Stars warm firefly

Chapter 28 The turning point is only in an instant (2)
Speaking of which, the reason why Zhou Jingyou always looked at Fang Jiwan with incomprehensible envy, maybe it was because Zhou Jingyou saw his dream in Fang Jiwan, right?Even Fang Jiwan is another Zhou Jingyou, if Fang Jiwan realizes his dream, will it be an encouragement to Zhou Jingyou?

The Spring Festival is here, and the repetition school is also on winter vacation.

Xu Heyin received Bu Xiaomo's latest letter not long ago. It is said that this is the penultimate letter, and it is still a painting.Like a tacit understanding, Bu Zidu quickly called to ask about something new.

"Did a new letter arrive?" Bu Zidu asked eagerly.

"Yes. I'll bring you the letter in a few days. I'm a bit busy these days. But this time there are a lot of people in the painting. I think they are all her classmates or friends! I didn't see which one you said that boy."

"Do you want to review your homework? I know your time is very tight. I'll treat you to an egg tart as compensation for delaying your study time." Bu Zidu said solemnly, it seemed that he was worried about Bu Xiaomo Really anxious.

"Don't worry, I will find you when I have time." Xu Heyin frowned and hung up the phone.

Mom knocked on the door lightly and walked in with a cup of hot milk.Every winter, Xu Heyin's menstrual period reaction is particularly strong, and his stomach hurts so much that he will lie in bed all day.Taking advantage of the holiday, her mother took her to see a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine.In addition to prescribing conditioning medicine, the doctor also told her not to be anxious, to rest more, and told them some dietary precautions.So, her mother not only made Xu Heyin drink hot milk every night when she went to bed, but also made her red dates, goji berry and millet porridge from time to time.

"It's the holidays, don't push yourself too hard, and take a proper rest. I have a few tickets for the lantern show here, why don't you invite your classmates to have fun." Mom handed the milk to Xu Heyin.

Xu Heyin was very surprised that her mother actually decompressed herself.With the lessons learned from Zhou Jingyou, Xu Heyin was worried that her mother would transfer her disappointment from her father to herself.In fact, Xu Heyin understands that Aunt Zhou is very strong on the surface, but in fact she is very fragile on the inside.After being devastated by the loss of her husband, she absolutely could not afford to lose her daughter again.Xu Heyin was always angry and sad when dealing with Aunt Zhou.Seeing Zhou Jingyou's appearance during this period, Xu Heyin was very sad, but he couldn't help feeling a little thankful that his mother didn't put so much pressure on him.

"Moving tomorrow, do you really want to come together?" Mom asked leaning against the door before leaving.

"After all, I have something for me, so I have to contribute!" Xu Heyin squeezed out a smile, and drank slowly while blowing on the milk, leaving a circle of white milk stains around his mouth.

"Look at what you drink, you look like a little cat." Mom handed over a handkerchief, "If you don't want to go, don't force it. Although there is no one in the house, your grandpa..."

"Don't worry mom, I won't cry, let alone get angry." Xu Heyin said with a smile.

She knew that her mother was worried that she would not be able to bear those old neighbors talking intentionally or unintentionally about what happened in their house, but she felt that she had been protected by her mother too much, and she should bear some for her.Besides, from now on, only she and her mother will depend on each other, so how can she leave those embarrassing things to her alone!
The fireworks outside the window are still blooming in the dark night, but this Spring Festival, which seems to be as happy as in previous years, has become the most distinctive scenery in her life.

Since my mother had already moved away Xu Heyin's small bed, desk and other furniture before the festival, this time I went to the original place to pack some clothes and daily necessities.Xu Heyin stood here again, feeling very complicated.Half a year ago, I was still sitting at the dining table discussing with my mother about renting a house to go to school, and regretting that I couldn't sleep in the small bed I was familiar with. Who knew that everything had changed so hastily.

It was only when Xu Heyin walked out of the home that was no longer hers with her suitcase that she realized that some things had become strange before she had time to forget them.

Grandpa's house is located in an old community behind the old factory building.Due to the long history, young people have moved out of it one after another, and only the elderly people stick to it, as if guarding the old time.

After Xu Heyin's grandfather passed away, his house was vacant.

"It's quiet today, it's been noisy since I came back yesterday."

"Isn't it? It's a big festival, what a bad luck!"

Xu Heyin and her mother got out of the car, and as soon as they moved the suitcases to the door of the building, they heard two old people who had returned from shopping for vegetables talking.After hearing the movement, they looked up.

