Death of the Rhino

Xu You walked up and down dozens of times at the stairway next to the autonomous car pick-up machine in the underground parking lot of Wanping Building.Unlike the cameras in the pool shop that have never been turned on, the ones in the parking lot are all watching from the corner.

In June, when you can go out and serve the table, a man with long trousers, long shirt and a bruised nose is the suspicious person that the camera has to focus on.Xu You, who was pretending to go up and down the stairs at the top of the stairs, just didn't want to attract anyone's attention before returning the umbrella and keys to the original owners.

The unbelievably low air conditioner in the underground parking lot made Xu You feel that waiting in excruciating pain was not so difficult.Xu You, who was chewing hard to digest in the not-so-unbearable pain, finally heard the familiar footsteps.The footsteps stopped next to the autonomous car fetcher, and Qu Buyan was facing the car fetcher to input.

"Teacher." Xu You shouted, almost trotting to Qu Buyan's side.

Qu Buyan cleared the number he just entered, turned to the left [-] degrees, glanced at Xu You and then turned back, just turned back [-] degrees, then turned back to the left, looked at Xu You beside him, and asked a question like a routine : "Fighted?"

Xu You panted lightly, trying to stand up straight.But he, who could barely maintain a firm stand, couldn't do it at all.He could only swallow the pain and try to force a smile, even though it might make the already swollen face even more distorted and terrifying.

"Teacher, your things." Xu You handed over the umbrella and keys in his hand.He had already decided that if Qu Buyan didn't want it this time, he would force him to run away.He can only leave here, leave the billiard shop, leave Liyuan, leave the umbrella and keys.

Xu You forced a smile, and Qu Buyan in front of him was still looking at him.How did the umbrella and keys in the hand become blurred?Xu You saw a leaf, a leaf that was entangled by the wind blowing from nowhere and kept spinning.The leaves are constantly spinning in the air, like a tireless dancer.Round and round...

what does it smell likeFaint fragrance?No, this taste is cooler.what sound?Can't hear.Why can't I hear you?Why is there no sound?Xu You's hand was groping beside him, it felt very cold, like ceramics.

Xu You slowly opened his eyes, and the first thing that caught his eyes was the crystal lamp hanging above his head.Xu You's eyes moved along his arm all the way to his fingers.Under the fingers, there is a pure white porcelain wall.Xu You's eyes slid along the porcelain door again. It turned out that he was lying in an oval-shaped empty bathtub with enamel glaze.

This is where?Xu You looked around, and it looked like a bathroom—a bathroom bigger than a billiards shop.Blue-gray marble walls, pure white square hanging sink, bare-edged square mirror, concealed tank toilet, light gray bathroom cabinet, simple toiletries, a bathrobe, several towels, and a lying Xu You in the empty bathtub.That's everything in this room.

Why are you here?Xu You clasped the bathtub wall and tried to move his body.The severe pain that followed quickly spread throughout the body, and it really wasn't a dream.Xu You clasped the same side of the bathtub with both hands, first tried to move a little bit, let his still sleepy nerves slowly adapt to the pain eroding his whole body; then he clenched the bathtub wall tightly, gritted his teeth and sat up stand up.In the end, he climbed out of the bathtub with a half-curved body and supported the bathtub wall.

Xu You glanced at the bathtub behind him exhaustedly, as if what he turned over just now was not the bathtub wall, but a steep mountain.He approached the bathtub again, turned on the faucet to wash off the dust on the bathtub, and then turned around with confidence.

Xu You opened the door of the room, and what he saw was a living room that was several times larger than the room behind him.The dappled sunlight passes through the large floor-to-ceiling windows and falls on the only black rhinoceros head chair in the living room.The shadow of the rhino chair is lying on the floor of the empty living room, idly and slowly swaying.

This is where?Xu You walked into the living room, walked past the rhino head chair, passed the guest bedroom, passed the master bedroom, passed the study room, and walked to the dining room in front of the kitchen.All room doors are closed.There was also nothing on the black rectangular table for six people in the restaurant.It's like no one lives in this house.

The sound of the door opening after the key was turned made Xu You deny his guess a few seconds ago.

"Teacher?" Xu You called out in surprise.

"Wake up." Qu Buyan closed the door, and put the scarlet umbrella in his hand into the black umbrella bucket beside the door.It was only then that Xu You discovered that the umbrellas in the umbrella bucket were all vermilion.Same as the one he wanted to give back.

