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Since that year when he went to the north to study in the third college, Lao Qi has been living an independent working life. After opening the shop, he has not returned to his hometown Pingtung for a New Year’s Eve dinner for more than ten years.I am used to living alone behind closed doors, so what about New Year's Eve?At most, I can make a small hot pot by myself, and while eating, my hands are still busy with the red envelope gifts that I will give to the customers when I open the shop later.Key rings for attracting wealth and treasures, plus golden imported condoms, thrown into red envelopes one by one, are all good luck.

The New Year's Eve dinner has never bothered him, and the time before the opening of the store always passes quickly.What's more, it is no longer the practice of sitting around the stove to watch the New Year. Once the New Year's Eve dinner is over, who wants to stay and talk about marriage and children with the married brothers, sisters-in-law and sister-in-law?Single ghosts can't wait to sneak out of the house one by one.At that time, they will be grateful. Fortunately, MELODY, a place of happiness and happiness, is so considerate and considerate. It will open a shop as usual and wait for the lonely family to come to the door.

I always thought that as long as there is this store, it is enough.

The last time, and the only time to celebrate the New Year with Brother Tang, Brother Tang insisted on cooking a table of New Year dishes by himself.The two of them carried their vegetable baskets and ran to the Nanmen Market in a serious manner, where they crowded like visiting a Grand View Garden in the crowd to join in the fun.On the way home with two bags full of ingredients, Lao Qi thought that this was really like having a house wine.On New Year's Eve, after the bar closed, it was already four o'clock in the morning when the two of them returned to the residence, and then they started to get into the kitchen to do everything, and they were so busy until almost noon the next day that they forgot to be sleepy.Although I never ate much, not to mention that I was already sick at that time, Brother Tang was still good at cooking those labor-intensive dishes.It's tofu stuffed with meat, pearl balls, and the best braised fish, which is fried and then braised. It's a beautiful tail, just like the ones sold in restaurants.

When Brother Tang told him that it was nasopharyngeal cancer and he didn't want to have surgery, Lao Qi also said to him coldly: how can there be a person like you who is so reckless?

After the operation, the vocal cords were destroyed, and he could no longer sing. Brother Tang said that he would rather sing until the day he died than be dumb.

What the hell reason?When Lao Qichu heard what he said, he was so angry that he didn't want to talk to him anymore.

After a few days of calming down, Lao Qi realized Tang's pain, and even began to blame himself for being so ruthless to Tang before.Not in a fit of anger.Not to give up treatment.Tom is just tired.Even if those cancer cells were killed, it would just let him continue to live in disappointment——

I can't sing anymore, what is left in Brother Tang's life?

Lao Qi lived in the small apartment next to the Xinsheng North Road Viaduct for ten years before, and the deposit to buy a house was already enough, but for many years he still lacked the motivation to change his life.Except for the few years of passionate love, he once imagined, maybe he could have a nest of his own with that person.Afterwards, seeing the rise in house prices, I didn’t bother anymore. I always thought that there would be no one to inherit after my death, so there was no need for such a thing.

If it wasn't for Brother Tang's illness, Lao Qi would not be able to make the decision to buy a house.

Realizing that Brother Tang's time is running out and he doesn't want to see him working so hard while undergoing chemotherapy, he has to work and pay living expenses and rent at the same time. Lao Qi is very active in finding a new home for the two of them.

Even Lao Qi thinks that changing the residence means changing Feng Shui, and changing the magnetic field will definitely help Tang Ge's condition.Finally, I found one on Changchun Road. The price is still affordable. Friends who know Fengshui should also visit it. They also think that the environment of this old-fashioned seventh-floor apartment is good, so they are also optimistic about the future, saying that they should move before the end of the year. Going in is good luck.

But how do you open your mouth and invite Brother Tang to come and live with you?Only then did Lao Qi realize that it was far more difficult than he imagined to avoid the complex emotions behind this proposal.

On a Sunday morning after closing, at the time-honored "Wan Sao" noodle stall on the side of the road, which was almost the same age as MELODY, Lao Qi ordered a few plates of black and white cuts. Open your mouth.First I asked Brother Tang how the chemotherapy was going, and then asked about the fact that he couldn’t run on stage during the treatment period. Is the money on hand still enough?

What are you doing?Want to help me apply for emergency assistance?

Brother Tang picked up a piece of tofu with his chopsticks, and quickly interrupted Lao Qi's detour.

