Qi Yuan looked at her tentatively: "Then do you know why she jumped off the building?"

Ning Ya was slightly taken aback, then shook her head and said, "I don't know much about it, I just heard it... It is said that her parents were related to her suicide. But she was hospitalized after that, and I went to see her, her parents Looks good on her."

"...Then how does Xie Ran look?"

"It looks terrible..." Ning Ya said hesitantly, "She seems to have been hit hard by it. There were many people who went to see her, but she didn't say a word, didn't show any expression, and just sat there with an empty face. On the hospital bed, no one cares."

"A lot of people? Is she popular?"

Ning Ya pursed her lips, showing a somewhat regretful expression: "Yes. Xie Ran was very popular in the class before. She was known to have a good temper and a warm heart. She often gave lectures and tutored homework. She belonged to the teacher and A good student in the eyes of his classmates."

However, it was such a positive and enthusiastic girl who suddenly committed suicide by jumping off a building for unknown reasons.

Qi Yuan crossed his hands on the table, his gaze was like a torch: "What were you doing when she jumped off the building?"

Ning Ya seemed startled by her aggressive look, and opened her mouth blankly: "Me? I'm studying in the classroom at night..."

Lu Xin was taken aback, feeling something was wrong: "Shouldn't you be receiving a notice from X University?"

"What are you talking about?" Ning Ya looked at her inexplicably, "At that time, I was still a little short of the grade line of X University, how could I receive the notification letter? I am studying in the class at night, and I plan to repeat it for a year before continuing. try."

"Who can testify that you were in the classroom?" Qi Yuan asked.

Ning Ya thought it was a little funny, and touched her nose in a good-tempered manner: "Little girl, are you the police, asking such detailed questions? All the students in the repetition class were there at the time, and they can all testify for me."

Lu Xin was stunned, and looked at her expression carefully. Ning Ya acted frankly, and she really didn't look like a fake.

But the versions she and Boss Xie said turned out to be completely opposite—they were each the main reason for Xie Ran's suicide in each other's narration.

But the most important point of entry and exit is that in Boss Xie's story, Ning Ya replaced Xie Ran's wish to go to X University, but according to Ning Ya's own narrative, it was X University that she had to repeat for a year by her own ability.

There are different opinions, and everyone insists on their own opinions, as if Rashomon reappeared... Who is telling the truth? !

"You don't suspect that I harmed her, do you?" Ning Ya looked at the complex expressions of the two, and couldn't help but wonder, "Who did you listen to? Where did such absurd gossip come from?"

"There are indeed some rumors that her death is related to you." Lu Xin said softly.

Ning Ya laughed: "Then I am really wronged... I am not familiar with Xie Ran, even if I went to the same repeating class later, I didn't say a few words."

"Not familiar?" Qi Yuan thought thoughtfully, "Didn't you say that she is popular? It stands to reason that with her personality, it should be easy to make friends with people."

Ning Ya's tone suddenly became a bit heavy, she sighed quietly, and said slowly: "Actually, she has a good personality...that was before the college entrance examination."

"Since she failed the exam... the whole person seems to be a different person. She is very depressed and has no energy. She looks sad every day. When people call her, she always responds very slowly. I feel that she should be punished for failing the exam. Big blow."

"Our repeat class often sets up some preliminary tests to check the students' grades, but Xie Ran does not do well in the exams every time. The teacher even talked to her a few times, but she looks very depressed and her grades can't be improved. Gao, the teachers gave up in the end.”

Qi Yuan nodded and remembered silently in her heart, she blinked lightly, her tone slowed down: "So in the repetition class, Xie Ran doesn't have many friends, right?"

"Yes." Ning Ya nodded, "Actually, there are a few classmates who used to play well with her in the class, and then they gradually stopped interacting with her."

After listening to her narration, Lu Xin gradually understood Xie Ran's pain.

Imagine that a girl who was originally smooth sailing and with many victorious friends suddenly fell from the clouds to the bottom of the valley. Faced with plummeting grades, alienation from teachers and classmates, and an extremely failed self... Xie Ran will have a gap in his heart And completely giving up on oneself is considered a very normal behavior.

"I really didn't hurt her." Ning Ya smiled wryly, "We all wanted to help her, but it felt like she was living in her own world, blocking everyone out."

