desolate

On the second day after Pei Ye came back, Zhou Ze went to Brother Hu's house for dinner with him.

In fact, only Pei Ye was originally called, but when Ye Xia heard that Zhou Ze was also there, he asked Pei Ye to bring him along.

In the evening, the residential building was filled with the smell of food. After Brother Hu’s motorcycle was sold, Pei bought a battery scooter instead. Compared with the majestic motorcycle before, this new battery scooter looks much smaller and cuter. .

A big round eye lamp on the front immediately polished off Pei Ye's evil spirit. Zhou Ze sat back in the back seat, feeling like a heroine of a romance drama, and on both sides of the road should be the blue sea and a row of Row of palm trees.

Of course, the reality is a red brick fence covered with moss and small advertisements for changing locks.

Pei also parked the car downstairs, Zhou Ze was carrying a bag of fruit, and he heard someone calling them from above.

As soon as he looked up, a small furry head protruded from the window with family members above him, waving at them, and when Zhou Ze stretched out his hand to respond, Ye Xia also poked his head out.

"The meal is ready, come up quickly."

"coming."

Zhou Ze took Pei Ye upstairs.

When I walked to the door, I saw the half-closed door and Huanhuan standing at the door eagerly welcoming them.

Zhou Ze handed him a bag of fruit to hold, looked at her disappointed expression, and deliberately teased her: "Why? Don't you like this?"

The child seemed to think of the unfinished exercise book in the house, pursed his lips, and then reluctantly said he liked it.

Zhou Ze rubbed the little girl's head: "Study hard and make progress every day."

Ye Xia came out with vegetables and greeted them: "Stop standing at the door, come in and sit down."

She walked back to the dining room, arranged the bowls and chopsticks, and waited for people to come to the table one after another, but found that there was still one person who was motionless.

Ye Xia shouted into the living room: "Hu Jianfeng, it's time to eat! You will die if you don't look at your phone twice!"

No matter how gentle a woman is, she will go crazy, especially when facing her husband.

Brother Hu was the last to serve the bowl, glanced at the dishes on the table, and said with a playful smile, "Oh, my sister Xia's cooking skills are getting better and better. The color of this braised pork is so beautiful!"

Ye Xia didn't appreciate it at all, and tapped his bowl with her chopsticks: "Eat your meal!" Turning her head, she smiled kindly at the junior again, "You can eat freely, treat this as your own home, don't be polite."

Zhou Ze took advantage of the opportunity to pick two dishes and praised them, which made Ye Xia smile and bluntly said that it would be fine to let him come to eat every day.

Pei also took advantage of his kung fu to pick up vegetables and whispered, "I didn't expect you to be quite good at flattering."

Zhou Ze also leaned over and replied in a low voice, "Next time I'll pat you too."

Pei also added a flower of braised pork to him, signaling him to eat more and talk less.

During the meal, Brother Hu seemed to remember something, and suddenly asked Pei Ye what he was doing recently.

Zhou Ze thought he would tell the truth about going to Luyang, but Pei also hesitated for two seconds, saying that he was working normally recently.

Of course Brother Hu is not so easy to be fooled: "But I heard that Su Ya went in a few days ago, and she still owes some money outside."

Pei also laughed: "I went in, but I don't owe much money."

Brother Hu frowned: "Is it really all right?"

"It's all right, she's all out, don't worry."

"Did you go to the casino in Luyang?"

"..."

silent.

The smile on Pei Ye's face froze, and he didn't even raise his head.

The fingers hidden under the table slightly curled up. He realized that the other party was angry, but he didn't know how to react.

Ye Xia stood up to smooth things over: "It's time for dinner, let's talk about what's going on after dinner."

She pushed the dish in front of the others, and glared at Brother Hu again.

But Brother Hu didn't seem to see her gesture, and continued to ask: "I'm asking you something, did you go secretly?"

Ye Xia glared at him again: "Why are you so fierce, Xiao Pei definitely didn't go..."

"I'm going."

Ye Xia, who had been trying to smooth things over, was also taken aback: "Xiao Pei, you..."

Pei also put down his bowl and chopsticks, and sat upright with his head bowed: "I'm sorry."

Zhou Ze secretly hooked his hand under the table, but he didn't expect that the other party still had the energy to smile at him.

With a "snap", Brother Hu slapped the chopsticks on the table.

"Did I say it's untouchable?"

"Yes."

"Then you're still going?!"

"Otherwise, what can I do? I have no money!"

Zhou Ze felt that Pei Ye's hand was trembling, so he clenched it even tighter, but obviously it didn't help.

"I just don't want to bother you." Pei Ye pushed the chair away and stood up, "I'm sorry, I still made you worry, and I haven't eaten well. I'm leaving today. I'll come to see you next time. Goodbye, sister-in-law."

Ye Xia finally retracted the hand that wanted to hold him, but Brother Hu didn't stop him, and kept tilting his head, unwilling to look at Pei Ye at all, looking extremely disappointed.

Zhou Ze followed out.

The faint moonlight spread down, and Pei Ye sat on the small battery car without saying a word, and did not start the car for a long time.

Zhou Ze ran all the way down, and before he could catch his breath, he saw his miserable appearance alone.

He walked to Pei Ye's side and touched his eyes seriously: "It's okay, I don't blame you."

"I didn't cry." Pei was also amused by his actions.

"Oh, that's right! I just said--how could Brother Pei cry? He wouldn't cry even if the sky fell. Brother Pei is the strongest." Zhou Ze echoed him, stroking his hair every now and then.

Pei also took his hand off: "Do you think I'm a child?" After finishing speaking, he patted the back seat of the car again: "It's okay, get in the car, I'll take it back for you first."

