After returning to City S, after getting off the train, the two went to Lao Wang's school to report.
When Pharaoh’s friends saw Pharaoh’s return, they surrounded him like flies and shit, yelling for him to treat him.
It’s been almost two months since the school started. Pharaoh has not come to the school to report. Normally, these brothers are sloppy in the class call. If it weren’t for Pharaoh to call the brothers in advance, maybe the school has listed him as missing Population.
Zi Yang watched Lao Wang and his friends laughing and playing, suddenly felt like a dream.
From southern Yunnan to Mobei, after a few months of horrible storms, he suddenly returned to the world of mortals, and he didn't believe everything in front of him.
He couldn't tell which side of the world was more real.
"Hey, what's the matter with your buddy? Why don't you stand there and stop talking? Lost in love?" A buddy asked with a grinning look at Zi Yang who was standing aside in despair.
"Shut up, you! Take the money, I treat you, you can find a place to eat at night, don't be polite to me." Lao Wang took two of the remaining hundreds of dollars and handed them to them. Of a person.
"Oh, Brother Wang is too polite! Even with a handy effort, he is still a treat! Why are my brothers so polite!" The man accepted the money without hesitation.
Another person asked: "Brother Wang, how do you listen to you, not with us at night?"
"Yes, there is a newly opened Internet cafe near the school, which is offering discounts on activities. After dinner, we will go all night together!"
"I still have something to solve. Let's go first. I will continue to cover Lao Tzu these days. I must thank you when I come back!" Lao Wang ignored everyone's enthusiasm and turned around and left.
"Brother Wang, you should say hello to Teacher Li, he has been talking about you several times!" a classmate shouted from behind.
"Let's talk about it!" Lao Wang waved back and left the medical school with Zi Yang. He directly rented a taxi at the school gate, so that the driver rushed to the bus terminal and bought two tickets for the recent departure to City H.
"Go to school? Coffee shop? Or go back to the residence first?" Pharaoh looked at Zi Yang and asked.
"Go to the coffee shop!" Zi Yang said without hesitation.
After getting off the bus, the two called a black car next to the station and went straight to the coffee shop. When they got to the place, they were stunned when they got out of the car.
The door of the bustling coffee shop in the past was closed, and two seals were posted on the door: "This shop is transferred and closed."
"What's the matter? Why is the good store closed?" Lao Wang leaned on the window and looked inside. The tables and chairs in the hall had been emptied, and the counter had been taken apart in a mess, and there was a mess inside.
"Go to Xiaoli school." Zi Yang said with a calm face.
Lao Wang held the money in his pocket and said hesitantly: "Lao Li, we have been running non-stop for a long time, and the remaining money is only enough for another taxi ride. You can relax-we haven't eaten yet. ."
Zi Yang raised his hand: "Taxi!"
When the two rushed to Xiaoli's school, it happened to be dinner time in the evening, and Xiaoli who came out of the cafeteria was stunned when she saw them.
"Xiao Li!" Lao Wang shouted with a grin, with a complicated expression on his face, not knowing whether it was crying or laughing.
"Brother Wang!"
Xiaoli burst into a bright smile, rushing to the two of them, happily shouting: "You, why did you come back? Where have you been during this time? I can't find you everywhere I look for coffee! Do you know that Fang is locked up? What about Sister Rui? Didn't you go with you? Why are you not talking?"
Xiaoli said a lot of things like a gun, but Pharaoh just looked at her and smiled stupidly.
Zi Yang asked, "I was just about to ask you, how did the coffee shop turn off?"
"By the way, wait a minute!" Xiaoli turned and ran to the dormitory.
Zi Yang and Lao Wang looked at each other confusedly.
After a while, Xiaoli hopped out with a Xiaokun bag on her back.
"Go, go to the drink shop next to the school, I'll treat you!" Xiaoli took the two of them by the arms, pulling them out of the school.
There was no one in the beverage store, so Xiaoli found a place to sit down, ordered three cups of coffee, took out two thick envelopes from her bag, and solemnly placed them in front of them.
"This is yours."
"What?" Old Wang took the envelope and squeezed it, feeling that there should be money in it!
"Severance payment, from the coffee shop."
Lao Wang opened the envelope and looked inside, his expression changed, and he whispered: "Fuck, so much? At least ten or twenty thousand, right? Do you usually carry so much money with you?"
"I have been locked in the cabinet, what's the matter?" Xiaoli looked at him with two innocent big eyes.
