Show one's ugliness

At that time, the fifth floor of Yangnan was rented by Ji Cen to Xiao Mingjun on an annual basis, and it expired in May next year.There is still half a year left.

Huo Yazi lived until the house expired, and threatened that he would chase Sun Shuyu before the house expired.

When he told Ji Cen this, they were eating rice noodles in Wumingyuan.He wiped off the hot snot and threw the ball of paper away and said, "She and I both have an impossible person in our hearts, why don't we try to redeem each other."

Ji Cen held the peanuts in the bowl and said, "She likes Qi Heng, you know?"

"Oh, I know a lot," Huo Yazi picked up the rice noodles again and said, "I also know about Qi Heng..."

Kuo Yazi, who suddenly stopped talking, seemed to be inconvenient to talk because he had swallowed rice noodles, but Ji Cen had known him for many years, so he immediately understood that he was hesitant to speak.

"What else do you know, tell me." Ji Cen said.

Kuoyazi chewed his food with his cheeks agitated, looked up at Ji Cen, smiled and said nothing.

Ji Cen was stunned: "Grass, what do you know?"

"You really want me to say it?" Kuo Yazi tilted his head and said.

Being asked such a question, Ji Cen didn't want to listen anymore.He looked at Kuoyazi carefully, and continued to eat the rice noodles with a sullen head: "It's so hard to say something."

I feel that Kuo Yazi probably knows something. Could it be that this guy accidentally saw what happened to him and Qi Heng?

I can guess like this because this is the only thing that can make Ji Cen feel guilty now.

But Kuo Yazi didn't want to continue talking, he smiled mysteriously, and soon returned to seriousness.

"It just so happens that the heating will be turned off in May next year, so I won't be able to live anymore. Anyway, I'm coming back for the winter. Going out to live this time will save me listening to my mother's ink every day at home."

"Your mother asked you to live out?"

"Why not," Huo Yazi continued, "I said I went out to find her a daughter-in-law, and she was overjoyed."

Ji Cen calculated the price of the rent, and indeed gave Huo Yazi a so-called "discount".Kuo Yazi gave Ji Cen all the rent for several months, saying that he was afraid that he would be troubled by the monthly payment later.

After collecting the money, Ji Cen said with a smile, "When you move, my buddy can help you move your things there."

Kuo Yazi took a sip of the soup in the bowl, and exhaled comfortably: "I only bring the bedroll, and I can carry it by myself."

Ji Cen picked up the soda bottle and bumped it against Kuoyazi: "Then I wish you can get Nurse Sun done as soon as possible."

Kuoyazi smiled and said, "Alright!"

In the past two days, the teachers of various subjects have been talking about the test papers of the mid-term exam.

Qi Heng's midterm exam results squeezed into the top [-].

It is historic, the No.31 before high school 1 was Yang Yue, the best result was only the top [-].

Not only Qi Heng's personal grades are good this time, but there are also a few students in the class whose rankings have obviously improved.Many students from other classes were included in their rankings.

This was originally something that Liujia was happy about, but some teachers from other classes reported to the Academic Affairs Office that they suspected that there might be a plagiarism problem in Class 31 Senior High.

In private, when he asked Qi Heng to go to the corner to smoke, he said very angrily: "Some teachers just don't have a pattern! Seeing that our Wannian crane is getting a bit promising, I can go to hell, who will talk about me again?" student plagiarized, I scolded his grandma!"

Liujia's runaway state made Qi Heng laugh.He shook his head while laughing, he often couldn't figure out why there was such a strange teacher in Liujia.

He doesn't care about the students, but he maintains them everywhere.Both indulgence and restraint.

"You have to work hard and run forward. It is best to stand firm in the top [-], then you will definitely be able to deal with a pretty good university." Speaking of this, Liujia looked at Qi Heng and said, "It seems that your previous The head teacher didn't lie to me, your grades should be really good. But you can't just run forward by yourself, you have to drag your brothers and sisters, right?"

Qi Heng: "Didn't I control the discipline for you?"

"That's different." Liujia shook his head and said, "You have to tell them that you can't."

Qi Heng sneered: "The teacher didn't teach me, so what can I do?"

"It's accumulated over time. For example, you teach two questions in each self-study class. After a long time, they will know more."

Qi Heng sighed.What on earth is he coming back for?Didn't you learn it?Why does it look more and more like someone who came back to look after the child.

