Left Ear (39)

  Section 39: The fireworks illuminated her smile. That smile reminded me of Ba La, and logically speaking, she and Ba La should be completely different, but at this moment, I was a bit confused, as if they were the same person.

  I called out to her, but she was probably having too much fun and didn't hear me. So I stood at the edge of the square smoking a cigarette, waiting for her to notice my presence.

  When she had smoked halfway through her cigarette, she ran in front of me with a smile and said: "Zhang Yang, you're here, why didn't you say anything?"

  "How was your final exam?" I asked her.

  "It's okay."

  "You still don't want to let go? Ah, it's Zhang Yang, I almost didn't recognize you."

  I rubbed my chin, I haven't shaved for three days.

  "I won't let you go." Li Ruo said to You Ta, "I want to have a word with Zhang Yang."

  His face tensed up even more.

  "It'll be alright soon." Li Ruo said to You Ta.

  "You guys chat, I'll go over there first!" Yu said and walked away.

  The lights on the edge of the square were very dim, Li Er glanced at me and suddenly smiled.

  I asked her: "What are you laughing at?"

  She said: "It's New Year's, you don't even shave or comb your hair, just like a caveman."

  I rubbed my chin and asked her: "With so many people setting off fireworks, do you know which one is the one you sent to heaven?"

  She thought for a moment before answering me: "Sometimes I know, sometimes I don't."

  "Go get a pack of fireworks and I'll take you to a good spot to set them off," I said.

  It was clear she was hesitating. But after just a few seconds, she replied: "Okay."

  "Then go get the fireworks."

  She obediently went, after a while, she ran over with a big handful of fireworks and said to me: "Yu is looking at me, he just asked me where I was going, what should I do?"

  I reached out and grabbed her arm, saying one word: "Run!"

  Then I pulled her to run forward quickly, and Yu's shouting voice came from behind, but she didn't hesitate or slow down at all. She ran with a big bunch of fireworks all the way to the outskirts, all the way to that uninhabited abandoned house.

  "Where is this?" she asked me breathlessly.

  "Haunted house." I tease her.

  She wasn't afraid at all, looking around with interest.

  "Didn't you and Bala often come here before?" she asked me in a loud voice. What an intelligent and clever girl!

  "Come on, let's go up to the rooftop." I took the fireworks from her arms and started climbing up first while stretching out my hand to pull her along.

  She waved her hand and said: "You go first, I can handle it myself."

  I quickly went up and waited for her to come. She climbed halfway and stopped, I knew she was afraid, but I didn't move, just stood there with my arms crossed, watching her. She lifted her head to look at me, in the darkness those eyes were clear black and white, with a hint of shyness and fear. I stretched out my hand and said: "Come on, little ears."

  She finally put her small hand into my palm, a tiny, soft and boneless little hand. I just pulled it lightly, and she came up smoothly.

  Maybe it was because of the rain two days ago, the roof was a bit damp, I pulled her to a slightly drier place and said: "Look, this should be the best place to set off fireworks."

  "When I go back, maybe Yu will destroy me."

  "Are you scared?" I asked her.

  She giggled: "Afraid I won't come with you? Let's set off fireworks."

  "Good." I took out a lighter and lit the longest firework for her, the flames shot straight up into the sky, and this side of the sky immediately became as radiant as her smile. She excitedly jumped up: "How beautiful, Zhang Yang, there's only me setting off fireworks here!"

  I'm somewhat stunned by the past.

  She turned her head and looked at me with a smile, asking: "What are you thinking about? Are you thinking of Baba?"

  I scared her: "You mention these two words again and I'll spank you!"

  She laughed with a "heh heh". After she finished laughing, she suddenly asked me: "Do you still remember Xu Yi?"

  Nonsense.

  Li Yu said: "You certainly don't know, something happened at his home."

  "What?" I pretended to be nonchalant, but my heart inexplicably skipped a beat.

  "His dad got into trouble and was taken away by the public security bureau, his mom is sick and has been hospitalized, I heard it's cancer, she won't live much longer."

  I try to keep my cool.

  "How come you didn't react?" Li Er asked me.

  "How should I react?" I asked her.

  "You should be satisfied." Li Yue said, holding that long firework stick, "You hated Xu Yi so much, isn't this the ending you've always wanted?" Jump to! ~!

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