eyes outside the box

"Someone is following you?"

Wang Qin looked at Duan Jiuze who dismissed Yang Bowen, and was a little surprised.

Duan Jiuze succinctly talked about his feelings for the past one and a half months, and finally expressed his guess: "That person is Wenwen's father, isn't he? The few times we came back from vacation, Mom probably didn't go out to see friends. It's Wenwen's father, right?"

Wang Qin looked at Duan Jiuze with complicated eyes, and was shocked by the child's keen intuition and meticulous observation.

"I thought I was hiding it well, but I didn't expect you to know it all the time." Wang Qin sighed, and briefly talked about Yang Bowen's parents.

"I am good friends with Wenwen's mother, Yang Xi. When she went to study abroad, she once joked that I was her best friend that she could take care of her alone. Unexpectedly, it became a prophecy. Yang Xi met Wenwen's father abroad, and the two An unmarried child. Wenwen’s father returned to China and got involved in some things. Yang Xi, who was still in Germany at the time, called me and asked me to pick her up at the airport, saying that he was looking for a relationship. Wenwen was born prematurely. Unable to go back to China immediately with Yang Xi, Yang Xi entrusted a friend in Germany to take care of him. The flight crashed, and the friend contacted me, and I came back with Wen Wen. I don’t know much about Wen Wen’s father, but before I just don't have a good impression of him, and recently..."

When Wang Qin said this, his eyes were a little far away, as if thinking of the days of war and chaos.

"I know this is not the way, but you are going to take the high school entrance examination soon, and my mother is afraid of you, especially Wenwen, what if it affects you because of this. Wenwen is only 15 years old, and I am afraid that he will not be able to accept it. I thought, Anyway, we can wait until after your senior high school entrance examination. If you hadn't mentioned it, I don't know that he would dare to follow you."

Duan Jiuze thought for a while, and was about to say something, but when he heard Yang Bowen, who had been sent away to buy things by him, open the door, he exchanged glances with Wang Qin, went back to the kitchen, and helped prepare the meals.

Although this matter has been put on hold for the time being, Duan Jiuze has been thinking about finding an opportunity to talk about it.If it drags on for a long time, it's not good for anyone. For myself, it may be much better than passively letting the man who appeared suddenly say it.Duan Jiuze was also confident that Yang Bowen's psychological endurance was not that bad.

On Zhou Tian's way back to school, Duan Jiuze had been thinking for a long time about how to speak better.But when he turned to look at Yang Bowen, Duan Jiuze felt that Yang Bowen seemed to have something to say to him.It was also the first time Duan Jiuze saw such a tangled look on Yang Bowen's face.

Seeing that he was getting closer to the school, Duan Jiuze stopped, looked at the back of Yang Bowen who was still walking, and said, "Let's talk."

When Duan Jiuze spoke, Yang Bowen realized that Duan Jiuze had stopped.

As if making up his mind, Yang Bowen walked up to Duan Jiuze, looked around carefully, and then said, "Zeze, I don't think I'm interested in girls, what should I do?"

Duan Jiuze glanced up and down at Yang Bowen: "Why do you feel this way?"

Yang Bowen lowered his head slightly, and his voice was a little difficult: "Linzi and the others hide it, but they like to look at the pictures of girls in swimsuits, the ones that show more, and... that's the kind of film."

Duan Jiuze looked at Yang Bowen with unchanged expression: "Did you read it?"

"Yeah." Yang Bowen nodded, his expression unchanged: "They said it would be hard to watch, but I just found it boring. On the contrary, the occasional male bodies in it made me feel...interested."

Duan Jiuze looked at Yang Bowen who seemed to be waiting for a trial, and wanted to laugh a little in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

"It's no big deal, I happen to..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard: "Wenwen!"

A man in a cheap suit with cloudy eyes walked up to Duan Jiuze and Yang Bowen, his eyes were red, and he stared at Yang Bowen for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't speak for a long time.

Duan Jiuze frowned, and subconsciously pulled Yang Bowen behind him.

This man is well-dressed, but it's not like Duan Jiuze hasn't seen him for a month and a half—it's what Duan Jiuze and Wang Qin mentioned, the man who followed them, Yang Bowen's biological father.

Yang Bowen was yelled by this person, and he was still in a blinded state, but he was even more dizzy when Duan Jiuze pulled him behind him to protect him.

After speaking, without waiting for the man to react, he pulled Yang Bowen and ran away.

Yang Bowen staggered for a moment, then started to run at Duan Jiuze's pace.