Liujia saw Qi Heng's resistance, and he discussed: "Well, give me some face, let's try for a month first, specializing in mathematics, physics and chemistry. Let's see how the next monthly exam is. Believe me, It won't waste much of your time. If you can teach them, then you have to understand it yourself. You are right."

Things are going so weirdly.

After that conversation, daily self-study classes.Qi Heng will prepare two lectures on mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Bi Lun, who loves to show off his children, always helps him to copy the questions on the blackboard in advance during the break.

Every time it takes ten or eight minutes to finish speaking, Qi Heng will be considered as having completed the task.

Gao 31 and the group of brats cooperated very well with the big brother Qi Heng.I usually don't look up at the blackboard and listen carefully in class.

Even Wu Zhao, who always regards learning as dung, can carefully write down the formula.Even if I forget it when I look back, I also fall in love with writing.

Gradually, Qi Heng did not speak blindly, he began to select topics by category.After each knowledge point is finished, it will be consolidated the next day.

Sometimes he is not motivated to study at the bottom, and he will lower the difficulty of the questions.As long as the little ones do the right thing, they really have the confidence to follow up.

And it is indeed as Liujia said, while giving lectures to the youngsters, Qi Heng needs to master it more comprehensively and proficiently.

Sometimes, in order to be able to prepare well for the topics he is going to talk about, he has to go to bed late for a long time after he goes home at night and finishes studying what he planned.

One day Ji Cen came back from the night and saw that there was still light through the door of Qi Heng's room, so he came to urge Qi Heng to sleep.

After approaching and hearing Qi Heng muttering, he pushed open the door: "Are you stunned like a demon?"

Qi Heng, who was concentrating on the lecture, was taken aback by Ji Cen's sudden entry.He turned his head: "Why haven't you slept yet?"

Ji Cen walked to the desk: "Why haven't you slept yet? It's almost two o'clock."

Qi Heng looked at the time and closed the book: "Sleep now."

"It's too late," Ji Cen complained, "If this goes on like this, you will lose your body."

Qi Heng turned off the lamp on the table and got up: "Come on, I'll go to sleep in your room. I sleep very soundly when I sleep with you."

Because of the cold weather, Ji Cen's hair was not cut short any longer, and it was also kept.His hair is about the same length as Qi Heng's, and he has the same hairstyle.

On the way to sleep with Ji Cen, looking at the two shadows on the wall, Qi Heng said: "Brother Cen, look, our shadows are very similar."

Ji Cen looked at the wall, the shadows of the two of them really couldn't tell who belonged to whom.He yawned: "Let's go, dawdle for a while, and you can go straight to school with your clothes on."

Qi Heng immediately hugged Ji Cen and walked into the house, he climbed into the lower bunk first, got into the bed that still had Ji Cen's body temperature, and smiled at Ji Cen: "Come on."

Ji Cen really liked the feeling that Qi Heng was waiting under the covers, he hurried to go to bed.

"Listen," Qi Heng calmed down and said softly, "Is there any sound outside?"

This is the case in the dead of night, but any noise outside can be captured.

Especially the familiar voice.

Ji Cen carefully identified the voices outside.It was Qiao Aiqing who was talking to someone else.I can't hear the specific content clearly, but the tone is quite anxious.

Ji Cen quickly put on his clothes and went downstairs to check.

Qi Heng also casually grabbed a coat that Ji Cen had put on the upper bunk and followed Ji Cen downstairs.

On cold winter days, frozen pears and persimmons are displayed at the stalls outside the Four Seasons Fruit Gate.It will not be taken back at night, and the box will be covered with a quilt.

Beside the pile of boxes, stood a man dressed warmly, with only two eyes exposed.He was talking to Qiao Aiqing who was leaning out of the door.

Hearing that someone came out from Yongli's side, that person came to look at it with Qiao Aiqing.

Qi Heng didn't recognize Jiang Liwen who was wrapped tightly, but Ji Cen recognized him immediately.He said: "What's the matter, Uncle Jiang, what's the matter so late?"

Jiang Liwen didn't expect Ji Cen and the others to be asleep.After seeing Ji Cen, he had to change his mind and turned around and walked over: "Xiao Cen, then come with me to get your uncle back."

"What?" Qi Heng took the conversation, "Where did Xiao Mingjun go? Has he not come back yet?"

Hearing Jiang Liwen's words, Ji Cen and Qi Heng realized that Xiao Mingjun, who said he went out for a stroll after dinner, hadn't returned home yet.

