Water lanterns and dreams in 1 nights

The stones are floating in the river unskillfully, but there is still hope for the time being, and I believe that one day it will succeed, even if it is a mistake.

I spend the rest of the day outside of work looking for people.I knocked on the door and waited for a response. I had to try a few more times, lest the people living inside didn’t hear me and walked away after a while without any movement.At the stage where I haven’t given up hope, I’m always suspicious that there might be a clue in the next house, and I don’t want to give up on every door that doesn’t respond sloppily. As the process progresses gradually, the more houses I pass, The more I fell into another kind of doubt—could there be clues to her whereabouts just behind those doors I failed to knock, which I had let go and never found again; , you can never go wrong if you are careful.

In this repeated process, the things encountered are similar, and the people who bluntly answer "haven't seen it" are okay to say, what annoys me the most is the person who asks too many questions, keeps looking at the photos and asking questions, "Who are you", "What did you ask her for", "How did you get separated"... People's desire to spy is endless, especially when faced with other people's misery, they are even more curious, and they just want to find out the truth and satisfy their selfish desires. I curled my lips and said "I haven't seen it before", and after turning around, I can still hear them sighing "poor", "unfortunate" and so on behind their backs to show their kindness and gratitude. If I ignore the question and leave, then I will " Sad" is one more powerful piece of evidence.

I was just about to tie a short rope around the mouth of the snakeskin bag when I heard someone knocking on the door with a knocker.It's also strange, since Xiuyi and I haven't contacted anyone since we came back, how could someone come to visit us.I washed my hands and went to open the door. There was a girl in a blue cotton dress standing in front of me. Her bangs were straight and her eyes were big and bright. Her long hair was combed into two braids and hung on her shoulders. He asked calmly, "Excuse me, is Ji Xiuyi at home?"

"you are?"

"I'm his elementary school classmate." The girl said, "I heard that someone saw him on the street two days ago, so I came to have a look."

"Xiuyi has gone out and won't come back for a while." I didn't elaborate on what he was going to do, "Have you been to our house before?"

"No, I just know that he lives here...never came in." The girl was embarrassed.

I suddenly realized that this was probably Xiuyi's little admirer, "Come in and have a seat," I greeted, "There are still some melon seeds and candy at home, so I'll come over anyway, come in and sit for a while."

I could see the curiosity on her face, the girl hesitated for a while, but followed me into the house.I asked her to sit on the sofa in the living room, gave her a glass of lemonade, and put some melon seeds and sugar in a tea tray in front of her. The girl thanked me softly, but she didn't do anything.

I sat on the side sofa.

At this time, she suddenly realized that she hadn't mentioned her name yet, so she quickly told me that her name was "Tao Youqing", "You can just call me 'Little Tao'."

"Your father took your name?"

"Yeah." Xiao Tao replied shyly, "He used an ancient poem. He was a language teacher in Shenye Elementary School, so he liked to chew on words."

"You can't say that, it's better to be cautious about the name you choose for your child." I noticed a name she said, "The teacher of Shenye Elementary School...do you know Zuo Linze?"

Xiao Tao nodded, "Yes, my father and him are friends, and Uncle Zuo often comes to my house. I heard them talk about you, saying that you are a great writer."

"It's nothing special, just an ordinary person."

Xiao Tao suddenly pursed his lips and smiled, "But that's not what Xiuyi said."

"Oh? What did he say about me?"

"Although he doesn't mention you very much, I know that he wants to confess you and burn thirty incense sticks a day like that."

I laughed, just thinking she was joking, "Since he doesn't mention me much, how do you know?"

"Although he doesn't talk very much now, if he asked me when I was a child, he would still tell me something." When I mentioned Xiuyi, Xiao Tao's eyes seemed to brighten up, his shyness faded away, and there was a little more lively look on his cheeks. "I used to run around with him, asking questions about this and that, and he would deal with me if he thought I was bored. Gradually, I learned something about him."

"Well," I put on a look of interest, "you might as well talk about it."

"I know that he had a very unhappy life in his previous home. Then there was a fire and he was brought home by you when he had nowhere to go."

Some omissions but basically true.

"Xiuyi doesn't mention you very much in public... Hey, I only found out about it by peeking at his diary." Xiao Tao said apologetically, "I was ignorant at the time, and I followed him all the time but he ignored me, so I secretly Go through his diary."

"I never knew he kept a diary."

