song for the city

"Please let me go."

The gray suitcase was thrown onto the shelf, and the shelf shook violently several times before returning to its original state, apparently accustomed to the pressure of heavy objects.

There is a jumble of fish and dragons in the carriage, and the noise of voices is overwhelming, and there is a voice competition in secret.The smell of perfume, food, and vague stench floated in the air. All the smells mixed together, as if a stink bomb had been dropped in the carriage. The strange smell drifted farther and farther, making people dizzy and dizzy.

A middle-aged man took off his shoes, and his feet were swaying unscrupulously in the air. His white socks were slightly yellowed, and he scratched the soles of his feet from time to time, and after some torture, his hands moved to his head.

Liang Zhang found his own bed according to the ticket, put away his luggage, took out the camera from his backpack, wiped it carefully, and began to press the shutter outside the window.

The scenery along the way is nothing to look at, except that the green is still green, and occasionally a few small houses and farmland are mixed in the monotonous colors, and the picture flashes quickly without leaving any traces.

But Liang Zhang loved the scenery and the extremely noisy carriages so much that he wished to record everything that caught his eye.

Because every time the train moves forward, it means that he is one step further away from home.Books were forgotten by him, and school was a prison to which he would never return.

At six o'clock in the morning, 17-year-old Liang Zhang fled from his home and fled to the far north.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the train was still running smoothly on the track, the night was low, and the carriage became quiet.Liang Zhang was hungry, so he finally put down the camera and jumped off the upper bunk.

Before going out, Liang Zhang didn't bring anything to eat, as he thought it was taking up space, so the only snacks he had were breakfast to satisfy his hunger.When he bought instant noodles in front of the dining car, he felt a sense of existential crisis for the first time.

It is estimated that half of the people on the train eat instant noodles, and there is a long line of people waiting for the hot water.

The sound of hot water hitting instant noodles was very regular, clear and slow, and after one was finished, the next one went up to meet it immediately.

Liang Zhang was leaning on the carriage, listening to the sound of machinery, falling asleep with instant noodles in his arms. As soon as the person in front walked away, he moved by rubbing against the ground, refusing to lift up as if his heels were stuck to the ground.

He hasn't slept well for the past week. The first day of summer vacation is the most exciting. All he thinks about is the route to leave, what to bring, where to live after arriving in Day City, what to live on in the first days, and so on.

From last night until now, a restless heart has gradually calmed down.Feeling sleepy, Liang Zhang yawned several times in a row, and his head fell heavily to the ground.

Finally it was his turn to fetch the water, Liang Zhang wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and managed to pull himself together.

"Damn, my phone is gone!"

"I obviously put it in my pocket. It's the Nokia I just bought. Someone must have stolen it. Hurry up and help me find it..."

A huge roar suddenly erupted from the crowd at the rear, and the sound turned to Liang Zhang's side like a sea wave, causing a lot of trouble in the crowd, everyone was commotion, the sound of clothes and fabrics rubbing was very messy, and the passengers began to check own stuff.

Liang Zhang's hand shook, and more than half of the boiling water spilled on his hand. He suddenly withdrew his hand and swung it wildly in the air a few times. Unexpectedly, the wind brought by himself could not relieve the burning sensation at all, and even the roots of his ears tingled. Red, and finally the whole face turned red.

In addition to being burned, he also felt a little ashamed.Feeling clumsy and not independent.

The power of boiling water should not be underestimated, Liang Zhang was so painful that he wanted to curse, bit his lip desperately, and walked back with instant noodles.

Halfway through the walk, his hands were numb, and remembering the roar that caused him to be burned just now, Liang Zhang hurriedly reached into his pocket.

At first, he thought that not only did he not have a Nokia, but he didn't even have a mobile phone, and that he wouldn't be so unlucky that he wouldn't lose anything.

But after he groped all over his body and found that all the pockets were empty, he suddenly woke up that the thief not only stole the mobile phone, but also stole the wallet.

