Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Our Castle

Yuno always remembered that sunny afternoon.In Lin Huanzhi's study room, he said to her in a very serious tone: "Qiqi has always made me powerless, and your presence has reassured me." Yuno said, "You look tired, you should go to your room and have a good sleep." "The sun is very good." Lin Huanzhi said, "Sleeping is something you do at night." "I'm going to take Qiqi on a trip, not far away, I hope you approve." "Thank you." Lin Huanzhi said, "I know you can make her happy." However, she was sorry for Lin Huanzhi's trust in her, she actually lost Qi Qi!Yuno stood at the bustling train station and called Lin Huanzhi. This city was also unfamiliar to Yuno. The last time she came to see the cherry blossoms, she just passed by in a hurry. She really didn't know what to do. You can find Qiqi, if she deliberately wants to leave, things can't be worse, can't they?

"Oh, I'll be right here." Lin Huanzhi said, "Don't panic." After hanging up the phone, You Nuo saw Bao Baolan looking around, she rushed up, took Bao Baolan's hand and said, "Qiqi is missing, what should I do?" "Look for it!" Baobaolan pointed to the man behind him and said, "My friend from the publishing house, don't worry, he's very wild here, and he can help." "Look separately." Huang Le also said, "It's not easy to find someone!" But Huang Lede Haikou exaggerated, that day, when You Nuo and Bao Baolan returned home, they were already drenched.It was one o'clock at night, and they searched for Qi Qi for a long time, but failed.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the wind was raging, as if it was going to destroy everything. Huang Le hailed a car and went to the supermarket to pick them up.A group of people came in, and Bao Baolan looked around at the new place Huang Le had found for her. It was indeed not big, with one bedroom and one living room, plus a small kitchen and bathroom. "My buddy's house, no one else is here, so you can live in it temporarily." Huang Le said to Bao Baolan, "I have already installed the computer for you, you can access the Internet, tell me if you need anything else, I will buy it for you .”

"Thank you, Huang Le." Bao Baolan said sincerely. Huang Le said: "Then I'll go first. Don't worry, my buddies from the police station will notify me as soon as they have news." "Also." Huang Le lowered his voice and said to Bao Baolan, "Tao Ke is looking for you." "Don't talk about that," Bao Baolan hurriedly said, "I want to have some quiet days." "Bring an umbrella." Yuno took out his own umbrella from his backpack, chased after him and handed it to Huang Le, saying, "It's raining too much, tell the driver to drive slower."

Huang Le nodded and left. The door closes.Bao Baolan unwrapped the new towels he just bought from a 24-hour supermarket, rubbed one on his hair, and at the same time handed Yuno one and said, "Wipe your hair, and be careful not to catch a cold." Yuno didn't answer, sat on the chair, buried his face in his palms, and sighed deeply. Bao Baolan had no choice but to go up to wipe her hair, and softly comforted her while wiping, "Don't worry. You must know that Qi Qi has always been so capricious." Yuno shook his head: "I was too careless. She said a lot of inexplicable things on the train. In fact, I should have guessed that she wanted to leave on purpose. She had planned it long ago."

"Then do you remember the last words she said to you?" "I asked her to stand still, and I went to buy a return ticket." Yuno tried to recall, "She stood there, nodded obediently, and then she said to me: Yuno, goodbye. Yes, she said Goodbye." Yuno suddenly became excited when she said this, she grabbed Bao Baolan's hand and said, "You said, I just walked away for a while, why did she say goodbye to me? Now that I think about it, her expression at that time it's wired." "Maybe it's just your overthinking." Bao Baolan said, "Don't think about it, I'll boil some water, let's eat some instant noodles and go to bed, maybe she will come back tomorrow." Bao Baolan went to the kitchen to get busy, Yuno Sit on the edge of the bed.Some cell phones that nervously dialed Qiqi, this number has been dialed hundreds of times today, and the cold female voice kept saying: "The person you dialed has turned off the phone, the person you dialed has turned off the phone..."

