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Chapter 38 Three Cigarettes
When Shang Chu went out, he remembered that he only had 170 yuan and [-] cents for his whole body.
Shang Lijun is hopeless. For so many years, he has been working illegally while going to school. Rent, tuition, books, living expenses... the speed of spending money is always faster than the speed of making money.
He kicked at the base of the wall in frustration, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the man's ten-yuan note falling on the stairs.
Shang Chu picked up the money, it was crumpled, and the smell of alcohol could still be faintly smelled.
dirty.
Suddenly, there was a "pop", and the voice-activated lights in the corridor went out.Shang Chu's face was sunken in the shadow, and he looked at the RMB quietly for a while with the help of the weak light.
Then, he flattened the note extremely slowly, folded two more stacks, and stuffed it into his pocket with a blank expression.
——What is dirty or not? What right do poor people think money is dirty?
With his hands in his pockets, he was wandering aimlessly in the alleys of the village in the city. On the way, he ran into two brothers, Aaron and Ahu, doing old work.
A man in a suit and leather shoes was pressed against the wall by them, his legs were trembling, and he timidly took out a money bag from his leather bag.
Seeing Shang Chu, Ah Hu hurriedly bumped his elbow into A Long, and yelled guiltyly: "Brother Shang!"
"Do you want to help?" Shang Chu stood at the entrance of the alley, raised his eyelids lazily, and asked.
Seeing Shang Chu's unscrupulous ruffian, the man felt that he was not easy to mess with, probably the leader of the gangsters in this area.
He clasped his hands together in fright, and begged for mercy: "I'll pay, pay! Five hundred, right? I'll pay!"
"Oh, don't forget it." Shang Chu waved his hand and walked away.
Ah Hu was taken aback: "...Brother, brother Xiao Shang took the wrong medicine today?"
Aaron snorted coldly: "You didn't hear anyone say that he went to the police academy, and he will be a cop in the future!"
Ahu smiled, and said cheerfully: "We will have a protective umbrella from now on, and we can do something big!"
"Fuck you!" Aaron kicked him, and looked at Shang Chu's back coldly, "Once a person like him gets rich, he will be the first to arrest you and eat him in prison!"
......
Shangchu actually heard how the two brothers arranged for him behind his back, but he was not in a good mood today and was too lazy to argue with them.
Dozens of alleys criss-cross alleys in the village in the city. With a backpack on his back, he bypassed more than a dozen sewage ditches, and shuttled back and forth skillfully in the cramped and dark alleys.
Passing a corner, Shang Chu saw a dead cat beside the trash can.
He paused for a moment, then quickened his pace and started running gradually, as if he wanted to vent some unresolved gloomy emotions.
He ran very fast, the winter wind whistled past his ears, blowing his hair, and scraping his face with the ice blade, but he didn't feel any pain at all.
This city is too big, how glamorous and beautiful it is makes Shangchu feel so strange.
Ironically, the only place he felt familiar and safe was this filthy, chaotic slum.
The straight boy was running in the piercing wind as he is now, growing up slowly.
Shang Chu didn't know how long he had been running, and when he stopped out of breath, he realized that he had run out of bounds.
He arrived at the real city center - across the road across the street is the most prosperous business district in the capital, Jinzuo Square.
Shang Chu knew that he should not cross the line, that was not the place he should go.He turned around, took two steps and turned around again.
He stepped on a pier and looked over there from a distance.
The road there seems to be wider, the color of the sky is brighter, and there seems to be a fountain in the center of the square, playing a cheerful song.
Shangchu's throat suddenly felt sore, he had never been "over there", not even a single step.
In the summer vacation of his first year of high school, he participated in a social practice to investigate what young people of different genders thought about the setting of public toilets in shopping malls.
People in the same group said that Shangchu’s family seems to live near Jinzuo, why not let Shangchu go to Jinzuo to send the questionnaire!
What did he say?Shang Chu also forgot, anyway, he found a lame excuse and moved to another business district more than ten kilometers away from his home.
Shang Chu has always felt that as long as he doesn't go to the Golden Throne, he can still protect his poor vanity and self-esteem.
As long as he doesn't go to the bustling world across the street, he can still endure the days of climbing in muddy water.
Shang Chu stepped on the stone pier, stood on it and smoked three cigarettes.
The old man on a tricycle passed by and shouted to him: "What are you doing! Come down quickly! How dangerous! If a car hits you, wouldn't it be ruined?!"
Shang Chu pinched the butt of his cigarette, let out a breath, and smiled through the curling water vapor: "Destroy it, if you can destroy me, just come!"
The uncle didn't know what he was talking about, he thought the child was suffering from hysteria, and left on the little three wheel.
There were three cigarette butts on the ground.
Smoking one cigarette means a little sad, two cigarettes means sad.
