After getting out of prison

Chapter 23

After Zeng Ruchu came out of the company, it was only after three o'clock in the afternoon.The red sun at noon has faded from the glaring light, but it shines on the earth very gently.

The streets are full of traffic.The entrance of Zeng Ruchu's company is one of the prosperous areas in City A. Rows of vehicles are blocked side by side on the spacious road, and the extremely crowded crowd stands on the zebra crossing and waits for the green light.Zeng Ruchu was among them.

Zeng Ruchu's head was in chaos, and he walked to the bus station without knowing it, and got on the bus going home.When he became a little conscious, he was already at the door of his house.

Zeng Ruchu's face looked a little tired, he took out the key and inserted it several times before inserting the key into the keyhole.

It just so happened that a woman in her 40s came out from the opposite door carrying a big black garbage bag with her third daughter, whom she had just had the year before, on her back.

"Ah, you're back?" the sister-in-law cried out in surprise when she saw Zeng Ruchu, her voice was extremely loud in the empty and old corridor, and there was an echo: "I said where have you been? Is there no one?"

Zeng Ruchu really wanted to be alone, but his natural personality didn't like to reject others too bluntly, so he stood helplessly at the door and replied: "I'm going out these few days."

"Going out, that's good, that's good!" The sister-in-law walked up to him in a few steps, and the garbage bag in her hand gave off an unpleasant smell of sour food.The sister-in-law said as if giving a sigh of relief: "I thought you moved, it's better not to move, or if someone can do it, I come back in the middle of the night every day, and my little one can't sleep well. "

Zeng Ruchu reluctantly smiled and listened to her finish this paragraph, before she took a breath and was about to bring up other topics, she hurriedly said: "Then sister-in-law, I'll go in first."

"...Okay, okay. Let's talk another day!" The sister-in-law was still standing at his door with the smelly garbage bag in her hand, so Zeng Ruchu had no choice but to enter the room and close the door to say goodbye.

He lives very close to his company, only four or five stations away.But the location is good, and the rent is naturally expensive.Zeng Ruchu finally found this residential area with cheap rent.Although the building is very old, the corridors are dark and there are many cracks on the walls.But after Zeng Ruchu moved in, he cleaned up the one-bedroom and living room he rented thoroughly, without putting up wallpaper, but every year he would buy paint and scrape it off by himself.

So as soon as he entered the house from the corridor, seeing the clean and simple interior, Zeng Ruchu's mood improved a lot.

He has lived here for more than two years. Although he pays rent every quarter, he already regards this place as his home in his heart.Only when he comes back here can he feel at ease.

When he was released from prison, Lao Ou still had half a year in prison, and he was alone, alone, carrying a rag bag to say goodbye to the prison, and when he walked out of the prison gate, he felt an unspeakable uncomfortable feeling in his heart.

There is no one friend of his in this city, no one of his relatives, and there are probably only those who want to harm him.

I finally walked out of that hell-like prison cell where people eat people, but I don't know where to go in the future.

He was 19 years old when he entered, and it has been ten years since he saw the sun and the world outside the iron fence again.The former dirt roads have been changed to suet roads, and the former asphalt roads have more than doubled in width.Row upon row of high-rise buildings, he can't even name the cars running on the street...

At that moment, he deeply realized that he had derailed from this society.What he gave up back then was not only ten years of life, but also his future life...

Zeng Ruchu remembered that the day he was released from prison after serving his sentence was a bright and sunny day, but the scorching sun could not find the gloom in his heart, and his heart was anxious like a fish that was caught ashore by misfortune, waiting under the sun. to be scorched...

On his head was a bald prisoner's head that was shaved in prison, and the clothes on his body were still old Ou's old jacket, which was more than a little too big for him, and passers-by on the road looked sideways.Zeng Ruchu still remembers the feeling of shame in his heart at that time, wishing he could rush back to prison.

At this moment, a car stopped next to him. Zheng Qing, who was dressed in a neat suit and looked like a successful man, got out of it, reached out to pick up his rag bag, and smiled at him heartily: "Sorry, I'm late. Let's go, take you to have a meal and take a bath first, to get rid of bad luck..."

