It was almost eight o'clock when Adrian Fang left Hexin Industry. Most of the remaining employees in the company were staying overnight, so they should have taken the shuttle bus. However, considering that it would take nearly four hours to drive back and forth from here to the city, Adrian Fang refused to bother them and left alone.
Fortunately, the bus stop was nearby, but it was off-peak hours and in a remote area, so a bus would only pass by every half an hour, and it was not uncommon to have to wait for an hour.
Adrian Fang was not in a hurry. He chose a clean corner to stand while thinking about the program he had just written in his head. He was completely immersed in the complicated world of data.
The rain was getting heavier, occasionally accompanied by crackling lightning and thunder, but it did not distract him. Instead, a faint white shadow swaying on the street suddenly attracted Adrian Fang's attention. Looking over, he found a person standing there.
The pouring rain was like a hazy white veil in front of his eyes. Adrian Fang squinted his eyes and carefully identified for a long time before he could barely see the other person in the darkness. The person who he thought should have left long ago unexpectedly appeared in front of him again, and still appeared in a magical way that Adrian Fang was speechless.
This time, the man no longer had the eye-catching electric bike, but instead had an even older and most dilapidated bicycle.
The bicycle was tied to a telephone pole across the street with a chain, and the young farmer tried hard to open the lock in the wind and rain.
The keyhole seemed to be rusted. The young farmer fiddled with it for a long time, and just when Adrian Fang thought he would fail, the chain was successfully unlocked.
Not sure if it was her illusion, but Adrian Fang felt that the little farmer seemed to glance over at her, then got on her broken bike and was about to leave.
From the comments of relatives, friends and passers-by, we can know that Adrian Fang is by no means an amiable person. He is cold, aloof and difficult to get close to. Usually, only others come up to him. It is almost impossible for Adrian Fang to take the initiative to talk to a stranger.
But at this moment, he hesitated for only a moment before speaking.
Adrian Fang said: "You are in danger."
His voice was not loud and was easily drowned out by the noisy sound of rain around him, so Adrian Fang said it again, this time in more detail.
"Driving fast in such weather, with no shelter around you and a lot of metal on your car, it's easy to be struck by lightning."
This time he was sure that the other party heard it, because the small farmer slowed down his pedaling for a moment, but did not turn around immediately.
It seems that he is not going to accept the advice, Adrian Fang thought, and for some reason he was neither surprised nor angry. He was not a nosy person, and it was quite moral for him to kindly remind her once. To be honest, this person was too strange, which aroused his great curiosity. The other party had every right to insist on his own opinion. After all, his life was his own.
However, what happened next suddenly changed the situation.
The two men only saw a flash of bright light before their eyes, and no one could see clearly what happened. They only knew that accompanied by a sharp Max Zhao, a tree nearly half a person's thickness not far away suddenly lost half of its branches and bark, as if it had been chopped by a giant axe swung from the void. The flames that followed were quickly extinguished by the rain, leaving only billowing gray smoke to prove that the scene just now was not their imagination.
I was really struck by lightning.
Fortunately it wasn't a human.
Adrian Fang was startled. He believed that the man on the street must have been shocked, because after being stunned, he silently stepped out of the car and even insisted on locking the broken car back to the pole. After confirming that it was safe, he walked to the station, which was the area where Adrian Fang was.
The station was not small, but the awning was not big, so the man had to stand two or three meters away from Adrian Fang. He had no intention of thanking Adrian Fang, nor did he open his mouth to talk to her. He just glanced at her lightly and turned his head away lightly, as if they had just met for the first time.
For the first time, Adrian Fang wondered if she had the face of an ordinary person.
There was no conversation, no other targets, the two just stood on either side and silently looked at the rain curtain falling in front of them. If this was a scene from a TV drama, it would be accompanied by an embarrassment song as an appropriate BGM, or the erhu version.
Fortunately, Adrian Fang was also accustomed to silent atmospheres and did not find it difficult to endure. On the contrary, he found that the person next to him was a little more uncomfortable than him.
After being in the rain for so long, the little farmer was only wearing a semi-waterproof hoodie and was already soaked like a drowned rat. I don't know if he felt cold or uncomfortable, but he took small steps in place at a very slow pace. Adrian Fang could see the pair of feet out of the corner of his eye when he lowered his eyes.
