Chapter 13 November 4th

At ten o'clock in the morning, as soon as we arrived at the ferry terminal, the siren was sounded.When I saw the sky full of gloomy clouds, I expected that the enemy planes would not come to the city—according to them, they would not come even if the weather was good. But I can't say whether K thinks the same as I do.Maybe not, then should I cross the river? I looked for him in the crowd of people.No. In a mood of hesitation, he boarded the barge and squeezed back and forth, but he was nowhere to be seen! But the emergency alarm went off again.what to do?How about going back, across the river?

Maybe he crossed the river first?Anyway, I haven't taken a hot spring bath for a long time. If he doesn't come, I can just go shopping for a long time; but today's alarm is really unfortunate. Sure enough, K was duped by the alarm.Until three o'clock in the afternoon, I was waiting to go back, but he arrived; he didn't look away, got out of the car, and went straight to Bow Bridge.I followed him from a distance and couldn't help laughing secretly.When he got to the bridge, he stopped, pretending to be leisurely, and looked around, but he never saw me.Later, he looked at the pastry shop at the bridgehead for a while, and seemed to intend to go in and sit and watch, but finally walked along the small stone road to the so-called "park". ... When I quietly covered his back and stretched out my hand to lightly press his shoulder, I was taken aback by the way he suddenly turned his face to me.

Even though he could see that it was me, the muscles on his face still didn't relax. My hand slid down from his shoulder until mine met his, and I gently held his.I didn't speak, just pursed my lips and smiled. We were next to a house, a clump of bamboo separated us from the house, and in front of it was a grassy field where a few children were playing.The location is very quiet—but unfortunately, it is too quiet, and it is easy to attract attention. "When did you come?" K. smiled. "The alarm was mistaken. I thought you weren't coming." I deliberately didn't answer, and then pursed my lips and smiled.

K's eyes fell on the hands I shared with him, he looked intently at the watch on my wrist, and said to himself: "Oh, it's past three o'clock. It's going to be dark soon." I couldn't help Greg grinning.He raised his eyes and stared at me in bewilderment, like a child who has been slapped by an adult without thinking. "What are you afraid of when it gets dark?" I asked softly, and at the same time I shook his hand a little harder, "Isn't it better to spend the night here?" I saw the flesh on his face jump.He glanced at me quickly, and without turning his face away, he looked at the group of children on the grass and said, "Look at how carefree and happy they are."

"Let's play too." I said, letting go of his hand and walking towards the grass. When I got to the Bow Bridge, I smiled back at K. and jumped on a ferry. He sat across from me, his eyes were fixed, and he seemed to have something on his mind. The sun shining through the gaps of the clouds fell slantly on the cliff beside the bank, baking some evergreen shrubs into a glittering golden color; the ferry boat went down the river with a gentle sound of oars, as if it wanted to lull people to sleep .We didn't talk, but intentionally or unintentionally, our eyes often met in one place, and the eyes seemed to express the meaning: ah, why don't you speak?It's so embarrassing to face each other silently!

I deliberately teased him, only pursed my lips and smiled, but didn't speak. Finally he held back his defeat and asked hesitantly, "Are you okay?" "Oh," I smiled, "No." "But when you asked me out that day, it seemed that you said you wanted to talk to me about something." "Oh, what about this?" I said deliberately surprised, "If you want it, you have it, if you don't, you don't. Anyway, it's up to your liking—do you like it, do you like it?" He watched me say every word, as if he weighed every word I said; at the end, he smiled slightly, pursed his lips, and blew a song softly.His smile made me feel a little lost. I couldn't guess how he would interpret my words, so I had to tease him again.

But the whistle stopped abruptly where it shouldn't have stopped, and he put his head close to my side, and said softly but seriously: "I have something to do, please help, I don't know if you will..." I smiled and nodded, waiting for him to go on.At this time, the ferry boat was approaching a protruding rock wall, and a stone's throw away in front of it, there was another ferry boat, full of seven or eight people, chatting and laughing noisily.He suddenly pointed to the rock wall and said, "Stop here for a while, okay?" But without waiting for my answer, he ordered the boatman to pull the boat under the rock wall, and the ivy hanging upside down under the rock brushed our faces.I moved to sit beside him, and said softly, "What's the matter? It's not a question of whether I'm willing or not."

"I have a friend, I don't know where he got it, I would like to ask you to inquire about his whereabouts." I didn't expect such a thing, and I was stunned.Moreover, he actually entrusted me with such a matter, what is this?But there is no reason to doubt his sincerity and frankness.I unconsciously nodded and smiled again.He paused for a moment, and then said again: "This person speaks with the accent of H Province, is about 27 or 20 years old, of medium build, with a square face, and eyes that are neither too big nor too small..." "But what's his last name, what's his name?"

