Dust rose in the air, and after Chu Shulan left, Heizi sat there for a long time. Then he stood up and silently helped up the arcade with a broken screen in front of him.
With some blood on his hands, Ji Zhun bought iodine and bandages from the pharmacy and returned to the store, forcing him to the bench.
The iodine smeared the wound with white foam, and Ji Zhun buried himself in bandaging Heizi without saying a word.
A drop of water suddenly fell on Ji Zhun's bandaged hand, which was still hot.
He looked up at Heizi in surprise, only to see that the water droplets overflowing from the red eye sockets of the other party were still condensed on the tough chin.
This is the first time Jizhun sees Heizi cry, and it's not as funny as he imagined.
Seeing Ji Zhun looking at him, Heizi rubbed his face with his uninjured arm, and sniffed hard again.
He grinned and tried to smile, but the result was much uglier than crying.
"You don't have to force me, bro." Ji Zhun continued to wrap the gauze skillfully, "Who hasn't lost his temper yet." "
Hey..." Heizi turned his head in embarrassment, and wiped his face vigorously again.
...
...
"Ouch."
After bandaging Heizi, Ji Zhun picked up the fallen broom and swept away the broken glass in the store.
The sound of crashing and crashing stood out in the silence.
As time passed by, the originally white sunlight became increasingly redder.
The egret lane is lengthened, and the shadows of the two of them are also lengthened.
A hoarse voice gently broke the long silence.
"Su Hao..."
Heizi's strong and broad body was half sunk in the shadow of the afterglow, his eyes swaying.
He lit a cigarette and fell into some distant memory.
"Su Hao has studied well since he was a child. He has been the class monitor all the way. He always sat in the middle of the third row of the classroom from elementary school to high school." Ji Zhun
silently stopped his movements, lit a cigarette, and leaned against the wall.
This time Heizi didn't stop him.
"I started to look down on him quite a bit. I always felt that the kid was putting on a show and always tried to control me like a monitor." Heizi laughed muffledly, "Even the teacher doesn't fucking bother to control me, so he wants to control me."
"At that time, my parents were getting divorced, and there was no one at home to cook for me. Every day, I put down a few dollars at the coffee table, and often even forgot to put down the money. I could only starve." Heizi's eyes were narrowed by the smoke
. Got up, flicked the cigarette ash and continued: "I was trying to find something to eat that day, and someone knocked on the door suddenly. I opened the door and saw that Su Hao was standing at the door with a bag of sheep and scorpions." Heizi: "He said his
father Mom was also making trouble at home, so I came to borrow the kitchen for use. Afterwards, we had dinner together, which was made by Su Hao. The lamb scorpion was a bit salty, but I still remember the taste... Later, he often came to my house for dinner, After eating, he kept an eye on me doing my homework and wouldn't let me run around. Gradually, I realized that we are actually quite similar in some ways. For example, we are both unlucky guys whose father doesn't care for their mother." He changed his words
. : "It's just Su Hao. He is always good at both morals and academics, and he always shows off his appearance. Except for his parents, almost everyone likes him. As for me, I'm just a bastard who dislikes cats." Jizhun listened, wondering
. Why did another figure appear in my mind?
He stood by the window and looked into the dusk, holding a cigarette in his hand and tapping it lightly, his eyes dark.
"When I was in high school, I skipped class and went to the game arcade and had an argument with some vocational high school students. I can't remember the exact reason, but at that time they insisted that I compete with them. If I lost, I would kneel down and lick my shoes." Heizi used The gauze-wrapped hand caressed the damaged game console and smiled, "King of Fighters 97."
"Those people in the vocational high school were trying to trick me and I was about to lose. It was impossible to lick my shoes. I had already planned to fight them to the death if I lost." Heizi paused, "Then Su Hao came and said yes He caught me and went back to class. Seeing that I was in trouble, he calmly told me that he would come for me in the last game. If we win, he will let us go. If we lose, he will lick it with me.
" At the same time, Heizi's voice became hoarse again.
He licked the corners of his chapped mouth and suppressed his emotions: "He was standing on the rostrum and was awarded a certificate by the principal, and he actually wanted to lick the soles of his shoes with me?" Ji Zhun: "What happened next?" "I was all crazy at the
time
. I was stupid and yelled at him to get out. But Su Hao pushed me back and sat directly in front of the machine." Heizi pursed his lips, clenched his injured hand tightly, gritted his teeth and smiled, "Su Hao, squad leader, He is the best gamer I have ever seen."
Heizi took a deep breath, and continued: "It was already dark after I came out of the game hall, so I took out a cigarette and smoked a cigarette. As a result, that kid also turned around in his pocket. Out of a pack of cigarettes... We sat on the stone steps, and Su Hao asked me what I planned to do in the future. I said I wanted to open a game hall, and he was very happy to say yes, and he would invest in the capital at that time, so that Yong could finally have You can go back home, and you can have game coins without spending money." "
Later, Su Hao went to other places to go to college, a very good university. After I graduated from high school, I went around working for others and doing small Business, thinking of ways to make money. Finally, there is this game hall."
