【Liai】Horizon

BERLIN, GER2013.7.24

"I have good news and bad news! Which one do you want to hear first?"

"good news."

"good news."

Armin, who asked the question, was still puzzled. He had always been very realistic. Why did Alan and Mikasha, who had always heard the bad news first, change their minds this time.

"Because your bad news must be that this time the math paper was corrected by the dean again. Well, I didn't write the last question..." Allen replied without thinking as if reading out his doubts.

"And your good news must be about the school trip. It's time to say it. Has the proposal passed?" Mikasha added.

On the campus after the exam, the crowd quickly dispersed.Someone commented on the test paper, and someone left alone without making a sound.While waiting for the two partners who were going to get their duty sheets, Alan looked around the surrounding streets at the school gate.

"not here."

Since Levi's sudden appearance at the school gate, he has come to pick up the boy several times.It's just that after being watched by the crowd, he learned to keep a low profile, and would park his car across the street.

Until now, Alan knew very little about Levi's life, beyond the surface.He doesn't know his job, his past, or even wonders if Levi is his real name.However, Levi had a thorough understanding of his already simple life trajectory in a short period of time. This comparison brought a subtle sense of difference.

want to know more.

This thought popped up more than once.For example, when Allen was sitting on the bay window reading a book and fell asleep, he woke up and found that he had an extra blanket on his body.For example, there are more than a hundred books on the bookshelf in Levi's room, covering a wide range of topics and never staying superficial. Allen showed excitement in front of the bookshelf, so Levi said:

"You can look at it as you like, don't get dirty."

LEVI, mysterious and dangerous, makes people think of him unconsciously for a long time, and when they meet his eyes, they subconsciously turn away in a hurry.

"Alan? Are you listening to me?" Armin stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Alan's eyes.

Allen came back to his senses and smiled dryly. "Ah, um, you go on."

Mikasha stopped and looked around the street corner behind, then turned around and walked to the boys.

"It's stonehaven, stonehaven anyway."

"Hey?"

"So you didn't listen to me just now. Stonehaven, on the east coast of Scotland, not far south of Aberdeen, is a very famous town, with the most beautiful view of the horizon at sunrise, and the fire clouds in the evening. By the way ! And..." As Almin said, he took out a stack of materials from his schoolbag.

"The honors of Scotland, the royal treasure of Scotland, was also hidden here. There are beautiful bays, solemn World War II monuments, and the cold castle site on the steep solitary rock." Mikasha added, "I have seen TV shows introducing it. .”

"Looks great?" Allen looked at the mountains, castles, and sea water beating against the rocks in the profile photo, which was so beautiful. "But it's actually an overseas trip, how did the teaching office approve it?"

"Ah, I don't know about this either. I remember Mr. Edel said that there is a company sponsorship, and the president of the company is a former graduate here or something." Armin paused, put away his smile and put on a serious expression, " And the bad news is not what you guessed, do you remember that Erglan from Class B has a younger brother who is about the same height as you, I heard—”

"and many more."

Mikasha signaled Armin vigilantly to end the chat, and then dragged the two people beside her into the flower shop nearby.

"Someone is following us."

"Hey?!" Armin let out a short exclamation as soon as the words finished.

Allen froze for a moment, his first reaction was that Mikasha should not have made a mistake, and it is absolutely possible that someone is following him now——Thinking of this, Allen leaned against the door of the flower shop, turned his face sideways and looked back from the corner of his eye Explore.Sure enough, there were two tall men about 15 meters behind, wearing white shirts, black suit pants, and sunglasses. They stood at the corner of the street and looked towards the flower shop.

Allen turned his head and saw Mikasha looking at him. He knew what Mikasha was thinking, but the most urgent thing now was how the three of them got rid of them.

"Alan," Armin pulled the two people who were staring at each other awkwardly, "there are three shops in front of the bakery where you worked, Alan. I remember there is a back door there. If we go from there, we will You can go around behind them to Third Street and go home."

