River City Story

Lin Yan walked out of Hot Pot City with a livid face, followed by He Zhengxi who was limping, and Cai Xusheng who was so happy from ear to ear.

"Hey! Brother!" Cai Xusheng hurried forward and poked He Zhengxi's armpit, "It must have been repaired, haha!"

He Zhengxi hissed in pain, took two quick steps, and ignored him.

Cai Xusheng was not angry either. With his white hair fluttering in the wind, he skipped over He Zhengxi and chased after Lin Yan, as if he was a primary school student who had just joined the Young Pioneers.He blinked innocent eyes, and said happily: "Brother Lin Yan, don't be angry, take you to my studio to see!"

Lin Yan frowned: "You don't go to school anymore? You are very busy working in the studio."

Cai Xusheng: "Aren't you also a restaurant manager!"

Lin Yan smiled and said, "How about the deputy director, I'm just a part-time job helper, and I became a monk halfway through."

"It's enough to make money!" Cai Xusheng put Lin Yan's shoulders on his shoulders, "If you didn't ask me to take pictures in May, I wouldn't have thought that I could do this. There is a way to make money! If you follow Boss Lin, you can really make a fortune! "

"Impossible, you already know the word "get rich". Isn't it 72 points in Chinese in the college entrance examination?" Lin Yan said in surprise, "Do you have a partner? I'm afraid it's too tiring to do it alone. Where's Miss Da Li?"

"He's a professional photographer." Cai Xusheng said regretfully, "She's in her senior year this year, and she's going to do a public welfare project in the Northwest next semester, so she doesn't like my bad money."

"Everyone has their own aspirations."

"Yes."

The two people in front sang and chatted enthusiastically, but He Zhengxi fell behind them alone and stepped on the curb, full of depression.

Most of the time, Lin Yan was too gentle and tolerant, and He Zhengxi was the only one who enjoyed this kindness and tolerance, but he was occasionally ruthless, and he basically gave all his greetings to He Zhengxi.

Who can blame this?Don't you blame yourself for being cheap?He Zhengxi felt pain in his ribs, wondering if he had been punched by Lin Yan.

This is the retribution of being cheap, and it came faster than the typhoon passing through, and it was obviously just the last step.But after he was depressed, he thought about it, and felt quite satisfied in his heart. After all, he had taken a big step towards the goal he had dreamed of, and he had actually come into contact with Lin Yan's most secret place (one), and even Lin Yan was in his hands. Seems to be enjoying it.Based on such a result, the remaining small step is completely worthless.

To sum up, He Zhengxi at this moment is very happy.It was so beautiful that my heart was full of bubbles, my elbows and ribs didn't hurt anymore, my whole body was full of energy and energy, and the cockscomb that didn't seem to exist at all turned red and brightened.

Lin Yan had been staring at He Zhengxi for a long time, facing his younger brother who was in a strange state before him, he sighed heavily, stepped back and said, "There is a clinic near the Chinese cabbage studio, let the doctor examine you later Lower the ribs, and if possible, take a look at the brain as well."

"No need." He Zhengxi rubbed it twice contentedly, "It doesn't hurt at all, it's probably green, I'll lift it up and show you!"

"You are really shameless."

"I try to get to the top."

Lin Yan was right, He Zhengxi was completely shameless.Lin Yan knew what he was thinking, and he just made a new attempt to cross the barrier half an hour ago.Even Cai Xusheng, who was out of tune, understood what he was thinking.

Now that everyone knows it well, what else do you have to worry about?He Zhengxi is not only shameless, he is also fearless, and he can even become more courageous as he gets frustrated.The more Lin Yan beat him, the happier he was. It would be best if he could beat him until he was injured and hospitalized. Then Lin Yan might be able to accompany him in bed day and night to take care of him.

He Zhengxi, who is about to turn 17 years old, ran in the direction completely opposite to Lin Yan's expectation, and became a very outstanding and unique boy.If the word unique here is replaced by a more popular word, it would have to be called "abnormal".

But, no matter what, Lin Yan still has expectations for the perverted boy He Zhengxi.He hoped that He Zhengxi would thrive not only in terms of IQ and size, but also in terms of personality as normal as possible.That's right, it's normal, some.

At least, you can't harass your big brother in the bathroom in a public place!

