The winter in N City is always unpredictable. On New Year's Day, it started to snow after a few days of clear weather.
It was snowing and windy outside, but it was warm inside.
Zhang Man was in Li Wei's study, and he was working on a rigid body angular momentum problem in the competition book. The force analysis and calculation process in it was very complicated. Although she studied college physics in her previous life, she had never met anyone who taught in high school after that, and she was already rusty.
After more than 20 years of no contact, she still has a bit of difficulty doing it now.
However, the knowledge that has been learned can be picked up again very quickly.
After about five or six minutes, Zhang Man made a complete force analysis of each object, calculated different moments, and found the key to solving the problem. She wrote the problem-solving process in a step-by-step manner, without omitting a single step.
The large table in the study has completely different styles on both sides. The girl sat upright and her words were upright. She drew a vertical line from the middle of the draft paper and divided it into two sides. The left side wrote the problem-solving process and the right side wrote a draft. Each formula was also marked with a number, which was perfect for curing obsessive-compulsive disorder. .
The teenager on the other side of the desk was not as particular as she was. In front of him was a thick stack of papers covered with various annotations. He took the pen and wrote quickly on the paper, the handwriting was not very clear and did not completely follow the trend of the horizontal lines on the paper.
He wrote so quickly that he could barely keep up with the calculations in his head, and many letters and numbers were drawn together in his own accustomed way.
Such casual and sloppy, apart from himself, it is estimated that no one else can understand these derivations.
Zhang Man asked another question and started deserting.
She turned her face to the side and secretly looked at the boy who was writing with a quick pen. He has been sitting here for more than two hours, doing a lot of calculations without stopping.
In fact, the theoretical physics major is very romantic. It is not like the computational physics or the applied physics and electricity majors, which require a large amount of data measurement and the assistance of various instruments and computers.
A pen and a piece of paper can move the entire universe.
The young man's expression was serious, almost religious, and he finally came to the conclusion he wanted after writing the last formula.
He stretched slightly and turned to look at Zhang Man.
"What's wrong?"
Zhang Man looked at his dry and cracked lips and pointed to the water glass in front of him.
The young man suddenly took a sip from the cup. He is always like this, and when he gets serious, he doesn't care about anything.
It's fine in summer. In winter, it's dry outside and the heater is on inside. Zhang Man is a little worried that he will catch fire if it goes on like this.
"Li Wei, let's go to the mall. I want to buy a humidifier for my home. The room is too dry."
She said it naturally, not realizing that she omitted a few words.
But the young man beside him was stunned.
He heard her say, "Home".
Home, sometimes he really doesn't know what home is. He is the only one in the empty house. Is it a home? But the two words just came out of her mouth and suddenly had meaning, as if they were warm.
Hot his heart shivered.
He nodded, the itch in his heart spread to his palms, his fingertips began to tingle, and he couldn't help raising his hand to touch her fluffy hair.
"Click..." The air was dry in winter, Zhang Man was caught off guard by his touch, and a strong static electricity was generated between the two, which was especially loud in the quiet room.
Both of them were slightly stunned, and then Zhang Man smiled and said, "Look, it's really dry, let's go!"
. …
It was still snowing outside, and many branches on the road were bent over.
Li Wei's family lives in the city center, and there are many shopping malls around. This year, electronic malls and express delivery services have not been so popular, so people mostly rely on physical stores to buy things. The major shopping malls in N City are in the most prosperous era.
The two found a bigger one, and the first floor was a small electrical store.
The saleswoman was very enthusiastic and took them to the shelf full of humidifiers.
The humidifier is in the row in the comparison, there are various varieties, there is a row imported from abroad, and it also comes with aromatherapy essential oils that can be placed in it.
Zhang Man was a little moved. She listened to Li Wei's words. He didn't seem to be sleeping very well. He often thought about physical problems for a night. In her previous life, she heard Chen Feier say that lavender essential oil has the effect of helping sleep. If you drop lavender essential oil while sleeping, it should be able to improve a lot.
However, there are several kinds of essential oils that come with them, each with its own advantages, and Zhang Man was dazzled.
The boy was only in charge of pushing the cart, and stood by the side quietly looking at the girl squatting on the ground, without expressing any opinion.
