haphazard

Xu Yu glanced at the sky outside. The Huoshaoyun had faded away, leaving only the blue sky above his head. Only then did he realize that it was past dinner time.

The late autumn night wind blew through this desolate street, and the sporadic light signs told me that the night had come quietly, forming a sharp contrast with the bustling less than [-] kilometers away.

Over there is the place where the rich live, with high-rise buildings and neon lights shining, it is a city that never sleeps in bliss.Looking at those lights flashing in different patterns, it seems that you can hear the horns of expensive cars on the road and the laughter of rich people in the forest of wine and meat.

But here is like Hong Kong in the 80s, where time has stagnated, and only traces of time can be seen from the environment, swallowing everything into dilapidated condition.

It is clearly the same Qiushui City, but it seems to be separated by something, developing into two extremes, forming the old Qiushui area and the new Qiushui area.

Xu Yu looked away, packed up the garbage in the store, walked through the corridor and opened the back door of the kitchen to throw it away in the back alley, and then went to mix the cold noodles in the refrigerator for dinner, since he didn't have much appetite anyway.

Thinking this way in his heart, he had already opened the door and walked to the back alley. The trash can not far away was emitting a stench, and even smelled of blood.

'Who slaughtered the fish and didn't clean it up, it smells so bad. Xu Yu thought in his heart, threw the garbage into the trash can, and turned his head to find a person lying in the depths of the alley.

He was wearing a black suit, almost blending into the night.A puddle of sticky dark brown liquid under his body was blood that was about to dry up.

Is the source of the fishy smell.

The person is still alive, and can see the reluctant rise and fall of the chest.

Xu Yu uncontrollably raised his foot and walked in front of him, stopped for a while, hesitated for a few minutes, then turned and left.

He doesn't want to cause trouble.

Because this is the old autumn water area.

People think that Xinqiushui District is a good place, but it's just because they move all those unsightly transactions here, and only show the glamorous side to outsiders.What about the people in Qiushui District?Rich people think they are the bottom of the garbage, and they think so too, and human life is the least valuable here.So fight here, compete for resources and sell fans.People die every day because of little things.

The people in the old Qiushui District seem to have gotten used to it. They stare at everything numbly and indifferently, and they are also used to being labeled as "garbage".

Nothing, just to live.

Xu Yu was just trying to survive. He was powerless to do anything about the fights between gangs and the games played by the rich.

He returned to the store and lit up the tattered light sign at the entrance of the store. The lights inside were flickering, and many mosquitoes and flies fluttered towards the firelight.

Xu Yu suddenly felt a little hungry.He went to the kitchen and took out the cold noodles. Although they were stored in the refrigerator, they had been stored for a long time, and some of them were rancid. After two bites, he felt nauseated.So he threw it into the trash can and stared at the door in a daze.

There were no people on the street at night, and it was empty. Occasionally, a few wild dogs passed by, dragging their bodies forward half-dead, and Xu Yu felt that he was the same.

Although his adoptive mother told him not to rot here, he felt that he was forced to rot here.

Because Xu Yu was dumb, congenital.

It was a rainy day when he was picked up by his adoptive mother, and he was only five years old.

The adoptive mother said that when she picked it up, she had a fever and was so delirious that she couldn't even cry.Xu Yu didn't remember these at all, maybe he was confused.

The adoptive mother is a very good person, and has been supporting him to study, sending him to the only special school here, but his grades are not very good, probably because he is not interested in these things.The only thing he was interested in was New Qiushui City.Because his adoptive mother told him that she picked him up there.

He wants to know who his parents are.

But now he is not interested, and he dare not be interested.

Xu Yu closed his eyes and interrupted his memory. After all, what happened later was not very good, so he didn't want to remember it.

He took out a book from the crack of the counter, ready to read it, after all, the night was still long.

After his adoptive mother passed away, he turned her restaurant into a hotel, because his cooking skills were really not outstanding, and cooking was too tiring.

