only in this mountain

The disappearance of Gao Hao was just the beginning. Since then, children have disappeared for no reason. Although all the children were found in the end, without exception, they fell asleep for a long time and did not remember what happened after waking up. There is still no way to prevent similar incidents from happening.

Some people began to wonder if there was a pervert who specifically attacked children near the village, and the children were stunned and then taken to the mountains... Thinking about what might happen to the children, not only the parents of the children were worried, but other adults also began to worry about it. dangerous.

The police led the villagers to search for all the places where the criminal might be hiding, but finally returned without success. They just asked everyone to pay more attention to their children.

The children didn't realize the danger of the matter, they ate and fought after school, and they were ordered to go home to sleep before it was dark, and they didn't feel that the adults were thinking of them at all.

Fearless because of ignorance, but also because no substantial harm was caused. Fortunately, this situation lasted only ten days, and no child was seen again after that.

The adults waited and watched for a few days, thinking that the "pervert" probably really left, and then gradually lifted the restrictions on the children.

Then someone said that maybe it was a trick played by children in partnership, in order to attract the attention of adults.Few people found this explanation reasonable, but since they couldn't find another explanation, they just comforted themselves in this way for the time being.

After taking an art class that was the most unsuccessful for him, the students were drowsy, and he was so affected that he lost the energy to speak.After the students slowly left the studio one by one, Jiang He neatly arranged the chairs and easels against the wall in a trance, cleaned up and was about to leave when he noticed Xiao Moru standing motionless at the door of the studio.

"I was watching outside while you were in class."

With such a sentence, as if a basin of cold water had been poured on his head, Jiang He was instantly refreshed and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, maybe I didn't sleep well last night."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Moru sighed, shook his head and said: "It's none of your business, these two days I basically watched them from outside the classroom in class. You don't know, they never came late because of snoozing before, and the classroom discipline was not good either. So undisciplined. I always feel that this is still abnormal, no, it is too abnormal. I asked my parents, and they all said that they fell asleep as soon as they touched the bed after dinner. Listless. I'm a materialist and I'm supposed to believe in science, but who can tell me firmly that my feelings are wrong?"

He looked really troubled, his brows were wrinkled, Jiang He let down his vigilance a little when he heard his first words, and basically didn't know what he was talking about afterwards, so he nodded in a daze: "Yeah. "

Xiao Moru didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mr. Jiang, you really look like you didn't sleep well, what's wrong?"

Seeing Jiang He blushing instantly, before he could speak, Xiao Moru pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose with his hands, teasingly said: "Love when you are young is both sweet and burden, is that so, Mr. Jiang?"

What is it, I didn't understand it at all, I complained silently in my heart, and wanted to innocently express that I didn't know, but what Xiao Moru said was the truth, sometimes love really coexists with contradictions.If another person told Jiang He these things, Jiang He either thought the other party was obscene or felt that he was hypocritical. Xiao Moru was standing in front of him, and his respect for him was natural.

"Principal Xiao, don't laugh at me. I suspect that Zhang Huai is actually a rabbit."

I told him not to laugh, but his prestige as an elder was not reflected in front of Jiang He at all. As soon as Jiang He finished speaking, he laughed, and it was obvious that he wanted to bear it. His breath got into his throat, and he coughed for a long time before stopping.

Jiang He stared at Xiao Moru with resentful eyes, with a hint of condemnation in his expression.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, you don't know how...how serious you were just now..." As a cultural worker, the almighty principal who has taught everything except Chinese and Mathematics suddenly forgot what the next word was, "Uh, although the contrast is unexpected, it's not so difficult to accept, isn't it that he clings to you from the beginning, which means that he really likes you so much."

Everyone has been young, and Jiang He’s troubled look reminded Xiao Moru of something. The time when he was born was not as open as it is now, and the feeling of being restrained was even heavier. Too much pursuit of freedom seemed to be a kind of spiritual victory. In fact, I also throw myself into a lonely cage, and then the vicious circle will lead to a result, I don't want to be loved, and I won't love.

Xiao Moru feels that Jiang He is just a little awkward now, after all, everything needs a process of adaptation.

Just like what he thought, Jiang He said: "It's not that I don't like him. I thought about liking him like he likes me, but I really rarely have the idea of ​​hugging him. Sometimes I fall asleep in the middle of the night and fall asleep suddenly. When you wake up and feel someone close to you, you can’t help but push him away. Just like each other and treat each other well, there’s no need to be so sticky.”

There are many reasons for rejection of physical contact with others, it may be cleanliness, it may be influenced by family factors, or it may be inborn.It's not hard to imagine why Jiang He would be like this, he must still have some psychological barriers.

