Death of the Rhino

For the first time, Xu You chose the latter between being considerate of others and considering himself.Until he stood outside the door of the Red Mansion, he still hadn't digested the lingering fear after encountering the taboo for the first time.Xu You lowered his head, watching the torrential rain that is unique to June.

"Teacher Qu, my car is at the back. If you don't mind, I'll see you off." Xu You still heard the cry of the peacock.This time the peacock did not open its tail.

Xu You didn't hear Qu Buyan's voice, he lowered his head, and couldn't see Qu Buyan's expression.All I could hear was the patter of rainwater on the leather shoes.After confirming that the smell of burnt lavender had disappeared, Xu Youcai raised his head and handed the car keys and umbrella to Qu Buyan: "Teacher, your things."

Xu You didn't look at Qu Buyan, his eyes only carefully stopped on the packing box in Qu Buyan's hand.The steak is medium-rare, the skin is charred and fragrant, and the heart is fresh and bloody.The smell of blood is strong.

Qu Buyan still didn't speak, just stepped into the rain. "Teacher." Xu You shouted, and then opened the umbrella to catch up with Qu without saying a word.

The scarlet umbrella was overwhelmed by Qu Buyan's dark purple shirt, and the heavy rain in June greedily accepted the scent of the perfume as a reward.Xu You protected the key in his hand on his chest, and tried to keep the movement of the umbrella in his hand consistent with Qu Buyan.The rain poured on Xu You's back, dissipating the lingering fear from the red mansion.

In front of the lobby of Wanping Square, Qu Buyan threw the packing box in his hand into the trash can on the side while stepping into the lobby.The umbrella just sent Qu Buyan into the hall, and Xu You, who was holding the umbrella, was still in the rain outside the hall.

Xu You's gaze followed the half-rare steak into the trash can, and his footsteps also stopped at this moment.The raindrops falling behind Qu Buyan once again proved Xu You's incomprehension.

"Teacher." Qu Buyan's back gradually blurred in the rain curtain and disappeared.The umbrella in Xu You's hand hangs on the ground.The rain falls, hits the back of the umbrella, and gathers around the ribs.Converging into a bay of lake water, the surface of the lake, which should have been calm, fell into the ignorant raindrops, rippling with surging waves.

After a night of heavy rain, June returned to its true colors.The sun that doesn't know how to be stingy covers the earth, umbrellas and keys, and they are clean and tidy again under the sunshine that is not stingy.The billiard table at two o'clock in the morning was gradually restored to cleanliness in the hands of the conscientious Xu You.

Xu You, who likes to clear the table with one shot when playing alone, still chooses to put down the club he just cleaned in his hand when he is the only one left in the store, and leans down to reach the last red 13 on the table. .The sound of hurried footsteps behind him stopped Xu You's movements.

The smell of low-quality cigarettes and soap full of additives, accompanied by the sound of chaotic footsteps, swept over.Before Xu You could turn around, his hands were turned behind his back.The hand pinned to his back was so strong that it was full of strength, and it was all on Xu You's body as if it had nowhere to vent. .

Xu You's entire upper body was pressed against the billiard table, and the edge of the table squeezed and deformed his abdominal cavity. Before his breathing could adjust to the squeezed abdominal cavity, the other hand, which had nowhere to vent its strength, nearly Losing his senses, he grabbed his hair and pulled his head, which was already attached to the table, up.Xu You's neck was severely deformed by the sudden brutal pulling, which made the already difficult breathing even worse.

Gritting his teeth and carrying the pain, Xu You finally saw one of the uninvited guests who visited late at night when his hair was pulled up and his head was folded.The peacock, which has been standing on the dead wood with its screens full, looked down at the herring in front of him with his arrogant and contemptuous eyes.

The peacock leaned down slightly, its nails stuck to Xu You's throat, Xu You's pulse was throbbing because he couldn't breathe, and he could only barely exchange a trace of oxygen with his mouth open.The peacock's fingers clasped Xu You's throat more and more tightly, and the staring eyes were no longer arrogance and contempt, but an insatiable desire for the pleasure brought by the pain he personally inflicted on the fish in his hand.

From those eyes that lost his mind, Xu You saw the fullness of violence brought to this peacock.Violence is addictive.

Xu You, whose throat was oppressed, had to open his mouth even more, and the muscles on the peacock's face twitched as his teeth clenched.Xu You's vision was blurred due to the long and difficult breathing. Xu You's eyes were red due to blood congestion, but he didn't let Peacock think about the consequences in the slightest. Instead, he rammed the last red 13 on the ball table into Xu You more roughly. in the mouth.The next punch hit the red 13 in Xu You's mouth with all his strength through Xu You's cheek.The whirring sound of the arm passing through the air was followed by the muffled sound of impact.

