sunken square

According to Chen Yuezhi's observation, the second-hand bookstore diagonally opposite should have opened soon.

There was a ding-dong sound at the door, interrupting his thoughts. He turned his face and said "Welcome", showing a just right smile.

When the guest left, the colleague next to him came over: "Brother, I heard that the boss will give you a salary increase next month."

Chen Yuechi took off his peaked cap and put it on again, showing a proper smile again.Can't see what it means.

The colleague muttered "boring" and turned to check the purchase list.Chen Yue held back his expression, and glanced across the door of the bookstore diagonally opposite.

There was a passing ray of sunset light.

This is an old square, which can be regarded as sunken, sandwiched between the old and new towns.

The new business district is becoming more and more prosperous, and the sunken square has been hit. The passenger flow is not large, but it is not small.Chen Yuechi has been working in this convenience store for a month, and found that the number of customers entering the bookstore is better than none, and he can count them with one hand when they come out holding books.

He never even met the store owner.From the convenience store, all you can see are bookshelves and bookshelves.

The Beijing Olympic Games has just ended, but this distant city still retains the aftermath of the grand event.Most of the red flags on the street trees outside have not been removed, and occasionally there are colored lights and lanterns.

Therefore, besides the bookshelves, Chen Yuechi can also see red and red.

Even though it is already early autumn, it must be almost eight o'clock when it gets dark.

Today, Chen Yuechi helped his colleagues take over half of the shift. When the work was handed over, the light had just dimmed, but he had to come over at eleven o'clock in the evening to take his supposed night shift.

After leaving the sunken square, there was no sound of muffled thunder, and suddenly it began to rain, making the sky darker.Chen Yue pedaled his bicycle and rushed into the twilight quickly.

The rain was getting heavier, passing through an alley, the street lights at the alley suddenly turned on.Chen Yuechi glanced sideways, and immediately turned his head back pretending to be inadvertent.

Although it was just a glance, it was enough for him to see the confrontation between the two groups of people in the alley.

It is close to the red light district, the public security is not very good, and there are many similar things.Although he has only been here for a short time, Chen Yuechi is not surprised.

Not long after, there was a sound of smashing and smashing in the alley, mixed with the sound of rain, which sounded a bit alarming.Chen Yue held the brakes, listened for a while, then pedaled further, and called the police.

After nightfall, the convenience store business improved for a while, but today it rained suddenly, and most of the customers came to buy umbrellas.After zero o'clock, the streets quieted down, and the rain never meant to stop.

Chen Yuechi stayed behind the counter, staring out of the glass door in a daze, where the edges of light and shadow intertwined very vaguely, and the brightest part in the middle was pale.When someone stepped into the light range, he found it all at once.

When a young man stepped into the convenience store, Chen Yuechi couldn't help standing up straight.The other party put away the umbrella and put it by the door, and said, "Hi, do you have a Band-Aid?"

The man was wearing a navy blue casual shirt, his description was clean, and his words and deeds were very polite, but his face was covered with blood.

"Welcome" stuck on Chen Yuechi's mouth, but he didn't say it.

Chen Yue held the Band-Aid and handed it over.

The other party lowered his head, so Chen Yuechi could clearly see the slender wound on his cheekbone and the broken skin on the back of his hand.And a scratch on the forearm.He asked, "Guest, do you need help?"

The person outside the counter took out his wallet and said with a smile, "It's okay. Thank you."

Chen Yuechi wanted to say something else, but the man nodded slightly at him, and turned around with a band-aid.When people walked to the door, Chen Yue could not help reminding: "Should we disinfect first?"

"Wait a minute," he said.

The man looked back at him.Chen Yuechi felt under the counter, walked out of the counter with a bottle of medical alcohol, and added: "The nearby pharmacy is closed."

Seeing that the other party didn't want to stay for a long time, he handed it forward again: "There is no iodine. I used this alcohol. If you don't mind it, you can make it up."

The man paused, then took it: "Thank you."

After staying up until 06:30 in the morning, some girls poured into the convenience store, all of whom were from nearby nightclubs.Dawn happened to be the time to get off work.

A charming woman took a box/ben at the counter, turned her back while no one was looking, and wanted Chen Yuechi to pay the bill first.The other sharp-eyed saw it, and leaned over to "tsk": "You haven't played enough fucking you."

"roll roll roll."

"I thought you raised a dog, but it turned out to be a wolf. You have so much energy. You quarreled with me in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, and your condoms are fucking expensive."

"How do you know whether a human dog is a dog or a wolf? Have you tried it?" The people behind also came over.

"Fuck you! If you have the ability to get her to bring my mother, try it now!"

Everyone teased each other a few words, and laughed again, unscrupulously.Their words are occasionally vulgar, but they have a wonderful appeal.Chen Yuechi also smiled.

He worked a lot of night shift, almost every morning, and the girls knew him by now.At this time, someone came closer: "Little handsome guy, come to our bar to play when you are free."

"It looks like college students are here for work-study programs. Don't bring bad people along."

"I don't know about men yet. What's wrong with college students? Sooner or later. The little boy I was focusing on college some time ago. It's better to let my sisters teach him first. We are all in the same street, and the fat will not flow to outsiders!"

Chen Yuechi still smiled, and replied: "No." I don't know which sentence to answer, and it was drowned in the girls' chirping laughter, so no one paid attention.

He stood there quietly waiting, and when the last woman finished paying, he conveniently put a thermometer in her shopping bag.

The woman gave an "ah" in surprise, and even her companion didn't notice that she was uncomfortable.Someone looked back, Chen Yuechi saw that he couldn't hide, so he could only laugh and said: "Sooner or later the weather will be cold, sisters pay attention to adding clothes."

He spoke sincerely, as if he was really a younger brother who cared about his older sister. The "sisters" wanted to take advantage of the verbal advantage, but they were speechless.The woman who took his thermometer couldn't help but sigh: "This child is so good!"

"Come on, you, this is a handsome guy, not your eldest son, how can you take advantage of it!"

The women said goodbye to him one after another, and left together laughing and laughing.

When the convenience store returns to quiet, I can just hand over shifts with my colleagues.The colleague saw the farewell scene at the door just now, and when he came in, he gave a teasing "Yo", and Chen Yuechi just smiled.

Chen Yue rode an old bicycle and parked it at the back street of the sunken square, that is, outside the side door of the convenience store.The car was originally painted dark blue, but because it was second-hand, it was rusted and stained for a long time, and it seemed that it would never be cleaned, and it turned gray-blue.

It was a little late today to check the goods, and he had to catch up with the next job. Chen Yuechi strode blindly, and rushed to the front to take out the keys, only to find a bottle of medical alcohol in the frame of the car.

Picked it up, it was still unopened.

I looked around, but I couldn't find the guest from last night.Just as the alarm clock rang, Chen Yue put the alcohol into his schoolbag in a hurry, got on his bicycle and left in a hurry.