sunk into the earth

For a long time, Cheng Sheng has been deliberately avoiding Zhang Chen's life after he left Yuncheng. There are only a few ways how poor students in small places who are still studying can raise money in a short period of time. The more obvious the result, the less Cheng Sheng dares to think carefully. .

Sometimes Cheng Sheng feels that the world is divided into several distinct small worlds, where people perform their own duties without interfering with each other. He has to pay the price of breaking the boundaries by forcefully breaking into a world that does not belong to him.

A group of them went to drink the porridge that faded out of the bird. Along the way, Cheng Sheng held Zhang Chen's arm stubbornly, and touched his forearm with his hand, as if looking for something, but it was smooth, and there were no suspicious marks on it. No, Cheng Sheng finally came back to his senses halfway through the touch, scolding in his heart that he was insane—ten years have passed, and the needle holes that were pierced have long since disappeared. Hooligans are perverts.

But Zhang Shen didn't respond to his reckless behavior. He had a bit of a cold today and was not in a good mood. He kept drooping his head, and his voice was half hoarse when he occasionally said a few words.

Haiyan was not used to his appearance for a long time, so she asked him casually on the way: "Are you satisfied with the song?" When she saw Zhang Chen next to her nodding, she reprimanded him in a parental tone: "Singing all night, sleeping all night." You go to work again in less than two hours, and then change your mind after work. You don’t have two brains, so why compete with yourself every day?

Just when Cheng Sheng thought she was going to persuade Zhang Chen not to make music anymore, Haiyan tapped Zhang Chen on the shoulder and said seriously: "Otherwise, you should stop working and quit your job to concentrate on making music."

Frank, who was silent all the time, suddenly said, "That's not okay, he is a new recruit from Cheng Sheng, and he wants to start a business with us."

These words made Haiyan show an extremely strange expression, she seemed to be unable to understand what Zhang Chen was trying to do, she dropped her hand on his shoulder, slapped him on the arm slightly, and muttered: "Isn't it you? "

Zhang Chen took them to find a porridge shop that he and Haiyan often went to. The environment was average, with only a few tables, and a large humming fan in the center of the ceiling was blowing air continuously.They found a table by the window and sat down. Haiyan seemed to be struggling with the allocation of seats. She leaned her crutches against the wall and frowned. After a long time of distress, she volunteered to say that she had never seen a foreigner and wanted to sit with Frank.

But after she sat down, she felt that she had made a big mistake. She frowned and tapped her fingers on the table softly.

Cheng Sheng still remembered the text message that was splashed with cold water in the afternoon, and it was a little awkward to sit next to Zhang Chen at this time, shoulders were not shoulders, hands were not hands, and even the slightest movement made her feel flustered.

But Zhang Chen did not have the indifference shown in the text message in the afternoon. He took the menu and asked him what he wanted to order, and introduced him and Haiyan's usual dishes without any reservations.

Zhang Chen asked the three people for their opinions, and they all said it was casual, so he ordered four porridge with preserved eggs and lean meat, and added a plate of cold dishes and three bottles of beer.

While waiting for porridge and side dishes, the four chatted on the table. You came and I chatted about some wine table topics, and then Frank finally asked the question he had been wanting to ask on the road: "Why do you three seem to know each other before?"

This question made Cheng Sheng, who was a little active just now, feel uneasy again, put his hand on his thigh and tapped slightly, hesitated for a long time before saying: "Actually, I don't know Haiyan."

Zhang Shen next to him didn't speak, but Cheng Sheng could see that he was as restless as himself, frowning slightly, and his hands on the table kept rubbing against the edge of the table.

"I've heard the sound of the process a long time ago."

Haiyan sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so she opened her mouth to chat with Cheng Sheng on the opposite side: "Ten years ago, my friend who died in the mine mentioned you to me, and he said that he met a very interesting man when he went to Zhang Chen's house. New friend, a very strange boy. He looks gentle, but he is dressed like a troubled youth who is about to enter a juvenile detention center. I heard that he is a college student. Zhang Chen became friends."

Frank on the side was a little surprised, and asked Cheng Sheng on the opposite side: "Ten years ago? How did you know each other? Classmates?"

Zhang Chen's complexion was not very good, so Cheng Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, "I got into trouble during my freshman summer vacation and was kicked out by my dad, so I had to escape to my grandma's hometown to live for the whole summer." Zhang Chenjuan didn't want to bring up those things about him in the past, and wisely didn't talk about the cause and effect of their acquaintance, but only vaguely said: "His family has a good relationship with my grandma's family, and we have known each other since we came and went."

This time Frank understood, "So you are old friends." But after finishing speaking, Frank was surprised, "Why do you never tell me about new tricks? Are you old friends?"

"Not an old friend."

Zhang Chen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said: "It was an accident before. We had known each other for less than two months. After the summer vacation, he went back to Beijing to go to school. He never contacted him again. This time was also an accident."

Hearing that he was attributed to an accident, Cheng Sheng's head thumped, he pinched the bridge of his nose in a helpless way, his throat was sweating, and he stammered, "Actually, I'm not very familiar with it, I've only met it a few times..."

