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Chapter 468 Chapter 467 I could save his body, but I couldn't save his soul. I could save him temporarily, but I couldn't save him forever.

Thinking of this, Fang Minghua put down the teacup and ran out.

"Xuecheng, something urgent has to happen. I'll leave first!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Minghua was already outside the door, leaving the two of them looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Editor Fang, what's wrong?"

"I've told you, there's something urgent, Meimei, do you like Haizi's poem?" Lei Xuecheng asked.

"I like it. Anyone who can write such warm poems must be someone who loves life very much, right?" Wu Meimei looked longing.

"That may not be the case." Lei Xuecheng shook his head:
"I've told you about Mayakovsky, a famous Soviet poet, who once wrote, 'I have traveled almost all over the world, life is beautiful, and life is good.' 'Hammer, and poems, please sing praises to this land of youth.' He actually committed suicide in the end after writing poems like this!"

"A poet cannot be judged by ordinary people."

Just as Lei Xuecheng was talking about life in poetry with his girlfriend, Fang Minghua was riding his 28-inch bicycle wildly on the street.

After rushing back to his home in Xingfu Community, he hurriedly packed a few clothes and stuffed them into his travel bag, and left a note for his wife and placed it on the coffee table in the living room.

"Tangtang, I have to go to Yanjing for something urgent. Please ask for leave from work for me tomorrow. I will tell you the details when I come back. Minghua, today."

After doing all this, he hurried down the building, hailed a Xiali taxi at the gate of the community and rushed to the train station.

When he arrived at the ticket window, he saw on the sign that there would be a train from Chengdu to Shenyang in half an hour. Without any hesitation, he immediately bought a ticket, not to Yanjing but directly to Shanhaiguan.

Unfortunately, there are only hard seat tickets and no sleeper tickets.

Regardless of all that, Fang Minghua queued up at the ticket gate with his ticket and soon boarded the train heading east.

Sitting in the somewhat noisy carriage, Fang Minghua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He went to rescue Haizi this time.

Can it be successful?

he does not know.

Before the time travel, there were reports online that Haizi committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks in the Shanhaiguan area, and the specific location seemed to be a place called Longjiaying. However, this was only a rumor on the Internet, and Fang Minghua was not sure whether it was true or not.

More importantly, even if he is rescued, what can he do?
He is different from Lu Yao. Lu Yao only has physical problems, but his mental state is normal. However, Haizi obviously has mental problems and has despaired of this world.

His body could be saved, but his soul could not be saved.

You can save him temporarily, but you can't save him forever.

However, if we know something is going to happen, we should do our best to stop it.

The train traveled for thirty hours and arrived in Qinhuangdao city at noon the next day. Fang Minghua's back and waist ached from sitting so much.

He did not go to Shanhaiguan, but got off at Longjiaying Station, the station before Shanhaiguan.

After getting off the train with his luggage, Fang Minghua stood on the platform looking around in a daze.

Where are they going now? We don’t know if the tragedy has already happened.
After thinking about it, he left the station first, then found a female staff member on the platform and took out a bunch of his documents - with only one purpose, he wanted to see their stationmaster urgently.

The female staff member was a little surprised when she saw the credentials the young man handed over, such as Director of the Chinese Writers Association, Vice Chairman of the Qin Province Writers Association, and Editor-in-Chief of Yanhe Magazine. But she still led him to an office on the second floor of the station.

The stationmaster's surname is Wang, a middle-aged man in his forties. He was eating with a lunch box. After listening to the explanation of his subordinates, he was still very polite to this uninvited guest. He also warmly invited him to have a meal in the staff canteen of our station if he had not eaten.

"Thank you, you're welcome, I'm not hungry." Fang Minghua declined with a smile. A good friend of his might have committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks in the Longjiaying area, so he asked for their help.

Stationmaster Wang was stunned and looked at Fang Minghua in a daze: "What? Someone wants to commit suicide again?" "Why? Stationmaster Wang, has anyone committed suicide here recently? Was it today?" Fang Minghua's heart tightened.

"It's not today, but some time ago. And it's not just one, there have been three already! This year is really weird."

"Then I'll definitely ask for your help." Fang Minghua briefly explained Haizi's situation.

Stationmaster Wang was a kind-hearted man. Perhaps he also felt that it would not be a glorious thing if another suicide occurred in the railway section under his jurisdiction, so he agreed to Fang Minghua's request.

Immediately inform subordinate units of Haizi's appearance and ask them to stop him immediately if they encounter him, especially patrol workers, who should pay close attention to young people passing along the route.

"Chairman Fang, this is all I can help you with," Stationmaster Wang said finally.

"Thank you very much." Fang Minghua shook the other person's hand and said that he would come back in the afternoon to see if there was any news.

After doing this, Fang Minghua breathed a sigh of relief. He left the train station, had a bowl of noodles at a nearby restaurant, and then found a small hotel to stay in.

I took off my coat and lay on the bed, but I couldn't fall asleep.

It’s better to walk along the railway, maybe you can come across Haizi and a miracle will happen.

So Fang Minghua got up and put on his coat, and under the guidance of the shop owner, he walked a short distance to the railway.

So we walked along the railway towards Shanhaiguan.

Qinhuangdao is already full of spring at the end of March. The weather is nice and sunny today. Walking on the railroad tracks, Fang Minghua can still smell the slightly damp and fishy smell of the sea brought by the sea breeze, which reminds people of Haizi's poem.

"Facing the Ocean, Spring and Blossom"

Is this the reason why Haizi chose to commit suicide here?

unknown.

Why choose to commit suicide today?

Before traveling through time, Fang Minghua saw on the Internet that March 3 was the birthday of Taiwanese writer Sanmao. Haizi liked Sanmao's works very much and admired her very much. He knew that Sanmao was born on March 26, so he chose to commit suicide on Sanmao's birthday.

Some people also say that Whitman, the American poet, the "Father of American national literature" and the author of Leaves of Grass, also died on March 3. Haizi also liked Wyeth's works and his creations were obviously influenced by Wyeth, so he left the world on the same day as Wyeth.

None of this is known.

Fang Minghua walked along the railway for more than an hour, thinking about all sorts of things. During this time, he saw several trains speeding past, but he did not see Haizi.

He decided to go back and find Stationmaster Wang.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Station Master Wang's office at the train station.

Stationmaster Wang told Fang Minghua that up to now he had not received any reports of any of his subordinates committing suicide, nor had he seen Haizi.

"Chairman Fang, don't worry. Maybe your friend has come to his senses and won't commit suicide." Stationmaster Wang comforted.

Will the trajectory of history change?
Fang Minghua smiled bitterly in his heart.

At this time, a staff member in railway uniform hurried in and reported to Stationmaster Wang: "Stationmaster Wang, a member of the public reported that the young man you mentioned, wearing glasses, with long hair and a beard, was found about 1.5 kilometers away from the station in the direction of Qinhuangdao."

It’s Haizi!
When Fang Minghua heard this, he immediately rushed out of the office and ran along the railway towards Qinhuangdao.

(End of this chapter)