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"Don't be like this, you're scaring people."

After hearing this, Chen Kui shrugged his shoulders indifferently, took out a cigarette from his pocket and went out again.

Xie Jingnian saw clearly the cigarette case passing by, it was the White General of Mount Tai.He had smoked it before, and it was one of the few extravagances he had. He was choked by the strong taste, and the strength was particularly strong.

Chen Yu goes well with this smoke.Xie Jingnian thought.

Zhou Yantong asked him with a smile: "Little friend, what's your name?"

"My name is Xie Jingnian."

Hearing Zhou Yantong's awkward tone of voice coaxing a child, he drank all the water in the glass in one go.

"Why are you there alone?" Zhou Yantong poured him another glass of water and asked, "Run away from home?"

Xie Jingnian was very grateful to him.Otherwise, he might have died there.But just like the connection between him and Chen Xi, they are just strangers after all.

"Is there a hotel near here?" He changed the subject and asked.

Zhou Yantong took Xie Jingnian's luggage from under the bed, thought for a while, and said, "No, the hotels are all near the train station."

"Is it far from here?"

"It's quite far, and it takes about 10 minutes by taxi."

"Thank you."

Xie Jingnian was about to leave with his luggage, but as soon as he dragged it a few steps away, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm, and the suitcase fell directly to the ground.Zhou Yantong who was closest to him quickly reached out to help him: "What's the matter?"

Xie Jingnian clenched his teeth, not letting out a cry of pain.His right hand touched the blood along the dark coat.

"Fuck!" Zhou Yantong almost jumped up from the stool, "What's wrong with you, are you going to the hospital?"

Xie Jingnian shook his head, and unconsciously glanced at Chen Xi who had just entered the door.

Chen Xi still had no expression on his face, and the smell of cigarettes on his body was very strong, with the coolness of night.He leaned against the wall, watching Xie Jingnian frown as he clutched his wound.

Xie Jingnian asked him if he could change his medicine before leaving?

Chen Xi ignored him, Zhou Yantong quickly said: "It's okay, you change, can I help you?"

Afraid of blood dripping onto the bed, Xie Jingnian simply sat on the concrete floor and untied the bandage, exposing the wound underneath.

The vertical one was densely stitched with more than a dozen stitches, lying there like an ugly multi-legged arthropod.

The area around the wound was abnormally red and swollen, with streams of blood still flowing out.Zhou Yantong gasped, and hurriedly opened the suitcase to help Xie Jingnian find iodophor and bandages.

Chen Kui looked at Xie Jingnian's skillful handling of the wound, and seemed to remember something: "You..."

When Xie Jingnian looked up at him, he stopped talking again.

"Is there somewhere to go?" Zhou Yantong took the conversation and asked him.

Xie Jingnian lowered his head, wrapped the bandage around himself, and said honestly, "No."

Chen Xi listened quietly to the conversation between the two, frowned, and returned to his expressionless face.He took a key from the key chain and threw it in Xie Jingnian's hand.

"Sleep here, leave tomorrow and lock the door."

Xie Jingnian looked at the silver key and lowered his eyes: "Thank you."

He felt that Chen Xi might have recognized him, or it might just be that Chen Xi was overwhelmed with sympathy and was willing to meddle in his own business and take him in as a stranger.

So he held the key in his hand, looked into Chen Xi's eyes, and smiled at him: "Thank you Brother Jiu."

"Why don't you call me brother?" Zhou Yantong refused when he heard this, "Just because he is more handsome than me?"

Chen Xi was looking at his phone, without raising his head, he said, "You're quite self-aware."

Xie Jingnian smiled at Zhou Yantong's distraught look, and called him Brother Yan.

"Hey!" Zhou Yantong immediately felt better physically and mentally. He stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Xie Jingnian's shoulders, carefully avoiding the wound, "From now on, you will be my godbrother. Come on, let's add WeChat, and you can find me if you need anything."

"I..." Xie Jingnian had seen Jia Feichen and Zhuang Jie before, but this was the first time he met someone who was better than them.

"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad guy." Zhou Yantong patted his chest and said, "I just see that you and my brother look alike, dear brother. We are so destined."

Xie Jingnian let out an "ah", and finally scanned the QR code with Zhou Yantong.

"Then let's go, are you okay here?" Zhou Yantong asked.

"fine."

Xie Jingnian got up to see them off and said thank you for the fifth time tonight.

After the two left, Xie Jingnian changed out of his dirty clothes and searched for a while before finding the switch that was almost integrated with the poster.

Turning off the lights, the room was suddenly dark.He groped and lay on the bed, not feeling sleepy at all, and his mind was extraordinarily clear after the fever subsided.

Chen Xi.

He always felt that this name was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere.

He thought of the musical instruments that filled the room, and also thought of Zhuang Jie's words that had been blaring in his ear all morning.

Xie Jingnian did not expect to meet the members of the band Anti-Blade here, it seems that they have moved here for a while.Without disclosing any information to the outside world, he ran from the capital to a remote small city in the northeast without making a sound.

He couldn't hold back and took out the hundred-yuan red note from his pocket again, the folded corners were rough and whitish from his touch.

