A gentleman is not a group

"Hurry up brother." Xie Jianmian reached out and poked Zhou Chi's shoulder, "I'm hungry..."

It was only then that Zhou Chi remembered that they had been scouting in Xishui Village for a day, and they didn't bother to eat a bite of food. He was used to it, and he didn't care much about one more meal or one less meal.

But Xie Jianmian saw that he was a spoiled young master, so it was difficult for him to follow him around like this.

As soon as Zhou Chi felt a rare sense of guilt, he suddenly realized that it wasn't him who insisted on letting Xie Jianmian follow him. It's not tiring for someone to beg for nothing, so why should he feel guilty?

Zhou Chi didn't stop walking, without mercy: "Oh..."

"Hello." Xie Jianmian walked around in front of Zhou Chi, pretending to be pitiful, "Aren't you going to treat me to dinner?"

Zhou Chi raised his eyebrows, thinking that this person didn't know how to be indifferent in front of him and reduce his sense of presence. Is it okay to pretend to be like this just for him to see.

"Why should I invite you to dinner?" "I don't know the place I'm born in." Xie Jianmian thought for a while, but he answered seriously, "I only know you."

"Then I'd be honored."

Xie Jianmian smiled and blinked at Zhou Chi.I have to say that his appearance is really good, and the owner of his appearance is never hesitant to use it to get cheap. When he smiled, Zhou Chi felt a string under his left chest subtly moved, and he was stunned when he refused. Did not say it.

"Let's go..."

Leaving Xishui Village and walking east for two miles, bypassing the narrow streets and alleys, there is a small shop at the corner.

Zhou Chi is a frequent customer here. He misses the wontons in this shop. The skin is thin and the stuffing is big. It is served with a bowl of clear soup, sprinkled with green onions and coriander, and a few dried shrimps floating on the soup. It looks simple, but no other store has this. smell.

The boss is a middle-aged man in his 50s and [-]s. He has a rough face, but he has a very honest face. When he saw Zhou Chi, he smiled and said hello: "Zhou Butou, I haven't seen you for a few days."

"Isn't this coming?" Zhou Chi found an empty table, pulled out the long bench and signaled Xie Jianmian to sit down, and replied with a smile: "Boss Wu, here are two bowls of wontons."

"Okay." Although it's not summer yet, he still sweats a little after he's busy, Boss Wu wiped his forehead with the sweat towel hanging around his neck, saw Xie Jianmian sitting at the table, "Yo, friend Zhou Butou? This little guy looks really handsome."

Zhou Chi glanced at Xie Jianmian, seeing that Xie Jianmian was looking at him with great interest, he didn't seem to have any plans to speak, so he mumbled "Hmm".

Not long after, two bowls of steaming wontons were served by the shop waiter.

Zhou Chi handed one of the bowls to Xie Jianmian, and took a pair of bamboo chopsticks for him: "Eat..."

Xie Jianmian took it, and even thanked him in a rare way, which made Zhou Chi feel really flattered.

Xu Shi was really hungry, Xie Jianmian didn't say anything else, he ate the wontons one bite at a time, it could be seen that he must have been well-educated since he was a child, and paid great attention to cultivation.

He would not gobble it up even when he was hungry, so he must be a child from some prestigious family, but among the few big families that can be named in Jinzhou, none of them has the surname Xie.

"Hey, I want to ask you something." Zhou Chi couldn't hold back his curiosity, put down the chopsticks in his hand and looked at the person opposite, "Why don't you stay at home and come to Jinzhou?"

Xie Jianmian didn't even raise his head, and said casually: "Well... because I'm miserable. My family is poor and I can't even afford food. My parents can't afford to support me, so I must be married to an old woman. If I don't want to, I will Run away from home."

Nonsense...

This kid is wearing a luxurious outfit and can tell at a glance, how dare he say that his family is too poor to afford food?Which family who can't even afford to eat can raise a person like him?

Zhou Chi knocked on the side of the bowl with his chopsticks, and snorted softly: "Make it up, keep making it up. This story is so attractive."

"Okay." Fortunately, Xie Jianmian didn't eat, and he said to Zhou Chi in a good-natured tone, "Why don't we make an exchange, I'll explain your question, and you can answer my question."

"what is the problem?"

"Just now in Duhe Village, you said you were a gangster, why?"

Zhou Chi frowned, regretting his momentary slip of the tongue, he was just a little thief who met by chance, so he had nothing to say.

But after thinking about it, it's just a little thief who met by chance, so what can't be said, besides, those experiences are not secrets.

Some things have been buried for a long time, and if they are not brought out to see the light, they will rot in the flesh and blood.

Xie Jianmian saw Zhou Chi's hesitation, and also saw that he would not refuse, so he beckoned the waiter over and asked for a jug of wine.

"Drink." Xie Jianmian poured two glasses for himself and Zhou Chi respectively, "You can only tell the truth after drinking."

Zhou Chi took the cup, shook it to Xie Jianmian, and asked in disbelief, "You drink well?"

"Well... it should be okay."

Zhou Chi snorted and drank the wine in his glass: "Let's talk..."

"Actually, there's nothing to talk about." Xie Jianmian took a sip of the wine in his glass, obviously not used to drinking this kind of cheap wine brewed by the small street shop, he frowned and swallowed it, "My family treats me Very good, I will satisfy all requirements, but I feel bored, so I want to go out for a walk, and after wandering around, I ran to Jinzhou."

Zhou Chi couldn't quite understand the thoughts of this rich young master, so he thought about his words and said, "Aren't your family members worried?"

