Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

Support, Xiuyi. "My words are not pleasant, "You have to understand that without a good son and without you by my side, I can still live a good life. I don't know where your impression of me being picky and difficult to live comes from. I have to tell you You, that is not the real me, but your groundless speculation. "

Xiuyi lowered his eyes and acted docilely, but he retorted in a rare way: "Do you think it's that unbearable in my heart?" He confessed his strange thoughts in a muffled voice, "I am willing to suffer and support you because I don't want to see you live like that." Not good, not pleasant. I have a dull personality, I don’t know how to please you, and you never like to give you things, so I hope you can make fun of yourself, and let me pay for your pleasure. I’m not afraid of you hanging around outside, in fact, you are It’s always free, hangs out, doesn’t care about anyone, and only cares about your own happiness. I hope I can let you enjoy freely and without being restrained.”

"I'm afraid this is also your speculation." He eagerly wanted to turn his head to look at me, I put my hand on top of his head, and exerted force to keep him facing forward, "Who do you think I am?" I asked softly, Xiu Yi His shoulders trembled unnaturally, "You can live your life without worries, either you are an idiot, or you die at birth. I am in this world, and I have my own role to play. The freedom you pursue is all fantasy. Even lay Buddhists who have been reclusive for many years, they can temporarily escape the shackles of worldly favors and even money and fame, but at the same time they cannot avoid falling into another kind of trap. free?"

"I don't like the way you say these words." Xiuyi said, "I love you, but I hate the environment you are in."

"Stop blaming others," I really thought his thinking was ridiculously naive, "it's not the surrounding environment, it's you who are forcing me."

Xiuyi blinked his eyes and said nothing, like an innocent person who has been wronged. I understand that I can't change his concept, because he doesn't feel that he is wrong at all.

"I apologize if I bring you pressure." Xiuyi said.Not for my own fault, but because it made me feel uncomfortable.

"Stop it."

"No." In an understatement, without a doubt.

"Then come back with me." I left behind him, sat down on the chair beside him, poured myself a cup of tea, and gave him a cup. "An acquaintance wants to sail back to Qiming to search for someone. I heard that the situation there has basically stabilized. We can go together."

"No!" He protested fiercely, "It's still too dangerous, we can wait!"

"I can't stop you, and you can't shake me." I told him calmly, "I give you a choice, stay and do your 'business', or come with me."

Xiuyi stroked her hair irritably, "When?"

"Tomorrow at three o'clock in the afternoon, meet at the pier."

"Why the haste?"

"I can't worry about Liangzi."

He is also silent, I do not disturb, let him think.After about 5 minutes, he finally called back.

"I'll go with you."

"I will never do this business again."

He didn't say yes. "Not in Qiming."

I nodded, "Then let's do that first." The rest of the matter will be discussed later.

He replied to me like this, I thought it would stop like this, so I ignored him, but that night, after knowing that he was going to leave the next day, he disappeared again.

I found a note under a cup on the table in his room.

"I'll come back on time to go with you. Don't read."

On the white paper, he wrote neatly.

33. Bad boy 19

He didn't keep me waiting long this time.

When I watched it again the next day, Xiuyi was already lying on the bed and sleeping.He changed his clothes, and the clothes he took off were obviously not the same as yesterday's, but a brown linen shirt I had never seen before, half-new, poorly made, and very different from his style.

I shook him gently to wake him up, Xiuyi opened his eyes vigilantly, and immediately relaxed when he saw me, and greeted me affectionately: "Morning." He rubbed his eyes, and when he was about to take his clothes to wear, he realized that his outstretched hand did not move. Embarrassingly settled in mid-air.Xiu smiled flatteringly at me: "Can you help me with that off-white gown, please?"

I looked at him for a while, and he kept his smile. After the stalemate, I still took out the dress from the closet and gave it to him.

He put on the gown and fastened the buttons one by one slowly.

"I won't tell you, you must know what I want to ask."

Xiuyi straightened his cuffs, and without answering, he groped for a while among the linen clothes thrown at the end of the bed, took out a bulging money bag and put it on the table, "I've made a deal." He insisted on his previous statement.

I cupped his face and looked him over.There was a bruise on the cheekbone on the left side, a drooping eyelash cast a small shadow under the eye, and the corner of the mouth was cracked, where the blood was still stagnant.I caressed his bruise with my thumb, Xiuyi lowered his head slightly, but did not break free, my fingers gradually exerted pressure on the small piece of blue, and the force I used was not light. "Does it hurt?" I asked.

