Fengshan

Du Yu followed Sister Wang and his wife to learn how to make noodles. From eight to ten o'clock in the evening, Chen Xu would come to pick them up.At home, Du Yu practiced by himself, and Chen Xu offered to help try the food at first, but later he doubted his life.

After practicing for a few days, Du Yu's level steadily increased, and Chen Xu also blacklisted all the pasta.

An unfamiliar number called Du Yu on his way to the noodle shop, but Du Yu didn't answer. When he came out at ten o'clock, he found that this number had made more than a dozen missed calls tirelessly.Du Yu frowned and looked at this number, feeling uncomfortable, but when it called next time, Du Yu still picked it up.

There was a crying voice over there, "Hey, yes, is that Brother Du Yu?"

When Du Yu finished listening and hung up, Chen Xu had already stood beside him for a while, Du Yu's expression was a little strange, Chen Xu asked, "What's wrong?"

Du Yu held the phone tightly with one hand, and inserted the other hand into his hair to pull his hair vigorously. His lips were slightly parted, revealing some scattered growls.

Hearing the voice seemed to be crying, Chen Xu looked carefully, there were no tears, and his expression was not sad.

Chen Xu had never seen Du Yu like this before, he didn't know what happened and didn't dare to touch him, so he could only stand by and accompany him.

Du Yu's mood swings just now were really big, but they didn't last long, and he calmed down after a while, and his hand in his hair also dropped down.

Du Yu explained, "A person I knew died."

"Is that your friend?"

"No." Du Yu paused and said, "It's someone I met in prison."

·

The person who died was Brother Thirteen. The boss above him had dirty hands and feet. He thought he was just an ordinary villain. Who knew that he was involved in drug trafficking. A small thug like Brother Thirteen was involved, and he didn’t even know how he died. Not clear.

Thirteenth brother's family is also from this city, and they live in another village in the city. There are only two parents in the family, and neither of them has a decent income.Although the thirteenth brother has made a lot of money in illegal business in the past few years, his hands are scattered, and now there is not much money left.His parents are only in their fifties, and they will have to provide for the elderly in the future. After summing up, they decided not to buy a cemetery, but only cremated people and stored them in one grid.

When Du Yu found out, everyone had already entered the grid, so he didn't disturb the quietness of others. He bought some condolences and put some cash in the bag, and asked Fang Ping to hand it to Brother Thirteen's parents.

Fang Ping was the one who called to inform Du Yu of the news. He also served his sentence in the same place. He was black and thin with a pole, and his level of dawdling was first-rate. After a thorough investigation, he was easily caught and thrown into prison.

After he came out, he relied on Brother Thirteen's help to make ends meet.

Fang Ping asked: "Brother Du Yu, don't you want to go and have a look?"

Du Yu shook his head, Fang Ping took the things and left.

Chen Xu felt that Fang Ping seemed unreliable, and asked Du Yu, "Aren't you afraid that he will embezzle the money?"

"It doesn't matter anymore." Du Yu didn't have much confidence in Fang Ping's character, but he was very resistant to facing Brother Thirteen's parents and giving him some money within his ability. This matter was over for him.

Du Yu didn't want Fang Ping to know where he lived, so he specially made an appointment a little further away, and Chen Xu drove him over.Back in the car, Du Yu unloaded his schoolbag and threw it on the back seat. Chen Xu glanced sideways. There were things in the schoolbag, but he didn't take it out in the end.

I encountered someone rear-ending on the ring road, and I was stuck halfway after driving a few kilometers for half an hour.Chen Xu didn't have many emotional ups and downs, traffic jams never made him feel irritable, so he turned his head to look at Du Yu while waiting in line.

Du Yu looked at the traffic in front of him in a daze, but Chen Xu didn't call him, and turned his gaze away and continued to move slowly with the car in front.

"Actually, Thirteenth Brother came to me once before and said some inexplicable things. At that time, I knew something was wrong with him, but I... I really didn't want to have anything to do with him, so I didn't do anything."

Chen Xu didn't know much about this thirteenth brother. He only knew that he was Du Yu's cellmate, and now he died in an accident. But no matter what, he could probably imagine what kind of person he was, "You can't hold him back."

"Well, I understand." Du Yu wasn't even a clay bodhisattva, he couldn't even redeem himself.

The music currently playing in the car was a sad English song, Chen Xu raised his hand to turn it off, turned the steering wheel and drove into a side road to deviate from the stop-and-go convoy.

Du Yu: "???"

Chen Xu took out his mobile phone: "It's too busy, take a break."

Du Yu: "..."

Chen Xu habitually tapped his fingers on the steering wheel with one hand, and his brows were slightly furrowed.Du Yu guessed that he was too sad just now, which worried him, so he quickly explained, "I don't have any friendship with Brother Thirteen. Although it's shocking, it's not too sad..."

Hearing this, Chen Xu suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched the bridge of Du Yu's nose, "We won't go back yet, but take you somewhere."

·

The place Chen Xu brought Du Yu to was a residential area, which looked quite high-end, and there was a hint of familiarity besides being high-end.After all, Du Yu had been to very few high-end neighborhoods, and it didn't take much effort to remember that this is where Allen ordered the ring.

Chen Xu parked the car, and took Du Yu to the designer's studio with ease.

The designer also knew Chen Xu, and when he saw Chen Xu he laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's not my eyesight, but Mr. Chen is here."

Chen Xu sent a text message in advance to say hello, and asked directly, "Where's the stuff?"

"Something?!" The designer almost vomited blood, "Please respect my design."

Chen Xu changed the name: "Where's the ring?"

The designer rolled his eyes a few times, stood up and walked to the display cabinet, beckoning to them.

