Hailing barren city

After breakfast, I returned to Cuiying Pavilion, and the shops outside were also open for business.Tao Rujiu sat on the edge of the stage and made some observations, then got up and went to another division.To be honest, although I think recording the daily life of the troupe in the ancient city is indeed a bit new, but if you want to really shine, you still need to choose a focus and think about it carefully.

After discovering the signal problem in the hut, Tao Rujiu took his mobile phone with him.He was originally a person who was not good at communication, nor could he be called slick.Apart from sending a few text messages to Uncle Ah Qing to report that he was safe, he had no contact with the outside world throughout the day.Ling Li never thought of making a phone call to sneer, which made Tao Rujiu feel a little emptiness besides being calm.

After a day and a night of publicity yesterday, almost all the employees in Antique City knew that a new young reporter had arrived. Whenever Tao Rujiu came to various districts to collect news and introduce himself.They always looked up and down with strange eyes, and then someone sighed deeply, while others patted him on the shoulder hard, as if to give encouragement.

Tao Rujiu only found out during lunch that the staff of the park bought bets from Sun Zhendao through their mobile phones last night to see if Tao Rujiu could survive the night and break the previous reporter's record.

This can be regarded as a bright spot in the boring work, thinking of this, Tao Rujiu couldn't help but smile.

So throughout the whole day, the youth is in a state of "everyone's attention", waiting for the arrival of evening.The last bus left after dinner, and that was also the moment when Tao Rujiu decided to stay.

The canteen during dinner was much more lively than yesterday, and even Sun Zhendao stayed.He walked up to Tao Rujiu with a smile and said, "Boss Ling called and asked if reporter Tao had changed his mind?"

The originally noisy hall suddenly became quiet.Even the chef who cooks the dishes sticks his head out of the window to look around.

"Thank you, Mr. Ling, Mr. Sun, and everyone for your concern."

Tao Rujiu put down the knife in his hand, stood up,

"Actually, when I heard that a reporter left halfway, I still couldn't understand it. But after last night, I found that there are indeed some things in Hailing City that cannot be explained by common sense..."

As he spoke, he suddenly felt that he was a bit tragic like a strong man cutting off his wrist.Some people in the audience below thought he was going to retreat, and whispered.

"It was only at noon that I realized that my decision to stay or stay is not just a personal decision."

Someone below laughed.Tao Rujiu paused for a moment, and scratched his hair embarrassedly.

"However, no matter what choice I make, some of my friends will be disappointed, so I think I should follow my own wishes—stay in the park until I finish the interview task."

There was a moment of silence when the voice just fell, and then various voices erupted from the crowd.Although there were gains and losses, most people applauded Tao Rujiu's courage. Xiao Li, who bought the "stay", even jumped up and threw himself into Tao Rujiu's arms.Only Sun Zhendao pulled the young man aside and whispered something to wake him up.

"Reporter Tao, don't think that you will be fine if you have the theater troupe with you. Others don't understand, but I can tell you responsibly that most of the theater troupe and those who live in Hailing City have been selected. If these words Reporter Tao, if you don’t want to believe it, please forget it, but please believe that I am thinking about your safety.”

Tao Rujiu just smiled back at his words.

Giving warnings and exhortations now will only increase the psychological fear and the burden on face.All Tao Rujiu could do now was to stay in the city and complete the newsletter to fight back the fierce contempt with his strength.

After dinner today, Tao Rujiu didn't go to Guadai again.He just asked Master Lu to put his name on the list of melon pickers. As for his turn, it would take another seven days.

He thought about that time, he should have gotten used to the night here.

That night, Tao Rujiu still slept in the hut that smelled of wax.He used the terry blanket as a curtain and fastened it to the window with thumbtacks.The incandescent lamp was on all night, and he turned on the computer to sort out the material, forcing himself not to fall asleep.