Thinking of this, Lin Yan began to struggle again.This also contains issues related to the dignity of men, he has never been able to bear that He Zhengxi treats himself like a little girl, although he does not understand the way He Zhengxi treats little girls.A person who dared to be unscrupulous to such a degree when he was a minor, may blow up the earth at the age of 20.

Lin Yan was really worried about He Zhengxi's matter, but He Zhengxi never seemed to care about it.He enjoyed the care of his elder brother at ease, and then he was proud of being proud of his brave behavior.

The two of them absent-mindedly visited Cai Xusheng's new studio with their own twisted thoughts.When he was about to leave, a car stopped on the side of the road outside.Lin Yan didn't know the car, but he knew the people in it.

"Cousin Cai?" Lin Yan called out in surprise.

Su Wen locked the car and greeted him, "It's rare, you are busier than me now, and you can't catch anyone at all."

Lin Yan said with a guilty conscience, "Hey, I'm all busy."

"How are you doing recently?" Su Wen asked.

"It's okay." Lin Yan glanced at He Zhengxi behind him from the corner of his eye, walked up to Su Wen, and said in a low voice, "I'm free to call, my brother doesn't know about it."

Cousin Cai nodded knowingly, then laughed loudly: "Although I am indeed Cai Xusheng's cousin, my surname is not Cai. It's time to change my name."

"Then what should I call it?" Lin Yan thought for a while, "Brother Su Wen? Teacher Su Wen? Doctor Su Wen... Su Wen? Old Su?"

Su Wen blinked with a smile, and said quietly: "You are really... not at all the type of person who would seek me out for consultation."

"What consultation?" He Zhengxi suddenly approached and interjected.

"Restaurant inquiries." Lin Yan replied quickly.He guessed that maybe He Zhengxi would go to inquire about Su Wen's work, and then he explained in passing: "Customer psychological consultation, it happened last year."

He Zhengxi groaned, took out his pocket and asked again: "Go home?"

Lin Yan nodded: "Go back, let's go."

The old ancestral hall is usually unoccupied. When summer comes, there is a lot of rain, and the house smells damp inside and out.Lin Yan wanted to clean up all the things in several rooms and dry them in the sun before leaving.

"Looking at it this way, this small courtyard is not small." Lin Yan squatted on the steps after drying the quilt and said, "When I come back from graduation, I still have to continue growing vegetables."

"Can't you stay in Yancheng after graduation?" He Zhengxi asked, "Uncle Xu can be taken over by then."

"It's also possible." Lin Yan picked up a stalk of grass and twirled it, feeling suddenly depressed for no reason.

Now there are no more vegetables in the yard, and no one takes care of it on weekdays, and he dare not plant any more. It looks very desolate.

On the day when the two of them first came back, the grass in the cracks between the stone slabs grew unrestrainedly, higher than the knees.Standing in such an environment, Lin Yan always panicked.He was fortunate that the weather was still hot and He Zhengxi was by his side.If I come back at the end of the year and see a yard of withered and yellow weeds, I am afraid that I will have problems again.

With the serious work of the restaurant, Lin Yan has lived comfortably for the first half of the year.He is busy, but very busy.Su Wen said that this is the accumulation of security, but Lin Yan thinks that this should be changed to "this is the accumulation of RMB".A child who heard his parents discuss how to throw him into an orphanage on the hospital bed, the sense of security is enough in itself, and Lin Yan doesn't want it extravagantly.He only hoped that Xu Jialin would be released from prison as soon as possible, and that He Zhengxi could grow up in peace. If possible, it would be best for the three of them to live together, in Xicheng.It's okay to live in Linshui Street. He is trying to save money now, and in a few years he can take it out as a down payment to buy a three-bedroom apartment. The goal is directly at the community developed by Song Rui's family. Maybe there will be a discount.

After such calculations, Lin Yan found that the life ahead is still full of hope and worth looking forward to.

At the end of last year, Lin Yan followed Su Wen's advice and went to the hospital for an examination. Fortunately, the situation was not serious and it was still in the early stages.Lin Yan refused to admit that he had that disease, not to mention that he could eat, sleep, work and study smoothly, and had no problems socializing, so how could he be depressed?He has always believed that he just has an emotional problem. The problem may be a bit serious, but it will definitely get better in the future.In Lin Yan's consciousness, this is not a disease at all. Since it is not a disease, there is no need to take medicine.

As for the medical certificate and treatment plan given by the doctor, he had already locked it in the desk drawer.

