In the town, the lane leading to Liu's house.
Duan Zhigan didn't want to come here, but he wandered all the way here. Then when he reached the entrance of the alley, he paused in confusion.
Looking up, the closed door of Liu's house was like a cliff, blocking him far away from the horizon.
Liuzhai, in the side room.
Liu Yue hugged her legs and sat on the bedside, crying silently. Her heart was filled with despair and her eyes were empty and hopeless.
Small building, in a side room.
With tears streaming down his face, he took out all the bamboo slips, books and drawing papers from the bookcase. However, he was still angry, so when his tears broke down, he tore up all the scattered paintings and scattered them all over the sky.
Small building, under the pavilion.
Ling Yunzhi was gradually invaded by distracting thoughts. The more he struggled, the more entangled he became. The more he struggled, the more painful his eyebrows became.
The changes of time slowly passed on his face, but he could not open his eyes.
The cloudy moon is sunny, quietly until dawn. However, the dawn is dim and entangled into obsessions. Before dawn breaks, the rising sun has already drifted away. There are clouds in the sky and darkness on the earth. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes deeply, waiting for the sky to wake up for a long time before his complexion became calm. Or maybe it was the twilight of the setting sun that shone on his face, awakening him from his deep sleep.
He opened his eyes in confusion. Was he tired or lonely? Can't tell. There was no brightness in his eyes, only darkness.
After Wuxin looked down for a while, he stood up silently and went to the small building in the back. But behind... what was stirred up was a waterfall of white snow.
He stood at the door for a long time, until the sunset was no longer shy. Then he gently raised his hand and knocked twice on the right door that was blown shut by the dusk wind.
There was a long silence and a long wait. When Ling Ye opened the door and looked at his father standing outside the main room... he gradually lowered his head because of the silence.
Ling Yunzhi looked at Ling Ye silently for a while, then turned around silently and walked towards the south road.
Ling Ye remained silent, then slowly turned his head and took a look at the chaos behind him. It was very long, very slow...but it felt funny, so he smiled casually, turned around and left here.
The whole place is in a mess and no one cares about it, except for the row of small bamboo beasts on the long altar, gradually looking into the distance...
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Ling Yunzhi walked in front with his eyes lowered, never looking at the road and not going astray.
Ling Ye followed behind expressionlessly, lowering his head all the way without raising his head. And it may be far apart from its predecessors.
South road, river bank, bamboo shade, forest road...
As soon as the bamboo forest enters the countryside, the door is exposed at the end not far away.
But after entering, there was no hustle and bustle, and you walked straight ahead as if there was no one around.
Why is his head turning gray?
How could you be so indifferent?
Not even saying hello?
You hit me!
Hello……
Shock, astonishment, helplessness, disbelief, speechlessness... All questions have turned into alienation, and all encounters have turned into strangeness or avoidance.
Whispering? Pointing fingers? It can't arouse the thoughts of the two before and after.
Liuzhai, right lane.
They walked from this end until the former came to a stop near the doorstep... The latter didn't know it yet, but when he silently walked behind the former, the door of Liu House was slowly opened by Zhao Yufeng from the inside.
Ling Ye paused silently, then slowly raised his head and looked at the door of Liu House.
Zhao Yufeng lowered her head and did not see Ling Yunzhi and Ling Ye, but after stepping out of the threshold, she happened to see them when she turned to close the door. However, he was stunned when he saw the two of them. When he looked up at the other party again, he fell silent again when he saw Ling Yunzhi's appearance.
Ling Yunzhi didn't look at Zhao Yufeng, but Ling Ye was looking at her. By now, Ling Ye had lost his anger and was no longer angry. But when he saw the other person's appearance, he pursed his lips and could not stop himself from becoming indifferent. Unknowingly, this person was no longer in his eyes and heart. exist.
When the wind blows, perhaps it is to catch the setting sun farther away, but it inadvertently disturbs Ling Yunzhi's wisp of white snow.
Ling Yunzhi blinked slowly, and then walked towards the door. Ling Ye remained silent for a moment, then stepped forward to follow.
Zhao Yufeng was silent for a moment, but when Ling Yunzhi walked forward, she slowly let go of her hands holding the door knocker.
At that time, Ling Yunzhi had just stepped up the steps, and the half-open door of the house opened on its own, frightening Zhao Yufeng to step back.
Ling Yunzhi ignored her at all and walked in directly in front of her. And Ling Ye would not look at her, and when he followed the compound, he was even more indifferent and arrogant than Ling Yunzhi.
Zhao Yufeng became silent because of Ling Ye's change, but Duan Zhigan's sudden appearance made her turn around and look.
As soon as their eyes touched, Duan Zhi felt even more silent and slowly lowered his eyes. At that time, he was holding a food box in his right hand and holding some gifts in his left hand.
At the same time, inside the Liuzhai courtyard.
Liu Pingkuan pursed his lips and stood under the vinegar shop, with a lounge chair behind him. It's not that he didn't see Ling Ye and Ling Yunzhi walking toward the main room over there, but he just didn't have the nerve to look and didn't dare to look.
Ling Yunzhi looked at the door in front of him like a zombie. Suddenly a breeze blew by. He blinked lightly and stopped near the eaves.
Ling Ye also paused, but looking at the closed hall door in front of him, what could he say? I can only remain silent, I can only lower my eyes and look at the ground.
call……
The light wind makes it difficult to cover your eyes.
Ling Yunzhi glanced at the door silently, and then suddenly stepped forward. Ling Ye felt this, but remained silent for a moment, then raised his head and looked at his father's back.
Ling Yunzhi stopped in front of the door and stood still for a moment before raising his right hand and knocking twice on the door gently.
Hey, hey.