Zhang Chen next to him glanced sideways at him, and took the initiative to help him wipe the oily table in front of him with a tissue.

The porridge and side dishes were served, and they slowly picked up the dishes in this weird atmosphere, even knotting their chopsticks.Haiyan felt aggrieved, and tried to liven up the atmosphere. When she saw a pile of freshly served beer by the table, she casually stabbed Zhang Chen, "Why do you order so much wine? You can't finish it, it's a waste." She seemed to have finally found an entry point , kept throwing words at Cheng Sheng: "I have never seen Zhang Chen who loves to spend money like this. It's fine if he likes to buy a house. It may increase in value. He also likes to buy musical instruments. The electric guitar he plays now costs tens of thousands. How can an underground band need a professional performance-grade electric guitar?"

Zhang Chen was not very happy when he heard that, "If you buy a musical instrument, you should buy the best."

Haiyan was still stubborn with him: "Then why are you buying a piano? You don't know how to play it very well." Speaking of which, she was full of bitterness. She seemed to have included Cheng Sheng in her battle line and followed him like a friend she had known for many years. Complaint: "He sold a house in the third ring to buy his musical instrument, and the house was exchanged for musical instruments. Who do you think is like this?"

Frank, who was on the opposite side, had nothing to do and leaned back on the chair. When he heard this, he pointed to Cheng Sheng and said: "Then they are just the opposite. He cooks at home by himself, he thinks it is expensive to ask him to go out to eat out, he can walk and never takes a car, it takes a long time to change a computer, his father doesn’t give him living expenses, he doesn’t want it, and he survives on a scholarship.”

Zhang Chen took a quick look in his direction, and it was so fleeting. Before Cheng Sheng could tell whether the man was looking at him, there was only a fixed profile in front of him.

The porridge came, but Frank received a call and hurried out of the store. When he came back, he looked anxious, picked up the bag next to the chair, and was about to go out.

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Cheng Sheng put down the porridge spoon, raised his head and asked him, "What's going on?"

"There is a problem with the university cooperation, so I hurried over to meet with their person in charge." Frank pushed Cheng Sheng, who was about to stand up and wanted to walk with him, back on the chair, and said, "Don't go, let's go with your boss." Friends, have a good meal, and then go home to sleep, I'm really afraid that you will faint in the company these days."

As soon as Frank left, the embarrassment among the three people on the table completely disappeared. Zhang Chen, who was drinking porridge, suddenly said, "I will definitely report on Friday."

Cheng Sheng smiled bitterly: "You see, our two technicians are forced to run business every day. We originally planned to go online in September, just in time for the students to start school and go to colleges to give lectures and catch up activities. Now many procedures have not been completed. Cooperation We only talked a few times, and I don’t know how long it will be postponed.”

Here, because the work is stuck in the middle, the atmosphere has plummeted, but Haiyan, an idler, can't feel it at all. While picking up vegetables, she asked Cheng Sheng with great interest: "Boss Cheng, isn't your family very rich? Why are you so exhausted?" Live to start a business? If I have money, I won’t do any work, just stay at home and wait to die.”

Cheng Sheng couldn't drink the porridge because of the bad incident just now, he was so weak that he almost sank to the table, "It's my father's thing, not mine, I don't have anything, I have to earn it by myself."

Haiyan said "Oh" thoughtfully, then suddenly said: "Then you are so tired, let me tell you a funny thing to restore your strength."

She held up a spoon and blew the steam on the porridge, and didn't care whether the two people on the opposite side wanted her to talk, so she opened her mouth and said, "One New Year's Eve I spent with their band, Zhang Chen was drunk, and suddenly hugged him at midnight." The female drummer in their band said a lot of nagging words, what do I miss you so much, I almost forget your face, anyway, you can definitely think of the disgusting and nasty words. The female drummer I took it seriously, and confessed to him on the first day of the new year, but Zhang Chen refused to admit it. Do you know what Zhang Chen does not admit to it? It seems that someone offended him, and I, a blind person, can feel it. It’s so funny. I almost got into a fight because of this, hahaha...Later I heard their Beth Lao Liu say that Zhang Chen always likes to stare at the female drummer, and it's hard to be wrong. Zhang Chen is really bad, you can Stay away."

Haiyan laughed so hard that she coughed, and wanted to reach for the tissue next to her, but found that the table in front of her suddenly shook twice.

Zhang Shenteng stood up on the opposite side, shaking the table in front of him, as if he was stepped on the soles of his feet and insulted him several times, he was so angry that he walked out the door quickly without even picking up the bag hanging on the back of the chair.

Haiyan covered her mouth with a tissue and coughed, and when she recovered from her cough, she said to Cheng Sheng, who was on the other side with a dazed face, "You have a really big temper. He did the thing, and you are not allowed to tell anyone. You are deceiving yourself!"

A few seconds later, Cheng Sheng also stood up from the opposite side, and ran out following the man's back without saying hello. There were more than half of the bowls of porridge on the table.

Haiyan put down the bowl, shook her head and sighed: "God, I don't even know what these two people look like. I wish I wasn't blind. I really want to see their expressions."