1999

"Brother Hua..." A faint voice behind him softly called him flatteringly.Lin Jianhua turned around and saw Ah Hui who had half stood up.

"Jing, the manager has already ordered me to watch him carefully. Don't worry, I will definitely do it." Ah Hui bravely tried to approach Lin Jianhua while laughing, "You know, I'm getting old. I had a baby again, and business is not easy these days. It doesn't matter if he likes men or women. If I don't sleep with him, you can put him with me and sign the bill under my name? I don't care. I've seen him for two days, if you take him away at this time, I've done all the previous work in vain."

The laughing woman tried to express her thoughts as explicit and straightforward as possible, for fear that Lin Jianhua would not be able to hear the desire in her tone.

Lin Jianhua was silent for a long while, then carefully looked at a Hui who was looking embarrassed in front of him, and waved his hands impatiently.

"Okay, okay, I got it. Just put it in your room. I will call two more people from myself to watch outside the door, and you will remember it too. Don't play tricks, understand?"

"I understand, I understand!" Ah Hui hurriedly nodded vigorously, "Which one of us did not listen carefully to what Brother Hua said. I have been in the industry for so many years, so I don't know the rules!"

Lin Jianhua was barely satisfied and nodded.

He stood up, and after getting out of the way, Ah Hui grabbed Wu Jiusheng's arm tightly as if he was afraid that the business he had finally obtained would run away, and pulled him up from the ground.

"Then...Brother Hua," she looked up at the man who was difficult to get along with, and asked, guessing his taste, "Is it still the old rule today? Can I call the foreman now and arrange a room for you?"

Lin Jianhua doesn't go whoring. Every time he visits the bathing/city inspection, the manager will open him a separate room, entertain him with good cigarettes, wine, and a meal.Everyone in Quanhuanxiyuan knows this rule.

"Not yet." Lin Jianhua clicked his lips, "Your cooks here are too bad, why don't I go to a restaurant to eat by myself."

"I know," Ah Hui nodded, "After you left last week, I reported this problem to the foreman. He said that cooking in the kitchen was not to your liking. The boss immediately hung up the recruitment notice. It is said that one has been found. Come later today! You can try it next time you come over, it will definitely be better than the last one!"

Lin Jianhua let out a "huh", noncommittal.He was still staring at the young man who was still in shock, and he was surprised to see some old and familiar things from that white paper-like face.Before entering the door today, he thought that Wu Jiusheng and Xue Jin should be in the same class, but now, he has more contradictory feelings.

He asked the question in his heart.

"Why do you want to hang out with people like Xue Jintong?"

Lin Jianhua was really confused.He could see that the young man was honest and timid, and he didn't seem to have any great ambitions. He was supposed to be a law-abiding person.Lin Jianhua had been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he didn't have much sympathy left. He asked, not because he really cared about Wu Jiusheng, but because the young man was flustered, reminding him of a deadly familiar person.When I think about it, my heart hurts.

All the mental activities were hidden under Lin Jianhua's cold face, Wu Jiusheng couldn't see it, he just felt that the other party wanted to get more words out of him, so he gritted his teeth.

There was a voice in his heart telling him that Lin Jianhua could not let Lin Jianhua know about the quarrel between him and Xue Jintong, let alone leak about Si Mao and the factory, otherwise there would be extra problems.

"Brother Xue and I work in the same factory, and he is the team leader of my production workshop." In the end, Wu Jiusheng answered the other party picking and choosing, "Brother Xue saw that I had never been to this kind of place before, and said... that he would bring me here. See the world."

"Oh, then I sold you?" Lin Jianhua sarcastically said.

"I don't know anything, I really don't know anything." The young man shook his head, "Brother Xue said he took my ID card to buy me a bus ticket."

The argument makes sense, Lin Jianhua thought.

"Then he doesn't know that you don't touch women?" He asked again, "There is also a duck shop in Dongguan, why didn't he take you there?"

"I..." Wu Jiusheng lowered his head, "I myself only found out not long ago... I was very scared and didn't dare to tell anyone..."

