if we were together

Mr. Potter was silent for a moment, his eyes fell on Mrs. Potter's photo, and he said in a low voice, "We will never know what Lachesis will weave the thread of life into", and then avoided the topic.When the two left, they did not mention it again. Instead, they exchanged contact information and agreed to visit China again in the future.Duan Yi expressed his expectation and welcome.The old man is seventy years old, and no one can say whether this agreement will come true.

When leaving, Potter suddenly said to Heinnis, who had been silent all this time, "You have good taste, don't waste it."

Although Heinnis wanted to explain that "we are not in that kind of relationship", he still held back and replied with a smile, "Thank you, I will cherish it."

Then he said goodbye, without saying a word all the way, until the two walked farther and farther along a forest in silence, looking around no one, Heinnis stopped: "I'm tired, let's take a rest."

This is a maple forest. The specific species is unknown. After being attacked by autumn frost, the star-shaped leaves are dyed bright orange red and bright yellow. At a glance, the blue sky is divided into many fragments. The orange and blue contrast each other, dazzling and bright like Ready-made postcards.Duan Yi raised his head, but the bright color did not meet his eyes.The autumn wind in the afternoon gently swept over the dry leaves, making a pleasant rustling sound, like a soft and kind whisper.

Heinnis intuitively knew that he had something to say, so he found a flat tree root under the tree, and sat down against the trunk, with his long legs bent straight. The male model is worthy of being a male model, and he looks graceful and eye-catching when he sits casually—— It can be considered an occupational disease.

Duan Yi put his hands in his pockets, and he didn't even notice when he spoke, so naturally and logically, he told Heinnis the story of him and Brother Xiu, from beginning to end, in detail.

Brother Xiu who is excellent at studying, brother Xiu who is kind and ambitious, brother Xiu who dominates the basketball court, brother Xiu who seriously frowns and trains recruits in the army, brother Xiu who patiently guards him after finishing his homework, and smiles gently Brother Xiu who took him to watch the ball game, brother Xiu who scolded him after the fight but couldn't bear to teach him a lesson, and silently cleaned up the aftermath for him...

There is also another side of Brother Xiu that the parents don't know.

He remembered that when he was eight years old, elementary school students were always evil and innocent by nature, and would bully the weak without scruple. Duan Yi was thin and small in elementary school, and was always bullied.Brother Xiu, who is 7 years older than him, is a well-known top student in the school next door, and he comes to pick Duan Yi home every day.Although no one would bully him on the road, the children laughed at Duan Yi even more, thinking that he was soft-footed and worthless, and would only find older children as umbrellas.

Then one day, they encountered trouble on the way home—but it was Fang Xiuyu's trouble.A tall and burly high school student wearing the uniform of Zidi School stopped Fang Xiuyu, tried to blackmail him, and at the same time laughed at him as a running dog of the Duan family, who went to elementary school every day to please his master.

Fang Xiuyu didn't say much, just swung his schoolbag and knocked down the sturdy boy who was a head taller than him, and then jumped on him without hesitation, grabbed the book full of textbooks, notebooks, and workbooks, The heavy schoolbag that only good students have is slammed against the head several times.The high school student was thrown into a daze, and at the end he cried and begged for mercy, Brother Xiu didn't let go, and continued to hit him a few more times before he said with a sullen face, "Show off that stinky face again, I see you!" Hit you once, let me spare you today, get lost!"

The big high school student who obviously had an advantage in size fled in embarrassment.

That was the first time Duan Yi saw such a ferocious face of the gentle and obedient student Brother Xiu, and he was completely shocked.Brother Xiu turned his face to look at him and smiled, as always gentle and kind, with a handsome smile: "Duan Yi, remember, if someone bullies you, then fight back as hard as you can, don't be soft-hearted when you start, and deal with it once. I dare not provoke you again."

Then he patted the green schoolbag, slightly frowned his slender eyebrows: "Oops, it's stained with blood. Xiao Yi, this is our secret, don't tell anyone else."

Duan Yi nodded desperately. At this moment, Fang Xiuyu, although showing a guilty expression of doing something wrong, was in his eyes extremely handsome.

Afterwards, he found an excuse and refused to let Brother Xiu go to pick him up from school. He also fought a few fights with a few bullies, gradually winning more and losing less, and no one bullied him anymore.Then unknowingly, he turned into a bully in the school and started to bully others.

If Brother Xiu knew the reason, he would probably show a helpless smile and forgive him, right?

"Actually, it's your nature..." Heinnis finally couldn't help but interjected.

"Maybe." Duan Yi smiled wryly, holding a cigarette between his fingers, leaning against the same maple tree with Heinnis back to back, the two of them were deliberately positioned like they were in a movie, but he thought it was good, as there was a danger of arson in the woods smoking action.

Thinking about it carefully, brother Xiu treats him so nicely that he almost dotes on him, so many clues can be seen.When did it start?Before I knew it, I got used to the existence of such a person in my life.Fang Xiuyu attracted everyone's attention like a luminous body, but the ending made everyone sigh.Is it really because things that are too perfect can't be kept in the world?

The more Duan Yi recalled, the clearer the last scene became.

Uncle Fang was shuanggui, tried for dereliction of duty, corruption and bribery, leaking secrets and other crimes, and was finally sentenced to death. Aunt Fang was exhausted, and after hearing the sentence, she suffered a heart attack and passed away in the hospital within a few days.Fang Xiuyu was the only son. At that time, he was also implicated by his father. He was put on a long vacation by the army and managed his mother's funeral with the help of distant relatives.The crowd that was originally crowded, became abnormally deserted after the incident, and all the young people gritted their teeth and endured it.