Heizi wiped out the cigarette butt, and lit a new one, "Su Hao came back that year, and brought a large sum of money saying it was an occupancy fee. I said that even if he didn't pay the money, he would still have his share in the game hall, but he insisted that one yard would be one yard... During that summer vacation, Su Hao went to the store all day long, and when he came, he was busy. He is much more diligent than me. Su Hao told me that he met a senior in college who was good at playing games. He competed with the senior in "The King of Fighters" and lost." "I laughed at him at the time, it's
okay What are you talking about with a man? Is there any beautiful senior in the university? His face was a bit complicated at the time... After a while, Su Hao called me and told me that he was with that senior "
Having said this, Heizi's eyes darkened, and he smiled wryly, "I was so fucking dumb at the time, what do you mean being together?! Men and men... how the hell can they be together?" "Because of this,
I I had a big fight with Su Hao on the phone. I called him a pervert, and he rarely scolded him. But after hanging up the phone, I regretted it. No matter who he likes, he is me. The toughest buddy!... So, I bought a train ticket to his city overnight, and ran to his school to find him... Su Hao cried when he saw me, and punched me hard in the chest. There, I also met Lu Xiulin, who he said was a senior who played games very well." "
Lu Xiulin..." Ji Zhun narrowed his eyes, and this person finally appeared on the stage.
"Although I still don't understand their feelings, I have nothing to say when I see Su Hao happy. I told the surname Lu that if I dare to apologize to Su Hao in the future, I will definitely not forgive him.
" blacken.
There were no lights in the arcade, and Kuroko's figure seemed to be shrouded in darkness.
When he spoke again, his tone had obviously become colder.
"After a few more years like this, it rained heavily one night, and Su Hao came back suddenly. He knocked on the door of the game hall with water all over his body, and hit me with a strong smell of alcohol. His body was hot, like In the next second, his whole body will be on fire. Su Hao said that he seems to have no home again..." "
Then, Su Hao became ill. Gradually, he seemed to be a completely different person. Apart from sleeping, he drank heavily every day, and would talk to Don't go to ... to open a room with a man. He said that he has been expelled from school. When he said this, his expression didn't know whether to say it was self-defeating or hard to relax." "You didn't stop him?" "How could
you
not Stop." Heizi shook his head, "I even beat him for the first time, calling him a big man so he wouldn't turn into such a bad look for another man... But it was useless, he was already wrong at that time. Later even I don't even want to see you."
"Later, when I went to buy goods, my mother asked someone to tie him up and take him to a mental hospital for a period of time. But after he came out, Su Hao's condition became more serious. During that time, I asked everywhere about Lu Whereabouts, I only know that he went abroad, and he never came back until Su Hao passed away."
Heizi sneered, "So what do you think Lu Xiulin has the face to come back now and talk to me about buying a game hall?"
Ji Zhun He couldn't help but frown, his eyes showing clear disgust, but also a little confused.
He would always think of Lu Xiulin's rare out-of-control look when he was at home.
He couldn't figure it out, if you really love someone, why not cherish the other person while they are alive?
In other words, Lu Xiulin also has his own unspeakable secrets.
The door of the game room was suddenly pushed open, and Ji Zhun subconsciously looked outside the room.
Under the dim street lights, Tan Jingyang stood at the door panting, holding a steel pipe in his hand.
He coldly glanced at the damaged game consoles, and asked Jizhun in a deep voice: "Are you okay?" Jizhun was a little
surprised: "Why are you here?"
The light was on, looking Ji Zhun up and down.
After confirming that he was indeed okay, he breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his grip on the steel pipe.
"You didn't reply to my message, and you didn't answer the phone call. I asked Lu Rover if he knew where you were, and he said that you might be here." Ji Zhun glanced at the steel
pipe in Tan Jingyang's hand, and handed Putting his chin: "Come on, come on, what do you bring?"
Tan Jingyang glanced sideways at Heizi, and said hesitantly, "I heard people say that someone was fighting here at the alley, so I..." He paused and sighed softly His tone was, "Anyway, it'll be fine."
Knowing that Tan Jingyang cared about him, Ji Zhun felt warm in his heart.
He couldn't help but soften his tone: "Thank you, Brother Yang, I didn't mean not to answer your call."
Tan Jingyang nodded and asked Ji Zhun what happened with his eyes.
Before Ji Zhun could answer, Heizi in the dark spoke first.
"Naoer, you guys go back first, don't let your parents worry about you being late again." Heizi finished hoarsely, and signaled to Tan Jingyang, "I'm sorry bro, it's nothing serious." "Where are you going?
" Ji Zhun didn't move and asked Heizi.
Heizi: "I'll stay by myself for a while."
After saying that, he waved his hand and urged Jizhun and Tan Jingyang to leave.
Ji Zhun knew that Heizi wanted to be alone, so he stopped talking.
He turned to Tan Jingyang and said, "Then let's retreat first."
"Yes." Tan Jingyang nodded.
The two turned around and left the game hall, and walked slowly towards the entrance of the alley along a row of street lights.
The autumn wind blew by, blowing the boy's hair.
For a moment, Kuroko seemed to see it again.
One night many years ago, two teenagers sat on the steps, chatting about the future.
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