dead dog

The mountains and forests in the suburbs usher in autumn earlier than the high-rise buildings in the city. A villa built by the lake in the forest faces the cold lake water, surrounded by green and yellow maple forests, and the cuff-like water surface is still maple forests , The yellow and red maple trees are planted obliquely along the gently sloped ridgeline, like burning a yellow and red fire that pours the sky and the earth.

The outside world is burning, but the villa is freezing cold.

A person fell asleep under the French windows on the first floor. He was lying on the cold wooden floor, wrapped in a thin woolen blanket, looking at the lake and the maple forest outside the window in a trance.

An orange civet cat quietly walked up to his face and lay down, then purred from its throat.

Zhan Xingyu pushed his body away, and said listlessly: "What? Is it food or water?"

The kitten didn't answer him, and kept purring with its eyes closed.

Zhan Xingyu tilted his head and looked at the food basin by the wall. It was full of water and food, so he ignored it, turned over and lay flat, staring blankly at the tall building on the second floor. roof.He felt that he was locked in a sealed box, a box made up of a few poorly made wooden boards, nailed together, only a little air leaked in, and there was not even a silk.

He has been living in the box for a week, to be precise, he has been imprisoned for a week, because the doors and windows here are sealed and can only be opened from the outside.He smashed glass, smashed doors, and yelled for help hysterically, but to no avail because his nearest neighbor lived a kilometer away.He quickly accepted the reality, gave up running away, and lived in the box.

The orange cat was very obsessive, so it went to lie down next to him, put its head on his shoulder, and snuggled up to him very intimately.

Zhan Xingyu doesn't like cats and dogs. He thinks that these animals only have the disadvantages of shedding hair and defecating everywhere, and they can't play the role of "companion animals" that humans have given them.At this time, he only had one cat to accompany him, and he still didn't think they could serve as companions. He only felt that this cat, like him, was imprisoned in this villa.

He sat up, held the cat in his arms, stroked its body, and lulled it to sleep.

A car drove into the small yard outside the window, and he could see it from sitting behind the window, so he pinched the kitten's jaw, gently turned the kitten's head to the yard, and said with a smile, "Look who's coming. "

The man in suits and leather shoes got out of the car, holding a bag of heavy things in each hand, opened the door and walked into the villa.

As soon as Bai Sinian entered the door, he saw Zhan Xingyu sitting by the window with his cat in his arms, and said, "You haven't recovered from your cold yet, don't sit by the window, it's very humid."

He carried his things to the open kitchen on the first floor, put all the food he bought into the refrigerator, and left only two boxes of pizza on the kitchen counter. Looking back, he saw Zhan Xingyu sitting by the window, facing the outside. The lake watched,

He poured a cup of hot water, poured a few pills into the palm of his hand, took the water, went to the window and squatted down, and handed the cup to Zhan Xingyu: "Take the medicine."

Zhan Xingyu turned back slowly, stared blankly at the pill in his hand, and asked, "What kind of medicine is this?"

Bai Sinian said, "Cold medicine,"

He thought that Zhan Xingyu would splash water on his face and drop the cup as before, but Zhan Xingyu gave a cute oh and took the medicine obediently.

Zhan Xingyu wiped off the water stains on the corners of his lips, and handed the water glass to Bai Sinian. He looked up and saw the cold and slightly puzzled expression on Bai Sinian's face, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Hahahaha, you Do you think I was fooled by you?"

Bai Sinian didn't speak, but looked at him expressionlessly.

Zhan Xingyu said: "Or do you want to see me throw the cup at you more?" As he spoke, he put the cup on the ground and rolled it forward, then pushed his hands back, looked up at him and smiled calmly .

Bai Sinian picked up the cup and returned to the kitchen. While washing the cup, he said, "This is the last cup. If you drop it, you can only drink water with your hands."

Zhan Xingyu is not afraid of the threat from his pediatric department: "Teacher Bai is so stingy, why does he even buy me a new set of cups? Eh? You seem to have overlooked a problem."

Bai Sinian took off his suit jacket and threw it on the sofa, rolled up his sleeves and looked for tableware for pizza in the cabinet: "What's the problem?"

Zhan Xingyu said: "You don't even let me use knives, forks and fire, but let me use glasses. Are you not afraid that I will commit suicide by cutting my wrists with the pieces of the cup?"

Bai Sinian carefully wiped the dinner plate with kitchen paper, and wrote casually: "Well, it's indeed a problem. I'll bring you a set of plastic cups tomorrow."

Zhan Xingyu curled his lips, rolled his eyes at him, and said, "Old Antique, it's boring."

Bai Sinian put the pizza on the dining table, set the plates and poured the juice, and said, "Come and eat the pizza."

But Zhan Xingyu walked slowly into the living room wrapped in a blanket, threw himself on the sofa on his back, closed his eyes and said, "Don't eat."

Since he moved in, Bai Sinian would come over to deliver daily necessities and food to him every day after get off work. If Bai Sinian was not in a hurry, he would eat at the same table with him. If Bai Sinian was in a hurry, he would set the meal up. , and then hurried away.In short, Bai Sinian would leave soon, and he never tried to keep Bai Sinian.It was the same tonight, he waited for Bai Sinian to leave, and returned the suffocating loneliness to him.

