Little Madman's Guide to Acting Good

Heavy rain pours, traffic shuttles.

The silence in the carriage was broken by a ringing bell, which stopped and rang again. After several times, the driver looked at the rearview mirror from the corner of the eye.

There was only one person sitting in the slightly empty space in the back seat. The person had white trousers and a casual posture. His white arms under the sleeves were covered with blue veins. He looked at the name on the screen of his private mobile phone coldly, without any emotion in his eyes. .

There are already signs of age on the man's face, but his natural bones still allow him to maintain the good skin of his youth.

Finally, when the bell rang for the fourth time, the call was connected.

The man pressed the speakerphone and dropped the phone on the seat next to him.

Once connected, the irritable and vulgar insults on the phone were very penetrating, especially in the quiet car.

"Chen Qizhao, you have kindness, you hide it really deep enough, you are not afraid of short life if you are such a shady person..."

The scolding continued, and the tone on the other end of the phone became more and more irritable: "Oh yes, it's not that your life is short, it's that your life is hard. Your father died of a serious illness, and your mother followed him soon after. Even your elder brother committed suicide in front of you." , the Chen family has been crushed to death by you, why are you the only trash alive?"

The chattering and cursing continued, and the person on the other end of the phone was venting his emotions, which was extremely ugly.

It happened to be a red light, and the driver of the car looked in the rearview mirror without looking up, and saw the man in the back seat with his usual cool face.

The man said: "Lin Bo, gentlemen don't scold dirty."

He smiled, with a sincere tone as if saying hello: "Is it raining over there? Have you brought an umbrella?"

The other end of the phone didn't know why, and then cursed: "Bring an umbrella, Chen Qizhao, have you gone crazy enough?"

"It's raining, it's raining heavily."

Chen Qizhao looked sideways at the torrential rain outside the window, and said without any emotion in his voice, "It also rained on the day my elder brother died."

The other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, before he could speak, Chen Qizhao went on to say——

"A rainy day is a good day."

Chen Qizhao seemed to be sighing: "It's a good day in prison."

He suddenly laughed, and changed the subject: "I heard that Lin Bo's birthday is next week, and I don't have anything to give, so I'll just send a message of congratulations."

"I wish you a long life and a lifetime of imprisonment—"

The cursing on the other end of the phone disappeared after a while, the driver glanced at the rearview mirror, Chen Qizhao took the initiative to hang up the call, as if nothing had happened to the other party's cursing just now, and it didn't affect his mood at all.

The car soon turned at a certain intersection and entered a deserted suburb.

It was raining heavily, and the driver hurried out of the driving seat, opened the door and opened the umbrella.

Chen Qizhao handed him a cigarette and said, "Wait for me outside."

The driver took it respectfully, and watched the person in front of him walk into the rain curtain with an umbrella, and walked into the tombs in the mountain step by step.

The cemetery was quiet, and Chen Qizhao stopped in his tracks.

"No flowers." Chen Qizhao looked calmly at the three tombstones in front of him, "Lin Shizhong is hopeless, his accounts are very dirty, and he can only stay in prison for the rest of his life. It's a pity that you didn't see it with your own eyes. Are you saying that you died earlier?"

No one responded, only the whistling wind.

Chen Qizhao didn't care, he lit a cigarette and stood in front of the stele: "I bought a piece of land and chose to be next to you on my own, and I don't know if you will leave me a place after I go down."

"Forget it, it doesn't matter whether you stay or not, lest you will be mad at me again."

Chen Qizhao quietly finished smoking a cigarette, trying to see the photo on the tombstone through the rain curtain, until Chen Shiming's face came into his eyes, and he saw a rainy day many years ago through the rain curtain all over the sky.

The eldest brother, Chen Shiming, also died on such a rainy day.

The day chosen was good, the same day as the day my mother died.

The Chen family went bankrupt, their parents died one after another, and finally the elder brother committed suicide.After many years, Chen Qizhao still remembers when he stepped into his eldest brother's residence, saw his relatives sleeping peacefully with their eyes closed on the sofa, and only heard the sound of rain ticking outside the window.

At that time, the sound of the rain was a little quieter, no more than now, and the sound could not be heard clearly.

Some people were right. Chen's family members were all dead, and he was the only one left in the end.

