My 26-year-old female tenant: Gufan on the Island

In my memory, I haven't seen Xiang Chen for more than half a year. When we met again, he suffered a bloody disaster. His head was wrapped with a layer of gauze and he was looking at me from a distance. His eyes were a little cold, and he seemed to be still angry about the fact that his head was broken...

It wasn't until he got closer that he curled his lips and smiled, and said to me: "Zhaoyang, are you saying that Fangyuan is an idiot? I said the earth is round, but he insists that the earth is square and flat; what the hell is that? Isn’t it intentional to make a point…”

I looked at Fangyuan. His expression was still stern, but he didn't speak to refute Xiang Chen. Then I said to Xiang Chen, "Are you two really fighting over this?"

"You also think it's ridiculous, don't you? ...But there must be an explanation for this matter. The earth is either square or round. How can it be both square and round? That's not a deformity!"

I was speechless for a moment, only feeling that there was something in Xiang Chen's words.

At this time, Fang Yuan said: "Ping Dian, what's wrong with Fang Dian?... I just don't want to take so many detours, don't want to have so many twists and turns... Not everyone is like you. A good family, if anything happens, just use money to solve it..."

Before Fangyuan finished speaking, she was interrupted by Yan Yan. She blamed Fangyuan for going too far!

Fangyuan looked down at Yan Yan with a complicated expression. This was the first time I saw instability in his eyes, but he had never been an unstable person; his heart was very clear, just like when he was in college. , if he had already made a plan to go out to do odd jobs today, no matter how interesting a game we formed, he would not give up the plan to do odd jobs just because of fun. He was really too clear, but at this moment, he was in a trance. Confused again...

After a while, he extended his hand to me, indicating that he wanted to smoke.

I handed him the cigarette, and after he lit it, he never said a word again.

After taking two puffs, he finally looked less dazed, but immediately fell into a state of depression. My heart didn't feel so good either. I knew that he had been really difficult and tired over the years. Perhaps the real conflict between him and Xiang Chen was not about squareness or roundness, but the difference in values. It must be a certain behavior or word of Xiang Chen that stung him.

Compared to Fangyuan's depression, Xiang Chen seemed to be relieved. He half-jokingly asked me: "Zhaoyang, the three of us have been brothers for so many years. If you were here at that time, would you have helped me or helped me?" Fang Yuan?”

"I will find a meaty bone and throw it between you two, and you two will stop fighting."

"Fuck you uncle!"

Xiang Chen punched me, and Fangyuan, who was smoking with his head down, looked up at me, and then the three of us laughed together; when we were in school, we often made similar jokes.

……

Things were not as bad as I thought. Even though Fangyuan broke Xiang Chen's head, after mediation, Xiang Chen still chose to forgive, but adults can't let go of a little bit of dignity, so even if Xiang Chen forgave Fangyuan, I still didn't Can I figure out the real reason for their fight... In the end, I just saw Fangyuan's depression and Xiang Chen's "generosity" in this farce.

……

This night, because of this unexplained farce, I lost my mood to drink and didn’t go to the bar for the first time. I carried my guitar on my back and walked aimlessly in the snow. Even if I didn’t drink, I didn’t want to go back too early. Home...because, in that rented house, there was only a bunch of mute furniture, and there was never anyone waiting for me to come home.

Suddenly, I wanted to go to the moat, which is where Jian Wei and I often go.

I still remember the last time I went to the moat. We hugged each other and sat by the river. Jane Wei said she was a little regretful because we had never seen the snow scene beside the moat.

She looked at the row of willow trees and said to me: "Do you think those willow trees look like women waiting to be married?"

I laughed: "It doesn't look the same, the trees don't even have consciousness."

"I feel like..." Jian Wei lost her mind and spoke again after a long time: "I have been to the moat so many times, but I have never seen the snow scene here... If it snows, the snow will accumulate on the branches of these willow trees. It must look like a wedding dress...I mean, like a bride wearing a wedding dress..."

Only then did I take a serious look. The willow trees that were already shedding their leaves seemed to be swaying because of a gentle breeze blowing...

My mood fluctuated because of this, and I habitually smoked out a cigarette, but couldn't find a lighter. Jane Wei took out a blue lighter from her handbag and lit it for me. She seemed to become a skilled A habit of hers.

"Zhaoyang, actually, I don't like Suzhou that much..."

I turned to look at her, feeling sad because after graduating from college, I brought her back to Suzhou. In Suzhou, she lost her aura as a wealthy lady and lived an unfulfilled life with me. We could only rely on I can barely make ends meet with the meager salary I earn from singing in residence. I haven’t even taken her to have a big meal for a long, long time...

Jian Wei seemed to sense my feeling of self-blame. She held my arm tighter and said, "But, I love you... I want to be with you, anywhere."

It was at that moment that I suddenly didn’t like Suzhou anymore, because this is a city that really doesn’t like snow. If it snows and falls on Jian Wei and I, it will be so perfect, we will Let’s grow gray together like this…

Finally, there was a rare heavy snowfall in Suzhou today, but she left me forever; the whole city also seemed cold and heartless without her breath, leaving only the pitiful memories in my heart, once again Tormenting me.

How could I not feel sad? On this snowy night, I am the only one with a gray head.

……

I leaned against the willow tree closest to the river, staring at the lights and snowy scenery on the other side in a daze. After an unknown period of time, my phone, which had been silent for some time, vibrated again. I threw the cigarette under my feet and stamped it out. He took out his cell phone from his pocket.

This call came from Robben. He is a friend I met when I was singing in a bar. He is very talented, but depressed, so he always has a bad temper when getting along with others.

"Zhaoyang, what the hell did you introduce to me?"

I was stunned for a moment before I remembered that I had given his contact information to the woman named Le Yao; but I didn’t know why he got angry again, so I asked, “What’s wrong?”

"I told you to introduce me to a job... As a result, I was singing in the bar, and she was drinking in the bar, and she drank as much as she wanted... Let's forget about the expensive drinks, and she didn't have money to pay... The people in the bar had to talk to me and She knew her and asked me to pay for her... she sang for nothing all night and even put in [-] yuan."

I was stunned, and after a while I asked, "Where is she? Give her the phone, and I'll talk to her."

"If you can talk to her, you'll be awesome..."

"Ran?"

"I didn't run away... my soul was gone... I was standing upright on the chair..." After a short pause, Robben said again: "I'm just asking you if you don't care about this. If you don't care about it, I'll find someone nearby." The trash can was arranged for her.”