But after running for less than two meters, all the buildings began to fade slowly, and the thick white fog gradually filled the eyes, and finally replaced everything.

Duan Jiuze pulled Yang Bowen and ran for a while in the white mist-filled void, and finally stopped with a frown.

Duan Jiuze turned his head and saw that Yang Bowen was still being pulled by him, but it was obvious that Yang Bowen was immersed in his own world.

But this is not the time to be immersed in his own world, Duan Jiuze tugged Yang Bowen's arm without hesitation: "Wenwen, we may have to wait."

"What?" Yang Bowen looked up, but when his eyes touched Duan Jiuze's back, he suddenly pulled Duan Jiuze around.

Before Duan Jiuze had time to ask what was going on, Yang Bowen spoke first: "Why are you running in a hurry? Just run, why stop suddenly? I didn't take you to flash fast, I guess I'm going to confess to being under the wheel."

Duan Jiu Zemeng turned around, only to realize that he and Yang Bowen were standing in the middle of the road, but because it was a pedestrian crossing, the behavior just now seemed like he wanted to run a red light.

Before Duan Jiuze could react, he heard a voice next to him: "Is Wenwen hurt somewhere? Now the red light is red, Wenwen should not run the red light, it is easy to cause accidents."

After speaking, he grabbed Yang Bowen nervously and looked up and down several times, as if he couldn't be sure of Yang Bowen's safety.

"..."

Duan Jiuze felt that this man's acting was a bit too much.It's just that Yang Bowen didn't seem to feel it. He just shook off the man's hand awkwardly and impatiently, walked to Duan Jiuze, stared at the traffic light, and when he saw the green light, he immediately grabbed the man and ran away.

Duan Jiuze didn't understand what happened to the white mist just now, so he was forced to follow Yang Bowen and continue running towards the school.

This time, the man did not chase after him.

The man suddenly gave up secretly following, and instead stood in front of Yang Bowen and told Yang Bowen the facts of his life experience, which made Duan Jiuze a little suspicious, whether the man was unhappy with Wang Qin's blackmail, or... had other plans.

What made Duan Jiuze even more difficult to grasp was Yang Bowen's attitude.

He clearly knew his life experience, but after Yang Bowen returned to school, he behaved the same as before. It seemed that this matter did not leave any traces in his heart.

This seems normal, but it is abnormal to be so normal after knowing this.

Duan Jiuze was not sure about Yang Bowen's psychology, he only wanted to chat with him on the way home during the weekend holiday.

However, what Duan Jiuze didn't expect was that on the weekend, when Duan Jiuze was about to leave in the classroom, Yang Bowen told him to wait, and he went back to the dormitory to get his things and came back, but he never returned.

The students in the dormitory said that Yang Bowen did go back to get things, but he left after taking them.

Duan Jiuze asked many people, but apart from knowing that Yang Bowen had left the school, he couldn't get any useful clues.

Duan Jiuze's heart sank, and he had a bad guess.

No matter what, they will definitely go home, but on the way home, Duan Jiuze has been consciously waiting for Yang Bowen's biological father to come out.And he will be disappointed after all.This also made the guess in Duan Jiuze's heart a little heavier.

"Where's Wenwen?"

When he opened the door, only Duan Jiuze was seen, which made Wang Qin feel a little uneasy.

"Mom, Wenwen may have been picked up by his biological father."

As soon as Duan Jiuze finished speaking, he heard Wang Qin's mobile phone in the living room ring.

Wang Qin and Duan Jiuze looked at each other, each with some guesswork.This guess was completely confirmed after Wang Qin turned on the speakerphone.

"Mom, Zeze, I'm with Daddy right now. I'm sorry, I know you might be a little disappointed in me. But, I just want to see the mother who gave birth to me. Daddy said a lot about her. I...I I just want to take a look and be back soon. Mom, Zeze, thank you. I'll be back soon, don't worry. Goodbye."

Yang Bowen's voice came clearly through the loudspeaker.Even after the call was connected, before Wang Qin and Duan Jiuze had time to say a word, Yang Bowen said a series of words directly. After finishing speaking, he hung up and refused to answer the call again.

"Wenwen's biological father is not a good person. He blackmailed me so much before, but now he cheated Wenwen away. I don't know what to do. Zeze, can we call the police now?"

It was his biological father who took Yang Bowen away. Duan Jiuze didn't know if it would be useful to call the police, or if it would be too late.

In fact, the best thing is to intercept Yang Bowen and his son before they leave the city, but Duan Jiuze also knows that neither he nor Wang Qin has anything to do with checking what kind of transportation Yang Bowen and his son are taking. Big, also unimaginable.

