Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

The gate of the courtyard is still the same, the iron railings that have been peeled off the paint make squeaky noises, the persimmon trees in the courtyard are much more lush than in memory, and there are still a few familiar faces in the corridor, but they are more beautiful than in the memory. A lot of vicissitudes.

"Aunt Zhou, is Grandpa Wang there?" Wei Lan lay on the window of the management room, smiling and asking the middle-aged woman who was having a lively chat inside.

"Who are you?" Zhou Min, who was called Aunt Zhou, looked at the two good-looking young men outside the window suspiciously, and felt that they looked familiar, "What do you want to do with the dean?"

Wei Lan showed Zhou Min the fruit bag in his hand, "I'm Wei Lan. I haven't been back for a long time. I want to visit his old man."

"You are Wei Lan?" Surprised that his voice was suspiciously high, Zhou Min smiled awkwardly, hiding his unnatural attitude, and wanted to quickly throw this hot potato out, "The dean is here, right in the corridor Innermost office."

"Thank you."

After walking a certain distance to ensure that no one would hear him, Xiao Zixian asked in a low voice, "Why is her attitude so strange? She seems to be very afraid of you."

"At the beginning, some aunts instigated other children to exclude me, and treated me harshly in terms of life, probably because they were afraid that I would come to seek revenge." Patting Xiao Zixian on the shoulder, "It doesn't matter, it's been so long."

Seeing Wei Lan, Wang Qing was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear for a long time. After finally regaining his senses, he hurriedly let the two of them into the office and sat down, and brought two glasses of warm water. When I came back to see, I thought you had forgotten us." As he spoke, he looked to Xiao Zixian, "You are a boy from the Xiao family, right? During the years Wei Lan was here, you were the only one who came to see him. "

"Ah."

Um?What is the situation with this reaction?Wei Lan secretly glanced at Xiao Zixian who was sitting upright beside him, and was surprised to see a hint of shyness from the paralyzed expression on his face. Is this guy shy like this?

It turned out that he had really been appearing in his life all the time, the guy who only left behind was finally able to stand side by side.Wei Lan happily handed the fruit to Wang Qing, "I know you are in a difficult situation, so I don't dare to come back and cause trouble."

"What are you talking about, where do I put my old face?" There was helplessness in the laughter. He also noticed what those managers did in private back then, but he had no choice but to teach Wei Lan a lesson. Those administrators, it is very likely that the things they concealed at the beginning will be revealed. That is what he never wants to happen. At the same time, this is also the best way to protect Wei Lan. festival."

"Because I have something very important to ask you for advice. Do you remember my mother? Wei Dongmei, I heard that she also lived here."

How could it be possible to forget that Wei Lan would not have been treated like that if there hadn't been those things at the beginning, "Let's go out and talk, we haven't been here for a long time, I'll show you around."

Many children were laughing and laughing on the brand-new amusement facilities, and all the worn-out toys had been replaced. Wei Lan supported Old Dean Wang affectionately, and walked in the familiar yet unfamiliar yard, "My mother once happened here. What? Why are they calling her a monster?"

"She was not sent here, she should be considered abandoned..."

That night, Wang Qing was awakened by a burst of heart-piercing crying, and many rooms were lit up, as if he was also disturbed by it.Putting on his coat and walking out of the courtyard, there was a four or five year old girl sitting by the iron gate, the guard was standing there not knowing what to do, Wang Qing picked up the girl and looked out, the street was already empty.

The girl looks very delicate and sweet, but the shabby clothes she wears are not suitable for her. In the first days, the girl couldn't even speak, and it was only then that she taught the girl how to speak word by word,' Xiuxiu's real name is Lv Dongmei. Wang Qing is not sure if it is these words, but can only guess from the pronunciation. Since then, the girl has returned to the name Lv Dongmei.

Wang Qing wondered whether Lu Dongmei was abandoned by her family because of some disease. Such a well-behaved and lovely child made people feel distressed. Wang Qing used his savings to take Lu Dongmei to the hospital for a check-up. Surprisingly, there was no check-up. to anything wrong.

If it wasn't for illness, could it be that the family couldn't afford to be abandoned?But this is what era, how can such a thing happen.

Lv Dongmei grew up day by day, and although she was still a little shy, she was able to play with other children. On the day of Lv Dongmei's tenth birthday, a terrible incident happened that Wang Qing would never forget in his life.

The children were making noise in the yard, and they were excited to find a dry mushroom growing on the branch of the tree. Driven by curiosity, they encouraged each other to climb up the tall tree, and even Lu Dongmei, who had always been stable, was caught The atmosphere was driven by excitement, her body was soft and light, and she climbed up the branch more smoothly than other children.

The tragedy happened at that moment, the tree branches cracked and snapped, and Lv Dongmei followed the broken branches and fell from a height close to the third floor.

