doting shipwreck

Xunjiang City in late spring is not like other places, with hundreds of flowers still there, and new swallows holding mud.

At this moment, just as the night falls and the lights come on, the Minsheng River passes through the city, and the ancient city that has stood by the river for hundreds of years is divided into two worlds that are not compatible with each other.

There are many high-rise buildings in Jiangbei New City. Upstairs are colorful lights that illuminate the night sky. Downstairs, there are endless traffic.

The old city of Jiangnan across the water is old and old. Decades ago, in the Jiangnan area where a foot of land was worth a hundred taels of gold, all that remains today are low-rise buildings that are as old as it, and their lives are dying. half a hundred old people.

Yu Sheng sat on the steps of Wangjiang Square, staring blankly at the advertisements constantly scrolling on the electronic screens of the high-rise buildings on the other side. In the constantly changing colors of the screen, the popular movie star Zhao Qingmo smiled brightly.

Record the beauty of life and see a better self.This is what Zhao Qingmo said eloquently in the advertisement.

It was also Zhao Qingmo's impeccable side profile and this ad that made the brand's sales reach a record high in the first month after the ad was launched.

This sentence touched thousands of fans who are crazy about idols, but they couldn't be fooled.I saw him twitching the corner of his mouth and sneering, "Shit!"

Of course, these words are not talking about Zhao Qingmo, who has no grievances or enmities with him, Yu Sheng is just complaining about the shitty life that is both right and upright.

If you want to think about the 20 years you have lived, the so-called life is really a piece of shit, and it is the kind that was stepped on!

His father was drinking all the year round, and when he came home drunk, he vented his incompetence and dissatisfaction with the current life on his mother. Yu Sheng's childhood was only the endless noise and abuse of his parents. Exodus fell upon him.

Ever since he could remember, Yu Sheng had been suffering from new and old injuries.

When he was young, his life was gloomy. If the man who was addicted to alcohol hadn't ended his life of nothing in countless piles of empty wine bottles, he might have been swallowed by the abyss for the rest of his life.

But misfortune is a bottomless pit, and if you jump out of one, you just enter the bottom of the next one.

Yu Sheng, who was not yet ten years old at the time, was sent to the home of his grandparents in the county town. He managed to enjoy the hard-won family affection, but his dream was shattered by reality.

After entering junior high school, he was always ridiculed and said that he had no mother and no father to raise him. In order to protect himself, Yu Sheng learned to speak with his fists, even if he was beaten badly, he had to compete with the other party.

After Yu Sheng relied on his fists to become the bully in the school, no one dared to provoke him, but he also had no friends, and he was alone wherever he went.

During the senior high school entrance examination, I managed to get into school with the help of the so-called continuous reading of junior high school. I wanted to listen to my grandparents and live a peaceful life, but I didn't want the two old people to die one after another during the second semester of high school.

This old city is so big in total, and his family's affairs can't be dealt with at all. After sending the old man back to school, he heard his new nickname - the lonely star of Tiansha.

At the age of 17, Yu Sheng gave up the opportunity to take the college entrance examination after receiving his high school diploma, and came to the provincial capital Xunjiang alone with a broken schoolbag to make a living.

And no one will care about his going or staying. In the eyes of others, he is just an irrelevant passer-by in life.

When the fledgling Yu Sheng first arrived in Xunjiang, like all the other young people who met the city for the first time, he thought that he would one day become famous, but the reality gave him a slap in the face. Find a good way out in the provincial capital.

In the three months after he entered the city, he could only work as an apprentice in the restaurant, and spent ten hours a day in the kitchen where the oily smoke was still lingering, so that his exposed skin was covered with stains after work every day. A sticky oil-sweat mixture.

Yu Sheng couldn't bear this hardship, but if he didn't do something, he would starve to death.Life is like a boulder, crushing the thin shoulders and arrogance of a young man.

It wasn't until one time when he delivered meals to customers that his life seemed to take a turn for the better.

That day, the restaurant received a big order for food delivery, and everyone in the kitchen was busy, but this newcomer didn't know anything, so the task of food delivery naturally fell on him.

Following the navigation prompts, he found his destination.It was a brokerage company with a small appearance. Although it was not luxurious enough, it was decent.

Sweating profusely, Yu Sheng walked in carrying twenty or thirty servings of rice bowls with difficulty.

When he stepped on the steep and narrow steps to the second floor, he realized that there was a dance studio with the door open above.In the dance room, a group of handsome teenagers in their fifteenth or sixteenth year practiced dancing against a mirror wall, with focused and serious expressions.

The music didn't stop, and so did they. They just watched Yu Sheng go in and put down the lunch box in his hand, looking a little cautious through the mirror.

