"What do I have..." Shu Nian took his words subconsciously, before he finished speaking, he paused and looked at him blankly, "You, can you talk?"
Xie Ruhe retracted his eyes and didn't say another word.
After reacting, Shu Nian's heart was filled with annoyance of being teased. Maybe it was really rare to encounter such a situation, her whole face was flushed, and she was so angry that she couldn't even speak.
After a long while, Shu Nian choked out a sentence: "How could you do this... You lied."
Xie Ruhe frowned: "I never said that."
"Yes." Shunian was made even more angry by his words, "You never said anything. I asked you if you couldn't talk, but you didn't. Tell me now that you never said you couldn't talk, you unacceptable!"
Shu Nian couldn't think of any excessive words at all, and couldn't swear. Speak incoherently.
Her words are like tongue twisters.
Xie Ruhe didn't hear clearly, only heard the last five words she said. When she calmed down, he raised his eyelids and asked calmly, "Are you done scolding?"
Shu Nian was taken aback for a moment, and immediately retorted: "I never scolded you."
Hearing this, Xie Ruhe's expression was indifferent: "Then it's not."
"..."
This attitude undoubtedly adds fuel to the fire.
Shu Nian's eyes are round and big, naturally drooping, and he looks inexplicably pitiful at this moment. She took a deep breath and said with a sullen face, "Just now I talked for you, but you turned around and said that I also have defects."
Xie Ruhe's lips moved, but he still didn't say anything.
Shu Nian went on to say, "Is it because I wronged you that day that you did this?"
"..."
"Then I'm sorry!" Her tone was very fierce, but it was like a little kitten scratching people with its claws without nails, "Didn't I always want to come to apologize to you, but you didn't listen."
"I do not have time."
"You're a liar." Shu Nian exposed him unceremoniously, "You just want to argue with me. But I'm still so young, it's normal for me to not think carefully. And if I know my mistakes, I will correct them. Obviously a noble character."
"..."
"I borrowed your umbrella, and I did a good deed. Because of this, I was scolded by my mother, and you still treat me like this. You are too, too unwilling..." Shunian couldn't come out cursing, so he had to change his words, "You unacceptable!"
Xie Ruhe, who was "excessively" twice, found it funny: "Are you here to apologize?"
"Yes." Shu Nian immediately suppressed his anger, his voice became muffled, he did not forget his reason for coming, even though he felt aggrieved. She took a deep breath, and said after a while, "I'm sorry, I was too subjective that day, I said something wrong, and I wronged you."
Xie Ruhe hummed lightly.
Shu Nian said: "If you agree, you must accept my apology."
But he didn't respond anymore.
Shu Nian didn't want to talk to him anymore, she pursed her lips and walked towards the stairs.
"Then goodbye."
After a long period of time, Shu Nian never saw Xie Ruhe again. He was on the third floor, and she was on the second floor. If they hadn't looked for it deliberately, they wouldn't have met by chance.
Shu Nian gradually forgot about this episode and this character.
In a blink of an eye, half a semester has passed, and the midterm exam is ushered in. After the results came out, the school arranged a parent-teacher meeting.
Then, something happened at school.
a big deal.
It's only two days since the parent meeting.
Chen Xiang, a member of Class 5, Grade 2, Shiyan Junior High School, didn't go home after school. Her parents called the class teacher at 10 o'clock that night. The head teacher immediately contacted a girl who had a good relationship with Chen Xiang, but learned that she was picked up by her father after school and did not go home with Chen Xiang as usual.
Chen Xiang's parents immediately realized the seriousness of the problem and reported it to the police station.
The facilities in the town are backward, and there are no security cameras in most areas. After two days of investigation, the police still couldn't find any trace of Chen Xiang. They only knew that the last place she appeared was a convenience store near the school.
Shu Nian got this news from Chen Hanzheng.
At lunch time, there is no air conditioning in the classroom, and the old fan turns ineffective. Shu Nian went to the stairs to have lunch with a group of classmates who had a good relationship.
The ventilation here is much better than the stuffy classroom.
Five or six people were chatting.
Shu Nian adhered to the principle of not talking when eating, and kept silent, but he listened to them seriously.
After a while, Chen Hanzheng suddenly lowered his voice, and said mysteriously: "Hey, have you heard? Chen Xiang from class five has been missing for two days."
Hearing this, the others immediately fell silent.
Not long after, a boy said with a smile, "Did you run away from home? Have you gone to stay at a friend's house?"
"I have called the police to investigate, it is definitely not."
One of the girls opened her mouth, as if she couldn't believe it, her voice was stuttering: "W-how did you disappear?"
"Chen Xiang..." He Xiaoying remembered, "Is that the girl the principal mentioned when the national flag was raised?"
"Yup."
None of them are students in Class 5, so they have an impression of Chen Xiang because of what happened last week.
Two weeks ago, Chen Xiang went to the city to participate in the youth violin competition and won the first prize. So during the flag-raising ceremony on Monday, the principal praised her several times on stage.
I can still remember things that happened not long ago.
"Anyway, I haven't found it yet." Chen Han suddenly looked at Shu Nian, "There's more. Do you know that Xie Ruhe's father is also here for this parents' meeting."
