blockhouse

The flower bed was filled with dirt and snow, and when it fell into it, there was no buffer at all, and it just sat down on the bottom.

In Qi Yue's half-smile expression, Gu Zhong recalled that a lot of green plants were planted here about a few years ago, and at some point the chickens raised by the aunts in this area were all harmed. ...

If everyone who raises chickens in one family opposes it, there will be no protests for the whole chicken family.

Gu Zhong sat in the flower bed and meditated. This is really a strange social phenomenon.

Serious thinking about this social phenomenon at this moment is the primary way to alleviate embarrassment.

Although this way seems more embarrassing than embarrassing itself.

"Broken tailbone?" Qi Yue looked at him with his arms resting on the back of the car seat.

"No." Gu Zhong jumped up and slapped his butt about twenty times.

"Check again." Qi Yue looked at him, still half-smiling, "I guess the filming was broken."

"Go back to sleep..." Gu Zhong held the car door.

For a lonely old man like you, sleeping is the best option.

The words could not be uttered, his mouth was still open, someone upstairs picked out a thigh-thick firecracker from the corridor, and it exploded directly a few meters above his head.

Before he could recover, the scum from the firecracker flew into his mouth.

"Close the door!" Qi Yue frowned and shouted at him.

He couldn't hear the sound at all, so Gu Zhong just managed to figure out what he said by his mouth. After hesitating for about a thousandth of a second, he jumped into the car, sat back in the passenger seat, and closed the door smoothly.

The sound of the firecrackers dropped a lot in an instant, but the shock of an explosion could still be felt.

Qi Yue looked at him.

"Drive!" Gu Zhong shouted, "It's about to explode!"

Qi Yue continued to look at him for a second, then drove the car to the front, turned around, passed through the thick smoke from the firecrackers again, and drove the car back to the entrance of the community.

Gu Zhong glanced at the time on the phone, it was still a while before 12 o'clock, but the surrounding smoke and the thundering sound of firecrackers had already begun to cheer without interruption.

He pushed the firecracker scum in his mouth with the tip of his tongue, opened the car window a crack, and spit out the scum quickly and accurately.

"Aren't you going back?" Qi Yue also glanced at the time, "It's almost 12 o'clock."

"12 o'clock has no special meaning to those mahjong masters in my family, that is, those who are not at the table go out to light a whip." Gu Zhong said.

"Oh." Qi Yue nodded, and tapped his fingers on the steering wheel twice, "I can find an excuse..."

"What's an excuse?" Gu Zhong interrupted him.

Qi Yue didn't speak, and the smile on the corner of his mouth looked as unbearable as ever.

"Boss Qi." Gu Zhong looked at him seriously, "I think you probably made a mistake..."

"Thank you." Qi Yue said.

"Ah?" Gu Zhong was stunned for a moment, and continued, "You don't have to be so polite."

After saying this, he sighed and leaned on the back of the chair, not wanting to talk anymore.

"Thank you." Qi Yue said, "Gu Zhong."

Gu Zhong was very touched that Qi Yue could finally pronounce his name correctly

But after Qi Yue said thank you twice and called out his name, it was as if he was drowned out by all kinds of deafening firecrackers and fireworks outside the car, and there was no sound.

What are you thanking? Gu Zhong glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, but there was no answer.

Although even if it is said, it may not be serious with Qi Yue's character, but this kind of abrupt stop is simply a fatal provocation for curiosity.

Out of the vigilance cultivated by being teased for a long time, he didn't ask any further questions, but just waited patiently in the constantly flickering lights of various colors outside the window, without even looking over there.

There was no movement from Qi Yue's side.

In this patient contest, Gu Zhong finally chose to admit defeat, he sighed, and turned his head:

"What did you just thank..."

No wonder Qi Yue won so easily! He actually fell asleep!

"What?" Gu Zhong insisted on finishing his sentence, looking at Qi Yue, he felt a little unbelievable.

What kind of perseverance is it to be able to sleep with your mouth half open in this environment.

After confirming that Qi Yue wasn't pretending to be asleep, Gu Zhong couldn't help but yawned too. It was just an infection. They young people wouldn't be sleepy at this time. He couldn't fall asleep amidst the thundering sound of firecrackers.

So Gu Zhong felt a little bored, and regretted that he didn't go upstairs but returned to the car.

He didn't know why he didn't go upstairs.

