his mermaid

***

Jiangbin South Road.

Several Kawasaki motorcycles were parked on the side of the road, as well as a black Land Rover off-road vehicle and a Cadillac sports car.

The situation looked like friends from a motorcycle club were going to have a party on the Binhai Expressway, but it was too high-profile and would be investigated by the nearby traffic police.

So they don't intend to linger too long, just get out of the car to get something to eat.

Shijie opened the zippo and lit a cigarette, playing with it while squatting on the side of the road to rest.

"Let's go. What are you doing here, like a bum." His friend called him.

On this star-watching bridge is the piano shop where he worked before.

"Let's go, see you at Mystery Star."

Mystery Star is a bar where Shijie and his friends often meet.

The friends who came together got into the car, and the sound of several engines made the whole street shake.

Shijie yelled at them: "You guys go, I'll come later!"

Immediately, he pinched off the unfinished cigarette butt and walked to the bridge.He entered the Tianxing-Yinyue piano shop.It was nearly six o'clock, and it was about to enter winter. It was getting dark early, and it seemed that the light in the store was very bright, and there was a steady stream of music from the piano.

In short, there are many people who come to play the piano here.

Even if there are no customers, some old grandpas will come to play the accordion or play the piano.

"Why are you here again? We are getting off work. We are about to let everyone go."

When the store manager saw Shijie, he showed an embarrassed smile.However, it was not because they were about to leave work, but because she knew Shijie's purpose. Shijie would come every two weeks, but she really couldn't help, and Shijie would still get nothing today.

"I know, I just came to see."

"Nostalgia."

The store manager sighed.

"But I really can't help you."

"It's okay, it's just nostalgia."

Shijie stuffed his hands into the leather jacket, it seemed a bit cold to wear like this.He didn't plan to leave until the store manager turned off the lights and locked the glass door after get off work.

In the past few months, he has visited here almost ten times, and he wanted to inquire about Yue Kingdom's news.

However, the proprietress of the piano shop doesn't know where Yueguo has gone.

It's been five months since Yueguo's family disappeared.

During these five months, Yue's country was empty, and his father's barbecue restaurant was also run by other people.Others said that their family died unexpectedly in a car accident, but they didn't know the details.

Shijie couldn't understand better than that that the accident happened suddenly after he quarreled with Yue Guo and his sister that day.

This also means that it was him who caused them to have a car accident in disguise.

If he hadn't quarreled with them that day, he stopped the car and discussed it, maybe the car accident would not have happened.He clearly remembered that this matter was on the news. A woman was killed in a car accident and a man was injured, referring to their brother and sister.However, there was no follow-up report on this matter, and the media did not pay much attention to it. After all, this kind of news that violated traffic rules would have a negative impact on the appearance of big cities. Few news societies pursued follow-up, and the higher-ups were eager to suppress this matter.However, Shijie always felt that the car accident was not a pure accident. He saw the pictures and short videos broadcast on the news, and felt a little disharmony.

No one knew that he went to Yueguo on the day of the car accident.

Although he still got along with his friends on the surface, Shijie's inner self-blame could not be appeased.

Is Yue Guo still alive?Where do you live?

If something happened to the Yue Kingdom, he would be the number one contact person of the Yue Kingdom, why no one informed him?

Maybe it was Yue Guo himself who deliberately avoided him and no longer wanted to see him.

After such a long time, it is very likely that he lost contact voluntarily.After all, the car accident that day... was in that kind of situation, Shijie didn't expect to be forgiven by Yueguo.

It's just that you don't even give him a chance to explain and make up?

What Shijie really wanted to explain was that he didn't really want to break up at the time.

During that time, he was busy with work and had no time and energy to focus on love. He also planned to get ahead early and get a stable job before managing his love life.

Shijie didn't want both parties to be in trouble, so he proposed a temporary separation, which meant that he should not meet or date him for the time being. It was probably because his wording was inappropriate, which caused Yueguo to misunderstand. Yue Hui who appeared interrupted.At that time, he was about to rush to the company, and he had already lost a lot of time to pick up Yueguo on the way. The situation was urgent, so he had no choice but to drive away.

He was going to go home to let the two parties calm down, and then discuss it carefully, and by the way, ask his forgiveness for neglecting Yueguo.

