Jiang Yuduo's calm words were no different from small talk, which made Cheng Ke stunned for a long time.
Boil the eagle
Of course he knew about Aoying. When he was very young, he had watched Aoying's documentary and many articles. He couldn't remember the specific details, but he still knew what was going on.
In order to wear off the wildness of the eagle, he blindfolded his eyes and stood on a rope that swayed when touched, and he was not allowed to eat or drink, and he was not allowed to sleep. In the end, when the eagle could no longer hold it, the master gave some water and meat, and from then on Eagle obeyed.
Cheng Ke remembered that in the documentary at that time, the owner took the eagle to hunt rabbits. The eagle flew into the sky and hovered for a long time. The owner kept whistling, and it refused to return to the owner's arm.
Even an eagle that has been "boiled" may never return during a certain hunting process.
He still remembered that all that was in his mind at the time was, fly away, fly away, never come back... But in the end, whether the eagle came back or flew away, he no longer remembers.
Hope flew away and never came back.
Cheng Ke went through all the relevant content in his mind, and didn't know what it had to do with Jiang Yuduo, or in other words, he didn't dare to think about what it would have to do with Jiang Yuduo.
He could only wait in silence for Jiang Yuduo to speak.
"My dad, I have played with eagles," Jiang Yuduo said with a cigarette in his mouth and a lighter in his hand, flicking on and off, flipping between his fingers, "he likes to tell us about boiled eagles the most, saying: Boiled eagles are not only eagles, but also people, and it is also a challenge to the master, a battle of willpower between people and eagles."
"Fighting shit, he doesn't eat or drink," Cheng Ke wrinkled, "Forcing the opponent to fight is a shit fight."
"Then he stopped playing with eagles." Jiang Yuduo threw the lighter up and clenched it tightly when it fell back into his palm, "He said we are not eagles, we are not wild, we are just puppies. , after a few meals, you will be good, no challenge."
Cheng Ke turned his head suddenly and looked at Jiang Yuduo.
"But he said that set of rules was useful," Jiang Yuduo looked at his clenched hands, "darkness, hunger, cold, no sleep..."
"What's the point of this?" Cheng Ke felt fear and anger.
"He said that we are not afraid of anything, and we are not afraid of anything," Jiang Yuduo said. "Without fear, we are invincible."
"Fart!" Cheng Ke raised his voice, "These fears cannot be washed away in a lifetime!"
"Yes," Jiang Yuduo turned his head to look at him and smiled, "I've lived in fear all my life. None of us are invincible. I'm afraid, I'm afraid of everything."
"Can I ask a question first?" Cheng Ke frowned.
"Well." Jiang Yuduo responded.
"What kind of parents were you shot?" Cheng Ke asked.
"I don't know," Jiang Yuduo said, "they were caught."
Cheng Ke breathed a sigh of relief, but Jiang Yuduo couldn't calm down because of the great pain and panic contained in these short sentences.
"Why did he treat you like this, you guys?" Cheng Ke asked through gritted teeth.
"We train every day and go to the competition when there is a competition," Jiang Yuduo said, "with other puppies, or ourselves."
"Who sees?" Cheng Ke asked.
"I don't know, I can't see anyone, it's dark all around." Jiang Yuduo said.
"What about the other children?" Cheng Ke asked again.
"I don't know, they're all separated. I don't know where they went," Jiang Yuduo said, "and they don't know where I am and who I am now."
"Then you..." Cheng Ke hesitated for a while, "how did you get here?"
"Take the bus, one by one, get on and off, and sit for a long time." Jiang Yuduo said.
"Are you alone? They have all been arrested. Someone will take care of you. They are all children, and the police can't ignore them." Cheng Ke said.
When mentioning the word "police", Jiang Yuduo's hand tightened, his knuckles were pale, and he said softly, "I can't hurt anyone anymore."
"What?" Cheng Ke was stunned.
"How is it?" Jiang Yuduo looked at him and smiled.
"How about what?" Cheng Ke was a little nervous.
"What you want to know is about my childhood." Jiang Yuduo said.
Cheng Ke didn't speak.