In Xu You's mouth, there was a strong smell of blood, like that plate of medium-rare steak that was packed quietly and then thrown into the trash can.

Peacock didn't intend to give Xu You a break to breathe, and another punch spared no effort on his cheekbone.Xu You, whose mind was rattled by the shock, was violently lifted up by the hand that was pulling his hair.The blood had already covered the red 13 in his mouth, overflowing from the corner of Xu You's mouth, and the blood from the corner of his eyes even flowed down his cheek.

The leather shoes stepped on the uneven floor in an orderly manner, and the sound bypassed the billiard ball and stopped in front of Xu You.Violence sometimes endows the perpetrator with extraordinary patience.Sufficient patience will moderately prolong the fun of violence.

If it weren't for the swollen half of his face and the red 13 in his mouth, Xu You's posture of pulling his head up with his hair pulled would still have the smell of a skeleton ascending to heaven.Xu You, whose left eye was congested due to swelling, could only see half of the peacock clearly.

Peacock played with the club in his hand, which was carefully cleaned by Xu You before they came, and raised his chin to look patiently at the human-shaped billiard ball in front of him.The cue taps rhythmically on the palm of the peacock, once, twice, three times...

The sound of the club cutting through the air was as decisive and mellow as a sharp knife cutting through silk, and the roaring club fell on Xu You's body like a torrential rain.Accompanied by the muffled sound of the cue being embedded in the flesh, is the pain of being nailed into the bone marrow.

It is said that the elasticity of the beef ball comes from the chef's hard work on the beef.The current Xu You is more like a medium-rare steak that has been beaten hard.He felt that every part of his body was smashed to pieces, and the texture was short and shattered; the peacock in front of him, who was swinging the cue vigorously, had already fallen deeply into the pleasure of violence.

As the cue fell like a storm, Xu You had no strength to deal with the pain at all.The relaxation of muscles all over his body not only made him have to accept the brute force of the peacock, but also made his legs lose support.The smell of smoke and soap behind Xu You had a very good look, and before Xu You lost his strength and slipped, each of them gave him a kick.The onlookers, sooner or later, will turn themselves into perpetrators.

Xu You, whose consciousness was gradually blurred, instinctively put his head in his hands and curled up to protect his most vulnerable part.Survival is a human instinct, just like violence.

The cracking sound of the club is harsh and brittle.The peacock threw the broken cue on Xu You who was curled up on the ground, and with a feeling of insanity, he said, "Trash."

In a trance, the smell of smoke and soap disappeared from the store accompanied by the same hurried footsteps as when they came.Xu You curled up on the floor with his head in his arms.I don't know how long it took, until the roar in his head was no longer so intense, and he slowly moved his hand away.

Xu You tried to open his eyes, but his right eye was covered with blood, his left eye was swollen and painful, and he couldn't see anything clearly.Fortunately, after several struggles, Xu Yousheng tore off the blood stains adhering to the right eyelid.When the eyelashes broke, he heard the sound of a string snapping.

When the outline in his sight gradually became clear, Xu Youcai tried to open his mouth.The severe pain in the bones and cheeks made him unable to move too much. He could only hold his broken chin with one hand, and put the fingers of the other hand into the blood-smelling mouth. cut out.Red 13, which was stained red with blood, lay in Xu You's palm, shining like a rebirth from blood.

Xu You held the red 13 and tried to stand up with one hand on the ground.But he overestimated his own strength too much. After a few attempts, Xu You could barely rely on the legs of the table next to him to sit on the floor.

Xu You used the blood-stained T-shirt on his body to carefully wipe the blood from Hong 13's body in his hand.He wiped it carefully and inch by inch, as if the blood-stained red 13 was really covered in blood because of cuts and bruises.

Xu You put the wiped red 13 on the floor, and slowly got up from the legs of the table.At this moment, Xu You could no longer tell where the pain was on his body.He hunched over, took a plastic basin, staggered past the overflowing trash can, and came to the bathroom not far away.

Xu You put the plastic basin in the sink and turned the faucet to a suitable angle.The water is gurgling down, and the sound of falling into the basin is not shocking.Xu You stared at the surface of the water, watching the water flow create a tempting vortex in the plastic basin, and buried his head in the vortex uncontrollably.

