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I am the youngest of three brothers. Although the three of us are triplets, my body shape and appearance are very different from those of my two brothers, so that others often think that our family only has two sons, and I am The child of a relative who often comes to visit.

My parents are busy at work, so my grandfather has always taken care of us from kindergarten to now when we are in high school. Grandpa tried his best to take care of us in his own way, but my thin figure never improved, and my two brothers became bigger and bigger.

The three of us, with an astonishingly large gap in grades, ended up going to the same high school without any surprise, because my parents said they wanted my two older brothers to take more care of me at school. It happened that this school had just changed a group of leaders this year, and they were paying close attention to the style of study. My parents felt that this was what they hoped for, or at least what they hoped for at that time, before that incident happened.

On the last day of the summer vacation for the first year of high school, some boys and a few bold girls in the same grade went on an adventure to an abandoned factory. This matter has been plotted for a long time, of course, on the premise that the teaching director Lao Liu does not know about it. I heard that Lao Liu had been divorced for many years, and his children were given to his ex-wife. He usually lives alone. Old Liu has an evil face, and every time he yells loudly, his facial features seem to be compressed together. Many students in our grade find it funny, so they are not really afraid of him, so whenever we see a senior classmate being scolded by him, My face turned green, I broke out in a cold sweat, and I was even completely speechless. I felt that I looked down on that person in my heart. But when planning the expedition, we tried to be as low-key as possible, and it was better to do less than to do more.

The three of us brothers were at the abandoned factory that night, and my friend Chen was also there. Chen and I have been classmates since the fifth grade of elementary school. At that time, my parents delayed the relationship and let me jump directly from the third grade to the fifth grade. Because I was frail and sick since childhood, I went to kindergarten for four years. When my two brothers were about to be promoted to primary school, I just graduated from kindergarten. Later, when I was in third grade, I finally became a little healthier, and during a parent-teacher conversation, my teacher praised me for learning things quickly, so my parents came up with the idea of ​​letting me skip fourth grade and go directly to fifth grade next year. , saying that this would make it easier for my two brothers to take care of me. In this way, I completed the fourth grade self-study in one summer vacation, and I was promoted to fifth grade together with my two brothers, in the same class. Life in the upper grades of primary school is far more difficult to adapt to than I imagined. For me, who was still in the lower and middle grades before the summer vacation, Primary 5 is a completely adult world. The girls in the class who have gradually begun to grow up have their own small groups, and most of the boys in the class are ordered around by them, except Chen. Chen is the class monitor. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is tall for a child of that age. He has excellent grades and is good at sports. He is well liked by the teacher. As soon as get out of class is over, Chen is always surrounded by people. When I was sitting in the corner of the first row as a skipper, that kind of popularity was beyond my reach. My gloomy life as a fifth grader finally took a turn during a seat reshuffle. That time, I sat next to Chen. Just when I was still debating whether or not to talk to Chen, Chen took the initiative to say hello and said that some of their friends would go on a spring outing together next week and asked me if I wanted to go with them. Just when I was flattered and about to agree, when I thought of my parents' gloomy faces when they heard about this, I had no choice but to tell Chen truthfully: I'm sorry, my family is very strict, so I probably can't go. Chen smiled after hearing this: It doesn't matter, then I can go to your house to play with you next time. Just like that, Chen came to my house to play whenever he had free time. We went to and from school together and always stayed together in school. This relationship continued until high school.

Since the first year of high school, Chen and I have been in different classes, but we are not far apart. He is in the next class. Chen agreed to my request to accompany me to the abandoned factory without even thinking about it. I was quite surprised because I knew he was afraid of ghosts. Maybe he couldn't bear it anymore. After two hours of being in the dark inside, Chen said he couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to go out. I told the others that you should keep walking and the two of us went back outside first. The second brother seemed to have expected it and sneered: I knew you two little fagots couldn't hold on, so I pretended not to hear and took Chen's arm and walked back. The eldest brother shouted: Your brother is talking to you, why are you neither older nor younger? I didn't stop. Chen shook my hand and asked me in a low voice if I was okay. I said firmly that I was okay. The second brother saw that I was about to reach the stairs, and suddenly ran towards me very quickly, grabbed me and dragged me to a vertical exhaust outlet next to me. The exhaust port is about three meters deep and about three meters in diameter, with a metal mesh underneath. The second brother pushed me down and probably heard my scream. The others were stunned. Chen was so frightened that he almost fainted. I heard the eldest brother shouting to the others to leave quickly. I had been squatting inside and holding on to a thick railing inside with both arms. I don’t remember how long it had been before I heard Chen’s voice: Grab my arm and pull me up. When I saw Chen's face, I found that his face had turned pale, his lips were trembling and he asked me: Are you okay? I asked him if he was okay, and he smiled and said it was okay. When we returned outside, we saw a figure standing there. When we looked closely, it turned out to be the second brother. He came over with a smile and said, "Good brother, I just made a joke for you. Don't take it seriously. Don't follow us." Tell your parents. I am categorical: Don’t worry. Seeing my second brother walking away, I asked Chen quietly: Is there a moment when you especially wanted to die alone? Chen Xiang woke up instantly and grabbed one of my shoulders with his hand: "Don't do anything stupid." I smiled back at him: Don't worry. and thank you.

At the end of the summer vacation, we entered the second grade, and it was as if this incident had never happened. However, from the beginning of the semester to now, many people have asked for leave and have never come to class since then. None of us thought this was strange, because the teachers said everyone gets sick one after another during flu season. Later, some people who took leave came back to class. Perhaps they were still weak and looked very bad. Other healthy students did not dare to come forward to care because they were worried about being infected. Until one day later, neither of my brothers came to class. The classmate in the front row asked me if they were also sick. I seemed to have thought of something and started to wander. It seemed that the sunset filling the entire corridor appeared in front of me again. In the afternoon, the door to the staff toilet was ajar, tempting me to open it. I heard some familiar yet unfamiliar sounds coming from inside. It felt like it was being distorted, floating out faintly in waves. My hand had already grabbed the door handle, but I put it down again, turned around...and suddenly I saw my grandpa standing there with a confused look on his face: Didn't I agree that I would pick you up from school today? I waited at the school gate for a long time and didn't see him. You brothers, just want to come in and take a look. Hey, where are your eldest and second brothers? Why are you alone? I opened my eyes wide, tried hard to adjust my breathing, and then said calmly: They left first and went back first.

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