round spring

The word mother is very far away, and it is very old in memory, and it suddenly broke in with the north wind.

——An Yuan's Diary

An Yuan just ran forward, feeling her clothes being grabbed several times, when she looked back, Wu Qian kept dragging Ge Chuan, Ge Chuan failed to catch An Yuan several times.

Arriving at a crowded place, An Yuan had already run far away. Wu Qian and Ge Chuan's yelling and tugging alarmed other passing students and teachers. Ge Chuan was taken away by security.

An Yuan didn't turn her head back, and ran back to the dormitory. Shen Xingchun had already returned, and Wen Le was not there.

"Brother, I came back so early today." An Yuan stood by the door, leaning on her knees with both hands, bent over and asked heavily.

"It ended early, Wen Le and I came back together, and Wen Le went to the cafeteria," Shen Xingchun said, "You went to pick me up? Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Brother, guess who I bumped into just now? I'll show you something." An Yuan stood by the door to catch her breath, and walked to Shen Xingchun's side.

Shen Xingchun took a step ahead of An Yuan, took out a letter, and shook it in front of An Yuan's eyes, "Xiao Yuan'er, Wu Qian went to class in the morning, and she wrote me an apology letter when class was over. In the letter, she said She also admitted that she wronged me for the whole incident, and she also said that she would explain the whole incident to the school teacher."

An Yuan stared at the letter in Shen Xingchun's hand, "She said it?"

"Say it." Shen Xingchun received the letter and asked again: "By the way, what did you say you wanted to show me just now?"

An Yuan stretched his hand into his pocket, wanting to give Shen Xingchun the recording pen, but his expression changed very quickly, there was nothing in the pocket, it was empty, he felt all the pockets on his clothes and trousers, still nothing, Reluctantly, he took off his coat and jacket, and shook the hem of the coat with both hands, but nothing came out.

"Can't find it? What is it?" Shen Xingchun asked.

An Yuan stood there for a long time. Although the recorder is evidence, it cannot be lost. Besides, Wu Qian has already written an apology letter, so his recorder is now superfluous.

He looked at Shen Xingchun's leg with a cane, and said hesitantly: "That's right, I just went out and bought you a small gift, maybe it was lost on the road, bro, I'll go out and look for it."

After An Yuan finished speaking, he turned his head and walked out of the dormitory door. Shen Xingchun chased him two steps on crutches, opened the door and called him, "Xiao Yuaner, don't look for it, just lose it if you lose it, it's so cold outside."

An Yuan had already started searching along the corridor. He didn't listen to Shen Xingchun's words. He searched back and forth many times along the way back, but the snow on the road was too thick, and snow was being cleared in many places, so he searched for a long time. All afternoon, I still couldn't find the recorder.

The news that Wu Qian jumped off the building three days later spread quickly in the school. Shen Xingchun didn't go back to the dormitory that afternoon. Wen Le came back alone. An Yuan heard what Wen Le said.

"Brother Le, where is my brother?" An Yuan stood at the door and looked in the corridor, but did not see Shen Xingchun.

"Your brother was called away by the counselor." Wen Le said.

"Why are the counselors still looking for him?" Wu Qian had already written an apology letter, and she could explain what happened before. An Yuan was a little puzzled, wondering why the counselors were still looking for Shen Xingchun.

"The counselor not only looked for your brother, he also looked for all the students in our class, and he also looked for me just now, leaving Dachun alone," Wen Le sighed after finishing speaking, "A girl in our class came from I jumped out of the window on the fourth floor of the teaching building."

An Yuan's heart pounded, and he grabbed Wen Le and asked, "Is that girl who jumped off the building Wu Qian?"

Wen Le didn't expect that An Yuan knew Wu Qian, and asked, "Xiao Yuaner, how did you know? Do you know Wu Qian? Did you hear about it from other students?"

An Yuan didn't answer, but asked, "How is Wu Qian? Why did she jump off the building?"

After Wen Le closed the door, she lowered her voice, "Wu Qian is an orphan. When she was in her hometown, she married a man in the village. That man has been providing Wu Qian with education, but that man has violent tendencies. Wu Qian I thought I could get rid of him when I went to university, but the man came to Beijing a year ago and often came to the school to look for Wu Qian. Wu Qian wanted to break up but couldn't, so the man scattered Wu Qian's nude photos in school in order to get revenge on her. , and there is another recording, Wu Qian jumped directly from the fourth floor."