It's just that everything can be understood, but it doesn't mean that he can completely let it go. Even he knows that Jiang He doesn't like close contact. It's impossible for Zhang Huai not to notice. He probably wants to cause a qualitative change through quantitative changes.The method is correct, but it is too eager for quick success.

The relationship between these two people is full of ups and downs. Xiao Moru sympathized with Zhang Huai in his heart, and said: "No one denies your love for Zhang Huai, and you are sincere in getting along with everyone, and express it in different ways." There's no need to force it, if you really can't accept it, talk to Zhang Huai, keep a proper distance first, and gradually eliminate the barrier."

Jiang He muttered, "I don't want to disappoint him."

Xiao Moru raised his forehead: "Drought to death, flood to death, you deliberately came to show off in front of me, an old man."

Jiang He said absolutely not, and Xiao Moru patted him on the shoulder again, seeing his little movement of shrinking his neck but not avoiding it, he shed tears for Zhang Huai again.

He continued: "I don't know if anyone has mentioned it to you. I am not married, and Yu Zhu was not born to me. I regretted it as soon as I brought him back. I have to wash milk powder and wash diapers for him every day, and I can't sleep at night." Anxiety, it seems that the whole life is dominated by such an older child, and the hair falls out in handfuls. Later, Yu Zhu can talk, and when he sees me, he happily calls Dad, kissing me so much that my face is full of saliva, No matter how dirty I can't eat, I will stuff it into my mouth... I can't say that I can slowly feel that the most important thing is to be around him all day, but I have tried to accept it, and my personality has not changed. Integrity, I am independent and love freedom, who said I can't have a son and care for my son?"

Jiang He really doesn't know about this matter. No matter how curious he is, he will never pry into other people's privacy for no reason. Besides, Xiao Moru gave him the feeling that he has always been dedicated to his career with diligence. He respects him, so why would he think about it? About his family affairs, there are only two people who are close to him here, and they don't like to gossip. Who will tell him these things.

The reason why Jiang He likes to talk to Xiao Moru is that although he and Xiao Moru have an age difference, they will not feel nervous or embarrassed at all. Treat yourself like an outsider.

Xiao Moru said again: "I think I am a person with a strong mentality, but I also have unbearable past events, heartache, and confusion. I have been competing with myself for the past 40 years. Although I am open-minded now, I can't completely deny the past. Some If you don’t think it’s good to tell Zhang Huai, you can treat me like a tree hole, I can’t promise to answer your questions, at least I can help you analyze and give you one more possible choice.”

Zhang Huai is a lover, on an equal footing with him, always showing weakness in front of him, as if deliberately trying to win his sympathy, Xiao Moru, as an elder, is an employer, and also like a mentor and friend, Jiang He hesitated for a while , said to Xiao Moru: "When I was young, I went to my neighbor's elder brother's house to play. I accidentally ran into his father and mother making out on the bed. They made a mess on the bed. The two of them looked very unsightly. I felt the impact was great. Later , on the same bed, the neighbor brother pressed me down and pinched my neck with both hands. I was really scared. I didn’t know if he was just messing with me or trying to strangle me... Since then, I He is very resistant to being touched by others. In recent years, after he got married and had children, I started to try to wear a scarf and turtleneck sweater, but it was too tight and I still couldn’t bear it, as if I couldn’t breathe.”

Xiao Moru saw that Jiang He's eyes were shining with water, and his knuckles turned white when he twisted the hem of his clothes. He hoped that Jiang He didn't intentionally blur or omit what happened at that time, but the hope seemed to be low, so he felt extremely depressed. : "At that time, how old were you?"

Jiang He lowered his head, and his voice suddenly became sad: "I am seven years old, he is seventeen..."

"He made me sit on his lap to watch TV, pulled my clothes...I kicked him and bit him...finally fell off the bed, hit my forehead on the chair...my mother scolded me when I got home...you see," He spoke incoherently, then brushed back the hair on his forehead, and said, "There is a pit here, it has faded a lot now, but it can still be seen."

The shadow of childhood is not so easy to get rid of, let alone a naturally sensitive person, no matter how shallow the scar is, it is an indelible painful memory for him.

Xiao Moru thought he liked longer hair so he wore bangs that covered his entire forehead, but when he pushed the bangs away, his eyes looked brighter, even though he was nearsighted, they were still agile.He has always thought that Jiang He's appearance is very attractive, and his small flaws in his personality are harmless to humans and animals. He is simple and easy-going, and generally speaking, he is very pleasing.Under this well-behaved appearance, the inside is like a sponge that has absorbed a lot of sewage. It looks soft, but it feels heavy.

