Rebirth: Truth Does Not Dig Coal

Zhang Xusheng arrived in City S at around nine o'clock in the evening. Xu Hao, Wang Haoran, Andre, and Matthew were having dinner at a fairly bourgeois Chinese restaurant by the river.Zhang Xusheng dragged the suitcase into the private room in a rush, and when he saw Xu Hao, he stomped his feet, twisted a flower coquettishly and punched Xu Hao on the back, "Hao Hao, you little heartless, you want to die La!"

Zhang Xusheng stomped his feet suddenly, which startled Andre, who was buried in eating, and then saw Zhang Xusheng hugged Xu Hao's cheeks and was about to kiss. Matthew, who was eating fried rice, was so surprised that the rice almost sprayed out of his nose .

Wang Haoran felt that he had lost sight of it.

Xu Hao was so hammered by Zhang Xusheng that he almost spit out his dinner, and then saw Zhang Xusheng pouted with two big mouths that were almost pressed against his face, Xu Hao quickly pushed Zhang Xusheng's face away with a slap, "Brother Sheng, I have something to say!" Speak well!"

Hearing that Xu Hao called his brother in a hurry, Zhang Xusheng gave a cheap laugh twice, turned his head, and suddenly saw two foreigners sitting on the table, each looking at him with dull eyes.

Zhang Xusheng hurriedly straightened his body with a carp, scratched his head and smiled, "I'm sorry, I forgot that Haozi still has friends. This one just came out of a guest role in the court drama group, and he hasn't changed much. I laughed at him, laughed at him."

After a lot of politeness, seeing the blank and complicated eyes of the two foreigners, Zhang Xusheng turned around and asked, "Do these two guys understand Chinese?"

Xu Hao: "Almost..."

Zhang Xusheng stepped forward again, holding Andre's left hand and Matthew's right hand in each hand, and said enthusiastically, "Hello, Manem is empty, Ecom's roommate is dismantling it, Ness Thumit U! Wellcome Tudana!"

Andre was taken aback, and while smiling politely, he asked Matthew in English like a mosquito, "What did this guy say?"

Matthew was at a loss, "Such an awesome pronunciation, it should be Chinese."

Xu Hao pulled Zhang Xusheng over and sat down, "It's alright, it's fine, it won't stop until you get older."

Zhang Xusheng was still a little excited, "That's different, we haven't seen each other for a long time, I'm happy, Haozi."

Xu Hao smiled helplessly, "Yes, I am also happy, I heard that you are now doing film and television? Will I have to see your name often when I go to the cinema from now on?"

Zhang Xusheng laughed, "That's necessary. If you meet a beautiful little star or something in the future, right?" Then Zhang Xusheng's face just showed a little lewdness, and suddenly his expression changed, and he said, "Let's talk first, a society ruled by law, free love Ah, whether you can catch up or not depends entirely on your ability."

Wang Haoran scolded him with a smile, "Look at your talent, you are the most like a person who can hide the rules in the whole table."

Several people ate, drank and chatted in both Chinese and English for a while, and Zhang Xusheng made gestures and demonstrations, which surprised Andre and Matthew.

Later, Zhang Xusheng proposed to go to a nightclub for a series of shows.Zhang Xusheng smiled wretchedly, and made two meaningful gestures on his chest, and Andre was able to understand everything, and smiled cheaply with Zhang Xusheng and winked, with a face that you know me.

The few remaining people couldn't resist the strong demands of these two people, so they all went together.

Zhang Xusheng saw that there had been a lot of waves in the past few years, so he walked around in an alley, and found the store he was going to with ease.

Looking at the door, it's no different from a better bar.

As a result, I walked into a secret door and went downstairs again, and the scene changed immediately.

The throbbing drums, the restless and noisy atmosphere, the graceful woman is like a vine entangled on the steel pipe, and the black lace with the soft and plump body is like a poisonous rose in bud.

