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Driving around a traffic light, he saw Xiao Qiuyuan walking on the road with his shoulders drooping like a wandering ghost, Zhou Shangli hurriedly honked his horn, stopped the car, poked his head out and called him: "Boss Xiao! Xiao Qiuyuan! "

Xiao Qiuyuan turned his head slowly, his eyes were empty and blank, he stared at Zhou Shangli for a while, then turned his face and continued walking, walked two steps and then stopped, turned his head again to look at Zhou Shangli, smiled, and turned towards Zhou Shangli The car came over, opened the door and got in the car, and said to Zhou Shangli, "How about barbecue by the river?"

"Okay." Zhou Shangli waited for him to fasten his seat belt before starting the car, and asked, "Why did you leave suddenly?"

"I'm afraid of delaying your rest. I think you're quite tired, so I'm going to eat alone."

"walk over?"

Xiao Qiuyuan smiled and said, "It seems a little far away."

Zhou Shangli said complainingly: "I promised you that I would go. I thought you were playing tricks on me if you left alone."

"I'm sorry, I've had a bit of a cold these days, and my mind is not very clear." Xiao Qiuyuan immediately apologized, feeling guilty from the bottom of his heart.

Zhou Shangli has always been a person who can't stand coaxing. Xiao Qiuyuan's two words of self-blame not only won his understanding immediately, but also won his concern. He asked gently: "Is it serious? Do you want to see a doctor?"

"Sometimes I think you are better than a doctor. Maybe you can have a midnight snack with me, and my cold will be cured."

Zhou Shangli had the feeling that Xiao Qiuyuan had caught a cold. Not only was his whole body hot, but he didn't even know his head. He brushed the bangs on his forehead with his hand, and managed to force out a sentence: "I'll just change my career."

"Is it a magic stick?"

"Then would you like to be my trustee?"

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time. After laughing, Xiao Qiuyuan's spirits improved, and he leaned on the seat, his eyes were vacant, and he didn't know where to look. Zhou Shangli looked at him from the rearview mirror and saw his lips. He moved slightly, as if to say thank you.

Nearly twelve o'clock, the riverside barbecue business is still booming, because it is close to the riverside, the summer night is cool, and the river breeze blows, making people refreshed, sweeping away the fatigue of a day's work, and having a happy supper with family and friends At night, reserve energy for tomorrow's work.

Zhou Zhou left the car and circled around. He managed to get rid of a table of diners and vacated a parking space, so he hurriedly parked the car.

Xiao Qiuyuan seemed to be a regular customer, and he nodded to the owner of the barbecue restaurant. He didn't say what to eat, and ignored them. After waiting for a few minutes, two large plates of barbecue with meat and vegetables and fruit ice were served.

"I often come to this barbecue, the taste is very good." Xiao Qiuyuan said, and handed a bunch of flesh and blood to Zhou Shangli.

Zhou Shangli took it and took a bite, in order to appear sincere in agreeing with Xiao Qiuyuan's point of view, he swallowed the meat in his mouth before nodding in agreement: "It's really delicious."

"Ice powder is also delicious, and the fruit is very fresh." Xiao Qiuyuan took a sip as he spoke, wrapped an ice cube in his mouth, frowned slightly, and seemed to enjoy the ice.

"I think of one time in Lop Nur, because we deviated from the pre-planned route and lacked water and food, my assistant and I almost died in it, and we were rescued when we met Lop Nur. The night before that, we were hungry and thirsty. After a vivid non-material performance, when I couldn’t hold it any longer, I put my finger in my mouth, imagining it as ribs or ice cubes. At that time, the assistant’s expression was similar to yours now.”

Xiao Qiuyuan spat out the ice cubes in his mouth, and explained: "This is not a performance, but a real feeling, if you don't believe me, try it."

"I'm so familiar with the taste of ice, of course I know the feeling of eating ice, but I know that's how you really feel."

Xiao Qiuyuan ate grilled eggplant and asked, "How can you see that?"

"I guess." Zhou Shangli said, using chopsticks to grab the eggplant meat that Xiao Qiuyuan was holding, "but I'm not familiar with the taste of eggplant."

Xiao Qiuyuan gave way to him, and seeing his ecstasy after he succeeded, he also wanted to tell a personal experience, saying: "Five years ago, I just graduated from university, and it was also at such a barbecue stand, and it was also such a night, because the seats were not full. I didn’t share the table, I sat at the same table with the three girls, and I arrived first, so my order came first, including grilled eggplant. Eat, I was struggling, one of the girls smiled and asked me if the grilled eggplant was good, she never eats eggplant, she doesn’t know what it tastes like, can she have a taste.”

"She must be a lady, and she must not have robbed you like I did." Zhou Shangli ate the eggplant and nodded: "It tastes good."

"That's what she said too."

Zhou Shangli took two sips of ice powder before casually asking: "Is that girl Mrs. Xiao?"

"Yes." Xiao Qiuyuan smiled faintly, and said helplessly, "She is a lively and mischievous girl."

Zhou Shangli took a bunch of roasted vegetables and ate them with chopsticks on a plate. He could imagine how Mrs. Xiao attracted Xiao Qiuyuan. Such a considerate girl, on the right occasion, properly rescued Xiao Qiuyuan, Even if there is no other intention, in exchange for myself, I still want to be friends with such a person.

"Is Mrs. Xiao back?" Zhou Shangli asked.