"At that time, I must have really hoped that my family could comfort you well. Can I give you a late hug?" Xiao Moru helped him fix his hair, and after getting his consent, he hugged him and patted his back. "In the future, this kind of thing will never happen again."

Now that he has grown up, he has a certain ability to distinguish and protect himself, and finally got the answer he dreamed of. Although he wanted to cry when he said it earlier, he felt only comfort in Xiao Moru's arms later.Under the love of these people, he will definitely become stronger, and he will be able to stand alone by then.

It was only after Xiao Moru left that Jiang He remembered the problems he had brought. He had always had doubts, but he had only discussed them with Zhang Huai. He took the students out to sketch that day, and when he came back, one of the children handed in a strange homework. black shades.At that time, he demonstrated some drawing methods of flowers, plants and trees at random, and then asked them to draw what they saw. After discussing for a long time, they still didn't know what it was, and that student was Gao Hao who was the first to appear strange. .

Jiang He didn't know if the two things were related, so he wasn't sure whether to tell Xiao Moru about it.After thinking about it, he decided not to add to Xiao Moru's troubles for the time being, and tried to find the answer himself first.

He didn't leave the studio until the school bell rang. The students walked past him in groups of three or four. Usually they would call him enthusiastically when they saw him, but today they were all listless.Just as I was about to stop a student to ask what was wrong with them, suddenly there was a commotion from the front. The reason was that a student fainted suddenly.Jiang He hurried over, but he didn't notice that there was another person he didn't like, and even helped the student up faster than him.

Yang Lixing helped the student and took a deep breath, but Jiang He's attention was all on the student.There was no abnormality around, but the student's face was rapidly turning pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"How could this happen!" Several other teachers and Xiao Moru also rushed over, all shocked by this sudden situation.

Everyone was rushing to send the student to the health center in the village, when Jiang He saw that Yang Lixing had not let go of the child's hand.

In the past few days, he frequently ran into Yang Lixing. Unless he didn't go out, Yang Lixing would always find a chance to wander in front of his eyes, but he pretended not to see him.But now he suddenly took a look at his face, and found that there seemed to be some subtle differences from the previous two times when he saw him. First of all, his face seemed to be rounder, his skin became smoother and more bloody, and he even looked a little younger by a year or two look like

His heart skipped a beat, thinking of an unrealistic possibility, and then he separated Yang Lixing from the student's hands.

Yang Lixing opened his eyes and looked at Jiang He in surprise, showing a bit of resentment.

After being sent to the health center, the conclusion reached made everyone silent. This child actually had the same symptoms as those children who disappeared for no reason and were found but "bleeded too much" and fell asleep.

In less than a day, the same situation happened to three more children, and each of them was comatose for longer than the other.

The atmosphere of panic and fear began to spread in the village again, and many people began to be strange and distracted. They also discussed inviting a Taoist priest to exorcise evil spirits, but Yang Lixing stopped him on the grounds that "feudal superstition activities corrupt the social atmosphere". And he promised the villagers that the matter would be brought to a successful conclusion.

"It's a fox that always shows its feet. I'd like to see what tricks you're up to!"

Jiang He changed his attitude of avoiding him for many days, and decided to follow Yang Lixing to expose his true face, but his plan failed as soon as it was implemented. Get close to him.

"Don't run away, I'm a vegetarian, I won't really bite you." Yang Lixing grabbed Jiang He's arm, feeling lonely and aggrieved, like a child who can't eat candy.

Once caught by him, Jiang He couldn't break free, but he prepared a stick in advance, Yang Lixing clearly noticed, and he didn't even hide when Jiang He hit him.

"Let go! Are you a fool?" Before there was any evidence, Jiang He didn't dare to hit Yang Lixing harshly, and hitting Yang Lixing was nothing more than dusting him off.

Yang Lixing squeezed Jiang He's clenched fist, and said with a smile, "Your hands are so pretty. I won't bite them, so I'll be fine after hearing about the head office." He was hit head-on with a stick, and the sound of "boom" still echoed. He let go of his hands to cover his head, and saw that Jiang He held the stick with both hands aggressively, and his eyes showed the determination to kill him.

"It's not like you haven't been touched by others. Why did you only hit me? I also praised you."

"How dare you say that!" The stick moved towards Yang Lixing's head with the sound of the wind. Yang Lixing was not stupid enough to stand still at the risk of blowing his head. He jumped to the side like a rabbit, moving It was so fast that Jiang He thought he was dazzled.

Yang Lixing patted his chest to rejoice, and just as he was about to speak, Jiang He raised his stick again.He backed up and stared at Jiang He with a smile. As soon as Jiang He made a movement, he quickly turned around and ran across the river.

He ran a few steps and looked back, very regularly, until he completely disappeared from Jiang He's sight.