Yu Rui followed the scribbled address on the card with two typos, and went to an old block in Q City.
In terms of distance, this place is not far from Dezai Middle School. There are many food stalls on the side of the road, various shops on the first floor, and there are narrow facades and stairs between the shops.
Going up the dirty, dark and old-fashioned corridor, the world on the second floor is even more "wonderful".
As soon as he stepped up the stairs, there was a roaring roar from the first door on Yu Rui's left:
"To die - to love - not to be incisively and unhappy - how deep the feelings are, only in this way is enough to confess - to die - to love - not to cry until you smile and not to be happy - the destruction of the universe, the heart is still -..."
Yu Rui: "..."
The resident singer was hysterical, the microphone was about to go into his throat, and he was very emotional.
Yu Rui lowered his head with difficulty to confirm the address in his pocket: after going up the stairs, the third room on the left.
Yu Rui took the card back.
"Hey, handsome boy!"
Yu Rui's stop was just caught by the waiter who came out to solicit customers. The other party greeted him enthusiastically, "Are you going to come out and play alone? Come in and sit for a while and listen to the song!"
The other party smelled pungent men's perfume, Yu Rui took a half step back and smiled gently, "I'm not 18 years old yet, so I can't enter."
The lights on the second floor were dim, and the waiter only saw Yu Rui's appearance after he stepped forward.
His eyes lit up, and after hearing Yu Rui's words, they darkened regretfully. "Under the age of 18, oh, that's a pity."
Yu Rui didn't want to find out what the meaning of "unfortunate" in the other's mouth was, he just nodded politely, and prepared to walk away.
I don't think this person is familiar with himself, and he is brought back again—
"Don't be in a hurry to leave, handsome boy, tell your brother how old are you this year?"
Yu Rui stopped and looked back at him.
Under the dim light, the boy's eyebrows and eyes were depicted with a deep and three-dimensional shadow by the light and shadow. Only at this time did the waiter realize that the boy's facial features were not gentle, he was that kind of cold beauty - when he looked at people with a half-smile, there was an inexplicable coldness that seeped into his bones.
The waiter's smile froze.
Before he could react, he found that the coldness in the smile of the young man in front of him had faded again—as fast as his own illusion—and blinked again, the young man who was pulled by him under the light was still that gentle and comfortable. appearance.
"16." The boy replied unpreparedly.
This man withdrew his hand in embarrassment, his eyes fluttering from side to side, and it was easy for a person to say something useless when he had a guilty conscience, "Ah, I'm only 16, then we actually don't suit you at this level."
Yu Rui's eyes moved slightly.
Then he smiled, "I'm here to find someone."
"Looking for someone? Who can you find here?"
"Well, a gentleman surnamed Zhan. My dad borrowed money from him. I'll ask about the situation."
"Hey—are you looking for Mr. Zhan?" The waiter's expression suddenly became subtle. "How much does your dad owe him? And how did you come?"
Yu Rui lowered his eyes and smiled lightly.
He didn't speak, but it was enough for the waiter to make up his mind. The waiter's gaze towards Yu Rui was immediately filled with sympathy, accompanied by a sigh and a mocking smile.
"Everyone can be a parent these days, there's no way. Fortunately, Mr. Zhan is not unreasonable. Although the interest he lends is not low, it is always within the scope of the law; Come on, talk to him, and he will give you grace..."
After listening to the bartender ramble, Yu Rui gradually became a little bit more confident. After thanking the other party, Yu Rui walked to the left.
"... He looks so good-looking. It's a pity not to come to the bar to sell alcohol. It's just that he is a little younger, and it will take another two years for him to come to work."
After Yu Rui left, the waiter looked at his back and muttered to himself.
It was just after 8 o'clock in the evening, and it was not before the time for people in the bar. In addition, the business of this bar was normal. The waiter stood at the door for a long time and could not wait for the guests who could pull in.
He fanned the tray in his hand boredly, leaned on the concrete low wall and watched the traffic downstairs for a while, then turned around and prepared to go back.
Then when he looked up, he saw a young man walking up the dark corridor.
The light was too dim, and the waiter was slightly night blind, so he couldn't see the man's face from this distance, but there was no doubt that he was a young man.
The waiter immediately raised his smiling face and greeted him, "Little handsome guy, you are alone, come into the bar and play—"
The voice stopped abruptly.
When I saw it up close, the waiter was there for a while, his expression was a little stunned - "little handsome guy" was not wrong this time. Later, the boy's appearance was not worse than the previous one, but his eyelids were drooping, and there were two more. The taste of sloppy love and ignorance.
Lazy like a big cat dozing off.
The point is, it doesn't look very safe at this age either.
The waiter suddenly had a toothache, "Little handsome guy, you won't be an adult this year, will you?"
Xie Li, who was about to go straight past, stopped when his long legs stopped, and he turned around.
"also?"
"… "
The waiter froze at the boy's gaze.
He retracted the foreword, the size of a big cat... Felines are true, but opening their eyes is more like the kind of creature staring at the king-shaped pattern on its head.
Xie Li rubbed the knuckles of the tennis ball unconsciously and stopped. He narrowed his eyes and turned to the side.
"Any other students came over just now?"
The waiter returned to his senses and forced a smile, "Yeah, it's a coincidence that you are too, haha..."
"A boy of about 1.8 meters, with black broken hair and a gentle smile?"
The waiter was stunned, "Hey, do you know each other? We made an appointment to come together? He just went in."
"..." Xie Li's eyes deepened, and after a while he laughed, "No, there is no appointment."
"Ah? Then you are... "
"Fate."
"… "
The waiter shuddered.
