winter past

The three of them went to the bone soup place together, there was no one in the shop, the air conditioner was turned on very low, the tiled floor was wet, and the TV hanging in the front and back was playing a romantic TV series.

The waiter arranged a big round table for them. As soon as Ah Hong sat down, he unpacked the tableware graciously, poured tea and water for Zhao You and Xiaoman, and used a tablet to order food in the shop. Zhao You handed the tablet to her, and she was very polite. She handed the tablet to Xiao Man, squeezed his thighs a few times, and said next to him, "You order, you order."

Xiao Man ordered a round, Zhao You added a few more dishes, Ah Hong's cell phone kept ringing in her purse, and she took out her cell phone to type.Zhao You asked her, "Is there something you need to do?"

Ah Hong bit her nails and laughed wildly: "Busy, busy."

Zhao You motioned her to look at the drinks on the menu: "Would you like something to drink?"

Ah Hong's mobile phone kept beeping for new messages from WeChat. She scratched her hair and responded dryly a few times. Her eyes were a little absent-minded, she lowered her head to type, and said, "You guys are ready, you guys..."

She was covering her purse with one hand, clutching her mobile phone, and clutching an empty teacup with the other, feeling distraught.Xiao Man looked at Zhao You, Zhao You blinked, and Xiao Man asked Ah Hong: "Sister, you have been taking orders at the Aegean Sea?"

Ah Hong nodded dully, and after a while, he raised his head and smiled at Xiao Man, saying, "I have a wide range of activities, and I am always on call, so please visit me when you have time."

A large bottle of iced Coke was brought to the table, Xiao Man poured a glass for Ah Hong, then shook his phone: "Okay, then let's add a WeChat."

Ah Hong was so happy to get close to him, leaning against him with a smile, flicking her long hair and fiddling with her mobile phone.Xiao Man also smiled, looked at her and asked, "Recently, have you been to Room 404 besides our visit tonight?"

Ah Hong covered her mouth and looked back and forth between Xiao Man and Zhao You. Zhao You laughed loudly, Xiao Man scratched her ear and scratched her face, showing a puzzled look, and Ah Hong patted the back of his hand several times, with two doubtful eyes shooting out of her eyes. : "Be honest, what do you want to inquire about? Why are two people asking me the same question?"

Zhao You said, "I want to find out if any guests have seen ghosts."

Xiaoman slapped his head and laughed loudly: "I read on the Internet that many people died in that place, so I wonder if you are not afraid of that place when you grow old?"

Ah Hong giggled and worshiped the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and the ten nails inlaid with crystals shone under the light: "Amitabha, Jesus bless, Mazu blesses you." She waved her hand and hooked her fingers towards Zhao You and Xiaoman, He lowered his body and said mysteriously: "Let me tell you, some people just like to find this kind of excitement. There are all kinds of surprises in the world, especially in our line of work. Haven’t we met those people? I have met several little sisters several times, and some people just like to go there to do some things.”

"Is there any?" Xiaoman pricked up his ears.

Ah Hong let out a chuckle, and recruited the two of them, and the three of them got closer together. Ah Hong whispered: "Once, a man weighed more than 200 catties, and I had to ask a sister of mine to put him in." Slapping him with a whip in a burlap bag and exhausting my sister, that's really... do you think he's a purebred pervert?"

Zhao You was speechless again and again: "Is this the kind of masochism?"

"Yes, yes, there are those who like to make furniture, oh, it's endless!"

The bone soup was on the table, the waiter turned on the fire, and the dishes came one after another. Xiaoman helped the waiter serve the dishes, set the table, and said, "You sisters all belong to the same company, right?"

"correct."

"Know each other?"

"Hey, we have a lot of people in our company." Ah Hong giggled, glanced at the waiter, and when the waiter walked away, she winked at Xiaoman, then turned to pat Zhao You's arm: "You guys We have everything we want, and our acting skills are definitely enough to shoot short videos. Many of our sisters graduated from media universities and art schools, no worse than those stars! Let me tell you, those stars are There is a brokerage company packaging, what about us..." A Hong said here, her eyes glanced outside the store, she suddenly swallowed her saliva, hurriedly got up with her bag on her shoulders, and bowed to Zhao You and Xiaoman again and again, sorry Said calmly: "My friend, what a coincidence, I met here, haha, haha, I'll go say hello."

She walked out of the bone soup shop with a dry smile.

Xiao Man chased after her and saw that Ah Hong was standing on the road outside, talking to a small man in a short-sleeved shirt with a tattoo on one hand and a gold watch in his right hand.With her back to the bone soup shop, Xiaoman couldn't see her expression, the man with the golden watch squinted at him, Xiaoman smiled at him and looked away.

On the dinner table, Zhao Youzheng stared straight at the bone soup with a layer of grease floating there, without any movement at all. He didn't seem to care about the rest of the things around him.Xiao Man knocked on the table, Zhao You slowly raised his eyelids, and asked him, "What's wrong?"

"Pimped?"

