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Chapter 27 February [-]th

When I woke up in the morning, I found myself lying under the quilt in my coat, holding a bouquet of white roses in my hand, which looked a little funny. I got up and took a bath, and then I gradually woke up.

There is no vase at home, so I can only put roses in the teacup where I usually put my toothbrush, which has a post-modern taste.

I carefully recalled every detail of last night, thinking of Rose's face, and the smell on her body. That smell stimulated my olfactory organs, and I began to recall another girl with my nose.

Fragrant.

I call her Xiangxiang.

Rose's face looks exactly like hers.

From the first time I saw Rose, I thought of Xiangxiang again, her face, her smell.

I call her Xiangxiang because she is born with a fragrance, a fragrance emanating from her body.

I can tell Xiangxiang among 1 people with my nose, I swear.

But this is no longer possible, because Xiangxiang is dead.

She was only 18 when she died.

i miss her.

In that summer, hot and dry, the subtropical high pressure controlled our city, and even sitting at home would sweat profusely.Xiangxiang is my classmate, and there are more than a dozen other people in our class. Except for Lin Shu, we all signed up for a three-day camping trip to a seaside town in Jiangsu, which is said to be very cool.

After 5 hours of long-distance bus and ferry ride, we arrived at a vast and boundless reed marsh.There are large ponds and swamps, covered with green reeds that are much taller than people, covering thousands of acres.Once you hide somewhere in it, the dense reeds are enough to hide you, and no one can find you.We camped in a dry open space among the reeds, and set up two big tents, one for boys and one for girls.Those who can swim jump into the clear pond to swim, and those who can't swim like me fish for lobsters by the water's edge.In fact, this is not a real lobster, but a common local crustacean.In the evening, we washed the lobster and cooked it in the pot we brought. The taste was far better than the seafood in the restaurant.

On the first night, nothing happened.

The next night, I tossed and turned in the tent and couldn't sleep, so I got out.The green wind sent out from the depths of the green reeds, this wind led me into a reed, I simply took off my shoes, and walked barefoot in the mud, passing through the curtain-like reed leaves, the tip of the reed swept over me cheeks.I felt like I had become invisible, completely engulfed by the reeds.I looked up, and the sky I saw was a small dark blue, crystal-like dark blue, without any flaws, exposed among many reed tips swaying in the wind. In the middle of this dark blue crystal was a round moon.

I continued walking along a small river among the reeds, pushed aside the dense reed stalks, crossed a very narrow small river branch, and made several turns before arriving at a more secluded place surrounded by layers of reeds. small pond.I suddenly heard a strange sound of water, and under the moonlight, I saw a person in the water.

At the same time, I smelled a fragrance emanating from the water.

I observed quietly, it was a woman, only her head and shiny shoulders were exposed.Not knowing whether she was swimming or taking a bath, I tried my best to restrain my shortness of breath and hide in the reeds.Her long hair is scattered in the clean water, stretching her limbs.After a long time, until I was almost numb, she slowly went ashore.I first saw her bare back, a wonderful geometric shape supported by two small shoulder blades.Then, her waist, thighs and the whole body were exposed on the river bank like a fresh lobster with its shell removed.Her figure is like two spindles joined together.The skin covered with pool water was illuminated by the moonlight, reflecting a soft golden light.

I finally saw her face clearly.

- Xiangxiang.

Although she is only 18 years old, her face and body look like a woman in her early 20s.

She put on her clothes and wrapped up all the temptations tightly.Then she said softly, "Come out."

Hiding in the reeds, my face seemed to be burning, and I was at a loss for a while before I slowly came out.I didn't know what to say, my heart was beating wildly, and I was a little afraid that she might report on me and regard me as having some bad intentions.

"I'm sorry, I just got here and I didn't see anything." I wanted to argue, but it got worse and worse. There is really no silver 300 taels here.

"You saw it, you saw it all!" Xiangxiang approached me, and my nostrils were filled with her scent.

"I didn't mean to." I took a step back.

"Don't be afraid." She laughed suddenly, and the laughter rippled in the night sky, hitting the reeds shaking in the wind, and I seemed to be able to hear some kind of echo.

"Xiangxiang, you really won't report on me?"

