Sparkling

He thought Ye Lin would be absent the next day.

After the class bell rang three times, Xu Feng dragged his tired body like a walking corpse into the classroom from the back door, habitually raised his eyes and went to the front row, thinking that he would see an empty seat, but unexpectedly saw Ye Lin figure.

His figure was the same as usual, with a white shirt, straight shoulders, and his head lowered far away, reading a book.

The raised foot froze for a moment and then returned to normal, and he looked away as if nothing had happened.

Just as Xu Feng sat down on his seat, he heard chichi laughter from the back row, and was pushed on his back.

"Hey, did you see that kid's face today? It looks good. It was our "masterpiece" yesterday."

Xu Feng turned his head and glared at the man fiercely, who was obviously stunned for a moment.

"What are you doing, crazy..."

There was a low cursing sound from behind, looking very confused.

Xu Feng didn't pay attention to him any more, and when he looked back, his mind was very confused, because of his inferiority and cowardice.

Not long after, I heard that Ye Lin's parents divorced.

In this closed small fishing village, there is no privacy or secret. The news quickly spread throughout the mouths of the seven aunts and eight aunts, and became the latest topic of chatting after dinner.

Xu Feng heard his mother talking about it while eating.

"After fighting for so long, I finally left."

That's what his mother said, with a very sad look.

Xu Feng didn't say anything, just picked up a big chopsticks and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and put his head in the bowl to scramble the rice.

His mother gave him a disgusted look, "You are so boring, chatting with you is no fun at all."

So after dinner, I went out to play cards again.

Ye Lin, who was in the center of the vortex, was quite calm.

The bruises on his face are still bruised, and it may be a new wound added later.In addition to bringing this bruise on his face, he should still study, he should go to the library and go to the library.

I don't know when Xu Feng also got the habit of going to the library.

Every day after lunch, during the cleanest period in school, he would go to the library for an afternoon nap.

Behind the rows of bookshelves, I went to the penultimate row. There was a small window next to it. Outside were tall maple and banyan trees. In autumn and winter, the maple trees were bright red and withered, while the banyan trees were still simple and green. .One red and one green are crowded together, and when the wind blows, they shake slightly together.

Xu Feng was lying under the bookshelf, and he happened to be able to see the looming red and green under the floating curtains. It was so quiet that he could watch it all afternoon.

There are always very few people in the school library.

The main reason is that there are only a handful of people who study hard in this school, and places like the library are not favored.In addition to the lunch break at noon, most people gathered in the classroom, and the claustrophobic library was very relaxing.

Occasionally, footsteps sounded, but Xu Feng didn't care.It wasn't until the sound of footsteps stepping, stepping, stepping, and persevering all the way to the last two rows of bookshelves, that Xu Feng had to close his eyes and pretend to be asleep.

"Xu Feng."

A voice sounded out of thin air, familiar and unfamiliar, like a bullet hitting his heart, he opened his eyes suddenly.

It's Ye Lin.

If he remembers correctly, this is the first time he has taken the initiative to find himself since he was in junior high school.

They skipped the activity class in the afternoon.

For Xu Feng, sneaking out is a common occurrence, and it is not a big deal, but it should be the first time to see Ye Lin's appearance. Xu Feng finds it funny to see a faint excitement under his calm appearance.

They skipped class and somehow climbed a mountain.

Xiaoshan Island is called Xiaoshan Island because although it is an island, it has a proud mountain.

It's just a mountain, a hill.

The mountain is not high, there are steps and roads, it is easy to climb, the only obstacle is the wind.

The island is very windy, especially in autumn and winter.

Slightly to the high ground, without the shelter of the house, the wind became more and more frenzied. Ye Lin stood on the sloping mountain road, staggered and staggered by the blow.I felt that if I didn't climb the pillars on the side of the road, I would be blown all the way back to the origin of the slope.

Xu Feng was more stable than him and walked behind him.

After walking hard all the way, we finally reached the fort on the top of the mountain.

It is said that it was a fort built during the war. The surrounding earthen platforms are all made of round stones on the island, forming a low barrier. Below this barrier is a rocky cliff, and further down is the sandy land and the sea.

People in the past fought bloody battles here, but today they can easily lift their feet across the low stone wall, sit on it, swing their feet on the gravel cliff, and listen to the endless sound of waves from below.

It was a cloudy day, the sky was heavy, and the sea was also gray, muddy, monotonous, and not pretty at all.

When we reached the top of the mountain, the wind stopped slightly and turned into a slightly cold wind.

Ye Lin was sitting on the low stone wall, under a pair of slender ankles, dirty sneakers were hanging in the air.His white shirt was blown up by the wind and hit him on the shoulder.

Xu Feng leaned against the low wall, two steps away from him.

Standing so high, far away from the voices of people in the village, only the sound of hunting wind, and the sound of the distant sea, coming and going lonely.

"Two days ago, thank you."

Ye Lin said suddenly.

Xu Feng almost couldn't remember, he felt guilty in his heart, and didn't feel that he had done anything for him.

I wanted to speak, but felt that there was no need to say anything.

Accept it as if nothing had happened, or say that you have not done anything, no matter what, it is noisy and meaningless.

He swayed from side to side and ended up saying nothing.

Ye Lin didn't care.

He continued, "Thank you today too."

He spoke slowly, as if he didn't care if he could finish consistently or if he found it strange.

