Eros kisses Psyche

"This kid is not playing with me..." Cheng Zhu thought at first.

But he himself quickly denied this point, at least the Xiao Xu he knew was not a person who liked to make such jokes, and he could hear how serious he was just from his voice, it was so serious that he was scared.If this kid can know how to play tricks like this, it's not worth others' concern for him.

Then I was worried about what happened to the hospital, but I called to inquire, and the patient's condition was normal, so no one cared whether Xiao Xu came today, because he was always coming and going, and no one could say no. clear.

Did you encounter something again, mental or emotional problems?But there must be a reason for everything... Cheng Zhu didn't know Xiao Xu had any other friends, so he could only call Jing Jianian out of worry, who knew that the other party was even more shocked than him: "Impossible? He made a special trip for this I have been preparing for a long time, and it is impossible to let you go if something big happens, otherwise he knows that I will definitely kill him..."

Although he didn't understand the relationship between why he let me go and you want to kill him, Cheng Zhu still felt that his heart was hanging.

Was it really a surprise?Could it be sick?Had a car accident?injured?Will it be in another hospital, and no one can notify the family?Or something happened to a relative and forced him to go away?But looking at the normal relationship, even Xiao Xu's mother is like that and no one is there to take care of her. Thinking about it, it's impossible?

He tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and he didn't care about face. He got up in the middle of the night to look through his classmates' records, and called a former student of his. He remembered that he seemed to mention that his father worked in the vehicle management office, so he wanted to ask if he could find out the city's traffic on the 29th. Accident records.Then I contacted the master who loaded and transported me with Xiao Xu before, and asked if I had seen him in the past two days.At the same time, I also sent information to Cai Yanyan, thinking that she had introduced several modeling jobs to Xiao Xu before, and wanted to find out which studios and studios they were, as well as the contact information of the online shop owner.

"Old Cheng, what's the matter with you, have you been shot? As soon as you go online, I will give you a series of reminders, which scares me. I thought something was wrong..." Cai Yanyan yawned and called him back, "You said It would be a little nervous if a young girl lost contact for one night. He is a 1.8-meter-high guy. You don’t allow him to have sex in private, meet his girlfriend, etc. The world of love is going to revolve around you, Boss Cheng of?"

"Yes, I made an appointment with you, so I have to report everything to you? Who are you, is your own son so lenient? Is it okay to suddenly ignore you one day? For example, I am now I don't really want to talk to you, are you a human being? The serial calls that kill people early in the morning get people up..."

"...Okay, let me ask for you. The ones I introduced are all formal. You know the famous ones in the industry with practice certificates.... Next? Then they talked about it themselves, he is so old I’ve been in my twenties by myself, I’ve done more types of work than you and I, and I’m not his guardian, so why worry so much.”

Cheng Zhu was at a loss. He turned to think about it, and felt that what Cai Yanyan said might not be unreasonable. Who am I? An old man with a family and a family may fall in love. Young people are very impulsive.If you can love impulsively, you can also regret impulsively.

But he still didn’t have the mind to do other things. After sending Lele to kindergarten, three drafts were wasted. During this period, he picked up and put down his phone countless times like Internet addiction syndrome. It was thrown into the protracted pile of clothes next to the sofa, out of sight and out of mind, and finally able to draw two lines safely.

Suddenly the phone rang, and I was so startled that I almost jumped up. I frantically picked the phone from the pile of clothes. Unexpectedly, the more anxious I was, the more I couldn’t get it out. Finally, I picked it out from the crack of the dusty sofa cushion. Reflecting on the fact that it was time to clean up, he held a corner of the phone and pressed answer.

It was a former student who called, saying that he had checked for him, and there was no one named Xu among the people who had an accident yesterday; and he comforted me in this way, anyway, the main idea is: for this matter, you call me in the middle of the night. I, am I a little concerned about it and make a fuss over a molehill.

Cheng Zhu would be stunned, rubbed his eye sockets, couldn't tell what it was like, just felt empty, and comforted himself by saying that it was a good thing, at least the worst option was ruled out, and there was no car accident.

At this moment, the phone rang again, and he hurried to pick it up again, not daring to miss any of them. He even answered a lot of calls marked with advertising sales in the past two days. Got a number or something.This time it was a call from a bakery shop. Just when Cheng Zhu thought it was a promotional call and was about to say thank you that he didn't need it, the other party said, "You are Mr. Cheng Zhu, right? Yesterday was your birthday? "

"……how do you know?"