"I'll go out." Jiang Yuduo opened the door and got out of the car without waiting for him to answer. He stood on the sidewalk in front of the car.
Cheng Ke didn't follow him, he sat in the car and watched him.
Jiang Yuduo didn't wear a jacket, so he just stood in the wind wearing a T-shirt.
But he looked completely relaxed, not stiff from the cold, not shrugging his shoulders or shrugging his neck like everyone else in this temperature, and he even lit a cigarette.
Cheng Ke remembered that he had almost pressed a lighter into a madness in such a wind and could not light a cigarette. Is it Jiang Yuduo's magical skill to light a cigarette in a strong wind
Cheng Ke lit a cigarette and drank it, looking at Jiang Yuduo, who was also smoking a cigarette in the wind.
Never ask again.
Never be curious again.
He doesn't want to listen to Jiang Yuduo's past.
Even if Jiang Yuduo only used the simplest and calmest tone, like telling someone else's story, he still couldn't accept it.
When he used to mix with Liu Tiancheng and the others, he had also heard some bizarre ways of playing, which were said in a relaxed and ordinary way by these people. These completely unfounded things, he usually listened to them, he didn't Concerned about the curious events that are hidden in corners that no one can see, true or false, or for bragging rights.
But what Jiang Yuduo said just now kept him cold to the bone, the heater was on in the car, and he could still feel hopeless sitting here.
Yes, more despair than fear and anger.
Jiang Yuduo is no longer in the place that made him despair. It should have been ten years since he left there. He has returned to the real world, a world where he can sleep, eat and drink as he pleases. .
But seeing him standing in the wind with a cigarette in his mouth, Cheng Ke didn't feel his ease.
Those marks on his body, those experiences, have not left. He breathes the air of this world, but he may not be able to feel the reality of this world.
After the two cigarettes were finished, Cheng Ke opened the car door, took Jiang Yuduo and his coat from the trunk and got out of the car.
The fireworks over there are still leaping into the night sky, shining with various shapes of light, and after disappearing, there will be those bright afterimages in the horizon.
Several huge ring-shaped fireworks rose in the night sky at the same time, and the surroundings were instantly illuminated, and people around them cheered.
Cheng Ke looked at the fireworks and walked to Jiang Yuduo's side.
"Put on your clothes." He handed the clothes over, tremblingly.
"I'm not cold..." Jiang Yuduo turned his face and frowned when he saw that he was only wearing a woolen sweater, and took out his coat to help him put it on.
"If you're not cold, put it on," Cheng Ke said, "I look cold."
"Yeah." Jiang Yuduo took the jacket and put it on, pulling the zipper all the way.
"Look at the fireworks," Cheng Ke raised his head and looked behind him, "it should be almost over, there are big fireworks now."
"I... a little scared." Jiang Yuduo said.
"What are you afraid of?" Cheng Ke pulled his shoulder with one hand, stood face to face with him, and asked softly.
"I shouldn't tell you this," Jiang Yuduo frowned, "you shouldn't know this."
"It's okay," Cheng Ke said, "I will forget it, I won't remember it."
"But I remember." Jiang Yuduo said.
Cheng Ke didn't speak, just stared at his face.
Jiang Yuduo turned his back to the light, but the light from the fireworks could still illuminate his profile, and Cheng Ke could see the small bright spots in the corners of his eyes, as well as the slightly trembling eyelashes.
"Everything I said will be forgotten," Cheng Ke raised his left hand and put his arm around Jiang Yu's shoulder, and whispered in his ear, "My grandma told me that if I tell it a secret, it will be blown away by the wind."
"I remember." Jiang Yuduo leaned against him gently, lowered his head and put his chin on his shoulder, "I remember a lot, I always thought I didn't remember much."
Cheng Ke didn't speak anymore, he didn't know how to comfort people, let alone how to comfort Jiang Yuduo in this state.
He could only pat Jiang Yuduo's back up and down.
"I remember that I killed a lot of small animals," Jiang Yuduo said, "the stray cats we caught, and the stray dogs."
Cheng Ke shook his hands and continued to pat.
He suddenly understood why Jiang Yuduo fought with him over a kitten in the trash can.
