desolate

The translucent plastic bags were blown up by the wind and swayed all the way to the bare treetops. The first ten days of February have passed, and there is still no spring on the road.

The asphalt pavement is covered with rubbish debris, weathered and weathered, they have taken root here and lost their original color.

Pei Ye squatted under the street lamp in a daze, half smoked and half burned the cigarette on his fingertips, until a pair of wet boots appeared in front of him.

Jin Yang turned around and sat down next to him: "I haven't seen you sign the form these days? Pin Guan is about to abdicate?"

Pei also inserted the cigarette vertically into the gap between the floor tiles: "No... I have something to do in the past two days, so the customer has been pushed to others."

Jin Yang asked: "What's the matter?"

No more money?

Pei Ye hooked his head, with his arms resting straight on his knees, pointing forward like two straight steering rods. Under the flesh, the tough bones stretched all the way to his wrists before suddenly turning sharply down.

It's like those words of explanation choked up the moment they came out.Then it turned into a light and fluffy nothing.

It's not easy to be honest with everyone, and other people don't want to listen to you that much, and they won't understand.

He raised his head, and the line of his jaw was stretched to the longest. The blue-gray sky was as gray as if it had been washed and faded by the rain a few days ago, without any aesthetic feeling.

"Okay, just tell me if you have something to say, we are all friends." Jin Yang put his hands on his shoulders with a smile, "By the way, did you find your phone?"

"No."

Pei Ye raised his face, feeling sleepy, and yawned hugely.

Two days ago, he and Su Ya had a big quarrel because of the garlic in the dish. During the quarrel, his mobile phone was thrown out of the window.

"Hurry up and buy another one."

"I bought it early, and I will get it after get off work, and re-apply for the card by the way."

"That's it."

After smoking, his legs were a little sore, Jin Yang patted his buttocks and stood up, walked two steps towards the shop, remembered something, and turned around very suddenly.

"By the way, let's have a meal together after work, Ju Haonan celebrates his birthday, let's join in the fun."

Pei also looked back at him.

There was no expression on the other party's face, but the words were full of determination.

What are you sure about?

In fact, Pei didn't really want to go, he hadn't played with those people for a while, and he didn't know what kind of conversation would be more appropriate for everyone to chat... Of course, it's not difficult, he can listen quietly for a few minutes He knows what "news" are in the circle of these people, but he will find it boring and boring.

"understood."

After getting an affirmative answer, Jin Yang left contentedly.

Pei Ye looked back thoughtfully. The young man was wearing a dog-gnawed cropped hair, sluggishly walking on both feet, and wearing slightly larger overalls.Two years have polished him into another appearance, strange but suitable.

……

The last day at the end of February is the monthly exam for Huayu High School.

After the first investigation, Zhou Ze was assigned to the tenth class, the only class at the bottom of the science class, and Yang Yu was the only one who slept with him in the same rank.

——Of course, this is Yang Yu's wishful thinking.

Ever since Zhou Ze helped him twice, he has been full of gratitude to this quiet roommate. When he heard that Zhou Ze was also from Pingjiang, he felt that when he saw a fellow villager, his eyes were full of tears, and he felt sorry for him from the bottom of his heart. The other party as the only friend.

Therefore, although Zhou Ze often blocks him automatically, he only treats him as an introvert.

"Zhou Ze Zhou Ze, what's your exam room number?"

"This class."

"What's the seat number?"

"36."

Yang Yu opened his mouth and wanted to ask something, but was interrupted by the class committee who came to the podium to announce the news.

It is not the same as the sixth middle school or even the attached middle school.

The class committees of the Sixth Middle School are elected by the students. In their eyes, the rules are flexible and flexible, and they even pay attention to "relationships" in doing things; Strong people; and the class committee here is more indifferent than them, and they perform their duties like completing tasks, and they have never been humane.

So not only did Zhou Ze not like it very much, but the other students didn't like it either.

But no one dared to make trouble at this time, they all quietly listened to the class committee's notification and finished the trivial matters.

"call……"

When the class committee stepped down, Yang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered: "The weekly quiz, do you want to live..."

Zhou Ze was writing something on the paper, and suddenly asked: "By the way, do you still have the application for leaving school?"

"Yes, you want to go home?"

"Maybe……"

"The application must be approved by the parents. Remember to tell your family."

"it is good."

Tell Ma Wenjing?

Zhou Ze had no such plan at all.

So after getting the application form from Yang Yu that night, Zhou Ze couldn't use it.

Fortunately, within two days, Zhou Ze met Ma Wenjing.

The second day after the monthly exam results are released is the school’s Parents’ Open Day. The good thing is to let parents know about the learning situation of the students at school. The bad thing is that the school will hold a group class for parents to show their training results.

Logically speaking, Ma Wenjing should not have time to participate, but Zhou Ze was a little surprised when he saw her.

"How about studying here? Can you keep up?" Ma Wenjing was wearing a quiet apricot-colored overcoat, with a tired face and a little dusty.