The room equipment is very old, and there are not many people here who are willing to spend money to open a room, and the business has been barely enough to survive.Besides, most of the people who really come to live here are here to play | guns.Some girls are unwilling to make do with the outside, so the man has no choice but to grit his teeth and spend tens of dollars to open an hourly room. Once the door is closed, it doesn't matter how the soundproofing facilities are.Occasionally, I meet two men together.

Many people are willing to come here because they feel that Xu Yu is a deaf-mute person who cannot tell whether he can hear or not, which is a natural disability discrimination.

Xu Yu was too lazy to deal with these people, saying that he had read books, could sign language and write, and had good ears so that he could hear dogs barking ten miles away, but sometimes speaking out would cause unnecessary trouble.He just collected the money and pretended to be deaf and dumb.I didn't even bother to register and gave them the key directly, no one checked anyway.Besides, if something goes wrong, they will recite it by themselves, what does a "deaf-mute" understand.

Xu Yu sometimes rejoices that he is a mute, and there will be a natural protective color here, but sometimes he hates that he is a mute and cannot do what he wants to do.

Xu Yu is not young anymore, he is 26 years old, time has polished him a lot, and all the rebelliousness and edges and corners in his bones have been folded into his flesh and blood, and he can't explode.

Also happens nowhere.

Why don't you add some color to your life? When you're bored, go to the rooftop to grow flowers and read books. When your deposit reaches [-] yuan, go on a blind date to find a woman, fall in love, get married, and have children. Go through this life.

There is nothing to be reconciled to, and there is nothing you can do if you are not reconciled.

He couldn't enter the New Qiushui District anymore. Before his adoptive mother died, he promised that he would never go there again in his life, and if he did, he would be a dog.

Just looking at the book and thinking about it, I fell asleep lying on the counter. When I woke up, it was raining outside.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of the man in the back alley, and thought of himself when he was a child. Xu Yu gritted his teeth, held up a black umbrella and decided to take a look.

The man was still lying there, motionless, and he didn't know if he was dead or not. The blood under his body was diluted by the rain, and it seemed that his anger was also drifting away with the water.

He lowered his head and helped the man up.

'Save it, save it, the big deal is to drive him out when he wakes up. Xu Yu said in his heart, helping him all the way to the third floor.

The third floor is his own room, connected to the roof, and there is a separate external staircase to go up.It is generally not open to tenants and will not be seen by anyone.

After entering the room, Xu Yu hurriedly treated the man's wound. Fortunately, the wound didn't hurt any internal organs, but someone cut a big gash on the side of his waist and bled a lot. It looked scary, but it wasn't fatal.The rest are minor injuries, just sprinkle some medicine powder and bruises ointment and you're done.

Xu Yu sighed.

While thinking that he has picked up a big trouble this time, he also thinks that this person is fine.

After treating the wound, I remembered to see what that person looked like. Facts have proved that it should be considered good-looking and pleasing to the eye.But I don't have any aesthetics for men.Xu Yu thought to himself.

He was about to turn around and go down to continue looking at the store, but when he reached the door, he thought of something, turned around and looked at the eye bed, and suddenly frowned.Then he turned around and went back to the first floor as if reconciling with himself.

'Anyway, the bed is already dirty, and I have to let him wash it for me, it's all mud and blood. Thinking of this, Xu Yu frowned. Anyway, he was not in the mood to change the clothes and bed for that person again. Getting back this trouble was already his biggest concession.

It was still raining outside, and the cold wind mixed with the rain drifted into the house. Xu Yu poked his head out and looked at the empty street, not even a stray dog. He thought about closing the door ahead of time.

He locked the door and picked a random room and went in to sleep.

It was a peaceful night.

When Xu Yu woke up the next day, he felt that there was still no movement upstairs, so he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

'It stands to reason that he should be awake. ' He walked into the room wondering.

