Chapter 15 Chapter Six

As I said before, there were no signs on the day she disappeared.I just proposed to her and vowed in my heart that I will love her only in my life.But she was still gone. I was at home waiting for her to come back, for her to appear again as usual.Sometimes when I go to a convenience store to help my mother buy daily necessities, I meet Zeng Heng on the street. He still loves his hairstyle so much, and walks with his hands in his hip pockets like a two hundred and fifty.His style is not popular these days, and he has never found a girlfriend.He has been working as a maintenance worker at a community service station, and every time we meet by chance, he greets me excitedly: "Hi, Sorry!" A nod is a response. "Where's your little beautiful girlfriend from before? It's been a long time since you took her home." He asked with a playful smile.I gave him a glance and ignored him, but walked silently on my own.

That morning, my father said that he would go to the newspaper office to ask how the "old friend" missing person notice was going.During this period of time, I already had a premonition that Xiaodi would never come back to me again.Father put on the vest, put on the overcoat, put on the scarf, and put on the hat: "I'll ask again and wait for my news." He said while changing his shoes.He was holding on to the hook of the entrance, and he was a little unsteady.After changing his shoes, he opened the doorknob, a gust of cold wind poured into the house, and it was freezing cold outside.I watched him go down to the corner of the stairs, and then went back to the bedroom and stood in front of the window looking out at the road.Not long after, his lone figure appeared from the entrance of the corridor, walked out of the gate of the yard, and walked across the road.That car drove over at this moment, and there was a screeching sound of brakes followed by a slam, and then it was the scene of my father falling a few meters away.

"mom." Mother was busy doing housework: "Your dad has already gone out to help you find Xiaodi, so you can't rest for a while? If you have something to do, don't keep calling me." She said impatiently. "Mom, Dad... I'll go downstairs and have a look." I ran to the place where the accident happened, and my father lay motionless on the ground.After a while, the ambulance came, and two nurses came down with a stretcher. A doctor came to check, shook his head, and said that he had died on the spot.The ambulance drove away, and my father's body lay on the hard ground in a strange posture.Only then did the mother realize what had happened, and squeezed into the crowd, crying and shouting.

Three days later, we set up a small mourning hall in the community to hold the funeral for my father.A few friends came to pay their respects, and Zeng Heng also came.My mother kept crying, but I couldn't cry. I just sat on a small chair at the entrance of the mourning hall and looked at these people who were either genuinely sad or hypocritical.Zeng Heng stood beside me and patted my shoulder: "My condolences." He said.I'm still staring blankly at a spot in the air, unresponsive. "You should cheer up and live a good life, and don't let your mother worry about it anymore." Seeing that I didn't answer, he continued, "You have gone to school for more than half of these years. I graduated from high school and went to technical school for three years. As a maintenance worker, I have experienced more life than you. You should listen to me. I have seen a lot of women like Xiaodi. She is just teasing you, and she has no good intentions. Life is messed up..."

I'm not used to Zeng Heng talking to me in this tone: "You know what an idiot! Don't fuck me here!" What I think of is the year in high school, when I passed the stadium, a group of senior students were playing football.The ball flew out of the field and rolled to my feet, and I was thinking about it, and I ignored their pleas to kick the ball across, and kicked the ball the other way.This move annoyed the group of students.They surrounded me and pushed me hard.I staggered and fell to the ground, just as their fists were about to smash down.It was Zeng Heng who came over at this time. He knew this group of football players, so he ordered a few words and quickly took me away.

I saved most of my semester's money and wanted to buy a mini game console.Later, I found a store on the Internet, and the price was much cheaper than other places.I sent them the money, and what I got back was old-generation stuff.I wanted to admit it, but Zeng Heng said with righteous indignation: "No! How can I get rid of those unscrupulous merchants!" He made many complaint calls, and went to various websites to expose the store's news, and finally got them Couldn't take it anymore and agreed to return the product for a refund.Before I got the money, Zeng Heng immediately said with a stern face, "Sorry, how are you going to repay my great kindness? You can't escape if you invite me to dinner. I'll think about the rest, hehe !"

Every time his chattering face merged with the face in front of him, he didn't care that I got angry at him, and he still said casually: "I understand your mood, but you just listen to my brother's persuasion and look away." some……" "Let me be quiet for a while." I pushed him away, leaned back on the chair, and stared at the gray sky.The mother's cry cut through the silent air like a sharp knife.Why is life the way it is? Later, my mother shed tears all day long and scolded me at every opportunity.I confide my distress to the reindeer: "Dad died to help me find Xiao Di. But I still don't know where Xiao Di is. I can't even tell... Are those words she said lying to me?" ’” The reindeer reacted for a moment, then said, “That sounds terrible.” I breathed a sigh of relief when I heard it answer.I don't need self-righteous reassurance, I just want someone or a robot or something to listen to what I have to say. "Yeah, it's bad. I don't know what to do." I slowly told those sad experiences.

This time I heard no response from the reindeer.My mother rushed into the room, grabbed it and smashed it on the head of the bed. It was broken at the time and made a sizzling noise, and my mother threw it out of the window: "It's such a big man, if something goes wrong, don't take care of it. Talk to a robot!" I looked at this strange woman in front of me, and something changed each of us.The unbearable silence lasted for a while before I said, "You're right, I can't solve any problems. I ruined your life completely, sorry." I moved from home and worked alone in a faraway city.Aron introduced me to the NDE machine... the NDE machine.