River City Story

He Zhengxi, a high school boy who is extremely sullen but still unable to hide his love for his elder brother, is currently hiding in his bedroom in fear, tidying up the bed that his mother has searched all over.

He unzipped the pillowcase, reached in and touched for a while, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, the things were still there, half a lot.He Zhengxi breathed a sigh of relief in an instant, and by the way expressed his gratitude and gratitude to Ximin for his lack of work.

"In the future, don't hide things in such a tricky place. I washed your pillowcases for you two days ago and almost threw them all in the washing machine." Lin Yan leaned against the door frame and looked at him with a smile.

He Zhengxi's face turned red in an instant, and he stammered, "No...it's nothing, it's not worth the money anyway." He also added a suffix of "hehehe".

Lin Yan couldn't help laughing: "No, I'm afraid that your things will ruin the laundry."

He Zhengxi: "Oh, haha." He scratched his hair embarrassingly, stood up and pushed Lin Yan out of the door, "Brother, go sit and watch TV for a while, take a rest, I'm a mess, what's the matter?" Watchable."

Lin Yan poked at the door with bowed steps and remained motionless: "Are you ashamed? Isn't it safe? It's not worth it! The boss is not young, so you really have to pay attention."

He Zhengxi couldn't laugh or cry: "I haven't talked about friends, and I won't go out and mess around."

Lin Yan raised his eyebrows: "Then you're going to prepare some tricks, put your head under your head when you sleep, and use it as material for spring dreams?"

He Zhengxi put on an upright expression like an escort software in the blooming season: "I sleep very well, and often have no dreams at night."

You liar!Lin Yan thought.

The energy of high school male students can also be allocated one-fifth to their studies, and the rest is either spent in the day or day, or in the exchange of feelings with the right hand.But he couldn't keep arguing with He Zhengxi about this kind of thing, so he just said, "You can make trouble yourself, I'm going to the store."

"I'll go too!" He Zhengxi immediately jumped up to get his schoolbag, "I'll ride you by car."

Lin Yan nodded: "Don't read the book, isn't there a new outdoor basketball court over there, take the ball to play with familiar faces, relax, and have dinner together in the store."

He Zhengxi jumped up happily, Lin Yan shook his head helplessly and smiled, thinking that he was still a child after all.

The court is on the periphery of the newly built community, just around the corner is Lin Yan's restaurant, where nearby students often gather to play and chat.Every day when Lin Yan passed by, he chatted nonsense with them, occasionally fought back with itchy hands, and even helped to explain the exercises, like a big brother leading a little brother.When he went there that day, his little friends were not there, but there were a few newcomers.There were new residents coming to this area one after another, he didn't pay much attention, he sent He Zhengxi there and left.

The staff in the restaurant started dinner at 4 o'clock, and He Zhengxi hadn't come back until 4:35, Lin Yan was a little anxious.

With a piece of tenderloin in her mouth, Cheng Qi said vaguely: "Children of their age are all playful, so just leave him a portion of dinner. There's no need for you to worry about it."

"Then you have to send a text message, make a phone call or something! What's the matter with just shutting down the phone!" Lin Yan held the phone and poked the button back and forth, "With his temper, I'm really afraid of getting on the shelf with someone. Afternoon Those newcomers didn't think so at the time, but now that I think about it, they all look like hooligans!"

Cheng Qi burst out laughing: "It seems that you are not a young man. Let me tell you, your brother is already in high school, so why don't we act like a doting grandpa?"

Lin Yan didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he left a sentence to eat, and pushed the cart out to the basketball court to find someone.Just after turning the corner, I heard a commotion from the other side of the stadium.Lin Yan suddenly became nervous. He stretched out his hand and grabbed an elder brother who happened to be walking by and asked what happened there. The elder brother shook his head and said, "A few middle school students started a gang fight, and the police took him away.

"Then have you seen a big boy who is taller than me, wearing a red sweatshirt and red sneakers!" Lin Yan asked anxiously.

The elder brother thought about it carefully, and replied: "I didn't see it, I must have been taken away. Who are you? Don't worry, young man. After a while, the police will call you." Patting Lin Yan's shoulder comfortingly, he added: "There is no blood on the ground, don't worry!"

Lin Yan nodded in confusion: "That's fine, thank you, brother."

He cycled around the street outside the fence of the stadium twice, but he did not find anyone. Just as he was about to call He Zhengxi again, the phone rang, and Lin Yan picked it up in a hurry.

"Where is it?!"

He Zhengxi said calmly: "Brother, don't worry, I'm at the police station in University City, nothing serious."

Lin Yan raised his voice: "Did you do it? Are you hurt?"

He Zhengxi hurriedly replied: "No, no, I didn't participate, I was fighting, and I will do what is right!"

Lin Yan was finally relieved: "That's good, I'll pick you up right away and let the police uncle prepare the pennant."

He Zhengxi was amused by him, and said, "It's fine if you don't come, I'm leaving now."

Lin Yan interrupted him: "What nonsense, just wait for me!"

He Zhengxi had a piece of skin on his hand, and when he was blocking someone, he was accidentally bumped into the concrete floor and rubbed against it.When Lin Yan walked into the gate of the police station, there happened to be a little policeman in the yard who was wiping the dripping iodine water on his arm with a wet towel.Lin Yan raised his eyes and was frightened by the situation, so he went up and roared.

