Death of the Rhino

In front of the gate of Shanghai Beixinjing Prison, Xu You bowed politely to the prison staff who sent him out, and bid farewell to his residence for the past two years.It's not that no one came to pick him up, it's just that Xu You didn't tell anyone about the fact that he was released two months early because of his good performance during his sentence.

Xu You wore a pure white T-shirt and light brown trousers; on his feet were a pair of white sneakers.These, in the few days after learning the date of release from prison, Xu You has repeatedly cleaned them until he confirmed that none of them were dirty at all.

On the iron gate of the prison, Xu You's figure was reflected.Xu You had a pure black canvas bag slung across his body, which contained all his belongings.He brushed off the rust on the iron cage that had been scratched by his inmates before he left the prison door.Then he leaned forward slightly, carefully combing the messy hair of the inmate who kindly sent him off when he went out just now.

Xu You would only do this when no one was around. He didn't want his inmates or others to feel that he would feel uncomfortable with other people's behavior.He has always been like this, cautious and considerate of others.

After repeatedly confirming that the person reflected by the door was clean and tidy, Xu You looked down at his hands again.The pulp of the index finger slides over the end of the nail of the thumb; the pulp of the thumb slides over in an orderly manner from the index finger to the little finger.He was relieved that each nail had the smoothness and length it should have.

He would go to the infirmary at regular intervals, borrow nail clippers from the taciturn female doctor, and carefully trim the nails that can still thrive in the prison without sunlight.

Xu You didn't raise his head, but stretched out a hand to catch the first ray of sunshine outside the prison.Sunlight fell into his palm lines, and he slightly curled up his palms to see that the palm lines on his palms were heavier.Seeing the scar on his middle finger, he frowned slightly, and stretched his palms, and before the palm lines stretched, he folded his hands and spread the back of his palms.The ray of sunlight sitting on the back of his palm just now has a different temperature.Xu You's hand suddenly retracted, the ray of sunlight sitting on the back of his hand was no longer the ray that fell into the palm lines.

How long is 22 months?With his body slightly in his arms, Xu You walked on the sidewalk paved with red floor tiles beside the road.Every step he took was extremely serious.He didn't raise his head, nor did he lower his head, he just walked on the road with the most ordinary posture of a pedestrian.But he is different from ordinary pedestrians.He lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes were like two sprayers spraying insecticide, sweeping aimlessly on the ground about two meters away.

How long is seven hundred days?Xu You stopped in front of the zebra crossing, his gaze was still about two meters ahead.The zebra crossing just lay there, silently being run over by one well-worn wheel, and another.The wheels cheered one by one, accompanied by the impatient horn sound from time to time, mixed with the breathing of pedestrians waiting for the red light beside them.

Jubilant oily smoke, restless sweat and anxious perfume, the three smells are combined together, this is the first smell that Xu You received after he was released from prison.Perfume, always in a hurry.

How long is 37 hours?Xu You waited quietly beside the elevator on the first floor of Wanping Building.The elevator went straight from the 37th floor to the 29th floor on the top floor, and then descended from the 29th floor to the [-]th floor.The elevator stopped on the [-]th floor for a while before it began to descend.All the way down to the first floor, the anxious smell of perfume in the elevator poured out like a beehive.

Xu You was the only person outside the elevator. He scanned the vacated elevator and pressed his finger on the door-opening button of the elevator.After about ten seconds, I stepped into the elevator, stood beside the button, and pressed the 37th floor.

Xu You's fingers hadn't left the button on the 37th floor when a nonchalant scent of perfume came in front of the elevator.Xu You didn't look at the perfume.When the scent of the perfume first arrived in front of the elevator, Xu You's finger subconsciously slid from the 37th floor to the door opening button of the elevator; when the scent of the perfume entered the elevator, Xu You's finger subconsciously slid to the 29th floor with the work card hanging in his hand button.

The button on the 29th floor was on, and the smell of perfume stood in the middle and back of the elevator.The elevator door closed, and Xu You and the unhurried perfume were reflected on the elevator door, and Xu You could clearly see the appearance of the perfume.

He is a mild-mannered man in his thirties, with a suit jacket half-hung on his left arm and a work card hanging casually on his right.The man made eye contact with Xu You in the image of the elevator door, smiled and nodded slightly to express his gratitude, and Xu You also nodded politely in response.After just a moment of eye contact, the image of the man on the elevator door was blurred in Xu You's vision.Xu You lost focus again and moved to the elevator keys that lit up one by one.

In fact, Xu You only saw the back of the work card, and he could only see the back.He guessed that it was the work card of Liyuan Film and Television Media Company on the 29th floor, if the work card was still the same as it was two years ago.Accustomed to the mentality of serving others, he pressed the elevator button on the 29th floor.

The elevator ascended to the 29th floor, and Xu You withdrew slightly inward; the elevator door opened, and Xu You's hand stretched out to the side blocking the elevator door on its own initiative.The man stepped out of the elevator, Xu You glanced at the floor outside the elevator door, and nodded with a smile.Xu You retracted his hand again and pressed the elevator door close button.Xu You's eyes were still out of focus.