Ji Cen closed the store early and went to Zhenghao to play, and when Qi Heng came back from self-study next night, they went back to Wynn together and never went out again.

Four Seasons Fruit was pitch black after nine o'clock, so they naturally thought that Xiao Mingjun and Qiao Aiqing had already fallen asleep.

It was already annoying that Xiao Mingjun didn't come home so late, and what made them even more angry.Jiang Liwen said that Xiao Mingjun has been gambling recently.

And tonight was the first time that Xiao Mingjun didn't come back so late. He called Qiao Aiqing and said he was staying at Liang Guangsheng's place.That's why Qiao Aiqing didn't take it seriously.She thought it was because Xiao Mingjun drank too much with his old buddies at night, and it was cold and slippery, so it was inconvenient to come back.

"I just came here because I couldn't stand it anymore. Not to mention that he lost all his money tonight, he almost lost all the money he borrowed," Jiang Liwen said with a sigh, "Old Xiao has just lived a comfortable life. I can't watch him fooling around, but I can't persuade him. I just came to see off the guests, so I thought of calling one of you over."

At this point, Ji Cen is the calmest.He didn't worry about it first, but asked Qiao Aiqing to go back to sleep.He wanted to ask Qi Heng, who was going to school tomorrow, to go back to sleep too.But looking back at Qi Heng, he knew that what he said was in vain.

Both of them got into Jiang Liwen's taxi without going back to the house to change out the cotton slippers.

On the way, I learned from Jiang Liwen that Xiao Mingjun actually didn't play entertainment cards honestly during the day, and had been fascinated by pushing Pai Gow and fried golden flowers for a while.

Ji Cen has played both of these two ways of gambling, and he was playing with his friends to pass the time.It's not as big a deal as Xiao Mingjun is playing.Although these gambling methods can be played by small players, the wins and losses can also be very big.

According to Jiang Liwen, Xiao Mingjun lost far more than he won.

Ji Cen is probably used to Xiao Mingjun always pissing him off these years, his calmness is something Qi Heng can't learn.

Just sitting in the car, Qi Heng thought about how he would beat Xiao Mingjun if he caught him.

Ji Cen didn't know what Qi Heng was thinking. When he was about to reach the place, he turned around and said to Qi Heng in the back seat: "I won't go down for a while, you go down with Uncle Jiang. Do whatever you want."

Qi Heng didn't speak for a long time, and when the car stopped, he said: "Let me wait, you go find someone."

Qi Heng, who was sitting in the car, watched Jiang Liwen and Ji Cen walk away from the snow, and took several deep breaths.

He resisted the urge to follow and fight Xiao Mingjun because of Ji Cen.Ever since he hit Xiao Mingjun last time, he knew that Ji Cen would really feel distressed.

Ji Cen did not turn directly into that alley with Jiang Liwen, but first ran to pick up fallen dry branches under the trees on the side of the road not far away.

Seeing this, Jiang Liwen came over and said, "Little Cen, what are you doing, you don't want to fight!"

"Don't worry about Uncle Jiang," Ji Cen said, kicking a dry branch with his feet and picking off side branches, "If he can't stand this beating with me, Qi Heng will have something even worse."

"If you have anything to say, your uncle also lost money and was anxious to get it back, so he didn't grasp his limits. If you break him, then I might as well not bring you here..."

"It's not easy to say anything." Ji Cen held the wooden stick in his hand and said firmly, "I'm going to hurt God once today. If I don't beat him up, I'm not his nephew. Don't you Go in and tell me exactly which house it is."

Afraid of being caught, gatherings with a gambling nature would generally be in this fringe area.

It will not be in a serious chess and card room, most of them are such individuals who are willing to provide a place.

Even if you are stuck in the house, a room full of people can be said to be gathering with friends.

When he was in his teens, Ji Cen dragged Xiao Mingjun past the gambling table.At that time, Xiao Mingjun made money by driving taxis, and he also liked to try his luck by being clever.

He lost all of Ji Cen's tuition, and it was Jiang Liwen who gave Xiao Mingjun the money when Ji Cen started school.

After so many years passed, Ji Cen thought that Xiao Mingjun had really changed for the better by not betting again.It turned out that it was all because Xiao Mingjun was having a bad time.

Now I have managed to live a good life and have money in my hands.That's when it started doing nothing again.

If Jiang Liwen hadn't come to inform him, he would have even forgotten to guard against Xiao Mingjun's wrongdoing.

