Mr hell

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"She fell down the stairs of the safe passage. The lights in the corridor are relatively dim, and her eyes are not good."

""The elevator in that shopping mall was broken, and the customers and staff all walked up the stairs, so after she fell into a coma on the spot, she was found immediately and sent to the county hospital. "

Chen Pan'an said with difficulty——

"But still..."

After the setting sun fled from the French windows at the end without any attachment, there was a little yellow residual heat left. Huai Qi sat in this light like alms, staring at the cold-colored certificate in his hand, his face seemed to be covered with smudges. A stiff mask, even though his eyes were dry and sore, it was hard for him to blink.

Before Chen Pan'an finished speaking, he sat down beside Huai Qi and said, "Sorry, if I had arrived earlier, this kind of thing might not have happened."

This is already decided, Huai Qi thought.

It was because he neglected and underestimated the faint premonition of death that he got a fluke of relief during this period of time, not having to struggle like a criminal waiting to be executed.

But it turned out that the great pain when the accident happened suddenly was not much worse than the torment of waiting for death.

Huai Qi was almost out of breath.The brain is deceiving itself that everything around it is a dream, and the real senses are refuting the lie of the brain.He just sat quietly in the midst of this fierce quarrel, unable to cry, just like Xiao Huaiqi who saw his parents' marriage gradually disintegrating but could do nothing.

"Why did she..." Huai Qi cleared her hoarse throat, and said, "Why did she go to the mall?"

There is a relatively large and decent shopping mall in her hometown town, and the old man is not used to shopping there. She likes to bargain with the sellers in the market with stalls on the ground.

Chen Pan'an was silent for a long time without speaking.

He knew without mentioning Huai Qi that the old lady would not come to visit Huai Qi empty-handed.

"Auntie proposed to set the operation date to today because your birthday is coming up." Chen Pan'an said slowly, "She originally planned to stay in Yaocheng to celebrate your birthday after recovering from the operation."

Huai Qi was stunned for a while, and finally let out an "oh".

The inquiries from his unknown relatives arrived, and Huai Qi, who was sitting on the bench, squatted in front of the door and wept.

They didn't care how the old lady left, nor what she was thinking before she left. What they mourned was the fact of "death".After completing this sense of ritual, start arranging the funeral of the old lady.

Huai Qi stepped forward. He had only met these people a few times, and he couldn't even remember how to call them. He gently tugged at the hem of a woman's clothes, and called out from memory: "Second Gu."

The woman Huai Qi called Second Aunt just glanced at him and frowned, she didn't seem to recognize him, her eyes were attracted by Chen Pan'an behind Huai Qi, she excitedly shook his hand and said : "Xiao Chen, "You are worried about the old lady's affairs. I know that you and your wife did all the round-trip journeys and miscellaneous procedures together. "I don't know how to thank you."

"It's okay." Chen Pan'an shook his head and said, "I can also help with the burial."

"No, no, we've discussed this, so I can't bother you anymore." The second aunt said with tears in her eyes, "The old lady has lived too lonely in her life, and in the end she has no children to take care of her until the end of her life. Our help is a matter of friendship." middle."

Huai Qi's heart was poked, and he rubbed his fingers, and blurted out: "I can give grandma with you..."

"My condolences." Chen Pan'an suddenly interrupted him, pulled Huai Qi to his side, and said to the second aunt, "Leave Huai Qi to our care."

"Huai Qi?" The second aunt frowned even deeper, and finally took a straight look at Huai Qi. She said, "This is Huai Qi? He has grown so big."

Chen Pan'an said, "It's him."

"The old lady did her best to raise you to go to college." The second aunt sighed, and said to Huai Qi, "You are now an adult and have the ability to be independent. If you can not trouble your brother Chen, don't bother."

"Well," Huai Qi pursed his lips, and said, "I have a job, and I can support myself with the money I earn."

After hearing what he said, the second aunt didn't say anything. She looked at him for a long time and said, "All right."

