madman

"I'll be back this afternoon. I think I'll be home tomorrow night. It's snowing heavily in the village, and the road is closed. I can't go out. I'll stay for two more days." Zhou Xun held the phone in his left hand and talked to Ye Yunqing on the other end of the phone.

Ye Yunqing was originally his apprentice, and later he started a second-hand car dealership with him. Before he returned to Minahe, he told Ye Yunqing and his friends to stay for one day, and then return to Beijing to spend the New Year with them. Now they are all fourth. God.

It was too cold in the yard, Zhou Xun put his right hand in the pocket of his clothes, his down jacket was completely unwearable, Lin Zhile gave him his own clothes, his shoulders were not as wide as Lin Zhile's, and the clothes couldn't hold up well, The hem comes down to the calf. (°?°?╬) Stealing resources?Stealing Garfield resources?

But Zhou Xun felt better, warmer.

He walked back and forth in the yard with small steps, kicking the snow in the yard with his toes.

"Master, send me the train number when the time comes, and I'll pick you up at the train station." Ye Yunqing said on the phone.

"Okay, come and pick me up when the time comes, I guess I'll buy a lot of things to go home, I can't take them by myself." Zhou Xun took the phone away from his ear, checked the time, "There is no special situation in time to go back for the New Year, I will try to buy as soon as possible The snow stopped last night, and the road is clear now. I am waiting for the bus to the county.”

"The car is here, let's go." Lin Zhile suddenly approached Zhou Xun and interrupted his call, so he had to say something to Sylvia in a hurry before hanging up.

A car was parked at the gate of the courtyard, and there was a person standing beside the car, who should be the assistant that Lin Zhile said was coming to pick him up.

Zhou Xun glanced at it from a distance, the off-road Mercedes-Benz Big G is indeed a rich man, back to his hometown, he is an assistant, and he owns a luxury car.

He looked inside and outside the old house again, making sure everything was packed, then he locked the door, walked to the car with his bag on his back and opened the rear door, unexpectedly, Lin Zhile had already gotten into the car and was also sitting in the back seat .

Zhou Xun was not so pretentious as to close the car door and run to take the co-pilot. After all, he was willing to take Lin Zhile's car, and it didn't matter where he sat.

After the heavy snowfall, he and Lin Zhile lived together for three days. Except for the first day's tense and absurd night, the next two days were peaceful and peaceful, as if they were just strangers trapped together because of the heavy snowfall. people.

Zhou Xun's assistant looks in his forties, slightly fat, honest and honest, with a peaceful appearance, not recognizable, but Zhou Xun always feels familiar, but he really can't remember where he saw it, thinking maybe it's just because of the public face .

Except for confirming the next itinerary with Lin Zhile at the beginning, the assistant didn't say anything all the way and just concentrated on driving, but Zhou Xun could still feel the eyes that fell on him from time to time through the rearview mirror.

Compared to the curiosity and scrutiny of insignificant people, the person who made him feel most uncomfortable was Lin Zhile. The back seat was spacious, and there was a big gap between the two of them. stop.

When he was not far from the county seat, he closed his laptop and asked, "I called you, your new love?"

At first, Zhou Xun thought he was asking the driver's assistant, but he didn't answer. He leaned his head against the glass window, staring blankly at the receding street scene outside the window.

It was very quiet in the carriage, and the assistant didn't answer. Only then did Zhou Xun realize that Lin Zhile had been staring at him, and then realized that he was asking about Ye Yunqing's phone call before getting in the car.

"I've been by my side for three years." Zhou Xun said ambiguously. Ye Yunqing was his apprentice three years ago, and he always called him his master. Later, he came out to do a second-hand car dealership with his friends, and Ye Yunqing also followed him, so to speak , is also a fact.

The carriage fell into silence again, only the assistant's eyes in the rearview mirror were filled with surprise and trepidation.

Zhou Xun didn't care to explore, "Just put me in front."

He is going to go to the mall to buy some special products and go back home. He has a lot of friends, and there are quite a few people who need to move around during the Chinese New Year.

