Chapter 56:

After Li Teng called the police, Pei Xin learned that Li Wenyu had only stayed in Nanwang Lane for less than twenty minutes that morning.

He took nothing away, but left a bank card on grandma's bedside with 150,000 yuan in it.

Since then, no one has seen him again.

The climate in City A does not have four distinct seasons. After a spring rain that lasted for several days, the whole city began to heat up rapidly. The dead branches on the roadside are growing and spreading rapidly, spreading thinly and densely in the gradually brightening spring.

Pei Xin saw Li Wenyu again on the day of the Hundred Days Oath.

On a sunny day, Pei Xin stepped into the school gate for the first time in two months. Teachers and students gathered on the playground. The large blue and white school uniforms blended into the color of the sky. In addition, there were colorful balloons swinging in the sky.

Everyone wrote down their wishes, ideal university, and scores on it, and then let go of their hands with great expectation, and the balloon slowly floated into the air, whitened by the dazzling sunlight.

Pei Xin stood alone in the corridor on the third floor. Behind him was a desk that had been moved out of the classroom to prepare for the monthly exam. The pages stacked on it were flying, making a "clatter" sound like a white bird flapping its wings.

Pei Xin glanced at the colorful balloons in the sky. The wind was strong and dry, and his dark hair was floating with it. Inexplicably, he remembered Li Wenyu's moist eyes that day on the island when he knew he was going to study abroad with him.

There is no expectation, no joy, only sadness, only fear.

Pei Xin frowned, turned his back and leaned on the railing, subconsciously touching the cigarette in his pocket.

However, through the green glass window, he saw blurry figures in the classroom. The profile of his face is naturally handsome, his lips pursed in a way that seems a little slow, and his thin back is straight, as if he is thinking about something.

Pei Xin's movements froze for a moment, and his brows were suddenly filled with a frightening cold light.

He strode towards the door of the classroom, passed through the gray-green door, and the entire classroom was filled with the afterglow. Li Wenyu was sitting by the window. Even his hair and clothes were coated with a dazzling golden color. He looked up towards the classroom door as if he was aware of it. His eyes flashed and he smiled slowly.

A smile that is light and sincere.

Pei Xin's blood surged almost immediately, his eyes turned red, and he wanted to grab his collar and question him. He rushed forward in two steps, but in just a blink of an eye, the figure disappeared in an instant.

The afterglow is still all over the ground, the mottled tree shadows are still dancing, and the draft is blowing when I open the textbook on the desk. These are all real, only the human figures are not there.

Only Li Wenyu is an illusion.

Pei Xin paused blankly, the blazing anger in his eyes burning into ashes, leaving only a desolate coldness.

After a while, he slowly walked to the window and sat down. This is facing the evergreen tree downstairs.

The branches are spreading and upright.

Pei Xin was struck by the dense greenery and his heart stagnated. He suddenly remembered the words in Li Wenyu's essay -

don't wither, be an evergreen tree.

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the watch on his wrist. The gray-blue watch mirror was blurred by the sunlight, and almost nothing could be seen clearly.

The sounds on the playground gradually dispersed, and dense footsteps came upstairs. Along with the roar of people, the corridor began to be filled with hustle and bustle.

Pei Xin slowly stood up and walked out of the classroom, going against the crowd.

The air was dull, and the purple sunset began to burn in the sky. The surface of the river is sparkling and water vapor is steaming.

The car was parked in front of the bar. On the dance floor, laser lights were swaying overhead, and heavy metal music blasted in the ears one after another. The rumble destroyed people's hearing.

Zhao Shenwen saw Pei Xintuan sitting on the booth in the chaos. He let go of the soft waist in his arms, exited the dance floor and walked slowly over. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "Duan Qing returns to China tomorrow, will you go to pick up the wind?"

Pei? Xin leaned back in the chair without raising his eyes: "Who?"

"No, you don't even remember him?" Zhao Shenwen squinted his eyes with an exaggerated expression, "I was the one who used to help you and Ying Wei get into fights when I was a kid. He appeared three years ago. "Have you forgotten?"

Pei Xin's expression did not change, but his tone was a little irritated: "I don't remember."

Zhao Shenwen looked at him helplessly: "What else do you remember besides finding someone? What are you going to do after you find him?" Cut it?"

Pei Xin looked at the shining neon lights with a cold face and said one word after another: "If you find it, of course you will cut it."

But he didn't say the second part.

What if I can't find it?

At first, he didn't think about it at all. He didn't believe that Li Wenyu had the ability to escape from his control. There was no place in City A that he couldn't get involved in.

As for escaping from City A, Li Wenyu didn't have this chance.

Unless they evaporate or die.

die. This word rolled over Pei Xin's heart several times, and gradually became hot, like a soldering iron that was already red-hot but still heating up, so hot that he could no longer make a sound.

Zhao Shenwen put the wine glass on the table and sighed: "What is this man's name? I'll ask someone to help you find it."

"His name is Li Wenyu."

Pei Xin's eyes were deep and he repeated it over and over in his mind. But the name was quickly crumpled into a ball and thrown into a corner where it would never see the light of day, as if venting anger, but this was not the end.

Throwing a ball of paper into a black hole, what came out was a black ocean, filling it up so full and swollen that it seemed like it would be drowned where it stood.

"Okay, I remember." Zhao Shenwen crossed his legs and thought of something again, feeling quite unhappy, "You and Ying Wei are so damn busy lately. I will be the only one left to take care of Duan Qing tomorrow. What a damn fate it is." Bitter."

Pei Xin turned a deaf ear and picked up the misty glass on the table with an expressionless expression. His Adam's apple rolled and he drank it in one gulp.

Colorful lights scattered in all directions, splashing with dazzling light. Young men and women twisted their bodies wildly on the dance floor, like shadows on the sun-stained asphalt road, as if they would never return to peace.

*

From that day on, Pei Xin began to see Li Wenyu frequently.

A Li Wenyu who looks more lively, vivid, and able to laugh than the real Li Wenyu. Wearing that aqua sweater, he often appeared in Pei Xin's life illusoryly and briefly.

Sometimes he would stand on the balcony in the early morning, staring blankly at the rising sun. The rosy glow fell on his face, and his fox eyes were astonishingly bright.

Sometimes he would sit at his desk in the afternoon, engrossed in reading a thick literary novel, and the wind would blow through the white curtains onto his face. By the time he came to his senses, his hair would be messy and the tip of his nose would be red.

Sometimes he walks along the street at dusk among the pedestrians in twos and threes, walking very slowly. The gentle evening breeze blows up his clothes, exuding the soft and loose smell of the spring sunshine.

Sometimes in bed late at night, I lay curled up on the right side of Pei Xin, with the back of my neck hanging meekly, a little redness on my cheeks, and my sleeping face was calm and peaceful.

At first, Pei Xin would believe him and try to keep him, and even questioned him with anger. But later, Pei Xin gradually became accustomed to just watching quietly, waiting for him to disappear in a certain moment.

Just like this moment, Pei Xin sat on the sofa and looked at Li Wenyu, who was staring at the TV seriously next to him. The beautiful light reflected in his bright eyes made him feel particularly calm.

Pei Xin was silent and moved his fingertips to touch the slender white right hand resting on the leather sofa. The next second, as expected, Li Wenyu disappeared.

But Pei Xin was filled with an indescribable feeling of sluggishness and slowly withdrew his hand.

The sky outside the window dimly lit up, it was the moment when night and day intertwined, it was gray and it was not clear yet. The house was completely empty. The sun rose and the moon set, and no rain or shine could fall on him.