Chapter 45： Xiaoshi and Yoko

Chapter 45 Xiaoshi and Yoko

The editor responsible for contacting the new writer Bu Yehou at Nason Bookstore is still Pan Yi.

 After receiving the manuscript, Pan Yi immediately sent it to the deputy editor.

 The deputy editor has said that he will personally participate in reviewing the works of Mr. Bu Yehou in the future.

　　"Bu Yehou sent two short stories this time?"

 The deputy editor was a little surprised. Normally, writers would only submit one story per issue.

 Think about it for a while.

The deputy editor said: "I'll read "The Spell of God" first, and you can take a look at the quality of the other article."

"OK."

Pan Yi nodded quickly.

 Back at the desk, Pan Yi rubbed his hands in anticipation.

　　It is really that the "Human Chair" produced by Wu Yehou last month was so exciting that Pan Yi has been looking forward to the other party's new work.

The short story Pan Yi is going to read is called "Xiaoshi and Yoko".

Similar to "Human Chair", the title refers to the background of Chuzhou.

 The story begins.

Pan Yi saw this sentence:

　　【There was a sudden thud, something fell from upstairs, and I heard the auntie scream in surprise. Wearing dirty clothes, a face exactly like mine was lying on the ground.

 There is nothing doubtful about Yoko's suicide. 】

Um?

Pan Yi was a little surprised.

This sentence does not have a clear cause and effect, but people can't help but think divergently and make associations with the subsequent content.

 Very special writing technique.

 At the beginning, the reader is told that a man named "Yoko" committed suicide.

 Continue reading.

This is actually a subject about domestic violence?

Bu Yehou uses the first person "I" to tell this story.

 My name is Yoko.

I have a twin sister named Xiaoshi.

 We were both born at the same time and look exactly the same.

 My father left the family when my mother was pregnant and never came back.

 We were abandoned.

 My mother was very bad to me, beating and abusing me at every turn, but she was very kind to my sister. She was fed, clothed and treated like a little princess.

 “Yoko, you are a sister, so you have to be more generous in everything.”

“You were born by me, and I have the freedom to live or die!”

 These are what my mother always said.

 I think it’s normal for mom to like little ornaments.

 The little ornament is beautiful and lively, and looks like a flower suddenly blooming when you smile.

 She was also loved by her classmates and teachers at school. Sometimes she would leave leftover food for me to eat, so I liked her very much.

once.

I ate with Xiao Xi and two classmates, and they bought three hamburgers.

 Xiaoxi took a few bites, spit it out, and shared it with me. She told her classmates that I was willing.

 I was indeed willing and ate it happily.

 Just like at home, Xiaoxi will share the leftover food with me.

If you can eat a delicious hamburger, it would be no problem to use my kidney in exchange.

 Later I met an old woman.

 My mother-in-law’s dog was lost, and I helped her find it.

 My mother-in-law was very grateful to me and invited me to her home as a guest. She treated me to a lot of delicious food, such as my favorite hamburger.

 “If you can’t change others, try to change yourself.”

 My mother-in-law once said this to me.

 …

Pan Yi frowned tightly.

 The story is told in the first person of her sister Yoko.

The tone of the person involved was obviously ordinary, but Pan Yi felt heavy and dark, with a chilling feeling of depression on his back. One was from his mother's abuse of Yoko, and the other was from Yoko's habit.

Yoko didn’t seem to think about resisting at all.

She was like a domesticated dog, but she actually thought that all this was normal. She was also a mother's daughter and she just didn't deserve those beautiful things!

this moment.

Pan Yi thought of the sentence at the beginning of the story, Yoko committed suicide by jumping off the building.

 “Wrong.”

Pan Yi suddenly discovered a problem: "The opening paragraph does mention Yoko's suicide, but the perspective is in the first person!"

Pan Yi also went back to the beginning to confirm.

 The sentence is "A face exactly like mine is lying on the ground".

not…

Pan Yi thought of some possibility, his heart beat faster, and he continued to read with wide eyes.

 The following article still contains a lot of descriptions of mother's abuse of Yoko.

Mother seems to have an inexplicable hatred for Yoko. Even if she is just in a bad mood, she will vent it on this sister, and then leave her smile to her sister.

 Is this foreshadowing?

 Why does mother hate Yoko so much?

 Is it related to the mother and daughter being abandoned by their father?

Pan Yi was curious, and the plot entered a turning point at this time.

 The mother-in-law lent three books to Yoko before, but those books were confiscated by her mother.

 Mother thinks Yoko stole these books.

 But the mother-in-law also gave Yoko the key to the house, which was hidden among those books! have no choice.

Yoko sneaked into her mother's room secretly and wanted to get back the books. Unexpectedly, her sister also sneaked in.

turn out to be.

 Sister Xiaoshi wants to get a certain CD from her mother.

Her mother was unwilling to give it to her before, so Xiaoshi thought of taking it secretly.

Yoko was afraid that her sister would find her, so she hurriedly hid under the bed and peeked through the full-length mirror.

 Sister Xiaoxi seemed to be so nervous that she accidentally broke the vase and spilled all the water on her mother’s laptop.

Xiaoxi immediately restored the vase to its original position, but it was too late.

 The dressing mirror reflected Xiao Xu’s pale face, as if she was afraid of being beaten by her mother if she found out.