"Hey, Xiao Ai, He Yin is back too?"

"Yeah, bring something back." Ai Berry explained.The two old people nodded understandingly and said, "Come back, your father's house has been empty and deserted, now it's lively."

Xu Heyin knew that with Aunt Zhou around, news of her mother and father's divorce must have spread long ago.

"It might be noisy when we move things," Mom said apologetically.Unexpectedly, the two old men curled their lips and pointed with their fingers, "No matter how noisy you are, you can't quarrel with that house."

Xu Heyin looked in the direction of their fingers, which was the window of Zhou Jingyou's grandmother's house.

Zhou Jingyou's grandmother is 80 years old, and every year during the holidays, Aunt Zhou will bring Zhou Jingyou back to stay for a few days.Could it be that their family quarreled because of Zhou Jingyou?
"Usually, I think the little girl from Zhou's family is very well-behaved. I don't know why it happened like this." The old man shook his head and sighed.

"What happened?" Xu Heyin was taken aback.Since the winter vacation, she hasn't contacted Zhou Jingyou yet.

"Xiao Zhou kept scolding her last night, saying who sent her some strange text messages..."

The two old people shook their heads helplessly, and left with the vegetables.

After the holiday, Zhou Jingyou once sent a text message to Xu Heyin, telling her that because many relatives paid New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year, her mother returned the phone to her, but she had to hand it in when school started.Could it be that the text message I sent misunderstood Aunt Zhou?

While her mother was cleaning the house, Xu Heyin knocked on the door of Zhou Jingyou's grandmother's house.Unexpectedly, the person who opened the door was Zhou Jingyou.Seeing that it was Xu Heyin, a hint of surprise flashed across Zhou Jingyou's pale face.Xu Heyin glanced into the room, her uncle's family was surrounded by the round table in the living room, and Aunt Zhou was chatting with Zhou Jingyou's grandmother.

Xu Heyin touched the ticket for the lantern show in his pocket, and his heart skipped a beat.

She went into the house to pay New Year's greetings to the old man, and then greeted everyone.In the past, Zhou Jingyou's grandmother and Xu Heyin's grandfather knew each other, so Xu Heyin didn't see each other.Knowing that Aunt Zhou was staring at him, she still spoke on her own initiative.

"Grandmother, I have a few tickets, and I want to ask Zhou Jingyou to go to the lantern show tomorrow." Xu Heyin thought for a while and said, "This lantern show is so beautiful, we'll take pictures and show it to you."

"Okay, okay, let's go!" Because grandma agreed, Aunt Zhou didn't say anything.

When Zhou Jingyou sent Xu Heyin out, the two had a rare whisper.

"Xu Heyin, is it true that Fang Jiwan went to work as a tailor? I don't know how big his counter is. What if there are no customers?"

Xu Heyin had already told Zhou Jingyou about Mo Feifei's inquiries.Zhou Jingyou was happy for Fang Jiwan, and was also very curious about his tailor shop.

"That place is not far away, so you'll know if you go to see it! It happens that tomorrow you can go to see the lanterns first, and then go to the supermarket by the way!" Xu Heyin thought for a while and said, "There are guests at home during the holidays, your mother will not force you Are you too tight! By the way, I heard that she scolded you yesterday?"

"Well, my mother hired a tutor for me, and she came every other day. I had a headache yesterday, and my tutor sister let me rest for a while. My mother found out when I took out my mobile phone to play games, and then she saw some classmates sent me text message. My mother didn’t know it, so she misunderstood that the boy came to me again last time.”

"It's Chinese New Year, who doesn't receive some funny text messages! I also received messages from Cheng Xin and Gu Yi, and they are more funny than each other..." Xu Heyin called out the text messages for Zhou Jingyou to read, but Zhou Jingyou didn't agree. no laughing.

"Xu Heyin, I don't want to make my mother angry, if I can't go to the lantern show..."

"Are you worried about your mother's repentance?" Xu Heyin said, "By the way, do you have a tutor's phone number? Your mother likes her so much, why don't you drag her to see it together, one more person and more strength."

"Let me try it!" Zhou Jingyou hurried back after finishing speaking.

Maybe Xu Heyin's idea really worked, maybe Zhou Jingyou really wanted to see Fang Jiwan, she somehow managed to persuade her tutor sister to go with them, anyway she replied that everything went well.