Bao Baolan walked over, grabbed Yuno's phone and said: "Don't call, she wants to hide deliberately, breaking the phone is useless. When I see her, tell her well." "I have an ominous premonition." Yuno said, "My premonitions are always good." "Don't think about it, let's go to sleep after eating the noodles!" Bao Baolan handed the freshly soaked noodles to Yuno. Yuno pushed away and said, "Don't eat, go to sleep." Perhaps it was because no one had slept on the bed for a long time, and the sheets felt damp and moldy.Bao Baolan patted the bed sheet embarrassedly and said, "If I had known this, I should have invited you to stay in a hotel."

"Where is it different?" Yuno said, "I was away from home and lived in various places." "I'm rich." Baobaolan suddenly said inappropriately, "I will be richer in the future." "I believe." Yuno took out a beautiful bracelet and handed it to Bao Baolan and said: "I left in a hurry and didn't bring any gifts. This is the last time I saw it by chance. I liked it, so I bought two of the same one, and gave one to Qi Baolan. Seven, this is for you." "The same? That's great." Bao Baolan took it, touched Yuno's cold finger, and saw a very fancy diamond ring on her finger.

Bao Baolan asked: "What does the man you want to marry look like?" "It's good." Yuno said sadly, "But I still feel that we are quite strange. The familiarity seems to be just a memory." "I'm not afraid of strangers, I'm afraid of alienation." Bao Baolan put the bracelet on his wrist, stood up and said, "You seem to be cold, I'll go find a thicker quilt." "No need." You Nuo pulled her back, "I'm fine with Bao Baolan, I'm just worried about Qiqi, with such heavy rain, where should she go in this strange place?"

"It should be fine, she has the experience of running away from home." Bao Baolan tried hard to tease. "His father gave her to me, but something happened to her." Yuno said, "I really don't know what to do." "Does his father know?" Baobaolan asked. "Yeah." Yuno said, "I called and he's coming." "Go to sleep." Baobaolan said weakly, "When I wake up, maybe everything will be over." It was still raining, overwhelming.The windows of the old house are not very tight, and the rain has already wetted a small area of ​​the ground in front of the window, reflecting cold and lonely light.Both You Nuo and Bao Baolan, who had their own concerns, did not sleep very soundly, tossing and turning, letting the cot rang all night.At dawn the next day, Huang Le called. His voice was a bit heavy: "My friend from the police station called just now. Something happened in a small bar in the suburbs last night. It seems to be related to your friend."

Baobaolan immediately jumped off the bed: "What's going on? Is it Qiqi? Where is she?" "I'll wait for you at that bar." Huang Le said the address, "Come quickly." Yuno also woke up immediately when Bao Baolan's phone rang, she saw that Bao Baolan hung up the phone, she asked nervously: "Is there any news about Qiqi?" "Let's go." Baobaolan said solemnly, "We'll know when we go." When You Nuo and Bao Baolan rushed to the bar, Huang Le and her police friend were questioning the boss. The boss opened his tired eyes and said impatiently; "I have been questioned by the police in the middle of the night. I have nothing to say. What do you want me to say? Hey, I don't care, I'm going to bed first!" "It's not to do anything to you, but what you said is really unbelievable." Seeing Yuno and the others coming in, the police asked quickly, "Do you have Qiqi's photo?" Bao Baolan looked at Yuno, Yuno shook his head, and asked Huang Le while shaking: "Did Qi Qi come here last night?" "Maybe." Huang Le pointed at the boss and said, "He called the police last night, saying that a girl had a dispute with some gangsters here, and that girl brought a sharp fruit knife." "What clothes is she wearing?" Yuno asked the boss anxiously, "Please tell me quickly." "It should be... a white T-shirt and jeans." The boss said, "At night, it's under the light again, so I can't see it too clearly." Yuno fainted: "What about her?" "Listen well." The person who answered was Huang Le. He said, "She had a quarrel with a few gangsters, and then she took out her fruit knife. The knife was taken away, and she rushed to grab it desperately. In the confusion, the knife was inserted into the girl's chest." The world became extremely quiet at that moment, and Yuno felt that he could not even stand up.She remembered that day at Qiqi's house, she picked up the sharp fruit knife and walked in front of Qiqi, saying as she walked, "Come here, use this, this knife can kill you with one blow!" At that time, Qi Qi had a terrified expression on her face.She was afraid of the knife, no