Bulwark of Light

Chapter 89 Crow
Song Ci was quite familiar with the map of the alleys in the old city of Dadu. After 10 minutes, the two came to a simple noodle shop.

Xu Kee Beef Noodle Restaurant.

The boss is tall and thin, with a white towel hanging around his neck. When he saw Song Ci coming, he greeted with a smile, "Here we are."

"Bringing friends."

Song Ci greeted the boss with a smile, and said, "Two big bowls, add meat, eggs, and stewed rice."

He lowered his voice and said, "I have lived here for more than 20 years, and this noodle shop has also been open for more than 20 years. This shop has a lot of beef, and the taste is authentic. The price has not increased in 20 years."

It is difficult to find such a dilapidated store in Dayu City, let alone Dadu.

The urban land with every inch of land and every inch of land is full of brand-new signs, all franchise stores, centrally prepared food, can be heated in one minute, fast food, the pace of this era is getting faster and faster, no one will Sitting in an old shop and waiting for the master to spend 1 minutes hand-pulling noodles, everyone is more willing to accept fast food, mechanical blending, industrial flow, clean and hygienic.

"I love this place."

Gu Shen spoke seriously.

In this shop, he saw the side of the city that was hidden by the time.

After coming to Dadu, the reason why I got used to running alone in the alleys at night was because I liked the smell of fireworks that remained in this huge mechanical city.

Talents are the key components of a city.

This staggered alley and alleys are the only place to slow down in the cold city.

Sitting here, Gu Shen felt that his mood had calmed down...

"Seriously, why did you run away?" Song Ci raised his eyebrows, and asked curiously: "The previous reason was too bad, even if it was to lie to me, you should make up a decent one."

"I just made a deal with a guy in Huazhi Building, I'm afraid he will go back on his word." Gu Shen said: "Whether it's looking for me or not, run away first and then talk about it."

Song Ci was startled when he heard the words, and then couldn't help laughing and said: "Then you should run away, there are no good people in that building, they look gentle, but in fact they are all ruthless people who eat people and don't spit out bones." Characters... people who make deals with them often don't end well."

"Actually, I'm fine. I've slapped that guy hard." Gu Shen smiled, "It's possible that he really sent a team of people to look for me, but it's useless to regret it now."

"Yoho..." After saying this, Song Ci became interested. He asked for two bottles of big green sticks and handed one to Gu Shen, "Expand and talk about it?"

"No story, that's all."

Gu Shen shook his head, and said, "But the people in that building are all rich and successful, and they don't care about the gains and losses at all... It's more likely that he has forgotten about it now."

He asked again: "What about you? Why did you run?"

"What I said before was the truth." Song Ci said solemnly: "They chased me, and I ran away. There is no special reason."

Gu Shen held out a middle finger contemptuously, "Bah."

"If I have to find a reason... it should be that some important person wants to see me, and I don't want to see her now, so I can only choose to run away." Song Ci scratched his head and said with a wry smile: "But you know that, run away." The road is always a way to slow down the enemy, and most of them are so big, where else can I go? At most, I will run out to the next alley to eat a bowl of ramen, and I will still meet in the future.”

"Big man, tsk tsk, how big is it?" Gu Shen smiled and changed the subject, "When we meet for the first time, don't make too much of it."

Song Ci took him on a run, and invited him to dinner. Originally, seeing this guy's face full of stubbornness, Gu Shen planned to part ways after the run, but after a few words of conversation, he did not expect Song Ci to be a complete idiot. Self-cooked.

We chatted casually on the road, and the two became so acquainted.

Speaking of which, the life experiences of Gu Shen and Song Ci are pretty similar, both were born as orphans, but one is in Qinghe and the other is in Dadu, each working hard on their own.

Perhaps it was this similarity that gave Gu Shen a strange feeling in his heart.

Maybe... Song Ci will become his friend?
He didn't want to pry into Song Ci's secrets, nor did he want to inquire about this person who might become his friend.

"Big man, really big."

Song Ci narrowed his eyes, propped his chin to stare at Gu Shen, and said seriously, "Do you want to hear it?"

"Not interested in."

Gu Shen waved his hand and asked with a smile: "I said I just made Cui Zhongcheng a big one, do you believe it?"

"You're just farting." Song Ci looked at Gu Shen, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said helplessly, "Boasting is also a decent way of bragging. Everyone in the film knows that Cui Zhongzhong is a person who never loses money. The person he cheated on is still in the mother's womb."

Gu Shen chuckled, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't blow it up well. The main reason is that I just came to Dadu and I'm ignorant. Cui Zhongzhong is the only one who knows the powerful people of Huaqi."

Song Ci sighed, and said, "Okay, I don't know what to say about you...the noodles are here, let's eat the noodles first!"

The boss was carrying two bowls of noodles, and when he put them down, he asked with a smile, "Crow, you said you brought Xiao Lu to eat noodles last time, hasn't she come back yet?"

crow?

