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"Do you eat spicy food?"

The two chose a seat by the glass window, and the table and window, which were faintly gleaming with oil, seemed to be completely infiltrated by the smoke from the barbecue. As soon as they entered the store, the lively atmosphere and the smell of food rushed up like a tide.

As soon as Zhou Ze sat down, he relaxed. He leaned back on the chair and yawned big.

"I can eat a little."

"Is there any taboo?"

"If you don't eat offal, you can do anything else."

Hearing this, Pei also silently crossed out the chicken gizzard that he had just checked.

Zhou Ze looked at the two unknown objects in plastic bags beside him: "What are those?"

"this?"

Pei also pushed the cold pancake fruit forward: "If you are hungry, you can eat the pancake fruit I bought earlier."

"Thank you."

Zhou Ze wasn't polite to him, he just grabbed one and gnawed on it.

The cold pancakes are actually not very delicious, especially the outermost layer of pancakes, which has been blown a little by the wind along the way.But now he is really too hungry, he can't taste the taste of anything he eats, and he swallows it whole after chewing.

"Why do some people like to add ketchup?" He looked at the thin menu and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Pei also flipped through the menu and reported the choices in the beverage column one by one.

Zhou Ze stopped when he heard it halfway: "... lotus seed soup? Is it delicious?"

Pei also paused, and described: "It's not too sweet."

Zhou Ze immediately said, "Then let's have a bowl."

Pei Ye asked while ticking: "Aren't you afraid of getting tired?"

Zhou Ze said, "I like sweet ones."

Before he was ten years old, he lived in Pingjiang for a long time, and many habits and preferences were formed during that time, such as the taste of food; he was completely opposite to his brother who was born and raised in the north. , and even because of this, during the few time the two spent together, Zhou Xuan would complain about him almost every meal, thinking he was a bitch.

Pei also handed him the ordered menu: "Look."

Zhou Ze took the menu without looking at it carefully, and handed it to the waiter who happened to pass by.

"What happened to your hand?"

While waiting for the food, Pei Ye watched as Zhou Ze ate a third of the cold pancake in his arms. Finally, when he put down the pancake, Pei Ye realized that he had been holding the toilet paper in his hand, and he could still see the paper from the gap. of red.

"This?" Zhou Ze spread his hands, and the toilet paper rolled down in lumps, "It was cut by a glass bottle."

The bleeding had stopped, and there was only a fresh incision on the palm of the hand—the incision was not big, but a layer of white flesh after blood loss showed that the incision should have been quite deep.

Pei also recalled that on the way here by bike, the other party seemed to have grabbed the hem of his clothes, and quickly lowered his head to check it.

Zhou Ze said, "I didn't touch your clothes."

Only then did Pei Ye feel relieved: "...I find you really strange."

Zhou Ze also said: "If you don't know how to chat, don't chat awkwardly, it will easily damage the relationship between classmates."

Pei also choked for a moment and didn't want to continue.

While waiting for the skewers to be served, Zhou Ze lowered his head and swiped his phone for a while, looked at the night view outside the window for a while, and was in a daze with nothing to do. After the waiter brought the grill for heat preservation and a large plate of skewers, his attention All of a sudden, I was motivated by appetite.

The fat and thin meat is very tender, and the mouth is full of fresh and salty seasonings and oily flowers.

The meal would have been satisfying without the occasional passing flying insect hovering over the table.

Zhou Ze looked at the person opposite: "Aren't you going to eat?"

Pei also kept watching his movements: "The meat in your hands, workers often slip their hands on the ground during the skewering process, and when they are picked up, they will be washed in the dirty water for washing raw meat, especially in some workshops. The environment is not good, all kinds of cockroaches and mice live together..."

Zhou Ze swallowed what was in his mouth, but the hand holding the skewer stopped in the air: "...do you think this is interesting?"

"I've been in the back kitchen, and I'm telling the truth." Pei Ye smiled mischievously, "Every time I tell people about this, although they don't really stop eating, they always have something in their hearts. It’s a pimple, and it won’t taste good after eating.”

Although Zhou Ze didn't think the skewers in front of him were disgusting, but after hearing what Pei Ye said, his appetite was greatly reduced.

This is purely irritating.

His face darkened: "Pei Ye!"

Pei Ye still smiled: "Here you are, young master."

This title is again a deliberate sarcasm.

Zhou Ze cursed in a moderate voice: "You must be sick!"

"Yo, I thought you didn't know how to swear." Pei Ye said, "Swear more, so that you won't always remember my hatred in the future."

There is a feeling of being picked up and peeped.

Very bad.

Zhou Ze pursed his lips without saying a word.

Pei Ye followed his gaze and started eating on his own.

He must always be worried when he is exposed to the bad side. He often deals with all kinds of people. It is good to be tactful, but he still likes to open the skylight and speak the truth, especially those like Zhou Ze. , Everything is simmering.

The sound of disposable chopsticks poking the bottom of a disposable bowl is muffled, just like the air in a barbecue restaurant.

Zhou Ze asked: "Why did you go to the mental hospital that day?"

Pei also replied: "Didn't you see that there is a lunatic in my family."

"..."

The counterattack failed.

Different from Zhou Ze's "pretending", most of the time, Pei also regards himself as a speck of ashes, no matter whether he is self-deprecating, self-deprecating, or self-deprecating, he really doesn't take himself seriously, so In order to live well in the days like grinding discs.

After all, what is the saying?

Shameless people are invincible.

When checking out, both of them were indifferent to the bill.

When the waiter was hesitating between the two, Pei also said, "What do you think I am doing? Give it to him."

