Filling in the volunteers is on a sunny day without wind or rain.

On the way, Zhao Zhongwei selected several universities for his son. He analyzed all aspects from accommodation conditions to campus environment, from majors, teachers to future employment.

Zhao Siqi nodded from time to time, but judging from the reaction, she knew that she didn't listen.

His results in the college entrance examination could barely pass a line, and it was the best result he had taken in the three years of high school.Zhao Zhongwei was very happy about this. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally chose a comprehensive university that was not bad in a book.

"Why don't you put this as your first choice. This school is good. I have an old classmate as a teacher in it, and I can let him take care of you."

Zhao Siqi glanced at the school profile in Zhao Zhongwei's hand, and lost interest, "Dad, I have my own plans, so you don't have to worry about it."

Zhao Zhongwei said, "Then tell me, what are your plans?"

Just walking under the shade of a tree, flickering lights and shadows quickly passed over them.Zhao Siqi raised her head and took a breath, then let it out slowly.

"I plan to study at the Police Academy in the province," he said.

"Police Academy?" Zhao Zhongwei was stunned, "Do you want to be a policeman in the future?"

Zhao Siqi had a calm face and a flat tone: "Well, I want to be a traffic policeman, and I should be able to report to traffic management engineering."

Zhao Zhongwei looked surprised. He didn't expect his son to be interested in this industry. He asked, "Why do you want to be a traffic policeman?"

Zhao Siqi pulled the corners of her lips lightly, and smiled indistinctly, "Because I want to reduce the number of car accidents in this society."

Zhao Zhongwei was dumb for a moment, then just nodded and said, "That's fine, as long as you like it."

After filling out the voluntary form and handing it over to the head teacher, Zhao Siqi did not leave the school in a hurry.

He stood in the office, holding the doorknob, hesitated for a few seconds, and then turned back to the head teacher's desk.

The head teacher looked up at him: "What's the matter, do you want to change your choice?"

Zhao Siqi smiled politely at the head teacher: "No. I have something I want to ask you about."

The head teacher raised his chin and motioned for him to say.

"That..." Zhao Siqi asked in a low voice, "Has Gao Chi come back to fill in his volunteers?"

For some reason, when he heard Gao Chi's name, the head teacher's expression changed significantly.

"He, he didn't come back." The head teacher said, "Why, do you need to find him?"

A trace of disappointment flashed across Zhao Siqi's face, and it was fleeting.

"It's nothing, but I haven't been able to contact him during this period of time. I don't know where he has gone. I'm afraid that if something happens to him..."

"It's true that something happened." The head teacher stood up, picked up the teacup on the desk, and went to the water dispenser at the door to pick up water.

Zhao Siqi followed behind him and asked, "What happened?"

The homeroom teacher took a sip of tea and said calmly, "He failed the college entrance examination and didn't even reach the second line."

"What?" Zhao Siqi froze in place, unable to digest the news for a while.

You must know that in every monthly exam and mock test before the college entrance examination, Gao Chi's score was above the estimated first line, how could it not even reach the second line?

The head teacher sighed, showing regret: "You are not in the same examination room as him, so I don't know his condition. During the two days of the college entrance examination, he was ill, and he almost fainted during the Chinese test. Maths in the afternoon, and the next day's He took the comprehensive science and English exams while playing the bottle."

"This kid usually acts like a fool, but he actually has a lot of self-esteem. I heard from his parents that he locked himself in his room the day the results of the college entrance examination came out, and he didn't eat all day."

"Thinking about it, he has always been very good in grades since he was a child, and he is among the best. How can he allow mistakes in the college entrance examination." Speaking of this, the class teacher shook his head helplessly, "It's normal that he didn't tell you. It took two days to find out."

Zhao Siqi opened her mouth, too shocked to speak.

After a long time, he found his voice and asked, "Then do you know where he is now?"

"I don't know." The head teacher paused, and then said, "A few days ago, his parents called me and said that they decided to send him to study abroad. It seems to be going to the United States. If you can’t contact him, he must have left the country.”

After returning home in the afternoon, Zhao Siqi turned over the mobile phone in his pocket many times, staring at the conversation record with Gao Chi a month ago, falling into endless daze and helplessness.

[Have you really gone abroad? 】

He typed this sentence, thought for a few seconds, and added five more words: [Please reply if you receive it. 】

At night, the mobile phone is still silent and there is no reply.Sitting in front of the computer, Zhao Siqi decided to write another email to Gao Chi.

