Freelance Artist

Pan Yi is still the editor of Nathan's Bookstore who is in charge of contacting the newcomer writer Bu Yehou.

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

The deputy editor said that he will personally participate in the review of Mr. Buyehou's works in the future.

"Buyehou sent two short stories this time?"

The deputy editor was a little surprised. Under normal circumstances, writers would only contribute one story per issue.

Think about it.

The deputy editor said: "I'll read "God's Spell" first, and you can see the quality of the other article."

"OK."

Pan Yi nodded quickly.

Back at the desk, Pan Yi rubbed his hands expectantly.

It's really that Wuyehou's "The Chair in the World" last month was so wonderful, so wonderful that Pan Yi has been looking forward to the other's new work.

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

Like "The Chair in the World", the name is based on the background of Chuzhou.

The story begins.

Pan Yi saw this sentence:

[Suddenly there was a plop, something fell from upstairs, and Auntie screamed in surprise. Wearing dirty clothes, a face exactly like mine was lying on the ground.

There was nothing suspicious 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 diverge their thinking and associate with the follow-up content.

A very unique way of writing.

At the beginning, I told readers that a man named "Yoko" committed suicide.

keep reading.

This turned out to be a topic 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 looked exactly alike.

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

We are abandoned.

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

"Yoko, you are an older sister, you should give way to everything."

"You were born by me, it is my freedom to live or die!"

These are my mother's usual sayings.

It is normal for my mother to like small ornaments.

Xiao Xie is beautiful and lively, and when she smiles, it looks like a flower suddenly blooms.

At school, she is also loved by her classmates and teachers. Sometimes she will leave the leftover food for me to eat, so I like her very much.

once.

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

Xiaoxiu ate a few mouthfuls, then vomited it out again, and shared it with me. She told her classmates that I was willing.

I am really willing to eat it happily.

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

If I can get a good hamburger, I can trade my kidney for it.

Then I met an old woman.

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

My mother-in-law thanked me very much and invited me to her house as a guest, and treated me to a lot of delicious food, such as my favorite burger.

"If you can't change others, try to change yourself."

My mother-in-law once told me so.

...

Pan Yi frowned tightly.

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

Even though the tone of the person involved was normal, Pan Yi felt heavy and dark, with a sense of oppression with chills 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 of resisting at all.

She seems to be a domesticated dog, who actually thinks that all of this is normal. She is also a mother and daughter, but she just doesn't deserve to have 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 from the first person!"

Pan Yi also specifically went back to the beginning to confirm.

That sentence was [A face exactly like mine was lying on the ground].

not……

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

There are still a large number of descriptions of the mother abusing Yoko in the following text.

The mother seemed to have an inexplicable hatred for Yoko, even if she was just in a bad mood, she would vent it on this elder sister, and then leave her smile to her.

Is this a 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 had lent three books to Yoko before, but those books were confiscated by her mother.

Mom thinks the books were stolen by Yoko.

But the mother-in-law also gave Yoko the keys to the house, and they put them in those books!

have no choice.

Yoko sneaked into her mother's room, trying to get those books back, but her sister sneaked in too.

turn out to be.

Sister Xiaoxiu wants to get a certain CD of her mother.

The mother was unwilling to give it before, so Xiaoxiu wanted to secretly take it away by herself.

Afraid that his sister would find him, Yoko quickly hid under the bed and peeked through the full-length mirror.

The younger sister Xiaozhu seemed very nervous, and accidentally broke the vase, and all the water in it spilled on her mother's laptop.

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

Xiaoxiu's pale face was reflected in the full-length mirror, as if she was afraid of being scolded by her mother if she found out.

[Looking down at the wet computer, Xiaoxiu looked around the room in a panic, and soon a smile appeared on her face, she walked a few steps, and stopped in front of the three books placed there.

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

Xiaoxiu's hand grabbed those books.

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

She walked out of the room with only the book my mother-in-law lent me.