Except for a candle light bulb hanging above the noodle pot, which illuminates the billowing steam from the hot soup and gives people a warm feeling, several small folding tables are abandoned in the shadow of the cold winter night. Everyone shrank their heads from the cold.

Lao Qi couldn't see Brother Tang's expression clearly.That's fine, he thought.

You know, the apartment I bought, it had two rooms—

Stop talking, I won't share the rent with you.

Hey, who said I will collect rent from you?Why don't you just come and live here and save your rent?

Brother Tang was rummaging through a plate of meat on the edge of his mouth, when suddenly his voice rose: Wouldn't that be living together?It's your family's business that you fucking want to be a widow for that guy. I, Tom, am still waiting for my Prince Charming to show up!Don't try to spoil my good deeds.live with you?Then it's too inconvenient for me to take someone home to have sex!Hey, unless you agree, I will help us prepare breakfast the next morning, so maybe I can consider——

I promise you, Tom.

Both figures were still in the darkness.How can each other not know each other's thoughts, they have already reached such an age.One worry is that if you don't do this, you will regret it for the rest of your life.Another worry is that if I do this, will I have another regret in my last years?

Are you not afraid that I will drag you down?

After a while, Brother Tang gave such a response.

If there is no lover, at least there are sisters living together, then it is considered a home.

Seventh said.

No matter whether Tang Ge is relieved or not, whether he still has any misunderstanding; if Tang Ge also feels the same reluctance for the relationship between the two of them for nearly 30 years, he knows that any further explanation is actually unnecessary of.

Tang Ge walked very fast, really without dragging.It's just too fast, so fast that Lao Qi has no chance to complete the compensation he feels he should make.

The night he sat at the noodle stall and proposed to Tang Ge the idea of ​​changing his house, he didn't realize at the time that such an approach was actually because of his uneasy conscience.Brother Tang agreed to move in with him, but he was helping him fulfill his wish, and he didn't want to make him feel owed or embarrassed.When he finally understood, everything was over.

Last year, it became a New Year's Eve with only one person.Lao Qi tried and wanted to cook that stewed fish, but a good fish was torn apart by him, the skin was rotten and the meat was rotten.In a fit of anger, Lao Qi slammed the spatula against the wall, leaving a stain of soy sauce that could not be wiped off.

It wasn't the scrapped fish that he was angry with.It's not that I'm not mentally prepared. I knew the result from the beginning, but it's just a matter of time. Why do I still want to extend that short-lived memory?Haven't you come here alone in the past 20 years?

It was two people who had known each other for almost a lifetime, but after the eternal separation between heaven and man, Lao Qi became more and more confused about what kind of concern it was.

The drizzle is still whizzing like a phantom, flickering in the sight, and the sky has a faint light of dawn illuminating the cloudy clouds.

Lao Qi turned around and went back into the shop, closing the door again.

When I walked past the bar, I deliberately stopped and looked at the vacant seat behind the bar for a while, imagining that sooner or later the store would turn off the lights, and it would be like this.

The MV was still playing, but Lao Qi suddenly picked up the remote control on the bar and turned off the video.

There is a well-known taboo in the bar business, and it is absolutely forbidden to sing Cai Qin's "Last Night" in the bar.Even Brother Tang wanted to sing before he passed away, but Lao Qi didn't let him make an exception.

What is the last and not the last?Don't touch my bad head.Lao Qi said.

It's not my last, is there still a chance to sing in the future?Brother Tang still wants to play tricks.

Why no chance?Don't you still want to rent a venue in the Red Mansion and hold your retirement concert?

In fact, I knew at that time that it was not retirement, but farewell.

Anita Mui held a concert in Hung Hom at the end of cancer, and even wore a white gauze wedding dress to pay for her regret of never being married.Brother Tang said that he also wants to come to such a concert one last time, so that old friends will never forget him.

Lao Qi has always believed that it was this wish that allowed Brother Tang to survive until the end.Unexpectedly, the speed at which his condition deteriorated suddenly caught people off guard.A dozen or so regular customers were notified at the last minute, and they actually showed up to see off the journey, in the dilapidated store of "Meile Land".

