why do you like me

032 Frank

Jiang Chuan threw a bag of cement, and someone behind him carried another bag. The fire in the living room had already been extinguished.The half-dead Jiang Guodong was also fished out of the river, but Jiang Chuan didn't have time to pay attention, standing on the side of the street and shouting: "Cheng Jing!"

He guessed that Cheng Jing slipped out after being woken up.But where did it slip out... There is only one door to go in and out, and the big window on the other side of the stairs faces the river, and most people can't jump.

Everyone in the street knew that Jin Min basically raised Cheng Jing as his son, and that Jiang Chuan and Cheng Jing also went in and out together all day long. When they heard that Jiang Chuan was looking for someone, they all immediately helped him find him.

All of a sudden, the street was full of people calling for Cheng Jing.

No one responded for a long time, Jiang Chuan was a little anxious, suddenly a stone fell from the sky, rubbed his shoulder and fell to the ground.He looked up and there was nothing on the roof.

Jiang Chuan hesitated and went upstairs again, standing in the bedroom and calling, "Cheng Jing?"

A stone hit the window glass from the outside.

Only then did Jiang Chuan notice that the window was open. He walked over and supported the window sill with one hand. With a little force, he climbed up the window with his arms stretched out, grabbing a corner of the low eaves.

In the houses here, the distance between households is extremely small, and with a little dexterity, the legendary "flying over the eaves and walls" can be realized.Jiang Chuan often did this when he was a child, but now that he has grown in stature, it is easy to knock his head when he plays this way again.

He really bumped when he climbed up to the roof, and looked up to see Cheng Jing sitting on the ridge facing the river, rubbing his head too.

"Where is the knock?" He smiled and reached out to rub Cheng Jing, "How can you climb the wall? You also have a house like this?"

The house was small, so the roof seemed steep. After Cheng Jing climbed up, he found that the tiles were loose, and there was a pile of bird droppings, so he had to sit quietly.Fortunately, he saw with his own eyes that Jiang Chuan and Jiang Guodong fell into the river together and then Jiang Chuan climbed up again, so he didn't worry about anything.

Jiang Chuan stood up and shouted at the people on the street: "Cheng Jing is here, that old bastard is watching for me, no one is allowed to let him go!"

He knelt down again and asked Cheng Jing, "Why should so many people call you?"

Cheng Jing said: "I agreed, but you couldn't hear me, so I had to throw stones."

He didn't have much experience in climbing over walls. Jiang Chuan took him to climb once when he was a child. He was afraid that Jiang Guodong would be surprised when he went downstairs, so he climbed over the wall first, looking for opportunities to ask for help.Unexpectedly, Kuang Ji hit the eaves, and Cheng Jing was stunned for a while, and was still dizzy by now.

He spread his hands towards Jiang Chuan: "When I climbed up, my phone slipped out and fell into the river. I wanted to leave some evidence that Jiang Guodong set fire to it. It's gone."

Jiang Chuan had just narrowly escaped death, and the burning sensation of the fire on Jiang Guodong's body against his skin hadn't faded away. He was dripping wet, and sat down next to Cheng Jing: "Don't think so much, you're fine by yourself. Just fine."

Cheng Jing: "How to get down?"

Jiang Chuan squinted: "Do you dare to go up or not?"

Cheng Jing: "Jump down?"

Jiang Chuan: "Yes."

"What are you talking about?" Cheng Jing glanced at the ground, "It may be no big deal for adults within five meters, but you jumped like this when you were a child?"

"Ah?" Jiang Chuan didn't understand, "What does this have to do with me when I was a child?"

Cheng Jing couldn't help but get serious: "You! When I was a child! You tricked me onto the roof! Then you ran away by yourself, and I didn't even have time to see where you ran from, so I could only stay on the roof!"

Jiang Chuan: "..."

Jiang Chuan was stunned, and vaguely remembered that Jin Min had mentioned this too...he lied to Cheng Jing that the little lantern on the tree was a pomegranate flower.Now he feels that he was a little too much when he was a child, and he said with a smile: "I really jumped, but I didn't jump from the place I climbed."

The old houses of this generation are all arranged in rows with extremely small intervals, and there is no difficulty in jumping from one roof to another.In general, there will be a tree taller than a pomegranate next to the house at the end of the intersection, and you can just jump off the tree.

Although it is not difficult, it is compared to bear children, ordinary people will not do this.

After Jiang Chuan danced and gestured with Cheng Jing to explain, Cheng Jing stood up and was about to go to the next roof.Jiang Chuan called to stop him: "What are you doing?"

Cheng Jing: "Jump off the tree."

"No need, someone will come over with a ladder later." Cheng Jing still looked expressionless, but Jiang Chuan somehow felt that he was angry, "You don't know... this question has come to mind since childhood, right?"