The outside of the house gradually became quiet, only the sound of insects, the wind and the rustling of leaves remained.Occasionally, Da Fu would walk on the tiles in the distance, calling in a low voice, which sounded like a baby crying at first glance.

Time passed little by little in loneliness and fear.At five o'clock, there was a babbling and hanging voice outside the window, and Tao Rujiu turned off the computer in relief, and buried his head heavily in the pillow.

Forgoing breakfast and the fresh air, Tao Rujiu lay on the bed to catch up on sleep.As for whether he would have nightmares during the day, he was already too sleepy to think about it.Cuiying Pavilion opened to the public at eight o'clock, so he asked Huakai to get himself out of bed around 07:30.

However, the annoying fact is that at around [-]:[-], Tao Rujiu was woken up by the ringing of the mobile phone.

"Who?"

Sleepy-eyed Tao Rujiu's voice was still a little hoarse, and he never thought of putting away the gentle and soft Wu Yin. Although Ling Li on the other end of the phone had just gotten up, he was already clearly concerned about the movement in Hailing City.

Ever since he heard that Tao Rujiu decided to stay in the city last night, the man was surprised, but also had a little appreciation for the youth's tenacity.

"Who... speak..."

In a daze, Tao Rujiu repeated it, and yawned softly at the same time.Ling Li didn't expect to hear such a willful reaction. He originally wanted to ask about the experience of the second night, but since Tao Rujiu didn't recognize his own voice, he had some mischievous thoughts.

Covering the microphone with a napkin, Ling Li deliberately said in a hoarse voice:

"it's me……"

Tao Rujiu fell back on the bed with his mobile phone, his eyes were still tightly closed, and he always thought that he was lying on the bed in Xi Yao's dormitory in a haze.The voice on the other end of the phone was low, reminding him of the old professor's hypnotic lectures in summer afternoons.

"……who is it?"

"...it's...a ghost."

Sitting at the dining table, he held back his laughter sharply, and waved his hand to let Han Fei, who had petrified at the door after hearing these words, go away.

"Who... crazy..."

The short sleep was interrupted, Tao Rujiu closed his eyes and complained about the guy on the phone who disturbed his dream.With his current thinking ability, he couldn't digest the meaning of "ghost" at all, so he decisively cut the cord and threw the phone under the bed, turned over and continued to sleep under the rising sun.

On the other end of the phone, the man who was cut off the cord for the first time was holding the microphone sharply. After realizing that the last sentence in Wu language was foul language, the man immediately called back the phone again, but the prompt tone that came at this time repeatedly said: , Tao Ru's old mobile phone is no longer in the service area.

After falling asleep for less than an hour, the flowers bloomed as promised and shook Tao Rujiu awake.A new day seemed to start smoothly again.Unlike the life surrounded by information and electrical appliances in Xiyao City, Hailing City before nightfall is more like a mirage.Although it is summer, the streets with the sea breeze blowing are still very pleasant.

In the morning, he searched for some interview materials. After lunch, Tao Rujiu ran to the control room and found a place to hide to catch up on sleep.

If the sun never sets in Hailing City, this kind of life is indeed very comfortable.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the young man was woken up by Sun Zhendao, who told him that Ling Li wanted him to check the call records on his mobile phone.

Only then did Tao Rujiu recall that there seemed to be a strange phone call in the morning.He went back to Cuiying Pavilion, rushed into the house, picked up the phone from under the bed and ran to the yard to check it. It was indeed a sharp number.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Ling Li was checking the last batch of documents related to Xiyao Bay in the study when the phone on the desk rang.

After answering, Tao Rujiu stammered Mandarin from the other end.

"Mr. Ling... what happened in the morning... I'm here to apologize... that..."

Sneered sharply.

"Isn't the scolding very smooth in the morning? Why are you stuttering now?"

"I didn't know it was Mr. Ling this morning!"

Tao Rujiu argued,

"At that time, I was still sleeping, and I didn't look at the phone number I answered directly. I thought it was an ordinary harassing call..."

