The man stood up, paid the bill, and left the coffee shop. As soon as he walked out of the door, he was blown by the wind and immediately bent over and started coughing. His coughing became more and more severe, as if he was going to cough out his lungs.
This situation attracted the attention of many passers-by, and some people even took out masks from their bags and put them on.
Five minutes later, the man slowly stood up. He turned around silently and walked down the pedestrian street.
He has been wearing a mask, but he doesn't like the feeling of wearing a mask. It's not that he feels uncomfortable or out of place, but it's a bit ridiculous to think that he can be fresh and clean just by wearing a mask in this dirty environment.
He kept walking down, walking faster and faster. When he reached the bus stop, a No. 4 bus stopped and he got on it.
Sitting by the window, the car sways, sways, sways...
After shaking for half an hour,
He stood up from his seat and got off the bus at Xiaoshiqiao Station.
The afternoon sun is a little scorching. In winter, this kind of weather is sometimes really torturous. It feels hot when wearing a down jacket, but it feels cold when taking it off.
People who are used to a simple and fast-paced life will feel a little irritated.
I crossed the street and walked into an apartment building. I took the elevator to the 24th floor, stood at the door of Room 2408, and gently turned my fingers on the door lock.
After a while,
The door opened.
This is a set of one pattern,
On the bed, a little girl was sitting there playing with a doll.
A middle-aged woman was picking vegetables there.
When he opened the door and came in,
The two women stared at him in confusion.
He was stunned for a moment.
He reached out and tapped his forehead gently.
Even though he was wearing a mask, one could still see how embarrassed and uneasy he was at the moment.
But he still said:
"Sorry, wrong door."
I said sorry.
Didn't choose to turn around and leave.
A pocket watch dangled from his wrist.
Start shaking and shaking,
The two women fell into a coma.
He closed the door.
Go to the kitchen,
I picked up the kettle and poured myself a cup of hot water.
Then I found a plastic bench and sat down.
He gently took off the mask, revealing a pale face, except for his lips, which were purple-red.
Blowing the water gently, drinking it slowly,
He drank very down to earth.
Like an old man.
Wait for a bowl of boiled water to finish,
He breathed a sigh of relief.
It felt like I had completed the most important task of the day.
At this time,
There was a "ding-dong, ding-dong" sound from the window.
A kite landed on the edge of the window.
He stood up and opened the window. A kite flew in and began to burn. A face with a scar appeared in the black smoke.
"Come to Huai'an, the certificates are all ready."
Hearing this, he shook his head slightly and said:
"I found something interesting in Tongcheng, and I don't plan to leave for now."
"Xue Quezi predicted that you have been targeted by the henchmen of the underworld."
"Yeah, those guys are pretty fast."
"Yeah, these guys are really fast."
"I mean, they die pretty quickly."
"They were sent here to die. Their death is the real goal. You shouldn't be impulsive."
He took a deep breath and did not explain to the scarred man in front of him that he did not kill those henchmen. He just picked up the kettle and poured himself another cup of water.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether he killed those people or not. In the eyes of the underworld, he and others killed them.
"Not coming back?" Scarface asked.
"It's too stuffy over there."
"Answer me seriously again, are you coming back to join us?"
He didn't answer, but just continued blowing on the bowl of noodles.
Scarface seemed very angry. He said angrily:
"Okay, then we'll rush from Huai'an to Tongcheng right away. We can't let you have fun alone, we want to have fun together."
He nodded in agreement and said with emotion:
"If you don't come, I won't dare to continue playing."
Because he felt that if he had too much fun by himself, he might end up killing himself.
"But a new batch of people from the underworld will surely arrive here soon. By then, this city will be very crowded."
“Big cities are crowded, but many people are still happy to squeeze in because small places are too boring.”
"Haha, we are a group anyway. I have seen through it. After this incident, people's hearts have been scattered. The leader is nowhere to be found. The promises made before the uprising have now become bullshit.
We always mock the underworld as a building that is about to collapse, but aren’t we also dog meat that cannot be served at a banquet? "
"The phone bill is expensive." He pointed to the half-burned kite in front of him, "Save some energy and play with it instead of sighing from such a distance."
"Okay, we still have some things to take care of, so we'll be there tomorrow at noon."
"bye."
The kite landed.
Lying on the floor.
He finished the second bowl of water.
Looking at the stains on the floor, he frowned slightly, picked up the broom and swept the place.
Then I felt that the ground was too oily.
Stand up straight.
His hands began to slowly make seals.
He felt that
This room needs to be cleansed.
However, when his eyes swept over the two women on the bed and under the bed, he slowly stopped pinching the seals.
