Antidote

"Liang Yi has too many thoughts on the third floor, but he has to be practical." Cheng Ke walked up the stairs.

After discussing with Liang Yi in the store for a long time, after Liang Yi left, he and Xu Ding continued to look back and forth in the store.

"You think about it again," Xu Ding said, "I still don't want to be completely external, relatively private, and can be used as a salon, so that the lounge will not be disturbed on the third floor."

This store is much larger than Cheng Ke's thoughts. There are three floors. Each floor is quite large. The view from the floor-to-ceiling windows in the circle is not bad. It is quite open and there is a large green area on one side.

But now I can see where they are all white.

Cheng Ke doesn't like snowing very much. Even if he watches the snow in the warm room, he will be lonely and tired after a long time.

He pushed open the door of the lounge, walked in and stood by the window, and hadn't been in for a while.

"Now people can live and live, and they are all done, even if they are noisy during the day and the decoration is not finished," Xu Ding said, "the air will not work."

Cheng Ke turned his head to look at him and smiled: "Are you staring at me for research today?"

"You didn't look right today at first glance," Xu Ding smiled. "You said you are moving or are you looking for a place to stay for a while."

"It is estimated that we will have to move after the year. Let's make up for a while." Cheng Ke said.

"The third son's house is not rented?" Xu Ding asked.

"...Well," Cheng Ke whispered low, "but the contract time hasn't arrived yet, let's retreat."

"Will you continue to pay the rent?" Xu Ding smiled.

"Yeah." Cheng Ke turned away and couldn't smile.

"All right," Xu Ding asked no more. "You can't find the right one. I'll ask you."

"Thanks." Cheng Ke said.

After having dinner with Xu Ding and going home, the security guard greeted him when he entered the building: "Mr. Cheng is back."

"Ah." Cheng Ke responded.

"Mr. Jiang came here today and took away the cat or something," the security guard said.

"Well, I know." Cheng Ke nodded.

"The cat seemed to have gained weight in just two or three days," said the security guard. "When you hugged me that day, I saw that it was not as big as my fist, and today it's as big as my fist."

"It's quite edible." Cheng Ke smiled and pressed the elevator, hoping the elevator would come down soon.

"Here!" The security guard pointed to the elevator door next to it.

Cheng Ke realized that the door next to it had already opened, and hurried into it.

Opening the door and entering the house, it was basically the same as before, except for the meow things and the bag that Jiang Yuduo put the clothes for.

Cheng Ke took a shower and sat on the sofa with his notebook.

He hasn't worked in the night for a long time, and it was a bit uncomfortable when he opened the notebook. This state reminded him of the months before he was kicked out of the house.

After returning home every day, I would stay in my house, study slowly on a pile of documents and forms, and end up with waste.

He sighed softly and opened a document.

I fell asleep halfway through.

I don't know why, these days when he first came here, he was very sleepy every day, and he could sleep like a pig in various postures, and there was no accidental movement as if he could stay awake forever.

The school is on holiday, and it's almost New Year. Now every day, the children downstairs can hear the sound of laughing and firing artillery.

The New Year's feeling this year is more obvious than in previous years.

In the past, he didn't pay much attention to the New Year, and he didn't need to participate in the preparations for the New Year at home. Generally, he went out with friends or stayed in the house. Even the sound of firecrackers had to reach thirty children to hear some.

Sometimes he would stand by the window and look down. A group of children, big and small, ran wildly, making them dizzy.

Occasionally he would look around, in the corner, behind the car, in the small garden, but he had never seen Jiang Yuduo.

While he felt relieved, he really didn't want his presence to allow Jiang Yuduo to continue that state, but he would also be lost somehow.

The phone rang on the coffee table for a long time before he answered the phone.

The phone came from the hotel reception desk, telling him that the previously booked room was available today.

"Thank you." He hung up.

Nowadays?

He opened his mobile notepad and glanced at the time. It was really the reservation today...but he hadn't packed up yet.

After stunned for a long time with the mobile phone, he sighed and slowly entered the bedroom.

Fortunately, he didn't buy too many things, just bring the clothes and daily necessities in the first stuffed box, and other household appliances and the like... I'll talk about it later.

"Third Brother," Da Bin walked over after answering the phone. "Jijia went out, two suitcases, and called a car."

"Well." Jiang Yu snatched his head.

"Do you want to follow him where to go?" Da Bin asked.

"No." Jiang Yuduo said.

"Then I let them go?" Da Bin asked again.

Jiang Yu grabbed his head.

After Dabin walked away, Chen Qing crouched beside the flower bed and rubbed against him: "Wouldn't he want to hide his rent? Did he break another birth?"

