1999

Huda leaned on the window sill, smoking a cigarette, staring down at the piece of paper he was fiddling with.He couldn't remember how many years he hadn't played this kind of handicraft game that was briefly popular in childhood, folding in half and then folding in half, and then bent out a sharp corner along the pressed trace.

When Ah Hui opened the door and entered the room, what he saw was such a picture, the sun just fell on the palm of the vicissitudes of the middle-aged man, and there stood a small paper crane.

She remembered that she had never asked about the story between Huda and that young man. During her boring days, she had watched countless romantic dramas, but none of them told the story between two same-sex people. , that is always regarded as a taboo in this land, and Ah Hui never thought that there would even be subtle and quiet romantic moments in that strange emotional pattern.

She looked at Huda, her heart was emotional and soft, but still somewhat unavoidable restraint.She was still a little uncertain about Huda's purpose in calling her by name.

This would be a low hour of business, and Huda had finished his day's work, and he was here to enjoy his employee benefits as a chef.He found the foreman, ordered Ah Hui, and asked for a room in an inconspicuous corner on the third floor.

"You're here," Hu Da looked up to see Ah Hui, and nodded to her, "Sit down, I've called you for an hour, let's chat casually, and it will be over in a while."

He put the Thousand Paper Crane in his hand into his trouser pocket, and his movements of sitting by the window hardly changed.The chair was at least two meters away from the bed where Ah Hui was sitting, and the two of them looked at each other not too far away, just sitting, "chatting casually", that's what Hu Da said.

Ah Hui recalled the shy but kind behavior of the young man when she met Wu Jiusheng on the first day, the two of them even sounded the same, straightforward and frank, they would not make things difficult for her.Ah Hui couldn't help but sigh, even the two people who are so subconsciously considerate are exactly the same.

She was completely relieved.

"You came here just to take him away, right?" She asked Hu Da, "He seems to have gotten into a lot of trouble. I heard from Brother Hua that he still has a debt in his name." usury."

"Yeah." Huda nodded.He already knew about this, and when he first heard about it, his heart skipped a beat, but he calmed down a little after he listened carefully. As for Xue Jintong's unauthorized use of Wu Jiusheng's name as a mortgage, as long as he can prove himself, the debt relationship is not tenable. If it can be transferred to the court together with the case of the electronics factory, it is not difficult to clarify it. He has no time to explain the specific reasons. Much, during the short meeting before, I just told Wu Jiusheng not to worry, he will take care of everything.

To the young man's ears, there is no doubt about him, but to Ah Hui's ears, it is inevitable to worry about Hu Da, fearing that he does not know the stakes and will act impulsively.

Hu Da responded for a moment, and understood what Ah Hui wanted to emphasize.

He thanked Ah Hui for Wu Jiusheng's kindness, and at the same time he was a little surprised—ordinarily, the young man was under house arrest for only a few days, and the time he had known Ah Hui was so short, what kind of intersection could there be between the two strangers? Showing such natural concern for each other, like old friends who have known each other for many years.

Although Hu Da knew that the young man was just an ignorant child, and he wouldn't really have any empathy for the lady in the bathing center because of a little physical attraction, but in his heart, there was inevitably a faint taste of eating.

After all, on the only occasion where an inch of money cannot buy an inch of time when you can say a few words face to face, the young man can still remember to leave a few mysterious words in his ear, which are neither exhortations nor love words.

Those words were all about other people.After hearing this, Hu Da couldn't help feeling a little wronged, but he didn't let the young man see it.

"I'm in the police force, and I have a few friends." He suddenly said to Ah Hui, that sentence attracted Ah Hui's full attention, and Hu Da could tell from her expression that she might have already guessed it I have something to say.

"People from the City Bureau will come to inspect this week. It's a large-scale operation. I plan to take him away during that time."

He disclosed his plan to Ah Hui, hiding sensitive details such as the specific time and personnel, just to fulfill his promise.

The young man asked him to let him repay the favor he owed to Ah Hui, and since Hu Da agreed, he will do it.

"This business really can't be done. Dongguan is determined to die this year and has set a hard target. You can't stay here. If you are willing to listen to my advice, you'd better change your career as soon as possible, go back to your hometown, find a regular job, and live in the future." Have a happy life." Hu Da persuaded Ah Hui.

Ah Hui looked shocked and terrified.

