Yu Zhile disappeared at the end of Yu Zihuan's first year of high school. Before that, all the classmates in the class thought that his family background was not too different from other people's, and he did not show any abnormality. He actively participated in group activities, and met with Familiar classmates play and joke, just like any ordinary high school boy.
But what happened at the end of the second semester of high school made everyone suddenly feel that in the past nearly a year, none of them really knew Yu Zihuan.
Yu Zihuan went home a week before the final exam. After that, without any signs or reasons, he suddenly stopped going back to school and didn't even take the final exam.
Nie Hong and the other boys who befriended him couldn't get through to his mobile phone at all, and they had no other contact information other than the mobile phone, nor did they know the address of Yu Zihuan's house. The head teacher went to Yu Zihuan's house and no one answered the door, so it took a lot of setbacks to get in touch with Yu Zihuan's guardian.
The information that the head teacher learned from Yu Yanglan was unbearable. She did not believe it all, nor did she explain it to the classmates in detail. She only briefly introduced the situation in Yu Zihuan's family, and said that something happened to his family again. Together with the teacher, we can help Yu Zihuan cheer up.
It was not until then that everyone knew that his family's situation was so bad.
His father ran away from debt, his mother died young, and his grandmother died of illness, but his aunt, who was the guardian, didn't care about him at all, and he didn't even know that he didn't go to school.
Such a tragic life experience is unimaginable for many of the arrogant children who grew up in honeypots, and there is no way to connect these things with the Yu Zihuan they know.
The Yu Zihuan they knew would be annoyed by the difficult topics assigned by the teacher, and would be excited about getting excellent grades. He would also unabashedly show off to his roommates how good his sister was, more like a child whose life path has never been illuminated by the sun, never worried about livelihood, and ignorant of the sufferings of the world, just like the rest of the class.
Nie Hong and Lin Tianyuan went to Yu Zihuan's house during the summer vacation as class representatives. Before meeting him, Nie Hong imagined a lot of bad scenes, such as Yu Zihuan not eating or drinking at home, being skinny, or giving up on himself. Mixing with social youth, dyeing mohawk or something.
But after seeing Yu Zihuan, he realized that he was thinking too much. Yu Zihuan is still the same Yu Zihuan, he didn't lose weight or get fat, he didn't dye his hair, tattoo, smoke or drink, and he tossed himself beyond recognition.
But even though the appearance hasn't changed, some things are still different.
In front of this person who is so low and gloomy that people dare not speak loudly, where is the shadow of Yu Zihuan who was fighting with them in the dormitory more than a month ago
"The two of us are here to express our condolences on behalf of our classmates." Nie Hong usually has the best relationship with Yu Zihuan. At this time, even if his heart is sullen, he bravely fulfilled his duty as a friend and patted Yu Zihuan's shoulder, pretending to be relaxed. Said, "How have you been recently? You can make a lot of money by not taking the exam. The last big question in math and physics this time is really weird."
"Everyone is very concerned about your recent situation. Don't worry about the exam. The teacher said that he will give you a chance to make up the exam." Lin Tianyuan also regained his senses and helped.
Yu Zihuan didn't speak from opening the door until he brought them into the room, and he didn't respond to their words, like a delicate but expressionless and angry puppet.
He made a gesture for them to sit down on the sofa, Nie Hong sat down without hesitation, Lin Tianyuan saw that the seat on his side was wearing a thin women's jacket, afraid of sitting on it, he thought Reaching out his hand to remove the coat, whoever thought that he had not touched the coat, heard Yu Zihuan suddenly say, "Don't touch it!"
Lin Tianyuan shivered with fright, and he kept his knees half-bent and stretched out his hands in a daze, not daring to move.
Yu Zihuan didn't mean to dislike Lin Tianyuan. He didn't step forward to take off the coat, but instructed Lin Tianyuan to move towards Nie Hong and sat down without touching the coat.
The two boys, Nie Hong and Lin Tianyuan, huddled together and stared at each other, wondering what stimulated Yu Zihuan to become so nervous.
"Um, what's the matter with this coat? Why can't I touch it?" Nie Hong couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.
Yu Zihuan poured water for the two of them and put them on the coffee table, and stood opposite them, with a paranoid persistence in his eyes, "I want to keep it as it is, so I hope you don't mess with the things here, okay?"
Although Nie Hong and Lin Tianyuan didn't understand the reason, they were frightened by his persistent eyes and nodded in response.
Yu Zihuan also nodded and returned to the state of not saying a word.
Nie Hong cleared his throat, exchanged glances with Lin Tianyuan, and said boldly, "Can I ask you why you didn't go to school suddenly? Your classmates are very concerned about you, but they don't know what happened to your family. I don't know how to help you."
"Of course, if you really don't want to say it, we can understand." Lin Tianyuan quickly added another sentence.
