Sludge to the Mountain Ghost

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"Aren't you uncomfortable?" Fu Yanye felt that Xu Rui had been out of shape since he came out of the restaurant at night. He thought that the "alcohol poisoning" incident reported in the news had really occurred, so he tested Xu Rui's forehead with the back of his hand in concern. Temperature, I tried myself with the other hand, there should be no fever.

Xu Rui turned his head slightly, left the back of his hand, and turned around perfunctorily, "I'm really fine, I'm alive and kicking, I just want to blow some air by myself."

"I don't think you look very well..." Fu Yanye hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'm not Li Cheng, I don't know how to feel the pulse, you're such an adult, call me if you need anything."

Xu Rui nodded, turned around, and stopped walking with Fu Yanye.

He walked along the street alone. The infrastructure in the city was much better than that of Heshan Town. There were street lights every short distance. The power of the street lights was very high, and almost the entire street was lit.

This side is close to the residential area. Xu Rui looked up and saw that there were several houses whose living room curtains were not closed. The warm light from the chandelier filled the room, and through the square floor-to-ceiling windows, it seemed to be lit up in the dark night.

Xu Rui tried to imagine the sound of the TV in the living room, the family talking and laughing on the sofa, maybe before he was two years old, he was also a member of this scene.

But at this moment, only white street lamps illuminate his night road, which looks even more deserted among the lights of thousands of houses.

He walked a long way, and the barbecue stand behind him was only a small light spot in his sight.

Xu Rui stopped by a street light, walked around it several times, dimmed the phone screen and waited for it to go dark, then turned it on again shortly after it went dark, and repeated this a dozen times before he finally stopped and leaned On the telegraph pole, click on He Hui's address book.

The phone rang several times before the other person picked up the phone.

"Hello? Who is it?" He Hui's environment was very noisy, and she could tell from her tone that she was in a good mood now.

"Hey...Mom, you..."

"Who? Is it Xu Rui?"

"It's me, can you stop..."

The word "gambling" is like a stubborn and sharp fishbone, stuck between Xu Rui's throat and between him and He Hui. He pursed his lips, as if afraid that the trembling voice would disturb the flying mosquitoes under the street lamp.

"Don't say anything else?" He Hui tilted her head and clamped the phone with her shoulders, focusing all her attention on the gambling table.

Before Xu Rui could speak, the round came to an end. She jumped up excitedly and dropped her phone on the ground, "Boom, boom." After two sounds, Xu Rui heard He Hui excitedly say in a moaning, "This is my win! Come, come, come, hand over the money!"

Xu Rui hung up the phone.

Holding the phone tightly, he walked around the telephone pole twice with his head down. He raised his hand twice to try to smash the phone to the ground but resisted it. In the end, he kicked the pole feebly.

The thin telegraph pole was kicked for no reason, shook slightly, and then it seemed that the wire had a bad contact, and it began to flash on and off, Xu Rui's figure flickered on the ground, and it was like this. Then, it neither brightened nor dimmed.

Not long after, the phone vibrated again, Xu Rui glanced at it, it was He Hui who called back.

"Why did you hang up before I finished speaking? I said that your children are really..."

As soon as he pressed the connect button, there was a crackling conversation on the other side. Xu Rui held the phone a little away from his ears, and didn't bother to argue with He Hui.

He Hui seemed not used to Xu Rui who was so quiet, she suddenly forgot her words, and continued after a few seconds of pause, "Well...you hurry home now, that dead heartless person is at home, this semester's messy money Ask him to reimburse you, especially your running shoes, which are so expensive, do you have a receipt when the school ordered them? Hurry up and give them all to him."

"I'm not at home, and I can't go back." Xu Rui said briefly.

"Then I can't leave either! Where are you fooling around in the middle of the night? Are you stupid if you don't take money? Oh, I'm busy with my hands. You can figure out what to do. He will leave tomorrow, and you must give the money tonight." Get it!"

"Beep-beep-beep-" He Hui flicked the phone aside, leaving Xu Rui three busy tones.

The street lamp was half broken, but Xu Rui's eyes were hurt by it, so he walked a few steps forward, turned into a small alley, and illuminated by the street lamp outside.

He squatted down with his back against the fence, swiped away the call interface, searched in the address book for a while, removed the unfamiliar people, and then removed the people who posted about travel in the circle of friends, and in the end there were not many left.