The content is generally comforting words, I hope Gao Chi will think about it and cheer up.

It's just that all the messages sent to Gao Chi were like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no splash.

Different from now, at that time social media had not yet emerged, QQ and WeChat had not yet been popularized, and Zhao Siqi only had Gaochi's mobile phone number and email address. Apart from these two channels, he didn't know how to contact Gaochi.

Go Chi, Go Chi.

Zhao Siqi's mind was full of this name.

He didn't know that Gao Chi was such a proud person. After receiving the first major blow in his life, he hid himself like a quail, and no one could find him.

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The day when the admission notice was sent home was the day before Zhao Siqi's birthday.

He got his wish and was admitted to the Traffic Management Engineering of the Police Academy in the province.At the first moment, he wanted to share this good news with Gao Chi.

[My admission letter has arrived, it looks like this, and it looks pretty good. 】

After sending this text message, Zhao Siqi rubbed her phone, couldn't help thinking, tomorrow is her birthday, does Gao Chi still remember the promise he made at the beach more than a month ago?

Is there any chance of this promise being fulfilled?

He took a deep breath and sent out another:

【Tomorrow night, I'll have dinner at the barbecue restaurant next to the school, come find me when you're free. 】

However, it turns out that Zhao Siqi is a whimsical person.

On the beach full of stars and waves, Gao Chi casually said a half-truth joke, and he foolishly took it seriously.

In the evening, Zhao Siqi sat alone in the barbecue restaurant until closing time.During the period, the clerk came to him more than once and asked him: "Hi, do you want to order now?"

Zhao Siqi shook her head: "I'm waiting for someone, I'll order when he comes."

In midsummer in early July, the temperature was frighteningly high.But the wind blowing from the air conditioner in the room was fierce and cold, and Zhao Siqi was right in the wind, shivering constantly.

The guests around came round after round, and those who came later than him all left, only he was still sitting in his place, waiting for someone who was unlikely to show up.

Zhao Siqi's hands and feet were cold, and her heart gradually cooled down.

It wasn't until half an hour before closing time that he finally gave up on this stupid wait and ordered a set meal for one person.

When paying the bill, Zhao Siqi felt that Gao Chi was a liar, and the barbecue at this restaurant was not delicious at all, far less than one ten-thousandth of what he ate at the seaside last time.

Back home, Zhao Siqi lay on the bed after washing up, holding the phone, and did not fall asleep for a long time.

Before the end of July [-]th, he was imagining that Gao Chi would reply to him and wish him a happy birthday.

Although it was a bit late, Zhao Siqi has always been tolerant and generous, and she can choose to forgive.

Before falling asleep in a daze, the phone vibrated twice violently.Zhao Siqi immediately opened her eyes, sat up straight, and opened the phone cover.

After seeing who the letter was from, his eyes dimmed again.

It was a text message from Zhao Zhongwei, wishing him a happy birthday.Zhao Siqi replied briefly with the words "Thank you Dad", and then fell back on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, feeling a sore and numb pain in her heart.

It turns out that if you like someone, he can fill you up and empty you out.

With only 10 minutes left before zero, Zhao Siqi summoned up all her courage and dialed a series of numbers that she knew by heart.

But what responded to him was a cold mechanical female voice.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is empty, please check and dial again."

Zhao Siqi was stunned. He lowered his head and checked carefully. It was indeed Gao Chi's phone number, and there was nothing wrong with it.

He put down his phone slowly, wondering if he had an auditory hallucination.

How could it become an empty number?

Unwilling to give up, he dialed again, but the result was still an empty number.

The alarm clock on the table was ticking, pointing to zero without knowing it, and a new day had come quietly.

Zhao Siqi suddenly felt a little cold on his cheeks, he raised his hand to touch it, and at some point a few tears rolled down from his eyes.

Zhao Siqi prided himself on being strong, and on the day his mother passed away, he didn't shed a single tear.But now, after learning that Gao Chi's phone number had become empty, his tears overflowed uncontrollably and soon wet the pillow cover.

It turns out that no matter how developed the means of transportation and how convenient the means of communication are, as long as one person wants to disconnect, he can easily disappear into the life of another.

Zhao Siqi curled up at the corner of the bed, dialed Gao Chi's number over and over again, and listened to the empty number's answer like masochism, crying all night.

His birthday ended with this.

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