Chapter 24 Chapter 24

Xiaobo's mid-term exam results are good, and he has advanced to the eighth grade. If he can enter the top fifty in the grade, according to the performance of No. 1 Middle School in the whole province, he will definitely be able to enter a prestigious university. In the future, the fiercer the competition, the more difficult it is to move forward, but Xiaobo is full of confidence. Brother Li and I were very happy. Brother Li specially told Squid and the other employees to go to him as soon as possible if there was anything wrong, and not to disturb Xiaobo, so that Xiaobo could prepare well for the college entrance examination.

One weekend after the mid-term exam, Brother Li invited me, Xiaobo, squid, and Yaoluo to dinner. He said it was to congratulate Xiaobo, but in fact he was looking for an opportunity to get together. Now it’s not easy to meet Xiaobo, and even I have to go to high school department to find him. That guy really worked hard, he had to go to a good university. A few people chatted while eating, halfway, I got up to go to the bathroom, and when I came back, I passed a small box and faintly heard the name "Ge Xiaofei".Can't help but stop in doubt. Amidst the girls' laughter, the dialogue sounded intermittently.

"Really? Aborted at fifteen?" "Really! Ge Xiaofei, I heard that her academic performance is quite good. She is a student in No. 1 Middle School." "Ah? No. 1 middle school? That's the key point. What else have you heard? Tell me quickly. How did she get pregnant?" "How did you get pregnant? Of course she slept with a man!" There was a burst of laughter. "I heard that she had changed countless boyfriends at a young age..." My hands and feet are cold, isn't everything over?why?There was still non-stop talking in my ears, and I was suddenly furious, why are there so many people in this world who like to talk about other people's right and wrong?Why do you like to entertain yourself with other people's wounds?Why can't they just mind their own business?

I walked in without thinking, and slapped the woman who was spreading rumors at the door. After beating her, I found out that she was Zhang Jun's girlfriend. Everyone was dumbfounded, and remained silent for a few seconds. She jumped up and hit me like an angry wild cat, and her sisters also reacted, swearing and hitting me. I was knocked to the ground by them and my glasses were knocked off.My eyes were blurry, and I felt my hair was pulling and hurting, probably a few strands were torn off, and my legs were kicked by high heels a few times, which was burning hot. While I was struggling, I touched an empty wine bottle on the ground. In my predicament, I instinctively hit the person who hit me with the bottle. As soon as the weight was loosened, I tightly held the remaining half of the wine bottle, and whenever I saw a black shadow approaching me, I would stab forward.

They started screaming: "Killed, someone killed..." My hand was grabbed suddenly, and I was about to stab him backhand, but I felt a hit on the numb point on my elbow, and the wine bottle in my hand was immediately taken away. "Qi Qi!" Zhao Xiaobo's voice trembled, and he wiped the blood on my face with his hand: "Where did you hurt?" "I have no idea." There was a mess of crying and screaming around me, and when I really woke up, I was already in the hospital. The female doctor is Li Ge's junior high school classmate, and she sneered at Li Ge: "Why is someone injured again? Do you feel uncomfortable in all your bones if you don't fight for three days? Don't expect me to treat you gently. People in law and order can't be polite! Tell me, why didn't the police lock you all up?"

Brother Li smiled wryly: "Today is my sister, so be gentle." When the female doctor saw me, she gasped, "Luo Qiqi? I've seen your speech on TV. It was really good. I thought you were a good student. Why do you fight?" She cleaned me with gauze while talking. I found that although the blood flowed all over the body, the actual wound was on the palm. It is estimated that a lot of blood belonged to others. The doctor scolded Brother Li while removing the glass stuck in my flesh: "Did you see that? If the piece of glass is embedded any deeper, her hand will be useless. She is still a brother, and she doesn't even learn how to do it well." , and brought my younger sister along."

Brother Li kept smiling, but Xiao Bo had an ugly expression. The doctor took out the glass slices for me and sewed up the stitches. Later, she stopped scolding us and asked me softly, "Don't you hurt? Why don't you say anything? If it hurts, just call out." I gritted my teeth and said nothing, you said with a wry smile: "If she had a personality that called pain, she wouldn't fight like this. A bunch of us are behind. If she really wants to fix someone, she won't need her." Shot?" The female doctor was angry, and she gave Brother Li a hard look: "It's only your bastard words that have ruined the education. Even if she is a little girl, she has parents, teachers, and the police. Why do you fight?"