For Liang Zhang, the wallet is a matter of life and death. It contains the money he needs to survive and his ID card.

If this continues, he will not be able to survive after arriving in Day City, but it is even more impossible for him to return home.

Liang Zhang's scalp was numb, and a gray cloth was hung in front of his eyes, which completely blocked his vision.

People are more calm in a desperate situation. He said "calm down" silently, turned his head and looked back, desperately recalling which place was most likely to be attacked by people, and which person acted the most suspicious.

As a result, after looking at it for a long time, his eyes began to feel sore. He still felt that everything was possible, and everyone looked like a mouse.He also thought that he was as sleepy as a dog when he was queuing just now, and he couldn't tell the difference between the south, the south, and the north. He was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered in the eyes of a thief, with fresh and tender meat.

If the police call the police, the uncle of the police probably has to send him home first, and he may not be able to get his wallet back.Liang Zhang was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead, his chest felt uncomfortable, the soles of his feet were sour, and he almost couldn't stand upright.

Just when Liang Zhang was dizzy with anxiety, another exclamation erupted from the crowd behind, which was even more violent than the commotion just now, mixed with the sound of physical collisions, listen carefully, there are also shouts, and someone's wailing, One sound higher than the other.

The whole car's attention was focused on the front area at the moment, a crowd of people gathered together, and people from other places also gathered there.

Liang Zhang guessed that the thief had been caught committing the crime, so he pushed his way there desperately. There were adults all the way, and he squeezed with all his strength, wanting to contribute to catching the thief and get his wallet back.

"Uncle, step aside...Auntie, move your body over there..."

It took a lot of effort to push through the crowd, and I saw a boy pinning another middle-aged man to the ground, twisting the man's arm with his left hand, his foot stuck to his leg, and holding a Nokia and Beam in his right hand. A brilliant wallet.

It seems that without Liang Zhang's help, someone has already subdued the thief who committed crimes.

"Uncle, I think you are quite rampant, a habitual offender."

The boy got up from the middle-aged man, and because he was sideways facing Liang Zhang, he couldn't see his face clearly.

"A lot of age, isn't it embarrassing?"

The middle-aged man's face flushed red after being scolded by a brat.

After doing dirty things, being skinned in public and thrown in the sun, can you not be ashamed and want to commit suicide?The middle-aged man lowered his head and said nothing, like a prisoner before interrogation, and his face was pale with fright at this moment, even uglier than a seriously ill person.

The uncle who lost his mobile phone ran over, thanked the boy, and called his friend, and the flight attendant, a group of people held the middle-aged man's arm.The uncle roared at the top of his voice, feeling like he was about to shake the middle-aged man out of the train: "When you arrive in Day City, I will hand you over to the police station, don't even try to run away!"

Liang Zhang was dumbfounded, he didn't notice that the boys were walking in front of him.He also said that the boy's posture of holding down the thief was unbelievably handsome.

"Your wallet." A very calm male voice woke Liang Zhang up.

Liang Zhang took advantage of the situation to look forward, and saw the chivalrous boy just now standing in front of him, with his fair arms stretched out, a black bracelet on his wrist, his knuckles were clearly defined, and his nails were neatly trimmed.Later, Liang Zhang's gaze shifted to the boy's face.

Liang Zhang has never seen such a face before, and there is probably no one in Nanchuan who is prettier than this boy.

His eyebrows and eyes are cold, his nose is straight and solemn, coupled with sensual lips, his facial features are so perfect that they can be called beautiful.The most eye-catching thing was that he had long hair, the front hair was tied up at the back, the bottom was left with broken hair, and a scar was shaved on the side.Earrings are worn in both ears, and there is a silver ring on the right earbone.

The image can be said to be very rebellious. Standing here, he has already attracted the attention of many people. A few uncles and aunts cast surprised and puzzled eyes, and they are probably still glad that this is not their son.

