Xingchuan

It is not easy for two living people to disappear smoothly nowadays.As long as you buy a plane ticket or stay in a hotel, you will definitely be found out, and you won't hide your whereabouts.

However, Ling Yi didn't expect to disappear from the world.His idea is very simple, the sky is high and the road is far away, as long as he can leave Linjiang smoothly, it will not be a matter of time before Yang Bin wants to catch him again.What's more, Jiu'an has a population of 800 million, and the vast sea of ​​people is enough for them to hide until they are full-fledged.

The night before he left, he sat by the window with his head resting between his knees, listening quietly to the sound of the phone being connected.

beep--

beep--

On a restless night, the window was opened a crack, and the cool evening wind brushed across my cheeks.From time to time, cars pass by at low speed downstairs, the headlights are slowly slid across the windows, and the moon-white curtains are like matches, being polished and then slowly annihilated.

The phone keeps ringing.

He lowered his head and reached out to gently fiddle with the small pompoms hanging under the curtains around his ankles.

Just when it was about to hang up automatically, it suddenly got through.

The fingers stopped suddenly.

Before he had time to open his mouth, a suppressed cough came first, and it was so dull that the vibration of the lung lobes beat into the eardrum along with the signal.

Ling Yi was slightly taken aback: "Have you recovered yet?"

Two days ago, Xingchuan's voice was not quite right. When I asked him, he only said that he had a cold, and he was too tired to catch up with the paper and didn't have a good rest.

Now it sounds like the symptoms are getting worse.

"You don't have a fever, do you? Have you taken any medicine?"

The cough faded away, as if the phone was taken away.After several seconds, Li Xingchuan replied, "I have eaten."

Originally, there were many things that needed to be determined urgently, but hearing his physical condition, I felt unable to ask for a moment.

After a while of silence, Ling Yi stretched out his hand to grab the pompom closest to his feet, his fingertips tightened slightly, and his joints gradually turned white.

"Xingchuan, tomorrow..."

"Cough cough, cough cough—cough cough cough—"

The conversation was forced to pause.

Amidst such continuous coughing, Ling Yi's heart felt as if it was being cooked on fire, and at the same time, she was obviously disturbed.But on the outside, it's just that the fingers pinching the tassel are more forceful.

After coughing for about half a minute, Li Xingchuan spoke on his own, his voice hoarse as if it had been rolled over by charcoal: "I got the ticket."

Ling Yi seemed to be pardoned, and quickly asked, "Will you go?"

Li Xingchuan paused: "Do I have to go?"

Ling Yi raised her head from between her knees, and almost pulled down the curtain with her right hand, "You won't go?"

A car happened to pass by at the bottom of the building, and the light of its headlights flickered across his face, and his eyebrows were full of anxiety.

"Why are you nervous?" Li Xingchuan asked back, "When did I say I refused to leave?"

"I'm not nervous." Ling Yi let go of his hand, and his facial features stretched, "If you refused to leave, you would have rejected me long ago, and you won't wait until today."

"Yes, then what are you calling?"

"Then what call did you answer?"

As usual, you come and talk to me, and the mood finally relaxes.Li Xingchuan breathed heavily, coughed twice under his throat, but did not continue to refute.

Ling Yi pursed her smile.

This must be called "identification".He thought, Xie Siyun was right about one thing at last, as long as Xingchuan recognized someone, he would treat him very well.

The hands and feet warmed up a little bit, the sole of the right foot stepped on the instep of the left foot, and the warm blood vessels were obvious under the skin.

"Xingchuan..."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered that we haven't seen each other for thirteen days."

This is the longest separation since we lived together.

"Don't be late tomorrow." He leaned on his knees, his voice soft and peaceful, "I've always been waiting for you, can you wait for me tomorrow?"

Li Xingchuan didn't speak, but hummed lightly.

Ling Yi guessed that he must be thinking that he was meddlesome again, so he tactfully closed the line.

The night outside the window was dark, and one corner of the curtain was lifted to look out, and the row of white magnolias downstairs was already in bud.The crown is broad, the bark is dark gray, and the buds are long and white.