The bill was handed over to Zhou Ze like a hot potato.

Pei Ye, who was on the side, pushed the door out with a toothpick in his mouth.

The moment I walked out of the barbecue restaurant, the sticky feeling of oily smoke that had been filling my nasal cavity was suddenly diluted, diluted, and disintegrated by the cold air.The nearby car exhaust alternates with the distant traffic lights.

Zhou Ze stood in front of Pei Ye's motorcycle and kicked the wheel lightly.

The front of the car was crooked, and Pei Ye straightened it back soon.

"It's just a meal, so angry?"

"Let me be clear first, this meal was invited to the hospital that day." Zhou Ze said, "This kick is still today."

The two wanted to tear out every strand of hair.

"Okay, it's so clear."

It's a pity that when Pei Ye said this, a truck passed by, and the rapid sound of the car whistle completely obscured his words.

Zhou Ze didn't hear clearly, and an empty taxi came just in time, so he got in the taxi and left.

Pei also put on his helmet and looked in a certain direction.

Then kick the accelerator and drive away.

The early-century-style tube buildings are not easy to walk at night, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no sudden "corpses" of garbage thrown from high altitudes on the ground.

After Brother Hu bought a second-hand van, he lent his motorcycle to Pei Ye for use. Although it was a lot of money, he still locked it three times and parked it in a small supermarket far away. At the door, ask the acquainted clerk to watch in the middle of the night, and then go back to the mahjong parlor by yourself.

During this period of time, the mahjong parlor has not been open.

Especially after those people came to make trouble last time, the surrounding residents are afraid to come.

Originally, this mahjong parlor was run by Su Ya and her deceased husband. Pei Ye found time to help out while going to school. Now that the man died, Su Ya had been decadent for a while, so the mahjong parlor had to be closed. All night, it is a table that can receive a table of guests.

Pei also thought that what he saw today would still be a lock.

"Where did you go wild again?"

Su Ya nestled in the counter, beside a mineral water bottle full of cigarette butts.

Listen carefully, there is the sound of someone playing mahjong in the back room.

"I have something to do." Pei Ye put the helmet in the cabinet, turned around and saw the lunch box on the ground, "Have you eaten?"

Su Ya responded and stood up: "The money on the table inside is unpaid, don't forget it when you leave."

He just looked at Su Ya, who was unkempt some time ago, changed into new clothes for the first time today, and her hair was specially washed, filled with the fragrance of the barber shop.

"where are you going?"

"Go out and watch a movie."

"Who are you with?"

Su Ya dug out one from nowhere. It looked like a small leather bag she bought several years ago and carried it on her shoulders. The pattern was the classic logo of a certain big brand, but the inferior hardware and wiring exposed the fact that it was a fake.

"My classmate." She put the cash in the drawer into the middle of the wallet, turned her head and stretched it out to Pei Ye, "Do you have any money?"

Without waiting for Pei Ye to answer, Su Ya reached out to look in his pocket, and asked her to take out a few.

Pei Ye immediately snatched it away: "This money cannot be moved."

Su Ya frowned: "Why? Give me some first!"

"This is the car dealer's money!"

"Just give me two hundred, and you can take it back if you get money in the store tonight..."

Su Ya stretched out her pale face, her seaweed-like long black hair hung down in twists and turns, and there were already many wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, which was a fact that no matter how much powder or cream she applied, she couldn't hide it.

Pei also refused to give her money, so she reached out to grab it.

Until the end, people passing by couldn't help but stare at them.

When Pei Ye was distracted, his hand was empty. Su Ya "kept her word" and only took out two banknotes, and slapped the rest on the table.

She clutched her bag and ran out: "Don't talk nonsense with you, I'm leaving!"

"Su Ya!" Pei Ye shouted at her back.

But how can anyone answer him?

Pei also sat on the plastic stool and counted the money he had left. It was originally the money he had saved bit by bit over the past few years. Today he took it out and planned to advance it to the parts factory first. Now it is not enough.

The orange cat, which was wandering back and forth on the opposite wall, was startled by the ugly-looking boy. After baring its teeth and screaming, it immediately jumped from the wall into the dense bushes.

Cautious and baring his teeth and claws, he is very similar to that young master.

Pei was also holding his mobile phone, and the class was discussing next week's Halloween, and a few noisy ones were planning to go to the newly opened haunted house in the city to find out.

This kind of boring activity can't attract his attention at all, and it feels like a waste of time to look at it any more.

He directly clicked on the group list, found a person with a blue head portrait sorted by the first letter of the last name, and then sent the other party an application to add friends.

While waiting for his consent, Pei clicked on his profile picture more than once - a blue cartoon character named "Stitch".Among his few childhood memories, there is a scene where he and a group of children sit in front of a closed-circuit TV, and this cartoon is played on the screen.

For some reason, when everything else was blurred, the only thing he remembered was the pathetic but unruly look of this little thing.

At this time, the friend request was approved.

followed by a polite [hello]

【I am also Pei】

The other party edited for a while, and replied with [Oh]

Pei didn't understand either. Is it so hard to type just such a word?

Fortunately, the other party followed closely: [Is there something wrong? 】

Not so that people don't know how to answer the call.

Pei also snapped back:

【You ate my pancake today】

【? 】

【So bring me a breakfast tomorrow】

After a while, Pei also found that the words "the other party is editing" were always displayed on the top of the chat box between the two.

Just when he thought this fellow had typed hundreds of words to scold him, the other party finally replied, but it was not full of words as imagined, but two short and powerful words:

【……ill】

The author says:

Brother Pei has no money to eat, so he can only be shameless.jpg