Xu Hao didn't expect Zhang Xusheng to be really good at taking them to a striptease.

Although it is a gray area, the specifications and decoration of this nightclub are not bad.Most of the guests are still sitting in their respective booths, tasting wine, or talking in low voices, occasionally there are one or two cheers, and most of them are hidden in the dark.

Obviously, people who come here pay more attention to each other's privacy, and it is a high-end place.

When Andre and Zhang Xusheng got together, they didn't have a proper shape. The left one was "goodgood" and the right one was "very good", and they didn't know what they could talk about.Beside, Wang Haoran was also chatting with Matthew, but Xu Hao couldn't help being distracted in the dim environment, and didn't pay much attention to what they were talking about.

The atmosphere gradually reached a climax with the nudity on the stage, the sax rose melodiously, and the woman on the stage took off the last top.

The applause from around gradually increased, and a sweet and mellow aroma wafted from the dark field.

Xu Hao put his mind away, glanced at the stage, and suddenly felt that it was meaningless.

Xu Hao put down the wine glass and stood up, Wang Haoran took advantage of the situation and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xu Hao said casually, "The bathroom."

Wang Haoran didn't say anything more.

Xu Hao walked out, passed the bathroom but did not stop.He walked all the way to the door, and the mud and grass mixed with the damp breath rushed towards his face, only to realize that it was raining outside.

The refreshing fragrance of flowers in late spring diffuses in the air from unknown street corners.

Xu Hao took a big breath of fresh air, and stretched out his hands out of boredom. He felt the fine and dense rain covering his hands like a net, which felt a little cool.

After about 5 minutes, Xu Hao stretched out his hand and wiped his face with the rain.

Sober up and ready to go back.

As soon as he turned around, a person came out from the inside and gave Xu Hao a straight face.

Gold-rimmed glasses, a gentle face, a light red mole at the corner of the eye, and a habitual smile on his face.

The man was on the phone, and as he walked past Xu Hao, a Bentley was parked at the door, waiting for him to get in the car.

When they passed each other, the man said with a wry smile, "Miss Xue, you don't know what kind of temper he has. Aren't you embarrassing me?"

Xu Hao stopped walking and turned around suddenly.

Because it was raining lightly, the man walked faster, and got into the car with big strides as soon as he got out of the steps, leaving only Xu Hao with the back of the door closed.

Xu Hao frowned.

I just glanced at it, but I didn't see it clearly, but why does this person feel so familiar?

--

A black Bentley was driving at a constant speed on the downtown boulevard in City S.

Lin Duzhi hung up the phone called "Miss Xue" just now. The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, so he made another call from the back seat of the car.

The standby time for this call was relatively long, just when Lin Duzhi thought that the other party would never answer, there was the sound of being connected on the other end of the phone.

Lin Duzhi was surprised, afraid that the other party would hang up the phone without saying a word, so he quickly asked straight to the point, "When are you going back to China?"

There was a moment of silence over there, and he said impatiently in a dull voice as if he had just woken up, "Next week."

Lin Duzhi said, "Qiqi is back, do you want to have a meal together?"

He replied slowly, "Anything."

Lin Duzhi didn't know whether to go casually or not, so he said angrily, "Can you die if you say more words?"

There was only one word back from the other end, "Yes."

Then with a "snap" the phone was hung up.

The corner of Lin Duzhi's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself: ...Damn you, one or two are so rude, I'm messing with someone again.

--

have a dream.

In the dream world, there is a small boat floating on the vast sea.

A man is sitting on the deck of a ship.

The waves gently lifted the boat up and down.In the dark night, there is no moon or stars, and the people on the boat cannot know where they are, nor can they measure how deep the sea is.

The lone man was sitting against the hull in a strange, defensive-like position—hands on his knees, head buried deep in his arms, and then covering his eyes with great effort.

The world is not pitch black.

he thinks.