Gu Shen raised his eyebrows, is this Song Ci's nickname?

He noticed that when Song Ci heard the word "Xiao Lu", a trace of sadness flashed across Song Ci's eyes, but the sadness disappeared in an instant.

Song Ci took the face and said with a bright smile: "Next time, Xiao Lu is too busy, I will eat more for her!"

The boss turned and left, sighed softly, and said in a low voice, "I haven't seen Xiao Lu for several years... I don't know how she is doing..."

"Tsk tsk, there is a situation."

Gu Shen sized him up, leaned closer, and gossiped: "Brother Wu Ya, it's convenient to ask, who is Xiao Lu?"

"My childhood sweetheart, Pan Liang Tiao Shun has a good personality."

Song Ci raised his eyebrows triumphantly, blew on the hot air on his face, and deliberately made his voice loud.

Then quietly raised a finger to signal Gu Shen to keep quiet.

Song Ci lowered his voice with some embarrassment: "I have been secretly in love with her since I was a child, but I haven't seen her for a long time... I grew up with her in this area when I was a child, and she is no longer in Dadu. Every time I come back to this noodle restaurant, the boss will ask Me, when will Xiao Lu come? When will Xiao Lu come? I once drank too much to brag, and said that Xiao Lu is my girlfriend, and I will bring it back to Dadu next year."

Gu Shen looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Next year, next year...there will be so many next year..." Song Ci covered his forehead with tears in his eyes, "I regret bragging about it now...what if she really comes back?"

"I'm afraid, just say it if you like it!" Gu Shen subconsciously said the first two words aloud, noticing the sudden change in Song Ci's complexion, and quickly lowered his voice: "Since they are all childhood sweethearts, then go after them with confidence."

"..."

Song Ci let out a long sigh, drank the whole bottle, and wiped the corner of his mouth vigorously.

Bitter wine hurts the throat.

Now he feels more and more that Gu Shen, who met by chance, is getting more and more sleepy: "I would rather she not go back to Dadu...how about I tell the boss that we have broken up?"

"Come on," Gu Shen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What's the matter? You don't like her?"

"The situation is complicated, and I can't explain it clearly in a few words." Song Ci opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and said with a wry smile: "Also...the crow is a nickname, don't mention it, it's unlucky."

"You know, I'm an orphan... Well, it's delicious!" He took a big mouthful of noodles and said vaguely, "At that time, I grew up eating a hundred kinds of rice, and the kind people in the neighborhood would occasionally take me in. Sending some food, but suddenly one day they didn’t send me any more. It turned out that someone said that I was a disaster star. I killed my parents. Knowing who called me the crow first, it spread slowly, and everyone called me the crow."

Crows symbolize ominous people.

"However... the name is just a title. When I was a child, I wiped away countless tears secretly because of this matter, but now it doesn't matter anymore." Song Ci finished the whole bowl of noodles in three or two mouthfuls, hiccupped happily, and laughed. Said: "Children who grow up being poked at the spine tend to be stronger, and don't care about those gossips, right and wrong. The sky is big and the earth is big, and the stomach is the biggest."

After a pause, Song Ci secretly glanced at the owner at the door of the shop, and carefully added to Gu Shen: "Actually, Lao Xu is a very good person, but getting used to it is a terrible thing. Everyone calls me a crow, that's all." Shouting, Song Ci didn't speak smoothly..."

He scratched his head again, "If one day I come here to eat noodles, and he doesn't call me a crow, he must have Alzheimer's."

Seeing Song Ci's gentle and nostalgic expression, Gu Shen was stunned.

Song Ci laughed dumbly and said, "Why are you looking at me like this? Are you conquered by my tolerance and open-mindedness?"

Gu Shen was silent for a while, and he stepped back slightly.

Across the table, he looked at Song Ci again from head to toe.

The sharply shaved cropped head, the fierce face written on it, the flamboyant shirt, and the old pair of flip-flops filled with dirt between the tattered gaps.

If you want to use two words to sum up the image of this hunk.

Probably the most apt one: sloppy.

"I can't see it..."

Gu Shen clicked his tongue, and said with a complicated expression: "Before I met you, I never would have imagined that there would be a person who hides such a delicate and delicate heart under this rough and tough appearance."

"Must praise, praise..."

Song Ci smiled humbly, then suddenly his expression changed, and he said with a sad face: "Oh... I drank too much wine, and I have to urinate urgently."

Gu Shen doubted his own eyesight.

Why is Brother Song not more than three seconds serious?

Song Ci was apologetic, and pointed to the wine bottle: "Brother Gu, you and I hit it off today, and we'll drink another [-] rounds later... But you have to wait for me first, I'll go to the bathroom."

Gu Shen waved his hand helplessly.

A certain person seemed to have received an amnesty, clutching his crotch and running with his legs crossed.

then……

Never came back.

(End of this chapter)