At that time, Zheng Qing not only took him to eat and take a bath, but also arranged for him a place to live, a job, and even said that if he wanted to study or learn something, just go, and he would pay for it... and so on. Lao Ou opened the Malatang restaurant, and he still borrowed 5 yuan like Zheng Qing.Zheng Qing didn't even blink, and gave him the money without asking anything...

Zeng Ruchu sat on his single bed.Without turning on the lights, the sun went down little by little, and the room was completely dark at some point.He looked at the simple and complete furniture with blurred vision, thinking about all this.He couldn't help thinking, if Zheng Qing hadn't shown up at the prison gate to pick him up.Without Zheng Qing, what would I be doing today?

If Zheng Qing really didn't exist, Zeng Ruchu could at least be sure of one thing, no matter what, he couldn't be who he is today.Let alone meeting Yuan Yu...

But, but... He has always been grateful, and Zheng Qing, who doesn't know how to repay... actually has such feelings for himself, and has such thoughts...

Zeng Ruchu's heart seemed to be tightly entangled with threads, and it was impossible to untie the mess.He really didn't understand. He had always believed that he had a perfect family, a successful career, and even regarded Zheng Qing as an idol and role model in his heart, as a relative and brother. How could he fall in love with him?

How could Zheng Qing like him, how could it be possible to like him...

Zeng Ruchu's brain cells were limited, and for a whole afternoon, for several hours, he just couldn't get around this problem like a magic barrier.There was no time to think about what he and Zheng Qing would do in the future, how would he face Zheng Qing when he replied to Zheng Qing like this...

Zeng Ruchu thought about it and lay down. He had a severe headache, so he closed his eyes. He seemed to be in a dream in a daze. He was beaten and kicked by the old people in the prison. One of them His foot kicked in his heart, and the sharp pain made it more and more difficult for him to breathe... At this moment, the prison guard outside took a baton and slammed on the iron door... The sound was rough and bloody, and he couldn't bear it. I couldn't help curling up into a ball...

"Dangdang! Dangdang! Dangdang..."

"Open the door!"

The prison guard's voice changed to Yuan Yu's.Zeng Ruchu who was curled up on the bed in his clothes suddenly opened his eyes, the shirt on his body was soaked in the cold sweat from his dream.

"Kang, kuang! Zeng Ruchu, are you inside? Open the door for me!"

The security door of Zeng Ruchu's house was kicked from the outside, shaking unbearably, as if it could be kicked open at any time.

Zeng Ruchu quickly got up from the bed and opened the door.Yuan Yu stood outside with a tense face, almost unable to withdraw his fist in time.Seeing Zeng Ruchu standing inside the door safe and sound, he was relieved, and then his expression showed a trace of anger.

"Is there something wrong with your ears? You can't hear me knocking for so long?" Yuan Yu's face was gloomy, and then as if thinking of something, his face darkened, pushed Zeng Ruchu away from him, and strode away Into the old house.

The house is less than fifty square meters in total.There is a single bed next to the window, a simple wardrobe next to it, a dining table, and a desk.Zeng Ruchu here is simple and there are not many living supplies, only some must-haves.It is not an exaggeration to say that it is clear at a glance.

Zeng Ruchu closed the door and saw Yuan Yu looking into the bathroom.He frowned and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Yuan Yu turned around, didn't even look at him, went to the window and opened it to look down, then his unsightly face stopped.

The corner of Zeng Ruchu's mouth twitched, and he showed a mocking smile, and said: "This is the fourth floor, even if you hide, you can't hide from the window."

As soon as Yuan Yu entered the door, he looked like he was caught in bed, which made Zeng Ruchu feel sick and annoyed, so he couldn't help but mock him for a while.

Of course Yuan Yu could hear the sarcasm in his words, walked up to Zeng Ruchu in two steps, stretched out his hand to pinch his chin, and threatened in a cold tone: "If you really dare to hide someone, I will drag you to Beishan together Buried alive!"

