twin stars

Lei Yi

I had a half-day vacation unexpectedly, very happy.Feng Xiangjie suggested to buy a bicycle, and I happily went with him.

He was wearing a white shirt, a dark brown woolen vest, and black trousers. If he wore a pair of glasses, he would be a college student who graduated from England, and he would be the proud son of heaven.Who can tell that he is a martial arts practitioner who has dropped out of middle school?

It's just odd that despite not matching them, he insisted on wearing black vintage canvas shoes and said they were comfortable.Is it really comfortable?I will try it later.

We left the set excitedly.Everything was going smoothly on the trip, but gradually, I found that there were many people on the road—mostly girls, secretly staring at us, to be precise, staring at Feng Xiangjie.The denser the place, the more attention you will get.

I felt like an animal surrounded by people in the zoo. I was very uncomfortable, so I pushed the envelope and asked Jie:

"Hey, have you noticed that many people are looking at you?"

"Really?" He immediately became nervous: "Is there something weird about my face? Or maybe my clothes are weird? My sister helped me match this clothes, logically there shouldn't be any problem!"

With one hand on my forehead, I sighed helplessly: "Are you really stupid or just pretending? You haven't seen so many girls, and your eyes are full of spring. It's obvious that you like you because you are handsome!"

His face turned red instantly, and he said anxiously: "I, I don't like being stared at, so I rarely go out on the street. What, what should I do?"

I didn't expect him to be so shy, and I couldn't help but find it very funny: "You aspire to be an actor. If you become popular, you will be followed by thousands of people. You are so afraid now, what will you do in the future?"

"I don't know either." He seemed to be really distressed, with a tangled expression on his face.I suppressed my laughter, shook my head, patted his shoulder, and comforted him: "Ajie, it's okay, I'll be with you, just go forward!"

When we came to the bazaar, we quickly bought the bicycle we wanted.

Just as he was about to leave, a familiar person appeared in the crowd—a mouthful of buck teeth, a cigarette in his mouth, a ostentatious red and white shirt, and a group of minions around him. "It's Lai Pichang!"

The memory of being surrounded and beaten as a teenager reappeared in his mind.On the one hand, there was the uncontrollable anger in my heart, and on the other hand, the fear and shadow of being beaten up left in my body, my whole body was trembling unceasingly.

"Don't worry! Let's get out of here!" Ajie grabbed my arm, and there seemed to be a calming force and temperature coming from his palm.I calmed down instantly, nodded, got on the bicycle with him, and drove towards the outside of the market.

Riding to a secluded alley, the entrance of the alley was indeed blocked by Lai Pichang's gang.There were about fifteen or sixteen people with knives on their bodies.

"Lei Yi, long time no see! Let's catch up on the old days?" Lai Pichang took a puff of cigarette and laughed arrogantly.

"What do I have to catch up with you? I just remember that you still owe me a beating." I responded with a sneer.

"Hahaha, I owe you a beating?" Lai Pichang and his minions burst out laughing, "Are you hallucinating? This time I'll give you a chance. As long as you tell me where Guan Qun is, my brothers and I will fight." No trouble for you."

"A Qun? What happened to A Qun? Why did you look for him?" I was immediately very nervous.Ah Qun was a friend I made when I was wandering.Both of his parents died since he was a child, and he was timid and cowardly, but he and I supported each other when we were wandering.I became a dragon and tiger martial artist, and he also found a job repairing cars.I went to see him at his rented house a few months ago. Although he looked a little thin and haggard, there was no other abnormality. How could he provoke Lai Pichang?

"That kid doesn't know the way, he has no money to buy 'white noodles', and he actually stole our goods! You just tell me where he is, and I will spare your life, otherwise, you and that kid will end up in the same way!"

"White flour" refers to drugs and drugs in the underworld.Both Ajie and I were shocked.Ah Qun actually took drugs!

"You guys sold it to Ah Qun to make him addicted to drugs? Bastard, I don't know where he is! Even if I knew, I wouldn't tell you. If you dare to touch Ah Qun, I will make you look good!" I said Clenching his fists, he really wanted to blow Lai Pichang's head off immediately.

"Hmph, you don't have to drink a toast! Brothers, you guys!" Lai Pichang's men pulled out their machetes one after another, forming a siege around Ajie and me.

Ajie and I placed our bicycles on the periphery and defended back to back.

Ajie leaned his head to my ear and whispered:

"I'll open a road for you, and you go on the bike first. I'll deal with them."

As soon as I heard it, I became anxious: "Just kidding! It was my business, and I dragged you into the water. Besides, I am not a woman, how can I escape? Of course I will 'fight side by side' with you!"

He was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly and said, "Okay!"

The minions came to attack.Ajie and I raised our bicycles and used our bicycles as weapons to block the shining machetes.

Ajie even swung the bicycle vigorously, knocking down several minions' machetes in an instant.Then, chopping, punching, bumping, hitting several minions until they hugged their legs or touched their chests, lying on the ground screaming in pain, no longer able to attack.

I used my bicycle to repel the joint attack of several minions, and then threw my bicycle desperately to overwhelm them.

At this time, Ajie watched me raise my right arm, I understood it, clasped his hands tightly with his palm, took his arm as the axis, jumped up all over the body, made a spinning sweep, kicked down the four minions in one breath, and knocked them down. Kick faint.

In a blink of an eye, only Lai Pichang and three of his men remained on the battlefield.Seeing that the situation was not good, Lai Pichang ignored the injured brother and fled with the rest of the people in a hurry.

