Sparkling

Xu Feng's chess and card room lasted until late at night.

The pace of life on the island is slow and there are not many entertainment activities.Just a small square card table in a small grocery store is enough to kill many days and nights of the villagers.

Xu Feng saw off the last group of poker players before finally closing the door.

There is a small wooden staircase in the grocery store, and there is a small space above it, where Xu Feng lives.

The original home is now rented out, and the furniture has been emptied to be used as a warehouse for others, so he has not gone back for a long time, although it is only a 5-minute walk home from the grocery store.

Closing the last door panel, looking from the alley, the road should be bright and not dark at all.Inside the door, the already dim overhead light was also turned off, leaving only a pitiful little chandelier, reflecting the small card table where people were drinking tea and scattered with mahjong and melon rinds.

Every day ushered in the last time to clean up, Xu Feng silently cleaned up the table, feeling a little restless today for some reason.

No, it shouldn't be said that he didn't know why, it should be said that he knew it well.

Because of Ye Lin.

He wanted to contact him, but remembered that he didn't have his contact information at all.I was just surprised when I saw him, and I didn't even have time to think about why he appeared here.

What he didn't know was more than that. Since Ye Lin went to high school outside the island many years ago, the number of times they met became very few, and then they simply lost contact.

There are too many things I don't know, lingering in my heart.But what disturbed him the most was Ye Lin's pale face.

Compared with when she was a child, Ye Lin has changed a lot.

When he was a child, he was also reticent and silent, which made it hard for people to see his emotions clearly, but when he raised his eyes occasionally, there was always a little light looming.But today, there was nothing left in his eyes.

Xu Feng reminisces about Ye Lin's deep and dark eyes, like a pair of eyes protruding from the abyss, which makes people chill.

Even so, he still recognized Ye Lin at a glance.

After finally tidying up the house, Xu Feng went upstairs and slumped down on the creaky narrow bed as usual, with his hands under his head.

He originally wanted to wash up as usual, then go to bed, stare at the dim orange light for a while, and then sleep.

After barely lying down for a while, Xu Feng bounced up from the bed like a corpse suddenly, hooked the coat on the chair and went downstairs with a thump.

Walking on the street with few people, feeling chilled by the oncoming cold wind, Xu Feng suddenly woke up.

At this time, he was in a dark street, and there was no one in front of him, nor behind him.

On the island, it is usually eight o'clock in the evening, and there are no people on the road.The shops were also closed, and there was only one single street lamp on the whole long street. The lamp cover was crooked, and the light was dim, lingering, and could only illuminate a small piece of asphalt road under your feet.

Xu Feng took out his mobile phone, it was eleven o'clock in the evening, and the streets here were a bit horribly desolate.

He suddenly ran out of the house in a nervous mood, because the uneasiness in his heart became more and more amplified after careful consideration, which prevented him from continuing to spend a peaceful night as if nothing happened.

He was looking for Ye Lin.

Actually Xu Feng didn't know where he was, not even if he was still on the island. "Confirm before going back." He comforted himself like this in his heart, but he didn't know where to "confirm."

Ye Lin's home is just like his home, it's just an empty shell now, and he doesn't have any good friends here, if he spends the night on the island, he can only stay at the only hotel in the village.

Although Yiqiu Hotel has a grand "hotel" in its name, it is actually just an ordinary old four-story building. The first and second floors are restaurants, and the third and fourth floors are guest rooms.

In the past two years, the island has started to develop tourism, and the original Yiqiu Restaurant has also become Yiqiu Hotel.

The neon lights on the hotel signboard are still shining lonely, the lamp tubes are a little crooked, and some are not lit. This flickering red and green are the only colors in the village after nightfall.

Xu Feng ran all the way here, and he didn't know why he ran like an idiot all the way, there was nothing chasing him behind.

At this time, even the hotel is about to close, the lights in the lobby have been dimmed, and workers in plastic boots are carrying swill buckets outside.

Before they closed the gate, Xu Feng hurried forward, but bumped into an acquaintance.

Zhou De put his hands behind his back, stooped and walked out.He's aged a lot, but still retains the majesty he once had.Hitting head-on, Zhou De called Xu Feng to stop.

The old man now sits in the police station on the island, occasionally patrolling around.In this village, Zhou De knows everything.

Xu Feng grabbed him and didn't care to catch his breath.

"Have you seen Ye Lin? The boy of the Ye family."

Seeing his flustered look, Zhou De wanted to scold him, but he spoke first.

He frowned when he heard the name Ye Lin. Although the name was familiar, he hadn't heard it for many years.

"How would I know!" Zhou De stared at a pair of copper bell-like eyes, "How long have I been out, how did I see it!" A bit resentful.

Xu Feng let him go, walked straight into the lobby, and went to the counter to ask.

Sure enough, it was a negative answer.

Feeling lost, Xu Feng calmed down.

When he turned around, Zhou De walked slowly to his side, looking at him with strange eyes.

"What's the matter with you? What's the matter?"

Xu Feng looked at him and opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.After thinking about it, he still decided what to say.

"I'm here to find Ye Lin."