As expected, the sneakers he was wearing were a little old, but still clean, except for the wrinkles and cracks on the edges, showing that he had worn them for quite a while. The shoes were probably leaking a little, soaking up water in the rain, and every step he took left small, round wet footprints crisscrossing the ground.
Adrian Fang couldn't help but stare at it for a while, until two headlights split the night sky.
The car finally arrived. Adrian Fang got on the car and was about to walk in when she heard the driver ask from behind: "Classmate, aren't you getting in?"
Adrian Fang turned around and found that the young farmer was still standing there.
He had been to this place many times and knew that this was most likely the last bus at this time. If he had relatives or friends to pick him up or had other options nearby, he would not have insisted on riding that broken thing in such bad weather.
The driver's question made the young farmer look up. Through the hazy window glass, his eyes met Adrian Fang inside again. The young farmer was still wearing the straw hat he had worn during the day. His hair under the brim was soaked, sticking to his cheeks in clumps, making him look even smaller, like a teenager, no, like a kitten, or a cute and pitiful stray cat that was abandoned on the road.
At that moment, Adrian Fang felt his heart skip a beat, and he suddenly realized, "You didn't bring any money?"
Although I used the question form, I was certain of it in my heart.
Ethan Li had planned to go back to work after borrowing the books today, but an emergency in the suburbs forced him to change his plan temporarily. As a result, he carelessly forgot to bring his wallet and even forgot to charge his electric bike. He was unable to make the four-hour round trip, so he had to choose another means of transportation after setting up the awning, the old bike he had ridden a few years ago and was reluctant to throw away.
But in the end he still chose to go with Adrian Fang, but not with the attitude of waiting for the bus. Ethan Li was waiting for the rain to stop and then ride back.
After Adrian Fang asked the question, she didn't wait for Ethan Li to answer. She took out two coins and threw them into the coin box, then turned around and sat down on a chair beside her.
After a while, the kitten outside moved and slowly stepped into the car door, and this time, Adrian Fang finally got a "thank you" from him.
Although it was very soft, Adrian Fang heard it clearly.
The young farmer did not sit nearby, but chose a seat in the back half. However, because they were the only two passengers in the entire carriage, Adrian Fang could still feel the other person's presence even though they were far away.
A dark night, heavy rain, a quiet carriage, and a person who is hard to ignore.
Adrian Fang stayed up late last night to write his paper and had been busy all day today, so he was already very tired. So as the car was bumpy, he fell asleep unknowingly and began to dream unknowingly.
He dreamed that the sun was high in the sky, and he was walking on the school's tree-lined path, sweating profusely, and then he ran into a huge cat. It was called a cat, but it was like a snail, carrying a lot of things on its back. Adrian Fang didn't pay attention and bumped into it.
The cat's belongings fell to the ground in a clatter. It whined, glared at me unhappily, and said in a human voice: "You pay for it!"
Adrian Fang took a closer look and discovered that what was broken was actually a computer.
"How much compensation?" Adrian Fang answered straightforwardly.
The cat said, "Twenty."
Adrian Fang took the money.
The cat said, "Give me another eighty."
Adrian Fang continued to take out money.
But the cat still thought it was not enough.
"What do you want me to do?" Adrian Fang heard herself ask.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scene in front of his eyes changed and a piece of farmland appeared.
"I want you to farm with me for money!" the cat said, looking up and throwing a hoe over.
Adrian Fang took it, hesitated for a moment, and actually started plowing the land.
But before he could dig the ground with his hoe, suddenly a loud thunder exploded in the sky and struck him with a loud Max Zhao!
Adrian Fang felt a pain at the back of his head, and his whole body was thrown forward, and he suddenly opened his eyes.
He woke up and arrived at his destination.
Adrian Fang looked at the familiar scenery around him, complaining in his heart about what a messed up and ridiculous dream he had, and stood up calmly. When he walked to the back door, he found that the cat, no, that person was also standing there, looking straight ahead as before.
The car stopped and the two got out together, one going south and the other going north, and they went their separate ways without saying a word.
Adrian Fang walked a distance before he could help but raise his hand to touch the back of his head. The pain was still there, but it was certain that it didn't feel like being struck by lightning, but more like being slapped in the face.
Is this another illusion?
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