When Xu Heyin returned to the rental house with her mother, there was a person who had been waiting for her at the gate of the community for a long time.

Ever since Chi Xiu found out about Bu Xiaomo's death, he wanted to find out about the situation with Xu Heyin.

However, since the end of last year, he has not been able to find a suitable opportunity to approach her.Today, after finally waiting for Xu Heyin to go downstairs to throw out the trash by himself, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Xu Heyin, happy new year!" Although Chi Xiu was very anxious, he still acted casually.Until now, Xu Heyin still regards him as a resident of this community.

"Yeah, I haven't seen you for a long time." After Xu Heyin finished speaking, he sneezed.

"For you, it's a coupon for the coffee shop where I work. Tomorrow there is a discount period, so you must come." Chi Xiu handed the coupon to Xu Heyin and ran away.He was afraid of meeting Du Meiling, because knowing Bu Xiaomo was just a little secret of his.

"Hey, tomorrow..." Before Xu Heyin said "no time", Chi Xiu had already run away.She picked up the coupon and looked at the address, secretly thinking about whether it was possible to ask Zhou Jingyou to go with her the next day.

"Hey, watch carefully while walking, you hit me." Chi Xiu was only focused on running, not paying attention to the two oncoming people.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" Chi Xiu said sorry and left in a hurry.

"Do you remember correctly? Bu Zidu really lives here?" A man looked up at the window upstairs, "Which one is his house?"

"I'm not sure about that, anyway, last time Xiaoquan called me to meet Buzidu outside this community." The person who spoke was the young man who had met and talked with Buzidu.

He picked up a small transparent wallet that fell on the ground and said, "Dawang, the person who bumped into us just dropped something. Hey, this person...doesn't look familiar to me!"

Dawang took the wallet, and saw a work permit pinned in the transparent interlayer.The work card has a photo, a name, and an address.

"Chixiu? I've never heard of this name. Is it your former classmate?" Dawang asked.

"Ah, I remembered, he is the boy who sent Bu Xiaomo home."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm not completely sure, but I think it looks a lot like it. Hey, look at this black hemorrhoid next to his nose, I remember it, it's him, that's right!"

"Whether it's true or not, let's ask!" Dawang Yangyang said with the work card in his hand, "With the address, I'm not afraid that we won't be able to find him."

Before he could return to the coffee shop, two young men in their early 20s ran towards him panting.

"Found it, it's him." The young man who had met Bu Zidu pointed at Chi Xiu's curly hair out of breath and said, "It's...it's his curly hair, that's right."

"What curly hair? I don't know you guys!" Chi Xiu glanced at them vigilantly and took a step back subconsciously.

"This, you lost it!" Da Wang handed Chi Xiu the work card he picked up.Chi Xiu looked down, touched his pockets and found that he had dropped something.

"Ah, yes. Really, I didn't find anything I dropped, thank you!" Chi Xiu thanked repeatedly.

"If you really want to thank us, can you do us a little favor? Look, do you know this girl? Do you know her brother too?" Da Wang found a photo of Bu Xiaomo saved in his phone, and then repaired it late. Dangle in front of you.

Momo?How did they know her?
"What? You forgot? When we were high school students a few years ago, you asked me where Bu Zidu fought with others, right?" The young man took a deep breath and said, "Later, Bu Xiaomo came out Accident."

"An accident?" Chi Xiu froze on the spot.He had an intuition that some truth was about to come out.

"Yes. Bu Xiaomo stumbled and fell to the abandoned river bed and died." Da Wang further explained.

At that time, Bu Xiaomo, who was in junior high school, became more and more curious, especially about things related to her brother Bu Zidu.

"My brother came back late again yesterday. Dad asked him where he went to play wild after school, but he didn't say anything." Bu Xiaomo said while sitting on a stone bench in the park with his chin in his hand, dangling his two thin legs, "but I know! I heard my brother secretly talking on the phone!"

"It's not the first day your brother is like this, you still care about him like this?" Chi Xiu was a little unwilling.Through Bu Xiaomo's description, in his impression, Bu Zidu is a boy who doesn't study hard, doesn't go home on time, and likes to make friends.

"But my brother is not a bad boy, there is a reason why he became like this." Bu Xiaomo tilted his head and said, "Actually, I am not what he imagined, he just misunderstood me and my mother."

Chi Xiu felt very uncomfortable when his mother was mentioned.

Bu Zidu had a problem with his mother, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.Although he felt sad that his mother could not come back to him, he felt uncomfortable when he heard that he was embarrassing his mother.