Just the thought of Qi Yue going back to the blockhouse alone, guarding the empty house on the third floor, leaning against the window and staring at the street where he couldn't see anything, in a daze, he couldn't bear it.

Grandma's house is now a mahjong room. Whether he is there or not will not affect anyone, but Qi Yue's side is the difference between being lonely and not so lonely.

Gu Zhong took a look at Qi Yue who was sleeping very soundly and seemed to be drooling in the next second, he didn't look very lonely, he might go back to sleep right away.

Boring, he pressed the play button on the CD player, wanting to listen to music.

Just as I was about to see how to adjust the volume, a crazy country disco rhythm suddenly burst into my ears, suppressing the sound of firecrackers outside.

Gu Zhong felt his eye sockets tremble and his heart almost burst out of his mouth.

The sound is loud enough to accompany the square dance for a company of aunts, and Qi Yue probably has a hearing impairment.

Gu Zhong gave up looking for the quantifier stanza key, and directly poked the switch, and the music stopped.

At this moment, he felt that the intense and monotonous sound of firecrackers outside was extremely pleasant.

"How?" Qi Yue was probably awakened by the music, turned his head and said, "Do you think the world is beautiful?"

"It's not that good," Gu Zhong said, "I didn't expect you to have such a taste, is there a DJ at the back of this song yelling allegro?

"That's right." Qi Yue smiled, "It seems that you have heard a lot."

"I..." Gu Zhong wanted to refute, but suddenly realized that he had indeed heard a lot, or how could he know, but he couldn't remember where he heard it from, and suddenly felt very upset, and patted the car Window, "Driving, don't stand here and stare blankly."

"Where are you going?" Qi Yue gave directions, drove the car out of the intersection, and walked slowly along the street, "Do you have a destination?"

Destination? Qi Yue asked a little strangely.

Most people should ask "Where are you going", or "Where do you want to go" and so on.

Do you have a purpose? After asking this question, Gu Zhong suddenly didn't know how to answer it.

Looking at the misty white smoke from the car window, he shook his head and said, "For the destination, no."

Neither spoke again.When the car is driven out and has not reached any "destination", the time on the car

Jumping to 00:00, the sound of cannons outside reached its peak in an instant.

"Give me a new year." Qi Yue said.

"Happy Chinese New Year." Gu Zhong said a series of words without thinking, "Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai, good luck, good luck, everything goes well, surplus every year, good fortune..."

Qi Yue didn't speak, reached out and patted his shoulder lightly, then squeezed it again.

Gu Zhong didn't continue talking. He used to say auspicious words since he was a child. If it wasn't for the subtle numbness on his shoulders that had spread from his shoulders and arms to half of his body, he could have spoken for a full minute.

It was only natural for the car to drive back to the gun tower.Gu Zhong had no purpose.It seemed that Qi Yue had no destination either.

The law and order on the night of the New Year's Eve was very good. No one was in the blockhouse and the door was closed all night, but no one went inside except for the smoke coming in through the cracks in the glass door.

"It's true that there are no thieves..." Gu Zhong walked to the side of the bar, ready to turn on the TV with the remote control, but the sound of firecrackers had become much quieter now, and the shop suddenly became empty without any customers, which made people feel a little inexplicably embarrassing.

When he reached for the remote control, he was stunned: "Huh?"

"It's dumplings." Qi Yue sat down on the chair by the window.

Gu Zhong turned his head and glanced at him. A big lunch box appeared on the bar at some point, and when he opened it, he saw a box full of big dumplings.

"This is..." Gu Zhong was holding the dumplings.

"The cat brought it." Qi Yue lit a cigarette, lit it and drank it in the smoke floating in the room, "Every year she secretly sends a box."

"Secretly?" Gu Zhong walked to the table and put the dumplings in front of him.

"Yeah." Qi Yue nodded, "Her mother won't let her come to me."

Gu Zhong didn't speak.

"At that time, if I had run away." Qi Yue said, "he wouldn't have died.

Gu Zhong still didn't speak.He wanted to say something, but had to think about what to say, but in the end

There is probably no need to say anything more.

Qi Yue squeezed a dumpling and put it in his mouth, then lay down on the table and fell asleep.

Gu Zhong saw Qi Yue's various postures when he was sitting and standing by the window, and saw him lying down for the first time.

Maybe it was crying, after all, the rumors in the world were a tragedy.

The dumplings have been stored for a long time, and they are a bit lumpy. Gu Zhong went to the back kitchen to find a large glass bowl for salad, and poured the dumplings into it.