Brother Li laughed dryly, and didn't dare to say more. After the wound was treated, Brother Li and Xiaobo took me out, and the squid came over and said, "The other party is fine, one arm was punctured, and the other hurt the head." The squid poked my forehead fiercely, "You ate wrong food today. Have you taken the medicine yet? Xiao Bo, you really need to discipline her, why is she so hot-tempered? I asked just now, and they said that some good sisters were having a good meal, but she came in for no reason and beat her up." Brother Li ordered: "We have paid for the medical expenses, and then you send someone to buy some nutritional supplements, and say more good things..."

I immediately said: "No, she deserves it! Why should I pay her medical bills?" Brother Li hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, okay! Come out, come out!" But he secretly gave the squid a wink. One of Brother Li's subordinates said: "People who come out to mess around value face, and it was Zhang Jun's girlfriend who hit him. I'm afraid this Liangzi is hard to understand." Just as he was talking, seeing Zhang Jun and a few strong friends coming in, Zhang Jun's girlfriend came out of nowhere and rushed to Zhang Jun's side: "Zhang Jun, she hit me for no reason, I Two friends of mine were beaten by her and lay in the hospital, this matter must not be left alone." After finishing speaking, she stared at me fiercely.

Zhang Jun was taken aback when he saw my arms hanging all the way, probably only then did he know that his girlfriend had a conflict with us. Brother Li walked over enthusiastically, held his hand with one hand, and put his arm around his shoulder with the other, walked to the corner, and kept talking. Zhang Jun's girlfriend wanted to go over, Li Ge raised his head, and said calmly: "Men are talking about things, women should not get involved." Zhang Jun's girlfriend's face was flushed, but she knew that in this circle, the rules were indeed like this. I don't know what Brother Li said, but Zhang Jun nodded anyway.Brother Li called Xiaobo to go over, and stood aside by himself.Zhang Jun swung his fist violently and punched Xiao Bo three times in the abdomen. Xiao Bo bent down in pain. After a while, Xiao Bo stood up straight. Zhang Jun punched Xiao Bo three times. Crouched on the ground.

