Chapter 15 third chapter

On Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at the gate of Changshou Road No. 1 Primary School. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Qiusha was sitting in the back row of the BMW 760, rolling down the window and watching the elementary school students after school.Many parents were waiting at the door to pick up their children, and private cars lined up along the street. The old man who collected the parking fee thought she was also here to pick up the children.Behind a group of children walking and chatting, Si Wang was silent and depressed alone, no one greeted him.He was wearing a blue school uniform, his heavy-looking schoolbag was covered with sand, and there was a hole in his red scarf.

Gu Qiusha opened the car door and stopped in front of the third grade pupil.He looked up into her eyes, almost expressionless, but spoke very politely: "Auntie, can you let me go?" "Don't you remember me? Yesterday, I came to your Chinese class." "I remember." The boy pulled his clothes subconsciously, and seemed to know how to maintain his image in front of the lady, "You like Yuan Zhen's poems very much." "Where is your home? I'll take you home." "Don't worry about it, I'll walk home, I don't need to take a car, thank you!"

His neither humble nor overbearing attitude made Gu Qiusha seem to have known him before, and it was rare for her to wear a pair of flat shoes: "Okay, I'll walk with you." Si Wang was no longer embarrassed to refuse, and let this strange woman stay by his side.Behind Changshou Road No. 1 Primary School is Suzhou Creek, and there is a small road along the river where you can take a shortcut.Gu Qiusha hadn't taken a walk for a long time. She smelled the earthy smell of the Suzhou River and a few dead leaves fell, only to realize that autumn had already arrived.The river whimpered, exposing the filthy bed near the shore, with its years of silt and rubbish, and perhaps the bones of animals.A boat drove past with a clamor, setting off waves like geese flying, rolling over the river embankment, and making the sound of waves.Passing the road less traveled by, sparrows sounded everywhere in the sunset, and black wild cats walked by the factory wall.The shadows of the two people are stretched very long, one red and one blue, one long and one short.

"Student Si Wang, I have a question, why don't your teachers and classmates know about your talent?" He continued to walk quickly but did not answer, Gu Qiusha asked immediately: "I have read your test papers, and found that you sometimes deliberately answer wrong questions, you clearly wrote the correct answer, but crossed out the wrong one. , and it is very wrong. Also, your handwriting is terrible, but it seems unnatural, as if it was written crookedly on purpose. " "Because, I am afraid that after I write my words, someone will pay too much attention to me."

"You finally told the truth. Your teacher also said that you don't have any friends, you don't go to your classmates' house, and you never bring your classmates to your house. Why are you so withdrawn?" "Well - my house is small and dilapidated, I'm embarrassed to let others see it." "So you've been hiding yourself? But why did you keep silent when you saw me yesterday, making me a blockbuster?" "The teacher asked the students to talk about Yuan Zhen's other works, but no one responded. I was afraid that she would be criticized by the principal, and she treats me well, so I wanted to help her. Someone must answer the teacher's questions in class. - Coincidentally, I am also very familiar with Yuan Zhen."

The child's eyes were so sincere that Gu Qiusha was overwhelmed. previous hesitation. "I believe you have read a lot of classical poetry, so do you like novels?" "Auntie, are you testing me?" She squatted down, rubbed the boy's pretty cheek and said, "You can call me Miss Gu." "Okay, Miss Gu." "Have you seen?" Although this book is too adult for primary school students, it is not what Gu Qiusha wants to test him. "I've seen it." “Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless?”

Inadvertently, Gu Qiusha recited the beginning of this famous quote that Jane Eyre said to Rochester. She believed that the boy in front of her would hardly pass this round of exams. If she could translate it into Chinese, she would be thankful. "You think wrong!" Unexpectedly, Si Wang said the following English directly, "I have as much soul as you, and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh; it is my spirit that addresses your spirit ; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal, as we are!"