Cheng Jing didn't answer, just stood there without moving, with an unclear expression, rather condescending.

Jiang Chuan laughed tremblingly, and still didn't forget to complain: "It's a good student, you have to study this kind of problem."

Cheng Jing couldn't take it anymore, bent down and grabbed Jiang Chuan's neck, and said with a blank face: "I remember, I want to take revenge. You made me stay on the roof for one night, and I had a cold for several days in the winter. Missed a test."

"You took the exam at such a young age." Jiang Chuan blushed with a smile, "I'm sorry, young master, it's all my fault. You can take revenge however you want, and the young one will never return a single finger to you."

The people below brought the ladder over, Cheng Jing let go of Jiang Chuan, and said, "Take care of Jiang Guodong first, and then you."

Jiang Guodong was lying on the side of the road, his clothes were basically burned off, and his burned skin was soaked in water. He looked horrific, and the neighbors who used to be familiar with him were a little afraid to recognize him.

Cheng Jing's cell phone fell into the river, and it might not be able to be recovered immediately, so he just ignored it.The living room was hit by rain, gasoline and fire, and the last two bags of cement were thrown in, and it was already a mess.More than half of the test papers on the table were burned, and the rest were also stained with cement.

The backpack on the sofa also suffered. Cheng Jing walked over, without touching anything else, just opened the zipper and took out the keychain from inside.A card case is hung on the keychain, which contains various business cards.He pulled out one and looked back at Jiang Chuan.

"Is your phone okay?"

Jiang Chuan's mobile phone was placed on the table. He picked it up and wiped off the cement on it, and handed it to Cheng Jing.

It's like this, it can't be justified if you don't call the police.Cheng Jing held the phone and hesitated for a while: "I heard something about what your father told you..."

There were many reasons for not sending Jiang Guodong directly to the police station. Jiang Chuan looked at Cheng Jing silently and wanted to say that it was nothing serious, but he couldn't say it.

Cheng Jing glanced at Jiang Guodong who was surrounded by people outside, and said, "Call your mother first and ask her to come back. The police will come later, let your mother deal with it for a while..."

Jiang Chuan: "My mother doesn't know anything."

"It's because she doesn't know anything." Cheng Jing said with a calm face, "The police ask you for questioning, so don't say too much, leave everything to the lawyer. It will take two hours for the lawyer to come here from N city. During this time, please remember not to say any more words, if the police ask you, let them ask your mother."

Jin Min came back with Jiang Xing soon.

Jiang Guodong was still lying half dead on the side of the road, neither asking for help nor showing any embarrassment for his miserable appearance, his cloudy eyes were blank.

Jiang Xing stopped at a long distance, unwilling to approach.

Someone turned around and saw her, pointing at Jiang Guodong in a tone of indiscernibility, and said, "Xingzi, this is your father."

Jiang Xing glared at him fiercely.

Jiang Chuan has been keeping an eye on Jiang Xing. At this moment, he split the crowd and walked over, hugged the girl into his arms, and said in a low voice: "If you don't want to watch, go to Grandma Zhang's house and sit for a while? Her grandson came back with his wife, and there is another The eight-month-old baby is so cute, you haven't seen it all this time, have you?"

Jiang Xing's whole body was stiff. This time, he didn't confront Jiang Chuan as usual, but said, "I'm afraid that I will suddenly... scare the baby..."

"It's okay, I'll let your elder brother Cheng Jing stay with you." Jiang Chuan turned his head and called Cheng Jing.Cheng Jing was briefly explaining the ins and outs of the matter to Jin Min, and then told him what to say when facing the police, and then walked over to Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan said: "Xingzi doesn't want to see the old beast, so you can accompany her for a while first."

He ran into the room, found Jiang Xing's emergency medicine, and silently stuffed it into Cheng Jing's hand.Not long after, Jiang Li also came over.

She came right after closing the shop, bringing two pastry chefs with her, each with a rolling pin in her hand, pretending to be a bandit.Jiang Li shouted from afar: "No one is allowed to speak for that bastard Jiang Guodong! It's even worse to watch Jiang Guodong grow up! Jiang Chuan was the one who grew up under my watch!"

The temperature is high in summer, and the cement that has been exposed to rainwater solidifies quickly, but no one knows how to deal with the scene before the police arrive.Jin Min looked at the living room worryingly, Jiang Li said carelessly: "It's okay, you can stay with me today."

Jin Min: "Chuanzi is inconvenient..."

Jiang Chuan answered, "I'll go to Cheng Jing's place."

A fire is a major event, and it attracts far more attention than Jiang Guodong himself. People nearby come to take a look if they have time.There were burn marks on Jiang Guodong's body, but Jiang Chuan firmly disagreed with sending the old bastard to the hospital.The last time he stabbed him with a knife, Jiang Guodong didn't dare to blackmail him, and he didn't even ask the doctor for an additional examination. He looked bitter and nice, but he was actually afraid that the doctor would find out that he was taking drugs.