Both Brother Li's brother and Zhang Jun's friend looked on indifferently, and they all acted according to the rules. I wanted to scream, but I couldn't, tears welled up in my eyes. Brother Li walked over and shook hands with Zhang Jun with a smile. Zhang Jun helped Xiao Bo up with a smile. The three had a brief chat, Zhang Jun took the man away, his girlfriend stood there blankly, and went after him: "It's over? My friend's injury is fine? How do you want me to explain to them? Don't you think Shameless, I fucking feel shameless..." Five people got into Brother Li's old car that rang everywhere except the horn. Me, Yaoluo, and Squid sat in the back, and Xiaobo sat in the front.I was silent, Brother Li was silent, and Xiao Bo was also silent. Squid felt annoyed, and asked Xiaobo: "Is that kid Zhang Jun playing hard?" Yaoluo punched him with her elbow, and he hurriedly shut up. I suddenly asked: "Squid, what are the identities of those women today?" Enchanting said: "In addition to Zhang Jun's girlfriend, there is another one from the art troupe, one from the arts and crafts academy, and an elementary school music teacher. Oh, the one whose head was injured by you is from the development gallery." I sat there blankly, feeling powerless all over my body.Maybe I can find a way to seal the mouths of the five of them, but what about the mouths of the others? When I got home, my parents panicked when they saw my hands. I didn’t even blink my eyes when I lied. I told them that when I was riding Guan He’s bicycle, I accidentally fell off and subconsciously protected myself with my palms on the ground. Unexpectedly, there were broken glass on the ground, and my hand was stabbed. I was injured, Guan He didn't have time to inform my parents, so he rushed me to the hospital first. Guan He is the top student who wins the first place every year in the hearts of teachers and parents. With her as a witness, her sincerity is higher than gold in front of her parents. After my parents confirmed that the injury on my hand was not serious, they were relieved.I told me over and over again that Xiaofei should suddenly run out of the school. I followed her and chased her. She yelled at me, telling me to "go back." I stopped silently and watched her disappear at the end of the street. Since that day, Xiaofei has never come to school again. When I went to her house, for the first time, her mother opened the door, but refused to let me in. She asked me to leave and never come to Xiaofei again. It was closed door. As rumors of the gang rape spread, the Public Security Bureau stepped in and began an investigation. With the investigation by the Public Security Bureau, rumors spread at a faster speed. Our entire city, from eighty-year-olds to eight-year-olds, knows that there is a girl who is not good at school because she fooled around with boys. Being taken advantage of by boys. Under the intervention of the police, the four boys were quickly found out. Two of them turned out to be students from another well-known key middle school—Experimental Middle School. Also a student. There are more and more versions of the rumors. Some say that the four boys got drunk and had sex with Ge Xiaofei; Some said that all four of them had sex with Xiaofei; For a while, the city was full of wind and rain, and all the parents began to strictly guard their girls, and they were not allowed to go out to play with boys. I was also restrained by my parents. I was not allowed to go out on weekdays, and I had to go home before dinner on weekends. I am the closest person to Xiaofei, but like others, I need to know all of this through rumors. I calculated the time when the accident happened, and it happened to be the time when Wang Zheng left the city, so it doesn't matter whether the four boys did it intentionally or not.The reason for Xiaofei's drunkenness has nothing to do with them in essence.However, I believe that even if Xiaofei was drunk, she would not mess with them. It was probably out of revenge that they united and educated the "proud and rude" Ge Xiaofei severely. Because Xiaofei's parents refused to appear in court to accuse them, they firmly refused to admit that there was such a thing, and the families of the four boys spent a lot of money to clear up the relationship. In the end, none of the four boys took criminal responsibility, but the school wanted to explain to all the parents. , still reacted.The experimental middle school expelled two boys, and the other two ordinary middle school boys were also expelled. Not only that, other middle schools, including the technical school, announced that they would never admit them. Xiaofei's life was ruined by them, and their life was also ruined because of Xiaofei.Xiaofei's parents walked out the door, Xiaofei suddenly ran out of the school, I followed her and chased her, she yelled at me, telling me to "go back", I stopped silently, watching her disappear at the end of the street . Since that day, Xiaofei has never come to school again. When I went to her house, for the first time, her mother opened the door, but refused to let me in. She asked me to leave and don’t want me to come to Xiaofei again. After that, forever All closed doors. As rumors of the gang rape spread, the Public Security Bureau stepped in and began an investigation. With the investigation by the Public Security Bureau, rumors spread at a faster speed. Our entire city, from eighty-year-olds to eight-year-olds, knows that there is a girl who is not good at school because she fooled around with boys. Take advantage of by boys. Under the intervention of the police, the four boys were quickly found out. Two of them turned out to be students from another well-known key middle school——Experimental Middle School. One is also a student. There are more and more versions of the rumors. Some say that the four boys got drunk and had sex with Ge Xiaofei; , Some