Three cigarettes means he is still standing.
Shang Chu jumped off the stone pier, and suddenly felt a strong impulse.
The rotten and dirty alleys behind him didn't destroy him, so he went to see if the grotesque, noisy and bustling new world ahead could destroy him and prevent him from smoking a third cigarette.
Boys in their teens always have sudden passionate moments. Shang Chu stopped at the door of a store called "Special", looking at the particularly grand storefront, the particularly delicate decoration, the particularly large number of cats and dogs in the store, and the stand signboard. The price is very expensive, and I feel like an idiot.
Including the ten yuan he picked up, he had a total of 180 and five yuan in his pocket, which was very little.
Looking at the other people in the store wearing exquisite clothes and carrying expensive bags, Shang Chu pursed his lips, suddenly feeling that it was really cold.
There was a little white dog in the corner by the window, acting like a baby to him across the cage, blinking its big wet eyes non-stop.
Shang Chu touched its head through the glass, and the puppy stuck out its pink tongue and licked the glass.
"Little handsome guy, come in and take a look?" The receptionist was a cute girl and waved to him.
Shang Chu was taken aback, and quickly stood up.
"It's cold outside, come in and have a look!"
Shang Chu nodded, and just stepped into the shop door with one foot, his figure stopped.
The marble floor was so smooth that people could be seen. The surface of his old sneakers was dusty, and the edges had an unsightly yellow color from being washed and dried too many times.
"Welcome to 'Special'," the receptionist said with a smile, as if he didn't notice his embarrassment at all, "We have five floors here, the fourth and fifth floors are pet hospitals, and the other three floors are free to take a look around. Look!"
After a brief introduction, the receptionist returned to the counter and really let him wander around "by himself".
Shang Chu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, there were too many people on the first floor, he wanted to go and see the little white dog, but there were always a few people around there.
Going up to the second floor, there are a variety of pet products on the shelves. Shangchu didn't understand these, so he simply walked around and went up to the third floor.
The decoration on the third floor is very special. The overall color is lively grass green. There are swings, slides and climbing frames in the lobby. Several ladies sat drinking coffee and said what color they planned to dye the dog's tail this time.
Shang Chu smiled, walked through the hall, and bypassed a half-open screen, hearing the sound of rushing water.
In the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, wine-red Alaska heard the footsteps, jumped out of the bathtub excitedly, stood in the window and wagged his tail at Shang Chu, his wet black nose pressed hard against the glass.
There was a person squatting beside the bathtub, with his back facing Shang Chu, with a familiar figure, he was testing the water temperature with his palm.
He was wearing a soft white sweater, the cuffs rolled up to the forearms, and the wrist bones were well-defined.
"Xiaoqi, come here."
He adjusted the temperature, curled his fingers and tapped the tub.
Alaska named Xiao Qi had glass on his front legs, and seemed to be very resistant to the activity of taking a bath. He begged Shang Chu to come in and save it, and raised his head and let out a long "owwow".
"It's useless to scream, I haven't showered for a month, it stinks."
Bai Aize smiled and turned his head, facing Shang Chu who was standing outside through a glass window.
Both of them were stunned for a moment, Shang Chu didn't expect to see Bai Aize here, the tall and handsome Alpha bumped into his eyes suddenly, Shang Chu's heart skipped a beat, and he took half a step back unconsciously.
In the tub, the warm water steamed up.Bai Aize looked at Shang Chu through the water mist, the black padded jacket and slim trousers were exactly as he thought.
When he was dressing up the little bear just now, he kept thinking, what would Shang Chu look like now?
The No.18 bear had just put on his clothes when Shang Chu appeared in front of him, what a wonderful coincidence.
They just watched each other quietly through a layer of glass, Shang Chu's heart rhythm was disordered at this time, it was the first time he saw such a soft white Aize, the sweater at home showed a fluffy texture under the bright sunlight, The fine fluff floated in the air, making his usually indifferent and sharp outline a bit warmer.
Shang Chu subconsciously wants to turn around and run away, this kind of Bai Aize seems to be far away from him, not a tit-for-tat opponent, not a well-matched partner, not a bunk bed together day and night.
This feeling is like... as if Bai Aize is fake, he came from the light, he is not real, and when night falls, the light will dissipate.
Until Bai Aize slowly raised the corners of his lips, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, he stood up and walked towards him step by step against the light.
bang-bang-bang-
His footsteps seemed to be stepping on Shang Chu's heartbeat, and every step was precisely on the beat of the drum.
Shang Chu blinked, there seemed to be a pool of warm spring water in his chest, and the spring was bubbling.
For a moment, a bold hypothesis popped up in Shang Chu's mind, and he felt that there was nothing to be afraid of.
