Sparkling

After answering the phone, his face became gloomy again. He was reluctant, but helpless.

Just at the fork in the road, Xu Feng went back to the shop, Ye Lin went back to the stone house, and the two parted ways.

After Xu Feng went back, he started to play cards. He played in a daze, and when he came to his senses, it was already dark outside.

The store is very lively today, people come and go.In the afternoon, the old people from the neighborhood came to chat, and in the afternoon, the students after school came to buy snacks. In the evening, Peng Ke came, bringing a few younger brothers and his own brother, Peng Can.

Peng Ke directly asked the younger brothers to open a case of wine first, and crackled the lid, and the glass bottles made a crisp sound when they collided. It was not clear whether they were here to play cards or to drink.

But this is a door-to-door business, Xu Feng certainly won't spoil their interest.

Peng Can is more than ten years younger than Peng Ke, and this year he is less than twenty. He couldn't finish his studies before finishing his junior college, so he came back to hang out with his brother.He is considered young in this group of people, and he also has the unique gangster spirit of young people, commonly known as the second.Dyeing light-colored hair, dyed ripped denim in a fancy way, and wearing a wrinkled black coat that is too large, drinking the most actively, drinking the most uninhibited appearance, and getting drunk the fastest.

At today's mahjong table, Peng Ke mainly brought his younger brother to Xu Feng to have a look, and Peng Can was also quite good at coming, and talked about his time in X City while he was studying.He was a person who had stayed in a big city, and when he came back and saw the dilapidated and old grocery store in Xu Feng's three-acre area, he was quite disapproving, and he became more confident when he spoke.Open and shut, "When I was in X city..." Xu Feng saw it in his eyes, and felt a little funny in his heart. He just smiled and responded casually,

"Oh? City X, eh~~ a big city."

Respond like this from time to time, and the chat can continue smoothly, and the atmosphere is very warm.

In the evening, Cuilan also came.Xu Feng always felt that there seemed to be too many people today, and he felt a little bit chubby.

Since Cuilan is here, she must reserve a seat for her.She unceremoniously sat next to Xu Feng.A wine bottle was handed to her by someone, she took it directly, and took a big sip to express her comfort.

The arrival of Cuilan brought the excitement in this small restaurant to a higher level.

She is a straightforward woman, and she doesn't shy away from meat and vegetables when chatting, which attracts more people's attention, and the focus of the topic suddenly shifts from Peng Can to Cuilan.

Talking about the trouble Cuilan caused in the activity room recently, the topic suddenly became different.Xu Feng vaguely knew that it had something to do with men and women, but he didn't know the specifics.

"Hey, what happened to that man?"

Someone raised this issue,

"What's the matter? That grandson dared to touch my mother's ass so boldly. When I went up, I slapped him and slapped him straight away."

Cuilan swung her arms and slapped her hands in the air, causing laughter.

"Is he the one who called you to the police station earlier?"

"It's him! It's him! At that time, the new little policeman thought they were a couple. I laughed so hard."

"A couple?" Cuilan stared at the word, then rolled her eyes, "Damn! If I were his wife, I'd just hit the wall! Die!"

"And then what, after the slap?"

Cuilan smiled triumphantly, and the next step was the highlight, "He still wanted to hit me, how could he, I just went up and kicked him in the ass, my wife was still wearing high heels that day."

"hiss--"

The younger brother who asked the question felt a chill.

"Oh——no wonder, no wonder I haven't seen anyone else recently, it turns out I'm recuperating from my injuries."

"That's not it, it's still a serious injury."

It caused everyone to laugh. Although they were all men, they didn't have any sympathy for that person.

Peng Can was already a little dizzy from drinking, but now he was sitting next to him, annoyed by the loud laughter of the crowd, muttering that he wanted to go back to sleep.

"Drunk so soon, worthless boy."

Peng Ke spat at him, seeing how he disliked him, he really felt so.

"I went out for a walk, it's too stuffy here, there are so many people crammed into such a small place, it's too late to run if it's on fire."