Yu Zihuan was still that quiet and lifeless appearance, as if the eyelids and the corners of his mouth were heavy, so that he lost his anger. He raised his eyes and looked at Nie Hong and the two of them, as if he wanted to smile at them, but he couldn't move the corners of his mouth, and his expression showed a strange incongruity, "Sister Yu doesn't want me anymore."
Both Nie Hong and Lin Tianyuan knew who he was referring to as "Sister Yu". Since high school military training, he had called her almost every night. A few of them are at the age of the first love. They usually make fun of Yu Zihuan about this in the dormitory, but they all think that Xiao Yu is the daughter of Yu Zihuan's neighbor. I never expected Yu Zihuan to say that something happened at home. But it is related to Yu Zhile.
"You, are you broken-hearted?" Nie Hong said something uncertain. He didn't think that a simple break-up would cause such a big blow to Yu Zihuan, or that the change in his imagination should not be such a thing as break-up at all. .
Yu Zihuan shook his head and said mockingly, "It's never started, so there's no love to lose."
"You didn't... Then how was it every day... "
"Did something happen to her?"
Yu Zihuan heard Lin Tianyuan's cautious and hesitant questioning and Nie Hong's nervous questioning, and understood that after listening to his words, they mistakenly thought that Yu Zhile had an accident, or even died, that's why he was so depressed.
He didn't know how to explain to them at all, and he didn't have the heart to explain, so he just said that Yu Zhile was missing, and he didn't go back to school because he was looking for her.
Before Nie Hong could react, Lin Tianyuan could see some clues from the furnishings in the room, including the fact that Yu Zihuan did not let him move the coat on the sofa, and that he hoped to keep it as it was, all pointed to a conclusion.
"You two have been living together before?" Lin Tianyuan couldn't believe it, so he had to ask to get Yu Zihuan's denial.
However, Yu Zihuan nodded calmly in the surprised eyes of the two of them.
"You... she's your sister? No, you like her, she's not your sister, but you live together?" Lin Tianyuan muttered incoherently, then stared blankly at Yu Zihuan, waiting for him explain and answer.
Nie Hong was already in a stunned state. He looked at Yu Zihuan and Lin Tianyuan, who was no better than him. He simply didn't speak and waited for an answer.
"We lived together for two years. She and I are not related by blood, and I do like her. I like her very much." Yu Zihuan said slowly and firmly, he paused and suppressed his sadness, "but she only Treat me like a family member and a brother. So I never told her that I liked her, just because I was afraid she would leave because others said she had other intentions to take care of me."
Lin Tianyuan felt a little guilty for speculating about the cohabitation relationship between Yu Zihuan and Yu Zhile, and was about to apologize when Yu Zihuan continued: "But even so, she still knows."
"So she left?" Nie Hong asked tentatively.
"Yeah." Yu Zihuan nodded heavily and stopped talking.
Nie Hong and Lin Tianyuan looked at each other, both using their eyes to imply that the other would speak to comfort first, and finally Nie Hong took a deep breath and said, "Oh, don't be too sad, maybe she calms down and will come back after a while? , maybe I'll accept you? Be optimistic about everything."
How long is the period of time? Yu Zihuan didn't dare to think about it at all.
He knew where Yu Zhile's hometown was, and that she would come to S city to study at university in four years, but he didn't know whether the Yu Zhile who knew him was still at this point in time, let alone if he would have a chance to meet him. Yu Zhile, who may have been lost in the torrent of time.
But none of this could be told to Nie Hong or anyone else.
All he can do is to guard this secret about time alone, to pursue and wait in his limited life. Maybe in the eyes of others, his behavior is stupid, but he is willing.
Yu Zihuan, who went back to school after the summer vacation, was still as gloomy as Nie Hong and the others had seen. In other words, the sunshine before was actually his disguise, but now such gloom is the real Yu Zihuan, which is in line with his experience.
Because the light source is lost, there is no need for camouflage.
However, his depression of being no longer enthusiastic about group activities and socializing has attracted the attention of Gao Bingqi, who originally only regarded him as a competitor. In the past, the contest between the two was secret, never brought it to the surface, and usually rarely even said a word. But Gao Bingqi was the first girl in the class who took the initiative to talk to Yu Zihuan after his personality changed drastically. She showed him the final report card of the second semester of high school and said, "Your make-up exam papers are different from ours. , so this time we are tied, but next time you don't miss the exam, we have to compete fairly."
A girl who has always been arrogant and arrogant is willing to say such a tie is a big concession, but Yu Zihuan seems to not understand her words, and his indifferent gaze shifted from the report card to Gao Bingqi's face, and did not say good or bad.
There was no excess emotion and warmth in his beautiful eyes, but he inadvertently smashed into the heart of the girl opposite, suddenly and abruptly, without any reason to follow, but it became a secret that she had suppressed for many years in the future.