Bumping a few times can separate the dumplings, he always sees his mother doing this.

However, he had never operated it by himself before. Just after a few bumps, a dumpling jumped out and landed on Qi Yue's head.

Qi Yue was still lying on the table, raised his hand to take out the dumpling from his collar, and pinched it again, as if he was trying to determine what it was.

Then he raised his head and asked, "Why didn't you put the pot on my head?

"If you persist for a while, you may be able to achieve it." Gu Zhong said.

Qi Yue looked quite normal, he didn't seem to be asleep, and he didn't seem to have just cried, but... Gu Zhong didn't know if he was delusional, he saw Qi Yue's eyelashes through the air that was not high-definition. There seemed to be drops of water as thin as needlepoints.

It is probably dizzy, not to mention that Qi Yue cannot be such a person, the water that is as thin as the tip of a needle

He might not be able to see clearly under the sun.But he still put down the dumpling in his hand, stretched out his hand to grab Qi Yue's shoulder inexplicably.

Qi Yue has tight muscles on his shoulders.This is not surprising, after all, he is the second son of Tie Zi, the legendary boss.Surprisingly, he himself would do such a thing.

He withdrew his hand in embarrassment, picked up the glass basin and continued to shake the dumplings.After shaking out the third dumpling, he gave up, threw the basin on the table, pinched a dumpling and stuffed it in his mouth, turned his face to watch TV and didn't want to make a sound anymore.

"Go upstairs." Qi Yue stretched and stood up.

"Upstairs?" Gu Zhong looked at him. If he went to the iron railing now, he would probably only experience the sight of a high degree of myopia.

visual effect.It's still cold.

"Watch a movie." Qi Yue said.

"Watch... a movie?" Gu Zhong was very shocked that Qi Yue could say such content without changing his face or beating his heart.

Qi Yue looked at him.

It took several seconds before Gu Zhong came back to his senses and asked, "What film?

"Movie." Qi Yue rarely laughed at him, and after finishing speaking with a serious face, he turned and walked upstairs.

Gu Zhong followed Qi Yue after he went up several stairs, and then heard his laughter.At the beginning, I was a little depressed, but after walking to the second floor, it turned into uncontrollable laughter.

Very pleasant laugh.

Gu Zhong swears that he has known Qi Yue for so long and never knew that he could have a smile other than mockery.

"I'd better watch the Spring Festival Gala." Gu Zhong retreated from the stairs.

"The Spring Festival Gala has been over for a long time. Close the store door and turn on the ventilation fan." Qi Yue's voice slowly went upstairs, "Then go up and watch a movie. I'm bored watching it alone."

Gu Zhong was silent.

"I don't want to be alone." Qi Yue estimated that he had reached the third floor, and his voice was almost drowned out by the reverberation of the firecrackers outside.

The store closed, it was already past 12 o'clock, Qi Maomao's father should have come and left.

Turn on the ventilator, Gu Zhong was stunned for 2 minutes amidst the humming, went to the bar to make two cups of milk tea and took them up to the third floor.

The door of the small sloping attic was opened, and Qi Yue was half leaning on a roll of haystack.

Gu Zhong went in with milk tea, handed him a cup and said, "This grass is so white."

"Corn husks that have been floated are not grass." Qi Yue took the milk tea, moved to the side, and gave him half a roll of corn husks, "Sit down."

Gu Zhong sat down and leaned against the corn husk, so comfortable that he couldn't help but sigh.

But it is very comfortable.He found that Qi Yue looked like a fool and didn't care about anything, but many details showed that he was a serious person, which was quite contradictory.

And when he invites people to watch movies on New Year's Eve, they actually watch movies from the previous generation like Young and Dangerous.

"This film is older than me." Gu Zhong took a sip of milk tea, looking at the age-like colors and the faces that were still young at the time.

"Have you seen it?" Qi Yue asked.

"I've seen it." Gu Zhong said.

"I've seen it before you?" Qi Yue slid down, half lying down, looking at the screen that took up half of the wall.

When he came in last time, whether he was blind or didn't look there at all, Gu Zhong didn't know there was such a big screen here.

"I watched it when I was in junior high school, and my classmates said it was a classic, so I just watched it." Gu Zhong said.

To be honest, I was quite impressed. When I heard the music, I still had goosebumps on my arms, which I can't describe.

Arena.

兄弟

Different youth.

