My whole family is the protagonist, and I am the only cannon fodder!

In early April, we had the Qingming Festival holiday. It had rained for nearly a week before that. There was a faint sense of dampness in the air, so sticky that it seemed to penetrate into the bones, and there was a damp and cold air.

In the morning, taking advantage of the fact that it was not raining and the sunlight was still good, Lu went to the store to buy some flower seeds and fresh seasonal flowers, and then he prepared to take a taxi home early.

Her arm was grabbed unexpectedly by someone. She turned around in surprise and saw a slightly round but unimpressive face. Seeing Lu Zao Zao turned her head back, she quickly smiled with two innocent dimples at the corners of her mouth.

Lu Zao Zao asked in confusion, "Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

She thought the other party was seeking help, so she asked cautiously, fearing that she could not be of any help.

Unexpectedly, the other party frowned, but soon smiled sweetly and introduced herself in a familiar manner, "It's me, Zhao Jiamin, your deskmate in elementary school. We were deskmates for two semesters. Don't you remember me?"

Lu Zaozao was stunned for several seconds, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, as if he was trying hard to recall something, but after going through all the memories in his mind, there was no trace of the person in front of him at all.

Although her memory was not top-notch, it was definitely not bad. If this person had really been her deskmate for two semesters, what's more - Lu Zaozao looked at the two sweet dimples on her cheeks and thought, such an iconic thing, she would never forget it as long as she had seen it a few times.

Standing in the aisle of the mall and talking was obviously not a good choice, so Lu found a nearby cafe early, asked the other party's opinion, and ordered a macchiato and two desserts for him.

While waiting, Zhao Jiamin was still staring at her and asked in a surprised tone, "You really don't remember me?"

Lu Zao Zao shook his head and told her honestly, "I'm sorry, I really can't remember it."

"It's okay." The other person smiled sympathetically. "I look very ordinary, so it's normal that you can't remember me. But I recognized you at first sight. You look very similar to the past, and you haven't changed much."

"No, you're very cute." Lu Zao Zao interrupted her eagerly, and then said slowly in a thoughtful tone: "It's my problem. I feel... I may have forgotten something in the past. I can't remember many things."

"Really?!" The other party sighed, but soon returned to normal, "Well, it may be because you are often sick, it is normal to not remember some things in the past. I remember that you always asked for leave and failed to come to school every now and then. I had to talk to people around me every day. But later, due to my parents' job transfer, I transferred to another school."

The other party seemed to be lost in memories as he spoke, but Lu Zaozao had no idea about any of this.

Coffee and dessert were quickly served. Lu Zao Zao politely thanked the waiter. After thinking for a while, he asked uncertainly, "Are we...really elementary school classmates?"

"Really?" Zhao Jiamin looked at her while eating and said, "It seems like you really don't remember."

It’s not that he doesn’t remember - maybe it’s worse than that. Lu Zao Zao has many memories of elementary school. In fact, things that are too painful cannot be forgotten. He can recall them with a little recollection because they have been hidden deep in his memory and cannot be erased at all.

But in all her memories, her relationship with others was not very warm, and because she often asked for leave, the teacher arranged an exclusive single seat for her, so she was always alone.

"But this time it was really a coincidence. I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors and came to the mall to stroll around. I didn't expect to run into you. You are still a very nice person." Zhao Jiamin said very sincerely, "You were always alone before, and everyone said you were a loner, but I think you were just too lonely and didn't know how to communicate with others. In fact, after getting along with each other, you will know that you are a very good person."

She asked, "Are you feeling better now that you are ill?"

Lu Zao Zao nodded, "Yeah, much better, thank you."

"That's fine. Oh, right." As she was talking, Zhao Jiamin seemed to suddenly remember something. She put down the coffee in her hand, picked up her mobile phone, and flipped it up and down looking for something. It should be a photo album or something. After a few minutes, the other party held the phone in front of her - it was a photo.

"I found this photo when I was packing my things back home, so I took a photo as a souvenir. Look, this is a group photo of the whole class at that time, and the two of us are leaning against each other."

The photo taken with the mobile phone is very clear, but the photo itself is a bit old and has not been carefully preserved, so it shows some signs of yellowing and blurring - but this is not the most important thing.

Lu Zaozao felt his head buzzing, as if thousands of mosquitoes were drilling into it and flying around him. His hands were clenched tightly, and the thin layer of skin on the back of his hands had turned red from being scratched, as if blood was about to be scratched out. His breathing became gradually difficult.

Because it was indeed his face on it, very close to Zhao Jiamin, but the classmates and environment around him were all different from the past.

Lu Zaozao held onto the edge of the table tightly with her hands to steady her body, but she broke out in a cold sweat and her emotions were in turmoil, making her feel almost unspeakably lonely.

Seeing her face suddenly pale, Zhao Jiamin asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Lu Zao Zao exhaled lightly, and after a while, he looked at the other party and said, "Can you please do me a favor?"

"You said, if I can do it, I will definitely help."

"Let's add a contact number. If you still have photos from elementary school or if you know someone who still has photos from the past, could you please send them to me?"

"Sure." Zhao Jiamin nodded vigorously, noticing that Lu Zao Zao's words were somewhat sincere. "Don't worry, I'll go back and look for other photos from that time, and ask other classmates for you. When I find them, I'll send them to you right away."

"Thank you. Thank you very much."

A long time passed, the person sitting opposite had already left, and the coffee in front of Lu Zaozao had already gone cold, and she hadn't touched it. The waiter came over and asked kindly if she wanted a cup of hot water. Lu Zaozao shook her head wearily.

I got up, paid the bill, and took a taxi home in a daze.

After walking into his room and closing the door, Lu Zao Zao began to frantically rummage through the entire room, moving out all his things, leaving no corner untouched.

Except for some things about kindergarten recorded in her original diaries, everything else was gone. She knew clearly from the beginning that the diaries had disappeared, so she didn't have any extravagant hopes.

But many of those photos were missing. Lu Zaozao could only find some group photos from kindergarten performances, and individual photos. There were also very few travel photos from the period when she couldn't remember anything. It was likely that she hadn't traveled many times, and even if she had, they might not have been too lazy to record a few more photos of her.

There is also a graduation photo of the whole class when she graduated from junior high school, as well as many funny photos with Li Jianan and scenery and daily photos she used to record her life in the past two years.

The others seemed to have broken and disappeared, like a rope with only the original beginning and the current end left, and the middle part disappeared without a trace.