When Wang Qing heard the news and rushed over, he saw only the motionless girl on the ground, with her tiny neck bent at an abnormal angle. It was obvious that her tibia had been broken. The health doctor in the hospital had already pronounced Lv Dongmei dead, but Wang Qing did not give up. , Insist on calling the emergency number, and carefully administer first aid to Lu Dongmei.

Time passed by, and under the persuasion of everyone in a few words, Wang Qing finally accepted this reality. He knew very well in his heart that he could not be saved, no matter how unwilling he was, but just when he was about to let go of that little hand Suddenly, the little finger in the palm moved!

With the movement of the fingers, the long eyelashes fluttered, and a pair of big watery eyes opened.still alive!she is alive!But different from his own joy, Wang Qing found that the people around him were looking at the girl vigilantly with terrified eyes.

Yes, it’s no wonder, if it’s a disease or drowning, it’s normal to be rescued, but the current situation is so weird that Wang Qing unconsciously pushed the little Lu Dongmei away—how could a person who died on the spot with a broken tibia be rescued? ?

There was no breathing, no heartbeat, but the girl really got up right in front of her eyes, her big innocent eyes opened as if she had just woken up, she looked at Wang Qing blankly, and then she showed a sweet smile.How could such a child die?

Maybe this is a gift from God!The people from the emergency center had already arrived, Wang Qing dismissed the onlookers, casually pulled a little girl who was seriously injured from the fall, and told a big lie to the emergency personnel. In this way, Lu Dongmei's matter was concealed.

Stretching out his wrinkled fingers, Wang Qing pointed to a tall locust tree, "It's this tree, she fell here at the beginning. I thought it was over like this, and I observed it for a long time. Dongmei didn’t see anything wrong after she came here, but she became less talkative and less gregarious than before, always staying alone in the room.”

"What happened later? Did nothing happen again?" Wei Lan took a deep breath of the fragrance of Sophora japonica.Her mother lived here too, stepping on the same grass and looking at the same sky.

Wang Qing found an empty bench and sat down. She was old and her legs and feet were still weak. "It was inevitable that something happened later. The seemingly normal situation lasted until she was in middle school."

At that time, Lu Dongmei was 16 years old, and she went to a good middle school with the support of Wei's family. The terrible scene that happened has been almost forgotten by people, and Lu Dongmei was still living step by step normally. A stray dog ​​was hit to death by a car, and the body fell at the school gate. All the teachers and students avoided the blood, but Lu Dongmei stood there in a daze, staring at the stray dog's body, and then, under the eyes of everyone, He knelt down and reached out to grab the crushed dog carcass, even planning to put it in his mouth.

Wang Qing, who was notified by the school security, hurriedly took Lu Dongmei back to the orphanage, and had to transfer her to another school.He couldn't figure out what kind of changes had taken place in Lu Dongmei's body, and why he did such a terrible thing.

After returning, Lu Dongmei was still normal, and she didn't do any strange behaviors. A one-year suspension should be enough. Lu Dongmei was sent back to the city again to study and live in a new school.

"Dongmei is a smart child who can learn everything quickly. He is also the only one in that group of children who was admitted to university. The old man of the Wei family decided to adopt Dongmei and fully support her studies. Dongmei was also very happy and changed her surname to become a I just fell in love with Wei Chen, the boy of the Wei family." Wang Qing recalled, "But Dongmei is not a normal person after all, and we can't keep this matter from the Wei family, so the old man and I told Dongmei May told the truth about the situation."

"My grandpa? What did he say?" Wei Lan was very curious about his grandpa's attitude. The grandpa in his impression was a very dignified old man, but his love for his children and grandchildren could be called doting. Can the old man accept everything that is acceptable to normal people?

The answer Wang Qing gave was astonishing, "Mr. Wei said that he would not live for a few years, and now he can't stop him even if he dies. The children can let them go if they want. It can be seen that Mr. Wei also approves of Dongmei. Yes. Sure enough, they got married within two years after graduating from college, and later they came back to visit me with you in their arms."

"I was really born by my mother?" Just as Wei Lan asked this, Wang Qing slapped the back of the head hard.

"You brat, what did you say?" Wang Qing stared at Wei Lan reproachfully.

"No no! I didn't mean that!" This was really a misunderstanding, Wei Lan hurriedly explained, "I'm just curious, if according to what you said, my mother had already died at that time, and she could really give birth to me Forget it, this question sounds strange no matter how you ask it, so I simply changed it, "I mean, am I half human and half corpse? That's why those aunts think I'm also a monster?"

Wei Lan's question caused both Wang Qing and Xiao Zixian to fall into silence. They had never thought about this question carefully. Wei Lan in front of him was breathing, had a heartbeat, and had a body temperature. born?

Xiao Zixian's doubts were more serious than Wang Qing's. It wasn't just a matter of zombies giving birth. He even began to wonder if the living dead of the Lu family could really be counted as zombies?

They are dead but not stiff, have their own consciousness, can live and do things normally, and can't see any abnormality except for no heartbeat and breathing. What are they?And Wei Lan, who is talking and laughing beside him, is not surnamed Lu, so what could he be?