Burning fire

After Bai Yuxing finished speaking, the air seemed to be stiff.

Zhou Qizun was dumb for a while, and when he wanted to open his mouth to speak, he felt his throat was a little dry, so he picked up the cup Bai Yuxing had just drunk.

Unfortunately, there is no water in it.

Zhou Qizun took the empty cup and turned it around, then lightly knocked the bottom of the cup on the table, and asked dryly, "Which river? People are out of shape and you know you're a loafer?"

"The river at the west end of Caishi Street." Bai Yuxing pursed his lips, a layer of dry skin appeared on his lower lip, and he pursed it tightly.

Bai Yuxing: "Others can't recognize it, but I can. I remember Er Liuzi's leaky pants, and he still has a green sock on his left foot."

——That's a bum.Bai Yuxing could tell at a glance.He had already given the bum money to change the pair of torn trousers that leaked air, but after a whole winter, he still had crippled legs.And the pair of stinky red and green tubes on the feet, the bum wears them almost every day, and I don't know if they have been washed.

"Isn't that a stinky ditch?" Zhou Qizun couldn't see any expression on his face, but his eyelids drooped.

He stared at the empty glass, seeing a drop of water slipping from the inner wall of the glass to the bottom of the glass: "What's going on? People drowned?"

"Probably not." Bai Yuxing rubbed his eyes with his hand, "Young man has a fruit knife stuck in his chest."

As he spoke, his face twitched fiercely, and he put the knife that Li Man used to peel apples just now into the drawer.

Can't see it now.As soon as I saw it, I remembered Er Liuzi's dirty face eating rice paste, and the back view of him running away with quick-frozen dumplings.

That kid, did he really run away like this? ——Yeah, I can’t watch anymore.

The more Bai Yuxing thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.

The puddle of blood that Chen Ming threw on the ground a few years ago, and the body bag containing Yaoyao... Now he can remember it when he closes his eyes.

Bai Yuxing said in a low voice, "What's the matter? Years after year, it's a bad year."

"What's good or bad?" Zhou Qizun didn't answer his nonsense, "People die every day in the whole world, I don't know how many people die in a year, these two times just happen to be right under your nose."

When Zhou Qizun finished speaking, his tone was still flat.Bai Yuxing couldn't hear his emotions, but when he looked up, he saw Zhou Qizun's arm was tense, and several blue blood vessels on the back of his hand were all bulging.

"Zun'er." Bai Yuxing opened his mouth, wanting to say something else, Zhou Qizun suddenly waved his hands.

The doorknob of the kitchen was turned open, and a strong aroma rushed out.

Li Man came over with two bowls of Shuangpi Nai.

She put the double skin milk on the table: "The soup is still simmering, eat some of this first."

Li Man: "My newly researched double-skin milk, you two try it, if you think it's delicious, I'll add it to the store's menu tomorrow."

"Don't tell me, the barbecue shop sells this stuff is not bad, and eating too much meat will relieve your tiredness." Zhou Qizun took a bite of Shuangpi Nai and nodded, "Sister-in-law, it's delicious."

"Really?" Li Man laughed, turned around and went to the wine cabinet behind to get some wine.

"Are you still drinking today?" Bai Yuxing was stunned.

Zhou Qizun shook his head at Bai Yuxing, signaling him not to talk too much.

Zhou Qizun's eyeballs can catch colors, and he is proficient at observing words and colors.He walked into Bai Yuxing's house today, and he knew it just by taking a look at Li Man - Li Man was very happy today, and he probably had something good to say.

"I won't drink it, you two can drink it." Li Man even took out a bottle of Moutai from the cabinet, "I wanted to call Zun'er over today, and the wine is ready for you two."

Bai Yuxing was a little confused: "Is there anything good today?"

"It's a good thing." Li Man smiled happily at him.

"I went to the hospital this morning," she said.

Bai Yuxing became anxious when he heard that, and stood up quickly: "You went to the hospital? Why did you go to the hospital? Why didn't you tell me? What's wrong?"

