Monday morning, May 15th.
The phone in his pocket vibrated constantly, waking him up from his sleep.Who is calling so early?Huang Jie picked up the glasses next to the pillow and put them on, and looked at the phone screen, it turned out to be an alarm.The current time is marked on the screen, six o'clock sharp.
"Ah, that's right." Huang Jie finally remembered that it was he who decided to get up early to do housework from today.He was afraid of waking Yoichiro up, so instead of the alarm clock, he used the alarm function of his mobile phone and set it to vibrate mode.Moreover, he was afraid that he would not be able to wake up, so he put his mobile phone in his pocket before going to bed.
Huang Jie sat up on the bed, recalling the strange dream of last night.Hui gradually became thinner in front of her eyes, and finally died.Very inauspicious dream.Moreover, Hui asked Huang Jie before he died: "Are you afraid?" Huang Jie replied: "Scared." He was afraid that his father would be taken away.
"Don't think too much, don't think too much."
Huang Jie emboldened himself by talking to himself, and got out of bed.I still felt weak in my limbs last night, but now I feel much lighter in my hands and feet.It seems that I am really just too tired, it must be because I participated in the sports meeting.
Huang Jie walked out of the dormitory and began to prepare breakfast for two.Black tea, toast, scrambled eggs.The dining table was wobbly for some reason, Huang Jie looked down carefully, and found that the calendar paper that had been stuffed under the table was a bit skewed, so he squatted down and stuffed the paper back to its original place.At this moment, Huang Jie heard an alarm ringing from Yoichiro's bedroom.After a while, Yoichiro appeared in the restaurant with his hair raised high on the back of his head.
"Is breakfast ready?"
"Didn't I say I would help with the housework?"
After putting the scrambled eggs on the plate, Osuke and Yoichiro sat opposite each other.
While eating toast, Osuke told Yoichiro about Kei's dream.After listening to it, Yoichiro gave some difficult explanations for the content of the dream.Huang Jie didn't really understand, but he still nodded with a suddenly realized expression.
"By the way, was there an earthquake last night?"
"Earthquake? I don't know. Why do you ask?"
"When Dad was sleeping last night... for some reason... it felt like he was shaking."
Probably not, Huang Jie thought to himself.Usually when an earthquake occurs in the middle of the night, Osuke will wake up faster than Yoichiro.Yoichiro felt the earthquake but Osuke didn't. This example has never happened before.
"Want to read the news? There may be reports of an earthquake."
"Forget it, no need. It must be Dad's illusion."
After a while, Yoichiro went out to work.The weather is fine today, and he doesn't seem to want to take the bus and plans to walk to the hospital.After Huang Jie watched Yoichiro leave at the door, he went to the kitchen to wash the dishes.As he was putting the washed dishes into the bowl basket, he remembered something. "It was so dangerous, so dangerous, I almost forgot again."
You have to take your clothes out to dry.The clothes I washed yesterday are still in the washing machine.
Huang Jie took out the washed clothes from the fully automatic washing machine in the dressing room, put them into the basket, then picked up the basket and staggered to the balcony.Now it is mid-May, the air in the morning is quite warm, and there seems to be a bit of humidity in the wind, maybe it rained last night.
Huangsuke hung the clothes on the clothes rail while recalling what Sakie did.The shirt is buttoned up with the first two buttons from the top and hangs on the hanger. For T-shirts, use the palm of your hand to flatten the wrinkles first, and the hanger must be put in from the hem direction, so that the neckline will not be damaged.
The nostrils are filled with the smell of laundry detergent, like the smell of Saki.
Huang Jie once helped Sakie dry clothes when he was a child.At that time, Sakie also praised him for doing a good job.At that time, every piece of clothes that Huang Jiehang wore was wrinkled, because he just used clothespins to hold the corners of the clothes at will, and hung them on the clothes rail.But that evening, when Huangsuke and Sakie put away the clothes together, all the wrinkles on the clothes disappeared.At that time, Huang Jie thought that as long as the clothes were dry, the wrinkles would disappear.Looking back now, it must have been Sakie who sneaked back to the balcony after the incident and smoothed out all the wrinkles skillfully.It is definitely not an easy task to smooth out the lines without changing the messy positions.
"what?"