Unexpectedly, Yue Guo could no longer be contacted later, and it was not clear which hospital they were sent to for medical treatment. The friend just advised him to break up with the family as soon as possible. trouble.

So on the day of the accident, Shijie was a little afraid of being involved in the incident, so he didn't dare to call.

After a few days, he finally had the courage to make a call. At that time, Yueguo's phone had already been turned off.

Less than half a month later, the phone number became empty.

Yueguo's network contact information is no longer logged in, and he seems to have evaporated overnight.Until now, Yueguo's homepage and information have not been updated, let alone contacted himself.

Maybe he is no longer alive——Shijie thought horribly.

***

With the sound of bells—wind chimes, the glass door of the piano shop was pushed open.

There are many rattan baskets hanging on both sides of the glass door, with succulent plants and spider plants planted inside.It was still the same as before, and there were some new plants. Yueguo looked up a few times and couldn't help but smile.

The wheelchair slowly slid into the store, someone was playing on the piano seat, and the comfortable and gentle music could be heard throughout the room.

"When did the wind chime hang at the door?"

"Xiao Gao? Is that you?"

"Thank you manager..."

The store manager couldn't hide his surprise when he saw him, and even got up from the counter to stand in front of him.

Not because Yue Guo disappeared for so long, but because he was seen in a wheelchair.Especially after looking down and seeing Yueguo's injury clearly, the store manager secretly took a breath.She was thinking, she couldn't let Yueguo notice her surprise, otherwise his heart would be hurt.

She pushed Yue Guo into the back office and poured a cup of tea.

"Sorry, I haven't contacted you for so long. Because I was injured, I stayed in the hospital for two or three months, and I didn't have the face to see anyone after that..."

Yue Guo didn't touch the teacup, and explained lightly.

Yueguo had discussed with the piano store that if he passed the interview in July, he would temporarily cancel some of the private tutoring lessons, but after July, Yueguo never contacted the piano store, and the courses arranged for Yueguo to teach had to be cancelled.

Xie Yun was also holding his coffee cup, thinking about what Yueguo might have experienced. He heard Shijie say that Yueguo had a car accident, and it seemed that his injury was caused at that time.

"During this time, are you recuperating?"

"Yes, so I pushed so many courses, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, that's nothing." Xie Yun shook his head, "You are in such a difficult situation, why don't you contact me? At least I can help you a little bit."

"No..." Yue Guo smiled wryly at her, "I'm here today because I have other business."

After the car accident, he wanted to commit suicide several times, but he couldn't get out of his grief for a long time, and he lived in fear all the time.

It wasn't until recently that he found that he had gotten used to the life of not being able to walk normally, and he was slightly better than the original despair.

"If anyone needs my help, I will do my best to help."

"Thank you..." Yue Guo hesitated for a while, but did not refuse.

"Do you have a job now?"

"Wait a while, I'll find a job I can do..."

"If you want to continue teaching, I will arrange it if your physical condition permits."

Xie Yun nodded, maybe this is the best way to help Yueguo.

Yue Guo also nodded his thanks, and then said:

"I came here today because... I want to buy a violin."

"What do you buy the violin for? Can you play the violin?"

"No, I plan to buy it for others."

"My friend?"

"Ah."

"Let me push you to look at the brand. You know the source of goods in our store, that's it."

Yue Guo received a message from Ban Nian, asking him to persuade Yao Chen to play the violin again.

Of course, Yueguo understood what the violin meant to Yaochen. It was a part of him that he couldn't let go of since he was a child. As for why he chose to give up later, Yueguo felt that people had to have reasons when they grew up, so they didn't ask.

This also shows that his care and understanding of Yaochen stopped at that superficial stage.

He has never been an inquisitive person, even if it is about Xiaohui and her father, he will not ask too much.Yue Guo's personality is such that he doesn't get along with any friends deeply enough, and he doesn't even have a friend who can be called a best friend.

But what Ban Nian said is right, it's a pity to give up so easily what he grew up with since he was a child.

He promised to persuade Yaochen.

So, he hinted whether Yaochen should play with him, because he really wanted to practice some violin concertos, but he couldn't finish them.

