"Brother, we won't see you off, our car can't enter the city." Looking at me with a long face, his tone was very sincere: "Be careful when you go out!"
After a pause, he lowered his voice: "Don't worry, we'll pretend we haven't seen you when we go back, and we won't say anything."
I laughed, this guy is not bad, a little smart. But I'm not worried. It doesn't matter if he says it or not. And I don't plan to stay in Shanghai for a long time.
I took out my wallet and gave them the remaining half of the money. After thinking about it, I added two more and handed it over: "Bring more money, so as not to cause any trouble. When you are away from home, your wallet is yours." Courage, you can’t do without money.”
Long Face declined for a while, then accepted. Then they got in the car, and the fat man waved to me in the car, and drove away.
It is four o'clock in the morning, and Ni Duoduo and I are standing on the street of a small road in the suburbs of Shanghai. There were no pedestrians on the road, and Ni Duoduo looked tired, leaning against me, holding a bag in his hand, looking weak and helpless.
I thought about it, and took her to the side of the road to look for it. One of my legs was injured in the knee, and I was a little limping when I walked. I could only grit my teeth and stiffen. In the early morning, when the temperature was the lowest in the day, I dragged this girl on the street and finally found a small hotel. This is a hostel-like place, from the outside, it is the kind of "fake hotel" that people often say.
The so-called shoddy hotels actually have a lobby just like regular hotels, with seven or eight clocks hanging behind the counter, which all indicate Beijing time, London time, New York time, and Manila time—but most of the clocks have stopped. At most, only a small half are still running the watch. The waiters also pretend to wear uniforms, but they are all dirty. The rooms are the same as standard rooms in star-rated hotels, but the sheets will not be changed for you every day, and there is no room service. Although there are TV sets, there is absolutely no cable TV. At most, one set and two sets from the central government and local local stations are received. There is only soap in the toilet, no body wash, and hot water for bathing is provided at regular intervals, and only tap water is available after the hour.
There is probably a water dispenser in the room, but I don’t know how long the water bucket inside has not been changed... If you dare to drink it, if your resistance is weak, you will definitely have diarrhea!
The floor is paved, but it is greasy, and it has not been mopped for many days. There was also wallpaper on the walls, but it was peeling off in places.
And, there's only one room left.
The advantage of this kind of dilapidated hotel is that the management is lax. The waiter who was woken up by me from his sleep didn't even look at my registration form. He took it and threw it in the drawer, and then hung a bunch of keys led us into the room.
"Hot water for bathing every night from 6:00 to 9:00." Then she went back to sleep with her slippers on.
Looking at this dirty room, with a blank expression on my face, I casually threw my bag beside the bed, pointed to one of the beds, and said to Ni Duoduo, "Go to bed quickly."
The girl gave me a timid look, and opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't dare.
I smiled: "What? It's inconvenient to share a room with me?"
"No..." Ni Duoduo bit her lip: "Chen Yang... I'm sorry." Her voice was soft and weak, with a bit of pleading.
I sighed: "Stop talking about this, go to sleep quickly, we need to nourish our energy."
It's not that I'm mean or unforgiving...
But because such a big thing happened, I was really in a bad mood, very bad! Obviously I'm not in the mood to coax this girl, I have too many things on my mind...
Ni Duoduo bit her lips, as if she wanted to cry, but she didn't dare, she sat on the bed silently, then pulled the quilt, took off her coat, and lay down wrapped in the quilt.
I debugged it for a while, the air conditioner is good, it can turn on the heating, but the noise is very loud, it can’t be helped... I looked at the brand of the air conditioner, it turned out to be a bat brand... This brand seems to have existed more than ten years ago, after that When the manufacturer closes down, there will be no production. Looking at this old antique that made as much noise as a sewing machine, I gave a wry smile, and said to Ni Duoduo on the bed: "Be patient, it's cold at night, without air conditioning, you will suffer from frostbite, if you feel noisy, take a paper towel to clean it." Plug your ears."
Ni Duoduo on the bed gave an "um" and was speechless.
I sat down and started cleaning the wound. It was too bumpy in the car, and there were outsiders present, so I just dealt with it in a hurry. I know that on the outside, the body is the capital. If the wound is not treated properly, once I fall down, then this girl is also finished.
The fingers were swollen to the point where it was difficult to bend the thumb and index finger, especially the nails, whose caps had turned purple.
I found a pair of small scissors, and carefully cut off the broken nails... When I lifted the nails, I breathed in pain, and as soon as the scissors were removed, bruises burst out, and I dyed two or three sheets Paper towels, just stop.
I sighed, found a bottle of Yunnan Baiyao, and wrapped my finger in gauze. He rolled up his trousers and made his knees.
Ni Duoduo sat up from the bed silently, looked at me and said cautiously: "I... let me help you." Seeing the girl's pleading gaze, my heart softened, and I took the medicine and gauze in my hand: " Will you?"
