Compete for crossing

"Are you serious?" The artillery was a little dazed, and it took a long time to react.

"It's up to you whether you want it or not, and I won't force you if you don't want to." Ajie replied, turning his head to the TV.

In fact, Ajie is also very entangled. He doesn't know whether the relationship between the same sex should be promoted in this way. He is afraid that he will put too much pressure on the cannon and drag the other party down.Plus, he wasn't sure they could afford to be apart after getting closer together.

So he thought about it for a while, and decided to declare in advance—"Meiling is about to graduate, and after she graduates, I will stay for another year or a half at most. We haven't been together for a long time, so... we can spend more time Get along, just squeeze as much as you can."

Huo Pao felt that Ajie was really powerful, and pushed him to heaven one second before he recovered, and threw him to hell the next second.

He originally wanted to answer "I can't ask for it", but after hearing the statement later, he swallowed the words again.

Yes, he and Ajie have to be separated all the time.No matter how much desire and desire Jie Ge shows for him now, the other party is always thinking rationally about the future of the two of them.

Seeing that he turned his head away again, Ajie didn't know the attitude of the artillery, so he asked, "What do you think?"

Huo Pao smiled, what can he do, what Ajie said makes sense, then do as Ajie said.

"Okay," he stared at the TV screen, "if you don't dislike me here, or...or if you're not afraid that I'll bring trouble to your house."

It is impossible to say that they are not afraid at all, the relationship between artillery and the underworld is getting deeper and deeper.But Ajie has also thought about this issue. He has completely left the hospital. If he could not enter the public security system, he would be nothing more than a vagrant at best.He has nothing to worry about. Once Meiling's graduation thesis is finished, he will book all the plane tickets for Meiling.

"It's all right." Ajie said, leaning over to put out the cigarette in the ashtray, "It should be all right."

This is a very short period of cohabitation, and Ajie tries to think about the good side and ignore the bad things.For example, he naively thought that after he lived with Huo Pao, at least he would have more chances to see Shan Qing.

It seems that Huo Pao really doesn't know how to deal with the relationship with his younger brother, let alone how to guide Shan Qing, so it would be fine if he could help Huo Pao before he left.

So two weeks later, Ajie moved the things to Huo Pao's house.The artillery also cleaned up the site, vacated a room for the sundries, and placed a simple wooden bed.

Huo Pao casually threw two quilts on top, saying that sometimes brothers come over for drinks and meals, and they would fall asleep after drinking too much.This bed is not reserved for Ajie, Ajie wants to sleep with him.

Ajie wanted to laugh.

Ajie didn't have many things, and all the medical books in the past were moved back to his home, but now he brought some simple clothes and a computer to Huo Pao's house.

Ajie's own house was also left empty. He asked his parents for instructions, and they let Ajie handle it by himself.Anyway, Ajie's name was written on the real estate certificate, and he made up his mind whether to rent it out or sell it.

Ajie also asked about Cannon. After all, his house is larger and has more rooms, so it saves the need to clean Cannon's house.

But Huo Pao didn't agree, Huo Pao said that the house was in that kind of well-regulated neighborhood, and his brother might have to be stopped by the security every time he wanted to come over.The people under him are not happy, and they will also have opinions on Ajie.

Ajie thinks about it too.

Once the little house is tidied up, it does feel like home here.During the day when Ajie was studying at home, Huo Pao went out to do his business. At night, when he was tired from reading, A Jie went to buy a la carte and cooked for him when Huo Pao came back.

If you don’t need to watch the scene or collect the bills after eating, Huo Pao can also go downstairs with Ajie for a walk, for a walk.

In his 20s, Ajie was forced to live a middle-aged life of 50 to [-] years old.

But the days of peace did not last long.

On the first weekend when Ajie moved there, he knew for the first time the real reason for the artillery to connect the wires, and for the first time saw the two assistants of the artillery—Veyron and the thin man, and the gang who followed him for money Eat bro.

On that day, Ajie finally got rid of his impression of Cannon as a "family cook" and saw clearly what he really looked like in front of his brothers.

That meeting happened after dinner, and Ajie was still washing dishes in the kitchen, when there was an urgent knock on the door.

Ajie didn't go out, but the artillery opened the door.The uproar broke in from the gate suddenly, so that it overwhelmed the sound of water in his own hands.

Cannon didn't go back to the kitchen. Afterwards, Ajie knew that Cannon didn't expect them to come home. The incident happened suddenly, and everyone was unprepared.