doubt about it, but she carried it out the door and stabbed someone with it.This is simply unacceptable! "Where is she?" Bao Baolan rushed forward and grabbed the boss and asked, "Where is she now?" The boss said: "After the girl was stabbed, those gangsters dispersed. I hurriedly called the police, who knew that the girl disappeared after I finished calling." "What do you mean by disappearing?" Bao Baolan shouted hoarsely, "A good person, how could he disappear? You must have hidden her, she was hurt, you hid her! I tell you, you This is against the law and will be shot!" The boss backed away in fright and said: "What I said is the truth, whether you believe it or not, it is the truth!" "Don't get excited." Huang Le held Bao Baolan back and said, "Talk about something." "Lan." Yuno hugged Bao Baolan and said, "Lan, something happened to Qi Qi, something really happened to her." "No, nothing will happen." Baobaolan advised palely, and she also turned pale unconsciously. "A wounded girl suddenly disappeared?" Huang Le said to her police friend, "Don't you think this is too bizarre?" The police said: "If she is really injured, she should not be far away. Otherwise, she will definitely go to the hospital. She is currently investigating, and I will be notified as soon as there is news." "Then let's go." Huang Le said, "I'll treat you to breakfast first. After eating, we'll find you again when you feel energetic!" Yuno ostentatiously followed them out, and as soon as he reached the door of the bar, he saw the familiar car and the man in black standing beside the car.He drove all night and looked tired, but still personable. From the looks of it, he, who has great powers, knows as much about the situation as Yuno. "Who?" Bao Baolan touched Yuno's arm. Yuno didn't answer, but walked forward, walked up to him, bowed his head and said, "I'm sorry." "It's none of your business." Lin Huanzhi said, "Don't blame yourself." Yuno looked at his toes, tears streaming down his face. Bao Baolan walked behind her, guessed about seven or eight points, and remained silent. "I have already entrusted friends from all walks of life," Lin Huanzhi said, "I am very tired now and want to find a hotel to rest. Would you like to accompany me to wait for the news?" "Okay." Yuno said. "I'll go too." Bao Baolan said. Lin Huanzhi took them to the best hotel in the city, a five-star hotel with two adjacent rooms.He opened the door of his room, threw the phone to Yuno and said, "I'm going to sleep now, if the phone rings, you answer it for me, if it's not about Qi Qi, don't wake me up." Baobaolan and Yunuo entered another room, and after closing the door, Baobaolan asked Yunuo in a low voice, "Qiqi's father is very rich, right? The car he drives is worth at least seven or eight hundred thousand, no wonder Qi Qi is so pampered!" "She is Qiqi's adoptive father." Yuno said, "Qiqi is an orphan." Baobaolan opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to say, "I always thought that my life was the worst." "I'm very upset," Yuno said. "Because this man likes you?" Bao Baolan asked. Yuno was startled, and covered her mouth: "Don't talk nonsense." "Okay." Baobaolan said, "I'll shut up." Just as he was talking, Lin Huanzhi's phone rang, and Yuno answered it in a panic, it was Maizi.She hesitated when she heard Yuno's voice, so she asked over there, "Is it Mr. Lin's cell phone?" She called him Mr. Lin, but she called him so kindly and naturally. "Yes, he is very tired and asleep." Yuno said, "I am Yuno." "Oh." Maizi said, "How is it? Any news about Qiqi?" "No." "I found something in her computer." Maizi said. "What?" Yuno was originally leaning on the bed, but immediately sat up nervously when he heard it.Baobaolan also moved his ear to the phone, wanting to hear what happened. "Her diary." Maizi said, "it looks a bit messy, but there is a sentence in the diary on the last day: she is an angel, and the happiness and joy she can give him is something I can't give. I can finally rest assured No one is wrong to leave, it is me who is wrong." "I knew it, she wanted to leave on purpose." Yuno murmured in despair, "I should have known." "She saw you and Mr. Lin in University City that night," Maizi said. "We only talked for a while that day." Yuno said, "I didn't see Qiqi at all." Maizi sighed: "And Mama Wu said that the fruit knife in the restaurant is missing." "Oh my God." Yuno said, "Doctor Mai, I hope nothing happens to Qiqi, I hope." "No news is good news." Maizi said, "I have to wait. You told Mr. Lin that I have done everything that should be done here. I will call again as soon as there is news." "Thank you, Dr. Mai." Yuno said. "Okay." Maizi hung up the phone. In this way, they stayed in the