of the four people had sex with Xiaofei; some said there were only two of them, and the other two were timid and only participated in drinking. For a while, the city was full of wind and rain, and all the parents began to strictly guard their girls, and they were not allowed to go out to play with boys. I was also restrained by my parents. I was not allowed to go out on weekdays, and I had to go home before dinner on weekends. I am the closest person to Xiaofei, but like others, I need to know all of this through rumors. I calculated the time of the accident, and it happened to be the time when Wang Zheng left the city, so whether the four boys were intentional or not, the reason for Xiaofei's drunkenness had nothing to do with them in essence.However, I believe that even if Xiaofei was drunk, she would not mess with them. It was probably out of revenge that they united and educated the "proud and rude" Ge Xiaofei severely. Because Xiaofei's parents refused to appear in court to accuse them, and they firmly refused to admit that there was such a thing, and the families of the four boys spent countless money to clear up the relationship. In the end, none of the four boys took criminal responsibility, but the school wanted to explain to all the parents. , still reacted.The experimental middle school expelled two boys, and the other two ordinary middle school boys were also expelled. Not only that, other middle schools, including the technical school, announced that they would never admit them. Xiaofei's life was ruined by them, and their life was also ruined because of Xiaofei.Xiaofei's parents didn't dare to lift their heads when they walked out of the house, and their parents suddenly became old because of a rapist's son. It was heard that one of the mothers had a heart attack and almost died. I hated them for a while, but soon I heard that one of the boys from the experimental middle school was beaten by his father with a belt, and three leather belts were broken, and he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. He left our city and went to Tibet to join the army.It didn't take long for his parents to get acquainted. Xiao Bo said to me: "They have all lost their own lives for the mistakes they made, and even lost the lives of their parents." I know what he said is true, but, I still hate them. I was terribly silent, and I often didn’t say a word all day. I went downstairs to Xiaofei’s house every weekend, and I didn’t dare to knock on the door. I just hoped that she would see me and would come out to see me, but she never did. appeared. Instead, I gradually heard other rumors from his neighbors. It is said that Xiaofei’s father used to be a soldier (this is why I met Xiaofei at Liaozizi Elementary School in the army). After changing jobs to a local area, she was a bit depressed, liked to drink, and beat Xiaofei's mother whenever she drank. The old people sighed, Xiaofei is a smart and sensible child, but her father beats her mother all the time, so she naturally doesn't like to play outside, girls play outside a lot, of course accidents are easy to happen. I gradually figured out the cause and effect, and it turned out to be like this! Xiaofei's father probably didn't start beating Xiaofei's mother after changing jobs, but probably beat his wife when he was still in the army, so when I was borrowing from the army's primary school, Xiaofei only liked to go home and love to be in the army. Only by wandering outside can I become good friends with someone who doesn't like to go home. This is probably why she would want to sleep in my house, she must be full of fear deep in her heart, to avoid seeing her father beat her mother. On the surface, she is completely different from me, bright and happy, but she has a depressed and lonely soul like mine, so we cuddle closely and keep each other warm. There must be a reason behind every unusual phenomenon. Why didn't I think of it earlier? Xiaofei made her father lose face, will her father beat her now when he is drunk? I became scared, and ran to knock on the door of her house, but no one answered, so I kept knocking, and kept knocking, until her mother's voice came from behind the door: "Xiaofei has gone to another place, don't come to her again." "Where did you go?" "I sent her to live with my aunt for a while." I was skeptical, but the only thing I could do was this. I begged the person behind the door: "Auntie, please don't hit Xiaofei, the knife is only you now." Her mother's cry came: "I know, you go!" I said again: "Auntie, please tell Xiaofei, don't forget what she promised me." There was no sound from behind the door, so I could only leave silently. In this turmoil, the final exam came, and my grades were terrible, ranking third from the bottom in the class. Teacher Wu was extremely disappointed. I don't know if it was because she was really worried about the downfall of a good student, or because she was worried about her enrollment rate and bonus. My mother came to talk to me, criticized me very severely, and decided to limit my time to go out to play. I suddenly changed my silence in front of them and said to her: "Since you were able to throw me to grandpa when you were young, then don't care about me now." Don't blame anyone for what you have become! Just take care of your precious little daughter, and I will be responsible for my life and death! You don't need to worry about it!" My mother was so angry that her hands were shaking, but she didn't dare to hit me. She knew very well in her heart that as long as she touched me, with my stubbornness and extreme conflicts with them, it was very likely that I would be completely pushed against them. The way back. It may take a thousand days to learn well, but only a few days to learn badly. One day after the Spring Festival, I rode my bicycle home and saw Xiaofei at the intersection. She was wearing an