Armin's advice has always been solid, and this time is no exception.The three left the flower shop in silence, and then walked into the bakery.Allen greeted the boss, and the three rushed out from the back hall.

Allen held his breath and quickly crossed the road, and the three of them were well hidden among the crowd walking across the road.In the evening in Berlin, the car queues are long and coiled on the main roads of the city.Armin breathed a sigh of relief, and Allen couldn't help but look back.

Looking at it, it happened to meet the eyes of one of the men who were chasing after him.

Allen stopped in his tracks.

"Mikasha, Armin, you guys go home first."

Hearing the sound, both of them looked back at the boy with his head down in surprise.

He whispered, "I know those two people."

Time went back to [-]:[-] p.m. on July [-], and Allen tried hard to take the arm of the woman in front of him off his shoulder.

"Sorry, this guest, our waiter does not accompany the wine."

——It was Mr. the bartender who rescued him in Rose at that time.

Before Mikasa had time to hold Allen's arm, the boy ran over.The red light for pedestrians turned on, and the oncoming traffic blocked Mikasha's footsteps.

"Mikasha, the bad news I wanted to tell you just now is that Erglan in Class B has a younger brother who is about the same height as Allen, and he was killed at this time yesterday." Connecting two seemingly unrelated things together.

There seems to be a subtle connection.

Mikasha squeezed the hem of her skirt tightly, and when she looked across the street again, the boy had long since disappeared.

"Ellen, what the hell are you doing—"

"Can you explain, Mr. Bartender?"

Allen sat in the back of the car and asked the two men in front.

"I'm sorry, master, this is the boss's order." One of the men sighed, he was admiring the young man's courage and calmness, and at the same time regretting that he was about to fall into a whirlpool. "We can't say much about other things, let's take you home now?"

Family?

Hearing this word, Allen felt angry.

"May I ask if the boss you are talking about is...Miss Petra?"

"No, we mean, Captain."

Levi looks at the clock on the wall, then at his phone.

The time for a teenager to get home has passed, and there are no reports of emergencies.

It's best to be fine.

Levi leaned on the sofa, and there was still today's newspaper on the coffee table.Levi thought for a while, took out the front page, rubbed it and threw it into the trash can, at this moment there was the sound of the door opening.

Allen opened the door and came in, changed his shoes in silence, then stood at the entrance and looked at Levi on the sofa.The latter raised his eyebrows and watched him walk into the living room, threw his schoolbag on the sofa, and walked in front of him.

"Mr. Levi, may I ask why you sent someone to follow me?"

The man raised his eyebrows.

Gee.

Just about to say something, Levi swallowed the explanation after seeing the boy's face clearly.

"you--"

"Obviously." Allen interrupted him for the first time, "Obviously you have already figured out my background clearly, haven't you, although I still don't know anything about everything. What is this? What are you afraid of?"

Levi looked at the angry and disappointed expression of the eccentric boy, and suddenly didn't know what to say.

"It's a pity that you don't trust me." The young man said in a lost voice.

>>>

It is said that it started to rain suddenly in the early morning.

In short, when I woke up very early, the first thing I heard was the rumbling thunder.Allen rubbed his eyes and opened the curtains, the dark gray clouds slowly moved forward with the rain and wind, and seemed to be overwhelmed in the next moment.Rain and fog stuck to the window, and the scenery of Berlin at dawn became blurred, and the sudden elongated lightning separated the distant sky into two sides.

So dazzling.

The living room was still dark, the boy quickly finished washing, then walked gently to the kitchen, and turned on the wall lamp.Anyway, it's still early, so let's do something.He thought of the garlic toast that Mikasha's mother had taught him to lift people's mood.Probably can bring good luck to myself for the last two exams of the day.He went through all the ingredients one by one - French bread, garlic, butter, mixed herbs, salt and olive oil... He didn't know if Levi would like the taste.