"Ah, that's how it is... A Mr. Xu ordered a birthday cake for you yesterday. He promised to come and pick it up by himself, but he didn't come, and we didn't get through the phone; and he didn't come to pick it up today. Looking through the registration book, I found that he left a mailing number at the beginning, and then he probably planned to pick it up by himself, so he crossed it out and left his own number. I will call and try. As for your name, you need to leave a message It's written on the chocolate card of the cake, so I'll take a guess."

"Is that so..."

"What do you think is a better way to deal with it? We can deliver the goods to your door, but we need to add a basic courier fee, or you can pick it up yourself..."

"Ah, it's all right... where's the address? I... go and get it." Cheng Zhu thought to himself, and he had to go out to take a breath. If this continues, he will suffocate himself to death sooner or later.

When he wandered to the bakery, the clerk looked at him in confusion: "Cake...ah, the one that I didn't take yesterday? But someone came and took it away just now?"

"Ah? Didn't you call me? I said I came to get it myself, don't just give it to anyone, right?"

"No, no, they came here with a receipt, look, the receipt is still here—"

Cheng Zhu's eyes widened, and he slapped the counter all of a sudden, scaring everyone: "When did he come to get it?!"

"When... just now... the matter of front and rear feet——"

Cheng Zhu turned around and rushed out of the store almost at the same time. The glass door was pushed violently and creaked, and all the customers in the store followed the wind he whipped up to look out.

He chased across the street corner, followed by four forks where people come and go.I have no goal at all, and the crowd pushes me to one direction, as if that is the end.He couldn't see the person holding the cake box, and everyone in the crowd was clearly walking, unlike him, who was abandoned in the middle of the road.

"Xiao Xu!!" He didn't know what was going on, he squeezed the air in his lungs, and shouted out loudly. "Xu Xing!! Just wait for me!!"

The crowd seemed to be stunned by his sudden yell, and their turbulent footsteps stopped for a while, and many inquisitive and blank eyes were cast on him.

At this moment, he saw a cake box with a familiar logo flash behind the crowd.

"—Wait—" Cheng Zhu himself didn't know where his strength came from, he staggered and pushed away the thick crowd that separated them, rushed over, and grabbed the opponent's hand.

The eyes of the crowd followed his movements and saw the end of the gossip, and then moved away in a daze, and went their separate ways.

"What are you doing!..." The other party was also taken aback, and screamed almost like a conditioned reflex. Cheng Zhu saw the other party's face clearly, and withdrew his hand violently as if he had been burned.

That's not Xiao Xu, that's a woman with heavy makeup, a tight leather skirt and stiletto heels, with the smell of inferior tobacco and alcohol that lingers in romantic places, and strong perfume to cover up certain smells; Cheng Zhu, on the other hand, hadn't slept almost all night, his eye sockets were sunken, his hair was messy and long and curly, piled up on top of his head and tied up casually, he didn't look very serious.No wonder the onlookers looked like "lose away" on their faces. They probably all had [-]-word clichés such as Miss Bao being caught and raped by his wife in bed and then violently beaten out of the house.

Before he had time to apologize, the other party was also taken aback, but called out first: "Teacher Cheng?"

Only then did Cheng Zhu take a closer look and found that he did know her—not that he knew her, just met her once, in the hospital—she was the "girlfriend" of Xiao Xu who Aunt Liu said was "not serious".Of course, Xiao Xu explained it to him later.At this time, she was holding the cake box in her hand, which obviously belonged to the bakery just now.He was suddenly out of breath:

"you--"

"My name is Li Mian."

"You, this cake—"

"Xu Xing asked me to get it." She looked at Cheng Zhu and let out a heavy breath, "Are you looking for him?"

"...Yes, you, I can't contact him anyway, I've been looking for him for a day, do you know where he is?"

The girl scrutinized Cheng Zhu with an aura that didn't match her age, seeing the sweat on the tip of his nose and the crumpled outer shirt, she couldn't hide the almost anxiety.She nodded in compromise, turning her eyes to one side: "He's with me."

Cheng Zhu's feet almost went limp, and he sat down on a pile by the side of the road.The other boot that had been hanging in my heart suddenly fell, and there was a loud bang in my ears.So, sure enough, it was the same thing.Others guessed right, I made a fuss out of a molehill, thinking that the universe should be centered on me, Cheng Zhu, causing troubles all over the city, but I found out that it was self-indulgent and oolong.

He sighed heavily: "That's it...then,...that's good...it's fine..."

"Who told you he's fine?" Li Mian looked at him strangely, and pushed the cake into his arms, "Take it. It's yours anyway. I'm going to die and still miss your cake."

