Attempted first love

The string of eleven-digit phone numbers on the caller ID has been used since Lu Zhouyu can remember, but the notes have been changed many times in more than ten years.

It was Dad at first, changed to Dad during adolescence, and changed to Lu Wenyuan after a few years, blocked and deleted a few years ago, and then it has always been a string of anonymous numbers.

Lu Zhouyu restarted the domestic number after returning to Haicheng. Since Lu Wenyuan called here, he already knew that he was back.

The window was not closed, so he walked over leisurely, leaned on the window sill, and pressed the on button before the bell stopped again.

There was a few seconds of blankness after the connection. Lu Zhouyu didn't speak. He held the phone in one hand, and took off a piece of golden hair from the window buckle with the other hand, and held it up to look at the sun.

After a moment of silence, Lu Wenyuan first asked, "Are you back?"

"Ah."

"When did you come back?"

"The first two weeks."

"Why don't you say something, I will go to your exhibition when I have time..."

Lu Zhouyu let go of his hand, and the hair was blown away by the wind. He interrupted Lu Wenyuan: "What are you calling?"

Lu Wenyuan paused for a moment, then cut to the point: "Jiang Fen's father has passed away."

Lu Zhouyu was taken aback, "When?"

"last night."

Jiang Fen was his middle school classmate, and the two families had business contacts, and they had known each other since they were very young, so they had a good relationship.

A few years ago, Jiang Huaisheng, Jiang Yan's father, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribing and falsifying engineering qualifications, which caused a major engineering accident.

Lu Zhouyu had seen the news about his attempted suicide on the news, but he was abroad at the time and had no information, so it was not easy to ask Jiang Yan directly, so he did not follow up.

Lu Wenyuan continued: "I won't be able to return to Haicheng in a few days. If you have time, go and help him."

"Yeah." Lu Zhouyu said, "Where's Yueyue?"

"Your aunt took her home," Lu Wenyuan hesitated, "Go home and live, Yueyue misses you."

"I still have something to do, let's do this first." Without waiting for Lu Wenyuan to say anything, Lu Zhouyu hung up the phone.

He called Jiang Yan again, but he didn't get through, and he was probably busy, so he sent a WeChat message asking which hospital he was in now.

Lu Zhouyu put away his mobile phone, feeling bored because of Lu Wenyuan's words, and felt that he had nowhere to vent. He took out the cigarette case and wanted to smoke a cigarette. After pouring out one, he thought that the lighter was taken away by Xia Yan. Before taking it away, he said to "take the answer" to change."

Lighters are not important and can be bought everywhere, but the answer he wants cannot be given casually, and there is no correct option.

Unable to smoke, the boredom in his heart was even worse, but he didn't want to go out to socialize anymore. Lu Zhouyu leaned out of the window and looked down. The two-story building was not very high. He thought about the feasibility of jumping down.Thinking of the scene where Xia Yan's head was hanging on the window when he opened the door and came in, he couldn't help laughing twice.

At this time, the phone rang again, and Lu Zhouyu picked it up to look at it. It was also a string of numbers without notes.After he connected, he put it to his ear, and heard the little girl call "Brother" crisply.

"Ah."

"Dad said you're back, brother, why don't you go home?"

Lu Zhouyu said to her softly, "Brother is very busy with work."

The other side of the phone said "Okay" in frustration, and said that he was on vacation, and he could go to play with her anytime.

"Okay," Lu Zhouyu asked her, "Did you see Brother Jiang Fen today?"

"You mean Father Jiang? No."

Lu Zhouyu heard a female voice calling "Yueyue, come to eat" on the phone, so he didn't correct her address, and hung up the phone after saying goodbye.

Yueyue is his half-sister. She was almost kidnapped in kindergarten last year. The reason is unknown. She forgot what the kidnapper looked like because of the fright.

Lu Wenyuan was worried that she would not be safe in Haicheng, so after much deliberation, he decided to entrust her to Jiang Yan before finding the murderer.

At that time, Jiang Fen was temporarily staying in Chuncheng because of a case, and Lu Zhouyu felt that it was very troublesome for him. Jiang Fen said it was not troublesome, and he happened to be staying in Chuncheng for a long time, so he wanted to find someone who could help with guardianship.Yu Wenji, Yueyue's biological mother, often goes to visit her.

During lunch, Lu Zhouyu took advantage of the scattered crowds in the exhibition hall and walked out from the main entrance.Jiang Yan sent back a text message saying that Jiang Huaisheng's situation was special, the hospital did not allow non-relatives to enter, and sent the address of a cemetery in the suburbs, and the funeral will be held in three days.

Three days later, Lu Zhouyu went home, picked up Yueyue, and went to Jiang Huaisheng's funeral together.

Jiang Yan stood at the entrance with black hair and black clothes. He was very tall and handsome. He didn't look like he was attending a funeral. When he approached, he could see a slight cyan under his eyes. He seemed to have not had a good rest for several days. He greeted them , and hurried to receive other guests.

Yueyue tightened Lu Zhouyu's hand suddenly, "Brother, that's Mr. Jiang from our class!"

Lu Zhouyu followed her gaze and saw Jiang Yan's younger brother Jiang Wan.

At the beginning, Jiang Yan stayed in Chuncheng to find his younger brother who had been missing for seven years. In the photos of the case in Chuncheng, he saw a figure who looked a bit like Jiang Wan, so he insisted on staying, but he did not expect to be found by him. up.

And it was a coincidence that Jiang Wan was a teacher in Chuncheng and happened to teach Yueyue's class.

Yueyue pulled him over and greeted Jiang Wan.

Lu Zhouyu said: "We haven't seen each other for so long, Xiaowan has become Teacher Jiang."