Du Yu: "?!"

What is this development?He can not understand!

Chen Xu put a hand on his shoulder and said in a low voice, "I want to give you a gift, but I don't know what to give, can I choose a ring?"

The meaning of the ring became a bit serious. Before Du Yu could speak, Chen Xu said again: "It's just an ordinary ring, don't care about the meaning."

"Why do you want to give me a gift all of a sudden?"

"You pick and I'll tell you."

Seeing that the two of them were still standing and talking, the designer raised his eyes, and was about to remind him, but seeing Chen Xu's gentle face... The designer felt that his eyes were really dazzled.

There are not many rings in the studio, he mainly accepts private orders, and the ones on display are some of his own free play works, the styles look quite cool, Du Yu finally picked out only simple ones .

The designer took a look and said nothing. He took it out and let Du Yu try it on. It fits well on the index finger and middle finger, but the ring finger is a little bigger.

Du Yu put it on his index finger and showed it to Chen Xu. Chen Xu's eyes slightly bent, "It looks good."

Designer: "..."

Straight out of the studio wearing the ring, Du Yu asked, "Can we talk now?"

"Well," Chen Xu took Du Yu's hand and rubbed the ring, "I want to thank you."

Chen Xu said it seriously, but Du Yu couldn't help but think of the acceptance speeches of the stars in his mind, and burst out laughing, "Thank me for what?"

"Thank you for allowing me to meet you again after so many years." Chen Xu spoke slowly, clearly but coherently enough, as if he had rehearsed countless times in his mind.

Du Yu blinked, "Generally speaking, shouldn't one be grateful to fate?"

"It's not fate, it's you." Chen Xu held him close to his arms. The two were dressed too thickly so they couldn't feel each other. Chen Xu tightened his hands a little and was about to speak when the door next door opened suddenly. A young woman came out leading a little boy.

"..."

The woman immediately blocked the little boy with her body, and Chen Xu and Du Yu also let go.The woman didn't curse anyone, but looked at them with vigilant eyes, and pulled the little boy back home as fast as she could.

The romantic atmosphere that was full of emotion just now dissipated completely. The two of them restrained their words and deeds, took the elevator downstairs and got on the car in an orderly manner.

In the car, Chen Xu took Du Yu's hand, kissed it on the ring, and looked at Du Yu, "Do you still want to hear what you just said?"

"I want it." Du Yu said, his heartbeat gradually became violent, and it seemed that there were tiny electric currents crawling all over his body.Although it was still daytime, Du Yu couldn't see Chen Xu's expression clearly, so he could only hold his breath and wait for Chen Xu's voice.

Chen Xu saw that Du Yu was stiff, and reached out to touch the end of his hair, "Last year I saw an ordinary cleaner, not a hooligan, nor a box of ashes. This has nothing to do with fate, because you made it through. That's why we met again."

Chen Xu didn't know how difficult Du Yu had been in these years, and how he was able to restrain himself from taking the seemingly easy path when he faced hardships again and again.

In fact, Du Yu was not very far from the end of Thirteenth Brother, but luckily he kept it.

Du Yu felt that for a moment the world seemed to lose its voice and color. He could hardly hear what Chen Xu said, and he couldn't remember a single word, but he just knew that these contents made his heart almost stop, and he wanted to cry It's hard to suppress.Gradually regaining consciousness, he put his arms around Chen Xu's neck and buried his head on Chen Xu's shoulder.

Although frustrated everywhere, but I met you.

Chen Xu gently patted and supported Du Yu's back. He wasn't sure if Du Yu was crying. After a while, Du Yu whispered, "I didn't do anything."

"You've done enough, really."

Du Yu endured it by himself for too long, even with a warm embrace now, he couldn't remember how to cry, his eyes hurt but no tears flowed.

When he first went to prison, he hated and regretted it. He thought why he was here. Later, he found that everyone has endless complaints. Some people have experienced domestic violence since they were young and grew up psychologically distorted. Knife... In contrast, his impulsive crime is simply self-inflicted.

After listening a lot, Du Yu understood that everyone would say that they have various "last resorts", but if they do it, they have to bear the corresponding consequences. The misfortunes and difficulties they encounter cannot support their lives.

When they got home, Chen Xu helped Du Yu remove the schoolbag from the back seat, which was still a little heavy.

Du Yu was a little curious when he saw him, so he took the initiative to show him what was inside. It was a Chinese idiom dictionary.

"I bought it yesterday at the bookstore next to the school next door. It's quite cheap. It should be a pirated book. I originally wanted to give it to Brother Thirteen... He actually likes poetry and idioms, but his level is too low and he didn't spend much time learning it. Listen It's embarrassing for him to use idioms forcibly. Now that people are down there, there's no need to fight and kill them, so I should be able to find time to look at this."

Du Yu twitched the corners of his mouth as he spoke, and the dictionary in his hand was extremely heavy.

"Although I said that, I don't know where I can send it now."

Thirteenth brother now has only one grid left, so such a large dictionary probably won't fit in it, nor will his parents.

"Just burn it." Chen Xu said, "You wait here for me."

Chen Xu went upstairs and found an iron basin, and then he took out a lighter from the car, put the dictionary in the iron basin and lit it.

Du Yu was dumbfounded.

It was not difficult to burn the dictionary. Although the wind extinguished the fire a few times, the final result was a success.They poured water on the leftover rubbish, and stuffed it with the basin into the trash can downstairs. When the garbage truck came, the mother-in-law on the first floor would take it and throw it away—this was Chen Xu's idea. Give a sum of money every month, and the mother-in-law will throw away all the garbage they put downstairs.

Du Yu glanced at the garbage bag, and said softly, "Go, Brother Thirteen."