blazing fire

Yuan Yu's first reaction was that Cheng Zhuo had gone to school, but he might have come out too soon just now and happened to miss him.

He froze for a moment, put away his schoolbag, turned around and ran, "Then I'll find him elsewhere, thank you!"

Running to the school gate in one breath, Yuan Yu's throat smelled of rust. Originally, he had a bad cold and coughed badly for a while.

But no matter how he looked at it, there was no one who stood out from the crowd rushing to and fro at the school gate.

……Right.

He just said those words in the morning, how could Cheng Zhuo come again.

Yuan Yu put his hands on his knees, leaned against the wall and coughed until he was out of breath, then he pulled up the zipper, turned around and walked towards the bus stop.

There was a tearing pain in his throat, and he wanted to drink water a little bit.

In all these years, he has never bought mineral water. In his mother's words, "It's not like there is no water at home, it's a waste of money."The mineral water that Cheng Zhuo gave him that day was the second time he drank it in his life—the first time was bought by his brother who played World of Warcraft when he was a child—that bottle of water made him verify the vague impression he had had in his heart for many years.

Mineral water is really sweeter than well water boiled at home.

This is the case with many things. It’s not that you are not allowed to touch or buy, so you can deceive yourself and tell yourself that the one at home is the best.

Yuan Yu guessed that Cheng Zhuo probably didn't want to see him, so he went back early.

His mind was a little messed up, thinking about water, thinking about pain, thinking about what he did wrong and this kind of pain could just be his punishment, Yuan Yu got on the bus in a daze, and sat in the direction of home.

In fact, he didn't want to go home too much, and the family was really not peaceful recently.

It has nothing to do with him, the main reason is that his father found a relative for his sister. The man is from another town. It is about an hour's drive away from them. It is too far away. After getting married, he probably cannot come and go frequently. Yes, his mother and her sister are a little unhappy.Because of this, recently his father's voice can be raised in minutes, and his temper is getting worse and worse.

Thinking about these messy things, the car arrived at the stop.

It started to rain, he found an umbrella from his schoolbag and opened it, and walked back as usual.

Today is brighter than yesterday, but he only has his own umbrella and himself.

My sister didn't feed the chickens on that road, but the door of the house was open. Yuan Yu stood in a daze at the intersection for a long time, then turned around abruptly.

He is familiar with every road in the village, and he also knows where to go to Cheng Zhuo's house without passing through his own house and land.

Grandma Cheng's house was the same as usual, with both doors open.She is too old to use modern equipment. Before Cheng Zhuo came, there was not a single valuable thing in the house, and there were no thieves visiting the house if it was open at night.

Yuan Yu stood on the first floor and looked up. The wooden stairs were put away. He didn't know if Cheng Zhuo was at home. After thinking about it, he went to the kitchen.

"Grandma Cheng," he called when he entered the door, "Is Cheng Zhuo at home?"

Grandma Cheng raised her head: "Xiao Zhuo? He's not here. I just asked Ah Zhen to come over and say that he's staying at his aunt's house in the town today and won't come back."

Yuan Yu was taken aback.

Cheng Zhen is Cheng Ershu's daughter, and Yuan Yu also knows her, so she should be Cheng Zhuo's cousin, who lives not far from here.Grandma Cheng didn't have a phone at home, Cheng Zhuo had no choice but to call there.

"Well, I know. Thank you grandma."

He couldn't tell what he felt at that moment, he managed to force a smile, and retreated from the small kitchen.It was raining heavily outside, and the dirt road was muddy.

Just like his mood at this moment.

……

"I can't see it, you are still a good boy." Shepi was still smiling after taking back the phone, "Why don't you just have a drink, and you still have to call home to report?"

"I live at my grandma's house, and if she doesn't come home, she will wait for me." Cheng Zhuo pointed to his nose, "I'm a boy, 17 years old, let an old lady in her [-]s and [-]s stay up late waiting for me, and worry about where I went? Although I don’t think I’m a thing, I have to be a person anyway.”

Shepi lowered her head and smiled for a long time.

He doesn't dislike the principled nature of Cheng Zhuo.He is not the same as the real gangsters in the town. He has been in business for so many years, and the thoughts in his mind are quite different from when he left. people play.

You can't talk to people who are too stupid, right?

"Then let's go, have a meal first, and then Ertan." Shepi stretched out his long arms, hooked his shoulders, and led him forward, "There is nothing good in this town, and you probably won't like it, so just Same, better than Jiangcheng."

"what?"

"Silver fish. I ate it once in Jiangcheng, but I didn't eat the head. Today I will take you to try something new."

He found a place that looked like a food stall, and he greeted him all the way after entering the door.Cheng Zhuo has never been to this half of the town, it is really amazing to see him like this.

It was as if there was no one in town whom he didn't know.

Because of their acquaintance, the stall owner personally came to order for the two of them, and it didn't take long after ordering.

Cheng Zhuo felt that he was eating some kind of local farmhouse food, without the strange condiments made at home, and the taste was more popular; especially the whitebait that Shepi repeatedly recommended, the taste was really good, and the stewed eggs were very fresh.

During the meal, several people came to look for snake skin, Cheng Zhuo recognized them roughly.

This group of people are all following the snake skin, and they have seen and heard more than this small town, and they are not too boring to talk to Cheng Zhuo.After all, this young master didn't study hard when he was in school, and spent all his time eating, drinking and having fun.In terms of enjoyment, the vision of this group of people is not as high as Cheng Zhuo.

Of course, when it comes to another kind of "enjoyment", Cheng Zhuo doesn't understand as well as they do.

