Boiling point

A billiards room was newly opened around the school. It is the place where He Xin spends his time at noon these days. Since Xiao Naipao went to school, he didn't need to go back to have lunch with Li Yanqi, but he got used to it naturally. When he saw Li Yanqi walking out with his schoolbag, he couldn't help but walk along with him.

The two looked at each other in silence for a while, Li Yanqi went home for dinner because Uncle Zhao had prepared the meals, and he could save a lot of money.And He Xin's meal card was full of 1000 yuan, and he couldn't finish it until next year. What would he do when he went back?

Xu Lan asked him this question.

What are you doing back home?Would you like to play with me?

He Xin said, is there any relationship between the two?

Xu Lan grinned grinningly and said, "Of course it matters, it depends on who you prefer to hang out with."

When staying with Li Yanqi, they often do their own things, and sometimes they hurt each other for seven or eight hundred rounds when chatting, but he feels at ease and at ease.

Playing with Xu Lan, running wildly on the court together, he doesn't think about anything, and he feels happy and relaxed after sweating and having a big meal.

The latter is very similar to him and Wu Rui's way of getting along. From the aspect of nervousness, Wu Rui and Xu Lan are carved out of the same mold. Like brothers who have been separated for many years, they are big-hearted and silly sweet.

But Li Yanqi is different from them. He is the most elusive He Xin has ever met, the most diametrically opposed to each other's personalities, and the most diametrically opposed to each other's lifestyles, but for the first time, he is a type of admiration. Suppose it were another person with such a temper like him. Violent Chong had already been crushed a hundred times by his strength.

In the final analysis, this person is good-looking, He Xin sighed in self-doubt, did this fucking thing pop out of his mind?

After Xu Lan finished playing, he poked He Xin's thigh with his cue, "Oh, I'll go, come out with me, you'll be wronged to death, and you're sighing!"

He Xin opened her eyes and smiled and said, "I'm very wronged. After witnessing your terrific golf skills, I regret that I didn't go back to eat Li Yanqi's pineapple fried rice."

"Don't you two live together, you don't get tired of eating every day." Xu Lan straightened his cue, and only then could he hear the point of his words, "Where is my game bad? Where is it bad!"

He Xin stood up from the sofa, snatched the pole in his hand, bent down to take a look, fiddled with it lightly, several balls collided with each other and fell into the ball bag, raised her eyes and smiled, "Everywhere is rotten."

Xu Lan stared at him, not too embarrassed, He Xin patted him on the shoulder, leaned against the wall and said, "I don't eat every day, I haven't eaten for a few days."

Xu Lan said, "So it's because he didn't satisfy you, why are you so stupid?" After thinking about it, she felt that there was something wrong with this, so she smiled and said, "He didn't satisfy your appetite."

He Xin choked on a cigarette, he pressed the cigarette end on the ashtray, "Did your brother beat your brain to pieces?"

Xu Lan spoke righteously, "My brother only beat me through a sieve, the tofu flower is too difficult."

"Awesome." He Xin gave him a thumbs up, "I agree."

Xu Lan said, "My brother is a single old man who is full of energy every day, so he has to beat me to consume his energy. As a teenager, I can understand it very well."

He Xin smiled and said, "He is simply a good brother in the new century."

Xu Lan turned to look at him, "To tell you the truth, no matter how much I mess around outside, I must obey my brother when I go home. My brother worked very hard to bring me up, in order to buy me toys so that I wouldn't be bullied." The classmates joked that he stayed up late and worked for a month, and finally went to the hospital. Anyway, when I think about it, I feel that no matter how my brother beats me or manages me, I will be willing."

Before He Xin could speak, Xu Lan scratched her head and smiled, "Hey, did I tell you about my family? Me, I was raised by my brother. Both my parents died. I died in a car accident. , this situation should be similar to that of Li Yanqi's family."

He Xin thought to herself, Little Milk Bubble is not as badass as you, she is a good person.

Xu Lan suddenly sighed with emotion, "So we must win this basketball game, and the ten thousand prize money will be shared equally, and then my share and your share will be given to Li Yanqi together. Make them feel better."

He Xin didn't expect him to be so thoughtful, and felt that the evaluation of his heartlessness was not very accurate, how far-reaching could this brain be.

Xu Lan's excitement is not easy to hit, but He Xin knows very well that if he directly gives the money to Li Yanqi, he will not accept it no matter what. He has his self-esteem and pride, which cannot be touched by outsiders. and handouts.

He Xin skipped class in the afternoon, wandered around the town aimlessly, and took some pictures of the autumn scenery.

Autumn is the shortest season of the year. It has neither the vigor of spring nor the warmth of summer. It is not completely cold, so it is not as fun as winter.

