City X.

Ji Fuzhou was sitting on a bench in the square, leaning against a small fountain behind her. Amidst the sound of splashing water and noisy voices, she grabbed the first phone and chatted with Zhou Yu on the other side of the phone. chat.

"It's a pity that you didn't catch up. The scenery here is not bad."

Zhou Yu was busy with work and couldn't spare time, so he could only sigh after hearing this: "Then I can only ask you to take more photos for me to see."

Ji Fuzhou smiled and said "OK".

The small town in the south is not too hot in this season, probably because it is backed by mountains and has lush forests, so it is a good place to escape the heat.

This is just one of the stops on the Jifu boat trip.

I originally resigned and told my boss that traveling around the world was just a whim, but after I packed up my things and went back, I lay at home for two days and felt that I had nothing to do. When I picked up the first plane and checked the tickets around, I simply set off with my backpack on my back.

Traveling always comes with a tiring side effect, but when you have the money and the leisure, it's pretty easy.

Coming to X City was also a change of station on a whim.

City X is not a city with a well-developed tourism industry. Judging from the size of the urban area, it is not big. The only thing that can be regarded as a scenic spot is the mountains behind.

Many tourists come to City X just to climb the mountain.

Ji Fuzhou saw the promotional leaflet of City X when she was in the last city. She was very interested in the newly built cable car, so she simply refunded her previous ticket and came here by train.

This is the second day after she arrived in City X. She had just walked around the city the previous afternoon, and had almost straddled both ends of the city. The time she deliberately spared this morning seemed a bit idle.

In front of the square is the largest shopping mall in the city. The end with the display screen is facing the square, but not all advertisements are played, and news and the like pop up occasionally.

Ji Fuzhou was bored watching the subtitles of the news, and heard Zhou Yu asking her over there: "Are you going to climb the mountain tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"Leave the day after tomorrow?"

"Yes, the air ticket for the morning of the day after tomorrow."

"Go back to City A?"

"No, I should continue to travel."

"You really have energy." Zhou Yu's voice came from looking through things, "Why, do you consider becoming a traveler in the future?"

Ji Fuzhou didn't answer immediately.

A child in front chased the flying balloon and crashed into her arms.

The child's mother chased after her, picked up her daughter, apologized to her repeatedly, and then coaxed her daughter in a low voice, saying that she would buy another one for her.

"But the new one is not the original one."

The little girl pursed her lips, but she didn't lose her temper. She looked up at the balloon that was flying away, with tears in her eyes, as if she was very reluctant.

"If only I hadn't loosened my head to get the ice cream just now."

The young woman passing by heard her words, took two steps and stopped in front of the little girl, bent down with her head behind her back, and smiled at her.

Then she suddenly stretched out her head, and a lily appeared between her fingers.

"This is for you—don't cry."

The little girl's attention was immediately attracted, and she turned her head to look at her mother. Seeing that her mother did not object, she stretched her head to take the flowers, and whispered "Thank you sister".

The girl's mother breathed a sigh of relief and could finally take her daughter back.

"Don't you want to go on the carousel? It will be closed if you go late."

The little girl nodded, and when her mother didn't notice, she couldn't help but turn her head and look at the cartoon balloons flying farther and farther.

When they were all gone, Ji Fuzhou took the time to answer Zhou Yu: "No."

"I think I may not be suitable for a wandering life."

Although I have lived alone most of the time in the past, the loneliness of traveling alone will only increase.

Every stop on the way is just "passing by", no matter how long the stay is, it is far from becoming a new "home".

Ji Fuzhou raised his head and looked forward.

The young woman who had just delivered the flowers walked back and stopped in front of another woman.

The other woman looked about the same age as her, with short cut hair, clean and neat, but she didn't like to smile, and looked a little cold.

She held a bouquet of flowers in her arms, and the flowers of the flower-giving woman seemed to be drawn from it.

Ji Fuzhou stared at them slightly startled.

When the short-haired woman saw the other, she bent her lips slightly, almost smiling.

The woman who gave the flowers walked back with a smile, took the bouquet of flowers into her arms, then leaned forward and kissed her on the cheek.

This set of movements is so natural that it seems instinctive.

None of the pedestrians passing by showed any strange expressions to them.

Maybe they are treated as ordinary girlfriends, or maybe they just don't care about other people's emotional life.

As if aware of Ji Fuzhou's slightly surprised gaze, the long-haired woman who gave the flowers turned her head and looked at her, showing a little smile, and waved her head as a farewell, then turned around and pulled her companion's head to the other side. One direction went far.

Ji Fuzhou realized that her gaze was too revealing, but the other party had already left, so she could only look back and glance at the big screen in front of the mall.

The side they left seemed to be in the direction of a theater.

But no matter where you go, it's always happier to be with someone than alone.

Ji Fuzhou was in a daze, and Zhou Yu missed a few words on the phone.

When she recovered, she heard Zhou Yu reminding her.

"... Will the plane take off on time? I saw the weather forecast saying that there will be heavy rain over there the day after tomorrow. By the way, have you brought an umbrella?"

"Bring it." Ji Fuzhou came back to his senses, "It's okay, the airport is in the next city, if the weather is really bad, I will change the ticket then."