If Bai Aize is here, then there is nothing scary on the other side of the road.
Shang Lijun is hopeless. For so many years, he has been working illegally while going to school. Rent, tuition, books, living expenses... the speed of spending money is always faster than the speed of making money.
He kicked at the base of the wall in frustration, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the man's ten-yuan note falling on the stairs.
Shang Chu picked up the money, it was crumpled, and the smell of alcohol could still be faintly smelled.
dirty.
Suddenly, there was a "pop", and the voice-activated lights in the corridor went out.Shang Chu's face was sunken in the shadow, and he looked at the RMB quietly for a while with the help of the weak light.
Then, he flattened the note extremely slowly, folded two more stacks, and stuffed it into his pocket with a blank expression.
——What is dirty or not? What right do poor people think money is dirty?
With his hands in his pockets, he was wandering aimlessly in the alleys of the village in the city. On the way, he ran into two brothers, Aaron and Ahu, doing old work.
A man in a suit and leather shoes was pressed against the wall by them, his legs were trembling, and he timidly took out a money bag from his leather bag.
Seeing Shang Chu, Ah Hu hurriedly bumped his elbow into A Long, and yelled guiltyly: "Brother Shang!"
"Do you want to help?" Shang Chu stood at the entrance of the alley, raised his eyelids lazily, and asked.
Seeing Shang Chu's unscrupulous ruffian, the man felt that he was not easy to mess with, probably the leader of the gangsters in this area.
He clasped his hands together in fright, and begged for mercy: "I'll pay, pay! Five hundred, right? I'll pay!"
"Oh, don't forget it." Shang Chu waved his hand and walked away.
Ah Hu was taken aback: "...Brother, brother Xiao Shang took the wrong medicine today?"
Aaron snorted coldly: "You didn't hear anyone say that he went to the police academy, and he will be a cop in the future!"
Ahu smiled, and said cheerfully: "We will have a protective umbrella from now on, and we can do something big!"
"Fuck you!" Aaron kicked him, and looked at Shang Chu's back coldly, "Once a person like him gets rich, he will be the first to arrest you and eat him in prison!"
......
Shangchu actually heard how the two brothers arranged for him behind his back, but he was not in a good mood today and was too lazy to argue with them.
Dozens of alleys criss-cross alleys in the village in the city. With a backpack on his back, he bypassed more than a dozen sewage ditches, and shuttled back and forth skillfully in the cramped and dark alleys.
Passing a corner, Shang Chu saw a dead cat beside the trash can.
He paused for a moment, then quickened his pace and started running gradually, as if he wanted to vent some unresolved gloomy emotions.
He ran very fast, the winter wind whistled past his ears, blowing his hair, and scraping his face with the ice blade, but he didn't feel any pain at all.
This city is too big, how glamorous and beautiful it is makes Shangchu feel so strange.
Ironically, the only place he felt familiar and safe was this filthy, chaotic slum.
The straight boy was running in the piercing wind as he is now, growing up slowly.
Shang Chu didn't know how long he had been running, and when he stopped out of breath, he realized that he had run out of bounds.
He arrived at the real city center - across the road across the street is the most prosperous business district in the capital, Jinzuo Square.
Shang Chu knew that he should not cross the line, that was not the place he should go.He turned around, took two steps and turned around again.
He stepped on a pier and looked over there from a distance.
The road there seems to be wider, the color of the sky is brighter, and there seems to be a fountain in the center of the square, playing a cheerful song.
Shangchu's throat suddenly felt sore, he had never been "over there", not even a single step.
In the summer vacation of his first year of high school, he participated in a social practice to investigate what young people of different genders thought about the setting of public toilets in shopping malls.
People in the same group said that Shangchu’s family seems to live near Jinzuo, why not let Shangchu go to Jinzuo to send the questionnaire!
What did he say?Shang Chu also forgot, anyway, he found a lame excuse and moved to another business district more than ten kilometers away from his home.
Shang Chu has always felt that as long as he doesn't go to the Golden Throne, he can still protect his poor vanity and self-esteem.
As long as he doesn't go to the bustling world across the street, he can still endure the days of climbing in muddy water.
Shang Chu stepped on the stone pier, stood on it and smoked three cigarettes.
The old man on a tricycle passed by and shouted to him: "What are you doing! Come down quickly! How dangerous! If a car hits you, wouldn't it be ruined?!"
Shang Chu pinched the butt of his cigarette, let out a breath, and smiled through the curling water vapor: "Destroy it, if you can destroy me, just come!"
The uncle didn't know what he was talking about, he thought the child was suffering from hysteria, and left on the little three wheel.
There were three cigarette butts on the ground.
Smoking one cigarette means a little sad, two cigarettes means sad.
Three cigarettes means he is still standing.