"It doesn't hurt." Xiuyi lowered his eyes and never met my gaze.

I withdrew my hand, "I'm still limping when I walk, it's not sloppy to climb over the wall."

"It's okay," Xiuyi didn't care much, "It's not like I didn't have a more serious sprain before, and I recovered in a short time. I promise to go with you, and I have to come back anyway."

"When did you sprain it?"

"When I first came here." Xiuyi said, "I didn't even let you find out."

Let go of the sprain, "Do you think you can keep it hidden?" The blood on the cuffs of the lining, the bruises on the knuckles, and the privately bought medicinal wine rubbed on the wound, I can't be ignorant, "You want to go Make a living out of death."

After listening to my lessons, Xiuyi became a great philosopher himself, "When you have an obsession in your heart, you are not afraid to do even dangerous things." He explained to me this way.

"According to this, I should praise you?" I waved my hands wearily, "Go and wash up. It's time to get ready to go."

Xiuyi promised "Hey" and was about to cross the threshold, I said behind his back: "You may have made a big case this time, do you really expect to keep it from me for the rest of your life?"

Xiuyi's footsteps didn't stop, I couldn't see his figure, only his voice came from outside the door: "Then I can hide it for a while.

He said so, but the time to hide it was much shorter than he imagined.

I guess he himself didn't expect that the local police station, which has always been slow, would be so alarmed by the accidental death of the commander's nephew.

We checked out the room, got the deposit back, put on our suitcases and came out of the yard. The old poplar tree at the entrance of the alley had passed its flowering season and returned to pure emerald green.The wild cat I had fed was looking at me under the tree, and I glanced at it without making a sound or waving. I walked in here as I came here, and walked out now.

I called a car and took us directly to the pier. On the way, I noticed that at intervals, a group of people surrounded the announcements posted on the wall, and uniformed patrolmen pointed to the wall and preached loudly.I have never seen them so alive.

"What are they looking at?"

The driver glanced out the window, "The commander's nephew was killed last night, and they are posting a notice offering a reward for the prisoner."

I suddenly realized who the murderer was.

Xiuyi sat beside me with her head down peacefully, looking as harmless as any young student.

"I heard that the people under him were also killed," the driver added, "it's hard to say how many people died, anyway, the incident was quite serious. I heard that this is not the first time. In the past two or three months, There are always dandies who are tied up, and they can't catch the prisoner. But it's the first time that someone is killed. Speaking of this..."

I didn't listen to what he said next, so I found a gap and asked, "Is there a portrait of the killer?"

"That's not true, otherwise he would have been caught long ago. I heard that every time he commits a crime, he has to disguise himself, or put on makeup, or wear a mask. It's not easy for people to recognize him!"

I relaxed, and I didn't say a word to Xiuyi for the rest of the road, and I chatted with the driver to the pier.

I gave him a full bill and told him not to change it, and Tong Xiuyi entered the entrance of the pier.The crowds are crowded, people from all over the world, from all religions and from all walks of life gather here, and there is no way to arrest them, let alone they have no portraits. In this vague sense of security, we successfully found our friend's ship, which was transported by himself. The ship, because it had to deliver goods to other places halfway, finally docked at Qiming's pier after a day and a night.On the way, I couldn't find a chance to talk with Xiuyi alone.

There is a distance between me and my friend's family. He went to the south city, and Xiuyi and I had to go north, and we broke up when we got out of the pier, but as soon as we walked out, I realized something was wrong.The street has changed its appearance, there are not a few original shops, and many of the signboard stores are brand new, and the business continues.The acquaintance of buyers and sellers is an inherent means, and the most astute gang is also a little stupid, let alone the pedestrians on the street.Demolition and construction are happening everywhere in the city. At first glance, it is considered a boom, but this boom is a bit paradoxical. You can tell that something has gone wrong in this city not long ago.

We stopped the car again, told us the address, and the car took us to the north of the city.The farther north you go, the less crowded and less prosperous the boundary, the past is clearly identifiable.The small houses that have not been repaired are bumped into from time to time, the roofs have been blasted, and they are wide open under the sky, and the dilapidated walls are full of bullet holes and traces of being burnt black.Three quarters of an hour later, we got off the car in front of the house, looked up at the whole building for the first time, and did not see any obvious traces of being hit by shells, so we let go of our hearts.

Xiuyi walked in front of me and opened the door.

The door is not locked, it opens with a push, Xiuyi does not go in, and blocks in front of the door