mayfly era

After the two of them settled the paper materials, it was past eleven o'clock in the evening.

The temperature in the central city at night has reached below zero, and the wind is bitter and bitter.Chen Li walked outside the bar street alone, the youths of the metal rock band were still playing passionately in the old place, but their audience was getting smaller and smaller.

Today there is no dancing boy, no preaching girl, but a clown with a purple afro in the band next to the band is doing a funny dance to the metal music.

Chen Li wrapped his coat tighter and watched the clown's performance in silence.

After a while, the smoking gun came over and handed him a small iron pot that was simmering.

"What thing?" Chen Li asked.

The bong tore the button, and a sweet smell came out, "Cocoa tea, I just heated it with an alcohol stove."

No wonder the bottom of the can is scorched, with an alcohol stove, is he primitive?Only addicts/gentlemen over the age of 90 will use this thing these days.Chen Li slandered.

He reached out to take it, raised his head and took a sip, the incomprehensibly sweet liquid slid down the esophagus into the stomach with a slight burning sensation.

"It's too sweet." Chen Li just took a sip and returned the small jar to the bong, continuing to appreciate the clown's dance steps.

The clown's face was painted with an exaggerated smile, and the white oil paint covered his lips with a straight slit, which seemed to be drawn by an unhappy person.

The clown turned around in a circle and almost threw off the five-pointed star sunglasses on his face. He adjusted the sunglasses awkwardly, causing the others to burst into laughter.

As if inspired by the laughter, the clown immediately turned around again, round after round, round after round, he spun desperately, his movements were neat and standard, but his audience didn't buy it, and some even started booing him.

—Who wants to watch a clown deftly spin around?They just want to see jokes.

"Don't read it, go back." Chen Li turned and walked back.

"Cold?" Smoker caught up and grabbed his hand, and naturally tested the temperature, "It's okay."

"not cold."

"It's all a mess, it's not easy for anyone."

"Ah."

"Maybe he will feel happy... When he is spinning in circles, that's why he keeps spinning, not to please anyone." The voice of the smoking gun is deep and gentle, which is more convincing at night.

Chen Li turned his head and glanced at him, "Yes."

The smoking gun reached out to wrap Chen Li's shoulders, and the two walked side by side. The shadows changed in depth with the lights from different angles, but they were both firm and rock-solid in their hearts.

On the way, the smoking gun casually threw the empty cans into the overflowing trash can.

The jar fell into the box with a "bang", and at the same time, a strange sound of footsteps entered the ears of the two.

When they looked back, it was the clown who was chasing him. He wore fat pants, soft colored shoes, and ran like an ice cream cone leprechaun.

The clown stood still not far from the two of them, and performed a stage opening ceremony in a serious manner.

Then, he danced and danced around the two of them, and his small steps were surprisingly organized.One advance and one retreat, one retreat and one advance, like a child who has studied dance seriously for a few days.

"What do you want from us?" Chen Li asked.

The clown was intoxicated by his dance and ignored Chen Li's question.

Until he finished dancing, put his hand into his bright purple afro, hunched his neck, and groped for a while.

Seeing this, Chen Li silently put his hand on the handle of the knife in his ribs.

A yellowed plastic white rose was pinched by the clown between his index finger and thumb, and stretched out towards Chen Qu.

Chen Li frowned, but still took it.

The moment he held the limp plastic rhizome of the rose, a mutilated blue butterfly broke free from the heart of the flower, flew into the sky in a moment, and disappeared.

At this time, the smoking gun had already put his hand on the clown's shoulder. He stared at the clown's face with burning eyes. Through the lens of the five-pointed star sunglasses, he saw the clown's eyes. Stupid as stagnant water.

"It's nothing, it's the residual light." Chen Li pulled the bong away and returned the rose to the clown, "Thank you for your performance, someone must have paid you."

The clown is neither happy nor angry, his mouth is still tightly drawn into a line, and the oil paint laughs for him.

He didn't take the rose, he turned around on the spot, opened his arms and bowed gracefully, then turned around and left waddlingly.

"What's going on here?" Smoker was puzzled.

"Chen Yue."

"Do you usually communicate in this fancy way?"

"No, he didn't leave a mark for me today, so he used this way to remind me that he has come."

Chen Li inserted the rose into the collar of the pipe, "I'll give it to you."