At this point, Lin Jianhua finally got all the answers he wanted, and there was no need to stay any longer, so he used the inside line in the room to call the foreman of Huanxiyuan, told them about Wu Jiusheng and Xue Jintong, and told them to pay more attention to the interest rate. Before the expiration date, you must watch the person in the store, and then he will really leave.

After the door was closed, Ah Hui, who was originally tense, collapsed as if suddenly falling apart.When she was negotiating conditions with Lin Jianhua just now, she was really frightened, and now she kept patting her chest, muttering "brother, you scared my sister to death", and let go Wu Jiusheng's arm.

But Wu Jiusheng got up, stepped to the window, opened the curtain and squatted guarding.A few minutes later, he was relieved to see Lin Jianhua coming out of the gate on the first floor, walking towards a black motorcycle parked in the yard, getting on and leaving with the rumbling sound of the engine.

"When will this person come next time?" He asked Ah Hui.

Ah Hui was still afraid of what happened just now, so she hesitated to answer.

"It should be next week..." she said, "If there is no accident, he will come once a week."

"The next time I come, it should be when I have to ask him to pay back the money..." Wu Jiusheng murmured.That sentence reminded Ah Hui of what she cared most about.

"Do you have any money to pay back?" She blurted out.

Wu Jiusheng turned his head and looked at her.

"What happens if you don't have the money back?" he asked.

"Didn't you listen to what he just said!" Ah Hui yelled at Wu Jiusheng, "Take off your arms and legs, really, that's not just talking about bluffing! Don't scare sister, you must have money to pay back! "

Wu Jiusheng fell silent.

It's over, he thought, he can't go back.

Huda, who was sitting in the manager's office, sneezed at that moment, covering the last words of the manager who interviewed him.

Hu Da looked down at the recruitment brochure in his hand again. The salary conditions offered by Huanxiyuan were similar to those printed on the leaflet, except for the last so-called special benefits. You can name a lady in the store for free, which means prostitution for nothing.

Fortunately, he sneezed, otherwise, a normal man would show a bewildered expression upon hearing such conditions, which would have aroused some doubts to some extent.

His interview went well this time, and it has basically been negotiated, and he can start working tomorrow.The place where I live is a single-family dormitory behind the Huanxiyuan Building. There is a small parking lot separated from the clubhouse, and there is a small staff canteen next to it.The working hours are from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm, but the main busy time is meal time, and the idle space in the middle is more relaxed for the chef. You can stay in the nearby dormitory, or you can cook for yourself in the back kitchen. On a small note, the manager told Hu Da that there are also many employees who directly use this time period to enjoy their own "employee benefits", and find their own girls to sleep with their own girls during the low business period without losing operating costs. Bath/City also encourages them to do this.

Huda nodded and wrote down one by one.

When he was being trained as an informant under Yan Tian, ​​the first principle he remembered was to integrate into the role. He had to cook well first, in order to create a good enough condition for him to learn about the internal situation of Huanxiyuan.

The second rule of being an informant is to ensure that you have a safe escape route anytime, anywhere. On the only way from the Huanxiyuan main gate to the Dalu motorway, there is a car arranged by Yan Tian parked in front of the car. Colorful advertising leaflets are stuffed in three different places on the window wiper and the side door handle.If Huda needs it, he can draw a card from the corresponding position to convey specific information.

After silently reading the above two items in his heart, Hu Da opened his mouth:

"Does any important customer in the store have special requirements for the taste of the dishes? I want to write it down first, so that I can pay more attention to their orders in the future."

The manager sitting behind the desk was very surprised. He had interviewed many chefs, and Huda was the first person to make such a request. He couldn't help but look at the other side, and gave Huda a "Your boy is very good!" Do you?" look.

Huanxiyuan did have such a VIP list, which was stored in the drawer of the administrative office. The manager was about to transfer it to Hu Da, but the door of the office was pushed open.

The foreman of the day ran in in a panic with two guards watching the scene.Hu Da turned his head and saw a panic-stricken long-haired woman in pajamas outside the crack of the door.

"Manager, Brother Hua just came here." The foreman who entered the door said as soon as he opened his mouth.The word Hua Ge was also heard by Hu Da. He immediately collected his thoughts, pretended not to react, and concentrated all his attention on listening to the next conversation.

