There is a pot of green radish in front of my window. Its vitality is extremely tenacious, yet extremely fragile. However, human life is not like this. Sometimes it is as cheap as grass, and sometimes it is as precious as a treasure. I don’t know what is the most important thing until one day, when I saw the blood splashed on the girl’s skirt, I gradually felt scared.

After Ling Haochen returned to school, nothing happened to him that made me worry. He studied quietly, and when I occasionally met him in the corridor outside the classroom, he would shake the book in his hand and grin at me.
I had an exam at the end of March. Before the exam, Luo Qiqi sent me a text message, saying that she would wait for me under the banyan tree at the school gate, and that we would go shopping together to relax after the exam.
As soon as I handed in the paper, I rushed to the school gate. Luo Qiqi was wearing a brown pleated skirt and leaning against the banyan tree.
"Hi, Nian Zi." Luo Qiqi waved at me from a distance.
I ran over, looked at her helplessly, and asked, "Did you skip the exam?"
Luo Qiqi raised her eyebrows at me and smiled defiantly: "Boring. Girl, do you want to go eat skewers? Hot pot? Buy clothes?"
I smiled and said, "When did you learn to talk like Ling Haochen?"
Luo Qiqi rolled her eyes at me, put her arm around my, and walked with me: "You can look at whoever you're thinking of in your heart. I don't blame you."
I changed the subject and said, "Then let's go shopping first, and then have hot pot?"
"No problem." Luo Qiqi snapped his fingers and responded loudly.
I followed Luo Qiqi to the New World Department Store and walked from the bottom of the building to the top. The shopping bags we were carrying were already heavier than we could carry.
I found a bench on the side of the road and sat down, then took off my shoes and rubbed my feet.
"I'm so tired." Luo Qiqi wailed as she sat next to , her head resting on my shoulder.
"We should eat first and then buy more. We still have to carry so many things to find a hot pot restaurant." I looked at the busy street and looked around, but did not find any hot pot restaurant.
Luo Qiqi took out her phone and quickly searched for nearby hot pot restaurants. She stood up and pulled me along, saying, "If you want to eat hot pot, you have to go to an authentic restaurant. That's where the flavor is! Let's go!"
I carried the shopping bags weakly, with a hunched back, and was led by Luo Qiqi like an old woman.
When we reached a traffic light, Luo Qiqi and I were about to cross the road. An old man next to us spoke a language I couldn't understand, patted my shoulder, and asked me something.
"Ah? I don't understand..." I looked at him awkwardly, "What's wrong?"
The uncle used his hands and feet to ask me in stiff Mandarin: "Excuse me, how do I get to the zoo?"
"Take bus No. 604, then transfer to bus No. 622, and you'll arrive in three stops." Luo Qiqi next to me suddenly held my hand tightly, without turning her head, and said coldly.
I didn’t know how to go, so I could only smile at the uncle awkwardly.
The uncle asked in confusion: "But I don't know where to take bus No. 604. Little girl, can you take me there? This is my first time traveling here and I don't know anything."
I was about to answer when Luo Qiqi grabbed me and walked towards the sidewalk.
"Who would believe him when he's already this grown up? Humph!" Luo Qiqi snorted coldly.
The uncle behind me jogged a few steps and grabbed my wrist on the sidewalk: "Little girl, please help me."
"What are you going to do?" Luo Qiqi pushed the uncle's hand away and stared at him viciously.
The uncle surrendered and said, "Why are you so fierce?"
"Is it your business?" Luo Qiqi put her hands on her hips and glared at him fiercely.
A beam of strong light that could be felt even in the daytime was cast on me, and I turned my head subconsciously. A car was coming from the right, speeding up, with no intention of stopping.
The light fell into my eyes, and I closed my eyes tightly. I suddenly lost my sense of direction, and couldn't see the person in the driver's seat clearly.
