The atmosphere fell silent again.
Song Qingluo didn't sit down, but stood beside Lin Banxia. At this moment, he naturally realized that Lin Banxia, the so-called uncle, obviously wanted to catch up with Lin Banxia and get closer. It's a pity that when it comes to the past, there seems to be only embarrassment and silence between them.
"It's getting late." Lin Banxia said, "I'll leave my luggage first, and I'll see you tomorrow." When he stood up and walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Where is my sister going to school now?"
As soon as he said this, the uncle's face changed greatly, his lips wriggled a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything for a long time.
Lin Banxia turned her head to look at him, her eyes were very obvious, and she must have a clear answer.
"She... she." Uncle finally spoke. He reached out and wiped his face twice, and his throat moved up and down. "She's in town, she's going to school."
"Going to school?" Lin Banxia said, "Isn't the school in the town gone? Why does she go to school in the town?"
Uncle was silent.
Lin Banxia was about to ask, but the aunt on the bed suddenly groaned loudly. The uncle hurried out and called the nurse. The nurse quickly came over to check and made sure that the aunt was fine, and told the family that although she looked like she was in Comatose, but actually conscious, some sensitive topics are best not to talk about in front of the patient, so as not to stimulate her.
Uncle said yes, and then said to Lin Banxia: "You came back in a hurry today, go to rest first, and if there is anything else, let's talk about it tomorrow."
"Okay." Lin Banxia nodded, he turned and left the ward.
Song Qingluo walked behind. Before leaving, she turned her head and glanced at her uncle, and found that his expression was sometimes fearful and sometimes hideous. No matter how he looked at it, he felt strange. He withdrew his gaze and went downstairs with Lin Banxia.
Next to the hospital is an ordinary hotel, but the pink sign hanging outside the hotel seems suspicious. The two dragged their luggage and stood silent for a while at the entrance of the hotel. Lin Banxia said hesitantly, "Is it a serious hotel?"
Song Qingluo: "A hotel is a hotel, so I don't know if it's serious or not."
The two looked at each other, and both saw a deep hesitation in each other's eyes. However, the town is so big, and there are only a handful of things like hotels. Lin Banxia is not familiar with this area, and after discussing it with Song Qingluo, he decided to live here.
Walking into the room, a young girl was sitting at the front desk. Lin Banxia handed over her and Song Qingluo's ID cards.
"How many rooms are there?" the little girl asked.
Lin Banxia said, "A standard room."
The little girl clicked the mouse twice: "There is no standard room, only a big bed room." She glanced at her ID card, and seemed to realize that it was two men. She looked up again, and after seeing their faces, With a subtle smile, "Do you want it?"
At this time, Lin Banxia hadn't realized what the smile meant, and didn't think there was any problem. After all, they were all men. What's wrong with sleeping in the same bed, he said, "Okay."
The little girl smiled and said, "Cash or Alipay?"
Lin Banxia took out her phone and scanned the QR code.
After taking the room card, Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo were about to turn around and went upstairs, but the little girl patted the table and called out, "Would you like a piece of chewing gum?" The chewing gum, "I don't have it in the house, don't look for it when you need it."
Lin Banxia didn't think much about it, and asked how much it was.
The little girl smiled and said, "I don't need money, I'll give it to you. Is three enough?"
Lin Banxia was inexplicable, wondering if it was enough to eat chewing gum, nodded, said thank you, and stuffed the thing into his pocket. He didn't think much about it, but it was a little strange. Why use chewing gum? This doubt was quickly answered, because the two went up to the second floor and opened the door with the room card, and were stunned by the furnishings in the house.
The two dragged their luggage and stood at the door in silence for a long time, before Lin Banxia heard her ethereal voice, he said, "Will you stay?"
Song Qingluo: "... I've given you all the money."