"He's not full this month," Jiang Yuzhuo glanced at him, "hiding a fart."

"Did he not return the rent?" Chen Qing asked quietly.

"No," Jiang Yuduo said, "after this month's time, you make a phone call and ask him when to retreat."

"Okay." Chen Qing took out his mobile phone and looked at the calendar, think about it and leaned into his ear again, "Third Brother."

"Not why." Jiang Yuduo said.

"Fuck." Chen Qing sighed, "Forget it, don't ask, anyway, these people are not the same way as us, nor the first one. I still think he is different from others, and he doesn't hold it. Look down on us, the result is still..."

"Shut up." Jiang Yuduo said calmly.

Chen Qing froze for a moment, glanced at him, and didn't speak again.

Jiang Yuduo pulled his hat and looked at a group of little brothers who were shrinking their necks and jumping and laughing while chatting. They didn’t know how to be happy. They didn’t even have the money to buy clothes for the New Year. The shameless ones are waiting to take the New Year's money to splurge.

"Third Brother." Chen Qing finished smoking a cigarette, and came together again.

Jiang Yuduo looked at him.

"Shall we go to my house this year?" Chen Qing asked. "My mother asked me yesterday, saying that let us both buy new year's goods."

Lu Qian goes home with her old lady every New Year, and Jiang Yuduo usually goes to Chen Qing's house for Chinese New Year.

But this year...

"No," Jiang Yuduo said, "I'm going out in two days."

"...What?" Chen Qing froze, "Where are you going."

"Healing." Jiang Yuduo said.

"No," Chen Qing was confused, "I went to the treatment before the New Year, why did you pick up such a time this time?"

"I wanted to go and went, without choosing the time." Jiang Yuduo said.

"Fuck, then you change the time, who has the free time to treat you in the New Year." Chen Qing frowned.

Jiang Yuduo didn't continue this topic: "Tomorrow, I asked a few people to go downstairs and stare at the rental house. It's New Year's Eve. If you don't go home, don't worry about it. Don't let the rent owed run away."

"Okay," Chen Qing said. "It's more a few past, and almost **** up last year."

"Look at the arrangement," Jiang Yuduo said, "If you can't do it, don't do it, you have to pass the year."

"Relax," Chen Qing said, "I may not be able to do it if I can do it."

Jiang Yu grabbed the joy and stood up and took a picture under his head: "I went back first, and I was sleepy."

"Well." Chen Qing nodded.

Jiang Yu snatched a few steps, and he chased after him: "Does the cat want to leave my house?"

"No, I took it," Jiang Yuduo said, thinking about it and walked back again. "Did you come by car?"

"Well." Chen Qing took out the car key. "The parking lot at the intersection, the third one."

"I'll drive you back to the store tomorrow night." Jiang Yu grabbed the key.

What Chen Qing drove out today was the one that had been able to buy a New Year's Card in violation of regulations before, and was parked on the third roadside.

Jiang Yuduo saw it at the intersection, but walked two steps forward, several meters away from the car. He stopped abruptly and clenched his hand in his pocket.

This is the first time in such a long time that these people have met face-to-face at such a close distance.

The man stood on the left side of the car, his face standing at him.

If this is not on the street, Jiang Yuduo would think he was standing in front of the mirror.

The man was wearing the same coat and hat as him, and his left hand was also in his pocket.

It's just that the man's brim is very low, and his entire face is buried in the shadows. There are cars passing by next to him, and the bright headlights haven't illuminated his face.

Without any hesitation, Jiang Yuduo drew the knife from his pocket and rushed forward.

With his hand leaping forward, the man turned and ran across the street, and Jiang Yuduo's kick missed.

After landing, he heard a sharp trumpet sound and placed it against his ear.

When he retracted his gaze from the man, he saw that a car stopped beside him, and the driver honked his horn with an angry expression until he met his gaze before releasing his horn.

"Are you **** sick!" The driver opened the door and got out of the car, pointing at him. "Don't you have long eyes!"

Jiang Yuduo didn't speak, narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

The driver looked at him up and down very sullenly, probably judging the probability of winning if he did it.

Jiang Yuduo calculated for him, probably 0.

When the driver's eyes fell on his hand, he kept stopping with a mouth, and then turned around and quickly got on the car.

When he started driving the car to drive forward, he leaned out again: "Isn't letting go?"

Jiang Yuduo didn't speak, and lifted his leg on the front of his car.

"Fuck." The driver withdrew his head back and fell back, and the car bypassed Jiang Yu and snatched away.

The person who ran across the street was gone. Jiang Yu grabbed his head and looked at his left hand.

The left hand holding the knife was full of blood.

