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It soon became clear that what they heard just now was the school song of this elementary school.It will ring once every noon and afternoon, and it will be used together with the bell as a sign of school dismissal.

The primary school is still the same as before, but the position of the main entrance has been shifted by about 20 meters; the school building has also been remodeled, and it is no longer the small building with red bricks and blue windows with a sloping roof and building blocks in Shen Xingze's hazy memory.

Everything seems to have turned as radically as the town itself.Only the school song, which was born at least 30 years ago, is still sung endlessly.

Today is Friday, and elementary school only has half-day classes.At this moment, the school gate is full of traffic, and all the temporary parking spaces are full.Primary school students carrying school bags bounced out of the campus and were picked up by parents waiting on the side of the road.

An Huawen slowed down, carefully avoiding the disorderly crowd, then turned around at the intersection ahead, and finally found a temporary parking space at the entrance of the alley diagonally opposite the school gate.

"are you OK?"

After turning off the engine, he turned his head and looked at Shen Xingze: "We still have other options, you don't need to push yourself too hard."

"It's okay, I'm fine."

Shen Xing chose to shake the bandaged hand, while turning his head to look out the car window.

Across the flower bed in the middle of the street, almost directly opposite should be the location of the old school gate.Of course, it is just an ordinary hedge now.

Shen Xingxuan took this hedge as a base point, and slowly walked back and forth on the left and right sides of the street.

There was a lot of noise on the road, but the car was so quiet that there was a sound of needles dropping.Three pairs of eyes were silently concerned about Shen Xingxuan's every move, even the creases between his brows and the rise and fall of his Adam's apple could be clearly seen.

Lu Li never let go of Shen Xingxuan's hand.So he knew that Shen Xingxuan's palms were sweating coldly.The slender fingers quickly turned cold from the fingertips, as if all the blood was supporting the beating heart.

Afraid that something would happen to Shen Xingchou, Lu Li also became nervous, and then became two cold and wet hands twisted together, like a pair of emotional conjoined twins.

Perhaps the pain could indeed be shared, and after a while, the protruding veins on the back of Shen Xingze's hands disappeared.He moved his fingers, moved his lips, and then turned his head, facing Lu Li's concerned expression.

"...that's really weird."

He gave Lu Li a perplexed wry smile.

"One second, you feel that you can never miss any major life event, but the next second... this event suddenly emerges, as if it has always been there and never disappeared .”

Lu Li hurriedly asked, "What did you remember?"

"...There are still only some fragments. It seems that on a snowy day, I am standing at the gate of this elementary school, and the school song is playing in the school."

"Day or night?"

"……evening."

"Is there anything else?"

Shen Xing chose to close his eyes, the eyeballs rolling up and down under the thin eyelids.

"There is also a black figure... I can't tell who it is, it should be someone I don't know. There is nothing else... I can't remember it yet."

Cold sweat dripped from the corner of his forehead, which was quickly wiped away.

It is obviously not advisable to rashly break into the elementary school campus, the most urgent thing is to find a relationship to see if you can contact the school.An Huawen quickly thought of a few candidates who might be useful, but he didn't dare to hold out too much hope—after all, more than 20 years have passed, and the probability of meeting a teacher who knows the knowledge may not be too high.

Here, Shen Xing chose to drink a few sips of water, and his mood has stabilized.The vehicle started again, ready to return to the hotel for lunch along the original road.

On the road, students and parents are still spreading in all directions.They seem to be accustomed to the lazy and free life in the small town, ignoring the existence of zebra crossings, fences and flower beds, and wandering in any place they find convenient.

An Huawen was already in a bad temper, and when the vehicle drove more than ten meters, it encountered three sudden situations of crossing the road. He was so angry that he couldn't help but honked his horn.Lu Li, who still lived in a small town, reminded: A strong dragon can't suppress a local snake, so it's better to keep a low profile.

Just as he was talking, he saw another figure flashing on the right side of the car window.An old man in his early sixties was riding a modified tricycle, and a little girl was sitting in the back of the car, almost rubbing the front of the car as he rode over.

An Huawen slammed on the brakes. Except that he and Goudan were wearing seat belts in the front row, Shen Xingze and Lu Li who were sitting in the back row instinctively supported each other.

Annoyance is inevitable when something like this happens.An Huawen didn't honk the horn again, but Goudan started swearing in English, and even Shen Xingze couldn't help but stare at the tricycle for three seconds.

But thanks to this episode, Lu Li noticed something unusual on the side of the road.

"and many more……"

He suddenly asked An Huawen to pull over, then opened the car window, and pointed to a store on the sidewalk not far away.

At first glance, it is just an ordinary restaurant named "Hanatianli", with a fresh and simple Japanese log style.Perhaps in response to the theme of "Flower Field", a row of wood fence flower ponds are placed under the floor-to-ceiling glass windows facing the street, filled with colorful roses (roses).