Veyron said Brother Huo Pao, I can't do it this time. Listen to the attitude of the brothers, even if I don't do it, they will not be able to bear it.

The thin man also chimed in, saying that if we endured so blindly, we would be wiped out by others in a short time.When Uncle Leng was here, he never suffered such grievances. How do you ask me to tell them? I don’t know how you think about it, boss. Anyway, I can’t control my brothers’ temper anymore.

"If we don't do anything anymore, people will think we are easy to bully," Weilong coughed a mouthful of thick phlegm, and cursed, "The gang at the police station are too, they have beaten the fuck to the door of their police station, and they just pretended not to see it." .Damn it, they are waiting for us to fight and catch them all, right?"

The cannon sat them down, and sat down the two or three brothers who followed.

He threw the cigarette over to them and told them to be quiet for a while.

Although it was mentioned that Uncle Leng made Cannon uncomfortable, Weilong and the thin man had a good point.

During these days, their relationship has become more and more smooth, and naturally there will be rumors leaked to other gangs.Although Huo Pao didn't specify the purpose of his relationship from the beginning to the end-only Lord Jin knew that he was going to attack the two gangs at the ferry-but everyone can still guess one or two.

The members of the Ferry Gang were naturally unhappy, so they came to the artillery site every now and then to make trouble.

Veyron's anger also had a source. One night a week ago, members of the Hyena Gang broke the leg of one of Veyron's younger brothers, and he is still in the hospital.Weilong rushed to ask the hyena gang to make friends with him, but the hyena gang insisted that the man could not be found, because he was too drunk and drunk, and he must be scared after waking up, maybe he had slipped away by boat.

Weilong had no choice but to tell the artillery, and the artillery asked him to take money to manage the brother in the hospital, so don't fight hard with the hyena gang.

Although Weilong was unwilling, he followed suit, but within a week, another brother was beheaded by the Hyena Gang.

This time it even happened in front of Veyron. At that time, they had just come out of a bathing center, and the motorcycle whizzed past them. One of the brothers blocked the boss with his hand, and the knife cut it off without hesitation.

This knife was so deadly that it cut off the brother's tendons directly.

Veyron was furious, this fucking wasn't ordinary friction at all, it was deliberate.This method of speeding and beheading is only available to members of the Hyena Gang. Even without revealing their identities, they can know who the two young men who disappeared in an instant are following.

This kind of provocation is very clear, and it is forcing the artillery to do it first.They strike, and the Hyenas fight back.To be honest, the Alien Gang is really no match for the Hyena Gang.

Not to mention the skinny guy, the previous few times when the thorn gang came to play in his chicken shop, they played with those chickens in such a way that they tore off a piece of their scalps, and they were almost out of breath. up.

Grandma was useless when she came out, so she just had a fight in the chicken shop.After the work was over, he sprinkled the money on the road, saying that you set up a fucking chicken shop and didn't let people play, and you also started a dick business, so go back and raise pigs and forget it.

The thin guy couldn't bear this insult, so he told his hands to pay more attention to the chicken shop a few times, and don't let the Hyena Gang and the Stinghead Gang come in again.

But after all, he can't supervise the chicken shops one by one every day, the order is like this, but if people from the two gangs really come, if they don't take their business, they will fight on the spot. Anyway, they are not afraid of fighting, but they are afraid of outsiders. Don't dare to accept the move.

Although the thin man's subordinates are also very good at fighting, they can't bear to make trouble like this again and again.There is no need to do business, this month is all about posting money.

Huo Pao said he got it, and called the monkey to come over by the way.

Monkey is in charge of the fan stall business. When Huo Pao first took over, he had no acquaintances, and it was difficult to directly follow Uncle Leng's people, so Monkey kept doing it.Although monkeys are greedy for cheap things, they are still smarter and quicker than other brothers.

But even so, he called Huo Pao many times, saying no, Brother Pao, I don’t know what you’re doing, but we’ve been stepped on every day, and come to check the cards as soon as the light is black, how can I Come on, I'll let the brothers finish eating by themselves.

The artillery is indeed going to act, but it is not for these people to act, but for the police station in the ferry area to put pressure on the other two gangs.In this way, they can cooperate with each other internally and externally, and have a stable chance of winning.

Monkey was in a mahjong shop when he answered the phone. He said he would arrive in half an hour, but in less than 15 minutes, Monkey also rushed to Huo Pao's house.

