There are Fishes in Beichuan [北川有鱼]

15

After returning from the hospital, Lu Xianyu started reviewing at home. She didn't have many friends in Beijing, and she had monthly exams after the National Day holiday, so she didn't have the time to go out and play.

　　Lu Xianyu had memorized half of the key points circled in Chinese and felt her eyes ache. She took her phone that was charging and saw the message from Ji Beichuan: [Address - Beijing]

　　She immediately replied with a "?"

　　Ji Beichuan replied quickly. It was a voice message. Lu Xianyu clicked on it and the boy's nonchalant voice rang out: "Lu Xiaoyu, Dad is here to see you. Why don't you come and see me?"

She asked him: [Where are you?]

　　Ji Beichuan: [Give me your home address and I’ll come find you.]

　　Lu Xianyu glanced at the time and it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. After hesitating for a while, he sent the address to Ji Beichuan.

　　Worried that he wouldn't be able to get in, I sent him another voice message: "Call me when you get there and I'll come out to find you."

　　Ji Beichuan looked at the address sent in the dialog box, a certain military compound, and his tongue swept over the roots of his teeth. He didn't expect that this girl was so well hidden.

　　He replied with an OK, hailed a taxi, and gave the address given by Lu Xianyu.

　　The taxi driver chatted with Ji Beichuan in his not-so-fluent Beijing dialect: "Little classmate, do you live here?"

　　Ji Beichuan: "Find a friend."

　　The master looked at him and said with a smile: "Your friend is not a simple person."

　　The identities of those who live in the military compound cannot be summed up in two simple words.

　　Ji Beichuan laughed, with a thick nasal tone, a little deep, "Yes, it's not simple."

　　The taxi driver chatted with Ji Beichuan about all sorts of things, and when he got off the car, he even waived some of the fare for him.

　　Ji Beichuan paid and got off the car. What caught his eye was a bright red five-star and a sign with eight big words "Foreign vehicles, parking registration" written on it.

　　There is solemnity everywhere.

Ji Beichuan found a tree by the roadside to lean against, lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth, and sent a WeChat message to Lu Xianyu: [Dad is here.]

　　Lu Xianyu didn't review after chatting with Ji Beichuan. She was playing with her phone out of boredom. When she saw Ji Beichuan sending her a message, she immediately found a sweatshirt in the closet, put it on, picked up her small shoulder bag, and ran downstairs.

　　"Xianxian?" Li Shuhua came out of the kitchen carrying some fruit. Seeing Lu Xianyu running downstairs, she was a little confused. "Where are you going?"

　　"I'm going out with my friends..." Lu Xianyu turned around and waved to Li Shuhua, "Grandma, you don't have to wait for me to come back for dinner."

　　"Eh?" Li Shuhua was still thinking about asking her which friend she was, but the little girl's figure had already disappeared into a dot.

　　When Lu Xianyu went out, he saw Ji Beichuan standing under a tree.

　　The young man leaned lazily against the tree trunk, holding a scarlet cigarette in his mouth. The green smoke floated up from the bottom, and the lines of his jaw were smooth and sharp.