"Thank you." The smoker didn't dislike it, and smiled and held the old rose more firmly.

Chen Li returned to the bar with the bong, went up to the third floor, and turned into the adjacent alley through the secret door.The footsteps of the two of them were very light when they landed, like two nocturnal wild cats.

In the depths of the dark alley, someone was leaning against the wall and puffing out a cloud, and a single-winged butterfly loomed in the smoke near his mouth.

Seeing that there were two people coming, Chen Yue wasn't at all surprised. He put the half-smoked vaping cigarettes into a small cigarette case—of course, this was not because the young master was thrifty, but to prevent the leakage of genetic samples.

Chen Li glanced at the wall that Chen Yue was leaning against, pursed his lips, and swallowed the wild mandarin duck's record.

"This is Xiaoye's first time bringing a friend to meet family members." Chen Yue said with a smile, pulling up his collar to cover the butterfly around his mouth.

Chen Li was at a loss for words, but he didn't expect Chen Yue and Yan Qiang to share the same brain circuit.

"You are Chen Yue?" Smoker felt a sense of crisis inexplicably. He imagined Chen Yue as a half-bald, greasy middle-aged man.

"Hmm," Chen Yue's eyes smiled, "I recognize you, but you don't quite match my brother."

Smoker sneered, "It's okay, your brother doesn't want to recognize you anyway."

Chen Yue shrugged, "I'll just recognize him, whoever calls us brothers has always been more sensible."

Chen Yue stood between the two with a blank expression, intending to separate their childish dispute and the increasingly outrageous wording in the dispute.

"Eldest brother is father, and fathers don't like sons-in-law, so I'm going to go out of my way..." Chen Yue's eyes narrowed like two crescent moons, but the two crescent moons disappeared in the next second.

It turned out that Chen Yue got kicked, staggered back two steps, and pressed his stomach with grinning teeth.

Before the smoker had time to enjoy himself, he saw Chen Li turn his head, two green lights seemed to float out of his dark eyes, and he quickly expressed a serious expression.

"Why didn't you drive today?" Chen Li asked.

Chenchu ​​pointed to a white beach scooter parked next to it, "It's on."

Chen Li sighed helplessly, "Go into the store and have a seat."

"I'll drink Rob Roy with black tea syrup and salt and lemonade."

Chen Li walked forward on his own, turning a deaf ear.

The third floor of the bar is also a warehouse. It was originally planned to be opened as a screening room, but Chen Li didn't have so much time to worry about business. Strange people are introduced here.

Chen Li kicked the empty wine box on the ground, it was still solid.Chen Yue didn't dislike it either, sitting on the dusty wine box, pulled down his collar, and waited leisurely for Chen Li to ask questions.

"How is Que He now?"

"You dismissed him just to ask this?" Chen Yue said with a smile.

"Lack of lotus, the merchant has not heard a word recently, what's going on?" Chen Li continued to ask.

"Information is blocked," Chenchu ​​said, "Lack of money to accompany him to ruin his family, and the property has been sold all over the land. The seller does not want the fire incident to affect his future business."

"Who is the seller?"

"I don't know about this. Shang Liming is dying of a serious illness recently. Currently, the Shang family is under the sole control of Shang Shu. How long do you think the merchant can last in the hands of this prodigal son?" The butterfly's wings fluttered, and Chen Yue smiled like a fox.

"I'm not interested in this. Is there any news about Que He's son?"

"I haven't heard the news of the funeral, either it's still alive, or it's been secretly burned."

Just as Chen Li was about to ask some more questions, he heard footsteps coming up with a smoking gun holding a wine glass.

Smoker randomly mixed a cup of Patch wine named by Chen Chuchu downstairs and brought it up—the chain of contempt is everywhere nowadays, for example, many people think that only those who can't drink alcohol will use various other drinks to patch up the wine.

"It smells like yellow soup." Yan Qiang frowned and handed the wine to Chen Yue.

Chenchu ​​took a sip and said, "You added too much black tea syrup."

"I don't know how to measure your prescription."

Chen Li was leaning on the big wine box beside him, and the smoking gun came over and sat beside him.

"Do you recognize these words?" Chen Li turned out the photos taken at Professor Lin's house and handed them to Chen Yue.

Chen Yue looked at it, and the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, "It looks like Brahman script, but it's not."

"What do you mean?"