They have been waiting for a word from the artillery for too long. I am afraid that if the artillery does not make a sound, they will have to unite privately and do their best to fight back.

Just at this moment, Ajie came out after washing the dishes.

The moment the brothers saw him, they were all stunned, and Ajie also stood there with his mouth slightly open, not knowing what to do for a while.

Cannon's reaction was natural. After he said "This is my friend", he asked Ajie to go into the room by himself.

But none of the brothers dared to take the initiative to speak again. This kind of meeting was very confidential, and there were many outsiders present, so no one dared to say a word more.

Seeing this, Artillery directly beckoned Ajie to come over, and added a sentence - "Master."

Ajie also reacted, nodded to everyone, smiled, did not go into the room, but pulled a chair and sat down beside the artillery.

The brothers looked at each other for a while, and it was the thin guy who spoke first, saying Brother Pao, I didn't hear you say that you hired an extra master.

"Locals," Huo Pao said, "this is what Jin Ye meant. If you don't believe me, you can go to Jin Ye for verification."

Once this is said, there is nothing for everyone to doubt.Seeing that Ajie didn't shy away from it, and it was impossible for them to really ask Jin Ye for verification, they also hesitated for a moment and continued the topic.

At this time, the monkey also sat down, he was the last to join the conversation, his eyes rolled when he saw Ajie's face, and said, I seem to have seen you somewhere, have we met?I have seen it.

Huo Pao hurriedly answered, saying, look, monkeys are familiar with each other, and the master is one of them, so if you have anything to say, just say it without hesitation.

Huo Pao also handed the cigarette to Ajie, and then began to appease the small bosses of the three sectors under his banner.

He told the thin man that a counterattack is definitely necessary, and he asked Weilong to take more people to the chicken shop. Those women were surrounded, and they had nothing to do, so give them more protection.If they want to fight, just fight with them, don't leave our own territory, and they asked for it if they hacked to death.

He said to Weilong again, have the two brothers been settled at home?Give them more money, and they can't avenge them now, but this hatred must be remembered, and it won't let it go.You’ve been staying in the venue recently, and you’ve been walking around in several bath centers and bars. When you see suspicious people, ask the internal security to stop them outside, saying that they are full, or just find some reason. It’s better to keep them outside than to let them in. The interior is well cleaned.

Finally, he said to the monkey, "Don't worry about checking the license plate, let them check it. Don't sell your goods for the time being. If someone comes to sell them, let them sell them. When the time comes, the customer will ask where he bought it, and if he is caught Not our brothers, but theirs."

"I don't agree," the thin guy was the first to speak. He snorted coldly and curled his lips, "Don't you fucking bear it? If you fucking bear it, other people's dicks will be stuffed in our mouths." He Shaking his head, he let out a puff of smoke, "If Uncle Leng was still around, he would definitely not arrange this way. Look at you now, I'm afraid my brothers will find it difficult to convince you!"

Huo Pao didn't like to hear these words anymore, he could bear a lot of doubts, but he couldn't bear to use Uncle Leng to oppress him all the time.

"I'll give them justice, it's just that the time—"

"What do you give justice?" The thin man smiled, glanced at the monkey, then at Veyron, and his tone became even harsher—"I'm telling you, Artillery, you are so fucking young, you don't understand anything .If you hadn't killed Uncle Leng, he would have kept us going for a few more years. What about you, what else do you know other than making us retreat? I think you—"

It's a pity that before the thin man could finish his sentence, the cannon showed no sign at all, so he suddenly picked up the ashtray on the table and threw it at the thin man without hesitation.

The ashtray hit the thin man on the head, and the ash fell on his face.

In an instant, everyone present was stunned.

But Huo Pao stood up abruptly, his expression changed suddenly, he pointed at the thin man, and cursed fiercely—"I warn you, don't fucking mention Uncle Leng in front of me again. Now I'm the one who speaks, and I'm in charge. If you are willing to follow a dead man, I will slash you, and I will go with your Uncle Leng!"

The thin man didn't seem to expect that the cannon would explode suddenly, he was still muttering something, but the cannon didn't even allow him to mutter, he turned his arm, pointed at the ashtray on the ground, and said—"Pick it up. "

The thin guy didn't move, he thought it had been a day or two since he had been fighting against artillery.He thinks that he has seniority, and when he was hanging out with Uncle Leng, this group of people didn't know where they were.Now under the pressure of Lord Jin, he had to call Huo Pao Brother Pao, but he was dissatisfied in his heart, and he even wrote this dissatisfaction on his face.

