【Ghost in Black and White】The Thief of Time

Kuroba climbed up the ladder, stuffed two large hardcover books into the top shelf, and sat on the top humming in depression.

Since the end of the ball, Yuebai has been leaving early and returning late to hide from him. They are obviously under the same roof, but the two of them live out the perfect American time difference.He felt that even if "choose neither", it didn't mean breaking up the relationship, so he asked for leave from the club, and the cat worked and studied in the library, but after dragging the ladder up and down for three days, the book classification number was almost I have recited half of it, but the planned romantic encounter is still not planned.

The auntie of the administrator pushed open the door and scolded annoyedly: "Be quiet, be quiet, is this the place where you howl in the library?"

Hei Yu closed his eyes: "Anyway, there is no one here, so why can't people pay homage to the dead love?"

"It's really annoying...here, this is our new librarian, let him help you find all the half-open books."

Heiyu opened his eyes, and suddenly saw Yuebai who was following behind, almost fell off, and quickly made a zip gesture along the seam of his lips: "Happy to help."

Yuebai just wants to study hard and calm down for a few days, who would have thought that others would chase him to the base.After handing over the book list, he followed Heiyu through three rows of gloomy bookshelves, and picked up a book thick with bricks.

"I'll change shifts in another hour. Do you want to have dinner together? If you're afraid of wasting time, the cafeteria is fine."

Yuebai supported the ladder: "I asked my classmates to eat together, and we will have a group discussion by the way."

Hei Yu hit a soft nail, so he had to shut up and send the remaining three books to the borrowing desk: "Why are they all books on psychology? Are you in your junior year and want to change your major?"

Yuebai looked for the library card, and explained in a businesslike manner: "I just want to apply for the school's psychological research project."

"Could it be in the hands of Yan Mo?" Heiyu was surprised, and then he couldn't bear it, "This old aunt loves to torture little fresh meat, and it's just her big disciple who broke into the house, working for her until she was blinded. Your illness is not stable yet, are you sure you want to send her home to torture her?"

Yuebai had investigated these information a long time ago, but he wanted to find something for himself to confirm his sense of existence, and Yan Mo's project subsidies were generous, so he happened to be able to give Heiyu the money for the operation.

However, there was no need to tell Heiyu about these concerns, after swiping the card and packing the book, Yuebai walked downstairs quickly.The dark dishes along the road have already been sold out one after another, and he picked the one with the best business: "A serving of fried rice noodles, take it away."

The boss packed a copy quickly, and before he could leave after taking the lunch box, Hei Yu hurriedly followed him: "Yuebai!" He ran close, as if he wanted to hold his hand but didn't dare to do so , "Yuebai, can we skip the group discussion at night?"

Yuebai looked at the phone in the other party's hand, and frowned: "I really made an appointment, and Yaohu asked me to bring the takeaway for him. After I sent it back..."

Kuroba couldn't wait for him to finish: "Mitsuo is sick, and the situation is not very good."

"Is she sick?" Yuebai asked subconsciously, then lowered her head, "Isn't she your mother...then you bring her some fruit."

"She doesn't need me to bring her fruit!" Heiyu didn't joke, and finally grabbed Yuebai's arm, "If possible, I want to bring you."

Yuebai returned to the dormitory and put the fried rice noodles on the Yaohu table. Heiyu was waiting for him downstairs and helped him fasten his helmet: "I will ride fast, hold me tight." hand, "Tighter tighter."

The sky gradually darkened as the wind and lightning drove all the way, Yuebai didn't know how Sanwei's condition was, only felt that Heiyu led him through the traffic like a fish, the street scenes on both sides were blurred into large patches of color, only the body embracing him was real. reliable.

After stopping for a long time, he was still tightly stuck to Kuroba's back, forgetting to let go.

The alley was too narrow for a locomotive to enter, so Heiyu led Yuebai into it.Ten years have passed, and the alley has become old, and even the sheets that have been exposed to the sun have faded.Yuebai followed behind and asked, "Did you live here before?"

Hei Yu let out a "hmm" and stepped over the puddles filled with reflections without looking back: "You used to live here too."

Sanwei hung up the phone and started working in the kitchen.Hei Yu took the key to open the door and came in. She turned her head and smiled and said, "Well, it's time to wash the green onions for me. Where's the ginger I asked you to bring?"

"I don't have time to buy ginger for you at this time." Seeing that she was still in good spirits, Hei Yu was not in a hurry to ask about her condition, and pushed her away after washing her hands, "Didn't I let you mess around? The craftsmanship is not good, You might as well go to sleep."

"Last time at the hospital, I said that I would cook chicken stewed with mushrooms for you." Sanwei washed the knife and chopped up the chicken breast, "Come here, son of a bitch, how about that plate of lotus root, my tongue is not working well, it seems that I put too much white vinegar."

Yuebai stood at the door strangely, like a guest who needed to be greeted. Heiyu wiped his hands on the apron, took a slice and fed it to him: "Your tongue will never work in this life."