It was also the first time for Liang Zhang to see a boy with long hair, and his clothes were even more avant-garde, which was a novelty for a while, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances.

The boy shook the wallet again, and Liang Zhang reacted immediately: "Thank you so much!" He took the wallet and quickly opened it. After a cursory glance, he confirmed that the money was not missing, and he was completely relieved, "Thank you so much!"

"No, there are many people on the train, so be careful."

"Let me give you some thank you fee." Liang Zhang said and was about to pay for it.

"No need." The boy shook his head and brushed past Liang Zhang.

When he walked over, Liang Zhang smelled the refreshing mint smell on his body, as if a clear spring flowed into the carriage, covering up the rest of the awkward smell.

Liang Zhang put his wallet into the bag in front of his jeans, covered it with his hands in relief, and walked towards the bed.

The delay was too long, the instant noodles were soaked until they became soft, Liang Zhang was disgusted by the taste after taking a few mouthfuls, but there was nothing in his stomach, so he had to continue eating.

Cold instant noodles are not the same as home-cooked meals, one is heaven and the other is earth.

But Liang Zhang would rather eat instant noodles than go back to live that depressive life.

It is estimated that the parents are going crazy with anxiety now, while Liang Zhang feels guilty, he also tastes the wantonness of revenge.

He didn't want to live a day tied to a cliff.

"Can you still eat this instant noodles?"

Suddenly someone spoke from behind, Liang Zhang looked at the instant noodles in his hand, not sure if the person behind was talking to him.

Just in case, Liang Zhang turned his head, and the long-haired boy was caught off guard just now and bumped into his sight.

Liang Zhang was still chewing the instant noodles in his mouth, his cheeks bulged like a hamster.

Liang Zhang didn't expect to meet him again, and said vaguely, "Why can't you eat—hey, you sleep here too?"

The long-haired boy was sitting on the bed diagonally below Liang Zhang, very close.The boy propped his elbows on the small table and said, "Yes, I saw you when I first arrived, but you are too serious with the camera. I still have some bread in my bag, do you want to eat?"

Liang Zhang nodded, and asked shyly, "Is that okay?"

"Well, I don't have much appetite anyway." The boy took out a whole bread from the bag behind him and handed it to Liang Zhang.

Liang Zhang tore off the wrapping paper and took a few bites. The taste was not very good, but it was better than cold instant noodles.

"Thank you, you are too kind."

The boy cast a sideways glance at Liang Zhang, and said quietly, "You're innocent enough, aren't you afraid that I'm a bad guy?"

Liang Zhang glanced at him a few times: "Not at all, you don't look much older than me."

The boy's left eyebrow raised upwards: "I'm sixteen this year."

Liang Zhang opened his eyes wide: "You are one year younger than me! My name is Liang Zhang, how about you?"

"To Pei."

In fact, if you look closely at Pei, his brows still have the immature feeling of a teenager, but the eyes are too vicissitudes, adding a kind of heaviness that does not match his age.So when Liang Zhang knew that Xiang Pei was one year younger than himself, he was a little surprised.

At the same time, I was a little envious. He was obviously of the same age, and he felt that Xiang Pei was living a carefree life.

"Your accent sounds like a northerner?"

Nodding to Pei: "I'm from Day City."

"Go to Nanchuan to play?"

"Look at my mother."

This sentence was difficult to answer, Liang Zhang realized that something was wrong, and planned to talk about other things despite his embarrassment.After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Isn't Day City beautiful?"

"Ah."

Liang Zhang was speechless, and the atmosphere became even more awkward.He didn't want to talk anymore, but Xiang Pei was still staring at him, as if waiting for him to find another topic.

"By the way, how do you know the wallet is mine?"

"I saw it when he stole your wallet."

Liang Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to say that luckily he was seen.But Leng didn't remember when the thief stole his wallet, so he didn't feel it at all.

So Liang Zhang asked again: "When did he steal my wallet?"

