When You’re Gone

When Jiang Pingsheng wakes up in the hospital, he can see his black head. He reaches for the top of his cool hair. Under the palm of his hand, the woman's hair is soft.

Liang Shu wakes up with a start and looks at him. Tears fall down like broken beads.

He sighed, "don't take your aunt's money. I'll make money for you later, OK?"

Her answer is: OK.

As a result, Jiang Pingsheng took several jobs while taking care of his studies. Ni Xiuli also compromised and turned a blind eye. Liang Shu didn't know whether to listen to his words or Aunt Mei's words. He had a lot of rules.

When she was a senior, she was 21 years old. Jiang Pingsheng, one year older than her, graduated from graduate school.

On the day of Jiang Ping Sheng's graduation, Liang Shu followed Jiang Ping Sheng to a dinner party in their dormitory.

During the banquet, there were his graduate tutor, Professor Li, and some of his fellow students.

It was the first time that everyone met Liang Shu. Most of them were older than Jiang Pingsheng, so they called Liang Shu's younger sister-in-law.

The party is in a big one-piece private room.

Dining table, machine hemp, KTV have.

During the meal, someone offered Liangshu wine, all of which were stopped by Jiang Pingsheng.

He didn't drink well, so he went to the bathroom and vomited soon.

A roommate came over and handed the wine to Liang Shu. She pursed a smile from her red lips and refused, "I promised a Sheng not to drink."

The roommate laughs, oneself finishes a cup, "you still really listen to his words, that he listens to your words?"

"Listen."

The roommate then said, "life is the best brain in our group. He was born to read books. Professor Li thinks highly of him and hopes that he will continue to study for a doctorate. With his lifelong talents, he should not stop at graduate students."

Liang Shu looked down at his white and slender hands and thought of Jiang Ping Sheng's slender fingers, but there was a layer of cocoon in his palm.

She whispered, "ah Sheng said he didn't want to learn. I can't force him."

"Sister, sometimes a man has a lot of helplessness. He just compromises for another thing. Although it's the first time we've seen you, we all know what he's doing in recent years."

Roommate looked at her, "he loves you and is willing to do this for you. There's nothing wrong with it, but you can't stop him from moving forward."

Another roommate then said, "there's no conflict between persuading him to take care of you and further study. Besides, you're going to graduate from college, aren't you?"

Liang Shu is silent.

On the way back.

They were walking hand in hand in the street of Yucheng late at night. She rubbed the cocoon in the palm of his hand with her fingers and sighed softly, "these hands are the hands holding pens. How come they have cocoons?"

At this time, he comforted her. Instead, he buttoned her ten fingers more tightly and let the hard cocoon rub her palms. "These hands are for you. You can't abandon them later."

Liang Shu took his palm and put it close to his face, "I will not dislike you."

Jiang Pingsheng hugged her, and his voice had the most warm heart power. He said, "we're going to make money to support you. In the future, we'll buy a big house with a yard, plant some flowers in the yard, and buy back all the plants you like."

She was quietly held by him and did not speak.

Until he came to the end of the road, Liang Shu looked up at him, "ah Sheng, I'll make money to support you, OK? I'm going to graduate as a senior, I'll get a job, and then you go on with your PhD. "

Jiang Ping Sheng, of course, refused.

This is what Liang Shu expected. It's just the beginning. She didn't pay attention to it.

Later.

It's the end of October.

She still talked to him.

After Jiang Ping Sheng's death, Liang Shu finally began to believe in her life, especially those closest to her.

The main thing is that fate made her believe it.

In the crematorium of the funeral home, she saw Jiang Pingsheng's body burned to ashes.

Mrs. Ni didn't dare to look at it. She hid her face and cried.

Ni Xiuli's face seemed to be ten years old in an instant. He angrily pointed to Leng Shu, his eyes were muddy, and his face was full of tears. "I knelt down and begged you, why didn't you let him go?"

