Chapter 3 Snow I
[Time]: (1) The length between two points in the time series, that is, the length of time. ⑵ and space are formed by the basic cognition of human beings.It's one of those things that humans consider equally endowed, and when properly grasped, humans feel at ease.The speed of time is directly proportional to the fullness of life; on the contrary, once you feel bored, time will become extremely slow, and you will occasionally have the illusion of time stopping during class.
Yukiko was driving a Toyota Cora on the streets of Honmachi——
This was an old model before the facelift so there was always a rattling sound whenever the steering wheel was turned to the left.
She pushed the sunglasses on her face slightly, and turned the steering wheel hard to the left just as the signal light was about to turn green.
Starting from the main entrance of Hong Kong Ocean Bank, it took a total of 363 seconds.After confirming the calculated time, she stepped on the accelerator and accelerated forward.
She is investigating the escape route starting from the bank.
Throughout the week, she drove on this road repeatedly.
And her mind seemed to be filled with maps and timetables marked with countless annotations.
The location of the intersection, the average congestion of the road, the time interval of the changing of the signal, the number of pedestrians... everything is imprinted in her mind.So which way to go, how fast to run, you can drive smoothly and unimpeded all the way through the green light-she has investigated all these clearly.
The signal lights that were getting closer and closer ahead began to turn from red to green, and everything was in her expectation.
Xuezi has a very delicate internal timer.
——But it wasn't until she was a teenager that she really realized that what she possessed was a special ability.
In high school, there was a very unpopular "every day" classmate in the class. He was a jazz fan and even listened to jazz with a walkman even during recess. The classmates laughed at him as a big freak.However, Xuezi didn't hate him.It cannot be denied that his slightly oily skin does make people feel uncomfortable, but apart from this, he has no other reasons that are particularly worthy of being rejected.Every time he borrowed a jazz CD from him, the people around would warn Yukiko: "Freaks are contagious——" When encountering this kind of situation, Yukiko could only reply with a wry smile: "Just don't worry! Like malaria, the vector is transmitted by mosquitoes, not by CD."
Rare animals have always been protected, but freaks are excluded from the crowd - it is really puzzling.
"This song by Lee Morgan is really good!" She once said to the freak classmate: "I think the best part is the one hundred and forty-seven seconds after the beginning of the song, Lee Morgan's high-pitched The sound of the horn, the part that pops up suddenly..."
"Are you... watching the clock while listening to music?" The boy pouted his lower lip forward.
"Listen listen... don't you know? Cliff Jordan's solo is seventy-one seconds later, and Wynton Kelly's solo is two hundred and thirty-three seconds later. ..."
The boy looked at her incredulously.Only then did she realize that something was wrong.
There is a never-stop clock in Xuezi's body, no matter what you do, the time will be automatically calculated at the moment——
It took 325 seconds longer to cook dinner today than the day before, it takes tens of seconds from one intersection to the next intersection, and the TV commercial will start in a few seconds; such things clearly exist in her subconscious inside.
To her, it was as common as breathing or blinking, so she also thought it was a subconscious function of everyone.
"That's ridiculous—" After listening to Xuezi's words, the boy who loves jazz pointed at her and shouted: "Freak!"
It was only then that Yukiko realized that—not so much a skill, it was closer to chronic dermatitis or cystitis—it was a terrible added value.
She hits the brakes.
The signal light also turned red at the same time, and she clicked her tongue—eight hundred and twenty-four seconds.The time point for the signal change has not been caught up.
Had to do it all over again.
She reassembled the timetable in her mind, and recalculated the time already remembered by her body and the time point of signal conversion.After introspection, she found that maybe one way ahead, she should turn left, and the accelerator pedal might not be enough.Then she let the reframed timetable run in her head.
At this moment, she inexplicably thought of the man she dated before——Shinichi's father.
Why did he suddenly appear in his mind?She couldn't figure it out either.
Could it be... She caught a glimpse of the man walking on the sidewalk?It is not impossible to think about it.That man likes the streets of Yokohama, and it is only natural for people to walk on the streets they like.
