I continued to play with the maple cue, and I felt that Zhong Xiaocheng was right. It was indeed more comfortable and easier to grasp the ball.
On this day, we played until five o’clock in the afternoon before we closed back. Ming Han said, “It’s better to take a pool table and you can play anytime.”
Zhong Xiaocheng shook his head and said: "No, you have to pay attention to the atmosphere when you play. In prison, there is no such atmosphere."
Ming Han smiled and said, "Hey, it really is an old crossbowman, okay, I will come every day from now on, anyway, the road is not far away. I will be there in ten minutes."
For a period of time afterwards, we came to play every day. The more we played, the more addicted we became. I felt that if we didn't hit a few shots a day, we were itchy and worried.
Early that morning, everyone brought weapons and dried food on their backs, and came to the club again.
I played two games with Ming Han and two games with Zuo Wenwen. When I became addicted to cigarettes, I went to the corridor to smoke.
As soon as the fire was lit, I just heard a click. A flash of lightning flashed across the sky. I looked up at the sky. The clouds were densely covered. The mountains and hills piled together. The sky darkened, and the lightning came after another, and it rained heavily .
Zhong Xiaocheng, Ming Han and others also put down their clubs and walked out. Zuo Wenwenxi said, "It's raining!"
The sky seems to have torn open, and the rain does not fall drop by drop, but like a dipper. Before long, the water accumulated downstairs has reached a foot deep.
Zhong Xiaocheng said: "If the rain is too heavy, it won't be waterlogged, right?"
Zuo Wenwen said: "Don't flood the prison, we will be homeless."
I said, "It can't be submerged. This area is quite high. Even if the sewers are not well managed, it will disappear soon." When the prison was turned into a fortress, I had already considered the problem of waterlogging.
The rain is getting bigger and bigger, rising at a speed visible to the naked eye, Zuo Wenwen suddenly pointed to the surface of the water: "Oh, there are people in the water!"
Everyone was taken aback and looked over together. Lin Shuang said, "It seems... it seems that it's not a human being."
I took a closer look and shouted: "Zuo Wenwen, don't be surprised, okay, is that a human? That's a plastic model!"
Zuo Wenwen smiled: "Excited, excited, I thought it was a person."
Lin Shuang said: "I was almost scared to death by you."
It’s raining down, everyone
I don't have the mind to play, and I paced back and forth along the corridor, feeling that walking around like this is quite relaxing.
In addition to the billiards hall on the third floor, there are also businesses such as yoga halls, gyms, bars, coffee shops, and leisure tea houses.
We wandered for a while, strolling around this one, and taking a look at the other, otherwise the heavy rain seemed to be endless. How to pass this long time
After strolling around, everyone walked into the leisure teahouse. Zhong Xiaocheng suddenly became interested and said: "There are tea kettles, it is better to make tea with a fire."
This proposal immediately got everyone's approval, so he hurriedly made a fire, and washed the teapot and the teapot with rain water.
I carried a big bucket, filled a bucket full of water, and set it aside to slowly clarify. After the dust in the rain settled down, Ming Han had already split a wooden stool and gave birth to a wooden stool in the middle of the teahouse. A big fire.
Lin Shuang laughed at Ming Han and said, "Isn't it just burning a pot of tea? It's necessary to do such a big fight? This fire can roast a deer to eat."
Everyone laughed. I went to the glass cabinet to pick tea leaves. Suddenly, Ming Han said loudly, "Who of you smokes toilet cigarettes?"
I turned around and saw Ming Han pointing to the ashtray on the tea table.
Zhong Xiaocheng asked: "What's the matter?"
Ming Han said: “There are two cigarette butts in the ashtray that are Hualu cigarette butts. I and Xiaoqiang do not usually smoke such cigarettes.”
Zuo Wenwen said: "I smoke toilet cigarettes, what's wrong?"
Ming Han said, "It's okay, I thought someone had been here before."
Zuo Wenwen scratched his head: "But I remember, I haven't smoked in a teahouse during this period of time."
I was slightly surprised: "Are you sure?"
Zuo Wenwen was a little dazed, and said, "Not so sure."
I held the cigarette butt, looked at Ming Han, and said to my heart: "If it wasn't for Zuo Wenwen, is there anyone else here?"
Ming Han said: "This matter is not sloppy, it must be clarified."
I nodded, and He Minghan and Zuo Wenwen walked out of the teahouse, searched all the houses on the third floor, and went to the second floor to search carefully, but there was no clue that anyone had been here.
At this time, the heavy rain stopped early, and the accumulation of water on the road, as I expected, has mostly subsided.
Ming Han said: "Go up for tea, most of the cigarette butts belong to Zuo Wenwen, but she doesn't remember."
Zuo Wenwen scratched his head and scratched his cheeks: "Maybe it is. When I didn't play a game a few days ago, I did walk into the teahouse a few times."
I said, "Look at your memory, do you have Alzheimer's, haha."
The three of them talked and laughed and walked back. They just went up to the corner platform between the second and third floors. Suddenly they heard a beep at the intersection of the pedestrian street and a horn sounded.
We were taken aback. When we went downstairs and looked over in the corridor on the second floor, we saw Alice walking over under the stagnant water.
I smiled and waved to Alice: "Why are you here?"
Alice walked upstairs and said, "I went to the prison and found the note you left on the door."
We were almost soaking in the billiards hall during this period, afraid that Alice could not find anyone, so we left a note explaining where we were going, and drew a sketch.
I said, "Just you?"
Alice said, "I'm the only one. I'm here this time because I want you to accompany me to Ms. Xia's place. Zhou Zi can't go away because of something."
I said, "You haven't gone to Ms. Xia's place yet?"
Alice said, "I feel so uncomfortable when I think of telling a mother in person that her daughter has passed away."
I nodded: "I will accompany you."
Alice said, "I can't go today. The low-lying places are flooded in this heavy rain. Wait until the water recedes, then go."
Ming Han said: "It's not in a hurry anyway, go up for tea."
"Drinking tea?" Alice said with a smile, "You are quite at ease." Zuo Wenwen said in an interface: "Joy in hardship is probably one of the greatest abilities of mankind."
On the third day when the rain subsided, I, Ming Han, and Alice drove in two cars and set off to Moonlight Hutong. When we walked into the old courtyard house, Xia Ruoyun was sitting at the stone table hidden by the flowers and trees, holding both hands. A teacup, in a daze.
"Ms. Xia." Alice yelled softly.
Xia Ruoyun came back to his senses and stood up hurriedly: "You... are you here?"
I nodded: "Ms. Xia, I have bad news to tell you."
Alice drew on my sleeves and told me not to be so direct.
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