hotel for two days. Didn't get any news about Qiqi.She just disappeared without a trace. Finally, Lin Huanzhi said: "Let's go back, we will always come back when we should." "Maybe the girl at the bar that night wasn't Qiqi at all." Bao Baolan mobilized her rich imagination and said to Yuno, "It's just a coincidence, maybe she has returned to your place long ago, playing hide-and-seek with you." "No news is good news." Yuno sighed, "Maybe Maizi is right." Storm Blue hugged her farewell. "You have to be good." Yuno said, "You can't worry me anymore." "I will." Bao Baolan said, "You, you have to remember, I love you very much." Back in his own city, the first thing You Nuo did was to call Su Cheng. At this time, Su Cheng was his only comfort.But unexpectedly, the bell rang for a long time before Su Cheng answered it. Before he had time to tell him what was on his mind, he said first, "I'm sorry, Yuno." "Why?" Yuno didn't understand. "I haven't called you these days. But in fact, I'm not the kind of narrow-minded person, you know." Su Cheng said. "I understand." Yuno said, "I'll come and see you tomorrow, okay?" "After a while?" Su Cheng said, "I'm very confused now." I don't understand why Su Cheng refused, anyway, his refusal made Yuno feel extremely distressed, but she still pretended to be okay and said, "Okay." "There's one thing I think you'd better know." Su Cheng hesitated and said, "Tiantian, something happened to her." "What's wrong?" "She jumped off the seventeenth floor." Su Cheng's voice became trembling and painful, "That was the small apartment we bought to build a new house. The second day I went to find you with the ring, she jumped down. No hesitation." Yuno couldn't say a word. "Love is entangled all our lives, and we can't complete our own redemption." Su Cheng said, "I'm sorry Yuno, look, I can no longer give you pure happiness." At that moment, the image of Tiantian became very clear in Yuno's mind. The girl who had only met once, the girl who loved Su Cheng deeply, maintained her love in the most fierce way. sky. Seventeenth floor. What kind of courage should you have when you want to fly down? Poor Su Cheng, poor Tiantian, poor myself. After hanging up the phone, You Nuo sent a short message to Su Cheng: "But Su Cheng, please be happy." The moment the message flew out, Yuno knew that everything was over, she looked at the diamond ring on her finger, took it off silently, and stuffed it in the deepest part of the drawer. Happiness, in fact, is always everyone's own business. For Yuno, it has been a long and lonely summer.Qiqi became the biggest concern in my heart.She said to Qingmei: "She disappeared from my hands alive, and I can't forgive myself." "It's not a crime you should bear." Qing Mei said, "She did it on purpose, it's simply hateful!" "Don't say that about Qi Qi." "You are so tolerant towards others." Qing Mei was dissatisfied, "You are harsh to Su Cheng!" "What's wrong?" "At this time, he needs you." Qingmei said, "If you don't accompany him through these days, who can accompany him?" "I'm not sure," Yuno said, "I'm afraid I'll put more pressure on him." "You've lost weight." Qingmei looked at her and sighed, "Love is really a tormenting thing." "If you have a chance, greet him for me." Yuno corrected him immediately after finishing speaking, "Forget it, it's still not necessary." Qingmei looked at her with sympathy. Saying goodbye to Qingmei, Yuno returned to the dormitory, but was pleasantly surprised to find Baobaolan sitting in front of the steps. She also lost weight, her eyes were bigger, and she looked unusually petite in a black T-shirt.Seeing Yuno, she stood up, hugged her and said, "You, I'm scared, so I came to you." "What happened?" Yuno said, "The novel didn't pass?" "No." Bao Baolan tried to smile and said, "On the contrary, I wrote the best novel. They said that I can be fired as the most popular youth writer." "Hehe." Yuno beckoned her to sit down, handed her a glass of water and said, "Are you afraid because you are going to be famous?" "No," Baobaolan said, pointing to his abdomen, "I think I'm in trouble, I'm actually really afraid of pain. Really." After finishing speaking, she rushed to the bathroom, and there was an earth-shattering sound of vomiting. After waiting for a long time, she finally came out, leaned against the bathroom door, and smiled weakly at Yuno. "It's so bad, is it okay?" she said, "There is nothing worse than this." Yuno handed her a warm towel and said, "Don't be afraid, we will go to the hospital tomorrow." The next morning, Maizi greeted them at the gate of the hospital.Summer really only has its tail left, the sun has long since lost its former arrogance, Yuno holds Bao Baolan's