Haven't heard that name in a long time.
Shu Nian's expression was still in a daze, as if he was thinking about who it was.
The other boy was baffled by his sudden words: "Isn't the parent's meeting the parent's? It's strange that Xie Ruhe's father is here."
"My house is near Xie Ruhe's." Chen Hanzheng's eyes flashed with disgust, "His father is an alcoholic and always beats him and his mother."
Hearing this, Shu Nian stopped his chopsticks and looked at Chen Hanzheng.
"I also heard from friends in Class 5. Xie Ruhe's father came that day, and Chen Xiang was the class leader. When pouring water for the parents, he accidentally spilled water on Xie Ruhe's father."
"Then he hit Chen Xiang?"
"That's not true." Chen Hanzheng said, "But don't you think it's a bit of a coincidence? He doesn't disappear sooner or later, but after Chen Xiang sprinkled water on Xie Ruhe's father, Chen Xiang disappeared."
As soon as these words fell, Shu Nian immediately understood what Chen Han was trying to express.
The others also instantly considered that possibility, and were all frightened: "No way..."
Even though Shunian didn't have any affection for Xie Ruhe, she still felt that what Chen Hanzheng said was very wrong: "Chen Hanzheng, this kind of thing is very serious. It hasn't been confirmed yet, so don't talk nonsense."
Chen Hanzheng was particularly upset because Shu Nian had been looking for Xie Ruhe for a while.
If it was before, Chen Hanzheng would definitely shut up now. But when he heard her words at this time, he was inexplicably even more angry: "Why do you always help Xie Ruhe? Do you like him?"
Shu Nian didn't know why he came to such a conclusion.
She explained in a good-tempered manner: "I am not helping Xie Ruhe, nor is I speaking for his father. I just think that I can't jump to conclusions. This crime is very serious, and no one can bear it."
"Shu Nian, who are you going to tell me so many reasons? Is it annoying?" Chen Hanzheng's expression was cold, and he couldn't listen to her words at all, "Also, you are really blind. I told you in advance, Domestic violence is hereditary."
"..."
The rest of the students burst into laughter as if they had been poked at the point of laughter.
Shu Nian tightly squeezed the chopsticks in his hand, and lowered his eyes to cover the lunch box. She stood up, carried the lunch box and walked downstairs quietly, without saying a word.
Someone was calling her from behind: "Shu Nian, why are you going! Are you angry?"
Shu Nian didn't respond, and didn't even stop in his footsteps.
They were originally sitting on the lower row of stairs on the second floor, and they went down a section to the first floor.
Shu Nian planned to find a random place for lunch. She looked around, and when she was thinking about whether to go back to the classroom, she suddenly noticed that a person walked out of the triangular space under the stairs on the first floor.
Shu Nian looked over and was stunned.
Compared to two months ago, the hair on the young man's forehead is longer, his pupils are dark and calm, and the dark color on his body is rich. Obviously wearing a clean school uniform, obviously standing under the light, but it seems to be living in the dark.
Xie Ruhe looked at Shu Nian, he didn't know what emotion was in his eyes.
Shu Nian lowered his eyes in thought, his soft hair fell to his shoulders, and he picked at the lunch box with his fair fingers. Pretty sure he heard what they were saying. She freed one hand, fumbled in her pocket for a long time, and found a mango jelly.
Just like the first time I saw it.
She walked over and stuffed the candy into his hand.
"Please have a candy."
Another week passed.
Chen Xiang was found. But it was no longer a fresh life, but turned into a cold corpse. Died alone in the grass next to Wenhua Street.
This is the biggest and most serious thing that has happened in the small town of Shiyan Town in the past few years.
Chen Xiang's relatives couldn't accept this fact, and went to school every day to make trouble, crying until they almost fainted. Shu Nian sits in the classroom every day, and can hear heart-piercing sounds from outside.
It hit the headlines.
The police attached great importance to this case and assigned many people from the city. Starting from Chen Xiang, and then investigating around Chen Xiang's parents, all possible possibilities have been considered, but there is still no trace of the murderer.
In the peaceful and stable town, a murderer suddenly appeared.
An unseen, uncatchable murderer.
It makes people panic.
No one dares to leave a child alone outside anymore.
During that time, parents would pick up and drop off students in person when going to and from school.
Even Shu Nian is the same, Deng Qingyu is busy with work and has to go to work. But I will send Shunian to school every day, and I also ask my friends to pick up Shunian when they pick up the children.
As time passed, the incident gradually faded away.
Some people speculate that the murderer may have already absconded and left the town. After the winter vacation, after a period of time, most families changed back to the children going to school by themselves, and then going home together.
after that.
Shu Nian suddenly discovered that every day when going to and from school.
There was one more person behind her who had been silently following her.
She squeezed the strap of her schoolbag and looked back.
The boy was thin and tall, but in such a cold weather, he only wore a school uniform jacket on the outside, and never zipped it up. His complexion was sickly white, and his lips were purple.
The peach blossom eyes are dark but bright, tinged with a little tenderness.
Stand three meters away from her.
No longer close, no longer far away.