"Are you from the police force?" She asked tremblingly, "Is someone from the city planning to arrest us?"

"Not all of them will be arrested," Hu Da explained patiently. "I've heard about cases like yours. If mobile phones, identity documents, and even personal freedom are controlled, they will usually be treated as involuntary employment. Handling, administrative detention for five days and ten days. If you express your willingness to return to your place of origin and work hard, I will ask a friend to help you fight for it. Maybe the security team will not embarrass you. Even if you have difficulties, they can help you buy a ticket. I'll take you to the car again."

Ah Hui was stunned for a while, and finally nodded in resignation.

Looks like it really can't wait any longer.She recalled a very vague place name in her mind. The long-distance green leather car only stopped for a minute and a half. A very inconspicuous dot on the map was her hometown, and she couldn't remember it clearly. How many days have not gone back.

She suddenly became envious of Wu Jiusheng again.At least he still has Huda. Even if he is no longer accepted by others in the days ahead, he still has something to look forward to, unlike his own...

She complained to herself, and didn't notice that after Huda glanced at her, she took out the phone from her pocket again.

It was Huda's own mobile phone, and the phone card installed was applied for in the business hall with his ID card.After it was charged, connected to the network, turned on, unlocked, it was handed to him in a leisurely manner.

Ah Hui didn't expect it at all.

Huda winked at her.

"Let me borrow your mobile phone. Use it to call home first. You should be able to recite the number. Keep your voice down and control your emotions. I have a package with this mobile phone, and there is plenty of talk time. You can just call. The child is still young , but when you are sensible, you will miss your mother."

Hu Da's unsuspecting move made Ah Hui freeze in place.She never expected that Huda called her into the room at this time just to do this.

As if he was afraid that she would not understand, Hu Da gave an extra sentence of explanation.

"When you helped out last time, the kid told me that you couldn't make phone calls or reach home. Let me help you find a way. I said yes."

It turned out to be like this, Ah Hui blinked, a little moisture welled up under her eye sockets, and her nose gradually became sore.She was so surprised, why the two people who met by chance in front of her could be so considerate.She put her hands together and took Hu Da's cell phone. The old model seemed to still have warmth, which made Ah Hui's heart beat wildly.

You will be rewarded.For some reason, this sentence suddenly popped up in her mind.The romantic fantasies of her girlhood seemed to have come true for these two people, and she remembered a sentence that appeared in a romance novel she once loved:

True fate is so scarce that even God would be reluctant to increase the test.

That's right, she thought.And she is not completely destitute, at least she still has a home to return to.

"There is a special passage here to deal with the random inspection. The door is a hidden door, which leads directly to the other side of the roof. You can go to another building through the overpass, and it is not easy to be caught. We transfer like this every time. , There is a big generator on the roof, and they specially piled up sundries and locked it with chains, and you can’t see the blocked side from the regular fire escape.”

Holding the phone, Ah Hui suddenly said this to Hu Da.

Huda frowned.

"Basically all the ladies have been trained. They know where to run and how to run. And there will be people guarding everywhere in the passage. They are thugs specially hired by the experience. They can do everything. They all know Ah Sheng. This person is here, and the fifth floor is full of important clients, so they will rush over as soon as possible, you have to find the right opportunity to sneak in, and you have to take him with you, it's not easy to run away."

"Is there any good way?" Huda asked.

"Do you still need to ask?" Ah Hui looked at Hu Da and smiled sweetly, his face that had been stained with faint tiredness all the year round also had a rare look of flying light, "This old lady is planning to wash her hands and quit. Yes, this is a favor, no matter how I say it, I will help."

An hour later, Ah Hui took Hu Da's signed slip and returned to the fifth floor.Wu Jiusheng was nestling on the sofa and staring at the TV on the wall. The air conditioner would make noise when turned on. He turned the gear to the minimum and listened to the movement outside the door.Seeing that the person walking in was Ah Hui, he relaxed his expression.

"Have you called yet?" He asked as soon as he saw Ah Hui.

Ah Hui smiled, but didn't answer.

"Let's not talk about this now," she closed the door, locked it, changed the subject, and walked straight to the dressing table in the corner.A table like that is placed in every lady’s room, and there are usually a few props in it, as well as consumables such as condoms, lubricating oil, and emergency contraceptives, and the rest are cosmetics, mostly Ah Hui himself usually uses it.