Seeing that he was not moving, Artillery lowered his voice, and repeated the command again—"Pick it up."

The monkey bent down to pick it up for the thin man, but the cannon told him not to move. Instead, he stared at the thin man firmly and repeated the order for the third time—"I told you to pick it up, are you fucking deaf?"

The monkey sat back to its original position obediently, Weilong turned away his face and did not look at him, the other brothers did not dare to stand up from their seats, and Ajie was still looking at the cannon in front of him in shock—he saw the cannon's fist Squeeze tightly, seeing the veins on his forehead bulge, seeing his eyes full of hostility, and his tone is undoubtedly a voice that Ajie has never heard before.

The thin man picked it up, he had to pick it up.He bent down to shake the ashtray, and put it back on the table.

But Huo Pao didn't sit down, he still stared at the thin man, until the thin man whispered "I'm sorry, Brother Pao", then Huo Pao took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

The monkey wiped the lighter for him, and he also took a deep breath. After a few seconds of calm, he lowered his voice and gave the final conclusion—"I won't let you fight in vain, I have my own Give me some time, and I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation.”

Monkey was the last one to leave that day. He really knew how to turn the wind in time better than Weilong and the thin man. Not only did he complain about the thin man's ignorance after the others left, but he also grabbed the broom and rag and wiped the water that had just been splashed. Clean up the soot on the ground.

At the end of the day, he approached Cannon mysteriously, and asked probingly, "Brother Pao, are you planning to make a big deal? You...you let me know in advance, maybe I can help you."

"I know," Huo Pao said bluntly, "You wait for my call, I will notify you if necessary."

The monkey smiled and said yes, yes, I understand, I am on standby, I am on standby, I will be there as soon as your phone rings.

But will the artillery tell him?Won't.

Monkey is the person who is most likely to leak the news. In order to prevent the Stinghead Gang and the Hyena Gang from making preparations after receiving the news, he will not know anyone until the last step.

It's just that Ajie can't hide all this.

After the monkey went out, Huo Pao turned around and apologized to Ajie.He said I'm really sorry, you have the exam in a few days, and I'm really sorry that something like this today has affected you.

"I didn't know they would rush to me. I guess they couldn't wait. I didn't handle it well. I'm sorry." Huo Pao said to light a cigarette for Brother Jie, but Brother Jie didn't answer immediately.

He sat in his seat for a while, and suddenly asked Cannon, "You're going to kill people, aren't you?"

Cannon smiled and said nothing.

Ajie asked again, "You want to kill our local gang, you asked me to teach you to matchmaking, just to let the foreign gang occupy the ferry, right?"

The artillery still didn't answer, so he also took a cigarette and lit it.

Ajie couldn't laugh or cry, he took a deep breath, dusted the ashtray that had just hit the skinny man's forehead, and said, "I'm helping you foreigners bully us locals, do you think... I'm doing the right thing ?"

Ajie's mood is very complicated.

He knew that the struggle between gangs was not as simple as the conflict between foreigners and locals, but he felt sad about it.

Like most locals, he once rejected these refugees and stowaways from occupying their land and resources, hated the waves they created and maintained a high crime rate, and once resented the inaction of the police department. People grow like maggots into the limbs and bones of Hill City.

But what did he do now?

He is not simply in love with a foreigner, he is still helping this foreigner to conquer his compatriots.

Cannon said, I'm sorry, Brother Jie, I should have told you in advance.

But Huo Pao also said that the people of the ferry gang are also hurting the local people. This is no longer a local and foreign problem. This is purely a gang problem. "If I don't do this, our people will be treated like this by them. They break up After leaving us, the next step is to deal with Master Jin who also belongs to the local gang—Brother Jie, you don’t understand.”

Yes, Ajie doesn't understand.Ajie never wanted to know about gang affairs, nor did he ever think that he would get involved with a small boss.

So he didn't continue the discussion. After smoking two cigarettes, he took his clothes and went to the bathroom.

As Huo Pao said, he was about to take an exam, and he didn't want to be distracted at this time, and he didn't want to be really involved in gang fights.

That night Applejack slept in the next room.Huo Pao wanted to stop him, but seeing Ajie's eyes, he didn't have the courage to say his refusal.

