don't talk to aliens

2018 10 Month 8 Day.

9:39AM

Near the No. [-] Steel Factory in Longjiang City, Li Xiezheng, who passed through the spider web made of various cables and wires above his head, was walking back dangling with a bag of beer.

It's late at night, compared to the usual time, he came back today not too early.

There were a lot of crooked bicycles parked at the entrance of the old community. After parking his own motorcycle in front and getting off, he could only walk forward with difficulty.

In addition, he also carried half a pack of cigarettes, an advertising lighter, and an old wallet that was scarce after paying the medical expenses in his pocket.

Speaking of which, on the way back from the hospital, he rode the broken motorcycle he rode out today.

But now the broken motorcycle that was sent by one of his customers for repairs, but which he drove out without authorization, was left by him at the door of his car repair shop.

The crowded garage was across the street.

There is basically no interior decoration. Sometimes he is busy with business and will directly roll up his bed and live there for a night, and then he will return to the rental house in time.

The messy storefront here is rented from Japanese people.

But so far, he has not paid a penny for this month's rent, water and electricity.

For this reason, the elderly landlady and proprietress pointed at his nose and scolded him every day for a week or two ago, and said that he would immediately cut off the water and electricity for him, a rascal, and told him to get out of here immediately.

—— "What about the rent, water and electricity! It's agreed that it will be settled once a month! I'm renting a house, not a storefront. If I don't help the poor who can't afford food, I'll find a way. If you know a lot, hurry up, or I'll be dead next month." I rented it to my cousin’s son to open a restaurant! He negotiated with me on the phone to pay half a year’s rent at once!”

The content of these calls was the reason why he temporarily left the dinner with Lu Yiming and Chen Zhen last night.

But it is not a matter of a day or two for him to be poor.

Usually, there are not many cronies and friends saved in the mobile phone number, and the money is even zero, so naturally there is no one who can save him from the fire.

But yesterday, I was going to try to blackmail some from that Chen Zhen and my younger brother who just came back, so that I could survive the half month.

Who would have thought that the money "cheated" by deliberate efforts has not yet warmed up.

Today, I sent all my brains out, and I don't know what is good or bad, and I have been looking down on people all day long. The "enemy" went to pay the medical bills.

Regarding this matter, if Fu Bailong, who is still in the hospital at this moment, finds out, he will probably have to wonder again how a person like Li Xie would be so 'kind'.

But speaking carefully, in the past four or five years, he is actually the same as what he told his brother Lu Yiming before. His life is nothing more than a part-time job repairing cars for others, cheating and abducting people everywhere.

When you are in a good mood, you will open the door and do business for two days.

When you are in a bad mood, you drink, gamble, and play tricks on others with a playful smile. Eight out of ten days are in this state of not being right.

But he is such a bastard with no inner character to speak of, but tonight, on the spur of the moment, he did something that was not suitable for his current status.

At that time, the time was still three hours ago.

Just when Fu Bailong was at the first scene where the accident happened and he encountered the 'abnormal human body', Li Xie was still in the residential demolition area near the No. [-] Steel Factory.

This place was close to the abandoned Longjiang mine a few years ago, and housing prices have not been expensive, so many civilians who have been demolished from other places live here.

It can be regarded as a place with relatively low housing prices in the entire Longjiang City.

Because of the large number of migrants and the high density of people, the poorer they can't afford to rent a house, the more impoverished the poor will live here.

And as explained with Fu Bailong before, Li Xie happened to run into this incident because of other things tonight, just passing by there.

But compared to the nonsense reason he came up with in the hospital just to annoy people, he had other reasons for coming here tonight.

—He came to see someone.

This person, he usually doesn't take the initiative to contact him once every one or two years.

Their relationship is purely unfamiliar.

People like Li Xie are unfamiliar, and ugly adult male creatures have no interest in making friends, let alone giving him face.

But this time when Lu Yiming and Chen Zhen returned to China, the other party contacted him immediately, and even sent him such an ambiguous 'message'.

【House No. [-]】:

--Are you there?

——I know you haven't changed your phone for so long, but you don't want to reach out to anyone.

——But now the higher-ups want me to inform you that the matter about the 'new mission' has finally restarted, and the 'target person' you're looking for has also appeared. Are you still willing to be your former self?