"I like meow very much," Jiang Yuduo said, "but sometimes I'm also afraid of it, I'm afraid of everything, I'm afraid of gray, I'm also afraid of the dark..."
"Are you afraid of elves?" Cheng Ke asked.
Jiang Yuduo paused and laughed softly: "Is it a waste elf?"
"Well." Cheng Ke nodded.
"Don't be afraid." Jiang Yuduo said.
"That's fine," Cheng Ke patted the back of his head, "Let's go see the lights."
"Okay." Jiang Yuduo responded.
Cheng Ke turned his head and hesitated for about two seconds, then he kissed Jiang Yuduo's earlobe, and then bit his earlobe with his lips and gently pulled it.
"Very Q bomb," he said.
What the hell are you talking about
Jiang Yuduo was stunned for a moment, and then he started laughing until he coughed.
"Get in the car." Cheng Ke pushed him away, turned and walked to the car.
"I find you are a bit of a fool sometimes." Jiang Yuduo said behind him.
"You," Cheng Ke turned around and pointed at him, "be careful with your words, believe it or not, I'm fighting with you now."
"I didn't say it," Jiang Yuduo came over, took off his jacket, shoved it into the back of the car, and sat in the driver's seat. "With only one arm missing like you, I'll let you beat all four legs."
"Where are you going to get two more?" Cheng Ke laughed and got into the car.
"Chen Qing's." Jiang Yuduo said solemnly.
"By the way, hurry over," Cheng Ke took out his mobile phone, "I promised him to shoot the lights for him to see."
There is really a message from XX car beauty Xiaochen 139XXXXXXXX on the phone.
- big brother! What about the lights!
Cheng Ke stuck his phone out of the car window and took a photo of the streetlight, and then sent it.
Two seconds later, XX car beauty Xiao Chen 139XXXXXXXX replied with a message.
- Did you two go to see the lights
Cheng Ke smiled.
- just watched fireworks by the roadside, now go to the lights, wait
- what about fireworks? Did you shoot? I can only see a firework tip from this side of the house
- did not shoot
- what are you doing? Watching fireworks doesn't shoot you a fart
Cheng Ke didn't reply to the news again.
He didn't see all the fireworks, since Jiang Yuduo started talking about those things, he felt like he didn't see anything.
He glanced at Jiang Yuduo, who was driving to the square, from the corner of his eye. He looked quite calm, and he didn't react so violently when he mentioned those things before.
Cheng Ke didn't know if it was because he went to see a psychiatrist or something else.
The two of them are sitting in the car now, and they seem to be in a good mood, but Cheng Ke knows that he can only force a smile this night.
After hearing these things, he didn't know what mood he could use to look at the lights.
Jiang Yuduo is stronger than him, perhaps because these things have been repeated in his memory for many years. After sharing a parking space with another two-door car of the same size in the parking lot near the square, Yu looked very excited when he got out of the car.
"That's all for this car, it's good to park." The owner of the other two-door car got off, looking very happy too.
"Yes." Jiang Yuduo nodded.
Cheng Ke glanced at the two cars that were side by side in the parking space, and felt a little more emotional, and wanted to laugh a little.
"After watching the lights in a while, I asked Chen Qing and my little brothers to come out for supper," Jiang Yuduo leaned into his ear and said, "Do you want to go?"
"What to eat?" Cheng Ke asked.
"Barbecue, we get together to eat barbecue, traditional programs, never innovation." Jiang Yuduo said.
"Okay." Cheng Ke nodded.
Jiang Yuduo smiled and pointed to a large piece of light in front of him: "That's it."
"There are so many." Cheng Ke took a look. From the square to the surrounding streets, there were all kinds of lights of different colors, big and small. From a distance, he couldn't tell what they were. A sea of lights.
"Have you seen it before?" Jiang Yuduo asked.
"No," Cheng Ke said, "I rarely join in the fun."
"Let me buy you a lamp," Jiang Yuduo said, "you also buy one for me. I played with Chen Qinglai before, and that's how I gave it."
"You and Chen Qing..." Cheng Ke clicked his tongue, "If I hadn't known about your relationship, I would have thought you were a couple."