"How is it?" asked the manager.

"Not very good, the figures for this month have not been negotiated."

"He still wants to raise the price?!" The manager suddenly stood up and slapped the table. "The amount that can be given to him is already high enough. If it continues to increase, our own business will be difficult."

"Isn't it..." the foreman complained, "However, this time Brother Hua also mentioned one thing, that is, room 508 on the fifth floor—"

In the middle of his words, he suddenly glanced at Hu Da who was sitting in the middle of the room, showing a vigilant look.It was about the special guest on the fifth floor, and he was not going to mention it when outsiders were present.

The manager waved at Huda.

"You go to the dormitory to settle down first, and I will send someone to inform you if there is anything else."

Huda felt a little pity, but he stood up obediently, opened the door and walked out.

The girl standing at the door had a face-to-face meeting with him.When she saw Huda for the first time, she smiled awkwardly at him.

During those few seconds, Hu Da quickly glanced around her, and found that there was a red finger mark on one of her forearms, which was caused by being grabbed and dragged roughly.Seeing the girl's uneasy expression, Hu Da hesitated for a while, and then stepped forward and asked, "Are you okay?"

The girl who was asked showed a surprised expression.

She was only wearing pajamas, and she was dressed like this in a place like Huanxiyuan. It was not difficult to guess the occupation she was engaged in, but Huda was still willing to sincerely care about her, which made her instinctively feel that this is a good person.

"I... am the newly hired chef in the store, and I will officially start working tomorrow. If you want to eat anything in the future, you can come to the small kitchen and talk to me directly." Seeing that the girl didn't answer immediately, Hu Da took the lead in introducing Self, to eliminate the other party's doubts about his identity.

"So it's you..." The girl showed a suddenly realized expression, and introduced herself again, "My name is Ahui."

She glanced into the room, and saw that the foreman was still having a heated discussion with the manager about Xue Jintong and Wu Jiusheng's involvement in Lin Jianhua's troubles. After a while, she couldn't find her head, so she pulled Hu Da closer. quietly asked him:

"I was thinking of looking for you. The original chefs have already left. The guests in my room want to eat something. I know you will officially start work tomorrow, but is it convenient for you to help now?"

"Okay." Hu Da readily agreed, "Then what does the guest want to eat?"

"Dry fried beef and grilled chicken wings." Ah Hui replied, "Don't be too spicy, can you do it?"

Huda froze.It was a supper menu, and it was important to order at noon, and there were not many people who only ordered those two items, and Huda himself only remembered one.

"The guests in your room ordered it?" he asked again.

"That's right." Ah Hui nodded, "I'm sorry to trouble you, that guest...he's really nice."

It's pretty good, if he guessed correctly, isn't he a very cute little guy.Hu Da thought, and smiled at Ah Hui. With that smile, his weather-stained outline melted like ice and snow, bringing out an illusion of tenderness, which was fleeting. Ah Hui blinked, thinking that he was I read it wrong.

In fact, Hu Da is not very sure of his conjecture. He knows that Wu Jiusheng is in one of Huanxiyuan's rooms at this moment, but he doesn't believe that there is such a coincidence in the world that he can meet the young man as soon as he arrives. Just thinking of the other party, just thinking about it, a heart that has nowhere to rest is like falling to the ground.

He made those two things very carefully, and all the side dishes were carefully processed and put into the pot.

After Ah Hui finished thanking her with a plate and left, Hu Da leaned against the stove, suppressed the urge to smoke a cigarette, and pinched himself.

Don't worry, he said to himself, you are already here, and it will only be a matter of time before you bring him back.

Huda cleaned up the small kitchen and walked towards the dormitory by himself. When he got downstairs, he found that the foreman who just had an interview with the manager's office was already waiting for him, holding a stack of fresh printouts and carrying lukewarm information.

The above is the list of VIP and VVIP guests in the clubhouse that Huda has inquired about before. There are detailed notes in the form behind each name, including taste preferences and food taboos. In particular, the names of some extraordinary guests are written in red pen. Made a special mark.

Hu Da accepted it calmly, went back to the dormitory, sat by the bed, Hu Da put down the things in his hands and flipped through the stack of thin papers again, and as expected, he found it among the few highlighted guest information. named Lin Jianhua.

