phantom hand

It’s late September in a blink of an eye, and the days are always passing by like running water in simple joys, so fast that people have no time to savor them carefully.

Of course, this only refers to Zhao Qingyu's side.

Although it's nothing big, there are always a few things worth mentioning.One was that the student union made a surprise inspection of the dormitory, which shocked 716. Immediately, people from the Propaganda Department came over with digital cameras.The compliments are overwhelming, and the rest of the dormitory is quite envious, jealous, and filled with righteous indignation and despises that you have designated insiders in the fucking student union!The second thing is that Zhao Qingyu finally couldn't bear the disappointment that every time he pushed his glasses, he went to the school gate to get a black-framed plain mirror.But I didn't expect that the originally flamboyant appearance would become gentle in an instant, and Song Xinyou liked it very much, saying that she was a bit of a Korean star.People in the dormitory were in a state of panic, discussing behind their backs whether this was a trick to hide the murderous intent?Ai Gang didn't pay much attention to this look, and thought that Zhao Qingyu had a lot of eyes, but now that he put on his glasses and turned against the light, he looked even more sinister...

Li Chuang's life can be regarded as plain as water. His roommates are the same, the experiment is the same, and the surname Han has not heard anything for ten and a half months. His only pleasure is going to the special soup shop in the school every day. All kinds of soups, Northeast China doesn’t have the habit of drinking soup, so recently he seems to make up for everything he has lost in the past 20 years.

Zhao Qingyu didn't hear how Li Chuang mentioned his family. Of course, on the other hand, he gave Li Chuang very limited clues about his family.The two of them seem to be avoiding this topic by coincidence. When he asked Li Chuang why he didn't go home since he lives in the local area, Li Chuang's attitude was simple and rude, saying why do you worry about everything?Just stop and stop at school.Zhao Qingyu didn't ask any more questions, and didn't dare to bring up the idea of ​​"should I call home?"Several times afterwards, Zhao Qingyu wanted to ask Song Xinyou about this matter, but every time he got to the point of his mouth, he couldn't get it out of his mouth. He always felt that since Li Chuang didn't want to talk about it, he would be suspected of spying on someone's privacy by doing so.As for his family situation, Li Chuang didn't ask at all, as if he could handle any situation with ease, that's called a calm and composed, and a well-thought-out plan.Sometimes Zhao Qingyu nagged too much when reminding left and right, and that person would get impatient, saying that otherwise you would be able to come back completely, which made Zhao Qingyu dumbfounded.The only thing I can do is to pray in my heart that the parents who wish they hadn't given birth to themselves can insist on the cold treatment as always-give enough living expenses, and then ignore them.

I received a call from Li Chuang’s sister on Wednesday afternoon, the last Wednesday in September. 716 was working with 715, 714, and 713. In fact, the whole class was holding an enlarged class meeting in the dormitory. The discussion was full of enthusiasm. Doing something during the Golden Week, Zhao Qingyu was sitting on his bunk making soy sauce, listening to it with great interest, when a phone call from someone who appeared to be "Zhao Qiulei" came in.

Every time there was an unfamiliar phone call during the first exchange, Zhao Qingyu would press it and immediately call Li Chuang to ask for relevant information. But after a long time, he realized that this was really unnecessary. Li Chuang's friends were no gayer than him. More or less, so except for Ai Gang and Song Xinyou's incoming calls, ten out of ten are irrelevant. It is relatively nutritious for the class cadres to call to inform various matters or whether to participate in various class activities. Occasionally There are also greetings from distant high school classmates or friends, but in the end there will always be a certain purpose, either to borrow money, or to help inquire about the current situation of XX classmates, etc., and the rest is either XX bank credit card sales or 10086 promotion business up.Note, scam calls that hang up after one ring are not included.As for text messages, there are even fewer, except for advertisements, basically zero, and only occasionally receive group messages like "Everyone handsome and beautiful, this is my new account, I will contact you often in the future, so-and-so".

At the beginning of September, Zhao Qingyu received a text message from her, and the content was also mass-sent, to the effect that the number was changed, and the previous one was no longer used.He didn't reply either, but he still kept the person in his phone book. Since he lost Li Chuang's cell phone and couldn't get any useful contact information from that person, Zhao Qingyu was very grateful for every Li Chuang he got back. The contacts in Chuang's network are very cherished.

However, since he is a friend who is neither salty nor insipid, Zhao Qingyu is not vigilant, and keeps one ear in the heated discussions, and uses the other ear to listen to the phone: "Hello."

"..."

Just listen to gasp but not speak.

Zhao Qingyu began to diverge his thoughts, thinking that maybe some of Li Chuang's enemies had pulled back the other ear, and he felt a little bit ready for battle.