There is no live orchestra, and there is still karaoke singing.There was not enough equipment that day, only a V8 was set up to make video, the sound quality and picture were not good, and the CD was left there and I never had the courage to play it again.I didn't expect to make Tang Ge's singing a memento that can be preserved when he is still in good health.For more than a year, I lived alone in the apartment of two people, and Lao Qi still didn't know what to do with the extra room. The kitchen has almost become a playground for cockroaches.For Lao Qi, who has always been accustomed to single suites, takeaways, and disposable tableware, he couldn't figure it out right away.Lao Qi couldn't describe the feeling, as if something in his life was also lost forever after Brother Tang passed away.

What I can't forget is that night, Tang Ge took off the false eyelashes, took off the wig, put on a snow-white suit, and finally appeared in men's clothing.The baldness from chemotherapy has not yet recovered, and the person is really thin and out of shape. He looks like some naughty villain who has made a lot of fun on a smiling Kenny doll, plucked its hair, and disfigured it. He also stomped hard into a hunchback.Lao Qi didn't dare to look at Brother Tang's figure at night, he was busy playing songs and delivering wine, and silently warned himself repeatedly in his heart that he must not let Brother Tang see him crying.

Is it more difficult to fulfill some humble dreams before dying, or to live humblely, just to live without any dreams?

In fact, what I most want to say to Tang Ge is that the New Year's Eve alone is lonely.

*

(Don't think about it anymore. Hurry up and clean up, go back and get a good sleep...)

After cleaning the toilet, I poured out the bleach and started mopping the floor. While I picked up the water pipe to rinse around, the tile wall suddenly flowed down a channel after another, as if I could no longer bear the depression, and finally found the crack and blew thousands of miles away.Next, he took out Wenjie and a rag from the bucket, and was about to wipe the mirror above the sink when Lao Qi found this puzzling sight.

There were two clear palm prints on the mirror.

Sweaty palms and a little bit of grease and dirt are hard to detect if you don’t pay attention. The position is exactly the height where someone presses the mirror with both hands after the center of gravity is tilted.

Judging from Lao Qi's experience, it should be the evidence left by some kind of passionate posture.

He was pretty sure that no one had gone to the toilet together at the same time last night.

Then how could there be such a shameful mark?

Lao Qi stretched out his five fingers and compared the size of the palm print on the mirror, and it was exactly the same as his own.He was taken aback.Even if it was left by a guest inadvertently or as a prank, it was a few hours ago, but the picture in front of me is clear, as if it has just been pressed up.

If it was my own hand, how could I have no impression at all?

Lao Qi, who was full of doubts in his heart, made a pose, pressed his palms against the mirror and leaned forward.

The two mysterious palm prints on the mirror, could it be the same pair back then?

A touch of ammonia.Moisture seeping in from the sewers.Burning breath.Fragrance of soap.smoke.Sweat.Manly.All the smells rubbing, rubbing, as if to wipe off static electricity, disturbed the heartbeat.

In front of the mirror, he once raised his face dripping with sweat, and saw the expression of his lover behind him clenching his teeth in pain, anger, and sadness, almost collapsing.

Facing the image blurred by moisture in the mirror, he suddenly called out the name of his old lover.

In those years, they met on a regular Saturday night, but the lover always went directly to Lao Qi's residence to wait for him to get off work, and rarely stepped into "Melody Land".

This incident made Lao Qi feel a little hurt.The lovers all use the excuse that they don't like the smell of cigarettes, but even if they don't say it explicitly, Lao Qi can feel that the other party doesn't like to deal with other people of the same kind.Thinking back to when we first started dating, Lao Qi had vainly fantasized in his heart, if the customers in the store could see that his lover was such a talented person, a high-achieving student who graduated from a public university, held a public office and was studying for a master's degree—at least This is the information that Lao Qixin believed to be true back then—that would be a thing that would make everyone look at it with admiration!

Regarding his relationship, Tang Ge always avoided expressing his opinion at first, until that night, when the two of them hugged each other for a whole night but nothing happened, Tang Ge finally spoke the truth.

Old Qi, I know, I am not good enough for you, we all hope to find a decent and reliable partner, I understand.But after breaking up with that person for so many years, haven't you figured out how he could spend his whole life with people like us? ——He never came to the bar, I think there is something hidden—even if you didn’t break up, he would never publicly admit your relationship——

It doesn't matter if you can't be an open lover, as long as the other party has him in his heart.

But this is just wishful thinking after all.

