The car drove on time, and it drove away within a few minutes of sitting down. Ding Ji looked out the window and was inexplicably excited. Obviously every winter and summer vacation, he would travel with his grandparents or sister-in-law, and it seemed that he had never traveled far. , The platform outside looked fresh.
Like a fool.
Sure enough, Lin Wuyu glanced at him: "Have you never been out of the house much?"
"I have been out of the country more than a thousand times," Ding Ji said, "I go out every day."
"I've never been abroad," Lin Wuyu thought for a while, "Actually, I haven't traveled too much. No one took me there when I was a child. I only went out to play after junior high school and high school."
"In the future, I'll go out to play and call you," Ding Ji said, "Pengpeng and I... Hey, this person is at work now, so he can't just leave."
"This time it's a tour." Lin Wuyu said.
"Okay," Ding Ji nodded and took out his mobile phone, "Pengpeng listed all the places to eat, play, and buy things for me. There are more than 100 must-visit places."
Lin Wuyu laughed: "Save it for later when you go to school, let's play slowly."
Although the seat was changed for chatting, it didn't last long. Ding Ji didn't know when he fell asleep. When he opened his eyes, his head rested on Lin Wuyu's shoulder, and Lin Wuyu's head rested on his shoulder. In the window, under his forehead, is his all-purpose little starfish.
Ding Ji sat up straight and continued to sleep. He didn't sleep for two minutes when he felt his head crooked and rested on Lin Wuyu's shoulder.
He straightened his head and leaned back as soon as he closed his eyes.
It felt like worshiping a mountain god, kowtow to Lin Wuyu one by one.
He kept knocking until he was about to arrive at the station, and the two uncles quarreled because of the luggage, and he finally woke up from the coma.
Finding that Lin Wuyu had woken up at some point, he was watching the uncle quarrel with interest, with his head on his shoulders and a little starfish in the middle.
"Is this thing good?" Ding Ji picked up the little starfish.
"I have to take it with me when I go out in the car," Lin Wuyu leaned closer to him and whispered, "Do you think these two uncles can fight?"
"No," Ding Ji said, "I'm going to the place soon. I'm in a hurry to get out of the car. It's not worth fighting now."
"Yes," Lin Wuyu smiled, "it's coming soon, do you have a place to live?"
"Find any one..." Ding Ji glanced at him halfway through, "Did you book a room in advance?"
"No." Lin Wuyu shook his head.
"Then why are you smugly laughing?" Ding Ji said, "I thought you had booked a room and I'm having trouble with me."
"The room I rented." Lin Wuyu said.
"... What?" Ding Ji was stunned.
"It's been rented for two months," Lin Wuyu said, "regardless of whether I can find someone or not this time, I'll just give my parents an explanation, and go back to meet our head teacher after I leave, and I'll deal with the matter. Come here, he will send me the notice."
"What do you mean..." Ding Ji looked at him, "Will you not stay at home this summer vacation?"
"I didn't stay at home originally, I was in the dormitory," Lin Wuyu said, "I came early just in time to meet some of Brother Ben's friends."
"Ah," Ding Ji thought for a while, "You still have to work part-time to make money, right?"
"Unlike some people," Lin Wuyu said, "he owes tens of thousands of dollars and dares to tell the creditor that he is going to see the flag-raising."
"... I'll find a place to wash the dishes after I get off the bus." Ding Ji said.
"No. 1 in Tangtang No. 3 Middle School, known as the little prodigy in Jianghu," Lin Wuyu said, "Is your position as washing dishes?"
Ding Ji thought about it seriously: "I'll tell you the truth, my ability to survive is not as good as Liu Jinpeng's. He can still sell a watermelon to do a little business, so I'll set up a stall to tell people's fortunes."
Lin Wuyu smiled and said nothing.
Ding Ji hadn't thought about these things too much before, but when he was with Lin Wuyu, his feeling became obvious only after comparison.
Although his relationship with his parents is not good, he at least feels sorry for his grandparents and aunt. Although his parents' love and concern have been absent so far, he can have a hiding place when he feels the pressure. What he lacks because of his parents For a sense of security, he can get some compensation from his grandparents, so that he can still act like a spoiled child, he can cheat, and he can ignore many things, just like most of the classmates around him, be an ordinary high school student.
But Lin Wuyu is different. Lin Wuyu's side is empty, front and back, left and right, only the piece under his own feet is solid, he can only step on it step by step, move forward, and cannot retreat.
Lin Wuyu's personality is not very cheerful, but he can get along well with everyone, impress everyone, and will use the summer vacation to pave the way for his future part-time jobs.