"Thank you for coming out with me."

He has no friends, no one to talk to.Accompaniment, or talking, is something that he has given up hope for, and today he just doesn't want to be alone.

Even if you don't say a word, just feel that someone is there, it's good.

His mother left yesterday, dragged her luggage and left Xiaoshan Island by ferry, and left alone.

Starting today, even if I go home, I will never see my mother again.

He felt so sad that he couldn't speak or cry.

When my mother left, she touched his face, as if she had a lot to say, but she kept it on her heart and couldn't say it.

So is he.

The wind was so strong on the top of the mountain that it made my eyes feel astringent.

Ye Lin squinted her eyes, as if she was seriously feeling those slight stings.

The wind rushed over his face, and he imagined it as his mother's broad and slightly rough hand.

He looks normal.

Xu Feng suddenly noticed something.

Ye Lin has not come to school for many days.

I can't tell the exact number of days, but I haven't seen him since he suddenly realized it.

He felt strange, and asked the question inadvertently.

"Ye Lin? I don't know, I don't care." The friends in the back row gathered together to play cards, and when they heard him ask, they answered casually without raising their heads.

"Ye Lin? The one who was beaten up last time?" A boy said, he was from the class next door, the leader of this group of bastard students, and the one who took the lead in beating Ye Lin last time.

"What's wrong with that man?" Since the last fight, he seemed to have become a little interested in Ye Lin, he likes bullies who can challenge him.

"I don't know, it seems like I haven't come for many days. Yes, K, do you want it?"

......

The topic was skipped in a blink of an eye, and the familiar noise surged up again, surrounding him.

After school, Xu Feng went straight home.

Rather, after school, he went directly to Ye Lin's house.

Under the gloomy sky, the stone house also has the same gray tone, and it is rare and quiet, standing there.

Xu Feng went up and knocked on the door, but there was no response.

He hesitated outside the door for a while, and walked around to the backyard.

He remembered that there was a window in the backyard, facing the window in Ye Lin's room.

He tried his best to walk calmly, but there was a ghost in his heart, like a thief who stole for the first time, he was very vigilant, and the sound of his heartbeat suddenly became obvious.

Xu Feng threw himself on the window, and there was a lot of dust on the window, the kind that couldn't be wiped clean.Looking in through the dusty window, the furnishings of the house are quietly preserved there, as if time has stopped.The table is full of books and papers, there is no space in the corner, and the chair stays pulled away, as if the owner of the house suddenly left the table for something.

He looked around the room, but saw no one.

That's it, we can go.

He was thinking like this, but a certain corner of his heart was still clamoring. Before he could react, he stretched out his hand and tapped twice on the dusty window.

Time stood still, and he waited intently for two seconds, but there was no movement.

He let out a sigh of relief, feeling as if he was sick.

A second before jumping out of the window, the quilt loosened a bit.

Like a signal that he had been waiting for for a long time, Xu Feng's body, which had already left half of his body, threw himself back on the window, and a series of knocking on the window sounded.

The person in the quilt seemed to be disturbed, but still moved slowly, wriggling awkwardly like a fat caterpillar, Ye Lin's pale face finally emerged from a corner of the quilt.

Ye Lin struggled to open his eyes, looking for the source of the sound, and finally saw Xu Feng outside the window with an anxious expression on his face.

He was still knocking on the window, and asked him through a window, "What's wrong with you? Are you all right?"

Ye Lin frowned, but just shook his head.

He means nothing, don't worry.

But it doesn't look like that at all.

It's just been a few days since I saw him, and his whole body is obviously decadent and thin.His face was ashen, his lips were bloodless, and there were two dark circles under his eyes, which showed tiredness and a hostility that was thousands of miles away from others.

He was sick, physically uncomfortable, and mentally uncomfortable, and just wanted to be alone.He wanted Xu Feng to leave quickly, and he didn't want to see anyone.

But Xu Feng didn't understand.

He looked anxious and asked him, "Is there anyone else in your family? Do you want me to go find them?"

Ye Lin just shook his head.He had a sore throat and couldn't speak.From a distance, I tried my best to make a sound, but in the end I only mouthed, "You go, I'm fine."

Ye Lin couldn't get up and wouldn't open the door for him, and he didn't have the guts to break the window of someone else's house and enter.He weighed it, turned around, jumped out of the window, and ran away in a hurry.

After running around many places, he finally found Ye Lin's father in his grandfather's grocery store. At that time, he was playing cards with beer, complaining loudly about his bad luck.

Xu Feng told him about Ye Lin, but the latter just waved at him without looking back, "Understood, I'll be back later." Just like that, he dismissed him.

Xu Feng suddenly became angry and yelled at the man.The man seemed to have been touched by something, slammed the card, stood up and kicked the chair, "What are you! How dare you come and yell at me!"

The smell became stronger all of a sudden, the people next to him hurriedly stood up to persuade them to fight, and held the wine glass with their arms, Grandpa quickly pulled Xu Feng back.

"Don't care about other people's affairs."

Grandpa enjoined him in such a low voice, pushing him out,

"Go home and find your mother for dinner!"

Xu Feng retreated backwards into an empty alley.

The lights in the grocery store were dim, and the voices of the people were high-pitched, returning to normal.

On the way home, the feeling of powerlessness came back again. He couldn't do anything, he couldn't change anything.