The water hit the back of Xu You's head, and his scalp, which was so painful and numb from being pulled by his hair, regained consciousness little by little in the whirlpool.The water level in the plastic basin rose rapidly, submerging his nostrils, and quickly rising to his mouth.Xu You opened his mouth to let the muddy toilet water with bleach pour into his bloody mouth.

Xu You always thought that he liked the smell of blood.

The water flowing in the vortex was too jubilant, they were not satisfied with pouring into Xu You's mouth, but even wantonly flowed into his throat.Xu You, who was blocked by the ravages, choked on water, and the instinct to survive again forced him to fish his head out of the water basin.

Xu You coughed and vomited in the sink, and fumbled to turn off the tap.Xu You, who took a long time to settle down, picked up the plastic basin half filled with water in the sink, walked past the garbage bags sleeping next to the trash can, and returned to the store.

Xu You put the water basin on the floor, washed the red 13 on the floor repeatedly in the water, then wiped off the water with a rag, and placed it on the coffee table aside.Xu You dipped the rag in the water basin, got up and attached it to the pool table, and carefully cleaned up the blood that dripped on the table.It wasn't until the surface of the table was clean that he re-rinsed the rag in the basin, then knelt down on the floor to clean the blood-stained floor.

After the floor was cleaned, Xu Youcai put the red 13 that had dried on the coffee table back to the hole.He picked up the ball and put all the billiard balls on the table. Red 13 standing in the middle of the team looked very gregarious.

Xu You passed the trash can again and poured the water from the basin into the sink of the toilet.He looked up at the mirror on the wall of the sink, wrung out the rag and put it on the empty plastic basin, and returned to the store.

Xu You put the plastic basin back to its original position, picked up the broken cue on the ground, tied them side by side with a wrung-out rag, and came to the trash can where the trash bags overflowed.

This time, Xu You didn't choose to go to the garbage can that might not be full of garbage at the corner of the corridor, but inserted the club into the garbage bag in the garbage can.Xu You still pressed the clubs to ensure that they would not fall down easily.

Xu You stood by the trash can, listening to the soft snoring of the trash bags outside the trash.Their breath was still the same stinky smell, like the smell of rotting corpses.But Xu You felt that the smell matched the broken club stuck in the trash can very well.

Xu You looked at the club sticking obliquely on the trash can, and always felt that something was missing.Xu You thought for a while, and when his eyes touched the rag tied to the club, Mao Sai suddenly realized.Xu You tore off his T-shirt with some joy, and tied it to the club head.A dead body, a broken flagpole, and a blood-stained battle flag are the perfect match.

Xu You took a step back, looked at the masterpiece in front of him, and smiled with satisfaction.But only after a while, he moved forward to untie the blood-stained T-shirt, tied it into a ball, and stuffed it into the only gap in the trash can.

Xu You returned to the store and found a black long-sleeved shirt in his backpack and put it on.After the last button of the shirt collar was buttoned, it was morning.

Xu You locked the store door, walked through the noisy and chaotic underground passage, and walked around to the shopping mall behind Wanping Building.He remembered that there was a sports equipment store there.

The store opens at 08:30, and Xu You's salary of three weeks is barely enough to buy a club.Xu You also embarrassedly asked the store owner to give him a towel for cleaning equipment.

Xu You returned to the shop with the cue in his arms, and hung it on the empty spot on the wall.Then he put the attached towel where the rag he had thrown away should be, and he was relieved.

Xu You returned to the counter and picked up the boss's cell phone.This was the first time he used the phone, and he called his boss.

"Boss, I'm really sorry." The canvas bag was slung over Xu You's body. He held the umbrella in one hand and the car keys in the other, and bowed deeply to the boss who was standing half-bent in front of the counter.

The boss glanced at the store, the store was clean and tidy.He glanced again at Xu You, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, but said nothing.The boss dragged his flip-flops to the counter, sat down on the chair, squinted his eyes and fumbled for a colorful magazine in the drawer of the counter, and began to read it while shaking his legs.

Xu You didn't speak any more. Compared with the camera in the corner that had never been turned on, the wound on his face was more telling.Xu You bowed again to the boss at the counter, said goodbye to the daydreaming garbage bag next to the trash can, walked through the messy underground passage, and came to the underground parking lot of Wanping Building.

Xu You thought, this time, the umbrella and key must be returned no matter what.

The author has something to say:

Dazai's nonsense:

I feel sorry for Yuu, who insists on doing this after being beaten like this.

With only two lines of lines in [-] characters, Dazai is playing too big. (In the third part, I tried not to give lines to the characters... Oh, Dazai is joking, please don't leave)