Since Cheng Yi called him to go home that day and was rejected, Cheng Ke's cell phone has not rang again, no phone calls, and no news.
Everyone is on vacation, it's New Year's Eve.
People who want to celebrate the new year contact each other, but the new year is forgotten.
What's more, someone like him has left the circle of life since childhood, but has not integrated into any new circle of life.
On this special day, I am afraid that no one will think of him again.
No, the hotel remembers him.
He received a New Year's gift from the hotel.
No, it doesn't count as remembering.
Here, like many others, he is called "Respected Guest", not Cheng Ke.
He opened the gift, which contained several boxes, including snacks, dried fruits, and a box of fresh fruits, all of which were prepared at home during the Chinese New Year.
Cheng Ke took an egg roll and ate it, glanced at the time, it wasn't noon yet.
If he went out now, he would definitely have nowhere to eat, so he stuffed another bag of egg rolls into his coat pocket, then took out his notebook and went out.
The car can still be reached, even if the car is not available, it only takes 20 minutes to walk from the hotel to the store.
When he went out, Cheng Ke looked at his coats hanging in the hotel cabinet one by one. It was very cold today. He opened the window for a while in the morning. similar.
He tugged back and forth a few times, and picked the thickest one, Jiang Yuduo faked the same style.
He always wanted to find the same style as Jiang Yuduo's thick coat, but he didn't know what wholesale market he bought it from. He tried to go to the nearby vegetable market and found it in the clothing area.
To be honest, apart from being very heavy, it is incomparable to Jiang Yuduo's one. It costs more than 500. He always feels that the boss sees him as a fool and temporarily increases the price, and he opens his mouth to 800. This is what he said. Pricey…
If Jiang Yuduo was there to help a little bit, it is estimated that three hundred can be won. After all, his piece is better than this one, and it is only more than four hundred... No, if Jiang Yuduo wants to be here, just go buy his Same item.
When Cheng Ke was wearing this thick coat and standing at the elevator door with a bag of fireworks he bought yesterday, he found that he had been thinking about Jiang Yuduo.
After hesitating for a long time, when the elevator door opened, he turned around and went back to the room.
Changed to the second thick coat.
Press the elevator again.
This jacket is obviously not as cold as the previous one, and after getting into the taxi after leaving the hotel, he already felt the cold for a few seconds.
At this moment, there was no one on the street, firecrackers were blaring everywhere, and the whole world outside the window was shrouded in smoke and falling snow.
The phone rang, and Cheng Ke took a look.
Xu Ding's news.
- Are you really not coming to my house? My family is very crowded and lively
- Really no, thank you, see you in the third grade
- well, happy new year
-Happy New Year
Cheng Ke put the phone back in his pocket, and within two minutes, the message rang again, and he took out the phone again, this time it was Lin Xu's message.
- Happy New Year, Brother Cheng, come out for a drink when you have time
-Happy New Year
Cheng Ke sighed softly. Lin Xu is quite a well-known person. After meeting Jiang Yuduo at the bar last time, he didn't contact him again, and he didn't ask any more questions.
Looking at this seemingly casual sentence, he remembered that he had never given Lin Xu any explanation, and he felt a little embarrassed.
Not long after the message was returned, the car arrived at the place.
After Cheng Ke got out of the car, the car disappeared in a flash, and he was almost unable to find the direction while standing in the old north wind surrounded by snowflakes and smoke.
When he took out the key to open the door, he trembled a little, as if he was fleeing in the end times. Everyone around him had already escaped, and he found a hut where he could hide...
How the hell did this shutter open
Oh open.
Nothing had changed in the store. He turned on the light and sat on a paint bucket on the first floor.
He plans to start from the first floor and go up, go over the details they discussed that day, and draw a sketch to feel it.
In these days, it's a little too difficult to find something for yourself to do.
Although he prepared a bag of fireworks for himself, he didn't want to look at them at all now.
The phone rang again.
He sighed, it wasn't even 12 o'clock, how could each one be so active.
This time it's Coach Xiao Yang.
I sent a template of Happy New Year greetings, followed by another.
- Brother Cheng, you have been a little lazy recently. How long have you been away from practicing? Years have to step up
Cheng Ke dangled his fingers back and forth on the screen for a long time, and finally replied a word.
-it is good
He rarely sends messages like this to people. In the past, those friends would not send such a bunch of happy new year messages. He usually chooses to ignore such messages. Now he wants to reply, but he doesn't know how to reply. what.
Tired.
When he was about to quit, he hesitated again, and clicked into the circle of friends.
The first thing that catches my eye is the ninety-eighty-nine-eighty-refreshing congratulatory pictures of the chief protector. The advertisements in the store did not even take a break during the Chinese New Year.
Cheng Ke was very serious and slowly scrolled down every news of the Chief Protector during this period of time. It took an amazing time and was dazzling.
