investigative chronicle

Chapter 32 He and Them

That day, I was blocked in an alley by several older children. They wanted the remote control car in my hand. This was bought by my father...I couldn't give it.I huddled in the corner and hugged the car tightly, ready to go out and get beaten.

The expected pain didn't come.It was Yuan Shan, she threw her schoolbag on the ground and rushed up, regardless of the number of people...

The younger sister Tuyouping behind her used her magic sound to pierce ears and cry, crying so miserably... and successfully attracted the adults over.

The parents of several older children pressed them to apologize to Yuan Shan and me....I was a little embarrassed to see them being beaten all over their heads.

However, I did not escape this beating... My father blamed me for not protecting Yuan Shan and my sister well.Please...their combat power doesn't need my protection at all...

"You can't look like this. How can you protect your sister when you are so weak?" Yuan Shan looked like a big sister.

After that, she started her so-called training mode, turning a quiet and introverted little boy into the same 'fierce' as her.

At that time, Yuan Shan...was so nice...with her...we can be little brothers with peace of mind....

Perhaps her parents also felt that Yuan Shan was too fierce, and gave all their expectations of a girl who was gentle and gentle to her younger sister Yuan Mu.When we ran wildly, Yuan Mu was always dressed beautifully, standing aside and watching dryly.Sometimes, I feel that such a Yuan Mu is quite pitiful...

Later, when Yuan Shan entered the police academy, she had an outlet for her energy and could no longer trouble me.But I'm already used to sports. Thanks to her, my body is getting better and better, and my height, which has always made me feel inferior, has grown rapidly after I entered high school.I have finally grown into a tall and mighty look, but she is gone...

That day I went to pick Yuan Mu up to school as usual, but the door of her house was locked.Later I learned the bad news from my parents’ conversation….How is this possible?She is Yuan Shan!How could it be possible for that Yuan Shan, whose fighting strength is beyond the charts....

Until I saw her at the funeral, I still couldn't believe it.She was lying there quietly, obviously still looking handsome, how could it be....

Since that day, I have never seen Yuan Mu cry again.I'd rather her magic voice rings around my ears than she is so silent...Her tears seemed to have dried up in front of her sister, and there were no more tears to shed after that.

When she went to school again, she cut short her long hair, which was envied by all the girls, put away the drawing board and picked up the football...She drew her eyebrows long, and Yuan Shan liked the way her eyebrows grew into her temples....Her sweat dripped on the floor of the taekwondo gym, over and over again....Except that she is not so noisy, she has changed into Yuan Shan's appearance.

Inexplicably, I feel a little distressed.When she was beautiful, I wasn't tempted. She made herself look like a tomboy, but I was tempted instead...

But Yuan Mu rejected me.Because Yuan Shan... She is no longer her, but what I like is her who has become Yuan Shan.It's a ridiculous reason, but I'm afraid.Because I really don't know the difference....

Yuan Mu: The day my sister left, I was inexplicably flustered. When I called her, she answered quickly and teased me if I was afraid of thunder...Before she could finish speaking, she called the police and left... This trip was a farewell.

Sister, I am not afraid of thunder, I just miss you.

This sentence has become an unspoken regret... and it has also become an eternal pain in my heart.

On the first day after you left, the house was as quiet as a grave.My mother passed out several times, lying on the bed and couldn't even get off the ground.Dad hadn't eaten all day, and was smoking a cigarette on the balcony blankly.Bent bodies, pale faces... They grow old overnight.

I kept staring at the door, hoping that the door would open again, and you would stand there with a smile and say to me, "Hi, I'm back, did you miss me?"

Well, I miss you, sister, I miss you...  

On the second day after you left, there was the sound of pots and bowls clashing in the kitchen.I thought it was you who came back, so I rushed over excitedly, only to find that Dad was standing there washing rice.

"Mu Mu, your mother needs to eat something, if this continues, her body will collapse. From now on, we must learn to take care of mother."

I help wash the vegetables on my own. It’s good to have something to do. When I’m doing something, you won’t break into my mind from time to time...  

On the third day after you left, the police from the criminal police team asked us to meet you.My parents wanted to keep me outside the door, how could I agree? Lying there is you who has been with me for 16 years.Now that you are leaving, I still have a lot to say.

I looked at your face that day, and thought there was no difference except a little pale, but why didn't you get up?Look at your parents crying so sadly, sister, how can you lie here lazily and let me work hard by myself...

"Dad, I seem to hear my sister sighing."

Hearing my words, my mother rushed forward and touched your cold hand, crying again.

"Mu Mu, don't talk nonsense."

But I'm telling the truth, I really heard someone sighing, that's my sister's voice...

A week after you left, I put away my drawing boards and my paints.In the past, you always complained that I had too many things.Now I will give you all the rooms, sister, can you come back?

Dad is afraid that mom will be sad and wants to put away your things, but I disagree. No one can take you away from me, not even time.

One month after you left, sister, I had a nightmare. In the dream, I grew up and forgot what you looked like.After waking up, I turned out the photo album, where we have all our memories.But I still can't forgive myself, how can I forget you, even in a dream.

I saw Li Muzi today.He looked at me speechless for a long time, I know that my recent changes are a bit big.I'm going to try everything you tried so I won't forget you.

Sister, Li Muzi still fulfilled his promise to take me to and from school every day.But... I have you, I don't need him like this anymore.

When he confessed his love to me, I felt very strange...I don't know if it's me he likes, or me who has become you...

Li Muzi: Although Yuan Mu won't let me take her to and from school, getting used to it is not something you can change just by saying it.

She doesn't go home after school every day. She always sits by the moat and stares blankly, just like the stray cat thinking about life.Even though she was at an age full of flowers, her eyes didn't have the slightest brilliance.

I was afraid that she would be overwhelmed, so I always looked at her from a distance.After a long time, I feel that I am no different from that cat.It's just that it thinks of fish, but I think of people.

Today is Thursday, every day Yuan Mu would go to the criminal police team to ask about the progress of the case.Judging from the speed at which they received her, the investigation of the case was not going well.

She sat by the river for a longer and longer time, and when her uncle came to find her, the street lights were already on. "My sister's case may be hopeless."

I just heard her words when I got up. This is the only sentence I heard her say in the past month, although it was not addressed to me.

"Mu Mu, go home with Dad. Mom and Dad no longer have Shanshan, and they can't live without you..."

Yuan Mu changed from that day on, she began to talk more, and she could hear laughter from her house again.But for some reason, I think Yuan Mu is faking, her smile and cheerfulness are all faking.

(End of this chapter)