The sound of brakes pierced my eardrums, I was pushed away by someone, and the pain of my palm rubbing against the asphalt road brought me to my senses, and a dull sound came from behind me.
"boom--"
My heart was in my throat.
I turned around and saw a black brake mark on the road. Luo Qiqi's brown skirt blocked my view and drew an arc in the air.
"Qiqi..." I stretched out my hand and weakly grabbed Luo Qiqi who was right in front of me. The sound of her heavy fall to the ground pulled me out of the hallucination.
There were screams everywhere. I stood up in a daze and slowly walked to the circle of people. Luo Qiqi was lying on the ground, with a glaring pool of blood under her.
"Call 120 quickly!" the onlookers around shouted.
My vision was blurred, and I seemed to see Luo Qiqi lying in a pool of blood, weakly opening his eyes and smiling at me.
"Nianzi, don't be afraid. I, Luo Qiqi, am blessed with a long life. I won't die so easily."
Suddenly, someone said this to me deep in my heart. Her voice was very distant, as if it came from a dream or from outer space.
I squatted quietly beside Luo Qiqi, holding her bloody hand, and whispered, "Qiqi, I heard that hot pot is better at old restaurants."
After saying that, I looked at Luo Qiqi with a smile on my face, with tears rolling down my cheeks.
Then I began to feel frightened.
When the ambulance arrived, I was numb. I got on the ambulance with them, and Luo Qiqi was sent to the emergency room.
I called Yang Yanxiao, who rushed over in a hurry. Looking at the three eye-catching red words "Emergency Room", he grabbed my shoulders and asked me, "Weren't you guys out shopping? How could an accident happen?"
When I thought of the scene at that time, my heart was overwhelmed with grief. I cried and said, "I don't know... Qiqi was hit by the car to protect me. I didn't know that the uncle who didn't look like a bad guy would hurt me. I..."
"Are you stupid?" Yang Yanxiao pushed me away, and I hit the wall, and my limbs began to tremble.
Hit me, scold me, that way I will feel much better.
Yang Yanxiao stared at the door of the emergency room with a terrifyingly cold look. He clenched his fists and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "If I find out who it is, I will kill him!"
The lights in the emergency room dimmed and the doctor opened the door and came out.
"Doctor." Yang Yanxiao ran over, grabbed the doctor's arm, and asked, "How is she? How is she?"
The doctor frowned and asked, "Who among you is the family member of the injured?"
The doctor said that he was injured, not dead, so it’s a good thing.
"I, I am." Yang Yan smiled and said, "I am her boyfriend."
"The boyfriend can't do that." The doctor said, "Have her parents come over to sign. The victim's lower leg needs to be amputated immediately."
"Boom——" It was as if a bomb exploded above my head.
"Amputation...amputation?" Yang Yanxiao was also frightened.
The doctor nodded: "The patient's right calf is completely broken and needs to be amputated."
I walked over and asked Yang Yanxiao: "Qiqi's parents are abroad, and it will take some time for them to come back. Do you know if Qiqi has any other family members?"
"I know." Yang Yanxiao thought about it, asked me to take good care of Luo Qiqi, and then hurried out of the hospital.
An hour later, Yang Yanxiao brought a man, saying he was Luo Qiqi's uncle.
After he signed, he said with some regret: "I called her mother, and her mother is buying a plane ticket back. She said, no matter what, please save Qiqi's life first. It's a pity, this girl, this girl will..."
I didn't listen to him finish. I waited outside the operating room for a full three hours.
"You go back first." Yang Yanxiao sat aside, his voice so calm that it was frightening.
"No, I have to wait for Qiqi to wake up."
"Haven't you hurt her enough?" Yang Yanxiao scolded, "Look, since you met us, Haochen was expelled from school and Qiqi got into a car accident. Don't you think it's all because of you?"
I am speechless.
He was right. If they hadn't met me, they would still be a group of happy friends now, there wouldn't be so many troubles, and so many accidents would not have happened.
I nodded blankly and took a step forward.