"I didn't write it later, maybe because he found out that someone was peeping."

"What did he write?"

"It's nothing. It's basically his daily mood. He writes that he feels happy, when Aunt Liangzi cooks for him, and when he makes new clothes for him. But he writes about no one. Much more. He wrote that you are elegant and kind, you can understand people but don’t force others to understand, you do things calmly, it seems that there is nothing that can embarrass you, your every move is good-looking and graceful, and you can easily write what others will never do in a lifetime. An unthinkable article... In short, he used all his praises on you, but I have never seen him praise others."

"Then at least he should have praised you."

"He doesn't have good things to say about me. He always says I'm stupid," Xiaotao said, but he wasn't very sad, "because I'm really not as smart as him. Also, Xiuyi used to wear a jade pendant to the class, and the other kids were messy. Had to see it, almost broke it, he lost his temper, and I haven't seen him wearing it since then."

I didn't expect the history of the jade pendant to be so far away, so I asked unexpectedly: "Did he tell you who gave it to you?"

"Seeing that he cared so much about a piece of jade, I asked him out of curiosity. At first he didn't say anything, but I followed him and kept asking. I almost chased you to your house, and then he told me that you gave it to me."

Also unexpected answer.I wondered whether Xiuyi's answer was fabricated to prevaricate Xiaotao, or whether it was true.

"Where have you seen something similar?" Xiuyi asked under the setting sun, I can't remember his expression clearly, maybe I can find a trace of expectation in the tone?

When I came back to my senses, Xiao Tao might have realized that his emotions were a little too high, so he sipped lemon tea and tried to cover it up.

"It seems that you are very good friends." I said, "Xiuyi won't talk so much with people he doesn't like."

"Well, he doesn't talk much all the time." Xiao Tao put down his glass, afraid of causing me to misunderstand, and waved his hands again and again, "I'm not saying he likes me, but in comparison, I'm not that annoying. Let's be classmates He was in the same class in the fourth grade, and then he didn’t go to the sixth grade, so he skipped directly to junior high school. Sigh! Xiuyi was right, compared to him, I’m really stupid.”

I reassured her that she had nothing to do, that Xiuyi was a year or two older, and she didn't want to stay in primary school all the time, so she specially worked at home. "I don't know what Xiuyi is like in school. When this kid returns home, he never tells us these things."

"He has always been cold and indifferent. He has a good mind. He has never been unable to solve the problems the teacher asked him to answer. He is good at arithmetic and foreign languages, and he is not bad at sports. He can run easily. He was No.1, and he was handsome... There was no girl in the same grade who didn't like him at the time."

What she described was nothing like the Xiuyi in my impression.The kid was able to skin the vole alive when he was in the first grade, and he was still unmoved. He didn't look like a good student who kept his own way in school.

"In your mouth, it seems that he has no shortcomings."

Xiao Tao thought about it hard: "If I have to say something, it's probably because he doesn't care about people. But there's nothing wrong with it. There's really no need to talk too much with people you don't know well. I just don't know how to say no to people. He is always asked to do this or that. Apart from this, Xiuyi has a good temper, but it is said that many classmates are afraid of him at any time."

"Nothing else?"

Xiao Tao thought hard, and said hesitantly: "I don't know if it counts... Xiuyi seems to have a peculiar preference for pets."

I have never heard that Xiu has a preference for pets, at least I haven't seen him show enthusiasm for any animals.

"I lost my pencil case at the time, and Xiuyi gave me a new one. After I opened it, I found a box full of bean green worms. I don't like bugs very much, but I still have to thank him."

I felt something was wrong.

"When the weather was cooler, I told him that I wanted to keep a pet. One morning I felt in the table hole and found a long, cool thing. I looked inside and was startled. It was a Little snake, with a pink ribbon on her body, I looked up and saw Xiuyi smiling at me. Fortunately, it was me, and I might be scared to death if I put it on other girls."

"Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid, because I know he has a good heart and wants to give me a gift, so how can I blame him. Besides, the snake is not poisonous, and the teeth have been pulled out, so there is nothing terrible. I wonder, it was already quite cold at that time How did he find the snake."

It's getting more and more wrong.No matter how you look at it, it's just threats and intimidation. This silly girl took it as a proof of friendship.Besides, when it comes to snakes, it inevitably reminds me of the one that bit Ryoko.

After Xiao Tao finished speaking, he looked around and asked, "Is Aunt Tan not there?"

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