After a few days of light rain, the long-awaited sunny day finally appeared in late August.
The sun was high in the sky, the world was covered in gold, the asphalt road seemed to be on fire. From time to time, small insects flew by, and the cicadas kept chirping, endlessly.
Yunli felt like she was going to melt in the sun.
After meeting Deng Chuqi, they didn't bother to choose a store and went straight to the Haitian Shopping Mall next door.
The two of them casually walked into a wonton shop.
"This lousy weather is just baking me alive." Deng Chuqi felt alive only after turning on the air conditioner. "I really can't stay here any longer. Xifu is still better. I didn't feel it was this hot in Xifu."
Yunli denied it: "That's because you haven't been back for too long, and Xifu is so hot too."
"Really? Okay." Deng Chuqi said, "Oh, I really hope Nanwu can have a summer rain. The temperature in the past few days was very nice."
"Then Nanwu must be flooded."
"Otherwise, the sun won't come out!"
"Why are you still hiding from the light?"
"..." Deng Chuqi couldn't stand it anymore and leaned forward to pinch her face, "Yunli, you are such a quarrelsome person! I should have brought a needle when I came here today to sew your mouth shut!"
Yunli retreated in pain and begged for mercy with a smile: "I was wrong, I was wrong."
Deng Chuqi reluctantly stopped. After the quarrel, staring at Yunli's face, she couldn't help but sigh: "I remember my first impression of you was that although this girl looks good, why is she so cold? Are you pretending to be cool with me?"
Yunli glanced at her: "Be careful with your words."
Deng Chuqi: "As time went by, I realized that your silence before might have been a way of protecting yourself."
"Um?"
"So as not to offend many parties and be assassinated."
“…”
The waiter just happened to bring up two bowls of wontons.
Deng Chuqi poured a spoonful of chili pepper, then suddenly remembered and pointed upwards: "By the way, is that VR experience center fun? I was planning to go when it was open for trial, but I was so busy that I forgot."
"I quite like it." Yunli said truthfully, "I regretted taking it at first, but after going, I think it's quite profitable. I can earn money and have fun."
Deng Chuqi was curious: "Besides you, who else did they invite?"
After racking his brains for a while, Yunli called out a few names he remembered. Deng Chuqi had heard of one of them, and she immediately excitedly talked about the gossip she had heard about this person before.
Yunli listened with great interest and commented: "It feels fake."
After a while, Deng Chuqi asked again: "Are these the only ones? Are there any more?"
Yunli thought about it, but couldn't remember it. Facing Deng Chuqi's expectant expression, the three words "Fu Shi Ze" that he searched on the web the day before yesterday suddenly popped up in his mind.
She moved her lips and asked hesitantly, "Do you remember when we were in high school, there was a video that was a little popular on E Station?"
Deng Chuqi: “What?”
"It's that thing," Yun Li was not sure about the name, so he took a long time to come up with the sentence, "...the moon on earth."
"The moon?" Deng Chuqi looked confused.
"It's the one from Xifu University..."
"Oh! Is it the genius from Xifu University of Science and Technology?" Deng Chuqi immediately reacted when the key words were mentioned. "I remember that when I first went to your house in high school, I saw you put his picture on the wall like a worship—"
“…”
I forgot there was such a thing.
When the embarrassing things he did when he was young were mentioned, Yunli's cheeks became hot and he interrupted her: "Alright, alright, let's eat."
Deng Chuqi was overjoyed: "Why did you suddenly mention this person? I almost forgot what he looked like."
Yunli paused for a few seconds before answering: "I think I saw him."
"ah?"
"But I'm not sure if it's just one person."
This was actually similar to her meeting several bloggers she had only seen on the screen when she went to EAW this time. But in comparison, the emotions brought about by meeting Fu Shizhe were definitely more intense.
After all, he was someone she admired.
Yunli just felt a little weird in his heart.
She couldn't tell what was so strange.
I didn’t recognize the person.
Or it was because I unexpectedly met someone I thought I would never meet in this life.
Seven years have passed.
The boy had grown taller, his facial features had grown more mature, and he had acquired a maturity that could not be faked. His appearance was not much different from before, but the most different thing was probably the temperament he displayed.
It was quite different from what she had imagined.
During the few times we met, he seemed a little withdrawn and unsociable.
She thought that such a person should be the focus of the crowd, the moon surrounded by stars. He should be graceful and know his limits, be able to handle people and things with ease, be worldly-wise but not worldly-wise. He should be persistent and indestructible, strong and unyielding.
It shouldn't be like this.
The light seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, blending into the darkness.
Silent and withered.
Yunli was distracted for a moment, and for no reason he recalled the scene of him sleeping on the sofa. The man was slightly curled up, with a thin figure, and the outline of his butterfly bones could be seen through his clothes.
Decadent, fragile, and vulnerable.
"Then maybe they are not the same person. Maybe they just look alike." Deng Chuqi didn't take it seriously. "I remember that this genius seemed to be the same age as me. It's been several years. He may not look the same as in the video."
Yunli reacted and laughed: "That's true."
Thinking about it this way, it seemed that she had gone a little too far.
Even if it's the same person.
He might just be feeling listless because he's had a cold these days.
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There are many residential areas nearby, both old and new. Yunli was not short of money, so he chose Qilixiangdu, which has the best environment and public security. Opposite is Haitian Commercial City, and it is less than ten minutes away from Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
After dinner, Yunli contacted the agent again, confirmed the time, and took Deng Chuqi with him.
The house has one bedroom and one living room, is fully furnished, and is very clean.
Deng Chuqi had just signed a rental contract and was a bit more experienced. She was the one who communicated with the agent throughout the whole process. The landlord required that the tenant must live in the house for a full year and pay a three-month deposit.
Yunli felt that it was not unacceptable.
