red dust under the lamp

The new home was small, cramped, and a bit damp. The previous tenant left in a hurry and packed things away. Ning Jue packed them up patiently and put them aside, and called to ask the person to come and get them.

They are all rented houses. In fact, they should not be called "home", but Ning Jue has never lived in his own house, so the conditions are as good as death: just a 15-minute walk to the night school, and there is a night market 400 meters downstairs - Pingdu rare.

As soon as he moved there, Xie Yichen called and said he would come over.

Ning Jue hung up the phone, leaning against the wall and thinking bewilderedly, her life was suddenly and naturally connected with another person.

Hearing Xie Yichen's tone: "I'll be there the day after tomorrow."

There is no doubt about it, even if Ning Jue is not around, she will come and have the same status as the landlord.

There is no reason, no effect.

Why did you come, and what did you come for?There was no discussion at all, just saying that he would come, Ning Jue held the phone and said, "Okay, come back after five o'clock, I will take the bus for four or ten minutes after get off work."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Jue felt happy by herself. The bald tenant who was waiting to call impatiently tapped the soles of her slippers on the concrete floor. She rolled her eyes and gave the bald head a tit-for-tat stare. , cursed resentfully.

After the leave was over, when I went to work again, I bought Nancheng Daily and put it under my arm as usual. Some people also watched a movie and asked her a few questions when they saw her familiarity.

She prevaricated: "What? That's great, I'm not that lucky. "

She was dressed in a rustic blue overalls, with disheveled hair, no makeup, and deliberately bent over. People didn't think about the possibility that she was really her. below.

On the contrary, the reporters couldn't interview the mysterious heroine, so they made up some speculation articles. In the credits, the calligrapher's calligrapher wrote Ning Jue's name and became "Ning Wangyu". As a result, few people found Ning Jue—of course, this is a story, and this movie was quickly erased by more powerful movies.

It's easy for a person to break away from a circle that doesn't belong to him, not to mention that she has never entered that circle. Boss Kong is a bit of an artistic pursuit, and he just asked her to learn some basic acting skills before filming started.If she was asked to shoot magazines and advertisements from the beginning, after the ups and downs in Vanity Fair, a price tag would be put on her neck - Ning Jue also figured out from various details that Boss Kong didn't really want a vassal girl to keep him, It's just an idealized stand-in.

After get off work, he folded the dirty Nancheng Daily and threw it into the trash can while Ning Jue waited for the bus.

But the more anxious he was, the dog didn't come. Ning Jue looked around at the bus stop, saw a man with a briefcase, and approached him: "What time is it?"

The man lifted his sleeves, revealing his watch, which was shining silver.

"Four fifty-two."

If it was before, Ning Jue asked the time, and the next step was to steal money—see from the watch whether the man's wallet was rich, and then take action.

There is no time to take care of these now, and according to this time, he will be late when he goes back——Xie Yichen must not be too late to arrive at five o'clock on time.

The longer she waited, the more the bus opposed her, and it was delayed. She waited so much that she wished she could run to the departure station and push it away.

At [-]:[-], the bus is full of people, like a pot full of fat that cannot be covered, and there are densely packed heads sticking out of the window.

As usual, Ning Jue would never get in this kind of car, it was too crowded, and it was hard to escape by stealing it, and she would suffer even if she just sat in it. She would rather read a book under the daylight under the stop sign, and wait until there were fewer people on the road.

Among a group of hesitant white-collar workers, squeezed out Ning Jue's gray-blue overalls and stretched out his arms with all his strength: "Let me go... let me go."

Xie Yichen, don't pinch her, she prayed silently, and didn't even care about who was squeezing behind her buttocks, eager to touch her.There are too many things these days, and people are crowded, even if she slaps a man, it can be said that he is squeezed unintentionally.

A bus is like red bean buns filled with honest stuffing, the passengers are almost overflowing from the iron sheet.

The more anxious you are, the more unexpected things happen. In the middle of the journey, the bus suddenly fails to start, and the conductor drives the next bus and waits for the next one——

Ning Jue finally found a chance, turned around and called "A Dong", raised his arms high, pretended to look back too hastily, innocently, and slapped the man behind him.

After getting out of the car, she called the non-existent "A Dong" to herself, looked around, and immediately slipped away.

Halfway through the journey, she finally succumbed, and took a motorcycle ride from the crossroads. Taking advantage of her youth and good looks, several motorcycle masters rushed to solicit customers—the back seat of the motorcycle was comfortable, and she considered saving money to buy one herself. Before the idea was formed, the motorcycle arrived at the night market at a fast speed.