But looking at Wang Qin's anxious expression at this moment, Duan Jiuze could only reply calmly: "Mom, don't be anxious, it's useless. Just now Wenwen said that he was going to see his aunt. But I remember you said that , Auntie is dead, so the only thing we can go to see is the cemetery. We rushed to the cemetery before them and waited for the rabbit."

Wang Qin thought for a while, and added: "We still need to call the police, and then buy a ticket to go to Moucheng. Wenwen's mother, who belonged to Moucheng, was buried there. But for this matter, I'll just go, you hurry up The high school entrance examination is over, don't delay your review."

"Mom, if you miss the high school entrance examination, you can take it again. I also want to see Wenwen standing by our side safely."

Wang Qin also understood what Duan Jiuze meant, and did not object any more.

The mother and son bought tickets, went to the police station, and then went to the airport.

"I should have told Wenwen earlier to take him to see his mother. I hope that man really only wanted to take Wenwen to see his mother."

Duan Jiuze and Wang Qin sat in the waiting hall anxiously waiting, and Wang Qin couldn't help but blame himself occasionally.

Duan Jiuze didn't answer.

When things happen, no matter how much you regret and entangle, it is useless, it is better to think about countermeasures.

If the man just brought Wenwen to see Wenwen's biological mother, it is naturally the best possibility, but other situations are not ruled out.

Wang Qin also said before that that man is not a good person, and even threatened Wang Qin.But Duan Jiuze didn't quite believe that taking someone away during the sensitive period when the child was about to take the senior high school entrance examination, the other party really came to Yang Bowen for the sake of family affection.

"Mom actually knows that Wenwen's father may..."

Duan Jiuze didn't hear a word of what Wang Qin said afterwards.

Because when Duan Jiuze raised his eyes and looked at Wang Qin, Wang Qin's figure, together with the entire airport, was slowly fading away.

Duan Jiuze stood up suddenly, watching all the colors slowly fade until the white mist covered everything again, and the noisy sounds of the airport gradually disappeared together with these colors, until absolute silence occupied the entire space.

Duan Jiuze clenched his hands, and he told himself in his heart, wait, wait, maybe wait a little longer, everything will return to normal, just wait a little longer.

1 minute, 2 minutes... an hour, two hours...

Finally, Duan Jiuze never waited for all this to recover.

In this pure white and quiet space, only Duan Jiuze was left standing silently.

Everything was silent, only the sound of Duan Jiuze's breathing and heartbeat remained.

The pure white space seemed to stand still with time, Duan Jiuze just stood there, his movements and postures did not change at all, and he did not know how long it had passed.

Duan Jiuze forced himself to calm down and think about all this quietly.

This space, a completely pure white and silent space, was also encountered in Duan Jiuze's first life when he became a vegetable.

At that time, Duan Jiuze thought that this space was unique to vegetative people, but now, the airport is directly fading away until the state of this space appears.This at least shows that this space is different from Duan Jiuze's original idea.

But Duan Jiuze did not encounter a car accident, fell off a cliff, or encountered any danger, and just stood in this space in a short period of time—or in other words, this space surrounded him.

So, the previous few times of white fog, isn't it the precursor to the emergence of this space?

It's just that Yang Bowen was with him at that time, this space didn't swallow him completely.But this time, there was no Yang Bowen by his side, but Wang Qin, those strangers waiting together at the airport.

Duan Jiuze even boldly speculated in his heart, is there no one else who can keep him in the real world except Yang Bowen?

Duan Jiuze closed his eyes, but he could only feel his own breathing and his own heartbeat.

I am still alive, but only I am still alive.

Duan Jiuze had been thinking before, would his own rebirth not just be a rebirth chance given by God?It was not because of the first failed rebirth, God compensated for a new rebirth.

If there is no problem with Duan Jiuze's thinking, then there must be another rebirth, and the next Duan Jiuze's life or half of his life is waiting for him.

Duan Jiuze closed his eyes and listened, feeling quietly.

The breeze blew gently, with a hint of dryness.

Slowly, the voice became clearer little by little.There are the sounds of vehicles passing by, the cute laughter of girls discussing the latest lipstick, and the voices of men who care about stock funds talking...

Duan Jiuze opened his eyes, watching the colors around him slowly deepen, and all the buildings appeared little by little, and the laughter and cursing of people came to his ears again——Duan Jiuze has never been like this before, and he deeply feels that this is so natural sound.