"Life is a gift from God, and I don't want to waste it. You never know what the next card will be. You have to learn to accept the surprises that life brings..."
In the dark cinema, the young Leonardo on the big screen speaks Chinese in an interpreter. The 3D glasses covered Chen Nian's eyes.
a few hours ago,
Kitano quickly closed the shutter door, rushed to close the curtains, turned around and asked, "What's going on?"
"Yesterday, they beat me, scolded me, took off my clothes, took pictures and recorded videos.
She said, let me get it today.
I went to Houshan, and she didn't give it to me. She showed it to me. He also said that he was going to go online. Many people recorded it, and it was useless to call the police. - She said she would not let me go. - What happened yesterday, there will be a second time, a third time. … not enough, she threatened me and beat me. I resisted and pushed her. … I knew I was going to see her, so I brought a knife, thinking that in case, I could scare her away from hitting me again. But she wasn't afraid, I told her not to come, but she didn't listen... She and I were together... Rolling in the grass, I didn't know what was going on, I didn't think about anything, really didn't think about it, she just...
I was wrong, I shouldn't have gone by myself,"
But a series of events after Hu Xiaodie made her no longer trust Zheng Yi and the others. She looked up at him, tears in her eyes,
"I'm sorry, please save me and take me to the police. I'm afraid of them, and I dare not go by myself. I'm afraid my mother will know."
"No." Kitano said.
"… "
"Why?" He blushed, "Why?!"
"Why hand you over to them. You have to ask them to analyze the photos and videos over and over again, to ask you about your feelings over and over again, and to torture you whether you are being too defensive or just taking the opportunity to kill with a grudge? You want to see those people who hurt you again. Confronting them, you want to tangle with them and that group of parents? Do you still want to take the exam?"
"… "
Mom will know, know how inhumanly she has been hurt, and Mom will cry.
After a brief loss of control, Kitano calmed down: "Are you sure she's dead?"
"..." She was stunned, and after a few seconds, she shook her head blankly, "I ran away immediately."
"I'll check it out later. But anyway, I'll wait until the exam is over. Give me the knife."
The blood dries up on the sharp knife. Kitano went over to grab it and took two strokes before pulling the knife out of her hand.
"Take off your clothes." Kitano said.
Chen Nian didn't move.
Kitano took off her clothes and pulled her under the shower to flush the water, and the little bloodstains slowly dispersed.
Kitano put his clothes and shoes into the washing machine and saw his shirt. Chen Nian couldn't find a bottoming T-shirt when dressing this morning, so he found a shirt for her. He glanced back at her, and she stared at the wall.
He turned his back to cover her vision, pulled out his shirt, and stuffed it into the washstand drawer, only to accidentally see something his mother bought in the drawer.
He glanced at the thing, thought about it, and closed the drawer.
I was about to turn on the washing machine, and after a little thought, I fished out my clothes, emptied my pockets, and found a large plastic bag to put them in.
The lights were dim, and Chen Nian had already washed his body. Kitano squatted on the ground wearing gloves, and wiped the edges and corners of the floor with a toilet and a brush.
"You go out first." Kitano said.
She didn't move.
"I'm done," she said. "Kitano, I'm done."
The popcorn bucket touched the back of Chen Nian's hand, she turned to look at Li Xiang beside her, reached out and grabbed a handful in the bucket and stuffed it in her mouth, like chewing wax.
"It's not over." Kitano took off his gloves and stood up, the warm water drenching the hair of the two teenagers. He cupped her face and stared at her with dark eyes, "You'll be fine, I promise."
"Tell me, you..." He chose his words carefully. "Where did you hurt her?"
She shook her head: "...I forgot."
"How many times did you hurt her?"
"… do not remember."
"How deep?"
"I don't know... I hate her. I wish she was gone. But I didn't want her to die." She shuddered, "Young people like them—why aren't they controlled... it shouldn't be like this... it shouldn't be... "
Kitano held her head tightly, stared at her, and calmed her down: "Did anyone see you on your way back?"
"No." Except for the alley on the other side of the courtyard wall, the factory area is surrounded by wasteland on three sides.
"Where is she now?"
Chen Nian looked at him.
"I'll take a look. You're weak, maybe she's just injured. People don't die so easily." He was unusually calm.
"me and you together… "
"I'll go alone. If anything happens, I'll let you know."
"But… "
"No problem. You don't believe me?"
"letter."
He stepped forward, suddenly grabbed her wet hair and pulled her into his arms, lowering his head to press her cheeks hard.
Chen Nian's cell phone rang, and the two were suddenly startled. Li wanted to call:
"Chen Nian, 'Titanic' is re-released in 3D. I got two tickets, do you want to watch it?"
"I... want to review." After speaking, Kitano frowned and shook his head.
Li wanted to persuade: "It will be released after the college entrance examination. Such a classic movie will be difficult to see in the cinema in the future. You should relax."
Kitano held Chen Nian's shoulder, and his eyes told her to agree.
Chen Nian's lips trembled, and he slowly shook his head. She's not a fool, he's too cautious, and has started to make her an alibi just in case.
On the phone, Li Xiang was still working hard: "Chen Nian, "Titanic" is so classic. You must like it in your heart..."
