Dazed

Suddenly, a group of jumping orange balls appeared in the darkness, bit by bit, gradually getting bigger and filling the whole picture, and then, the camera moved forward bit by bit, and the picture became clearer and clearer, that group of raging and jumping flames was constantly The ground is agitating, and occasionally a group of new flames will be clustered, and then stand restlessly...

"Cough!" Feeling a tickle in his throat, Qi Zheng, who was in a daze, couldn't help coughing, and half sat up on the soft sofa, his consciousness was a little clear, in a dark room, not far from him There was a stove, the size of a washbasin, half a meter high, and the charcoal inside was tirelessly burning the flame, bringing a little heat to the cold room.

"Are you awake?" A soft greeting suddenly came from his ear, as if he was afraid of disturbing him.

However, Qi Zheng was still taken aback. He looked up in shock. Cao Jingxing was sitting on the sofa beside him, with his head down, tossing something. Then he carefully placed it on another oven that was burning the flames. Perhaps because he didn't hear Qi Zheng's answer, he turned around, looked at him strangely, and said, "Are you sleepy?"

This is not normal. In an instant, Qi Zheng had already made a judgment in his heart. Seeing Cao Jingxing's natural appearance, his vigilance did not abate in the slightest. He cleared his throat, "What are you doing?"

"Bake something hot to eat, it's too cold." Cao Jingxing said, seeing that Qi Zheng seemed to be awake, and then told him what happened in the afternoon: "Just now you fell asleep on the sofa, I'll go out After looking at it, the wind and snow outside are too heavy, we can’t go now, we can only make do here for the night, and we will go back when the snow stops tomorrow morning.”

"I fell asleep again?" Qi Zheng asked suspiciously as he touched his forehead and felt some warmth.

"Did you drink too much last night?" Cao Jingxing looked at him a little funny, and then said, "I just found an oven at my house, and the charcoal is not damp yet, otherwise we will be in danger tonight, maybe I have to go back overnight."

Qi Zheng narrowed his eyes and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's a little past six, are you hungry?" Cao Jingxing asked with concern, speeding up his movements.

At six o'clock, it should be four or five o'clock when he ran out just now, rolling in the snow, Qi Zheng calculated in his heart, felt the dry clothes on his body, and couldn't help but doubt himself again.

"But you've been able to sleep quite a bit recently. Are you in hibernation mode like a bear?" Cao Jingxing laughed.

"Ghost knows." Qi Zheng was inexplicably agitated. He turned his head and saw the flashlight on the coffee table. His eyes darkened, he reached out and took it, and turned it on. The white light swept across the wall he remembered in the afternoon. Empty, nothing, no medals, nothing.

Qi Zheng looked at the empty wall with some puzzlement and bewilderment, until Cao Jingxing who was beside him asked suspiciously, "Is there anything there?"

"It's nothing." Qi Zheng replied flatly, turned off the flashlight, and put it upside down on the table. He pulled the thick quilt covering himself, smelling of cotton wool, and asked, "This is the flashlight you got from home." Did it come out?"

"Well, it's still usable, just try to keep it warm." Cao Jingxing replied, "This carbon can probably burn for seven or eight hours, so keep the flashlight and emergency light for emergency use in the middle of the night."

As Cao Jingxing turned the barbecue skillfully, the smell of meat gradually rose in the quiet and peaceful room. Qi Zheng was indeed a little hungry, and he couldn't figure out what happened just now, so he had to give up first and continue. After Cao Jingxing handed over the roasted duck leg, he started to gobble up the dry and cold bread.

In the silent winter night, the cold wind and snow are still howling outside, and the house is the most primitive oven. The jumping flames emit a little heat, which makes the temperature inside the house much warmer.

The surroundings were quiet, except for the slight crackling sound of the charcoal in the stove as it burned. After Qi Zheng ate some barbecue and bread, he collapsed contentedly on the couch in Cao Jingxing's house, covered with a quilt, Flipping through the phone boredly, the scheduled weather forecast text messages kept coming, all of which were heavy snow, and the announcements to go out should be minimized.

It's only seven o'clock in the evening. Usually, this would be the time when Qi Zheng's spirits are at his best, but the current situation is stronger than others. The phone's battery is only 50% left. If we want to last until tomorrow morning, we must use it sparingly.