And he can only wash the dishes.
The difference is that.
Ding Ji sighed. He could also distribute flyers, help people walk dogs, and feed people cats...
When will the 30,000 yuan be paid back!
Lin Wuyu had already contacted the landlord before he came here. The landlord showed him the house in the video, a suite, with an independent bathroom, a simple kitchenette, and the ability to cook some meals with little oily smoke. The house is quite new, but a little bit It was expensive, because the lease term was short, but Lin Wuyu still rented it, because the house was near the subway entrance in the photo, and it took less than 20 minutes to walk there.
When he got out of the station, Ding Ji took his mobile phone and started looking for the hotel. Lin Wuyu pressed his hand: "Just live in my house."
The bed in the bedroom is a bunk bed, with a double bed below and a single bed above, which should be arranged according to the structure of a family of three.
Although there was no Ding Ji in his plan, but now that Ding Ji has come, it is impossible for him to let Ding Ji find another place to live by himself.
According to Ding Ji's rules of the rivers and lakes, this must be too unrighteous.
"What kind of house did you rent that can accommodate two people?" Ding Ji asked, "Can the single room package accommodate two people? I guess the beds are all single, right?"
"You can sleep on the floor." Lin Wuyu said.
"...The sofa is fine, why did you send me to the floor?" Ding Ji said.
"Who told you that there is a sofa?" Lin Wuyu said.
"Thank you." Ding Ji immediately took out his mobile phone and lowered his head to continue looking for a room.
"Let's go." Lin Wuyu reached out and pressed his phone to turn off the screen, "Don't squeeze the single bed, don't sleep on the floor."
According to the subway route given by the landlord, they were wrapped in the crowd and found a place smoothly.
The subway exit that came out was the one where Lin Zhan was photographed. Lin Wuyu stood outside for a while. There were a lot of people coming and going. Many people passed by in a flash and disappeared without a chance to see it clearly.
"If you want to stand guard," Ding Ji looked around, "you can only stick here. You can't see anyone in the next store. Even if he walks here, we may not be able to recognize him."
"It's okay, just come here and stand for a while every day." After Lin Wuyu finished speaking, he continued to walk forward.
Ding Ji followed, and after a while he said, "If he is really here and he is willing to be found by you, he should show up after two days."
"Well." Lin Wuyu responded.
"Can he still recognize you?" Ding Ji said, "You were only eight when he left, right? What did you look like when you were a child?"
"It's ugly." Lin Wuyu said.
Ding Ji turned his head sharply: "Can't you? How can someone who was ugly when he was a child grow up to be like this."
"Why not?" Lin Wuyu asked.
"No reason," Ding Ji pointed to himself, "When I was a child, my grandma said that I was very cute when I was a child, like a small milk cake, so I am handsome now."
Lin Wuyu couldn't help but glance at him several times.
Ding Ji is very handsome, but the Jianghu gas that he can't hide can't have anything to do with the little milk cake, not to mention which small milk cake will deceive people at a few years old. Brown sugar rice cakes…
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt hungry.
Lin Wuyu laughed.
"You laugh again?" Ding Ji was a little unhappy.
"I think you look like a brown sugar rice cake." Lin Wuyu said with a smile.
"Am I that dark?" Ding Ji looked at his arm, "It's quite white, what's your look, do I think I'm whiter than you?"
"Good prodigy little milk cake." Lin Wuyu said.
"...If you don't call me that, I'll still be a small rice cake." Ding Ji sighed.
Lin Wuyu took out his mobile phone, flipped through it for a long time while walking, and finally handed it to Ding Ji: "Look, this is my performance in elementary school, and the teacher took a picture for every child."
Ding Ji took it immediately and looked at it with interest.
Then frowned: "Damn it, it's really ugly, have you had plastic surgery?"
"Go away." Lin Wuyu said.
"Are there any other photos?" Ding Ji enlarged the photo and looked at it again. He could see that it was Lin Wuyu, but it was really not good-looking. He was thin and small, and he was a little timid and rustic. smile.
"Just two," Lin Wuyu said, "the one at the back is also a photo with... Lin Zhan."
Ding Ji hesitated for two seconds, slid back, and saw a group photo, which was also taken by a mobile phone. It should be earlier than the previous one. Xiaolin Wuyu is thinner and still as rustic.
It should be Lin Zhan who is squatting next to him, he looks much better than Lin Wuyu.
Amazingly, neither of the brothers had smiles on their faces, and Lin Zhan even looked a little melancholy, which couldn't be compared with the photo taken secretly, after all, it was the same as it was more than ten years ago.
