moonlight lure

"I handled both my work and my relationship so badly that it made me feel bad about myself."

"You can't help those you want to help, and you can't like those you want to like."

Her voice got lower and lower, until finally it was almost inaudible and a little choked, "I really failed."

"Mom...what should I do?"

There was silence, and no one could answer her question.

She sat quietly in front of the tomb until the afternoon, until it began to rain lightly. She took a black umbrella from the guard and went out down the mountain.

Song Shiwei's car was parked in the parking lot in the middle of the mountainside, and it took about twenty minutes to walk down.

The stone steps were slippery on a rainy day, but fortunately her mood was much calmer than before. She held up her umbrella and walked carefully and steadily without meeting another figure along the way.

Originally, this rainy road was not difficult. In the worst case, it would take her ten more minutes to walk down it. However, she forgot that she had not eaten anything since yesterday. Halfway through the journey, she suddenly felt a wave of pain. dizzy.

The steps in front of her seemed to suddenly lose the sense of distance. They seemed like a row of dominoes arranged in a winding row in front of her. She didn't know which one she stepped on would collapse.

Song Shiwei had a premonition that something was not going to happen, so she clenched the umbrella handle and stopped, carefully waiting for the wave of dizziness to pass before raising her feet again, and her steps became more cautious and cautious.

She walked extremely slowly during the second half of the journey, but also smoothly enough. The parking lot gradually came into view, and she could even vaguely see the rear of her car.

She took a silent breath, still not daring to relax her nerves. On the last turn away from the platform, the familiar dizziness hit me again.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier. She stared closely at the steps that seemed to have a twisting effect. She wanted to take one more step, just one step, and stop after turning. She took out her left foot and stepped on it tentatively.

The next second, her whole body suddenly lost weight, she stepped on the air and fell heavily.

***

Jinyuan community.

A minute after the doorbell rang, the person in the room opened the door half asleep and looked at the person outside the door in confusion: "How did you get here?"

"Ask the property."

Ji Yanchen spoke concisely and to the point, "Something happened to her."

Yao Jiajia nodded blankly: "I know."

He continued: "She went out in the morning and couldn't get through on the phone."

She frowned: "Are you worried that she won't be able to think about it?"

Ji Yanchen said nothing, his handsome features slightly gloomy.

Yao Jiajia leaned against the door frame, rubbed her temples and said, "I talked to her on the phone last night, and she sounded quite calm. And based on my understanding of her, she wouldn't be aroused by such big emotions at work. .”

After pausing for a moment, she looked at the person in front of her.

"Didn't you contact her yesterday?"

He said, "No."

She asked: "Did you quarrel?"

He was silent for a moment: "I was training, and I just saw my phone this morning."

Yao Jiajia said: "You want to ask me where she went now, right?"

"Ah."

"Come in, I'll call and ask."

Ji Yanchen stood in the hall, and Yao Jiajia walked back to the bedroom to get her mobile phone. A sleepy male voice rang: "Who is it?"

She said: "Former blind date."

Man: "What?"

Ji Yanchen: "..."    There is no need to be so pragmatic at this time.

She absent-mindedly coaxed the man, closed the door, came out, and made a phone call in the living room: "Hey, Songsong...is it open? Did Shi Wei go to your store? No, right? Okay, business is booming!" "

"Hello, can you help me find someone named Song Shiwei? Is he in your store now? No, right? Okay, thank you!"

"Hey, brother, has your sister come home? Hey, so you made her angry last night? Why aren't you angry? She was fine when she answered my call, but she became unhappy when she answered your call. , now everyone is missing."

The more Ji Yanchen listened, the darker his eyes became.

A few minutes later, the person in the living room came out and shrugged: "No. I asked all the coffee shops, bookstores and home she frequented, but they are all gone."

He nodded and turned to leave: "Excuse me, I'll go out and look for you."

"Hey!"

Yao Jiajia stopped him, "Where are you going to find a needle in a haystack?"

His face was slightly gloomy, and he was not sure: "Nearby parks, squares, these."

"Don't worry too much, she's not as fragile as you think."

Yao Jiajia's expression calmed down and she became a little more serious, "And since she was in a bad mood because she was on the phone with her family, then you can wait for her in front of her house. She will definitely come back safely after relaxing. Of course, if you If you really can’t wait, there is a place you can go and check out.”

Ji Yanchen raised his eyes and looked at her: "Where?"

She tilted her head and said, "The cemetery on the outskirts of Nanshan."

Ji Yanchen was startled for a moment, then quickly responded: "Thank you."

He quickly walked out of the elevator, got in the car and started the engine.

The black off-road vehicle roared away from the city. As soon as it got onto the national highway, the cell phone beside him rang. He glanced at the screen, his eyebrows darkened, and after a moment, he picked up: "Master."

The voice on the other end of the phone was majestic and unstoppable: "Where have you been?"

He said in a low voice: "I'm sorry Wang Ju, I have a very critical personal situation that I have to deal with. I will bear all the consequences and punishments."

The other party sternly reprimanded: "I don't care what critical situation you are in, I limit you to come back within an hour! Remember your own identity! Today is a training exercise. If you are really at the mission site tomorrow, your action will be delayed because of your personal situation. ?"

Ji Yanchen pursed his lips and remained silent.

The other party issued an ultimatum: "I can't see you within an hour, there will be consequences at your own risk!"

The phone was hung up, and it started to rain outside the window. The green sign on the road ahead was getting closer and closer: Rongcheng, Nanshan, 5km.

The person in the driver's seat clenched his teeth tightly, and the veins in his big hands holding the steering wheel were restrained.

Finally, at the next intersection, he turned left and headed in the opposite direction.

***

Nanshan.

Song Shiwei's consciousness stayed at the moment she fell. She clearly remembered that she instinctively hugged her head, and her arm was scratched by a branch as she rolled down the mountain. She was finally stopped by a branch that came out of the tree, but at the same time she He was also hit hard and fainted due to severe pain in his legs.

She didn't know what time it was when she woke up. The rain had stopped and the sky was almost dark.

Her whole body was sore and weak, her clothes and hair were wet and uncomfortable, her mind was dizzy, and she was only conscious for less than a third of the time.

She struggled to gather herself and feel her situation.

Physically, he felt fine. There seemed to be small external wounds and no sign of major bleeding.

Her right ankle was so painful that she couldn't stand up. She pushed herself up and struggled to reach for her phone, but her pocket was empty. She must have dropped it somewhere on the way down.