Thinking of this, Qi Zheng turned off the phone screen, raised his head to catch the faint light of the fire, looked at Cao Jingxing who was sleeping on the sofa next to him, and said, "Why don't we chat for a while."

Cao Jingxing seemed to have received Qi Zheng's invitation to chat for the first time, and found it very interesting. Hearing this, he looked at him with great interest, and said with a smile, "Okay, what are we talking about?"

"Let's talk about childhood fun, did you do any bad things in elementary school? Pick the worst one.

Cao Jingxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Can we talk about something meaningful? How can I remember things that have been going on for so long?"

"It was only ten years ago. How could you not remember it? You still haven't done it." Qi Zheng looked at him provocatively.

"I really don't remember much, but it's because I have done too many bad things. Once, I was accused of stealing sweet potatoes and sent to the school. The whole school reported criticism. Is this a big deal?"

"that's it?"

"Of course it's just this one time, and there are many others who were singled out by the teacher to slap their palms. All the men in the past did this. Pulling girls' braids or something, it's too boring, I don't want to talk about it, what about you?" ?”

Qi Zheng recalled his childhood, and found that there were too many garbage things that he should throw into the dustpan, so he randomly picked the most impressive one and said, "Me? When I was in the fourth grade, I walked along the pomegranate tree in the school. , I climbed to the principal's office, trying to change my final grade to excellent, but when I got there, the final papers were all sealed with names, and I could only find the ones from our class, so I searched for them according to the handwriting. The 20 points were changed to 70 points, and it was later discovered that the correction was wrong, causing the fat guy in our class to be criticized and demerited by the whole school, and he was almost expelled from school."

Cao Jingxing couldn't help laughing, and said, "Didn't you think of explaining it to others?"

"I explained that I was the one who was expelled from school. I wouldn't do such a stupid thing. Later, he was not expelled from school, but the whole school read the letter of self-criticism. I guess this buddy tried his best to find someone who framed him. No one thought it was me. It's not my fault."

Cao Jingxing still looked at Qi Zheng with a smile, but didn't speak.

Qi Zheng swallowed, and continued, "You never had the opportunity to speak in front of the school's leaders and classmates before?"

Cao Jingxing frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "There was such a chance, during the Youth Day of the second and fifth year of junior high school, the school put on a program, and at the end I was asked to take the oath of the Young Pioneers on stage."

"Why do you want to go? You have good grades?" Qi Zheng asked.

"Because I'm tall and handsome, and my voice may not be too bad. Our head teacher recommended me, so does that count?"

Qi Zheng couldn't help frowning, feeling that he was really j8 coke.

Cao Jingxing couldn't bear it any longer, and said, "What exactly do you want to ask me, you can ask it directly, you don't need to beat around the bush, I will know everything, you don't need to be so..."

Qi Zheng was about to die, and cursed: "It's about time, did I act so obviously?"

Cao Jingxing shook his head and smiled: "It's not because you acted so obviously, it's because you behaved very differently from usual, how could I not see it?"

Qi Zheng's throat choked up, and he didn't know what to say. The muddleheaded kiss from last night suddenly came to mind again, making the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. He stayed together, his eyes were darkened, he didn't know how to take care of himself, and those unclear things in the afternoon, how did these messy things spread on him.

"What's the matter?" Cao Jingxing looked at Qi Zheng who was lost in thought, and couldn't help asking.

"No, it's okay." Qi Zheng returned, wanting to beat himself up in his heart, Liang Siyue's body is still fresh, and his whereabouts are unknown, what the hell are you doing now, are you doing me any favors, you're such a rotten person.

"Look at you, why did you ask, and then retracted." Cao Jingxing opened his eyes and focused on Qi Zheng's position, and there seemed to be some regret in his words.

Qi Zheng was speechless, insisting: "I didn't even intend to ask anything."

"Then go to bed first, get up early tomorrow, and return to the dormitory with heating." Cao Jingxing comforted.

"Yeah." Qi Zheng retracted his head under the quilt and returned perfunctorily.

Cao Jingxing smiled and didn't speak again, and the room became quiet again.