How long is 100 minutes?Xu You climbed up the wall on the top floor, tried several times and finally straightened up.Long time no come, unfamiliar.Standing on the wall, Xu You listened to the joy of the lone goose chasing the passing night wind, the sound of the sunset sleeping in the quilt in the sunset, and the restless Shanghai's publicity for this prosperity.Xu You's eyes focused on the square in front of Wanping Building. The square was bustling with people, like a warm stove.

Xu You jumped off the fence, turned around and blew the dust left by the place he stepped on just now on the fence, and then walked to the wooden horizontal bench at the side with confidence.Xu You took off the shoulder bag that was slung across his body, unzipped it, and there was an old book on top of the neatly stacked clothes.Xu You picked up the book, stroked the cover of the book with his palm, and thought of Li Yishu.

Because Li Yishu has a scar on his left forehead, everyone often calls him "Brother Scar".Speaking of which, the scar on Li Yishu's left forehead was left from a fight with Xu You when he was a child.Xu You and Li Yishu grew up together.He studied liberal arts in college, and stayed in Shanghai to work after graduation.Xu You and Li Yishu rented a two-bedroom house together.

The only contact between this book and Li Yishu was when Xu You and Li Yishu had a dispute for the first time after renting together.The reason for the dispute was: Xu You slept with Li Yishu's girlfriend.

"Xu You, grandson! You actually slept with my son!"

Even though there was a bed across, Li Yishu's anger shot into Xu You's ears sharply and penetratingly.Li Yishu was so angry that he gritted his teeth, staring at Xu You who had retreated to the corner of the bedroom wall with a look on his face, he picked up a book on the desk beside him and was about to throw it at him.

"Wait, wait!" Xu You looked at the book he had picked up, straightened up nervously and called to stop.

"Why! Do you want to beg for mercy? It's too late!" Li Yishu raised his arm and was about to smash it, Xu You immediately waved his hand, staring at the raised book and shouting: "Don't hurt Wolfe, this book But it's out of print!"

Li Yishu glanced at the book in his hand, gritted his teeth and patted it on the desk, and picked up another book to smash.

"Wait, wait, wait." Seeing the book he had copied again, Xu You raised his breath of relief again.

"What's the matter! This book is also out of print!" Li Yishu scolded again.Xu You, who couldn't protect himself, was simply adding fuel to the fire.

Xu You half bent his body, raised his hands to his ears, and said with a cheap smile, "Old Qiao is your fellow countryman. (George Gao, the translator of "Angel, Looking at Hometown", was born in Jiangning, Nanjing.)"

Li Yishu's face was flushed, he gritted his teeth and tilted his head to put down the book in his hand, randomly grabbed another book and lifted it up.

"Wait, wait..." Xu You stepped back a little, shaking his hands and shouting.

"What's the matter!" Li Yishu was suffocated to the extreme.

Xu You cleared his throat, crossed his hands in front of him, and said, "I'll do a pose."

But Xu You posed for a long time, and the book didn't come over.Xu You tentatively removed the arm in front of him, and an apple flew towards him unexpectedly. Xu You caught it with his hands and saw that it was still an apple with a bite.Holding the apple in one hand, Xu You stood there and looked at Li Yishu beside the desk in puzzlement.Li Yishu smoothed the book in his hand and said, "Baudelaire belongs to my uncle!"

Xu You was instantly amused by him.This Baudelaire is indeed Li Yishu's.When he was in college, Li Yishu chased a goddess whom he had been secretly in love with for a long time, and wanted to give the goddess a gift that could convey his true heart without losing elegance, so Xu You bought "The Flower of Evil" for Li Yishu.So Li Yishu completely lost hope with that goddess, because Xu You put the latest Durex in the book.Of course, the thoughtful Xu You even got beaten up by Li Yishu.

Xu You, who accepted it as soon as he saw it, immediately knelt down on one knee, holding the bitten apple in both hands and shouting: "Thank you for not killing me, I will never forget it. If there is something useful in the future, I will Those who want to go through fire and water will definitely go through fire and water.” Then they went to Kuanzhai Alley to go through fire and water.

When they were going through fire and water, Li Yishu said that he actually wanted to get rid of that woman a long time ago.Li Yishu is in sales, has resources, and that woman has looks, and the exchange of work and life is equivalent.Now that the deal is done, it's not good for both parties to tear their faces apart first.It just so happens that Xu You is a good excuse.

Xu You listened to Li Yishu's rambling with one ear, and the duck intestines being boiled in the hot pot with the other, thinking to himself: This Baudelaire is really not as good as a hot pot meal.

Xu You smiled, and he closed the canvas bag again and put it on one end of the bench.Holding the book in his arms, he lay down on the bench and closed his eyes after getting used to the canvas bag under his head.

In fact, before going through fire and water, Xu You didn't know that myna just wanted to play.

How long is 48 seconds?It's just that this second is completely different from the last second.

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