mayfly era

Chen Yue came out of the base and took the public light rail suspension train. This line passed through the dirt alley and also passed T's residence. He hadn't decided where to go yet.

The speed of this kind of public train is far lower than that of those private sports cars, but the cost is very cheap. There are no seats in it, and you can only stand with the rings. A large number of rings grow on the roof like fish scales, and there is a hand under each ring. Most of them are brownish yellow and rough.

There are a large number of poor people in the central city, and the bottom poor are concentrated in this slow and old public transportation.

Nine o'clock is the most crowded time of public trains. Even if the windows are opened on both sides, there is still a bad smell in the carriage. Hanging up, he closed his eyes and rested crookedly.

The positions on both sides of the carriage are their favorite, and they can lean against the wall to sleep, which may be the happiest time of their day.

Chen Li occasionally uses this kind of transportation. He doesn't practice asceticism, and he doesn't have the hobby of torturing himself to become a sage.

He took the train for two reasons: one was that he needed to know the lives of the real residents of Central City to balance his cognition so that he could maintain a clear and calm mind.

The second is more direct, where he is going, neither the "Nightcrawler" nor the "Governor" can help.

He was thinking about Young Master Mei and T, and before he knew it, the train arrived at the "Xiangrong Lane" station, and he got off the train following the crowd.

In front of you are tall, shabby tall buildings and chaotic and dirty streets. People either hang their heads or look up with numb faces, walking on the pitted asphalt with one foot deep and the other shallow, as if they may fall at any time. fall.

Most of the blocks in the central city have been made with electromagnetic ground, which is brand new and smooth, in order to make the hover car unimpeded.

As for a place like "Xiangrong Lane", there is no point in doing it. No one will come here with a high-end suspension sports car, and the project planning officer will fill his own pocket with the remaining large sum of money.

According to the address left by t, Chen Li found the smallest and most dilapidated building in this block. He remembered that t said it was a dangerous building, and he was not exaggerating.

A boy wearing thick old-fashioned surround-view glasses is gesticulating next to the garbage dump downstairs, kicking garbage from time to time without noticing it, obviously immersed in the virtual world of video games.

Chen Li bypassed the boy and walked into the corridor.

There is only one narrow elevator and an even narrower staircase in this building. There are a lot of debris piled up at the entrance of the stairs, leaving only a gap where the steps can be seen. thing.

Chen Li walked in bravely, a stench of corruption penetrated into his nostrils, and he couldn't help but back out.

This strong smell is comparable to the dungeon, but Chen Li is a frequent visitor to the dungeon after all, he gritted his teeth and went in again, pressed the floor button, waited for a moment with bated breath, the elevator door did not close, He had to get out of the elevator again.

An old woman wearing an old yellow cloth apron walked over from a house directly opposite the elevator with a cleaning tool. When she saw Chen Yue, she froze for a moment and asked in a slightly hoarse voice, "Who are you? You don't live here. Bar."

Chen Li shook his head, "I'm looking for someone."

"Oh." The old woman didn't speak anymore, but walked into the elevator and began to clean up the dirt. She was short and stooped, but her movements were quick, she didn't care about the dirty smell, and she worked hard.

Chen Li stood aside and watched quietly. After a while, the dustpan was filled with the dirt cleaned out by the old woman. She turned around and prepared to empty it. Chen Li took it from the side, but the old woman repeatedly refused, "Don't, don't, it's dirty. Hey!"

"It's okay." Chen Li took the dustpan, turned around and ran to the garbage dump outside the corridor to empty it.

The old woman was cleaning the elevator with her back. When she heard Chen Li's voice coming back, she half turned her face, looked at the young man, and said slowly, "Who are you looking for?"

"The boy on the sixth floor." Chen Li lied casually.

"Oh, he drinks every day, so he owes you money." The old woman's voice was hoarse and gentle, "Is it too much?"

Chen Li was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "Not much."

"I think you are a kind child. Since there are not many, let's forget it. You don't know, his wife can't take care of the doctor and left two months ago. I'm afraid he won't think about it and jump off the sixth floor one day..." The old woman He stopped suddenly, "Sorry, I'm just talking casually, I shouldn't meddle in your business."

"It's okay," Chen Li could only bite the bullet and continue acting, "I'll discuss it with him later."

The old woman laughed, "You are such a nice person."

Chen Li felt tingling in his heart when he heard it, and he really deserved this "good guy".

The old woman babbled again, it was all about the family's short-sightedness.

Whoever loses something, strips off his clothes and rolls in the yard crying; whoever is too poor to pay the rent may have to sleep on the street next month; whoever wins the lottery of a certain company will move out in a few days; Who else disappeared a few days ago, it is said that they are heavily in debt...

Chen Li listened quietly, it was difficult for these other people's stories to immediately prick his already numb heart.

But he thought that during the first twenty years of his life, he had never tasted poverty, nor had he thought that poverty could force people to be shameless, to live on the streets, or even to a dead end.