Zhou Ze followed her side and hummed lightly.

Ma Wenjing seemed to be used to her son's indifferent appearance, so she asked some other questions.

Zhou Ze answered one by one.

Before entering the classroom, Ma Wenjing had already seen Zhou Ze's ranking on the grade list on the bulletin board, which was not much higher than that in the preliminary exam, and was still outside the top two hundred.

The door of the classroom was closed, and the inside and the outside became two worlds. The students in the corridor seemed to be locked up, watching everything in the classroom with trepidation, waiting for the knife on the head to fall. moment.

Zhou Ze might be the one who was the least worried, even his eyes never fell on the classroom.

He completely tore off the disguise in front of Ma Wenjing.It's like he doesn't know when, he no longer has hope for her.

Even, he sang the anti-tune childishly - didn't he want an excellent son?I won't let you do what you want.

So whether Ma Wenjing in the classroom is disappointed or angry, he doesn't care.Thus, there was a stark contrast between Zhou Ze and Yang Yu beside him.

Yang Yu bit his nails, he seemed very nervous, he turned his head every three seconds on average, and every time he turned his head, his face became whiter.

"I'm done, I'm done, my mother is so mad..."

Yang Yu kept talking to Zhou Ze about how much his grade ranking had dropped, how much his parents had spent to send him in, and later he said that his cousin had excellent grades, and that he and him were always placed in the same place at family gatherings. Comparing together, but Yang Yu fails miserably every time...

"I'll just jump from here, so my mother won't have to do anything." After talking about it, Yang Yu was on the verge of collapse.

"Okay, but the instructor is watching, and at such a height, no one can die, at most half disabled."

Zhou Ze spoke suddenly, which made Yang Yu even more desperate.

"Why don't you... go somewhere with me."

"?"

With a pale face, Yang Yu secretly pointed to the top of his head.

……

"Zhou Ze..."

"Ok?"

"Is there no one outside?"

"No."

In the last compartment of the toilet, Yang Yu slowly pried open the water storage tank, and every time he made the next move, he would whisper Zhou Ze's name.

This person is less courageous than an ant, how dare he collect so many contraband?

"Let's go!"

Zhou Ze was about to urge him, but the next second the other party ran out quickly, leaving him behind.

What Yang Yu was looking for in the bathroom was a spare key for the rooftop, which was secretly assigned by a few high school seniors, but he happened to bump into it while hiding it, so he became an accomplice for no reason.

"Do you smoke?"

In a drainage hole on the roof, Yang Yu asked Zhou Ze while lying on the ground digging out the things inside.

"smoke."

"Really? You don't look like it."

"why?"

Yang Yu opened the plastic bag that had been wrapped several times, and inside there was a lighter and a half box of 15 yuan Bai Liqun.

"...Your teeth are quite white."

"..."

Yang Yu smoked for the first time and choked to death, but after coughing for a while, he continued to try again.

Zhou Ze smelled the smell of nicotine and tar floating in the air. He was standing on the top floor of this building, and the sky seemed to have turned a little blue. He walked slowly up the high platform, and suddenly thought of Li Pingan.

The building of No. [-] Middle School was as tall as Huayu's. When he stood on it, what was he thinking?

"Fuck, Zhou Ze, why are you sitting so high?!"

After Yang Yu finished smoking, he looked up and saw Zhou Ze sitting on a platform almost as high as the fence, so he quickly called him in a low voice.

Zhou Ze gradually came back to his senses, and was about to explain, but was interrupted by the instructor who suddenly appeared on the rooftop.

"Hey! Which class are you in? How did you get in? Why are you climbing so high? Get down quickly!"

He had so many questions that Zhou Ze didn't know where to start to answer them.

Miserable, miserable.

Yang Yu kept crying in his heart.

He tremblingly reported his family name, and then looked back at Zhou Ze, but there was no movement at all.

— No way, brother!Give me some feedback, why are you so handsome at this time? !

He winked at Zhou Ze, and almost made himself face paralyzed. Fortunately, his hard work paid off, and after two seconds, Zhou Ze finally responded.

Change from sitting to standing.

And from the moment he stood up, Zhou Ze suddenly understood something - the sky is very close, the wind is very comfortable, the feet are no longer important, anyway, he can't see clearly, everyone is only the size of a grain of rice.

"Zhou Cho!"

Ma Wenjing finally came.

When the audience arrived, Zhou Ze finally showed a smile.

He knew that his performance was coming to an end. The moment he was dragged off by the instructor, Ma Wenjing pounced on him like a beast, raised his hand and slapped him extremely loudly.

"Mother Zhou Ze, calm down!"

Even Cao Ban, the bald head, persuaded him kindly.

This was probably the first time Zhou Ze saw her lose her composure, and hit someone in front of so many people.

"...you are crazy!"

Ma Wenjing was finally defeated.

The author says:

The theme song of this chapter "Sunshine Always After the Storm" & "Rainbow and Rose"