"You wouldn't be," Jiang Yuduo turned to look at him, "yes..."
"Don't worry, I won't eat Chen Qing's vinegar. I won't have any idea when you two lie on the bed and hug each other." Cheng Ke said.
"Fuck you, uncle," Jiang Yuduo rubbed his arms fiercely, "don't say this, I'm afraid I want to beat him when I see Chen Qing at night."
"If I don't say this, you beat him all the time," Cheng Ke sighed, "Chen Qing is not easy."
There were many people in the square, and it started to be full of people from one or two hundred meters away from the lights.
Cheng Ke took a photo with his mobile phone in front of various lights. Since he only had one hand, he couldn't care about framing and focusing. Anyway, he shot when the frame was on.
Animal lights, lanterns, food lights, abstract lights… No matter what kind of lights, there are a bunch of people in front of them, and they see each other as nothing, and don’t mind that there are a bunch of people posing poses in different directions besides myself.
"Take a picture for me." Jiang Yuduo said.
"Okay," Cheng Ke nodded, Jiang Yuduo's request surprised him, "Where to shoot?"
"That big cat lamp." Jiang Yuduo said, "Is it a bit like a meow?"
"Meow is a gray-white cat, this is an orange cat..." Cheng Ke looked at him, "Are you worthy of meow, you have been raising it for so long and you don't know what color it is?"
"I mean demeanor!" Jiang Yuduo said.
Cheng Ke took another look at the big orange cat lamp. To be honest, it was quite ugly, not to mention the demeanor, and Jiang Yuduo said that it was a cat, and he realized that it was not a bear.
"Come over," Cheng Ke raised his phone, there were a bunch of people in front of Orange Bear, he didn't even know where Jiang Yuduo could stand, "You..."
He was about to arrange a position for Jiang Yuduo, but Jiang Yuduo had already walked into the camera and stood in front of everyone. big letters.
Although this posture is extremely stupid, it has to be said that when he swings this big character, all the people behind him are left with a bit of scraps.
"Meow!" Jiang Yuduo roared.
Cheng Ke pressed the shutter and took a photo of Jiang Yuduo with a capital O.
"Let me see." Jiang Yuduo walked over quickly.
Cheng Ke couldn't bear it: "Let's take another picture."
"It's okay, just have me," Jiang Yuduo took his mobile phone, "I just want to say that... Is this the fuck is me?"
"No." Cheng Ke said.
"Why did you make me look like a fool?" Jiang Yuduo glared at him, "I thought you were an artist anyway, so how could you be better than Chen Qing!"
"You fucking meow!" Cheng Ke also glared at him, "If you meow again, you will be a fucking idiot!"
"Okay," Jiang Yuduo hesitated, "one more."
He turned around and stood over again, standing in front of everyone, again with a big letter, and in front of him were a few people holding mobile phones.
"Why is this person here again!" An eldest sister who was about to take a picture shouted unhappily.
"I'm here again, why didn't you leave?" Jiang Yuduo looked at her.
The eldest sister squinted at him and said nothing.
Jiang Yuduo turned his head to look at Cheng Ke's side: "Quick! I'm not meow! You shoot directly!"
Cheng Ke looked at Jiang Yuduo in the camera, and whether it was his pose or expression, he could tell that Jiang Yuduo was so big, and it was estimated that he took no more than ten serious photos, including ID photos.
He is quite handsome and has a style. When he is taking pictures seriously, he is more than 3,000 times more stupid than when he accidentally enters the mirror.
Cheng Ke pressed the fast movie and fixed Jiang Yuduo's smirk.
"No," Jiang Yuduo took a look at the phone, "I... Am I not fully aware of what I look like?"
"You don't know enough about how to take pictures," Cheng Ke said. "It should be said that you don't know anything."
"Then show me one." Jiang Yuduo looked around, and suddenly pointed to the right excitedly, "Fuck! That's for you!"
"What..." Cheng Ke turned his head in the direction he was pointing, and after seeing it clearly, he scolded, "Go away!"
