Shadow Stream Road

meet for the first time

When Qi Jingyu met Shen Yu for the first time, he had been ill for a while.Although no one blamed him for his grandmother's death, he was still overwhelmed by endless self-blame.The parents were so busy taking care of the eldest son's problems that no one noticed the strangeness of the younger son.In just three months, Qi Jingyu changed from a sunny and healthy boy to a gloomy and withdrawn person, unwilling to communicate with others.

It was the school sports meeting that day, and all the students in the class were cheering for the athletes on the sports field. Qi Jingyu was not interested in participating in their carnival and stayed alone in the classroom.Due to the school's order, he was not allowed to stay in the classroom during the sports meeting. In order to avoid inspection, Qi Jingyu drew the curtains in the corridor, sat by the back window, and read an extracurricular book called "Reasons to Stay Alive" by light.

The windows were closed tightly to form an airtight space, and the thick glass cut off most of the noise, but Qi Jingyu could still hear the roar in his ears, his brows and eyes were full of hostility, and he couldn't calm down to read the original text.

From the corner of the eye, he caught a glimpse of a utility knife on the table, and Qi Jingyu picked it up and played with it in his hand.This is not his desk, his seat is in the middle, and this is not his utility knife, but Qi Jingyu can't take his eyes off the sharp blade.

There is a scratch on the thumb of the thumb, which is not deep, and there is a slight tingling sensation when touched.Qi Jingyu numbly watched the knife cut open the wound that was about to scab, and the blood flowed down the palm lines to the wrist.The amount of bleeding was not large, and the bright red bloodstains stopped abruptly at the wrist.Qi Jingyu couldn't help frowning, and fiddled with the last drop of blood with the blade, but no matter how he drained it, the blood stain could not continue to extend.Qi Jingyu felt gloomy, so he cut his wrist directly, and he didn't feel any slight pain until a small puddle of blood flowed out.

Before he could continue to deepen the wound, there was a knock on the door outside. It turned out that the head teacher found that there was one person missing when he counted the number of people, so he hurried over to prevent the tragedy from happening.

Qi Jingyu was sent to the infirmary.

Seeing him again, the nurse in the infirmary couldn't help but vaccinate the teacher: "Mr. Shi, this is the third time this child has been sent to the infirmary this month. Have you contacted his parents?"

Hearing this, the teacher who realized the seriousness of the matter immediately called Qi Jingyu's parents and told him to come to school immediately.

Qi Jingyu was lying on the hospital bed with an ugly face, his lower lip was bitten black and purple by his teeth, and his wrist was wrapped several times with gauze.The wound was not fatal, but the nurse refused to let him go.Nearby are the rustling conversations of nurses and teachers, and in the distance there are the noises of birds flocking together.Qi Jingyu felt upset, turned his back to the scorching sun, and his eyes fell on the wooden door not far away.

The door and window were not closed, and a black-and-white butterfly flew in, broke into Qi Jingyu's sight, and stayed on the wall not far from him.Qi Jingyu slowly raised his uninjured hand, wanting to touch the butterfly's beautiful butterfly clothes, but before he got close, he sensed that the dangerous butterfly spread its wings and wanted to fly away, Qi Jingyu quickly withdrew his hand, and even stopped breathing down.

One second, two seconds...

Watching the butterfly fold its wings, Qi Jingyu heaved a sigh of relief.

He couldn't bear to let it fly away.

Grandma once said that the dead will turn into butterflies and come to their loved ones.

After waiting for so long, it was finally his turn to see him.

The young man lay curled up on the hospital bed, breathing slowly and steadily, his eyes were reluctant to blink, staring at the butterfly on the wall for a short time.

He wished that time would stop at that moment.

He pursed his lips and whispered small words to Butterfly.

He asked grandma if she still loved him.

If you love, flap your wings once, if you don't love, flap your wings twice.

At this time, hurried footsteps and panicked shouts sounded outside the door, and a gust of wind blew by. The butterfly was frightened, fluttered its wings, and pretended to leave.

The boy didn't see exactly how many times he had fanned, and sat up in an instant, stretching out his hands in panic to catch the butterfly.

How could he catch up with the butterfly, who was clumsy, and when he ran to the door, the butterfly had already returned the same way it came from.

This is what Shen Yu saw when he was helped into the infirmary.

The skinny young man on the hospital bed stared at him with gloomy eyes, as if he had a blood feud with him.

Shen Yu also only noticed the existence of the boy, and didn't say much, and called the nurse to help him look at the sprained ankle.

The nurse checked Shen Yu's ankle, brought an ice pack and medicine, and said, "It's nothing serious, it's not serious. Use this to apply it first, and then spray some medicine. Be careful, don't exercise for a few days. "

After dealing with it, Shen Yu was helped to sit down on the hospital bed next to Qi Jingyu, and the classmate who sent him left had something to do.

And the clinical boy still looked at him with a bad face.

Shen Yu thought he didn't know each other, let alone offend him, "Student, do we know each other?"

The boy ignored him, but there was hostility in his eyes.

"..." Shen Yu was bored, shut his mouth, and quietly applied ice to his swollen ankle.After a while, he seemed to have remembered something, and said helplessly, "Could you be Xi Meng's younger brother?"

"........."

"Brother, I really don't mean that to your sister, so don't help your sister pester me."

