Chapter 14 Epilogue
At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, Banxia went out early.
She carried her bag, pushed her bicycle, and leisurely walked out of the community gate and walked in the knee-high grass.
The girl was confused.
It was really strange. Until she just went downstairs, she was still excited and nervous. But as she got closer to the intersection of Zhongshanmen Street step by step, and as time approached six o'clock, Banxia's heart beat faster and faster, and she became more and more nervous.
Will they come? How many people will come?
One? Two? Three?
What do they look like? Do they look like Daniel Wu, Eddie Peng, or Tom Cruise?
Is it easy to deal with?
How should I greet each other when we meet later?
While pushing the cart, Banxia imagined that there was someone in front of her. She waved her hands at the air, simulating the scene that might happen later:
"Hello! I'm Banxia! I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
No, the girl frowned, not solemn enough.
How about a fist bump?
"My dear brothers, I have been waiting for you for a long time in the second half of summer."
That’s not right, Banxia shook her head and didn’t speak any human language.
The tattered mountain bike made a rattling sound as Banxia walked alone in the middle of the road. The hardened asphalt road was easier to walk on than the sidewalk, which had long been overgrown with weeds and there might even be snakes in the grass.
She kicked away the dry cow dung on the road, and the dung broke into small balls and rolled into the grass by the roadside.
It only takes ten minutes to walk from the gate of Meihua Villa to the intersection of Zhongshanmen Street. Both sides of the wide road of Zhongshanmen Street are lined with French plane trees that are as thick as an adult can hug. No one has taken care of them for so many years that the accumulated fallen leaves on the road are almost knee-deep. When you step on it, there is black mud underneath that has rotted fallen plane leaves.
Banxia pushed her bicycle across the road and stood opposite the intersection.
This is a location with an excellent view. Looking to the left is the direction of Purple Mountain Peninsula, looking to the right is the direction of Xuanwu Bay, and directly opposite is the empty Alfalfa Garden Street.
I took out my pocket watch from my backpack and checked the time. It was twenty past four.
There is still one hour and forty minutes until six o'clock.
The girl took a deep breath. The air was filled with the smell of fallen leaves and soil. She looked down at her feet, then looked up at the leafy plane trees. The dim sunlight penetrated the layers of plane leaves and fell on Banxia's shoulders.
She began to hum softly.
In the distance, a sika deer was crossing the road with its cub. It noticed someone appeared in its field of vision. The thin white shadow was standing by the road, under the highway viaduct, with an upright posture and a long neck, like an egret. But it didn't know why she stood there for a long time without moving.
When the wind blew, the leaves in the tree canopy rustled, and the tiny spots of light on the girl's body looked like ripples.
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Quadratic functions are the enemy of life.
When Bai Yang finished the last quadratic function question on the mock test, it was already 5:50 in the afternoon.
When Bai Yang saw the time, he thought, "Oh no! It's too late! Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation" has delayed me!" He grabbed the phone on the table and rushed out of the room, hurriedly going to the entrance to change his shoes.
"Yang, have you finished the test paper?" Mom asked in the room.
"I'm done! I have to go out now. It's almost six o'clock. If I don't leave now, it will be too late!" Bai Yang shouted as he put on his sneakers and stamped his feet. "I won't be home for dinner tonight!"
He thought that he had to treat the girl to a meal at least and not let the girl make a wasted trip.
“Come back soon——!”
"knew!"
Bai Yang hurried out of the house and ran downstairs.
He ran from the gate of Meihua Villa to the intersection of Zhongshanmen Street. Occasionally, passers-by would glance at him. This young man, with sweat all over his forehead, ran as if his butt was on fire.
Bai Yang leaned against the traffic light pole at the intersection and took a deep breath, then raised his head and looked around.
Pedestrians come and go on Zhongshanmen Street, especially at the intersection with the viaduct. There are all kinds of people, men and women, young and old, walking, riding bicycles, riding electric bikes, and driving luxury cars, coming and going from all directions. There is also a large group of people crowded on this side of the zebra crossing waiting for the traffic lights. It is a noisy and messy scene.
Bai Yang stood on the sidewalk, took out his cell phone and checked the time. It was exactly six o'clock, luckily he was not late.