He turned his head and looked again at the hood, which had a **** handprint on it.

He opened the door and looked in the car. He pulled out a few sheets from a wet tissue tube. Two of them were squeezed tightly in his hand. Then he took two more and wiped the blood from the hood.

He wiped it carefully, making sure that he couldn't see it at all, so he sat back in the knife and wiped it carefully.

I originally wanted to go directly to the station to buy tickets, but now it seems that I have to go back first and bandage my hands.

Bandaging the wound is very simple for him, especially today's not too deep wound, he can't count how many times he has wrapped it.

After tidying up his hands and feeding the meow to clean the cat toilet, he glanced at the time when he went out, and it took less than half an hour.

He parked the car around the corner, and when he walked over, he looked around and saw no one.

After getting on the bus, he smoked another cigarette before starting the car, and drove to the station.

The station is a bus station. He rarely goes out. If he needs to go out, he chooses the most common long-distance buses. There are many stops. If there is an accident, he will not be trapped in the car.

While queuing to buy tickets, he glanced at his cell phone calendar. If he left the next day, he would have more time, but in the end he still bought the tickets for tomorrow, early in the morning.

Walking out of the station, he casually entered a small grocery store: "Is there a phone?"

The boss pointed to the end of the counter, with a landline that was too old to see.

Jiang Yuduo picked up the phone and dialed the number.

He had never saved this number and could not call it once a year, but he always remembered it clearly.

There was a ringing tone in the earpiece. After a few rings, the phone was connected, and a woman's voice came over there: "Hello."

Jiang Yuduo glanced at the boss. The boss was sitting at the door and staring at a small TV set looking straight, he whispered into the microphone: "Sister Luo."

"Xiao Jiang?" Sister Luo asked immediately.

"Yes." Jiang Yuduo answered.

"I haven't heard from you for a long time, is it almost two years?" Sister Luo's voice was steady, but she heard a little surprise, "How are you doing now?"

"Very good," Jiang Yuduo said, "I just bought a ticket."

"Are you coming?" Sister Luo asked.

"Well," Jiang Yuduo said, "do you have time?"

"What day do you come?" Luo asked again.

Jiang Yuduo paused: "When do you have time?"

Sister Luo sighed softly and smiled softly, "You can come over any day. Give me a call in advance. I will give you time, okay?"

"Good." Jiang Yuduo said.

"Then I'll wait for you." Sister Luo said.

Jiang Yuduo hung up the phone, pressed the phone again, and deleted the number.

Back in the car, Jiang Yuduo took out the ticket and looked at it, then put it in his wallet.

It was snowing again, and he looked at the snowflakes outside the window.

Suddenly for a long time, he took out his phone and poked a few times.

At this moment, he was a little confused and didn't want to drive, but after looking at his circle of friends, he felt even more uncomfortable.

The circle of friends is actually the same as usual. The difference is that there are more juvenile goods. Chen Qing has activities in their store, and draws about 10 advertisements.

He flipped down, hesitated, and then quit to name Cheng Ke.

Cheng Ke's circle of friends is empty, without even a punctuation mark.

He sighed and put the phone back in his pocket.

When he returned home, he bought a big bag of food. He had to stay in the car for almost a day tomorrow. He was not used to eating those things along the way.

"Tomorrow we will travel," he packed up two clothes casually and took a small package. "Go to a place far away and take a long-distance bus."

Meow jumped up on his bag.

"You don't worry, I won't let you stay in the luggage compartment," Jiang Yuduo said, "I hug you to sit, but you'd better be honest, or I'll throw you out the window. "

Meow rubbed his hand and walked away.

When Chen Qing's call came, Cheng Ke just closed his notebook and wanted to lie down for a while. When the phone was ringing, he was going to pretend that he was asleep and didn't hear it, but he glanced at the phone screen and saw Chen Qing.

"Hello?" He answered the phone.

"I Chen Qing," Chen Qing's voice over there sounded a little uncomfortable. "Your house can't be rented. If you don't rent it, just tell me, I will refund the deposit to you in the past."

"I still..." Cheng Ke didn't know what to say for a while, "Will I leave next month..."

"I want to rent another month, right?" Chen Qing asked.

"...Yes," Cheng Ke said, "I haven't finished my stuff yet."

"That line, I will find you next month." Chen Qing hung up the phone when he finished speaking.

Cheng Ke held the phone and didn't recover from it for a long time.

Originally I wanted to inquire about Jiang Yuduo's profile, but the general guardian did not leave him for a second.

Cheng Ke sighed, threw the phone aside and lay down on the bed.

Forget it, what else can I ask?