"Common Language Four and Common Language Sixteen come from the same branch language family, and the characters are also very similar."

"Then, can this language be interpreted in Bragan language?"

"If you're a linguist, you can, but I... only learned a little bit." Chenchu ​​returned the photo to Chen Yue.

"Is it possible that it is the language of the neighboring country of Bragen?" Chen Yue asked again.

"The spread of language is not completely limited to the region. It may be radiated by the Brahman language, or it may have been radiated by the Brahman language. If you don't study it, it's hard to know."

Chen Li stared at Chen Yue's eyes for a long time, Chen Yue's eyes were sincere and calm, not like lying.

"Why do you want to learn Bragan?" Chen Li asked.

Chen Yue's face froze for a moment, but soon regained his composure, "I can't tell you this yet."

"You big shots always put your weight on other people's land." Chen Yue said lightly.

"Xiaoye, some things are actually not important, but if you know it, you will burn yourself, and it's not worth it."

"Aren't you afraid of burning?"

"Don't be afraid," Chen Yue said with a smile, "I won't burn to death."

"Is there a person named Chen Ming in the Chen family, bright Ming." Chen Li didn't continue to dwell on this topic, he never wasted time on meaningless back and forth.

Chen Yue was stunned when he heard the words, "Throughout generations of ancestors, there seems to be someone with this name. After all, this is not an uncommon word, but there is no such person alive at present."

"Check it out for me."

"That's not a problem, but when it comes to the Chen family, I need to know why."

Chen Li frowned slightly, "I can't tell... what I heard suddenly when I met Young Master Mei may be the name that popped up in my subconscious, or it may be because of him, so I need to know who this person is."

Chen Yue's expression was still a little perplexed, but he still agreed.

"I have no more questions."

"But I haven't finished my drink yet."

The smoking gun at the side who never spoke asked, "How is that writer doing now?"

"I work overtime every day, and the dark circles under my eyes are getting heavier, like a zombie with poor physical fitness." Chen Yue said with a smile.

"Why do you notice someone like him?"

"I have to pay attention to a lot of people every day. My brain is the population book of this country. This is my job."

Yan Qiang was noncommittal to this answer, and he still hadn't put down his guard against Chen Yue, so he didn't say much.

Even though Chen Yue was related to Chen Li, he spoke very sincerely and even provided them with a lot of help.But just like what Chen Li said, truth and falsehood are the most distressing, and it is better to lie blindly.

"Apart from the military marshal surnamed Cong, do you know that there are two other marshals in the military and political department?" Seeing that both of them had no problem, Chen Yue suddenly mentioned another matter that was completely unrelated.

Marshal Cong led the entire army and held the real power, almost crowding out the other two marshals without a foothold.The military department is different from the military and political department. It is a unit beyond the first level, which is self-evident.

"One of the two marshals has been in poor health recently and decided to return to his hometown...Of course he is not really in poor health," Chen Yue continued, "Now, everyone is focusing on this soon-to-be-vacated position."

"including you?"

"I can't reach it," Chen Yue said with a smile, "but they nominated my mother, Chen Que."

"From the general of the military department to the marshal of the military and political department, there is a rise and fall." Smoker said.

Chenchu ​​nodded, "Yes, but this proposal is very targeted. She has spent her entire life in the army, and it is tempting for her to be able to go home, so she has a little hesitation."

"That's your own business." Chen Li said lightly.

"I have a question." At this moment, the butterfly stopped fluttering its wings and tensed the corners of his mouth, Chen Yue rarely showed such a serious expression in front of Chen Yue, "...are you just going to live in the central city? "

"This is your problem, or Chen Que's problem."

"her."

"No." Chen Yue said firmly without any hesitation.

"Okay, I believe she also has the answer," Chen Yue stood up, "I will manage all these well and strive for the most benefits for the family."

Chen Li hesitated for a moment, "...Thank you."

Chen Yue raised his head and drank the last sip of wine, and it was time to leave.Chen Li set off to see Chen Yue off.

"The Chen family has no way to protect you in the open, but I believe that he will protect you well." Chen Yue said with a smile.

Chen Li didn't speak, and he didn't get angry like before. He looked back at the pipe, and found that the pipe was also looking at him. His eyes met, hard and soft, which made him reluctant to look away for a moment.

"Do I seem to like him?" Chen Li asked Chen Yue with a flat tone.