Lin Zhile didn't speak, the assistant didn't dare to stop, Zhou Xun's tone was bad, and he repeated: "Stop."

"Stop the car." Lin Zhile said this time, the assistant stepped on the brakes, and Zhou Xun got out of the car after the car came to a complete stop.

After he entered the mall, he bought a lot of things, including food and drink, his hands were full, and it was a bit difficult to carry it. When he came out, he found Lin Zhile's car was still parked in place.

He didn't go forward, and stood not far from the car. Lin Zhile's assistant got the order, got out of the car and walked to Zhou Xun's side, trying to help Zhou Xun carry things.

Zhou Xun didn't let go, "No need, I'll just take a taxi to the train station myself, and I won't bother you."

The assistant didn't move, "Our boss said, send Mr. Zhou to the train station."

"Are you free?"

"Not idle!"

"You don't need to send it."

The assistant still refused to give way, Zhou Xun became a little impatient, "Is there something wrong with your boss?"

As soon as Zhou Xun finished speaking, Lin Zhile walked up to him and snatched the big and small bags from Zhou Xun's hand, "Let's go to the train station too, drop by."

Zhou Xun didn't notice when Lin Zhile got out of the car just now, and when he came over, he scoffed at him, "I'm a big boss, and I always fly by plane when I go out."

"It's snowing, flights are grounded."

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Sitting in the well-heated carriage again, Zhou Xun was a little irritable, and then he had nothing to say all the way, except for the sound of car tires rubbing against the ground, the carriage was quiet.

Zhou Xun felt that he was in chaos from head to toe, his eyes were not eyes, his nose was not his nose, nothing was right.

Ever since he met Lin Zhile again, he felt that he could not think rationally in front of Lin Zhile, nor could he control himself.

Zhou Xun felt a little stuffy, pulled his collar, and his fingers touched the emerald safety buckle pendant hanging around his neck. He held it in his hand and looked at it. It was emerald green and transparent, with a warm luster.

It was originally a pair, and the other was at Lin Zhile's. Zhou Xun's own had been wearing it for ten years, and several ropes were broken.

"Lin Zhile, since we are divided, do you have to give me back my safety button?"

More than ten years ago, Zhou Xun drove a big car in Myanmar for a month and got a piece of jade. He made a pair of safety buttons and gave it to Lin Zhile after the college entrance examination.

In fact, that’s what Zhou Xun said. He didn’t really intend to get back what he gave out, and his relationship is a mess. Even if he gave them another eighteen years, he still couldn’t figure out who they were. mine is coming.

Lin Zhile didn't respond, and it took a while before she said, "I don't remember where I put it, maybe I lost it."

"If you lose it, just lose it. It's not worth much anyway."

When they arrived at the train station, the two bought tickets for different directions. One bought tickets to Haishi and the other to Beijing. There was a gap of two hours between the departure times.

Zhou Xun came first. He bought the train ticket for the nearest train back to Beijing. It happened that someone refunded the ticket, and it was a sleeper. Zhou Xun felt lucky. Otherwise, there would be no seats at this time, so he had to stand go back.

Before leaving, Zhou Xun made a special trip to the VIP lounge, and opened the door with only one hand, but no one went in with his arms propped up.

"It's your birthday tomorrow, so I wish you a happy birthday, I'll go first, safe journey."

After Zhou Xun finished speaking, he closed the door, turned around, and felt that his back was quite unrestrained.

Lin Zhile bent his back and sat on the sofa facing the door. He raised his hand and took off his glasses, pinched the lenses with his fingers, and kept looking at the door that was just closed.

The door was made of frosted glass, no matter how hard he tried, he could only see a vague figure.

The lens in his hand snapped and shattered, his finger was cut by the shattered lens, blood dripped out and dripped on the floor.

The ticket in his hand was also pinched into a ball, stained with blood.

The assistant exclaimed, "Mr. Lin, is your hand okay? It's bleeding. I'll get you some medicine."

"No need, just find me a Band-Aid." Lin Zhile still looked at the door, "Old Zhang, buy another one for Beijing."

"Why didn't you go with Mr. Zhou just now? We were going back to Beijing. Now that there are so many people, we probably can't even get tickets."

