."

"We must live here in a down-to-earth manner. Don't those seedlings have to squat in the water for a few months before they can emerge? Don't think too much, you are still young, and there are plenty of opportunities!"

Shu Jianguo looked at the ragged padded jacket on Liang Yu's body, and felt pity and admiration for this fair little girl in his heart.

Liang Yu was originally an elementary school teacher in the city. In order to respond to the slogan of being called to the countryside, he voluntarily came here to take on the teaching task.

Liang Yu's words comforted Shu Jianguo's heart.Since then, the two have often been in pairs, and the people in the village are also booing, hoping to match this golden boy and jade girl together.

During the days spent with Liang Yu, Shu Jianguo began to have a feeling of precipitation. He came into contact with many books with Liang Yu, and his personality began to change. He became more calm and meticulous in his work.

In the days that followed, Shu Jianguo was the first to get up every day, and went to work in the fields energetically, because he knew that whenever the sun was at its worst, Liang Yu would definitely appear at the top of the field and bring himself a cup of tea.

On this day, while Shu Jianguo was working, conflicts arose between the village and other villages because of the land on the edge of the village.

The land was originally a pigsty, but the village next door insisted that it was the pigsty that caused the nearby crops to die. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was an unreasonable trouble from the next village. Everyone knew that they wanted to use fertilizer. Yes, but I can't tell the pain.

After Shu Jianguo heard the news, he immediately came up with an idea.

Since the neighboring village said that the neighborhood is too stinky and wants this fertilizer, it might as well give up this piece of land and the village allocate another piece of land.With this land, it is not only convenient to clean up the pigsty, but also can expand the scale of the pigsty.

Shu Jianguo's idea made the neighboring village shut up.Everyone in the village praised that since the arrival of these educated youths, the whole village has become more positive. In addition, Shu Jianguo often organizes the educated youths to play volleyball with the local youths on the open field where the wheat is sunned. This dilapidated and backward village There is also life.

Liang Yu took Shu Jianguo's changes into his heart. In this way, the buds of love gradually sprouted in this quiet village.

Unfortunately, the good times don't last long.

Liang Yu has a good style and was sent back to the city, but Shu Jianguo still hasn't received any news.

After being sent back, Liang Yu still couldn't forget the memory of being in the village with Shu Jianguo, and returned to the village by car a month later. Unfortunately, Shu Jianguo was nowhere to be seen in the village.

Not only did Shu Jianguo disappear, but the three young men who went to the countryside together at that time all disappeared.Liang Yu asked the nearby villagers everywhere, but everyone kept silent.

The rain dripped down the eaves of the brick and tile houses. Wang Liangyu was standing at the head of the village. The rich peony flowers embroidered with gold thread on the corner of his clothes were already stained with mud. What he was holding in his hand was the purse embroidered with the name of Shu Jianguo. .

Maybe it was because the rain was so dense that Liang Yu couldn't open her eyes. She stood alone in front of the former dormitory until she lost her final consciousness.

When Liang Yu opened her eyes again, she looked around and found herself lying in a strange room.Simple mud walls, simple wooden tables, and rain leaking in the corner of the room.

Liang Yu sat up, tightly hugging the quilt in her arms.

Suddenly, there was a kind-hearted lady wearing rough clothes with a kind smile.

She slowly walked up to Liang Yu, smiled kindly and said, "Girl, I saw you fainted when I passed by on the road. I'm an old woman with no money, so I can only give you this bowl of ginger soup."

Liang Yu's heart warmed, and he hurriedly took Jiangtang, and replied, "Thank you, grandma."

For some reason, maybe the ginger soup was too spicy, and Liang Yu's tears fell one by one.

Grandma was shocked, and hurriedly comforted her: "Girl, what happened to you? Don't be sad, Grandma won't charge you."

Liang Yu wiped away her tears and said with a sob: "Grandma, do you know where the group of young people who went to the mountains and the countryside went?"

Grandma shook her head and waved her hands: "Girl, don't mention it, those college students are in trouble!"

"What's wrong!" Liang Yu was taken aback, and the bad premonition rose again in his heart.

"I don't know which bastard it was. In the middle of the night, the little girl who went to the mountains and the countryside was defiled/defiled, and she was thrown on the side of the road. Before the girl died, she was still holding the skirt of a young man who went to the mountains and the countryside. "

Liang Yu's eyes darkened, and he stammered, "Is that young man surnamed Shu?"

Grandma was shocked when she heard the surname: "How do you know?"

In an instant, Liang Yu seemed to be drained of all his strength, and fell on the bed instantly, unable to speak a word.

Her last bit of hope seemed to collapse in an instant.

She knew that Shu Jianguo would never do such a thing, and she also knew that the group of people in the village had long been jealous of Shu Jianguo because he was too outstanding.But she never expected that those people's methods would be so vicious.