Ajie lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling, then turned around and looked at the goods piled up like a hill beside him, and then looked at the cigarettes and alcohol that had been purchased under his guidance but hadn't been released yet.

Finally, he called Meiling and asked how her preparations were going and whether she was confident of passing the thesis proposal.

"It's okay, brother," Meiling's voice finally regained its previous vitality after a few months, she said, "Don't worry about me, you have to work hard after the two-day exam!"

Ajie smiled.Yes, he really wants to work hard.

He has to work hard in many ways.

In the days before and after Ajie's exam, Ajie slept alone.They didn't bring up the previous topic again, and no brother came to visit rashly at this time.

Huo Pao hesitated to speak several times, as if he wanted to ease the relationship between him and Ajie, but in the end he decided to wait for Ajie to finish his own affairs before speaking. Everything was focused on the exam, and Huo Pao couldn't help the other party. At least not to cause trouble for Ajie.

Ajie's exam went well, and when he came out, Xiao Kun called him to ask about the situation.

Ajie said that everything was fine, although he was not [-]% sure, but at least it was done smoothly and he checked it again.

Xiao Kun said with a smile, that's okay, let's have a meal together, it's a celebration for you.

Ajie hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.After all, I had to ask Xiaokun for help to move around after the exam.He originally wanted to tell Huo Pao, but Huo Pao's phone couldn't be reached again, and he didn't see anyone when he got home, so he reckoned he was busy with gang affairs again.

The pressure on the artillery has been increasing these days. From the content of his occasional phone calls, it can be heard that he has begun to make veiled requests to some people, implying that he is about to act, hoping to save face and help others.

Ajie also avoided these intentionally. He thought that since the ideas could not be reached, it didn't matter if he avoided this issue.Anyway, he won't be a hill person anymore, so there's no need for him to worry about it.

He changed his clothes and took a taxi to the restaurant designated by Xiao Kun.

I haven't seen him for a while, but Xiaokun's figure has become even taller.Xiaokun said that I often go to the gym, and when you get hired, you can go too, and I will introduce you to apply for a card and get a discount.

"You skinny and tender, if you don't practice, you will run away as soon as the wind blows, what's the matter?"

Ajie said yes, he will go, as long as he can successfully enter the job, he will be considered as having completed the biggest task.

The topics of the two are natural, as long as the previous confession and rejection are not involved, their relationship is still harmonious.This also caused Xiao Kun to open wine after eating, and Ajie didn't stop him.

They had a few drinks before Xiao Kun tried to find out about Ajie and Huo Pao.

Ajie said he didn't know, he never asked about the artillery's involvement, "You should know better than me in the police station, but I still want to ask you. I read all day, and it's not like you don't know."

"Yes, I understand," Xiaokun held up his glass, paused, and reminded—"The foreign gang is about to attack, but it seems that the wind can't hold back, and it has already reached the ears of the two gangs at the ferry. These days If you can separate from him, then separate, I am afraid that the people at the ferry will attack first and regard you as a target."

"What goal can I have, I'm just his ordinary friend, I—"

"Master," Xiao Kun didn't hide anymore, he hit the nail on the head, and looked up at Ajie, "My leader asked me if he was really the master of the foreign gang. Think about it, this rumor has spread to I heard it, and people from other gangs also heard it more or less."

Ajie was stunned.But before he could continue the conversation, the phone rang.

He took out his mobile phone and saw that it was the artillery.Probably after finishing the work and returning home, Ajie was not seen, so he hurriedly called back.

Huo Pao said, Brother Jie, where are you? I'll go find you.

Ajie said no, no, Xiaokun and I are having dinner, and we will go back right away.

When answering this, Ajie didn't intend to hide it.Because he didn't feel that there was anything between himself and Xiaokun at all, not to mention that they would become colleagues in the future, so it was normal to have a meal together from time to time.

But Huo Pao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and Ajie fed him a few times before Huo Pao said—"Oh, then...then I'll pick you up, okay?"

"No need, I'm at the restaurant two streets away, not far away," Ajie said, "I'll just go back by myself, you can rest."

But can the artillery rest?cannot.

The moment he hung up the phone, his mind went blank.

He didn't forget how Xiaokun treated him before, no matter how slow he was, and no matter how silent Brother Jie was, he could still guess Xiaokun's interest in Ajie.

So he sat quietly on the sofa for a while, still took his clothes and got up.He still wanted to pick up Ajie, at least he hoped to show Xiaokun that he was the only one who could pick up Ajie now.