sunken square

I went back to the bakery in despair. Everyone heard about the fire and were all waiting for him. Now I was relieved to see that he was all right.Brother Lei and the master left first, and when there were only two people left in the store, the younger sister handed an envelope to Chen Yuechi: "Brother Yue, I'm really sorry to pay you back, it's still a bit late."

"It's okay." Chen Yuechi said, "Are you still in a hurry? If you are in a hurry, use it first."

The younger sister shook her head hurriedly: "You have to find a place to live, right? My living expenses are quite high this month, and I also found a job as a tutor. It doesn't matter."

She stuffed the envelope into Chen Yuechi's arms, Chen Yuechi thought for a while, and finally put it away.

In the dead of night, Chen Yuechi met Ah Gang at the alley.The man wobbled over and stretched out his hand to him with a sneering face. Chen Yue held the envelope over and took it back the moment he was about to pick it up.

"Just this one time." Chen Yuechi said.

Ah Gang snatched the money and said, "Bring it to you!" Afraid that he would be beaten, he turned around and ran away.

Chen Yue stood behind him and said, "You should find a job."

The other party turned his head and spat on the ground.keep running.It quickly disappeared around the corner.There are many streets and alleys in the sunken square, and it is always easy for people to disappear in them.

Chen Yuechi was still standing where he was, with no distinction between joy and sorrow on his face.From the moment Ah Gang called out his code name in the afternoon, all the emotions fermented by the atmosphere of the bakery disappeared, and he returned to that boxy place without feeling hot or cold.

When turning around to leave, Chen Yuechi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have no place to live today.He walked towards the bookstore involuntarily.Still a distance away, I have already seen the figure standing at the door.

Seeing him coming, Guan Rong turned around and entered the bookstore.

A few minutes later, Chen Yuechi walked in, and Guan Rong asked, "Isn't it cold outside? Why don't you come in?"

Chen Yuechi forced a smile.Guan Rong went up to the attic: "I'll just live here for a few days? You can live in my little bedroom over there after a while. It just so happens that you can celebrate the New Year with me."

"I'm sorry." Chen Yuechi said suddenly.

Guan Rong climbed halfway up the escalator, and turned her head when she heard his words.Chen Yuechi said: "I'm sorry brother, I caused you trouble."

Guan Rong shook his head and continued to walk upwards.

For the fact that Guan Rong didn't stay in the store together, Chen Yuechi was grateful in his heart.He felt that he might really leave the Sunken Square, and if he had to leave one day, he also wanted to keep a good impression on Guan Rong.

During these days in the sunken square, especially after entering the winter, he almost forgot that he was a murderer.

What a terrible thing, he almost forgot.One should never forget what one once was.Once something is done, it will follow you forever.If it happens again, Chen Yue insists, if he does it again, he will still become a murderer, but if he can really do it again, he doesn't want to know Guan Rong.

He lived in the bookstore for two consecutive weeks, during which Chen Yue got a new mobile phone card and temporarily used Guan Rong's previous mobile phone.The same Nokia model he lost, but newer.

He was always worried, but Ah Gang never came to trouble him.Just when he thought Ah Gang had disappeared from his life, Ah Gang appeared again in the middle of the night.He stood directly under the window of the attic of the bookstore and called Chen Yuechi.

He didn't call Chen Yuechi's name, but called number 462, so Chen Yuechi woke up immediately.

He still asked for money, and he still said that if he got the money, he would stop harassing Chen Yuechi and the people around him.Chen Yuechi gave him the last bit of living expenses on his body.Ah Gang smiled and wanted to pat him: "Boy, you are so loyal!"

Chen Yue moved away from his hand.Ah Gang didn't care this time, and praised quite boldly: "To be honest, we have been in prison together for three years. Before I came out, I thought about it. Before I came out, everyone in the prison was a **** bastard, and you are still like a human being."

"Please keep your word." Chen Yuechi turned and went back to the bookstore.

Ah Gang promised behind his back: "Really, I will definitely stand up this time! I will return the money I made to you! Thank you, Chen!"

Thank goodness, Chen Yuechi thought while lying on the sofa bed, Guan Rong didn't notice anything wrong with him.

The moon in winter seemed to be cold, he was facing the window in the attic, and there was light coming in, and he saw a sweater beside the sofa bed.It seems that Guan Rong put it here and forgot to take it away.

He took the sweater over, rubbed it for a moment, couldn't help but bury his face in it, and smelled Guan Rong's smell.The moon makes people frantic. On this moonlit night, he is like a desperate superstitious person, piously and desperately kissing a sweater, longing for some kind of power that does not actually exist.

Falling asleep with the sweater in his arms, he dreamed of Guan Rong without any surprise.When I woke up, I just felt empty.

The next day, Guan Rong called and said that he was going to the movies, and he had already bought the tickets, and asked Chen Yuechi to wait for him at the Children's Palace after get off work from the bakery.

Chen Yuechi was stumbled by something happening in the store, and went a little later.At the entrance of the Children's Palace, the male colleague who bumped into Guan Rong was pestering him to talk about something.