Lin Banxia scolded: "Thanks to this boss for thinking of it, he is a business genius to open a love hotel next to the hospital." The pink color of this room really made people's scalp tingle, and he finally understood the downstairs at this time. What does the subtle smile of the little girl at the front desk mean
Now that he had decided to stay, Song Qingluo didn't hesitate and walked in. Lin Banxia followed behind him and closed the door. The two put their luggage away, and it was still early to see that they were about to go out to find something to eat. When passing by the front desk, the two of them couldn't help but speed up a little bit, probably not wanting to see the subtle smile of the little girl at the front desk.
The town is not big, but there are a lot of things to eat. There are all kinds of stalls everywhere, full of the breath of life. Song Qingluo asked Lin Banxia what special features they had here. Lin Banxia smiled and said that the barbecue tasted good, so the two chose a barbecue restaurant with many family members and found a small wooden table to sit down.
"Tomorrow, if you ask where my sister goes to school, I want to go to her school." While waiting for the food, Lin Banxia and Song Qingluo discussed.
"Okay." Song Qingluo didn't care.
"I haven't been back for a long time, and everything I know seems to be gone." Lin Banxia said, "At that time, I liked to eat rice noodles from a small shop. It was vegetarian and cheap. Two yuan and five can buy a big bowl." When it was served, it exuded a charming aroma. He picked up a browned rice cake and took a bite. The rich aroma of rice filled his mouth. He showed a satisfied expression and recalled his previous memories: "It's a pity at that time. Two yuan and five are my meals a day, and in three years of junior high school, I only ate that once or twice."
Song Qingluo listened silently.
"If you eat it now, you may not find it delicious." Lin Banxia said vaguely, "That's how life is."
When I was three years old, I was thinking about a piece of candy. If I didn't eat it at that time, I would never be able to eat it for the rest of my life.
Song Qingluo said, "Do you still remember what your parents looked like?"
"I don't remember at all." Lin Banxia said, "I didn't even turn one year old, they left, maybe because of this, I don't miss them, it's good." He finished the rice cake in his hand, "Drink Coke?"
Song Qingluo: "Okay."
Lin Banxia got up, went to the nearby canteen to buy a two-liter bottle of Coke, took it back, put it on the table with a ton of noise, and joked, "If you don't get drunk, you won't go home."
Song Qingluo said, "If you don't get drunk, you won't go home."
Others cast strange glances at the two of them after hearing this, probably thinking that although the two young men look good, they don't seem to be very smart, and they can drink a cola with pride. .
But it turns out that cola is not as easy to digest as wine. After drinking a few glasses, Lin Banxia couldn't do it anymore. She felt her belly and kept burping. However, Song Qingluo's fighting power was outstanding. He drank all the remaining Cokes silently, and did not feel any stomach discomfort from beginning to end.
Lin Banxia stared at Song Qingluo's stomach and hesitated, "Don't you think it's supportive?"
Song Qingluo said calmly, "It's okay."
Lin Banxia said, "Don't even hit a hiccup?"
Song Qingluo hesitated, "Do you have to fight?"
Lin Banxia: "...It's not necessary."
Song Qingluo: "Then let me try my best?"
Seeing him being so serious, Lin Banxia couldn't help laughing and said, "I'm joking." He saw that the time was almost up, "Anyway, I'm free, let's walk around? Stop by and see the old school. …I don’t know what’s going on now.”
"Okay." Song Qingluo agreed.
The town is not big, and it takes more than 20 minutes to walk from one end to the other. The school is located at the other end of the town. It was already dark, and there was a cool wind blowing. Lin Banxia took a few steps forward, took out his pocket, took out a piece of chewing gum and handed it to Song Qingluo: "How about one?"
Song Qingluo took it and tore open the package, but suddenly stopped.
Lin Banxia didn't realize what was wrong at first, until he turned his head and looked at the thing in Song Qingluo's hand...
The two looked at each other and fell into a long and embarrassing silence. Lin Banxia finally woke up at this time, why did the little girl at the front desk give him this thing and told him not to use it when he couldn't find it, this motherfucker Where is the chewing gum, it is clearly a condom.