"He might not recognize me anymore," Lin Wuyu said, "I am now after all..."
Ding Ji nodded, after all, he was no longer the skinny kid he used to be, but a handsome guy.
"So handsome." Lin Wuyu said.
Ding Ji choked, coughed for a long time before laughing: "What's wrong with you?"
"A little lost," Lin Wuyu smiled, "I don't know if I want to find him, or I hope I can't find him."
Ding Ji didn't speak, he put his arm on his shoulder and shook it.
The landlord left the key with the doorman downstairs. After checking their ID cards, they took the key and entered the building directly.
The elevator was under maintenance today, and they climbed the stairs to the fifth floor, which was okay, not too high.
The room is the same as the one seen in the previous video, with simple furniture and very clean.
The first thing Ding Ji did was to look at the bed: "Yes, yes, there are actually two beds, I'll sleep on the top one."
"Well." Lin Wuyu put down his luggage, stood by the window and looked out.
"What are you doing now?" Ding Ji looked at the time. "It's past get off work time now. If he was an office worker, he would have already entered the subway."
"Eat," Lin Wuyu said, "I'm going crazy with hunger."
"Can I take a shower first?" Ding Ji said, "change clothes..."
"No," Lin Wuyu insisted, "I want to eat."
"... Walk around! Eat!" Ding Ji was helpless, "Eat, eat, eat!"
They said they were in a hurry to eat, but when they went out, they both walked in the direction of the subway subconsciously, and stopped until they reached the subway entrance.
Ding Ji felt that Lin Wuyu probably didn't know that, but he really wanted to find Lin Zhan.
"Where to eat?" Lin Wuyu asked.
"Just around here, don't run too far." Ding Ji said.
"Well," Lin Wuyu pointed to the side, "I just saw a roast duck restaurant over there."
"Okay." Ding Ji was very straightforward.
There were a lot of people in the store. Lin Wuyu wanted to find a table near the window, but there was no room left. He hesitated for a while, probably because the idea of looking for Lin Zhan failed to beat the hunger, and he ended up at the table that couldn't see the street. Sit down.
When Lin Wuyu was ordering, Ding Ji asked him for the candid photo, put it on the table, leaned on it and looked at it carefully, hoping to find some more clues.
When the waiter walked away, Ding Ji pushed the photo in front of Lin Wuyu: "I'm not sure, do you see if he is holding a bag?"
Lin Wuyu glanced at him, then lowered his head and stared at the photo and began to look at it.
To be honest, he never looked at this photo carefully, and he didn't dare to look at it more.
But after Ding Ji reminded him, he immediately saw the person suspected of Lin Zhan in the photo. There was a corner next to the right trouser leg, which was a white plastic bag. The bag could also be seen on the other side of the trouser leg, with a faint green color on it. stripes.
"When we came here," Ding Ji said, "there was a supermarket."
"Is there?" Lin Wuyu looked at him.
"Yes." Ding Ji said.
"Are you sure?" Lin Wuyu asked, he walked all the way and looked to the side, but he didn't pay much attention to the supermarket.
"Sure, you believe me, I rely on these fools," Ding Ji said, "There is a big billboard in front of the subway entrance, and the entrance beyond the billboard is a supermarket, a bookstore on the left, a stationery store on the right, rent a room from you I can tell you all the stores in that place in order."
At this moment, Lin Wuyu was full of admiration for Ding Ji's observation.
"Have you seen the supermarket sign?" he asked.
"A chain supermarket, with green characters on a white background," Ding Ji said, "very similar."
Lin Wuyu looked at him.
"There are supermarkets everywhere, just at the gate of the community," Ding Ji said, "If you buy something in such a dense supermarket, you must live nearby, or you will go all the way to yourself. Did you buy something from the supermarket downstairs and bring it back?"
Lin Wuyu felt his heartbeat quicken.
"But I'm still not sure if this sign is actually there," Ding Ji said. "After a while..."
"I'll see now." Lin Wuyu stood up.
"Hey, brother," Ding Ji grabbed his hand, "don't worry, I haven't finished yet."
"Speak." Lin Wuyu felt that his mind was a little confused.
"There's another possibility," Ding Ji looked at him, "he just uses this bag to hold things. If so, he doesn't necessarily live nearby."
Lin Wuyu frowned, leaned back on the table and continued to look at the photo, the tip of his nose was almost touching the photo.
"Where are your glasses?" Ding Ji asked.