Chen Yue laughed, "At least he seems to like you."

"Perhaps." Chen Li shook his head, "I can't tell you about this kind of thing."

"When you are young, you suppress your desires too much, and you will regret it when you get older."

"……maybe."

"Are you hesitating because of him, or because you are hesitant?" Chen Yue said, "The life of the obligated body is unknown."

Chen Li was startled, "What do you mean?"

"There are very few samples that can live to the age of 40," said Chen Chuchu. "Of course, this statistic is very limited. After all, no one will raise the obligatory body to the age of 40."

Chen Yue's words slammed into his temple together with a nail, shaking his whole brain to buzz, and the picture in front of him instantly became trance, Chen Yue squeezed out the words with some difficulty, "...no, yes, Say these three words again."

Chen Yue was stunned for a moment, and quickly realized, "Sorry, I was rude."

Chen Li buried his forehead in his palms, endured dizziness, his mental strength suddenly became a little weak, and his voice fluttered, "I thought we still had a long time."

"Don't take my words too seriously, maybe this unknown will allow him to live two hundred years." Chen Yue patted him on the shoulder.

The two had already reached the end of the built-in passage, and Chen Yue stopped going forward. Even though the surrounding monitoring had been disturbed, it was not completely safe.He leaned against the wall, his face turned pale, and he felt that the nerves in his brain were still trembling.

"It's not convenient to meet each other recently." Chen Li said to Chen Yue with a strong spirit.

Chenchu ​​nodded, "By the way, I just got a piece of news that the sale of paper and lighters may be completely banned in the future."

Chen Li frowned, "Just because of the fire in Daolitian?"

"There have been a lot of arson cases recently, [-] times more than before."

"It's not a good solution."

"I can't help it, G can't afford the firefighting money anymore," Chen Yue shrugged, "I'm leaving, it's cold outside, you go in quickly."

It seems that the fire that Young Master Mei started really burned the entire Central City, and burned a huge hole in this era.

Chen Li clutched his forehead, his tinnitus and trance turned into a headache, his body leaning against the wall slowly slid down.

He heard footsteps, but he couldn't move.

Suddenly, he felt the familiar heat from his neck to the back of his head, like a warm ocean current pouring into the cold ocean, dissolving all the contracted and wrinkled pain.

"What's the matter, huh?" Asked in a low voice, warm palm, is this a placebo or a painkiller?

He felt that his body was gradually able to move, and he sat down against the wall and fell to the ground, exhaling forcefully, like the cold air compressed in the lungs by a vacuum.

"It's okay." Chen Li patted the hand on his shoulder and neck with the bong, "Don't look at me with a serious expression on the patient's face, it's unlucky."

"What did Chen Yue tell you?" Yan Qiang frowned and asked.

"He said..." Chen Li suddenly laughed to himself, "He said let me not delay you."

"That's true."

"I told him that you are not a decent person, and if you delay, you will delay."

Smoker thought for a while, "Fuck, hell, this seems to be true."

"The crow is a good girl. It's unfortunate to lose her legs. I can't delay her, so I rejected her."

The smoking gun was stunned for a moment, "Ah? What do you mean?"

"I rejected her... confession." When Chen Li said these two words, the tip of his tongue was a little stiff.

"What?" Smoker looked astonished, "The crow confessed to you?"

"Two years ago."

"... No wonder she insisted on taking students with her at that time, Chen Li, you have done a lot of harm."

"Old Yan," Chen Li felt helpless, "Is there something wrong with my speech, or is it something wrong with your obedience."

Smoker came to his senses, and immediately smiled, "Then you must have a problem, why don't you say it again?"

Chen Li waved him away, stood up by himself, raised his legs and walked into the house.

Smoker chased after him, but was thrown away when he wanted to hug his arm, so he simply hugged him by the waist.

Holding this strong and thin waist in his arms, Yan Qiang felt his arms go numb, and his brain trembled like an electric shock.The numbness made him feel comfortable and weak, and he really wanted to just lean on Chen Li's shoulder and sleep.

"Have you forgotten your beloved sex law now?" Chen Yue said coldly without breaking free.

"Why are you angry with a rascal like me? I'm stupid, I'm not serious, and it's not like you don't know." Smoker said in a low voice, his tone seemed to be coquettish.

Chen Li patted the hand of the smoking gun, and said lightly, "Let go, your 24 ribs are not broken enough."

