No.70 days

Shao Wu checked the map, starting from Leshan, first took the 213 National Highway, then turned to the 307 Provincial Highway, and then arrived at Leibo County.The high-speed train from Chengdu to Leshan has been opened, and the journey takes less than an hour. Shao Wu bought a ticket for 08:30 in the evening, but there were no seats left, so he bought a standing ticket.

He was more worried about the itinerary after arriving in Leshan. It was almost 09:30 at that time, and there were probably no buses heading for Leibo County. Maybe he had to hire a car, but there was a landslide in Leibo County just now. It was late at night again, and it might be difficult to find a driver willing to drive there... Shao Wu secretly regretted, why didn't he learn to drive and get a driver's license?

There were still more than 20 minutes before the ticket was checked. Shao Wu went to 7-11 to buy a piece of bread and a box of hot milk, gobbled it up and finished it in a few bites.In fact, he has no intention of eating at all right now, but he forces himself to eat, after all, the road to this night is still long.

Shao Wu was sitting in the waiting hall, staring at his sneakers, and what he was thinking was, if Yang Shuyi really—really died, how would he explain to Longlong and his mother-in-law?Of course he also knew that Yang Shuyi might not have really caught up with that landslide, or that the chance of him dying in the landslide was very small...but there was always a certain chance that Yang Shuyi would die.Maybe people just live by chance. Every year, some people get cancer, some people have car accidents, and some people are even killed by falling objects while walking on the road. He suddenly feels that bad luck is actually a handful of glass balls, which are dropped from a height of [-] meters. , everyone has a chance of being hit, although this chance is very small.

If Yang Shuyi is really dead, what should he think about Longlong and his mother-in-law?This question made Shao Wu feel chills intermittently, almost feeling suffocated, he thought, Longlong is young, and after a long time, she can always accept this bad news, and then walk out slowly, she still has her life... But What about the mother-in-law?My mother-in-law is suffering from Alzheimer's, and probably won't live for too long. Do you want to tell her that your grandson is also dead when she can see the end of the day?Her mind was already so confused, one second she knew that the bracelet was given by her grandson-in-law, and the next second she thought her grandson was in high school, but even though her mind was already so confused, she was still thinking about Yang Shuyi, and what worried her most was that she would treat her He also passed away, leaving Yang Shuyi alone, living alone in this world.

Then Shao Wu realized that if Yang Shuyi died, the first thing he would think of would not be himself.

It seems that he has acquiesced that his importance to Yang Shuyi is inferior to Yang Shuyi's family, so he has to think about how to settle down Longlong and mother-in-law... Is this Yang Shuyi's assimilation of him?Yang Shuyi always puts himself in the last place. If his mother-in-law is not in good health, he will stay in Chongqing to go to university. If Longlong wants to study fine arts, he will not go to graduate school. He himself is always the least important... If Yang Shuyi really died, what should he do?It seems that there is nothing to do, they have not even been together, and he doesn't even have a good reason to cry.

In fact, he still couldn't imagine Yang Shuyi's death.

For a long time, "death" was an extremely distant and vague concept for Shao Wu. The death of his relatives, Yang Shuyi's death, and his own death were all unimaginable.Especially Yang Shuyi, a man as tenacious and tenacious as a weed, how could Yang Shuyi die as soon as he said he would die?Even for the sake of his family, he must live a good life, right?But eight years ago, when Yang Shuyi rushed to Chengdu like him, did he also think that his father Yang Long would definitely not die?

But his father was indeed dead. In that earthquake, Yang Shuyi couldn't even find his father's bones.

Chengdu East Railway Station is full of people, men, women and children, sitting and chatting, playing games with their heads down, and arguing loudly... Shaowu thought as if in a lifetime, if Yang Shuyi really died in the landslide, then he must, he His body must be found.No matter whether there is a landslide or another Wenchuan earthquake ahead, no matter whether Yang Shuyi's bones are mutilated beyond recognition, he has to see him with his own eyes, otherwise he will keep looking for him all his life, and keep looking for him.Bad luck is like a handful of glass beads, whoever falls on it will be unlucky. This is a random thing, but he must see Yang Shuyi. He can't accept that the last time he saw Yang Shuyi in this life was in that wet and cold place. At night, Yang Shuyi looked at him drunkenly and said, love.

If doom is random, it is inevitable that he will find him.

The high-speed train bound for Leshan began to check tickets, and Shao Wu stood in the line in a daze, moving slowly with the crowd.When he was about five or six meters away from the ticket gate, his cell phone rang.

A number from Chengdu.It wasn't Yang Shuyi, it wasn't Wang Yujun, it was a string of unfamiliar numbers.