After I left the hospital, I was a little breathless. Luo Qiqi's leg was amputated because of me. She was just trying to protect me. I, a bad guy, didn't help them in any way, but made them all fall into accidents because of me.
Two lines of tears slid down my cheeks, and I had forgotten how to breathe.
After school, I was concerned about Luo Qiqi and ran to the hospital to see her secretly.
I didn't dare to enter the ward, didn't dare to face her, didn't dare to face Yang Yanxiao.
When I walked into the ward, I heard Luo Qiqi shouting from inside.
I looked inside through the window and saw Luo Qiqi crying and throwing all the fruits, food and flowers that Yang Yanxiao bought for her on the ground.
She was extremely irritable, like a lioness who had lost her cubs: "Can you please get out? I don't want you to see me like this, go away! Get out!"
Yang Yanxiao stood aside without saying a word, allowing Luo Qiqi to throw things at him.
Tired of hitting and scolding, Luo Qiqi hugged herself and started crying.
Yang Yanxiao walked over and gently hugged Luo Qiqi's shoulders. Luo Qiqi got into his arms and burst into tears.
"Qiqi..." My heart felt like it was being pulled by an invisible hand, and it was so painful.
Luo Qiqi stayed in the hospital for three days before her parents came back from abroad. Luo Qiqi said, "Please let your parents take her out of the hospital no matter what." Her parents were afraid of affecting their daughter's mood, so they asked the doctor for permission and took Luo Qiqi home.
After Luo Qiqi returned home, I went to her house to visit her with some fruits.
Luo Qiqi sat in a wheelchair, looking up at the sky blankly.
"Qiqi..." I put the fruit into the refrigerator and called her softly.
Luo Qiqi didn't answer me. She looked at the sky and a tear inadvertently flowed from the corner of her eye.
I walked over, propped my hands on my knees, and asked softly, "Qiqi, I brought your favorite fruit. Can I cut it for you?"
"No..." Luo Qiqi said.
I moved a stool, sat in front of Luo Qiqi, and said, "Then let me tell you a joke?"
Luo Qiqi's eyes were red, and she said, "Nianzi, it's my fate that I'm like this, I don't blame you."
My body trembled, and my eyes quickly became misty. I endured it and said, "Why don't you blame me? It was obviously me who hurt you! Luo Qiqi, do you know how much I blame myself? As long as I can make you stand up and make you happy, I am willing to lose everything you have."
Luo Qiqi smiled lightly and said in a trembling voice: "I can't stand up anymore. I will never be able to stand up in this lifetime."
"Qiqi." I lowered my head and said, "I know it's shameless to ask this question, but I still want to ask, are we good friends for life?"
Luo Qiqi finally turned her head to look at me. She smiled, a very bitter smile: "In my heart, you will always be."
"Okay then." I leaned on Luo Qiqi's shoulder, reached out and held her hand, and said, "In this way, I can accompany you for the rest of your life..."
A lifetime is neither long nor short.
When I returned home that night, I met Mu Shaobai downstairs in the community.
As soon as he saw me, he ran over and asked, "Where have you been? I called you but your phone was turned off."
I took out my phone and saw that the screen was completely black: "It's out of battery."
Mu Shaobai said: "No matter what, I want to tell you that I know who is the mastermind behind Luo Qiqi's murder."
When I heard it, I hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"
"Bai Qian." Mu Shaobai said affirmatively.
I thought of the last time I went to the hospital to see Ling Haochen and met Bai Qian. I frowned and analyzed, "You mean, Bai Qian wanted to harm me, but somehow she harmed Qiqi?"
"That's right." Mu Shaobai nodded, "Bai Qian likes Hao Chen very much, but Hao Chen is willing to humble himself and apologize to the principal for you and return to school, which shows how important you are to Hao Chen. Bai Qian can't get Hao Chen, so naturally she vents her anger on you."
I said, "If that's the case, if Yang Yanxiao knew it's because..."
