I'm in Delingha tonight

The clear sunlight heats up rapidly, and the land is hot.

Chi Nian's face was covered with water when he came out of the bathroom, and was blown dry by the wind before taking two steps.Although he wiped his face with a wet tissue, a splash of cold water undoubtedly brought him back to reality.

The similar environment, service area, and mood are completely different.Chi Nian remembered that he was extremely desperate 24 hours ago. The unreachable phone call and blocked WeChat were the last straws that crushed him. He couldn't grasp it, so he sank directly to the bottom of the river.Unwillingly, he struggled upwards, and finally caught hold of the driftwood.

Finally breathless.

Chi Nian missed the box of milk in the morning, touched his stomach, and started to feel hungry again.

The service areas are all similar, and cars heading west keep passing by on the national highway.He saw from a distance that the Wrangler's doors were all closed, and Xi Shan wandered somewhere, even the windows were locked.Chi Nian yawned, and before he could tangled up where to find Xi Shan, he heard a burst of pushing and a woman screaming.

The man roared in a rough voice: "Are you fucking sick?!"

"Try touching her again."

Chi Nian's footsteps paused for a moment, almost unable to walk.

It's Xi Shan.

"You know him?"

Xi Shan didn't speak.

"Ask if you know each other!?" The man shoved his shoulder. He didn't push him at the first time, but his voice was louder.

"Want to start?"

Xi Shan's voice was quiet and calm, but Chi Nian somehow felt that he was on the verge of getting angry.

The open space between the parking lot and the guest house was already crowded, and the sudden dispute attracted minibus drivers who were waiting for tourists and some people who got off to relax.It wouldn't be too crowded, but there were ambiguous gazes everywhere, as if watching a rivalry and being jealous.

Xi Shan was tall, and he could be seen on the periphery of the crowd confronting a few tall and burly men, with his arms stretched out to block the girl in white skirt.The girl's face was hidden behind Xi Shan's back, and she hugged tightly the arm lying in front of her.

The man blushed and roared thickly, Xi Shan's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't take a step back.

The surroundings became more noisy, and in the noise, someone asked in a hurry: "What's the matter?"

Chi Nian pursed his lips, not sure but had a choice first.He didn't go directly, but raised his legs and walked towards the patrol duty room on the ground floor of the guest house.

The patrolman had been on duty all day and night, and was half asleep in his chair.After being called up by Chi Nian, the two of them walked out of the door still a little swaying, but their basic qualities were still there. After seeing the scene of a fight in the parking lot, they quickly went up and separated them.

The eyes of the onlookers were like spotlights, waiting to explain the whole story.

"Who is causing trouble?" the patrolman asked in a deep voice.

This situation can be big or small, Chi Nian doesn't want to get into any trouble.He inserted between Xi Shan and the girl, pulled the clothes on Xi Shan's back, and asked him to explain quickly.

But Xi Shan was in a daze, and was taken advantage of by another person: "Comrade policeman, I am a good citizen! He just rushed up to beat someone for some reason, you should lock him up quickly!"

Beside the fat man was a young fellow who was sloppy, and he added in a strange way: "That's right, comrade policeman, look at how red this man's eyes are, he must be driving tired—yo, you still stare at me? Are you staring at me?" What am I doing, I hit a sore spot? Police comrades, you might as well check him out, maybe he got something illegal..."

The more he talked, the more he lost his mind, but the patrolman was not led along anyway.

The shorter patrolman frowned, his eyes wandered among the few people for a while, and finally locked on the girl in the white dress who looked the weakest, nodded her, then nodded Xi Shan and the fat man who caused trouble: "You three and Let me take a trip to understand the situation, so as not to waste time."

Another patrolman was busy evacuating the melon-eating crowd, Chi Nian hesitated for a moment, and followed Xi Shan and the others to the duty room.

A lot of pointing and pointing came, I'm afraid this episode has become a farce in the eyes of many people.

The office cannot randomly enter irrelevant personnel, even if they are the first to call the police.Chi Nian had no choice but to wait on a simple bench outside the door, with his back against the wall, sitting upright like a primary school student.

The environment of the guest house is simple. It is good to stay overnight in this kind of place, and no one expects to live in a five-star hotel.Chi Nian heard that the conversation inside was vague, and it seemed that only the man who caused the trouble was talking loudly from the beginning to the end. He eavesdropped intently for a while, but there was still no Xi Shan, but the patrolman choked the man, telling him to "stop talking!" Roar here."

For a moment, his consciousness was a little drifted, and Chi Nian seemed to be in a certain tube building in the 90s, and the occasional shouts of children running could be heard in his ears, which was the place where he lived.

His eyes were numb for a while, and suddenly someone called him, and Chi Nian came back to his senses: "Huh?"

The little girl in front of me was the front desk of the guest house. She brought a glass of water and said nervously to him, "Drink some water."

"Oh... thank you." Chi Nian said, taking the plastic disposable cup.

He glanced in the direction of the duty room, worried that Xi Shan would not be able to drink.The girl at the front desk seemed to realize something, smiled at him, left a sentence of "it's okay" and returned to her post.

Are you okay?

Hope it's all right.

Chi Nian sighed, raised his head, stared at the ceiling and started counting sheep.

He does it when he's bored, but now it's more about having nothing else to do to pass the time.The battery of the mobile phone has long been dead, and there is nothing to do if you want to listen to music or scroll through Moments. No one will look for him anyway.

It sounds cool to be cut off from the technologically advanced modern world.

After the initial rush and anxiety when the phone’s battery reached 60%, Chi Nian has been submerged in the wind in Qinghai these days, but he is used to this feeling: go his own way, don’t play with the phone, don’t contact anyone, He will not be found by anyone, saying that he is not good and that is not good.