Qu Buyan put the suit jacket hanging on his left hand on the rhino head chair, and walked towards Xu You with a convenience bag in his right hand.Xu You's smell made him subconsciously take a small step back.The smell of musty blood is no match for the unhurried perfume.Qu Buyan didn't seem to mind at all, and walked past Xu You who was carefully retreating by the dining table, and walked into the kitchen without haste.

Xu You stood at the dining table with his head down, his eyes lost focus on the spotless floor.But the floor he stepped on was all stained with dust that shouldn't be there.It was as if the air, which was originally dull and just right, was mixed with an odor that shouldn't be there.

Xu You remembered that he was in the parking lot of Wanping Building, and he remembered that he had to return the umbrella and keys to Qu Buyan.He remembered seeing a leaf whirling in the air.

where is the umbrellawhere is the keyWhere is Wolf?Xu You counted the floor, counted the shadow of the rhinoceros head chair, moved his gaze against the shadow to the rhinoceros head chair, walked past the body of the rhinoceros head chair, passed through the suit on the chair, walked up to the rhinoceros head, and fell to the place under the rhinoceros head On the sun, go against the sun and go outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.Not far from the window, tall buildings stood tall.

So, how did he get here, and how did he sleep in the bathtub?

Xu You looked out of the floor-to-ceiling windows, he really wanted to go over, open the windows, and let the shouldn't smell leave the room.But he didn't, because the price of making the smell go away was more dust that shouldn't be there to stain the immaculate floor.He didn't know how to choose.

A burst of fragrance drew Xu You's eyes back to the dining room, Qu Buyan brought a steaming bowl to the dining table next to Xu You, bent down, put the bowl on the dining table, turned around and went back to the kitchen.

Xu You's eyes were locked in the steaming bowl.It's dumplings, dumplings lying comfortably in the soup one by one.Qu Buyan came out of the kitchen again with a steaming bowl, and put the bowl next to the bowl of dumplings.Xu You still stared at the bowl of dumplings, and swallowed impolitely.

"Eat." Qu Buyan sat down and began to eat noodles.He ate very seriously, giving each mouthful, chewing carefully, tasting carefully, and swallowing slowly.Be as pious as believers worship Buddha.

Before Xu You could speak, his stomach groaned and rushed to agree.Xu You rubbed his stomach embarrassingly, but found that Qu Buyan didn't pay attention to these things.Xu You carefully removed the seat and sat on it with a straight back.After punching and kicking and not eating or sleeping for a day and a night, the moment Xu You saw the dumplings, the saliva in Xu You's mouth was already in chaos.Apart from the aroma of dumplings, he can't smell any other smells now.

Xu You held the chopsticks, picked up a drowsy dumpling from the bowl, and smiled silly.It seemed that he managed to disturb the elegant mood of a good friend with deliberate deliberations, and he secretly rejoiced.

Xu You didn't hold the chopsticks too hard, he was afraid of waking up the dumpling who hadn't woken up from the hot spring, and he was afraid of pinching this poor and cute little thing too hard.But he didn't dare to hold it too lightly, he was afraid that the dumplings caught in the chopsticks would accidentally slip and fall into the soup bowl, splashing the soup and dirtying the table.I was even more afraid that it would disturb Qu Buyan's meal.

Just like that, Xu You carefully put the sleeping dumplings into the mouth that was still smelling of blood just now.The hot and salty dumpling soup is just worse for the unhealed wound in the mouth.But Xu You likes this to add insult to injury.

The stirring of the tip of his tongue and the chewing between his lips and teeth allowed the cream to smear every inch of skin in his mouth, and he was willing to let it slip into his stomach.It's just ordinary dumplings stuffed with three delicacies, but Xu You put them into his mouth one by one as if possessed by a demon.

It wasn't until Xu You poured the noodle soup from the bowl into his stomach that he noticed that Qu Buyan beside him had already finished eating and looked at him.Xu You neatly placed the chopsticks on the clean and empty bowl.I don't know if it was because of this bowl of hot dumplings, but Xu You's cheeks turned red.He stood up embarrassingly, bowed slightly to Qu Buyan and said, "Thank you." But after he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered the conversation before Daqie, as if there would be more to say after this thank you debt.Xu You immediately added, "I'm going to wash the dishes."

Before Xu You raised his hand, Qu Buyan had already picked up two empty bowls and stood up.He didn't look at Xu You, just said: "Go take a bath", and went into the kitchen.