Peng Can turned his brother's hatred of him into dissatisfaction with Xu Feng's small place. He knocked his head on the small narrow door as soon as he came in, and he didn't like this place from the beginning.

"Bah, bah, bah, will you talk to me, or get out if you don't."

"Humph."

Peng Can snorted unconvinced.

He lingered for a while before leaving, feeling that Cuilan's voice was too loud and penetrating, which made his eardrums uncomfortable.

Peng Ke called the two younger brothers to follow him, lest he drink alcohol and cause trouble outside, although at this hour, there should be no ghosts on the street outside.

Peng Can left, bid farewell to everyone and drank heartily before leaving. Cuilan felt that he disliked her, so she didn't like him very much, she just smiled and said, "Little brother is leaving now? I Haven't even started drinking yet!"

Peng Can contemptuously "cut" and was drowned in the hahahaha of the crowd.

In fact, the big guy's tone is towards Cuilan. Peng Can is just a kid who just met tonight. Cuilan is a real mahjong table and a pile of wine bottles. ", just for Peng Ke's sake.

After Peng Can left, they continued drinking and chatting.

I don't know what time it is, and I don't know how long I've been drinking. Xu Feng only felt that the hanging chandelier seemed to be getting closer, and the voices in his ears became more and more noisy.

His drinking capacity is average, and he will not be drunk until now, but he is indeed starting to feel a little slack.

The so-called laxity is like the strings that are stretched in the daily life are slowly relaxing, and you become indifferent to all the scenes around you.He rested his chin on his hand, watching the brothers bragging and chatting, with a meaningless smile on his face.He felt that it was like a grotesque revolving lantern, constantly reflected on his face, lively and lively, but it had nothing to do with him at all.

Suddenly a soft arm hooked his neck, he turned his head and found that Cuilan's face was very close.It was so close that he could clearly see her soy sauce-colored skin and the fine crow's feet around her eyes for the first time.The blush from the alcohol spread across her face, and she saw her narrowed eyes.

Xu Feng smiled at her hehe, and pointed at her face like a fool,

"Your face is so red."

They were too close, and the stretched fingers seemed to scrape her hot skin intentionally or unintentionally.

Cuilan also laughed at him,

"You too."

Xu Feng pressed the back of his hand to his face, as if it was very hot.In addition to staying in this closed small space for several hours, he suddenly felt a little breathless.He wanted to take a breath, so he subconsciously looked out the narrow door. The wooden door was closed. He blinked, as if he saw a familiar voice through the small window next to the door.

Ye Lin.

This is a figure that shouldn't be here.Xu Feng froze for a while, rubbed his eyes, but he didn't seem to see anything.

He was probably drunk, he realized.

Maybe he was drunk a long time ago, but he didn't realize it.

The noise in the ears continued to bombard, and a lot of time passed by, the wine bottles were opened again and again, everyone's spirits were getting better and better, and their voices became more and more noisy.

There was a hasty knock on the door amidst the noise, and Xu Feng suddenly realized this as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

He suddenly regained consciousness in a daze, and woke up in an instant.And the people around finally noticed the unpleasant knock on the door.

He opened the door noisily, and a figure from outside rushed in, calling the boss indistinctly.

He is Peng Ke's younger brother.

Xu Feng saw him from among the chaotic figures. A moment ago, he and another person followed Peng Can. He looked like a dog at that time, but now his hair is disheveled, his clothes are disheveled, and there are more obvious spots on his face. The bruises, limping, looked distressed.

Peng Ke drank a lot of wine, his face was flushed, and he smelled of alcohol, but he still sat firmly at the table and asked in a deep voice,

"What's wrong? Where's Peng Can?"

It was probably the tacit understanding between the brothers that made him feel something was wrong all of a sudden—there were three people there, but now only one person came back, and Peng Can didn't know where he went.

"Peng Can, Peng Can got into a fight with someone! He was bumped into by old man Zhou, and he took him to the police station!"

The news exploded like a thunderbolt, but everyone was silent for a moment, and all looked at Peng Ke.

"Hold!"

Peng Ke let out a low growl, and slammed his fist on the card table, and several standing wine bottles fell down indiscriminately with a bang.