The two were at a low ebb for a while, and the lover became extremely silent.He walked on thin ice and did not dare to interrogate, but he always felt that it was not beyond the point of no return.Seeing him walking into "Mele Land" for the first time, Lao Qi was startled at first, but was immediately relieved by the smile on his lover's face.Such a gentle and calm smile is clearly a sign of rekindling the fire of love and letting go of the ice in the heart. Why did the mobile phone number become empty after a week?

There were a lot of customers in the store that night, and my lover was standing outside a human wall in front of the bar, watching him mix drinks and wash glasses, and was busy helping the guests order songs. Open, nor come closer.After looking at it for a while, the lover gave him a wink and glanced in the direction of the toilet.

Lao Qi watched the other party's back and walked into the door. At that time, a strange thought flashed in his mind: Could it be that the toilet actually has magic that has never been discovered, and when his lover walks out again, he will change again? Like when they first met?That college student who was a little raw at TEN with his friends for the first time?

Lao Qi always thought it was fate, but after five or six years, the two would meet again in MELODY.It's you?The lover who walked into the store unintentionally was no longer as shy as before, and when he recognized Lao Qi, he was overjoyed.

In Lao Qi's memory, the college student who just came out to see the world, sitting in the box seat of TEN, watching the carnival of a group of monsters and ghosts on the dance floor, always looked confused.Lao Qi was a little bit tempted, but felt that it would be a bit troublesome to catch this kind of unscrupulous rookie. He thought that he was not short of this gun, so he met several times in TEN. Secretly probe.

Hey, which type do you like, let me introduce you!how about that oneYou're also a college student, or do you not like people who are like you—?

How about our "Seafood Prince"?He is super masculine when he kills fish, and many of us here love this rascally one——!

Are you a heavy taster too——?

What?You haven't had sex with anyone yet? ?

The seventh child in his early twenties, some people say, is somewhat similar to the Japanese star Eisaku Yoshida who just debuted back then.Among the novices who have just entered the circle, there are not a few who are shocked to see Lao Qi as a celestial being.But as long as he hangs around in the circle for a few more months, he will figure out what kind of guy Lao Qi is.It is said that they have also engaged in the activity of defrauding comrades by publishing small advertisements, and tricking them into hotels in the name of making pen pals.

The notoriety left by him when he was in the new park in his early years, Lao Qi didn't care to wash it away later, but when the college student said to him that night, "Your type is good", Lao Qi felt unfamiliar to him. ashamed.It is no longer complacent about taking the bait, but sympathizing with the innocence of the other party who can't figure out the situation.Unexpectedly, they didn't finish their first dance until they got off the dance floor. Immediately, the partner of the college student came forward and whispered a few words, and pulled them away.

It was a blow to him, and it gave him his first self-awareness. If this continues, his life will soon be over.When the college student was taken away from the dance floor, Zeng turned his head and looked back at him several times, with eyes full of helplessness in the condemnation, which Lao Qi never forgot.

Because of MELODY, he made a clean break with his original way of life after he was discharged from the army.At that time, the third child often gave him advice. Don’t think that being a gaybar can be both sides. A small bar like MELODY has no sound, light, or dance floor. It is all about human relations.If a customer sees you standing behind the bar counter, who would want you to make his money?Absolutely can not eat nest edge grass.Never have money disputes with customers outside of the bar.If you jump off to do this job, you must be prepared in your heart. You will not have so many opportunities to date in the future, and it will be more difficult to talk about relationships.Most gays still don't like to be too ostentatious. If you fall in love with a gay bartender, wouldn't everyone in the circle know about it?You have to think clearly! ...

Unexpectedly, this time, God sent that man named Yao Ruifeng to him again.

The little ghost who played in the world back then had learned his lesson a long time ago, and would not be so naive as to think that God rewarded him with a perfect relationship to continue.For this relationship to go on, not being public is a prerequisite and a necessary condition, which he knew from the beginning.But what relationship in the world doesn't require some concessions and compromises?

*

In the first few years, Lao Qi didn't care about the way that his lover could only meet once a week, thinking that he could see it openly, and wouldn't be like other sisters who talked about love and kept their mouths shut. bother?

What concessions and compromises can't change is that he is inferior to the other party in all aspects, and the gap between the two will inevitably make Lao Qi feel inferior.The lover never talked much about his career, and Lao Qi thought that it was to avoid embarrassing him, so he omitted the need for explanations, for fear that he would not understand.