Song Qingluo glanced at the thing in his hand, then at Lin Banxia, and silently threw the thing into the trash can next to him.
Lin Banxia was embarrassed to death, most of her face blushed, and even her ears were burning. He coughed a few times, trying to ease the atmosphere: "Yes, it's useless."
Song Qingluo: "It's not useful."
He was silent for two seconds, and then added casually, "Too small."
Lin Banxia: "???!!!"
The worst thing is that he still has a few in his pocket. At this time, it is like a hot potato in his pocket. Just take it out and throw it away. He is really embarrassed.
In the atmosphere that made Lin Banxia suffocate, they finally reached the end of the town, the high school where Lin Banxia once attended.
As the little girl said, the school is deserted, and the iron gate at the entrance has been rusted. Through the iron gate, Lin Banxia saw the playground overgrown with grass and the teaching building next to the playground. The town is small and the school is not big. There are only four teaching buildings, one of which is the dormitory where Lin Banxia lives, and the remaining three are classrooms for all grades.
A flagpole and various fitness equipment were erected on the playground, and the lush weeds made it impossible to imagine how clean it used to be.
Lin Banxia thought that her sister would go to the same school as herself, but she didn't expect the world to change so much, but in just a few short years, the place has become empty.
Reluctantly withdrew his gaze, Lin Banxia said to Song Qingluo, let's go.
Song Qingluo has been very quiet, followed Lin Banxia and said, "Can you tell me about your sister?"
"Yes." Lin Banxia lowered her head, "My aunt and the others are very patriarchal. They always wanted a boy. They adopted my sister out for a long time, and didn't bring her back until her brother was born. He has a good temper, no matter how bullied his family members are, he will not be angry..."
Song Qingluo said, "You two have a good relationship, right?"
"I'm the one with the best relationship with her." Lin Banxia smiled lonely, "After all, my aunt never regarded my sister as her own daughter..."
Song Qingluo frowned slightly.
Lin Banxia also said something about his sister, saying that he liked playing hide-and-seek with his sister at home when he was a child. for a while. After being beaten so hard, Lin Banxia remembered that it was the last time he and his sister played at home...
When talking about these memories, Lin Banxia's lonely expression carried some nostalgia.
Song Qingluo listened quietly beside him.
The two walked back to the hotel slowly. The little girl at the front desk was still sitting there, and when she saw the two, she gave a polite smirk.
Seeing her smile, Lin Banxia immediately remembered the embarrassing incident that happened just now, and her face turned red again, but she gritted her teeth and pretended that nothing happened, and went up to the second floor. On the other hand, Song Qingluo looked calm from beginning to end, and didn't care that she was misunderstood.
The room was all pink, and it was a bit irritating. Lin Banxia told herself that she would only survive for a few nights anyway. Don't be so demanding. After taking a shower in the toilet, she obediently climbed into bed. Fortunately, the bed was quite large, and the two big men didn't feel crowded when they lay on it. Lin Banxia stared at the ceiling and felt the end of the bed soften. Glancing from the corner of the eye, saw Song Qingluo also come up.
"It always feels a little strange." Lin Banxia covered half of her face with a quilt.
Song Qingluo looked calm: "What's so strange?"
Lin Banxia: "Two big men live in this kind of hotel..."
Song Qingluo: "Save three hundred and two in one night."
Lin Banxia immediately surrendered to the renminbi: "Okay, I actually think it's okay."
Song Qingluo hooked the corner of her mouth.
Although the color tone was strange, but fortunately the bed was soft enough, Lin Banxia was also tired and fell asleep as soon as she lay on the bed with her eyes closed. I didn't have a dream all night, and I slept the next day in a good mood.