"Yeah." Ni Duoduo immediately jumped off the bed, walked to me and squatted down, raised my leg, looked at the bloody wound on her knee, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she turned her face away After wiping the corners of my eyes, I took Yunnan Baiyao from my hand and carefully applied it on the wound, then cut the gauze and wrapped it up layer by layer.
Her movements were very jerky, and actually hurt me several times, but I didn't say anything. After Ni Duoduo finished all this, she looked up at me: "Do you want to drink water? I'll pour it for you..."
I took a look at the water dispenser covered with a thick layer of dust. The liquid in the bucket was suspicious... I smiled wryly: "No, don't drink that water either, it must be expired." Ni Duoduo tapped it away Tears, and then suddenly buried his head on my lap, weeping in a low voice: "Chen Yang... I'm so scared... I'm so scared..."
I looked at her quietly for a while, then put my hand on her back, patted her lightly twice, and said lightly: "Don't be afraid... you are safe now, I will protect you."
"Yes, I'm sorry~" Ni Duoduo gasped while crying, her face was full of tears, and her eyes were full of remorse: "It's all my fault... I caused you to be like this..."
After the little girl finished speaking, she raised her hand to slap herself, I squeezed her wrist, and said lightly: "I have worked so hard to protect you because I am afraid that you will be hurt—do you want to hurt yourself in front of me? Is it?"
Staring into her eyes deliberately, I slowly said: "If you are absolutely sorry for me, live well and be responsible to yourself! You are eighteen years old, you are not a child anymore! Before doing anything in the future, you must use Think about it carefully... Do you understand?"
Ni Duoduo nodded desperately, wiping away tears.
I sighed, and my tone became a little looser: "Okay, go to sleep and get enough energy."
"We... where are we going?" Ni Duoduo blinked and looked at me like a helpless baby bird.
"Let's talk about it tomorrow, I haven't made up my mind yet." I pondered for a moment, and didn't elaborate on this with Ni Duoduo.
I can at least guarantee that the people who are chasing us now don't know that we have arrived in Shanghai. But I don't know how long it will last... Maybe they will find Shanghai soon. Anyway, they can't find me in Nanjing, and they will definitely look for me in surrounding cities.
At least with the commotion at Nanjing Railway Station tonight, they must have known that I was planning to flee to other places. Therefore, according to normal guesses, on the one hand, they will continue to block the search at the local railway stations and docks in Nanjing; on the other hand, if there is no news from me, they will search in surrounding cities.
South of Jiangsu and North of Jiangsu, Anhui to the west, and Shanghai to the south... But Shanghai has not been found yet.
Also, I chose to come to Shanghai for a reason. Shanghai is an international metropolis, with a large number of floating population, many places are mixed with dragons and snakes, the management is chaotic, and it is more convenient to hide-the so-called treasures from the haystack!
I couldn't sleep at night, I was very vigilant, and I always felt that something was going on outside, and I was in a daze until dawn, and I felt a little sore in my neck. The swelling of the finger has subsided a little, and after a little movement, it doesn't hurt so much when I bend it. But after sleeping all night, my knees hurt even more.
I know this is a normal reaction, so I endured getting up.
This room is on the second floor, next to another building, even if the windows are open in broad daylight, the sun won't shine at all. Ni Duoduo was still sleeping, the girl was exhausted physically and mentally, and even snored lightly in her sleep, it seemed that she was very tired.
The antique air conditioner in the room was still roaring, I sighed, got up and put on my coat to go out.
When I left the gate of the hotel, I felt that the air was a bit cold, and the weather today was not too good, it was overcast, the sky was very gray, and it looked like it was going to rain. I tightened my clothes, walked a few steps with my head down, and saw a few breakfast stalls at the intersection of a small road in front of me. I went to buy two pancakes and fruit, and brought back a pack of soy milk.
When I walked, I lowered my head, walked along the corner of the wall, and carefully looked left and right when I entered the hotel.
Back in the room, Ni Duoduo is still awake, the girl's sleeping appearance is a bit dishonest, the quilt is tightly wrapped around her body, her body is curled up into a ball, like a shrimp, but she is half lying on the bed, even the pillow fell to the floor.
I didn't touch her, just walked into the bathroom, closed the door, took out my phone, and dialed a number.
This number was left to me after Jin He came to see me last time.
In an envelope he left before he left, in addition to Ni Duoduo's information and the money, there was such a number. But he said, don't call when it is not necessary, and this number can only be called during the daytime of the double day, and don't call at other times. I tried calling in the car last night, but it really didn't work.
At that time, I thought it was very strange, why are you so mysterious, but anyway, Jin He and Brother Huan's whereabouts are very mysterious now, and I can't find them at all. Brother Huan and Jin He had changed their phone numbers a long time ago. If it wasn't for the last time Jin He came to look for me, I would have lost contact with them a long time ago.
I thought about it and dialed the number.
"beep...beep...beep"
The phone rang three times and was connected.
"Hello." It was a man's voice, very thick and deep.
"Hello." I tentatively said, "Jin He asked me to make this call. My surname is Chen."