Xia Meng

Papers were scattered all over the floor of the small shop, and some of them floated to the road outside the shop. It rained just last night, and the road surface was not completely dry, and there were still small puddles in some uneven places. A piece of paper that was in the puddle was immediately soaked, and then quickly permeated with the wetted piece as the center, until the whole paper was soaked, and the ink of the fountain pen seeped out gradually, and finally the handwriting on the paper became blurred. too unrecognizable.

Wei Linxi hurriedly picked up the fallen papers, the ones that fell into the puddle outside could not be saved, she walked up to Xia Meng, wanting to ask her what to do, it was borrowed from someone else, but she saw Xia Meng's eyes Empty passed himself, do not know where to go.

When Xia Meng and Wei Linxi rushed to the hospital, the person who called Xia Meng just now was waiting for her at the door and led her to a dark room.

Xia Meng held her breath, looking at a body covered with a white cloth, suddenly got goosebumps all over her body, she tried to get her brain to work, but she couldn't control the blank thoughts, and kept forgetting to breathe, which made her almost faint, standing next to her Wei Linxi supported her.

Xia Meng adjusted her breathing, and walked to that body step by step. She thought she must have made a mistake, it must be some kind of prank, and when she opened it, she would see the cheeky smiling face and beat her up severely, but , but reason told her, who would make a joke of this.

So, I raised my hand, but after all, I couldn't lift it off, but it faded away little by little. The owner of that familiar face was lying on this cold bed at this moment, and his skin was usually fair. Even more pale, motionless.

"Lin Xi, come and take a look." Xia Meng mechanically turned her head, but her eyes remained fixed on that face.

Wei Linxi lowered her footsteps and walked to Xia Meng's side.

"Is this Xu Yang? But he doesn't seem so white." Xia Meng asked, as if he was not sure that it was really Xu Yang lying there.

Wei Linxi pursed her lips and turned her head to one side, unable to bear to look any further.

Xia Meng tilted her head and stared at the eyelashes, trying to catch their sneaky trembling piercing movements, and then waited until the other party couldn't help it, and she burst out laughing first.

But after waiting for a long time, they are all well-behaved, tightly closed, not showing any signs.

Xia Meng turned her head, looked at the person who called her, and asked, "What's wrong with him?"

Xu Yang's roommate sighed, took a deep breath, and said, "At noon just now, when he came back from the central district, he saw us playing basketball on the playground, so he started playing with us, and when he jumped up, he collided with the people next to him. It fell to the ground, and it was too late to send it over.”

"Nonsense." Xia Meng still said calmly, without even raising the volume, as if she was just complaining: "I just fell, how could it be too late!"

Obviously, when he blocked my fall before, he just passed out. How could he be so weak that he would die after falling.

Xu Yang's roommate wiped away tears indiscriminately, "According to the doctor, it seems to be an old wound that hurt my head before I fell."

At this moment, the counselor also rushed over, carefully looked at the lying cold body, and after a while covered his mouth and cried.Soon, while sorting out his emotions, he asked Xu Yang's roommate about the situation, and at the same time contacted the doctor and Xu Yang's parents.

Xia Meng seemed to be trapped in a transparent glass cage, with people passing by around, watching and listening to various people and their voices dumbfounded, but they did not enter her ears, and only vaguely heard those voices in her ears. Interspersed around, as if I had just woken up, everything seemed to be in a dream, illusory and unreal.

The feeling of being in a dream swept over again, the body was wrapped in water, the ears were blocked by the water, and only the surrounding murmurs could be heard. Pressed by the boulder, breathing gradually became difficult.

"Meng Meng, Meng Meng!"

It was the shouting sound heard in a dream again, pulling Xia Meng back to reality, and it was also unclear whether it was the voice in the dream or the voice in reality.

"Mengmeng, what's wrong with you."

Xia Meng regained her breath and struggled to open her eyes. The feeling of being trapped in a dream just now had not completely subsided. She took a deep breath, and a thin layer of cold sweat covered her forehead.

Wei Linxi's face appeared in front of Xia Meng's eyes, and it took Xia Meng a while to recover. Seeing Lin Xi, she gradually regained her composure and realized that she was still alive.

Seeing Xia Meng's face recovered, Wei Linxi breathed a sigh of relief.

"You kept humming in your dream, no matter how you called, you didn't wake up, you scared me to death." Wei Linxi took out a napkin from the bedside and wiped off the sweat on Xia Meng's forehead.

"Maybe a ghost is pressing the bed." Xia Meng felt her throat was dry and burning, and her voice was stuck and difficult to utter.

Wei Linxi handed the water to Xia Meng. Xia Meng drank a whole glass, but still felt dry, but didn't ask for another glass.

Xia Meng picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and checked the time. It was already five o'clock in the morning.

Light has come in through the curtains, and it looks like today will be a fine day.

"Where's Xu Yang?"

"His parents have come to take him back." Wei Linxi told Xia Meng that the funeral is going to be held today.

Xia Meng got up from the bed, Wei Linxi quickly grabbed her, "Where are you going?"

"I want to see him off for the last time."

