Three or Two Things about Rebirth

Qin Huifang splashed water on the faces of Ma Mingjun, Yang Dawei and Zheng Wei one after another. Ma Mingjun opened his eyes immediately, while Yang Dawei and Zheng Wei groaned twice and then stopped moving.

"Go away! Go home!" Qin Huifang shouted loudly. Ma Mingjun held on to the wall, went to the living room to make a phone call, and then sat on the sofa with his head down, not moving.

"I really don't understand. Isn't it good to be slightly tipsy? Why do you have to drink until you lose control?" When Qiu Luming heard Ma Mingjun ask his brother to pick them up, he pointed at Yang Dawei and Zheng Wei and said, "What should we do with these two? It's winter, and if no one picks them up, they'll freeze to death outside."

Qin Huifang said bitterly, "He's drunk as a dog. Unless someone from home drives to pick him up, there's no way he can get his bike back. What a waste of my quilt. If anyone dares to vomit on it, I'll beat the shit out of him!"

Han Meifen burst out laughing.

Ma Mingjun also smiled with his eyes closed after hearing this.

"What are you laughing at? You are just a thief. Are you pretending to be drunk?" Qin Huifang pointed at Ma Mingjun's nose. "No matter who comes to pick you up later, send them home first!"

"Yes, sir!" Ma Mingjun answered loudly with his eyes still closed. Judging from his state, he was about 70% drunk.

When Ma Mingjun's brother Ma Wenjun arrived, half an hour had passed. He helped the drunk Lu Jiaming and the other two to the living room one by one, and they lay on the floor covered with blankets and quilts, sweating from exhaustion. The young man worked tirelessly, wiped his sweat, and helped Ma Mingjun downstairs.

"Are you okay? Ask your sister-in-law to come and accompany you." Qiu Luming asked Qin Huifang worriedly before leaving.

"It's okay. Be careful on your way and call me when you get home."

"Okay, don't be stubborn. Don't worry if they vomit at night, including Lu Jiaming. Just lock the bedroom door and sleep inside."

"it is good."

Although the temperature tonight was not extremely low, the northwest wind was strong. As soon as Ma Mingjun walked out of the unit door, he could have walked down the stairs safely, but he was stunned by the wind and knelt down on the snow pile at the door, vomiting loudly.

After vomiting, he kept shouting "I'm cold, then hot," and even sang at the top of his lungs. Qiu Luming and Han Meifen looked at each other in bewilderment. After all these years of knowing each other, this was the first time that Ma Mingjun, who always paid attention to his image, had lost his composure like this.

Ma Wenjun was so angry that he kicked his brother in the butt, "What a shame! It's so cold, who would drink until midnight?"

After cursing, they squatted down resignedly. Qiu Luming and Han Meifen helped Ma Mingjun lie on Ma Wenjun's back.

It was impossible to ride the bicycle, so Ma Wenjun weighed Ma Mingjun and said that he would send the two sisters home first. The two sisters would not feel comfortable asking others to send them home again, so they reminded Ma Wenjun to be careful on the road and rode away on their bicycles.

Riding against the wind made it difficult to move forward, so the two men rode less than a hundred meters before pushing the bikes. When the wind was strong, they had to stop and turn around to wait for the wind to pass.

At nine o'clock, the street lights were dim, the northwest wind was howling and blowing up snow particles, and under the light, the sky and the earth were vast, without a single person in sight.

Qiu Luming clenched his teeth, shrank his neck, quickened his pace, and wished he could fly home in an instant.

"Ah!" Han Meifen suddenly screamed, and Qiu Luming was so scared that he was shocked. "What happened?"

"Listen, listen! Someone is calling my name! And the voice is trembling..." Han Meifen's voice changed, and she turned around slowly while trembling.

Qiu Luming moved his ears and looked around. "Nothing, it's the wind. Go!"

"I, I'm scared... I have a premonition, a bad premonition... Is there going to be a robbery?" Han Meifen's teeth were chattering, making a clicking sound.