She squatted in front of it, pulled out several drawers and searched for one, and when she stood up again, she had a black wig in the style of a sister-in-law in her hand.

"Come on, come here, let Sister gesticulate for you, whether it is suitable or not." She waved and said to Wu Jiusheng, Wu Jiusheng was stunned, and suddenly felt a sense of embarrassment when he saw the things in Ah Hui's hand .

"Sister..." He was a little reluctant, "You don't mean to put that thing on my head, do you?"

"If I don't put it on your head, whose head will I put it on?" Ah Hui laughed, "If you are obedient, will I still harm you? This is all discussed with you, Brother Hu. A big man squeezed in a pile of women Here, it's so eye-catching, sister will mess with you a little bit, when you hear someone shouting outside, the inspection is coming, you just wait for sister's signal, when sister says go, you just put your head down, push the door and rush out , and ran with Sister. Sister has a few little sisters here, and we have agreed that we will take you with you when the time comes, and we will mix you in when you line up at the special passage, and you, Big Brother Hu, will wait at the exit. You two can go back, this is not happy? Why do you have such a sad face? "

Wu Jiusheng felt a little surprised when he heard Ah Hui finished talking about the vague action plan.

"Really?" he asked.After he finished speaking, he looked down at himself in disbelief. He glanced at his reflection in the mirror, like a skinny little furry child, and immediately wrinkled his face.

"Oh, no, no, I can't do it like this, wouldn't I be an adult monster? No matter what I look like, I'm sure I'll be recognized at a glance. It's ugly, and others will laugh at me."

Ah Hui's eyes widened in surprise, and he crossed his hips angrily and amusingly, looking at the young man.

"Who said you are ugly!"

She threw the wig on the table, approached and held Wu Jiusheng's face in both hands,

"Brother, you are still a child, it is important to escape, understand?"

Seeing that the young man still hesitated to refute, Ah Hui finally raised his eyebrows and said:

"Would Sister still make you an ugly monster? Don't you even believe me?"

She is usually gentle and considerate, and it is rare for her to speak emphatically, which made Wu Jiusheng stiff. He had never been disciplined by any female elders since he was a child, and his father beat him with a stick, making him more and more stubborn, but Ah As soon as Hui said a lesson with some emotions, Wu Jiusheng didn't know what to do. He could only sit down obediently, and his whole body petrified in front of the mirror without dealing with anything.

As soon as Ah Hui picked up an eyebrow pencil, he closed his eyes in fright.

I dare not look at it, it must look like a monster, Wu Jiusheng thought, wiped his red mouth, and pretended to be a cannibal old witch who came to scare the children to sleep at night.

At a place that he couldn't see with closed eyelids, Ah Hui put away her pretended seriousness in front of the mirror, she smiled slightly, and carefully looked at the pale and frail face of the young man in the mirror, it was not ugly, she quietly I said something to the young man in my heart, my sister is teasing you, you don't know, it's only a few days, and my sister will be reluctant to part with such a separation.

After seeing the young man's face, Ah Hui started to do it.She didn't help Wu Jiusheng put on a complete heavy makeup, but slightly modified the skin color and the shadow of the facial features, and trimmed his eyebrows.The young man was originally very fair, and his appearance was very small. After putting on a wig, he looked like a high school student, giving people the feeling of being a boy and a girl who are just puberty.Ah Hui found a brightly colored round-neck T-shirt and a pair of loose denim overalls shorts. After putting them on, they will look more natural. It seems that there are often in bathing centers. In order to cater to the special preferences of customers, the lady deliberately Playing a young look, and Wu Jiusheng has a fresh breath on his body, which is more like that than their appearance.

It's not so stunning, but it's not at all comparable to being ugly or a transvestite. It's just cute, but it's still so cute that Ah Hui can't help pinching the young man's face twice, forcing him to open his eyes.

The young man showed a strange expression. He wanted to look but didn't dare to glance at the mirror for a few times. He couldn't tell what it felt like. He frowned with two neatly groomed eyebrows and looked confused.

"So... can you really get away with it?" He asked.

"Okay, okay." Ah Hui patted him on the shoulder twice, brought a very light sakura-colored color-changing lipstick to the young man, and there was no change, except that his lips became moister , the feeling of the whole person looks softer.

