I'm in Delingha tonight

Hesitating seemed to take a long time, Chi Nian opened the door, and the noise of Times Paradise Street rushed over.He looked left and right, but he didn't see Xi Shan right away, his heart was beating in his chest, and he couldn't calm down for a while.

He was worried about not being able to find anyone, when he suddenly saw a small group of people around Starbucks.

His intuition told him that Xi Shan was there, so Chi Nian hurriedly ran away.There were a few good people in the crowd who were taking pictures with their mobile phones. Chi Nian yelled "Please let me go!", pushed aside the crowd, and locked on the horrible Zhou Hengwen before he approached - that appearance was even a bit pitiful. never seen.

The front of the clothes was wrinkled, with red marks, and half of his face was covered in blood.

Xi Shan stood not far away, he pressed the wound on his palm.On the apron, the name of the shop "Lanshan" was very clear. He didn't mean to make excuses, and just stood aside indifferently.

And between them stood two policemen in uniform.

Chi Nian panicked, thinking "It's over" and "This is a big mess", when he found Zhu Yiming next to the police.Zhu Yiming obviously saw him, said "Come here", grabbed Chi Nian's arm and dragged him over, and said reassuringly, "It's okay, I'll find the police."

"Why are you looking for the police?!" Chi Nian growled, "You will be detained for fighting!"

"I don't know, Brother Xi will look for him when he sees him doing something."

Chi Nian was so anxious that his eyes were red, and when he heard the police evacuate the crowd, he forgot where the sense of sight came from.He wanted to ask, but because the police stopped him and couldn't get past him, he could only stand beside him in a hurry.

The policeman crossed his hips, his face darkened like a pan: "You beat someone just now?"

Zhou Hengwen waited for the messenger of justice to arrive, and immediately pointed at Xi Shan, and a long accusation was about to come out: "It's him!..."

"He sexually harassed me," Xi Shan said.

Zhou Hengwen's long speech was immediately strangled by his throat.

There was a passer-by who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, dragging his voice: "Wow——"

The police looked Xi Shan up and down, and asked with a complicated expression: "Who sexually harassed? You?"

Xi Shan pointed at Chi Nian lightly, without changing his face: "He harassed my boyfriend. I don't know where he got his cell phone number. He texted him every few days and called him 'baby', and he insisted on meeting him. Just now in the store Use your hands and feet, right in front of my face. Then I will definitely... If you don't hit him, who will you hit?"

The policeman's face became more exciting, and he asked Chi Nian, "Are you his boyfriend?"

"I……"

"He is." Xi Shan stood in front of Chi Nian, protecting him with one hand, "Do you want to make a record or fine? This matter has nothing to do with him. I beat the man, so I can go."

The police estimated that it had been a long time since they had seen such a self-conscious "disturbing the law and order suspect". After the beating, the attitude was unbelievably good, and they looked at their partner helplessly for a while.

Although another policeman also felt that this was outrageous, he still remembered the process anyway.Hearing that Xi Shan took the initiative to say it, he nodded, pointed to Zhou Hengwen and reminded: "You two come with me to make a record over there, and that...then you, your boyfriend don't have to go."

Xi Shan sincerely thanked: "I'm sorry to trouble you."

There was no excitement to watch, and the front of Starbucks quickly calmed down. The police took two injured people to the duty room to take notes.Xi Shan followed suit and took the time to turn around and gesture "OK" to Chi Nian.

Chi Nian: "..."

He looked at Zhou Hengwen and then at Xi Shan, but he still hadn't figured out the situation.

Didn't you just ask for money? ...

What is "he harassed my boyfriend"?

Chi Nian suddenly realized that Xi Shan had just randomly spread rumors about the relationship between men and women in front of the police and a bunch of strangers, his head buzzed, and his face burned red.

Xi Shan...probably said that to rationalize the whole thing?

Why is Zhu Yiming's eyes so strange?

Chi Nian explained to Zhu Yiming in embarrassment and panic: "That's not the case, he's here, he's talking nonsense..."

"Oh." Zhu Yiming nodded, couldn't help laughing until his shoulders trembled.

"To be honest, I don't know how many years I haven't seen Brother Xi beating someone." Zhu Yiming said with nostalgia, "But don't worry too much, he has a very good attitude of admitting his mistakes, every time he arrives at the police station, he will stop for a while." can come out."

"Huh?" Chi Nian was curious, "Has he been there many times?"

Zhu Yiming grabbed Chi Nian's shoulders and led him into the store, saying, "A lot. Your Brother Xi used to be famous in Shapingba as 'he doesn't talk too much'. How many little hooligans have I beaten, and since then I have captured the hearts of countless boys and girls..."