On the girl's neck, the pair of rabbit earmuffs he gave her, and the fur collar of the down jacket, made her look fluffy. She frowned, looked at the function introduction on each humidifier box, studied it carefully, and kept pleading with her mouth: "No, this capacity is too small, it won't last long after burning... This looks too ugly, put it at home Not pretty…”
Researching and buying things is more serious than doing physics problems.
Zhang Man finally picked out a beautiful and large-capacity humidifier, and threw it into the shopping cart. She glanced at the price one last time, and it was ok and acceptable, so she went to checkout.
This year, mobile payment was not popular in N city. Zhang Man took out his wallet, thinking that she would pay, but was stopped by the teenager.
Seeing that he couldn't refuse, he took out a bank card and handed it to the cashier. She turned around and motioned for her to put in the shopping cart, so she didn't rob him.
The two walked out of the electrical store carrying their things, Zhang Man suddenly remembered the last time he went to the bar, he gave the coquettish woman a wad of money, a little puzzled.
"Li Wei... You live alone, where do you get so much living expenses?"
The boy was silent for a while, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "...the money my dad left behind, I may not be able to spend it in two lifetimes."
Before his father committed suicide, he made a will, leaving him most of his property during his lifetime, including various real estates plus liquid investments. He himself does not know the exact number.
But probably most people can't earn money in their lifetime.
After he finished speaking, he was a little amused.
He is only one person, and he has no interest in spending money. He doesn't use much at all. What is the use of leaving so much money for him
Zhang Man listened to his slightly sarcastic tone, and his heart tightened: "Li Wei, you... do you blame your father?"
Blame him for going crazy and almost killed him, or blame him for choosing suicide when he was so young, leaving him alone in this world.
The boy shook his head silently.
After a long while, he said again: "No complaints, I don't remember what he looks like."
Zhang Man felt a little uncomfortable again, as if he was filled with a dense piece of cotton, which blocked her breath.
The last thing she wanted was to see such an expression on his face. Every time he said this, he stated it calmly. It's like never getting hope and never being disappointed.
She hopes that he can complain, blame, and vent his dissatisfaction like a normal person, instead of taking these misfortunes for granted.
She took a deep breath and calmed down, then she bent the corner of her mouth and grabbed the boy's sleeve: "Li Wei, you can't spend so much money, I'll help you spend a little today."
The boy lowered his head and looked at the girl in front of him.
She looked at herself with such a smile, grabbed her sleeve softly, and said she wanted to help him spend money. A certain corner of his heart collapsed again, and suddenly he felt that his father had left him so much money, and it was somewhat useful.
. …
Zhang Man took Li Wei straight to the home city upstairs.
After she confirmed once again that Li Wei was really rich, she started to buy and buy frantically, showing no mercy. His house is so big, but there are only a few pieces of furniture. Every time I go to his house, I feel that it is empty. The decoration is very simple, and there are few things.
According to her own preferences, she chose a few plain throw pillows, as well as retro-looking metal vases, plain sofa covers, and a beige wool rug with a calm atmosphere... The curtains in his house also had to be changed, they were dark lacquered. , I feel gloomy when I see it. And... yes, and the kitchen. Although she has bought a lot of things before, she still has a lot to buy.
There were so many things that two shopping carts could not fit at all, so Zhang Man just gave up.
When the two pushed the shopping cart to checkout again, Zhang Man glanced at the bill and stuck out his tongue in embarrassment.
It seems... I bought a little too much.
She stood at the door bored, waiting for the boy to pay, and was looking around to pass the time, when she suddenly found a girl about their age standing at the door of the store, staring in the direction of Li Wei, her eyes a little confused, as if she was Confirm something.
That girl is very good-looking, she is very bright and beautiful.
She is tall and slender, with delicate facial features, which is different from the common simplicity and rigidity of No. 1 middle school students. The girl dresses very fashionably. In the middle of the brown wavy curls, there are a few highlights dyed green, wearing a ginger yellow sweater and sports legging, which is rare in N City this year, and carrying several luxury brand shopping bags in his hand.
Zhang Man recalled carefully, she did not know such a person in her previous life. Could it be someone Li Wei knew
But when she looked over again in a daze, the girl had already left.
Zhang Man shook his head and didn't take it to heart, maybe he was mistaken.
When the two got home, they had to take a taxi, and it took several more trips to get everything home.
Li Wei stood at the door, looking at the pile of things in the living room, feeling a little helpless, but the girl in front of her started busy with a contented face.
Zhang Man spent a whole night decorating the whole house, and the final result was really good.
