After the talking and laughing dinner, Ji Nanze took a shower after washing the dishes.

When he returned to the bedroom, he found that Zou Tu was already lying on the bed, as if he had not waited for him for a long time, and fell asleep first.

There is a curfew in Port Hope, because once it is evening, the defense facilities of the entire Port Hope will be activated.I heard that the number of night patrols has also increased recently.It may be because the climate is abnormal now, and day and night cannot be distinguished. In order to avoid accidents, the base has to strengthen control.

Ji Nanze turned off the light and lay down on the bed.

They had only one quilt, so once it was covered, the toes would be exposed anyway.

He knew that Zou Tu was prone to rhinitis, so he wrapped the entire quilt around him to prevent him from catching a cold.

"Good night." He turned over and kissed the other person lightly on the forehead, showing a satisfied and comfortable smile, "Have a good dream."

It's been a long, long time since they've had such a peaceful night's sleep.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door.

Ji Nanze wrapped his coat and glanced at the time, it was about nine or ten in the morning.

As soon as he opened the door, a gift box was suddenly handed to him.

"New neighbor, welcome to the East Side." A girl wearing a peaked cap with a logo of an ape's head is standing at the door.She was slender, wearing a pair of hot pants, holding the box in both hands, and smiled at him, "There is a welcome ceremony for newcomers this afternoon, and you are welcome to gather at the gathering place. Let's make a big cake together!"

"Thank you." Ji Nanze took the gift box in a daze, and smiled shyly, "We will definitely go."

"Then don't bother, bye!"

After the door was closed, Ji Nanze put the box on the table in the living room, and took off the red ribbon on it.

At this time, Zou Tu just came out rubbing his sleepy eyes.

Seeing Ji Nanze unpacking the gift box, he leaned over to take a look.

When the lid was removed, inside was a tiny teddy bear, a can of bug spray, and a fancy invitation card.

Zou Tu picked up the invitation letter and glanced at it. The address of the welcome ceremony was written on it, and a map that normal people could not understand was drawn on the back.

He looked at the word and couldn't help being amused: "Senior, who was outside just now?"

"She said she was a neighbor, a girl." Ji Nanze took out the teddy bear, which was fluffy, cute, and very nice to the touch. "By the way, Zou Tu, what's your birthday?"

Zou Tuzheng was holding the can of insecticide and looked around: "Why did the senior suddenly ask this?"

"Because they said they could make a cake together at the welcome ceremony."

"What? Senior wants to help me celebrate my birthday?"

Ji Nanze nodded.

"What number?"

He didn't make a fool of himself: "March 21."

Hearing the numbers, Ji Nanze felt regretful on his face: "It's been too long. You have to wait two and a half months for your 19th birthday."

"In this way, isn't the senior's birthday coming soon?"

"Huh? Why do you..."

"I remember my senior said before that my birthday is December NO.17. Let me figure out what date it is today." He pinched his fingers and pretended to calculate, "Isn't there still five days left?"

Ji Nanze asked in surprise, "When did I tell you?"

"It's all written on your WeChat. If you don't believe me, you can look it up yourself. No, I forgot. We all lost our phones."

Zou Tu smiled at him, and when he turned his head, he saw a pot of soybean milk boiling on the stove, and ran to the bathroom to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth without saying a word.

Ji Nanze watched him close the bathroom door.

Holding the teddy bear in his arms, he nestled into the sofa, looking a little sluggish.

He stared at the empty walls, without any decoration, and the wallpaper was yellowed.

Muttered like a sigh.

"It turns out that I really don't know anything. About you..."

***

Time passed and the appointed time came. According to the map on the back of the invitation, they made a detour and arrived at the meeting place.

When they got there, the two of them almost froze in place.

Almost all the people who came to the meeting place were young people dressed in trendy clothes. They even dyed their hair in colorful colors, tattooed everywhere they could see, pierced, and painted fluorescent camouflage on their bodies.There are only a few braziers here, and a few teenagers wearing rings are tearing up paper and throwing it into the flames to make it burn more vigorously.

The square is dirty, full of empty soda cans, food boxes, and long iron nails.They have to be extra careful when they walk.

The entire rally looked like a haunted plaza of dilapidated buildings, several sides blocked by barbed wire.On the opposite side is the stinking garbage dump. Halfway through the landfill work, half of the construction vehicles got stuck in the soil.The unfinished walls are covered in graffiti, slang, curses, and even a crooked brown ape head.

A teenager with a nose ring got off the skateboard and scooped it up under his armpit.

He came towards them, arms outstretched.

"You two, welcome to the East District, and welcome to the Shanyu Group."

"Mountain group?"

Zou Tu is a little confused.