He Zhengxi took an old racket in his hand and patted the quilt beside the clothes rack. Out of his corner of the eye, Lin Yan squatted on the steps of the door without moving. He didn't know if he was thinking about something or just in a daze.

"Brother." He walked over and sat down next to Lin Yan.

"Ah?" Lin Yan raised his head with squinted eyes, covered the sun with his hands, looked at the mess in the yard and asked, "Is it all done?"

"En." He Zhengxi nodded.

"Very good." Lin Yan stretched his legs and sat down firmly. He leaned against the pillar next to him and said, "I'll sleep for a while. If you're sleepy, go in and take a nap. You have to catch the train at night. "

"Sleeping here? Don't you want to sunbathe?" He Zhengxi frowned. He was already sweating profusely after standing in the yard for a few minutes. Lin Yan actually wanted to sleep here?He shook Lin Yan's arm and said, "He will suffer from heat stroke."

Lin Yan closed his eyes and shook his head, "No, don't talk, I'm already asleep." He likes to be surrounded by hot sunlight, comfortable, comfortable, and warm, even if it doesn't need warmth in summer.

He Zhengxi sat alone for a few minutes, went back to the house and took out an umbrella, just about to open it, Lin Yan seemed to know what he was doing, closed his eyes and spoke again, he said: "Don't block the sun .”

He Zhengxi hurriedly hid the umbrella behind his back and stammered, "Oh...oh!"

Lin Yan didn't sleep for a long time and woke up in half an hour. He went to the yard and turned the bedding one by one, and went out to the nearby market to buy some cooked food.In the evening, the two moved things back into the house one after another, folded them neatly, and covered the dust cover.

Lin Yan took out his mobile phone to check the time, and said with melancholy: "After this meal, I have to go again."

"That's right!" He Zhengxi was obviously happier, "I told Lao He that I will live with you every day after school starts."

"Live with me?" Lin Yan obviously didn't agree, "Where is the rented room? What if you go to school? You are a high school student!"

"It's only a few bus stops, otherwise I can ride a bicycle, which is also environmentally friendly." He Zhengxi replied happily.

Lin Yan wanted to say a few more words, but when he got to the point of speaking, he felt that what he said was just a lesson, meaningless.He reached out and pressed He Zhengxi's head and said, "Just don't interfere with your studies."

"No, nothing will affect me." He Zhengxi was quite confident.

"You are arrogant." Lin Yan felt helpless towards him.

After dinner, they sat in the courtyard and looked at the stars for a while, before starting to go to the train station at 9 o'clock.

The two brothers dragged their suitcases out of the gate, and a familiar car was parked in front of them.

"Brother Lu Chi? Why don't you say don't come and see it off!" Lin Yan shouted in surprise.

"Come on, why don't you let me come?" Lu Chi walked over and showed them the message on his mobile phone, "The two old people in the family have reminded me so much that I have to send it to the station."

"I'm going to trouble Brother Lu again." He Zhengxi took the car keys and opened the trunk.

Lu Chi took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, "You have really grown up, and you look a lot more stable. Your brother can relax in the future."

"I'm going to grow up sooner or later." He Zhengxi finished putting away his things and walked to the front of the car. Seeing Lu Chi with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, he planned to take out a lighter from his trouser pocket. When he was halfway through, he suddenly realized that Lin Yan was also standing beside him. Well, this matter has to be kept a secret.His heart was beating wildly, not at all, even if he put it back, he was stunned.

"What do you usually do with that thing on your body?" Lin Yan stared at him and asked.

He Zhengxi hesitated for a while, and realized that he really couldn't find a better reason, so he had to admit: "...Smoke...Smoke."

"Yes." Lin Yan gave him a sideways glance, "Get in the car first."

"Oh..." He Zhengxi nervously got into the car with his small backpack, he thought for a while, and then explained: "I don't smoke every day, only occasionally."

Lin Yan stepped into the car, rolled down the window, and exhaled, "How do you do it occasionally? I'm afraid you started smoking in junior high school. Look at your movements, you are skilled enough."

"I seldom smoke..." He Zhengxi peeked at Lin Yan's expression.

"I don't think so." Lin Yan moved closer to He Zhengxi, sniffed it up, down, left, and right for a while, and said with a sneer, "I said, why do you chew gum every day? It's so strong to cover up the smell of smoke. Son."