"I have sent everything that should be sent to prison, and I have also paid off the debts of the Chen family." Chen Qizhao smiled, and sat down beside Chen Shiming's tombstone, laughing at himself: "The past ten years It’s a bit of hard work without credit, and it’s best to reserve a place for me.”

There was only whistling in the wind and rain, and the night enveloped the entire cemetery, and a few lonely lights seemed to light up in the swaying rain.

The rain poured on his face, and the cold gradually eroded his limbs.

Chen Qizhao closed his eyes.

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The lights are feasting, the flickering lights have a subtle rhythm, and the noisy sounds come and go.

The silence receded like a tide, and the next moment came a piercing sound.

Chen Qizhao was woken up by the sound, the coldness of the rain and the heat of the alcohol were repeatedly wrapped around him in a daze, making his mind chaotic.He seems to be sitting and falling asleep in the cemetery... The rain is so heavy, shouldn't he give himself a fever?

It's noisy, who's talking?

"Volunteering for the college entrance examination is hard to say..."

"I'm in charge of volunteering now, but I don't know what else I'll be in charge of in the future."

"But Xiao Zhao really has a sense of crisis. You can't hand over your family's things to your elder brother in the future, right?"

...College entrance examination?volunteer?

Chen Qizhao suddenly opened his eyes.

The lights are extremely dazzling, noisy voices come from all directions, and a huge amount of information is mixed in it.The needle-like headache dragged back his chaotic thoughts, Chen Qizhao looked at the unfamiliar scene in front of him, and scanned the people around him with scrutiny, whether familiar or unfamiliar, his appearance was immature and young.

where is this?

Isn't he in a suburban cemetery?

bar?If you get caught in the rain and have a fever, you will not be sent to this kind of place.

There were five or six boys in the booth at the bar. At this time, they were talking with each other over glasses of wine. The first thing Chen Qizhao noticed was the boy with a white lining and glasses sitting diagonally across from him. .

Seeing that Chen Qizhao didn't reply, the male student Bai Lin asked, "What does Qizhao think? Volunteering is one thing. Do you have any other thoughts about the future?"

Chen Qizhao didn't speak.

What do you think?

"Speaking of volunteering, why are you talking about other things?"

"Brother Qin, isn't he giving Qizhao an idea?"

"That's right, since Qi Zhao told us about it, he can't just sit idly by, right?"

"Brother Xingfeng is right. You are not on good terms with your elder brother, and he rarely cares about you. At this time, he suddenly intervened before you filled out your application and advised you to major in finance or management. Don't you think it's a little strange?" ?”

"You are stupid, Chen Shiming is flourishing now, and when Qizhao graduates and enters the group, he will have to be under his nose. He has played a good brother image in front of people, and everyone has made a lot of money. In the end Qi Zhao is still under his pressure."

Noticing the details in other people's words, he pieced together a strange yet familiar name.

Qin Xingfeng... Chen Qizhao hasn't heard this name for about eight years.

The last time I heard this name was when Qin Xingfeng's financial crimes were reported in the media.In a sense, Qin Xingfeng in his early years was indeed one of his "good friends", the kind of good friends who killed him.

Volunteering for the college entrance examination, bars, Qin Xingfeng... It should have happened 17 years ago, when he was 18 years old.

Is he dreaming...?

Chen Qizhao felt that he might have been burned because of the rain. He lowered his head and saw all kinds of beer on the booth in front of him. In the chaotic light, he could see the English logo on the glass bottle.

Beer, the degree is not high.

It's something he can drink.

When he was young, he really loved to play and spend time with friends. He should be thankful that his young indulgence allowed him to practice a good drinker, so that after the bankruptcy of the Chen family, he had the capital to drink with others.

Only later, he couldn't drink anymore.

Because of drinking blood, he fell into a whole body of problems.

When I was 18 years old, the booths of the bar still had a certain sense of age, the lights were messy and dazzling, the privacy between the booths was not strong, and the beer bottles were still in the old packaging.The more you look at it carefully, the more you can find that these scenes and the surrounding sounds are becoming more and more real, like a ridiculous dream, which really brought him back to the absurd time when he was 18 years old.

Chen Qizhao rolled his eyes mechanically, and finally looked at the glass wine bottle on the table.