Zhao You said: "Maybe it's her husband, she seems to have a son."

"Pimped?"

Zhao You shrugged, lowered his eyes again, and stared at the pot of bone soup again: "I just set Weng Qing's photo as the mobile phone wallpaper, but she didn't react when she saw it."

Xiao Man winked behind him: "Try him?" He asked, "Is he still looking at us?"

Zhao You nodded and smiled: "Try?"

Xiao Man said, "Wait." He dug out a photo of Yu Meng's life from his phone, set it as a wallpaper, put the phone on the table, and nodded towards Zhao You.Zhao You waved hands with the golden watch man outside, gesturing for them to come in and eat together.Xiao Man also turned her head and made the same gesture. Ah Hong turned to look at them, waving her hands and shaking her head, smiling all over her face, and pointed at the road a few times, as if she was about to leave.But the little man with the golden watch raised his chin, stroked his head, put his hands in his pockets, hooked his neck, and walked into the bone soup shop swaggeringly.

Ah Hong followed him waddlingly on small steps, with an embarrassed expression on her face.Zhao You and Xiao Man were very polite, and one asked the man, "Brother, what would you like to drink? Some beer?"

One unpacked the tableware for the man, pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit, brother, sit."

The golden watch man smiled, revealing a shining golden front tooth, and sat next to Zhao You.Zhao Youdao: "Brother, love is worse than meeting by chance."

Ah Hong sat back next to Xiaoman, took out her makeup bag and began to touch up her makeup.Her hands trembled slightly.The man with the golden watch smiled, patted the table, and shouted, "Waiter! Half a dozen snowflakes!"

Xiao Man took a sip of Coca-Cola, the golden watch man lit a cigarette, and a table of guests looked at them.A no-smoking sign hangs brightly in the lobby.

The man with the golden watch picked his teeth, put his left leg on his right leg, and bounced up and down, and the man followed suit.Zhao You took an empty bowl from the next table and handed it to him: "Put the ashes in."

He put his mobile phone on the table and started a conversation with the man: "Brother, was it you who spoke to me just now? Is this your number?" He pressed the screen of the mobile phone, and Weng Qing's art photo lit up.Xiaoman looked at Jin Biaonan, trying to capture every subtle change in his expression, but Jin Biaonan's expression did not change at all. He crossed his legs, spit on the ground, and raised his eyebrows: " Not satisfied today?"

He reached out and stroked Ah Hong's hair beside him.Ah Hong's hand trembled, and the lipstick she put on the corner of her mouth scratched her face.Xiao Man handed her a tissue.She apologized and tucked the corners of her mouth with a tissue.

Zhao You said: "Satisfied, why would you eat together if you are not satisfied? Do you think so?"

When the beer came up, Xiaoman poured the man's drink: "Are you busy around here?"

The man smiled and gently stroked Ah Hong's long hair: "It was agreed that I would pick her up when she was done, but she ran away by herself. You know, I am also worried about her safety because of the dead people who have died twice in the past three days." .”

Ah Hong closed the makeup mirror, looked at Xiao Man with a smile, then at Zhao You, and greeted warmly: "Everyone, eat, eat."

The man's hand reached A'hong's back, and A'hong's expression changed instantly, as if she was in pain.Xiaoman glanced, the man firmly grasped Ah Hong's long hair and was pulling it down.He was about to stand up and say something, but his leg was held down.He saw that Zhao You, who was sitting on the other side of him, held him down.Zhao You didn't change his face, and followed the polite way: "Eat, eat."

Xiao Man didn't move, Zhao You withdrew his hand and put food into the boiling soup pot.Xiaoman pressed the mobile phone on the table, unlocked it, handed the mobile phone to the golden watch man, and said, "Then we will contact directly from now on? Brother, leave me a contact information too, TV or WeChat will do." ?”

The man with the golden watch graciously took his mobile phone and glanced at his screen: "Is your girlfriend still a wife? She's a beautiful woman." He whistled, gave Xiaoman a number, and returned the phone to him, speaking earnestly Di Xun said: "You guys just like to mess around, isn't it good to just stay at home? The holes in the house are not enough for you?"

Ah Hong served him soup and vegetables, and said: "The stick is so good, if you don't find a hole outside to smash it, it is a waste of resources! Our country is now promoting environmental protection and recycling of resources! We are responding to the call of the country. , follow the instructions."

The man with the golden watch let out his body and laughed, withdrew his hand from stroking Ah Hong's hair, patted her face, and raised his glass: "Come, come, let me toast you, the red flag at home will not fall, and the colorful flags are flying outside! Remember to go back Pay the bill!"

Zhao You also poured a glass of wine, Xiao Man also poured wine, and the three of them clinked glasses happily.Putting down the wine glass, the golden watch man picked up the chopsticks to eat food, Zhao You did not fall behind him, he ate vigorously, and there were fewer people talking at the table, Xiaoman reluctantly drank a few mouthfuls of hot soup before putting down the chopsticks.Ah Hong just drank Coke, half of the chair was stained on his buttocks, as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

After eating like this for about half an hour, the man was full of wine and food, belched, touched his round belly, lifted Ah Hong's arm and dragged her away.After they left, Xiao Man and Zhao You said, "Don't drive after drinking."