Looking at the results, I was extremely excited, the first fight was so enjoyable!Lai Pichang has become a paper tiger in my eyes, and the shadows and fears of his youth seem to have been swept away.

I looked at Ajie and smiled, and he also smiled at me. At this time, our hearts are connected, and everything is spoken without saying anything.

"By the way, I'm going to find Aqun!" Thinking of Aqun, I was worried: "I must find him before Lai Pichang."

"Well, I'll go with you."

Ajie and I rode bicycles to Aqun's rental house, and the door was closed.I approached the landlord to inquire, and she said that Aqun had disappeared for a long time, and she had been in arrears of rent for several months, and she was also looking for him.We rode our bikes and searched all the places where Aqun and I stayed when we were wandering, but we found nothing.Huge uneasiness gnawed at my heart, and I was frowning and helpless.

Ajie pondered for a moment and said: "I'll look for Brother Huo's buddies, they have a lot of eyeliner, maybe I can find it."

We came to an underground casino.Ajie reported his name to the guard, and immediately someone came forward to lead us respectfully to the manager's room.

"During the Rush on Sha Tsui Street, Brother Jie once helped Brother Huo to block the knife and saved Brother Huo's life. He didn't want any rewards and benefits afterwards. He even gave up the position that Brother Huo gave him as the third head of the family. He was too righteous, brothers Everyone admires it very much! Brother Huo let me know that in the future, as long as Brother Jie is useful to our brothers, we will all be obliged." The manager has a stern face and a strong figure, and he admires and worships Ajie.He immediately called the brothers at each church to find someone according to the situation I described.

"You two, wait for a moment, there should be news soon. If you want to talk about intelligence eyeliners, you can find the right person by looking for me, 'Grizzly Bear'! I think back then, the news that Lai Pichang and Damen Ya were going to team up to attack Brother Huo came first. That's what I intercepted..." "Grizzly Bear" began to talk endlessly, bragging about his glorious deeds.

I can't listen to anything, and I feel restless.Ajie noticed my emotions and patted my shoulder heavily.I calm down again.There is a kind of reassuring power in him, as if there is no need to worry about the sky falling.

An hour later, the phone rang, and Ah Qun had news.

The "Grizzly" man took us to a slum on the outskirts of the city.Climbing up the half-hillside along the crooked stone steps is a dilapidated two-story wooden hut.Outside and inside the house, there are huddled, pale-faced people everywhere, all drug addicts.

We found A Qun in a corner on the second floor.He was as thin as a stick, tearing and tearing, trembling all over, muttering to himself: "Give me another breath, give me another breath..."

"A Qun!" I was full of pain and anger, and I rushed forward, grabbed his collar, and lifted him up.

He looked at me in a daze for a long time before he recognized me: "Xiao, brother Xiaoyi?!"

"You bastard, you actually take drugs! Look at you now, whether you are human or ghost, what is the difference between death? You are so mad at me!" I hated it, raised my fist, and beat him several times .

"Brother Xiao Yi, Brother Xiao Yi, I..." He wept bitterly, and the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably.Suddenly, his whole body trembled violently: "I, I want to suck..." He desperately moved his trembling hands, and took out a small paper bag from his trouser pocket.

Drugs again!I knocked down the paper bag with a "snap" and stretched out my fist. I was so angry that I really didn't know how to wake him up.

"Help him detox!" Ajie stopped my fist: "Find a rope to tie him up first."

With the help of "Grizzly Bear", we found a wooden house by the sea near the slums, tied A Qun firmly to an iron bed, and helped him detoxify.

He was locked in the wooden house, and Ajie and I sat on the reef by the sea, waiting quietly.

"Brother Xiao Yi, let me out, let me out!" Ah Qun screamed like a beast, shrill and terrifying.I really want to plug my ears!

"Are you okay?" Ajie asked with concern.

"It's all because I didn't notice his strangeness before, and it's all because I didn't care enough about him..." I beat my chest, but I was still oppressed.

"I know you feel sorry for him, you have to persevere so that he can get through it! Believe in him!"

I raised my head and saw Ajie's firm and clear eyes again.

"I'm sorry, let you stay with me all night, it drags you down!"

Ajie smiled, patted my head and said: "My friend is in trouble, of course I need to help! Keep up your spirits, everything will be fine!"

His encouragement, like a ray of light, is bright and full of strength, giving people warmth and hope, accompanying me through this difficult night...

Early the next morning, we opened the wooden house, and Ah Qun finally passed the most difficult hurdle.

"Detoxification still needs follow-up consolidation. Brother Jie, you can rest assured to hand him over to our brother. A place to live has been found for him. Let our brothers watch him and ensure that he will not relapse. When he recovers, The brothers will let him go. Lai Pichang drug trafficking is a big taboo of Brother Huo. Brother Huo often said: The underworld should also be moral, and some things should not be touched. Words have been passed on in the gang. When you see someone from Lai Pichang, you will beat them to death. So you don’t have to worry about Lai Pichang getting into trouble with you and your little brother." "Grizzly Bear" patted his chest and made a guarantee.

"Please tell Brother Huo, this time I am really grateful to him and the brothers! If Brother Huo needs me to seal Xiangjie in the future, I will do my best, as long as it does not violate principles and morals."

"If you really want to repay, join our gang!"

Ajie showed embarrassment: "I'm really... sorry!"

"Hahaha, just kidding. Brother Huo said earlier that we wouldn't let us embarrass you! I heard that you are going to be an actor? I wish you great success!"

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Inspired in part by the 1974 film Junkie