On the right, more than ten meters away from them, there was a lamp in the shape of an elf. Like the orange bear lamp, it looked a little unintelligible, but at least it could be seen from its pointed ears that it wanted to say that it was an elf.
"Come on." Jiang Yuduo pushed him, "Go and find your little friend, little elf."
"You said you were looking for a draw?" Cheng Ke looked at him.
"Quick," Jiang Yuduo laughed, "I'll see how you took pictures."
Cheng Ke reluctantly pulled his jacket, walked over holding his right arm, and stood beside the "little friend". He looked at the light sources around him, adjusted the orientation of his face, and chose a makeshift one. side light.
Jiang Yuduo held up his mobile phone: "I took it! One, two, three!"
Cheng Ke almost didn't hear the two or three numbers, and he didn't have time to show any expression on his face. Jiang Yuduo had already finished filming and waved at him: "Handsome! Another one!"
"...You count slowly, your speed is not as good as not counting." Cheng Ke said.
"Okay." Jiang Yuduo nodded.
Cheng Ke glanced at the "little friend" behind him and the little girls standing beside him. He made a mistake and planned to let Jiang Yuduo take a picture of the little friend's side.
"It's taken! It's gone!" Jiang Yuduo said.
Cheng Ke smiled.
"Okay!" Jiang Yuduo nodded.
When Cheng Ke was about to go over to see the photos, a little girl came by: "This handsome guy."
Cheng Ke turned his head and glanced at her.
"Can we take a picture together?" the little girl asked a little embarrassedly.
"...Okay." Cheng Ke hesitated and nodded. He had encountered a lot of this kind of thing. Before after the performance, he could also meet the little girl who wanted to take a photo.
"Thank you." The little girl quickly stood beside him and pointed to the front, "My friend is there."
Cheng Ke smiled over there, and two seconds later, a little girl holding a mobile phone in front waved: "Okay!"
"Thank you handsome guy!" The little girl smiled at him and ran to her friend's place. The two of them huddled together and looked at the phone.
Cheng Ke turned around and walked back to Jiang Yuduo. When he was about to take a look at the phone, he found that Jiang Yuduo was looking at the two little girls with an unhappy expression.
"What's wrong?" Cheng Ke asked.
"You really have no vigilance at all," Jiang Yuduo said. "Whoever asks you to take a picture, just take it?"
"The two little girls are also high school students," Cheng Ke sighed, "Can you beat me up if you take a photo?"
Jiang Yuduo clicked his tongue and handed him his cell phone: "I found that you take pictures and videos, and it's really beautiful. If you stop there, you won't be able to see anyone else."
"Thank you," Cheng Ke laughed, "I'm really willing to brag."
"Or..." Jiang Yuduo hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the little girl over there, "Tell them to take a picture for us too?"
"Huh?" Cheng Ke said with a smile, "Don't you need to be vigilant?"
"Then take a selfie." Jiang Yuduo quickly changed his mind, raised his phone, put his arm around his shoulder and put it in.
Cheng Ke leaned on him, and before he could see the virtues of the two of them on the phone, Jiang Yuduo had already pressed the shutter.
"Third brother," Cheng Ke was helpless, "I beg you, can we give you some time to sort out the expressions?"
"Oh, then you can shoot me if you say it," Jiang Yuduo raised his phone again, "I don't have much to do, so I'm still sorting out my expressions, should I fold them?"
"Shut up!" Cheng Ke said.
Jiang Yuduo didn't speak any more, and looked at the camera with him.
Cheng Ke tilted his head to Jiang Yuduo's side, Jiang Yuduo glanced at him, and turned his head to his side: "Is that so?"
"Well," Cheng Ke responded, "laughs."
Jiang Yuduo smiled, Cheng Ke's smile just started, Jiang Yuduo's smile was over, he couldn't help roaring: "Keep it up!"
Jiang Yuduo was stunned for a while and then rejoiced: "Fuck, I forgot."
This smile was natural and handsome, and Cheng Ke quickly raised his hand and clicked on the shutter.
He finally took a normal picture of Jiang Yuduo. He took Jiang Yuduo's mobile phone and looked at it, and sent the photo to his mobile phone.