straight to heaven

In winter, the power consumption of mobile phones is fast. I stepped out of "half a catty of scrap iron". When the cold wind blew, the battery capacity bar turned red.As soon as I saw that the time was 5.00:[-], an out-of-charge warning popped up, saying that only [-]% of the battery was left.

If you take a taxi like this, you may not be able to pay the fare when you get off.

In my memory, the hair salon next to it has long been turned into a chain milk tea shop.Fortunately, the store is still open, and there are several rows of shared charging treasures on the counter.I borrowed one, which is not the same model as the machine near the hotel.I was afraid that I would not be able to return it, so I squatted near the open-air barbecue stall and planned to charge it for 10 minutes.

The nearest table reeked of alcohol. I hadn't had a drink tonight, but the smell clung to me and I became less sober.

Enduring until the battery level became 15.00%, I called Pei Yanlai.

The first time I didn't answer, but the second time it rang four times, and the other party unhurriedly pressed to connect.Pei Yanlai was very noisy there, and it seemed that they were still socializing during the Spring Festival holiday.He greeted with a smile, "Hello."

Listen to the tone.

Fuck, did he not save my phone number at all?

That's right, he uses WeChat for work news, and he doesn't have to reply to non-work news.Xiaomi and I are mostly messy eleven-digit figures.With a quick glance, I can't remember who is who.

...it really hurts my feet.

Originally, I wanted to report myself as a well-behaved family, but my rebellious thoughts suddenly arose.

I remember on New Year’s Eve night, he kicked me, said something harsh, then grabbed my collar, bit my lip to bleed, and my jaw was about to be crushed, but I was drunk, and he pretended that I didn’t remember anything , The next day nothing happened.

With lessons learned, I realized that pretending to be drunk is a good way to avoid embarrassment.He was unflappable, and I was deluding myself.

I acted very attentively, almost entering the scene, deliberately delayed my reaction for a while, and then stammered, "Hey...you, where are you now?"

There was silence for two seconds on the other side, as if I was hiding from the balcony to the balcony. I heard the buzzing of the air conditioner, but the sound of the wine was still very close.

Pei Yanlai's tone became a little light, and he asked, "Who am I?"

He thought I was calling the wrong number.

I just pretended I didn't hear it, and continued to fool around: "You, you said, you just, why didn't you answer my call? I'll call... I'm stupid!"

In the middle of speaking, I suddenly fell to the ground with my feet numb, and my tailbone hurt so much that I didn't get up for a while.

I gritted my teeth and wanted to do a full set of dramas, and burp while it was hot.

Pei Yanlai laughed indistinctly, "Lin Xiaoshan," he called my name softly, the gentleness was a bizarre illusion: "You don't stutter when you're drunk."

"..." The play is over.

I was worried that Pei Yanlai would hang up the phone, so I stopped acting, and said in a panic: "Hey, don't..."

Before he finished speaking, a beeping busy tone came from the handset of the mobile phone.

"……hang."

For the first time, I hated myself for knowing Pei Yanlai so well, I almost guessed it right.

I was not reconciled, the phone continued to dial there, my hands were frozen, I missed the icon several times, and the phone started to get hot even when it was connected to the power bank, I still stubbornly refused to stop.

It wasn't until the phone was dialed out that there were seven or eight beeps before Pei Yanlai threw a sentence over, saying in a warm voice.

"What's the matter."

The smoke from the grilled mutton kebabs drifted over, and I was so smoked that I burst into tears. I quickly got up and hid in the side door of the next-door health care.The wind blows the poor-quality plastic bead curtains, pink, yellow, green, and blue, and the sound is rustling. I suddenly don't know what to say.

"On New Year's Eve, I sent you a happy new year. It's not a group message." I no longer pretended to be drunk meaninglessly.

Pei Yanlai hummed: "I see."

"...but you didn't reply to me."

He said in twos and twos: "I thought I sent New Year's greetings at work."

That's different.

I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say.

Passing by a pair of lovers who are warming each other, the two are crowded together, which is a bloated intimate relationship.

What Old Wai just said still lingers in my ears.

——"The day after your dad finished fighting with you, he came to the store again with a bruised nose and a swollen face. I won't hide it from you, he just wanted to ask me about your school and address. But unfortunately, I don't know at all. "

—— "Later, he came here for a week just to squat you. He just drank and didn't do anything, and it was inconvenient for me to ask the security to chase him away. Until that handsome guy bumped into him."

——"...The scene became a bit bloody later on. Anyway, your father was cowardly, no one forced him, he knelt and kowtowed by himself, and was kicked on the head by the handsome guy. The handsome guy even uttered harsh words. It's been too long, I don't remember exactly, but it was like, 'He doesn't have a dad from today, I hope you remember'. It was so fucking exciting."

—— "I thought you two had a conversation. Can ordinary friends do this? I don't quite understand you post-[-]s."

...I haven't thought of Lin Hui for many years.

Whether it's death, illness, or prison for crimes for money, it has nothing to do with me anymore, and it seems to have evaporated from this world.I didn't know at all that Pei Yan came to open the way behind my peaceful life these years.

Meddling is not his style.Since Pei Yanlai could help me for this sake, why would he throw me away without saying a word.

Am I really just a piece of dispensable dog skin plaster?

It's human nature to be sentimental, and I was really shaken.

My throat is tight, my words are incoherent, and the present is reversed from the past.

"You didn't reply to me... After that day, you never replied to my message again. You deleted me, and I couldn't find you. Why?... Can you tell me. "

The question lingered for so long that I was afraid to hear the answer.

Pei Yanlai seems to have changed the posture of holding the phone, the clothes rubbed against each other, making my ears itchy.

After a few seconds of silence, he took his time and said politely, "It doesn't seem to be my obligation to reply to your message, Lin Zhu."

One punch on the cotton, I'm weak: "You know I don't mean it."

"I don't know." He chuckled.

"..." I couldn't continue. It was impossible to say that I was not depressed, but it was incredible that he could talk to me well.

It was a fool to guess what Pei Yanlai was thinking.

Being more courageous after setbacks is one of the few advantages I have.After listening to Lao Wai's words today, I feel that I can still fight with Pei Yan for another 500 years in this Five Elements Mountain.

Pei Yanlai continued: "If nothing else..."

At the end of the side entrance of the big health care is a trash can, and the towering street lamps cast a little light.I looked at the struggling moths under the light, and my heart gradually became calm.

"Yes." I cleared my throat: "The last sentence, I'll get out after you hear it, and I won't bother you a second time in this life."

"Say."

I could be really drunk and burst out laughing.

"The sentence just now lied to you."

"Beep".

He hangs up and shows no mercy.