Chen Pan'an patted him on the shoulder and signaled Huai Qi to follow him.Huai Qi looked at the door in front of him, where the doctor and various relatives stood.

The second aunt didn't ask Huai Qi what to say, she turned around and merged into the human wall again.

"Who is that kid?"

There was a joke in the answer: "That good grandson of the old lady."

"He is also considered the male of the family, will he be included in the coffin money?"

"A fledgling student, spoiled by the old lady to be a young master in the city, who doesn't understand the rules of weddings and funerals."

"It would be nice if you dare to come and see the funeral at that time. If you expect him to handle the funeral affairs, then our family will not be laughed at by the villagers."

Inside is his grandma, and outside is a strange but solid human wall, where he is not welcome.

Huai Qi wanted to ask why.That was obviously his grandma, but everyone regarded him as an outsider.

He remembered the first and only time he went to his father's grave, and they looked at him in the same way.

But Chen Pan'an grabbed his wrist and said, "Don't think about it."

Huai Qi didn't like his own cowardice, but this turbulent emotion was suppressed by this sentence, he came to his senses, Chen Pan'an had already led him a long way.

He was answering a phone call from the second elder of the Chen family, asking about Grandma Huaiqi's condition.

Huai Qi lowered his eyelashes and listened quietly, until Chen Pan'an hung up the phone, he called out with difficulty: "Brother Chen."

"Well, I'm here, what's the matter?"

"Did my grandma pick me up, so they don't recognize me." Huai Qi's voice has never been fierce or cold, unlike sharp questions or seeking the truth, it is more like a baby bird shaking and deformed Wings, carefully pleading, "Or maybe I died once, but suddenly came back to life, do they think I'm unlucky? I can't remember anything." You can't tell me about it. "

Huai Qi clearly felt the hand gripping his wrist tighten, but Chen Pan'an still said the same thing: "Don't think about it. "

At this time, Ting Xue, who was waiting outside, got out of the car, took out a cup of hot drink from her bag, handed it to Huai Qi, and asked Chen Pan'an's condition with her eyes.Chen Pan'an replied: "It's okay, bring Xiaohuai to our house."

"No, I'm going back to the apartment and I have to go to class." Huai Qi said in a low voice.He pulled his hand back and thanked Chen Pan'an.So he walked away in a broken sunset, and the couple didn't stop him.

He thought that Chen Pan'an and those relatives must be hiding the same thing from him.

……

Huai Qi didn't go to school, and spent a day bored in the rented apartment.

He didn't know what to do, his emotions were always covered by a layer of gray mist, even he couldn't see clearly.

The counselor knew about his situation and granted him a leave of absence.A day later, Huai Qi decided to go back to his hometown, at least he could clean up his grandma's belongings.

To go out, you need to sign a leave note in person, so Huai Qi went back to school first.Yaocheng University is like a gigantic system, how to run or how to run, no one will notice without his pixel.

Standing in the middle of the empty art plaza with a black backpack on his back, Huai Qi suddenly felt that the sense of belonging and meaning of existence he had just found was like that cloud in the sky again when he looked up at the sky.

……

No one wanted to fight for grandma's dilapidated rough house, it was still there, Huai Qi floated around every corner like a ghost, and sat on the bed where she used to sleep all afternoon.

He didn't take much with him.There is only the box of awards that he has grown up since he was a child, the old man's sewing box, and the hairpin that grandma used up.He packed these things into boxes and sealed them with tape several times before he bought the train ticket to go back.

When he was sitting on the bus to the station, he turned on his phone, and several messages appeared on it.

It's still this morning.

FlowerforAlgernon: "Why didn't you come to training today?"

FlowerforAlgernon: "Jiang Xiao gave me your leave note, is there something at home?"

Huaiqi wanted to reply him, but the words were still in the box, and the team leader of the former internship company interrupted him with a phone call.

Huaiqi connected, and the other party meant to assign him an urgent task temporarily arranged by the leader. He stated the request and the submission time without any doubt, and waited for Huaiqi to make it clear.