Bai Sinian didn't seem to be in a hurry tonight, he walked up to Zhan Xingyu, and said softly, "You said yesterday that you wanted to eat pizza, why don't you eat it now?"

Zhan Xingyu turned his face towards the back of the sofa, avoiding his gaze: "I don't want to eat, I have no appetite."

Bai Sinian sat down beside him, pinched his chin and turned his face straight, looked into his eyes, and said flatly: "Are you protesting against me?"

Zhan Xingyu met his eyes, and he still saw Bai Sinian's cold eyes, but today he saw some other emotions in Bai Sinian's eyes, Bai Sinian has always been indifferent to him He was also tough, but at this moment, Bai Sinian seemed very helpless towards him, very powerless towards him, even his eyes softened.

Zhan Xingyu raised the corners of his lips, raised his hand and gently stroked his face: "Are you afraid?"

Bai Sinian held his hand, sighed and said, "I have nothing to do with you."

Zhan Xingyu hooked his neck, pulled him down, and said with a smile: "You are very good at dealing with me, why don't you just lock me up now."

Bai Sinian propped his hands on the sofa, pressed on top of his body, and said, "I locked you up because you wanted to escape,"

Zhan Xingyu frowned and laughed, "This sentence is too scary, and what's even more terrifying is that you said it so naturally."

Bai Sinian caressed his cheek with his fingers, and said tenderly: "Do you think I didn't know that you also asked Ye Chuyang to meet?"

Zhan Xingyu enjoyed his petting like a cat, closed his eyes and sighed, "No way, I can't just watch you hurt Jiang Ying."

Bai Sinian: "So you want to hurt me?"

Zhan Xingyu sneered, and laughed at himself, "What am I, that I can hurt you?"

Bai Sinian touched his neck, grabbed his throat suddenly, and said, "I never said you were nothing, but you kept lamenting in front of me. What do you want to do? Torture me?"

Zhan Xingyu opened his eyes to look at him, and said with a smile, "Really? Am I torturing you? Then I am truly Amitabha."

Bai Sinian: "I said, I'm finishing up, why don't you give me time?"

Zhan Xingyu: "Do you have time to do my shit? Do you want to fly away with me after finishing?"

Bai Sinian let go of his hand and looked at him weakly: "Do you know that you are hurtful? Just because I am not Jiang Ying, you are so cruel to me?"

Zhan Xingyu was shaken for a while, but he looked at Bai Sinian without changing his face: "You imprisoned me, don't you mean you are not cruel to me?"

Bai Sinian was slightly angry: "I asked you to wait for me, wait until I understand!"

Zhan Xingyu looked at him coldly: "Even if I wait for you to settle the matter, what can you give me?"

Bai Sinian remained silent.

Zhan Xingyu waited for a while, only waiting for his silence.His heart was completely chilled, he closed his eyes and chuckled lightly: "Go to hell, Bai Sinian, you won't even give me any hope, you are even more cruel to me."

He pulled the blanket up to cover his head, turned to the sofa, and said, "I'm going to sleep, get out."

The lights in the house were not turned on, the sky gradually darkened, and the air was dim and silent.

Zhan Xingyu didn't fall asleep, he could feel that Bai Sinian was still sitting next to him, he didn't think Bai Sinian had anything to say to him, just like he had nothing to say to Bai Sinian, Bai Sinian had also After talking to him, they are just doing useless consumption, consuming the meager fantasy of each other.When the idea is disillusioned, they both realize that the other person will never give them what they want, and they hit a dead end.

It was night and it was getting dark, Bai Sinian picked up the coat that was on the back of the chair, put it on, and walked towards the door.

When the door rang, Zhan Xingyu said, "Take the cat away."

Bai Sinian said without showing any emotion: "It can be your companion."

Zhan Xingyu: "It stinks too much, I hate it, take it away."

Bai Sinian didn't insist, hugged the orange cat in his arms, and left.

As soon as the door was closed, Zhan Xingyu was the only one left in the closed world.He lifted off the blanket covering his face, took out a lighter from under him, and with a click, a cluster of flames burst out, and the faint light filled the whole house——Bai Sinian was too careless just now, carelessly When he made a mistake that he would never make at all, he didn't notice that the lighter in his suit jacket pocket was missing until he left.

The flames disappeared, and the house was filled with dark air again.Zhan Xingyu clutched the lighter in his hand, wrapped himself in a blanket on the sofa and fell asleep.

The next day, he woke up early, and the first rays of sunlight fell on the floor through the lake, like cool lake water.He walked to the window and saw that the maple trees on the mountain opposite the lake were redder than yesterday, and the orange morning light fell on the ocher-red leaf veins, sparkling light, as if a mountain fire had been burned.

The lighter he stole from Bai Sinian last night was still in his hand, he lifted up the white glass gauze curtain, pressed a cluster of flames, and the curtain caught fire...