But He Xin likes autumn the most. Watching the fallen leaves fluttering and falling to the ground, paving the ground into a golden piece, and stepping on it makes a rustling sound, he will have a sense of belonging to home.

What is this thing called in Chinese textbooks?

Focus on the scene.

He Xin leaned on the railing, found an angle to take pictures of the riverside and leaves on the opposite side, and smiled silently.

Suddenly touched the hypocritical switch in my heart, I felt empty.

He would envy Xu Lan who grew up together with his brother, and Li Yanqi who had a rough life and only put worthy people in his heart.

I remember a girl who had a crush on He Xin once said a word to him after she failed to confess her love.

She said, I've always thought you were pretty pitiful, you didn't have a family that loved you, and at the same time ignored your own life, holding a broken heart and thinking it was cool, it wasn't bad at all.

Although he can't remember that person's appearance, he still remembers this sentence. Now that he thinks about it, her sarcasm is not unreasonable.

He Xin, you are not cool at all.

So what qualifications do you have to sympathize with Li Yanqi who lives harder than you?

He Xin stayed on the bridge for a while, took a few photos of the town under the halo, turned on his phone and found that Li Yanqi had sent him a message an hour ago.

——I’m cleaning up at noon today, do you want to dry the quilt for you?

He Xin was playing billiards at that time and didn't reply, but now he just replied, "Let's show it, thank you, Mr. Ta who does good deeds without leaving his name." Amazingly, within two seconds, he heard a "Ka Kaka" laughter.

He Xin was taken aback, and immediately stood up and looked around. He was very familiar with the laughter just now. It was the message ringtone recorded by Li An for Li Yanqi.He Xin turned her head, and sure enough, she found a mobile phone on the railing of the bridge.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, He Xin jumped behind the wall without thinking, and when Li Yanqi walked to the bridge and stood on the bridge with a big box in his arms, he suddenly realized, what the hell is he hiding? ?

He Xin looked at his watch, it was [-]:[-], the second class had just started, and Li Yanqi also escaped?

In his impression, Li Yanqi usually doesn't skip class, at most, he leaves half a class early for self-study class, and now he is holding a suitcase on the bridge to blow the cold wind, and you schoolmasters skip class so frankly. Bar.

He Xin retracted her feet silently, gave up the idea of ​​going out to say hello to him, and leaned against the wall to look at him.

The distance was only more than ten meters away. Li Yanqi was wearing a black hoodie, and stared at the lake as if he had been frozen. His side face was not in the sunlight, and his brows were furrowed. Presumably, his expression should be serious.

After more than a minute, Li Yanqi finally moved. He took out an old toy gun from the box, a small dusty racing car, and a mentally handicapped golden cudgel that He Xin bought when he was a child. , a slingshot with a broken rubber band, he knelt down to arrange them neatly, and then poured out another stack of letters from the box.

He Xin has good eyesight, so she immediately recognized that it was a letter from Li Yanqi's father.

What is he going to do?Throw them all away?

Li Yanqi spread the letters on the ground, arranged them one by one according to the date, and then did not move for another minute.

He Xin looked at it for a while, and didn't know whether it was due to the halo or his eyes were sore, but he always felt that Li Yanqi standing on the bridge was hazy, like a silhouette that existed independently of this world.

Li Yanqi really wanted to throw away all the things that pulled him forward, he was fully prepared, as long as he kicked them down, no one would be able to hold him back .

He mustered up his courage, closed his eyes, and raised his feet.

He Xin watched from behind, with a premonition that he would definitely take it back.

"Fuck." Li Yanqi slammed his fist hard at the railing, then squatted down and buried his face in his knees, without looking up for a long time.

After a while, the sky became overcast, and the sun had not completely set, leaving a little light to shine on him.

Li Yanqi straightened up slowly, his hair was swaying by the wind, he reached out his hand and hesitated for a long time, then tremblingly picked up a letter, and struggled to tear it open.

He Xin didn't know what was written in the letter, and she didn't know why she hid behind the wall like an idiot and watched him for two hours. During this time, Li Yanqi was like a static sculpture At the end of the letter, he clenched his right hand into a fist, and his shoulder twitched slightly.

is he cryingHe Xin was a little surprised.

What kind of incomprehensible emotion was that, which heavily crushed his shoulders, which were straighter than anyone else.

He Xin instinctively felt that he would yell loudly next, whether it was venting or crying, but after waiting for a long time, Li Yanqi still didn't move, until a phone ring broke the silence here.

"Hey."

Li Yanqi's voice became hoarse, with a slightly inaudible nasal sound.

The person on the other end of the conversation chattered a lot, but Li Yanqi didn't say a word, until finally he suppressed his anger and growled, "Jiang Zhiming, what exactly do you want?"