The sound of the door first caught Liu Pingkuan's attention, but he had nothing to say. He only looked at it silently and then slowly withdrew his gaze, choosing not to look again.
Ling Yunzhi never put down his right hand to knock on the door, so after waiting for no response for a long time, he knocked on the door twice again: Boo, boo.
There was silence in the room, silence in the courtyard.
Too long. too long.
However, for some people: waiting is never worth mentioning.
When will there be a response? Ling Yunzhi was indifferent, because she would always respond, so he started to knock on the door twice more: blah, blah.
The silence in the room remained the same, but this time, before Ling Ye could slowly grit his teeth, Ling Yunzhi slowly lowered his right hand.
squeak--
The door then opened, only half open, and he saw it. But before Liu Yue raised her head, he murmured: "I want an answer."
What he said made Liu Yue tremble physically and mentally, and Ling Ye couldn't help but turn around to look at him.
Liu Yue remained silent, but soon she slowly raised her head and looked at Ling Yunzhi's face. However, just those two streaks of white that suddenly caught her eye when she looked up made her hands tremble.
She hesitated for a while, then couldn't help biting the inside of her lower lip with her upper teeth, and then looked up. But just little by little, how can we delay it? Even if you don’t want to, you will eventually face it.
But when their eyes met, the other person's cold and empty eyes made her forget to breathe.
Ling Yunzhi looked numbly into Liu Yue's eyes, and then gently raised his hand to wipe away the tears that were slowly flowing out for her: "How do you choose."
He asked very softly, as gently as possible, but it made Liu Yue shed more tears.
squeak.
The slightest friction sound attracted Liu Pingkuan's attention, but Ling Ye looked for the sound and looked at the door earlier than Liu Pingkuan.
As soon as his eyes touched, Duan Zhi felt his breath suddenly stagnant, so he gently clenched his teeth and stopped looking.
At that time, Zhao Yufeng was standing behind Duan Zhigan, but facing Ling Ye's indifference, she could only turn her head away.
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Liuzhai, in the courtyard.
Seeing Duan Zhigan's face again, Ling Ye couldn't get angry anymore. Only then did he realize: It turns out that what is needed for a person to lose his anger is not any method or means, but time.
But facing this person, he still couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly. Perhaps because he didn't want to be like that, he stopped looking at the other person and turned to look at his mother.
As soon as Ling Ye looked away, Duan Zhigan and the other three fell silent, but they couldn't help but turn their heads one after another to look over there.
Although she couldn't see everything, even though she couldn't see it, at that time, everyone was looking at her, looking at her. But Liu Yue... clearly opened her mouth, but couldn't speak.
Seeing this, Ling Yunzhi, who was waiting, couldn't help but darken his eyes: "Really..."
He thought he had said what he said, but his heart sank.
And the sadness in his eyes instantly shook away the sparkle in Liu Yue's eyes: "Yun... (Zhi)..."
She wanted to say something, but nothing came out.
She has obviously stood in front of the other party, but why can't she face him? He was so evasive, not daring to look into the other person's eyes.
She hasn't slept since she woke up, and she doesn't dare to sleep because she will become confused as soon as she closes her eyes.
She obviously thought a lot, for a long time, all night long, and thought of a lot of things to say to the other party, and even imagined the possible consequences of each sentence. But standing here, I am speechless.
She had been crying all night, so her eyes were very red, but in Ling Yunzhi's eyes, they were not much different from before. It's just that some things are gone, just gone.
Ling Ye couldn't see his father's expression, but he could feel something inexplicable from his father. He doesn't know when he realized that it was the hopelessness of losing everything, the loneliness of having no one to rely on.
At that time, before coming here, Ling Ye thought that he would never cry or make trouble again. Instead, he would stand aside silently and wait - waiting for his mother to express his position or for his father to make a decision. As for how to choose...how could it be his turn?
However, when he had a premonition that his father was about to speak, his heart suddenly trembled for no reason. He couldn't help but slowly clenched his fists, and rushed over before his father could speak. He grabbed his mother's left hand and pulled her hard. He asked the other party to walk out: "Let's go."
Liu Yue did not resist, or maybe she forgot to resist. Because no matter when she was pulled out of the room by Ling Ye, or when she followed him out, she was looking at Ling Yunzhi. And that's when she finally got up the courage to look him in the eyes. But he... didn't even want to turn his eyes.
At that time, Liu Yue might be willing to leave, but some people were unwilling to let her go.
Seeing Liu Yue's dejected look and allowing herself to be involved, Liu Pingkuan over there just frowned, but Zhao Yufeng secretly gritted his teeth, and then gritted his teeth angrily and hurried over. She was so eager to castrate, and as soon as she passed by, she forcefully took Liu Yue's left hand away from Ling Ye's hand: "You kid, you can't scold me! Do you have any control over the adult's affairs!?"
Ling Ye gritted his teeth gloomily, then raised his head and stared into Zhao Yufeng's eyes, saying mercilessly: "Who are you? What qualifications do you have to stop me?"
His voice was not loud and there was no anger, but there was hatred hidden in it, but it also deeply hurt people's hearts. But he didn't care about this. As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately started to pull Liu Yue: "Let's go!"
Zhao Yufeng glared angrily. She had long been irritated by the other party's two curse words. Now she saw that this man wanted to catch her daughter. How could she bear it? Then he directly pushed Ling Ye aside: "You are looking for death!"
"Zhao Banyao!" Ling Ye was deeply stimulated, and the silent anger in his heart was ignited by new and old hatreds in the blink of an eye, but he opened his mouth to scold Zhao Yufeng: "You should have a shallow waist and a long face! You behave like this , what you do! But you are not afraid that your mother’s family will be incapable of giving birth to a child, and she will die!”