"Is it mainly because you are afraid that you will be angry?" He Zhengxi said with a smile on his face.

"I'm angry? I won't be angry. After all, your body is your own, and the school rules are probably nothing to you." Lin Yan spread his hands and feet and looked at the street lights outside, with a cold tone.

"Aren't you just angry..." He Zhengxi muttered.

"How dare I, is there anything in this world that you dare not try? It should be gone." Lin Yan took a deep breath, and all the disappointment accumulated in his heart was squeezed in his throat.He thought that when He Zhengxi returned to Yancheng, he had written a letter specially. The writing could not be said to be beautiful, but at least the whole article was sincere enough.Several years have passed, and He Zhengxi has completely run counter to the expectations written in his letter.

He Zhengxi felt annoyed by Lin Yan's attitude. He pulled the pendant on his phone, lowered his head and said, "There are indeed things I dare not do. I am very careful when talking to you now, for fear of offending you."

"You don't know what you did wrong at all." Lin Yan turned his head and looked at He Zhengxi, "I still went to your parent meeting, but have you heard my words? I am not prohibiting you from smoking, let's say Passed, not in middle school."

"I was wrong, I won't smoke in the future. Is that okay?" He Zhengxi stepped out of the car angrily, threw the lighter into the trash can, sat back down again, and slammed the door shut.

"It's not your car, why can't you be gentle?" Lin Yan raised his voice.

"Brother Lu, I was wrong!" He Zhengxi apologized to Lu Chi.

"Hey, it's okay. We're going to leave. Let's take a step back and say less." Lu Chi turned his head and said.He didn't understand the whole time that the two brothers could quarrel over trivial matters, and it was not easy to drive directly. He was worried that something would happen when they fought.

"I'm sorry Brother Lu Chi, you can just drive, don't worry about us."

He Zhengxi had talked to Lu Chi, and turned out his trouser pocket and schoolbag to show Lin Yan, "Brother, you can check, I really don't have a few cigarettes in my bag, and I won't smoke this time when I go back, that's fine." no?"

"You don't need to show me your pocket." Lin Yan leaned against the car window and said, "I don't need to care so much."

"What do you mean by that... I apologized, and I promised not to smoke anymore, what else is going on?" He Zhengxi was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't figure out what Lin Yan was thinking.

Lin Yan turned his head back again, his bangs were blown to one side by the wind, exposing his fair forehead, and the flashing neon lights fell on most of his face, this scene made He Zhengxi feel dazed for a moment.But in the next second, Lin Yan laughed at himself and said, "You can smoke if you want. You don't have to give up for anyone. You can be braver in the future. It doesn't even matter if you take drugs. You don't need to report to me."

Lin Yan's voice was almost inaudible, but He Zhengxi could hear it clearly, and even smelled a hint of disappointment from it.He anxiously grabbed Lin Yan's sleeve and shouted: "I won't take drugs! I have my own principles, and I won't do that kind of thing."

"You have made too many promises and are too casual, so it is better to make less guarantees." Lin Yan said, "It seems that you have not taken responsibility."

"Why is it involved in taking responsibility again? What on earth are you trying to say..."

He Zhengxi felt like he was going crazy. Normally, this topic would have passed by long ago, but today Lin Yan just didn't let go.

"I don't want to say anything. I said that even if you take drugs in the future, I won't teach you any more." Lin Yan said calmly.

"I don't take drugs! How many times have I said, I don't take drugs!" He Zhengxi was angry and irritable, "When it comes to drug use, you should talk about someone else! Instead of teaching me here!"

"……What do you mean?"

Lin Yan closed his eyes, feeling a sharp pain in his chest.

He Zhengxi became angry. He pointed at Lin Yan with veins popping out of his neck, "I said you should go to the prison and tell Uncle Xu! He said he shouldn't mix drugs, pointing at Lin Yan." I don’t know how many times he has smoked it before! Even if I really smoked drugs, I learned from him! You know better than me whether he has touched that stuff! What’s the use of scolding me? He’s going to be in prison Squat to old age! If he doesn't engage in drugs, you..."

"Xiao He!" Lu Chi immediately stepped on the brakes and interrupted He Zhengxi, "You are almost an adult, you need to know what you are talking about."