On the day of Duan Yi's 17th birthday, Aunt Fang had not yet turned seven, when Fang Xiuyu came, looking haggard, but still managed to smile at him.During this period of time, he had been avoiding Duan Yi, but now he took the initiative to find him, Duan Yi was very pleasantly surprised, so he ignored his unnatural expression, and followed him defenselessly.

Brother Xiu took him to the secret base of the two, a deserted warehouse on the outskirts of the city.Brother Xiu often took him there, made models for him, cut wooden swords and pistols, watched him endorse books and so on.Sometimes they do nothing, and the two of them lie on the concrete platform on the roof of the warehouse, looking at the sky without saying a word. Those days are really prosperous and stable, and the years are quiet and beautiful.Duan Yi’s birthday is in November, and it’s also a time when autumn is so clear and crisp. The two of them climbed onto the roof. That day, the sky was so blue that it was so blue that there was no cloud in it.

Without saying a few words, brother Xiu took out his gun and pointed it at him.Duan Yi was stunned, and then he remembered that even if the adults deliberately avoided him, some rumors had caught their ears. It is said that Uncle Fang would be sentenced so severely, it was his father who did it secretly.He didn't believe that Uncle Fang had such a good relationship with his father, and his father wished he could treat brother Xiu as his own son, how could he do such a thing?But obviously, Brother Xiu believed it.Maybe I have to believe it, I have to find a vent.

It's just that the elder brother who has always admired and loved him so much, Brother Xiu, showed a forbearing, determined and painful expression after pointing the muzzle of the black hole at him, but it caused the young man's heart to tear like pain.Duan Yi was at a loss. Even at this point, he instinctively asked for help from his brother who was planning to kill him. He walked towards Fang Xiuyu and stretched out his hand to touch him: "Brother Xiu..."

"Stop." Fang Xiuyu's top marks in shooting in the military region has always been one of the pride of the Fang family, but at this moment he couldn't even hold the gun steady, shaking violently, but his voice was hoarse and rough, and his haggard blue eye circles covered the sour tears Unexpectedly, he stared straight at Duan Yi, and the last thousand words turned into a cry of despair, "Why, your father is Mrs. Duan Rong..."

Fang Xiuyu's tears gushed out together with the blood from his mouth, and then he fell to one knee, the hand that raised the gun fell weakly. "Brother Xiu!" Duan Yi yelled and rushed to catch his crumbling body, knelt on the rough concrete roof, wiped the blood from his mouth in a panic, more blood gushed out, mixed with tears .

Duan Yi also cried at a loss, holding brother Xiu's twitching body tightly while crying, the red and black blood was getting more and more, no matter how much he wiped it off, the boy could only wipe it off again and again. Wipe off the blood from Fang Xiuyu's mouth, and wipe it on his clothes indiscriminately, with a trembling voice: "Brother Xiu! Brother Xiu! What's wrong with you, I'll take you to the hospital, Brother Xiu, you will be fine, Brother Xiu , a lot of blood, brother Xiu, brother Xiu!"

As soon as the boy's body moved, Fang Xiuyu tightly grabbed his arm to prevent him from leaving. With a cough, a little blood splashed on the boy's fair and handsome face.

"I'm fine...don't be afraid, I'll be fine in a while, Xiao Yi, let me see you again." Fang Xiuyu's struggling voice was unconvincing, and he stretched out his blood-stained fingers. For the first time, with Undisguised infatuation and presumptuousness, touching Duan Yi's eyebrows and cheeks, but left streaks of dirty bloodstains on the young man's clean skin.

Duan Yi still hugged Fang Xiuyu firmly, and wiped his blood with his shirt sleeve. The cuff sucked up the blood, which gradually spread upwards, dyeing the whole white sleeve red, and his immature voice was already a bit shrill: "Brother Xiu! Don't be scared!" Me, Brother Xiu, don’t do this, I don’t want to...you don’t leave me...I’ll find someone to save you, everything will be fine...Brother Xiu, Brother Xiu..."

Fang Xiuyu laughed lowly, obviously angry, but it seemed that he could never be satisfied: "Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi." The call was as light as a sigh, and it was the only thing Duan Yi could do in this quiet countryside. heard the voice.

Duan Yi firmly grasped his hand: "I'm here, I'm here! Brother Xiu."

"Xiaoyi, I..." He stared at the dirty blood on the young man's face, and finally smiled as if giving up, and the end of his words melted in the wind: "Well, forget it..."

Fang Xiuyu seemed to be too tired, his bloodless but blood-stained lips were bent, reflected in the boundless blue sky and the boy's crying face in his clear eyes, and gradually lost its luster.

Duan Yi still stared at him firmly, his voice was dry and trembling: "Brother Xiu, tell me, I'm listening."

Duan Yi waited for a long time, but Fang Xiuyu never spoke again.

He waited patiently until the light of the setting sun was a little bit orange and then a little bit dark, until the pigeon whistle above his head flew around and sang countless times, until the body in his arms gradually became cold, until his father and elder brother found the roof of the warehouse , until his father's assistant carried the motionless brother Xiu back home, and until one person after another mourned silently in front of the black and white photos, Fang Xiuyu didn't speak again.

Fang Xiuyu, who died at the age of 24 years and 3 months, died of various cyanide poisonings. He took capsules containing poisons in advance, and it took about 2-3 hours from taking to poisoning.

In the Wanyan suicide note he left before his death, Duan Yi was not mentioned in a single word.

Later, Duan Yi went abroad and returned home several times a year, studying, having fun and falling in love, his girlfriend was able to form a small United Nations, and he learned fashion design that was useless to the family.

In front of the heroic, unrestrained and handsome Duan Erye, no one mentioned Fang Xiuyu to him, as if this person had never appeared in his life.

It can be summed up in only eight words: if you look back thousands of miles, your old friends will never die.