Me and the Doll Girl of Zhidiao Island

Chapter 35 34. In the passing time, go upstream (1)

When the wind and rain hit the island, it was also like a huge invisible spoon, violently stirring up the atmosphere.

The sky is like a sponge that has been wrung out wantonly, and the squeezed rain ruthlessly locks up all sounds.

Jiang Yuanshen quickly ran out of the worship hall, the gray downpour outside became more violent, and the ritual atmosphere in the air had already been slaughtered.

Tourists flocked down the mountain as soon as it rained, and only the vendors who were too late to dismantle their stalls stayed here to deal with their funeral affairs.

The ground was full of rubbish, and the food thrown on the ground looked like small corpses, and the oil stains emitted were like the outline of oil spreading on the ocean.

"Why is it raining suddenly!"

"It's over! These ingredients can't be eaten!"

"The sky lantern is gone"

Jiang Yuanshen rushed into the rain curtain, with the sound of splashing water under his feet, and his shoes also made an unpleasant crackling sound.

——There are not many places she can go, because Zhiniao Island is very small.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Jiang Yuanshen couldn't help but slap himself.

Although the two have discussed that Zhiniao Island is very small, is Zhiniao Island really small?Is it small enough to know exactly where everyone is?
The splashed water had already wetted his whole body, and Jiang Yuanshen rushed down the stone slabs with an unknown number of steps.

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Suddenly stepped on the takoyaki discarded by someone with his heel, causing Jiang Yuanshen to lose his focus and rolled down the stairs in embarrassment.

He quickly supported his body with his hands, but his cheeks still rubbed against the ground heavily.

——Yao Xing took the bus and walked home, it should be close to an hour at her speed.
If it is heading home.

Jiang Yuanshen did not stop for a moment and came to the bus station at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, there were already many people waiting in line for the bus. Even the orange-yellow bus had already formed a long line, and the lights were dazzling.

Even on a rainy night, the speed of the bus did not slow down at all, and it rushed past Jiang Yuanshen.

There were staff on the scene who arranged the boarding order. He didn't care about the pain and wet body, and walked forward quickly.

"Sorry, did you see a girl in a purple kimono?"

A pudgy female staff member with her back to Jiang Yuanshen turned around, and when she saw a dirty guy, she was startled.

It was inevitable that the people around would get soaked all over, and this young man seemed to have crawled out of a ditch full of weeds.

Not only the staff, but everyone else stared at Jiang Yuanshen dumbfounded, even if it rained, they wouldn't be so embarrassed.

"Are you okay?" the staff member asked kindly.

Jiang Yuanshen's mind went blank.

"Ever seen a girl in a purple kimono?"

Just a "purple kimono" is not enough to remind people, after all, many girls are wearing purple kimonos today.

But Chaokong Yaoxing was the only one who was impressed. The short and fat middle-aged woman immediately raised her brows and said:

"Is it a barefoot one? With hair down to the shoulders? A pretty looking girl?"

"Yes, yes, where is she? I want to find her."

"I got on the car back to the town a long time ago. I guess it took almost half an hour. It's strange. I have shoes but I don't wear them. Isn't it suitable? I don't run when it's raining." The short and fat staff member shouted while talking , "Get on the bus in an orderly manner! Don't be crowded and don't jump in line! There are enough vehicles!"

"Thank you!" Jiang Yuanshen immediately jumped into the queue after finishing speaking, and got on the bus directly, "I'm sorry! I really have something very important!"

People who were queuing and on the bus frowned slightly, but seeing Jiang Yuanshen's dirty body, no one complained first, so they didn't say much.

Jiang Yuanshen stood directly in the aisle, and the socks wrapped around his feet were stained with water, which was particularly annoying to the touch.

The bus finally starts——

Most of the people in the car are from outside the island, and they are sharing today's journey with their mobile phones.

"It's bad luck, it's raining, and I haven't finished eating."

"Laughing to death, he got wet from the rain just as he was about to eat takoyaki."

"I am a wet and beautiful girl, will you fall in love with the wet me?"

"The sky lantern is really outrageous, that person is really good or bad!"

"Hmm! Good or bad! Has it been uploaded yet?"

"Uploaded, the number of hits will definitely exceed [-]!"

"Mom's sky lantern is gone, woo woo"

From time to time, broken words carrying various emotions came from around him, and Jiang Yuan Shen absently looked out the car window at the halo formed by the street lights.