"You have to ask my brother, what kind of bar did he lift today! I told him not to smoke in the future, but he wouldn't listen!" After shouting, He Zhengxi picked up his backpack, opened the car door and went outside, beating a nearby car hard. tree trunk, "Fuck! What a mess!"

"You kid!" Lu Chi was worried that He Zhengxi would be too dangerous to run away, so he hurriedly got out of the car and called him back, "Okay, brothers, what can't be solved? Go back and apologize to your brother! He grabbed He Zhengxi's hand, "Stupid, what are you fighting with the tree? It's bleeding. Hurry back to the car, I have some medicine."

"I won't go!" He Zhengxi turned his head and moved forward a few steps, looked at the looming figure in the car behind him, and said stubbornly: "He doesn't want to see me, why should I go back with a shy face!"

Lu Chi ouched, and grabbed He Zhengxi's shoulders, "My good brother, don't let Lin Yan hear your words, anyway, I have never seen him treat anyone so kindly. He took you from the age of 7 to When you grow up, shouldn't you say a few words about you? If there is something, then change it, if not, then encourage him, from now on he will really ignore you, there is no room for you to cry!"

"He doesn't want to talk to me now, it's not like you haven't heard..." He Zhengxi whispered, "I'm most afraid that he will say that he doesn't care about me."

"Sure enough, you are young and naive." Lu Chi smiled, "When did he ignore you? I heard you two arguing just now, why, Lin Yanzhen is going to hold a parent-teacher meeting for you?"

He Zhengxi snorted as an answer.

"You have been taken home by your parents, and Lin Yan can still go to your parent meeting, that's enough! Don't say tomorrow, I think you will apologize sincerely as soon as you get in the car , I'm sure you'll be fine."

"I don't believe it." He Zhengxi picked at the bark and refused to go back.

"Don't you believe me? If you don't believe me, I'll take Lin Yan to the train station. You're a young man anyway, so stop the car by yourself." Lu Chi waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Don't!" He Zhengxi yelled immediately, "Take me with you, get in the car and say something nice for me, otherwise he will really beat me up!"

"Then let's go quickly!" Lu Chi shook his head helplessly, and said in a rambling manner: "It's not easy for your brother to be so old for so many years, so don't keep making trouble with him. Father. What's more, since you're not a real brother, why should he treat you well? Look at yourself, at least you're a high school student..."

Lin Yan stayed alone in the car, his ears buzzing for a long time.He wasn't afraid of He Zhengxi's harsh words, and it wasn't the first time He Zhengxi had been like this. He had some experience, but he couldn't stand Xu Jialin's matter being brought up for comment.

He felt very uncomfortable. There seemed to be a black thread winding back and forth in his head, up and down, in and out, and it hurt all over his body.

After Lin Yan curled up on the car seat for a few minutes, he slowly opened his eyes. Lu Chi was still talking to He Zhengxi on the side of the road. He didn't know if it was because he was separated from the car, or there was something wrong with his ears. In short, he listened to everything. not see.

The surroundings were unusually quiet, even the sirens of passing vehicles disappeared.

After a brief silence, an indistinct voice penetrated into his brain——

Cut off those things, cut off, you will not be sad, you will be happy.

Right now, before those two people come back, make a decision quickly!

Decide?what decision?How to cut off?

Lin Yan opened the car window and sat up straight in a panic. He quickly looked around, but there was no one there.A gust of wind blew in from the outside, and a layer of small bumps instantly arose on the upper arm.He wanted to find out who to call on his mobile phone, such as He Zhengxi outside, or Lu Chi.But in the random groping, shaking his hands, he found a rusty razor from the small compartment inside the schoolbag.

It's not electric, it's an old style with stainless steel blades inside.This is Xu Jialin's stuff, Lin Yan specially put it in his bag before he left.

With a choked throat, he took the razor apart tremblingly, picked up the thin and sharp steel piece, and looked at it for a few seconds by the light of the street lamp.

There seemed to be a momentary trance in front of his eyes, and when he focused his sight again, the blade had already scratched deeply on the palm of his hand, and blood beads quickly squeezed out from the tissue gap, converging into two thin lines.He stared blankly at the lines where the blood came out, feeling a little dazed.

When the sharp pain was transmitted to the brain through the nerve endings, Lin Yan woke up trembling suddenly, and stopped the movement of his hands.

"I'm crazy, what should I do..."

He looked at the tiny puddle of blood under his feet, and muttered to himself in pain.