"Don't let your imagination run wild. This is a main road, a main street!" Although she said so, Qiu Luming was still unsure. The memory of witnessing two women being kidnapped by horse bandits while on the run suddenly came back to her. Her heart was pounding, her throat was dry, and she couldn't utter a word of comfort or encouragement.

After walking a few steps, the street lights suddenly went out and the whole street became pitch black.

The two of them stopped at the same time, as if they were under a spell.

After three seconds, Qiu Luming came back to his senses and said in a hoarse voice, "The power is out. It's dark in my house and office. Let's ride a bike. My bike has an electric motor."

Qiu Luming bent a small device on the front wheel of the bicycle downwards, walked for a few steps, got on the bicycle, and pedaled hard. After a few meters, the headlight under the handlebars emitted light, illuminating the road ahead.

"Meifen!"

"Hey hey!" Han Meifen hurried to follow.

The two men pedaled hard, swaying from side to side and panting heavily.

"I, I will never go out at night again!" Han Meifen said in a crying voice.

"Yeah!" Qiu Luming agreed.

After passing the stadium, the grain hotel, and the department store, they soon turned onto Binjiang Road. Both of them breathed a sigh of relief. In just a few hundred meters, they would be home.

At this moment, the sound of a motorcycle engine was heard behind them. The two of them moved to the side of the road at the same time. Soon Qiu Luming noticed something unusual: there was only the sound of the motorcycle engine, but no headlights!

The small headlight in front of Qiu Luming's car was the only light in the darkness.

"Hurry!" she growled. Turning onto Binjiang Road, the wind was no longer blowing against us, so riding was less strenuous.

The motorcycle easily caught up with them, but did not overtake them. Instead, it slowly slowed down and followed beside them. Han Meifen whimpered and was so scared that she burst into tears immediately.

Qiu Luming pedaled frantically for more than ten meters. She suddenly braked, threw the bicycle away and ran back, "Let her go! Help! She's killing someone!"

It turned out that Han Meifen was so frightened that she couldn't ride the bike anymore and was blocked by the motorcycle blocking the way in front of her bike. At this moment, she was holding on to her backpack and pulling with the man.

Qiu Luming took off his cross-body bag while running and swung it at the man while yelling.

The car stopped and the lights slowly went out. Qiu Luming only saw the red light on the back of the motorcycle. She swung her purse and hit it in the direction of her memory. This was what her second brother taught her. He said that girls should always be on guard. Backpacks should have long straps and key chains should have long ropes so that they can protect themselves at critical moments.

The man was hit once, and then he grabbed the backpack with his backhand. Qiu Luming pulled twice but failed to move it, so he let go immediately, "It's all yours, leave quickly, we won't report it to the police!"

The man snorted and growled, "Bring it here!"

"Give it to him!" Qiu Luming adapted to the darkness, followed the sound and went around to grab Han Meifen.

Unexpectedly, Han Meifen refused to let go, holding on to the backpack tightly, and squatted on the ground, trying to break free from the man's grip.

"Damn it, you're so stubborn! If it wasn't winter I would have killed you right now!" The man cursed impatiently. There was a clanging sound, which was the sound of a switchblade popping off.

"Give it to him!" Qiu Luming tried to pry Han Meifen's hand away, shouting angrily, "Let go!"

The man scratched the backpack strap and it broke. Han Meifen and Qiu Luming both fell to the ground. Han Meifen screamed and tried to rush over to grab her bag back, but was kicked to the ground by the man and could not make a sound for a long time.

Qiu Luming heard the sound of the buckle of his backpack being opened. After a few rustling sounds, something fell into the ditch on the side of the road.

Qiu Luming tried hard to pull Han Meifen to stand up, but Han Meifen was unable to stand up and just shivered violently.

A huge cloud of smoke blew over, making it impossible to open one's eyes or breathe. Qiu Luming hugged Han Meifen tightly and dragged her backwards, just wanting to stay as far away from that person as possible.

The man took two steps in their direction, and the soles of his shoes made a slight creaking sound on the frozen snow, which sounded like thunder to Qiu Luming's ears.