Xiang Pei pointed to the place where the water was collected, and his lips curled up there: "There."

Looking over, Liang Zhang blushed a little. It turned out that the foolishness of taking a nap just now was seen by others, and he said, "I was careless."

Xiang Pei didn't speak, but looked at Liang Zhang several times.Liang Zhang felt that he was despising himself in his heart.

"You ran away from home?" Xiang Pei's eyes fell on Liang Zhang's hair.

The hair looks very soft, with a few messy hairs sticking up in the middle of the head in a funny way.I was really embarrassed and flustered, and it seemed that I was running very fast.

"How do you know?!" The bread in Liang Zhang's throat was not completely swallowed, almost choked in the middle.He coughed hard and took a few gulps of the mineral water at hand.

Xiang Pei: "Obviously, children who run away from home are all like you, panicked and at a loss."

If there is a mirror in front of him, Liang Zhang must look carefully to see if he is as flustered as Xiang Pei said.

However, he didn't want to share too many personal matters with outsiders, so Liang Zhang smirked: "It's almost like that."

"Ah."

It seemed that Xiang Pei had no intention of inquiring into Liang Zhang's private affairs, but Liang Zhang seemed to be sentimental.He lay back on the bed and fumbled a square object out of his pocket.

At first, Liang Zhang thought it was a mobile phone, but then Xiang Pei plugged a black cable into the box, and at the beginning it was stuffed into his ear.

Liang Zhang only recognized it as an "MP3", but he didn't have it. Many people in the class had it, and he even borrowed it to listen to it, and he could hear a lot of popular songs.He once vaguely mentioned to his parents that he also wanted one, but of course he was ruthlessly rejected.

So far, I still can’t figure out what learning can be delayed by listening to songs, as if songs can invade people’s heads and swallow all the knowledge inside.

Parents are always very strange, thinking that everything in the world is bad except books.Is it because of growing up?Do you want to grow up to become the person you hate the most?

Liang Zhang couldn't help wanting to grow up quickly and become his favorite adult.

"Whose song are you listening to, Jay Chou's?"

Liang Zhang really lacks knowledge about the music industry, he only knows about Jay Chou and Jacky Cheung, and he loves Jacky Cheung's "Heart Like a Knife".

Xiang Pei's expression was very relaxed, and it was the most soothing gesture Liang Zhang had seen him from just now.

He shook his head and said softly, "No, it's Queen's song."

Liang Zhang asked: "Queen...Is it a foreign singer? Is it male or female?"

Xiang Pei took off one earphone and handed it to Liang Zhang, with an incomparable light in his eyes.

"It's a British rock band, Queen. Want to hear it? Their songs are so cool, you're sure to like them."

The previous Xiang Pei was a little taciturn, not mature enough for his age, but now Xiang Pei who listens to the song seems to be a different person, his whole body is full of excitement and vigor.Even with his long hair, it's a wild whim.

"Okay."

With his fingertips sticking to Pei Wenre's hand, Liang Zhang took the earphones and solemnly stuffed them into his ears.

Gao Yang's male voice filled the ears, and the music style was different from the Jay Chou and Jacky Cheung that Liang Zhang had heard before.The mixed and dreamy music seems to connect countless different time and space, and the passionate male voice has hidden magic power, which attracts Liang Zhang to be intoxicated.

Xiang Pei looked out the window, it was already dark outside, and they were getting closer to Day City.

Xiang Pei suddenly missed the microphone and the stage so much, and wanted to scream with all his might.

"What's the name of this song?" Liang Zhang approached Xiang Pei's face and asked.

"Bohemian Rhapsody," said Xiang Pei in surprisingly good English, "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Xiang Pei turned his head, Liang Zhang's face was very close to him, his eyes were closed, and his long eyelashes almost brushed Xiang Pei's skin.

Between them, the black headphone cable connected with the train swayed gently, like a black river, slowly flowing into the distance.

The author says:

It is bound to carry out the beautiful and cool attack to the end