Huang Jie suddenly stopped moving.
"How not……"
I didn't see the headband, and there was no light blue headband used in yesterday's sports meeting in the basket.
"Did you miss it?"
Huang Jie went back to the dressing room and checked carefully in the washing machine, but there was nothing in it.He went back to the room and checked the sports backpack he had used yesterday, but there was nothing in it either.Where did it go?When I put the gym clothes in the washing machine yesterday, I should have put the headband in with it.Wait, did you actually put it in?Or did you forget it at school yesterday?Or dropped somewhere?
According to regulations, the headband must be washed and returned to the school.The grade tutor Nishio told me that it must be returned within this week.This is bad.While Huang Jie was worried, he glanced at the clock on the wall, it was almost time to go to school.About the headband, I'll ask Yoichiro after he gets home tonight, maybe he remembers something.
Huang Jie quickly stuffed the textbooks and notebooks into the school bag, and then walked out of the house.It suddenly occurred to him that he wondered if Yaji's cold had recovered.The teacher in the health room asked her to go home on the way to the sports meeting, which showed that she was seriously ill.
Maybe Yaji will ask for leave today, Huang Jie thought.
Before the first class, Huang Jie came to Ya Ji's class.Most of the students were not sitting in their seats, and they were frolicking and making noise in groups. It was really hard to see if Aki was there.
"Shuicheng is not here."
"what?"
Surprisingly, Xiao Shan appeared in Ya Ji's class.He put his hands in his pockets and walked towards Huang Jie who was standing at the door.
"Xiaoshan, why are you here?"
"I came to chat with Shuicheng, but unfortunately she didn't come."
"Ah, I see. It must be a cold."
"Who knows. You came to find her too?"
"I didn't come here specifically to find her..."
When asked by Xiao Shan, Huang Jie was a little hard to speak.
"Just to see if she's there."
In this way, Huang Jie gave an inexplicable answer.
"Huangjie..., have you always come to Shuicheng to chat with each other?"
"Not really, it's just because she caught a cold yesterday..."
"Are you worried?"
"No, I'm not that worried..."
What is the situation now?Huang Jie was getting impatient with dealing with Xiao Shan.Xiao Shan's attitude seems to be warning Huang Jie; you are not allowed to talk to Ya Ji, and you are not allowed to worry about Ya Ji's affairs.
After thinking about it, Huang Jie understood... Haha, he is jealous.
At this time, Iwatsuki, the class tutor in Aki's class, just came from the other end of the corridor.
"I'm going to ask about Shuicheng."
Koyama walked towards Iwatsuki, and seemed to ask something.Iwatsuki's expression was very serious, and he whispered a few words to Koyama briefly.
"...He said that Shuicheng's family had something to do, so he asked for leave."
Xiao Shan returned to Huang Jie, and the two walked side by side towards their classroom.
"What's up?"
"Francis didn't say anything, but his expression was quite serious."
Xiao Shan pursed his lips, showing the expression of a mature adult.Francis is the nickname given to Iwatsuki by the students.
It turned out that Yaji didn't ask for leave because of a cold.What happened to her family?In Huangjie's mind, the dream from last night reappeared - Hui who was getting thinner and thinner, Hui who was dying gradually.
Just stop thinking about that weird dream...Huang Jie waved away those unlucky thoughts from his mind.If you really mind, call Yaji's house later and ask if you can see it.
Walk back to the classroom and sit in your seat.Xiaoshan's seat is next to Huangjie, and the senior tutor Xiwei has not come in yet.
"By the way, was there an earthquake yesterday?"
Huang Jie worried that if he remained silent, Xiao Shan might ask about Ya Ji again, so he quickly found a topic.
"Earthquake? Probably not. There is no news about an earthquake in the news this morning."
"Oh!"
Sure enough, my father was overwhelmed.
"Ah, yes. Speaking of news, a woman committed suicide there."
"where?"
"It's that big university, Sagami or something..."
"Sagami Medical University?"
"Yes, yes, there was a woman who committed suicide by jumping from the top floor there in the middle of the night last night, and the news was reported. Doesn't your father work there?"
"The place where my dad works is in the affiliated hospital of the university... Who is that woman who committed suicide?"
"The news didn't say, only that it was 'a woman'..."