What really surprised Lu Li so much that he had to pull over was this gaudy-looking cluster of fake flowers—more precisely, the small cluster of fake flowers near the restaurant's house number.

The fake flower is the blue enchantress, and the house number is [-].

After Goudan had an accident at the bar last time, Lu Li showed Shen Xingze the note that Ling Li had given him, and of course An Huawen and Goudan knew about it.At this moment, the four of them looked at each other with indescribable astonishment and strangeness in their hearts.

But the surprise is the surprise, after the Goudan incident last time, they have no doubts about Ling Li's mysterious master.It happened to be lunch time, and the four of them got out of the car immediately and walked into the "Huatianli" restaurant.

When he first walked in, Lu Li admitted that he was a little disappointed - this was a restaurant that had not been renovated for a long time, the floor hadn't started to get greasy yet, and there was still a faint fragrance of pine wood in the air.

Entering the gate is the foyer, right in front is the service desk and the stairs leading to the second floor, and on the left is the individual guest hall on the first floor.It just started at noon, and the occupancy rate in the store is not high yet.The young guy enthusiastically greeted them, and led them to the ordering area on the right while inquiring about the number of people.

The a la carte area is a very lively place: the water tanks filled with live fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish, the porcelain vats filled with all kinds of stewed vegetables and pickles, and the freezer full of vegetables are so crowded that diners have almost no place to stand.Not only that, there are more dishes that have no chance to be displayed on the spot, which are hung high on the wall in the form of pictures.

It was among the pictures of various dishes on the wall that Lu Li found perhaps the most important thing.

"Are these old photos from our town?"

He pointed to a colored photo framed in a frame, and deliberately asked the guy next to him.

This guy is also quite talkative, not only nodded, but also added fuel and vinegar to say that such old photo shops are everywhere.As soon as An Huawen heard that there was something interesting, he immediately decided to order some of the most expensive dishes, and also asked to see all the old photos in the restaurant by name.

Although this request is a bit weird, but there are quite a lot of artists coming and going in this town, and those who open shops and do business, have seen all kinds of strange people.The guy immediately ran to report to the proprietress, and soon got approval, and he volunteered to lead the four guests around the restaurant.

"Huatianli" is actually an old store, it looks new because it just finished renovation and reopened at the beginning of the year.More than ten years earlier, the owner of this store opened a printing shop and also served as a photographer for the town government.Later, digital equipment gradually became popular, and the film printing and printing industry was in a downturn before retreating.

Most of the photos displayed in restaurants today are taken by the owner himself, and some are negatives left in the printing shop, or old photos purchased from others.

In addition, the hanging of these old photos is also regular - the halls are hung with the daily life of the town and the scenery of flower fields taken in the past ten years.One is to echo the theme of the restaurant, and the other is to get close to the villagers who come to eat every day.

The earlier photos are all collected on the second floor.There are more than ten boxes of different sizes, and the time difference between the photos hanging in each box is usually not more than five years.

An Huawen immediately asked to see photos from 25 to 30 years ago.Although the guy was a little bit troubled, he still led them to open several boxes and check them one by one.Finally, a room was confirmed, but it was a medium-sized box for ten people.An Huawen expressed his willingness to pay the extra fee for the private room, and the man happily let them in.

In the newly renovated room, there is still a smell of pine boards.Lu Li walked over and pushed the window open, while the other three couldn't wait to check the photos hanging on the walls on both sides.

Goudan counted while counting, and there are 43 frames in total.Here, An Huawen was suggesting whether we should take pictures one by one and carefully distinguish them, only to hear Shen Xingze say two words in a low voice.

"There is."

The eyes of the other three people focused on him instantly.Shen Xingze stretched out his hands and took a black wooden photo frame off the wall.

Lu Li quickly moved over and found that it was a group photo: a gorgeous woman with long hair, red lips, fair complexion, and a satin floral dress, and an old woman holding a handsome little boy, standing on a plantain Next to the tree, in the courtyard with white walls and black tiles.

"This is you?"

He immediately recognized Shen Xingcho—the eyebrows and eyes were still the same, and even though he was only a child at the time, he had already cultivated [-] to [-]% of that indifferent demeanor of not getting close to strangers.

"Didn't you say you always pretended to be happy when you were young?"

Thinking of the conversation on the rooftop last night, Lu Li complained in a low voice.

"I remember this picture."

Shen Xing chose to answer the wrong question: "...It was my birthday that day. My mother came back from the city and left after only staying for a while. I hugged her waist and refused to let go. She got angry and raised her hand to hit me. Grandma came over to dissuade me, and then took this group photo, and specially developed it, so that I could think about it."

"Look carefully, your eyes are red in the photo, as if there are still tears." An Huawen sighed: "It's really pitiful."

Lu Li also felt that what he said just now was really inappropriate.

"……sorry."

"Hey, why don't you talk about the main point?!"

Gordon on the side couldn't listen anymore: "So, why did Xing Ze's childhood photos appear in this restaurant?!"