[Zhongyingmei] Hello stranger

Considering that JJ, who was on vacation, would definitely take Henry to the park for a walk in person, Shirley, who was not ready to appear in front of her, got up early and took Lucas to play in the yard for a while, then changed into sportswear and went to the park alone.

Soon, Shirley found them on the greenway next to the artificial lake, one of Henry's frequented places.Following behind them, she watched the cherry blossoms blooming in the distance very leisurely, and looked away from time to time to see the mother and child holding hands in the distance.

Seeing JJ on the left and Henry talking to each other with a smile on the right, Shirley felt that the crowd or scenery around her no longer existed.And there seems to be an invisible and intangible transparent mirror between them, looking at each other across time and space.

As I continued walking and watching, the jj on the left was turned back like clockwork, and was replaced by myself as a child.On the right side, Henry's hair grew to the shawl unconsciously, and the clothes on his body were replaced with a playful floral skirt.

The girl with the ponytail on the left puts her hands in her pockets like a little adult, walking slowly on the path of Longwood Park.The girl with blond hair hanging loosely on the right side tightly grabbed the right cuff of the former's jacket, followed in small steps, turned her head and pouted her mouth and asked in a soft voice: "Rosa, how far is it? "

Rosa glanced at her with a smile, and corrected: "You should call me sister."

The little girl frowned and pursed her lips, arched her nose and snorted at her, pulled her to stop, turned around and raised her voice, "Mom and Dad, how far is it?"

The leisurely couple behind them smiled and answered casually, "Oh y, it's not far away."

The little girl had no choice but to turn around and drag Rosa to continue walking forward, puffing her mouth in dissatisfaction, "That's what they said just now, they must be perfunctory to me."

Rosa shook her hand amusedly, "That's right, they were trying to perfunctory you."

The little girl squeezed her lips, moved forward a few steps weakly, and couldn't help but turned her head again and asked, "Do you really know how long it will take, or do you just want to trick me into calling you...you know?"

Rosa smiled happily and raised her hand to pinch her mouth, "Why don't you ever call me sister?"

The little girl replied solemnly: "At home, mom and dad can call everyone by name, and you can call me by my name directly. If I can't call anyone's name, isn't it unfair to me?"

Rosa frowned and thought about it seriously, then looked at her with a smile, "Jiel...you are so smart to come up with such a logical...wrong idea."

Jill didn't seem to be able to hear her words, she puffed her mouth out of boredom, "Vanessan next door can even call his parents by their names, you must be working together to bully me."

Rosa raised her eyebrows secretly, muttering in her heart, "You are the one who is bullying", and she heard her sighing and asking, "How far is it..."

Rosa pursed her lips and said casually, "Soon."

"God! Rosa!" Hearing her answer, Jill suddenly stopped, threw herself into her arms and beat her back with two small pink fists, "You really planned to perfuse me, but luckily I didn't trust you!"

Rosa smiled and pulled her arm, trying to pull her away, "Alright, alright, we'll be there in 10 minutes."

"Really?" Jill raised her head hesitantly to confirm. Seeing her nodding, she returned to her side and walked forward, looking seriously at her watch. , I won't talk to you today!"

Rosa raised her hand amusedly and nodded her little head, "Okay, okay."

Jill stared at her watch and dragged Rosa forward. After 10 minutes, she raised her head anxiously and saw the bird watching house some distance ahead. She cheered and let go of her hand and ran over, "Oh yeah! We're finally here! Little Bird~ Let me see you! Where are you? Come out and show me!"

JJ's happy look at that time is still vivid in my memory, Shirley couldn't help laughing.When she came back to her senses and saw that they had stopped in front, she avoided Henry's sight and continued to walk forward. When she passed by them, she vaguely heard JJ's voice, "Okay, Dad must have prepared breakfast and waited for us. Go back let's go home."

Without looking back, Shirley continued to move forward, finding another way out of the park.Thinking back to the jj described by Morgan who was rigorous and able to handle things alone, it was only for the first time that he realized for the first time that the little girl who was surrounded by her back then had already passed her by in the long river of time. Farther and farther away.

After returning home and having breakfast, Shirley hugged Lucas on the sofa, staring at the book in her hands boredly.His gaze stayed on the first word on the first line of the opened page, and his pupils continued to lose focus uncontrollably.

When she came back to her senses, the book hadn't been flipped, and Lucas, who was lying comfortably in her arms, had fallen asleep at some point.She carefully hugged him up, returned to his nest lightly, and placed him on the soft mattress.

After going upstairs to take a shower and change clothes, Shirley drove to the right side of the house diagonally opposite to JJ's house and stopped. It didn't take long to see the family of three talking and laughing in the car.Thinking that they were going on a short trip, Shirley waited for their car to leave a certain distance and followed them.

Instead, they drove to Dulles Airport and parked in an underground parking lot.Shirley followed, found a parking space, stopped the car and waited.It didn't take long for the quiet environment to be broken by approaching laughter. She subconsciously glanced at the front-view mirror, and saw the familiar face from the past with just one glance.

Looking at the casually dressed blonde woman with a gentle face in the front-view mirror, Shirley couldn't help being stunned for a moment.After looking at the backs of the big three and one small in the glasses, she rolled down the car window to take a few breaths of fresh air, her hands on the steering wheel trembling slightly.

The girl's intimate call that floated in his head was only fleeting, and was replaced by the cautious tone of the police officer of the Philadelphia Police Department through the cold telephone line, "Yes, I just confirmed it. There is something about Rosalind ·Jie Ruo's disappearance case was dismissed a year ago, and the person who dismissed the case was her father..."