Zhou Ze sat down obediently: "What about you?"

Pei also straightened his rolled up sleeves: "...I still have something to do, I'll come to you later."

Zhou Ze stared at the back of his head, a little reluctantly: "Don't be too late."

Later, I felt it was wrong and added: "I'll wait for you to sleep with me."

"understood."

The car drove into the thin night, leaving the after-dusk street and the dry evening wind behind them.

After sending Zhou Ze to the hotel, Pei also turned around and went home.

The low houses in the old city were piled up crookedly, and the van at the door was parked crookedly, so he had to park it outside.When passing by the breakfast shop downstairs, Grandma gave him a hesitant look from the window.

Pei Yefu lifted his head up in his heart, the windows of his house were tightly closed, revealing an unusual quietness.

There was no light on the stairway, and the smell of dust and rotten wood fermented in the corner.Walking up to the second floor, I saw the anti-theft door was ajar, and a tall, thin man was standing outside smoking a cigarette.

Pei Ye also met his eyes and fixed his feet.

The tall and thin man rushed to the door and shouted: "Brother Wang, someone is here."

Not long after, a strange man came out.

"Are you Su Ya's son?"

The door behind him was more than half open, and two people could be seen sitting on the sofa in the living room, sandwiching Su Ya in between.

Pei also raised his chin at him: "Go in and talk."

Hearing this, Wang Cheng gave the tall and thin man a look, and the latter immediately understood, and threw a club behind Pei Ye, blocking his escape route.

Pei Ye didn't want to run away, so he followed them into the house.

It was already dark outside, but the living room was not lit. Pei also reached out to touch the wall, and with a "click", the room was suddenly lit up.

Wang Sheng sat down on the single sofa, and Erlang's legs curled up accordingly.

"You came just in time. We haven't received any money this month. Since you are her son, it's the same for her."

The sofa was already full, so Pei stood beside him.

"How much does she owe you?"

Wang Sheng took out an IOU: "Plus interest, 20. If you have no money, you can pay off the house as agreed at the beginning."

At this moment, Su Ya cried out: "...No way."

Half of the house belonged to her ex-husband, and even if it was owned, it would not be enough.

"No? It's only natural to pay off debts." Wang Sheng looked at Pei Ye again, "You guys go to the house and continue to search. It's worth a little."

The two younger brothers took the order and went directly into Su Ya's bedroom, but they were more like smashing than searching. They knew in their hearts that there was nothing valuable in this house, and this move was just to scare them.

"Don't smash it, I really have no money." Su Ya chased after them and grabbed them, but was knocked down by one arm.

Someone found a bottle from under the bed, and after seeing what it looked like, he threw it on the ground in disgust.

"Damn it, roller skating? How unlucky!" The man wiped his hands vigorously on his body.

When Su Ya saw the plastic bottle thrown in front of her, her face turned pale again.

"Damn it, he's actually a drug addict." Wang Sheng seemed to realize that the money might really be lost forever, and his anger burned all of a sudden.

Su Ya got up in fear and hid behind Pei Ye.

Pei was also forced to push in front of Wang Sheng. There were people all around him, so he had to bite the bullet and say, "Isn't it possible to pay in installments? I'll pay back a little first..."

Wang Sheng nodded slightly: "Okay, take [-]."

Pei also frowned: "I don't have so many..."

"No?" Wang Sheng wanted to hear some joke, "Then how much do you have, how much do you take."

Pei also took out his mobile phone, and the balance was only [-] - the wages from work were used for daily expenses, and the money for going to Luyang a few days ago was also paid off the credit card.

As soon as his movements stopped, Wang Sheng sensed that something was wrong. Not surprisingly, he saw the 500 yuan and immediately lost his temper.

"Are you fucking playing with me?" Wang Sheng raised his foot and kicked Pei Ye's stomach, "When I met two poor people, I really thought the money was for free? If you don't have any money, then sell the house! …No money, why the hell are you still alive if you don’t have money?”

Adult men have great strength.

Pei Ye was really kicked, the acid in his stomach surged, and he bent down in pain.

Wang Sheng has a bad temper. When he saw the roller skating pot, he predicted that Su Ya would not dare to call the police, so he grabbed Pei Ye's hair and dragged him into the bathroom, and let someone hold Su Ya to watch .

"If you want to blame it, you have to blame your bad luck for having such a mother."

Wang Sheng's voice rang in his ears, like a curse full of resentment.

The faucet was turned up to the maximum, and the sound of splashing water tried to cover up what happened afterwards.

It is also strange that such a small water column, but the sound of falling is as loud as a waterfall.

The water droplets splashed into Pei Ye's eyes, which were blood red.

He is like a poor ostrich, but unfortunately there is no sand, so he can only bury his head deeply in his arms, and let his thin back face the world.

pain.

It hurts so much.

The ribs appeared to be broken, or maybe not.

Su Ya yelled at the side, maybe they also thought it was too noisy, so they quickly blocked her mouth, and all of a sudden there were only the sound of water and some deliberately suppressed cursing voices around.

Pei also gritted his back molars, determined not to make a sound, in order to make himself not look so embarrassed, and also to make the other party feel bored earlier.

——and just get over it.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the water finally stopped.

The stiff body finally got a chance to breathe.

They left the narrow and damp bathroom one after another, and Pei also lay on the hard floor with his eyelids drooping weakly.

Suddenly want to sleep.

hum-

In the hotel, Zhou Ze was biting the cap of his pen with a serious expression. The phone screen in the middle of the book was still on the chat interface, and a message was delivered 1 minute ago.

[You can come anytime, be careful. 】

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It's candy, my family