All he knew was that he was absent-minded.

I fell asleep very late the night before, and after all, I was struggling alone, and the imaginary quarrel did not happen.At that time, Levi was sitting on the sofa and staring up at him, just staring, always staring, unable to see the change of emotion.Because he has always had such a cold face, seems indifferent to everything, but has his own set of paranoia.

Well, I clearly said that the one who didn't understand him was me, so what conclusions are I drawing now?

The person who was afraid was himself, because he was blocked by his gaze and couldn't speak anymore, and then felt cold sweat seeping out, and then wondered if he was too arbitrary and conflicted.Everyone has self-esteem and curiosity, but that is not the same as temper and willfulness.Allen was thinking that Levi must have his own reasons, and subconsciously seemed willing to believe so.

When the teenager realized that no one had ever made him so cautious, even doubting himself, the oven light went out.He sighed, put the fragrant garlic bread into a clean plate, and brought it to the table with light steps.Turning around, I was startled by the pair of deep eyes staring at me in the living room with no lights on.

"Lee, Mr. Levi."

"Ah."

Mysterious and familiar, the deadly attraction is muted.

Who knows, just ask the previous life.

He came to the dining table and picked up a corner of the bread slice, took a bite, and chewed slowly.The movements are natural and elegant, as if the boy's self-embarrassment cannot be seen.

"Oh, not bad."

As he spoke, he turned on the wall lamp, and he didn't know where he had been standing for how long.

It turned out that Levi drove Alan to the exam, and there was a traffic jam on a rainy day.Allen sat quietly in the back row with his schoolbag in his arms.The water droplets on the car windows, the road signs under the overpass, and the vermilion umbrella of a passing girl, all became blurred in the rain and fog.

Or, there are things that can be clearly seen.

Black steering wheel, transparent car perfume bottle, silver CD case.

Black forehead hair, clean white shirt, silver watch.

"Do you like the climate in Berlin?"

The person being watched asked questions endlessly like this.

Allen froze for a moment, and began to endorse without hesitation: "The temperate marine climate is not cold in winter, not hot in summer, and the annual precipitation is even... because seawater has a large specific heat capacity."

He didn't know if it was the rumbling thunder that made him miss the chuckle, or whether his answer was cutely stupid.

There are so many things I don't know.

After all, what you learn in books is only one billionth of this world.The so-called scientific principles have too many things that cannot be explained.

Such as emotion, such as human heart.

ABERDEEN,UK2013.7.31

Aberdeen is cloudless today.

Allen dragged his suitcase out of the airport, took a deep breath and then stretched. The air in other countries smelled the same.It was nearly five o'clock when we got off the plane, and Almin was standing at the front of the line to inform everyone of the two-day itinerary.

"If you want to go to Stonehaven, you have to take the train from here. I will live in Aberdeen tonight, and I will go to the hotel immediately and give each room a map. The map shows the main places to visit in the city. From then on There are four hours of free time at the beginning. If you have any questions, you can ask the guide in Scotland, ah, she is here."

The visitor was a cheerful woman wearing a neutral T-shirt and jeans, wearing glasses and a brown-red ponytail.She clapped her hands to call everyone together.

"In short, I will be your tour guide for this leave-of-school trip, and I welcome you to Scotland."

Sasha was already clamoring for a big meal in the evening, so Jean and Connie decided to have a poker showdown later.Behind the tour guide is the bell tower of the old town on the bank of the Tang River, and the time-telling just started at five o'clock.When the bell rang, white doves flew over the roof of the theater in the southwest, maybe the crowd who came to participate in the International Youth Festival had just dispersed.No matter how you look at it, it's a beautiful trip, but maybe it's just the calm in the eye of the storm.

Allen felt that someone was looking at him, so he turned his head away.

It was the female tour guide, she smiled at him, and then continued, "My name is Hanji Zoye, please give me your advice."