Guarding you in the fleeting years

  He seemed to be running now, his breathing a bit urgent, she heard the sound of him going downstairs, thud, thud, each one like a trample on her heart.

  "He said: 'Good.'"

  She sat on a bench in the Wanwei Plaza, with autumn sunlight sprinkling down in thousands of threads, not scorching hot, but warm and comfortable.

  There are several children playing the eagle catching chicken game on the square, several students wearing school uniforms squatting next to the stool discussing their homework, hand-in-hand walking grandpas and grandmas, and busy office workers rushing by with briefcases...

  She occasionally looked up to glance at those who were playing by themselves, then silently lowered her head again, lightly tapping the ground with her feet, her long bangs covering her cheeks, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

  Time was passing minute by minute, and it seemed to be going especially slowly. She sat quietly, having already waited for a long time, occasionally glancing at the time, growing more and more anxious as if she had been waiting too long. Her patience had been worn down to almost nothing. She stood up and walked out of the square.

  Maybe he's already here, just looking for her, she wants to go outside and take a look.

  There were many people on the square, passing by her side in twos and threes. Before long, a lot of people on the square ran to the zebra crossing, hastily brushing past her, as if something had happened over there.

  Someone was running and saying something at the same time.

  "How did the car accident happen?"

  "I don't know, go take a look quickly, the car has flipped over and I heard someone is still inside."

  She stopped and looked towards the zebra crossing, where the road had been cordoned off and was packed with onlookers, many of whom were police officers in uniform who were busy maintaining order.

  She took a glance and then looked away, telling herself not to think about that kind of scene, continuing to move forward. She wasn't a doctor or a police officer, there was nothing she could do.

  Someone next to me said, "The car that was hit is a black Audi. The driver is a man who has already been pulled out of the car and is covered in blood. He's badly injured."

  “……”

  "It's too scary, these days, car accidents are happening more and more frequently."

  They also said something, but Nie Zhiyan could no longer hear it. She stood quietly in the square, her eyes falling once again on the zebra crossing that was packed with people.

  A blank expression.

  The sky is a brilliant blue, the sun shines brightly, and the autumn sunlight seems to burst forth with millions of rays in this instant, dazzling to the point where one can't open their eyes. She stands woodenly on the square mountain, her thin figure so frail it seems as if the sunlight could penetrate through her.

  The scenery in front of me became blurry, those crowded crowds, more and more blurred, as if countless figures were flashing in front of my eyes, dizzying, blurry, chaotic.

  For a moment, she couldn't see or hear anything clearly.

  She stumbled backward several steps, shaking her head and muttering to herself.

  "No, no... it's impossible"

  She opened her eyes wide, and her gaze seemed to fall on the zebra crossing, but also seemed to pass over it and look further away. Her face was pale and transparent, as if she would faint at any moment in the dazzling light of the square.

  A faint cool breeze gently blew past his ear, icy and piercing to the bone. Nie Zhen's eyes slowly closed in pain, suppressing the complex guesses and stinging sensations in his heart, before slowly opening again.

  Then, take a step forward, one step at a time, towards the zebra crossing, getting faster and faster.

  Thanks "kingcrabbay" for the red envelope and dog tea cup gift!