A low-key lover who spends two days and one night a week in his apartment, watching videos while making love and sleeping.When his lover left on Monday night, he was always looking after the store, and they returned to their original worlds without a trace.It was like a piece of luggage that was temporarily stored with him, always to be taken away.All the passionate scenes, in retrospect, are just repeated steps.

It's not that Lao Qi didn't have any more imaginations about the future of the two of them.What if he took over the store because of this relationship?Will it develop into a more normal family life?Would that be what the other party wanted too?Why not?Is it because of my cowardice?Or lover's hesitation?

Both have reservations and give each other space, but I don't know when it started, and the space I can control is getting less and less.For the lover, their communication is only a part of life, and most of the time, what kind of face does the lover use to deal with others in society, Lao Qi has no chance to get in touch with this side of him at all.

The only thing that can be given to his lover is a short relaxation of two days and one night a week, a little physical comfort, and he knows that he can't carelessly handle the importance of it.Who taught him to really like each other very much, so much that he can feel happy just looking at his lover's forehead hair or the short hairs on his toes.

While the customers were not paying attention, he quickly slipped out of the bar, and locked the door as soon as he entered the toilet.

The toilet in his small suite was too crowded even for one person to shower.Never before have two people squeezed into this space that ordinary people regard as dirty and evil at the same time.The lover leaned against the white tile wall and waited alone. That figure briefly brought a sense of private happiness in Lao Qi's heart, and he remembered all the beautiful scenery that had been outlined for the two of them to live together before.

Maybe they'll share a pet.Maybe he will prepare a midnight snack for the other party when the other party is buried in front of the desk.Of course, they will also have a comfortable and spacious bathroom.

Only real companions can have.Day after day, the two of them performed rituals before going to bed and after waking up in that exclusive space.Only the fate of staying overnight can't create that kind of peace of mind.Their respective towels and combs, toothbrushes and razors are like body and soul, and the other half is indispensable.

The hair loss in the washbasin, the toilet that was forgotten to flush, the dirty socks in the laundry basket, and the ointments and creams in the closet all record the details of the body that outsiders do not know.

The naked body is nothing more than natural here.They are innocent and naked, like the two Adams back in Genesis.While your lover is soaking in the bathtub, he may be sitting on the toilet trimming his toenails or flossing between his teeth in front of the mirror.There is an echo in the space that vibrates gently, so the conversation between the two will always only need to be whispered.Sometimes in a hurry to go out in the morning (oh, I must have gotten rid of this night life by then...), they would huddle together in front of the mirror at the same time, blow their hair, shave their beards, the picture is very impressive I am so happy that I want to laugh.

However, in this toilet where countless guests have sneaked in and had sex, the moment Ruifeng looked up at him, Lao Qi knew that dreams would always be dreams.After the so-called stable relationship for many years, Meng Meng began to be stripped of the sugar coating of sex, unknowingly moved towards a situation with no future, but pretended nothing happened, enduring the silence between the two.There are so few magic weapons in his hands. After letting the lover enjoy the pleasure of being conquered again, maybe it can cause difficulty and delay, right?

What Ruifeng has always liked is being violently kissed and slavishly raped.

When you were young and ridiculous, how many times did you solve your lust in the toilet with a stranger?How many customers have discovered the joy of violating the precept for the first time in his shop, even if it was only for three or five minutes stolen?When I was young, I could no longer bear the depression, and occasionally vented and broke out. All I needed was such a little bit of secrecy.

At the peak of the climax, Ruifeng suddenly pushed him away, uncharacteristically and brutally pressed him in front of the sink.

In the past, he would spew obscene language into his lover's ears from behind, while advancing into the keyhole leading to the treasure land familiarly. Search inside, touch and suppress every mechanism that may open the door to climax...

But the lover assaulted his unprepared body that night.

He closed his lips tightly, not daring to make a sound, but kept his eyes wide open when Ruifeng seemed to hit the wall with full throttle, not wanting to miss every subtle expression of the two of them in the mirror.I thought I would see my grievances and my lover's remorse, but I didn't.In the silent mechanical twitching of the two figures, in the end, there was nothing left but indifference...

Whenever the memory is activated, he becomes a spinning top. In the end, he will always fall to the ground due to fatigue. The dizzy whirl makes him unable to see clearly, nor can he see the details of the process clearly.Even in the end, he broke up with his lover in such a toilet, but he never forgot how happy that person made him think he was.

