sunken square

Maybe it was because they were afraid of getting bread oil, and the envelope was covered with something like plastic wrap.Chen Yuechi carefully pulled out the envelope and opened it after washing his hands.

It contained 200 yuan.

In the middle of the night, people were still a little confused, but now they are completely awake.Chen Yuechi had worked so many jobs, but he had never been rewarded so generously, which made him feel guilty and anxious.

He just rested with a child for an afternoon, and he earned more than 50 yuan per hour.

What surprised him even more was the way Guan Rong gave the money, did he expect that he would not take it, or did he consider his self-esteem?But in the eyes of others, what kind of self-esteem does Chen Yuechi have?And getting money from part-time jobs is justified and has nothing to do with self-esteem.

Then the answer is that Guan Rong is giving alms.

Because the two of them knew very well that in terms of "workload", Chen Yuezhi deserved to accept this "salary".This is not the way to collect money.

After thinking about it, Chen Yuechi was sure that he was indeed pitied.Although Guan Rong may be engaged in a special industry, in his opinion, Chen Yuechi should be the more pitiful one.

Thinking about this clearly, Chen Yuechi's initial shock disappeared completely, leaving a little bit of embarrassment.Later, the embarrassment disappeared, and I thought it was quite funny.

Can't tell where it's funny.

Later, when the sky was about to dawn, Chen Yuezhi realized it belatedly, and suddenly felt a tingling pain.In his relatively short life experience, he has learned to be dull for too long, and this emotion has long been unfamiliar.

For several days, Chen Yuechi would go shopping under the pear tree in the center of the square.But his class is not fixed, and the time period he goes to is different every day.

Never found Guan Rong.

In fact, Chen Yuechi didn't know what to do when he found Guan Rong, whether to return the money to him, or to say something.In fact he had nothing to say.

Maybe it's easier to find someone by going to the Children's Palace.However, Chen Yuechi found a part-time job in a cake shop in Dongjiekou, and became more and more busy for a while, and had no chance to leave the square except to go back to sleep.

When the convenience store is not busy, he will look at the bookstore opposite, and has passed by a few times.Still can't see the owner of the bookstore, because the store was closed immediately.

Chen Yue insisted that the bookstore was really going to close down.

When Chen Yuechi saw Guan Rong again, it was time to wear a coat.

Still in the convenience store, when the shift was about to arrive at twelve o'clock, Guan Rong opened the door and came in.It was windy at night, and the wind chimes at the door rang happily.

Chen Yuechi saw Guan Ronglai and asked, "Do you want a Band-Aid?"

Guan Rong smiled at his sudden sense of humor and said, "I want a candle. The circuit at home is burned."

Chen Yuechi looked at him and felt that he was a little different from before.He smiled, found a candle and handed it over: "I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Are you looking for me?" Guan Rong asked.

Chen Yuechi was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed, as if he was caught doing something bad.It was these two seconds of silence, and the question slipped away.Chen Yuechi then realized that Guan Rong's questioning was actually unintentional, and at the same time, he discovered what was different about Guan Rong.

He seemed to have not slept for several nights, and he was a little haggard, but because the shape of his eyes was long, his skin was good, and there were not too many dark circles under his eyes, so the haggardness was not obvious.In addition, the stubble on the chin has appeared slightly, and it looks rougher than before.

Guan Rong gave the money to leave, and Chen Yuechi picked up the words and said, "I'm looking for you."

"Last time you gave me too much money. Let's see what else I can do for you," he said.Before he spoke, he didn't think about what to do at all, and now he blurted out a series of words, and he was secretly surprised.

After hearing this, Guan Rong started to frown, and after thinking for a while, he suddenly realized: "You said that..." But there was no more to say.

Chen Yuechi said calmly: "Yes. I think it's better to only take my share of the money."

Guan Rongxiao: "That's what you deserve. The bottle is very difficult to manage." Before Chen Yuechi could say anything else, he said again: "But I do have something I need your help with. Can you read the circuit? Can you help me?" I fix it?"

A few minutes past twelve, a colleague from the night shift came.

Chen Yue said that he usually didn't care much about the lateness of his colleagues who took over shifts, but today he acted a little anxious. The colleagues didn't say anything on the surface, but they turned their backs and muttered.Chen Yue pretended not to hear, quickly turned in the shift, went to the workshop to change into his sweater, grabbed his schoolbag, and searched for half a roll of insulating tape in the warehouse.

Guan Rong waited at the corner of the street not far away, just under the street lamp, but avoided the light circle of the street lamp, and only stood in a dimly lit place so that Chen Yuezhi could see him.

Chen Yue ran over at a trot, Guan Rong seemed to realize that he was very young, and asked, "You haven't graduated yet, have you?"

He asked a little suspiciously, "Are you an adult?"

In fact, Chen Yuechi is half a head taller than Guan Rong, and he is usually very calm in doing things, very few people would ask him that.But boyishness will occasionally show up in some undefended times.After all, he still looks like a student.

Chen Yuechi responded vaguely with "um".Guan Rong didn't say any more, and just asked casually again.He only led Chen Yuechi through the sunken square and walked in the direction of the old city.

After walking for a while, Chen Yuechi said: "The ones who have graduated from high school are nineteen years old. Our boss does not accept minors."

Guan Rong wasn't surprised, he just looked at him seriously and nodded.

The place where Guan Rong lives is indeed very close to the sunken square, but the direction is opposite to Chen Yuechi's rental house.It's an old neighborhood, but the buildings look solid.

Sound insulation should be good.This was Chen Yuezhi's first thought.

It was too late, and the whole community fell into a deep sleep, except for a few sporadic lights in the distance.Entering the door of the building, Guan Rong asked: "You just follow me, aren't you afraid?"

"Ah?" Chen Yuechi was stunned again, "What did you say?"

Guan Rong shook his head and laughed.The voice-activated light suddenly went out at this moment, and Chen Yue held his foot.Guan Rong patted his palm, but the light was off.Chen Yuechi followed suit, but the lights were still off.

Chen Yue stood quietly, waiting for his eyes to adapt to the darkness.But in the darkness, there was already a hand gently clasping his wrist.

The first reaction was to break free, but Chen Yuezhi held back for some reason, and obeyed stiffly.

Guan Rong's hands were very dry, the palms were warm, and the temperature of the fingertips was slightly lower.The reason why he knew this was because the fingertips of Guan Rong's two fingers were right on his pulse.It should be the middle finger and the ring finger, because the first knuckle of the opponent's index finger rests on the heel of Chen Yuechi's palm.

He led him up, and explained nonchalantly: "This building is too old, the lines are not working well, and the steps are very high. Fortunately, the old people don't go out at night."

No step of the staircase is empty.But when he reached the top floor, a thin layer of sweat was already forming on Chen Yuechi's back.

The wind blew through the carved wall around the corner of the stairs, and it made him shiver.

The door opened, but it was still pitch black, Guan Rong touched a match on the top of the cabinet at the door, took out the candle he just bought, lit it, held it up and walked in.

He entered the door, and Chen Yuechi was still standing at the door.

"What?" Guan Rong turned around.

Chen Yue raised his hand and scratched the back of his head: "Your place... Is it convenient for me to go in?"

Guan Rong burst out laughing.

In the limited few meetings, Chen Yuechi had never seen him smile like this, as if he suddenly became clearer.That smile was full of vigor, even youthful.But only for a moment.

"What are you afraid of? There are no men in the room." Guan Rong said, "There are no women either."