Xiao Qiuyuan shook his head, avoiding troubles, and simply took the stick at hand to skewer the vegetables on Zhou Shangli's plate and ate them. After a few times, he failed to skewer. Zhou Shangli couldn't stand it, so he took the initiative to help him with chopsticks, and worked together to skewer the vegetables onto the stick. On, smoothly into the mouth.

"How often do you contact Mrs. Xiao?"

Xiao Qiuyuan tilted his head slightly, and after thinking about it, he shook his head. Zhou Shangli stacked the vegetables together so that Xiao Qiuyuan could use skewers to skewer them.

"Did you quarrel with Mrs. Xiao?"

Xiao Qiuyuan paused, raised his eyes to look at Zhou Shangli, Zhou Shangli did not avoid, and continued to say: "I see that your complexion is not very good these days, is Mrs. Xiao angry at you for not going to see her?"

"She's not so ignorant." Xiao Qiuyuan said.

"Mrs. Xiao..."

"Hey, why do you keep mentioning her? I can't help but wonder if you have ulterior motives for her?"

Zhou Shangli raised his eyebrows, concealing his surprise, recalling Xiao Qiuyuan's ambiguities, he was both lost and sad, Xiao Qiuyuan neither led the snake out of the hole, nor played cat and mouse, but completely misunderstood, thinking that he was Hit his wife's idea.

Zhou Shangli remembered that when he was young, his mother took him to the park with his neighbors. The adults sat on the benches and chatted about the daily life, while the children jumped around the adults and played games. When he ran in front of the adults, someone just let out a loud fart. He was so focused on the game that he didn’t pay attention to the fart. He farted on the occasion and ran away after he finished it. He remembered that he didn't say anything at the time, because the timing of his blame was so good that he didn't have any chance of winning the lawsuit.

Zhou Shangli finished eating the meat skewers in his hand, poked the table with a stick, tried to make himself look like a joke, and said, "I'm more likely to have ulterior motives for Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Qiuyuan was not surprised or laughed while eating the barbecue, it seemed to be expected, but Zhou Shangli felt uncomfortable, what he said in a joking tone, but it was the truth, he couldn't escape the reality , self-deception.

Zhou Shangli threw away the stick in his hand, stretched his waist, concealed the sense of oppression that he wanted to run away, then stood up, and said to himself: "I'm full, let's do some exercise."

It wasn't until he finished eating the barbecue on the plate that Xiao Qiuyuan got up and walked to Zhou Shangli's side, looking at the river side by side. Zhou Shangli was smoking and handed one to Xiao Qiuyuan. After Li lit it for him, he didn't put the lighter back into his pocket, but played with it in his hand.

Xiao Qiuyuan pointed to the moored ship and said: "Last year, I stayed alone on the ship for three days and three nights, but I was not found."

"What are you doing on the boat?"

Xiao Qiuyuan laughed, and Zhou Shangli asked, "Am I asking the wrong question?"

"When most people hear me say that, they will ask why I was not found. You are the first person to ask me what I am doing."

"You stayed on the boat for three days and three nights. You are the protagonist. Of course I have to ask questions about you. As for not being discovered, that's someone else's business. Maybe there is no one on the boat, or maybe you are hiding it well. Maybe they have bad eyesight, so there is no need to ask."

Xiao Qiuyuan was lying on the fence by the river, staring at the ship, Zhou Shangli supported the fence with one hand, turned slightly sideways, and the lighter knocked on the fence one after another, making the sound of 'expanding'.

"A game, I told myself, if someone finds me...if no one finds me, I'll swim naked in the river."

Zhou Shangli also got down on his knees, imitating Xiao Qiuyuan's appearance: "Then did you swim naked?"

Xiao Qiuyuan lowered his head, giggled, and Zhou Shangli turned his head to look at him, and happened to see the collarbone exposed from the round neck T-shirt, which was sunken because of the thinness, and could fit an egg, and then looked towards his ear , the ear bones protrude obviously, Zhou Shangli thought, with such hard ear bones, it stands to reason that he shouldn't be afraid of his wife.

The eyes turned to the spine again, the spinous process was too protruding, and had already exceeded the normal height, Zhou Shangli looked at his side face again, the outline was deeper, the brow bone seemed to be raised forward, and the eyes were bigger, he Smiling, he should have been happy, but at this moment, he was more haggard than ever.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Shangli grinned and bumped into Xiao Qiuyuan.

"It was winter, and I was standing on the bank, and I was beaten in the face by the cold wind, so I didn't dare to jump into the river."

Xiao Qiuyuan continued to laugh, Zhou Shangli couldn't laugh, his heart was sad, he liked someone, he would imagine this person very beautifully, he couldn't tolerate any flaws, and he couldn't tolerate other people's remarks, looking at Xiao like this Qiu Yuan, he really wanted to ask what happened and why he was in pain, yes, he felt Xiao Qiuyuan's pain, only pain can torture people to this state in a short time.

Knowing Xiao Qiuyuan for so long, in the eyes of Zhou Shangli, Xiao Qiuyuan is a gentle and warm man who loves to laugh, a happy restaurant owner, and a husband with a beautiful wife, but the Xiao Qiuyuan in front of him seems to be lost. All the desperate people are in a panic trying to grab a life-saving straw.

Perhaps, Xiao Qiuyuan regarded him as a straw.