Chapter 7 Part VII

(sixty one) When he left, he played hopscotch on the bluestone road in that alley, dancing, Like a big kid who doesn't grow up. (sixty two) We slept that night on a thick grass, At night Qi Leming sat up wrapped in a sleeping bag and chatted with me, Like a big zongzi. I am very happy to laugh, Then call him, hello, big rice dumpling. That night the sky was full of stars, Black clouds were blown into unseen distances. I say, Qi Leming, Do you know what I'm thinking right now? He asked, what do you think? I said I remembered Japanese dramas. He fell back as if to faint,

Say, you're really...really... I say, I just remembered a line. What line did he ask me? I laughed, I answered him, one day, Starlight will fall on you. (sixty-three) That day Qi Leming's smile was imprinted in my mind, engraved so deep, Maybe never go away. It was the happiest face I've ever seen, while before, I always see his indifferent face when he listens to rock, I have been seeing him leave suddenly after graduating from junior high school. (sixty-four) Qi Le Ming was advancing towards university steadily like me, Nothing to worry about. But in the winter of the third year of junior high school,

On a night when the cold wind filled the whole city, he called me, He said I'm on the street now, Can you come out and walk with me. At that time I was upstairs in Yan Xu's house, I'm watching him draw, Then I looked at the time displayed on the phone, it was one o'clock in the morning. Qi Leming's voice on the phone scared me. I told Yan Xu something happened. let's go out. Yan Xu and I went over the iron gate to the street that Qi Leming told me about, Then I saw him sitting on the curb with his head between his knees. He leaned on a street lamp, A faint yellow light fell from above his head, enveloping him,

In the light, there are countless moths. I took off my windbreaker and handed it to him, I say, What are you going to do? (sixty-five) We walked the streets that night, During the period, Yan Xu took out the CD player and asked him if you want to listen to the CD, He shook his head. We went into a small supermarket and still got coffee, There was a moment when I saw Qi Leming tearing up while drinking coffee fell into the cup, But I didn't speak, I pretended I didn't see anything. (sixty-six) As the day dawns, He still told me. He said he came home and found that he had used his keys

I can't open my own door. Then he heard some harsh noises in the room. Yan Xu and I finally sent him home, He stood before the iron gate of his garden, The hand on the doorbell did not drop. In the end, it was Yan Xu who rang the doorbell for him. Yan Xu and I saw the guard opened the door, Then Qi Leming walked in, open the door, His mother stood before him, looking at him. Then Qi Leming quietly walked past her. It's already dawn, When Yan Xu and I left, I forgot whether I said good night to him. (sixty seven) Qi Leming didn't come to class the next day, When he came the third day he said to me,

I don't want to study anymore. (sixty-eight) I did not persuade him, I know his decision is not something I can shake, So I asked him, What do you want to do? I have no idea, But I still have half a year to think about what I should do. When he spoke, his eyes kept looking at the sky outside the window, I don't know if he is looking at those lonely birds. (Sixty-nine) Then I graduated, When I graduated, two people suddenly disappeared, Lin Lan and Qi Leming, Two of my best friends in junior high. But soon I received a letter from Qi Leming, The postmark is Hainan. He has been writing to me ever since.

His letters to me were never addressed, So I can only tell him my words in E-mail, But he doesn't surf the Internet often. So I can only be in a passive position, Listen to him talk about the snow in Tibet and the sand in Xinjiang. (seventy) Qi Leming's mother once looked for me, She wore black that day, There are wrinkles around the eyes, I found her old and gaunt. She asked me if I knew where Qi Leming went? I said I don't know, I can't get in touch with him, Only he contacts me. I showed her the letters, Then I saw her tears falling down and hitting the letter paper in big drops.

She said sorry, Then he turned and left.