"Wu Qian, how is she?" An Yuan's face turned pale, "And my brother, will he be in trouble? What is that recording?"

"Wu Qian was taken away by 120, and several teachers and leaders followed. The fourth floor was already very high, but fortunately, she fell on a holly tree. The school has already called the police. The man picked up a student ID card and listened to it. He said that he came to look for Wu Qian a few days ago and was taken away by the security guards, but today he sneaked in again."

Speaking of the recording, Wen Le added, "The recording was also brought by Ge Chuan. Your brother was mentioned in the recording. It seems that Wu Qian wrote a letter to your brother and was discovered by that man..."

An Yuan has been waiting for Shen Xingchun downstairs in the dormitory, leaning on a poplar tree trunk at the door of the dormitory, facing the way back to the dormitory, the students entered the dormitory door one after another, some people were still whispering, An Yuan heard Wu Qian's name.

A thick layer of snow had accumulated on the branches a few days ago, and it would have fallen off as soon as the wind blew.

Then it snowed again, another thick layer of snow, and another gust of wind, the snow hit An Yuan's head and poured down his collar into his neck.

An Yuan's neck felt cold, and he shivered from the cold. Instead of leaning against the tree trunk, he took two steps forward, and kept walking back and forth at the door of the dormitory.

After a long time, the simple cold made An Yuan feel a little irritable, the bone of his nose hurt from the cold, and the center of his eyebrows also hurt.

Shen Xingchun was sent back by two classmates, An Yuan saw Shen Xingchun from a distance, ran towards him, and called "Brother" softly, his voice was a little trembling, I don't know if it was cold, or simply because of the waiting time too long.

"Brother..." An Yuan called out again.

Shen Xingchun turned his head and said to the two classmates: "Zhu Deyu, Gu You, please both of you, this is my brother, he just needs to help me upstairs, you go to eat, it's been so long."

The two classmates didn't say much, waved to Shen Xingchun and left. An Yuan supported Shen Xingchun, took his bag and carried it on her back.

"Brother, how is Wu Qian?" An Yuan asked Shen Xingchun when there was no one on the stairs.

"The counselor just received a notice from the hospital, and the person is already awake."

An Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, and asked again, "Brother, what did the counselor ask you for?"

"Just asked me to find out about the situation," Shen Xingchun said, "Ask about Ge Chuan and Wu Qian, as well as about the photos and recordings."

"Brother," An Yuan's jaw trembled a few times, "I recorded that recording. I accidentally lost it that day. It was a recording pen. I was afraid that someone would pick it up..."

"The recording has nothing to do with you." Shen Xingchun interrupted An Yuan's words, walked up a step, stood still, and touched the top of An Yuan's head, "Wu Qian can't stand Ge Chuan coming to school to make trouble, and even broke up Her nude thing."

"What about Ge Chuan?"

"Ge Chuan was taken away by the police for investigation," Shen Xingchun said, "Ge Chuan also admitted that he was the one who asked someone to beat me before."

"Brother, you actually know that I recorded that recording, right?" An Yuan asked while looking at Shen Xingchun's calm expression.

"I guessed it. You searched for things all afternoon that day, and I guessed it today." Shen Xingchun didn't say much about the recording, and changed the subject, "By the way, the counselor also told me that the school is now It's over, everything has started to be strictly managed, including the dormitory. From today on, outsiders can't stay overnight, even if they have reported it. Xiao Yuan'er will sleep with Brother Feng and Brother Bai at night, and the exam will be next week. After the exam, we will buy tickets and go home for the New Year..."

An Yuan lowered her head and replied: "I see, then can I still come to school to find brother?"

Shen Xingchun didn't say yes or no, he just said, "I'll call you if there's anything to do."

When the two entered the dormitory, Wen Le was holding three empty lunch boxes and was about to go out to cook.

Shen Xingchun took an empty lunch box from Wen Le, which was An Yuan's usual lunch box.

"Wen Le, just eat with me and you. Xiao Yuan'er won't eat in the dormitory at night." After Shen Xingchun finished speaking, he took two steps forward with his cane and asked An Yuan to come in to pack his things.

"Brother, are you in such a hurry?" An Yuan stood in the crack of the half-open door, looking from Shen Xingchun's perspective, he only showed half of his face.