"Don't be in a hurry, I have to send Xia Ke to school in a while, and I will go with you after sending her off."

I thought Xia Meng would be unwilling, but this time he sat down obediently and listened to Lin Xi's words.

"it is good."

Originally, Xia Meng was not in the mood to dress herself up, but suddenly she saw the lipstick that Xu Yang gave her in the lipstick shelf. It was a gift from him on her birthday.At that time, he was still joking that he wanted to inform himself when he got rich, but now he just gave up.

Without hesitation, Xia Meng quickly put on some foundation for herself, and then lightly dabbed on the lipstick he gave her. The face in the mirror immediately became radiant, and she took it in her bag. She couldn't let Xu Yang saw her haggard look, otherwise she would definitely laugh at her.

After sending Xia Ke off, Xia Meng and Wei Linxi went straight to the train station and bought the high-speed rail tickets at the fastest time. Xia Meng called and the counselor asked for the phone number of Xu Yang's parents, and they quickly got in touch. , to get the specific location.

On the high-speed train to go, Xia Meng kept staring at the rapidly receding scenery outside the window, without saying a word.Wei Linxi didn't dare to say anything, and followed her all the way, worried that something would happen to her.

Xu Yang's funeral was held in the city funeral parlor in his hometown, and there were many different families also holding funerals. Each person was allocated a funeral room, and the dead were placed in a crystal coffin in the center of the room, with family members posting Standing around the surrounding walls, waiting for one by one to take a last look, and then wait for everyone to finish watching, the staff will push the incinerator inside, and finally the family will go in and take out the urn, and then send it to their own cemetery buried.

Everyone is in the same process, and life will die with the flow in the end.

Xia Meng found Xu Yang's parents from among the buses that kept sending relatives away, and walked forward quickly.

"Uncle and aunt, I'm Xu Yang's college classmate Xia Meng."

"You are the female classmate that Yang Yang rescued last time." Although Xu Yang's eye sockets were red and swollen, he still controlled his emotions. He is the head of the family, and he has to support this kind of time.

"It's me," Xia Meng lowered her head, "I'm sorry, if it hadn't been for saving me last time, maybe Xu Yang wouldn't have had an accident this time."

"I don't blame you, Yang Yang is not the kind of person who would do nothing but see death. This time it was also an accident, and no one wanted it to happen." Xu Yang's father sighed and comforted Xia Meng.

"Really, I'm sorry, I want to come and see him for the last time." Xia Meng tried hard to control, afraid that she would lose control of her emotions here.

"Thank you, son, for running all the way here." Xu Yang's mother patted Xia Meng's arm.

"Actually, Yang Yang told us as soon as he came back from the summer vacation of his freshman year that he met a good friend named Xia Meng. Everyone is not familiar with the place, so hearing him say that made us feel more at ease."

"Yes," Xu Yang's father continued, "Yang Yang spent the past two years in college very happily, thanks to your help."

Xia Meng could hardly control her tears, and blinked her eyes hard, not wanting the two of them to feel sad again when they saw it.

"The party secretary is also skipping class."

"There are times when the party secretary doesn't want to go to class."

This was the first time Xu Yang talked to Xia Meng.

"My name is Xu Yang." Xu Yang sat down beside Xia Meng, and watched the basketball players on the playground with her.

"Xia Meng."

"I know."

"Huh?" Xia Meng tilted her head, looking at Xu Yang for the first time.

Xu Yang propped his arms behind his back, leaned back, looked at Xia Meng with a puzzled face, and laughed.

"You are the branch secretary of our class, no one in the class knows you."

Xia Meng suddenly realized and nodded.

"Actually, the branch secretary of my regiment came here in vain."

This time Xu Yang looked at Xia Meng with a puzzled expression.

"During the military training, my waist was injured. The counselor saw that I was idle, so she called me to the office to help her every day, and then came to the regiment secretary."

"It's still like this, if I knew I'd sprained my ankle."

Xia Meng gave Xu Yang a blank look and ignored him.

The two quietly watched others play.

"It's so hot today, I'm going to buy water, what do you want to drink?" Xu Yang stood up while talking.

Xia Meng also stood up and patted her buttocks, "Let me treat you, the whole class knows me, I don't know you, it makes me feel awkward." Saying that, Xia Meng walked to the convenience store.

"I didn't mean that." Xu Yang quickly followed Xia Meng.

"Are you in the dormitory?" It was raining outside, and Xia Meng's voice on the phone was mixed with the sound of the rain, making it a bit indistinct.

Xu Yang sniffed, and made a muffled voice like some kind of nasal animal, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Come down to get the medicine." Xia Meng changed the umbrella, carrying a few heavy bags of things in one hand for a long time, and it was starting to feel numb.

"Ah?" Xu Yang bounced up from the bed, thinking he heard it wrong.

"Hurry up and get the medicine, I can't carry it anymore."

Xu Yang quickly hung up the phone and rushed all the way to the downstairs of the dormitory. Until he saw Xia Meng, he still felt that he was hallucinating.

Xu Yang got under Xia Meng's umbrella, and Xia Meng immediately stuffed all the bags in his hand to Xu Yang.

