After all, where have I seen you

Jin Ran didn't know how long he knelt on the ground until he heard the doorbell ringing. He was about to open the door, but he couldn't stand up all at once, his knee joints were stiff and his legs were numb.He finally dragged his body to the door, opened the door and saw that it was Xie Lei standing outside.

He looked apologetic, as if he had done something wrong, raised his hand in embarrassment and didn't know what to point to, and said, "I, I heard that something happened to Wang Qiang, come and have a look."

Jin Ran's lips were completely dry and cracked, and his eyes were swollen and red. He nodded slightly, "Come in." He turned and walked back.

After Xie Lei came in, the first time he saw Wang Qiang's body, he couldn't help covering his mouth, but it was definitely not because of nausea, but because he felt sad from the bottom of his heart, and tears flowed from his eyes instantly.Afraid of arousing Jin Ran's sadness again, he tried his best not to cry, but his body trembled uncontrollably.

After a while, Xie Lei tried hard to control his emotions and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Jin Ran resolutely said: "Catch the murderer!"

Xie Lei nodded frequently, and then looked at Wang Qiang who was lying on the ground, "But... no, let's just put him here. Do we need to let Brother Wang Qiang go to the ground as soon as possible?" After he finished speaking, he looked at Jin But he just stood there dumbfounded and didn't respond, he just looked straight at Wang Qiang, and immediately said: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't talk nonsense like this..."

"You're right, I should have let him die sooner."

"If you need any help, you can tell me, and my roommates are also willing to help."

"um. Thank you."

"Hmm..." After a while, Xie Lei asked worriedly, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Thank you, but I have no appetite."

Xie Lei pursed his lips in embarrassment, "Then I...first," he pointed in the direction of the door.

"Yes." Jin Ran sent him out.

When closing the door, Xie Lei said again: "If you need help, you must say so, just come to the next door and call us."

"it is good."

After Xie Lei's reminder, Jin Ran began to think about how to bury Wang Qiang.Cremation or burial?In terms of cremation, there is no condition for the body to be completely burned. It cannot be like a crematorium where the bones can be picked out and ground into powder for packaging.If he set himself on fire and burned it, Wang Qiang's complete body would only turn into a black charcoal in the end.So he can only choose burial. The biggest problem with burial is that there is no coffin!

Thinking of this kind of practical problem, Jin Ran felt even more uncomfortable. He was still thinking about how to reconcile with this person as before, and how to escape from Beidao with him in the future.Now, actually wanting to think about how to bury his body, Jin Ran grabbed the clothes on his chest, and that place ached with his heartbeat.He finally couldn't help it, knelt down beside Wang Qiang, and burst into tears.

When his father died, he felt nothing but numbness.Numbly listening to the news of his father's death from his neighbors, numbly being taken to the hospital by the village head, numbly following the adults to bring back his father's body, numbly following the orders of relatives to complete his father's funeral.When my father died, his heart and head were hollowed out, so there was no pain.

Now, Wang Qiang's body was in front of him, which made him feel so painful!

When it was completely dark, Xie Lei and his roommates sat awkwardly on the sofa and the floor in the living room.Everyone was silent, with sad expressions on their faces. After Xie Lei came back from the next door, they discussed the matter for a while.Xie Lei said that it is possible that Jin Ran will ask them to help with the funeral, but now they don't know what to talk about, so they just waited quietly, and the atmosphere was a bit heavy.After all, since I came to Beidao, everything I have encountered is very beautiful and simple.No one discriminates against them anymore and lives with the same people.All of a sudden, the neighbor is killed, shattering their illusions about the beauty of the world.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, Xie Lei immediately ran to open the door, and everyone else stretched their heads and looked towards the door.

It was Jin Ran who knocked on the door, Xie Lei said immediately after seeing him, "Come in first."

Jin Ran nodded, and walked in. He didn't intend to take off his shoes, and he probably didn't intend to enter the living room. He just stood there, and everyone looked at him.

"Uh... do you need our help?" Xie Lei who was standing beside him asked.

"Well. I need a coffin."

"Coffin?" Xie Lei turned his head and asked his roommates with his eyes.They also looked at each other in blank dismay, because no one could provide this thing. "Brother Jinran, do you want to apply to the above and see if you can provide it?"

"No!" Jin Ran was determined, "They don't even have humanity! There is no cemetery, and there has never been a funeral. It is impossible to provide such things as coffins."

"But we..." We can't provide things like coffins, Xie Lei wanted to say, although he wanted to help him from the bottom of his heart. "Can we use mats or quilts..." Wrap Wang Qiang's body and bury it. After all, the material conditions are here.

"No! It must be a Chinese-style coffin."

Some of the roommates are Japanese, and the translator took a long time to explain before they understood.They lived together not long ago, and they didn't learn many Japanese and Chinese words from each other. The word "coffin" was only made clear to the Japanese roommates through gestures.Then everyone showed embarrassment.

"I would like to ask everyone to help and make a coffin with me." Jin Ran continued.

Xie Lei responded first, "This is okay!" He looked at his roommates, "Is this okay?"

The Chinese roommates started gesturing and explaining to the Japanese roommates again. One of the Japanese stood up with his right hand up and put his left hand on his chest and said, "I, I!" Then he murmured a string of Japanese.

Another explained: "He said he did a good job with his craft."

Xie Lei also said happily: "Yes, the department he reported to is the handicraft department."

Jin Ran bowed to the Japanese, "Thank you, Arigado."

Then, the group continued to meet to discuss the details of the funeral and everyone's division of labor.They plan to bury Wang Qiang before dark tomorrow.

In the early morning of the next day, everyone in 0413 started to work, and the manual department had the tools they needed.

Some of them went to the restaurant to pack food, some went to the handicraft department to get tools, and some went to the back mountain to find a suitable cemetery location and started digging.Jin Ran tidied up Wang Qiang's appearance as early as last night, and changed him into a set of clean clothes.

Everyone was busy working non-stop, and soon, around four o'clock in the afternoon, they jointly made a simple coffin.Except that the solid wood is relatively thin and the surface is not painted, everything else is the same as an ordinary coffin.The Japanese roommate's hands were very dexterous. He pushed the surface very flat. After closing the coffin lid, there was no gap between the lid and the coffin body.This is the result of slowly modifying it bit by bit while staring at the solid wood surface with his eyes still.