Although he was messing around in this way, he didn't want his younger brother to leave a criminal record at such a young age.

"is it serious?"

"Bleeding, bleeding, probably needs stitches. The other party is similar."

Fortunately, this level is okay.

Peng Ke had a solid mind, so he wanted to go with him to the police station.

"Who did you fight with?"

As he put on his coat, he walked out and asked questions, and even the three or four people he brought with him were about to go out too. The bustle of the small restaurant seemed to be taken away at once. scattered.

"I... I don't know him! Who knows! The third child seems to recognize him. His name is Ye or something. He doesn't look like a local."

Xu Feng had nothing to do with himself at first, but he listened like the wind in his ears. Two idle fingers picked up a green beer bottle with a bottom left, and brought it to his lips lazily. With a sudden sinking, the movements of his hands stopped suddenly.

Cuilan was lying beside him, with her chin resting on the card table, her eyes following his hand movements unconsciously, until she saw Xu Feng's sudden meal, and the wine was not put into her mouth in the end.

"Surname Ye?"

Xu Feng asked suddenly, looking a little nervous.

He was asking the younger brother directly, but in fact, among these people, except for Peng Ke, none of them can be regarded as close friends.

The atmosphere stagnated for a moment, and Peng Ke turned his head to look at him, frowning, and looked at him thoughtfully.

"I'll go with you."

Xu Feng stood up all of a sudden, a little shaking because of sitting for a long time.

Peng Ke didn't comment, didn't say anything, just turned his head and walked away, taking big steps, and a group of people hurriedly followed.

Xu Feng supported his head with his hands, forcibly pulled himself together, and followed behind.

Drunk, with the cold wind blowing, and his mind running wild, Xu Feng arrived at the brightly lit police station.

He had never been here before, at most he was just passing by, and when he came back to his senses, he stood at the gate of the police station, the square gate, the gray and blue cold frame standing in front of him, he had some sense of reality.

A group of people rushed in, and there were people walking inside, hurriedly walking in the hallway with pale lights, walking along this path, Xu Feng saw Ye Lin at a glance.

He sat in the office area separated by a column, the injuries on his forehead and the corners of his lips were particularly conspicuous, he sat silently, his face was gray, and he looked listless under the dim light, like someone who had lost his spirit while sitting next to a trash can Ragdoll.Seeing him sitting there with nothing to do, Xu Feng felt relieved, and then felt uncomfortable again.

It was even more uncomfortable than when Ye Lin was found unconscious in the dark room.

He took a deep breath, stabilized his mind, and approached behind the crowd.

Sitting next to him was Peng Can, still looking so unruly, different from Ye Lin's lifeless face, he was still looking around energetically, with his elbows resting on the back of the chair, his feet up, casually following Same at home.

The old man Zhou who sat across from him tapped his foot with a ruler, and there was a "pop",

"lay down."

He glared at Zhou De fiercely, with a fierce look on his face, reluctantly put his foot down, and stepped heavily on the tiled floor.

In a blink of an eye, he saw Peng Ke and his group walking in Hulala. As soon as his eyes lit up, he was about to stand up and shout

"Brother! I'm here!"

He stood halfway, and was knocked on the knee by the old man Zhou, and he went soft again with an "ouch", his face wrinkled in pain and rubbed his knee, secretly slandering Zhou De, a stinky old man.

Peng Ke glared at him with a sullen face at first, but turned to look at Zhou De, his face suddenly turned into a smile, and he went to deal with this matter with him.

It wasn't a big deal in the first place, it was just a fight. Fortunately, neither side was injured, so Education and Education could be put back.

After Zhou De educated the two who were fighting, he arrested Peng Ke to educate them again. Xu Feng walked around them to look at Ye Lin who was temporarily ignored.

On Peng Can's side, there was Zhou De on the left, his brother on the right, and a group of younger brothers. They were surrounded by a crowd and it was very lively. Zhou De was educating him with a tone of voice. One head screamed again, making a fuss.In comparison, Ye Lin was much quieter here, he just sat there, didn't even lift his head when someone came, and he didn't seem interested in what happened around him.

