Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Lone Star

When Ji Tianchi finally saw the sleeping Wu Zhou, he didn't faint like Chen'er feared, and he didn't even cry. She just gently put the flowers brought by Wu Zhou's bedside, stared at him deeply, and then looked at Mama Wu and said, "Mama Wu, I'm back. Let me take care of Brother Wu Zhou with you, okay?" ?" In the past few days, Mama Wu seems to have aged ten years suddenly, with many wrinkles and black hair turning gray.Linglong, the daughter-in-law who was supposed to be by her son's side, got on the plane and flew away, but Tianchi, the goddaughter who was far away in Guangzhou, flew in from a long distance. coming" emotion.She rubbed Tianchi's hand, and before she could speak, she shed tears again.

In the past few days, she has almost turned into a tearing machine.Tears are her only language. Wu Zhou on the hospital bed was pale and silent, his soul wandering in another world.Not even a dream. When human technology has developed to the point where it is easy to destroy the entire earth with an atomic bomb, the research on the life and death of human beings and the haunting of souls is still almost blank. If those scientists would spend a little less time studying nuclear wars and invisible objects, and go all out to try to save human life instead of destroying it, what an achievement it would be.Who can believe that man can destroy the earth, which is a hundred times stronger than himself, but cannot save himself?

I really don't understand what those researches are for. The purpose of wasting people and money, and making a big deal of war is that they really want to launch a nuclear bomb to turn the world upside down?If not, why not let it go?Human beings are already strong enough, but human beings are really small. Even wild animals know how to roll in the mud to heal themselves when they are injured, but human beings can't even deal with a small cold. Here, a human mother is praying to the sky: let a miracle happen, let my son wake up!Has that call reached heaven? If not, then at least the scientists should have heard it?Everyone speaks human language, why is it so difficult to communicate?

Chen'er glanced at Tianchi, knowing that she must have a lot to say to Wu Zhou, so she walked up to Mama Wu thoughtfully and said, "Mama Wu, have you been sitting here for a long time? Give it a go, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be bad for your health." Finally, only Tianchi and Wu Zhou were left in the room. Or, to be precise, a person and a plant.Although, in Tianchi's heart, she would never admit that her Brother Angus had really become a plant. She held his hand gently, shyly, for fear of alarming him. "Brother Wu!" At this moment, her tears finally flowed down without hindrance.For more than ten years, she has always hoped that she could look at him without any scruples, accompany him, and guard him.Now it's finally done, but in this situation.How could this sleepy Wu Zhou be her suave, unrestrained brother Wu?

Before she saw him, she had heard that there was an elder brother in the Wu family who was eight years older than her and belonged to the horse. After meeting, she knew it was a real wild horse, handsome and wild.Unfettered and lawless. She never asked who the real owner of the lipstick he put on her was, Zuo was just one of his many girlfriends. She later developed a habit of collecting lipsticks, red, pink, light red, colorless, color-changing, powdery, shiny, pearly, silver powder... There is a charming woman hidden in each tube sprites. However, her favorite is the purple "Estee Lauder" that she applied for the first time.

Later she quietly stole the tube of lipstick.Wu Zhou didn't ask, maybe he didn't care, maybe he just forgot. She also "stealed" many of his things, such as cigarette butts. He is addicted to smoking, so she has been carefully collecting all his cigarette butts as treasures, starting with "arrows", then "camels", and then "lips". Facing the mirror, she carefully applied the purple Estee Lauder on her lips, then sucked the cigarette end in her mouth, and printed a round lip print on it. Those were the golden age of first love years. The cigarette butts in the candy box of Angel with wings became moldy later, and she took them to the sun to dry.

In August, the sun is shining brightly. People today dry their quilts, while the ancients dry their books, while she drys her cigarette butts. What dances in the sun is not dust, but flashing memories. Such a bitter and wordless first love. Over the past ten years, it is not that I have never tried to be pursued by others. However, probably because she said too much "yes" to Wu Zhou, she kept saying "no", "no", "no" to other boys. "No, I have homework to do today." "No, the English teacher asked me to go to tutoring conversation in the afternoon." "No, I can't go to school with you on Sunday."