Zhao You nodded, scooped up a few heart-wrapped fish balls, picked one up and ate a big mouthful, until he was so hot he couldn't breathe.Xiao Man poured him some iced Coke and said, "The person who snatched food with you has left, you should eat slowly."

Zhao You nodded with a smile, swallowed what was in his mouth, and asked him, "Don't you want to eat?"

"No appetite."

Xiaoman drank again, and when the six bottles of beer were exhausted, he asked Zhao You, "How about you?"

Zhao You said, "I'll add a dessert."

He picked up the tablet and said to Xiaoman, "Ice dumplings, the special dessert during the Dragon Boat Festival, buy one get one free, do you want to eat?"

Xiaoman said: "The glutinous rice is not easy to digest." He sat on his side, looking outside the store, there were no pedestrians on the road, and even if there were, they were in a hurry.A tall, dark figure stood under a street lamp and looked at him.Xiaoman rubbed his eyes, Zhao You asked him again: "Really don't you want to eat?"

Xiaoman shook his head.He asked Zhao You: "Is there anyone under the street lamp outside?"

Zhao You replied, "What did you see?"

Xiao Man said impatiently, "You answer me first."

The waiter came to serve the zongzi. Two of them were packed in a small green dish, wrapped delicately and compactly, and the cold white steam was coming out.Zhao You fell silent, Xiaoman glanced at him, he ate the ice rice dumpling, turned off the heat of the bone soup, it stopped boiling, and the white soup was clean.There was more than half a bottle of Coke left on the table.

Xiaoman wiped his face.He saw Lin Midong standing behind Zhao You.Zhao You focused on peeling off the ice palm leaves layer by layer, and for a moment, Lin Midong's figure overlapped with his.Lin Midong focused on peeling off the human skin, digging out the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys.

Xiaoman lowered his head, pinched himself bitterly, and murmured: "I may not have slept well today."

Zhao You said, "I'll call a car, and I'll take you home first."

Xiao Man responded, and he touched the raised scar on his forehead. It seemed that there was a heart under it, beating wildly.Bang bang.boom.boom!

Xiao Man jumped up suddenly, Zhao You grabbed him and said, "The bottle fell on the floor."

He looked in the direction of the front desk and said.Two waiters were picking up the oranges that fell on the ground.

Xiaoman pointed outside: "Well...I'm going out to smoke a cigarette."

Zhao You looked at him and let go of his hand.He continued to peel the zongzi, and the zongzi leaves fell on the table one by one, revealing the crystal clear zongzi wrapped in a ball of crimson stuffing.Xiaoman lit a cigarette and went outside.The stuffing wrapped in the zongzi is like a heart.

He stood outside smoking a cigarette, looking at the street lamp opposite, where was there anyone, only the black shadow cast by a long lamp post.Xiaoman looked behind him, Zhao You was eating the second most delicate ice rice dumpling.He slipped away quietly.After walking on the road for a while, I turned back again.He saw the dark, tall figure again.This time, he followed him upright.

He knew this person was his hallucination.He can't be real.It is impossible for a person to die and be resurrected.In the movie, the dead are revived and either become zombies or ghosts, but this is not a movie, this is reality. Lin Midong is already dead, his skull is broken, and his brains are flying around. Looking at him with open eyes, those eyes are so Calm, those eyes are relieved, detached eyes.

Why should he be calm, why should he let go?He should be judged by the public and punished by the law. His evil deeds should be made public. He should pray for forgiveness from the victim's family. A person, a group of doctors, should come to make his moral sense disappear. Well, the guilt is good, stuff it back into his body, so that he will tremble and spend the rest of his life in confession.

How many people are still mourning their dead friends, how many people are still walking alone in the shadow of the death of their loved ones, how many people can't calm down, can't reconcile, can't find a person to hate, can't find an object to vent their anger on.

Xiao Man continued to walk forward, picking at the scars on his face. He was the one who deprived these people of their precious chance of relief. He gave Lin Midong a happy shot.He regretted the shot he fired, and he started beating his head again, saying brokenly: "It's my problem, it's my fault, it's all because of me."

He wants to run to the street, he wants to jump off the bridge, he wants to bang his head against the wall, he thinks he can kill himself in all kinds of ways, but he can't help but want to get better, and he knows why , because he is a complete coward, weak and timid in nature, greedy for life and afraid of death, and the instinct of survival will always overwhelm everything at the last moment.He thought he should see a doctor, take medicine on time, exercise, eat regularly, quit drinking, care about everyone around him, and do his best to give back to the society. He wanted to catch the serial murderer who is still running around in Qingshi ...

He still wants to die...

Xiao Man lowered his head and walked quickly towards the direction of Hongfeng Hospital.