"This is what I'm worried about..." Mu Shaobai said, "So, we can't tell Haochen and Yang Yanxiao about this."
"I see," I asked. "So what should we do?"
Mu Shaobai put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked up at the night sky, and curled his lips: "Make an appointment with Bai Qian ."
The next day at noon, Mu Shaobai took me to KIC Coffee Shop. When the waiter came to serve me hot water, he accidentally bumped into me coming out of the bathroom, and the hot water spilled all over me.
"Hiss——" It's a little hot.
Mu Shaobai came over, put one arm around my shoulders, grabbed my wrist with the other, and led me back to the bathroom.
"You have to be careful." Mu Shaobai's words had hidden meaning.
I have some doubts.
As Mu Shaobai washed his hands, he said, "Bai Qian is a very smart person."
After putting away the messy clothes, Mu Shaobai and I sat back in the reserved seats. As soon as we sat down, Bai Qian came over wearing a black dress and holding a bright red bag.
She elegantly sat down across from us and asked with a smile, "Why did you ask me out? We're not close."
Mu Shaobai maintained a gentlemanly smile and said, "It doesn't matter if you are not familiar with us. I wonder if you are familiar with the Mercedes-Benz with the license plate number 'EA-XXXX'?"
Bai Qian's expression changed slightly, and then she smiled and said, "What did you say? I don't understand."
"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, as long as we can understand it." I stirred my coffee and found Bai Qian's pretending to be stupid ridiculous.
Bai Qian looked at me with a smile and changed the subject: "Ji Qingnian? That's her name, right? Why? You changed your boyfriend so quickly?"
I was not afraid and said, "Rather than this, I should apologize to you."
"Well?"
I smiled and said, "I'm really sorry to disappoint you. I'm still healthy and not dead yet. Next time, please find someone you can trust."
Bai Qian's expression turned extremely ugly. She grabbed her bag and said fiercely, "I don't know what you are talking about. It's incomprehensible!"
After saying that, she stood up, took out a few RMB bills from her bag, and slapped them on the table: "Coffee is on me."
After saying that, she left.
"I'm going to send her to the police station." I said immediately after Bai Qian left.
Mu Shaobai took a sip of coffee and said, "The evidence is not enough now. We need to collect more evidence."
"Do you have any ideas?" I asked, frowning.
Mu Shaobai nodded.
"Then it's all up to you," I said.
Then, my cell phone rang.
I answered the phone and said, "Ling Haochen."
Ling Haochen was noisy: "Qing Nian, what are you doing? "
"Oh, Mr. Mu and I..."
"Shh!" Mu Shaobai signaled from the side, and I came back to my senses.
"You and Mu Shaobai...are you together?" Ling Haochen seemed to run a few steps to a place with fewer people and asked.
"Uh... yeah." I replied helplessly.
"What are you doing together?" From Ling Haochen's voice, he was obviously unhappy.
"We..." My brain was working rapidly, "We met halfway and planned to go see Luo Qiqi together."
Ling Haochen said dissatisfiedly: "You went to see Luo Qiqi, but you didn't call me? Am I not Luo Qiqi's friend?"
"I..." I felt a little guilty, "Aren't you very busy?"
"Let Mu Shaobai answer the phone."
I nodded and obediently handed the phone to Mu Shaobai. Mu Shaobai answered the phone and just said "OK".
"What's wrong?" I asked.
Mu Shaobai turned his head and handed me the phone: "Let me get to Luo Qiqi's house and let Luo Qiqi answer the phone."
"Is there something wrong with Ling Haochen?" I felt a little dissatisfied.
Mu Shaobai packed up his things, stood up and said, "Let's hurry to Qiqi's house now."
I had no choice but to follow Mu Shaobai to Luo Qiqi's house.
After Luo Qiqi's accident, I really didn't care about Ling Haochen much, because I really didn't have any extra thoughts. Luo Qiqi almost lost her life for me, and I would not be willing to find the murderer.
