The river is exhausted

October 2014, 10, Shanghai.

This city that never sleeps stands proudly on the top of the east, like a princess exuding a domineering aura, attracting more people to her, like moths to a flame.

In the distance, the sky is gray and white, but dimmed by countless neon lights, worn out by all kinds of noise, fleeting among the jungle-like concrete high-rises, just like a dead fish's eye, discarded in colorful trash cans inside.

In the dark and wide space, lights of various colors flickered across the crowd.The noisy air is filled with the smell of tobacco and alcohol, and the sound of music that is almost deafening echoes in this space. Both men and women are frantically twisting their waists and hips on the dance floor, teasing each other with their seductive limbs .

Shen Jinjiang pinched his swollen temples with one hand, picked up the square wine glass on the table with the other hand, and poured the amber liquid inside down his head.

He didn't really like this kind of place much, but tonight was a friend's birthday.This bar was reserved for his birthday celebration, and the two of them usually have a good relationship, so Shen Jinjiang had to come over.

Those friends who were standing with him just now scattered around, and almost all went to the other side of the bar to play, so he could only stand there in a daze.

Once this person falls into a relatively special situation, he will quickly discover the existence of another person who is as special as himself.Shen Jinjiang saw a man standing in front of a table not far from him, who seemed to be a college student.

He held the wine glass to his lips, with a smug smile.Looking far away at the crowd who were very devoted and crazy in the carnival on the other side of the bar.Although he was also in such an occasion, Shen Shenjiang inexplicably felt that this person was not addicted to it.

Maybe he noticed Shen Rujiang's gaze, and the corner of his eyes flicked to his side.The other party looked at Shen Rujiang for a long time, and Shen Rujiang also stared at him.In the end, the other party raised his chin and gave him a disdainful smile.

Seeing this provocative smile, Shen Rujiang just raised his eyebrows, holding back his anger for no reason.He smiled politely at the other party, and asked in a voice audible to the other party.

"May I ask what your name is?"

The other party stared at Shen Rujiang with his face propped up, and after a long time, he replied casually: "I, my name is grass mud horse."

He had already put up with the other party's provocation, and he showed his kindness actively.In the end, he was bumped back by the other party's language that was similar to insults. No one would be happy, let alone Shen Jinjiang. At his age, he was boundless in the second year of middle school.

Holding the wine glass in his hand, he walked towards the other party.With gloomy eyes, "What a coincidence, my name is Fake Squid."

Bite the last three words deliberately, Shen Rujiang's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the other party provocatively.The wine in the wine glass in his hand has been spilled on the opponent.Throwing the wine glass on the ground casually, Shen Shenjiang gave the opponent a preemptive punch amidst the opponent's complexion quickly darkening.

But the other party is not someone to mess with, after being treated like this by Shen Shenjiang.Soon he also went berserk, Ge blocked the fist he swung for the second time, his palms clenched into fists, and he smashed at the opponent at an extremely fast speed.

The two of them wrestled on one side.This is what happened when they first met, and it's really not a good thing...

Then, if their friend Yu Nian hadn't come up to stop him, they probably would have blown up the bar.Since he is the birthday star tonight, the two had no choice but to hold back their anger and let it go.

But Shen Rujiang couldn't stay any longer, so he withdrew after saying hello to Yu Nian.Before leaving, he glanced at the person he was fighting with just now, and found that the other person was also staring at him.

There was something in those eyes that Shen Rujiang couldn't understand at all.It should be said that it is good to be threatening, crazy, or interesting, or it should be both.

After returning to the house, Shen Jinjiang took off his clothes, threw them on the ground, turned around and went to the toilet, and took a hot shower.Hot water ran across the bruised wound on his body, he looked at himself in the mirror covered by fog, and cursed secretly.

This person is really merciless, if I see him again next time, I will definitely chop him up.

After taking a shower, he sat on the bed in his pajamas and rubbed himself the medicine.The place where he lives is very small, about [-] square meters.He is studying in other places by himself. This year happens to be his sophomore year in high school, and he will be going to college next year.

But it is still unknown whether he can go in the end, and there is a gurgling sound in his stomach.Shen Rujiang stood up, took out a box of instant noodles from under the table beside him, and ran to the balcony to boil some water.

I don't know how long it has been like this, Shen Jinjiang hangs his head.Gai stared at the soaking instant noodles in a daze, for so long that he almost forgot what kind of existence home was.

Stretching out his hand to pat his face, he came back to his senses and began to eat the soaked instant noodles with big mouthfuls.Go to bed early after eating, after all, there is still class tomorrow, he looked up at the alarm clock hanging on the wall, it was pointing to 12:23.

After Yu Nian greeted those friends and brothers, he had some free time.Although he was the birthday star tonight, he was as tired as a dog, holding a glass of wine, and walked to the figure who was drinking alone with a clear goal.

"Happy birthday." He raised the wine glass in his hand to signal Yu Nian, and looked at him with a smile.

"Thank you." Yu Nian touched him with the wine glass, and the two drank it down with their heads raised.