Get excited for no reason.

Qi Yue didn't speak any more, and watched silently with his arms on his pillow.

Gu Zhong drank the milk tea slowly, but also remained silent.The corn husk smells very good, with a delicate fragrance, mixed with the milk tea flavor, there is a kind of peaceful sweetness.

Qi Yue watched the episode "The Winner Is King", and seemed to be quite absorbed in watching it. Apart from the sound from the movie, the only sound in the cabin was the occasional sound of Gu Zhong drinking milk tea.

Gu Zhong didn't watch it too seriously, no matter how good the movie he had watched several times, he couldn't keep staring at the screen like Qi Yue did.

His eyes switched between the screen and Qi Yue's exposed flowery arms after he took off his coat.

It should be quite touching.

Thinking that Qi Yue might have had a movie-like experience, although it was definitely not that exaggerated, it was enough to make him feel emotional for a while.

"Did you envy you when you watched it before?" Qi Yue asked.

"Well, I feel that kind of... for my brother and for my feelings... How should I put it? It's very passionate," Gu Zhong cleared his throat, "Am I a bit of a fool?"

Qi Yue seems to have always had a non-obvious objection to this fact, and he did say that Gu Zhong, you are an idiot.

"I've made progress." Qi Yue took a sip of milk tea, "I'm starting to understand myself."

"Thank you boss for your praise." Gu Zhong said.

"Are you also envious of me?" Qi Yue turned his head and added another sentence in the ending song.

Gu Zhong looked at him and didn't speak.

Not envious, but I think it's pretty cool.When I first heard this rumor

He thought of the term "friendship between life and death", and also thought that this is the friendship of life and death.

But such a "life" is not a good memory.

"I'm not envious." Gu Zhong drank the milk tea in his hand, "I used to think it was cool, but now I don't think so anymore."

Just before today, he probably wouldn't have been so sure.

But when he saw the door closed in front of Qi Yue, he didn't know how Qi Yue felt.

Even if it is a stranger, watching a warm and joyful room disappear in front of his eyes, separated by a cold door without any hesitation, the instant coolness will still make people uncomfortable.

It seemed that it was also at that moment that Gu Zhong suddenly understood the meaning of what he had said since he had known Qi Yue for so long.

Qi Yue went in and put the pigeons for a fight, and Qi Yue mocked him, called him a fool, told him to go away, and told him that there are some things that he will regret for a lifetime.

"I suddenly felt..." Gu Zhong also put his arms behind his head and looked at the subtitles that were pulled up on the screen, "Are you a bit of an old lady?"

"I'm moved when I'm moved." Qi Yue said, "You don't have to stand up, I can see through a child like you at a glance."

"She's an old lady who can brag." Gu Zhong said, "If you see through something, you will see through it."

"The black underwear I'm wearing today." Qi Yue said.

"Who?" Gu Zhong was so shocked that he subconsciously wanted to pull open his trouser waist to peek inside.

"You, don't you see it very well?" Qi Yue got up and took the remote control and pressed it, probably planning to find another film.

"No, you..." Gu Zhong actually didn't need to tear open his trouser waist to be sure that Qi Yue was right, all his underwear were of the same style and color, "You still have a shameless hobby of peeping? Are you in the toilet?" Install a camera?!"

"When it's hot," Qi Yue looked at the screen and said unhurriedly, "I can see the edge of your underwear as soon as you raise your arm. Not changing underwear for a week, very careless."

Gu Zhong closed his eyes. He really didn't expect that this perfect shopping trick he came up with to avoid the difficulty of choosing could give people such an illusion.

"Is it black?" Qi Yue picked out the film, leaned back, and hooked his trouser waist.

Gu Zhong felt that he was already numb to the state of "shock", he didn't even move, he just stared at Qi Yue's hand, watching him hook his fingers around the waist of his trousers, pull and release, and his stomach was "slapped" After a while, he sighed.

Very speechless.

After watching the passionate Pheasant Brother and seeing the title of "Silent Hill" on the screen, his back felt numb for a while. He felt a little too warm because of the small space in the cabin, but now he felt that the temperature became suitable up.

"Can't you watch something more festive?" Gu Zhong asked.

"No, oh, no, yes." Qi Yue pressed the pause button, "I also have Pleasant Goat, which children like, if you want to see it..."

Gu Zhong pulled out the remote from his hand and pressed play.

"Aren't you afraid to watch horror movies?" Qi Yue asked.