In the morning, Lin Banxia slept until she woke up naturally, and saw Song Qingluo standing by the window in a daze, opening the curtains. He was wearing a pair of jeans on the lower part of his body, and the upper body was naked, with his back facing Lin Banxia, bending over. His texture was clear, his slightly sunken spine went all the way down, submerging into the thin waistline, and the most characteristic fair-skinned Her skin looked like perfect porcelain under the morning light. Lin Banxia opened her eyes in a daze, and stared at it even more in a daze. Eyeballs squinted round.
Song Qingluo turned her head when she heard the movement, and saw Lin Banxia with messy short light brown hair and round eyes, like a cute hamster that was overly frightened.
"What?" Song Qingluo asked.
"No, it's fine." Lin Banxia's Adam's apple moved up and down, "A little... thirsty."
Song Qingluo said, "There is water on the table." After speaking, she paused, "It's free."
Lin Banxia didn't take the water, and answered vaguely.
Although Song Qingluo felt a little strange in her heart, she didn't think much about it. She turned around and continued to rummage through the luggage for her shirt, but as soon as he turned around, Lin Banxia, who was behind him, went straight to the toilet. In a panic, he almost stumbled on the ground. fall. After a while, there was a rushing sound of flushing water from the toilet, and Lin Banxia turned on the water and took a shower. In fact, he doesn't have the habit of taking a shower in the morning, but today's situation is special...
It stands to reason that it is normal for a man to react in the morning, but for some reason, Lin Banxia was extremely flustered today. He rinsed his body, calmed down for a while, and finally came out of the bathroom pretending nothing had happened.
"Good morning." Song Qingluo had already changed into a T-shirt, he said calmly, "Let's have breakfast together?"
"Okay." Lin Banxia nodded. He licked his lips and said, "I'll change clothes."
Song Qingluo: "Change."
Lin Banxia: "..." Also, they are all men, I have everything you have, and I am afraid of being seen
So he gritted his teeth, changed his pajamas in front of Song Qingluo, and the two went out.
The breakfast is prepared by the hotel, it is not very rich, but it is enough. As soon as Lin Banxia put two buns in her mouth, she saw Song Qingluo stand up, and he said vaguely, "What are you doing?"
Song Qingluo: "Renewal room fee."
Lin Banxia was dumbfounded on the spot, and tried her best to swallow the buns in her mouth, choked with tears streaming down her face: "We still live here tomorrow??"
Song Qingluo said calmly, "I asked just now, there is a discount for staying for three days."
Lin Banxia: "How much?"
Song Qingluo: "40% off."
Lin Banxia: "Okay, I think pink looks pretty good." He compromised, nibbled the buns again, and betrayed his soul for a 40% discount.
Song Qingluo laughed and turned around to continue the room.
Lin Banxia finished breakfast with a light expression, and went out with Song Qingluo. The little girl at the front desk smiled at them and waved at them, saying that the pretty little brother can come here when he runs out of chewing gum. Lin Banxia's face flushed, but Song Qingluo calmly waved at her and said hello.
On the way to the hospital, Lin Banxia didn't dare to say a word until she was about to arrive at the inpatient department. Song Qingluo asked thoughtfully, "Have you never been in a relationship before?"
Lin Banxia: "...No." He turned to look at Song Qingluo, "You must have talked about it??"
Song Qingluo said, "No."
Lin Banxia: "How is that possible?? I didn't fall in love because I was poor, you—" He suddenly remembered what Li Su laughed at Song Qingluo, and hesitated for a moment, "Wouldn't you be too?"
Song Qingluo was expressionless: "Definitely not, I have money."
Lin Banxia said, "Have the money to stay in a love hotel for a discount?"
Song Qingluo was brutally exposed, silent for three seconds, and made a final struggle: "It doesn't matter if the discount is not discounted, the important thing is to have fun..."
Lin Banxia patted him on the shoulder and said, big brother, I understand, as if no one has ever been poor.
