There's a mermaid in my bathtub

died?

I thought about ten thousand possibilities, but I never thought it would be this kind of response.

I wanted to comfort, but I couldn't find the right words.

"There are a lot of things, how long will you stay here? Otherwise... let's have dinner together some other day." Jin Sheng was a little tired. There were too many and complicated things that happened just now, so he didn't want to talk much.

"I...go back next Tuesday, are you okay at home?" Lin Yi looked at Jin Sheng, only to realize that the man looked tired, and with the news of Nanli's death, he became more and more worried.

Jin Sheng raised his eyebrows, "What can I do if I'm alone at home? Don't worry, I won't seek death."

"That's not what I meant. Then... I'll go back first and make an appointment when you're free? Have a good rest and don't bother you."

"kindness."

Having been ordered to evict, Lin Yi heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that Jin Sheng was just tired and had no thoughts of committing suicide, changed his shoes and walked towards the door.

After opening the door and stopping, the voice-activated light in the corridor turned on thoughtfully. Under the warm yellow light, Lin Yi suddenly asked, "Jin Sheng, are we still friends?"

"Of course." Without even thinking about it, Jin Sheng replied directly, showing a slightly tired smile, "Besides, we have always been best friends."

Sometimes, Lin Yi gets tired of being called "friend", but now, with Jin Sheng's promise, he feels extremely at ease.

I have followed my eyes for many years, and if I miss it, I can only blame myself for not being brave enough.With a sigh, there is sadness, and even more relief after expressing his heart.

"Hurry up and change your clothes, you're wet, you should catch a cold in a while."

Lin Yi's voice was as gentle as ever. After Jin Sheng nodded, he suddenly added: "That time, you drank too much and kept clamoring to go home. It was my selfishness that kept you in the hotel. But At that time, you were not playing crazy with alcohol."

which time?

Before Jin Sheng could recall anything, Lin Yi had already closed the door and left.

Although he made a promise, Jin Sheng couldn't guarantee that he could treat Lin Yi exactly the same as before after such a thing happened and knowing Lin Yi's thoughts towards him in a short period of time.

The friendship is also cherished, but it will take time for both of them to ease.

The mood that was originally excited because of the meeting with old friends became complicated after this experience. Jin Sheng glanced at the time, couldn't help but entered the bathroom, and stared at the calm water surface of the bathtub for a while.

Unexpectedly... two months have passed.

Even without Nanli, he is still alive.

With a wry smile, he dipped his hand into the cold water, and immediately a layer of goose bumps appeared on his body.Jin Sheng didn't want to catch a cold, so he took off his shirt immediately, dried his body with a bath towel, and returned to the bedroom.

[-]. Stay up all night.

Once the thoughts that have been deliberately ignored are aroused, there is no way to dispel them.The love that Nanli risked his life for was too heavy, and the cold loneliness made Jin Sheng suffocate in the dark night.

The TV rang all night, and human beings tried their best to make sounds in the empty house, proving that they were not alone, and finally, they closed their eyes after the sky brightened.

Sunday, without work, is a good time to sleep in, but Jin Sheng slept very lightly this time, less than five hours, and it was exactly a quarter past ten when he opened his eyes.

After charging the mobile phone that was automatically turned off, I ate something to fill my hunger with an empty stomach.Jin Sheng slept on the sofa last night, her posture was wrong, she had symptoms of stiff neck, her neck was so stiff and painful that she dared not lift it up.

While self-massaging, he cleaned the living room. It was already twelve noon when he replaced the bathtub with new water.

In autumn, the sun is also scorching, and he walked to the kitchen with a rag to clean up the dust that did not exist on the desk. Jin Sheng opened the drawer and saw a long, long time ago, a photo of him and Nanli in the aquarium.

After a hasty glance, after realizing what it was, he thrust it back into its original position as if pierced by his hand.

In the same drawer, there are also two charred fish scales.

It's in the past.

I will never forget it, but I don’t want to think about it. The more unforgettable, the sadder it is.

After returning, Jin Sheng has been avoiding "being alone", staying in the office when she can on Saturday, and going out when she can go out on Sunday, trying her best to make herself not look so lonely.

The same is true today.

Although I got up late, I didn't plan to spend a lot of time at home.

He must keep himself busy all the time, or hide in the noisy crowd, so that he can get rid of self-blame and get rid of pain.

I changed into loose casual clothes, a cotton half-sleeve jacket and a thin jacket.Autumn is early in the day, it is slightly hot at noon, and the night is cloudy and cold. The temperature difference between day and night is quite large, and it is easy to catch a cold.

Walking out of the community aimlessly, people who are afraid of being alone subconsciously follow the crowd and get on the bus without knowing it.

On weekends, except for those who have to work overtime and make up classes, they are all relaxing.

As soon as the car stopped, Jin Sheng, who was squeezed into the bustling crowd, got out of the car with the big team.He didn't care, he didn't know which stop it was, and he had no destination, so he didn't need to plan, he just followed and moved forward step by step in a trance.

But after getting out of the car, everyone formed a group of threes and twos, and quickly scattered in all directions. In the end, there was no specific group of people, and Jin Sheng finally regained his diffuse consciousness.

where is this?

Looking down at the phone, it's half past two.

The black eyes looked around aimlessly, and after seeing a landmark building made of blue glass in the distance, they were dumbfounded.