Just then, Nishio walked into the classroom.Huang Jie and Xiao Shan quickly stopped the conversation and turned their heads back to the front.But Huang Jie was really worried, and couldn't help asking Xiao Shan in a low voice: "How old is that woman?" Xiao Shan didn't turn his face away, but said impatiently: "How do I know!"
Huang Jie had a bad premonition.
Is it because of that nightmare?No, more than that.
Megumi and Sakie have a very good friendship, they have been good friends since college.In the past, Kei used to visit Sakie at Osuke's apartment, and sometimes they would drink coffee or eat outside together.Could it be that because her friend died, Keiya...
During the class, Huang Jie was thinking about these things all over his head, and the imagination in his head was getting worse and worse.So, he decided to visit Aki's house after school.
For four or five classes, the classroom will be changed, and the whole class will be taught in the computer classroom.After the class ended, Nishio gave an assignment to the whole class, which was to write a composition using the computer word processing system and hand it in before this week.He allowed everyone to stay in the computer classroom to use computers after school, and those who had computers at home could also write at home.Huang Jie decided to use the computer at home. He just wanted to leave school quickly and go to Aki's house to see what happened to Aki's house. He wanted to know what happened to Aki's house. It doesn't matter, Huang Jie can't feel at ease.
As soon as school was over, Huang Jie hurried to Ya Ji's apartment.But after taking the elevator up to the tenth floor, Huang Jie was in a dilemma.He only came once when the Shuicheng family celebrated the completion of their new residence two years ago, and now he doesn't remember which one Yaji's house is. Huang Jie walked around the public corridor for a long time, and finally found the door with the name plate "Shuicheng". There is still a newspaper stuffed on the bed, it should be today's morning paper.Huang Jie first took a deep breath, and then pressed the bell.no respond.Huang Jie tried to turn the doorknob, but it opened easily.
"good afternoon……"
No one answered.Maybe no one is here, Shuicheng and Hui should go to work, but where did Aki go?Why is the door unlocked?Huang Jie felt more and more uneasy, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.On impulse, Huang Jie decided to take off his shoes and walk in.
"Is anyone there?"
Walking slowly across the front porch while greeting, to a living room with a large sofa, a thick door can be seen to the right, half-open.Huang Jie remembered that it was the workshop of Shuicheng.He glanced into the room, but no one was there.There is a desk, an office chair and a round stool in the room.There are two doors side by side on the left hand side of the living room, both of which are half open. One is Shuicheng Yuhui's bedroom, and the other is Aki's room.Huang Jie hesitated for a moment, and decided to take a look in Ya Ji's room, but Ya Ji's room was also empty.When he was about to go back to the living room, he found a sports backpack beside the wall in the room. This was the backpack that Yaji carried at the sports meeting yesterday.The zipper on the backpack was completely unzipped, revealing the sportswear inside, and a light blue headband was placed on the sportswear.
"What are you doing here!?"
The sudden sound made Huang Jie shrink back in fright, and when he looked back, there was a middle-aged man standing outside the door.This person has a fierce look on his face, Huang Jie has never seen this person before.What should I do now?Huang Jie's mind went blank.
"That..., I'm that... friend's..."
Huang Jie was eager to explain, but the other party interrupted him.
"Are you a friend of Mr. Shuicheng's daughter?"
"Yes, yes, I'm her friend..., because she didn't come to school, I'm a little worried..."
The man waved to Huang Jie from outside the door, Huang Jie walked over timidly.The man told Huang Jie that he was the administrator of this apartment.
"Mr. Shuicheng called me just now, saying that he went out without locking the door, and asked me to lock the door for him."
At this moment, Huang Jie was finally relieved, suddenly felt that this person's appearance was actually not that vicious, and he looked quite kind.Huang Jie explained to him why he came here.
"So that's it. Did you come to visit because you were worried about your friend?"
The administrator seemed to understand, but he looked at Huang Jie with a rather complicated expression.
"Anyway, I'm going to lock the door, and you should go home soon."
"Ah, may I ask..., what happened to their family?"
Huang Jie plucked up the courage to ask the administrator.Judging by the attitude of the administrator, he must know something.But the administrator would not reveal anything.
As a result, Huang Jie didn't get any news, so he just left Ya Ji's house.
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