So until they entered the ward, there was an air of sadness between the two of them. Others didn't understand it. Only Lin Banxia knew it well and knew the name of this breath. It was called poverty.
The uncle obviously didn't know what happened to the two of them. When he saw them coming in, he looked like a cloud of gloom.
He thought for a while, and asked carefully what was the matter. Lin Banxia glanced at him and said casually, "It's okay." He didn't want to tell his uncle what happened between him and Song Qingluo.
When my uncle heard this, he smiled awkwardly, but he didn't force it. He probably knew in his heart that his relationship with this nephew was not good enough to care about each other. Looking at Lin Banxia, my uncle rubbed his hands vigorously and said, "Banxia, you see your aunt is like this. Our family has also sold the house for her treatment. See if you can..."
He was talking when a sturdy young man walked in. He was a little shorter than Lin Banxia. He could see the shadow of his uncle between his eyebrows. Lin Banxia just glanced at him and recognized him as his own for a long time. A cousin who has never met. My cousin had a lunch box in his hand. As soon as he came in, he saw Lin Banxia, but he didn't say hello to Lin Banxia. As if he didn't know Lin Banxia, he walked straight to his uncle and snapped the The lunch box was roughly handed to my uncle. Lin Banxia didn't have a very good impression of her cousin, so she glanced at him and looked away, but Song Qingluo caught the change on her cousin's face, and noticed that there was something hidden under this cousin's fierce expression. She shrank faintly, as if she was afraid of something.
"Tian Lei, Tian Lei, come and say hello to your brother." The uncle greeted his son and wanted to get closer to Lin Banxia.
My cousin's name is He Tianlei. He has been a little bully at home since he was a child. Hearing his father's greeting, he didn't want to save face.
"Does Xiaohua go to school in the town?" Lin Banxia has never been a person with a hot face and a cold butt, so she simply ignored him and directly asked the question she wanted to know the most.
"Yes, she goes to school in the town." Uncle replied.
"Then when will she come back?" Lin Banxia continued, "I want to see her."
"This... This..." Uncle sweated on his forehead, and answered vaguely, "This may be summer vacation, yes, summer vacation, she usually lives on campus, so how can she come back to play." He seemed to As if he had found an excuse to satisfy himself, his expression loosened a lot, and he kept repeating the word summer vacation.
Lin Banxia looked at his uncle suspiciously, not because he wanted to doubt, but because his uncle's expression was too strange: "You didn't lie to me?"
"Of course I didn't lie to you." Uncle said, "I have nothing to lie to you about..."
He Tianlei glanced at his father and sat beside him without saying a word.
Lin Banxia thought for a while, "It's not impossible for me to give you money."
Uncle didn't expect Lin Banxia to let go so easily, and immediately showed a look of surprise, rubbing his hands like a fly, and the brows on his face were full of greed that couldn't be concealed: "Banxia, you are really kind, When we were young, it was indeed our fault for you, it was all our fault..."
"But I have a condition." Lin Banxia was too lazy to listen to his innocuous polite words, and interrupted him directly, "I want to see Xiaohua."
Uncle's expression froze for a moment.
"What? Can't you?" Lin Banxia stared at him coldly, "Or what happened to Xiaohua, but you never dared to tell me?"
Uncle's lips squirmed, as if he wanted to refute, but he didn't say anything for a long time, but He Tianlei, who was sitting next to him, suddenly opened his mouth. These excuses are simply not wanting to give money, right?! If you really don't want to give it, why do you have to make some conditions that we can't meet?!"
"He Tianlei, shut up for me!!" Uncle sternly stopped He Tianlei from going on.
Seeing that, Lin Banxia is an idiot if he doesn't understand anymore, a strong ominous premonition arose in his heart, and gritted his teeth: "Tell me honestly, did something happen to her after I left?!! What the hell happened to her—"
Uncle said: "She... is fine, she's just in class." He still refused to admit it.
"She's in class? I said you believe me?" Lin Banxia sneered, "If I don't see He Xiaohua, you won't even get a penny."