"Well, it's said that people with a particularly healthy mentality don't like to watch it," Gu Zhong said, "and I don't think it's a horror movie, this movie isn't scary, it's very... hopeless."

"Really?" Qi Yue turned his head.

"My feeling may not be accurate, I only watched it once." Gu Zhong said, "I can't breathe after watching it."

Qi Yue smiled: "I probably watched it more than 50 times."

"Isn't it the same with Guganzai?" Gu Zhong said, Qi Yue didn't look at it very seriously just now, although he stared straight at it, it gave the impression that he was just "watching", not "watching a movie".

"Yes." Qi Yue nodded.

"You can't be..." Gu Zhong said, "Just these few movies, watch them every day."

"That's right." Qi Yue gave a thumbs up, "Young man, you suddenly have amazing judgment."

"You are a strange person." Gu Zhong said, "Every day you go to the store and don't go anywhere. You just stare at the street in a daze without doing anything in the store. Let's watch a movie, just watch those few movies hundreds of times. , isn't it boring?"

"I still care about making steaks." Qi Yue said, "I also want to make pizza."

There were not many people ordering all day. Gu Zhong felt a little hungry for no reason, and suddenly wanted to eat short ribs, "Is there any left in the kitchen?"

"I'll make it for you after watching this movie." Qi Yue said.

"Oh." Gu Zhong didn't know why he felt a little warm after hearing this sentence.

He had never found himself so easily moved before.

With the promise of short ribs, Gu Zhong rested on the corn husk and started watching a movie.

He can't remember many plots clearly, and he can basically watch it as a new movie. The only thing he still remembers is actually the last kind of despair mixed with sadness and helplessness.

Qi Yue is still in the same state as before, looking at the screen, drinking milk tea occasionally, and leaning against him in a different posture.

I don't know why Qi Yue likes to watch this kind of film. The two films are completely different, but from a certain angle, they have the same subtle feeling.

Some kind of hopelessness.Gu Zhong closed his eyes, picked a particularly scary place, turned his head to look at Qi Yue and said, "Are you..."

"Aren't you afraid to watch this passage?" Qi Yue turned his head and interrupted him.

"Ah... yes." Gu Zhong said

"What do you want to ask?" Qi Yue smiled.

"Do you feel that your life is particularly hopeless?" Gu Zhong asked.

"Isn't it inappropriate to talk to your boss like this?" Qi Yue said, "Aren't you afraid that the boss has no hope and even won't pay the salary?"

"Why didn't you feel inappropriate when you pulled the employee's pants?" Gu Zhong sighed.

"That makes sense." Qi Yue smiled and tilted his head back, looking at the photo on the roof, "Do you think I look hopeless?"

"No, it's not accurate, I can't tell." Gu Zhong also looked up at the photo, "Occasionally, I can't tell from the outside, but I feel that you are... very sad."

Qi Yue didn't make a sound.

"I don't know if you are so worried about other people." Gu Zhong sat up and turned to face Qi Yue. Originally, he didn't want to use such a formal and concerned posture, but the content on the screen was a little scary, so he would have turned around if he didn't. I have to raise my hand to cover my eyes, "Anyway, I know you don't want me to envy this kind of happy life in the rivers and lakes, right?"

"En." Qi Yue responded, "You are too stupid to be beaten to death."

"You said that some things will be regretted for the rest of your life." Gu Zhong said, "It's you, Mao Mao's father is dead, you can't go home, friends, family, the most important things in life... two."

Qi Yue has been looking at him intently, listening to him quietly, and when he said the last sentence, Qi Yue quickly turned his head and laughed out loud.

"What are you laughing at, will you find the point?" Gu Zhong said.

Qi Yue laughed again for a long time before he stopped, sighed a long time, sat up, and stared at him face to face for a while: "Actually, I wouldn't worry about it if I were someone else."

Gu Zhong was stunned for a moment before he realized that he changed the topic back to the front: "Ah?"

"Fate." Qi Yue said, "To be honest, you are nothing special, but I just have a different feeling for you than other people, do you understand me?"

"Understood." Gu Zhong nodded.

The scary scene on the screen was not over yet, after he glanced at it, he quickly turned his head back and looked at Qi Yue.

"Do you want another one?" Qi Yue asked.

"No need." Gu Zhong said, "I guess you don't have any normal movies here."

"Okay." Qi Yue looked at the screen, "Do you want me to find you a pillow?"