"The main reason is that it will be dark soon, and I don't feel at ease when it gets dark." Shen Xingchun took out the wallet from his pocket and handed it to An Yuan. "Here's the wallet, and you can take a taxi directly after you go out. The bank card is in it, and you know the password. It's not enough." Take it from inside when you use it, and I will call you after dinner at night."

An Yuan stood at the crack of the door without moving for a long time, while Shen Xingchun's hand holding the wallet stayed in mid-air, seeing that An Yuan hadn't answered it, he shook it at him.

An Yuan took the wallet, opened the door and went in and began to pack his things. He didn't have many things. The things he used these days were basically Shen Xingchun's. the door.

When An Yuan went downstairs with his bag on his back, he saw Yin Yiming walking in front of him, and a classmate beside him. They were talking about Shen Xingchun, and An Yuan followed behind to listen.

"Shen Xingchun is gay, how could he have a date with Wu Qian." Yin Yiming's voice was easily recognized by An Yuan.

"Yin Yiming, how did you know he was gay? I didn't see it at all."

"It's more hidden. I shared a dormitory with him before, so of course I know. Some time ago, before I moved the dormitory, he brought a little boy back."

"There is a boy living in his dormitory, isn't it his younger brother?"

"What brother, is a little boyfriend...disgusting..."

An Yuan stopped in the corridor, and waited until the two people in front reached the stairs, and they could not be seen around the corner, then he put on the hat on his head and ran out.

On Anyuan Road, he was thinking about Shen Xingchun saying that he would call him after dinner, there was no delay on the way, and he arrived at Geng Bai's in less than 10 minutes.

When Geng Bai heard the knock on the door, he thought it was Qi Yunfeng who had returned, but he didn't expect it to be An Yuan.

"Xiao Yuan'er, why did you come back suddenly?"

"Outsiders are not allowed to live in my brother's dormitory."

"Come in," Geng Bai gave way, "I just wanted to go to Dachun to find you, but Linda has already arrived."

An Yuan walked in, and immediately noticed the woman in the living room. He had completely forgotten what Linda said about Beijing in three days.

The woman named Linda sat on the sofa with her back to the door at first, and when she heard the door opening, she stood up and looked towards the door.

The woman's hair is coiled behind her head, she is wearing a light blue plush long dress, her face is exquisitely made up, capable and intellectually elegant, she is well maintained, if you ignore the few lines at the end of her eyes, she looks no more than thirty, but There is still fatigue in the eyes that cannot be erased by cosmetics.

Looking into her eyes, An Yuan felt a sense of familiarity, but he didn't know where the familiarity came from. He thought to himself, the person in front of him might really be his relative.

He nodded slightly at the woman, not knowing how to address him, but he just said "Hello" first, put his schoolbag on the cabinet in the entrance, lowered his head to change into slippers, took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, and followed Geng Bai Step into the living room.

"Xiao Yuaner, sit down, don't stand." Geng Bai poured two cups of hot water and put them on the coffee table.

The woman was still standing, and when An Yuan approached, the calmness on her face turned into a cautious and nervous one. The hand hanging by her side didn't know how to put it down. She stroked the folds of the skirt, and then looked down again. Go over yourself and sit down after making sure there is nothing wrong.

An Yuan didn't sit on the sofa, but sat on the chair opposite the woman, and tentatively said, "Hello, I don't know how to address you, should I call you, Aunt Linda?"

When the woman heard An Yuan calling her aunt, the expression on her face froze for a few seconds, and a little sadness and sadness appeared in her eyes.

An Yuan realized that she shouldn't be called Auntie, so he really didn't know what to call her, so he kept silent and didn't speak again.

The woman quickly adjusted her expression, picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip of water, then picked up another glass of water and handed it to An Yuan, "Drink some hot water, is it cold outside?"

"It's quite cold." An Yuan stood up, took the water glass, and said, "Thank you."

The woman kept drinking water, stared at An Yuan, and didn't speak for a long time.

An Yuan saw that she hadn't spoken for a long time, and was uncomfortable being looked at by the woman. He was thinking about Shen Xingchun's phone call, and kept glancing at the phone.

Just when he glanced at the phone for the third time, the woman spoke again, her voice was gentle and low, "Xiao Yuan'er, do you remember me? I am, mother..."