hand, Bao Baolan is wearing Yuno's coat, and his face is pale. "It's just a minor operation." Maizi said, "Don't worry, it will be fine in a while." Before entering the operating room, Bao Baolan suddenly squeezed Yuno's hand, and said tremblingly: "I'm really afraid of pain, really." "Don't let her know?" Yuno asked. "This is my own business." After Bao Baolan finished speaking, he turned and walked into the operating room resolutely. "She's still a child." Outside the operating room, Yuno said to Maizi, "I'm so stupid, I can't help them." Maizi put his hand on her shoulder to show his understanding.She is a pleasing woman who doesn't talk much, Yuno doesn't understand why Qiqi doesn't like her. The whole summer passed quietly amidst the burning anxiety of waiting for Qi Qi and the infinite sorrow of being distressed by Bao Baolan. When autumn came, even though Lin Huanzhi spent a lot of money and used all his social connections, there was still no news about Qiqi.During that period, Yuno did a lot of things. He took care of Baobaolan for about a month, volunteered in an orphanage, and updated her website every day.The most prominent place on the website has always been the notice to find Qiqi, Yuno wrote in the flashing flash: Qiqi, I know you will see it.We all love you and hope you come back soon. There is a picture of Qiqi on the notice. She rarely takes pictures. That one was taken by chance. On that day, Yuno bought a new digital camera and used her as an experiment. The picture is considered a candid one. Qiqi is in deep thought. , she pursed her lips tightly, and had aloof and indifferent eyes that other seventeen-year-old girls could not have. Baobaolan posted: "Qiqi, this is our castle, you can't leave it behind." Bu Yi left a post saying: "Qi Qi is like this, you are very beautiful. Come back soon and I really invite you to Sandia." An unfamiliar netizen left a post saying: "Qiqi, you need to be well." ... A series of posts, following the missing person notice, recorded every passing day. Depressed or brilliant, it's just the past.The poem on the first page of the website has also been changed. It is a poem by a certain Taiwanese poet that You Nuo likes the most: But Qiqi, Qiqi, do you really remember, remember to look back and look for the memories we once shared? In October, Yuno received a call from Maizi. Maizi said, "We'd better meet each other." Yuno arrives at the appointment as scheduled.Autumn Maizi is wearing a red skirt. She is really a chic woman with her unique demeanor.They meet in a coffee shop.There was an English song playing in that cafe all the time, it was still the hoarse male voice, the song she and Su Cheng heard when they had dinner in "Sandia" for the first time, it rang repeatedly in the autumn afternoon sunshine, that For a moment, time flies back in a panic, which makes people sad. Maizi commented on You Nuo and said straight to the point: "Mr. Lin was admitted to the hospital for three days." She still called him Mr. Lin. "What?" Yuno asked. "Stomach cancer." Maizi spat out two cold words. Yuno's head was buzzing. "His stomach has been filling up, but he always refuses to check. You should go and see him." Maizi said, "I think he has been waiting for you to see him." Yuno was shocked. Maizi added: "For so many years, he has been very lonely." "Didn't you stay with him all the time?" Yuno said sincerely, "Dr. Mai, you are very admirable." "Yes, I love him." Maizi said without hesitation, "I have loved him for many years. That year, he came to the hospital with a broken Qiqi. I have never seen a man's eyes that can be so gentle and gentle." Considerate. Later I found out that Qiqi is not her own daughter, she is a person who knows how to love, and money is useless." "It's enough to have you as a confidant." Yuno said, "How long is he left?" "If money is used to buy life, it will be no more than three months." Maizi said, "At this time, money is the most useless thing." "Doctor Mai." Yuno held her hand on the table and said, "Maybe things will be better than you imagined, you have to be strong." But no one thought that Maizi was still optimistic. Lin Huanzhi didn't wait for three months, and he left after one month. He lost weight very quickly, and the chemotherapy did nothing but increase his pain.Yuno went to the hospital once a day in those days and read him stories, Jean Webster's.Lin Huanzhi smiled hard and asked, "Where can I find such a good story?" "You bought it for Qiqi." Yuno smiled, "I just borrowed it." Lin Huanzhi said, "I still remember seeing her in the orphanage that day, her small body, eyes full of anger and disdain, I thought at that time, this is the child I want, I can give her happiness. But I didn't