Travels

Downstairs yelling to urge dinner, Xia Wanmu tightly grasped the doorknob, the back of his hand was straightened, and the blue blood vessels highlighted by excessive force became clearer little by little.The two children stood close behind her, completely oblivious to the undercurrents in the calm atmosphere.

"Sister, mom is calling for dinner."

The crisp voice of the little boy who had not yet reached the age of voice change woke her up from her own world.She turned around slowly, and finally withdrew her hand.

"Well, let's go down."

The male owner of the house didn't know what he was busy with so he missed dinner. Xia Wanmu sat at the table, quietly listening to the eldest lady and the woman chatting enthusiastically, his silent eyes fixed on a certain point on the dishes, and there was nothing for a long time. moved.

The woman chewed on the rice grains, and looked at her curiously, but Ji Mingzhao perfectly portrayed the image of a woman who was cheated and hurt deeply, so she was not disturbed by anything, and was able to concentrate on thinking about the current situation.

Hei Pi picked up a few mouthfuls of food casually, and she didn't know where to go to play, she wanted to get some information from the kid, but now it seems that there is no chance, and although the younger brother is still sitting Reluctantly picking up rice grains at the table to eat, but it is obvious that her mind is not mature enough to deal with her problems.

The meal was eaten faster than expected, and before she had time to come up with any good ideas, the eldest sister had the intention of getting up to see off the guests.

"Sister, I'm really sorry for your trouble. I don't know how to thank you for preparing such a table of dishes in winter." They were sent to the door, and Ji Mingzhao took the packaged meals handed over by the elder sister, with a smile on his face. She was a little shy, "Forget it after eating, and pack it up, how embarrassing it is..."

"It's okay, it's not easy for you either." The woman waved at them, and specially took a flashlight to shine on them until they got into the car, "It's better to have a snack in the future, don't be deceived again!"

The countryside is boundless, and the winter night is like a dark cauldron straight down, and the short ones are pressed on the head.The sound of the engine sounded, and Santana slid up the bumpy path by the light in the yard. Xia Wanmu held the car window, still unable to believe that the journey had come to an end.

"Don't look around, there's nothing you can do about it." Ji Mingzhao struggled to hold the steering wheel, and sighed, "Sister Xia, you've seen it too, it's been renovated into a new type of countryside, how can you still see ten thousand It looked like a few years ago. As for the two children, the wall paint in the room is still white and shiny. I guess it has been installed again in the past one or two years. If you are really reluctant, I will walk with you on the ridge twice. Have you experienced the taste of Teacher Yu's childhood?"

"Her room is locked." Xia Wanmu stared at the farther and farther lights in the rearview mirror, and said something in a daze for a long time.

Ji Mingzhao glanced at her quickly.

"Don't have too much hope. I heard from my eldest sister that there was a reservoir here a few years ago, and it has been filled in the past few years. Even the mountains and rivers have changed, let alone a room. Teacher Yu will come back after becoming famous. I don’t get much, I’m afraid I can’t catch up with it once a year. The house is probably just a place to stay. How can there be any old memories... Even if there are, it’s not so beautiful. Why do you have to take a look? ..."

The persuasion came to an abrupt end, a light shone from the corner in front, and the sound of the flute was loud.The eldest lady cursed bitterly, and stopped the car with her foot.

"Where the birds don't shit, there is still a car coming so late, how can I get by!"

The street lights were dim, and the owner of the car on the opposite side came down and circled the road carefully, and finally almost passed on the ridge of the field.It was getting late, the night wind in the countryside was blowing unscrupulously, and the temperature in the car with extremely poor heating effect was almost the same as that outside.The eldest lady rubbed her hands tremblingly, and slowly started the car.

Santana's thin frame trembled a few times, the engine roared, and then suddenly calmed down, the instrument panel flashed red, she snorted suspiciously, turned the car key to reset it, and turned it again.

This time everything was silent, no sound came out.

"What's going on?" Ji Mingzhao murmured, and inserted and unplugged a key, repeated several times without any effect. Xia Wanmu was still staring at the light of the small house in the distance, but now he was caught The accident in the car attracted attention, and a pair of beautiful eyes turned back and watched quietly.

"I think……"

The silent and awkward atmosphere lasted for a long time. Ji Mingzhao raised his head and gave her a smirk, and hinted softly, "Sister Xia, why don't we go back and look at the locked room? Maybe there is something in it?"

Xia Wanmu glanced at the gleaming dashboard, but didn't hold on to her, his peach blossom eyes sparkled: "Next time, don't be greedy for cheap, safety first."

The two got out of the car in a state of embarrassment, set up the warning sign, and walked back with difficulty against a cold wind. The familiar lights of the small courtyard became brighter before their eyes, and Xia Wanmu wrapped his collar tightly. My mind became active again.She stopped, stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked up, the room was sandwiched in the middle of the second floor, the windows were tightly closed, and then it was completely covered by light-colored curtains, which aroused people's prying eyes even more. Heart.

Ji Mingzhao was probably very cold, so he ran across the yard in two or three steps and slapped hard on the gate twice. After a few breaths, the door opened in response, revealing a man's face inside.

"Brother, we are..."

Before she finished speaking, she was dragged in. Xia Wanmu was startled, and heard the cry of a child inside, and chased after her before she had time to think.There was a neat family of four in the living room. The chubby eldest sister was sitting on the sofa, pulling the black leather with one hand and holding a wooden stick in the other, panting heavily.The youngest brother huddled in a corner aside, watching his brother being beaten tearfully.

"Stop beating, the man is back, show me the photo." The man let go of Ji Mingzhao, limped over to pick out a photo from his child, looked at it carefully for a while, and then turned back. His gaze was nailed to her face like a nail.

"This is you?" He handed over the crumpled photo, with a defensive face, "Take off the mask and have a look."

Xia Wanmu didn't move, his eyes flicked past the slightly familiar face, and landed on the photo in front of him.

I don't know how long ago it was taken, let alone who made it. In the picture, she hugged Yu Qingge sideways, buried her head in the man's neck, and winked at the camera.The other person's eyes and brows were full of warmth, his head was slightly tilted to this side, and his smile was from the heart.

She was a little fascinated by it, and reached out to reach it, but was swung away by the man.

"What are you here for? Why are you lying?"

"Brother, we have no malicious intentions, we are all friends of Teacher Yu, we just come here for a walk..." Ji Mingzhao rushed to explain with a bitter face.

"Why do you lie to me as a friend? I've seen your tricks a lot. What do you want to do when you come back? Waiting for me to send you to the police?"

"car broke down……"

"Don't talk! You're lying and fooling people there again." The fat elder sister rolled her eyes and stood up excitedly, "You are so young, you can deceive people all the time."

The eldest lady closed her mouth, and obediently bowed her head and stood for punishment.

"Take off the mask! What are you doing here?" The man didn't get a response, and his emotions gradually became agitated. Xia Wanmu watched him take out his mobile phone from his pocket, and then realized that he wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

"Don't..."

The man took two steps back with his hands on his phone, pointed at her with one hand, his eyes were as wide as a cow's.The photo fell out of his hand and fell to the ground with a thud. Xia Wanmu's eyes froze, and the words of comfort swallowed down his throat again.

The phone was connected, the volume of the phone was turned up extremely high, and a low and pleasant voice leaked out from inside. The man turned his back and began to explain to the person over there:

"Sister, two people came over from my place this afternoon..."

She bent down to pick up the photo, and her fingertips touched the face in the picture. Yu Qingge bent her eyes with a smile, and the light in her eyes flowed, as if she was looking straight at her through the lens and time.