Hearing this sentence, the eyebrows under the sharp sunglasses raised, arousing that aggressive nerve.

"You mean that I harass you? Heh, if it's okay, I'd rather harass beautiful women, you brat who doesn't have much meat."

Tao Rujiu was caught off guard by this sudden ridicule, but opened his mouth wide, unable to utter a word.As soon as the voice fell sharply, he felt a little regretful. In fact, he didn't ask Sun Zhendao to send a message because he wanted to avenge the morning's "one-shot revenge".

God knows why he couldn't help but want to bully that Tao Rujiu.Even if he hated reporters, he used to just sneer at the way they ran away.

"never mind."

He's not going to go into it,

"In a few days, I will come to Hailing City, and I will talk to you at that time. I hope you can persist until then."

As he spoke, he took the initiative to take up the cable, but Tao Rujiu never opened his mouth to respond to him before and after he spoke.

In the evening, the Cuiying Pavilion was cool and breezy, but Tao Rujiu did not go out to enjoy the cool air. He sat in the room and sorted out the materials.There are not many materials today. He sorted them out several times, copied some points meaninglessly, and then suddenly deleted them all.

He almost wanted to give up.

Not because of fear of the dark night here, but because of fierceness.The man's arrogant attitude and overly obvious contempt made him feel that his self-esteem was frustrated, but what frustrates him the most is that in the face of fierce unfriendliness, he still has to endure it with a smile.This kind of day of hitting the left cheek and giving the right cheek is suffocating.

However, if you give up halfway, wouldn't it be more realistic?He is distressed.

I was in a trance when someone knocked on the door.

It's flowers blooming, holding a book and a pen.In the past few days in Cui Yingge, the communication between him and Tao Rujiu was almost carried out in this way.

(Why didn't you come out to cool off?)

"Bad mood……"

(Is it because of Mr. Ling in the morning?)

Tao Rujiu sighed.

"How do you know that too?"

Huakai took out a silver mobile phone directly from his pocket.

(Boss Ling bought it for me and said he could send a message if there was anything to do.)

"He treats you very well." Tao Rujiu who said this had no other meaning, simply comparing himself to the tragic fate of being ridiculed by others.However, the listener was interested, and Huakai blushed quietly.

(I am disabled. If something happens to Mr. Ling, it may be troublesome to deal with it.)

"Can't speak is not disabled." Tao Rujiu looked at the boy in front of him, and couldn't bear to add those two words to him, "You can't speak, and it doesn't hinder our communication at all, so you are not disabled. It's not disabled, huh?"

Understanding his kindness, Hua Kai smiled and nodded.

(Shall I leave the number to you too?)

The two exchanged mobile phone numbers, and "talked" silently for a while. It was almost eleven o'clock, and Qin Hua drove back to his room, leaving Tao Rujiu staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Maybe another sleepless night.

He was about to turn on the computer again, when the mobile phone suddenly sent out a short message prompt tone.

It is developed from flowers,

(Tao Tao, Da Fu is making a lot of noise outside my window, can I sleep by your side when I come at night?)

Five minutes later, Qin Huakai stood outside the door with a bamboo mat and bedding.Tao Rujiu hurriedly helped him pick up the things and put them on the table, at the same time, he removed his pillow and spread it on the floor with newspapers.Seeing this, Huakai wanted to stop it, but Tao Rujiu cleaned it up quickly, and said to him at the same time: "Obviously you are helping me, so how dare I let you sleep on the floor."

Hua Kai originally wanted to sleep on the bed with Tao Rujiu, so it was inconvenient to say anything at this time, so he could only nod.

Perhaps the two of them really wouldn't have nightmares together, and Tao Rujiu slept very peacefully that night, but the concrete floor was extremely cold at night, and when he woke up, Tao Rujiu had already wrapped himself into a rice dumpling involuntarily.