It's almost flowering time.

I don't know if there are such beautiful flowers to see in Jiu'an.

Ling Yi suddenly thought of her mother.

There is also such a magnolia plant outside the bedroom window in my hometown, which grows alone next to the unit building, slanting its body and struggling to absorb a little sunlight.

Much like mom.

After hesitating again and again, he dialed the phone.

"Ling Yi? Why are you thinking of calling Mom so late? Is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing." He turned his head out of the window, looking at a few stars, "I just want to remind you that the flu broke out in the recent season, so be careful not to get infected."

The other side was stunned for a moment, and smiled softly: "You know me, I don't go out much, and I don't have a chance to catch the infection. But you, you should be more careful when you are outside alone, wear as many clothes as possible, spring cover Autumn freeze."

Ling Yi: "I know."

"Is the money enough?"

"enough."

"Is it going well to find a job?"

"Ah."

There was a brief silence.

Ling Suhui felt it was very strange that her son took the initiative to call, but he didn't say what it was for, but just delayed it patiently.

She said softly: "Your voice is lazy, it's not because you're not feeling well. If you feel uncomfortable, tell your mother, don't just be bored if you don't have living expenses—"

"mom."

Ling Yi cut off the conversation.

"Ok?"

He took a slow, deep breath and arched his back low, as if returning to the time when he was still in his mother's womb.

"You go live your own life, too."

The words were so abrupt that Ling Suhui was stunned for a few seconds, and then she said in an awkward and slightly reproachful tone: "Mom is getting old, so there is nothing you can't do, just live a good life for Mom."

Ling Yi didn't say anything more, but the phone call still aroused Ling Suhui's faint worry.

Knowing the son is like the mother, she intuitively felt that something was wrong with her son tonight, as if she suddenly put away all the sharp corners and briefly exposed her naked emotions.

Of course, she couldn't guess that Ling Yi was going to leave, she just speculated that she was either sick or under too much pressure to find a job.After all, I was worried, so I got up early the next morning and cooked a few long-lasting dishes, and took a few hundred dollars in cash to board the bus to Linjiang.

As for Ling Yi, everything was as usual the next day.

The plane takes off at 04:30 in the afternoon, as long as you can get on the subway at two o'clock.In order not to arouse suspicion, he went to the studio to paint in the morning as usual, and had a little lunch with his classmates before saying that he was not feeling well and wanted to go home to rest for a while, but he might not be able to come in the afternoon.

The sky is green like crab shells, the dark clouds are thick and gloomy, and the old sun hides behind.Halfway through, he stopped to check the weather in the evening, and put his phone away after making sure it wasn't going to rain.

I haven't lived here for half a year, so I don't buy many things.After arriving home, all the garbage was packed and carried to the entrance, and the suitcases and backpacks packed in advance were also brought to the door, and the water, electricity and gas valves were checked one last time.

Everything was done, and I was writing a text message to the landlord when someone knocked on the door.

He snapped his fingers.

There are not many people who know this place, who will come at this time?

It could only be——

"Xingchuan?"

The knocking on the door stopped for a moment, and someone said in a low voice, "Yes."

Across a wooden door, I couldn't hear clearly.

Did you forget your keys?

He frowned slightly, and hurried over to open the door.

"How do you—"

The moment the door was opened, a pungent smell of smoke rushed in.He was nervous, and immediately wanted to close the door.

"I called you so many times, why didn't you answer?"

With a rough and chapped right hand, the five fingers exerted force to break the door frame, as if to break the door panel.

It was Yang Bin!

In the narrow stairwell, he was still biting a cigarette, lifted his eyelids from the dark light, pushed his thighs forward, and squeezed in instantly.

"What are you doing—"

"get out!"

During the push and push, Ling Yi was forced to retreat step by step, and within a few steps, her waist was on the wooden shoe cabinet.

"This is my home, I can call the police at any time if you break in like this!"

"You try to sign up for one." He pinched his cigarette and threw it on the floor, "I am your father in the household registration book, and you want to block me with a door?"