I was also absent-minded during classes at school, and many times I had no idea what the teacher was talking about.
At noon, I was still eating in the cafeteria when Ling Haochen called me. He asked me to meet him at the abandoned stadium behind the school. I knew nothing good would happen if we were to meet at such a place, so I sent a text message to Mu Shaobai in advance and then slowly walked to the back of the school.
That corner was not exposed to the sun and was rather cold. Ling Haochen sat in the audience, his hands crossed on his knees, silent.
I walked over and stood one step lower than him, just enough to be at eye level with him.
I asked cautiously, "What's wrong?"
Ling Haochen raised his head, his eyes were a little stern, and he said, "Sit down."
I shook my head and said, "No."
"Okay." Ling Haochen's concession made my heart beat faster than usual. He exhaled heavily and asked me, "What are you hiding from me?"
"No." I denied.
Ling Haochen smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I asked the wrong question. It should be, is there something you and Mu Shaobai are hiding from me?"
"There's nothing going on between us." I asked puzzledly.
Ling Haochen looked at me incredulously, then stood up, wandered around, and looked down at me: "Ji Qingnian, why did you hide it from me when I didn't ask, and you still hid it from me when I asked? Can we be more honest with each other?"
"What do you want to know?" I knew something was wrong.
Ling Haochen took out an and handed it to me. I poured out the contents of the envelope and saw that it was a photo of Mu Shaobai and I at the KIC Coffee Shop.
There was a scene where Mu Shaobai and I were sitting together discussing something, and there was a scene where after I bumped into a waiter, Mu Shaobai put his arm around my shoulders and took me to the bathroom.
After seeing the photos, I couldn't help but admire Bai Qian's methods. It was just like acting in a TV series. Mu Shaobai was right. Bai Qian was a very smart person, but her methods were too clumsy.
I asked Ling Haochen: "Who gave you these photos?"
Ling Haochen said: "Someone stuffed it into my drawer."
I smiled and said, "I guess Bai Qian wouldn't dare to give you the photo in person."
"Bai Qian?" Ling Haochen looked puzzled. "What does Bai Qian have to do with it?"
I analyzed with Ling Haochen: "There are only two types of people who can give you these photos. One type is the person who wants you to see the truth, but this type of person needs a condition to tell you, that is, there is really something between Mu Shaobai and me, but this condition does not hold because there is nothing wrong between Mu Shaobai and me. The second type of person is the one who wants to sow discord between us and deliberately took these photos for you."
"You said that Bai Qian took the photos secretly? Did she want to sow discord between you and me?" Ling Haochen asked.
I nodded.
Ling Haochen said, "So what happened between you and Mu Shaobai? You guys have been sneaking out without telling me these past few days."
At this point, it would be disadvantageous for everyone if I kept it a secret from Ling Haochen, so I said, "Mu Shaobai and I are investigating the truth about Luo Qiqi's injury. We suspect that Bai Qian wanted to harm me, but Luo Qiqi saved me, which led to her injury. But this matter is related to you, and we are afraid that it will affect your friendship with Yang Yanxiao, so we choose not to tell you."
Ling Haochen was slightly angry when he heard this. He spread his hands and finally managed to speak through his teeth: "Such a big thing, you actually kept it from me?"
"There's nothing we can do." I said helplessly.
At this time, Mu Shaobai rushed over. When he saw this scene, he understood that I had told Ling Haochen everything.
"Haochen." Mu Shaobai didn't know where to start.
"Don't call me!" Ling Haochen said angrily.
Mu Shaobai and I didn't know what to say, so we just remained silent.
Ling Haochen paced back and forth angrily, his fists clenched so hard that they made a clattering sound. "You two, are you teaming up to hide this from me? Mu Shaobai, are you a good friend? We grew up together, so we have to shoulder everything together. You still don't trust me? Are you afraid that I will do something impulsive? And you!" Ling Haochen glared at me, his chest rising and falling. He wanted to scold me, but couldn't bear it, so he could only sigh, "You too, why can't you tell the truth to me?"