"........."

No matter what Shen Yu said, the boy stared at him nonchalantly.It's really playing the piano against the cow.

Shen Yu was defeated, "Can you tell me what I did wrong anyway?"

The young man pursed his lips straight, his eyes showed stubbornness, "Butterfly..."

The boy's voice was hoarse, Shen Yu couldn't hear it clearly, "What? What butterfly?"

The boy didn't repeat, his Adam's apple rolled, and added: "That's my grandma."

Shen Yu froze for a moment, thinking of the butterflies he glanced at in the aisle of the infirmary, and then thinking of the lost boy at this moment, he immediately came to his senses. "...I..." Shen Yu scratched his eyes, trying to explain in embarrassment, "I'm sorry..."

There is no way to explain this kind of thing, and there is no way to apologize.

The young man took a deep look at Shen Yu, then lay back on the bed with a cold expression on his face.

Although it had nothing to do with him, Shen Yu felt guilty seeing the young man like this, and wanted to say something to make the young man happy.

Due to participating in the sports meeting, Shen Yu was wearing a class uniform with only a shallow pocket.Shen Yu conjured up a candy, which he kept to replenish energy after running 800 meters, and now he didn't need it anymore, so he simply stuffed it into the young man's hand.

The boy held the candy, but didn't open it, and didn't show a smile.

Shen Yu curled his lips, generally speaking, he should be very happy to eat candies.

"Is your grandma a black butterfly?" Looking at the nurse and a strange man standing by the window, Shen Yu thought it was the boy's parent, so he lowered his voice and whispered to the boy, "I haven't seen it before." My grandma, but I guess, she should be like your grandma."

Shen Yu looked at the young man and blinked. He thought the other party was listening, so he continued, "Although I can't tell you about my grandma, I can tell you about my grandma."

"According to my grandma's appreciation level, she definitely doesn't like low-key black, and she will probably choose a colorful wing. My grandma passed away the year before last. Her heart disease disappeared immediately, but she didn't suffer much. The old man I said that after death, I can see butterflies to see my offspring, but I haven’t met my grandma yet. Probably because I have more children in my generation, and they are ranked according to their seniority, so it’s not my turn.” Shen Yu couldn’t care less about her legs. Pain, squatting on the ground, looking at the young boy's thin back, with a gentle tone, "But I don't think it's better not to come. If she is far away now, it will be too troublesome to fly here and then back. She finally got rid of it." After leaving us annoying juniors, we should relax."

The young man turned around, his face was as pale as paper, and his voice was weak: "Do you miss her?"

Shen Yu leaned on the bed with her hands on her pillow, "Of course I want to. But I know she must have gone to a better place, and I am reluctant to call her back. I just secretly think about it."

Maybe someone won the school record, Shen Yu heard a burst of enthusiastic laughter from the playground.

Amidst the laughter, the boy lay flat on the bed, let out a breath of depression slowly, and said faintly, "But I miss her very much."

The boy was finally willing to speak.

Shen Yu took advantage of the victory to pursue and told him a few interesting stories about his grandma.When the old lady was alive, she was indeed a person who loved to laugh and live. The children in the family liked her and ran after her.

"My grandma likes to dance. When I was young, I didn't have the opportunity. When I was old, I couldn't move. I only got addicted to it a few days before I left. Probably the old people have a premonition. In those few days, my grandma was arguing to be discharged from the hospital. My dad watched grandma's spirit. After getting better, I agreed. Before dawn the next day, I heard the sound of my grandma going out, so I followed after worrying, only to see her secretly hiding in the old people's activity area of ​​the community, playing music in a low voice, I imitated the movements of the old men and women who danced in the square in the neighborhood, and followed the rhythm clumsily. I didn't disturb her, and I didn't walk away. I just squatted aside and watched all morning. It can be seen that grandma is very happy. Probably It’s because my legs hurt, I jumped just once, and I never jumped again.”

While chatting, Shen Yu paid attention to the boy's expression from the corner of his eye.The boy seldom talked, most of the time he played and sang by himself, and the boy occasionally added a few words.

Shen Yu felt that he and the boy got along quite well, and wanted to get to know him: "My name is Shen Yu, a senior in high school, and you."

"A freshman in high school." The boy didn't say his name.

"So it's my junior." Shen Yu noticed the gauze on the boy's wrist, "Why are you injured?"

The boy withdrew his hand calmly, lowered his eyelids, and said flatly, "I accidentally scratched it."

The two of you came and I didn't talk for long, the boy was picked up by the parents who came in a hurry, and Shen Yu didn't ask the boy's name until he picked him up.

And the man he mistakenly thought was the boy's parent was actually the boy's head teacher.

Shen Yu leaned halfway on the bed, and learned from the conversation between the class teacher and the couple that the boy had cut his own wrist. Fortunately, he found it in time, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

Shen Yu thought something was wrong, clicked his tongue and jumped up from the bed, ignoring the nurse's instructions, and limped after the boy.

The three of them didn't go far, Shen Yu looked at the boy's back and shouted loudly: "School brother! I heard that there is a Butterfly Valley in Beicheng, do you want to go and see it!"

The author says:

--small theater--

Qi Jingyu looked at Shen Yu angrily: "Accompany me, little butterfly!"

Shen Yu thought to himself, why does this person still touch porcelain?