After going back and forth several times, he finally clicked on Lin Pai's number and dialed it.

Xu Rui only waited for a while before connecting, and Lin Pai's clear voice rang softly on the other end of the phone, "Hello? Didn't you say that you will be back tomorrow afternoon? Did I remember wrongly?"

"No, that... where are you now?"

"Me? I'm in an Internet cafe. I just finished my shift and I'm going back."

"Are you in a hurry? Can you do me a favor and send me something to my home. I can't go back in the city now."

Using the dim light, Xu Rui caught a glimpse of a mouse with its tail between its legs running past the opposite wall. He got up and took a few steps, and patted his clothes on the back with his backhand.

"Okay, where are the things? I'll go get them now."

"It's in the drawer of my desk. I'll send you Lao Chen's address. Lao Chen is the gatekeeper of the school. He has the key in his hand and lives not far from the school. I'll call him now. You go directly Just take it."

Lin Pai hesitated for a while with lowered eyes, and then said, "It's too troublesome, you are familiar with the school, you should know where is the easiest, just tell me this."

"There is a door near the back hill in the playground, which has been locked all year round. There are some cement blocks piled up next to the door, and we have cleaned up the glass shards on the wall. There are also windows near the corridor in the classroom. You press the lock and push hard. ..."

"I can open that window." Lin Pai interrupted Xu Rui and asked, "What do you want?"

"There is a purchase receipt stamped by the school's sports and military department. You can look in my drawer casually. It should be easy to find, and then send it to my house. The person at home knows what's going on. By the way, do you remember where my house is? ?"

Lin Pai recalled it for a while, and said honestly, "I don't remember the details clearly, please send me the address later."

"Row."

After Xu Rui finished speaking, both sides were silent for a while. A young couple passed by this alley, glanced at him, and then walked over quickly. The head said, "That's it for now, if you have any questions, just call me."

It was dark and silent at night, except for a few avenues, there were basically no pedestrians on the road.

Lin Pai changed the direction and walked towards the school. He called home, but the phone rang once and was picked up.

"Hello? Grandma, it's me. A classmate has something to do at home tonight. I'll help move some things. I'll be back later. Don't wait for me, go to bed early."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then the old man threw out a barrage of questions, "Which classmate? Where do you live at home? Didn't you say to look after someone else's store at night, and call you for help at such a late hour? Wait Can I come back soon..."

"Grandma, grandma..." Lin Pai found an opportunity to interrupt her, and explained, "Don't worry, I'm in Heshan Town, I'll be back soon, just to call you, don't worry .”

"Oh, I know, I know, then you should be careful."

"Okay, don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Pai flashlighted on his mobile phone, walked around the wall outside the school to the back of the mountain, and found the cement block that Xu Rui said, and he took a photo of it. A small piece is bare on top.

He climbed up the cuboid-shaped concrete block, and with his arms propped up, he stood on the wall. There were some metal sports equipment under the wall, which could be used as pedals.

There were only a few textbooks in Xu Rui's desk drawer. Lin Pai quickly found the stamped papers. Out of caution, he took photos of these papers and sent them to Xu Rui for confirmation. .

"That's right, you just take them to my house." Xu Rui waited for a while, and heard some rustling sounds, but did not hear Lin Pai, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing. I see that you have a lot of test papers on your desk. They are all homework for the National Day. I need to take them away with you. Shall I hand them over to you tomorrow?"

"Even if you bring it to me, I can't finish it." Xu Rui sighed lightly, he was almost sober from the wine, and his originally depressed mood seemed to improve a little because of this funny sentence, "Forget it Yes, take it."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Pai slipped out of the school according to the original route.

Lin Pai arrived at the street where Xu Rui lived. He looked up to identify the house numbers one by one, and finally stopped in front of a two-story house. The half-closed windows on the first floor revealed light from the house.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door, only to find that it was unlocked.The room was very quiet, the kitchen and the TV were all quiet. Through the crack of the door, Lin Pai saw a man who was originally sitting on the sofa walking towards this side.

The man opened the door from the inside. He looked about in his early 40s, neatly dressed, and his hair was waxed. Although his face was slightly tired, he looked very energetic. When he saw Lin Pai, he showed a slightly surprised look. Look, "You are?"

Lin Pai took out the receipts and said, "Hello, Xu Rui asked me to send these receipts home. He is not in Heshan Town due to business."

"Let's go ahead..." the male