"It's killing me, my hands are numb."

"Why are you here? Isn't today Saturday? What are you doing at school?"

Xia Meng replied straightforwardly: "I'll bring you medicine."

Seeing Xu Yang's doubtful face, Xia Meng continued: "Yesterday afternoon you didn't go to class, and you didn't reply to text messages. Your roommate said that you had a fever and slept all day."

"Then you don't have to give me medicine when it's raining." Xu Yang said so, but he was so moved in his heart.

"I don't know why the medicine in our school pharmacy is useless. I bought it for you at the pharmacy next to my house. I also bought this lean meat porridge from a delicious porridge shop near my house. I often go to it when I am sick. The congee at home is delicious. I’m afraid you won’t have any taste in your mouth, so I went to the supermarket and bought some pickles for you, and this.” Xia Meng rummaged through the bag again, “This, the antipyretic patch , wet wipes, I’m afraid you won’t have the strength to wash your face after sweating, so I’ll wipe them for you.”

It was the first time that Xu Yang felt the care for himself from people other than his parents. Maybe being sick made people feel more vulnerable than usual. Seeing Xia Meng coming with a big bag and an umbrella, Xu Yang almost thought cry.

"Then you go back quickly, it's raining so much."

"Well, I'll go back after delivering the delivery. You remember to take medicine, drink porridge, and drink plenty of water."

"I see, I'll take you to the door."

"Hurry up, there's nothing to give away in such a short distance, it will get worse after a while." Xia Meng waved Xu Yang to the door of the dormitory.

Xu Yang just stood at the door, watching Xia Meng alone holding an umbrella, fluttering and disappearing from sight like a small leaf in the wind and rain.

It was Xia Meng's turn to step up to look. Through the crystal coffin, Xia Meng saw Xu Yang lying inside. His face was not as pale as he saw in the hospital yesterday, but returned to his usual bloody color. It looked like she was really just asleep, lying here so quietly and distressingly, alone, alone.

Xia Meng really wanted to tap the glass cover lightly, and call out to him softly: "Xu Yang, get up, don't pretend to be asleep, I can tell." Seeing her embarrassed to be caught playing a prank, she said to her: "Okay, you won, let's go, I invite you to eat delicious food."

But no more, those eyes won't open again, they won't look at Xia Meng with a smile, they won't call Xia Meng's name, and they won't encourage Xia Meng when she is confused.

When Xia Meng came out of the funeral room, she took one last look at Xu Yang and said in her heart, "Xu Yang, I'm leaving".

From Xu Yang's accident yesterday until now, Xia Meng didn't let herself shed a single tear.

"Lin Xi, I want to go to the bathroom, you wait for me here for a while."

"Okay." Wei Linxi looked at Xia Meng's shaky figure, feeling very worried.

After waiting for quite a while, Xia Meng didn't come back. Wei Linxi couldn't wait any longer, fearing that something might happen to her, so he hurried to the bathroom to find Xia Meng, but he couldn't find her in the bathroom.

Next to the bathroom is the stair passage of the emergency exit, and Wei Linxi heard small sobs coming from inside.

Pushing open the door and going in, Xia Meng was standing there crying alone with her head down, the ground under her feet was already wet with tears.

Wei Linxi couldn't help but her eyes turned red, walked up to Xia Meng, and gently wrapped her in her arms. Xia Meng hugged Wei Linxi, couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears.

"Lin Xi, tell me, if Xu Yang didn't save me last time, will nothing happen this time?"

"Fool, how could Xu Yang refuse to save him, let alone his good friend."

"If, if I hadn't borrowed things from him, he wouldn't have come to the Central District, he wouldn't have passed the basketball court, he wouldn't have played basketball, and he wouldn't have fallen down."

"this is not your fault."

"It's all my fault, why didn't I go to his dormitory to get it, why did I ask him to send it to me, it's all my fault, it's all me."

Wei Linxi's tears couldn't stop streaming down, she raised her head and wiped it, and gently patted Xia Meng's back, "Stop crying, stop crying, I don't blame you, I don't blame you."

"Lin Xi, Xu Yang is gone, Xu Yang is gone!"

Xia Meng burst into tears.

Wei Linxi hugged Xia Meng and sobbed softly.

After Xu Yang's ashes were buried, everyone left one after another. Xia Meng was still standing in front of the tomb, looking at the photo. In the photo, Xu Yang was grinning at her with his mouth open. It was the smile she was familiar with.

"Mengmeng, let's go too." Wei Linxi saw that most of his relatives had left, and said to Xia Meng, "I have to hurry back, Xia Ke is about to leave school."

Xia Meng nodded, "You go to the door and wait for me, I will come after a few words with him."

"Okay, then don't cry, Xu Yang will be unhappy when he sees it."

Xia Meng wiped away her tears and smiled at Lin Xi.

Standing in front of Xu Yang's tomb, Xia Meng didn't know how to speak for a moment. She obviously wanted to say a lot, but now she couldn't.

"I'm sorry." Xia Meng didn't know how to continue, everything she thought in her heart was contained in this sentence of sorry, and she was full of self-blame and guilt.