"Who gave it to you?" Zi Yang asked gently, touching the envelope, expecting that name would come out of Xiaoli's mouth.
Xiaoli shook her head and sighed: "I don't know that person either.
We were still in business last week. Suddenly a middle-aged man came here and said he wanted to check the accounts, but the financial officer said he didn't know him. Later, the person took out the business license, company seal and power of attorney, and we learned that he was a lawyer entrusted by the owner of the coffee shop... Later, the finance told us that the coffee shop was about to close, and the owner sold the shop.
The lawyer called the big guys together for a meeting. He said that the boss is very generous and knows that everyone is usually very hard, so he prepared a thank you fee for each of us. I later calculated it. Everyone has four months' worth of money. Salaries and bonuses too!
Originally, both of you had prepared a copy, but the two of you were not in the store and couldn't get in touch with someone, so the lawyer gave me the money and asked me to pass it on to you. Later I asked him where Sister Rui was, and he said he didn't know who I was talking about..."
Xiaoli was babbling and counting, Zi Yang couldn't help interrupting her: "Have you called her?"
"Sister Rui? Of course I've called, and I'm not stupid! But the phone is always off. What's wrong with Sister Rui? Has she returned to China? I think everyone has been so strange recently. Cousin two days ago I also took time off and went home, saying that there was something at home, so I asked him if there was anything and didn’t say anything..."
"Give me the phone." Zi Yang stretched out his hand.
Xiaoli hesitated to glance at Lao Wang. She hadn't seen him for a month or two. How could Lao Li seem to have changed
Lao Wang coughed and nodded softly.
Xiaoli hesitated to pass the phone to Zi Yang.
Zi Yang took the phone, turned out Su Rui's phone number, pressed the dial button, put the receiver to his ear, and couldn't help shaking slightly.
There was a gentle voice on the phone:
"Sorry, the user you dialed is an empty number, please check before dialing.
"What's the situation?" Lao Wang looked at Zi Yang with a gloomy expression, and knew that the situation was not good.
"It's an empty number, let's go." Zi Yang returned the phone to Xiaoli disappointedly, got up and walked out.
"Where are you going?" Xiaoli asked wonderingly.
"Return to residence." Zi Yang murmured.
"Let's go now? Ay, you haven't told me where I have been these days..." Xiaoli yelled.
Zi Yang ignored her and walked out on his own.
"Ah, Lao Li! Wait for me!"
Lao Wang watched Zi Yang walk out the door with a look of despair, and wanted to chase him out, but he was reluctant to part with Xiaoli. He hesitated, holding Xiaoli's hand and exhorted: "Lili, you, you go back first, I, I have time to find you these two days!"
After that, he chased after Zi Yang, who had already gone far.
The two drove again at the school gate and paid for the severance pay from the coffee shop.
Going back to the residence and opening the door, I saw that the house was empty, and a layer of dust fell on the furniture.
After months of not coming back, everything in the house is still the same.
Lao Wang let out a long sigh of relief, "I'm home and I'm home! I'm hungry! Lao Li, you rest at home for a while, I'll buy some food, and I'll be back soon-what do you want to eat?"
"I'm not hungry." Zi Yang said softly, and silently walked to his room and sat down, staring at the ground blankly.
Lao Wang shook his head, sighed, turned and walked out the door.
"Bang" the sound of the door closing sounded outside, and Lao Wang went out.
Zi Yang finally couldn't hold it anymore. He slumped on the ground feebly, covering his face with his hands, tears involuntarily streaming down.
"Su Rui!!"
Having been depressed for a long time, he wept aloud.
Su Rui, I finally lost you.
…
A few months later, the school library.
Zi Yang held an English book and looked at it seriously.
A pair of young couples across from each other are watching each other. They take out biscuits and candies from their bags to feed each other from time to time. The classmates who were studying on their own kept turning their heads to look at the two Xiu Enai, with a look of disgust on their faces.
Zi Yang turned a deaf ear to this. He sat there without raising his head, his heart was still watered, and everything around him had nothing to do with him.
In the first month after returning, Zi Yang seemed to be crazy. He went to all the places Su Rui had been to, and he called all the phone numbers he could contact, but he couldn't find any information about Su Rui.
Su Rui disappeared from his life as if the world had evaporated.
In those few months, Zi Yang seemed to have lost his soul, without eating or drinking all day, sitting there alone in a daze.