"Come on, I'm not afraid of pain." Even so, his tone became pitiful.

Chen Li was helpless, he really couldn't do anything about this rascal, just like he couldn't do anything about the crow, he was entangled like an octopus, one cried and wiped his tears, and the other acted miserably.But can he say no to the crow, can he say no to the rogue octopus?

As he thought, he lowered his head and saw that his hand was pressed on the hand of the smoking gun. He realized that there was peace of mind and warmth in his palm. It was a warm world, and he really wanted to go there.

"Did you see that?" asked the piper.

"I have good eyesight."

"Who made eye contact with you!"

"I'll give you a chance to talk about it." Chen Li unexpectedly became nervous instead, and held his breath, all his attention seemed to be squatting in his ears, waiting breathlessly for the sound of the bong.

Smoker leaned his head on Chen Li's shoulder, he was calm and docile, at this moment he was no longer the irritable gun-wielding warrior, but he was still him, the very real him, as pure and soft as he was born.

"Chen Li, I like you, I like you with all my life."

Chen Yue slowly exhaled the breath stuck in his throat. He wanted to tell Yan Qiang not to say such heavy words as "life", but soon he understood what Yan Qiang meant.

If he opens his heart to others again, can he accept another loss?

... Maybe Smoker really knew himself better than he did.

"Chen Li, I like you, Chen Li."

"Let me think about it." Chen Li's eyes were a little blank, and there were many voices circling in his mind, some were persuading, some were resisting, some were persuading, and some... were fearful.

"I like you, Chen Li."

— This is the strongest sound.

Smoker insisted on saying this sentence, but it was not in a urging tone, but as if, because he liked this sentence very much, he kept repeating it stubbornly.

A smile slowly emerged from the corner of Chen Li's mouth. His cold and hard face rarely has such a soft expression, but it's a pity that he can't see it from this angle.

"Why should I have to you?"

Smoker gave a low laugh, "You have a bad temper and strong strength. If anyone has the experience of kicking me, I can still practice against you. I promise that I won't make you feel guilty about unilateral domestic violence."

"Crow said two years ago that he wanted to marry me. It would be suitable for the two of us who are disabled to join together." Chen Li said. He lowered his head and saw the hand again, but he still couldn't bear to leave... This is a worthless thing.

In fact, he has already seen himself clearly, hasn't he?

"I'm also disabled, so I'm eligible to run for office." Like a big, docile and clingy dog, the smoking gun kept rubbing his half-blind eye on Chen Li's shoulder.

"Old Yan," Chen Li's voice was deep, he patted the hand around his waist with the pipe, "let me go."

The smoker reluctantly let go but obediently let go.

When Chen Li turned around, there was a light light in his eyes, which was the shadow of the moon cast in his eyes, with a shallow line, floating on the dark eyeballs, but it looked extremely magnificent.

"Old Yan, I..." Chen Li rubbed his throat, his voice was a little tense and hesitant, "...I give you my life that I can't take away, you have to cherish it."

Hearing this, Smoker laughed, "Then do you like me?"

Chen Li nodded and said seriously, "I like it."

"I like you too," Smoker laughed so hard, "Let's make a three-chapter agreement."

"...Even if I have never been in a relationship, I know that the next process will not be like this."

"Just kidding, I don't want to limit you," he paused, "I just want to tell you, don't let the past lock you up, and don't have any concerns about me."

"Okay." Chen Li said.

"I don't ask you to have no reservations about me. If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."

"Okay." Chen Li nodded.

Yan Qiang smiled and patted Chen Li on the shoulder, "How about it, do you think I am a super perfect lover, and regret that you agreed to me so late."

"I regret it, really." Chen Li said with a stern face. When these words landed, he was already outside the fire door, and he turned over the wall vigorously and disappeared in an instant.

"Hey, wait for me!" Smoker slapped his thigh and chased after him.

Young people always have endless energy to spend on emotional pursuits, isn't that good?

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The author has something to say:

Finally let them be together, I really hope that time will stop at this moment forever, and the subsequent stories will not happen

This word count hehe...

One is to celebrate the confession

The second is to ask for leave

Status, exams, work, the frequency of five to six updates a week, and there is an article next to the next day, so I am a little tired, and there may be two chapters of large-word updates next week

But I'll definitely adjust back