"It's not our Brother Xi." Chi Nian resisted weakly.

Zhu Yiming ignored him and continued: "Later, there was a fight where he hit hard, and both parties were arrested by the police station. I don't know what he said, anyway, it was okay in the end. The other two hooligans were beaten by him first. He called his mother, and was detained by the police station for several days, a lifelong psychological shadow—but he stopped fighting with others after graduation.”

Chi Nian smiled, letting go of his worries for now.

Zhu Yiming's words let him accidentally touch Xi Shan's fresh and rebellious college days, and he imagined the Xi Shan at that time—did he also have long hair?Short hair should look good too.

Not following the rules, and even drawing swords to help in the face of injustice... It's strange that no one likes it.

When Chi Nian returned to Lanshan, he was still not satisfied. He helped reset the tables and chairs. After sitting down, he thought about it and asked Zhu Yiming, "Brother Zhu, did you guys fight together before?"

"Me? I'm not going to fight. Sixian and I are standing next to each other and shouting cheers." When Zhu Yiming mentioned a certain name, he didn't know whether he was relieved or what, but he didn't stumble as much as he did last time. Take the medicine, and then the four of us will be scolded by Jiang Hai - he is always worried that we will not be able to graduate if we cause trouble all day long."

"Jiang Hai?"

"He's the big brother of our group, a top student, and he's in Chengdu No. [-] now." Zhu Yiming smiled, and changed the subject, "...I'm sorry, last time, I targeted you too much."

The lemonade on the table was replaced with a new glass.

Chi Nian actually couldn't remember when Zhu Yiming said "the last time".He silently recalled that his intuition might be that before they went to visit the grave...something should really have happened that day, and then Xi Shan came to Huangjueping in the drowsy weather that was about to rain.

Depressed, Xi Shan, who forced a smile on his face, told him not to ask, "Let me lean on for a while".

Chi Nian has not asked until now, although he is very concerned.

In addition to what happened, there is also the "younger student" that Xi Shankou said.After leaving because of a car accident, Xi Shan will feel guilty, blamed himself, and regretted...

What kind of relationship are they in?

Xi Shan didn't want to say, can he ask Zhu Yiming in front of him?

"It's nothing..." Chi Nian took a sip of lemonade, "But Brother Zhu, can I ask you something?"

"You said."

"Just..." Chi Nian opened his mouth, feeling that there is nothing to argue with a friend who has already left, and he is not really someone from Xishan, "Forget it, I feel like asking... just deceiving myself. "

Zhu Yiming held his chin: "I guess, do you want to ask Yu Sixian?"

"Huh?" Chi Nian was surprised.

so obvious?Chi Nian frowned and looked at him in disbelief, thinking: Not only Xi Shan, but also his good friends can read minds?

"But this matter is more complicated, and I don't know exactly what Xi Shan thinks." Zhu Yiming covered his mouth vaguely and yawned, "I, Qi Xing, him, everyone has different positions, we I can only talk about my own thoughts - once, I very much hoped that he and Sixian could be together."

The soles of Chi Nian's feet were light, and he was pinched once with soreness in his heart. He didn't know what to say, so he could only utter a few meaningless exclamations: "Is this so?"

"Because... I hope Sixian can be happy."

Chi Nian looked at him in surprise.

"Sixian's parents divorced very early. He is introverted and doesn't show his emotions very much. So when I found out that he might like Xi Shan... I hope Xi Shan can like him too, so that he will be happy. When Zhu Yiming said this, he frowned, but the corners of his mouth were still smiling, "I'm just pretending to be sentimental."

"Aren't they together?"

"Well," Zhu Yiming shrugged, "Brother Xi has always regarded him as his own younger brother, and Sixian has never shown any similar emotions since then. Probably, both of them think this is the best choice."

Sometimes "together" will only become the sustenance of one-way feelings, no matter how hard the secret love is, it will not be able to impress a person who doesn't like you.Zhu Yiming used to think that Xi Shan was indifferent, a central air conditioner who was kind to everyone but didn't care for anyone, but today he was suddenly shocked by Xi Shan's appearance.

Whether it's, "Nian Nian lives at my house", or, "He harassed my boyfriend".

At this time, Zhu Yiming reflected on himself and found that he really demanded too much from Xi Shan—would Sixian want them to do this?I'm afraid it's just that he is using Xi Shan to smooth over his own regrets.

He was right to be selfish.

There was a moment of silence.

"I...I'd better go to the police station and wait for him." Chi Nian couldn't sit still, "Thank you, Brother Zhu."

After speaking, he asked Chen Mianmian for a bottle of mineral water, but he disappeared soon after.Zhu Yiming sat where he was, and didn't read the inexplicable thank you. He propped his chin and smiled after a while.