He took a rag,
Start mopping the floor.
Then,
Wipe the wall,
Then,
Clean the range hood...
When everything is done,
He was already sweating profusely, but his body was still too weak.
This is the body of a sick person. He did not have to use it because of the circumstances, but he chose it on purpose.
He feels that living too healthy is meaningless and boring.
This body gave him the illusion that he was still dead.
He opened the door, walked out and closed it.
When the two women wake up in the middle of the night, they will probably be surprised to find that it looks like a cleaning lady has been hired at home.
He took the elevator, went downstairs, and walked back to the street.
Xiaoshiqiao can only be regarded as a transportation hub in Tongcheng. It has a large traffic volume, but its popularity is really not that good.
He sat alone on the edge of the flower bed.
Not long after I sat down,
He started coughing heavily again.
Coughing so hard it breaks my lungs,
But coughing is particularly enjoyable!
happy,
Comfortable,
Comfortable!
After the coughing is over,
He raised his head.
Enjoying the afterglow of this indulgence,
His hands raised involuntarily.
It’s a pity that it’s pitch black above his head at this moment. The weather is bad tonight, the clouds are thick, and there is no starry sky for him to embrace.
But he already thinks this is good.
The sky of hell is like this too, without stars. There used to be a blood moon hanging high in the sky, but starting half a year ago, that moon has become much smaller.
After a while,
Put your arms down.
With head bowed,
Look at the dead leaves under your feet.
Winter means bleakness to this place.
However, no matter how desolate the world of the living is, it is much more colorful than hell.
A black car stopped on the other side of the road.
The car window was slowly rolled down.
Lawyer An held a cigarette in his hand and looked straight ahead.
Two people, separated by a wide road, did not look at each other, their eyes did not meet, but they were aware of each other's existence.
The dense traffic kept shuttling back and forth on the road between the two of them.
Car lights, exhaust,
Constantly wreaking havoc in the quiet of the night here.
Lawyer An opened his mouth, yawned, opened the car door, and got out.
There were no traffic lights and no sidewalks. Lawyer An walked and looked around. It took him about three minutes to walk from one end of the road to the other.
He slowly raised his head.
Looking at Lawyer An who was getting closer and closer to him.
He came to Tongcheng because he was here, he wanted to see him, he missed him, and by the way, he wanted to catch up and see how he was doing.
If he is having a bad day, drink with him and talk with him to cheer him up;
If he's doing well, just kill him.
The masked man smiled.
Yeah,
The one in front of me,
Wherever you are,
I think everyone should be able to live well.
Lawyer An walked up to the masked man, took out a cigarette, and said:
"Hey buddy, lend me a light."
The masked man reached into his pocket and took out a lighter. After Lawyer An took it, the masked man said:
"Brother, lend me a hand."
"hehe."
Lawyer An lit a cigarette and sat down next to the masked man. After blowing out a puff of smoke, Lawyer An said:
"If I hadn't asked Old Chenpi, I wouldn't have known you came up this time."
In the past few years, before Lawyer An met Zhou Ze, he did a lot of hell smuggling business and accumulated a lot of connections, so it was easy for him to find out some information.
unless,
After this group of people came up, they completely disappeared and completely cut off all contact with the past, but this is impossible.
They are not evil spirits, they are defectors, and they still adopt the tone of officials, which makes them have to show some sense of being different even if it is unnecessary.
"I asked Lao Chenpi to tell you. I was afraid you wouldn't be able to find me."
The masked man explained.
"I say, it's been so many years, you still hold a grudge?"
Lawyer An continued unhappily:
"Can't you be more generous?"
The masked man started coughing again.
But this time the coughing didn't last long.
He asked back:
"It seems more appropriate for me to say this."
Lawyer An pursed his lips and said:
“I’m doing fine.”
"I see."
"I know you noticed."
"That... heh."
"Yeah, I just said it on purpose to piss you off."
"I can't afford it."
"Um?"
"You will die. You are too weak now."
“Tsk tsk.”
Lawyer An looked up and said sadly:
"After all these years, you haven't changed."
"What hasn't changed?"
"You are still as stupid as ever. You haven't gotten smarter. I agreed to fight you in a one-on-one duel, but I still brought Feng Si'er and the others to beat you to death.
If you hadn't used your puppet well, you might have died right away."
"Oh, it seems that you haven't changed either."
"No, it's different."
Lawyer An shook his head and said:
“This time, I really came alone.”
Lawyer An reluctantly threw his phone into the flowerbed nearby.
The latest news on WeChat above:
"There's a serious traffic jam. We'll probably be ten minutes late."
Lawyer An almost cried...