The surrounding voices were too noisy, chirping and repeating.

Qin Xingfeng looked at Chen Qizhao opposite, with a hint of impatience in his eyes, but he quickly returned to his humble and gentle appearance. His voice was gentle: "Things are actually not that complicated. University majors can learn theoretical knowledge. It is true that it will be much more convenient after entering the industry. But Qizhao, if you want to think about your future, you really need to make some preparations... If you really work under your elder brother's hands, you may be restricted everywhere."

People around also agree with Qin Xingfeng's analysis.

"It's not that exaggerated, their brothers, aren't they so ruthless?"

"...Brothers also have a time to settle accounts."

"Who knows what's going on in your elder brother's mind? Look at him being so ruthless to his opponents in the business field. If he really wants to deal with you, you have to be careful..."

The DJ in the venue changed the first song, and the restless music became more lively.

Qin Xingfeng looked at Chen Qizhao. From the very beginning, Chen Qizhao remained silent.Just as he was about to say a few more words, he suddenly saw Chen Qizhao who was facing him looking at him, his eyes showed no emotion, and he raised the wine glass in front of him.

"Have you finished?" Chen Qizhao asked.

Qin Xingfeng was stunned for a moment, "What?"

Chen Qizhao didn't speak, but raised his glass to him.

Qin Xingfeng was baffled, but he still picked up the glass and clinked glasses with him, "Xiao Zhao, what you just said..."

Snapped--

The sudden cracking sound startled the people around them. When they came back to their senses, they saw that the glass in Chen Qizhao's hand fell off the table and shattered all over the floor. down stream.

The surroundings became quiet in an instant, and everyone looked at Chen Qizhao in astonishment, especially Qin Xingfeng.

Qin Xingfeng forgot to move for a moment, and just held his wine glass in a daze.

The waiter next to him hurried over and couldn't help but stop for a while when he saw this scene.

After dropping the glass, it fell all over the table, and glass shards were scattered all over the place, and a lot of it splashed on the people next to it.

At this time, the beam of light on the top swept across, and the boy wearing a certain fashionable jacket sat casually on the sofa. Several blood beads appeared on his white and thin arms, and they quickly gathered together. In such an atmosphere, Sharp and penetrating in the light.

"Isn't it a fever...?" Chen Qizhao murmured in a low voice.

He glanced sideways slightly, his eyes lingering on the blood on his arm for a moment, then quickly turned his eyes to the white-lined boy opposite, and said coolly, "Are you not injured?"

"It's nothing...it's nothing." Qin Xingfeng had lingering fears in his heart, and his inexplicable guilt gradually increased.

Seeing the two waiters approaching, Chen Qizhao looked away, as if it was a pity.

He looked at the waiter: "Hi, please take down the medical gauze and iodine."

"Okay, wait a minute."

The waiter was stunned for a moment, then turned to get the medicine box.

The other people in the booth were about to speak when they saw this, when Chen Qizhao, who had finished explaining to the waiter, suddenly turned his eyes to them, "I drank a little too much, my hands are slippery."

The boys breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and immediately came to their senses.

"Drinking beer makes you drunk, Qizhao, you can't handle alcohol."

"This scares me to death. Do you want to deal with the glass on your body? And your hands, have your hands been scratched?"

"Are you okay? You won't be dizzy now, are you?"

Chen Qizhao said again: "I'm sober."

The waiter quickly brought the medicine box and cleaned up the messy scene by the way.The liveliness of the bar was not disturbed by this little episode. Chen Qizhao dealt with the wound on his hand expressionlessly, and the tingling sensation of alcohol disinfection all reminded him of the reality of this ridiculous scene.

This is not a dream, he really returned to the age of 18, the age when nothing happened.

His eyes patrolled for a week, and finally stopped on Qin Xingfeng, and said in a natural tone: "Brother Xingfeng, where did you just say? I drank too much and got confused, so I didn't hear clearly."

Qin Xingfeng was a little surprised. Although the episode just now left him with lingering fears, Chen Qizhao's good attitude after waking up made him relax again. He continued: "I myself started my business when I was in college, the importance of experience and experience Needless to say. I just suggest that if you want to better control the right to speak, you can try to accumulate capital and experience by yourself.”

"How does this accumulate?"

"Brother Xingfeng has two moves?"