"Oh." Lin Wuyu finally regained his senses, took out his glasses from his pocket and put them on.
"Lin Wuyu," Ding Ji whispered to him, "Lin Wuyu?"
"Huh?" Lin Wuyu looked at him.
"You don't look like a scholar right now." Ding Ji patted his hand twice.
Lin Wuyu was stunned for a while, grabbed Ding Ji's hand and pressed it on the table, lowered his head and rested his forehead on the back of his hand, and after a while, said in a low voice, "I'm a little panicked."
"I see." Ding Ji said.
"Ji Banxian'er," Lin Wuyu said, "can you do the math?"
"Be careful when you speak!" Ding Ji raised his voice.
"You can do the math," Lin Wuyu corrected his title, "Ding Banxian'er."
"What?" Ding Ji asked.
"Can I find Lin Zhan?" Lin Wuyu muffled his voice.
"This can't be calculated," Ding Ji said, "I can only calculate whether you can gain something this time."
"You little liars," Lin Wuyu raised his head and laughed, "It's not an accurate answer, is it?"
Ding Ji clicked his tongue, took out three copper coins from his pocket, and lined them up on the table: "See, I brought my grandma's money out, and she asked me to take it with me every time I went out, my grandma It's not Banxian'er, this old lady is Quanxian'er."
Lin Wuyu smiled and nodded.
Ding Ji looked around, picked up the money and threw it on the table. After a few times, he began to ponder.
After a while, he raised his eyes and looked at Lin Wuyu: "You will have a windfall."
"Accident?" Lin Wuyu was stunned, "How unexpected is it?"
"I don't know." Ding Ji put away the money.
"Have a sister-in-law?" Lin Wuyu asked.
"Damn," Ding Ji laughed for a long time, "it's not impossible."
Lin Wuyu smiled and didn't speak, feeling that he was slowly returning to his previous state.
He was indeed a little flustered. I don't know if it was because his mother suddenly fell ill, or because Lin Zhan suddenly had news, or because this time he really felt lonely during this trip. The emotions of living will suddenly lose their balance because of this little detail.
If Ding Ji was not by his side, he really didn't know how he would feel at this moment.
It was a very pleasant meal, and the food was delicious.
When he came out of the hotel, Lin Wuyu touched his stomach: "I haven't run in this period of time, I may be gaining weight."
"Just the way you eat, you have to run a full marathon, and half a marathon is not enough for you to be thin." Ding Ji frowned.
"Go to the supermarket and buy some snacks and drinks. You can eat it at night." Lin Wuyu said.
"Whatever you want, I feel sick when I hear what I eat now." Ding Ji said.
When walking to the supermarket, Lin Wuyu took a closer look. The store that Ding Ji said before was indeed right, and the supermarket was indeed a sign with green characters on a white background.
Cooked food is on sale at the moment, and there are quite a few people in the supermarket.
Entering the supermarket, Ding Ji went to get a basket. Thinking of Lin Wuyu's food intake, he put down the basket again and went to the side to push a cart. Just as he was about to go inside, Lin Wuyu turned around abruptly. Look to the door.
Ding Ji quickly followed.
A few people were walking out. Looking at the backs, there were three men and one woman. It was impossible to tell if they were together. Several people were carrying bags from the supermarket, and it seemed that they had bought a lot.
Ding Ji didn't know why Lin Wuyu looked at these people. He couldn't see his face, not even a profiled face. The only thing that was certain was that two of the three men were tall and thin.
"Really?" Ding Ji put the car back.
"I don't know." Lin Wuyu ran back.
Ding Ji rushed in front of him in a swish, and was about to move forward and then swish past when the staff of the supermarket stopped him: "There is no shopping exit over there!"
"I'm sorry." Lin Wuyu said, then turned around and ran towards the exit.
Ding Ji followed, and the two quickly ran out of the supermarket.
But just now, those few people were no longer visible on the street outside.
It was already dark, and there were still many people coming and going under the street lights. Everyone was in a hurry. Several people who were also in a hurry joined the crowd, and disappeared without even a second.
Lin Wuyu stood for a while, inexplicably feeling much more relaxed.
Unfamiliar environment, unfamiliar crowd, unfamiliar noises, even the breath in the crowd is unfamiliar, and the air is unfamiliar.
Everything he knew was lost in the strangeness.
Easy.
"What should I do?" Ding Ji asked.
"Buy snacks." Lin Wuyu turned around and walked back to the supermarket, "I'll buy you a lollipop."
"A lollipop to send me?" Ding Ji stared at him.
"One pack." Lin Wuyu smiled.