Juliet Tower

"How do you know my birthday..." Qiao Yumian looked at An Jiayu's face full of accomplishment, her footsteps fluttered as if she had risen into the clouds in the sky, surprisingly light.

"Back then the orchestra was short of people, so I went through all the student materials in the school together with the teacher, and it was written in the files." Of course An Jiayu would not say that it was because Qiao Yumian's ID photo was so correct that he was not in the same dimension as the other students. After looking at it a few more times, it was printed in my head together with the birthday next to the photo.

After bumping for half an hour, the two stood outside the gate of the playground. Looking at it after so many years, the red, yellow and blue color scheme is indeed outdated.

The ticket booth, which was always lined up in the past, is now standing alone. In order to save labor costs, it has been integrated with the ticket office.

"Two passes, thank you!"

The little brother in charge of ticket checking was holding the tablet to draw the card, sweating so nervously that he didn't even lift his head: "Are you sure you want a pass? There are so many items that cannot be repaired... What a mess! What a mess!"

The two of them trembled in fright at his yelling, and looked down at the five cards that had been turned over on his screen, one of which was bursting out with an unusually shining golden color.They looked at each other, Qiao Yumian read the question from An Jiayu's eyes: What is this?

"It seems to be called Hearthstone..." He explained in a low voice, "It's a card game, and he has drawn a powerful card."

"Oh... have you ever played?"

"No."

"The pass is [-] per person, and the roller coaster, the rapids and the big pendulum are all under inspection and can't get in." The excited little brother stuffed two cards into Qiao Yumian's hand, and then looked up at the two of them seriously, "Yo , It’s an experiment. Did you skip class?” He recognized their school uniforms.

"No, school doesn't start until tomorrow." An Jiayu handed a credit card through the window, "There is no password. Is the restaurant open?"

"It's open. But you can't swipe your card. It's best not to buy ham sausage." The little brother said meaningfully.

Fortunately, when I met Qiao Zhe a few days ago, Qiao Yumian didn’t dare to keep the 300 yuan pocket money that I couldn’t get rid of at home, for fear of being found by Li Huijun, so I had to take it with me. It’s best to spend it all today to save money. Frightened.

"Are you hungry? I treat you to eat."

"Of course I want you to treat me, birthday boy." An Jiayu grabbed two dated passes and folded them in half, stuffing them into his trouser pockets, "I made an appointment with the trainer to see the white whale at 01:30, and there are still four and ten minutes left. Let's go for a walk and get something to eat."

The restaurants in the park are expensive, and they look far less attractive than the dishes in the school cafeteria. With the advice of the ticket seller, they conservatively chose two mediocre chicken burgers, and served them with a pineapple fruit that was so sweet. eat up.

Afternoon sunshine is unique to spring, and the direct sunlight is not too hot. They sat on the unmoving merry-go-round to digest food. Qiao Yumian hung his schoolbag on the horse's head, unfolded the map of the park by the way, and circled the entertainment facilities that were overhauled today... After finishing the circle, he found There is basically nothing left...

"It seems that there is nothing to play. The water sports are only open in summer. Except for the children's area, there are only go-karts, haunted houses and spinning chairs. Then there is the animal show..."

"The animal show stopped a few years ago, and most of the animals have been transferred out. The cost is too high to make ends meet." An Jiayu didn't even look at the map. "There is still a large acrylic tank left to see tropical fish. The rest are only The next retired beluga whale can't be transferred. It is also the first batch of employees here, and it has a bad temper. Be careful when you touch it. A few years ago, a breeder was bitten, but now it is kept in the largest In the pool, my temperament is much better than before."

"how do you know?"

"I come to see it every year. It made a lot of money in the first few years when the park was first opened, but it started to lose money after the new Happy Valley was built four or five years ago...Maybe it will last for two or three years, and there will be no more If the plan is good, it will be taken away. Anyway, their boss is engaged in real estate..." An Jiayu led him to the direction of the water performance venue, "I just don't know what will happen to this old guy then."

Qiao Yumian, who had changed into a one-piece waterproof suit, was squatting by the semi-outdoor pool, the turquoise water was rippling, and his eyes followed the shadow that quickly shuttled through it.

An Jiayu was chatting with the trainer on the sidelines, and inadvertently revealed that the name of the old female beluga whale in the pool was Kanari.