Xu You savored the smell of dumplings in his mouth, which covered up the bloody smell in his mouth, but he couldn't hide the moldy stench on his body.He had no change of clothes, and his shoes were not clean.He even didn't know if the reason why Qu Buyan asked him to take a bath was just because of his unacceptable smell.He hesitated and thought, stuck in place for a while, not knowing what to do.

Qu Buyan, who returned to the dining room after washing the dishes, saw that Xu You was still standing there in a daze, pulled the scarlet embroidered tie on his shirt and said, "You sleep in the study."

Xu You regained consciousness and raised his head, Qu Buyan had already passed by him and walked to the rhino head chair.He leaned over and picked up the suit jacket on the chair, which was habitually draped over his left arm. When passing by the umbrella bucket, he picked up one of the umbrellas without looking at them, opened the door, and walked out.

When the door closed, Xu You couldn't say a word.No words of greeting or thanks.He stared at the tidy floor and lost his concentration before he lifted his feet and walked towards the study.Xu You turned the handle of the study door, and the door opened.It turned out that the door was only closed, not locked.

On the wooden bookshelf in the study room, there are several decent ornaments and dozens of books neatly arranged.A car key, a few books, and a few pens in a pen holder are on the solid wood desk.Wooden chairs, curved floor lamps, and dark gray checked carpets.On the simple black leather four-seater corner sofa, there is a light gray blanket and his own canvas bag.

So, how did I get here?Until Xu You came out of the bathroom barefoot, he was still thinking about this question.But when he came out of the bathroom, he never thought that Qu Buyan was in the living room.

The water on Xu You's body has been wiped dry, and a brown towel that Cong himself brought is on his head.He was only wearing a very ordinary boxer briefs.Because he had already cleaned his pair of shoes from the dust on the soles before taking a shower and put them next to the shoe cabinet at the door, and he couldn't find any slippers that looked like they were for guests, so he came out barefoot after drying them.

Xu You froze at the bathroom door, a little helpless.Qu Buyan looked at Xu You, and seemed to froze for a moment.But Xu You couldn't be sure, because Qu Buyan didn't seem to pay attention to the unsightly fact that he was only wearing a pair of boxers. His eyes were fixed on the scars on his body.

There were scars, bruises, redness and swelling.Xu You's bruised body was already tired of the pain while taking a bath.But he never thought about exposing such a body in front of another person.

"Teacher..." Xu You looked at Qu Buyan and shouted, even more wanting to call himself out.

"Fighted?" Qu Buyan's eyes shifted from Xu You's body to his face, and he asked a question that he had asked before.

Qu Buyan looked away from Xu You, making Xu You heave a sigh of relief.But the gaze he moved to Xu You's face made him tense up as if he was facing an enemy.

"Hmm..." Xu You lowered his head in response.In fact, "beaten up" is more accurate, but Qu Buyan doesn't seem to like to use accurate words to state any facts.In addition, Xu You seemed to have forgotten the fact that there was a towel on his head.As soon as he lowered his head, the towel on his head consciously slipped to Xu You's feet.Xu You stared at the towel lying sprawled on the ground, dumbfounded.

Xu You didn't look up, but he could feel the towel that was being handed over, and he managed to move Qu Buyan's gaze from his face to the towel.Xu You squatted down to pick up the towel at his feet, and once again he felt that his back was also exposed to Qu Buyan's sight.This made him stand up quickly regardless of the pain.

"Go get the car keys." Qu Buyan's gaze was still on Xu You, which made him walk into the study quickly without thinking about answering.Xu You, who closed the door with his backhand, leaned against the door and took a long time to calm down.

Xu You, who quickly got dressed, grabbed the big cut key on the desk, and then came to his senses.After hesitating for a while, he returned to the living room with bare feet, handed the car keys to Qu Buyan who was sitting on the rhino head chair, and said, "Here you are."

Qu Buyan didn't answer as expected, got up and walked towards the door.

"Teacher." Even though he had expected the consequences of cutting the key just now, Xu You couldn't help shouting to Qu Wuyan.

"You said you wanted to thank me?" Qu Buyan didn't look back.

Xu You lowered his head and did not speak.This is also expected.Xu You, who didn't speak, came to the shoe cabinet as expected the moment the door opened, quickly put on his shoes, and followed out the door.

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Dazai's nonsense:

Chapter 6, halfway through this part, Xiao Yusan finally returned... Next, it's time to return the dumplings.

There are still not many lines in this chapter, Xiaoyou's road to repaying the debt is still far away.