Lao Wang is watching him day and night, lest he do anything impulsively.
Later, under the painstaking "advice" of Lao Wang, Zi Yang finally started to go to school. When there was no class, he stayed in the library to read books, and when the library was closed, he sat on the side of the road and watched the traffic.
Time is the cure for everything.
The wound Su Rui left in his heart slowly healed. Zi Yang began to accept all this and got used to it all.
No matter what, life still has to go on, right
There are no bizarre adventures, no thrilling encounters, and sleep is no longer full of anxiety.
Zi Yang's life began to become ordinary, attending classes, reading books, playing ball, and sleeping.
Schools, canteens, dormitories, three points and one line.
One person comes and goes, silent all day long.
Lao Wang's life is much more nourishing than him. He is finally with Xiaoli, and the two have even begun to live together! Live next door to Zi Yang.
Originally, Xiaoli wanted to move out with Lao Wang to rent a house alone, but Lao Wang couldn't worry about Zi Yang. Besides, the rent is not cheap these years, and living with three people can save a lot of money.
The old Wang who got rid of his singleness also had sex, and completely severed his relationship with the previous group of friends, and stayed with Xiaoli all day long.
But when Zi Yang was present, Xiaoli and Lao Wang both deliberately converged. There was no love and affection. My little fingers were hooked together. They were dignified and polite with each other, as if they had been married for decades. Old couple.
They watched Zi Yang's emotions carefully, fearing that he would be accidentally stimulated.
Zi Yang is also very acquainted, avoiding them as much as possible and giving them more space to be alone. He doesn't want to add obstacles to others.
If he could, he even wanted to hide himself so that people all over the world could not see him.
Recently, Xiaoli found a part-time job in a restaurant and went home late every day. Zi Yang only had more time at home.
With the experience and qualifications accumulated from working in a coffee shop, Xiaoli has achieved the position of foreman in this restaurant, and her income is not low. She actively covers the expenses of the family, and there is no shortage of good food and drink. The delicacies left in the restaurant can often be packed back.
Under Xiaoli's careful management, the quality of life of the three people has improved, and Pharaoh's whole person inflated as if he was breathing. Even Zi Yang felt that he had gained weight recently.
At noon that day, Lao Wang and Zi Yang ate the pizza that Xiaoli brought back last night in the dormitory.
Lao Wang sighed: "My life dream has come true, and I finally have a soft meal."
When saying this, Lao Wang also took a special look at Zi Yang, and said like a philosopher: "In fact, as long as you lower your goals, your dreams can still be realized."
Zi Yang didn't speak, but raised his body, patted and walked out.
In the evening, after returning from the library, Zi Yang lay bored, holding a book he just borrowed from the library, "Norwegian Forest."
I was watching, at this time there was a sound of opening outside the door.
Zi Yang looked at his watch. It was only 7 o'clock. Why did this young couple come back so early
Lao Wang poked his head in from the door: "Lao Li, are you tired and crooked at home? Change your clothes and celebrate with us!"
"What to celebrate? Xiaoli has it?" Zi Yang said without raising her head.
"Fuck off! Today is New Year's Day, you forgot? Millennium Eve! The last day of 1999! Only once in a thousand years, what a memorable day! There is a firework show at West Lake in the evening, everyone is going to watch it!"
Zi Yang let out a blank expression, he had forgotten this holiday.
These days the media and people around are discussing this matter, but he is not interested in it at all.
What to celebrate!
For him, Millennium Eve is just an ordinary day on the calendar, but another day as pale as water.
No matter how wonderful the outside world is, his life can't afford to be upset.
"Let's go! Hurry up! Come with me to pick up Xiaoli from get off work!" Lao Wang dragged Zi Yang up without a word.
Zi Yang wanted to lie in his arms, but he couldn't resist the strength of the old Wang, and his arm was about to be pulled and dislocated. He had to sit up reluctantly and changed a jumper casually.
The two were walking on the street, bustling with hustle and bustle outside, and the shops on the side of the road were all lit up, full of festive atmosphere.
Because there is a citywide celebration today, the traffic police closed the road as soon as it gets dark. Now several main roads in City H have become pedestrian streets. People are wearing beautiful clothes, calling for friends, and walking hand in hand, filled with joy. Everyone's face.
Zi Yang followed Lao Wang and walked silently with his head down, following the crowd to the shop where Xiaoli worked.
The restaurant where Xiaoli works is on the edge of the West Lake.
