SAYE

After staying at the police station for almost two hours, the matter was finally dealt with.

The boy who was beaten did not admit that he provoked Gu Miao, but only said that Gu Miao chased and beat him for no reason. Gu Miao didn't speak, but just lay on Gu Fei's shoulder and closed his eyes, so there was no way to prove this statement.

Jiang Cheng didn't believe the kid's words. In Gu Miao's state, he would be bullied in any school.

But the point of this incident is not the reason why Gu Miao beat someone, even if the little boy bullied her, the police can't do anything, the point is that Gu Miao smashed the head open and got two stitches.

Fortunately, there were no other major problems. The parent of the other party wanted to pay compensation, but was forced back by Ding Zhuxin, who was half-reasonable and half-threatening. On the way, she was warned several times by the police to be careful.

Gu Fei didn't talk too much, his attention was only on Gu Miao.

Li Yan and the others were in charge of crossing their arms and keeping their faces cold, cooperating with Ding Zhuxin's threat, showing the temperament of "If you dare to mess around, we will definitely mess around anyway, anyway, you don't think we look like good people".

Finally, when the negotiation was settled and the police let them go, Jiang Cheng let out a long sigh of relief.

My stomach just woke up now, and I was screaming with hunger, but I didn't have any appetite for food.

After leaving the police station, it was cold and windy outside.

"Go back by yourselves, it's been hard work." Gu Fei glanced at Jiang Cheng, "Let's take a taxi and go, and Wang Xu will be with us."

"Okay." Jiang Cheng nodded.

After they got into the car separately, none of them spoke. Jiang Cheng felt a little depressed. Gu Fei probably wasn't in the mood to talk. Wang Xu didn't say anything. He sighed while cursing. Gu Fei glanced at him. There was no sound after that.

"Didn't you eat?" Gu Fei asked when the car was approaching the intersection.

"Leave us alone, go back quickly," Wang Xu said, "Don't detour the car, I'll get off here, and I'll be home just around the corner...Jiang Cheng, are you going to my house to eat stuffed pie?"

"Forget it, I don't want to eat right now." Jiang Cheng said.

At the intersection, Gu Fei hugged Gu Miao and got out of the car. Jiang Cheng carried Gu Miao's skateboard. After walking a few steps, Gu Fei turned around and said, "Thank you for today."

"Needless to say this," Jiang Cheng looked at Gu Miao, "Let her ask for leave for the next two days, I saw three little boys today, maybe those two were not beaten..."

"If you don't ask for leave, you may not be able to go to school," Gu Fei sighed, "You can help me and Lao Xu ask for leave tomorrow morning, I have to go to Ermiao School."

"Okay, what's the reason?" Jiang Cheng nodded.

"I have a fever." Gu Fei rubbed his forehead, "It's so hot, it will last from this afternoon until noon tomorrow."

"...Okay." Jiang Cheng smiled.

Looking at the back of Gu Fei holding Gu Miao in one hand and walking down the road with the skateboard in the other, Jiang Cheng felt a little emotional.

Before, he always felt that Gu Fei lived a very casual life. He let his younger sister run around on a skateboard all over the street, cut classes late at will, played basketball at will, and did whatever he wanted without any scruples.

But now I feel that maybe this is not the case, it seems that he is alone in handling all the affairs of Gu Fei's family, how can such a person really do whatever he wants.

No one can do whatever they want, not Gu Fei, nor himself.

Just like he didn't want to stay in Li Bao's country, didn't want to stay in this strange and dilapidated city, didn't want to face the current life, but he had no choice.

Every change affects the whole body.

Even if it was something he was used to doing like staying out at night, he couldn't do it casually now.

Because he has nowhere to go.

Few people can really do everything and just immerse themselves in "being yourself".

Li Baoguo didn't go to play cards that night, he coughed all night at home, even snoring and coughing and grinding his teeth.

Jiang Cheng stared blankly all night in his room where there was no soundproofing at all and he could clearly hear whether he was wearing slippers or sneakers when walking upstairs.

When I woke up in the morning, I felt so sleepy that I could hardly walk.

"Would you like to go to the hospital?" He said to Li Baoguo who was putting on his shoes and preparing to go out for the morning game of poker. "You cough too badly. Is it pharyngitis?"

"Look! This is my own son!" Li Baoguo said happily loudly, "It's okay, I've been coughing for years, it's an old problem, I don't need to go to the hospital, there's nothing wrong with it!"

Jiang Cheng wanted to say that your words were inappropriate, but before he opened his mouth, Li Baoguo hastily slammed the door and left.

