"Jiang Yu! Is she inside?"
Xia Che shouted loudly and banged on the door several times. He then pressed his ear against the door but heard no response, which made him even more anxious.
Jiang Yu's biological clock is even better than her own. Because Jiang Yu's grandmother is old, Jiang Yu really can't bear to see her busy making breakfast every morning. So she gets up at six o'clock every day. Although she has difficulty walking and it is quite difficult for her to buy groceries, it is still better than letting an old lady do these things.
Over time, Jiang Yu developed the habit of getting up at six o'clock every morning.
It was almost eight o'clock, and Xia Che felt that Jiang Yu couldn't possibly be sleeping in. If there was no response from inside the house, then something must have happened!
At this point, there was no time to worry about anything else. Looking at the old lock on the door, Xia Che silently apologized, then kicked the lock hard.
Bang!
With a muffled thud, the door lock rattled and teetered on the brink of collapse. Seeing this, Xia Che increased the force of his kick and delivered another blow.
Clang—
The door lock finally came loose and fell to the ground. Xia Che pushed open the door and rushed in, shouting, "Jiang Yu!"
The room was still the same as when I left yesterday, simple and plain, but the most important person was missing.
There was no trace of Jiang Yu inside.
"No? How could that be..."
Xia Che frowned immediately. He searched carefully again, refusing to believe it, but still couldn't find any trace of Jiang Yu.
...
After searching for a while, Xia Che sat down in a chair and stared blankly at a cell phone on the table.
Jiang Yu's cell phone.
The phone was already turned off. Xia Che tried to turn it on, but couldn't. He figured it was because it was out of power.
But... what about Jiang Yu?
Not at school, not at home, where could a girl with limited mobility go?
Xia Che's fingers traced the tabletop, trying to find any crucial information he might have missed. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at a crumpled piece of paper near the trash can.
Xia Che stood up as if possessed, picked up the crumpled paper, and unfolded it to take a look.
The first thing you see is a few lines of delicate handwriting, clearly the work of a girl.
"Was this written by Jiang Yu?"
Upon seeing the title on the crumpled paper, Xia Che's breath hitched.
After I finish these things, I'll go find my mom.
Xia Che's previously confused and disorganized thoughts instantly came together.
Both his and Ning Zheyuan's guesses were correct!
Not daring to waste any more time, Xia Che continued looking down.
My mother is gone, my grandmother is gone, it seems like everyone I care about will leave. I'm so tired...
Do something before I leave. After I've finished these things, I'll go find them.
This is a list.
The list is full of tasks to be completed, and a checkmark is placed next to each completed task.
I love drinking beverages, but I can't drink them at school... I can drink them at home, all day long.
[The shark looks so fierce, I wonder what it tastes like. I'll try shark meat sometime; it's available online... but it's so expensive, forty yuan a pound! It tastes like undercooked pork... Did I get ripped off? The seller is so shady.]
Buy a dress you like.
I left that school and transferred to Weiyang.
See the sea once.
...
Xia Che counted them; there were about a dozen items. Most of the other items were already checked off, leaving only the last one:
Make those who bullied me apologize.
Almost simultaneously with seeing the last message, my phone buzzed with a text message.
Xia Che picked up his phone and unlocked it.
This is a scheduled text message sent by Jiang Yu.
Taking a deep breath, Xia Che opened the text message, the contents of which made him subconsciously clench his fist.
"By the time you see this message, I think I will have already left... I'm so sorry, I'm really tired, so very tired... Actually, it doesn't matter whether they apologize or not. Seeing that you are willing to fulfill my wish, I have no regrets."
"Thank you for taking me to see the sea. The sea is really beautiful."
"I can finally... relax."
Bang!
Xia Che slammed his fist on the table, sending crumpled papers flying and landing on the floor.
His face was terribly gloomy.
His tightly furrowed brows looked as if they could be squeezed to drip water.
He finally understood why Jiang Yu had been unusually cheerful when he took her to see the sea. It turned out that Jiang Yu had already planned everything from that moment on.
She needs to work a hundred times harder to live like a normal person. Jiang Yu... in fact, she couldn't hold on any longer!
"Where on earth is that idiot going?!"
Xia Che forced himself to calm down and got up to go out to look for it. Suddenly, the papers on the ground seemed to be moved by his movement and turned over.
The writing on the back of the paper was revealed.
Is there something else on the back?
Xia Che quickly picked it up. It clearly showed how to get to the beach, which Jiang Yu must have learned when she went to the beach with him.
"Take subway line 2, get off after thirteen stops..."
Xia Che muttered to himself, his eyes suddenly lighting up. He then hurriedly put the papers back on the table and rushed out.
He already knew where Jiang Yu was going.
...
The sea, an endless sea.
Where the sea meets the sky, all you can see is azure blue, making it hard to distinguish where the sea ends and the sky begins.
Sitting in her wheelchair, Jiang Yu gazed at the vast ocean before her. Finally, she made a decision, slowly but resolutely moving her wheelchair towards the sea.
As Jiang Yu approached, the seawater gradually rose to her ankles, and then grew deeper and deeper.
Today was not a holiday, and it was early morning. Jiang Yu chose a relatively secluded spot in the sea where there were no passersby.
Naturally, they wouldn't interfere with Jiang Yu's plans.
The seawater grew deeper and deeper, gradually submerging her calves. The wheelchair could barely move anymore. Jiang Yu took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and prepared to take the final step.
In her mind, a series of past memories surfaced; perhaps everyone experiences these images before they die.
Some people see warmth and beauty, but also the fear of death and the desire to live.
For some, however, all they see is darkness; death is nothing short of liberation for them.
Jiang Yu belonged to the latter group, at least for a considerable period of time.
However, Xia Che's appearance suddenly appeared in her mind.
"How could it be him?"
Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment.
The icy seawater felt like needles, piercing to the bone. Being in this frigid sea, one's thoughts should have turned dark and hopeless.
But Xia Che's appearance was like a sun. Even though she was so cold, just thinking of him made Jiang Yu feel a warmth overflowing from the bottom of her heart.
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