She wasn't in a hurry, and she didn't have any bad feelings towards this small town, so it didn't matter if she stayed for two more days.

As for the weather warning, it is not surprising that there will be sudden rainstorms in this season, and most of them are just showers.

Ji Fuzhou didn't take it to heart.

By the time I hung up the phone, it was almost noon.

Ji Fuzhou didn't move much all morning, and she wasn't hungry by this time. When she was about to leave, she remembered that Zhou Yu asked her to take more photos, so she stopped again, turned around and took two photos at the fountain in the square, and then went inside. Walk.

In the center of the square is the largest artificial lake in City X. There is a small island in the center of the lake, where a group of black swans are raised.

There may also be wild ducks mixed in.

By the lake, a parent held the child's head tightly, watching the child dancing and pointing at the black swan and screaming excitedly.

Ji Fuzhou followed the first photo of the swans that went down to the lake to be fed by tourists, even if they have visited here.

When she turned around and went back, she saw the corner of the camera of the first camera, she was taken aback and moved the first camera up, and slowly raised her head.

There is a cartoon balloon stuck between the branches, which is an orange kitten pattern.

It looks familiar.

The little girl who bumped into her just now seemed to have lost this balloon.

Or maybe someone else lost it. Such a cartoon pattern looks like a lot of assembly line products that will be mass-produced.

But it could also be the little girl.

Ji Fuzhou hesitated for a moment, but still put down the first plane.

Children's playground in front of the mall.

Compared with a normal playground, all the facilities in the children's playground are one size smaller, and even the carousel has become miniature.

The advantage is that it does not take up space, and several facilities are crowded together, and the whole picture of the venue can be seen clearly at a glance.

Only three children were made in the carousel area, but this couldn't stop their enthusiasm.

Until it faintly stopped, the children were still unsatisfied.

The girl holding a lily hugged the horse's neck and was reluctant to get off, but when she turned her head, she saw a familiar older sister standing outside the field, looking at her.

Seeing her looking over, the eldest sister smiled and beckoned to her.

The girl froze for a moment, glanced left and right, and saw that there was no one else, so she took a few steps forward slowly and uncertainly.

An orange cartoon balloon was stuffed into her Shuri.

"Remember to catch it well this time."

The little girl looked up and found that it was the balloon she had thrown, her eyes lit up involuntarily.

"Xiaoxi—"

The little girl's mother searched all the way along the outer circle, and was relieved when she saw her daughter, and quickly beckoned to her, signaling her to come out quickly.

"Why are you still here in a daze? Don't disturb the administrator uncle's work, there are other children who want to play..."

When the mother saw her daughter's balloon in Shuri, she couldn't help but froze for a moment: "Where did you get this balloon?"

The little girl came back to her senses, stretched out her head and pointed to the front, and replied, "That sister helped me find it just now."

Mom looked in the direction she pointed, and only saw a tall figure with a backpack on her back. Although the face could not be seen clearly, the bag and hat were familiar.

It was the woman I accidentally bumped into just now.

Mom thought back.

What a gentle and kind man.

It's a pity I couldn't thank you in person.

She has some regrets.

In the evening, Ji Fuzhou met the mother and daughter for the third time.

It is in front of the reception desk of the hotel.

When they bumped into each other head-on, both sides froze for a moment.

The little girl holding the balloon was the first to react and shouted happily: "That balloon sister!"

The woman came back to her senses: "So it was you, thank you so much today."

Ji Fuzhou nodded and greeted them: "I just happened to see it on the road. Are you also here to travel?"

The woman nodded: "Recently, my daughter's school is on holiday, so I took her out for a walk."

Ji Fuzhou was a little surprised.

She originally thought that the mother and daughter were locals, and they didn't seem to have the sense of urgency to travel with a group.

Meeting him three times a day is considered fate. The woman has a sense of closeness to Ji Fuzhou, and even chatted a few words when she took the room card and went upstairs.

The woman's surname is Wen, and she is a few years older than Ji Fuzhou, so Ji Fuzhou called Sister Wen.

Because Sister Wen's mother used to live in City X, and when she was preparing to go on a trip two days ago, she found old photos, and her daughter said she wanted to come, and Sister Wen also wanted to go back to see her mother's hometown, and pay homage to her grandparents who passed away early. I booked a ticket to come here.

But the main purpose is to take my daughter out to relax.

Sister Wen is also planning to take her daughter to climb the mountain the next day, and after matching the time, they predict that the time will be about the same, so they make an appointment to take a taxi there.

"I hope it won't rain tomorrow." Sister Wen couldn't help complaining before parting with Ji Fuzhou, "When we bought the tickets the day before yesterday, we saw the weather forecast, saying that the next few days would be sunny, but it turned out that it would rain again , we would have liked to stay a few more days."

Ji Fuzhou nodded, expressing the same expectation.

For tourists, it is natural that a good weather makes people feel more happy, otherwise it is just a few days of travel in hotels and hotels.

Fortunately, when I woke up the next morning, it was sunny outside.

