“Huh? You must have dialed the wrong number?"

As if possessed, Chen Yuan called her aunt, which startled the other end, almost causing them to hang up.

"No. Hello, Auntie. I'm Xia Xinyu's classmate."

"You're her classmate, so why did you call me 'Auntie'?"

The voice on the other end was that of a middle-aged woman, the kind who looked like a high school teacher with glasses and a blank expression. Even though it was a normal question, Chen Yuan heard a sense of authority, as if saying, "You're dead if you can't answer."

But quickly, the other end changed the subject, "Classmate, why are you calling me? What happened to Xinyu? Is she okay?"

The woman suddenly became worried, and her tone was hurried.

It could explain that what Xia Xinyu had recently experienced was enough to make her decide to commit suicide.

"She's fine, she just hasn't been to school for a few days. I live very close to her, so I asked... I asked the school teacher for your number, Auntie, to ask about the situation."

Since her parents were both out of town and she was studying in Xia Hai, the school would definitely contact her aunt if anything happened, so this lie shouldn't have any loopholes.

"Fu Xiumei gave you my number? Why didn't she ask me directly if something happened?"

Crap, forgot she was a teacher at that school!

"Teacher Fu, she said..."

"This matter is indeed very sensitive, she was probably afraid of asking too much."

The other end logically justified it herself, without suspecting he was lying.

"Yes, I saw Xia Xinyu today, and her condition was very bad, she looked distracted."

"You met her? Then can you tell her to come to her aunt's house? I'm very worried about this child, she's been introverted since she was little."

"May I ask..." Seeming to have guessed something, Chen Yuan couldn't help but ask, "Did something happen in her Jingnan hometown?"

After a long pause, the other end answered, "Last week, her parents encountered a landslide while going down the mountain."

"..."

Chen Yuan's heart tightened, and he closed his eyes.

He didn't dare to listen anymore.

"Xinyu is an only child, and a funeral has to be held in her hometown, so she has to go back. But after hearing the news, this child hung up the phone. I went to find her a few days ago, wanting to take her to my place to live, and then take her back to Jingnan, but she stubbornly refused, not going anywhere. Alas, I had no choice but to ask the school for leave for her. If you can see her again, you must tell her that her aunt is very worried about her." The voice on the other end was so anxious that it cracked, not like a seasoned senior teacher.

"Okay, Auntie, I will."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yuan's face darkened.

A more desperate story than he had imagined.

A landslide, parents dead.

He could imagine how much Xia Xinyu wished it was a dream after hearing this news, but the pillow soaked every night, and the dark, empty room she woke up to in the morning, would make her realize it was real. Then, pain swept over her like a tide, and she couldn't bravely return to her hometown, hold her parents' funeral, toast to relatives and elders in turn, and express her determination to go on alone.

What can dispel sorrow? Only suicide.

If it were me, I would die too.

………

Opening her eyes, Xia Xinyu saw a tear clinging to her eyelashes.

Suddenly, her mouth twitched, a surge of bitterness rushed to her nose, and she covered her head with the quilt and sobbed again.

Last night, she had a dream of her parents in the hospital, and the doctor told her that they would need to be hospitalized for a long time. She was very happy when she heard that.

Because they hadn't died after all, they were still being rescued.

And it was also because of this kind of thinking in the dream that she remembered again that her parents had died in a mudslide and there was no chance of rescue at all.

So, the dream was fake.

In the dream, she recognized the truth.

So, she also discovered the pattern in the dream—

The end of the dream is waking up.

She was very afraid of waking up, but the gradually clearer consciousness, the light shining in through the cracks in the curtains, still woke her up.

Opening her eyes to see this cruel truth.

After crying, Xia Xinyu, with red eyes, picked up her phone. She saw that her aunt had called her many times, and there were also many unread messages on QQ from her classmates.

Most of them were from girls she got along with well, and only one boy.

[Wen Boheng: Why aren't you coming to class? Are you sick?]

[Wen Boheng: I took notes for the recent classes. Where do you live? I'll bring them to you?]

This person was a boy in her class, sitting in the row behind her. Although Xia Xinyu had never been in a relationship, she knew he liked her.

Actually, girls can see this kind of thing.

The fact that he often took the initiative to say hello on QQ despite their unfamiliar relationship, this subtle strangeness, should be the boy's way of showing affection.

But Chen Yuan liked her, and she didn't see it at all, not even until the moment he confessed.

After all, every time they met before, he wouldn't look at her more than a normal glance.

If there was really affection, it shouldn't be like this, right?

Thinking about it a little, the other party's words should have been a 'temporary expedient'. Discovering her suicide attempt, he wanted to delay her, waiting for her to get out of this predicament before explaining the reason to her.

So her serious rejection yesterday was really narcissistic...

Thinking of this, Xia Xinyu patted her cheeks heavily in embarrassment, "Next time, I definitely can't drink anymore."

No, there is no next time.

After she finishes making that meal for Chen Yuan... let's die again.

Apart from vomiting and dizziness upon waking up, this method really didn't have much pain.

After getting out of bed, Xia Xinyu saw the iron basin.

The charcoal inside had been extinguished with water.

Yesterday's situation should have been like this - Chen Yuan smelled the strange smell, then knocked on the door, and when she didn't answer, he broke down the door, opened the window for her, and when he came in, he wanted to take the iron basin out, and his hand was burned at that time. Later, when there was really no other way, he carried her off the bed.

Now that she thought about it, she must have scared him badly yesterday.

She was really sorry for him.

"If people have souls after they die, before Hei Bai Wuchang take me away on the seventh day, I'll watch over his house for seven days."

Xia Xinyu thought of the only way she could repay Chen Yuan.

Speaking of which, Chen Yuan should have gone to school by now.

It was already seven thirty, the time she usually got to school.

Even if Chen Yuan was the best person in the world, he wouldn't take leave for her and watch over her to prevent her from committing suicide, right... what am I thinking.

Although she was thinking this in her heart, she still walked to the door and pushed it open.

Then, she saw a box of rice placed on the ground.

This! Isn't this a beef and eel double combo rice?!

Xia Xinyu recognized at a glance that this was the best-selling product displayed in the nearby supermarket counter.

Of course, she didn't know if it tasted good, because the price of 78 yuan made it forever just a luxury before she became a salaried worker.

But since so many people bought it, it must be delicious.

"Why, why is this appearing at my door?"

Squatting down, looking at the rice with almost shining eyes, Xia Xinyu struggled for a long time before picking it up.

Then, she saw a note underneath.

Picking up the note, there was also a key underneath.

It was the unsold one from yesterday, with a half-price promotion in the morning. I left the key at the door. You eat half and put the rest in the refrigerator. Also, you can stay at my house during the day before you change the lock - Chen o.

He clearly wrote so many words, why did he abbreviate Yuan to 'o' when he wrote it...

Holding this colorful, thin and crispy, and large amount of beef double combo rice, to put it embarrassingly, Xia Xinyu was almost swallowing her saliva.

No, this is what someone else wants to eat, how can I share half...

But, he said to leave half for him.

Wouldn't that become leftovers?

Let's save it to eat together at night.

But…

I really want to eat it.

It must also want to be eaten by me.

After some struggle, Xia Xinyu carried the double combo eel rice into the house, and then opened the landlord's small refrigerator: "Sausage, eggs, cucumber, eight yuan of plum strips... take advantage of the last class before noon, and send the rice to school."