The young lovers behind were hugging each other, not knowing who was kissing whom, but they gave a resounding "boo".

Shao Wu picked up the phone: "Hello?"

"Shao Wu, where are you?" His anxious voice came from the opposite side, a little hoarse, "You went to find me?"

At this moment, Shao Wu looked up.

He looked up at the gray dome of Chengdu East Railway Station, and saw glass beads falling and passing him.He saw dim-faced gods—if there were gods—gazing silently at the world.He also saw the shadow of the disaster in the past eight years since the Wenchuan Earthquake, leaving feathers and traces.

"Where are you?"

"I'm here—don't cry, Shaowu, don't cry," Yang Shuyi said in a panic, "I'm in the water mill."

"Watermill?"

"The water in the running water, the mill in the millstone, the water mill town under Wenchuan."

"..."

"Where are you?"

"I'm at Chengdu East Railway Station."

"Don't cry," Yang Shuyi's voice suddenly became very gentle, as if coaxing a child, "I'm fine, I'm fine."

"I'm coming to find you."

He was silent for two seconds and said, "Come on, take a bus at Chadianzi Bus Station tomorrow morning. There are direct buses to Shuimo. I will pick you up at the bus station."

Shao Wu hung up the phone, and heard the young couple behind him muttering: "Hey, can you go faster?"

He wiped his face and looked back at them, a boy with yellow hair and a girl with purple hair, Shao Wu said, "I'm sorry, I won't go to Leshan anymore."

The boy's tone was dissatisfied: "If you don't go, don't block it here!"

"Excuse me."

Shao Wu looked at them and said sincerely in his heart, I wish you lovers will get married in the end.

On the morning of March 25th, Shao Wu bought a ticket at Chadianzi Bus Station and got on the bus to Shuimo.

It was raining continuously in Chengdu, and the sky was light gray.Shao Wu sat by the window and watched the street scene change all the way, from the city's high-rises and elevated roads to many fresh greens washed clean by the rain. After passing Dujiangyan, the buildings gradually decreased and the mountains became higher, and the rain stopped. The sky is clear.

Shao Wu clutched his phone and fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up again, the bus was already driving on a high mountain road, and my vision was only blue and green, the dark blue sky, the light blue river, and the emerald green mountains.As the altitude rises, they have entered the Western Sichuan Plateau, and the scenery along the way is like an indigo gem reflecting the sun.Shao Wu asked the aunt next to him: "Do you know how long it will take to get to Shuimo?"

"Hurry up, a few hours," the woman's accent was crisper than Chengdu dialect, probably a native of Wenchuan, "I just wanted to say, you're sleeping—you're wearing too little!"

Shao Wu wore a cotton jacket with a sweater inside, and he didn't feel cold in Chengdu.

But in the plateau area, the temperature will indeed drop a lot.

"Ah, thank you," Shao Wu said, "I'll go buy a coat when I get off the bus."

The woman continued to chat with Shao Wu: "Are you here to travel?"

"Um……"

"You came to the right place," the woman said proudly, "The newly built ancient town here is very fun. You can go to Li County after playing in the water mill. Wolong is also pretty good. See pandas..."

"Look at the panda..."

"Where are you from?"

"Chongqing."

"That's right, there is no panda base in Chongqing..."

The two chatted with each other for a long time, and Shao Wu no longer felt sleepy. Looking at the clear and bright scenery outside the window, his mood gradually became lighter.

Six minutes to eleven o'clock, the bus arrived at Shuimo Passenger Station.

Along the way, Shaowu didn't contact Yang Shuyi, and Yang Shuyi didn't contact him either.Shao Wu got up, took off his backpack from the luggage rack, and got out of the car.

The woman got out of the car behind him and said enthusiastically, "Have fun!"

Shao Wu said: "Hey, thank you!"

The temperature of the water mill was indeed much lower than that of Chengdu, the sun was slightly hot on the skin, but the air was full of coolness, Shao Wu wrinkled his nose and sneezed.

He walked around the bus and onto the sidewalk.

"Shao Wu."

Someone called him from behind, he turned around and saw Yang Shuyi standing a few steps away from him.

Yang Shuyi seemed to be tanned again, his lips were dry and flaky, and his hair was messed up by the wind.But his eyes were exceptionally bright, almost like the sunshine on the plateau, falling straight on his face.

Then Yang Shuyi walked towards him, and he realized that Yang Shuyi's left leg was a little lame.

He felt dazed again, and the first thing he said was: "You're not dead." After he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself on the head. Is there something wrong?

Yang Shuyi raised his eyebrows and smiled at him: "Yes, I'm not dead."