Xie Jingnian thought, fate, sometimes it is really strange.

The preset alarm clock goes off exactly at 05:30.Xie Jingnian carefully locked the door before leaving, and was at a loss when he turned around.

It seems to be far away from the supermarket where he works.

Turning around, I saw the exit of the expressway, surrounded by woods and hills, and there was only this store and a new building under construction nearby.

This is basically a suburb.Fortunately, the bus stop is very close.Xie Jingnian sat for a full 21 stops before arriving at the supermarket where he worked.

The ghost knows how he got here last night.

On the rest day, Xie Jingnian and Zhao Kang had to watch from 10:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm.The salary is calculated by the hour, [-] yuan an hour, and after a month, it is not much to be honest.

"Aunt Liu, can you advance my salary for one month first?" The biggest disadvantage of talking about things on the phone is that you can't see your expression.Although Aunt Liu's tone was flat, Xie Jingnian hadn't seen her a few times, so he was not sure about her attitude at all, "It's fine for half a month."

"Xiao Xie, Aunt Liu knows that you are short of money, but I really have a lot of trouble. How about this, you wait another two weeks, and Auntie will go to the store to find you."

Xie Jingnian's heart turned cold.Two weeks is 14 days.

"Xiao Xie, it's a bit abrupt for me to ask this way. Did you encounter any difficulties?" Zhao Kang accidentally heard that he wanted to pay his salary in advance when he was setting up the goods, and couldn't help asking, "Tell me, I can help you." Brother will definitely help you."

Xie Jingnian lowered his head and unwrapped the plastic packaging without saying a word.

"It's okay, if you don't want to say..."

"Brother Zhao, can I sleep in the store tonight?" Xie Jingnian asked.

"Ah?" Zhao Kang didn't realize it for a while, "What are you doing sleeping in the store? Your father kicked you out?"

Xie Jingnian still didn't speak, Zhao Kang accepted his acquiescence, and immediately dropped the cardboard box in his hand in anger and cursed: "Damn it, old bastard!"

The first time Zhao Kang met Xie Laosan was not long after he came to work in the supermarket.He staggered in, smelling of alcohol, and almost smashed the glass door of the supermarket.As soon as he came in, he yelled and wanted to find Xie Jingnian.

At that time, Zhao Kang didn't know what was going on, so he called Xie Jingnian.As soon as the person stood in front of him, he was slapped with a lot of strength, and Xie Jingnian's face turned red.

He was still cursing there: "You fucking son of a bitch, you didn't tell me when you were working outside! You just want to make money for yourself and don't spend it for me, right?"

"I gave birth to you and raised you so much, and you treat me like this, you—"

Seeing that Xie Lao San's hand was about to wave down again, Zhao Kang pushed him away and protected Xie Jingnian behind him, with a tough tone.

"Sir, if you do this again, I will call the police."

Xie Laosan is a bullying master, seeing him like this, his tone immediately softened.

"There are still people protecting you now, you are waiting to go home at night!"

Xie Laosan is an insult to describe him as an old beast.After that, he came a few more times, each time asking Xie Jingnian for money.Zhao Kang could only watch helplessly as Xie Jingnian gave all the money he earned in a day to this scumbag.

Later, Zhao Kang learned to be clever, and he called the police as soon as Xie Laosan came. When he heard the sound of the police car, Xie Laosan was scared and never came again.

"It's not very good in the store. There is only a small wooden board in the storage room. You must not sleep on the floor. No matter how thick the upper bunk is, you will catch cold in this weather."

As Zhao Kang spoke, he was about to take out the money: "Do you have any money on you? If I don't, I'll lend you some. Go out and find a hotel to live in."

"I gave all my money to Xie Laosan, and I didn't bring out a single penny." Xie Jingnian quickly stopped him and said, "I don't plan to go back in the future. When Aunt Liu gives me the money, I will go out and rent a house. "

"Brother Zhao, I can just sleep in the storage room. I will lock the door at night." Xie Jingnian said again, "Can you not tell Aunt Liu about this?"

Unable to think of any other way, Zhao Kang felt very sorry for his brother who was a few years younger than him: "I will definitely not tell her."

Zhao Kang helped Xie Jingnian pack up the storage room before leaving.

It is said to be a storage room, but it is just a dark and cramped corner, which is full of goods, and there is no place to step down.The small wooden board that Zhao Kang mentioned was a shelf for stacking goods, and they had just packed it out.

The small board was a little high, reaching to Xie Jingnian's waist.It is only a little narrow when lying on it, and half of the shoulders are still exposed.It was impossible to lie down on the side, and the iron support on it was so tight that Xie Jingnian's hips ached.

Xie Jingnian found some old clothes from the box and spread them on the wooden boards. It was not so uncomfortable to lie on, but his legs still couldn't be straightened.

The corners at night are damp and cold, and the seepage corners continuously send cold air into the house.Xie Jingnian found out a winter down jacket to wear on his body, feeling a little self-defeating, thinking that this would be a good idea.

As long as you leave that "home", everything is fine.

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I wish everyone a happy Qixi Festival.

Ps. Smoking is harmful to health