——We really need you, I don't force your will, I just ask you to meet me now, is that okay?

It was precisely because of the weird content and pleading text messages that he had a sudden decision to come to the area near the demolition area of ​​No. [-] Factory today.

In fact, during the day, he initially stayed with his younger brother Lu Yiming whom he had just recognized.

This kid is young, has a frizzy personality, and has just returned from abroad. He has been very friendly to him in all aspects since he hasn't seen him for more than ten years, and he calls each other very sincerely.

Li Xie feels okay about this, after all, he has a special care for Lu Yiming in his heart.

Although the two had just returned to China to 'recognize their relatives', because it was related to a certain promise in his heart, in this world, he would never allow another person to hurt him.

Especially on the other hand, Li Xie also probably saw the relationship between him and Chen Zhen.

So even if I have no interest in understanding this special relationship between men and men.

Li Xie still had the mentality of a bystander, silently paying attention to everything around Chen Zhen and his "brother".

Catch up with Chen Zhen going to the Institute of Atomic Energy and Biology to report the day before, so Lu Yiming just found a time to drag his elder brother along and walk around the city with him all morning.

Li Xie, who is a vagrant himself, has no reason to refuse this kind of promotion of emotional exchanges between brothers.

He will accompany Lu Yiming to do whatever he wants, and with a good attitude, he can be selected as the candidate for the annual biological eldest brother.

And as a person who has just returned to China and is still unfamiliar with the place of birth, his lively and cheerful "brother" is also full of energy.

He wanted to buy things for his boyfriend Chen Zhen, and he wanted to buy things for his elder brother. Not only that, but within a few words, he also wanted to give a gift to someone who had no friendship with him at all.

"Fu Bailong? Just the guy who ate that day? What are you doing shopping for him?"

"Ah? Nothing, he is Chen Zhen's good friend, brother, Chen Zhen's friend must also be my friend..."

"Oh, but, do you think he regards you as a friend in his heart? I don't think he was very happy that day. Besides, Chen Zhen has such a 'good' friend, do you have any objections?"

When asked this question, Li Xie, who deliberately said something, felt that he was a little bit wrong.

In his own heart, he is still a little defensive.

I always thought about reminding him, so that my younger brother could take precautions against the 'little man' who was a little yin and yang, and even had his eye on him written all over his face.

Especially that 'little man' looks rich and powerful, and still has the status of a good friend. If I didn't deliberately get rid of him yesterday, it's really hard to say what happened next.

But he didn't expect his 'brother' to be an honest person, and when he heard what he said, he actually smiled and asked,

"No, why would I have any objections? Fu is always a good man. Although I think he has a bad temper, since Chen Zhen has been friends with him for so long, it means that Chen Zhen also recognizes his character."

"..."

"Brother, I believe in Chen Zhen, so I also believe in his vision. This is the sense of trust between me and him. I believe in him, so there is nothing to guess."

These words made Li Xie reconsider the relationship between Chen Zhen and Lu Yiming.

But as an outsider, he didn't want to say much, so he temporarily put this matter behind him. Before leaving, he asked a little about how long Chen Zhen planned to stay in Longjiang.

Lu Yiming replied that it might have to wait until the research institute's project is finished, and Li Xie pretended to write it down casually.

In the afternoon, Li Xie finally turned around and came here. Before he could contact the person he wanted to see, he happened to run into Fu Bailong being 'robbed'.

Regarding the specific process and truth of this matter, the perspectives of Fu Bailong and Li Xie can be roughly brought together.

Li Xie was just passing by at first, but after discovering that the person attacked by the unknown mutant race was an acquaintance, he really didn't want to be nosy for a second.

But now that Fu Bailong has been 'fooled' by his nonsense.

Some of the hidden 'truths' that must be kept out of all events also appear less urgent to be unraveled.

"...It's a bad year. Every time I bump into this person, it's a good thing. This month... I'm afraid I won't be able to make friends."

Thinking of this, Li Xie, who had already returned home, touched his penniless trouser pocket, and clicked his tongue lowly.

The night in Longjiang is like a big oven.

It was almost ten o'clock, and the road was still scorching hot, as if a puff of steaming steam was about to emerge from under the road.