He actually... went to the aquarium by himself.

Is it really a coincidence?Or is it the subconscious of the body after flipping through the photos that I don’t want to think of?

After being dazed for two seconds, he immediately took a step forward. Jin Sheng rushed across the road at the green light with only a few seconds left. He didn't know what he wanted to verify, and squeezed into the crowd around the ticket gate.

The aquarium in S City was the place where he and Nanli had their first date.

It was the most common tourist ticket that he bought through the usual way. He knew that he could not see the person in his memory when he looked back at the place in his memory, but his heart suddenly recovered a perceivable beat. This feeling of heartbeat, Jin Sheng was already too Haven't experienced it for a long time.

The hand holding the ticket trembled slightly. After passing the ticket gate, I realized that most of the people who came to a romantic and quiet place like the Oceanarium were families and couples. Looking around, he was the only one who was alone.

On weekends, there are many people, and they are all planned in advance. There are very few people like Jin Sheng who come up with whims and accidents.

Before I met Nanli, I was used to being alone. After I came back, after two months of relaxation, I didn't go crazy like I couldn't bear the loneliness and longing at the beginning.

But the flood caused disasters, and after the flood was released, the trickle that poured in from all directions to make up for it was even more annoying.

Checked the ticket and entered the venue. This time Jin Sheng caught up with the venue performance, but the jellyfish wall where the group photo was taken before was full of people, lively and crowded.

Jin Sheng stood in the distance, watching the swing in front of the jellyfish wall through the crowd, and suddenly lost the interest to continue shopping.

After the initial upsurge, now the package tickets of the Aquarium include theater performances. Although it is the finale of the venue, Jin Sheng has already seen it once.

Suddenly I felt that there were too many noisy people, and those who didn't want to hold orders wanted to stay quiet by themselves.

It was a cloudy day and there was no sunshine, and he left a venue before finishing shopping, and Jin Sheng went to the beach alone.

City S has a well-developed tourism industry, the seaside is a scenic resort area, and there is never a shortage of people, but compared to the crowded aquarium, this place is extremely leisurely.

Listening to the familiar sound of waves, Jin Sheng took a walk along the coast. Jin Sheng did not go to the fine sand beach where tourists go on vacation. The quietest part of the coastline is unrepaired, and the pebbles of different sizes are stepped on.

Just drifting outside for an afternoon, until the sea breeze cools and blows through the thin coat.

It was dark.

When the street lights came on, it was time for Jin Sheng to go home.

Resisting the empty house, thinking about the lack of food in the house, I simply bought a hand-cooked cake at a food stall by the sea. When paying the money, I accidentally ran into the uncle who sold the cake.

He didn't wear much clothes, his hands were cold, probably Jin Sheng's body was pitifully thin, so the uncle added an extra sausage to the cake.

"The beach is cool at night, young people should eat more."

"Thank you." Surprised, the care from strangers is always particularly easy to convey from the heart.

Jin Sheng was holding the steaming pancakes, but he was reluctant to eat them for a while.The wind at the seaside was strong, and I took a bite of the wind, which filled most of my stomach. I had no choice but to put the disease back into the packaging bag, and took a taxi. Who knew that it happened to hit the traffic jam in the city, and I left after half an hour's drive. It took an hour to reach the gate of the community.

Entering the community, a police car was parked outside Jin Sheng's unit. No one was in the car, but this special vehicle was conspicuous everywhere.

Sighing unconsciously, Jin Sheng didn't know what happened in the neighborhood during the afternoon he left, so he thought about it a lot, and when he entered the corridor sheltered from the wind, he opened the plastic bag and walked along to eat cakes.

The hot cakes were softened by the heat, and the taste was not good, but they were warm when eaten in the mouth.

In particular, the kind uncle added an extra sausage to him.

He had never tried two sausages in one finger pie.

He stopped in front of the house for a while, and took a deep breath until the voice-activated lights in the corridor were about to go out, opened the door, and returned to the deserted home.

The lingering aftertaste of being warmed by strangers in the cold home faded away, and after two bites of the small pancakes, I couldn't eat any more.

Putting it on the clean dining table casually, Jin Sheng lay down on the sink and washed his face seriously.

The white lighting on the washbasin can brighten up a person's complexion to a certain extent. Jin Sheng raised his head and looked at the man in the mirror whose face was covered with drops of water. He probably knew why the uncle cared about him.

He did lose a lot of weight...

Not only did the white light not restore his complexion, but it also made his face paler, even the bruises under his eyes couldn't be covered.Obviously eat and sleep on time every day, but the original flesh on the cheeks is gone, and the cheekbones are thin.

In addition, the lighting at the food stall was not good, the sea breeze was cold, and his body was cold. Jin Sheng was so haggard that it was understandable for him to be mistaken for a terminally ill patient.

With a low sigh, the person who had washed his face had just touched the towel when the doorbell rang again.

Perfunctorily wiping off the water drops, Jin Sheng frowned deeply - when did his family become so popular?Who is it again?

He took off his thin coat casually, he didn't care about the urging bell outside, he changed into his slippers calmly, and then walked towards the door.

With the lessons learned from the past, this time he didn't open the door directly, but carefully looked outside through the cat's eyes.The angle is limited and the line of sight is not complete, but the uniforms of the group of people outside the door are really special.

—It's the police.

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