Ling Yi turned her face away, frowning to avoid his heavy breathing.Yang Bin reached out to break his face, but when he looked away, he saw the suitcase and the big backpack at the door.

"Whose thing is this, yours?"

The pendulum on the wall is ticking, it's already 01:30 in the afternoon.Ling Yi's joints were tense, and his hands behind his back felt the key and clenched silently.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Yang Bin gave him a hard look, squatted down and roughly opened the zipper of the suitcase.As soon as the box was opened, there were familiar clothes and painting utensils inside, which filled the entire space neatly.

Yang Bin stood up suddenly, and kicked the box to the ground: "You packed your luggage and wanted to run? What did I tell you last time, you are fucking deaf to your ears! Is it to your deaf ears!"

Seeing something being knocked over by him, Ling Yi's chest heaved violently, and he swung his right hand violently, the extremely sharp metal key cut through the skin, and a splash of blood splashed immediately.All of a sudden, Yang Bin felt a sharp pain in his neck, and he instinctively blocked it, swinging his arm with great strength.

When he heard a bang, Ling Yi's body fell back sharply, the back of his head hit the cold wall with a heavy sound, and the key in his hand was also knocked to the ground.

"hiss--!"

Yang Bin stretched out his hand to wipe it, his palm was covered with blood, and he was furious in an instant.

"Damn, how dare you fight with me."

Before recovering from the previous impact, Ling Yi's hair was grabbed by one hand, and her whole body was caught off guard and dragged to the ground.

Yang Bin dragged the man to the floor, and rode on fiercely with his legs apart, pinching his chin with his fingers: "With such a heavy hand, you fucked Li Xingchuan, do you just want to put me on the ground?" Death?!"

The violent sight was drawn like a blade, and Ling Yi had no time to fear or loathe.There was only one thing in his mind: he couldn't deal with him, he had to get rid of his entanglement and escape.He suppressed the sharp pain in the back of his head and the feeling of dizziness, moved forward in this supine position, bent his knees with all his strength, pushed away the person on his body with both hands, ran to the door and pressed down on the door with all his might. Lock.

This completely angered Yang Bin.

He could bear Ling Yi's indifference towards him, and he could even bear Ling Yi being nice to others outside, but he couldn't bear Ling Yi trying to escape from him in every possible way.When he thought that if he hadn't arrived in time today, Ling Yi would have already boarded the plane to go abroad with his documents and luggage, and he couldn't help but get angry!

The moment Ling Yi was about to open the door, his neck was strangled tightly with an elbow from behind, and his body lost his balance in an instant, and fell to the ground unexpectedly.

The door is actually open.

In his rage, Yang Bin didn't have time to think about it. He bent one knee and knelt down forcefully. His whole body weight was placed on Ling Yi's fragile stomach. At the same time, he untied his belt with both hands.

"I don't know how to raise a white-eyed wolf, I will see if you still run away."

As the world was spinning, Ling Yi felt that the blood all over his body suddenly accumulated in his stomach cavity, and then was squeezed out by his iron-like knees crazily, his whole face was pale with pain.

"Well……"

He thought that Yang Bin was going to rape him, but he flicked his hands and legs outwards and refused.

But he was wrong.

After so many years of holding back, Yang Bin was so depressed that he was almost abnormal, and he just wanted to try his best to give him some color.After untying the belt and taking off his pants, he knelt upright on Ling Yi's body, his half-soft and half-hard thing shaking naked, and pissed on Ling Yi's face while cursing.

"Oh shit……"

This behavior is like a dog, eager to enclose a mountain and claim ownership of something.

The sound of urinating water pierced into the eardrum like a needle prick, Ling Yi's heart beat rapidly, her eyes and lips were tightly closed, her wet head was shaking desperately trying to escape.

He shouted desperately in his heart: let me go, let me go, please let me go.But he didn't dare to open his mouth even a little bit. If possible, he even wanted to close his nasal cavity so that he could escape the foul smell.

The sound of water came back and forth, intermittently, for probably half a minute.Maybe it wasn't that long, but Ling Yi had already reached the limit, dizzy as if his head was ischemic.