Then it was "No, I can't dance." "No, I don't need a candlelight dinner." "No, I've seen this movie." She is not a beautiful woman, but she is indeed a talented woman, and she has a small dowry—in Dalian, all local girls who have a dowry house are sought-after.Especially in recent years, Dalian’s per capita living standard has improved, and people are paying more and more attention to enjoyment. Influenced by Hong Kong’s vision, they used to think that the most convenient place to live is located in the city center. In recent years, they have complained about the noise of the city and launched a new concept of sea view suites, thinking that housing is near the sea. It is expensive enough, because the house price in the seaside area is rising day by day——Tianchi is not a little orphan without a family background. In addition, she has a noble temperament and a gentle manner. People who don't know her details and have never seen her cry may even think that she is He is a leader who has no worries about food and clothing.

It's just that, although she has struggled alone in the sea of ​​people for more than ten years, the natural aristocratic temperament bestowed on her by her mother is indelible, and it is radiated every minute from her behavior and speech, making the people around her feel awe. The only downside is that it is too cold. When she was in Guangzhou, the female Boss of the plate-making company she worked for once criticized: "The Galena people are so old-fashioned and conservative, but the lipstick they wear is so eye-catching, so it is not obtrusive. When you first meet, you only see two patches of purple on one face." Lips." Kali is her English name, the abbreviation of "Scarlett", the protagonist of Tagore's poetry anthology and novel.

Exaggerated, but also the truth. However, these were nothing, what made her most sad was that once Wu Zhou came back from a long trip, when they met for the first time, she laughed: "Sister Tianchi's lipstick is so special, how did you think she would wear purple?" Totally forgot that this was the shape he made for her. Tianchi hit the top like a stick, and she was depressed all day long. Although Wu Zhou also said later that the purple color is very suitable for you, she was still heartbroken, as if she had been stabbed with a knife. Wu Zhou likes to travel far, and he is always away from home for more than half of a year, traveling all over the country.And he believes that in order to truly know a place, one must actually live, work, and live in that place, not just fly around, so that one can have the most authentic feelings.