Damn, love is sick, Li Baoguo like this makes him feel like a hypocritical weak woman.

On the way to school, Jiang Cheng went into the pharmacy and bought a box of American ginseng lozenges. Taking it could refresh his mind a little. He used to take it often when he was revising before the exam.

Now that he eats, at least he can sleep so hard during class, he doesn't want to snore during class, it's embarrassing.

Sure enough, Gu Fei didn't come to class in the morning. After morning self-study, he went to Lao Xu's office and explained the reason Gu Fei told him for asking for leave.

"It's burning to death. It's been burning since yesterday afternoon, and it can be burnt out by noon." After Jiang Cheng finished speaking, he felt that his lack of sleep had seriously affected his intelligence.

But Old Xu didn't seem to notice his peculiar expression, but was immersed in the joy of Gu Fei asking for leave instead of skipping class directly.

"Look, I just said that he can still be saved," Lao Xu said excitedly, "Don't you just ask for leave now! I know how to communicate with you kids, you still need to pay attention to skills..."

However, Gu Fei didn't come to class until the afternoon. During the last Chinese class in the morning, he entered the classroom.

Old Xu looked at him with concern: "Don't you have a fever? You can come back in the afternoon."

"It's ready." Gu Fei said.

Lao Xu nodded, knocked his hand on the podium, and said vigorously: "Let's continue what we just said..."

"Aren't you asleep?" Gu Fei sat down and glanced at Jiang Cheng.

"...Obviously?" Jiang Cheng was half lying on the table, unable to open his eyes.

"Well," Gu Fei said, "I can't read it. Those who don't know can think that you have had a fever for a day."

"I didn't sleep well last night." Jiang Cheng yawned.

"I'm sorry," Gu Fei said in a low voice, "I made you follow along for several hours."

"It's not because of Gu Miao." Jiang Cheng waved his hand, "Li Baoguo... didn't go to play cards yesterday, coughed all night, and couldn't sleep because of the noise."

"Oh." Gu Fei dug out his pocket, took out a small paper box, and put it in front of him, "Eat it?"

"What..." Jiang Cheng opened the small paper box, and inside was a small handful of toffee, he was a little speechless, "Toffee?"

"Well, don't you like to eat it?" Gu Fei took out another mint candy from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

"I didn't say I like to eat, I was hungry that day." Jiang Cheng said.

"That's it." Gu Fei looked at him with an exaggeratedly surprised expression, then put away his expression, and took the candy from him, "Give it back to me."

"No," Jiang Cheng glared at him, "I find you very interesting, don't you?"

"Just say whether you want it or not." Gu Fei said.

Jiang Cheng opened his mouth, and it took him a long time before he said, "Give me a peppermint one, it refreshes me."

Gu Fei glanced at him, groped in his pocket for a long time, grabbed a handful, and searched for it with his fingers: "No, why don't you eat this, this is also refreshing, quite refreshing."

"Oh." Jiang Cheng took the small round candy he pointed out from his hand.

The sugar was orange-flavored, and it didn't have a particularly refreshing taste. Jiang Cheng wrapped the sugar with his tongue. What the hell did the orange flavor taste, at least it had to be lemon...

Before the thought flashed through, he suddenly tasted a faint sour taste on the tip of his tongue, maybe it was a little sour inside after the orange-flavored coat wrapped around it melted away?

Before he could react, the sour smell came out suddenly.

His eyes widened all at once.

Sour sour sour sour sour!

I'm fucking sick!

The sour taste in his mouth that hit his heart and tear glands made him feel so painful!

"This..." Gu Fei saw that he sat up straight suddenly, and asked.

But before he finished speaking, Jiang Cheng had already spat out the candy in his mouth viciously.

The sugar shot out like a small bullet and hit Zhou Jing's neck in front.

"Ah!" Zhou Jing yelled, startled and immediately sat up straight, turned his head while reaching out to touch his neck, and asked in a low voice, "What am I relying on? It fell into my clothes!"

Jiang Cheng was speechless. Although the candy was no longer in his mouth, the traces of its existence had not disappeared, and the bitter sour taste in his mouth was still there.

"Sit down." Gu Fei said.

"Student Zhou Jing," Lao Xu said on the podium, "Pay attention to classroom discipline."

Although the people in this class who paid attention to classroom discipline could not make up a basketball team together, Zhou Jing still sat down.

After two seconds, he turned his head again: "Fuck, why is it sticky? What the hell?"

"Sugar." Gu Fei said.

"...are you sick?" Zhou Jing was very sad, tore off his clothes and shook for a long time before the candy fell on the chair.

