Butterfly Wishes Series

All the way down to the second floor, the footsteps slowed down. Shi Jiu stopped for a while, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to look back. He didn't know whether he was afraid of turning back or... not being able to turn back.

It was just getting dark and the lights were just coming on. From the stone window grilles of the old-fashioned public houses, the fresh smell of summer nights mixed in with the moonlight sneaked in secretly. People get tired.

Shi Jiu put his hands in his pockets and walked downstairs unsteadily.Looking up, I can see the broken branches and leaves lying on the ground in the garbage dump next to the corridor of my house. The smell mixed with various aromas hits people unreservedly. Obviously, this place used to be the "dead corpse" of those discarded bouquets. land".

Shi Jiu walked over and saw some white things lying here and there on the ground, so he squatted down and picked them up to look.It turned out that they were all cards one by one, presumably they were given along with the flowers, but now that the flowers were picked up, the cards were thrown away by the flower pickers.

"Ajiu, get well soon! ——Missing you Fei"

"Shi Jiu, you bastard, you actually let me go!!! Forget it, for the sake of your bravery and public morality, this girl decided to forgive you! You must get better soon! ^^——Smile "

"Things have passed so long, I still feel very distressed when I hear your name, I wish you a speedy recovery.——You know who I am"

"Senior, I want to see you play again. I wish you a speedy recovery! -Tangning"

"Get well soon, idiot, waiting for your date! - Faye"

……

Seventeen or eighteen cards, seventeen or eighteen names, once so easy to remember, now all those faces have become blurred.Shi Jiu frowned, clapped his hands, and stood up.Maybe he hasn't dated anyone for too long, and he has become a little abnormal, so he is cranky.

He took out his pockets and planned to ask someone out, even if it was just a chat.After searching for a long time but found nothing, I remembered that I went out temporarily without my wallet, mobile phone, or keys.Looking up at the window of my own home, the incandescent lamp in the living room was shining with a slightly cold light in the night. Under that light, there should be someone reading a book that is not suitable for my age. After thinking and thinking, I still dare not go back. Destination out.

Yuntian Community is an old-fashioned community built in the mid-80s. Today, most of the residents have been replaced by older people and foreigners, so it is extraordinarily quiet.It was eight or nine o'clock at the moment, and every household was surrounded by the TV, and there were laughter and laughter from time to time, mixed in the night wind, sending a warm sense of security.

Shi Jiu walked to the activity area in the middle of the street, found a swing and sat on it, swinging around casually.Swinging, thoughts spread.

It seems that not long ago, he brought Ma Xiaocai here. At that time, the "little devil" was so crazy on the swing that he refused to go home; and that time when he went to the amusement park and sat on the roller coaster, he was so excited Wow, yelling, completely deviated from the usual cute appearance; there was also the old book stand on the corner of the street, selling old comic books, Ma Xiaocai refused to leave once he stopped there, and he had to buy it several times; The sour jujube shaved ice made both of them almost foam, and that time...

Shi Jiu frowned.How long has it been since Ma Xiaocai has been here? Since when did Ma Xiaocai be the only one in my memory?Do you really...

An incongruous voice came faintly in the wind, interrupting his thoughts. Even though he wanted to ignore it, he was still disturbed.Shi Jiu finally gave up and pricked up his ears to listen. Was that sound crying?

Sudden startled in his heart, he didn't know what kind of demon he was possessed by, so Shi Jiu followed the crying sound and walked all the way to the row of houses farthest from his home in the community.The entrance to the same old corridor was open in the darkness, and a white circle was drawn on the ground facing the entrance, and a bright fire was burning inside.

The bright yellow tongues of flames were filled with black smoke, and the heat wave distorted the air and forced them towards passers-by.Standing next to it was an old middle-aged woman, standing numbly, crying softly, accompanying the quiet fire.

Shi Jiu remembered that it was the aunt of the Li family.Her husband died early, and after she was laid off and bought out her working years, she relied on working in a snack bar to make money. She also had a son named A Qiang, who was about the same age as Shi Jiu but never studied well. They only show up when they ask for money.

Is this...

Aunt Li raised her head, saw Shi Jiu, wiped her tears and showed a smile that didn't look like a smile: "Ah Qiang went, just last night. I don't know how he got there. He came back at night and was fine. I can’t wake him up, and he’s still lying in the mortuary of the hospital. I think he’s impatient, so I’ll burn something for him earlier so that he’ll be able to use it on the road.” Then, he paused, “Thank you for coming. send him."

Shi Jiu suddenly felt his heart "pounding" wildly, and he had difficulty breathing for some reason, so he swallowed several saliva before asking, "What did the doctor say?"

"The doctor said that an autopsy is needed to confirm the cause of death, but I refused." Aunt Li sighed, "Everyone is gone, let him go well, don't look at that kid Aqiang, he usually pays attention to his appearance .”

"Then Ah Qiang...how did Ah Qiang look like when he left?"

"Appearance?" Aunt Li was stunned for a moment, "very...very calm, as if asleep, but her face was very pale, looking like anemia..."