"My surname is Zhang." K never left my face, "but I don't know him either." "Oh," I couldn't help but pursed my lips and smiled, and deliberately teased him, "I guess we became friends just because we communicated?" "Not really. Another friend knew him very well. I was entrusted. It was so indirect and indirect, so—" This is obviously a lie, I couldn't help but smile. K also immediately stopped talking, looking a little uneasy.I fixed his face and wanted to say to him: "Why are you so hesitant? Can't you see what I mean to you?" I felt empty.But when I changed my mind, I also forgave him.He has his reasons not to be too reckless.I sighed softly, leaned close to his body and said with a smile:

"Why do you think of asking me for help? Why do you think of me——for such a thing, can you help me? If I don't help, what about you?" K laughed too, but didn't speak. He just covered me with his eyes, and gently stretched out his hand to cover the back of my hand.All of these are more powerful than words, and more ingenious than words. I pursed my lips and smiled at him.But I suddenly remembered something, and asked again: "That friend of yours - is the one who knows that person, probably the one you said last time that you have shared adversity and is the most confidant?"

"No!" The tone is very crisp, no problem. But there was something wrong with his eyes, which I couldn't hide from me.He probably felt it himself, and quickly said, "That's a woman." Whether his words are true or not, his statement hurt my heart.If he had said it was a man, maybe I would have reacted differently.My complexion must have changed a bit then, so he said again: "This woman is that man's lover. I've seen this woman once or twice at a friend's place. " I thought it was funny and frowned.At this point I really got a little angry.Could it be that I'm so bad that I'm only worth being used, but not worth telling half the truth?I myself know that I am not such a cheap bone, who is sincere and who is fake, I know a little bit!The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, but I said coldly: "K, don't talk nonsense with you, I can't help you with this matter!" This unexpected turn of events stunned him.His eyes widened and he looked straight at me. It would be fine if he resented at me too, but it's hard to see him like that.I smiled wryly, grabbed his hand, changed my tone and said, "Think about it, how can I inquire about such a fool? You haven't even told me when you took him away!" As if he hadn't heard it, K.'s facial expression didn't change; however, his wide-open eyes, cold and cold, made me feel embarrassed.Suddenly his eyes narrowed, and K. said quite naturally: "It happened the night before yesterday. The friend was writing a letter in his own room, and he heard a knock on the door, which was not locked. He just asked. "Who is it?" Three people opened the door and came in, one in front and two behind. The first one to come in only asked, "Is your surname Zhang?" The next two showed their pistols and designated Zhang. , shouted, "Don't move!" They searched Zhang's body first, but there was nothing. The first one came in, and searched everywhere in the room. There was only one bed, one board table, two stools in the room; There were some rags in the room. The books on the table were all on sale in the market. They picked up the half-written letter, looked at it for a while, and then put it down again. Finally, they took the book and the letter together, The two with pistols shouted, 'Let's go'! At this time, Zhang asked, 'Do you have any official business to search and arrest?' The answer was 'Don't talk nonsense'! Zhang asked again: 'What is the charge?' The one who came in roared, "Are you afraid that there will be no charges? Just go away obediently!" The three of them took Zhang away. His whereabouts have never been known." K.'s expression was always so calm and frank when he spoke.I have no reason to vomit with him anymore, but I can't just let him go.Immediately, I said with half-anger, "Ah, I said it was indirect and indirect just now, but I forced you to say it, just like you witnessed it on the spot!" After I finished speaking, I pursed my lips and smiled again. "Oh, you're so—that!" K. suddenly blushed. "There was a woman there when it happened. I heard it from her." "Hee hee, it's another woman!" I couldn't help laughing out loud.At the same time, I shook the hand I was holding tightly, but let it go suddenly, and asked in a low voice: "K, you--you are so faltering, but why bother; And disrespectful..." I swallowed my words and turned my face away; but I felt K. grabbed both of my hands, and K.'s hands were hot.I turned around again, just in time to see K's eyes glowing, and he said to me with passion: "Anyone who coaxes you will die. It turned out that there was only one woman. The one I saw was the lover of my friend. " "But is she okay?" I knew that the look on my face must not have returned to normal. "No. She asked to go with her at that time, but they refused. They also sneered and said, 'Don't be impatient, your chance is later!' She followed them, walked half a street, and arrived at the crossroads. There were three or four other people waiting there. They seemed to be armed with pistols. When the two sides were joined together, they hired rickshaws. One of them raised a gun to imitate the friend's lover, and shouted sharply, "Go away, damn it, ' She had no choice but to back off. The rickshaw turned into a side street. After a while, when she sneaked up to look again, she had run away without a trace. I didn't make a sound, just listened quietly.I feel like he has let go of my hand. Upside down branches of ivy fluttered gently in the breeze.At the sound of oars, a ferry slowly passed by.I folded a piece of green strip, fiddled with it unconsciously for a while, and then threw it into the water. "Let's go, go to Tikan!" I greeted the dozing boatman. K. and I were still sitting side by side, naturally quite close together. K.'s eyes seemed to be constantly gliding over me, but when I searched for the movement