"It's not that..." Gu Zhong leaned on the tacos again.

The screen was dark, and he couldn't figure out what kind of lens it was for a while. He didn't feel anything just now, but now that he leaned so close, he suddenly had a...subtle feeling. He stared at the screen for a long time and couldn't concentrate. Try to understand.

The hut is Qi Yue's space to be alone. He usually spends very little time here, basically just sleeping, so the area is small, and it feels solid and comfortable being wrapped.

But at this moment, this comfort has transformed into a subtle feeling that permeates the air and breath.

It dissipates when you want to capture it accurately, and quietly diffuses around after you divert your attention. It makes people feel uncomfortable, but it is not uncomfortable.

Gu Zhong still remembers the ending part of the film very clearly. After staring at it, he sighed softly with some sense of loss, stretched his legs, and stared at the slanted neck of the hut in a trance.

"Short ribs." Qi Yue said, "What else?

"It's gone." Gu Zhong rubbed his belly, feeling like he was leaning on the corn husk like an old man, "In the middle of the night, eating too much makes you fat."

"It's quite particular." Qi Yue sat up, took the remote control and pressed it a few times, and Pleasant Goat jumped out on the screen, "Look at this and wait, I'll do it."

"Can I pick it myself?" Gu Zhong said

"Choose it yourself." Qi Yue put the remote control on his stomach, pressed it twice on his stomach and stood up, "I'm not fat either."

Gu Zhong looked at him.

"Beef short ribs, thank you for the old rules." Gu Zhong sighed.

Qi Yue went downstairs, and Gu Zhong took the remote control to pick out movies for a long time. Qi Yue's movies felt like they hadn't been updated for many years, and they were all old movies.

Can't tell he's such a nostalgic person.

Maybe it's not nostalgia, there are a dozen or so movies in total, Gu Zhong roughly glanced at the titles, and the latest movie should be Pleasant Goat's movie, and it should be six or seven years old in his memory.

Probably because he had just finished watching "Silent Hill" today, he suddenly had a magical feeling that Qi Yue seemed to be trapped in the memories of six or seven years ago, that night in the rumors of the rivers and lakes...

His hairs stood on end, and he quickly clicked on a movie at random.

Before the beginning of the film was finished, he heard a sound of crackling, not loud, and he couldn't even tell where the sound came from, but he could still tell if it was the sound of firecrackers. There are so many firecrackers.

Immediately after the second burst of noise, he recognized that it was the sound of glass shattering, and it should be... the first floor.

He threw the remote control in his hand, opened the door of the hut and rushed out. After two steps, he quickly turned back and closed the door, and put the table that was usually placed at the door back in place.

I don't know why, this hut feels like a protective shell to him, protecting some unknown fragility of Qi Yue, even if the shop is destroyed, he still hopes to keep the hut.

It's a bad feeling when the glass is broken.Although it's New Year's Eve, in his concept normal people should not cause trouble on this day, but he still uncontrollably thought of the night when Qi Yue told him to get out but he didn't.

While running downstairs, there was another crackling sound, much louder this time.Based on this speed, it is estimated that he ran to the first floor, and the six large windows downstairs were all shattered.

When he passed the second floor, he picked up a mop. He used it every day. He felt comfortable and handy when he picked it up.

But compared to these, he was more worried about Qi Yue.

In fact, when it comes to fighting fiercely and dealing with troubles, Qi Yue doesn't need anyone to worry about it. The key is that he doesn't seem to want to make a move. When it comes to beating, he is not very good.

Just turning the corner of the second floor with a mop in hand, and going down two stairs, Qi Yue came up to him, pointed at Gu Zhong before he asked what was going on, and said in a low voice, "Go up."

"Where are you going?" Gu Zhong also suppressed his voice.

"Third floor." Qi Yue took the mop from his hand, dragged him by the arm and went upstairs.

"Should we call the police?" Gu Zhong asked.

Let the police uncle calm down for a New Year's Eve. "Qi Yue said.

The sound of tables being overturned came from downstairs again.Gu Zhong didn't make another sound, followed Qi Yue back to the third floor, and stood by the window.

"Do you want to hide?" He sighed helplessly.

"They won't come up." Qi Yue took out a cigarette and drank it, but didn't light it.

"Who... who is he? He's so dedicated, yet he even goes out to pick quarrels and troubles." Gu Zhong said.

"Ordinary people." Qi Yue said.