She was in a good mood, and bought a bunch of iron plate squid from the side of the road as a gift to the master, thanking him for taking her out of the hardship of returning home.

He ran upstairs in three steps at a time, the third floor was not near and not far away, and there was no one at the door.

It was only then that she breathed a sigh of relief, she was exhausted when she came back from get off work, most likely because of her exhaustion.

He opened the door and put the bag away, washed his face a little, and combed his hair again.

Still holding the rubber band, the door slammed, and Ning Jue ran out as if frightened. It turned out that the wind had blown the door panel, and the old wooden door creaked.

Ning Jue didn't know why Xie Yichen's coming touched a nerve in her. She cared so much that it seemed that Ms. Xie was coming—even if she wanted to see her parents, she might not be so nervous. She had been with Xie Yichen for so many years, and Xie Yichen had known her What kind of virtue is it... She herself is not sloppy. Although the new home is simple but clean, there is nothing to show for it, and she doesn't know what she cares about.

I bought a pot of bougainvillea from the night market and brought it back, and spread a checkered tablecloth on an old marble dining table.Stewed a pot of soup and waited, sat at the dining table to choose dishes, and the years quietly waited for Xie Yichen to come.

Xie Yichen knocked on the door, then pushed the door open and entered.

It was Jiang Wang who was looking for her boyfriend and took her here on the way. She wore a light-colored cotton skirt that Ning Jue often wore when she was a girl. She took off her hairpins as she entered the door. look back.

Xie Yichen looked around the house, rummaged through the handbag, grabbed a bag of lychees, put them on the table, squeezed the leaves of the bougainvillea, and saw that the price tags on the flower pots hadn't been torn off: " I didn't expect you to be so cautious."

Ning Jue smiled instead. When people came, she didn't feel nervous, and unhurriedly folded the last two beans and put them on the plate: "What do you expect to see when you come in? I lie down and sleep soundly? I'm out there, so I'll shut you up?"

"This place is not bad. When I came up, the people were very friendly and the place was clean. I didn't see any dishonest people when I passed by."

"The most unscrupulous person chooses beans here." Ning Jue took another bag to choose rapeseed, without looking up, and smiled slightly, "Come to stay overnight?"

"What are you thinking?" Xie Yichen pushed her shoulder, Ning Jue realized it belatedly, and laughed, not knowing what was so funny, the corners of his mouth were always grinning.

They didn't deny anything, and they would look stupid if they said too much, and none of them wanted to be a fool.

During the meal, Ning Jue reported the results of his return to his hometown: "Just stamped and signed, the director is not here, I beg the one next to me, it is inconvenient to find a public office to do things... Fengshou Building has also been bulldozed , that’s where I live, a garment factory was built, and the newspapers said that the city launched an industrial revitalization policy, and many factories moved here..."

"Actually, the computer you studied has a bright future... Did your night school say that you will be assigned a package after you finish your studies?"

"It doesn't include assignment, but recommendation, that is, submit your resume to a few companies, and wait for an interview call."

Neither mentioned the option of staying with the domestic service company.

It's not that it's not good there, it's because Ning Jue thinks he's young, he just doesn't learn anything, and in the housekeeping company, relying on his existing skills and wit, he's almost a supervisor after a few years, and the days are coming to an end. Not to mention Xie Yichen, Ning Jue himself refused.

During the meal, they chatted slowly, talking a little about everything, about Lao Guan and Niu Zhuang, and about a dance drama they had choreographed recently. They talked about everything, and most of the time they were a little quiet, as usual.

No one mentioned "White Snake New Edition". I heard that Li Juanjuan came to Nancheng again... but everyone heard about it, and they all kept silent and avoided it.

But the fate of the two of them started with the white lady, one was on stage, the other was off stage, one was off stage in a trance, and the other seemed to be on stage. Coupled with childhood entanglements, they are involved together.

Xie Yichen said that he hadn't thought about these things for a long time...it was true, but it was a turbulent dark river, surging in the bottom of his heart, and it would come out at some point, so why didn't he care?If he really didn't care, Xie Yichen would not deliberately avoid this topic.

"White Snake New Edition" is about to make a movie!The heroine is of course Li Juanjuan.

Xie Yichen remained silent, and there was nothing she could do. Who remembers that she was the lead dancer in the premiere of a dance drama?Standing in the center, the incomparable one?

I had no choice but to remain silent.