At this time, the lights on the edge of the West Lake were brilliant, light and shadows interlaced, people gathered from all directions to admire the beautiful lighted lake scene, young people playing and playing, lovers hugging each other.
Xiaoli just got off work, changed her clothes and came out to greet the two of them. "I have a treat today!" Xiaoli said, holding the arms of the two of them.
The group of three walked along West Lake Avenue. Zi Yang saw that there were couples around him. It was too inappropriate for him to be caught in the middle, so he consciously slowed down and walked behind them.
Xiaoli and Lao Wang walked in front of them happily, arm in arm.
Zi Yang was wrapped in the crowd and followed aimlessly.
Suddenly, someone slammed his shoulder hard.
Zi Yang stopped and turned around blankly. A man in a trench coat and a ball cap hurriedly passed him.
"Come with me," the man said in a low voice.
Zi Yang couldn't help but followed him, followed him around and went all the way into a quiet little restaurant next to him.
After the man entered, he sat down against the wall with his back to the door.
Zi Yang hesitated for a moment, walked to sit down opposite him, the man's hat was low on his face, only his unshaven mouth could be seen.
"Who are you?" Zi Yang asked curiously.
The man raised his head and looked at him with both eyes shining brightly.
"Jin Guoqiang!" Zi Yang couldn't help exclaiming!
"Hush!" Jin Guoqiang put his finger to his lips and glanced back.
At this time, the waiter came over and Jin Guoqiang ordered two juice drinks and two steak sets. Seeing the waiter turned and walked away, Zi Yang said with joy: "Captain, really, it's really you!"
Jin Guoqiang nodded slightly, with a warm smile on his face: "It's been a long time."
"You, how are you? How is she, they?" Zi Yang hesitated, but after all he didn't say the name.
Jin Guoqiang nodded: "Everyone is fine.
I came to see you today. I actually violated the regulations, but I think there are some things that I should tell you so that you don’t worry about it in your heart. "
Zi Yang looked at him nervously. He knew that Jin Guoqiang would tell himself the things that had troubled him for a long time.
"You, what have you been doing lately? Why did you suddenly think of coming to me?"
Jin Guoqiang took a sip of water and thought for a while and said, "Professor Zhang and his criminal group have fallen. The general and I have been busy dealing with this matter for the past few months."
Zi Yang was startled: "Fell? Did the two prisoners caught in Qinhan Village last time recruited?"
Jin Guoqiang shook his head: "No, the prisoners we caught in Qinhan Village are only shrimp soldiers and crabs, and we don't have any useful information at all. We can take down Professor Zhang and wipe out all his forces with the help of the Su family."
"Su Family?"
"Well, do you remember Prasad?"
"Remember, he is from the Su family?" Zi Yang remembered the mercenary leader who helped out in the tomb of Emperor Zhenwu. He shot Professor Zhang behind him at the critical moment and saved everyone in the gas tank.
Jin Guoqiang nodded: "Well, Prasad is actually Su Muyang's confidant. Su Muyang started this game more than ten years ago. At that time Prasad was still a small leader of the Royal Gurkha Rifle Regiment. Su. The professor has been cultivating him in secret, and has tried his best to place him beside Wang Yangming. Prasad has been lurking in Professor Zhang's camp for more than ten years, and he has a lot of confidential information.
Before his death, Prasad handed Su Rui an encryption chip, which recorded various cultural relics smuggling, kidnapping and extortion, genetic experiments and other illegal information that Wang Yangming and Professor Zhang had participated in for more than ten years.
Based on the above information and the clues that the general had, we destroyed Wang Yangming's mercenary base on the border in one fell swoop, and captured the persons in charge of their various transactions in the country. With the assistance of the Su family and the Interpol, the business network that Professor Zhang and Wang Yangming had been operating abroad for many years was also destroyed, and a large amount of funds he had hidden overseas were also intercepted.
Now we are searching for his remaining forces, and there is nowhere for him to hide in the country. There are also Su family tracking him internationally, and I believe Professor Zhang will never be able to stand up again. "
After Jin Guoqiang said this, the waiter brought his drinks and steaks. Jin Guoqiang drank all his drinks in one breath.
Zi Yang said in a daze, "Prasad's memory card is real? Su Rui gave you the memory card?"
"Well, she made a deal with us and used this card in exchange for your safety and freedom." Jin Guoqiang ate something as if he hadn't eaten in a few months.
"Our safety and freedom?" Zi Yang asked confusedly.