After a while, I heard a timid call from the other end of the phone: "Brother..."

Zhao Qingyu suspected that the dormitory was too noisy so he had an auditory hallucination: "What?"

The girl thought that Zhao Qingyu was doing it on purpose, so her voice became weaker, like a candle that would be blown out by the wind at any moment: "Brother, I just want to ask you if you come back on November..."

This is a very simple question, but Zhao Qingyu was a little dizzy.It was only when he heard the girl call him brother that he first felt that this was Li Chuang's god-sister. Straight men, there are always some unclear sisters and sisters, like comrades also like to recognize a younger brother or something. It's a truth, but the girl's last sentence confused him.

Eleven times won't come back?

Where to go back?

doing what?

Li Chuang never told him that there is a little girl living together here!

Zhao Qingyu subconsciously characterized this as a terrifying peachy abyss, and he stepped into it without paying attention.

"Brother?" The girl plucked up her courage and called out again before she could reply.

Zhao Qingyu suspected that Li Chuang had used domestic violence against the little girl: "Ah, well, I have something to do with my eleventh school, and I'm afraid I won't be able to go back."

The answer didn't surprise the girl, but the voice became more and more sad: "Isn't it just a day, my parents miss you a lot."

Zhao Qingyu was covered with black lines all over his face, so he decided to hang up the phone quickly and ask Li Chuang: "How about that, I still have something to do, I'll call you back later, okay?"

Zhao Qingyu's ending sound hadn't dissipated yet, and the little girl's rather flattered voice came over: "Huh? Ah, good, good!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Qingyu hurriedly ran outside the dormitory, found an empty corner in the corridor, and then dialed the phone to Li Chuang.The shortcut key he set up now, press 1 to go directly.

"My sister?" Li Chuang's voice was not happy, but it was much more relaxed than when he mentioned his family in the past. "What is she doing?"

"I just asked you if you would go back on November. They said that your parents miss you very much, and they seem to want you to go back. Uh, is she really your sister?" No matter how he looked at it, Zhao Qingyu felt that the surname that went back 500 years might be his sister. .

"She takes her mother's surname." Li Chuang obviously knew Zhao Qingyu's entanglements, so he straightforwardly explained the confusion, but he was also unwilling to talk about this issue, "There is no need to return any calls, just don't go back. Don't worry, they dare not How about it."

Zhao Qingyu believed that they didn't dare to do anything, but according to the little girl's attitude, he doubted what Li Chuang had done to them.

Zhao Qingyu hastily closed the line, but Zhao Qingyu still didn't understand what was going on.But at least two things were confirmed. First, the little girl was indeed Li Chuang's younger sister. Second, Li Chuang's relationship with his family was not necessarily as harmonious as his own.

Although Li Chuang said that it would be fine if he didn't go back, Zhao Qingyu felt that he had promised after all, so after deliberation, he returned the call.It almost answered when it rang.

"Brother?" Zhao Qiulei's voice revealed some expectation.

Zhao Qingyu couldn't bear it, bit his lip, and then forced himself to speak: "There is indeed something wrong with Eleventh School, so..."

Zhao Qingyu hadn't come up with a reason yet, when he suddenly cried.

Zhao Qingyu's scalp went numb, and the whimpering sound in his ears made him feel like he was being struck by lightning.

"Brother..." the girl cried out.

"Yeah, I'm listening." Zhao Qingyu hurriedly responded.

The girl sobbed several times before she could say a complete sentence: "Brother, I'm eleven... I'm getting married at eleven..."

Zhao Qingyu slumped against the wall powerlessly, so why didn't you say the first call! ! !

"I know... I'm sure you'd be even more unhappy after I said this... You'd be even more reluctant to come back...But, but this may be the only time in my life...Dad actually didn't ask me to call...but...but ...I know he misses you very much too..."

Halo, what is meant by a possible knot.

"An An prepare with peace of mind. When is your wedding date and which hotel is it in? I'll go straight there then." Zhao Qingyu didn't know what kind of conflict Li Chuang had with his family, but he really didn't care about women's tears.

The girl was surprised and pleasantly surprised: "Brother, really? Are you really coming?"

Zhao Qingyu smiled unconsciously, with a tenderness that he didn't even realize: "Well, make sure you arrive on time, otherwise I'll be cursed that I won't be able to get married for the rest of my life."

If Li Chuang, who is far away in the south of the motherland, heard this sentence, he would roll his eyes to the sky to despise Zhao's cunning and shamelessness.

But Zhao Qingyu's intentions were true.