Shang Chu jumped off the stone pier, and suddenly felt a strong impulse.
The rotten and dirty alleys behind him didn't destroy him, so he went to see if the grotesque, noisy and bustling new world ahead could destroy him and prevent him from smoking a third cigarette.
Boys in their teens always have sudden passionate moments. Shang Chu stopped at the door of a store called "Special", looking at the particularly grand storefront, the particularly delicate decoration, the particularly large number of cats and dogs in the store, and the stand signboard. The price is very expensive, and I feel like an idiot.
Including the ten yuan he picked up, he had a total of 180 and five yuan in his pocket, which was very little.
Looking at the other people in the store wearing exquisite clothes and carrying expensive bags, Shang Chu pursed his lips, suddenly feeling that it was really cold.
There was a little white dog in the corner by the window, acting like a baby to him across the cage, blinking its big wet eyes non-stop.
Shang Chu touched its head through the glass, and the puppy stuck out its pink tongue and licked the glass.
"Little handsome guy, come in and take a look?" The receptionist was a cute girl and waved to him.
Shang Chu was taken aback, and quickly stood up.
"It's cold outside, come in and have a look!"
Shang Chu nodded, and just stepped into the shop door with one foot, his figure stopped.
The marble floor was so smooth that people could be seen. The surface of his old sneakers was dusty, and the edges had an unsightly yellow color from being washed and dried too many times.
"Welcome to 'Special'," the receptionist said with a smile, as if he didn't notice his embarrassment at all, "We have five floors here, the fourth and fifth floors are pet hospitals, and the other three floors are free to take a look around. Look!"
After a brief introduction, the receptionist returned to the counter and really let him wander around "by himself".
Shang Chu heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, there were too many people on the first floor, he wanted to go and see the little white dog, but there were always a few people around there.
Going up to the second floor, there are a variety of pet products on the shelves. Shangchu didn't understand these, so he simply walked around and went up to the third floor.
The decoration on the third floor is very special. The overall color is lively grass green. There are swings, slides and climbing frames in the lobby. Several ladies sat drinking coffee and said what color they planned to dye the dog's tail this time.
Shang Chu smiled, walked through the hall, and bypassed a half-open screen, hearing the sound of rushing water.
In the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, wine-red Alaska heard the footsteps, jumped out of the bathtub excitedly, stood in the window and wagged his tail at Shang Chu, his wet black nose pressed hard against the glass.
There was a person squatting beside the bathtub, with his back facing Shang Chu, with a familiar figure, he was testing the water temperature with his palm.
He was wearing a soft white sweater, the cuffs rolled up to the forearms, and the wrist bones were well-defined.
"Xiaoqi, come here."
He adjusted the temperature, curled his fingers and tapped the tub.
Alaska named Xiao Qi had glass on his front legs, and seemed to be very resistant to the activity of taking a bath. He begged Shang Chu to come in and save it, and raised his head and let out a long "owwow".
"It's useless to scream, I haven't showered for a month, it stinks."
Bai Aize smiled and turned his head, facing Shang Chu who was standing outside through a glass window.
Both of them were stunned for a moment, Shang Chu didn't expect to see Bai Aize here, the tall and handsome Alpha bumped into his eyes suddenly, Shang Chu's heart skipped a beat, and he took half a step back unconsciously.
In the tub, the warm water steamed up.Bai Aize looked at Shang Chu through the water mist, the black padded jacket and slim trousers were exactly as he thought.
When he was dressing up the little bear just now, he kept thinking, what would Shang Chu look like now?
The No.18 bear had just put on his clothes when Shang Chu appeared in front of him, what a wonderful coincidence.
They just watched each other quietly through a layer of glass, Shang Chu's heart rhythm was disordered at this time, it was the first time he saw such a soft white Aize, the sweater at home showed a fluffy texture under the bright sunlight, The fine fluff floated in the air, making his usually indifferent and sharp outline a bit warmer.
Shang Chu subconsciously wants to turn around and run away, this kind of Bai Aize seems to be far away from him, not a tit-for-tat opponent, not a well-matched partner, not a bunk bed together day and night.
This feeling is like... as if Bai Aize is fake, he came from the light, he is not real, and when night falls, the light will dissipate.
Until Bai Aize slowly raised the corners of his lips, with a smile on the corners of his eyes and brows, he stood up and walked towards him step by step against the light.
bang-bang-bang-
His footsteps seemed to be stepping on Shang Chu's heartbeat, and every step was precisely on the beat of the drum.
Shang Chu blinked, there seemed to be a pool of warm spring water in his chest, and the spring was bubbling.
For a moment, a bold hypothesis popped up in Shang Chu's mind, and he felt that there was nothing to be afraid of.
If Bai Aize is here, then there is nothing scary on the other side of the road.
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