"I'm sorry..." I didn't know what to say.
"Haochen, calm down. We didn't say anything out of good intentions. I know that Qingnian and I kept it a secret from you and made you very unhappy. I'm sorry." Mu Shaobai didn't know what to do and could only apologize.
"That's enough." Ling Haochen said impatiently, "Don't make it seem like I'm sorry for you."
He snatched the photo from my hand, tore it into pieces, threw it into the air, and said, "You two, if you still consider me a friend in the future, don't do these things alone. Take me with you. We are all in this together."
Mu Shaobai smiled helplessly and said, "Okay."
I smiled and nodded, and was about to ask what we should do next, but suddenly I noticed that Ling Haochen's eyes fell on the court behind me, and his expression froze.
Mu Shaobai and I turned around at the same time and found Yang Yanxiao standing on the court, looking at us with a smile. My heart skipped a beat. It was over. Yang Yanxiao had heard it.
Ling Haochen stopped us, walked down, and asked tentatively: "Ah Xiao, why are you here?"
"Can't I come?" Yang Yanxiao chuckled.
"That's not what I meant. We were discussing how to go see Qiqi." Ling Haochen was a little embarrassed.
"How do we go to see Qiqi?" Yang Yanxiao asked, his words full of sarcasm. "If you want to see Qiqi, just go and see her. Do you really need to discuss how to see her? It's not like you don't know where Qiqi lives."
"Axiao, don't be like this." Before Ling Haochen could finish his words, Yang Yanxiao's fist had already swung over and landed hard on the corner of Ling Haochen's mouth.
Ling Haochen was knocked to the ground, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
I was startled and ran down quickly. Mu Shaobai was one step faster than me and stood in front of Ling Haochen, but Yang Yanxiao didn't care about anything and threw a punch at Mu Shaobai's face.
Yang Yanxiao's eyes turned red, and he punched and kicked Ling Haochen. Ling Haochen protected his head, did not resist, did not say a word, and endured it silently.
"That's enough!" I ran over and grabbed Yang Yanxiao's hand, but he waved my hand away and pointed at my nose with ill intentions, "I'm telling you, Ji Qingnian, I don't hit women. Go wherever you want, you jinx!"
I looked at Yang Yanxiao calmly and asked, "Are you done scolding me?"
"What? You still want to get scolded, right?" Yang Yanxiao sneered.
I helped Ling Haochen up and said to Yang Yanxiao, "I don't know if you have a brain. Things have developed to this point, and each of us is being held at gunpoint. Instead of trying to find out who is behind the scenes, you are still here attacking your own family."
"Who said we are family?" Yang Yanxiao approached me and said with a smile, "Ji Qingnian, you, the culprit, have the nerve to act as a messenger of justice here? I tell you, in my heart, no one is more important than Luo Qiqi. Compared to her, what are you?"
My eyes were red, and I smiled: "Yes, in my heart, compared to Luo Qiqi, what are you?"
Yang Yanxiao stepped back step by step, like a man who had lost his mind, pointing at us as he stepped back. He said, "Ji Qingnian, Ling Haochen, Mu Shaobai... Very good, you are very good! You are talking without any pain in your back. Whatever you do is right, and it is all for Qiqi's good. You are simply too ridiculous! Can you compensate Qiqi for one leg? Can you? If you can, I will polish your shoes for ten years! You can't, you can't afford it!"
I lowered my head and tears dripped down the tip of my nose.
Yang Yan smiled and said, "I don't have friends like you. It's over between us!"
Yang Yanxiao's back disappeared under the shade of the tree. A small bird flew over the tree, picking up a few leaves, which were blown away by the wind.
I turned around and saw Ling Haochen and Mu Shaobai hanging their heads, turning around and walking in opposite directions.