Then he was a little disturbed to find that the last time the Chief Protector appeared in the form of Jiang Yuduo's Global Support Club was ten days ago.
The content of the text is just two words, party.
Brought a few photos.
On the side of the flower bed in the little garden in the middle of the street where they usually stayed.
Jiang Yuduo and his little brothers.
Cheng Ke clicked on the photo and zoomed in with his fingers, trying to see Jiang Yuduo's face with a cigarette.
But after zooming in only once, the photo can no longer be zoomed in.
"Fuck!" Cheng Ke was very speechless.
This photo of the Chief Protector seems to have been taken with a fucking landline. The pixels are so low that his hands are trembling, and every photo is blurred when enlarged.
He could only stare helplessly at the unenlarged photo.
Jiang Yuduo is still the same, a unique temperament that can be seen at a glance in a group of people.
With a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes do not know where he is looking, and there is an impatient indifference on his face.
Where did Jiang Yu take away
Are you not with Chen Qing
According to Chen Qing's habit, as long as Jiang Yuduo is next to him, he will definitely send photos, but now Jiang Yuduo has not been mentioned for ten consecutive days...
Cheng Ke exited and clicked into Jiang Yuduo's album.
Empty.
I can't even see the small-inch dew point picture.
Cheng Ke stared at the phone for a long time, and sighed softly.
Since 6 o'clock in the evening, the sound of firecrackers around has been crazy like an explosion.
It's after ten o'clock now, and it's a little quieter, as if waiting for the eruption after 11:30.
Jiang Yuduo carried Meow, put it on a stone pier on the bridge railing, then pulled up a tiger hat on its head, leaned over and shouted, "Don't move! I'll take a picture of you!"
Meow is worthy of being a stray cat. He has basically adapted to the crazy noises around him. With his clothes on and a hat on his head, his attention is now on the hat, and he wants to put the hat on his head. Plane down.
Jiang Yuduo took out his mobile phone and took a few pictures of it. After looking at it, the effect was not bad. He looked like a local tyrant. He sent the pictures to his friends and wrote a few words.
Meow rich.
"Go," Jiang Yuduo picked it up and stuffed it into his jacket, "turn around."
There was no one on the street, and no one could see clearly. Jiang Yuduo deliberately controlled himself without looking around.
Tonight, Sister Luo invited him to the New Year's Eve dinner at home, but he refused. For so many years, except for Chen Qing's house, he has never even been to Lu Qian's house during the New Year's Eve dinner.
He didn't feel anything about the New Year, whether it was lively or deserted, he was quite numb.
No matter what kind of emotion you have, you can only experience it if it is related to yourself. In other people's lives, you are always just a supporting role, and that's what happens when you come and go.
And my life is empty.
His cell phone rang. It shouldn't be Chen Qing. Chen Qing has already made 36,757 calls today. Counting the calls made every day in the past few days, if you add them together, you can make up 10,000. gold.
The call was from Lucy: "Why don't you look at your phone? I sent you a red envelope, so hurry up and accept it!"
"Oh." Jiang Yuduo responded.
"Oh what, give me New Year's greetings!" said Lucy.
"Happy New Year, sister." Jiang Yuduo smiled.
"Good, come back soon after playing enough, call Chen Qing and the others, and have a meal together." Lucy said.
"Well." Jiang Yuduo responded.
After hanging up, he opened WeChat and saw Lucy's red envelope... It was a transfer to be exact.
10,000 yuan, a very fat red envelope.
He took the money and replied to Lucy again.
-Thank you ma'am.
When he was about to leave, he paused and clicked on Cheng Ke's album.
He rarely thinks about Cheng Ke these days, even when he sees the piece of Jaeger-LeCoultre in his bag, he doesn't feel too much, just remembers that this is Cheng Ke's watch, and to Cheng Ke, the meaning of this watch is "unhappy".
But now when he looked at Cheng Ke's name, he was suddenly a little nervous. He couldn't tell if he was afraid, resisted, or had some expectations.
Cheng Ke's album was always empty before, and this person never posted on Moments.
But it was posted today, just ten minutes ago.
No words, no expressions, just a photo.
In the photo is a firework like a colorful fountain, which fills almost the whole picture.
Jiang Yuduo clicked on the photo and slowly zoomed in.
The light of the fireworks also increased a little bit, and finally turned into some hazy spots.
Cheng Ke should be setting off fireworks with friends.
Xu Ding, Lin Xu, or someone else.
Those friends who live in the same world as Cheng Ke, pose no threat to him or cause him any trouble.
Cheng Ke, who left him, did not suffer any harm that he had worried about, and was very safe.
Jiang Yuduo opened the dialog box.
The conversation between him and Cheng Ke stayed a long time ago, with almost no content.
He hesitantly poked the screen a few times and typed the words Happy New Year.
When Meow stuck his head out of his jacket, he quickly deleted the words again, then exited, putting the phone back in his pocket.