"I'm sorry." Jiang Cheng said, and after finally recovering, he turned his head to look at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was playing with his mobile phone with his head down, but Jiang Cheng could see the suppressed smile on his face.

"Are you fucking courting death?" Jiang Cheng said in a low voice.

"You said you need to refresh yourself," Gu Fei swiped his finger on the phone screen, "Are you still sleepy now?"

"What a fucking thing!" Jiang Cheng cursed.

"Aren't you sleepy?" Gu Fei turned his head to look at him.

"How about I write you a certificate of merit?" Jiang Cheng said.

"No need," Gu Fei turned his head and continued to play with his phone, "No one can understand your writing."

Jiang Cheng had to admit that he was refreshed at the moment, without any sleepiness at all.

But the urge to hit Gu Fei twice made him not even in the mood to ask Gu Miao how the school would deal with Gu Miao.

When the school bell rang, Gu Fei put down his phone: "Please have a meal, thank you for your help yesterday."

Jiang Cheng looked at him and said nothing.

"It's convenient to see you at noon or at night," Gu Fei said again, "Do you have time?"

"...don't be so polite," Jiang Cheng said.

"It's not polite," Gu Fei said, "If it wasn't for you yesterday, Er Miao doesn't know what would have happened. I'm afraid even thinking about it."

Jiang Cheng was silent for a while: "Then at night, I need to catch up on sleep at noon."

"Okay." Gu Fei nodded.

In the afternoon, as usual, it is self-study class and practice ball. The self-study class during this period is probably Wang Xu's favorite class.

Jiang Cheng went to the hospital at noon, the wound was changed, and the doctor asked the doctor to apply some adhesive that was said to be imported.

In the afternoon, I mainly practiced and cooperated, and did not play a formal game. The condition of the wound is not bad, and I don’t feel much.

"I think we have something to play this time," Captain Wang Xu squatted at the edge of the court at the end of practice, poking the floor with his fingers. Everyone, like before, doesn’t take us seriously.”

"Just don't go bragging all over the street." Jiang Cheng said.

"It's okay," Wang Xu said nonchalantly, "As long as you and Gu Fei are not exposed, no one will believe me anyway."

"... Oh." Looking at him, Jiang Cheng felt that Wang Xu was so sincere for the first time, and was a little surprised that he could face the cruel reality so directly.

"Da Fei," Wang Xu turned to look at him, "If you have time someday, invite those buddies over to practice with us. I think the effect is pretty good."

"En." Gu Fei responded.

"Okay, disband," Wang Xu waved his hand, "The other classes are due to come later, remember our current slogan!"

"Slogan?" Lu Xiaobin was stunned, "Do we still have slogans?"

"Oh, I didn't say that, did I?" Wang Xu said, "Our slogan is - we have a secret weapon!"

After he finished speaking, Jiang Cheng didn't realize that this was his slogan, and he was stunned for a while before holding back the maniacal laughter that wanted to burst out and turned his head away.

Everyone looked at Wang Xu silently.

"We have a secret weapon!" Wang Xu repeated, and then waved his hand again, "Disband!"

When walking out of the school gate after school, Jiang Cheng looked around habitually, but he didn't see Gu Miao who was always waiting at the gate like a little boss with his skateboard in his arms.

He glanced at Gu Fei, but Gu Fei didn't explain, he put his hand in his pocket and walked along the road.

"Didn't ride the bike today?" Jiang Cheng asked, seeing that he didn't pick up the bike.

"Yeah," Gu Fei tugged at his collar, "The broken bike is half way round in the morning."

"What?" Jiang Cheng couldn't understand for a moment, "What's wrong with the wheel, and no one beat it..."

"...you are so cute," Gu Fei looked at him, "there is no such thing as a square wheel, it has really changed from round to square."

"Oh." Jiang Cheng also admired himself.

"I fell to death." Gu Fei sighed.

Jiang Cheng looked at him and said nothing. If it was Pan Zhi, he would definitely applaud and celebrate at this moment.

"What do you want to eat?" Gu Fei asked while walking.

"I don't know, there's nothing I particularly want to eat, and you don't have to make it too formal," Jiang Cheng said, "You can eat whatever you like with your friends, and it's not a thank you party."

"My friend and I..." Gu Fei smiled, "The food we eat is amazing, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear it."

"Do you want to eat shit?" Jiang Cheng asked casually. He had a habitual conversation with Pan Zhi. The two of them had many boring and childish habitual conversations.

Sometimes I feel that if I don't look at people, I can think that they are only seven years old.

"Don't eat," Gu Fei said, "If you want to eat, I can arrange it for you."

"Let's eat ordinary ones." Jiang Cheng sighed.

