Dazed

23

At seven o'clock in the evening, Qi Zheng sent Liang Siyue home, and took the bus back to school alone. On the way, he felt a heavy breath in his stomach. After thinking about it, he called Cao Jingxing again.

"Hello?" Cao Jingxing picked it up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Qi Zheng was a little nervous, cleared his throat, "That barbecue, is it over with you?"

"Barbecue?" Cao Jingxing was puzzled for a moment, and said, "It's over, aren't you all free?"

Qi Zheng subconsciously said "ah", and then answered in a daze: "Oh."

Cao Jingxing continued: "Want to come over for a drink? I have floor-to-ceiling windows here, so it's very comfortable."

"Okay!" Qi Zheng agreed almost subconsciously, with an unknown joy in his voice.

Cao Jingxing couldn't help laughing and said, "Where are you now?"

"Uh... I'm on bus No. 126."

"Oh." Cao Jingxing thought for a while, and said, "Get off at Tiangong Station, turn to 231, and get off at Jingde Community. I'll wait for you at the station."

Qi Zheng refused, "Just tell me how to go and I'll go there."

"I'm hanging up." Cao Jingxing said with a smile, "Bye." Then he hung up the phone.

Listening to the beeping sound on the phone, Qi Zheng couldn't help but cursed with a smile.

The bus was running quietly in the night. As time went by, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the bus. Most of them got on the bus with a tired look, and got off the bus in a hurry, with the irritability of the city. Sitting near the window, the scenery outside the window flashed by, showing a bit of loneliness in the night.

Suddenly, through the dusty glass, Qi Zheng saw a farsighted man with a straight back standing at the stop sign. He was tall and straight-eyed, and some light from the surrounding street lamps fell on him. It looks like a sculpture full of distance.

Qi Zheng looked a little dazed. At this time, the bus arrived at the stop, and the conductor shouted at the top of his voice, "Jingde Community is at the stop, can anyone get off the bus?!"

Qi Zheng came back to his senses and roared: "I want to get off." Then he jumped off the bus in a few steps.

The car sped away, Qi Zheng hadn't stood still, there was only the buttocks of the car left, and the exhaust gas was a little nauseating.

At this time, the station only had a little light shared by street lamps. A solitary station sign stopped here, and Qi Zheng, who had just got off the bus, was with Qi Zheng. Qi Zheng rubbed his cold arms and looked to the right. Cao Jingxing just turned around, tilted his head, and when he saw the person he was waiting for, he walked up to him with a few steps.

Qi Zheng waved to Cao Jingxing and said, "Will it be inconvenient to come so late?"

Cao Jingxing couldn't help laughing: "I don't have a girlfriend, so what's the inconvenience?"

Thinking about Liang Siyue, Qi Zheng couldn't help feeling a little sorry for Cao Jingxing in his heart, and said, "Stop talking nonsense, and take me to your new home."

"Come with me." Cao Jingxing smiled and led the way.

The two walked along the station sign for a while, and turned into a green neighborhood. The lush green trees propped up a dark area, and it was difficult for even the light of street lamps to penetrate.

Wang Chen looked at the majestic and majestic pagoda trees standing in a row, and his face showed a slight inappropriateness, but he was too embarrassed to show off his superficial Feng Shui knowledge, seeing Cao Jingxing's relaxed and contented expression, he didn't say much.

When I came to the downstairs of the residents, there were some dills and plantain orchids growing in the middle of the flower bed. The thick branches and leaves were still very green at this time, and they looked very thick under the moonlight. Looking up at the building, there was a resident on the seventh or eighth floor. There are some creepers, and the vines are overgrown, covering the shell of the wall. Because in autumn, the branches and leaves have withered, and only some dry vines are still tightly entangled. It is not difficult to imagine what it will be like when it is flourishing.

Wang Chen stopped and said to Cao Jingxing, "This neighborhood is very remote."

"It's okay, the security facilities are adequate, don't worry." Cao Jingxing comforted Qi Zheng, and then suggested, "Are you hungry? Why don't we buy some lo mei to go with the bar."

Qi Zheng readily agreed, because he was still a little angry with Liang Siyue at dinner, so he didn't eat much, and he was a little hungry after all the trouble.

Cao Jingxing led Qi Zheng into a braised meat shop that he had refitted. The location was a bit remote, with only dim lights at the door. There is a row of marinated chicken, duck and geese, and a row of neatly cut stewed pork of similar weight.

The meat-cutting tools and sauce jars on the table were neatly arranged according to their size. All the tools were wiped clean and slightly reflective, in contrast to the stained wooden table below.

"Boss, bring half a catty of goose meat, half catty of stewed pork, half catty of duck feet, and half catty of chicken wings." Cao Jingxing ordered.

A thin man slowly moved out of the dark doorway. He was not tall, about 1.7 meters, and very thin. Even Qi Zheng couldn't tell which was thinner, his paws or duck paws. Different from the brown lo mei, this boss's skin is covered with a layer of blue that is too white. His facial features are very similar to the abstract paintings of figures drawn by elementary school students. His eyes are like two straight lines. He looks listless and moves. Slow but very sharp, the sound of "pa pa pa pa" sounded like patting beef, not like cutting lo mei.

After a while, the lo-mei boss packed the things Cao Jingxing asked for into several plastic bags, and besides the brine, he also gave some dark brown pig red.

Cao Jingxing handed out a few banknotes, the boss accepted them silently, and then continued to walk into his room slowly without saying a word the whole time.

"That, is it dumb?" Qi Zheng felt a little weird, and looked around, but saw nothing except a few buzzing flies.

"I don't know either. I just came here and it's the first time I tried his home's. Let's have a look." Cao Jingxing also followed the probe for a few times in doubt, but didn't notice anything wrong.

The two walked into the community and got on the elevator. Cao Jingxing pressed the number "ten" button, the elevator door closed and began to ascend. However, when they reached the seventh floor, the elevator automatically stopped and opened automatically. The two faced the room at the door. Looking at each other, Cao Jingxing pressed the close button, but there was no response.

"Forget it, there are still three floors, let's go up, this elevator may be malfunctioning." Cao Jingxing checked left and right, but couldn't see anything.

Qi Zheng frowned, and followed Cao Jing out of the elevator. The sound of pattering footsteps echoed in the corridor. The two came to the stairs and looked up. The deep passageway with no bottom was like an infinitely extending square. It was dark at the end.

Climbing to the corner of the sixth floor, a woman with her back facing them quietly appeared on the stairs in front of them. She had a graceful figure and a head of black and beautiful waist-length hair. Under the reflection of the light, it looked a little weird. When Qi Zheng approached, he realized that the man's waist had collapsed inexplicably, which made people tremble with fear.

When the two of them passed by her, a cold breath hit his face, Qi Zheng stood up with goosebumps on his hands, he subconsciously suppressed the frequency of his breathing, and continued to walk up with normal steps.

With the gradual distance, the pressure gradually dissipated. When Qi Zheng walked up the high stairs and wanted to look back, Cao Jingxing grabbed him suddenly, with a serious face, he shook his head slightly, and said, "Don't look back."