Mrs. Ni sat on one side, thumping her chest and feet, almost gasping for breath. She came forward and grabbed Liang Shu's hand, "such a good person, why do you want to harm him? Although he was looking for you all the time in those five years, he at least had a good life. Look what life forced him to look like later? "

Ni Xiuli was angry because of Liang Shu. He let Jiang Pingsheng go and never gave him any support in his life.

So Jiang Pingsheng took several jobs. In order to get money quickly, he even went to the construction site to carry cement.

"It's all your fault. You've killed your life!"

Above the mourning hall, the people in the black-and-white photos smile very gently.

Liang Shu looks up and ignores all the sounds in her ears. Jiang Pingsheng in the photo is smiling at her, so Liang Shu also smiles. She opens her lips and asks the face in a soft voice: ah Sheng, do you think it's my fault, too?

When she was five years old, she followed her first family, whose company went bankrupt. They said it was her fault.

Later, the second family, the brother, was almost killed by a mad dog. They also said it was her fault.

But what does the management of the company have to do with her?

That day, she just seemed to hear Jiang Ping Sheng calling for her. She just ran out to have a look. Her brother was bitten by a mad dog nearby. What does it have to do with her?

When she was 13 years old, she picked up her favorite ring for Lu Jinsheng's mother. His mother jumped down from a high building and died. Does it have anything to do with her?

And now, she advised Jiang Pingsheng to continue to study for a doctorate. Was she wrong?

She wanted to say she was right.

But Jiang Ping is dead.

Just because she took the trouble to persuade him to read a PhD, he agreed, and then died on the way to find a tutor.

Incidentally, because Jiang Ping killed Lu Jinsheng's sister in the explosion, there were no bones left.

When Mrs. Ni saw that she was still laughing, she pushed aside the support of the people and came forward to slap her. Mrs. Ni was not strong, but she let Liang Shu, who had not eaten well for a long time, fall to the ground immediately.

She looked at Mrs. Ni pointing at herself and scolded: "you are really cruel. How can you still laugh at this time? I don't ask you to shed half a tear for your life, how can you still smile? What qualifications do you have to laugh? "

When Mrs. Ni spoke, tears kept rolling down. She couldn't bear the pain and fainted.

Liang Shu looked at the picture, as if he could not feel the pain of his body.

Ah Sheng, didn't you smile at me first?

People who came to the funeral that day said that the woman who killed Yu Da Gao Cai Sheng was too hard hearted. She killed such a good person, but she didn't shed a tear.

But all the people who saw Liang Shu that day forgot her completely later.

In other words, no one dares to remember her.

Because some people say that this woman is a evil spirit, and she will kill people.

On the day of Jiang Pingsheng's funeral, the Ni couple disappeared.

It was a light rain that day, and the cemetery in the suburbs was silent.

His funeral was very lively. A lot of people came from yudaming, and flowers piled up on the spot.

But he was only accompanied by a few college roommates at the funeral.

Liang Shu didn't eat for several days, so she couldn't walk steadily, so she was holding Jiang Pingsheng's ashes, and they were holding the urn.

On that day, an accident happened in a cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

Liang Shu knocked over Jiang Pingsheng's urn.

The jar was torn apart. The pure white powder inside was blown up by the wind, and a large part of it was nailed to the grass and soil by the rain.

At first, the people behind are heartache. Later, when they see the powder, they are shocked.

This jar is not filled with Jiang Pingsheng's ashes.

They are just the simplest limestone powder.

Obviously, Liang Shu can see it.

At the beginning, she was crazy to pick up the grass on the ground. The grass stained with powder was uprooted by her. In just one minute, the tips of her fingers had been worn out, and the soil was embedded in her nails, which was shocking.

Soon, she found something unusual.

The so-called ashes are just a pile of lime powder.

She sat down on the ground, staring at the front, the rain wet her clothes and hair.

Behind him, Jiang Ping Sheng's roommate came forward and propped up his black umbrella on Liang Shu's head. He also looked painful and unbearable.

Liang Shu dropped her eyes and quietly watched the white powder on the ground, which was soaked by the rain. Mixed with the rain, it slowly turned into tiny ditches in the vertical and horizontal grass, winding past her knees.