expect it to be the biggest failure of my life." Yuno said: "Qiqi will understand you eventually." "She was right to leave." Lin Huanzhi said, "The distance allows us to see each other clearly." "There's something I want to show you." Yuno took out an old piece of paper from his bag and unfolded it. On it was a child's drawing, with the sun, mountains, and a man who wasn't very well drawn. Next to it is a line of words written in crooked colored pencils: bb, I love you. "I found it in Qiqi's book." Yuno said, "So, don't have any regrets." Lin Huanzhi smiled: "The biggest regret in my life, what do you think is it?" "I can't guess." Yuno said, "You have always been a mystery to me." "It's fine if you can't guess." Lin Huanzhi stretched out his hand, as if to caress Yuno's face, but his hand soon dropped powerlessly, his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. Yuno didn't shout, she ran out of the ward, tremblingly hugging Maizi who had been outside.She kept shaking, but Maizi was calmer. She patted Yuno on the back and said, "Mr. Lin left a sum of money for an Internet company, and they will maintain your website for life and provide all technical support. support." "I want to go to Sam's for a while, is that okay?" Yuno asked. "You need him?" "No." Yuno said, "I'm so tired, I just want to go to the place where Qiqi slept, to have a good sleep." There was a sofa for patients to rest at Sam's place. Yuno lay down and watched Sam pull up the curtains for him, and heard Sam turn around and say to her: "Sorry, there are many losses in life, the only thing we can do is to be brave." "Sam." Yuno asked before closing his eyes, "Tell me, where will Qiqi be, and will she come back?" "I don't know." Sam said. "You are an expert, can't you guess?" "Everyone has his own castle in his heart." Sam said, "I am better than others, but I can visit it occasionally." "I'll wait for her to come back." Yuno said affirmatively before falling asleep.This is the place where Qi Qi lay down, Yuno smelled her special breath, that girl who likes to purse her lips and eyes with aloofness, they have already engraved deep imprints in each other's lives, whether it is near or far, in their hearts The care and attachment of love will grow vigorously like spring grass, which will never be mowed. What refuses to stay is time, and in the blink of an eye, the New Year is here.You Nuo passed by the city center with her big bag on her back, and there was a striking billboard hanging at the door of Xinhua Bookstore: The famous youth school novel Jia Bao Bao Lan is coming to my bookstore to sign for sale. A female middle school student passed by and screamed, "That's the one who wrote it. I've never read such a good novel." Baobaolan's new book has been sold like crazy since it was published, and the sales volume exceeded 500,000 in just three months.She toured the country signing books, filled with fans of her books. The little demon's golden castle has also become a website with a sharp increase in visits.Many people provided information about Qiqi, and Yuno and Baobaolan ran around the country because of this, but unfortunately, none of them were true. The billboard is huge, and besides the poster of the book, there is also a photo of violent blue printed on the side. It is blurry, and you can clearly see that her eyes are very similar to Qiqi's.Just as Yuno was staring at it, she suddenly received a call from Baobaolan, who panted and said to Yuno incoherently: "I think, I saw Qiqi. It's Qiqi, it must be her !" "where is she?" "I was signing a book, and there was a long queue of readers." Bao Baolan said, "I saw a girl wearing the same bracelet as me, and after I signed it for her, she smiled at me, and that smile made me feel inexplicably familiar. But there were too many people, and by the time I realized it, she had already disappeared." "She disappeared." Baobaolan cried, "Look at how cruel she is, she refuses to talk to us." "Maybe it's not her. You know, there are more than two of those bracelets." "But how I wish it was her." Bao Baolan said, "how I wish." On the crowded street, Yuno hung up the phone, tears streaming down his face. Many years have passed, no matter whether any news about Qiqi is true or not, she insists on believing that Qiqi will not disappear.She will definitely be in a certain corner of a certain place, and with her unusual eyes, she will pay attention to everything she is willing to pay attention to. She will not disappear. What disappears is time. And the disappearing time will make the previous wounds bloom into white and grand flowers, stand in the purest posture, and become the best proof that we have warmed each other and existed. complete book