It was originally to prevent Jiang Yuduo from continuing to lose control in order to "protect" him. If he still asks, if Jiang Yuduo knows it, it will not only do little good, but it will also make Jiang Yuduo feel that he is hypocritical.

Just two minutes after lying down, the phone rang again.

"Hey!" Cheng Ke turned over and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Brother." A familiar voice came from the receiver.

Cheng Ke regretted that he answered the phone without first glancing at the caller ID. He was depressed for a few seconds before opening his mouth: "What happened."

"Brother, that's it," Cheng Yi said, "I'll pick you up in two days."

"Where will you take me back?" Cheng Ke asked.

"Go home," Cheng Yi smiled. "Where can I go back."

"There are more places I can go back to," Cheng Ke frowned, "what do you mean?"

"It's not interesting," Cheng Yi said. "Just picking you up, don't you go home for the New Year?"

"Who told you to take me home?" Cheng Ke asked.

"...Brother, don't worry about it," Cheng Yi said, "I'll pick you up, you just come back..."

"Cheng Yi," Cheng Ke interrupted, and Cheng Yi's apparently embarrassed tone made him very uncomfortable. "Don't we just pretend like this in private, aren't we tired?"

"I don't want you to go home for a new year!" Cheng Yi's voice heard some voices.

"Don't say such things. No one wants me to go home for the Chinese New Year. My parents don't want to, and you don't want to," Cheng Ke said. Listen."

Cheng Yi sighed and said nothing.

"Would you like to record a voice?" Cheng Ke cleared his throat, saying one sentence at a time, "I, don't go home, the New Year, but I also don't go home."

After saying this, Cheng Ke hung up the phone and smashed the phone on the pillow.

The phone bounced off the pillow and fell back to his leg.

"Hey, **** your uncle!" Cheng Ke picked up the phone and smashed it on the pillow.

The phone bounced back again. This time it was a little farther and fell to the side of his foot. He kicked the phone off the bed directly.

Jiang Yuduo hugged the meow and sat at a table near the back door of the tea bar, staring at the people coming in at the door.

When Sister Luo got off the car, he saw it through the window.

There is no change, a little fatter, hair cut short, looks like a dignified and stable middle-aged sister.

After Luo came in, she swept her eyes directly to the corner. After seeing him, she smiled, waved her hand, and came over to sit down.

"Sister Luo." Jiang Yuduo stood up.

"Sitting," Sister Luo patted his shoulders, pulled the chair and sat next to him, and glanced at the meow holding in his hand, "Do you have a kitten?"

"Well," Jiang Yuduo sat down, "I picked it up."

"Very cute," Sister Luo smiled. After the waiter came, she ordered two cups of coffee and a plate of shortbread. "Do you still like to eat shortbread?"

"Yes." Jiang Yu nodded.

After all the items were collected, Sister Luo looked at him: "How come this time? Isn't it New Year's at the friend's house?"

Sister Luo didn't know Chen Qing's name, only that he had a very close friend.

"I want to talk to you." Jiang Yuduo picked up a shortbread and took a bite.

Not tasty, and still salty, but he kept telling Sister Luo that he likes to eat shortbread.

"What are you talking about?" Luo asked.

Jiang Yuduo took another bite of shortbread and said nothing.

"Do you still see them often?" Sister Luo lowered her voice.

Jiang Yuduo stopped for a moment and looked up at her: "No, I rarely saw it."

"Is it less than before?" Sister Luo asked again.

"Huh." Jiang Yu nodded.

Sister Luo was silent for a while: "Would you like to go to me and do some small tests?"

Jiang Yuduo did not speak.

"Xiaojiang," Sister Luo patted gently on his hand, "It's okay, don't go if you don't want to go, we can just chat, you can set the time and place, and I will just go out."

"I have no problem now," Jiang Yuduo said, "I don't need tests and... various evaluations, I just come to chat with you, ordinary chat, whatever you want."

"Okay, then chat normally." Sister Luo looked at him.

"Don't use the psychologist's way of speaking, pay special attention to the wording, pay special attention to my reaction," Jiang Yuduo also looked at her, "I am not your patient, nor am I a patient."

"Yes," Sister Luo smiled and took a sip of coffee. "You are not a patient."

"No," Jiang Yuduo added quickly after he said, "Not now."

"Xiaojiang, if you want us to chat like that between ordinary people, my sister asked casually?" Sister Luo looked at him.

"Huh." Jiang Yu nodded.

"You came to me to tell me that you are now well," Sister Luo's voice is very soft, "still want me to see your performance, and then tell you that you are all right?"

Sister Luo's remarks were a bit twisted, but Jiang Yuduo understood it immediately. He looked at Sister Luo and didn't speak.