Yaochen replied: "You go buy it, the old ones have been thrown away."

But he has to work during the day, Yueguo can only buy it by himself, and he will send a driver to pick it up.Now there are only two of them in the family, and Aunt Li was fired because of her injury.Regarding the explosion case, the police have not made any progress. It seems that they want to put the responsibility directly on the dead suspect and close the case.

Yaochen also asked not to buy too expensive ones, but to use them casually, as "toys" to practice with Yueguo, so buy what Yueguo likes.

After exchanging pleasantries, Xie Yun went to the store to pick up the violin on the shelf.

Only a part is displayed in the glass case, most of them are kept locked in the cabinet.Of course, these are not all in the store. If there is a customer who needs to customize, it will take time to go to the manufacturer to customize. The price of customization and the brand store have brochures.

When she was busy, Yueguo sent Yaochen a text message.

"I'm shopping, do you want to come together?"

He deliberately checked the time, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon, Yaochen should be done with work.As the boss, he doesn't work too late.

Yueguo knew that he didn't necessarily go to the company, maybe he went out to exercise or eat with others, and that was counted as working hours.

"Come on later."

"I'll send you the location."

"Then stay there and choose, and wait for me to pick you up."

Yue Guo held the phone contentedly.

If the store manager of the piano shop knew that Yaochen was his boyfriend, he would feel embarrassed.Because this kind of life is too dreamy to be real.

They discussed the models for a while, but Yueguo didn't dare to say that he understood everything.

While arranging the shelves, Xie Yun said: "By the way, have you broken up with Shijie? He has been looking for you."

Yue Guo was stunned for a moment.

"Since my family had an accident, I have separated from him..."

They have been breaking up since the beginning of this year.

Originally they lived together in Shijie's rented apartment for a while, but later because Shijie was too busy, he moved back to his own home, but he also often went to clean up for Shijie. Several times, he felt that someone else was staying there overnight , Maybe Shijie has other dating partners, and he dare not ask, dare not mention breaking up. As for the reason, it is just because of the 20 yuan.

Now that the family members are all dead, what is the use of recovering the money.Yue Guo didn't want to contact Shijie. If it was really necessary, he would find a way to ask for the money.

"He hasn't come today. He hasn't come for several days. He always comes when we get off work, in order to inquire about you."

"Then don't tell him I've been here, don't tell him about me."

Yue Guo frowned and said.

It was because of the quarrel with Shijie that something happened to Xiaohui. When he thought about what happened that day, he really didn't want to see Shijie again.Besides, Shijie didn't take the initiative to contact him, didn't apologize to him, and didn't visit him in the hospital.

"What's the matter? He seems to be very worried about you. He told me about your car accident, and he couldn't contact you after that, and he didn't know where you went. "

"Did he mention money to you?"

"what money?"

"Maybe he wants to pay me back."

If Shijie felt guilty in his heart, he should find a way to pay off the 20 yuan.Besides, what reason could he have to contact himself.

The wind chimes at the door rang, and someone entered the store.

"It's early today, and you guys haven't gotten off work yet."

Yue Guo concentrated on looking at the brochures in the store, but after hearing the words of the person who entered the store, he stopped the movement of his hands and felt hard to breathe.

This familiar voice was Shijie's voice.

As the store manager said, Shijie often comes here recently.

Maybe this is fate. If he had known that Shijie would come to the piano shop to inquire about news, he would never have come here.

Yueguo tried hard to turn the wheelchair towards the wall, not letting himself face him, his whole body became hot and dry due to nervousness.

"Why are you here?" Xie Yun's tone was tense, and this greeting seemed like Shijie shouldn't be here.

Judging by the store manager's reaction, the person standing not far away was really Shijie. Yueguo's heart was pounding, it was so scary, he didn't want to be found out.

"Any news today?"

"Uh……"

Xie Yun was a little dumb, what should I say, the gentleman in a wheelchair behind her is Yue Guo?Shijie didn't see the face, so he didn't notice it yet.

"It's okay, you still have a guest, you should greet him first." Shijie pointed to the wheelchair, and he couldn't see the face of the person sitting on the back.

"Okay." Xie Yun sent Shijie away in a panic and asked him to wait at the counter.