Putting down the wine glass, Yu Nian picked up the cigarette case on the table, took out two cigarettes, handed one to the other party, and bit the other on his lips.After the other party lit his own cigarette with a lighter, he lit one for Yu Nian.

"What? Are you in a bad mood?" Yu Nian asked after puffing on the smoke.

"Yes." The other party did not deny it, but admitted it quite readily.

"What's wrong?"

"That guy came back from Australia two days ago. As soon as he came back, he picked on me. He really regarded himself as my father. I pushed him. This old bastard drove me out and cut off my money. .” He stretched out his hand and rubbed his temple, looking like he was having a headache.

Yu Nian smiled, took a sip from the wine glass on the table, and then said, "Isn't it your own father?" As soon as the words fell, he caught a glimpse of his displeasure, so he changed the subject: "Maybe It will be fine in a while."

As a result, the other party just sneered, but changed the subject instead: "Who was that little devil just now? Why have I never seen it before? It's really weird to start, with such a hot temper."

"Don't talk about the little devil, he is at most two years younger than us. When I met him, he was quite special. Anyway, he is a good young man." Yu Nian held a cigarette between his fingers and said, "Who made you okay? I went to Dou Ren's house, don't you also think that young man is very interesting?"

"Still special." He curled his lips, a little disapprovingly: "It's quite interesting, what's his name?"

"Hey, speaking of names, I think you two match well." Yu Nian reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and continued: "His name is Shen Rujiang, how is it? When I first heard this name, I also I think of you, Jiang Yousi."

Jiang Yousi raised his eyebrows, as if he was aroused by Yu Nian's, "What a strange name, why did it sink into the river?"

"Who knows, maybe it's to commemorate Qu Yuan. Doesn't it look quite literary?" Yu Nian grinned: "And you two have personalities, I think you can definitely become friends."

"Friend? We had a fight just now." Jiang Youpan replied with a half-smile.

"Who told you to kill yourself." Yu Nian spread his hands: "I planned to introduce the two of you from the beginning, but if you don't fight, you don't know each other. We are all men. If you see him another day, just apologize to him. "

Jiang Yousi took a sip of his wine, raised his eyebrows and shook his head, rejecting Yu Nian's argument.It's a joke, who is he, Jiang Yousi, to apologize to him?Why, on the one hand, he is not the person I like, and on the other hand, he is not my girlfriend.

"Okay, let's go and play. The beauty over there has been staring at you all night. If you don't go there, they will probably rush over." Yu Nian didn't say anything more, patted his shoulder, and said with a raised chin .

The next day, Shen Rujiang went to school with two big dark circles under his eyes.He also couldn't figure out why he suffered from insomnia last night, it seemed that he simply couldn't sleep, it was strange to think about it, he rarely did this.

Shen Rujiang sat at the second-to-last table in the third group, so he had no problem sleeping or anything.As long as you don't fall asleep in the class of those particularly difficult teachers, other teachers just turn a blind eye. He just doesn't look like a good student, but his academic performance is indeed no problem. Almost all the exams, big and small, were in the top three in the grade.

Coupled with that long, somewhat small and delicate face, and the inexplicably cold and pretentious aura of indifference to others, many girls in the grade regard him as a male god.

"Shen Rujiang, come up and solve this problem." The vicissitudes of the math teacher's voice made him raise his head while the chicken was pecking at the rice.

He glanced at the top of the math teacher's head that was bald due to overwork, and cursed silently in his heart, what did he just say, he didn't pay attention.

"The one on the blackboard." Fu Li, a classmate sitting in front, turned around and reminded in a low voice.

Shen Rujiang glanced at him with low eyes, thanked him in a low voice, walked up to the blackboard under the eyes of the whole class, and looked at the questions on the blackboard with a piece of chalk expressionlessly. After scanning for three seconds, the solution was quickly found, and the solution process was written concisely on the blackboard in the swirl of dust.

Then, under the silent gaze of the whole class, he walked back to his seat, propped his head up and began to doze off, and then the vicissitudes of the math teacher's voice when he started to give a lecture, and the sound of chalk writing on the blackboard became a little distant up.

The other students were either concentrating, or looked depressed, or simply looked down on life and death.

Then one day, following these scenes, it will be permanently suspended in the title page of his memory.

After a day in a daze, when school was over, Shen Jinjiang went back with his schoolbag on his back. When he walked to the school gate, he ran into Fuli, the friend who helped him today.

The two are actually friends. Shen Jinjiang has been studying in this school for two years, but he really doesn't have any friends.At the beginning, Fuli treated him better in line with the monitor's responsibility to care about the transfer students.But after a long time, Fu Li found that he also loves to get along with Shen Jinjiang.

Although this person's face... looked a little cold.

After Fu Li saw Shen Rujiang, he also walked up naturally, and Shen Rujiang gave him a sideways glance. This person looks weak and delicate, and he doesn't know why the teacher chose him as the monitor.

"Thank you very much for today." Shen Rujiang said.

"You're welcome! But what's the matter with you today? You seem to be particularly lacking in energy..." Fu Li grabbed the strap of the schoolbag on his shoulders, and asked with a smile on his baby-fat face.

"It's nothing." Shen Rujiang replied weakly.