"Be careful, don't put your hands in it until it comes out of the water." The trainer brother reminded, "You just play for a while, and I will clean up the small pool for it. Be careful!" Qiao Yumian yelled, "Don't be fooled by its appearance, it's so fierce, it dragged several people down."

Qiao Yumian felt that the trainer didn't trust her very much: "Well, thank you, I will be careful."

An Jiayu squatted beside him: "He's scared. When he was dragging people down, he was almost comforted..."

"Is it so scary? Isn't the white whale very docile..." In my impression, the white whale is as close as a dolphin.

"That's a wild beluga whale in nature. Those locked in the pool will be more or less mentally unhealthy, just like people, they will definitely go crazy after being imprisoned for a long time." An Jiayu knelt by the pool with some worry, The probe searched for traces of Ka Nai, "Sometimes it is in a bad mood, and it doesn't care about people after waiting for an hour."

"...It's okay, just wait slowly." Qiao Yumian went down the stairs to the side, went to the seat in the front row where they put their school bags and coats, took out the earphone plugs, walked back to the pool, and sat next to An Jiayu .

"What are you listening to?" The other party's hand went around his shoulder, took off an earphone and stuffed it into his ear, and after three seconds his face changed drastically, "No, classmate! Listen to VOA! Brother, do you want to work so hard... Why don't you take a paper and wait while you work..."

Qiao Yumian smacked the ground and spread out his palms to show him: "It's all water, the paper will get wet..."

"...Okay... let's go. You..." An Jiayu was about to scold him a few words, but suddenly there was a huge splash of water next to him.

Qiao Yumian was startled, seeing a smiling round face rushing towards the edge of the pool.

According to legend, the teenage "old guy" has smooth white skin and no wrinkles, so he doesn't look old at all. The round face with a natural smile is like a young child who is full of kindness to the world. , people can't help but want to touch it.

And Qiao Yumian did stretch out his hand.

"Don't worry!" An Jiayu grabbed his wrist, "Don't worry, it's the first time we meet... eh?"

Kanari seemed impatient to touch this first-time meeter, arched his round body courteously, and rubbed Qiao Yumian's palms with the big bulging fat on the top of his head, which was icy cold.

Qiao Yumian held her breath flattered, and turned her head to look at An Jiayu in great surprise. The other party was as afraid to speak as he was.

It turns out that the forehead of the white whale is so soft that it feels like pudding.

"...Qiao Yumian, you have been attracting people like this since you were a child, ah, are you attracting animals?" After waiting for half a minute, An Jiayu finally asked gloomily, inadvertently revealing that he and Kanari seemed to have some unhappy past, Qiao Yumian guessed that the person who waited for an hour and couldn't wait for the beautiful fish to look at him was probably himself.

"I don't know, I haven't paid much attention to it, and I haven't seen many animals." He lightly pressed the "pudding" on Kanari's head, and gradually moved his face closer. My mother will get angry if she rubs against her body, so I usually don’t get close.”

Qiao Yumian likes animals very much, and animals like them very much.

An Jiayu discovered it when he picked up Joe.

But I don’t know why this person didn’t realize it himself, just like he didn’t know how happy he was smiling at the moment, obviously he just touched the forehead of the white whale, but this was what An Jiayu had seen, he was the most natural and the most Smiling presumptuously, like an ordinary 17-year-old high school student, she removed the pretense of being well-behaved and stable, and her eyes revealed the novelty and surprise of the unknown.

An Jiayu didn't ask him why his mother would get angry when he got cat hair on his body. There are many possibilities.

However, the good boy who doesn't touch small animals because his mother is angry, his tone is full of regret.

Just like when he accidentally had a fever and said "I don't want to go home" aggrievedly, just like when he reluctantly looked at Joe who was eating an apple and said "I'm sorry I really can't take it back".

From the dates marked in the exercise book and homework corners, to the sharp questions that came from the handset on the way home from school, An Jiayu connected many inconspicuous clues, and suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath.

Qiao Yumian, a model high school student who was impossible to fault, why on earth was he treated like this?Is this the source of his restlessness and exhaustion?

He pulled off the earphones of the other party: "Stop listening, play with it seriously, it can sing! Wait!"

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