It was already dark at six o'clock in the afternoon. The cars on the road all turned on their headlights. Bai Yang stretched his neck and looked hard. He was looking for the girl, the girl with a ponytail who was wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, carrying a black backpack, and pushing a mountain bike.
There are many girls wearing white shirts.
There are also many girls wearing blue jeans.
There are also girls carrying black backpacks.
The sister pushing the bicycle also exists.
But if they were combined into one person, Bai Yang would not be found.
Hasn’t it arrived yet?
Bai Yang pondered for a moment.
Then I'll just stand here and wait for her.
The red light turned green, and the crowds of people waiting for the traffic lights on both sides of the road moved at the same time, crossing the road in a staggered manner, passing Bai Yang one after another.
Half a minute later, the green light turned red, and a minute later the red light turned green again. Crowds gathered and dispersed on both sides of the road, but Bai Yang was the only one standing there motionless, nailed to the spot like a nail. The flow of people parted left and right in front of him. Bai Yang stood under the traffic light, scanning the crowd one by one, but he couldn't find anyone who met the requirements.
He regretted not leaving contact information. He could just call her or send her a message on WeChat. What was the point of just waiting like this? But then he thought again, it was outrageous that the girl didn't even have a cell phone number.
"Sister, where are you?"
Bai Yang sighed and looked at his phone again. It was already half past six.
Could it be that there was a traffic jam during the rush hour?
That's possible.
But don't you know how to take the subway?
If she took the subway, she might have come from the direction of Alfalfa Garden subway station.
Bai Yang looked towards the subway station and saw the city and streets were brightly lit at night, with cars flowing continuously. Half of the people in the city were going home, and half were going out. He hoped that a young girl would appear in his sight next. The girl was wearing a black backpack, a white shirt and blue jeans, and pushing a bicycle.
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The night is getting darker.
Banxia glanced at her pocket watch. It was already 7:30 in the evening. She had been waiting here for three hours, until both moons had risen.
But until now, no second person has appeared.
The teacher warned her not to go out at night. Today was the first time Banxia violated the teacher's rules. In order to contact other survivors, she didn't care about anything else.
But the other party broke the appointment.
why is that?
Is there any danger?
Banxia was very worried. She was afraid that the other party had met with an accident on the way to the appointment, but she didn't dare to leave here, for fear that she would miss the other party if she left.
The bicycle was leaning against the trunk of a plane tree. The night was dark, but the moonlight was bright. Something was howling faintly in the distance. The girl was tired of standing, so she slowly squatted down with the bow and arrow, and squatted under the thick pillar of the viaduct.
She had never stayed out so late before, and was feeling a little uneasy. Banxia stared at the moonlit road from afar.
"Why don't you come see me..."
On this day, at the intersection of Zhongshanmen Street and Alfalfa Garden Street, Banxia finally did not wait for the person who was supposed to keep the appointment.
The little shadow squatted in the darkness, tapping the floor tiles with her fingers gently second by second, and time passed throughout the universe and in her heart.
This is Qinhuai District, Nanjing.
Today is September 8, 2040.
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"Hello? Mom? Okay, okay, I'll be home soon. I know it's already half past eight. I know..."
"No one? No, nothing. She didn't even come. She stood me up."
"I waited stupidly at the intersection for two and a half hours alone... Food? I didn't eat anything."
"Is there any dinner at home? Okay, okay, I'll go home right away, right away."
Bai Yang hung up the phone.
He leaned against the streetlight and scratched his head.
If He Leqin, Yan Zhihan and others knew about this, they would definitely laugh to death.
I was called out to wait on the main road for two and a half hours, and in the end I was stood up. What kind of thing is this?
"Bai Yang, Bai Yang, you are so stupid."
Bai Yang poked the lamppost hard.
"Go home! Go home now! We have to go to school tomorrow!"
He stomped hard on the sidewalk tiles in anger.
That day, Bai Yang did not see the person he was waiting for at the intersection of Alfalfa Garden Street and Zhongshanmen Street.
He returned along the way he came, and his back gradually disappeared in the city lights.
This is Qinhuai District, Nanjing.
Today is September 8, 2019.
(End of this chapter)
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