He wandered from city to city, worked, lived temporarily, like a nomad in the city. The work is very complicated, singing, moving, car repair, hotel waiter, temporary tour guide, even reselling clothing, wholesale electronic parts...all have been done. Tianchi has never seen a person who is smarter than brother Wu Zhou, who can learn anything and be good at it, but he refuses to specialize in one thing. Just like making a girlfriend, you also refuse to be specific. So I have to admire Pei Linglong even more. Thinking of Pei Linglong, Tianchi's tears flowed down again.Before leaving Dalian, Wu Zhou specially asked her to have a picnic by the sea one day.She went, sitting between the waves and the bonfire, watching Wu Zhou and Linglong make out, her heart was like a knife. The bonfire was very busy, and mosquitoes and flies flew in densely and threw themselves into the fire, and their souls were instantly wiped out. She is just a moth to the flame. Without hesitation, he seeks his own death. Death is silent and worthless. Tianchi was alerted at that moment, if he didn't want to be a moth to the fire, he had to go far away, the farther the better, and he didn't have to set himself on fire if he went to a place where there was no fire at all. She left, and went to Guangzhou as soon as she left.I can no longer stay in Dalian for a minute and a second.Even when he received his wedding invitation, he refused to come back, and only asked Chen'er to send a congratulatory gift on his behalf. But now, she would rather see him get married, see him put the ring on the bride's hand, and even watch him toast herself with a smile. She will never refuse, even if he is holding a glass of poison, she will Drink it with a smile, as long as you don't have to see him sleeping and ignorant like now. "Brother Wu, wake up, how long do you have to sleep? Aren't you going to be the groom? Why can't I see you smiling?" Wu Zhou was silent.His soul wandered back and forth, lingering in the infirmary, listening to Tianchi's confession: "Tell me, can life be traded? If so, please allow me to replace you." No one can resist such truth.No one can face such a confession without being indifferent.But Wu Zhou's soul was floating, erratic. He can't respond. Nor can he be moved. Both "speaking" and "thinking" require "strength".He who has left his soul is truly "powerless". With tears in his eyes, Tianchi gently knelt down beside Wu Zhou's bed, held his hand, and prayed devoutly, word by word: "Heaven and earth gods, please help me, help me wake up brother Wu Zhou. As long as he can wake up again Come, I am willing to use my body to replace him, to suffer all hardships and suffer all hardships." As long as he can wake up. "As long as he can wake up, I am willing to take all the hardships and suffer all hardships in his place." It was more than two o'clock in the night after a month, and Tianchi was still praying. This afternoon, after Dr. Lu gave Wu Zhou a routine checkup, he said that his condition has basically stabilized, and it would be futile to continue to stay in the hospital for observation. The huge medical and hospital expenses will be an astronomical figure. I suggest you go home for now. On the contrary, it is convenient to take care of, just go back to the hospital for a follow-up visit every once in a while. Mother Wu asked, "Then when will he really get better?" Dr. Lu was in a dilemma: "It's hard to say, maybe after his body recovers gradually, the cerebral hemorrhage will slowly absorb on its own, and he will wake up automatically in ten and a half months; maybe three to five years, even more maybe..." He didn't go on.But everyone has already understood.Perhaps, he would never wake up in his life, just fell asleep like this, until finally one day he stopped breathing and never woke up again. Mother Wu cried again: "I will never hear him call my mother again in my life." Tianchi helped her up: "No, we will be able to wait until that day." Doctor Lu looked at her in surprise.Because the patient is so young, Dr. Lu inevitably pays more attention to his family. He knows that this lady is not the patient's fiancée, but she is the one who stays by his side to take care of him and his family. The lady who never left has disappeared.People and people also have two eyes and one mouth, but their hearts are very different. Because of this touch, Dr. Lu suddenly made an exception and wrote down his home phone number, telling Tianchi that he could ask him various questions at any time. Then Zhong Chubo came forward to settle all the hospital expenses, and Uncle Wu stayed with him for the last night. Tianchi and Mama Wu went home first to tidy up the room to welcome Wu Zhou out of the hospital tomorrow. Wu Zhou's room was cleared out, and next door was Tianchi's guest room.She has decided to move back to Wu's house. Outside the window, the moon and stars were sparse, and the sound of the waves was faint, and the entire Jingshan community was sleeping peacefully.Tianchi knelt in front of the small window, praying to the moon over and over again. I would like to entrust my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch.My thoughts go back by the moon, flying back to the year when I was nine years old. Wearing a white crepe dress with puff sleeves, she stood in the living room of Wu's family with a stern face, following the instructions of her adoptive father, "Hello, Uncle Wu, hello, Mama Wu, and brother Wu Zhou. "No more words. Wu Zhou held her hand: "Where is the little princess from? Come, let me dress you up." He took a tube of lipstick and painted it on her lips. She peeked out, and in the mirror was a seductive purple elf. No girl can resist the temptation of such an adult.She suddenly felt like an adult.Throughout the afternoon, he held Wu Zhou's brother's hand and refused to let go. It was the first time to be a guest at Wu's house.Since then, the Wu family has become her paradise. Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu had already heard about the little girl's life experience. Her surname was Tian, ​​and her first name was Tian Chi. After her parents divorced, her father remarried. His uncle became an adopted daughter, and her surname was changed to Ji, and her name was Ji Tianchi. Ji Tianchi's name was changed by Uncle Wu.At that time, Mama Wu said: "Tianchi is a good name. 100 years ago, this girl could have been Ge Ge. Ge Ge, isn't she the proud daughter of heaven?" "Shh." Uncle Wu stopped his wife from continuing, "Why are you talking about what happened 100 years ago? This girl was born only 9 years ago, and she has to carry such a heavy burden of history to live. She has never enjoyed doing anything. Gege's scenery." Yes, today, 100 years later, not only is she not good enough, but she is even worse than ordinary girls.She is just an orphan girl who has been abandoned again and again, and has never been welcomed since she was born. Because of sympathy, the Wu family has always taken good care of her. When Tianchi was thirteen years old, her adoptive father passed away. Uncle Wu proposed to adopt her, and her biological father and stepmother also came from Lushun to recognize her in order to inherit the inheritance of the Ji family, and even spoke badly to the Wu family. Face each other and fight.It was also in the living room of the Wu family that Tianchi saw the ugliest faces of human beings. At a young age, he had seen through the mortal world and was tired of the fate of switching from one hand to the other. He firmly said: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm To adopt myself." It was Uncle Wu who helped her win the lawsuit. From then on, she regarded Uncle Wu's family as relatives and got along very well. The foster father suffered from lung disease and coughed all day long.Even after his death, he still often heard his cough in the middle of the night, and occasionally called out with difficulty: "Chi'er, pour me a glass of water." There are two houses in Fujiazhuang, one is released to collect rent, and the other is the residence of foster father and Tianchi. Now only Tianchi is left, accompanied by the dead soul of foster father.From time to time, I dreamed back at midnight, crying in terror, feeling that I would never be able to wait for dawn.For a 13-year-old girl, that was hell on earth. Fortunately, Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu comforted me. Later, Uncle Wu moved, but he did not forget to arrange a room for her in the new home and take her to live there for a long time. It can be said that without the Wu family, she might not be alive today.The Wu family's kindness to her is beyond heaven. It was also because of this that she became extremely cautious and refused to speak rashly, let alone confess her love to Wu Zhou easily.The reason is that once they are rejected, there is no room for each other to meet each other. However, she grew up day by day. Although he was affectionate and merciful everywhere, he couldn't see that the little girl beside him had grown up, and he always regarded her as the little sister next door. His girlfriends changed frequently, and all of them were more beautiful and charming than her, with various styles.Make her sit on pins and needles. Then Pei Linglong appeared.She felt that she was redundant even more, so she had no choice but to leave. In fact, from the day she was born, she was an unwelcome extra person, and it was a mistake to come into this world at all. The wind blows in through the window, bringing the fishy smell of the sea.In the wind, there seemed to be a little boy crying softly: "Sister, come back, sister, don't go..." She covered her ears, not daring to think about it.Tears streamed down his face, but not just for Wu Zhou. Wu Zhou's illness cast a layer of gloom on the Wu family, but Tianchi has a way to dispel the haze. Every morning at dawn, she would get up and open all the windows in the house to let in fresh air, bright sunlight, the chirping of birds and the scent of flowers with dew. Then wash Wu Zhou's face, feed him, and take him out for a walk before going to work. In the second month after returning to Dalian, she had already found a job—the business manager of the Sino-US joint venture “Color TV Computer Plate Making Company”—the salary was not comparable to that in Guangzhou, but it was already quite high. Although Zhong Chubo promised to bear all the losses of the Wu family, but the family lost a strong man, but added a patient, and the pain cannot be solved with a sum of medical expenses.During these days, Uncle Wu and Mama Wu have expressed the intention of giving up several times, but Tianchi refused, and always firmly believed that Wu Zhou would wake up one day. She took almost all of his daily life.Regular haircuts, face shaves, new clothes for all seasons, morning and evening walks are even better. Chen'er joked: "If you persist like this, one day you will become a weightlifting champion." Tianchi deeply agrees. At the beginning, she and Uncle Wu needed two people to transfer Wu Zhou from the bed to the wheelchair, but after three months, she can already hold him as easily as a baby. Fortunately, there are elevators in high-rise buildings. People in the entire Jingshan Community are familiar with such a scene: A girl in white, pushing a sleeping handsome man in a wheelchair, walked slowly all the way to the beach. The demeanors of both of them are serene and quiet, as if they can grow old like this forever without minding. On the beach, they stop for a while to listen to the tide and chat. Of course, only she spoke and he listened. She believed he could hear it. Every night, spend a considerable amount of time talking with him, reading newspapers to him, or playing guitar and singing: "Two lines of desolate tears, A lonely love, standing alone in the dark, Looking at the farthest star. Speechless reunion again and again, How happy, how sad, how frightened, Please, please, be true this time, Tears wet the eternal dream. " The title of this song is "Lonely Star". It was made by Tianchi to miss Wu Zhou after she went to Guangzhou, and it was also one of her main songs when she sang in the hotel. At that time, she thought that in this life, she could only meet him again in a dream. Chen'er said: "If there really is a God in this world, I will definitely be touched by you and let Wu Zhou wake up again." For her blessing, Tianchi was deeply grateful. But then Chen'er asked again: "Is my brother still hopeless?" Tianchi bowed his head and sighed slightly: "You are his younger sister, why don't you persuade him to return from the wrong way?" Chen'er said: "I'm your friend, I don't know how many times I have advised you not to be too infatuated, will you listen to me?" Tianchi was helpless.In this world, everyone owes everyone a debt, but the debtor and the debtor are not the same person, so they get entangled with each other and end up with a messy account. After returning home, Chen'er replied to her elder brother: "Tianchi wants me to persuade you to return from the wrong way." Lu Yue was not discouraged: "There are only hurdles that cannot be passed, and there is no mountain that cannot be climbed." "Tianchi is not a mountain." "I was wrong." Lu Yue corrected immediately, "Dare to go to the nine heavens to embrace the moon, dare to go to the five oceans to catch turtles." Chen'er was even angrier: "Tianchi is not a turtle." Lu Yue laughed loudly and played the guitar casually. "Two lines of desolate tears, a lonely love..." is Tianchi's "Lonely Star".It has long been played by Chen'er so that the whole family is familiar with it. "Standing alone in the dark night, looking at the farthest star..." Chen'er continued for him, a pair of eyes suddenly appeared in her mind, a pair of cold and deep eyes like cold stars in the night sky, those eyes , does not belong to Xu Feng...