The boy looked at them several times and said, "Simply put, we are a gang."

"Hope Hong Kong will also set up gangs?" Ji Nanze smiled a little embarrassedly, "I thought you called us here just to...make cakes? It doesn't look like that now?"

"Cake? Of course there is this link. Every time a newcomer comes, we will make a cake to celebrate. It doesn't matter whether they come to the mountain group in the end." The young man glanced at their faces, "You seem very uncomfortable here, but That's okay. If you're going to live in Port Hope, you'd better join a gang, group action is a lot of fun."

"I don't know the gangs in Port Hope yet." Ji Nanze cleared his throat, "No one told us when we came here."

"This is a unique feature of District C, which is not found in other regions. Of course, gangs are also divided into different areas. Our entertainment activities, our daily life and purpose are also different. The purpose of the Yamagumi Group is-there is no purpose. But Regarding other gangs, I advise you not to contact them."

Zou Tu crossed his arms: "Why?"

"Some of them are very dangerous, such as the gang in the South District, a group called the Brotherhood. They will let the newcomer leave Port Hope through a secret passage, and only after surviving in the wild for a day will they let him in. As long as you can survive for a day, you can join Brotherhood." He said, "Of course, the rewards for joining the Brotherhood are also very good. They regularly act with the cleaning team and are responsible for collecting supplies from all over the place."

"Anything else?"

The boy curled his lips, indicating that he didn't know: "Unfortunately, that's all I know. Of course, it's okay. It's your first time in Port Hope, so you don't know the situation. When gangs clash, we are absolutely neutral, only to gather together every night for group activities... Oh, yes, we only recruit young people under the age of 25."

Zou Tu couldn't help laughing, he asked, "Why? Age discrimination?"

"Because there is no generation gap." The boy shrugged and straightened the cap on his head. "Both of you, do you want to join us? There are activities every day, so I promise not to repeat them."

"Thank you, I want to wait and see for a while." Ji Nanze declined his enthusiasm.

The boy rolled his eyes, but he didn't seem to have any malice: "Well, let me just say, newcomers are really troublesome. Since you are here, you can visit our activities tonight."

Ji Nanze pulled Zou Tu to the back and asked instead of him, "Can I ask what it is in advance?"

"No." The young man looked expectant, "As long as you are brave enough, I promise, there is no danger."

Saying that, on the square not far away, fireworks lined up.The teenagers who were in charge of lighting it laughed and ran away from the fireworks, still holding a box of matches in their hands.

The fireworks screamed and shot straight into the sky, exploding in all directions like clusters of flowers.

They covered their ears and started stomping and cheering.

Ji Nanze looked up at the fireworks, he hadn't felt something like this for a long time.

It's been so long that I close my eyes, I can't remember it.

"Aren't you worried about attracting infected creatures?"

"So what? At most, it's just being scolded by the police, and it's not a crime." The young man looked very happy, and screamed at the sky, "The world has become like this, why can't we live happily point?"

"Where are our newcomers? — Their participation will be indispensable in the next link."

Surrounded by an almost crazy crowd, a delicate-looking young man walked over quickly.

He looked happy and had an e-cigarette dangling from his mouth.

"Boss, they are here." The boy next to them jumped up immediately.

The boy held out his hand to them.

"Hello, just call me Yusuke."

He had black hair with red and black highlights, three or four lip studs, and a silver chain through his pierced ears.A rivet leather jacket, looks thin and tall.

He glanced at Ji Nanze politely, and when his eyes fell on Zou Tu, he paid more attention for a while.

Soon, he showed a big smile.

"Okay, what are you guys still dawdling about, why didn't you bring up the ingredients for the cake?"

When they first proposed to make a cake, Ji Nanze was shocked.He thought there would be some weird ingredients, or some difficult requirements, but he didn't expect that after the mountain dog group distributed the ingredients of the cake to different newcomers, they would let them disperse to complete the task.

This time it's a chocolate cake.There are seven newcomers in total, all of whom are new faces.

Ji Nanze and Zou Tu were assigned to make cream and finish the final decoration.

He couldn't help laughing when he saw Zou Tu's face eager to try, and how agile he was even putting on gloves.

"Why, I can't tell, you are still an expert in cakes?"

"How is it possible?" Zou Tu responded with a smile, "I'm just happy, it's the first time I made a cake with my senior. Although I'm a beginner, I promise to listen to you every step of the way, and I will celebrate your birthday for you."

Ji Nanze picked up the eggbeater and supported the small bowl with one hand: "Don't talk about my birthday, why don't we celebrate together?"

"But my birthday is still far away."

"I don't care." He smiled and touched the other's dry lips with the tip of his nose, "I just want to make every day your birthday, and I want you... to hurt to the sky."

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