The cry for help and despair rose to the top of his throat, but just before the explosion, someone yelled out instead of him.

"--ah--!"

A horrifying, terrifying, and crazy scream suddenly came from the door.

Before he had time to react, and even before he opened his eyes, Ling Yi heard the sound of slaughtering footsteps, trembling anxiously and using all his strength.Some people seemed to be so stimulated by the scene just now that they lost their minds and got together with Yang Bin.

Tangled limbs are like cobwebs, and conversations are indistinct.Some people screamed hysterically, and some people were irritable and frightened: "Suhui, Suhui, you want my life too? How have I treated you all these years!"

It didn't take long for one of them to break free first, rushed to the sofa and picked up something, and there was a bang——

A geometric glass ornament, smashed hard on the head, immediately smashed the top of Yang Bin's head!

The loud noise woke Ling Yi up, he stood up from the floor chaotically, opened his eyes and looked at everything in front of him, his pulse stopped temporarily.

He saw Yang Bin lying on his back, the blood on his forehead was like a waterfall, gurgling down his sallow face from all angles.

He saw Ling Suhui raised her trembling hands, opened her frightened eyes, and her face was as white as ice.

"mom--"

Ling Suhui turned her head abruptly, looking at Ling Yi in horror.Her hands were frozen and she couldn't put them down, her blood-stained chin trembled like boiling water in her mouth, and she suddenly choked out a sentence in her throat——

"I...I killed someone."

"I killed, I killed..."

Her voice was hoarse and depressing at first, but then slowly rose as her gaze passed, until the moment she saw Yang Bin on the ground clearly, she took two steps back in disbelief, covered her face with bloody hands and screamed: "I killed someone!" ! I killed a man!"

"mom!"

Ling Yi froze suddenly, staggered up and grabbed her hand tightly, "Mom, Mom! What's wrong with you, Mom!"

"I..." Ling Suhui looked straight at him, but her eyes were blurred, "I... did I kill someone?"

Is Yang Bin dead?

Ling Yi glanced at the ground, the bloody scene made him close his eyes tightly, and it took several seconds before he slowly opened them.After less than five seconds of silence, he pushed her out of the door: "Mom, go first, hurry up, go downstairs!"

Ling Suhui was dumbfounded, she didn't leave no matter how she shouted.

Ling Yi became impatient, and pushed her outward with both hands: "You go!"

"Where are you going?" A majestic voice suddenly came from behind.

For a moment, as if the movie paused, his hand stopped in mid-air.Twisting his neck one by one, he found that there was still a person at the door.

Like a quiet stone sculpture, Li Wei stood at the door with his arms crossed, his expression unchanged, his deep pupils coldly watching everything that happened in the room.

Ling Suhui did not find it alone.On her own, how could she have such a great ability to directly kill the rented house.

Someone brought her here and wanted to tear her face apart on the spot, but she didn't expect such a good show.

"Where do you want to send her to?"

The sudden silence was particularly harsh.

A cool feeling crawled up from Ling Yi's legs, licking his skin like a snake letter.Li Wei took off the small bag on his shoulder in front of him, took out his mobile phone and took a few photos, his delicate makeup was like a mask covering his face.

After filming, she raised her eyes and gave Ling Yi a long look: "Don't you call an ambulance yet?"

After finishing speaking, she closed her eyes slightly, pressed 110 with her carefully dyed fingertips, and said coldly: "You'd better pray that he doesn't die, or your mother will spend the rest of her life in prison."

Seeing the complaint, Ling jumped over and held down the phone.

"Aunt Li, don't call the police yet."

Ling Suhui, who was on the side, had already fallen to the ground, repeating that sentence like losing her mind: she killed someone.

"Don't call the police yet." Ling Yi's ashen face was facing her straight, with pale yellow urine stains all over his hair and body.

Li Wei brushed his hand away, resting his onion-like fingers under his nose in disgust, he frowned and took a small step away.

"Stay away from me, it's dirty as hell."

How could Ling Yi care about these things.His whole body was limp, and his bones felt cold.But there was another invisible hand that kept him upright.