Meng Qing passed by and asked strangely: "Brother Zhu, what are you laughing at?"

Zhu Yiming waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just feel that Xi Shan's old house is on fire this time...it's going to fall down."

Meng Qing: "...Huh?"

After autumn, the temperature dropped sharply, which caught people living in Wudu by surprise.

The Guanyinqiao business district has everything you can wear, casually stacked pies with no clothes, beautiful frozen pies, and early winter pies... Passing each other on the street, they will always call "stupid" in their hearts when they look at each other .

After drinking half a bottle of water, Chi Nian squatted in the milk tea shop opposite the police station and waited for Xi Shan for more than two hours.

It was a little embarrassing to think about it, this was the second time he had seen Xi Shan enter the police station.

When Xi Shan came out, his expression was the same as when he was fighting before, gloomy and a bit annoying.When he saw Chi Nian, the hostility between his brows dissipated.

"Why are you here?" Xi Shan said, taking a mineral water bottle from Chi Nian, opened it and took a sip.

Chi Nian was at a loss for words for a moment, but later realized that he was a little redundant.Xi Shan would not get lost in this area, but he saw that he was waiting for someone on a special trip, and even the excuse of "going out for a stroll" was erased.

"I have nothing to do." Chi Nian simply told the truth, "I want to ask Zhou Hengwen for money."

Xi Shan smiled, and gave the police station a thumbs-up: "He's still inside. The police probably think he's mentally ill and have been saying some incomprehensible words, let him calm down for a while... Well, he'll probably be locked up for at least 24 hours." hour."

Chi Nian: "...Did you say something to make the police think he was sick?"

"Am I that kind of person?"

"..."

Isn't it, Chi Nian really wants to say, I don't know how many surprises you have.

After taking two steps, Chi Nian still felt that this matter was strange, and asked, "So what did you tell the police? Fighting is none of your business?"

"Well, I told the police that this person met my friend online and withdrew money when they met. He might be a habitual criminal of Internet fraud. I hope that the police comrades will investigate seriously. Of course he will defend himself and insist that he is in a relationship with you. I haven't Speaking, the policeman who just came here was angry, tell him to be honest..." Xi Shan smiled, "Then he said that there might be something wrong with this person, and they want to investigate carefully, so they let me go."

"what……?"

Is it that simple?

"Of course, I paid a fine of 200 yuan, got into a fight, and affected public security."

Chi Nian: "..."

"He will pay you back the money. I told him that if he doesn't pay back, he will have to take a tricycle back to Beijing." After Xi Shan finished speaking, he rubbed the scabbed wound on the palm of his hand, the edges were red and swollen, and he lowered his head carefully After studying it for a while, he handed it to Chi Nian, "Here, please settle the medical bill."

Chi Nian nodded desperately: "Jie! Medical expenses, tetanus, and protein...all covered by me!"

Xi Shan raised his eyebrows in satisfaction.

"By the way, are your toes okay?" Chi Nian took a look, he was in a roller coaster mood just now, and only then remembered that Xi Shan's fracture was not healed, and his left foot was wearing slippers all the time.

Xi Shan raised his foot to show Chi Nian: "It's almost fine, don't worry."

"...What the hell!" Chi Nian finished being annoyed, and carefully wanted to confirm a certain answer, "But why did you hit him just now?"

"If you want to hit, hit it. Didn't your senior sister and Fa Xiao tell you about that kind of person? You just need to be beaten." Xi Shan showed a fierce expression, and instantly became normal again, "How did you look at the side just now? "

Chi Nian hesitated for a while, and said honestly, "It's quite cool."

"That's fine."

"Brother Xi, I'll have money soon." Chi Nian half-jokingly extended the invitation to him, "Or else, I'll treat you to pickled fish tonight?"

Xi Shan looked at him slantingly, with a playful smile on the corner of his thin and sharp mouth: "I love you, but aren't you still poor now? You owe it first, and we'll talk about it when you're successful. I'm begging you."

"oops--"

"Don't babble and act like a spoiled child, I'm too spoiled for you."

After the rain, it clears up, and the autumn in the mountain city will soon be blown by the colder and colder winds to the warmer south, and the moist fog in the air quietly climbs up the street light bulbs at dusk.The moment when night falls into night, like the gray area of ​​the day, contains all the ambiguity.

"I have a hunch." Chi Nian said suddenly.

"what?"

Chi Nian's vivid eyes blinked and passed over Xi Shan like hooks:

"I'll tell you when it's done."

——29.35°N,106.33°E End——

Part Three: There is a cloud in Nanshan

One kiss, you know all my silent thoughts.

— Neruda