It's just that I closed my eyes tightly and covered my eyes with my hands, so that no light could penetrate, so the perception of the whole world was black to me.

That's right.

Once I let go of my arms and open my eyes, a strong light will come in, and then I will find that the sky is bright, everything will be transparent, and there is no unknown fear from the night.

The sitting person tightened his arms silently, thinking.

And right now, I just don't want to watch it.

Then why don't I watch it?

Because it's boring.

The person sitting thought so, and laughed hastily twice, as if this disdainful laughter could make these thoughts more convincing.

until--

Until the sea swelled unusually.

The hull tilted at an exaggerated angle along with the sea level.

The sitting person stopped laughing, he loosened his arms and raised his head.

Facing his back, was a huge head emerging from the sea.

No details, no light, just a blank, shuttle-shaped outline.

Immediately afterwards, a huge, pitch-black monster soared into the air.

Two huge fins and a thick tail leaf turned the waves upside down!

It was a whale that jumped out of the water in the middle of the night, leaping obliquely above the boat, the distance was so close, the foam splashed on the face and there was a salty smell.

A vast, unknown shadow hangs overhead.

Then there was a heavy muffled sound, and it sank into the sea again.

The deep sea echoed with the sound of whales that sounded like an isolated island collapsing.

The boat avoided the track of the whale falling into the water, but it was no longer calm. The hull swayed violently, as if it was about to capsize into the sea at any moment.

And the seated man froze.

He stood up convulsively, and staggered forward with the shaking of the ship, but he couldn't see anything in front of him, only the sound of whales filled the darkness.

He knelt down, covered his head with his hands, and the black tide surged up, mixing with the violent wind and submerging everything.

Fear and powerlessness gripped the heart.

But suddenly, he heard a voice saying, let's go.

He raised his eyes hastily.

In an instant, the monstrous tide and howling wind were all gone.

A spark floated from nowhere, like a little splash from a bonfire, floating in front of his eyes.

He stretched out his hand involuntarily, holding the fragile light loosely, and suddenly a strong feeling of soreness surged up.

This light seed is too small, so small that it can be blown away by a slight breeze, he stared at it blankly, but he couldn't use the strength to tighten his hand.

Tighten it, and it will go out.

In the end, I can only look at this spark, passing by the fingers in the cage, and flying into the sky, flying higher and higher.

In the end, it turned into a small star glowing with fire.

Then woke up.

Yan Ze opened his eyes and stared blankly at the ceiling, still immersed in some emotion.

After a long time, he sat up from the bed, the sweat on his body was not completely wiped off.

The desk lamp that had been left on all night was still on.

He turned off the light, then went to the window and drew the curtains aside.

The strong sunlight rushes into the room, causing Yan Ze to squint his eyes.

After standing in the sun for a long time, the phone on the bedside vibrated slightly.

Yan Ze connected, and Lin Duzhi's voice came over, "How are you getting ready?"

Yan Ze turned around and walked into the bathroom, and started to turn on the water, "How about something?"

Lin Duzhi was stunned for two seconds, he probably didn't expect Yan Ze to ask such a question, and said, "Dinner with Qiqi tonight, you won't forget it, right?"

Yan Ze responded, "Oh."

Lin Duzhi sounded almost pissed off, "Oh? Oh?? Oh what? You forgot, right? Where are you? I'll look for you now!"

Yan Ze tried the water and it was hot, so he said impatiently, "I'm going for a run, let's talk about it at night, hang up."

Lin Duzhi was completely speechless, "Evening? What time do you think it is? It's almost five o'clock. What do you mean, you just woke up again? It's been a month since you came back and you haven't finished your jet lag yet? Crazy? Crazy? ?”

There was a "snap" in the middle of the sentence, and the phone was hung up again. Lin Duzhi almost choked on the old blood.

Yan Ze simply took a shower and went out before his hair was dry.

He lives in a high-rise duplex apartment in the downtown area of ​​S, where every inch of land is expensive, and the elevator directly enters the home, with excellent privacy.