After that day, Huakai moved to Tao Rujiu's house for the night.Sometimes Xiao Li would come over to join in the fun, and brought Zheng Qinglong. The four of them played cards until nearly eleven o'clock, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.Master Lu strictly forbade the members of the troupe to move around after eleven o'clock, and the consequences of being caught by his old man were said to be no less than being haunted by ghosts.

Without worrying about having nightmares at night, the life of collecting folk songs in Hailing City suddenly became extremely beautiful.Tao Rujiu even learned some Kunqu opera arias from Master Lu, and Xiao Li also pointed to his own face, saying that he must choose an auspicious day, and dress Tao Rujiu as a little maid to tease her.

Since the last "crazy" and "little brat" incident, Ling Li never talked to Tao Rujiu again.In fact, because of the signal problem, Tao Rujiu has been deliberately ignoring the existence of the mobile phone these days.Because of this, he didn't notice that in the late nights of the past few days, the hut was almost in a state of no signal.

On the morning of the sixth day, Ling Li actually came to Hailing City again.

After four days of negotiations, the Xiyao Bay case finally came to a conclusion, and Ling Li, who had completed the task, was not in a hurry to return.Every summer, he would give himself almost a month of vacation time.This is not the most compared to other members of the family.But the location of the vacation is absolutely unique.

It is the outskirts of Xiyao, which is more desolate than the beautiful Hailing City.

Apart from Hailing City, there is a small fishing village on Hailing Island guarding a small sandy beach.Everyone thought it was the only beach on Hailing Island, but it was not.Just on the other side of the small island, in a wooded corner blocked by Hailing City, there is a smaller area, but the scenery is extremely beautiful.

The fierce holiday villa is cleverly hidden in the shade of the seaside.

When Tao Rujiu saw Ling Li again, the man was still wearing a patterned shirt and brown sunglasses, with short golden brown hair fluttering in the sea breeze.

"Hello." He stifled the cigarette in his hand and said to Tao Rujiu.

"I'm here to enjoy the holiday life, so I won't accept your interview."

Facing the man's arrogance, Tao Rujiu just nodded slightly, and took the flowers around him with one hand.

"Thanks to Mr. Toling, I have found a better entry point."

"The experience of a disabled boy growing up in an imitation ancient city."—Although Huakai has not formally obtained Huakai's consent, Tao Rujiu has already confirmed this in his heart.

Qin Huakai didn't know that he was being used as a shield by Tao Rujiu, he just smiled sharply and said in sign language that he and Tao Rujiu were already good friends.

"If Huakai agrees, that's naturally the best."

Tao Rujiu's judgment is correct, as long as things involve flowers, Ling Li will not make things difficult again.This discovery made him breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, an inexplicable sourness sprouted in his heart.

The day of Ling Li's arrival was Tuesday, which was also a regular holiday for the theater troupe.Everyone is going to buy some things in Xiyao City.Because Huakai can't speak, the things he needs are usually listed and Xiao Li and other people help to bring them back.But today Ling Li proposed to take him to the street in person.

"Anyway, I'm already on vacation, and it's boring to be idle."

Huakai knew that she couldn't hold her back, so she nodded and made a gesture at the same time.

(Let Tao Tao come too.)

Ling Li shook his head without saying a word.Also answer in sign language.

(I don't like this guy, don't take.)

(But I like Tao Tao.) It’s rare for Huakai to persist once, (I also want to hang out with him.)

Although Tao Rujiu didn't understand what these two people were talking about, he was quite surprised by the fact that Ling Li could also sign language.Would the dignified president really learn sign language for a certain mute boy in one of his industries?

And depending on the level of proficiency, it should definitely be used frequently.

After he reacted, the sharp sand-yellow BMW stopped in front of him.Qin Huakai sat in the passenger seat next to Ling Li.

"Don't be dazed, reporter Tao, get in the car."

Urged sharply.