"Entrepreneurship is not theoretical knowledge. If Qizhao is interested, I have a friend who happens to have a research project on artificial intelligence. The prospect is very good, and he is soliciting investment from everywhere." Qin Xingfeng spoke softly, and looked at Chen Qizhao very seriously. Friendly: "If you want to try to start your own business, you can consider investing in it yourself. Our company has evaluated this project. It will not make a lot of money or lose money. I wonder if you are interested?"

"It's not bad to invest by yourself. Didn't you just invest in a college student project last time and earn a lot?"

"This is also a good choice. Qi Zhao will have his own achievements by then, and if he really wants to join the group, he won't be pressured too hard."

"Even if you don't get in, more capital means more confidence."

Looking at the funny and interesting pros and cons analysis in front of him, Chen Qizhao felt very calm, and even recalled the long-lost past.

When he was young, he had a quarrel with his elder brother Chen Shiming, which was well known in the circle, and some people even secretly used this incident as a talking point, or to sow dissension for personal gain.

Qin Xingfeng is one of them.

This person is young and promising in front of outsiders. He left the family to start a successful business in his twenties. Coupled with his gentle and elegant temper, he is very popular in their circle.When Chen Qizhao and his elder brother Chen Shiming were having an unhappiness because of their voluntary affairs, Qin Xingfeng led an ordinary family matter into Chen Shiming's deliberate doings in a few words, fanning the flames on the grounds that if he joined the group, he would be suppressed by Chen Shiming.

Qin Xingfeng is also very smart. He said it was a suggestion, but in fact he was using his power for personal gain.When I was young, I didn't have any theoretical knowledge, so I didn't know so many details of starting a business. I was soon deceived by Qin Xingfeng's rhetoric, saying that it was a cooperation, but in fact it was just sending money to Qin Xingfeng.It's fine to send money, and let Qin Xingfeng rely on the big tree of the Chen Group because of this matter, and I don't know how much convenience he has obtained in private.

When Chen's capital chain was in crisis and he remembered this project, he realized that his cooperation with Qin Xingfeng was a joke.

Chen Qizhao looked at others, "Is there any smoke?"

The person next to him lit a cigarette with ease.

But Chen Qizhao seemed to have no intention of smoking.

Qin Xingfeng looked at him and felt a kind of pressure for no reason.

"Okay, Brother Xingfeng, show me the project if you have time." Chen Qizhao continued with a cigarette in his hand, "It's just that I don't understand, and I have to rely on your help for some things."

Seeing his behavior, Qin Xingfeng was relieved, but it was just an appearance.

Acting like an old Jianghu, in fact, he can't hold cigarettes well.He knew Chen Qizhao well, and the Chen family had a good tutor. From the way Chen Qizhao was drinking tonight, he knew that this person hadn't touched alcohol much before, and he didn't even touch alcohol, let alone smoke.

"Then I'll talk to you later." Qin Xingfeng talked about some business matters, and after chatting for about ten minutes, he checked the time, got up and said, "I have something to go back to the company later, don't you guys?" Drink some wine and remember to ask for a driver on the way back."

"Brother Xingfeng, don't worry."

"You go to work first."

Qin Xingfeng left soon.

"Brother Xingfeng is nice."

"Yeah, last time I messed around with investment and almost had a problem. Fortunately, I asked him more."

"Qizhao, we all know Brother Xingfeng's character, he can be trusted."

"Really?" Chen Qizhao raised his eyelids slightly, "He's pretty handsome, with a nice face."

The superficial character design is well done, the rhetoric and acting skills are good, it's a pity to make an investment.

The others looked at Chen Qizhao, as if they didn't quite understand what he said, and one of them laughed and said, "Brother Xingfeng is really good-looking, a bit like the Mr. Pianpian in TV dramas."

Chen Qizhao ignored them, and lit the ashtray skillfully with his hand, letting the spark burn back little by little.

"Chen Qizhao."

Suddenly, a familiar yet young voice sounded behind Chen Qizhao.

Chen Qizhao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned around——

In the aisle behind the booth, Chen Shiming in a suit and leather shoes stood there, his stern face covered with a layer of frost.

The eyes of the two collided, and after a while, Chen Shiming's eyes moved from his face to his hand holding the cigarette.