At this moment, she didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

Fortunately, it's not Jiang Pingsheng's ashes. If he knew that she had overturned his ashes, how much would he hate her?

Liang Shu slowly closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes, her voice had changed from calm to almost indifferent. She said to the humanity behind her, "after leaving the cemetery, you forget me. They are all right. I will kill people. This is not a joke."

Rain came down from her forehead and rolled into her eyes. She pulled her lips with self mockery. "Once I didn't believe it, but I couldn't believe it any more. If someone mentions it later, you will say that you don't know each other. "

She couldn't manage everything she had, but Jiang Pingsheng would be the end of her life.

Everyone will be safe and happy in the future.

She'll never have anyone close to her again.

This is her goal for the rest of the year.

Liang Shu knows that she can't find Jiang Pingsheng's ashes any more. Since the Ni family has taken him away, she will not be able to find him in a short time.

But people die in peace.

So later, Liang Shu cut a piece of her hair and put it in the urn.

The roommate was shocked and looked at a strand of dark hair in the dark wooden box. He opened his lips and said, "do you... Know what you're doing?"

"In time, I'll find his ashes and take out the hair. Now, I'll bury it in the ground instead of him."

"If you think about it, you are a real person, trapped your hair here..."

Next, the male roommate didn't go on.

Liang Shu said with a smile, "I don't have anything to avoid. Now I'm just a survivor at best."

She called herself a survivor at that time.

At this time, the roommates who had been fighting for the injustice suddenly had nothing to say. They lowered their heads and sighed from their mouths.

The Ni family later took Jiang Pingsheng's ashes to Wencheng.

The couple, who were over 50 years old, bought a two-story building with a yard in Nanchuan town.

When Liang Shu found it, there were two hanging turnips in front of the low courtyard, covered with a layer of white snow.

She knocked on the door and waited for the people inside to open the door. Liang Shu picked up a branch and squatted down on the ground to draw a big smile.

Not long after, there was a sound of footsteps inside, and then there was an old woman's voice: "who is outside the door?"

I haven't seen it for many years. Even this voice has gone through many vicissitudes.

Liang Shu's body stood straight, pursed his lips and stared at the crack in the door, but he didn't answer.

Two minutes later, the gate was opened from inside.

The thick black gray down jacket wrapped Mrs. Ni's rickety and bloated body. She stood inside the threshold, her hands still holding the action of opening the door, "who?"

Liang Shu's eyes were fixed on Mrs. Ni.

The next moment, she directly knelt heavily at the gate of the hospital.

Knee knock to the threshold, a deep pain came.

Mrs. Ni won't forget this face. Her face is as old as a ghost. Even the wrinkles on her face have changed. She wants to close the door immediately, but she doesn't think about it. She reaches out her hand and grabs one side of the door directly.

Mrs. Ni is certainly not as strong as Liang Shu, so she can't close the door.

She looked down at the people kneeling on the ground, gnashing her teeth, "how did you get here?! What are you up to? We don't want to see you. Get out of here now! Get away from me

Ni Fu was trembling with anger, and he seemed to be afraid.

For several years did not see the person, suddenly appeared, this for her, is a nightmare.

But Liang Shu didn't speak. She just held the door with her right hand and didn't let her close it.

Mrs. Ni struggled, but withdrew her hands. The two doors thumped against the wall because of inertia, and the sound shocked her.

Mrs. Ni pointed to the outside and looked fiercely, "I told you to get out of here. You can't hear me, can you? We don't want to see you at all

At this time, Liang Shu suddenly looked up at her and gave Mrs. Ni a smile. Wen Sheng said, "where's ah Sheng?"

"How dare you mention it?"?! How dare you mention... "Mrs. Ni beat her chest and looked at her," what's your face to mention this name in front of me? Get out of here. "

Liang Shu shakes his head and suddenly reaches for Mrs. Ni's clothes, choking. "I want to take his ashes back to Yucheng, OK?"

"You are not qualified!" Mrs. Ni stepped back.

