The Eye of the Storm

Cao Ye went back to the room unhappily. Liang Sizhe was squatting on the ground, rummaging through the opened suitcase.

"Which bed do you sleep on?" Seeing him coming back, Liang Sizhe raised his head and asked him.

"It doesn't matter," Cao Ye said cheerfully, "You can choose, I don't necessarily live here."

"I can do either." Liang Sizhe said, and took a bath towel and a change of clothes to the bathroom, "You choose, I'll take a shower first."

Beijing was ten degrees higher than Yancheng, and the air conditioner was not turned on downstairs just now, the air was very stuffy, and he was sweating all over.Taking a shower before changing clean clothes is a habit taught by his mother since he was a child. Although it has been a long time since no one whispered this in his ears, this habit is still intact to this day.

The sound of running water in the bathroom rang, Cao Ye stood in front of the bed by the window, threw himself on the bed, lay on the bed like a corpse for a few minutes, took out the phone in his pocket, and began to write to the address book all the way. The fox friends and dog friends here dial the phone.

Dial down according to the first letter, starting from the top B: "Hey Xiaobai, I am Cao Ye, where are you? What are you doing with your dad? Isn't your dad trying to marry you back to a mean little girl?" The stepmother is here... huh? Uncle Bai, I'm sorry, I was just joking with Xiaobai... Last week there was a group fight? It's none of my business, I really didn't participate, and I haven't returned to China last week..."

Unfavorable at the beginning of the school, and being educated by his friend's father for no reason, Cao Ye hung up the phone and dialed the next one listlessly: "Hey Mingyao, where are you? Painting? On which mountain? Kilimaza Luo? You went to Africa?... Forget about painting, I have nothing serious to do, so hang up."

"Hey Brother Dai, are you at home... Wait, why are you panting so badly? What are you doing... Fuck, what call did you answer?! Hang up."

When Liang Sizhe came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, Cao Ye was dialing the initial letter "L", which was for Lin Yan. He was listlessly lying on the bed, but the moment Liang Sizhe came out, he immediately turned over and sat up: " Where is it? I'm going too! I'm not interested in men, but I really have no place to go...Let's talk about it after we meet. By the way, I don't have any money on me. Come out and pay for me later. Get off the bus." Cao Ye said, jumping off the bed with a radiant face, and Liang Sizhe and Liang Sizhe were completely different before entering the bathroom, "Okay, wait for me!"

Before the voice fell, the person had already opened the door and jumped out.

Liang Sizhe was shirtless, half squatting by the suitcase to search for his shirt - the shower in the bathroom was not easy to use, and the T-shirt he brought in just now was accidentally splashed wet.

He flipped out another white T-shirt, stood up with it, and was about to put it on his head when the door opened again, and Cao Ye barged in. He didn't treat himself as an outsider, and approached in two steps, throwing his arm towards Liang Sizhe. With a hook on his shoulder, he leaned closer and whispered in his ear: "Brother, Huihui Uncle Yin or my dad are here, please help me carry around."

Liang Sizhe reminded without turning his head: "I have water on my body." He had just finished taking a shower, and he just wiped it with a bath towel before leaving the bathroom.

Cao Ye looked down at the white T-shirt on his body, and the side close to Liang Sizhe's body was indeed a little wet, but he didn't care and didn't hide, and still put his shoulders on Liang Sizhe like that: "It's okay, can you do it, bro? "

At this moment, I thought of calling him brother, and I was pretty good at pretending to be good.The boy's voice was a little flattering, and it sounded a bit like a baby.

Liang Sizhe glanced at him sideways: "How can I help you?"

The calculation in Cao Ye's heart was crackling: "If they make a surprise attack, you can just make up a reason to deal with them, just say that I... went to feed the dog nearby? Feed the cat, and then you call me secretly , I’ll take a taxi right away, okay?”

Compared to Cao Ye's familiarity, Liang Sizhe's attitude seemed lukewarm, and he only said two words indifferently: "Yes."

"That's interesting," Cao Ye took out the phone from the pocket behind his buttocks with his other free hand, brought up the address book interface, and handed it to Liang Sizhe, "What's your number? Enter it for me?"

Liang Sizhe entered his number, typed his name, and handed him the phone.

Cao Ye picked up the phone, and then let go of Liang Sizhe, dialed the number and at the same time repeated Liang Sizhe's name in a low voice.When Liang Sizhe's phone that was thrown on the table started to vibrate, he raised his head and smiled brightly at Liang Sizhe: "I called it for you, please save it."