Cheng Zhu was so frightened that he stood up all of a sudden: "What the hell is going on and he's going to die again? What happened?"

Li Mian gave a chuckle, but the heavy worry on his face was not covered by the powder, and finally shrugged his shoulders: "Come with me."

Li Mian's single apartment is in a residential area that seems to be working, but as soon as I entered the door, I realized that it had been converted into a group rental apartment. The four-bedroom and two-living room was divided into many small single rooms, and the sound insulation effect was poor. Well, there is no strange sound at this o'clock. After all, most people go out to work, and they can only vaguely hear snoring for sleep, yelling and keyboard sound for playing games.Her room was completely different from the outside, it almost fell into a sea of ​​low-quality and vulgar pink and rose red, and every place that was so small that it was almost impossible to turn around was decorated with various girlish objects.It seemed that she shouldn't bring people back here to spend the night, this place was like her last turtle shell, still retaining the soft parts that fit her personal age and taste.

Inside the pink bedding covered with a four-piece Hello Kitty suit, a long-armed and long-legged figure was wearing a set of gray pajamas with rabbit ears pattern that obviously didn't fit well, with a slender wrist protruding from the cuff , was hugging a beige life-sized SpongeBob SquarePants, curled up under the quilt like a silkworm chrysalis, and seemed to be asleep by the sound of breathing.Cheng Zhu walked up to him lightly, and looked carefully. There was no missing arm or leg, only the overly long eyelashes were wet and sticky, and there were still wet tears underneath.Li Mian put up a finger and pressed his lips, and said in a breathy voice: "Finally fell asleep, let him sleep."

There was no place to sit in the room, and there was even a small room to turn around. They quietly closed the door and went to the common area of ​​the living room to sit down. "What's the matter?" Cheng Zhu frowned and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know either." Li Mian motioned for a cigarette, Cheng Zhu waved her hand, and she lit it herself, "I got off work yesterday morning, and it was almost dawn by then, he was waiting at my evening shift Outside, it was just like this. I didn’t say anything when I asked, and the focus in my eyes was gone. I asked if I could borrow the place I rented to take a bath. I was afraid that if I refused him, he didn’t know where he would die, so I just let him go. Bring it back."

"What about his phone?"

"I didn't see it. When he came to me, he didn't take anything, and he didn't ride a car. He didn't even have a bag on him. I thought he was robbed at first."

Cheng Zhu observed her expression. "Isn't it? He was still carrying his bag and riding his bike when he called me the night before yesterday. Everything was fine."

"I don't know, at least he didn't tell me anything. I want to contact someone, but he won't let me, and I don't know who to contact. I stayed here for more than a day, and the first complete sentence he spoke to me was, He forgot to pick up your birthday cake and asked if I could get it for him."

Cheng Zhu felt his heart being clenched.But at the same time, he had deep doubts: "But, if it wasn't for being robbed..."

"Teacher Cheng," Li Mian interrupted him, "I want to confirm with you something."

"Although the guy is lying on my bed wearing my pajamas, he has never been here before, and I have never brought men back here for the night. You can see the bed, only my utensils and pillows I wouldn't have agreed this time if I hadn't looked at his dying look. I'm not his girlfriend and he's not my boyfriend. Let's force us to be mutually beneficial bad friends. Maybe you have a boyfriend, and you don’t have time to have a girlfriend after doing his job, can you understand that?”

Cheng Zhu was taken aback for a moment, not knowing why Li Mian specifically mentioned this point, but he also saw it, so he nodded.

"He told me that he likes you before, that's what it means. What about you? How do you feel?"

Cheng Zhu felt offended: "Do I have to tell you this question?"

"Of course not. However, I think if you don't care about him so seriously, you can't help him with this problem. If you stay a little longer, it will be torture to him. Anyway, it's okay now. You can see that people can't die. You won't be involved in any death."

"What are you talking about!" Cheng Zhu became angry all of a sudden, his voice raised uncontrollably, and then he suppressed it forcefully. "Why do you say that? Don't you also know what happened to him?"

"I don't know, because he didn't tell me. But I've been in this industry for so many years... I can guess. Brother, you don't want to know how old I was when I came out to pick up jobs, it's something that others can't stand , I just think it’s hypocritical. Because it’s not a big deal.” She looked at Cheng Zhu’s gradually changing face, and sprayed a white mist at him, “What’s the matter, is the people’s teacher going to start educating me? That’s why I annoy you the most. This kind of hypocrite, you don't understand at all."

She pulled a bag from under the mess and threw it beside him. "He planned to throw it away secretly that day, and I found it out of the trash can. You have lived to this age, so you should know what it means?"