"Is your definition of ordinary people different from us ordinary people?" Gu Zhong heard the sound of "ordinary people" being smashed downstairs.

"Do you think it's easy to be an ordinary person?" Qi Yue took the cigarette out of his mouth again, looking at the blur outside the window, "Your enemy, the boss of the rumors in the rivers and lakes, has three brothers."

"Ah?" Gu Zhong was stunned.

Qi Yue pointed down: "It's downstairs."

"No." Gu Zhong came back to his senses, "Isn't Boss...why it's not over yet!"

"Some things are endless." Qi Yue said

The smashing didn't last long, about 10 minutes, and the people left. After all, it was the New Year's Eve, so they probably had to go back for a reunion.

Qi Yue went downstairs to make short ribs, Gu Zhong stood by the window on the third floor for a few more minutes before following him down.

The very familiar scene seemed to be back to the time when he first walked into the blockhouse.The glass was broken, there was scum all over the place, and the ventilation fan was replaced in vain before, but now the room is filled with the cold smell of gunpowder smoke.

The things placed outside are basically not standing, and they are falling into pieces.

However, the back kitchen remained intact because the large iron gate was locked.

Gu Zhong poked his head through the window of the bar counter into the back kitchen, feeling a bit of warmth.

Qi Yue was busy with his back to him.

"Can't open tomorrow?" he asked.

"This nonsense question is very classic." Qi Yue said.

"Let me tidy up first." Gu Zhong said, "Sweep the glass."

"No need." Qi Yue looked back at him, "It's not open anyway, just ask someone to clean it in two days, and the glass needs to be installed."

"Then... is there any plastic sheet or something to block the window?" Gu Zhong asked again.

"No need." Qi Yue said, "That's it."

Gu Zhong opened his mouth and didn't say any more.

It was a cold day, the glass was all broken, and the ground was in a mess. When the north wind blew in, he realized that he was wearing a T-shirt and a thick coat in the third-floor hut.

"Are you cold?" He asked Qi Yue.

"Cold." Qi Yue said

Gu Zhong pointed to the upstairs: "Then I..."

"Come and hug me for warmth?" Qi Yue answered quickly.

"No." Gu Zhong said.

Qi Yue turned his head, looked at him and smiled, but didn't make a sound.

There was an air leak on the first floor, but the temperature on the third floor was not affected too much. Gu Zhong sat at the table and watched Qi Yue put the plates in front of him one by one.

"One short rib is enough, why is there a set meal?" He was a little embarrassed.

"Isn't your old habit like this?" Qi Yue sat down and looked at him, "Eat it, if you don't eat it, it will almost be breakfast.

Gu Zhong picked up the knife and fork and asked, "Aren't you going to eat something?"

"I can't eat." Qi Yue said, "I don't have such a good appetite as you."

"Oh." Gu Zhong lowered his head and slowly cut the meat.

My own shop was just smashed, and no one can eat it if it is changed.

Not to mention Qi Yue, in fact, as a clerk or a handyman, he was a little unhappy eating, although he only found out after eating a few mouthfuls.

After all, I'm still in a bad mood.

"Do they come here often?" Gu Zhong asked while eating, "I feel like your store is being smashed all day long."

"Once a year." Qi Yue said.

"Choose the big one?" Gu Zhong glanced at him.

"En." Qi Yue nodded.

Gu Zhong bit his flesh and said, "Is... something that happened on New Year's Eve?"

"En." Qi Yue continued to nod.

"Will it continue to be like this in the future?" Gu Zhong frowned.

"I don't know." Qi Yue said, "It's not so easy to erase what happened in this day."

Gu Zhong stopped asking, and ate the meat seriously.

Qi Yue's craftsmanship is quite good, even in this unpleasant state, it did not affect the taste of the beef short ribs, including side dishes, soup, and small desserts, all of which maintained the standard.

Qi Yue held a glass of boiled water and watched him the whole time.

After he finished eating, Qi Yue put down his cup and said: "Sleep for a while, I'm sleepy."

Gu Zhong got up, packed up his things and went downstairs.When he came out after washing the dishes, he saw Qi Yue squatting at the back door on the first floor brushing his teeth.

"Do you have any extra toothbrushes or something?" he asked.

Qi Yue pointed to the ground beside him.

There was a cup with a folded towel and a new toothbrush on it. When Qi Yue squatted next to him and started brushing his teeth together, he didn't have any embarrassment at all.

It's really becoming more and more invisible.