Liang Sizhe said "hmm", grabbed the edge of the T-shirt and shook it downwards, put his arms through the cuffs, and was about to put it on his head, when Cao Ye raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "You have a good figure." After finishing speaking He raised his legs and walked towards the door, at the same time pretending to be good but not forgetting to put on a full set, walked to the door and sweetly turned to Liang Sizhe and said, "Then I will withdraw, thank you brother Sizhe."

Liang Sizhe got dressed and began to pack his luggage.Since Cao Ye was lying on the bed by the window just now, he naturally chose another one.

In fact, there is nothing to clean up. I lifted up the whole pile of summer clothes in the suitcase, copied the bottom with both hands, and moved them to the closet intact. This is almost done.

The sound of poor-quality speakers came from downstairs, and the prelude to the salivary songs that can be heard everywhere in the streets and alleys played, and the floor under my feet seemed to vibrate together.The voices of howling ghosts and wolves also came up. Although they didn't shout a word, the person holding the microphone sounded very intoxicated.

The sound insulation is really bad, if it sings until midnight, will it keep people from sleeping?Liang Sizhe took out a pair of earphones from the suitcase, threw them on the bed, closed the suitcase, put it in the corner, grabbed the key on the table, opened the door and walked out.

The corridor on the third floor is still the same as it was when I first came in. The lights are dim, and the two rows of old wooden doors are closed tightly, making it impossible to tell whether there are people living inside.

The second floor separated by the first floor is a completely different scene: the cold white lights are dazzling, flashing with the rhythm of the corridor dance music, shining the oil on the heads and faces of the guests passing by. Bright.

The wooden stairs are a bit narrow, and it's just right for two people to walk up, but it's a bit crowded for three people.When going downstairs, Liang Sizhe ran into a man and a woman who were tired of being together. The man with a pot belly put his arms around the woman's slender waist, and the woman had a flattering smile all over her face.

He turned sideways to make way for those two people, but the stairs were really crowded, and the man was really fat, so it was a bit difficult to dodge.

Finally squeezed out of the noisy environment, he stood by the door of Lan Yan and took a deep breath.

As night fell, the alleys were lively and noisy at night, which was completely different from the boring and mediocre atmosphere an hour ago.Even the smell becomes vivid and rich.In the evening, the monotonous smell of oily smoke is mixed with the smell of burnt barbecue, stewed sauce and fried rice.

Liang Sizhe walked slowly along the alley, the farther away he was from Lan Yan, the more clearly he heard the sizzle of frying.

Liang Sizhe felt that he was really hungry. When he stood at the entrance of Lanyan in the evening, he still felt that he had no appetite facing every greasy door. Now he passed by every stall, and he found it very attractive.

It was quite hot, so he found a restaurant with vacant seats, pulled a bamboo chair and sat down, ordered a cold noodle, added a hard-boiled egg and half a serving of sauced beef.

The food was served very quickly. Liang Sizhe took a bite of noodles with chopsticks. The taste was not bad, much better than the takeaway ordered last night.

Thinking about this, I realized that I was sitting on the boundary of Beijing at the moment.Thinking of what Cao Xiuyuan said when he came to his home last night, and thinking of the meeting with Cao Xiuyuan's son today, he felt even more incredible.

All right, let's start over with that.Liang Sizhe lowered his head, stuffing cold noodles into his mouth one by one, thinking.

If you can’t play the violin, you can do something else. Cao Xiuyuan is right. For an actor, whether he can play the violin is not important at all.

Bite after mouthful of cold noodles entered his stomach, filling his stomach bit by bit. Liang Sizhe took a sip of the soup while holding the porcelain bowl. The moment he put down the bowl, he felt full, and at the same time , something in his body that had been numb for a long time seemed to wake up just around the corner.

He paid the money and walked along the alley. At the corner closest to the road was a bar called Meridian Bar. The door letters made of thin light tubes exuded a faint blue light. Compared with the gaudy decoration style of Lanyan, There is actually a kind of unique desertedness here, which is incompatible with the noisy atmosphere of the whole alleyway.

The music from inside is also very nice. The lead singer of the band is singing Cui Jian's "A Piece of Red Cloth".

After listening to it for a while, Liang Sizhe couldn't help humming in a low voice:

"It makes me feel good

It makes me forget that I have nowhere to live

you ask me where else to go

I said to go your way"

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