"Where did you go, of course you didn't do it on purpose. You're not that kind of person." Xiangxiang sat on a clean ground with bare feet, and said to me, "Come on, sit down too."

I hesitated for a while, but sat in front of her without saying a word.

"Speak up." She urged me.

"I—" I have always been awkward with words, sitting in front of her, my nose is full of her fragrance, I almost became a wooden person.

"Can't sleep?"

I nodded.

"Me too." Suddenly she made a silent gesture to me, "Listen—"

There was silence all around, even the wind stopped.

"Listen to what?" I shook my head.

"Shh, here we go again, listen—"

"I didn't hear anything." My hearing is okay.

"Well, it's gone now, that person has passed."

"Which person? Who passed?"

"Didn't you really hear it just now? It's the sound of slippers. Listen to it-ta-ta-ta, I can hear the sound of walking through the mud clearly. Why didn't you hear such a clear sound? ?” She asked me with wide-eyed eyes, and the sound that came out of her mouth at this moment made my hair stand on end.

At this time, the wind picked up again, and the reeds shook. I was suddenly a little scared when I heard Xiangxiang’s words. I stood up and looked around for a while. It’s impossible, it’s impossible for the sound of slippers to appear, and there is no one there. .I want to go to the depths of the reeds.

"Don't go." Xiangxiang stopped me, "I heard from the country people here this afternoon that many years ago, this pond drowned a female educated youth who came to jump in the line and settle down. They said that every night since then, the people here There will be the sound of slippers near the water, because the female educated youth drowned wearing slippers."

"But why didn't I hear it." But my heart began to beat faster and faster.

"The country people say that most people can't hear it, but if someone hears it, then this person will die soon." She said quietly.

"Don't believe those nonsense."

"Hehe, I won't believe it. I lied to you, but I really heard the sound of the slippers."

"Let's go back." I was really scared.

We rounded the creek, parted the reeds, and walked towards our tent when suddenly she stopped and looked up at the dark blue sky.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"It's so beautiful." She still looked at the night sky.

"What's so beautiful?"

"Meteor. I just saw a shooting star flying over my head." She said with infinite longing.

"You are so lucky." I looked at the sky and felt very regretful.

Back at the camp, we got into our respective tents.

That night, I dreamed of a female educated youth wearing slippers and wearing two braids.

When I got up the next morning, I saw Xiangxiang as soon as I got out of the tent. She smiled at me, and I smiled at her too.

Later, we separated for free activities. Many people went to the beach, and I also went. After returning, we found that Xiangxiang had disappeared. She didn't seem to go to the beach.We looked for her everywhere, but we couldn't find her. At night, everyone was very anxious, and some were crying. We borrowed kerosene lamps and flashlights from the locals and continued to search.I suddenly remembered a place, so I took everyone to the small pond where Xiangxiang swam last night.When we came to the edge of the water deep in the reeds, we used a flashlight to illuminate the water surface. In the dim light, I saw something floating on the water surface.I had an ominous premonition, rushed to the water's edge, and smelled a fragrance.

Xiangxiang floats on the water.

Several boys who could swim jumped off the pond, and they fished Xiangxiang ashore.

Xiangxiang is dead.

She lay peacefully on the bank, her eyes closed, and she seemed to be asleep, and last night she was here telling me about the voices she heard.I thought of her words, and tears fell to the ground.After Xiangxiang was carried away, I stayed here alone. The night here was quiet, and I was not afraid at all. I was very eager to hear the sound of the slippers, but I didn’t hear anything. .

Xiangxiang's autopsy report said she died by drowning.Ke Xiangxiang's water quality is the best among us, no one can understand it.According to regulations, Xiangxiang's body must be cremated locally. We all attended her memorial service. At the memorial service, I walked past her glass coffin and looked at Xiangxiang's face lying quietly inside. I can still smell that fragrance.

Fragrant, fragrant, fragrant...

i miss her.

My biggest wish is to turn back time and let her come back to life.

I know it's impossible.

Every Qingming and Winter Solstice, I will send a bouquet of flowers to her grave.

Now her face is clear again, and her smell satisfies my nose again.

Because of ROSE.

(End of this chapter)