"Why don't you take me to find my brother!" Bu Xiaomo thought of an idea and said, "Don't worry, I won't let you meet my brother. We just follow him quietly to see what he is doing! "

"So what if we meet? I'm not afraid of your brother! But, if he finds out about our actions, will he not let us meet again in the future?" Chi Xiu didn't want to be compared to Bu Zidu in front of Bu Xiaomo, but he really didn't Knowing how I would react one day to the son of the man who married his mother.

"Then let's stagger them!" Bu Xiaomo stretched out her small hand and made an agreement with Chi Xiu that no one could tell this secret.

Later, Bu Xiaomo inquired about the range of Bu Zidu's activities by tapping around at home, and then came to Chi Xiu to find out the specific place together.They have been to the basketball court that Buzidu often goes to, the rock climbing gym that Buzidu likes, the square where Buzidu plays skateboards... In fact, Buzidu really didn't do anything extraordinary, he was just full of energy and liked to sway his sweat freely on him All kinds of sports I love.However, when he got home, he was arrogant and indifferent again, as if he enjoyed being scolded by his father.

"Your brother is really a weirdo." After mastering the basic situation of Bu Zidu, Chi Xiu changed his view of him on the one hand, and on the other hand felt a little incredible.

"In fact, my brother is very lonely. He feels that no one at home cares about him." Bu Xiaomo sighed, "Mom and Dad care about me very much, but I don't want to. My brother doesn't know, I really envy him. He can freely How nice to do what you want to do!"

"I will accompany you whatever you want in the future!" Chi Xiu couldn't help comforting him.

He felt that this little girl had become extremely sensitive due to illness, and seeing her somewhat disappointed expression, Chi Xiu felt very distressed.

"Ah, by the way, I heard that my brother and his partner agreed to go to an old place to compete. Can you ask where it is?" Bu Xiaomo suddenly pointed to a passing boy and said, "I saw him at my house. Wait for brother downstairs, go and ask!"

"Okay, wait." After Chi Xiu settled Bu Xiaomo, he followed the boy by himself.

After seeing the boy buy a few bottles of drinks from the vending machine, Chi Xiu also pretended to buy them and approached them.

"Hey, you've bought so much, why don't you go to Dawang party later?" Chi Xiu took the initiative to strike up a conversation.

"How do you know? Who are you!" The boy looked at Chi Xiu vigilantly.

"Listen to what Bu Zidu said!" Chi Xiu smiled and said, "Actually, I really want to go too, but Bu Zidu looks down on people and says he can't bring newcomers to his old place."

"Hey, this step! He and Dawang haven't decided the winner yet! What a bull!"

The boy snorted disdainfully, and said before leaving with a drink, "If you want to go, just go to the viaduct."

It's such a remote place!

After thinking about it, Chi Xiu decided not to take Bu Xiaomo.However, when he turned around, he saw Bu Xiaomo hiding in the corner with a sly smile on his face.

"Your brother is going too far this time, let's not go." Chi Xiu persuaded Bu Xiaomo.

"No! If he makes Dad angry again, he will be kicked out of the house by Dad."

"You don't have to worry about him when he's such an adult. Besides, didn't you say that your father has sent someone to watch him? Wouldn't that be better? All right, just go home obediently, okay?"

Chi Xiu coaxed and persuaded Bu Xiaomo to get on the bus.Bu Xiaomo reluctantly nodded.

At that time, he didn't notice that the boy who bought drinks was also waiting on the platform. He saw them and recognized Bu Xiaomo.

Although Bu Xiaomo failed to go there at the time, Chi Xiu never expected that she would go there on a rainy night half a year later.

After tossing and turning to find that remote place, she walked towards the viaduct with one foot deep and one foot shallow, hoping to meet her brother.The rain was getting heavier, and the rain-soaked ramp was a bit slippery.Suddenly, her foot seemed to be tripped by something, her body suddenly lost her balance, and she rolled down the slope to the bottom of the river bed.In fact, the fall itself was not heavy, but the asthma relapsed after being frightened.Bu Xiaomo's breathing became more and more rapid, as if an invisible hand was tightly strangling her neck.The medicine she carried with her had rolled to nowhere, and she was struggling in pain, like a fish out of water, trying to absorb the gradually thinning air with big gulps.

In the darkness, except for the sound of wind, rain, and cars passing overhead, gradually nothing could be heard.

(End of this chapter)