Crowded and busy in the small kitchen for more than an hour, in the end there were only three dishes and one soup on the table, and the cold lotus root had to be counted.There were still those three chairs beside the table, two small and one large, and Hei Yu grabbed the unsteady one and sat down first.

Sanwei's house hadn't been this lively for a long time, so he gave them food and said, "This braised chicken feet are chewy, you two eat more."

Hei Yu picks her thorns: "Your braised braised in soy sauce is really spicy."

"The brat's chicken stewed with mushrooms, try it, is it better than the hospital's?"

"You can only cook chicken stew with mushrooms."

"Chicken soup nourishes the body, people who have just been discharged from the hospital drink more."

"How do you make a meal of net exploitation chicken? Can you change your partner next time?"

Sanwei stopped talking, cleaned up the last sip of soup, put away the bowls and plates before nodding: "Okay, I'll give you the elbow sauce when I have a chance."

After helping to clean up the dishes, Kuroba went downstairs to buy beer.Sanwei draped a thin blanket, came out and leaned against the door frame: "The opposite door is your home, you two have lived here for almost 20 years, do you have any impression?"

Yuebai was washing dishes in front of the sink, he was still not used to being alone with Sanwei, so he turned around and shook his head cautiously: "I don't remember..."

"It's okay, let your brother tell you later, and see if he has the face to tell you all the shit that bullied you before." Sanwei folded his arms and sighed, "Since I'm leaving, I should leave it to you guys." Think about it, but there is really nothing in my room."

Yuebai was not sure how to answer, at this moment she said again: "Come, here is something for you."

Drying his hands and following in, Sanwei took out a tape case from the smallest drawer of the chest of drawers and wiped off the dust on it carefully: "It may have been about ten years, this is when Kuroba threw it away and I gave it to him I picked it up, and I don’t know what was recorded in it. Today it is considered to be returned to the original owner, so you secretly take it back and listen to it, and don’t let him find out.”

Hei Yu has long forgotten about this old thing, and when he came back, he and Yuebai sat on the sofa with Sanwei watching TV.Three mouthfuls of a bottle of beer were drunk, and two and a half mouthfuls were coughed up: "In the past, when your parents had a quarrel, I would pick you up quickly, and the monkey jumped up and down to grab the remote control. If you insist on watching the World Cup, you just lie on the table and do your homework. Now In a blink of an eye, you two are so big."

Hei Yu touched the bottle with her: "But you still like to watch crying costume dramas, which means you're not old yet." He thought of something, and pushed Yuebai's shoulder, "Once I quarreled with her and scared you to cry Alone, I hid on the rooftop."

"I'm such an adult, can I argue with you?" Sanwei also remembered, "That's because I said that watching TV interfered with your brother's homework, how are you, what did you say, 'then his homework also interferes with my watching TV', put people off I ran away in anger. Later I went up to look for it, and such a small guy was doing arithmetic while wiping tears."

They counted the old things one by one, Yuebai listened quietly, as if this is what a home should be like.Later, snowflakes appeared on the screen, and Kuroba hugged the drunk Sanwei to the bed. She was so light, as if she had no weight.

Sanwei lay down and took Hei Yu's hand: "You child, you can't talk well, correct your stinking problem, you are just a younger brother, and if you run away in anger, no one will help you find it."

Hei Yu was silent for a while, then patted the back of her hand: "Got it."

She called Yuebai over again, and held the hands of the two of them together: "I watched you two grow up, and I have a mirror in my heart." She turned her face on the pillow, "Yuebai, don't look at me. Your brother sometimes bullies you, but in fact the person he loves the most is you. If he does something that makes you unhappy, just scold him or hit him twice, just don’t let him Throw it down, okay?"

Yuebai could hear that Sanwei was pleading for Heiyu, and Heiyu also looked at him.His hand was grabbed and shaken before he replied, "Okay."

It was getting late, after Sanwei fell asleep, Kuroba sent Yuebai downstairs, walked side by side to the entrance of the alley, he stopped under the street lamp: "I won't go back tonight, in the last few days, she can't be alone. You still have to go to class, take a taxi, and send me a text message when you get to the dormitory."

Witnessing life and death for the first time, Yuebai felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to explain that tomorrow's class was nothing important, but he rubbed the soles of his shoes twice and nodded: "Okay."

"Thank you for today." Hei Yu squeezed his shoulder like a friend, "Go and stop the car, I'll see you go and come back."

On the same night, different people have different experiences.

Big Tengu is busy with the completion of the project, eating together is a luxury, Yaohu can only watch funny variety shows in the dormitory alone, and eat lonely fried rice noodles in his mouth while having fun.The one Yuebai bought was delicious, so he went out and packed another one for supper, and when he heard someone push the door in, he said without looking up: I thought you were going to stay out tonight, I knew how much I would Bring a copy, have you eaten tonight? "

"Eat." Yuebai pulled out the chair and sat down. The contents in his pocket hit his thigh, and he took it out and asked, "Yuhu, do you have a radio? The one that can play tapes."