"Ye Lin?" Old man Zhou was sure he had heard correctly, "He has been gone for several years, he moved away."

"He's back, I saw him."

"Yo? Why did you come back suddenly? Isn't his home gone?"

......

"I do not know either."

"Maybe he just came to do something and left after finishing it."

Xu Feng nodded in response, "Maybe."

He and Zhou De walked out side by side, following Zhou De's footsteps, walking very slowly.

This old man is no longer as strong as before, and the fierce aura between his brows is still there, but it gives people the feeling that he has changed from a thorny thorn to a shrinking old man.Maybe when people get old, they become milder, like a sharp knife with a sharp edge.

The two parted at the entrance of Yiqiu Hotel. Zhou De told him to pay attention to safety, and Xu Feng responded unceremoniously to him.

"You also pay attention to safety, don't fall into the ditch."

Zhou De snorted unconvinced, but he was helpless.In the past two years, he didn't pay attention when walking at night, fell into a ditch and limped for a whole month.

But Zhou De is Zhou De after all, he always has to be convinced, even if he has grown into an adult and is two heads taller than him.

Zhou De made a gesture to beat Xu Feng, but Xu Feng hurriedly waved his hands and ran away. He ran away for a long distance, and he could still hear him saying go home quickly and be safe.

After such a fuss, Xu Feng was not tired at all.

He didn't open for business until ten o'clock. After his poker friends came, he continued to play cards and didn't stop at noon. Until now, he was a little tired from being disturbed by the stagnant smell of smoke and loud voices in the room, so he went out for a run. Circle, blow the air, but sober.

He was strolling on the street, the same as when he came out, he was the only one in the streets and alleys.Most of the people in this village have probably fallen into a peaceful sleep at this moment, and the whole world is eerily silent.

Maybe he really isn't on the island.

Xu Feng thought so.

Thinking about it, the footsteps somehow turned to the road leading to the old home.

He told Zhou De to go home early, but he failed to do what he said.

He really hasn't walked this road for a long time, and the time is pushed forward ten years. This is a road that he walks every day and every night.Coming now, although it has been a long time, I am no stranger to it.

At the end of the road is a cliff, a dead end, surrounded by a wall of round stones, and underneath is a grassy slope overgrown with rocks and overgrown with weeds.There are several houses standing next to it, one is his house and the other is Ye Lin's house.

He didn't even look at his own house, and went straight to Ye Lin's stone house.

He finally understood why he suddenly came here out of nowhere and why he didn't feel disappointed when he couldn't find Ye Lin.

Because he still has the last sliver of luck.

There was a lock on the door.

His eyes adapted to the darkness, and he saw the old lock all of a sudden, lying there for years, motionless.

Xu Feng let out a breath, and could actually pull a smiling face into the void.

"Okay, it's over. Go back."

He said this to himself, turning his head quickly.

He turned his head, but didn't move forward.

He seemed to see something reflecting light on the ground next to him.

The moon has risen high in the sky, there is no cloud in the sky, the moonlight is surprisingly bright, and something is reflecting the light of the moon.

He walked over hesitantly, but kicked a hard object at his feet.

Xu Feng took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight. He picked it up and saw that it was a shard of glass with a small stain on it. It was black and he didn't know what it was.

He held the shard closer, smelling rust and salt.

is blood.

He hurriedly photographed a place a little farther away, where there were more debris and blood.

Xu Feng's head buzzed, and his scalp tingled a little.He fixed his mind and stared carefully, only to be sure that he was not mistaken - among the black grass, there were scattered glass shards on the ground, and there were black, inconspicuous traces on them, which were slightly congealed blood.

He stood up suddenly and called Ye Lin's name loudly.Only his voice echoed abruptly in the night sky, but no one responded.

Putting the flashlight through the broken glass window, it shined a light on an empty room, and there were drops of dark blood on the ground. At the end of the horrifying traces, there was Ye Lin curled up and lying in the corner of the room.

Xu Feng's mind exploded all of a sudden, and he couldn't care about anything else.Jumped into the window and ran to Ye Lin's side.

There is no electricity in the old house, and the light of the flashlight seems a bit insufficient in the empty interior.

Xu Feng didn't dare to push him, but just called his name,

"Ye Lin, Ye Lin! Are you okay?"

He yelled very urgently, one after another, but it took a while for Ye Lin to wake up.Different from Xu Feng's anxiety, his reaction was slow, like a child dissatisfied with being woken up by his mother.

The light of the flashlight was too dazzling for him, Ye Lin frowned, looking disgusted.When he spoke, his voice was unbelievably hoarse, he was weak, but he was also tyrannical,

"Don't light."

He said, closing his eyes to avoid the glaring white light, like a fawn who was injured and only knew to bury his head in the soil.

"Where are you hurt? Let me see"

Xu Feng felt that he had never been so anxious in his life.

Ye Lin frowned even tighter, as if he didn't hear what he was talking about at all, just mumbled something impatiently, Xu Feng put his ear close to it, it was obvious that his ear was weak, but With a vicious "Leave me alone."

Xu Feng ignored him, took his arm and dragged him onto his back.