Normally, a boy of 1.9 meters should feel sour when he said this, but he didn't know why the mouth of the boy in front of him brought a kind of gnashing taste.
But not malicious, but closer to...
Before the waiter could figure out what kind of existence the ups and downs in the boy's eyes were, he lifted the eyelids of the person in front of him and glanced at the bar behind him.
The hysterical resident singer probably got off the stage and went to rest his throat, and it was still quiet in the bar at this time. It's just that the light is not very good, I don't know if it's for the atmosphere or to save power.
Xie Liluo looked back, "Give me a deck."
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "I know the booth, brother, you are quite skilled, isn't this the first time you have entered the bar? But we don't entertain minors here..."
Before the waiter could finish speaking, Xie Li lifted the coat hanging on his arm, and an ID card was swayed in front of the waiter's eyes.
A very safe 18 year old.
The waiter was speechless.
There are indeed very few people in this bar, and it is quiet. Except for the resident singer, it is not too inconsistent to say that it is a coffee shop that can serve alcoholic beverages.
When I got a booth for Xie Li, the waiter was still asking, "Are you sure you don't want to change to the booth? The booth has a minimum consumption, and there are bartenders at the booth who can play tricks."
"Is the bartender as good-looking as him?"
"Ah? Who?"
While the waiter was at a loss, Xie Li had already lowered his eyes, "How much is the minimum consumption?"
"200 decks, unlimited decks."
Xie Li dug out two pink bills from his wallet, and then added another one, "Any drink. Remind me when he comes out."
The waiter was stunned for a moment, then immediately accepted it with a smile, "No problem."
When the waiter came back with a beer, the resident singer had already started singing "Leaving Song".
In the hysterical movement, the waiter moved to the front of the booth with difficulty. Just as he was about to make a sound, he looked down and found that the boy in the booth had already fallen asleep on his side.
The coat that had been hanging on the crook of his arms now covered his head.
The sound in the ear roared, and the elder brother also roared:
"If you want to stay or not, you are the most-lonely-"
"… "
The waiter whose eardrums were about to shatter looked at Xie Li, who seemed to have fallen asleep, and fell into deep thought.
After a few seconds, he sighed, "nb." The waiter turned his head and went to "stand guard" at the door.
—
Yu Rui came out quickly.
Because that Mr. Zhan was not here tonight, in fact, according to his people, he was not here most of the time.
If you want to see it, make an appointment in advance.
Yu Rui left his contact information and the first payment, and turned around.
This old street is adjacent to the snack street, and the fireworks are very heavy, especially at night, the layers are stacked, and the lights from far and near are smudged round and round.
Yu Rui walked to the low wall and stopped.
After so many years in this city, he is still often touched by it. The morning dew, the noon sun, and the evening breeze returning through the lights of the tall buildings in the night.
Looking at this kind of scenery, no matter how many troubles you can forget, even if it is only for a short time, it is already a rare time to relax and enjoy.
The stagnation in his heart dissipated a little, and Yu Rui turned around to leave.
Then his arms tightened—
"Fuck, little handsome guy, life is too short, you've only lived for more than ten years, you can't think about it like this! How can you grit your teeth and pay it back when you owe money! You can always get through hard times! Listen to me, I'm in this regard. You have more experience than you! And this is still jumping off the second floor. If you don't die, your future life will be over. Listen to me!"
Yu Rui was probably stunned by the smoke from the smoke downstairs, and his thoughts didn't turn around in his head. He was forcibly dragged back by the familiar voice of the waiter.
Seeing that the entrance of the dark bar was getting closer and closer to him, Yu Rui said, "I'm not..."
"I understand, I understand! In the past six months, we have carried three away from the door on the first floor of our bar - let's stay away from the wall - no no no, let's not think about the wall first, come here to be safe, let's go in and calm down. Speak slowly!"
Yu Rui was dragged into the bar by the anxious waiter.
Inside is the rest period of the resident singer, it is very quiet, and the sound of them breaking at the door came in.
On the edge of the deck, the man in the coat moved slightly.
A few seconds later, the jacket was torn off, revealing a pair of dark eyes.
Seeing that it was really that familiar figure who was pulled in, Xie Li slowly and couldn't help raising the corners of his mouth.
He gave an excited smile.
And this time in the bar.
"Gah?" The waiter turned his head awkwardly, "You just, no, didn't you want to jump off?"
Yu Rui looked at him speechlessly.
"Um... Then I really made a mistake. Yes, I'm sorry, I saw you standing by the wall for so long, I thought you were looking for short-term meeting... "
The waiter looked awkwardly, and almost subconsciously turned his head to look at the booth where Xie Li was, and then he found that the wine bottles were all there and no one was there.
When the waiter was wondering, it suddenly became dark in front of him—after a few seconds of dead silence, several guests screamed in the depths of the bar.
The waiter was stunned: "Is there a power outage?"
"No," someone roared at the bar, "there's still electricity next to it and downstairs, maybe it's tripped—I'll take a look, don't panic."
The waiter breathed a sigh of relief. He turned around to appease the minor who had just been pulled in by him, but saw a figure suddenly walking by beside him.
The waiter fixed his eyes on it—but his slight night blindness wasn't enough for him to see in the dark.
It was a dark night, and the windows were closed again for airtightness.
When the power went out in the bar, Yu Rui also fell into darkness.
He frowned, following the memory and the little light in the doorway outside the porch, trying to grope to leave.
However, as soon as his eyes bloomed, the dim light at the door was blocked - it seemed to be a man taller than him.
"I'm sorry," Yu Rui said with a gentle smile, "please let me..."
Before he could finish his sentence, someone suddenly grabbed the back of his neck and pushed him forward.
In the darkness, Yu Rui's lips hurt.