"Then what did you hear about her parents?" Lu Xin asked.

"It's like this." Ning Ya licked her dry lips, picked up black coffee to moisten her throat, and continued, "Xie Ran used to complain about her parents, who care about her life and studies. It's very tight, maybe her parents have the kind of...the mentality of hoping that their children will become dragons, and it squeezed her so hard that she couldn't breathe."

"When I asked her to come out to play on weekends, she always said that her parents didn't agree, that her mobile phone could only be used as a mobile phone for the elderly without game functions, that she was not allowed to lock the door at home, and that she could not do things that had nothing to do with study, and that she could ignore other things... So I I feel that it may be because the expectations and pressure that her parents put on her is too much, which stimulated her, and she couldn't think about it at the last moment..."

Qi Yuan let out a long sigh: "...It's really too much."

"But the strange thing is, when I went to the hospital later, her parents looked normal." Ning Ya said again, "It was just a little bit verbose, and for some reason, they seemed to be hostile to me..."

"Then think about it carefully, have you done anything to offend Xie Ran?" Lu Xin guessed.

"Absolutely not!" Ning Ya raised her hands and made a gesture of surrender, "I have very little contact with her... The only thing that is more suspicious may be that Xie Ran was the last one to contact her before she died. Man, it's me."

"What did you tell her?" Lu Xin was surprised.

Ning Ya lowered her eyes and fell into a short memory: "Let me think..."

……

"Xie Ran, what are you doing here alone?" Ning Ya came out of the office, saw Xie Ran standing alone in the corridor, and subconsciously asked, "Aren't you studying by yourself last night?"

Xie Ran supported the fence with both hands, and the night wind blew her long hair behind her back. The black hair spread out like a spider web, covering her side face one after another.

She turned her head to look at Ning Ya, and curled the corner of her mouth: "Yes." But she didn't explain why she was outside.

Ning Ya thought she was out to relax, so she didn't ask any further questions.The study tasks in the repetition class have always been tense and heavy, and there are often students who can't help but collapse and suddenly cry on the table.

"What are you looking at?" She followed suit and leaned on the railing, looking down, a few scattered street lights lit up beside the campus path, the shadows of the trees whirled and blurred, and there was no one on the dark playground.

There doesn't seem to be anything special about it, except tonight's style is cool, even a little cold.

"It's nothing." Xie Ran said softly, looking into the distance with empty eyes.She was thin and thin, her side face was reflected pale, standing alone in the boundless night wind, as if she was going to be swept away together with the leaves on the roadside.

Ning Ya rubbed the goose bumps on her hands, and suggested: "Let's go in early, it's a bit cold outside."

"You go first." Xie Ran's voice was light and ethereal, being swallowed up in the vast night.

Ning Ya was startled, and looked at her carefully: "Shall we go in together?"

Xie Ran shook his head, not looking at her.

The two watched the night scene quietly, with different thoughts.

Ning Ya's mind revolves around family, college entrance examination, college aspirations, and an uncertain future... The seventeen or eighteen-year-old boys and girls are still thinking about simple things, not contaminated with the old-fashioned after being mixed up in society.She sneaked a glance at the silent Xie Ran, and the trouble in the other party's heart was probably nothing more than that.

Ning Ya hesitated for a while, then said cautiously: "If you are in a bad mood, you can talk to me."

Xie Ran paused for a moment, then turned his head slowly, showing a peaceful smile to Ning Ya.She looks well-behaved, with fair skin, and a typical baby face, but now she is too thin and her chin is pointed, which somewhat destroys the roundness and cuteness of her facial features.

When did she lose weight like this?Ning Ya thought to herself, the original Xie Ran was not like this... She is like a little sun, sheds its residual heat wherever she goes, unlike what she is now, reduced to a deserted moonlight.

"Thank you, Ning Ya." Xie Ran said softly.

She looked at the sky and suddenly asked, "What is your dream?"

"Dream?" Ning Ya was stunned for a moment, then she smiled shyly, "I don't have any dreams, I just want to get into my ideal school..."

Xie Ran smiled: "You will succeed."

"What about you?" Ning Ya tilted her head, "What is your dream?"

Xie Ran was silent for a while, until Ning Ya thought she would not answer again, so she said, "Freedom."

free?

"What do you mean?" Ning Ya asked confused.Isn't she free?

