She raised her head and stared at blankly with her ssy, wet, shampoo-fragrant-filled hair resting on her shoulder. She had on a set of ho-wear while wearing a pair of slippers without socks. Not far behind her was her car, blinkers still on; evidently, she had co out from her ho in a rush.
After recognizing , the look in her eyes beca strange: filled with caution, shock, and even a sliver of fear. Her face seed deathly pale under the faint glow shining down on us.
Unlike her cute self when we were together during the day, she seed like a completely different person now.
What happened to her during this short period of ti?
Why did she co here alone at this hour?
I had many questions I wanted to ask. Yet, before I could speak, Tan Jiao asked in a slightly quivering voice, Why Why are you here?
I looked down and fixed my gaze at her. What about you? Why are you here?
She looked in the eye at close range before biting her lip briefly and said, I have an appointnt with soone.
Who? I asked.
Does it concern you?
Again, her chilling, thorny, slightly stubborn attitude brought to my senses. I raised my head and found that those birds had long disappeared. I let out a chuckle and said, Indeed, it doesnt concern .
She seed to relax a little after hearing my answer and said, Since this has nothing to do with you, please leave. I still have sothing to do.
I did not move. Instead, I maintained both my hands pressed against the wall, trapping her in between. I asked her once more, Who are you seeing?
Anger and shock surfaced briefly in her eyes, but she did not seem like she would act upon her anger. For so reason, the way she looked made my heart sowhat soft.
She said with repressed anger in her voice, You have also not told why youre here at this hour!
I fell silent for a mont, looking at her innocent eyes while pondering whether to tell her my motive. That almost ridiculous reason of mine, running here: just because a flock of waterbirds had appeared in the wrong place.
But she was also on that ship.
Just that shes unable to recognize who I am.
Tan Jiao, I I looked down and said with my jaw almost touching the tip of her nose; it was probably because we were too close. She turned her head away slightly when she noticed this, but our bodies were still close. On this remote riverside road in the middle of the night, we stood close while looking at each others eyes, about to share our secrets.
However, the appearance of soone unexpected interrupted us.
Tan Jiao and I raised our heads simultaneously when we heard the sounds of hurried footsteps and beca stunned when we saw that person.
There were no houses or buildings in this area, as the nearest residential area was hundreds of ters away. There was a silent construction site around, while the streets only had a few street lights and were sparse with trees.
That person ca from the residential area.
A strange and dirty man that was carrying a child on his shoulder.
The man had long and ssy hair that looked like tangled seaweed, while his face was too dirty to see clearly. However, his eyes seed luminous while containing a hint of excitent. He wore a wrinkled coat that was too dirty to see the color of, and he wore a pair of sports shoes with holes in them. It seed obvious to us that he was a hobo with an unsound mind.
The child seed to be around five or six-year-old and was sleeping in a set of clean pajamas, barefooted.
As the man ran past us from across the street, he saw us.
He grinned, revealing his yellowish-black teeth. The smile seed uncomfortable, as he seed happy and in pain at the sa ti. He ran light-footed as though his feet were not touching the ground. In re seconds, he had already run into the darkness.
Tan Jiao grabbed my arm and asked, What the hell was that?
I heard a faint cry in the distance from the direction of the residential area.
Stay here. I shoved her hand aside and chased after the man.
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