Liang Shu stood up slowly, holding the door frame. She said, "he did not hesitate to break with Mr. Ni, but also wanted to be with me. You have taken his ashes away and trapped here all these years. When you sleep at night, have you ever heard him ask you to send him back to me?"

"You didn't hear me. I heard him. He asked me to take him home."

Mrs. Ni thinks Liang Shu must be crazy.

She shut the door.

Go in and call Ni Xiuli.

The weather in the afternoon is so gloomy that I don't know when it will snow.

When Ni Xiuli came back, Liang Shu was still there.

She was standing under the bare jujube tree, staring at the ground.

Ni Xiuli approached and found a smiling face painted on a branch on the ground.

He is a teacher. He is not as radical as Mrs. Ni. In addition to his wife's phone call, he is calmer to see Liang Shu now.

"My wife is afraid of you. Can you stay away from her?"

Liang Shu chuckled, "I didn't enter the courtyard."

"You've been at our door all afternoon. When the neighbors see you, they'll probably talk about it. If you have something to do, we'll find a place to talk about it." Ni Xiuli said.

Liang Shu or smile, tone did not change, "that's their business, I only have one word, I want Jiang Ping's ashes."

Snow fell from the jujube tree. It wiped Ni Xiuli's shoulder and fell on his briefcase.

She followed the voice and saw his briefcase. It should have been used for a long time. The surface of the briefcase was peeling long ago.

The expression on Liang Shu's face suddenly softened.

Ni Xiuli is a nostalgic person. This briefcase was bought for him by Jiang Pingsheng.

Liang Shu accompanied him to buy it. She was a little unhappy at that time, but only a little.

In the shopping mall, she looked at Jiang Pingsheng, who was serious about choosing things. She couldn't help complaining, "your teacher Ni hates me. You still buy things for him in front of me. Aren't you afraid that I'm angry?"

But Jiang Ping Sheng chuckled, picked something and took it to her and asked her, "do you think this is suitable for uncle Ni?"

He is holding this briefcase in Ni Xiuli's hand.

Liang Shu gave a very pertinent evaluation at that time: "it's not good-looking, but it's very suitable for him."

It's really not good-looking. There are even more beautiful styles nearby.

But in the end, Jiang bought this one.

Liang Shu asked him why?

Jiang Pingsheng said, "buy him an uglier one, and you will have a balance in your heart."

I didn't expect that Ni Xiuli had used this briefcase for many years.

Instead of repairing the watch Jiang Ping Sheng gave her, she lost it.

That's the only thing she can use to Miss Jiang Pingsheng except her ashes.

After living with Jiang Pingsheng for so long, didn't she leave anything else?

It's reserved.

Jiang Ping Sheng has kept all the pens he wrote, books he has read, rulers he has measured, even quilts he has covered and coats he has worn.

Later, Lu Jinsheng burned his hand clean.

Liang Shu looked at Lu Jinsheng's cold three-dimensional facial features with a sneer. "He killed Lu Yao. How can you leave his things?"

At that time, she only silently carried her left hand behind her, and did not let Lu Jinsheng see the watch.

She shook her head, very calm, "you're right, I don't deserve to keep anything of him."

It's said that seeing things will miss people. If you burn it, it's clean.

……

She thought of some past events that could make people smile. When she spoke again, she looked at Ni Xiuli sincerely and said, "Uncle Ni, can you let me take back ah Sheng's ashes?"

Ni Xiuli said, "other people are dead. Don't you even let go of his ashes?"

Liang Shu understood the meaning. They would not give her asheng's ashes.

Liang Shu nodded and bowed to Ni Xiuli, "excuse me."

She left the street when it was dark.

Before the blizzard came, Liang Shu bought a baked sweet potato on the roadside. On the way back to the hotel, she chewed the sweet potato and called Gu Hansheng.

It took a long time to pick up at that end, and the surrounding environment was not quiet.

But Liang Shu just heard what Gu Hansheng said.

Gu Hansheng asked what she was doing.

Liang Shu replied, "I'm eating baked sweet potatoes."

"Baked by the chef at home?"