In the early morning a few days later, Zhao Qingyu appeared at his home... er, at the door of Li Chuang's house to be precise.When he agreed, Zhao Qingyu thought that going to the hotel to have a meal would be enough, but he forgot that he was a close relative of his natal family. According to Zhao Qiulei, "All the aunts and uncles are watching, you just come to the house to show your face, and it will be done at once", so Zhao Qingyu It was my duty to go home and show my face.

Attending Zhao Qiulei's wedding was Zhao Qingyu's own idea, so after thinking about it, he still didn't confess to Li Chuang.Besides, he really couldn't figure out why he couldn't even attend his sister's wedding.

The community of Li Chuang's house is quite new, the building looks very clean, and the flowers and plants in the community are also neatly planned.Zhao Qingyu walked along the manhole cover covered with red paper from the moment he entered the gate of the community, and easily reached the door of his own house. The door of the unit building was wide open, with a big happy character pasted on the left and right. Zhao Qingyu walked up carefully, and finally When I went up to the sixth floor, I saw the open anti-theft door, the camera of the wedding center, and the relatives and friends of the mother's family on the third floor and the onlookers on the third floor.

With Li Chuang's height, Zhao Qingyu easily saw the couple sitting on the sofa in the living room and the best man and bridesmaid through the human wall.It may be a local custom, the couple is feeding each other dumplings, the emcee of the wedding company stirs up the atmosphere, and the camera dutifully captures every sweet detail.

A middle-aged couple watched from the side with relief on their faces.

Intuition told Zhao Qingyu that these were Li Chuang's parents.

Finally, all the etiquettes of her natal family were done properly, Zhao Qingyu heard the master of ceremonies yelling as if asking relatives and friends to follow the new couple to the new house.Then he watched the groom carry the bride all the way downstairs and into the wedding car.

Downstairs besides the wedding car, there were more than 20 black cars, all of which were tied with balloon ribbons. Zhao Qingyu was a little at a loss when he saw relatives and friends getting into the cars one after another.

Suddenly a harsh car horn came from behind, Zhao Qingyu turned around, and suddenly found himself blocking the way of the wedding car.He quickly dodged aside, but the wedding car didn't move. The next second he saw the bride in a white gauze poking her head out of the car window and shouting, "Brother——"

Before Zhao Qingyu could answer, the master of ceremonies got tangled up first: "Oh, I said the bride, you can't come out until you reach the new house!" Saying this, she rushed over and stuffed Zhao Qiulei who was about to get off the car back.

Zhao Qingyu couldn't laugh or cry.

Another car stopped beside Zhao Qingyu, with the window rolled down, Zhao Qingyu saw Li Chuang's father sitting in the co-pilot.

"Come up." The man's voice was a little hoarse, and his gaze towards Zhao Qingyu was also a little trembling.

Zhao Qingyu got into the car obediently, and decided to be a good boy who said less and did more.

Not wanting Li Chuang's mother to be sitting in the back of the car, Zhao Qingyu froze as soon as he entered, closed the car door and struggled for a long time before showing a stiff smile: "Mom."

Li Chuang's father turned his head abruptly, his eyes widening.

Li Chuang's mother changed from surprise to joy and then from joy to excitement, and finally her eyes turned red.Zhao Qingyu didn't know why, but in the next second, he was hugged by a woman!

Li Chuang's mother is in good shape, but Zhao Qingyu is a little out of breath.

"You are finally willing to call me...you are finally willing to call me..." The woman cried like her daughter, without any warning signs.

The wedding convoy was passing through the viaduct in S city. This is an auspicious day, the sun is shining, and it is suitable for marriage.

Zhao Qingyu leaned passively in the arms of Li Chuang's mother - if this was really Li Chuang's mother - thinking about how Li Chuang would deal with him.

Chop first and then chop?

Boil first and then stew?

Steam first and then fry?

In short, there must be no more dead bodies, Zhao Qingyu thought.

Then let him enjoy the warmth before saying goodbye to this world.For example, the smell of the long-lost mother.

At the same time, Li Chuang was woken up by the phone ringing, to be precise, he was half awake from the noise, which belonged to the ignorant state of blurred consciousness.

"...Grandpa's birthday? My grandpa is long gone, okay... I won't go back to... the school sports meeting... I still have to exercise... I'm making excuses? I'm not filial? Who are you, you...you made a mistake... My dad? Damn, my dad dares to talk to me like this...wait a minute...no...uh...(I'm not Li Chuang I'm Zhao Qingyu, I'm not Li Chuang I'm Zhao Qingyu, I'm not Li Chuang I'm Zhao Qingyu After a while)...Dad?!"

Li Chuang sat up from the bed in a jerk and woke up completely.