Seeing his anxious monkey-like face, Li Man's smile widened even further.She walked over, put Moutai on the table, and said casually: "I'm not feeling sick, just go check it out."

Li Man: "After checking, I'm sure you're going to be a father."

"...What?" Bai Yuxing's small eyes stared into two yo-yos.

"Congratulations, sister-in-law." It was Zhou Qizun who reacted faster, he stood up, smiled and slapped Bai Yuxing's back, "I'm so stunned, I'm back to my senses."

"Damn it." Bai Yuxing was slapped by Zhou Qizun, and his primordial spirit returned to his place. He immediately jumped up on the spot and shouted again, "Damn it!"

Li Man rolled her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were still curled up: "Promise." After saying these two words, she turned around and went into the kitchen again.

"Hey, Man'er! It's real!" Bai Yuxing hurriedly followed Li Man's back, "Wait for me!"

Zhou Qizun smiled and sat down on the sofa again.His fingertips flicked twice on the cold wine bottle, and there were two crisp sounds.

——The day is like this, some people leave, some people come.One second of grief, one second of joy.Life is most willing to play tricks on people, making the heart, liver, spleen and lungs stir back and forth in the ups and downs.In the meantime, the taste can't be told, it's the so-called life that can't be said, the joys and sorrows can't be said, and the feelings are mixed.

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Moutai Kaifeng is full of wine fragrance.What Li Man meant was to create an atmosphere, drinking too much would hurt her body.So Bai Yuxing and Zhou Qizun didn't drink too much.

But Bai Yuxing didn't drink much, and after only a few drinks, he still drank his tongue.

After a banquet, Bai Yuxing got drunk and insisted on sending Zhou Qizun downstairs.Li Man was annoyed by his response, so she simply kicked him out of the door: "Don't be unable to come up after seeing off someone. I won't go downstairs to pick you up. If you can't come up, you can sleep on the stairs tonight."

Zhou Qizun was overjoyed, and tugged at Bai Yuxing: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, if it doesn't work, I'll send him up again."

"Aren't you two finished? You send me and I send you." Li Man's eyes had light creases blooming, like two happy little flowers on the left and right, "Hurry up and go."

"Then wife, I'll give Zun'er off first." Bai Yuxing said with his tongue out.

Li Man stared blankly and closed the door.

"Let's go, go down and talk about it." Zhou Qizun knew that Bai Yuxing was upset, so he pushed him downstairs, and whispered, "Don't let my sister-in-law hear me."

"I can't hide from her about the bastard for a few days." Bai Yuxing muttered in a low voice.

Naturally, he was ecstatic to have a son, but he was also very sad about the bum.He wished that his stature could be split into two halves now, one half would be happy around his wife and children, the other half would ask Zhou Qizun for a cigarette, and let's talk about bums.

Although the word "sorrow and joy" sounds exaggerated, it is the real thing, and Bai Yuxing understands it thoroughly.

"At least don't tell sister-in-law tonight." Zhou Qizun walked downstairs, lighted a cigarette from his pocket, "After a few days, when she finds out, you should also pretend that you don't know tonight, so as not to make sister-in-law feel uncomfortable."

"Well, yes." Bai Yuxing sighed, his face was already flushed from drinking.

The two walked to the first floor in silence, and Bai Yuxing suddenly said to Zhou Qizun, "Give me a cigarette too?"

Zhou Qizun turned his face and glanced at him: "Pull it down, you don't know how to smoke very much, besides, it's not good for your sister-in-law to smell you when you go upstairs."

Bai Yuxing twisted his cheeks, smacked the taste of wine in his mouth, and said something drunk: "Don't say it, although you are not in tune, but if you pay attention... you are the most thoughtful person." .”

—— Having known Zhou Qizun for so many years, he occasionally has "illusions".For example, Zhou Qizun is obviously careless, he is not a human being, but sometimes he seems to be thinking like a hair, which can make people feel a kind of light and gentle.