Her expression was stained with a touch of sadness, and she said quietly: "...you can freely choose the life you want, the things you like, the hobbies you want to pursue, the people you want to make friends with... These are obviously very simple things, I don't care about them. I can't do it... I have nothing left."

Ning Ya said subconsciously: "How could it be? You still have me - I am your friend!"

She had already spoken, and suddenly felt embarrassed again.He and Xie Ran didn't know each other for the sake of friends, they just wanted to comfort each other subconsciously.

Xie Ran seemed to be moved, she looked at Ning Ya, her eyes were watery, like the bright moonlight in the dark blue night: "Thank you."

She lowered her voice, with a hint of happy slyness: "Let me tell you secretly, I have found a way to be free."

"Really? What is it?" Ning Ya was happy for her.

"Hush... you'll know in a while." Xie Ran said softly, "The evening self-study is almost over, why don't you go in?"

Ning Ya glanced at her watch: "Go right away...how about you?"

"I'm going to the bathroom, you go in first." Xie Ran said calmly, and walked towards the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

Ning Ya nodded, turned and walked into the classroom hastily.

Bang bang—the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Ning Ya forgot how she squeezed to the edge of the crowded corridor, and looked down with countless pairs of eyes... Xie Ran lay quietly on the ground, as if the bright moon had fallen into the thick dust and was stained brightly. color.

A few minutes ago, she obviously smiled and talked to herself about her dreams.

Ning Ya was holding on to the fence in a daze, feeling cold all over—it turned out that this was what she called "the way to be free".

She turned her back and retched uncontrollably.

……

Ning Ya touched the painful past, her face turned pale.

"Is she really dead?... After so many years, I always feel sorry for her." She half-closed her eyes, and there were faint tears under her slender eyelashes. If she chats for a while, maybe she won't jump off..."

"It's not your problem." Lu Xin handed the napkin and comforted, "Even without you, she would dance. Rather, after chatting with you, she has more comfort..."

Ning Ya took the paper, buried her head and quietly wiped away her tears, raised her red eyes after a few minutes, and said with an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

After saying goodbye to Ning Ya, the two walked side by side on the sunny street.In summer, the asphalt road is softened by the high temperature, exuding the smell of asphalt.

They hid in the shade of a tree next to the bus stop and waited for the bus to arrive.

In the silence, Qi Yuan broke the silence: "You just...why did you still tell her that Xie Ran is dead?"

Lu Xin said softly: "Because Xie Ran longs for freedom... I think her ideas should be respected."

In fact, Xie Ran's parents inevitably reminded her of the Qi family.

That kind of self-righteous desire to control, excessive demands, treating children as appendages of one's own life, even ignoring their thoughts, and casually despising life's attitude... are very similar to Qi Fu Qi Mu.

Thinking about it, Lu Xin felt creepy—Xie Ran clearly wanted freedom and liberation, but was forcibly transformed into an immortal zombie by her parents, trapped in a dark room all day long, suffering forever.

She shared her actual thoughts with Qi Yuan, and said, "Xie Ran is really pitiful."

Seeing her serious face, Qi Yuan couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, and lowered his head and asked, "Then am I pitiful?"

Lu Xin was taken aback, and subconsciously pressed against the stop sign behind her: "Poor..."

Qi Yuan leaned close to her, and his voice was as light as a leaf shaking: "Then you...have pity on me?"

They hid behind the big hidden tree, as if they were separated from the hustle and bustle of the mundane world. In the small world surrounded by the shadows of the trees, they felt a sense of wonder that was almost adulterous.

Lu Xin couldn't help being shy, two red clouds appeared on her fair cheeks, she raised her head slightly, stood on tiptoe, and put a warm kiss on the corner of Qi Yuan's lips.

After stealing a kiss, Qi Yuan shook his head and said dissatisfiedly, "It's not enough."

She leaned over and kissed Lu Xin's lips deeply again, tortured the human until she was out of breath, and then let her go.

Lu Xin fell softly on her shoulders, and was half-supported and half-embraced by Qi Yuan into the car.

It wasn't until she sat on the seat that Lu Xin blithely raised her red face, covered her lips and said in a muffled voice, "It hurts."

Qi Yuan pushed her hand away, looked at it, and said, "It's bleeding."

"You bit it." Lu Xin whispered.

