think mighty

That night, He Yuxiu had a dream. In the dream, there was a heavy rain. He was in the abyss. The snake, in the blink of an eye, came out of a dark culvert. The water in the culvert was very deep, but fearing that the snake would catch up, he still stepped in.

It was dark all around, only a little light in front of him, the water was knee-deep, his wading pace became very slow, his arms couldn't help swinging wildly, but he accidentally bumped into something.

The thing was soft, but it seemed to have bones.

He looked back, but saw a pale hand shaking.

He was startled, and took a few steps back suddenly. When he looked up, he realized that a person had been hanged to death in the culvert.

At the right time, a long snake suddenly came out of the water and opened its mouth towards him.

He woke up suddenly, sweating profusely on his back, and the room was still dark. He opened the curtains to look, but found that the Big Dipper had already tilted. He read the book to pass the time, but his injured hand made frequent mistakes, which made him turn the pages ridiculously. After turning two pages, he became impatient, closed the book simply, and sat in the room in a daze.

There was still Xu Changning's poem by his hand, he opened it, read the poem carefully, and finally frowned.

secret?

What kind of secret?

The old year was coming to an end, and the new talisman was posted again. The festive atmosphere in Ningpu was already very heavy. The streets and alleys were full of joy, and the sound of firecrackers followed one after another. He Yuxiu stepped on the cold dew to meet Xu Shaoqing.

The meeting room was small, not to mention warm, and he couldn't help shivering.

Xu Shaoqing has changed a lot, his hair has been shortened, his clothes have been changed, and everything else seems to be different, he can't tell, he's just sad.

"I didn't expect that we would meet here."

Xu Shaoqing didn't answer, but just looked at him fixedly.

He Yuxiu originally had a stomach full of things to say, but when he really saw him, he didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, he finally uttered: "You've lost weight."

Xu Shaoqing subconsciously touched his face and said, "It's okay."

"Is the food inside terrible?" He Yuxiu asked.

"Fortunately."

"What about people, is there anything difficult to say?"

"Fortunately."

"Don't always say that it's okay, there's not enough food and clothing, just tell me, and I'll buy it for you."

Xu Shaoqing paused and said, "It's really okay."

He Yuxiu stopped talking.

Xu Shaoqing looked at him and asked, "How are you?"

He Yuxiu felt a dull pain in his heart, he said hoarsely: "I'm not good, I can't see you, what should I do?"

Xu Shaoqing was stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything, he saw He Yuxiu covered his face and muttered, "How did things develop into this situation?"

Xu Shaoqing looked at his haggard face and squeezed his fingers tightly, "It's a done deal."

He Yuxiu looked up at him: "But you will spend the rest of your life inside this high wall."

"What I did, I think, if I had another chance, I would still kill him."

"Why him?"

"The real person in charge of the Hongwan case is Huang Banchu. You should know that even if Huang Er is killed, there will still be countless Huang Er."

Xu Shaoqing turned his head away and said, "I don't want to talk about this matter anymore. I will finish what I have to say during the trial."

"Is it really over? Why do I think you still have something to say?"

He Yuxiu stared at him, hesitated, and asked, "Is it related to Ningning that you would rather suffer this life sentence than tell the truth?"

Xu Shaoqing's expression changed, "I've said this thousands of times. Huang Er and I have a purely personal grievance. The judge believes it. Don't you believe me?"

He Yuxiu looked at him and asked, "Should I believe it?"

His eyes looked straight at Xu Shaoqing, Xu Shaoqing looked away, looked at the corner of the wall, and whispered: "You know what? I only figured out one thing at such a high price: Not everything has to be done right." When the truth comes to light, what people think is justice can sometimes turn into a sharp knife, stabbing people who shouldn't be hurt."

"So if you hide it, it's against me?"

"Yes, even you."

He Yuxiu's heart was shocked, "Then what am I?"

Xu Shaoqing laughed suddenly, then turned cold and said: "You are arguing about meaningless things again."

"What's meaningless—"

"He Yuxiu, let's break up."

He Yuxiu's words stopped abruptly, he was taken aback for a moment, and looked up at him: "What did you say?"

"I said, let's break up."

"What do you mean?"

"Literally, I called you here today to tell you that you don't have to come see me again."

"Why? You don't want to see me?"

"Seeing you? Didn't you find out? These days, seeing you is like facing a trial. Every time you see me, you just pull me to ask those boring and meaningless questions. It's really annoying, you do you know?"

"Then I won't..."

"Come on. I've been like this all my life, no time, don't say anything about love than Jin Jian, I'm not young, don't live in fairy tales, what should you do, you should draw, you should travel, I don't bother you."

"You're not in the way..."

"Get out!" Xu Shaoqing suddenly stood up and shouted at a higher volume.

He Yuxiu was stunned. He had never seen Xu Shaoqing like this before, and he had never been scolded like this before. His face turned red for a while. After a long time, he digested the word "Him", holding back his anger, and said: "Xu Shaoqing, you Don't take it too far."

"Is this too much? I still haven't said the truth. Let me tell you the truth. These days in prison, I regret it every moment. I really regret it. I regret being with you. If If I'm not with you, what happened after that will never happen, what happened to us won't be known all over the city, I won't quarrel with my dad at the birthday banquet, and my dad won't die so suddenly."

"What did you say?"

"I said I really regret it, I regret being with you."

He Yuxiu's nose suddenly turned sour, "You really think so?"

Xu Shaoqing turned his head away, "Seeing your face now reminds me of my dead father, I'm so stupid, how could I be so angry at him because of you?"

He Yuxiu's eyes turned red, "Xu Shaoqing, you must be mad at me on purpose."

Xu Shaoqing sneered, "I'm not that bored yet, He Yuxiu, don't take yourself too seriously—"

"Enough!" He Yuxiu stood up abruptly and took a few steps back.

"Stop arguing, stop arguing, the time is up, it's time to go back." Warning reminded from the side.

"Don't come again, I won't see you again."

Xu Shaoqing dropped the last sentence, took a deep look at him, then turned and left.

He Yuxiu was a little lost, he took a few steps back, leaned against the corner of the wall, squatted on the ground covering his face, the wetness on his face melted into his palm, and he felt chills all over his body.

Xu Shaoqing returned to the cell, and stayed alone by the window for a long time, until the prison guard called him to get his things.

He brought back a scarf, many daily necessities, a quilt, and two letters.

The scarf was brought by He Yuxiu today, and Ning Ning said that Ning Ning wove it by himself. He tried it on, and it was very warm.Those letters were from before, one from Xu Changning and one from He Yuxiu.

He opened Xu Changning's eyes first, and knew that she would go to Sichuan with Chen Andong.Chen Andong was an upright and kind-hearted person he had met before, and he felt relieved that Ningning followed him.Putting Ning Ning's letter down, he opened He Yuxiu's letter and looked at it, but saw that it was obviously not his handwriting, thinking that his hand was not good enough, so he asked someone to write it for him.

It's been so long?It shouldn't be... He frowned, and looked at it patiently, but saw that there was nothing else written on the letter, only a lot of trivial things were written in a rambling manner, and the corners of his mouth turned up when he looked at it, and his eyes were raised. It turned red.

The letter said: "Shaoqing, don't give up on yourself, try to keep your mentality, and you can also read books and entertain properly..."

He also wrote: "I heard that it is very cold there in winter, I bought a quilt, remember to cover it."