In the cramped and shabby bathroom, the lights were dim like an old movie. He and her looked at each other, and whoever was thinking the other knew well. He squeezed her shoulders and nodded slowly but firmly.
This movie is too long.
Chen Nian sat in the dark theater, like sitting in a grave. Finally came to the end, on the sea, JACK and ROSE grabbed the same piece of life-saving driftwood. The young man asked the woman to climb up and floated himself in the ice water.
Their shared future is like a cold night in the Arctic Ocean, cold and dark.
"I love you."
"Dare you say it again!... Don't say goodbye."
"But I'm too cold."
"Listen, you're going to get out of here and get out of it safely; you're going to go forward and live. . . you're going to grow old and rest in a warm bed and not end up in this hellish place, not tonight. You understand ?"
"But I'm too cold and numb."
"Winning that ticket was the luckiest thing in my life; so I am so grateful to know you. … Promise me to live, promise me that you will not give up. … No matter what happens, no matter how desperate you are The situation, promise me, don't give up, don't forget your promise to me."
"I promise you."
Finally, the woman pushed his hand away and struggled to swim towards the light; the handsome man slowly sank into the Arctic Ocean and was swallowed by the darkness.
Walking out of the cinema, Li wanted to see Chen Nian with red eyes.
"Are you crying?"
Chen Nian lowered his head and shook his head: "No."
"Girls are easy to feel sad when they watch these kinds of movies." Li Xiang said, wanting to pat her on the shoulder to comfort her, and then retracted her hand.
He swayed the paper bucket: "I didn't expect you to be so inedible. Look, there's still a big bucket of popcorn left."
Chen Nian had to say, "I don't like snacks."
"No wonder you're so thin." He looked at his watch, "It's getting late, I'll take you home."
Soon after Chen Nian returned home, wind and rain ensued.
After waiting for a while, Kitano still hasn't come.
She pulled out her mobile phone to call him, but unexpectedly found that Kitano was not in the address book. Just as he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Nian was startled, leaned over to the door, and heard him whisper, "It's me."
Chen Nian immediately opened the door to let him in. He was covered in wind and rain, and the water dripped on the ground along the raincoat.
She handed him a towel and asked, "How is she?"
"It should be fine," Kitano said.
"fine?"
"I went to the back of your school, and I searched all over and couldn't see her."
"Looking in the wrong place? I should have gone with you."
"No. I saw blood. But she wasn't there."
Chen Nian was surprised: "You... didn't lie to me?"
"Don't lie to you. Really," he said. "There was very little blood, probably a minor stab wound. Now calm down and think about it. When you came back, there was very little blood on your clothes."
She looked at him in confusion and reliance.
"She shouldn't be seriously injured and left by herself." Kitano said, "You don't know how many times you hurt her, whether it's deep or not. I think you're too nervous and want to be serious."
"Really?" Chen Nian frowned and said again, "But... she will tell the police, she will... "
"No." Kitano wiped his hair, took off his raincoat and hung it on the hook. "She fights a lot and gets injured a lot. How can she find the police? Besides, tell the police that they will bully you. Exposure. There are many of them, and some are still in school and will be expelled. If you really told the police, you can stand here now?"
Chen Nian said "Oh" and looked at him in a trance.
"Don't blame yourself," he said softly. "It's better for her to fight her than to hurt her."
She seemed a little confused, and after a long time, she lowered her head and took out a mobile phone memory card from her bag.
Kitano took it and cut it up;
Chen Nian said, "The trash can is there."
Kitano: "I'll throw it outside."
She looked up at him, he rubbed her head, and the red rope tied around her right wrist dropped a thread, brushing her cheek,
"She's fine. Don't think too much, study hard and prepare for the exam."
Chen Nian nodded mechanically.
The sound of wind and rain, the light bulb swaying above the head, the shadows of the two dangling, thin and uncertain.
Kitano sat on the edge of the bed, looking a little tired. He looked up and saw that she was in a trance. He stared at her for a while, and asked softly, "Is the movie good?"
"what?"
"I asked if the movie was good?"
"—It doesn't look good." Chen Nian shook his head, "It's a tragedy. I don't like it."
"tragedy?"
"Well, the hero left the heroine with the chance to live. He died."
"What about the heroine?"
"Marry, have children, and live to be very old."
"Very good." Kitano smiled.
"Where is it?" Chen Nian said.
Kitano looked up at her, opened his mouth, and wanted to say something, but in the end he died without a hitch; he just watched quietly, his eyes straight and soft, like a deep well.
Chen Nian stood in the same place and looked at him, suddenly wanting to cry.
The two teenagers understood the pain and struggle in each other's lives, love and hopelessness,
But nothing can be said, what is the use of saying it.
Their thin shoulders bear too much unbearable weight; they are still so small, but in this miserable world, they can only rely on each other, whether it is lucky or unfortunate.
staring,
Kitano smiled slightly and opened his arms to her;
Little stammer, come to me.
Chen Nian rubbed his eyes, walked over and sat on his lap, hugging his neck tightly, like a child holding his favorite toy. She rested her head on his shoulders tightly, smelling the wind and rain around his neck.
He hugged her and slowly fell backwards onto the bed.
The sound of wind and rain outside the house seemed to be no longer heard.
Embrace each other, if time can stop at this moment, that's fine.