Qi Yuan smiled lowly: "But I think you liked it very much just now."

Lu Xin turned her head and looked out the car window, pretending that the scenery was beautiful.

Qi Yuan pretended not to see her pink earlobes, and changed the subject: "Do you want to save Xie Ran?"

Lu Xin was startled, and said happily, "Can it be saved?"

"Yeah." Qi Yuan said, "I have to prepare in advance..."

Ding dong, the doorbell rang.

A few minutes later, Boss Xie opened the door, a little surprised: "Why are you here?"

"Brother, let's come and see you..." A sallow-faced and thin man stood at the door, grinning, revealing two rows of untidy teeth.The young man behind him was wearing a hood and a mask, and only a pair of light blue eyes were exposed from the whole body.

Boss Xie clicked his tongue, twisted the cigarette butt in his hand, and opened the door: "Come on, it's hypocritical." Isn't it just because of the relic in his hand?

The thin man laughed and entered the house with the young man.

The three of them sat down beside the small coffee table in the living room.

"Brother, we know that you have a lot of contacts and want to do business with you." The skinny man said first, "You provide the relic, and we will pay you."

Boss Xie looked at him probingly: "How much can you give?"

The thin man raised three fingers: "This number...what do you think?"

Boss Xie was not in a hurry to express his opinion, the old god was sitting on the sofa, not moving.

Seeing that he was very calm, the thin man gritted his teeth and raised another finger: "Then this number, the boss can do it?!"

"How much do you want?" Boss Xie asked.

The thin man said: "A lot... There are more than a dozen people in my place! You also know that the relics provided by the aid station are limited every week, only once a week, and the quality is still uneven...Many people doubt The higher-ups deliberately kept the good ones for their own use, and distributed the bad ones to others.”

Boss Xie touched his chin: "A dozen people? I can't provide that much quantity, my daughter has to keep it for herself."

"Hey, we understand!" The skinny man nodded, "You only need to provide two cars a week..."

"Two cars? No way." Boss Xie refused decisively.

The reason why he has so many sources of relics is also because he knows a friend who works in the crematorium.Few people cared about the things they carried on the corpses that were dragged to cremation, so they could take one or two every time, and no one would be suspicious.

"Then one car, right?" the skinny man said disappointedly, "To be honest, even Ran Ran can't use as much as one car a week!"

Boss Xie stared angrily: "What are you talking about!"

"Hey, blame me for saying the wrong thing, don't be angry." The thin man waved his hand quickly.

At this time, the young man who had been sitting on the sofa without saying a word looked at Xie Ran's room and said suddenly, "She won't live long."

Both of them were taken aback.Boss Xie glared at him angrily: "What do you mean?!"

"Her desire to live is very weak, and using relics can only temporarily delay time, and the effect will become weaker and weaker." The young man replied calmly, "She is dying."

Boss Xie was furious immediately, rolled up his sleeves angrily, the thin man quickly stopped him, turned around and complained: "My aunt, please stop talking!"

The young man put his hands in his pockets and closed his microphone calmly, not caring at all that a business was about to go bankrupt.

When the atmosphere was tense, there was a knock on the door.

"Boss, go and see who it is!" The thin man quickly let go of him.

Boss Xie shoved him angrily, walked to the door and looked through the peephole, there were those two girls again.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

Qi Yuan said calmly: "Come and get the recording of Qi's family."

Boss Xie didn't suspect him, opened the door slowly, and let the two of them in.

Qi Yuan and Lu Xin walked into the living room one after the other, just in time to meet the other two.To their shock, one of the young people's eyes looked extremely strange, they turned out to be light blue.

The two people in the living room also noticed them and were taken aback.

The young man scanned Qi Yuan from beginning to end like a scanning instrument, and suddenly said, "Are you an evolutionary species?"

Everyone was surprised.

Boss Xie narrowed his eyes and looked at Qi Yuan suspiciously: "Is she also a zombie?!"

"This..." The thin man's eyes widened, "My niece's eyes are very poisonous, and you can usually see it wrong."

Lu Xin was so nervous that her throat tightened. Qi Yuan held her hand reassuringly, and asked indifferently, "What do you mean? I don't understand."

"You are an evolutionary species." The young man said in a firm tone.

The author has something to say: Thank you everyone! ! !

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like