Tomb Raiders Notes: If Innocence Had a Brother

The black blind man took me to the bar.

"As usual, add a quick snack." The black blind man took a seat at the bar and gave orders like an uncle.

"I also want a quick meal." I said, after all, the two of them were kicked out without even finishing breakfast.

I looked around. Apart from the cleaning staff and the bartender, Heixiazi and I were the only two people in the bar. There weren't even any lights on far away from the bar.

"Hey Master Hei, let's have dinner instead of going to the bar, right?" I asked quietly. The black blind man smiled mysteriously and did not answer.

After devouring it for a while, the blind man ordered another glass of wine that I didn't know about, and leaned against the bar and drank it one sip after another.

"Wouldn't you like to introduce this little brother?" The waiter at the bar and Heixiazi were relatively familiar with each other. They believed that idleness was also idleness, so they started chatting.

"Oh, what's your name?" The black blind man turned around and asked me.

"Hello, my name is Wu Kang." Before I could finish speaking, the black blind man took over the topic and said, "I'm a naughty kid who needs a beating. He was just kicked out of his house and is currently homeless."

"I'll be sad if you say that." After saying that, he praised Xi Shi.

The waiter laughed twice, indicating that they were really humorous. Then he stopped talking to us and concentrated on clearing the bar.

Heixiazi and I just sat and passed the time.

"Master Hei, how did you and Master Hua meet?" I was the first to break the calm.

"Master Hua and I were childhood sweethearts. It's a long story." The blind man took a sip of his wine.

"Then let's make a long story short." I grabbed the fries from the bar and started eating them.

"I noticed that your child looks innocent, like a glutinous rice dumpling, but is black inside." The blind man yelled to change the subject, but kept silent about Xie Yuchen's knowledge.

"Oh, I'm not bored. I don't even have anyone to talk to." I shrugged innocently. "Besides, I really love Peking Opera. It's the quintessence of China." Hei Xiazi said, don't let the quintessence of China fall into your trap.

I managed to hang out until noon and had lunch at the bar.

After dinner, the black blind man asked me: "You are an adult, right?" I nodded, and I was even secretly happy that I looked young.

"That's OK." The blind man waved to the waiter: "He will stay as a waiter to pay off the debt."

The waiter and I had question marks on our faces.

"I was in a hurry today and didn't bring any money, so I used him to pay for food and drinks." Heixiazi explained kindly. Yes, there was no mobile payment these days, and he and I didn’t have any money on us when we were thrown out.

"Don't your conscience hurt?" I asked the black blind man.

"That thing has no use on you." The blind man replied.

As the waiter helplessly shouted "Boss." I was shocked. The black blind man really had no conscience.

When we went back in the afternoon, Xie Yuchen had left long ago, and no one stopped us. We walked in swaggeringly. Before reaching the backyard, he was stopped by Abe, who was in charge.

"Young Master Wu, the head of the family said that you came to Beijing for medical treatment. The weather is too cold in the morning. For the sake of your health, we will not interfere with them."

After hearing this, the blind man clapped his hands and shouted that Mr. Hua was wise.

Without one less activity to pass the time every day, I returned to my usual routine. The difference is that Jie Yuchen and Heixiazi are seen from time to time in the courtyard.

"Blind man, is Brother Hua good-looking?" I asked the blind man standing aside, wishing he could close his eyes.

"Of course our Mr. Hua is the most beautiful." Hei Xiazi replied.

I nodded in agreement. The blind man looked at it for a while, wondering why he was so winded. He made a fan gesture with his hand, turned his wrist, lowered his eyes, and pointed forward with his left hand.

"Blind man... you laugh too lewdly." When the blind man heard what I said, he immediately sat upright, and we just stared at each other for half a minute.

The black blind man said: "You know nothing!" After saying that, he left angrily.

After Xie Yuchen finished practicing, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked this way. "Where's the blind man?"

I recounted my conversation with the blind man, "Cousin, did I offend someone?" I couldn't help but feel worried.

"It's okay, I'll go talk to him." Xie Yuchen said with a smile, and then walked towards the backyard with a stick. Do you need to carry a stick to "talk" these days? I expressed my confusion, and picked up the thickest stick and chased Xie Yuchen, "Cousin, use this one!"

When I arrived at the scene, the blind man was squatting on the wall: "Master Hua, I was wrong. I'm not recalling the past. At that time..." The blind man saw me coming in, still holding a stick in his hand.

I threw away the stick in my hand in embarrassment and said, "The weather is good today, you continue, continue."

This happy time ended soon.

Not long after, Fatty’s shop officially opened, and he asked me to come and support him. Fatty is a wealthy man, but he spent a lot of money to buy a shop in Beijing. I can only take some customers around to open up the situation quickly. These two visits have a closer relationship with Wu Xie in Hangzhou.

"I'm going to Hangzhou tomorrow, so don't come here." The fat man tidied the shelves and took out a small notebook and didn't know what he was writing.

"Fat brother, once you leave, I will be so lonely and desolate." I sighed.

"Have you not contacted your brother recently?" Fatty asked casually. : "Last time I went to Hangzhou, your brother asked for news about you."

"The child has no mother, it's a long story." I shook my head, said goodbye to the fat man, and staggered towards Jie's house.

Before my second uncle sent me to Beijing, he took away my mobile phone and cut off my financial resources. The famous saying is: "The Jie family does not need a bite of food from you. Please reflect on it." He also repeatedly ordered not to contact the shops in Hangzhou or relatives in Changsha. "Otherwise, I will throw you into the army next time and stay for three years."

I walked for more than 40 minutes from Jie's house to Fatty's shop without even a steel jumper on me.

I returned to Xie's house with extremely complicated emotions, just as Xie Yuchen got off the car.

"Cousin, is there anyone in the yard who can sing Lotus Falling?" I followed behind Xie Yuchen and asked.

"What's wrong?" Master Xie asked.

I looked lonely and sighed: "I want to generate some income and enrich my personal assets."

Xie Yuchen patted me on the shoulder: "Young people should not be confused by the material world outside. The younger you are, the more you should stick to yourself and regard money as dirt."

Another poor day.

The fat man went to Hangzhou, and I didn't leave the house at all. I asked someone to find some books to kill time. Jie Yuchen is busy from morning to night every day, and the black blind man often disappears for several days in a row. For example, today, a week after Heixiazi disappeared, an unknown object appeared on a deck chair in the yard.

"Brother Hei, if you wear glasses in the sun, won't they leave any marks?" I asked worriedly after observing the blind man for a minute.

"What?" The black blind man tilted his head in confusion.

"It's just that, you know, the light is not received evenly." As I said that, I started drawing strokes around my eyes.

The blind man adjusted his glasses frame and said, "You know nothing, this is my style."

I moved a small bench and sat on the side, looking at the biography in my hand. The afternoon sun is warm and charming. For a moment, I felt like I was in a shop in Hangzhou.