damaged

Everything happened so suddenly, when the three of them came to their senses, Zhou Zhou's steel needle had already plunged into Zhang Ailin's shoulder.

Fortunately, it was on the shoulders.

The blood dripped down from the wound along the pouring rain, along Zhang Ailin's arm, fell from the fingertips, shattered on the ground, and was diluted by the ensuing raindrops.

Zhang Ailin only thought about the little flower, and pulled out Zhou Zhou's hand together with the steel needle, causing another burst of tingling pain.

Her blood stained Zhou Zhou's hands, and was washed away by the rain immediately.

Zhang Ailin and Zhou Zhou were exposed in the rain, and they were completely soaked.

"Hello!" Zhang Ailin shouted to Xiaohua who was not far away.

Xiao Hua, who was standing under the umbrella, recognized Zhang Ailin and breathed a sigh of relief.She hurried to Zhou Zhou's side again, and hit the umbrella on Zhou Zhou's head in vain.

"Are you okay?" Xiaohua asked.

It's all soaked through, so there's nothing wrong with it.

Zhou Zhou brushed his wet hair behind his head, rubbed the dripping water on his neck with the back of his hand, and still held the steel needle tightly with his right hand, refusing to let go.

She looked at Zhang Ailin, asked Xiao Hua, and said, "Do you know each other?"

"She is Zhang Ailin," Xiaohua said, "the one who harassed me." She emphasized this sentence with a heavier tone.

Zhou Zhou gave Xiao Hua the idea of ​​looking for the principal; Zhou Zhou wrote Xiao Hua's letter to the principal; Zhou Zhou taught Xiao Hua the principal's words.

It can be said that Zhou Zhou did Zhang Ailin's dismissal this time.

It doesn't have any purpose, it's just to help a friend, so that Xiaohua will stop going to class every day with a restless heart.

The two never met face to face.Zhou Zhou also heard about one or two ridiculous things about Zhang Ailin.

And Zhang Ailin, except for this time today, never knew that there was such a person in the school.

This was the first time the two met.

Zhang Ailin bent down, picked up the umbrella that Zhou Zhou dropped just now, propped it up, and shook the water on it.

She reached out to wipe the water off her face, and then she saw the girl standing in front of her.

He didn't pay attention to anything else, only saw her slightly red cheeks from the cold, and those resolute eyes staring at her.

The rain was still crashing down, hitting the two umbrellas in a tighter rhythm.

Xiao Hua still hid behind Zhou Zhou.

Zhang Ailin jumped over Zhou Zhou, and called out to Xiaohua again: "Hello! You."

"Zhang Ailin, what are you doing with us?" Xiaohua asked as if she had gained a little bit of confidence standing behind Zhou Zhou.

"You have to make it clear to me." Zhang Ailin said.

"What's clear? I've already told you very clearly." Xiao Hua said.

After hearing this, Zhang Ailin stepped forward anxiously and grabbed Xiaohua's arm.

Xiaohua wears a bracelet on her wrist, and in the middle is a decorative piece in the shape of a small flower. Two words are engraved on the silver piece.Although it has been weathered and worn for a while, those two characters are still clearly visible.

Those two words were a knot in Zhang Ailin's heart that couldn't be solved.

Jiang Man.

to what extent?

Just looking at these two words simply, she felt like a knife was twisting her heart.

After so many days and nights, I still can't forget her.Zhang Ailin has laughed at herself for being cowardly countless times, and she also understands: maybe it is, she doesn't want to forget at all.

If the broken things are kept for a long time, they will start to mold and rot, and over time, they will become sick.

Zhang Ailin trembled her fingers, wanting to touch those two words.

Suddenly, Xiaohua twisted her wrist hard and pulled her arm out of Zhang Ailin's palm.

Zhang Ailin's hand was frozen in the air, and her finger movements seemed to want to grab something.

Only cold raindrops fell on her palm.

Xiao Hua looked at her, frowned, and said annoyedly: "I have already told you very clearly that Jiang Man and I were just childhood friends. We haven't seen each other for many years, and we haven't talked. All the contact information I have I can't contact her either. If you ask me where she is, how can I know the whereabouts of a person I haven't seen for many years. And..."

Before she finished speaking, Zhang Ailin hurriedly interrupted: "Then why are you still wearing the bracelet with her name on it?"

After hearing this, the disgust on Xiaohua's face became even stronger, she still held back her temper and explained, "I've told you many times. I'm old-fashioned, and I'm slow to use things. I will keep many things for a long time. .”

"Impossible." Zhang Ailin made a decisive conclusion.

She just didn't want to believe it.

The only clue that I had managed to find after so many years was broken.

Zhang Ailin lowered her head, not daring to look into Xiao Hua's eyes, and said repeatedly: "Impossible."

"I can't help you if you say that, but it's the truth. I don't know her at all..."

"Tell me, what else do you want? I will satisfy you." Zhang Ailin said softly.

The tone is full of humility.

With prayers.

with hope.

With her only hope.

Xiaohua quickly raised her eyes to look at Zhou Zhou beside her, and confirmed that there was nothing unusual about her.At this moment, she secretly scolded Zhang Ailin thousands of times in her heart.

Xiao Hua didn't tell Zhou Zhou about collecting things.

