Chapter 69 third chapter

2013, New Year's Eve. A home without air conditioning and heating is like an ice cave. Fortunately, there is a homemade hot pot with an induction cooker on the table, and the water vapor warms the narrow room.Sitting with his mother, Lu Jizong ate this simple but warm New Year's Eve dinner while watching the boring live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala.When I opened the mailbox a few days ago, I found that it had been tampered with, and a notice from the school had been opened privately. I wonder which bastard did it? Suddenly, there was a knock on the door outside. Who will visit on Chinese New Year's Eve?Mother's complexion changed, and she muttered to herself: "Could it be——is it him?"

She stood up in a panic, touched her son's face, and quickly looked in the mirror again. She was so ashamed that she couldn't bear it, and the harsh knocking on the door continued. Lu Jizong had already opened the door, and outside the dark corridor stood a woman in a coat. The light shone on the face of the other party. He was about thirty years old, but still had a charming face. His long hair was scattered over his shoulders, and he was exuding a cold air all over his body. The boy couldn't help but sneezed, and took a few steps back: "I recognize you." "Yeah, I didn't expect you to grow so tall."

"Jizong!" The mother's uneasy voice sounded from behind, "Who is it?" Afterwards, Chen Xiangtian also saw her face clearly, and immediately changed from excited anticipation to doubt and disappointment. "May I ask who you are?" "My cousin still remembers me." She walked into the house where she was having a hot pot New Year's Eve dinner, and carefully observed the furnishings. The dilapidated second-hand furniture and electrical appliances showed that this was a precarious poor family. "Are you Lu Zhongyue's cousin?" The woman showed a warm smile: "Hello, the last time we met was seven years ago."

"It's New Year's Eve, why are you here? Where is Lu Zhongyue? Where is he?" Chen Xiangtian asked a long list of questions, but got the simplest answer: "Cousin still has no news, and I came here for work recently, so I came to visit Jizong. On New Year's Day, I sent you a text message, yes You told me the address." "Oh, please sit down! Just treat it as your own home. If you don't mind, let's have a New Year's Eve dinner together. You can call me sister-in-law." "Okay, my name is Xiaozhi." She also sat down generously, holding various gifts in her hand, including the lucky money for Lu Jizong, "How has Jizong been doing all these years?"

"Hey! This kid is not a good guy. He went to a vocational school and closed it. Now he is idle at home and plays games in Internet cafes every day." Lu Jizong remained silent all the time, lowered his head to pick up the Yan dumplings in the hot pot, then looked into his cousin's eyes and said, "I want to go out to work and earn money." "It's good to go out and learn more, aunt will help you." "Really?" There was excitement in Lu Jizong's eyes. An hour later, Xiao Zhi left her new phone number and left.Chen Xiangtian and her son were sent downstairs, and she said she would visit them from time to time.

Amidst the sound of firecrackers resounding in the sky, she was watching the new year in a small hotel nearby. A month ago, Nanming High School announced an internal decision: Ouyang Xiaozhi resigned voluntarily and, according to her own wishes, transferred to support education in the poor mountainous areas of the south. On the day she left, she was in a hurry, and before Si Wang could catch up to the school gate, she had already boarded a taxi.Under the gray and cold sky, Nanming Road The piercing cold wind was howling on the ground, the boy knelt down on the muddy ground, but she didn't dare to look back.

The next day, she boarded the train going south, and this year's Spring Festival will be spent outside again. She sent a text message—— "Shen Ming? If you are really Shen Ming, you are the luckiest person in the world. Please cherish everything you have now, forget me, and never see you again! Finally, I really thank you very much. Ouyang Xiaozhi, from A faraway place." Then, the number was shut down. Because of the address she got on New Year's Day, Ouyang Xiaozhi chose this small town on purpose. There is a poor Miao village across the mountain. She found a middle school in one of the villages to teach and spent the entire winter vacation here.

Back then, the reason why she left the contact information of the mother and child was to find Lu Zhongyue one day. Seven long years have passed, and the evil spirits have always been hiding in the sea of ​​people.Judging from all aspects of the situation, Lu Zhongyue framed his best friend out of jealousy, and took away everything Shen Ming originally owned. On June 19, 1995, he killed Shen Ming in the underground of the Witch District. There is only one person who can lure him to the surface, and that is the child with the blue birthmark on his forehead - his name is Lu Jizong, he is Lu Zhongyue's only biological son, he is eighteen years old like Si Wang, as if his personality There is also some kind of commonality.

In the early spring, she was taking classes in the Miao Village, surrounded by a lot of poor children, and finally she was able to let go of the past for a while. However, every night in the dead of night, the moonlight in the mountains is so clear, shining into the eyes through the gauze, I will think of the spring of 1995. Eighteen years ago, on the playground of Nanming Middle School, Mr. Shen Ming looked at the green oleanders sprouting and read: "Eliot said in it: April is cruel." Twig hid behind the fence and said, "Teacher, do you think it's cruel to live, or cruel to die?"

He was taken aback, shook his head and said, "Of course it is death." "Yeah, how wonderful it is to be alive! How wonderful..." It was only then that she discovered that Shen Ming had earphones plugged into his ears, the popular Walkman "Walkman" at that time. "What are you listening to?" The teacher put an earphone into her ear, and immediately heard a clear Cantonese singing—— "I can't rest in the cold and warm. How many autumns have I looked back? I searched but lost it. I didn't expect it but I have it. I can't explain whether I got it or not. I just changed it when I saw it. I don't know where to pursue it. What can I ask for in life? I often decide to give up and possess, exhausting my whole life, I can't touch it and run away. What can I ask for in my life, I can never see through it in confusion, I didn't expect that what I lost is already all I have..."

It turned out to be Chen Baiqiang's "What I Want in Life". She watched a TVB drama "Intolerance", which is the theme song. "Teacher, is the gift I gave you before still there?" "exist." He said only one word, and in an awkward and weak tone. "You have to keep it well." "I'm sorry, Xiaozhi, we shouldn't talk like this... I am your head teacher, and you are my female student. We should try our best to meet you as little as possible in private! To avoid misunderstanding by other students." Shen Ming took two steps back, deliberately keeping a distance, as if In order to avoid smelling the fragrance in her hair, "In order to be admitted to your normal university, you must go all out to prepare for the college entrance examination." "Because you're getting married soon, aren't you?" "It's two different things." "The teacher's fiancée must be very beautiful, right? Yes, many classmates have seen her picture." "What do you want to say?" "I wish you happiness! When your wedding is held, my classmates and I will definitely come to attend, and we will give the bride a string of real crystal beads." Although Xiaozhi showed a bright smile, she felt the opposite feeling in her heart, and only then did she understand the "forced smile" mentioned in the book. "Yes, Qiusha is a good woman." Shen Ming stared into her eyes with a strange gaze, "As for Xiaozhi, you will also get married one day." "No, I never want to get married." The teacher had already turned around and left the playground, and Xiaozhi shouted from behind: "Have a baby early!" "After I die, I wonder if anyone will remember me?" Walking into the front of the teaching building, Shen Ming talked to himself. More than two months later, he was killed.