At this moment, because he was bored, he began to think, does Xi Shan also use a mobile phone?I don't know what model it is...

Do you want to ask him to borrow a power bank and data cable or something...

Forget it, keep counting sheep.

Counting to 145, the door of the duty room suddenly opened from the inside, and the policeman's diligent teaching took the opportunity to penetrate into Chi Nian's ears: "...they are all out of the house, one more thing is worse than one less thing, don't you think so?"

"If there is a real fight, according to the regulations, you must be detained. It's so frustrating to be locked here."

"It's almost done, let's do it first."

"Okay, thank you Comrade Police."

The last sentence was said by that girl, it was sweet and tender, Chi Nian believed it or not, no one would be soft-hearted after listening to it.

Several people walked out of the duty room one after another. The fat man with a blushing face and a thick neck must have suffered, and ran away without a word.Then it was Xi Shan who came out, followed by a girl in a white skirt, with a faint pink eye.

Seeing them, Chi Nian stood up, not wanting others to know Xi Shan's name, so he called "Brother" - anyway, there is a high probability that Xi Shan will not be younger than himself.

"Ah." Xi Shan nodded at him, "Why are you waiting for me here?"

This time, I saw clearly the appearance of the girl in the white skirt, her oval face with big eyes, and a bit of makeup, making her look even more fragile.Chi Nian was annoyed for no reason, thinking of taking credit in front of Xi Shan.

He simply grabbed Xi Shan's arm and dragged him out: "It's the policeman I'm looking for, thank you?"

Xi Shan obeyed him and took two steps: "Okay, how can I thank you?"

He actually forgot what happened just now and the girl in his words, Chi Nian felt a little proud, and heard the other party timidly calling Xi Shan from behind: "That... little brother."

"Call me?" Xi Shan stopped, not noticing that Chi Nian's face darkened a lot in an instant.

The girl approached him awkwardly, turned on the screen of the phone she was holding, tapped her fingertips, and met Xi Shan's gaze after hesitating for a while: "Just now, thank you just now, I... this place is not good Just say a few words, how about... I add your WeChat, and I have the opportunity to treat you to dinner in the future?"

It was clear that he just wanted to get to know each other, Chi Nian let out a breath, feeling aggrieved to death.

The girl is not bad-looking, and her family background should also be very good, as long as she is a straight man, she will not refuse this kind of affair--for her, I am afraid that I also want to get to know each other.

When I look up, my eyes will be particularly bright, I feel pity for her, and even Chi Nian will stop being hostile to her for a moment.

Is it okay to give the WeChat ID?

But Xi Shan was not moved, and his expression was tangled, as if this was something that caused him a headache: "Ah... WeChat, my phone is out of battery, so I won't add it. Besides, it's so different, it's not easy to meet it again."

But the girl summoned up all her courage: "Then, why don't you leave a phone call?"

This sentence expressly exhausted her reserve, and after she finished speaking, she expected Xi Shan to give her a step down.

Xi Shan didn't directly refuse this time, he said "Oh", and fluently reported a series of numbers, then he didn't ask the other party if he remembered it, and didn't repeat it a second time, he just hooked Chi Nian's shoulder and went out.

The palm covering his shoulder was as dry and warm as when he was pulling him for the first time, Chi Nian secretly smiled in his heart.

A little cool.

Obviously talking a lot, what are you talking about?

Walking outside the supermarket, after confirming that the man who caused the trouble and the girl who wanted Xi Shan's contact information did not catch up again, Chi Nian completely relaxed, pushed Xi Shan away and hooked his hand.

Xi Shan made fun of him: "You are really good, and you know how to call the police."

But Chi Nian was afraid that the physical contact would last too long, and he would have to think about things.

He ignored Xi Shan's words, frowned, and pretended to criticize him for being puzzled, and said, "Who will remember the phone number once? Do you know how to flirt with girls? No wonder you're still single now."

"I just don't want to get to know each other." Xi Shan said, with an unfamiliar expression on his face.

He suddenly changed into a different person, without those lively and cheerful embellishments, his deep and rich eyebrows were suddenly dyed very sharp by the sun, and when he said something impatiently, it was almost mean and distant.

Chi Nian was taken aback for a moment, and he was no longer mischievous with him, and whispered: "I think that girl...is quite beautiful."

"It has nothing to do with being pretty."

A few words of words almost condensed a handful of ice scum.

Chi Nian fell silent.

Although he doesn't want to admit it, he does have a flattering personality, and he is at a loss when others look bad.The ex-boyfriend likes to belittle him in terms of academics and self-care ability. Parents occasionally mention "other people's children".

When Xi Shan said that, he almost shrank into his tortoise shell and didn't dare to make a sound, but it was obvious that the two of them felt that their relationship had just gotten closer.

Xi Shan really doesn't like making friends... even ordinary friends.

Otherwise, how could this attitude be possible.

Then Xi Shan wouldn't have left him his phone number after the journey was over.

Chi Nian thought about it endlessly, and was swallowed by loss again.But this time he was dizzy, but he didn't think about the "future", he just hoped to maintain a little happiness for a short time.

Someone patted his shoulder twice, he raised his head, and took advantage of the situation to get another blow in the head: "Ah!"

"What were you thinking about just now, I was still thinking about it." Xi Shan changed back to a cheerful Xi Shan, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was as warm as the sun again, but Chi Nian couldn't let go of it so quickly.

"No……"

Xi Shan stood at the entrance of the supermarket, took off his thick coat and hung it on his elbow: "How about treating you to something to eat?"

Chi Nian: "Huh?"

Xi Shan's eyes seemed to say he was stupid: "Didn't you ask me to thank you just now?"