"No, I bought it by the side of the road." Liang Shu took a look at the sky, quickened his pace, and then said, "I went to see my aunt. Don't worry about me. It's boring to be alone at home."

She couldn't hide the fact that she left the zero mansion, so Liang Shu chose to strike first.

Sure enough, Gu Hansheng was not happy. "I'm bored. I'll send you to Gu's house. Why don't you?"

"Well, I'll tell you the truth, I'm a little overwhelmed when you're not here, old lady. I haven't seen my aunt for a long time, so I'll see her by the way."

Gu Hansheng didn't say anything. He was a little busy. Liang Shu kindly told him, "Mr. Gu has a bad stomach. He drinks less and smokes less. I'll hang up."

"Take the time to call me twice a day, can you?" The man's voice is light.

Liang Shu nodded and suddenly remembered that he couldn't see at all, so he said, "OK."

When she got back to the hotel, it began to snow outside.

Goose feather like snow fell from the sky, everywhere is a picture of silver wrapped.

……

Gu Hansheng's schedule for this day is full.

When Liang Shu called him, he was really busy.

In a bar.

On the bar, a woman in an expensive wild mink coat rushed to the man who answered the phone and raised her glass. She took a sip of the colorful cocktail in front of her. There was a light lipstick mark on the transparent cup.

Gu Hansheng sat down on a high stool. He was very tall and his legs were longer.

He took the wine from the bartender, glanced at the corner of his eye, and the woman sitting beside him sipped the wine, and then said, "what did Miss Su just say?"

The "Miss Su" in his mouth now reaches out to lift her long hair. A faint fragrance rushes into Gu Hansheng's breath, and he slightly squints his eyes.

She laughed and turned the world upside down. "Mr. Gu is really forgetful. I just called you a few days ago, and you forgot."

The man's thick black eyebrow lightly wrinkled, just listen to her then said with a smile, "Oh, I forgot, that phone call you did not receive it."

"I didn't expect you to call me first. Since you have returned to China, why do you stay in Wencheng?" Miss Su's eyes with heavy make-up were slightly picked up. Her eyes were charming and indifferent. She said with a smile, "I'm waiting for you to come to me." After half a second's pause, she continued, "I was in shengdun city at that time. It was late at night when I called. Your phone call was received by a woman..." Gu Hansheng held the cup quietly, waiting for her to continue“ I rashly went to Yucheng to see you. It would be embarrassing if I was caught by the people around you. " The man brow tip passes cold idea, pull lip, "so what is your purpose?"“ I have to meet my sister, "Su Qin said with a slow smile." I want you to take me back in person. "“ I'll take you back in person, and you won't be afraid that someone around me will bump into you? " Su Qin shrugged and took another sip of wine. "That's your business."“ Where is Su Yan's diary? " He asked again. Su Qin looked at him, "you let me see her first." As soon as the voice fell, the man sneered, "Su Qin, do you want to threaten me?"“ How dare I? I just want to see what my sister can do for her when she pursues the man who almost lost her life. "..." The next day, Liangshu went to the door of Ni's house as usual. It was cold outside, so she couldn't stand, so she sat in the shabby antique shop opposite Ni's house for a day. When Ni Xiuli went out, she went out. The other side was tough and went away. She was not annoyed and went back to the antique shop. When Ni Xiuli comes back, Liang Shu goes out to block him. Then she went back to the hotel when it was getting late. For three days in a row. On the fourth day, Ni Xiuli saw that she was ready to walk around again. Liang Shu held his arm behind him and called to him, "Uncle Ni." Ni Xiuli looks back. She has a beautiful face and beautiful eyes. She laughs, "I'll call you uncle Ni instead of a Sheng. I'm going to leave with his ashes today." Liang Shu walks up to Ni Xiuli. "I'm not sure I'll come. I know you've subsidized another child in recent years. Although it's not as good as a Sheng, it's also very excellent. I don't have to say who I am, I just want to ask Uncle Ni a word -- "Ni Xiuli's teeth made her cheeks bulge, and her turbid eyes looked at her coldly. Liang Shu said with a proper smile, "I want to ask you, which is more important, the dead or the living?"