How to do.

Only these three words are circling in my mind.

Li Wei's eyes were like two copper nails, nailing him firmly, as if he had already condemned him: "You smashed people like this, you can't escape if you are too defensive, do you think you can escape without calling the police? ?”

After all, it's a professor, with the big hat down, it's hard to breathe.Ling Yi stood upright, her nails deeply embedded in her palm: "We don't hide."

"Then call the police!"

In this small house with the door ajar, it was really quiet for a while.Ling Yi knelt down and held Ling Suhui's slightly shaking head in her arms, and heard the thin sobs forced out of her throat, and did not get up for a long time.

Li Wei didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore, she turned around to make a phone call with her bag on her back, with one hand in her arms.

"120? I'm in 803, Building [-], Huiyuan Community, someone was injured..."

Before he finished speaking, there was movement behind him.

Turning around to look, I saw that Ling Yi picked up the ornament with missing corners at some point, and was desperately wiping the fingerprints on it with his coat.

She covered the phone: "what are you doing?"

Ling Yi didn't even look at her, and after wiping off all the fingerprints on it, he hugged the ornament tightly with both hands, imprinting his fingerprints densely on it like this.

Li Wei was terrified, and immediately hung up the phone: "You want to take the blame for her?"

Ling Yi acted as if she had never heard of it, her face was so pale that there was no trace of blood, but her hands were extremely swift and calm. After printing her fingerprints, she placed the ornament next to Yang Bin's head, and after three seconds of silence, she knelt down in front of Li Wei.

"Aunt Li, I hurt the person, it has nothing to do with my mother, you saw it, right?"

He raised his head.

Li Wei looked at him from top to bottom, his trouser legs were pulled tightly by him, his expression was turbulent.

"Yang Bin came at me today. I couldn't bear the insult and beat him like this. It has nothing to do with my mother."

"You—" Li Wei took a breath, "Aren't you afraid of going to jail?"

"It's useless to be afraid."

Ling Yi knelt on the cold floor, her spine protruding from her shirt, looking embarrassed, but her eyes were stubborn: "Aunt Li, as long as you are willing to help, I will agree to any conditions."

—

On the other side, Linjiang Airport.

Today it's Luo Yun's turn to be on the night shift.

It's just three o'clock, ten hours before get off work time.She was bored sitting behind the counter of the airline company, resting on her hands, idly observing the passing passengers.

The second floor is the departure floor. Most people who come here are in a hurry, carrying a suitcase on their shoulders, anxious or looking forward to it.

But there are exceptions.

It wasn't long before she noticed a young man.

Under the arched dome, he was tall, with a travel backpack and the simplest black cardigan jacket, waiting silently between the aisle and the counter.

His brow bones are clear and sharp, and his facial features are hard and stylish.His thin waist is very straight, but the part of the back near the shoulders is not fully opened, which is the only regret.

He coughed occasionally, keeping his voice low, trying not to disturb others.

The backpack placed by his feet is not big. With this size, he should not be able to fit anything except his documents and a few changes of clothes.

wait?

Who are you waiting for.

There are several wall clocks hanging on the wall behind Luo Yun. Beijing time, New York time, and Russia time are all carefully calibrated.

The hour hand has already passed three o'clock relentlessly.

For half an hour, he didn't even move his position.Luo Yun knew why he was standing here.

This is the only way to enter the customs, and he doesn't want to miss the waiting people.

Another period of silence.

He looked up at the dome, saw thick clouds through the light blue glass, then raised his hand and pinched the base of his nose.

Sensing his fatigue, Luo Yun found a breakthrough in striking up a conversation.She stood up from behind the counter, with her upper body slightly forward: "Sir, your complexion is very bad, is there something uncomfortable?"

Hearing the voice, he turned to look at her.

I probably also felt surprised. I didn't expect the ground service to be so thoughtful.

Luo Yun mustered up the courage to smile at him.

He hesitated briefly.Luo Yun originally thought that she would be treated coldly, but she didn't expect to see him walking towards her after a while.