It may be that Moutai is so strong that he drank it like crazy.

"Get out of here." Zhou Qizun took a long puff of smoke, accepting the compliment without hesitation.

Zhou Qizun: "Don't worry about the bastard. I have acquaintances in the police station. I'll go ask and tell you later."

——Zhou Qizun is a retired special soldier, and the Zhou family was involved in a lot of cases back then, so he still has a few friends who can talk to him in the city bureau.

"En." Bai Yuxing said a word.

"Don't have such a face." Zhou Qizun clicked his tongue, "If you feel uncomfortable, just let me go. When I go back to see my sister-in-law, just let me be happy in front of my sister-in-law. That's the end."

"Fuck." Bai Yuxing cursed in a low voice, then looked up at the sky for a while.

The two stood side by side at the entrance of the building for a while.

In March of Yangchun, it is warm and cold, and the night wind in the north is still sharp.Both of their clothes were cool.

The cell phone in Bai Yuxing's pocket suddenly rang, and he took it out to see that it was Li Man's call.

Zhou Qizun stomped out the cigarette butt.With the gust of wind blowing, there are already four cigarette butts at his feet: "Go back, sister-in-law is going to worry."

"Well, then I'll go up first." Bai Yuxing's big tongue was blown a little bit by the wind.He patted Zhou Qizun on the shoulder, turned around and went upstairs, and connected to the phone at the same time, "Hey, I'm coming up now..."

Zhou Qizun stood at the entrance of the building and smoked another cigarette, and then walked out after smoking.

He didn't go back directly to the barber shop, but went in the opposite direction - there was a murder case, the police station must be working overtime tonight.He wanted to go to the city bureau first.

On the way, Zhou Qizun took out his mobile phone and made a call.The first call didn't work, and the second call was answered: "Da Yan, are you at the police station tonight?"

"Brother Zhou?" Gao Yan, who was working overtime in the bureau, heard that it was Zhou Qizun, and couldn't help being stunned, "I'm here, what's wrong? But I'm busy tonight, and I have a murder case at hand."

Zhou Qizun: "I know, it was fished out of the river, right?"

"Well, it's true that bad things spread thousands of miles away, and you heard about it so quickly." Gao Yan sighed.

"I should know the deceased, very familiar." Zhou Qizun said.After saying this, he finally felt it solidly—a thumping in his heart, which was very uncomfortable.

Gao Yan: "Huh? Then this..."

"Is it convenient for me to go there now?" Zhou Qizun asked immediately.He didn't pause under his feet, but suddenly turned his head and looked behind him.

Gao Yan pondered for two seconds: "Success, come on."

"Okay." Zhou Qizun hung up the phone, frowning.

He moved faster.Turning a corner, Zhou Qizun's figure flashed quickly under the streetlight, and disappeared in an instant.

At a distance of about ten meters behind the street light, the head of Spade girl stood upright, and a pair of bright yellow eyes looked around and quickly tapped four cat legs.

It wobbled its tail restlessly, thinking, "Why did you disappear when you turned a corner? Did you lose track?"

"Where is the person?" Miss Spade went to stop under the street lamp, in a hurry, she didn't notice that Zhou Qizun was hiding her breath, she suddenly turned over from the wall behind, grabbed it by the neck, and pressed it to the ground.

Girl of Spades: "..."

Zhou Qizun's face was basically as dark as Spade's.He rolled his eyes in disbelief: "You followed me?"

Zhou Qizun was alert enough, in the dead of night, there were no insects panting, so it was too easy to spot clues.Just a few steps away, he found someone behind him staring at him.That breath, that feeling, no matter what, it was like being followed all the way.

But Zhou Qizun really didn't expect that it was the girl's cat eyes that stared at him.

"You..." Zhou Qizun stared at the black-haired pancake face, and said something horrifying, "Why do you feel like a human being?"