"Then buy standing tickets."

After Lin Zhile finished speaking, she threw the bloody ticket into the trash can with her hands clenched tightly in her hands.

"Mr. Lin, haven't you always..."

"Go buy tickets, before it's too late."

The assistant didn't say any more, first found a band-aid, and then went to buy a ticket again.

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After more than ten hours of driving, I finally arrived in Beijing on the night of New Year's Eve. Ye Yunqing went to the train station to pick up Zhou Xun. Because of the limited number, he didn't drive.

New Year's in Beijing is the most leisurely time of the year, and many taxis outside the train station are empty.

Zhou Xun and Ye Yunqing got into an empty car casually.

"Master, the north gate of Fenglin Community." Ye Yunqing reported the address to the driver.

"Okay, are you rushing back from other places to celebrate the New Year?" Beijing taxi drivers usually like to chat with passengers.

"Yeah, hurry up and catch up, and finally catch up."

Ye Yunqing has a quiet temper, but Zhou Xun is someone who is willing to talk about it, chatting with taxi drivers all over the place.

Zhou Xun chatted happily, and the topic turned to finance and economics, "Master, you know a lot."

"We taxi drivers stay in the car every day and pull all kinds of people every day. I have met everyone. If I don't talk to people and open my mouth, I will definitely be suffocated at the end of the day. When I don't pull people, I will listen to them." Listen to the radio, before you got in the car, you were listening to the financial channel."

"Then turn on the financial channel and let us listen." Zhou Xun was a little tired and wanted to take a break.

"Come on..."

The host on the broadcast first said some New Year greetings, and then reported: "According to reliable news, Fanghua Group's annual meeting will be held at the Fangxing Hotel in Chaoyang District tonight. It is said that Ms. Fang Hua, the founder of Fanghua Group, is due to health and other reasons. will resign from the position of director, and the new director is Ms. Fang Hua's son, Mr. Lin Zhile..."

After that, the voice of the hostess on the radio gradually faded away in Zhou Xun's ears, leaving only the whistling electric sound under the bass.

fuckin mirage

Ye Yunqing naturally also knew Lin Zhile's name. He had been with Zhou Xun for several years, and watched Zhou Xun look for Lin Zhile for several years.

He was very happy, and felt that this time Zhou Xun didn't have to worry about it day and night, "Master, the one on the radio is the person you are looking for."

"Yes."

"Then you don't need to look for Master anymore. He is in Beijing, and he is still at the Fangxing Hotel tonight. Go find him."

Zhou Xun closed his eyes, "I met him when I went back to my hometown, and I don't need to look for it anymore."

Seeing Zhou Xun's ugly face, Ye Yunqing probably guessed that the meeting in their hometown was not pleasant, and asked, "Master, are you okay?"

"It's all right."

The taxi soon arrived at the gate of the community, and Ye Yunqing hurriedly took Zhou Xun, who was still in a daze, "Master, we're home, let's go home and go home for the New Year's Eve dinner."

Zhou Xun looked at the big rusty iron gate at the door, and at the place where he had lived for nearly ten years.

When Lin Zhile was in college, Zhou Xun and him rented here. A few years ago, the landlord immigrated, and Zhou Xun bought the house directly.

The community has been around for 30 to [-] years, and the lower floors of the sixth floor, if you look at it during the day, the colorful red walls have faded and turned grayish-yellow.

The facilities are also old and dilapidated. The voice-activated lights in the corridors have not been turned on a few years ago. The stairs and the doors of each house are covered with colorful small advertisements.

During the New Year, there were only some brightly colored Spring Festival couplets and red lanterns, and the sound insulation of the house was not good. When Zhou Xun went upstairs, he could hear the festive music of the Spring Festival Gala on the neighbor's TV downstairs, which sounded lively.

At this time, Zhou Xun only felt ironic and ridiculous. Facing the place where he saw the sunrise and sunset every day, he still had a strong sense of strangeness and desolation uncontrollably from the bottom of his heart.

After so many years, it turned out that he was the only one who still stayed where he was, unable to move.