Now Jiang Guodong's symptoms of drug use can no longer be hidden, but too many people in the Xitangkou area live their lives in peace and cannot tell. They only think that Jiang Guodong is terminally ill or just suffering from malnutrition.Once he thought this way, Jiang Guodong's behavior of setting fire was immediately filled with sufficient reasons.

Someone couldn't help it: "Chuanzi, it's your father who raised you so much, and now you're sick like this..."

The scar on Jiang Chuan's eyelids twisted, and before he could speak, Jiang Li shouted: "Where did Jiang Guodong raise Chuanzi? Tell me where did he raise it? You all forgot about throwing away Xingzi, right? He Even if he died of illness, Chuanzi has no reason to buy a coffin!"

The police finally arrived.With Cheng Jing's instructions, Jiang Chuan didn't say anything.The police station in a small place said, "Everything is waiting for a lawyer to negotiate." It feels like watching too many TV dramas.But Jiang Chuan knew why Cheng Jing asked him to say that, so he insisted on it.

The police made some records of the scene, and Jiang Chuan followed behind and quietly took some photos.In the end, Jiang Guodong was sent to the hospital. Jiang Chuan originally wanted to remind him about drug use, but he held back after thinking about it.Some things, if asked, will involve too much.

Jin Min went into the bedroom to pack his clothes, planning to take Jiang Xing to stay with Jiang Li for the next two days.Jiang Chuan went back to his room to pack his things, looked around, picked up two pieces of clothes, and came out with Cheng Jing's things.He received a text message from Nan Xichi: How is it now?

Jin Min and Jiang Li were chatting in the bedroom, Jiang Chuan stood by the side of the road and took a look in the distance, and replied: My mother is going to Aunt Jiang's place, you can come to Cheng Jing's house later, the one by the bridge.Bring another deck of cards.

Nan Xichi:? ? ?

Jiang Chuan: Take it with you, I don't want to hide it from Cheng Jing anymore.

After watching the excitement for a long time, Jiang Xing finally left, Jiang Xing remained silent, obediently followed Jin Min to Jiang Li's house.She glanced at Cheng Jing hesitantly, as if she wanted to go to Cheng Jing's house, but she didn't say anything in the end.

Jiang Chuan saw Jiang Xing's expression in his eyes, and when he walked away, he said with a smile: "This girl really likes you."

Cheng Jing asked: "Jiang Xing seems to really hate Jiang Guodong?"

Jiang Chuan said: "Is there anything to like about Jiang Guodong?"

Nan Xichi sent a text message saying "I'm here", and Jiang Chuan picked up Cheng Jing's cement-stained backpack and said, "Go to your house."

His body was dry, with black marks, and it looked like he had been rolled in cement.As he walked, he brushed the dust off his backpack and said, "How much is your bag, can you save it?"

Cheng Jing: "...[-] to [-], forget it. Don't mess with it, and send it to the store for cleaning later."

Nan Xichi didn't squat in front of Cheng Jing's house, but stood smoking on the bridge not far away. After seeing the two of Jiang Chuan, he threw a cigarette and came over.She looked a little lonely when she smoked, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye. She squinted and said with a smile: "You are worse than your father."

Jiang Chuan is now a dog that has rolled in the mud. Although Cheng Jing didn't say he disliked it, there was always a little distance between the two of them.He glanced at Cheng Jing and Nan Xichi with a smile, took a cold shower in the bathroom of Cheng Jing's house, and came out soon.

Cheng Jing wiped his hair with a dry towel, and Jiang Chuan reached out to Nan Xichi.Nan Xichi threw over an unopened pack of playing cards, Jiang Chuan caught it, and then pulled Cheng Jing to sit down at the table.

"Pool, close the door."

Jiang Chuan took out the cards from the packing box, shuffled a couple of them casually, then put them in front of Cheng Jing, and said, "Draw one at random."

Cheng Jing didn't know why, so he held a towel in one hand and reached out with the other to draw a card.

Jiang Chuan: "Don't show it to me, you remember what card it is."

Cheng Jing glanced at the card: Seven of Hearts.

Jiang Chuan mixed in the cards and reshuffled them twice.His movement of shuffling the cards was careless but exceptionally proficient, and the way he looked at the cards was the same as his movements, careless but revealing a certain sharpness.

He put down the cards again, picked them up one by one, and put them aside, with an inexplicable solemnity in his voice: "Cheng Jing, I'm not doing magic tricks, but telling you something that not many people know—" —”

54 playing cards, Jiang Chuan slowly put 23 cards aside.When he picked up No. 20 four cards, he paused, turned the cards over, and placed them directly in front of Cheng Jing.

"—I've never lost at the table."

No.20 four cards, seven of hearts.

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