my neighbors

Chapter 21

The shadows of the trees are intertwined, and the light gray branches stretch out to the balcony of my house, covered with a layer of snowflakes, like a natural work of art.Just as I was looking down idly, a figure suddenly broke into my field of vision.The figure was thin and small, but he was wearing a vermilion padded jacket that was very conspicuous, and he was holding a dusty thing in his hand.

This person is...Xiao Ai? !I was shocked immediately, and I stretched my body out of the balcony as hard as I could: "Xiao Ai—Xiao Ai—" The voice could be heard even two streets away.But as soon as I finished shouting, I regretted it. The figure froze suddenly, and then ran away, disappearing in the gap between the buildings.After dark, the visibility dropped sharply. The buildings here are next to each other. The terrain is not to mention how complicated the terrain is. Xiao Ai disappeared under my nose in a few seconds.

Why didn't Xiaoai answer me, and why did she avoid me?What was she thinking, and what was she afraid of?That's too late.I didn't have time to explain to Si Muduo, so I grabbed his wrist and ran downstairs, frothing the detergent foam in my hand, and his hand almost slipped out of my palm several times.

"What happened? He was yelling just now." It was rare for him to remain calm at this moment.

I locked the door in a hurry, and said anxiously: "It's too late. I saw Xiao Ai!" Si Mu didn't speak, I locked the door and continued to drag him downstairs, maybe I won't see Xiao Ai later.The distance to the fourth floor seems so long now, when Si Mu and I rushed downstairs, the downstairs was as quiet as ever, there was no trace of Xiao Ai left, it was as empty as if no one had ever stopped here.

Sure enough, it was still a step late.Panting, I dragged Si Mu towards the foot of the building where Xiao Ai disappeared, and the darkness spread out on the road ahead, as if only me and the hand I held tightly were left in the world.

"Can't find..." After going around another house, I had to let go of my hands to support my knees, panting heavily.Si Mu's voice came from a distance, but I knew he was right behind: "It's useless, we'd better go back and tell Mrs. Hu, and call Captain Zuo by the way."

"No... I want to find her..." I clenched my pants tightly, and my heart suddenly felt unexplained sadness, "You won't understand, that kind of loneliness, you will never understand..."

Similar sadness, similar loneliness.Although Xiao Ai's experience and mine were completely different, I could feel that the emotions engraved in my soul resonated strangely with Xiao Ai.A wave of loneliness swept over me, and a voice buzzed in my head—

No more dead people!No no no no no!Please don't kill--

Who to kill? !

I was cold from head to toe as if I had been poured a basin of cold water, and my whole body was shaking, why...why, this feeling came again, did I forget something!What did I forget? !

"Lin Feng, are you alright?" Simu grabbed my arm, "Don't be afraid...don't be afraid!"

——"Child, what are you afraid of?" A male voice said to me.

——"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, will you be a good boy from today?" A gentle female voice sounded.

——"Don't—!" The sharp girl's painful cry.

"No... I didn't... I didn't..." I was incoherent, and I didn't know what I was talking about.Those fears that were once forgotten came back to me inexplicably. I don't know what I am afraid of, just the most primitive and instinctive fear!I shake off Si Mu's hand, at this moment I don't want to touch anyone, and no one wants to get close to me!

I thought he would hate me, leave or continue to be silent, but I never guessed what he would do next. Suddenly, there was warmth on his lips, and my next words were blocked. inside.It turned out that this person's lips would be so warm, which was the only thought in my mind at the time.

But the kiss didn't last long, and before I could even react, it was interrupted by a loud bang upstairs.

Growing Flowers ([-])

Si Mu immediately let go of me, and I heard an extremely shrill scream and gunshots from upstairs, and I couldn't tell who made it for a moment.I was still in the shock just now, unable to move forward, so this time the person dragging me away became Si Mu.Because of me, the speed of going back was much slower than when I came, and I could feel the temperature of my face rising sharply, so I don't care about other messes until now.But the next cleaning made me put the kiss behind me, because what I saw was too horrible.

The door of 403 was wide open, Mrs. Hu fell down in the porch, her head was covered in blood, and fragments of flower pots and soil flower stems were scattered around her, her eyes could no longer be opened, the pain made her keep yelling , looking like a mindless beast.What was even more horrifying was the broken and rotten head at her feet and Xiao Ai standing in front of her with an indifferent expression.