After all, we have grown up, and life on the stage is not all. When we step off the stage, we face each other without makeup, revealing the darkness in our hearts, revealing unwillingness, pain, and triviality. Regardless of each other-so when it comes to dance dramas, it is even more irrelevant, and it doesn't have to be mentioned.

Xie Yichen noticed the scar on the back of Ning Jue's hand: "Where did you get hurt again?"

"The mattress is broken, the springs are broken, I didn't pay attention, it was deep, otherwise it would have been fine."

Ning Jue always appeared in front of her with all kinds of pain, his body and heart were riddled with holes, but he wanted to act as if nothing had happened, as if he was extremely strong.It was this fragile tenacity that fascinated Xie Yichen: "Is the mattress still broken?"

"The bed here is good." Ning Jue took a bite of the pumpkin, and sensed the implication before she finished speaking. She always felt a little anxious. She hadn't emphasized to Xie Yichen that she had already sold everything. Not left?

Xie Yichen smiled: "Ever since you were with me, you have always said three things about sleeping...you think about these things every day? How long has it been? It's too obvious that I want to sleep! I'm very happy, but I always feel that you hide Say something."

"What did I hide? There is a wild man hidden under the bed, do you believe it or not?" Ning Jue started to talk badly again.

"Then it's gone?" Xie Yichen probed.

"Can't say no."

"Yes, or not?"

"I don't know if there is..." Ning Jue struggled, "I'm going to wash the dishes."

"I'll go too." Xie Yichen insisted on catching her words.

The amount of food for two people is not much, and there are not many dishes to wash. Ning Jue does things very neatly. She is a housekeeper, and she is very professional. Time flies by.

Sitting back at the dining table, Xie Yichen peeled the lychees, and waited for Ning Jue to explain himself with a smile, as if he wanted to kill people invisible while talking and laughing, which caused a lot of pressure on Ning Jue.

After much deliberation, Ning Jue finally decided to confess: "What do you think I am? What image have I always been?"

"A person who makes people hate their teeth."

Ning Jue was about to refute, and suddenly understood what Xie Yichen meant, which meant that she always avoided.In this matter, she was speechless, ashamed of herself, and felt indebted to Yichen.

Well, then I won't run away, Xie Yichen is not such a narrow-minded person, she confessed.

On the contrary, it has been talked about for a long time, a long time has passed, and the matter is complicated, and it is not something about Xie Yichen's world, so it is inevitable that there are some backgrounds that need to be explained.Ning Jue has subtle emotions and remembers the details clearly.

The voice was mixed with a lot of ugly words such as "I'm not clean", "ignorant", "cheap" and so on. What's rare is that Xie Yichen didn't interrupt. He ate three or two lychees and nodded from time to time to show that he was listening. .

Then she said: "Ning Wangyu, tell me, why do you think you can sleep with me after explaining this matter?"

Hearing these words at first glance, it seemed to be accusing Ning Jue.

But Ning Jue finally stopped evading at this time, and didn't want to feel too much about other people's emotions to cause him to shrink back again, so he only listened to the literal meaning: "I don't think you would mind these things, but I don't say it, I always feel I'm sorry."

"You... want me to know?"

"Yes." Ning Jue admitted frankly.

"I see," Xie Yichen got up and washed off the sugar stains on his hands, emphasizing deliberately, "I have read it."

Ning Jue was amused: "Be serious."

"I like your hooliganism. It's not a derogatory term. It's... Although you look obedient, but you think about something, and you are always arrogant in your heart. For example, what did you say to sleep and sleep..." Xie Yichen thought She automatically remembered the horrifying memory of her sitting in the car, when a dead mouse suddenly fell from the sky and smashed on the glass window... and recalled the scene of Ning Jue brazenly conniving at her death and then persuading her to return. Negative is very fragile and fragile again.

"It's messing around." Ning Jue corrected what she said, she remembered the details, but Xie Yichen forgot.

"It's all the same!" Xie Yichen flicked water on her face.

Between the two struggles, Xie Yichen finally gave in: "You care about these things...well, come on, give me 100 yuan."

She stretched out her hand neatly and tapped on the table: "Put it here after it's done, don't renege on your debt."

"What... what?"

Ning Jue actually understood.

Xie Yichen wants to play her, the role that Ning Jue once played, the humble money-collecting... bitch.

But once thinking that Xie Yichen was going to do this, Ning Jue couldn't bear to use the words on himself.

So at a loss.

"Sleep with me tonight, thank you." Xie Yichen said politely, and after finishing speaking, he opened the window to see the lights not far downstairs.