Jiang Zhiming?He Xin's eyes widened immediately.

Li Yanqi's next words made him even more dumbfounded.

"Is Xitan better?"

Jiang Zhiming was also taken aback.

Li Yanqi said word by word, "Don't mess with He Xin, I'll compare with you."

Jiang Zhiming laughed out loud.

"You really want to compare."

Li Yanqi said, "I win, you get out, I lose, it's up to you."

Jiang Zhiming clicked his tongue, "Since you rushed to let us clean you up, that's ok, I admire it. Then at 08:30 tonight, we'll see you at the Xitan bend."

He Xin stood where he was, a thunderous thunder flashed in his mind, where is Xitan?Contest?What else did you say not to mess with He Xin?

What does Li Yanqi want to do?

When he regained his composure, there was no one on the bridge. Li Yanqi packed up the big box and took it away again. He Xin tightly clenched his fists in his pocket, and immediately called the other party.

After a few rings and no one answered, it automatically hung up.

He Xin caught fire and hurried home. Uncle Zhao was watering the flowers. When he saw him coming back, he said doubtfully, "Didn't Xiao Li go to class? Then he might have gone to work. Wait, He Xin! You skipped class again." !"

He Xin ignored Uncle Zhao's persuasion, and ran to the school to find Liao Mei. On the way, Li Yanqi's phone couldn't be reached, and Liao Mei didn't know where he went, except that he mentioned Xitan. At that time, the other party yelled loudly, "Oh, my uncle, you don't need to go racing in the small town, those people who go to Xitan to compete, they all risk their lives, hey, you must hold back your fault-finding! Heart, don't confront them head-on."

He Xin thought about it carefully, and it's not hard to guess that Xitan is a place where mentally handicapped teenagers go racing and risk their lives.

Every city has a place where idiots kill each other.

He Xin frowned, and went to Jiang Zhiming's class to block people without giving up. He couldn't find him, but he found his younger brother. Under He Xin's fist and kick, the man covered his nosebleed and screamed a few times before telling the truth.

Tonight, their boss found a Lianjiazi to compete with Li Yanqi, and originally wanted him to compete with you, but later Li Yanqi refused to tell you, so he went up by himself.

After hearing this, He Xin kicked his leg hard, and the other party curled up to cover his lower body, and nosebleeds gushed out.

"Get lost!" He Xin punched him again.

Xitan is a little far away from where they are staying. It will take He Xin an hour and a half to rush there non-stop, not counting the traffic jam. What exactly was written, I don't know why he resisted the provocation that he should have endured alone.

It's not a good feeling to be kept in the dark, He Xin really wants to beat Li Yanqi right now, in front of his face.

However, he was a little too far back, and the driver was a novice, so he took the most congested road as expected, passing through two downtown shopping malls, and the sky was full of stars, and the two of them were still far away from each other at the traffic light. see.

"I'll fuck your mother." He Xin couldn't hide her resentment, so she swears.

"Handsome guy, you're wrong to say that." The driver master was like a Tang monk possessed, and the slow tone of his mouth was about to kill He Xin, "Don't worry, you will definitely arrive in Xitan by 08:30."

"Shut up." He Xin interrupted him, leaning back in the chair and refusing to talk.

It wasn't until the car drove into Xitan that He Xin understood why they chose to be here.

First, it is exciting enough. There are two big turns on the semi-circular road. If the speed is fast, you can directly spin and fly out.

Second, after turning the corner and driving forward for a certain distance, there is a big quagmire. If you are unlucky and fall into it, you will be covered in mud and filth all over your body. If you struggle to get up in front of so many people, then you will fall again. It's a joke for people to see.

Can Li Yanqi afford to lose this face?He can't afford to lose it.

He Xin took a deep breath and saw the crowd rushing towards him. The game was about to start. He put on a mask and followed the group of people to act as spectators, and walked to the open-air second-floor stands.

The sound of the motorcycle engine became louder and louder, and there was a commotion among the spectators below. Someone blew a whistle, and the atmosphere was quickly ignited, followed by noisy booing.

Upstairs, He Xin saw Jiang Zhiming standing with his hands behind his back, and beside him were several well-equipped riders, with wrist and knee pads intact, and they were wearing thick anti-vibration suits to prevent falls.

Li Yanqi stood aside very quietly, without any protective measures, it was still the black hoodie he saw in the afternoon.

In the past two days, due to the impact of the typhoon, the road was muddy and slippery. If you drive too fast, you will fall off if you are not careful. He Xin cursed softly. Is Li Yanqi too confident in himself or too clear about the enemy?

Accompanied by two sharp whistles, the competition personnel are ready to be in place.