"Xiao Ai—! Don't!" Seeing Xiao Ai walking towards Mrs. Hu step by step with a fruit knife in her hand, I hurriedly stopped her.If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have believed that Xiao Ai would hold a knife and prepare to kill her mother!

Xiao Ai turned her head when she heard my voice, her eyes filled with pain: "Brother Lin Feng, I have no way out." I froze in place: "How could it be... Xiao Ai, don't do this, come to me, you You are killing people, what you are doing is against the law! As long as you stop now, you can still go back to the past! You are not 14 years old! Listen to brother, don't do this!"

My hunch was indeed correct. Although I saw Xiao Ai again, she was no longer the same Xiao Ai.The person in front of him was calm and crazy, and he didn't look like a five-year-old child at all.

Unexpectedly, we really guessed it. There is a head hidden in the potted flower.It should be Xiaoai's father's head, but why did this thing appear in the flower pot? !

I was half procrastinating and half genuinely curious: "Wait a minute... your dad, uh, it should be your dad, why is it in your flowerpot?"

Xiao Ai stared at Aunt Hu who was desperately yelling and begging for mercy on the ground with hatred: "It's all because of this woman! As I said, she is not my mother. I am just a toy she bought from a trafficker and can be discarded at any time." That's all!" Hearing that Mrs. Hu stopped convulsing, she suddenly burst into tears with a "wow", the pain had already tortured her beyond human appearance.

"Tell us your story." Si Mu said suddenly, which made my face burn for a while.

Xiao Ai clenched the knife in her hand, trembling all over her body.But she didn't cry, and she even said without any emotion: "Only Dad is the best to me. I remember that when I was very young, I couldn't remember when I always had a warm embrace. This hug was something this woman couldn't give me. But when I was three years old, this woman ruthlessly drove my dad out of the house! I still don’t know the reason. I remember that day when my dad left me a pot of sunflowers, I was still laughing for a few minutes After touching the top of my head, I was ruthlessly locked out of the iron gate in the next few minutes—whether I was imprisoned, or my father was imprisoned! Is it because my father broke with my world, or I have no relationship with the normal world! "

"Xiao Ai, you—" At this time, no matter how careless I am, I can understand that Xiao Ai's wisdom has far surpassed that of her peers!

Xiao Ai smiled self-deprecatingly: "Yes, I guess what you want to say. When I was four years old, our kindergarten teacher secretly took me to the hospital for an IQ test. After only two days of school, my IQ was [-]." Eight, it's an incredible feat."

genius!Another genius!I looked at Si Mu beside me, and suddenly felt a little inferior.

She seems to be looking at all of us, and it seems that no one is reading: "I started to read the books left by my father and learned a lot. I am not willing to be controlled by this woman anymore. But I have no choice but to pretend to be the same age I look innocent and innocent, so this stupid woman didn't know my true face until today. I deliberately appear clumsy, deliberately introverted and silent, but there is no need to hide it in front of outsiders. I have been deceived by such a naive attitude She, often said something casually but she couldn't do anything to me."

"On the night of Xiaonian, the day I bought flowers." Xiao Ai looked at the fragments of flowerpots and the head all over the floor, her eyes softened, "Dad came back, and he brought me New Year's money and gifts , This is the first time I saw my dad since I was three years old. My dad, who used to be very clean, was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. He hadn’t shaved his beard for several months. The stubble was very sticky, but I liked it very much. This woman didn’t resist her dad’s arrival at all. Sometimes I really think that they are getting back together again. But this is all an illusion, an illusion that will break if it is hypocritical!"

Mrs. Hu whimpered, her voice was hoarse and out of tune, the mixture of snot, tears and blood stains was extremely disgusting.

Xiao Ai glanced at her in distaste, and continued: "I said I wanted to sleep with my father, and this woman readily agreed. But I felt that her smile was wrong... I stuffed the toys from the kindergarten into the quilt to act as my baby." , and I hid myself in the closet in the woman's room. As I fell asleep, their arguing grew louder, and the footsteps got closer and closer to me. In anger, the woman took Pick up the vase by the bed, just like what I did to her now—hardly—and smash it down on Dad’s head!"

When I looked at Mrs. Hu, I just felt terrified.