"Sir," she moved immediately, took out a disposable paper cup and poured a cup of warm water, "I see that you have been coughing, drink some water, we have 24 hours of hot water here."

He thanked him, but didn't drink. He just put his five fingers around the mouth of the cup and politely moved it aside.

"Excuse me."

He lowered his head, took out his wallet from his backpack, and then took out a ticket from his wallet, pressed his slender fingers on it and pushed it over, "Please help me check if there is any possibility of delay on this flight."

Probably because all his attention was on the ticket, the wallet he just took out was spread out on the counter.While receiving the ticket, Luo Yun glanced along and found two photos in the transparent interlayer of the wallet.

One is a group photo of a woman and an old man, and the other is a photo of a man in military uniform, which has a sense of age.

She retracted her eyes, lowered her head to search for the flight number, then raised her eyes and smiled at him in a short while: "There is no delay reminder for now, and I can board the plane in half an hour."

I thought it was a pleasant answer, but saw that his brows were slowly frowning, as if he was not satisfied.

"What's the matter, sir." Luo Yun felt that she was being too attentive, "Is it because I didn't help you?"

After a moment of silence, he whispered, "The person traveling with me is late, I'm afraid he won't be able to catch the plane."

It turned out to be the case.

Luo Yun pushed the water glass to him again: "There is still half an hour, there is still time, it only takes 15 minutes to board the plane from the security check here."

He looked up at Luo Yun, as if meditating on the concept of 15 minutes.

This man doesn't talk much.

Luo Yun smiled.

The airport broadcasts over and over again.

After another ten minutes, the man's cell phone rang, and there was only a number on the screen, but no name.

Just looking down, he turned around and walked quickly towards the entrance.

Luo Yun leaned out from behind: "Sir, your bag!"

He paused, turned around and nodded to her: "I know, please help me look at it for 2 minutes, and I'll help him carry his luggage."

The haze just now seemed to be swept away.

"Who is he?

Luo Yun thought it was "her", curled her lips, feeling disappointed.

Just as he was about to put away the water glass, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man holding his mobile phone and suddenly stamped his foot 20 meters away from the counter.

The automatic door at the entrance was empty.

He stood against the light, motionless, and his figure became a silhouette.

Even at a distance, Luo Yun still felt that he was breathing hard, as if all the air was squeezed out of his chest and lungs.

Luo Yun suspected that he was hypoxic, and immediately got up and ran over, only to find that he seemed to be fine again.

He just stood and listened in silence.

Luo Yun couldn't make up her mind whether or not she should be concerned about it further.Still hesitating, he heard him speak hoarsely.

"I understand, no need to say more."

The voice was surprisingly calm.

Luo Yun was stunned.

The overhead broadcast sounded again, sawing open the eardrum like a saw.She saw him waking up as if he had just woken up from a dream, holding the phone tightly with the heels of his palms, and didn't take it away until the broadcast stopped.

"Don't tell me you're sorry." She heard him say, "You're not the only one who broke the appointment."

"I burned the plane ticket."

Luo Yun opened her mouth in astonishment, seeing his left hand clenched into a fist, the veins on his neck bulging, his body trembling slightly.

What are you enduring?

Probably a cough.

The voice on the other end of the phone was very low, so low that others could not hear it at all.The man listened quietly without interrupting.

For a short time, Luo Yun felt her calf sore and her fingertips numb.

After a while, the man said, "I gave you the money."

"To give you compensation, I can't treat you badly after dating for so long."

As if the light was dazzling, he turned sideways, and the silver-blue sunlight cast a gray and decadent tone on his face.

"That's what I mean too." His lips were trembling, "We'll stop here and we don't need to contact you any more."

After saying this sentence, it took a long time for the breath to gradually become even.

Luo Yun didn't have the courage to talk to him again.

She followed behind him, watching him put the bag on one shoulder in the past, watching his back as he left, and seeing him disappearing outside the glass door of the entrance.

She sighed faintly.

It's too vulgar to be hurt to blood and blood because of love. I didn't expect such a character to be willing to be vulgar.

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