Thinking of Pan Zhi now makes me sigh, it's really a miraculous thing.

Recently, Pan Zhi's grandfather was hospitalized, and the whole family took turns to accompany him in the hospital. They didn't have much contact with each other. Sometimes Jiang Cheng would feel very lonely when he saw the silent phone.

"Let's go to the supermarket first." Gu Fei said.

"Supermarket?" Jiang Cheng was stunned, "What to buy?"

"Buy food," Gu Fei said, "Ingredients or something."

"Do it yourself?" Jiang Cheng was surprised.

"Well," Gu Fei nodded, "My friends and I usually make it ourselves, if you want to eat ready-made ones, we can..."

"No need," Jiang Cheng felt that it was better to stick to Gu Fei's habit, and he didn't even think about eating Gu Fei because of yesterday's incident, "But I have to say first, I can only cook noodles if I cook them. Instant noodles."

"It's okay, simple, barbecue." Gu Fei said.

Jiang Cheng was surprised once again, barbecue by himself in this kind of weather?Where to burn it?

Walking around in the supermarket, Gu Fei bought a chopped chicken, some prepared beef and mutton for barbecue, and brought two bags of dumplings.

"How do you bake the dumplings?" Jiang Cheng couldn't understand.

"The dumplings are boiled." Gu Fei explained to him with a serious face.

"I know the dumplings are boiled, I just...forget it, I'll wait and eat." Jiang Cheng said.

"What do you drink? Wine or drinks?" Gu Fei asked.

"Don't drink anything." Jiang Cheng's mind was full of the scene of the two of them standing in the wasteland where the old north wind was blowing, guarding a pile of firewood that would soon extinguish and half-frozen. cold.

After shopping, Gu Fei took him in the direction of going home.

Although I feel that if Gu Fei asks him to have a barbecue at home...he is really not used to it. He and Gu Fei have met a lot recently, but they still don't feel familiar with each other. It would be quite uncomfortable to go home. go.

When he reached Gu Fei's shop, Gu Fei didn't stop, he just took a look inside, and then continued walking.

Jiang Cheng also took a look inside, and through the glass, he could see a woman standing at the cashier counter, whose hairstyle should be Gu Fei's mother.

Going further, this street and Li Baoguo's street merge together.

Jiang Cheng has been here before, and it is quite desolate. After passing the abandoned factory in front, there is a road leading to a lake with no water... He shuddered, if Gu Fei was going to have a barbecue by that lake , he probably chose to invite Gu Fei to the restaurant.

But Gu Fei walked directly into the abandoned factory through a small door.

"Here?" Jiang Cheng followed in, "Is this some kind of factory?"

"Well, the former steel factory," Gu Fei said, "has been closed for a long time... Many people in this area used to belong to this factory, and so did Li Baoguo."

"Oh." Jiang Cheng looked around.

After entering the gate, I found that the factory is very large. The factory building and everything are still there. It looks very solid, but it has become a wasteland, and no one must have cleaned it. The ground is full of unmelted ice.

Gu Fei led him all the way in, and after passing a few basketball courts, he entered a building that looked like an old office building.

"I and... are not good birds," Gu Fei said as he went upstairs, "When we usually don't want to stay in the store, we just hang out here."

"There's not even electricity here, right?" Jiang Cheng looked at the mess under his feet.

"I connected the wire myself," Gu Fei said. "Actually, it's very lively here in summer. There's a lot of open space outside. Old men and women's hip-hop activities are all here."

"Hip-hop?" Jiang Cheng repeated.

"Well, it's still dancing. It's very fashionable, and it's on the cutting edge of the times." Gu Fei went up to the third floor, took out a key and opened a door.

Jiang Cheng took a look inside, and it turned out to be a very clean and empty room. There was a brick stove in the middle of the room, and there were many low stools and cotton cushions beside it, as well as a sofa with no legs.

There are barbecue grills and induction cookers by the wall, and there are actually pots, a pile of oil and salt bottles.

"Damn it?" Jiang Cheng was shocked, "I can live with this, right?"

"How about it, let's have fun," Gu Fei put the dishes on the table, "We arrange the lock ourselves, and I will give you a key if you want, and you can stay here when you don't want to go back and have nowhere to go For a while, Li Yan and the others usually come over on weekends, and there is no one else at other times."

Jiang Cheng didn't say a word, leaning against the wall and looking at Gu Fei, feeling a little depressed that Gu Fei pointed out his situation of "having nowhere to go" all the time.

Although he was upset, he was unexpectedly not angry. He just felt that even his deskmate could see his situation, which was a little... funny.