Until a pair of dirty sneakers broke into his lowered vision, he stood still and faced him squarely.

He raised his head along the way, and saw Xu Feng still smelled of alcohol and blushed on his face, and he was breathing quickly for some reason.

One of them was standing, the other was sitting, one was smelling of alcohol, and the other was in a mess. There was a little distance between them, their eyes met up and down, neither moved nor spoke.

Ye Lin glanced at him, then lowered his head indifferently, and his surroundings even exuded a colder smell than before.

Seeing him like this, Xu Feng felt an inexplicable surge of anger in his heart.

"Hey."

Xu Feng called him.

"Hey!"

Ye Lin ignored him.

"What's the matter with you? How can you fight?"

The other party gasped and said, Zhou De had already asked him this question just now, and it was not so much a question as a cross-examination.

What's going on, he also wants to know what's going on.

On the head, on the face, on the body, where the punches and feet were received were still tingling, Ye Lin unconsciously clenched his hands on his knees.

He is 26, unemployed, secluded from the world, has no relatives, no lover, and no friends, isolated from the world, fled to this small island far from the city, fought with a child in the middle of the night, was in a mess, and went to the police station, he also wanted to ask Myself, what's going on.

He didn't look up or look at Xu Feng, but just lowered his head, looking at a void on the ground, like a lifeless scarecrow.

The person in front of him remained silent for a while.After a long time, he heard a slight sigh, looking helpless.

Xu Feng squatted down in front of him, squatting lower than his line of sight, looked up at him, finally saw Ye Lin's pale and bruised face, his eyes wrinkled, and felt a little pain in his heart.

"Does it hurt?"

His voice floated over softly, and the noisy voices beside him were used as the background board, and seemed to be drowned in irrelevant words for an instant.

Ye Lin blinked, her nose a little sore.

It was not until midnight that they were finally able to leave.

The two groups of people separated at the gate of the police station, one was Peng Ke's side, Wu Yang Wu Yang and a group of people, and the other was Ye Lin's side, he and Xu Feng were two desolate figures.

Seeing Xu Feng silently beside Ye Lin, Peng Ke squinted his eyes,

"What's the matter with you? Know you?"

"Well, friend."

Peng Ke breathed out from his nose, apparently not believing it.

He has known Xu Feng since middle school, and their life trajectories have never really separated whether they were in school or in the society. It is impossible for him to have no memory of Xu Feng's friends.

"real."

Facing his suspicious gaze, Xu Feng was very calm,

"You're in the same class as me in junior high, Ye Lin."

Peng Ke frowned and thought, the years of going to school were already very blurred to him, and his schoolwork was not done well, it was all fragmentary memories, and he was struggling to find out the The memory of Ye Lin that couldn't be more faint,

"Isn't it, the one we beat him before?"

"That's you, not us."

Xu Feng said in his heart, but nodded on his face.

"Isn't that an old acquaintance!" He cleared his memory at once, threw off Xu Feng and walked straight to Ye Lin.

The light outside was dim, and he really couldn't connect this dejected boy with any shadow in his memory, but it didn't prevent him from patting Ye Lin's shoulder vigorously.

"Xu Feng's friends are my friends, since everyone is friends, what happened tonight is a misunderstanding!"

He smiled proudly, it was a voice from his dantian, full of confidence and airs, and when Peng Can heard it later, he was so angry that he jumped up.

"Well, tomorrow night, I'll set up a table of wine, and the misunderstanding will be settled. Let's catch up on the past, aren't you an old friend?"

Ye Lin's wounds were photographed by him, and his brows were frowned all of a sudden, coupled with the disgust in his heart that he didn't want to be touched by strangers, he showed it unabashedly.

Peng Ke turned a blind eye to his repulsive expression, still laughing loudly,

"You must come, let Xu Feng bring you here. That's the deal."

After speaking, he patted him on the shoulder again, and before Ye Lin could answer, he turned around and went back to the group of his own people, and walked away with a whimper of people.

Peng Can followed behind, turned around and gave him a hard look, then raised his hand and gave Ye Lin two middle fingers.