Huai Qi replied, "I'm really sorry, I'm out of town and I don't have time right now."

He probably didn't hear Huai Qi's refusal, so he was stunned for two seconds and said, "Xiao Huai, you are just an intern now, without my experience and experience, you can't see the stakes in your work. A once-in-a-lifetime…”

Huai Qi hung up the phone.He turned on the chat software and turned on Do Not Disturb, stuffed the phone into his pocket, and let it vibrate for a while until it disappeared.

Huai Qi looked out through the mottled and old car window.Outside are fields and greenhouses, bleak in the bleak season.If it is changed to early spring, it should be a good scene.

The phone rang again after being silent for a long time.Huaiqi glanced at the phone interface this time, and it was a different and unfamiliar number than before.

Huai Qi put on the earphones again and clicked on the connection, and heard the slightly deep female voice with the accent from yesterday.

"Is it Huaiqi?"

"Second aunt."

"You still remember me, you can even recognize my voice? I don't know you anymore, haha." She reversed her previous attitude and said with a smile, "It's really not easy to contact you, you little Chen Brother refused to give you the number. I still found it from the old lady's landline."

"Is there anything you want from me?"

"Don't be sad, old age, sickness and death are common things in life."

Huai Qi paused: "Yes."

"Recently dealing with your grandma's funeral has really made my hair fall out." The second aunt said sadly, "At first, everyone spoke so nicely, and everyone did the work, and the money was shared equally, but when the day comes, everyone will be together." Became lazy. Everyone said that they couldn't come because they had something to do, and they just took the money. Are you saying that I don't spend money on hiring people? Not to mention that there are still people who are short on remittances."

The more she talked, the more angry she became, Huai Qi didn't know how to comfort her, he said: "Thank you, I..." His "can help" was still in his throat.The second aunt suddenly said: "Huai Qi, the old lady treats you well, right?"

"Well, she was nice to me."

"She, her son, and her husband's savings were all spent on you, and in the end they didn't save much money for themselves. Now that you have been raised by her to be a top student, the salary in the city should be very high, right? I remember you didn't mean you Got a job?"

"Um……"

"The old lady didn't live long enough to enjoy your blessings, and we don't ask you to pay back her money. But I know you are a child who knows how to repay her kindness. Can you help Ergu with the funeral expenses?" "

Hearing this, Huai Qi's vision suddenly became hazy, and a certain sadness and grievance seized him.It seemed that if he promised her, that is, if he admitted the death of grandma, those lies that his brain used to numb him would be broken without breaking through.

"Yes," Huaiqi said hoarsely, but without hesitation, he said, "How much."

It seems that Huaiqi did not expect to agree so readily. The second aunt prepared a belly full of red-faced words, but it didn't come into use. She thought for a while, and said with satisfaction: "Three or four thousand, see how much you can transfer. I'll give you Say the bank card number..."

Huaiqi simply confirmed the account opening branch of this card number, and then transferred all of his two-month internship salary there.

Now he really wants to find someone to be with, even if they don't talk to each other, they just sit side by side.

He desperately wanted to see Jian Yisu.He dug out the red bottle cap as a "talisman" in his bag.But the engine of the bus groaned all the way, and stopped abruptly when he just rolled over.

The train station arrived, and it was getting late. Huai Qi had no choice but to hold the bottle cap in his palm, hold the box in his arms, and walk down the trembling stairs.

The station is remote, and there are only sporadic street lights outside the station.The crowd was sparse, and when Huai Qi got out of the car, he saw the tallest figure at a glance—he was wearing a white turtleneck sweater, with one hand in his coat pocket, and the other was sliding his phone up and down.

When Huai Qi saw Jian Shuo in the dimly lit place, he thought he was dazzled.

He froze for a moment, lowered his head and blended into the crowd, but his phone vibrated.When Huai Qi connected, Jian Shuo's voice in his sight overlapped with the delayed voice in the microphone.

Jian Shuowen said softly, "Have you arrived at the station yet?"