The more Ji Cen thought about it, the more angry he became. Does Xiao Dabaihua really care?Why don't you know it's reassuring?

After knocking on the door of that family's house, Ji Cen pushed the owner away and walked in.

The homeowner was so frightened that he thought it was plainclothes, but after careful observation of Ji Cen's clothes, it was obvious that Ji Cen had just come out of the bed, so he was willing to believe that someone's family had come here.

There were about twenty people in the room, all in their 50s and [-]s.

There was a lot of smog and noise.

Ji Cen quickly saw Xiao Mingjun frowning and staring at the poker table.He swiped his stick, but Xiao Mingjun, who saw it in time, dodged it. The branch hit the table, and the dust kicked up was like a dissipated soul.

The atmosphere in the room changed as suddenly as Xiao Mingjun's expression.How could Xiao Mingjun wait for Ji Cen to draw the stick again, he threw the cards up and ran out.

Ji Cen, who was wearing slippers, couldn't catch anyone. After Xiao Mingjun rushed out of the door, he stopped his feet and turned to look at the people in the room who were also looking at him, saying, "Hurry up, or we will report it."

After saying this, Ji Cen's eyes froze somewhere.

After listening to Ji Cen's words, someone began to curse and left in disappointment.

Ji Cen, who was supposed to leave too.That look into the corner filled him with lead.

He stared at the man in the dark blue sweater sitting at the innermost table, motionless.

Although more than ten years have passed, it is still a face that Ji Cen can recognize immediately.

Ma Changfeng was also looking at Ji Cen.It seems that he guessed Ji Cen's identity from Xiao Mingjun's actions just now.

Their stares silenced everything around them.

Ji Cen clenched the stick in his hand, he didn't know what happened to him.Isn't that just a human face with a nose and two eyes? How could it have such a big impact on him.

He began to tremble uncontrollably, even the tongue in his half-open mouth trembled.

His throat was so tight that he couldn't swallow, and even breathing became difficult.

He couldn't hear what the people next to him were saying.What whistled in his ears were the distant and near sirens and the noisy wind.

Every time he blinked, what he saw was the big puddle of blood flowing down the slope into the sewer on the road.

Ma Changfeng's face changed from big to small in sight, like the face of an evil ghost.

He should rush, like his fierce pursuit in too many dreams.He wanted that face gone, he wanted to tear that man apart...

"Brother Cen, brother Cen?"

Feeling someone shaking him, Ji Cen turned his head slowly and saw Qi Heng's anxious face.

Because he was not at ease, Qi Heng got out of the car anyway.When he and Jiang Liwen were approaching the door of this house, they saw Xiao Mingjun running out.

Jiang Liwen went to chase Xiao Mingjun, and he came to the house to find Ji Cen.

When he entered the door, he saw that Ji Cen was staring in one direction without moving, and his condition was not quite right, so he kept calling for people.

After Ji Cen had a reaction, he hurriedly supported Ji Cen's arm and walked out: "There is no need to be so angry, wait for Xiao Mingjun to go back and deal with him."

Sure enough, Qi Heng knew himself better than himself.Ji Cen didn't even know what his state was just now.

It turned out to be anger.

Excessive anger.

When Ji Cen and Qi Heng walked to the side of the road, they hadn't fully returned to their normal state.

Qi Heng's eyes were brighter than evening stars, he watched Ji Cen go worriedly, and tightly held Ji Cen's hand.

Qi Heng's hands were warm, with the warmth that made Ji Cen's cold hands yearn for.Ji Cen let go of the other hand and let the wooden stick fall to the ground. He stuffed both hands into Qi Heng's hand. He twisted his body and asked as he walked, "Where's Xiao Mingjun?"

"Uncle Jiang asked us to drive him back, and he dragged Xiao Mingjun away. He probably went to his house. Xiao Mingjun won't come back tonight, but he will go home tomorrow." Qi Heng put his arm around Ji Cen's shoulder and patted, "Go quickly , look how cold you are."

Ji Cen shook his head: "I'm not cold at all."

"Then why are you shaking?"

Ji Cen said lightly: "I feel that I was standing at the gate of hell just now, and it was you who pulled me back."

Qi Heng didn't understand, and didn't ask any more questions.He picked up Ji Cen and ran towards the taxi parked on the side of the road that had not turned off.

The sound of their stepping on the snow was mixed with the sound of exhaling.

In the vast darkness of the road ahead, there are only two beams of orange headlights silently guiding the direction.