I soon understood why Xiaoxiu left with the book that my mother-in-law lent me.

When my mother came back and saw the broken vase and the laptop computer soaked in water, she would definitely think who did it. Retrieve them before going into the room and knocking over the vase. 】

Yoko was terrified.

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

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

But who knows.

When she arrived at her mother-in-law's house, Yoko got the news that her mother-in-law had passed away.

It's over!

Yoko was devastated, sitting on the swing, listening to the children's laughter in the distance, shouting in her heart:

unacceptable!

...

This is more than excessive!

Pan Yi was about to explode when he saw this.

Sister Xiaozhu is too vicious, she even wants to blame her sister!

Although Yoko didn't mention any resentment towards her sister in the first perspective, her sister's behavior has always been vicious, especially when she spit out the chewed food before and let her eat it like alms.

And this time.

Yoko finally tried to resist.

"Hey, Xiaoxi, what you did in mother's room, please apologize to mother honestly!"

"You know about that?!"

"Yes, so please tell mom that you did it!"

"No! I don't want to make my mother angry!"

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

Yoko suddenly felt breathless.

"But you obviously knocked down the vase, didn't you?"

"Hey, what a brainless person! What I mean is, think it was your sister who did it! When Mom comes back, you should apologize to her, understand?"

"I……"

Yoko's hands tightly grasped the keys in her pocket, as if blood was about to be squeezed out.

Pan Yi was also itching with hatred.

But the following description left Pan Yi in a daze for several seconds:

[I like her from the bottom of my heart. But this was already ten seconds ago. Thinking of this, the stuff stuck in my chest that made my breathing difficult melted away, and my breathing became smoother.

"Then please listen to me..."

"It's a pity that mom already knew what you did. It's true. You took the book away, trying to make it look like I did it, but you couldn't hide it from mom. After you went to the convenience store to buy something, mom I'm back. I was standing in the entrance, and I heard my mother's roar from the room. Then I fled to the park, and my mother seemed to see that you knocked down the vase."

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

"I can see, I heard my mother's voice in the hallway. She said that the order of the CDs was out of order, and it was Xiaoxiu who did it! I heard my mother shouting so. So she is waiting for you to go back and be honest with her An apology. So please, be honest."

Xiaoxiu looked at me in confusion, "Has it all been exposed?"

I nod.

"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 me do this. I will apologize to her on your behalf."

"How to do it?"

"Let's change clothes, just for tonight. I'm wearing Xiaozhu's clothes, and Xiaozhu wears mine. Until tomorrow morning, I will pretend to be Xiaoxi, and Xiaoxi walks with her head down like me."

"Won't you reveal your secrets?"

"It's okay, we look exactly the same. It's just that Xiaoxiu has to pretend to be as sullen as I usually am. Then you'll be safe. Whether it's making my mother angry or being beaten by her, I'll bear it for you .Xiaoxiu doesn’t need to worry about anything.”]

Pan Yi suddenly stood up.

The opening paragraph of the novel resurfaced in his mind, and suddenly he felt that his breathing was not smooth, as heavy as a draft fan.

Xiaoxiu didn't doubt her sister's words.

Because my sister has never lied to Xiaoxiu.

Sister Xiaoshi and older sister Yoko exchanged clothes.

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

Finally echoed from beginning to end.

Pan Yi saw the opening sentence again.

[Suddenly there was a plop, something fell from upstairs, and Auntie screamed in surprise. Wearing dirty clothes, a face exactly like mine was lying on the ground. 】

There was nothing suspicious about Yoko's suicide.

Yoko's suicide without any doubts?

This novel was made into a movie, but the movie version has more adaptations, and finally added an ending, that is, after Xiaoshi, who pretended to be her sister, died, her mother asked Yoko, who pretended to be her sister, to forge a suicide note. After seeing Yoko’s handwriting, Mom gave a weird smile, and it was over.