It was quickly settled and we agreed to sign the rental contract the next day.
After Deng Chuqi returned home, Yunli found a cleaner online to clean the house.
I also bought a lot of daily necessities, photography equipment and small items online to fill the space.
The day before the hotel room lease expired, Yunli officially moved in.
By the time Yunli had finished packing the house, it was already dark. She suddenly felt hungry and remembered that when she came for the retest last time, she randomly packed a bowl of fried vermicelli at a snack street near Nanjing University of Science and Technology, and it tasted surprisingly good.
Later, I returned to Xifu and ate at several restaurants, but always felt that something was not quite right.
Thinking of this, Yunli looked through the takeaway but couldn't find it.
This restaurant probably doesn't have takeaway service.
Yunli glanced at the clock. It was a little after ten o'clock.
Looking out the window, you can see the brightly lit Haitian Shopping Mall.
It wasn't too late, and Yunli was feeling hungry, so he decided to go back to his room, change his clothes, grab his wallet and go out.
Relying on her superficial memory, Yunli left the community, crossed the road, and walked straight along Haitian Shopping Mall. On the way, she saw several people burning paper on the side of the road.
Yunli felt confused and uneasy, so he took out his cell phone and took a look.
Just realized today is the Ghost Festival.
“…”
Yunli's scalp tingled and he instantly regretted going out.
But we have already walked most of the way, so we can’t go back empty-handed.
Yunli continued walking, crossed a square, crossed a street, and arrived at the familiar snack street.
The street lights were bright and there were many people walking by. She breathed a sigh of relief.
Yunli had come here for a famous milk tea shop, and she could see the fried noodle shop a few steps away. She didn't remember the exact location at this time, but she remembered that it was quite far away.
Yunli opens the navigation.
After walking about a hundred meters, the navigation route became crooked, perhaps due to a delay. It reminded her of her location and asked her to go through an alley.
It was dark inside, and the ground was wet. There was a corner about ten meters away.
Go past here, turn right and then left, and there is another street.
The distance was not far, Yunli mustered up the courage to walk in. As soon as he turned the corner, he heard the sound of men laughing and joking in front of him. When he looked up, he smelled the overwhelming smell of alcohol.
Two men appeared in the field of vision.
One had dyed light blue hair and a string of unclear English letters tattooed on his collarbone; the other wore a vest, revealing the large muscles on his arms.
A dark and remote alley.
Yun Li was inevitably frightened by this scene. He did not dare to look them in the eye and continued to move forward calmly. He had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by Lan Mao: "Hey, hello, little sister."
Yunli retreated cautiously.
The big guy on the other side teased, "Dafeng, what are you doing?"
"How did I behave like a hooligan?" Blue Hair said drunkenly, slurring his words, "I, I was just saying hello!"
Yunli wanted to go around them, but the alley was narrow and blocked by the two people. Fearing that appearing too timid would make the other party even more aggressive, she whispered, "Can you make way? I want to go over there."
Lanmao said shamelessly: "Okay, I'll let you go over, and you can accompany me to have a midnight snack later."
“…”
"Is it okay, little sister?"
“…Okay.” Yun Li didn’t dare to refuse for fear of angering him, so she could only make up excuses to delay time, “Can you let me go first? I still have to go buy something.”
Bluefur shrugged and moved sideways to make room.
Several shops along the alley were closed, and the left side was empty, as if entering a deserted place. On the other side, a few meters away, under the dim street light, a man stood by, lowering his head and smoking.
He was standing with his back to the light, his face was pale and bloodless, and he looked gloomy and sinister.
Like a lonely ghost from a foreign land who uses the ghost gate to enter the human world in the middle of the night.
Yunli's heart skipped a beat and she saw his face almost immediately.
It’s Fu Shizhe.
I thought we would never meet again.
At this time, he seemed to hear the noise and looked over.
Not knowing what the two people behind would do, Yunli didn't want to speak out rashly to anger them. She pursed her lips, with a hint of help in her eyes.
The two looked at each other for only a second.
Fu Shi turned his eyes away, pretending he saw nothing, and exhaled a puff of mist.
Yunli froze in place.
For a moment, I didn't dare to believe the meaning of his actions.
He had no intention of helping her.
The blue-haired girl behind him started to urge him, shouting impatiently, "I asked you to come over and have supper, sister, why aren't you moving? You're going back on your word—"
Yun Li's voice trembled, and he couldn't help shouting, "Fu, Fu Shi Ze!"
As the words fell, the air seemed to freeze.
Even Lanmao's posture seemed a little weak, and he became quiet.
After a long but short silence, Fu Shi tilted his head and waved lazily. Yun Li felt hopeful, thinking that he was gesturing towards her, and was about to go over.
But the next second, Lanmao walked over and asked in confusion: "Brother, do you know him?"
“…”
Yunli's mind went blank.
The dream I had a few days ago, which had already become quite blurred, became extremely clear at this moment.
The boy at the airport sneered and yelled in her ear again: "Are you stupid? Didn't expect it? He is the leader of our organization!"
Fu Shi didn't comment: "What are you doing?"
Lanmao looked matter-of-fact: "I just asked her to have a midnight snack with me. She didn't do anything."
"I'll have supper with you..." He repeated casually, then looked at Yunli, "Are you willing to go?"
The sky is high and the stars are far away. The wind is dry and long, and the heat remains for a long time after it blows.
That moment.
Yunli didn't know where he got the courage from and shook his head.
Fu Shi nodded softly and told her, "She doesn't want to go."
Lanmao seemed to be still drunk and wanted to reason with him. But before he could say anything, Fu Shizhe pushed his shoulder. He staggered two steps, almost fell, and turned back.
"You scared people," Fu Shi said lightly, "Go over and apologize."
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