Cheng Ke said they were still friends.
Jiang Yuduo is now not sure if this is the truth, or if he is afraid that he will be sad, or if it is Cheng Ke's upbringing.
The phone rang in his pocket.
He didn't move, sitting on a bench by the side of the road and lighting a cigarette.
The weather here is not bad, this time, this season, no snow, no crazy old north wind, and even green leaves on the trees.
He took Meow out of his jacket and put it on the ground. The suit was equipped with a leash, but he didn't use it.
If he keeps a dog, he must be a bad citizen, the kind who walks the dog without a leash.
Any tethered animal would make his heart palpitate.
In my memory, there were small animals chained with chains, baring their teeth at him, and their eyes were full of fright.
Many of them were captured by him. At night, there were stray animals hiding in various corners.
He still remembers some things very clearly.
Maybe he remembers everything, forgetting is just an excuse, every nightmare reminds him that he has forgotten nothing.
It's like he thought Cheng Ke had begun to disappear, but suddenly found that it wasn't even blurry.
Cheng Ke looked at the phone, half an hour passed, and Jiang Yuduo did not reply to him.
He sighed.
But seeing the reluctant Meow in a red vest with white fur and a red Lei Feng hat, he was amused for a long time.
Jiang Yuduo must have traveled somewhere, a place where there is no snow.
He put the last small sparkler in the clearing, shivered, lit a cigarette, and went over to light the fuze.
When the little spark came out, he took the phone and just wanted to take a picture, when a fan from Laobei came over, the tube was blown down instantly, and the spark came towards him.
"Your uncle!" Cheng Ke turned around and ran, and fled back to the store in a few steps.
Through the glass door, I watched the fireworks have been sprayed out before they came out again. I stepped on both feet and were sprayed with a few pieces of broken paper shells, which extinguished the flames.
After spending only twenty minutes outside, Cheng Ke could no longer find a way to distract himself from boredom and loneliness.
He stood in the shop for a while, put on his coat, wrapped himself up, and went out.
Go back to the hotel and sleep.
There was no car at the moment. He trotted all the way to the hotel, but he arrived without feeling cold. The supermarket in the hotel was still open. He went in and bought two bottles of wine and carried it back to his room.
Jiang Yuduo didn't reply to his message, although it wasn't a big deal, he still gave him a very lost cotton punch in this extraordinary state.
This night, he stood outside the world of everyone, even outside the world of Jiang Yuduo, who was protecting him like a neurotic.
In order to allow himself to sleep in this extreme loneliness, he drank both bottles of red wine after returning to his room.
The wine is ok, a little better than the ones in the supermarket opposite.
He lay down on the bed. In fact, he should have bought white wine. The hypnotic effect of these two bottles of red wine has not yet been manifested.
I just lay there staring, my back started to feel numb, and I didn't fall asleep.
But he seemed a little dizzy. When the phone rang, he suddenly couldn't hear the direction of the sound. When he touched the phone from the pillow, he turned his head and found that he was indeed dizzy, and the words on the screen could not be read clearly. .
"Hello?" He picked up the phone.
"Happy New Year." Someone said in the receiver.
Cheng Ke was stunned: "Jiang Yuduo?"
"Well," Jiang Yuduo responded and was silent for a while, "I just saw the message you sent."
"Oh," Cheng Ke glanced at his phone, it's been almost two hours since he sent the message, and it's already past twelve o'clock, "It's too noisy."
"No noise," Jiang Yuduo said, "I heard the phone ring, but I haven't looked at it."
"...Ah," Cheng Ke smiled, Jiang Yuduo was still so straightforward, "Happy New Year."
"You and... you set off fireworks? It's very beautiful." Jiang Yuduo said.
"I have nothing to do and play with it," Cheng Ke said. "I just bought some of them. I put them away in five minutes, and the last one almost burned me."
"Can this be burned?" Jiang Yuduo was a little surprised, "Did you light it with a torch?"
"Fuck off," Cheng Ke laughed.
"Are you alone?" Jiang Yuduo asked, hesitant.
Cheng Ke hesitated, then cleared his throat: "Yes."
"I thought..." Jiang Yuduo was stunned, "Aren't you with your friends or something?"
Cheng Ke laughed: "I said, I don't have the same definition of friends as you, and I don't have friends who can mix with you at this time."
Jiang Yuduo didn't speak.
"You..." Cheng Ke didn't want to ask, but he felt that it was too deliberate, so he still said, "Did you take me on a trip?"
"Huh?" Jiang Yuduo smiled, "Have you seen the photo?"
"Yeah, it's funny." Cheng Ke said.
"I didn't travel." Jiang Yuduo said.
Cheng Ke waited for a while, and it seemed that he had finished speaking, so he could only reply: "Oh."
"I'm here to see my psychiatrist." Jiang Yuduo said.