This belongs to someone else's life, full of vigor, and I can't help but feel envious.But just as he was about to turn around and go downstairs, he was stopped by another voice.

"Hey, the boy who delivered the food, come here."

Yu Sheng turned his head and found a thin man in a small gray-blue suit and black sunglasses standing at the door of the dance studio and waving to him. This man had been watching the teenagers dance in the dance studio just now, but now Have you noticed him lately?

Yu Sheng raised his finger and pointed to himself with a puzzled expression.

The voice of the little suit was a little higher: "Yes, it's just you."

While putting the removed sunglasses into his breast pocket, he stretched his neck and squinted towards Yu Sheng.

"Excuse me, is there any food missing?" Yu Sheng walked up to the small suit, and glanced at the food bag on the small table.

With so many things, it is inevitable to send less.

But the man in the suit only stared at his beady eyes, looked at Yu Sheng carefully, and then asked with a smile: "Brother, how old are you this year?"

Yu Sheng said, "Seventeen."

"Hey, I'm a bit older, but it's not a big problem." The man in the suit said to himself.

Why is this person so weird?Yu Sheng was thinking about the undelivered meals in the incubator, so he couldn't help but say, "If there's nothing wrong with the meals, then I'll leave first."

"Brother, don't worry," the man in the suit hurriedly stopped in front of him, then took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to him, "How much money can you earn from delivering food, why don't you become a trainee with my brother?" , might become a big star in the future! How about it? Don't think about it?"

Yu Sheng took the business card and looked at it.

The man in a suit in front of him is Zhang Lizhi, the owner of this entertainment company.

"Brother, you look so handsome, it would be a pity to give food to others." Zhang Lizhi smiled and pointed to the teenagers who were still practicing in the dance studio, "Look at those who are not as good-looking as you My younger brothers all want to be stars, don't you?"

Yu Sheng followed Zhang Lizhi's fingers and looked at the people in the dance room. He was silent for a few seconds, then turned his head to look at Zhang Lizhi who was wrinkled with a smile on his face, and said hesitantly, "I have no money."

"How can I ask you to spend money, Brother Lizhi, I will pay to build you! As long as you become popular in the future, don't forget Brother Lizhi!"

Yu Sheng remembered that at that time Zhang Lizhi patted his chest and said that he would definitely make himself a big star.He had suffered for too long, and when he saw a little good, he was tempted. He was greedy for the promise of the company's food and accommodation during the trainee period, so he didn't think about it again, and agreed on the spot in a daze.

Now, three years have passed, is Yu Sheng popular?

Tens of millions of fans and sky-high salary are all created by Zhang Lizhi. In fact, he didn't even have a chance to debut!

Not everyone with a star dream has the opportunity to become Zhao Qingmo, and he is just a drowning person in the wave of star dreams.

The old trainees have no hope of debut, but new seedlings abound.Two months ago, Zhang Lizhi suddenly stopped Yu Sheng just like when he first met, he brought the newcomers into the dormitory one night, and threw him out together with the old trainees who were also hopeless to debut, including their luggage.

Everything is back to the original point, back to the day when Yu Sheng first arrived in Xunjiang City, the only difference is that he is already 20 years old.

He rented a room in a tube building in Jiangnan District, and worked as a waiter in a small restaurant just like the beginning.

But nothing goes well, everything goes wrong. A week ago, he was insulted by a customer because he served the wrong dish. The wages of the previous ten days.

Today, unable to pay the rent, he once again experienced the feeling of being thrown out of the house with his luggage. The only difference is that this time his suitcase lever was broken.

Yu Sheng lowered his eyes halfway, and what was reflected in his eyes was the bottomless Minsheng River.

He remembered that when he first arrived here, he took his master in the kitchen and said that every year, countless people jump into this river of empathy. This river swallows many poor people and countless unattainable dreams. is.

But Yu Sheng doesn't want to jump in, isn't it just a bed made of quilts, it's better than being bitten by fish in the icy river water.

People are miserable enough when they are alive, but at least they have to be decent when they die. Besides, they have survived all the hardships when they were young, so what is it?

"Let's just find a bench in the park to make do for the night!" Yu Sheng put his hands on his knees and stood up with strength.

When he was holding on to a gray suitcase with no handles and was about to leave, he found someone standing at the other end of the steps.

That person is familiar to Yu Sheng, he is his neighbor in the tube building, but Yu Sheng doesn't know his name.

I don't know how long that person stared at him from behind, his eyes were heavy, his figure was elongated by the street lamps, after being spotted by Yu Sheng, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then slowly said: "Do you want to live with me?"