Afterwards, Yue Guo pulled the corner of her clothes and whispered, "Why don't I go first, don't tell him it's me."

"understood."

Yue Guo didn't want to run into Shijie, but luckily Shijie didn't react quickly, so he was going to sneak away just like that, waiting for Yaochen to come over at the door.

With his back on his back, Yueguo slowly slid out of the piano shop.

After he left, Shijie asked, "Do you play the violin in a wheelchair?"

"Guess, maybe I'm just curious so I came to see it." Xie Yun said with a embarrassed smile.

"No news today?"

"Well. Not yet. I said I don't know, and I can't help." Xie Yun said with a guilty conscience.

Shijie nodded and said, "I'm just here to see, then I'll go first."

As soon as he turned around, he suddenly noticed something on the ground not far away.

"Did the wheelchair man drop something? There was also a handkerchief."

It was the handkerchief Yue Guo carried with him, and he usually put it on his lap.In short, it wasn't something in the store, it just fell on the spot where he was just now. In order to avoid Shijie, he didn't notice something falling when he walked.

Shijie went to pick up the handkerchief, Xie Yun panicked and said: "Hey, hey, forget it, it's just a handkerchief."

"Most of the disabled are in poor conditions, so the handkerchief should be returned to him."

"Hey, hey! Forget it, I'll go and I'll go, you help me watch the shop."

Not understanding why the store manager suddenly panicked, Shijie smiled and said:

"Okay, I'll go."

Shijie stopped Xie Yun, seeing that she was wearing high heels, he knew that she was inconvenient to chase.Xie Yun was afraid that if he continued to stop her, he would expose something, so he might as well let them go and let them meet.

Shijie stepped away from the piano shop, looked around, the wheelchair did not go far, he chased after him, and shouted: "Hey, your handkerchief!"

Shijie approached slowly, and the wheelchair moved suddenly and intensified. He tried his best not to let him catch up, but it was easy to catch up with the wheelchair, and Yueguo knew that the struggle at this moment was futile.

"Come on, give it back to you."

Shijie finally caught up, ran to the wheelchair, and handed out the handkerchief. Yueguo lowered his head deeply, and just took it with his hand, without nodding or speaking.

Such a gloomy person, why don't you say thank you?

Could it be that legendary autistic and poor disabled person?Seeing his injury, Shijie's eyes became full of cruel pity.

Yue Guo thought that everything should stop after taking over the handkerchief.But Shijie actually continued the conversation: "By the way, where are you going, why don't I give it to you. Aren't you still choosing musical instruments in our piano store? Why don't you buy them. There will be discounts and discounts."

When Shijie used to be a clerk in a piano store, he not only solicited customers at the door, but also moved all the instruments to the street to play. He was very handsome, and little girls passing by would take out their mobile phones to take pictures of him.When Shijie was there, the sales volume of the piano store was several times higher than after he left.

Yueguo shook his lowered head, not daring to show his face with too much ups and downs, he didn't even dare to make a sound, I hope Shijie didn't find out who he was.

Why is Shijie so enthusiastic?Maybe he was such a passionate person originally, a bit similar to Xiao Chu, because he forgot Shijie's personality.

"It's okay, if you want to come to our piano store to listen to music, you are always welcome."

Shijie squatted down to help him pick up the blanket that was about to fall, and deliberately peeked at the face of the man in the wheelchair to see his slightly longer hairstyle, he didn't look like an ugly person.

Although only the chin was visible, it was enough to surprise him.

There is a beauty mole between the corner of Yue Guo's mouth and jaw, and his lips are very thin with a nice curve.

"Moon Country..."

Shijie blurted out.

He couldn't believe that he would make this judgment in an instant.

Maybe it was because he missed Yue Guo too much, he obviously didn't see the face of the person in the wheelchair clearly, but he sighed when he saw that his chin was so similar to Yue Guo.

The wheelchair suddenly backed up, Yueguo was not familiar with this kind of movement, and almost pinched his hand, he screamed in pain, his current movements can only be described as flustered.

"Sorry……"

Shijie chased after him to help him, the more he wanted to get closer, the more the person in the wheelchair refused, and even stretched out his hand to block him.Shijie didn't dare to act rashly. If he moved too close and the opponent resisted, it was as if he was bullying the disabled. This was on the street, and maybe someone would come forward and beat him up.