Uncle's eyes dodged, but he refused to let go: "You child, why are you so stubborn, I said she was in class and couldn't see you..."
"If you don't tell me, I'll go directly to the city to find her, and if I don't find her, I'll call the police!!" Lin Banxia didn't give in, "You better think about it—"
Uncle and He Tianlei stopped talking for a while, as if they were restrained by Lin Banxia's resolute attitude.
Just when the two were silent, Lin Banxia took out a bank card from his pocket, slapped it directly on the table in front of the two, and said coldly, "There is half a million in this card, just let me put it in. Xiaohua takes it away, the five hundred thousand is yours." He glanced at his aunt who was dying on the bed, and sneered, "You can use the fifty to save her life, and use it for other things - anyway, the money arrives. The time is yours, and I don't care."
Lin Banxia had imagined this scene countless times when he was a child, but when he actually did it, he didn't feel much refreshed.
"Do you really want to see your sister?" Uncle asked softly. For some reason, his tone was a bit more gloomy than before, and Lin Banxia felt more and more uncomfortable listening to it.
"Yes." Lin Banxia said.
"Well, if you really insist." Uncle actually agreed.
"Dad—" He Tianlei, who was next to him, suddenly stopped, he seemed a little flustered, "What the hell are you thinking?! How can you let him get involved with He Xiaohua again, you are not afraid—"
Uncle said angrily: "Shut up!!" He slammed the table, "Do you want to watch your mother die? Five hundred thousand!" His eyes gleamed with greed, "With fifty thousand Wan, what are you afraid of?!"
He Tianlei's lips twitched, but he didn't say a word for a long time, and finally fell silent, acquiescing to his father's words.
"But Lin Banxia, since you want to see your sister so much." Uncle said, "I have to tell you something."
Lin Banxia said, "What?"
"Your sister He Xiaohua," said the uncle, "has long since died."
As soon as Lin Banxia heard the word "dead", his head exploded with a buzzing sound. He stepped forward, grabbed his uncle's collar fiercely, and roared with a grim expression, "What did you say? Xiaohua is dead. ? Did you do it??!!"
He Tianlei saw that his father was caught and wanted to step forward to help, but saw the beautiful man standing beside Lin Banxia reaching out to stop him, he sneered in his heart, just thinking about what this man could be so good-looking. Strength, who knew that the hand that was pinched was actually a severe pain that was about to be crushed abruptly.
"Ah—" With a miserable cry, He Tianlei couldn't help begging for mercy, "Brother, I was wrong, you let go, let go—my hand is about to break—"
Song Qingluo glared at him expressionlessly, and with a firm hand, he threw him aside: "Go away."
He Tianlei staggered a few steps. Although he was unwilling, he did not dare to go forward.
Lin Banxia was going crazy. He thought that something happened to Xiaohua, but the worst thing was that he was forced to drop out of school to work. He never expected to hear such words from his uncle, and his head appeared. For a moment of blankness, he couldn't even control his behavior. When he reacted, his uncle was already in his hands, showing a look of panic and shrinking.
"She died??" Lin Banxia squeezed three words out of her teeth, "How did she die? Say, did you do it?!"
"Why, how could we do it?" My uncle was scared to death, he trembled, "Is there really something wrong with Lin Banxia's brain?? She clearly..."
He Tianlei let out a terrified roar, trying to interrupt his father, as if the truth told from his father's mouth was something terrible.
However, my uncle still said it. He said, "Where do you have a sister? That girl named He Xiaohua died when she was one year old." He looked at Lin Banxia, his whole body was shaking, his voice Also getting smaller and smaller, "The thing you play with, who... who knows what it is..."
The author has something to say:
Lin Banxia: I'm so sad.
Song Qingluo: The hotel also provides free lunch.
Lin Banxia: 0.0 I'm much better.
Song Qingluo touched his head: Be good.