Bragging while eating, I became full without knowing it.When several people came out of the stall, they all patted their stomachs and were speechless.

Only Cheng Zhuo, who was standing in the middle, still had that indifferent, "I'm the best" look, standing on the steps with downcast eyes, watching the few people silently.

Gang Shepi drank a couple of sips of wine, he was excited at the moment, when he looked back and saw him under the light, he immediately cheered up, patted his shoulder and said to the people next to him: "Look at my new brother, isn't he handsome?" hansome?"

"Jun." A person named Lao Cai next to him answered, "You can take care of him in a while, don't let those people eat him."

"I'm here, who dares?" Shepi raised her voice.

After pretending this, he reached into Lao Cai's pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter, lit it for himself, and passed it to Cheng Zhuo: "Will you?"

"Yes, yes, not addictive." Cheng Zhuo lowered his head and glanced at the cigarette case, "I have never smoked this."

"Then what do you usually smoke?"

"Zhonghua, little pandas or something." Cheng Zhuo said, "These are the only ones at home."

"He's rich." Shepi poked him in the stomach with a cigarette case, and winked at the group of buddies, "Look, my brother, the face of the card."

"..." Cheng Zhuo now feels that his new "brother" might be drunk too much.

It's only half a case of beer, isn't it enough?

I should have asked the owner of the stall to serve him peanuts.

He reluctantly took a cigarette out of the cigarette case, took the lighter and lit it for himself, and after taking a puff, he asked, "You smoke, and you still sit in the non-smoking box?...cough."

The smoke was more choking than the ones he had smoked before, and he tilted his head and coughed.

"It should be cleaner there." Shepi laughed twice, "Besides, you are rich, so why not sit in the lobby with them?"

This time it was Cheng Zhuo's turn to laugh, and Shepi's idea was similar to his.

"Then—" Cheng Zhuo glanced across the crowd, "Let's go?"

"Let's go!" Shepi likes his appearance that doesn't frighten him at all.

A group of people, feeling a little drunk, stopped the taxi in two.Cheng Zhuo asked the time, it was almost nine o'clock, and there were still taxis.

It seems that what Yuan Yu said was not all correct.

Also, who made him go home early every day after school?How does the boy know what time the taxis in the town operate until.

Cheng Zhuo looked at the night outside the window, and suddenly sneered silently.

I don't know who I'm laughing at.

The town is not big, and the taxi quickly sent them to the gate of "Drunk Life, Dreams and Death".

Unlike during the day, when the neon lights are on at night, the facade doesn't look so dreary.Although the design of the neon lights is a bit rustic, it is already one of the few places in Yanghuai Town that has such a "drunk life and dream death" atmosphere.

As soon as Cheng Zhuo got out of the car, his shoulders were hooked by the snake skin. He was not so close to his friends in Jiangcheng, but here, this kind of quack-like action unexpectedly fits the bill.

Entering the bar is another world.

The heavy bass and drums continued to drill into the ears, the crystal ball lights above were shining in various colors, the surroundings were dark and noisy, and Cheng Zhuo was led by the snake belt all the way in, until he reached a booth near the dance floor and a little out of the way just stopped.

Although this place is not as good as the few bars Cheng Zhuo has been to before, it is not bad.Although there was such a commotion around, Cheng Zhuo relaxed.

The booths are specially reserved for them, and Cheng Zhuo is already a little familiar with the few people he met during the meal.

The waiter quickly brought drinks and fruit plates.Shepi had a temper, so he poured everyone a glass first.

Pure, unredeemed.

He raised his cup: "Do one first." After speaking, he turned around and confirmed with Cheng Zhuo, "Can you do it?"

Talking here has to rely on shouting, Cheng Zhuo is too lazy to open his mouth, picks up the wine glass and clinks it with him, and drinks it with his head raised.After drinking, he raised the empty glass towards the snake skin.

"Okay!" Snake Pi laughed loudly.On the contrary, a few of his friends were not happy, and joked: "Your brother doesn't want to save face, and he only clinks glasses with Master Pi? No, no, no, you have to touch us all."

Cheng Zhuo smiled and took another cup. He can drink a lot of 40% whiskey dry, it doesn't matter.

After arguing for a while, Cheng Zhuo drank four or five cups before they let him go.Not long after, two of the group stood up and jumped to find someone; Cheng Zhuo looked at the snake skin, but still didn't quite understand what the snake skin wanted to show him.

So far, nothing special.

He doesn't like dancing to the music very much. Every time he goes to the bar, he just drinks. Huang Menghui and the others always say that it's boring for him to play like this.

That can't be helped, Cheng Zhuo just doesn't want to move.

He slowed down the speed of drinking, and took a sip of the glass of wine. After an unknown period of time, he came back to his senses and found that there were a few people he didn't know on the deck.

They are all young boys, dressed in... how to describe it, thin and serious, maybe they are playing some kind of uniform cosplay.

Then he saw a few of Shepi's friends hugging a young boy, and one of them directly kissed him on the face.

What the fuck?

Cheng Zhuo was stunned. The so-called "experience", so... quickly?

He wasn't surprised that these people were not very straight, but was surprised at the efficiency of someone coming to their door when they said they had knowledge.

Where did they find these boys?

There was a thin little boy who looked like a student, and he didn't know how old he was, and he kept trying to squeeze into the snake's skin.Shepi ignored him, turned around and asked Cheng Zhuo: "How is it?"

"It's kind of... eye-opening." Cheng Zhuo thought for a while and said, "But it's okay if it's just like this."

Shepi lowered her head and smiled, and patted him: "Go, brother will take you upstairs to have a look."