About Jiang Man, Xiao Hua didn't tell Zhang Ailin the truth at first.

At the beginning, she was just talking in a secretive way. She really didn't expect that this picture of Irene would still stalk her and affect her life in the end.

"Don't do this!" With the anger of being trampled on her tail, Xiao Hua slightly raised her voice, and scolded, "I told you I really don't know, if you come to pester me again in the future, I will really call the police."

Every time she asked a question, she carried it with endless hope, as if the answer was at the end of the question.

Every time I hear "I don't know", it's like burning a newly healed wound with fire, and disappointment piles up in my heart, bloody.

It hurts.

But there is another thought in my heart: one step harder, and I will arrive.

Zhang Ailin's eyes were red, holding back tears.

After a long time, she deliberately suppressed the choking in her throat, and said to Xiaohua: "I can give you anything. I can take nothing. As long as you tell me where she is."

It was already enough to be irritable, and the repeated questions almost killed Xiaohua's patience.

"I don't know! Don't bother me! You must be sick!"

There was a "boom", a thunder followed by the sound of Xiaohua's tail, and it exploded in the air.

Suddenly, it rained more densely and more urgently.

There was no sign of anyone else in the empty street, only these three people were on the street.

It was Zhou Zhou with a calm face and his back to the two of them.

Surprised, it was Xiao Hua who looked down at the person in front of her.

At Xiaohua's feet is the umbrella Zhang Ailin just dropped, and next to the umbrella is Zhang Ailin kneeling on the ground.

She lowered her head, letting the rain from the sky mix with the tears from the embankment in her heart, and slid down reluctantly.

"Tell me. Please."

She hoarse voice, whispered.

A helpless boat in the storm of the sea.

Looking at Zhang Ailin in front of her, the anger in Xiaohua's heart disappeared immediately, replaced by shock.

She didn't expect Zhang Ailin, who usually looks mighty, to be at her feet at this moment, leaning over and begging.

Xiaohua didn't know what to say, she just kept repeating that sentence:

"I do not know."

She took off the small flower bracelet on her hand, bent slightly, and stuffed it into Zhang Ailin's hand.She couldn't see what kind of expression she had.

"I'm giving this to you. I really really don't know where Jiang Man is. No matter how long you pester me, I don't know. Don't pester me again in the future. I don't know, it's true I don't know. I don't have to lie to you."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Hua stretched out her finger, poked Zhou Zhou's back, and signaled Zhou Zhou to leave.

Zhou Zhou turned around, deliberately not looking at Zhang Ailin, bent down to pick up the umbrella beside him, shook it, and shook the water.

She held the umbrella and walked to the place where Zhang Ailin threw the umbrella and ran, picked up the red umbrella, tidied it carefully, and shook off the rainwater accumulated in it.

Then, she walked up to Zhang Ailin and held the red umbrella over Zhang Ailin's head.

"I stabbed you, and I have to be responsible for sending you to the hospital."

"Zhou Zhou?" Xiaohua tentatively called Zhou Zhou's name.She didn't want to continue walking with Zhang Ailin, let alone was injured.Such handling is troublesome.

Zhou Zhou should not answer her.Looking at Zhang Ailin, waiting for her answer.

After a long time, Zhang Ailin stood up, snatched the red umbrella from Zhou Zhou's hand, turned around and left without saying a word.

Xiaohua secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

When she was far away, Zhou Zhou stared at his hand in a daze.The place Zhang Ailin touched when she took the umbrella just now felt icy cold.

Obviously from the very beginning, when he grabbed his hand to pull out the steel needle, the warmth of that palm was extra special in this rainy day.

This back and forth change is only a few minutes.

This change caused Zhou Zhou to be uncontrollably curious.

"Zhou Zhou, you scared me to death!" Behind her, Xiao Hua said to Zhou Zhou coquettishly.

Zhou Zhou turned around and looked at her with indifference in his eyes: "Ah, what's wrong?"

Xiaohua was panicked by Zhou Zhou's gaze, and quickly wanted to grab her arm and act coquettishly to apologize.But unexpectedly, Zhou Zhou retreated and dodged, leaving her in vain.

She stretched hard again, and finally grabbed Zhou Zhou's hand, but Zhou Zhou quickly threw it away.

"Don't touch it, I don't like being touched by others." Zhou Zhou said calmly.

"Are you angry?" Xiao Hua asked knowingly.

"Why did you lie to me?" Zhou Zhou asked.

Xiaohua quickly put on a guilty expression and said, "I'm sorry. I'm so afraid of losing you. I will always remember that every time I have any difficulties, whether it's illness or bad mood, you are there for me. Be by your side and accompany me to tide over the difficulties. I really can't imagine what would happen to me without you." As she spoke, Xuanran burst into tears.

Zhou Zhou hated such words,

Hate everyone saying things like this,

Hate that all those close to her hold such a soft sharp knife, piercing her heart one by one.

"Why do you always do this when you hurt me?" Zhou Zhou stared into Xiao Hua's eyes, "Why did you push me just now?"

Zhou Zhou took two steps and stared at her intently, as if he wanted to pierce her through: "You people, don't you know whether the words you say are true or not?"

Xiao Hua pretended to be calm, but covered up her panic: "What are you talking nonsense about?"

"Stop looking for me."

Zhou Zhou said so.