"Now I don't need tapes for listening. I don't have this old antique." Yaohu paused the video, saw that he was serious, and said, "There are a few thrift stores on Africa Street outside the dormitory, and I will take you to Taotao some other day. , how did you think of looking for this?"

"Sanwei gave it to me." Yuebai put the tape in the drawer, and placed it under a small box tied with a silver ribbon, "By the way, are you familiar with the name Sanwei?"

Yaohu has a little impression: "It seems to be the elder sister who held the parent meeting for Heiyu before? You neighbors, Heiyu also said that you two went astray when you were reincarnated, and you should have voted next door to recognize her as your mother. What happened to her ? Pregnant? You two are going to have a new brother?"

Yuebai didn't answer him, and went straight to bed.Yaohu turned off the light, turned back to the computer, covered her mouth and continued to giggle.

On the second night, Hei Yu didn't come back, and on the third day too, and he didn't even send a text message, as if the matter of Sanwei had nothing to do with Yuebai anymore.

This time, Yuebai finally became restless.

He hasn't figured out his emotional logic yet.These two people clearly acted together in the hospital for him to watch, but why is he still so worried?He was clearly so worried that he didn't have the mind to go to class for two days, but why didn't he want to go to Hei Yu?He obviously refused to find Hei Yu, but why did he type and delete the text in the input box?

In the dormitory with the lights off, Yuebai lay flat on the bed holding the phone, and finally made up her mind to press the send button.

[Have you copied all of today's notes? ]

Followed by another one.

[Sorry, sent to the wrong person. ]

He was holding the phone, and his temples throbbed uncomfortably.Kuroba, who was guarding Sanwei's bed, was awakened by the vibration, and smiled slightly at the screen.

[Let's study again tomorrow, go to bed today.Everything is fine with me. ]

There was a tacit ironing post in the reply, but Yuebai couldn't sleep anymore, anyway, Yaohu was talking on the phone, so he simply sat at the table and learned to practice.

I downloaded the project application form from the website of the Institute of Psychology, filled it out and sent it to the public mailbox, and opened the book I borrowed from the library.Kuroba handed him books one by one from the top of the bookshelf, almost drowning him, and said, "Aren't you really going to see Sanwei with me? Come and see her, she's leaving .”

The pile of books fell on the top of the head, Yuebai suddenly woke up, and knocked on the head.At this time, the phone vibrated again.

The sudden buzz seemed to shake his heart, making him freeze instantly in the silent dormitory.

[she left. ]

The information was read at a glance, but Yuebai seemed to be temporarily deaf after being caught in a violent explosion, and his noisy mind was suddenly empty.

Three tails left.

Heiyu didn't send this text message to Yuebai until that dry, yellow hand completely cooled down.Putting down the phone, he felt that he couldn't just sit still, so he decided to bring Sanwei's flower down to accompany her.

The five flower pots went back and forth twice, but Hei Yu was physically and mentally exhausted: "If I hadn't watered it, your flowers would have withered long ago, forget it, let's put it next to your bed."

Still looking lonely, he took out the sewing box and put it in Sanwei's hands: "You have to take this with you, right?"

Put on lipstick for her, and hold the lipstick into the other hand: "Actually, you are the most virtuous and beautiful woman I have ever seen. I didn't tell you, for fear that you would be proud."

After looking at it for a moment, I am still not satisfied: "Is it too plain? It really doesn't look like you."

Opening the closet, he took out a long red dress and a white skirt for comparison: "There are so many skirts, I don't know which one you want to wear. Hey, can I ask you?"

As if he was packing the luggage for someone who was about to go on a long trip, Hei Yu rummaged through the small room. He heard Sanwei scolding him for "what kind of skin is a monkey boy?" It was grown for you two," and after a while Sanwei taught them again, "I broke your head, come back and my sister will stitch you."

But when he sat back on the sofa and stuck the little monkey keychain between his eyebrows, everything became quiet and cold again.

The quartz clock was hung high on the refrigerator, and the second hand was ticking, just like every day he, Yuebai, and Sanwei lived in this small house.

Hei Yu raised her head, covered her eyes and smiled: "Why do you say that I am the only one left when I am living a life?"

As if he had been here hundreds of times, Yuebai found the dark corridor in the alley familiarly, but he didn't have the courage to knock on the door until he stood at the door on the fifth floor.

The footsteps stopped outside the door, and Kuroba stood up to open the door.Under the hazy moonlight at 02:30 in the morning, I saw Yuebai standing outside the door, and when she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around in panic.

He met Hei Yu's eyes, he didn't know how to speak, it seemed that he hadn't seen him for a long time, there were thousands of words smoldering in his chest, but it seemed that there was no need to say anything.

The person inside the door had stubble on his chin, sunken eyes, and was so haggard that he changed his appearance.Yuebai clasped the door tightly: "You, you don't smoke, do you?"

Hei Yu exhaled, and the corners of his lips twitched wearily: "No." Then, like a statue that began to collapse from the inside, slowly, slowly, the body slowly leaned forward, and pressed his forehead against the other party's neck , shed all her strength.

He leaned on Yuebai's shoulder and said, "Everything is fine. Except that I miss you very much."