Seeing Chen Yuechi, the man's eyes suddenly changed, he couldn't tell if it was disgust or something.Chen Yue was taken aback for a moment.Guan Rong had an indifferent expression on his face, he didn't even want to look at that colleague, he turned his head and said, "I'm sorry, we have to leave."

He went straight to Chen Yuechi: "Let's go, I'll wait for you for a while."

Chen Yuechi said: "Just now, I was delayed for more than ten minutes when I settled the account for this period of time."

After walking a long distance, Chen Yuechi turned his head and saw that person was still standing at the entrance of the Children's Palace, still looking in their direction.

"Is it okay?" Chen Yuechi asked.This was the first time he asked Guan Rong about this matter.

Guan Rong responded indifferently: "Leave him alone."

Chen Yuezhi didn't express any further opinions, and before taking a few steps, Guan Rong said, "He chased me."

"En." Chen Yue responded, expressing that he was listening carefully.Guan Rong said again: "But he has a wife."

Chen Yuechi looked shocked.Guan Rong looked at him sideways, and asked amusedly, "Do you still think I'm going too far?"

"Ah?" Chen Yue held his ears a little hot, and stammered, "No, I didn't think you were too much." Seeing Guan Rongxiao, he said sincerely: "Really brother. I think you must have your own reasons .”

Guan Rong's mood suddenly improved, and he dragged his voice when he spoke: "What's the reason? I just want to see if I'm happy. He has a wife and still comes after me. I'm not happy, so I don't play with him. That's all. .”

The movie is a crime movie.

The middle seat armrest didn't pull down.Guan Rong naturally lowered his hands, and Chen Yuechi also lowered his hands, with the back of his hand against the back of his hand, and no one moved away.This feeling of skin contact made Chen Yuechi feel at ease.

He wanted to hold Guan Rong's hand, but felt that it was strange for him to do so. He was confused by his impulse, so he had no choice but to maintain the current state.This feeling began to make him flustered, which was completely different from the panic that his identity would be revealed.

Because the attention was in his hands, Chen Yuechi basically watched the whole scene absent-mindedly.At the end of the show, Guan Rong moved his hand away, stretched his waist, and casually commented: "Bad movie."

Chen Yuechi just laughed.The mobile phone beeped, and it was a text message from Lei Ge, which said: "Xiao Chen, are you busy? Come to the store when you are free."

He handed the text message to Guan Rong: "It's probably about setting up the tent."

Guan Rong nodded: "I'm going to a library to collect some old books in two days, and I also need to sort out the book list. I'll go back to the store first."

"Ah? Collect the book?" Chen Yuechi was taken aback.

Guan Rong said: "Are you stupid? How can I sell so many books if I don't accept books? Could it be passed down from the ancestors?"

Chen Yuechi laughed silly: "That's right."

The two parted at the entrance of the sunken square, Chen Yuezhi was going to the bakery, Guan Rong was going back to the bookstore.

Standing at the intersection, Chen Yuechi looked at Guan Rong's back, and suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in his throat.For some reason, he felt that Guan Rong would go somewhere he didn't know.get rid of him.He shouted in the wind: "Brother!"

Guan Rong turned around.Chen Yuechi didn't think about what he was going to say, and finally added palely: "Be careful."

Guan Rong burst out laughing.Probably no one in the sunken square had said such words to him, but he still responded: "Come back to bed early."

"Okay!" Chen Yue nodded solemnly.

Back in the store, only Lei Ge was there.He stood behind the counter with his head bowed, but his face could be seen to be dignified.This was the first time Chen Yuechi saw his expression like this, and he couldn't help being taken aback.

Sensing someone coming in, Lei Ge raised his head, saw that it was him, and relaxed his brows a little.But it was very loose.

"Brother Lei?" Chen Yue asked inquiringly.

Lei Ge straightened up: "Here we come." He waved: "Come here, I have something to show you."

Chen Yuechi walked over, and Lei Ge handed him a torn envelope.He looked at each other hesitantly.Lei Ge just tapped his chin: "Take it apart and have a look."

He looked at Chen Yuechi with an indistinct sense of vigilance, and Chen Yuechi was too familiar with this look.With a chill in his heart, he could almost know what was in the envelope.

"I want everyone to know that Chen Yuechi is a murderer!!!"

Inside was a piece of letter paper with just this sentence on it.The font is crooked, and if it wasn't written with the help of a child, it could only have been written with a non-dominant hand.

Chen Yue held his hands a little shaking, there was still paper in the envelope, he shook it out and saw that it was a newspaper clipping, about one-third the size of half a newspaper, which briefly recorded a juvenile patricide case, and another A photo with a blurred face.

The suffocating silence lasted for a long time, Chen Yuechi raised his head to look at Lei Ge.Lei Ge read something from his expression, and his expression immediately became more serious.

It was an irreparable heaviness.No matter who the other party is, as long as they show this expression, it must be that something important between people has been completely broken.

Chen Yuechi wanted to call Lei Ge, and wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he could no longer make a sound.

"I went to the convenience store just now, and Sister Huan was quite surprised." Lei Ge said, "Boss Guan probably knows too."