He no longer approached, but he was even more shocked, because the person in front of him showed his features as he moved.

He had known each other for four years and dated for three years, he couldn't possibly admit that he was mistaken, so familiar aura, even if he became disabled, he shouldn't have mistaken it.

He even complained that he didn't react immediately.

"Yueguo, is it really... you?" Shijie opened his mouth slightly, stunned, "Is it really you?"

Yue Guo didn't look at him, just lowered his head and said nothing.

The wheelchair turned to the front, and Shijie looked at it from top to bottom. He was even more sure that this was Yue Guo, whose physique and hair quality were very similar to Yue Guo.

"Why? I asked sister Xie to tell me about you all the time, why didn't she tell me?" Shijie roared excitedly, followed by a foul word.

Only then did Yue Guo say: "I don't want to contact you, it's not her responsibility."

Shijie also tried to calm down, but he still had endless questions: "Why don't you want to contact me? Is it because of me... I know you can't forgive me. Or is it because you were hurt that you dare not contact me?" ?”

"Both." Yue Guo said helplessly.

"Do you know how many times I have called you and inquired about you in the past few months, but I have never heard from you. Do you want to avoid me so much?" Shijie unknowingly moved his wheelchair Forced back to the corner.

"I didn't avoid you, I just didn't contact you. You didn't look for me. Why are you looking for me now?"

Yue Guo said painfully.

If you really want to find someone, how can you not find it, not to mention that Shijie knows a lot of his contact information, he also knows the phone numbers of several of his friends, and he also knows where he used to work.

"I've been looking for you for a long time."

He contacted all the friends of Yueguo he knew, but no one knew where Yueguo was, and a few people even said that Yueguo might be dead.

Yueguo's phone was canceled, all online accounts were offline, and there was no one at home.After the car accident, he managed to find out which hospital Yueguo was in, but when he went there, he was stopped by the medical staff, saying that Yueguo wasn't here, and he really didn't know where to find it afterwards.It was as if someone secretly hindered him from looking for the Moon Country.

Shijie briefly explained his hard work and failure in searching for Yueguo in the past few months, and Yueguo also quietly listened to his explanation.

"Where do you live now?"

"I live in an orphanage..." Yue Guo's face was pale, and he lied casually.

"What orphanage? Do you need my help?"

"No."

He slid the wheelchair and started to move, Shijie naturally moved out of the way, but he went up to stop him unwillingly.

"Which street are you going to, I can take you there!"

"I, I'm waiting for someone here."

"Waiting for someone? Is someone coming to pick you up?"

"Yes."

The atmosphere between them suddenly eased, and Yue Guo was not so emotional. He raised his head and asked, "Do you still remember that you wanted to pay me back?"

Seeing Yue Guoqi's helpless eyes, Shijie nodded in panic: "Of course I remember, I will return it to you, and you leave me your current phone number."

He quickly turned on the phone, and the bright light on the screen shone on his face, only to realize that it was dusk and the sky darkened.

Yue Guo said a series of numbers in cooperation.

"You don't need my help anymore? How are you doing now?" Shijie saved his phone and asked out of breath.

Yue Guo shook his head.

Shijie tried to soften his tone: "Are you still angry with me? I'm sorry, I really didn't expect that after arguing with you that day, there would be a car accident. I'm sorry."

"No matter what, Xiaohui is dead, and it's useless for you to apologize to me..."

"I know it's useless...I'm really sorry."

Shijie rested his head and blamed himself frantically. He really shouldn't be angry that day. Now it's not just Xiaohui's death, Yueguo has also suffered such a serious injury. After seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn't accept it in his heart.

"Her cemetery is in Dongshan Garden. If you want to visit her, I can tell you the number plate of the cemetery." Yueguo said with a bitter face, his voice was unsteady, and Shijie could hear the heartbreak.

He had never seen Yue Guo who spoke with such an attitude and tone, and since he was sitting in a wheelchair, his posture was even more haggard.

"Moon Country..."

He bent down to comfort him.

However, a heavy punch came suddenly from the side, causing Shijie to lose his footing, and fell down in front of Yue Guo.

☆、Chapter 25