"Well, do you remember when you and Lao Wang were imprisoned at a Russian military base?"
Jin Guoqiang finished the meal in two of three, then took another sip of water and said, "Actually, at that time, the Su family was negotiating with Russia and our tripartite parties-this old man was really greedy and shameless, and it was not good for them to get involved in everything. Son, awakening was so ruined by them!
But time was tight at that time, and I could only ask them for help when I was awakened. If I were to be contacted, it would take several days to go through the program...
"Let's not talk about it yet, what exactly did Su Rui do with you?" Zi Yang asked anxiously.
Jin Guoqiang glanced at him: "Su Rui gave us the chip. All the expeditions and operations that you and Lao Wang participated in before, including those records in Mongolian and Russian military bases, have been eliminated.
Currently, there are no official and unofficial records in the names of you and Lao Wang. All the things you did before have been completely eliminated. You have restored your status as ordinary people—you may not know how difficult it is to do this. "
Zi Yang murmured: "Su Rui did this just to prevent me and Lao Wang from being implicated in any way?"
Jin Guoqiang hesitated and said, "I guess so. In fact, there are many other contents in the tripartite agreement. I won't tell you more about the details and keep it confidential."
Jin Guoqiang smiled with him: "Now, you and Lao Wang are just two ordinary college students. No one will investigate you in the future, and no one knows what you did before. I really envy the two of you and have caused so much trouble. Trouble, with a flick of both hands at the end, I feel at ease."
Zi Yang was stunned for a long time, and asked softly, "Where are Xiao Hei and A Chong?"
Jin Guoqiang said: "Xiao Hei and the child named Ajislan were taken away by Su Rui. She promised to give them the most advanced treatment. Don't worry about their injury. I think you know the ability of the Su family. , The dead can also be saved.
In addition, Asgen and Naya returned to Mongolia, Su Rui originally arranged a place for them abroad, but they refused. "
"Where is A Chong, is he dead?"
"Achong? I don't know, Su Rui didn't say, I didn't ask either." Jin Guoqiang shook his head, pointed to the food in front of Zi Yang and asked: "Can you eat this rice? It tastes good."
"I have no appetite." Zi Yang said sadly.
"Then I will eat it, don't waste it." Jin Guoqiang finished the steak in front of Zi Yang in three bites, wiped his mouth and said:
"Actually, when I came this time, Su Rui asked me. She asked me to tell you these things, probably because I hope you don't leave any knots. Okay, now my task is complete, I'm leaving."
Jin Guoqiang got up, took out a paper folded into a thousand paper cranes from his pocket and handed it to Zi Yang: "By the way, Su Rui also asked me to give this to you."
Zi Yang took the paper crane, Jin Guoqiang went to the counter to settle the bill, and walked out on his own.
Zi Yang unfolded the note and took a look, and suddenly ran out the door. In the distance, Jin Guoqiang's generous back swayed in the crowd and suddenly disappeared.
Zi Yang held the piece of paper in his hand, feeling extremely melancholy.
The two lines of beautiful handwriting above are written by Su Rui:
Life is like a fog and like a dream, and it is easy to be born and to die.
Zi Yang remembered that this was taught to her when she first met Su Rui.
…
"Hey, Lao Li! Why are you here, making me look for it for a long time."
Lao Wang hurried over from behind, panting, and grabbed his shoulder, "It's 12 o'clock, and the fireworks are going to be set off. Let's celebrate together! Xiaoli, Lao Li is here!"
Lao Wang waved to Xiaoli in the distant crowd.
Zi Yang didn't move there, and suddenly said to Lao Wang, "Jin Guoqiang has been here."
"Ah? Where?" Old Wang turned his head and looked around.
"gone."
"Gone? Damn, did he say something? Did he mention me?"
Zi Yang murmured: "He said Xiao Hei is very good, A Chong is very good, and Su Rui is also very good..."
Lao Wang patted him on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Everyone is fine! Then why are you worried about it!"
Yeah, everyone is fine, so what else is sad for me
Zi Yang thought to himself, raising his head, a bunch of gorgeous fireworks suddenly exploded in the sky, and in an instant, countless fireworks bloomed in the sky.
It was 12 midnight, and 1999 passed.
Zi Yang looked at the sky full of fireworks and suddenly smiled.
--end--
Starting on December 29, 2016, "The Teenager with Dragon Tattoo" has been updated for 310 consecutive days.
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