Why did the weather suddenly become cold in late spring and early summer?
I hugged my arms and looked up through the gaps between the leaves for a ray of light and warmth from the sky, but I couldn't feel any. It was too cold.
But, these are not the only things that make people feel cold.
I don’t know how long it has been since I last took care of things at home. Every night when I get home, I am so tired that I go straight to the bedroom to sleep. Suddenly I feel that Ji Dahai hasn’t cared about me for a long time, Ma Wenjuan hasn’t nagged me for a long time, and Ji Ming hasn’t bothered me for a long time.
When I got home, it was deserted, and the air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol. Ji Dahai was lying on the gray-black sofa, his face flushed, and he was shouting something in a daze.
"Dad." I walked over and bumped my feet into two wine bottles.
"Why did you drink so much?" I leaned over, reached out to touch Ji Dahai's forehead, and then went to the kitchen to get him some water to wipe his face.
But when I got to the kitchen, I was shocked. The unwashed dishes were piled up in the sink, and there were a few flies flying on them. I blocked my nostrils and turned away.
I was panicking for no apparent reason, and I quickly ran to Ji Dahai's room, which was full of snack bags. I opened the closet and found that all of Ma Wenjuan's clothes were gone, not just clothes, but everything related to Ma Wenjuan was gone.
My scalp was tingling, and my voice became trembling as I opened my mouth: "Ji Ming!"
I ran to Ji Ming's room, and it was empty.
"Dad..." I ran to Ji Dahai and asked crying, "Where are Ma Wenjuan and Ji Ming?"
Don't tell me bad news, I beg you.
I silently recited and prayed in my heart.
Ji Dahai closed his eyes and said tiredly: "Leaving... Gone..."
My heart seemed to be emptied all of a sudden. I slowly turned around and mechanically walked into Ji Ming's room.
There was really nothing in it. Ji Ming's smile kept circling in my mind, like a movie. I hadn't seen him for a long time. I sat down at Ji Ming's desk, opened his drawer, and saw a photo frame lying inside.
In the photo, Ji Ming is wearing a hat, holding a basketball under his armpit, and smiling at me in a naughty way.
I picked up the photo frame and my fingers touched the note on the back of the frame. I opened it and tears welled up in my eyes.
"Sister, will we never see each other again? Mom and Dad always quarreled and they are divorced. I saw you go straight into the room every day when you came back. I thought you were very tired and didn't dare to disturb you. Sister, Mom took me away, but I didn't want to leave. I couldn't bear to leave you, dad, and this family. Do you know how much I don't want to grow up? It's hard to understand adults' thoughts. Sister, you have to grow up slowly and take good care of dad. Mom said we will never come back, but I still hope to meet you one day. Sister, I left a photo for you. Whether it's 5 years or 10 years, you have to remember what I look like and remember that I am your brother. Goodbye."
I finally burst into tears and held Ji Ming's photo tightly against my chest.
My heart hurts so much, as if it were pierced by an iron hook.
God knows that even if I don’t like Ma Wenjuan, I still hope they won’t leave, and there’s also Ji Ming, this little bastard who is usually naughty and misbehaving but has a very delicate heart.
Didn't he know to stop Ma Wenjuan? She clearly didn't want to leave.
I lay on the table, the moonlight fell on me through the window, it was so desolate. The incomplete family finally returned to being incomplete. Ji Ming, Ma Wenjuan, these family members who appeared in my life and played roles of varying degrees, seemed to have disappeared from this world overnight, and refused to leave me any news.
I don't want to bear so much that I shouldn't have to bear.
I waited alone for a long time, and when I walked out the door, I saw Ji Dahai lying on the sofa wiping his tears.
I walked over, lifted Ji Dahai's legs from the sofa, and fetched some cold water to wipe his face to cool him down. I put all the wine bottles on the floor into a garbage bag, and then stayed by Ji Dahai's side.