Ji Fuzhou opened the heavy curtains of the room, and the outside sunlight poured in. She subconsciously squinted her eyes, and waited until she got used to the light before looking at the distant view outside.

From the room, you can see several peaks in the suburbs, and only one of them is relatively short that has been developed for tourists to climb and play.

But it will take a lot of time to climb up.

Fortunately the weather was fine.

Ji Fuzhou stood by the window and stretched. After washing, he packed his schoolbag and turned around to go out the door.

She saw the mother and daughter from yesterday downstairs.

The little girl was wearing a pink sun hat, and when she saw Ji Fuzhou, she beckoned to her excitedly.

Ji Fuzhou bent his lips and walked towards them.

The signal on the mountainside is not very good.

Ji Fuzhou sat on the stone bench on the platform, waiting for the mother and daughter who went to the canteen to buy water to come back, while lowering his head to send Zhou Yu a photo.

The progress of the photo transmission was always stuck at one percent, and the front of the short text note was constantly turning in circles.

She exited and clicked in boredly, and repeated several times before seeing the progress bar advance to [-]%.

After waiting for a while, she was so bored that she clicked on all the software on Shuri one by one.

If there is no signal, no new news can be refreshed, but historical record messages can still be seen.

The last thing I found was the rediscovered student account.

Ye Tingfeng's name was still at the top.

When Ji Fuzhou clicked in, he felt as if his fingertips were scalded.

In fact, since she left from City A, she never clicked on that account again, and naturally she didn't reply.

But she knew that Ye Tingfeng still sent messages to this account intermittently.

For some reason, she neither clicked on nor uninstalled the software.

Ji Fuzhou was silent for a moment, ready to leave.

A drop of water fell, hit her fingertip, and then slid down the screen.

Ji Fuzhou froze for a moment, then raised his head to take a look.

There was no one else around her, it was raindrops that suddenly fell from the sky, and a few scattered raindrops hit her face, and they became denser after a while.

The sun was shining brightly just now, but in a blink of an eye the sun hid behind the clouds.

It was getting darker.

"It seems to be raining!"

The other passengers around screamed.

"It's raining."

"Isn't it normal to rain this day? It should stop in a while."

"The weather forecast says it will be sunny today."

"It's going to rain tomorrow. If it's earlier, we'd better go down the mountain first. It's bad if it rains heavily."

Most people turned back, and some people continued to go up, preparing to take the cable car down the mountain before the rain really started to fall.

It seems that today's mountaineering trip can only come to an end for the time being.

Ji Fuzhou also stood up, put away his schoolbag and walked to the front, looking for the mother and daughter who haven't come back yet.

The canteen is on the big platform on the lower floor, and you have to go around to the back. Ji Fuzhou walked along the main road, and before turning the corner, he saw Sister Wen bumping into her anxiously.

"Did Xiaoxi look for you?" Sister Wen asked in a panic.

"I didn't see her." Ji Fuzhou paused, with a bad premonition in her heart, she asked, "Where did Xiaoxi go?"

"I don't know." Sister Wen was about to burst into tears, her voice trembling, "She said she wanted to eat a cone, but there was a queue over there, and she said she couldn't stand, so I asked her to sit on the stool next to me and wait for me... ..."

"I was looking at her all the time, but I was distracted for a while, and when I turned around, she disappeared."

City A.

In the backstage lounge of a certain variety show, Ye Tingfeng and Cheng Guanyue sat on either side.

The makeup artist had just finished applying their makeup, Cheng Guanyue was joking with another guest beside him, while Ye Tingfeng sat quietly in a corner where no one was disturbed, wearing earphones and lowering his head to brush the phone.

She began to get used to putting the first phone in Shuri, but she rarely searched for gossip about herself.

Sliding his fingertips back and forth on the screen, all the latest news from City X was displayed.

Ji Fuzhou was traveling in X City recently.

She didn't deliberately cover up her whereabouts, and occasionally saw interesting things during the trip, and she would post them later.

This trip to X City was also something she had been looking forward to, so she deliberately diverted to it. Before leaving, she sent out the photo of the cable car on the leaflet.

According to Ji Fuzhou's habit, he should still be in X City at this time.

Ye Tingfeng didn't bother her anymore, except for the account that Ji Fuzhou seemed to have abandoned a long time ago, she didn't want to bring more troubles to Ji Fuzhou until the problem on her side was resolved.

But still can't help but pay attention to each other's itinerary.

After all, it was all sent by herself, she just saw it, so it shouldn't be considered "disturbing".

Ye Tingfeng silently defended himself in his heart.

I didn't see any special news after swiping keywords. City X has a small livable area and a small population, so there are naturally fewer incidents than other places.

Occasionally, there are a few complaints about the erratic weather recently.

More or local tourism promotion.

It's a pity that it's not the peak tourist season recently, and there aren't many people who go on a trip deliberately, and those promotions have had little effect.

Ye Tingfeng glanced at the landscape photos, subconsciously pulled down with his fingertips, and the new news was refreshed.

[...Sudden torrential rain in City X...landslide...five tourists are trapped in the mountain, and the rescue team is in an emergency meeting...]

Ye Tingfeng's head trembled, and he almost couldn't catch the first shot.

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