The news that Yan Tian gave him was indeed true, Huanxiyuan was indeed on Lin Jianhua's territory, and Lin Jianhua, as a police informant, had an inexplicable interest connection with this bathing center.

Seeing those three words suddenly, Hu Da fell silent, and his thoughts were involuntarily drawn into the long-standing memories.

When he stumbled into prison, he was just an adult, and he committed a criminal case. The environment in the prison area was complicated. When he first entered, he suffered a lot—until he met Lin Jianhua inside.Lin Jianhua was two years older than him, but he had more experience in the world than him. He knew how to flatter and flatter. prestige.The only thing Huda has in common with him is that they both like men. At the end of the 90s, the social atmosphere was still very closed, and the reality of homosexuality was very difficult. After discovering each other in the crowd, there will always be some sympathy for each other.Therefore, although the two of them did not see each other, Lin Jianhua still took the young Hu Da by his side and gave him a lot of care.At that time in the prison, although the composition of the staff was still dominated by straight men, but the male prison had been in prison for a long time, and basically knew about the same-sex thing, even straight men sometimes It's not surprising that everyone is looking for a fixed bed that doubles as a bed partner.Lin Jianhua covered Hu Da, and Hu Da acted like a capable and obedient younger brother. Many people privately regarded the two of them as a couple.But in fact, Hu Da had heard from Lin Jianhua a long time ago. He was in his hometown and had a childhood friend who grew up with him. He was Lin Jianhua's real favorite.Lin Jianhua once told him that he will actively reform himself. When he is released from prison, the first thing to do is to return to his hometown and bring the boy he likes to live in Shenzhen.

When Lin Jianhua talked about the preset future, his face and eyes would always shine brightly.He likes Shenzhen, and feels that although good and evil are mixed here, there are opportunities everywhere. It is open and free. No matter what kind of people can find their own living space in this city, it is the last paradise for marginal people like them.

If they continue to stay in their hometown, in addition to being poor, what awaits them are endless criticisms and pointers from fellow villagers. In the future, they will have to face the pressure of their parents and elders to continue the incense. In this way, people who have nowhere to go will have a future.

His description once ignited a fire in the heart of the young and ignorant Huda.Only then did Hu Dafu know what it feels like to like the same sex. He has never truly loved someone in his life, and he has been deeply rooted in the desire for a free paradise. He also secretly hoped for countless nights that he would meet a suitable person in the future. people, settle down in the city, and walk through life hand in hand.

Unexpectedly, after their unexpected farewell on the way, Lin Jianhua went back to the old road after seeing each other after a long time.

Hu Da couldn't figure out why he made such a choice. He would not change the life of hope and love, even if he was given the whole world to change.

After he sighed, he took out his mobile phone and sent Yan Tian a message, telling him that he had settled down in Huanxiyuan, and everything happened by the way, so there was no need to worry.

Facing the window of the single bed, a black shadow flitted past. Huda stretched his neck and looked out. It was a lost, dizzy, stupid cat. The branches jumped up, and several times they got up, but they all retracted their paws in fright.

Huda snorted and laughed twice, grabbed the pillowcase of the pillow on the bed, took it off, wrapped it around his forearm twice to prevent scratching, opened the window, and leaned out lightly to reach the cat.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," he said softly, "Uncle is here, he's fine."

A voice behind him suddenly called him, and Huda held the fried-fur kitten with sharp claws in his hand, and turned his head.

Ah Hui stood at the door of the room in a daze, with a shocked and unspeakable expression on his face, as if he was deeply hesitating whether he should say the next sentence.

"Ushikawa just now...how did you do it? Where did you learn it?"

Huda smiled, let go of his hand, and the kitten kicked off his thigh and fell to the ground.

"Who asked you to ask? The little guest in your room? Does he like to eat, or doesn't he like to eat?"

Ah Hui didn't know how to answer, and Hu Da turned his back on the guest for a moment, seized the initiative in the conversation, and instinctively, the teacher nodded.

"That's good." Huda replied, "You can tell him that if he really likes it, I will make it for him in the future, and I will do it for the rest of my life."