Wrapped in a crumpled plastic bag was a pair of terribly soiled underwear.There were faint dark spots on it, like dried blood.

The violent nausea seemed to twist his entire internal organs, his throat seemed to be blocked by a huge knot, his tonsils were all swollen, and he couldn't even breathe smoothly.He couldn't believe his eyes, and felt sick again. Even though he had hardly eaten anything until now, the acid water was all over his body.

He pushed the table violently, stood up and walked out.

"What's the matter, you finally don't want to care about it?"

Cheng Zhu felt that he was so mad that he turned around and grabbed the bag: "Don't worry about it? Is this something that can be ignored?! I'm going to call the police!"

Li Mian laughed instead. She changed her posture and folded her two long white legs: "The police won't care about this matter. Besides, you are neither a party nor a guardian. Why do you report to the police? "

"I......... that can't be tolerated like this! Why let the perpetrator go free?! This is a serious and vicious incident!"

"People who are full of benevolence and morality say that. Do you have any evidence? Will the police be accepted? This wound may heal when you take him there. What are you going to do then? Tear it up in front of people For others to see? Men don't even mention rape, you know that?"

Cheng Zhu looked at her in disbelief. "Are you considered his friend like this? This is how you deal with it? When nothing happens, just let it go?!"

She sneered: "Otherwise? If you fuck me, won't you bleed?"

As soon as the words finished, there was a slap, and Cheng Zhu raised his hand and slapped her on the face.This almost didn't involve any thought, so that after the typing, only the sound echoed in the gap of the room, and suddenly there was only the noise outside the window; before the painful tingling came up, neither of them responded come over.

Her face tilted to one side with the strength, and she slowly stretched out her fingers with bright red nails, lightly touching the place where she was beaten.Cheng Zhu looked at his hand in disbelief, and squeezed it into the center of the palm like numbness and pain. He had never hit a woman before.

"Isn't it..."

"——It's all your fault. What are you pretending to be here?"

"……what?"

"I said, it was your fault! Do you know how long he has been working every day to chase you! Do you know how hard it is to earn money?! Thousands of dollars for performance tickets! Hundreds of dollars A piece of cake, vaccinations! For you, Mr. Cheng, it may be a piece of clothing and a meal! It is not as good as your registration fee for a game!! It is not as high as your cost of a stone and a few piles of mud! You know Does he have to work his ass off to earn it!? Do you think it's justified? You forcefully drag him to your so-called civilized world to follow the rules that your civilized, shit laws will guarantee, just like dragging a beast It’s like being kept in a cage, so you should raise it! Take responsibility!! Have you completely forgotten that we and you don’t live in the same world at all?!” She opened the door violently and looked out. With one finger, "Get out! Get out!"

"... Mianmian."

The world suddenly became quiet, and the two turned their heads to look. The young man in gray rabbit ear pajamas had been standing at the door of the room at some point, watching them quietly.

The woman opened her mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment, she turned around and walked to the balcony.

Xu Budie walked over slowly, his ankles also grew out of his trousers, and he looked cold, and he didn't have time to put on his shoes at this time, so he was only barefoot, stepping on the floor tiles.Cheng Zhu choked for a moment, unable to say anything, he could only watch helplessly as he walked to his side, reached out and took the bag from his hand, and handed over the cake box.

"...Happy birthday." He tried to smile, but the smile only moved the corners of his mouth, as if he had completed a mechanical task.

Cheng Zhu tried to take two steps forward to grab his hand. "Xiao Xu, I..."

Unexpectedly, it was just such a small movement, but it caused him to bounce back almost as if his hair exploded, and he retreated in horror. His thin back hit the wall with a loud bang, and the shoeboxes piled up in the corner were knocked down by the movement. all over the place. "Don't come here!—…Don't come here...don't come here..." He yelled, and then he kept mumbling, his body convulsed almost uncontrollably, and he slid slowly down the wall, finally Hug your shoulders and curl up into a ball.

Cheng Zhu was so frightened that his hands were hanging in the air, neither stretched nor retracted, and froze there.The distance between the two of them, which could be crossed in one step, now seems like a natural moat.He stretched out his hand in vain, but he clearly knew that even if he touched it, it would just ripple like a phantom on the water.

You see, you can't touch him, you are not from the same world at all.

"I'm fine. I'm fine...I'm fine...don't come here,...I'm fine..."

He lifted his head buried in his arms slightly, "You go,... I'm fine...Really, you go?...You go, Cheng Zhu, please..."