Yan Ze went out along the apartment, walked through a few streets with not too many people around, sweating a little, and ran into a boulevard around the river at a steady pace.

At the end of June, the leaves are dense and full, and the flowers are so delicate that they can wring out water.After Yan Ze ran for more than an hour, the call came again, and it was still Lin Duzhi.

Lin Duzhi sounded very depressed, he had to ask the driver to pick up Yan Ze no matter what.Yan Ze didn't quite know where he was running, so he ran along the road until he stopped at the place with a road sign.

In less than 15 minutes, Lin Duzhi's driver arrived at the speed of light given the traffic situation in city S.

Yan Ze got into the car, took the towel handed over by the driver and wiped his face casually, then leaned his elbow on the window frame, and stared out boredly.

The driver had sharp eyesight and knew that it meant he could leave, so he didn't dare to speak too much. He kept Lin Duzhi's order in mind, stepped on the accelerator very skillfully, and the car immediately started to accelerate smoothly.

The scene in front of him flew by quickly, and Yan Zeman looked at the street scene aimlessly. He didn't need to think about how boring this dinner party would be.

However, life is like a pool of stagnant water. Meeting different people and doing different things are actually equally boring.

Bentley cuts in from the main road and quickly turns into a tree-lined avenue, which is lined with plane trees on both sides. This is a shortcut, and the buildings on both sides are the typical petty bourgeois style of diplomatic apartments.

In Yan Ze's field of vision, he quickly passed the slender trunk of the sycamore tree, the single-family building on the side of the road, and the street basketball court fenced with nets under the shade of the trees on the side of the road.

In the mixed oil painting-like car scene, a very inconspicuous figure rowed past.

The outside line inside the grid, a tall silhouette, hands pushed up, standard three-pointer posture.

When Yan Ze came back to his senses, the car had already left the area at high speed.

He sat up suddenly, stared at the glass of the rear car, and shouted, "Stop!"

The driver was startled by a big movement in the back seat, he didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously remembered his young master's instructions, the car stopped and slowed down.

But in the next second, the driver was almost scared to death.

The guy in the back seat didn't even wait for the car to slow down completely, the rear door was already open.

The driver broke out in a cold sweat and slammed on the brakes to death, but it was still a step too late.

Before the car stopped evenly, Yan Ze jumped out of the car impulsively, and was staggered the moment he landed. Fortunately, his body balance was very good. Under the frightened gaze of the driver, Yan Ze jumped out of the car with one hand. After holding on to the ground, he ran out quickly without losing speed.

He ran, the wind rushed behind him crazily, and his heart beat like thunder.

Then, even his rapid breathing began to tremble.

In just a few hundred meters, he flew over, but the closer he got, the slower his speed became.

Finally, panting heavily, he approached the net with difficulty.

In the arena, a boy in orange short-sleeves turned his head, greeted the other, and said some unknown words.

Yan Ze stood at the gate of the basketball court, exchanging breaths slowly and lengthily.

not him.

Yan Ze raised his hand, took off the gray sports scarf on his forehead, and rubbed his forehead with his palm.

I was sweating profusely, and the hood was almost soaked.

It was not him.

Yan Ze stood there for a while, tidied up his messy emotions, and prepared to go back.

But suddenly, a hearty voice came from behind.

"Brother, borrow a way."

Yan Ze turned his head, his expression was a bit confused, and he seemed confused.

The visitor had a towel for wiping sweat around his neck and three bottles of iced mineral water in his hands. The yellow vest on his body soaked a large part of his chest, obviously sweating a lot after exercising.

Then the man stood, probably suddenly recognized that the borrower was an acquaintance, his tone was extremely surprised and unbelievable, "Damn it, Yan Ze?"

Yan Ze opened his mouth.

Not knowing what to say, it took me a long time to find my voice.

"It's really you."