He couldn't help but think of the highest ideal that RC once set, which sounded like utopia - "sound the death knell for this old era".

That was the promise they made to the world one day when they were both drunk and half awake.To this day, few people mention it anymore.

He suddenly felt the old blood in his body boil like boiling oil, and the beast in his heart roared with all his strength against the blizzard.

He poured out the dustpan for the old woman twice, and finally, the elevator was cleaned.Panting, the old woman wiped the hot sweat from her forehead with her hands, and thanked Chen Li repeatedly.

"Ma'am, you live on the first floor, why do you need to clean the public elevator that you don't use at all?" Chen Li still asked the question that was stuck in his heart.

The old woman was stunned for a moment, she wiped her hands on the apron, took out the small piece of wood inserted in the elevator switch, and the elevator door slowly closed, then she turned around and answered Chen Li's question dully, "Because... because Well, I look uncomfortable."

Chen Li nodded, and walked into the cleaned elevator, "Thank you, you are a good person, I am not."

The old woman lowered her head shyly and grabbed her old apron with both hands. When she raised her head again, the young visitor had already taken the elevator to the sixth floor. She bent down to pick up her cleaning tools and walked slowly. go home.

Chen Li followed the stairs from the sixth floor to the fifth floor and found T's apartment.

The door made of waste synthetic boards looked as thin as paper, and there was no doorbell. After Chen Li knocked for a while, he heard movement inside, and after a while, T opened the door.

T was wearing an old gray jacket, the collar and cuffs were frayed, and his face was a little tired. He had just seen from the peephole that the person outside was Boss Chen, and he let Chen Li in with a puzzled expression, "Boss, you How did you run away from me?"

"Home visit." Chen Li said lightly.

"Hahaha, at least my age should go to college. I haven't heard of a home visit system in college." T took two bottles of beer from the kitchen, "I'm sorry, boss, this is the only one in my house."

Chen Li took it and put it on the coffee table, and looked around T's cabin.It was small, old but clean, with a sheet covering one wall, Chen Li looked at it twice, but didn't say anything.

There is only one old sofa in T's house, so he can only sit next to Chen Li, automatically vacating a maximum safe distance.

"I haven't been to the store for a few days, what's the matter, haven't I been bullied?" Chen Li's eyes fell on the pot of rhododendron on the window sill.

"No, everyone takes good care of me." T said with a smile.

"Master Mei has been missing all the time lately?"

"I met you two days ago," T curled his lips, "Boss, I would be shy if you cared so much about my private life."

"Oh, is he still a lobbyist?" Chen Li asked again.

"Actually, I don't know much about what he does," T shook his head. "We have rules, we don't disturb each other, and he doesn't care about what I have to do."

"How did you know each other?"

T tilted his head, "It seems that we have known each other for a long time... we should have known each other since birth."

Chen Li frowned slightly, "Born?"

"My mother is his father's student, and she almost cheated on me," T's tone seemed to be telling a joke, "So I knew him very early, and he yelled to marry me when he was a kid. Because some things were separated, I became this, he became that."

Chen Li was noncommittal, and then asked, "Your ID card says your surname is Song, is it true?"

T nodded, "It's true."

"Do you know Song Zan?"

T was slightly taken aback, "I don't know."

Chen Li did not continue to ask questions, but got up and walked to the window, looking at the Rhododendron on the window sill, T took good care of it, the petals were bright red, and the leaves were oily. He lightly tapped the flower center with his fingers, and felt that the stamens were moist and upright , he knew that T probably didn't miss that dirt alley.

"Is the boss going to take the flowers back?"

"No, I'll leave it to you."

"Then thank you boss, don't worry, I won't raise it to death."

"I came to you to talk to you," Chen Li returned to the sofa and stood still, "Do you want to cooperate with us?"

T looked surprised, "Cooperation? Haven't I been working for the boss?"

"You have studied so much, haven't you studied me yet?"

T's face froze for a moment, but then he laughed again, "What I do will not hinder you, Boss Chen, you are my savior, even though it's the first time I've been rescued, it's nothing experience, but I also know to be grateful."

"Lao Yan took the coordinates of the reform camp from you, and he was right, 'he wants it, you want to give it', so it can constitute a deal, be honest, do you want us to move the reform camp?"

T nodded honestly, "That's right."

"Maybe in the future we will raze the reformation camp to the ground," Chen Li said flatly, "You can continue to toss about your career, but promise me, don't touch my family, or I will be the first to kill you."

"Boss, I will never take revenge." T said firmly.

"Okay, I'll go first, don't be late for work." Chen Li patted T on the back of the head.

"Oh, I'm not always late..." T giggled and sent Chen Li to the door, "I'll take you down."

"No need," Chen Li waved his hand, "see you later."

"Boss, go slowly." T watched Chen Li walk up the stairs with a puzzled expression. After a while, the elevator went up to the sixth floor and then down to the first floor.

"Is this some kind of anti-reconnaissance method?" T muttered suspiciously, and closed the door of his room.