Sweat from the heat of his neck dripped down his back, and it was all printed on the crumpled tiger vest on his body. He looked like he was running out of shape when he walked, and he seemed to have lived a mess for half his life. scoundrel.

He just complained and complained, but after his brain was heated up and left a mess, he still had to go home honestly and figure out how to deal with the landlord tomorrow.

Just after walking a few steps in the alley, he arrived at his own place.

At a glance, at the entrance of the canteen downstairs of the rental house where he temporarily lived, there was a table of old neighbors playing mahjong lively, and there was a garbage disposal station on the opposite corner, which was always noisy until midnight every day.

Almost everyone who lives in the neighborhood knows him, but they haven't been very familiar with each other for four or five years.

So when he came back at night, the group of neighbors just greeted him when they saw him, and then called him the one who always helped people repair motorcycles nearby and didn't go out every now and then.

Such a title that less than an average of [-] people will be called by [-] people is evidence that he has lived as an ordinary person in Longjiang City for almost five years.

In addition, there was no trace of flaws in the household registration file that he had prepared for himself to prove his relationship with Lu Yiming.

Whether it is the government or any individual who traces his true origin, they can only learn about Li Xie's very ordinary name and the personal experiences he often mentions.

He is the eldest brother Lu Yiming hasn't seen for more than ten years.

He's a bastard who hasn't read a book in half his life, and can't support the wall with mud. Apart from that, he doesn't have any other superfluous identities.

And thinking this way, Li Xie, who always walked alone, was a little polite to outsiders, so he went upstairs with his beer.

After he walked through the dark and messy corridors alone, he opened the door with the key and entered the house.

As soon as he entered his single man's kennel, Li Xie kicked away the takeaway boxes and beer cans all over the floor, just took off his clothes, and then brushed his hair up to reveal his eyes that were always deliberately drooping .

From this point of view, his figure was indeed as good as what he vaguely felt when Fu Bailong bumped into him last time.

The back and psoas muscles are sexy and strong enough to make people blush.

The upper arms that have been exercising have clear lines, and the masculine shoulder width and lower back muscles are full of mature male hormones.

It's just such a body that usually looks good, but the skin on the back is densely covered with all kinds of terrible postoperative scars.

Not only did he have densely adhered red wounds from the back of his neck joints.

On both sides of his waist, he was forced to wear a black rehabilitation belt, which covered his lean back muscles and maintained his extremely fragile spine to move normally every day.

This kind of severe physical disability caused by the accident, and the pain caused by the severe compression of the spinal nerves, are fatal to any ordinary person.

Because if a person wants to walk normally, exercise, and stand for a long time, he needs a healthy spine.

Once the spine of a mammal is damaged, the operation of all nerve centers will be hindered, so obviously, Li Xie's current physical condition cannot do this.

And Li Xie, who seems to have been used to such things for a long time, and obviously only takes off this disguise when he is alone, doesn't seem to care.

After stuffing all the beer in his hand, which will be used for the next half month, into the refrigerator, and after taking a can and opening it, his mind is temporarily empty. He simply lies on the sofa and is as lazy as a dead dog not moving.

This is the normal state of his existence for such a long time.

From a medical point of view, alcohol can usually paralyze people's pain nerves, but it is not conducive to many jobs that require relatively high nerve sensitivity.

About four or five years ago, he strictly demanded that he never drink or smoke, let alone have any bad habits other than work, but it has long been inferior to his previous personal belief that he has no big ambitions now.

"Drip-"

The broken phone in front of him vibrated for no reason.

You don't need to look at it with your eyes closed, Li Xie, who missed the appointment tonight, also wants to know who sent it, so for a moment, he didn't want to talk to him at all, and he just lay down and didn't move.

But he just sat up and didn't answer, and the people over there were obviously determined not to give up, and kept calling him repeatedly.

Until Li Xie, who has always been a dead-faced person, felt annoyed, and frowned again, picked up the phone and pressed the answer button next to it.

Accompanied by a beep, the blue light on the phone instantly turned into a beam of light and projected onto the wall in front of him. The face of a middle-aged man with an ordinary face who couldn't clearly see where he was under the light turned into a beam of light. Appeared.

"Number 0019, you finally picked it up."