Looking down at the wet computer, Xiao Xi looked around the room in a panic. Soon a smile appeared on her face. She took a few steps and stopped in front of the three books she had placed.

That is exactly the book my mother-in-law lent me to read.

 Xiao Xi’s hand grabbed the books.

 Then Xiao Xi put the CD on the table back into the shelf, as if she didn't want to take it anymore.

 She just took the book that her mother-in-law lent me and walked out of the room.

I soon understood why Xiaoshi left with the book lent to me by her mother-in-law.

When my mother comes back and sees the broken vase and the water-soaked laptop, she will definitely wonder who did this. If the books that were taken from me are missing, my mother will definitely think that I did it for them. After retrieving them, I entered the room and knocked over the vase. 】

Yoko was very frightened.

Both the vase and the notebook are things that her mother cherishes very much. She has no doubt that her mother will kill her!

 She could only pray that the kind-hearted mother-in-law could take her in.

Who knows.

Arrived at her mother-in-law's house, Yoko received the news that her mother-in-law had passed away.

 It’s over!

Yoko was completely disheartened. She sat on the swing, listening to the laughter of children in the distance, and shouted in her heart:

unacceptable!

 …

 This is more than excessive!

Pan Yi was almost furious when he saw this.

 Sister Xiaozhu is so vicious, she actually wants to frame her sister!

Although Yoko's first perspective did not mention any resentment towards her sister, her sister's behavior has always been very vicious, especially before she spit out chewed food and let her eat it as a charity.

 And this time.

Yoko finally tried to resist.

“Hey, Xiaoshi, please apologize to your mother honestly for what you did in your mother’s room!”

 “You know that?!”

 “Yes, so please tell mom that you did it!”

 “No! I don’t want to make my mother angry!”

Xiaoshi shook her head vigorously and said: "Let her be angry with her sister! Aren't you used to making her angry? It's shameful for me to make her angry. I don't want it."

Yoko suddenly felt difficulty breathing.

“But it was obviously you who knocked over the vase, wasn’t it?”

“Oh, what a brainless person! What I’m saying is, just think it’s your fault, sister! When mom comes back, you’d better apologize to her properly, do you understand?”

"I…"

Yoko’s hand grasped the key in her pocket tightly, as if blood was being squeezed out.

Pan Yi was also itching his teeth with hatred.

 But the description that followed made Pan Yi confused for several seconds:

  【I like her, from the bottom of my heart. But this was already ten seconds ago. Thinking of this, the things that had been blocking my chest and making my breathing difficult melted and flowed away, and my breathing became smoother.

 “Then please listen to me…”

"It's a pity that my mother already knows what you did. It's true. You took the book away and wanted to make it look like I did it, but you couldn't hide it from your mother. After you went to the convenience store to buy something, your mother I came back. I was standing in the entrance hall and heard my mother's roar from the room. Then I fled to the park. My mother seemed to realize that you knocked the vase over. "

 Xiao Xi's face turned pale, "It's impossible to tell!"

"You can tell, I heard my mother's voice in the hallway. She said that the CDs were placed in the wrong order, and it was Xiao Xi who did it! I heard my mother shouting like this. So she is waiting for you to go back and follow her honestly. I’m making an apology. So please, tell the truth.”

 Xiao Xi looked at me in confusion, "Has everything been exposed?"

 I nodded.

 “But I don’t want to make her angry and get beaten like my sister!”

I pretended to be confused, and then said to her: "Then let's do this. I'll apologize to her on your behalf."

"How to do it?"

“Let’s change our clothes, just tonight. I’m wearing Xiaoyu’s clothes, and Xiaoyu is wearing mine. Until tomorrow morning, I’ll pretend to be Xiaoyu, and Xiaoyu will walk with her head down like me.”

 “Won’t the secret be revealed?”

"It's okay, we look exactly the same. It's just that Xiao Xi just needs to pretend to be as glum as I usually am. That way you'll be safe. Whether your mother gets angry or beaten by her, I'll bear it for you. .Xiaoxi, don’t worry about anything.”]

Pan Yi stood up suddenly.

 The opening paragraph of the novel reappeared in his mind, and suddenly he felt that his breathing was a little unsmooth, as heavy as a ventilator.

 Xiaoshi did not doubt her sister's words.

 Because my sister has never deceived Xiaoshi.

 Sister Xiaoshi and sister Yoko changed each other's clothes.

The elder sister pretended to be the younger sister, and the younger sister pretended to be the elder sister, and made an appointment to go home one after another. Anyway, the two sisters looked exactly the same.

 Finally echo the beginning and the end.

Pan Yi saw the opening sentence again.

　　【There was a sudden thud, something fell from upstairs, and I heard the auntie scream in surprise. Wearing dirty clothes, a face exactly like mine was lying on the ground. 】

 There is nothing doubtful about Yoko's suicide.

 There is nothing doubtful about Yoko’s suicide?

This novel was made into a movie, but the movie version has more adaptation content, and finally added an ending. After the death of Xiaozi, who was pretending to be her sister, her mother asked Yoko, who was pretending to be her sister, to forge a suicide note. After seeing Yoko's handwriting, Mom showed a weird smile and then ended.

　　

 (End of this chapter)