Zeng Ruchu was really in a bad mood today, he waved his hand away with a cold face, gave him a flattering smile, and said coldly: "Don't dare."

Zeng Ruchu turned around and went to the table to pour himself a glass of water, completely pretending that Yuan Yu didn't exist.

Yuan Yu's tall body stood in his small apartment, and the whole room seemed even smaller.Yuan Yu frowned and said, "How do you live in such a small, broken place? Are you not afraid of suffocation?"

Yuan Yu said whatever came to his mind, he didn't expect what kind of mood Zeng Ruchu would have.

Sure enough, when Zeng Ruchu heard this, his hand holding the water glass shook, and he pursed his lips tightly in anger, because he was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would tell this man to get out.

Zeng Ruchu was in a bad mood, obviously Yuan Yu was not in a good mood, his face was sullen from the moment he entered the room, and seeing Zeng Ruchu ignoring him, he became even more breathless.

"Why did you come back here?" Yuan Yu asked forcefully.

Zeng Ruchu's house usually has no guests, only a chair where Zeng Ruchu is sitting on the bottom of his buttocks, Yuan Yu is so tall, he has no place to sit and can only stand in front of Zeng Ruchu.

Zeng Ruchu lightly raised his eyelids to glance at him, and explained in a flat tone: "I'm not feeling well, I'm asking for leave."

Yuan Yu's angry eyes swept from his hair to his feet, and Zeng Ruchu couldn't see anything except his usual porcelain pale face, so he got angry.

From that night on, he would send Zeng Ruchu to the company first when he went to work in the morning, and pick him up when he got off work.Even if I have something to do temporarily, I will let the driver go.What he told Zeng Ruchu was, I still let everyone know that you belong to Lao Tzu!In fact, only Yuan Yu knows what kind of psychology.But no matter what, Zeng Ruchu should go home after work, and he should go back to Yuan Yu's home.Instead of not saying a word, he ran back to his home as if he had disappeared, and didn't even answer the phone.

He was having dinner with several leaders of the government this evening, but in the middle of the meal, he always thought of Zeng Ruchu, so he found an excuse and went to the corridor to call him and ask him what he wanted to eat and take it home for him.Unexpectedly, no one answered the phone, and then he called the driver. The driver said that he had been waiting at the gate of Zeng Ruchu's company for more than an hour. Zeng Ruchu's colleague said that there was no one upstairs, and he couldn't get through Zeng Ruchu's phone .

Yuan Yu became anxious now, and returned to the guest room to hastily ended the banquet, and apologized to the leaders, saying that it was something urgent, and he would make it up next time.

It can be seen how important it is to make Yuan Yu of the Yuan family anxious.Those politicians naturally couldn't care about Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu sent someone to follow Zeng Ruchu before, just to check some of his situation.He evacuated people two days later.Zeng Ruchu didn't answer his calls no matter what, and at the moment when he turned off the phone at last, Yuan Yu's intestines were turning green with regret.

When you really want to find someone, but you can't get in touch with this person no matter what, you will naturally guess whether he had an accident, whether he was eating with another man, whether he was angry I don't want to talk to you...

One of Yuan Yu's most annoying things is that other people don't answer the phone.If it's someone else, usually if he doesn't answer his call once, he won't bother to call him a second time.But Zeng Ruchu was able to do it again and again, and twice and three times, he refused to answer his phone call, and refused to answer it...

Originally, Yuan Yu was full of anger, Zeng Ruchu didn't realize his mistake, that's all, tonight he was still abnormally yin and yang, he didn't even give himself a good face, it seemed that he, Yuan Yu, had done something wrong , sorry he did!

"Let me tell you, Zeng Ruchu!" Yuan Yu pointed at Zeng Ruchu's nose, and the fierce look on Jun's face could scare a child into tears, and said sharply, "Don't go too far! Who the hell spoiled you so much? Like this, huh? You are a plaything of my mother, I can sleep as I want! I make you laugh, you have to laugh, and I make you cry, you have to cry, whoever told you you fuck Can you show me face? There will be another time, if you make me angry, I will see if I don't call you!"