The lights in the living room were not on, and I sat in the dark, sleepless all night.
At 6 o'clock in the morning, I was suddenly awakened from my doze. I quickly bent down and touched Ji Dahai's forehead. It was no longer hot, and it seemed that the fever had subsided.
I went to the kitchen to clean up all the unwashed dishes, made a cup of sobering tea for Ji Dahai, and cleaned the house inside and out. It was already past 7 o'clock. After I finished washing up, I walked to Ji Dahai and whispered, "Dad, I'm going to school."
Ji Dahai whispered something, turned head and continued to sleep. I suddenly saw a lot of white hair on his head, and I couldn't help choking up.
He used to be a huge mountain in this family.
I sighed, closed the door and left.
Because I hadn't slept all night, I couldn't resist the fatigue and dozed off in class. Mo Yanyan pushed my arm several times, and I woke up and fell on the table again within 10 seconds.
"Ji Qingnian."
I vaguely heard someone calling me, so I leaned against the table and mumbled, "Huh?"
"Ji Qingnian!" The man was still calling me.
I was pushed by someone and immediately stood up and replied, "I'm here!"
The class burst into laughter. The computer teacher stood on the podium, his eyes behind the glasses gleaming sharply: "Didn't you sleep well?"
I answered honestly, “No.”
"Then stand out and wake up." The computer teacher said, and turned around to continue writing and drawing on the blackboard. It was such a gentle and powerful command. I was dazed and couldn't see the road clearly, so I stood out consciously.
The weather was relatively cool today, so I was quite alert when I stood outside. But within 10 minutes, I dozed off while standing, without even realizing it.
I soon saw Zhou Gong again, and he prepared a delicious grilled wing and an ice-cold Coke for me.
"Bang——" My head was hit hard, and the Coke and chicken wings I had in my hand disappeared immediately. I was a little annoyed, and I looked up and glared at the person in front of me. I found that it was Ling Haochen, and then I muttered and continued to sleep, "What are you doing?"
"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so tired? Didn't you sleep yesterday?" Ling Haochen stood beside me and rolled the book in his hand into a tube.
"I took care of my dad all night yesterday. I didn't sleep a wink and I haven't eaten breakfast yet." I said dejectedly.
Ma Wenjuan left with Ji Ming, and their divorce was quiet - I didn't say this out loud.
Ling Haochen listened quietly , then took out a small piece of bread from his pocket like a magic trick: "Here."
As soon as I saw it, I took it and ate it.
Ling Haochen asked: "Do you want to take a nap first?"
"I don't have time to sleep." I ate voraciously.
"I can create time for you." Ling Haochen looked at me and smiled.
"How to make it?" I asked.
Ling Haochen leaned close to my ear and whispered a few words, then pushed me to the door.
"What are you doing?" The computer teacher turned his head and asked me.
"I want to..." I said, "go to the bathroom."
The class snickered again, and the computer teacher yelled, "Go!"
"Yes!" I agreed quickly and rushed to the stairs as if escaping.
Ling Haochen grabbed my wrist and took me to the abandoned stadium. He then took off his school uniform and spread it on the ground, saying, "Go to sleep. Take off your coat and cover yourself with it to prevent you from catching a cold."
I obediently took off my coat and lay on the ground.
Ling Haochen covered me with clothes, then patted my back gently and coaxed me to sleep. This kind of honor was only given to me by my mother when I was a child.
After a while, Ling Haochen asked me in a low voice: "Nian, are you asleep?"
I wasn't asleep, but I was too tired to answer him.
I felt a dark shadow approaching me, and the warm breath hovered on my face. Finally, the breath hit my lips, and my lips were imprinted on Ling Haochen's soft lips.
I suddenly opened my eyes. Ling Haochen was so scared that he immediately moved away. He quickly turned his back to me, looked at the book, and said confidently: "dangerous, dangerous..."
My face flushed and I smiled a barely perceptible smile.
That was the most tender time I can remember.