After all, this young master obviously doesn't have much experience abroad, and he has such a ostentatious face, it's a common thing to be tricked and deceived by others.

"I have to come out, they can't stop me."

Xie Jianmian didn't know Zhou Chi's inner thoughts, and even stuck out his tongue a little complacently, bringing out a bit of innocence that didn't fit in that face.

"It's really worrying."

In fact, after a day of getting along, Zhou Chi found that Xie Jianmian was a little contradictory, and looked a little frivolous and frivolous.

But in fact, he is very naive, probably because he was taken care of very well since he was a child, he has never seen the sinister human heart, and he has no guard against this world.

"I'm done answering, whether you're satisfied or not is up to you. What about you?" Xie Jianmian looked sideways at Zhou Chi, raised his glass and drank the wine, "Why did you become a gangster?"

This topic is a bit lengthy, and the source is some not so good memories. He has been carrying these memories alone for more than ten years. The ubiquitous fire and bloody smell are like poisonous vines, densely entangled his mouth and nose. , twisted into the flesh inch by inch, he never opened his mouth, he dared not open his mouth.

Sometimes he would think that when he died, these dark debris of the past might really be scattered into the dust and no one would know.

But listening is easy, talking is so hard.

Zhou Chi laughed at himself, to hide the sourness in his heart, and poked the root of the hard-to-understand into the soil word by word, delaying the story until the day when the light can be seen.

"My parents died early, and there are no relatives in the family. When I was young, I often fought with street gangsters in order to survive. Although I was young at that time, I fought hard. Do you know that kind of desperate fight? No one taught it. I work hard, I will fight with my life, and then the rest of the gangsters are afraid of me and don't bother me anymore, so I can live a little longer."

When Zhou Chi spoke, there was no expression on his face, as if he was talking about an innocuous experience.

But what he didn't say was that he was only eight years old that year. An eight-year-old child, he was still very small. He was alone, helpless, and had only one thought: to live.

It's obviously a bit bigger than Douding, but its bones are full of cruelty, staring at people like a dangerous wolf cub, ready to bite you unexpectedly.

Those gangsters often teased him at first, robbing him of his food and overturning his water, thinking that he was just a little beggar who was not wanted.

Unexpectedly, one day the dirty little beggar broke out suddenly, and in the end both sides were covered in blood.

At that time, he was lying on the ground, clutching the stick tightly in his hand, panting for breath while staring at those provocative gangsters fiercely, as if he was going to die together.

After that scene, he has gradually gained some reputation. People who often hang out there know that there is a kid surnamed Zhou who is very difficult to provoke.

It's been seven years.

"What happened later?" Xie Jianmian drank the wine glass by glass, "How did you become a fast catcher?"

"Because of my master."

Zhou Chi frowned and looked at Xie Jianmian's non-stop drinking, feeling that something would happen if it continued like this, he raised his hand to hold down the wine pot, trying to stop the hand that kept pouring the wine, and after weighing it, he found that the wine pot was empty.

Xie Jianmian didn't look like he was drunk. Confirming this, Zhou Chicai went on to say: "When I was 15 years old, Zheng Kaishi, the arresting head of the government at the time, saw the fight. He thought I had a good foundation and wanted to pull me into the right path. He accepted me as an apprentice, taught me kung fu, and asked me to investigate the case with him."

Xie Jianmian nodded, propped his elbows to support his cheeks, maybe he drank a little too much, his face was slightly red, and his lips were more colorful.

"What about your master?"

"I threw all the burdens to me five years ago, saying it was to give the younger generation a chance to exercise." Zhou Chi snorted..." I don't know him yet, isn't it just that he wants to swim in the mountains and rivers, he is old and unscrupulous.

"Xie Jianmian wanted to say something more, but when he raised his head, he realized that he was a little dizzy, his head was extremely heavy, and the policeman in front of him was doubled, and he squinted his eyes to see people more clearly.

No one answered for a long time, Zhou Chi took a look in surprise, only to find that Xie Jianmian seemed not sober, his eyes were abnormally blurred, and when he looked at him, it seemed to be covered with a hazy light.

"Hello." Zhou Chi walked over and patted his face, "Are you really drunk?"

"Huh?" As if feeling the coolness in Zhou Zhi's hand, he tilted his head and rubbed against the thick and strong skin, "No way..."

Zhou Chi: "..."

Zhou Chi withdrew his hand in embarrassment, feeling that the blush on Xie Jianmian's face had rubbed against his hand, making it numb.As soon as Zhou Chishou left, Xie Jianmian lost his support and immediately lay down on the table.

"Don't sleep here." Zhou Chi shook Xie Jianmian's shoulder, but the other party didn't wake up at all, "Where do you live? I'll take you back."

Only then did Xie Jianmian straighten up slowly. It took him a long time to understand what Zhou Chi's question meant, but his mind was muddled, as if he was stepping on a cloud, and his whole body was in a fluttering state , this question seems a little difficult, he frowned and thought for a long time, finally came up with an answer he thought was correct: "The inn..."

"Hiss..." Was this teasing him?Can you live on the street without staying in a hotel?Who swore just now that he was a good drinker, and that's it for just one pot?

"If you can't drink it, don't drink it. What can you do? No one is forcing you."

Zhou Chi leaned over to set up Xie Jianmian as if resigned to his fate. His whole body was so soft that he seemed to have no skeleton, and all his weight rested on Zhou Chi's body.

"Can you still go?"

"can."

He said yes, but the weight on his body was not light at all.

Zhou Chi sighed, carried Xie Jianmian behind his back, and walked home with the moonlight.