Jiang Wan worriedly asked if there was any progress in Yueyue's kidnapping.

Lu Zhouyu told him some of the clues he just learned today, saying that it should be solved soon.

The weather on the day of the funeral was fine, without rain. Lu Zhouyu knew that Jiang Fen didn't like his father, just like himself, but nothing could be seen from his expression.

Lu Zhouyu couldn't help thinking about how he would feel if Lu Wenyuan was buried here today, and finally gave up because his brain stopped thinking.

This cemetery is halfway up the mountain, and it is the largest cemetery in Haicheng. Lu Zhouyu's mother is also buried here, but he doesn't really want to go there today. explain.

At the end of the funeral, Lu Zhouyu helped Jiang Fen to welcome and send them off, and carried things down the mountain.

The accident happened at this time——

After sending a group of people back, they realized that Jiang Wan and Yueyue had disappeared.

Some people said that seeing them going to the back mountain, Lu Zhouyu suddenly had a bad feeling, as if he could smell the damp smell of rain in the air.

Sure enough, halfway through finding them, Yueyue stumbled over from the path, and when she saw them, she immediately yelled "brother", "Teacher Jiang", and "arrest people on motorcycles" incoherently.

Lu Zhouyu opened his arms to hug her, Jiang Yan's face instantly turned pale into a fragile piece of paper, and then rushed out.

Lu Zhouyu immediately dialed the police and emergency numbers, and after she settled Yueyue, she couldn't find Jiang Fen and Jiang Wan in the back mountain.

The road on the mountain was difficult, and it wasn't until the police car arrived that Jiang Yan climbed up from a weedy cliff with Jiang Wan on his back. The two of them were covered in blood.

The scene that day was extremely chaotic, and it was only after Lu Zhouyu finished taking notes from the police station that he sorted out the whole incident.

A year ago, Lu Wenyuan's driver hit an electric car crossing the road, and the little girl in the car died on the spot. After the accident, the police ruled that the electric car was solely responsible.The little girl's father wanted revenge, so he planned to kidnap Lu Wenyuan's daughter.

The first time was in the kindergarten, and after the failure, the second operation was carried out in the cemetery, and was stopped by Jiang Wan desperately.

When Lu Zhouyu arrived at the hospital, it was completely dark. Both Jiang Yan and Jiang Wan had undergone surgery. Fortunately, their lives were not in danger, and they just fell asleep temporarily.

Yu Wenji hurried over and took Yueyue to do various tests.When queuing up the number, she said uncomfortably: "Let's go home together later, your dad will be there later."

Lu Zhouyu helped her complete the formalities, pushed open the heavy glass door, "Let's go for an inspection first."

After all the dust settled, Lu Zhouyu sat alone on the plastic stool in the corridor. The corridor was very empty, and his heart was also very empty. The light above his head seemed to be worried about disturbing the patients, emitting a faint light.

He leaned his head against the wall, thinking of Xia Yan saying "every time it rains, nothing good happens", it seems to be true, the three times he visited this hospital were all after the heavy rain.

After sitting for a while, when he was about to go back to the hotel, the sound of hurried footsteps came from the end of the corridor, extending to his side.

Lu Zhouyu turned her head to the side, and saw Xia Yan who was running up and down panting, standing at the door of Jiang Wan's ward.

Before he could be surprised, he confirmed the patient information on the door plate and pushed the door open.

About half an hour later, Xia Yan opened the door and came out, and sat down on the stool beside Lu Zhouyu.

"Why are you here?" Xia Yan asked.

"Xiaowan is my friend's younger brother." Lu Zhouyu said.

"You know Jiang Yan? How is he?"

Lu Zhouyu pointed to another ward, "It's all trauma, it's all right now."

Following his example, Xia Yan tilted his head back, leaned against the wall, and sighed, "I was scared to death."

Lu Zhouyu asked him, "Is Xiaowan your friend?"

"It's my brother," Xia Yan raised his chin towards Jiang Wan's ward, "Cousin." He mentioned a little bit that he was a friend of Jiang Wan's mother, and he was not familiar with Jiang Yan.

When he learned that Lu Zhouyu and Jiang Yan had been friends for many years, Xia Yan said with emotion: "The world is so small."

Lu Zhouyu first met Jiang Wan about nine years ago, after graduating from high school, several of their classmates went to Jiang Fen's house for a reunion, and met his half-brother.

Jiang Wan and Jiang Fen looked very similar, the lower half of his face was almost carved out of the same mold, but he had a slight baby fat, and he looked very cute, which made Lu Zhouyu at that time really want to have a younger brother or younger sister.

At that time, nearly a year had passed since Lu Zhouyu came back from sketching on the mountain. When he saw Jiang Wan's eyes, he thought of Xia Yan who lived with him for a month for no apparent reason. Quietly, she looks a little pitiful when she has no expression, and she is crooked when she smiles.

If it wasn't for Jiang Yan's presence, he would have blurted out and asked Jiang Wan if he had another brother named Xia Yan.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhouyu laughed, because of this accidental coincidence.

He seldom recalled the past, just like he was always unwilling to stay in Haicheng.But seeing Xia Yan again by accident, it is inevitable to think of the clips of them getting along many years ago.

Especially during the period of sketching on the mountain, it can be regarded as the most relaxing month for him in so many years.

"What are you laughing at?" Xia Yan asked.

"It's nothing."

"Want to smoke a cigarette?" He seemed to finally feel relieved at this moment, stretching his knees.

Seeing him take out a familiar lighter, Lu Zhouyu said, "No, I'm going back."

Although they met again, and coincidentally one after another, he still felt that they were like two lines on the electrocardiogram, overlapping for a short time due to occasional weird fluctuations, but they would eventually return to their respective tracks.