Only then did he realize that the man's face was flushed, his brows were tightly knit and he was sweating profusely. Xu Yu approached and put his hand on his forehead. He felt feverish, and it seemed that his degree was not low.

He secretly sighed 'trouble' in his heart, and ran back downstairs to look for cold medicine. When he returned upstairs again, he was already awake, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open, and he was in a daze.

Xu Yu didn't talk nonsense when he went up, and directly poured the medicine in his hand down, and the man didn't resist, probably because he didn't have much strength.

The man was paralyzed on the bed, his eyes slowly turning, scanning from left to right, looking not very smart.

Xu Yu thought for a while that this person hadn't eaten for a long time, so he went downstairs to cook some porridge. He gestured to him twice about eating, but he didn't know if the other party understood, anyway, His eyes turned this way.

'This man must not be stupid. When Xu Yu was cooking porridge, he recalled that person's not very smart appearance, and thought to himself, "If this person is a fool, he won't stay here..." Thinking of this, he became a little worried. That was really a big trouble.

But no matter what, you still have to take responsibility now.Xu Yu sighed, as if he understood some of the headaches his adoptive mother had when facing him back then.

Xu Yu brought up the cooked porridge, only to find that the man had fallen asleep again, buried under the quilt, with only his head exposed.

He was speechless.

But after all other people are sick.

However, the man's complexion has improved a lot, and he has been sweating, presumably his fever is slowly subsiding.Xu Yu sighed and went down with the bowl.

Today's weather is good, although the clouds are thick in the sky, but at least there is no rain.

Xu Yu warmed the porridge in the rice cooker in the kitchen, and started to prepare for work. He cleaned the inside and outside of the house, and removed the dust in the spare room. When he was busy, he forgot the time. It's noon.

Xu Yu didn't have any requirements for food, but he thought about the injured person upstairs, and decided to go out and buy a preserved egg and some pork, and cook a preserved egg and lean meat porridge, which seemed at least more nutritious than plain porridge.

As a result, when he turned around, he was almost scared to death by that person, and quickly took a few steps back.

He didn't know when he woke up and came down. He was still wearing the dirty clothes from last night. He looked listless, his face was still slightly red, and he was still running a fever.

"I want to take a bath." The man's voice was hoarse, and the words he said sounded like the crows on the old tree at the entrance of the village when he was a child. "Can you lend me a set of clean clothes?"

"Oh, by the way, my name is Xie Cheng, thank you for saving me." As if afraid that he would not borrow it, he added, suppressing the discomfort in his throat.

After Xu Yu came back to his senses, he was a little speechless. He took a look at the man, he was about the same height as himself, and could wear his own clothes, so he motioned for him to follow him to find clothes.

Xu Yu walked up the stairs as soon as he took a long leg. He completely forgot that the person behind him was injured. After finding his clothes, he found that the person was still holding on to the wall and just went up to the second floor. He couldn't help sighing. In one breath, he went downstairs and stuffed the clothes into his arms, dragged the man into the guest room on the second floor with a private bathroom on the second floor, and pointed to the bathroom.

Xie Cheng glanced at the bathroom. After all, he was a little disgusted. The bathroom was less than five square meters, not even a bathtub. It was pasted with cheap floor tiles, and the overhead lights were flickering faintly.

But something is better than nothing.Xie Cheng stood at the door of the bathroom and sighed, then looked at the smelly clothes on his body, and felt that it would be better for him to take a shower.

He unbuttoned his clothes and found that the wound on his waist was not stuck to the clothes on his body. It was obviously treated by someone and covered by gauze.

Then I saw Xu Yu come in with a medical kit in his left hand and a new towel in his right.Xu Yu put the things on the sink, without even looking at Xie Cheng, he took the bathroom door and went downstairs to get ready to buy vegetables.Some whistled happily.

'It seems that people are not stupid. 'Xu Yu said reassuringly in his heart,'It's good if you're not stupid, and if you're not stupid, you don't have to worry about him sticking around. '