Li Yanqi held onto the handle of the car, sat on the car with his legs straddled, turned his head to look at the strong man next to him, and then turned back with a calm expression.

He Xin felt that he was quite cold, different from the usual calm coldness, this moment's coldness reveals a bit of hard attack power, the kind that can blow others away with just one look.

"The race ends up over the quagmire, and whoever reaches the finish line first wins, in any form."

After listening to the rules, Li Yanqi put on his helmet, bent down and stared at the front with all his attention.

In the confusion, the referee blew the game whistle, and the two stepped on the gas pedal and jumped out at the same time. Amid the roar of the locomotive, thick soot fell, and there were screams and screams at the scene.

Taking advantage of his height, He Xin squeezed out from the crowd and found a good viewing position. Soon, he caught a thin figure flying out in the night.

Li Yanqi's speed was faster than he had imagined. He sprinted at full speed throughout the whole process, and he looked like a bird that had broken free from the shackles. At the first corner, Li Yanqi was speeded up by his opponent, throwing him a long distance.

The person next to him watched cheerfully, and kept his mouth open, "It's like hitting a rock with an egg. He hasn't driven a car much at first glance, so how can he compare?"

"Yeah, I feel like I'm going to die terribly."

"By the way, what did they bet on?"

"It seems to be a bet on freedom? The handsome guy won. He hopes that Jiang Zhiming will disappear in front of him forever, and never come to trouble him again. If he loses, he can deal with it casually."

"Do whatever you want, tsk tsk tsk, young man, the tone is too *."

"I have a hunch he's lost."

"Look, the handsome guy is speeding up!"

Li Yanxi rushed across the straight road, turned and flicked, and followed him at a soaring speed. The gap between the two cars became smaller and smaller, and they galloped through the second curve one after the other.

He Xin heard the sound of the engine suddenly increase. At this moment, Li Yanqi's car rubbed against the ground obliquely, and the instep of his foot inevitably rubbed against the ground.

He Xin's expression sank, and now any slight touch would double the pain under the huge friction.

Another driver showed off his car and drove the car close to the ground. Li Yanqi failed to catch up with him because of the mistake just now. The other driver held out a hand to give Li Yanqi a thumbs up, and then stepped on the accelerator hard. Go out and slide into the mire.

Li Yanqi was not in a panic, and speeded up reluctantly. Suddenly, he stepped on the brakes hard in front of the mud.

"What's going on? Did he admit defeat?"

"You see he almost fell just now, his foot must have been injured."

He Xin stared at him, clenched his fists to cover his lips, and pulled the mask down.

There was a sudden uproar at the scene.

No one expected that Li Yanqi would abandon the car and fall into the mud!

The other driver was still driving forward, but when he got into the mud, the tires obviously lost their strength, and the speed of the racing car could not be increased, but there was still a huge gap between the two of them. Everyone sighed. When they saw Li Yan Qizheng stood up from the mire with difficulty, and crawled forward with his body covered in filth, all thought he had broken the can, and immediately gave up.

But as he was walking, He Xin suddenly remembered the scene when they first met in the small mud ditch behind the farm.

Li Yanqi pulled him out, his expression was very calm, as if mocking, but in fact he sighed and said something.

"Haven't you ever played the game of escaping the mud?"

He Xin suddenly turned around and asked the person next to him, "Who decides the rules of the game?"

"I know. At that time, I was watching the excitement below. It was suggested by the handsome guy. He said that the sharp turns in the game are boring. Why not innovate the rules of the game. The winner is the one who can fly through the quagmire."

With a cigarette in her mouth, He Xin slightly curled the corners of her lips.

Escape from the quagmire should have two meanings.

First, he has played similar games many times, falling into the mud and trying to climb out, which is very difficult for inexperienced people.

Second, he was stuck in the mud, and every time he stood up again, it was like hitting Jiang Zhiming in the face, and it was also a silent resistance to the grievances and malice he had suffered. Out of the place, in any form towards the end.

Escaping from the quagmire is Li Yanqi's forte, but he did take a risk. If he accidentally fell off the curve and missed the moment to jump into the quagmire, would he regret today's impulsiveness?

Maybe, maybe not.

But there will always be some moments in life, and you will want to go in a certain direction regardless of everything.

He Xinwu heaved a sigh of relief, pulled out a cigarette and looked at the dark swamp ahead.

Li Yanqi's face was covered with mud, but it didn't stop him from walking forward, fearlessly, and didn't look back.

He struggled in the dark night, and now he was slowly walking towards the stars.

Really... the clever Li Yanqi.

No, now it is Li Yanqi who is smart, brave and free.

He Xin stood in the crowd and whistled, regardless of whether Li Yanqi heard it or not, she said something loudly in his direction.

"Your brother lemon essence is waiting for you here."