The light moves quickly with the road, soaking the bodies of everyone in the car one by one.

He suddenly discovered that Zhiniao Island may have various meaningful values ​​for some people, but it is meaningless garbage in the eyes of others.

Even if it sank one day, it is limited to surprise.

Jiang Yuanshen raised his head while holding the ring, and saw his face covered in mud reflected on the car window. It was like a creature out of his control, twitching in pain.

No wonder no one said they jumped in line
If yesterday's Zhao Kong Yaoxing saw her appearance like this, she would definitely laugh and tease herself——

"I knew you often went into the sea to catch fish!"

Bloody saliva pooled in his mouth, and he swallowed, clenching his teeth.

A number of buses were driving on the mountainside, and their lights made the surrounding darkness appear deeper and larger.

There is a person on the outer island who has nothing to do with himself, smiling happily at the camera, and taking him as the background, quietly took a check-in photo.

A labyrinth of white star dots appeared on the inner side of the eyelids. Jiang Yuan Shen pressed his eyes tightly with his palms, hoping to reach the station by opening them.

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Zhiniao Island is very small, and I took a 15-minute bus ride to the station in the town.

The heavy rain quietly stopped.

The moment Jiang Yuanshen got off the bus, the muscles all over his body were so painful that he seemed to be moaning. Even so, he still strode towards Chaokong Yaoxing's home.

There are a lot of raindrops on the eaves of residential streets, falling on iron tiles, plastic bags, branches and leaves, puddles, and soil, making clumsy sounds.

In the chaotic rhythm, even the faint creak of the soil absorbing the rain can be heard.

Jiang Yuanshen ran panting heavily for ten minutes, and finally saw the outline of Chao Kong's family in his eyes.

The house was extremely dark, with no light at all.

Jiang Yuanshen came to the door, and the hot air he exhaled seemed to overdraw his vitality.

He held the door with one hand and kept ringing the doorbell with the other.

But there was no answer. During this period, the chill that seemed to cling to his back continued.

--not at home?She was not at home?Where else would you be if you weren't at home?Where else can she go?
While thinking in my heart, I rang the doorbell, but still no one came out.

Jiang Yuanshen looked dizzily at the white-painted gate in front of him.

He realized now that he couldn't find any place where she might go.

Not anywhere!
——Where can she go, and where can she go.
Thinking that he didn't know anything about Chaokong Yaoxing, Jiang Yuanshen felt a piercing pain in his heart, like a sharp arrow piercing into his chest, gouging out blood and flesh.

The park she would have played with as a child?Still in port?Or under the ginkgo tree that day?
Jiang Yuan thought about it carefully, and there were only a few places where Chaokong Yaoxing could go.

For the first time, he complained in his heart why Zhiniao Island was so big.

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He ran to the park where he played when he was a child, but Jiang Yuanshen hadn't been there since he came back, and he didn't know what it had become.

"Hey! That person! That person who is running!"

Suddenly, there was an anxious voice.

Jiang Yuanshen stopped and looked at the source of the sound.

In a store selling second-hand clothes, a woman in her 30s ran out quickly while reaching out to him.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Yuanshen stopped, but his heart was quickly driven by his body, "I'm sorry, I'll talk about it later."

The woman hurriedly grabbed his arm to prevent him from running away.

"What are you in a hurry for? Do you go to school with Chao Kong's children every morning? You should have a good relationship with her, right?"

Jiang Yuan Shen took a look at her. He and Chaokong Yaoxing walked this street every morning to take a bus, and it was not unusual for them to be seen by nearby residents.

But when she heard "the child of Chao Kong's family" from her mouth, it was hard to hide the excitement in her heart.

"Yes, did you see her?! I'm looking for her!"

"Hey, I'm so worried, listen to me, she bought a second-hand dress here just now." The woman's tone was full of helplessness. "

Finally, with her news, Jiang Yuanshen's body was trembling.

"How long? How long ago? Where is she? Where has she gone?"

"Listen to me, she bought a second-hand dress, but forgot to take it away. I even told her to take it away."

She re-entered the store, picked up a purple kimono from the bamboo basket, and went straight to Jiang Yuanshen,
"She didn't take this kimono, can you give it to her for me? I am the only one in charge of this store. If I go out to return it, I will close the store. It will be very troublesome."

Looking at the kimono on her arms, the water stains on it were extremely dazzling under the light of the fluorescent lamp.