old-fashioned black woolen coat, smiling at me. I couldn't believe what I saw with my eyes, and rushed to her: "Xiaofei?" She smiled: "You still know me!" I was so dull that I couldn't speak, I just squeezed her hand and giggled."Let's find a place to talk for a while," she said. I said yes, and immediately took her to the river by bicycle, because in winter, there was no water, and the entire river bed was exposed, so we sat on the river bed and chatted. She asked me, "How did you get on your final exam?" "not too good." She sighed: "Qiqi, you have to study hard, don't waste the brains God gave you, not everyone has the opportunity to study hard." I don't say anything. She looked up at the aspen grove that had lost all its leaves, with a sad expression on her face: "Sometimes at night, when I wake up suddenly, I cry and wish that nothing happened. This is all a nightmare. As long as I wake up from the dream, I I can still sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher's lectures. Now I think of the annoying homework and the teacher will think it is very precious. If I can let me do my homework and listen to the teacher's lectures again, I would rather trade everything, but no matter how much I regret it, I know I was wrong, no one is willing to give me a chance, no one is willing to give me a chance..." Xiaofei's tears rolled down her cheeks one by one. I also had tears all over my face, but I didn't dare to cry out, so I could only wipe it away with my sleeve. Xiaofei watched the sky silently for a long time, then suddenly smiled and said, "Qiqi, you have to trust me, I will remember the things I have adapted to you, and be a strong person." I nod. She asked, "Do you have any money on you? I want to ask you to borrow some money." I searched my pockets in a hurry, because it was the New Year, and I happened to have lucky money with me, a total of more than two hundred and thirty yuan. She took it and carefully put it in her pocket. We sat side by side for a long time, and she said, "It's too cold, let's go!" I pushed the bicycle and asked, "Is there enough money?" Xiaofei smiled: "Who would dislike having too much money?" I hurriedly said, "If you still need it, I can help you get some more." "You want to ask Brother Li to borrow it? I don't want their money. No matter how rich they are or how good they pretend, they are not good people. Qiqi, you should avoid dealing with them." If someone else said this, maybe I would have started fighting with him long ago, but to Xiaofei, I just said softly: "I'm not a good person either." When I passed a small shop, I had an idea and said to her, "Wait for me a while." I pushed the bicycle into the small shop and said to the proprietress, "I want to sell this bicycle. You can give me a price." I know that these small shops accept stolen goods, ranging from TV sets to cigarettes.The son of one of my father's leaders often steals the cigarettes that others give him in exchange for pocket money. The proprietress looked at me: "Sixty." "Once inside, this bicycle is almost full, and I didn't steal it. You can rest assured that you can use it for your daughter." The proprietress looked at me a few more times, as if she was judging whether what I said was true or not, and finally decided to make a deal. I took a hundred dollars, walked out of the small shop, and handed it to Xiaofei. When Xiaofei saw that I left the bicycle in the small shop, she already understood where my money came from. She didn't refuse, took it and put it in her bag. , said to me: "I'm leaving." "When will you come to see me again?" She smiled: "I'll treat you to lamb skewers next time." I nod. She walked a few steps, turned around and looked at me, and said, "Qiqi, I will remember what I promised you, and you have to take care of yourself, remember, and study hard." After she finished speaking, she stepped firmly walk away. Her figure was getting farther and farther away in the cold wind, and I stared at her back, although my heart was heavy, hope gradually grew. Because, she makes me feel that one day all the clouds will clear, and we will still sit in front of the charcoal stove, eat kebabs, drink brick tea; we can still nestle on the sofa, chat and dye our nails, and discuss hairstyles in magazines . However, I didn't expect that this would be the last time Xiaofei and I met. A few days later, news came that Xiaofei had run away from home without saying a word. Her parents once hated her for embarrassing them, maybe they wished that she had never been born, but when Xiaofei disappeared as they wished, they looked for her like crazy, but there was no news of her. Someone said they saw her buy a train ticket to Beijing. Because I sold my bike, when my parents asked me, I was too tired to make up a lie, so I told them the truth.Unexpectedly, they were not angry. Instead, his father asked his old classmate who worked on the railway to help him find Xiaofei. A trace of guilt began to start in my heart, because during this period of time, I have been talking coldly to them, and they all looked haggard. Xiaofei's parents went to Beijing and later to Guangzhou, but they never found her again.Xiaofei's mother has completely collapsed, almost half-crazy; Xiaofei's father has become an alcoholic and no longer has the strength to beat others. After confirming that Xiaofei had really left, I couldn't sleep every night. I regretted for a while that I shouldn't have given her money, and then regretted why I didn't give her more money.Once I fell asleep, I would have nightmares, dreaming that Xiaofei met bad people, dreaming that she had nothing to eat, dreaming that she had no clothes to wear. I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep well, my body and my spirit were breaking down. Faced with my rapidly thinning body, my father and mother could not beat or scold me. They could only tell my sister to