When he finished reciting the words with eloquence and eloquence, Gu Qiusha did not dare to look directly into the child's eyes.Ten years ago, Gu Qiusha gave Shen Ming a copy of the original novel, which was brought back by her father when he visited the United States. She remembered that Shen Ming had repeatedly recited this passage in English. "It was as if the two of us had passed through the grave." She couldn't help but read this sentence in Chinese. Si Wang lowered his eyes and hid his eyes behind his long eyelashes: "I'm sorry, I have read the original English work, but I can only recite this passage in English."

"Si Wang, do you understand the meaning of this sentence?" "clear." "As if you have experienced it?" He paused for a few seconds and shook his head: "I don't know." Gu Qiusha didn't know what to say?The two walked forward in silence, and at the most secluded section of the Suzhou River, a dilapidated jeep was parked by the side of the road. No matter how you look at this car, it looks familiar, although two of the four wheels are deflated, the front face of the car is almost gone, and the brand logo is gone, only a pair of foreign license plates are inserted diagonally in the back.She could still tell that it was an old JEEP, with a red rose inserted in a white skull painted on the rear window, although it was dulled by the thick dust and grime, it was definitely the painting on the original car.

Si Wang said beside him: "This car has been here for two years. When I was in the first grade, my grandpa had it on the way home when I was taken home." Strictly speaking, it's just the carcass of a car. In autumn, the riverside became desolate and desolate, and the car was always parked there, slowly decomposing like a dead man.Suddenly, it seemed that someone was calling a certain name... Gu Qiusha turned around in panic, but she didn't see anyone. She ran up the green belt by the Suzhou River and didn't even find a ghost.As she got closer to the car, she was sure that the doors and windows were closed tightly, and there was no sign of being opened, because the door handle was thickly covered with dust.Boldly put his ears on the car window, his heartbeat was still frighteningly fast, hoping to hear that voice again.She trembled and looked around at the silent wasteland, with the icy Suzhou River on one side and the outer wall of the factory on the other.

And a weird boy. Evening, exactly five o'clock. There was still no passerby, so she lay down in front of the windshield of the jeep and tried to look into the driver's seat—the empty seat was covered with debris, there were waste newspapers and instant noodle cups, and there were some disgusting stains on the backrest.The side windows are black, so you can't see what's inside from the outside. She smelled a bad smell. It smells so weird it's creepy...is this the car?Gu Qiusha still came up with this idea, no matter what, to reveal its secret, just like only an autopsy can find out the cause of a person's death. After turning around the jeep twice, I found that the trunk was a little loose, maybe there was something heavy inside?Or the door lock has been rusted and damaged after so many years of wind and rain?She didn't care about the dirt at all, and found an iron rod from the nearby grass, inserted it into the gap in the trunk, and pried it up with all her strength. "What are you going to do?" Only then did Si Wang look like a primary school student, watching the adult's crazy behavior suspiciously. "Can you help me?" It seems that Gu Qiusha's strength is still not enough, but the boy is very active, helping her to pry the trunk together, while looking nervously to the side, lest someone pass by and take them as car thieves. With a bang, the trunk was pried open! Sure enough, a strange smell gushed out, making them almost pass out.Gu Qiusha took several steps back, covered her nose with her hands, and looked into the open trunk... Flies, a few flies as fat as butterflies, flew out weakly, and fell at the boy's feet in a blink of an eye. The wind blows the red scarf on Si Wang's chest. There was a thick roll of carpet in the trunk. This third-grade elementary school student actually made a move that adults would not dare to tear apart the tightly rolled carpet... "No!" Before Gu Qiusha finished speaking, a dead body appeared on the carpet. Strictly speaking, the corpse of a man. Strictly speaking, the corpse of a man who had been so highly decomposed that it was close to bones, only the black suit covered in maggots and a man's leather shoe that fell off accurately indicated the gender of the deceased. He had been dead for at least two years. Seeing the dead body, Gu Qiusha ran away in fright and hid behind the big tree.Instead, the boy redoubled his composure, and tiptoed to close the trunk again—in order not to damage the scene of the crime, even though it was most likely not a place of murder, Si Wang is like a seasoned detective, carefully observing the surroundings, and never touching to avoid leaving fingerprints, it is unbelievable that he is only nine years old. However, Gu Qiusha already knew who the deceased was.