Jiang Yuanshen's hot air blocked his throat, and his chest felt oppressed.

This is the violet yukata worn by Asora Yaoxing at the festival today.

"I'll get dirty now, but I'll definitely bring her back later, can you tell me where she went?" His throat moved up and down.

".All right, all right, I'll open the door at eight o'clock in the morning, you must come and get it." The woman clicked her tongue and pointed to the other side of the street, "That's where she's going."

Jiang Yuanshen looked in the direction she pointed, and was stunned for a moment.

The night is like a velvet curtain in a theater covering the area, and there is darkness as far as the eye can see. There will be no trampling of people walking or roaring of car engines.

There are only cuckoos during the day, and only night whispers at night.

Looking at the large area that seemed to be soaked in black ink, the lonely melancholy in Jiang Yuanshen's heart was suddenly revealed.

That area was also the site of the last major earthquake, the place where he lived when he was young, and the place where Jiang Yuan Jingzi lost his life.

Unspeakable emotions soared into the sky, rushed toward his face, overwhelming, surging like waves, repeatedly attacking Jiang Yuanshen.

He nodded his thanks to the female store manager, gasped for breath and walked there.

Just then, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

Jiang Yuanshen took out his mobile phone and found that it was a call from Police Officer Jun Ito.

He frowned, but still picked up the phone as he walked.

"Hey?"

"Jiang Yuan? Where are you now?!" On the other side of the receiver, was Ito Jun's impatient cry, which was definitely a cry.

"I didn't run away, I'm still on the island." Jiang Yuanshen said as calmly as possible.

"I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about Shake Xing found."

Jiang Yuanshen stopped suddenly, and his breathing stopped at that moment.

"Where?!"

Jun Ito's long snort can be heard: "Now... being sent to the hospital."

".What did you say?"

"Sorry, we found her in the ruins"

"ruins?"

"Well we found her in the ruins of your home."

"—?!"

"Calm down first, she probably drank something and is on her way to the hospital—"

Jiang Yuanshen couldn't help trembling, except for Ito Jun's call and the sound of raindrops falling, he couldn't hear other sounds.

The sense of time became thinner, and the darkness gradually approached from behind.

The night slowly changed the colors of everything around it.

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Jiang Yuanshen walked into the cold hospital dizzily, the smell of disinfectant was particularly pungent.

The long and narrow corridor was crowded with many adults. Jun Ito and other police officers were nearby. When he saw Jiang Yuanshen walking in, he immediately came quickly.

"Jiang Yuan, listen to me first, it stands to reason that as long as gastric lavage and catharsis are performed, there is no problem. In short, you have to control your emotions—"

Jiang Yuanshen's cold body leaned against the wall, and the compassionate eyes of the Christ statue on one side fell on him indiscriminately.

The narrow passage in front of me is like the bottomless tunnel when I first came to Zhiniao Island, with no end in sight.

"Woohoo! Shaking apricots—!"

Suddenly there was a miserable cry in the corridor, which made the air tremble a little.

Facing the tall doctor, Masamune Asora collapsed to the ground, and the voice in his throat became as ugly as the cry of a toad.

He roared fiercely, moaned, growled, writhed on the ground in pain, cried like a child, and finally slapped his cheek like crazy.

Soon, a doctor who had seen many turbulent waves came from Masamune Asaku, and said to Jun Ito regretfully:
"Sorry, we did our best."

Jun Ito subconsciously glanced at the boy beside him.

Jiang Yuanshen's pupils shrank, as if being swallowed by a dark vortex, and the fear of his body and soul being slowly crushed made him scream.

"Ahhh-!"

Unable to stop the tears, I tried my best not to let myself fall to the ground, only the tears flowing down my cheeks were hot.

The time that I desperately wanted to save has already rushed to the torrent of destruction, and "passed" inevitably.

I can no longer see each other, can no longer touch, and even want to continue to hate, there is no way.

——"Xiao Shen is too. Can you feel me more?"

Chaokong Yaoxing's last words, like a stuck CD, kept repeating, repeating, repeating in Jiang Yuanshen's mind
Like the wind, it never stops.

　Thank you for the rewards of Hinaxin Osiris, Kurosaki Glory, Xiaoxiao0 Fallen Leaf, Le and Xiaoyao, thank you for the monthly tickets of asshede, the river of youthful years, Xia Dadu, and Miying Anshang, and thank you for your recommendation tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)