play with me more and urge me to go to painting class, hoping that other things could distract me from worrying about Xiaofei. The senior three students still have classes during the winter vacation, and Xiao Bo gave up reviewing his homework, trying to stay with me as much as possible, and explaining various principles to me.Tell me that even without me, Xiaofei will leave, I am not the one who made her leave.Analyzing to me, Xiaofei's departure is not necessarily a bad thing, she left here and went to a place where no one knows her, maybe everything can start again, and she should be happy.He also took the popular TV series "Foreign Girl" as an example. Although Xiaofei only has a junior high school education, she is very smart, and she is no worse than Chen Xiaoyi in "Foreign Girl". Since Chen Xiaoyi can get ahead, Xiaofei Surely you can find a job and take care of yourself. One day, he gave up class and came to me again. I sat on the stone bench and watched him walk through the cold sunlight and mottled tree shadows, and suddenly realized that he was also very thin. Suddenly, my tears could not stop falling down.He didn't persuade me, and sat beside me silently. After crying for a long time, I said to him: "Don't skip classes anymore, you must go to a good university, and I will be able to go to a university with you in the future." He said, "Okay." On the surface, I stopped mentioning Xiaofei, but I often thought in my heart, why did everything become like this?During the summer vacation, didn't we agree to study hard together, everything will be bright?Only Xiaofei, Xiaofei's parents, and I know about Xiaofei's pregnancy and abortion. Who will spread the word? Although those boys raped Xiaofei, they didn't know that Xiaofei was pregnant and had an abortion. Even if they couldn't keep a secret because of showing off, and told others, at most it was rumors that Ge Xiaofei was not a virgin. But such rumors, There has never been a shortage in school, and those "non-virgin" girls are still alive and well. I asked Xiaobo, and Xiaobo said he didn't know. A few years later, Zhang Jun told me the reason. The rumor started from the hospital.The doctors and nurses who performed Xiaofei’s abortion did not abide by their medical ethics. They took the abortion of a little girl as an anecdote and told their friends and relatives, and the friends and relatives told their friends and relatives again. Chuanbai has become the best talking point on the mahjong table, and more and more people know about it. And those four boys, after having a relationship with Xiaofei, told their friends flamboyantly that it was spread by word of mouth among the boys, and many people knew that "Fei'er" in No. 1 Middle School was no longer a virgin. At least, Zhang Jun was in the second year of middle school By the end of the semester, I had already heard that "May'er" had lost her virginity. When the rumors about Xiaofei's pregnancy and abortion spread, people who had heard the two rumors compared the two rumors with each other, and combined them into a version of the rumor that Ge Xiaofei was gang-raped by four people and had an abortion, which directly led to the police's intervention later. In this matter, Xiaofei and the four boys did make big mistakes, but the group of doctors and nurses made the biggest mistakes. Without them, even though it was a mistake, it was a mistake that could be corrected, but they did not Giving these teenagers a chance to turn around directly led to the tragedies of several families. At that time, China's laws were not sound, otherwise they should be brought to justice for divulging the privacy of patients.I only curse their consciences to play a little role, when they think of the tragedy of five families, the destruction of five teenagers, and make them have nightmares every night! Guan He's Secret Throughout the winter vacation, my life was in chaos. The only normal thing I did was to pay New Year greetings to Teacher Gao during the Spring Festival. Teacher Gao already knew that Zhang Jun was in a poor class, and also knew that my grades in the final exam had dropped sharply. She was very sad.She told me that although she has taught many students, she still thinks that Zhang Jun and I are the most special among the students she has taught. . Zhang Jun is in the bad class, she is not worried, she said that Zhang Jun's concentration is stronger than many adults, on the surface it seems that he doesn't care about everything, and he can go with the flow, but in fact he has his own ideas in his heart and will not be disturbed by others . But she is very worried about me. On the surface, I am stubborn and indifferent, and it seems difficult to be influenced by others. In reality, I am very sensitive and easily disturbed by the outside world.The ups and downs of my grades are enough to prove her judgment. She said that she didn't expect my high school entrance examination results to be very good, but at least she should ensure that she can be admitted to a key high school. When I came out of Mr. Gao’s house, Zhang Jun was parking his motorcycle downstairs. He bent over and lowered his head, but he didn’t see me. I quickened my pace, trying to pass by him as soon as possible. "Hey!" I didn't stop, just paused, not sure if he was calling me. "Hey!" There was another sound, and I turned back uncertainly. "Ge Xiaofei is smart and strong, she will get through it." He stood by the motorcycle and looked at me. It was only then that I was sure that he was talking to me, and I felt all the sadness poured into my eyes, and tears rolled in my eyes. He seemed to want to say a lot, but in the end he only said: "Don't be so sad." I was afraid that tears would fall when I opened my mouth, so I just nodded, turned around and left. I felt a pair of eyes staring at me all the time, so I took one step at a time and wanted to escape quickly.