The words repeatedly echoed in her ears made her feel dizzy, Shirley moved her hand away and rested her forehead on the left car window.It’s a little strange to me who was filled with anger when I put down the handset of Beth’s office phone, but it doesn’t mean that the disheartened self will be gone when I look back on it now.

After she collected herself, she subconsciously smiled wryly.Pulled the car out of the parking lot and went straight to the gym.He took out a set of sports underwear left in the locker room and changed into it, tied up the curly hair of the shawl, and tied the bangs on the forehead with a headband.

After locking the cabinet, after wetting the towel and wringing the water around her neck, Shirley walked out of the dressing room.Move your body all the way onto the treadmill, mechanically following the running belt and stepping on your steps.When you are tired, slow down and take a breath before continuing to sweat.

The body is doing simple strenuous exercises, no matter how many distracting thoughts there are, Shirley has no extra energy to think about it, and to some extent, she has the illusion of feeling relieved.Shirley, who didn't think too much, naturally didn't notice Morgan, who was talking with her companion and walking out of the fitness room. The other party went to the front desk to buy water for a rest and then planned to return the same way.

Walking on the not-so-soft carpet, Morgan turned his head unconsciously and glanced at the round buttocks on the row of treadmills on the left, which was very pleasing to the eye.He continued to walk forward, and when he was about to look away, he happened to glance at a person a little far away with a large tattoo extending from his hip upwards.

The pattern is very delicate, the coloring is quite clear, and it can be recognized at a glance that it is a large field of lavender.Morgan, who had tattooed before, knew how painful it must be to get such a large area tattooed, so he couldn't help but curiously raised his eyes to look at the side face of the man, and whispered to himself in an uncertain tone: "... Shirley?"

The companion beside him asked him puzzledly, and Morgan explained a few words with a smile, and asked him to go back to the fitness classroom first.But he walked up to her side hesitantly, and couldn't help being a little surprised after confirming that she was correct, "Xue Li?"

Shirley, who had been emptying her mind at first, was shocked when she turned her head to see Morgan following the voice, and immediately forgot that she was on the treadmill at the moment, "Oh, you..."

"Oh!" Before she finished speaking, Shirley stopped suddenly and almost slipped and fell on the treadmill.Simply because the speed was not fast at this time, Morgan only reached out his hand to stabilize her, but found that her hand was trembling a little.

Subconsciously looking at the treadmill, the other party hastily reached out and pressed the switch.Morgan looked at her unconsciously and questioningly, while the other party avoided his gaze, withdrew his hand, turned and walked straight forward, and said with a slight smile, "I didn't expect to meet you here."

Walking quickly to her side, Morgan smiled slightly and looked at her, "Alone?"

Shirley licked her lips, turned her head and pursed her lips at him, "Alone."

Although the corners of her eyes were slightly curved and the corners of her lips were still smiling, Morgan could clearly feel the sadness pouring from the inside out on her whole face, "You're in a bad mood?"

Stopping, crossing her arms, Shirley tilted her head helplessly, and said to him, "No, I'm just a little tired."

Taking a few steps forward pre-emptively, Morgan turned around and blocked her way to the dressing room, pointing out with concern in her tone, "Of course you will be tired after running for more than an hour without stopping until your muscles start to twitch. gone."

Feeling as if a huge mosquito was buzzing in front of her, Xue Li raised her eyebrows feebly.She simply didn't bother to pretend, and raised her steps lazily to avoid him, "As you said, I'm tired, a little bit exhausted."

Morgan staggered to block the way, and asked unwillingly, "What happened?"

Turning her head to the side and letting out a weak breath, Shirley turned her head, inexplicably finding his nervous expression a little funny, and solemnly warned, "Stop profile me, Derek..."

Seeing that she seemed to be getting better, Morgan smiled innocently and raised his eyebrows, defending himself, "I'm just worried about you."

Walking around him, Shirley put down her hands, crossed her arms and shook her head, "If you do this again, I won't dare to be friends with you."

Walking beside her, Morgan smiled flatteringly, "Alright, alright, where are you going?"

Turning her head to see his sly smile, Shirley couldn't help frowning, "...go home."

Stepping forward to stop her again, Morgan invited with a respectful smile, "How about going fishing in the tidal lake with me?"

Seeing that she was about to speak, Morgan stopped the countless excuses she might utter, nodded his head in a serious manner, and held his chin in thought, "If you don't hate me and you're in a good mood, there's basically no chance you won't go."

Annoyed, she frowned and smiled, Shirley raised her hand and punched him, "Are you threatening me?"

Morgan denied it with a smile, "No, or you can admit one of them."

With a smile in her eyes, Shirley looked at him silently.And Morgan arbitrarily connected her depressed mood with the gossip scandal the night before, she laughed, and sincerely persuaded: "Shirley, be happy, don't give other people any chance to run amok in your own life. "

Shirley thought about it, smiled and nodded, walked around him, "Although I don't know why you said that, but I like this sentence."

Morgan followed her and asked with a smile, "So?"

Shirley continued to walk forward, and stopped when she was about to reach the dressing room, and smiled pretending to be disgusted, "I hate you, but I will go to the tidal lake with you."

Before Morgan could speak, Shirley turned around and walked in, then turned her head and added with great interest: "Speaking of which, I haven't fished in my life."

"I will teach you." Looking at her back, Morgan walked into the dressing room on the other side with a smile, "Although I am also a novice."