of his eyes, I felt otherwise.His eyes are like two small dark holes, bottomless, but there is a soft and lovely clear wave at the mouth of the hole. K. told some stories from his childhood. Why is he bringing up those old sayings?I tried to distract myself several times, and I like to talk about "now."And I have one more thing on my mind... I feel slightly irritable. "Your close friend, do you have any news now?" During the very short silence, I suddenly asked. K seemed to be unable to remember who I was asking for a moment, he looked at me suspiciously, then suddenly smiled, but immediately covered his face with thick frost, and said with a long sigh: "Is it him you are asking? Now, if I really complied with that sentence, I am close at hand, but far away in the world!" "Well, listen to yourself, you sound like a man who has lost his love." K just smiled wryly and ignored my teasing. "But I already know who he is and where he is." I began to try to coax him to speak.However, he shook his head and only answered three words: "Not necessarily." "I'm not going to lie to you. A few days ago, I met an old classmate and talked about it casually. I talked about your close friend..." K.'s eyebrows twitched suddenly, and his eyes widened; but then he smiled, patted my palm lightly, and said: "It's all nonsense! He doesn't have a girlfriend, except for that—" "That ex-lover, isn't it?" I followed closely. "However, you must know that my old classmate is the classmate of his former lover!" "Oh, that--then of course I wouldn't know." "So, you are not the only one who cares about him; if you have any news, you should tell others..." "No," said K., shaking his head.After pondering for a while, he said, "Really not." After a while of silence, I changed the subject again: "K, what time does the work in the newspaper start? Do you have time to go to a movie?" "Time is in conflict, but it is not impossible to see it." "I have a fellow villager who ordered your newspaper. He doesn't read it, but when it comes to newspapers, he always gives a thumbs up and says, after all, it's the newspaper run by the God of Wealth, which is good." "He doesn't look at it, so how can he know what's good?" K smiled faintly. "That's not it, that's the wonderful thing!" I pursed my lips and smiled. "But what he likes is your paper; he has ordered your newspaper to be used for wrapping things, haha!" K also laughed out loud. "It's a lot of scolding!" He said while laughing, "It can be seen that our work is not worth a fart! It is sad enough to say." "Ah, why did it cause you to complain again?" I apologized. "I know a little about the difficulty of running a newspaper today. There are so many taboos. No one can blame you." By this time the ferry had arrived at the pier, K stood up and glanced at me. I smiled and said, "Of course go back!" Later, K mentioned the "headless case" several times and asked me to make inquiries on his behalf. "Seeing you are in such a hurry!" I teased him, "It seems to be your lover?" K hurriedly argued: "I was entrusted with it, so I have to be enthusiastic." "Pfft! Who said you weren't entrusted by someone?" I really wanted to hit him, "But what about me?" K was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly said earnestly: "You are also entrusted by others, so you have to be enthusiastic. If you need me to help you with something, of course I am also enthusiastic." "Really?" "It seems that I am not a slippery person in your eyes." "Oh!" I looked at him for a long time, determined not to make up my mind, but finally said, "Then, I also want to entrust you to inquire about someone !" K. looked at me with a smile, and slowly replied: "I know who you want to inquire about. But you will surely understand in the future that I have not lied to you." We stared at each other, and suddenly we all burst out laughing at the same time. K. still had to make "wrapping paper", so we parted.I watched him walk away step by step, and suddenly had a strong urge to call him back.I called out to him so loudly that I almost got the attention of passers-by.When he ran back to me, I just pursed my lips and smiled. I couldn't remember why I called him back in such a hurry. K. stood there calmly, waiting for me to speak. Suddenly, I came across a sentence, and I didn't have time to think about it, so I said it: "K, let me introduce you to a lover, okay?" As soon as I said this, I seemed to wake up, and I felt a burst of heat on my face. However, K.'s reaction eliminated my self-consciousness.He replied in a very natural tone: 'Good!However, there is no time to discuss this issue in detail today. " "So, do you have a lover?" I simply went a step further. At this moment he laughed, and said, "I don't quite understand it myself: it's far away in the world, but it's close at hand!" He grabbed my hand and shook it, then turned and left. I remember it was the third time I heard him say these eight characters.Isn't this meaningless?But I can't figure out the mystery. K is somewhat "mysterious", but I still like him,—no, just seeing him more often makes him more infatuated...Why?It's all because I'm too lonely, and it's all because the people I come into contact with every day are too despicable and bad. Then I thought again of what K. had entrusted to me.Things are too common, if you really ask about it, it's not hard to find whereabouts.It's just—why is there another woman in the middle! If all of K's words are true—no, I can't believe the part about that woman unconditionally. The more I think about it, the more unhappy I become, I really want to see what kind of first-class role that woman is! My whole body is irritable and my head hurts a little, but I can't get rid of those unpleasant thoughts. I saw it once or twice at another friend's place——I can't believe it! I want to take care of such a "headless case" seriously, what a fool!Half-truth and half-false to you, why are you going to do your best? I believe that I can treat others with sincerity, but it depends on whether he has the slightest ambiguity towards me-not even the slightest bit!