Why can't I just let go?

Is it wrong that the lover now has his own prosperous life?There can be better ones, who is willing to be humbled?

Even if you destroy the other party, can you get back what you lost?

wrong.wrong again.But it's too late to regret now——

In a trance, he was in the mirror, and behind him slowly appeared a vaguely invisible figure, who was staring at the mirror with him and recalling memories.The blood all over his body immediately rushed to his forehead, and Lao Qi kicked over the bucket in surprise, his feet softened and he fell to the ground where the dirty water was flowing.

What happened tonight?

Concentrating on trying to adjust his breathing, he felt that his pulse was chaotic, strong and weak like a coded message, as if he wanted to inform him of something urgent.

At this moment, the light bulb unexpectedly exploded without warning, and resolutely abandoned this world as if committing suicide.In the dark, Lao Qi stretched out his hand and flailed wildly, trying to grab a support so that he could stand up, but failed even after several attempts.He sighed, and simply closed his eyes and sat in a puddle against the wall.

(Why is there music? Isn’t the sound system already turned off?)

Across the door, it sounds like the accompaniment of karaoke, but it seems more like a live orchestra.

(Could it be that there are still guests coming to the door at this time and ordering songs by themselves?)

Who's out there?he shouted.

No one answered.

The volume of the music turned up even louder.

He exerted strength carefully, pressed his hands against the slippery cold tile wall, stabilized his balance, and tried to stand up slowly again, and he began to move in small steps in the dark.

Hello--?If anyone's here, can you open the door for me—?

What came from the other side of the door was still just the accompaniment of music, and no one responded.The cash received every night is placed in the small drawer of the bar counter. In the past, when business was good, [-] to [-] yuan could not escape.If there really was a robber outside, it can only be blamed for the robber's blindness, picking a cold night when business was extremely bad.

The damn door seemed impossible to reach.

He could only continue to be patient, and proceed carefully on the slippery ground at a certain slow speed.After groping for an unknown amount of time, the door frame finally appeared at his fingertips.For a second, he suddenly worried, would there be a robber with a gun waiting at the first step, holding a weapon against his neck?

Pushing open the door, what turned out to be facing him was the light spots from the sky filled with colorful revolving lights, which almost blinded his sight.

Tang Ge was wearing a water green low-cut dress and evening dress, and was sitting on a high chair in front of the bar.

Lao Qi suddenly recalled this familiar scene.

This was clearly a dream from the earlier nap, but it happened again.

Is this a dream? ...or is it a dream within a dream? ...

God knows what happened, when exactly did he fall asleep again?

Facing the scene in front of him, Lao Qi felt an unspeakable coldness crawling up his back——

If it is a dream from which you can never wake up, what should it be called? ?

*

I turn over at six o'clock, and it's about a quarter past six when I change out of my uniform.I don't pay special attention to time.

That's right, when I came in, I found him unconscious at the toilet door.My name is Wang Minglong, and everyone calls me Aaron.Except for Thursday, every day I have a big night at the supermarket opposite.

They are not considered friends, nor do they really know each other. They all do business in the same alley, and they just meet each other.

Yes, they are customers who usually come to buy things.Nothing to talk about.

Normally, after I get off work, he must have closed the shop, but this morning I saw the neon sign of the shop sign was still on.

I saw him cleaning around about five o'clock, and he said he would come to me to order New Year's dishes after the store closed, but he didn't show up.

So when I saw the neon lights were still on, I thought something might be wrong, so I went into the store to have a look.

His life should not be in danger, right?When I just found him lying on the ground, he opened his eyes once, probably recognized me as someone else, called me by a name, and then lost consciousness.

Brother policeman, this is your jurisdiction, you should know better than me what business this store is in, right?I'm just a super business student, and I usually try not to cause trouble. It's not easy to do night shifts in this area, and drunk guests often make trouble——

That's not the case, the people who go in and out of their store don't.No—didn't see anyone else, it was just me.

me?Been doing it for four years - sorry, I took a call.

Hello?Xiao Min, are you home?Let me tell you, something happened—it’s not me, it’s MELODY’s boss, that’s right, the one opposite—don’t worry, I’ll tell you the details later, bye.

Excuse me, brother, what did you just say?

Do I need to go back with you just to report a case?

But I just finished the eight-hour night shift and I'm sleepy, brother policeman...