Let it be like this when the time comes, Ah Hui made up his mind.The soldiers were in chaos, and the few of them gathered around and brought this one. No matter what, they should be able to pass through the secret door smoothly, enter the door, and enter the dark passage, so there is no need to worry.

"You," she showed a helpless smile, "you really look like the heroine in an idol drama waiting to be rescued, making my elder sister a little jealous."

Wu Jiusheng blushed.The girl's denim clothes were still a little wrapped around him, a little tight, and he felt that he was wrapped up, his calves were bare, and he was a bit shameless, and he was even more afraid of following Huda with this appearance go for a run.Hu Da is the most malicious person. He used to tease him a lot. If he is caught this time, won't he keep laughing at him until next year?

Wu Jiusheng thought of Hu Da, and the expression on his face became very quiet.

He himself couldn't notice it. Since Huanxiyuan came, every time his thoughts subconsciously diverted to Huda's body, his expression would always betray his state of mind in the first place.Ah Hui has figured it all out.

As if knowing what the young man was struggling with, Ah Hui looked up at the wall clock on the wall and gave the young man a push.

"Go, go to the window."

She gave an order, but didn't explain the reason. Instead, she stood up and pressed the light switch on the wall.The room went dark in an instant.

This was the secret signal they had agreed upon during their "casual chat" with Huda.

Downstairs, under the street lamp directly opposite the main road, Hu Da, who was sitting with his head up against the flower bed, saw the light in the window suddenly go out, and knew it was the young man. He sat up straight, still a little nervous, I wonder if young people can see themselves through such a distance.

He lit a cigarette, and in the dim shadow of the street lamp, there were a little more bright sparks.

That is what Wu Jiusheng saw through the open screen window and the anti-theft railing.

He saw Huda's face again, this time across the long, silent street.Huanxiyuan's business was closed, and even the huge neon signboard at the door was no longer flickering. Huda's lonely figure fell on the edge of the flower bed, revealing a bit of depression.He was raising his head, looking at himself in a funny and stiff manner, with a cigarette in his mouth, ruffian and a little silly.

But Wu Jiusheng felt a little sour and soft-hearted in his heart, which made it hard for him to catch his breath.

The lights were turned off in the room, but Huda was sitting in the moonlight. He couldn't see the young man, only the young man could see him.

The first few minutes were spent in such a blank stare.Then Huda smiled towards the inaccessible black window, and hummed a song in a moderate voice in the quiet summer night.

It was "The Song of Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon" released by Zhou Zhiping in 1992. It belonged to the strange age when Wu Jiusheng was not yet born. Hu Da once sang it in front of him and expressed his love for it.

Wu Jiusheng can still vaguely remember the first two lines of the song:

月光 与 星子 玫瑰花瓣 雨 丝

温柔 的 誓言 美梦 和 的 诗

Ah Hui found a newspaper from the house and tore it up, and folded a paper airplane for Wu Jiusheng.

She lightly tapped Wu Jiusheng's cheek, and motioned him to fly the paper airplane over. She demonstrated for him like the old man at home when she was a child, she opened her mouth, and let out a breath towards the nose of the airplane with a sound of "drinking," Like some kind of blessing for that broken little thing, like that, the plane can actually fly far and anywhere you want it to go.

Wu Jiusheng took the gadget, made a slight movement, and with a wave of his forearm, the plane floated down.

Huda, who was waiting, suddenly became very vigilant. He stared motionlessly at the small gray paper ball that suddenly fell from the sky, and his eyes eagerly followed its moving direction.

Wu Jiusheng missed the throw, and the paper plane landed on the other side of the street at least 20 meters away from where Huda was sitting.Hu Da carefully checked both sides of the road to make sure there was no traffic, then crossed the horizontal line in one breath, and ran over to pick up the things.

He had already run out of sight from Wu Jiusheng's window, and disappeared under a row of fences.The young man could no longer see him, but Huda's heartbeat sped up strangely.

In the dark movement just now, the young man kissed the wing of the paper airplane. He forgot what he looked like at that time, forgot that Ah Hui had made such a strange modification for him, and there were still marks left by various cosmetics on his face. trace.

At this moment, the piece of paper was spread out between Huda's hands, and Huda found a small, pale pink lip print on the paper.

He let out an amused, uncontrollable laugh.

Then, in a small corner that no one could see, he lowered his head and gently kissed the paper that smelled of ink.