For that man, she has a deep understanding - it's just terrible!
How could he be so addicted to gambling?How can you be so cowardly and humble?He is clearly as timid as a mouse, yet he bets huge sums of money in gambling. Seeing him clasping his hands around his knees waiting for the results to be announced, he is simply a masochist.
Owing the money, in exchange for panicked paleness, you have to think that he borrowed the money just to enjoy this kind of suffering.
That man is called "authentic" - which again makes people feel wrong, his life really has nothing to do with the so-called "authentic" or "down-to-earth".
Timid and cautious, he always looks at the faces of those who are higher than himself - he is such a man.
Xuezi was only sixteen years old when she met Tun Dao, and he was ten years older than her—he was twenty-six years old at the time.
In her high school, some students had the wrong idea that dating older men would help them grow.No... It should be said that most of the classmates think so. These friends firmly believe that if they associate with older men, their life can be quickly skipped.
Xuezi thinks this theory is really absurd, she never thinks that time can make people better; on the contrary, she even thinks that the quality of the soul may become more degenerate because of this.
During her relationship with Tun Dao, Xuezi didn't have any "respect" or "admiration" for him, but only a sense of peace of mind that "I'll only live for ten years."
She once asked authentically, "Don't you feel ashamed to rely on others for everything?"
I forgot the circumstances under which she asked such a question, but it must have been in some extraordinary situation!
"You don't need to rely on others at all..." Tun Dao didn't answer her question, but just said that blankly.
Xuezi really never depends on others.
She doesn't know how to rely on others, and she doesn't have any expectations of those around her. This may be influenced by her parents!
Xuezi's parents are very indifferent. Although she has never had any emotional child abuse, she has never received more love from her parents than any stranger who lives under the same roof.She was neither expected by her parents, nor did she need to accept their criticism. When Xuezi told them that she was pregnant, they didn't have much emotional ups and downs. They just frowned slightly, and then they were like a landlord issuing an order to evict a tenant. ground, kick her out of the house.
It took a total of 58,300 seconds for Shen Yi to be born... This data was naturally imprinted in her memory.
She slowed Kolana's speed and turned slowly to the left.
— Five hundred and sixty-one seconds.
The authentic image returned to her mind.This man disappeared completely when Shen was one or two years old. Xuezi was not too surprised by his departure, but instead found it strange that a man who had no intention of getting married lived with her for three years.He really loves Shen Yi, and has never used violence against Yukiko, but he is like a diner who wants to leave his genetics, living in that small apartment.
As a result, one day he suddenly disappeared.
What's ridiculous is that after the tunnel disappeared, it was replaced by a group of worse men.
Like an alternate soccer player, patting the player on the back and stepping onto the pitch.
As soon as they entered the door, they yelled: "Pay back the money--" They continued to shout the same lines more violently--"Where did the tunnel die?" However, these men seemed to prefer to kick the door hard.At that time, Xuezi was only worried that Shen Yi would mistake it for the correct way to knock on the door.
Xuezi was not particularly troubled by this matter.Because she didn't intend to fight against these bad guys, and of course she didn't want to use pitiful words to get herself out.
Among the items that Xuezi can choose, there has never been an item of "seeking help from others".
She packed her luggage, asked Shinichi to put on his backpack, and left the apartment immediately.
Speaking of which, the car she stole for the first time happened to be a Coke too.She broke the window of the white Coke parked late at night by the bus stop, hooked up the wires, and drove away with ease—three hundred and eleven seconds, she remembered so well.
The mobile phone on the seat next to her suddenly rang—it was the easy-pay card mobile phone assigned to her by Naruse.
She knew it was Xiangye calling.Ke Lena was about to turn left, she slowed down and parked the car on the side of the road.
She pressed the answer button on her mobile phone.
Almost at the same time, Xuezi found a familiar face on the zebra crossing ahead, and she couldn't help screaming "ah".
"The rendezvous time next week..." Hibiki's voice came from the receiver.
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