The whole house has become a lot crowded, and many of the originally wasted spaces have been used effectively and rationally, and it seems that it is finally popular. The aroma diffuser is already working, and the air has the aroma of lavender essential oil, which makes you feel relaxed and happy.
Zhang Man rolled up his sleeves with satisfaction and walked around the house, looking at whether there was any room for improvement.
His house is a large flat with three rooms and a study, but she has never entered two rooms. Zhang Man opened one of the doors and found that the room was very large and should be the master bedroom.
In the center of one wall was a large bed, with a bedside table, a desk, and a round lambswool rug beside it. There is also a row of wardrobes on the other side, and there is even an old dresser next to the wardrobe, but there is nothing on it.
There is a bathroom in the room, and outside is a large balcony facing south. Zhang Man pushed open the balcony door, went out and looked up.
Sure enough, there was a stainless steel clothesline on it.
She felt nervous, and quickly closed her eyes to stop herself from thinking about those pictures.
She returned to the room again, the floor and furniture were clean, and it was obvious that someone came to clean it often.
The teenager saw that she hadn't come out in the master bedroom for a long time, so he also walked in and looked at her leaning against the door frame.
"This is the master bedroom, where Janet lives occasionally when she comes back from Canada."
Hearing him mention his mother so naturally, Zhang Man bit his lip. Her eyes couldn't help but float to the balcony outside.
Will it be here? All his unfortunate beginnings.
Li Wei looked at the girl in front of him looking at the balcony from time to time, with a worried and sad expression on his face, so he walked over and gently pushed open the glass door of the balcony.
A burst of cold air hit his nerves.
It was already night outside, and the high-rise buildings around were all lit up, and I could vaguely see thin snow falling in the bright air under the lights. On the criss-crossed roads, cars pass by, and even on a winter night, the city is still busy.
He beckoned, let the girl walk to his side, and went in to get her a blanket and let her wrap it.
"Don't worry... The balcony of that year is not in this house."
Zhang Man breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression still did not relax.
Even if it wasn't this balcony, it was the home he once lived in.
As long as she thought of the torture and pain he experienced at a young age, her heart ached. Was it painful for him at that time? If the neighbors hadn't found out, he would have been strangled to death by the rope...
The teenager thought she didn't believe it, so he was silent for a while, with some memories in his tone.
"That year... before the accident, our family lived in another place... "
Memories touched some of the memories he had stored in the depths.
In fact, he still had some impressions of that day.
Their family was in a luxurious villa area in N City at the time. The neighbor's house next door had a large swimming pool, and several children in the community would go swimming there when they had nothing to do.
He also went there that day, playing crazy with a few friends of the same age, swimming, splashing water on each other, and getting soaked all over.
He didn't run to the house wetly until it was late at night.
After his father had some mental problems, he didn't go to work for a long time, and he said he was recuperating at home. He was young, so of course he didn't know what mental illness was, but he was always laughing and crying, thinking that it was the same for adults.
He entered the door happily, and wanted to change his clothes, but he ran into his father who walked out of the room, and he was so delirious.
In fact, he couldn't remember some of the details, but he only remembered that he picked him up hard and walked to the large balcony on the first floor of the villa.
He couldn't break free, and it hurt a lot when he grabbed him, so he kept screaming and crying, but he turned a deaf ear and said something crazy: "If you get wet if you don't dry it, you will catch a cold, you will get sick and die..." Hang it on a drying pole on the balcony with a rope.
The thick knot was around his neck, and Dad's hand suddenly loosened, and he turned and went to the living room. His legs began to thump, and he wanted to scream but couldn't make a sound, and his own weight made the rope tighten around his neck and dig into his flesh.
The pain of suffocation, the twitching of the whole body due to the extreme pain, and the detachment of the sanity, even after so long, I will not forget it.
When people are conscious before dying, they are really desperate.
He was so desperate that every time he thought about it, he couldn't breathe, as if there was still a rope around his neck.
Even though he was very young that year, the overwhelming despair seemed to be engraved in his bones.
Can't forget it for so many years.
Li Wei couldn't help raising his hand and touched his neck.
When I think about it today, it doesn't seem so uncomfortable. The knot of fate seems to have let go of him.
Is it because she is there
He looked at the girl who was still frowning in front of him, walked over and touched her head with a smile.
The more you do some things, the more skilled you become.
"I was very young at the time, and I can't remember that at all."
"do not worry."