"Is this all right? Pour so much iodine? Which grandson did it!"

The young man in uniform next to him raised his hand tremblingly: "Big...Brother, it's me."

Lin Yan glared and shouted: "You hit me?!"

He Zhengxi hurriedly grabbed Lin Yan: "No, when he was rubbing iodine on me, he accidentally spilled it. It didn't have a big wound. If you don't believe me, look." He raised his arm, "It's just such a small place, scratched Skinned."

Lin Yan frowned, punched He Zhengxi hard, and cursed: "Does it hurt? Thanks to your deceiving little girl's face, how can you learn from Lei Feng when you have nothing to do! Run away when you don't know what's going on? How did you teach it when you were young, a bunch of hooligans, what a shit! Let them go to the juvenile prison, you are a good boy, what are you messing with! What is bravery?! Can you eat meat?"

He Zhengxi listened humbly, nodding his head from time to time: "Yes, yes, yes, you are right."

The little policeman stood aside, having nothing to say, every word and every word made sense, how should he refute.

Lin Yan nagged for a few minutes, the lesson was learned, and then he remembered to ask who hurt his brother, the little policeman had no choice but to take him into the room, pointing at a boy with a bloody face and saying: "How about you Just ask the one who was seen to be brave, there are too many little hooligans, and they will be interrogated one by one."

"Okay, thank you brother, I was in a hurry to get angry just now, don't worry about it." Lin Yan patted the little policeman on the shoulder, smiling like a spring breeze, like a big brother.

"No, no, it's understandable. I'm also anxious." The little policeman wiped his forehead and retreated to the side, standing like a thin stick.I thought that this handsome guy should not be judged by his appearance, and he should pay special attention to it next time he participates in the cleanup of black, evil, and forces.

Lin Yan didn't have time to think about the little policeman's thoughts, so he walked up to the young man and knelt down, staring at him and said, "This little brother, did you say thank you to our family, He Zhengxi?"

After hearing this, He Zhengxi just wanted to laugh wildly. He guessed that that was how his brother frightened the idiot in his class at the next table.

The boy raised his eyelids and looked at the young man who was no older than him.

"talk."

He staggered Lin Yan's eyes, turned his head and said two words to He Zhengxi: "Thank you."

"Good boy." Lin Yan curled his lips, patted the young man's head, then took out a toffee from his pocket, handed it over, and said, "Reward me, and go home quickly after explaining the situation, don't mess around outside. , I may not be able to meet someone as stupid as my brother next time."

Although the boy's face was covered with blood, his eyes were very bright. He stared at Lin Yan for a long time, and suddenly said, "You are such a good brother."

Lin Yan stroked his forehead hair, his face brightened: "Are you envious?"

The young man nodded blankly.

"Then you go home!" Lin Yan stood up.

The boy shook his head again.

"No home?"

The boy shook his head again.

"This guy may be a mentally handicapped child, we can't control it."

Lin Yan was at a loss, he raised his head and said to He Zhengxi, "Go ask the police uncle for a basin of hot water and towels."

"What are you doing?" He Zhengxi asked.

Lin Yan pointed at the young man's dirty face, "What do you think?"

He Zhengxi reluctantly left.

Because he had an imperfect childhood, when Lin Yan saw the poor child, he always felt compassion suddenly. Although the unlucky child in the police station looked a little younger than He Zhengxi, he was not a real child.

"What's your name?" Lin Yan pushed the hot water towards the unlucky child.

"The jungle."

Lin Yan clicked his tongue: "The surname is also Lin, but how did your parents choose this name? It doesn't suit your temperament very well."

"A clump of trees." Classmate Lin Cong glared at him.

"Then you might as well be called Lin Shu!" Lin Yan knocked on the water basin, "Your face is so dirty that I feel sick, wipe it off quickly."

Lin Cong let out a grudging oh.

He Zhengxi came over and asked, "Are you going?"

Lin Yan nodded, then turned to Lin Cong who was seriously wiping his face, and said, "Little Shu Cong, you have nothing to do, stop playing and run away from home, go back and confess your mistakes to your parents, and go to school with peace of mind."

Lin Cong stopped what he was doing, threw the towel into the basin, and said awkwardly, "I don't want to go home, can I go with you?"

Lin Yan laughed straight away: "You were beaten stupidly, what are you doing with us? I don't know if you are a human or a ghost? Besides, the police uncle will not allow it!"

"I'm human! I won't go home!" Lin Cong said hurriedly, "I won't cause trouble for you, can I just stay for a few days!" He took the torn backpack to his body, rummaged through it for a while, He took out a wallet and stuffed it into Lin Yan's hand, "Here are my documents and money, I can give them to you."

"Who still needs your money." He Zhengxi pushed Lin Cong away impatiently, and Lin Cong withdrew his hand a little hurt.He Zhengxi was annoyed by his expression: "Don't make such an expression, the onlookers will think that your injuries are caused by the two of us!"

"How can there be crowds watching and suppressing the crowd..." Lin Cong said in disgust, "The police uncle knows who beat the people."

He Zhengxi was furious: "You are so good at talking, how did you lose your life when you were beaten?! If you have money and documents, you can turn left for 400 meters when you go out, and you can pay 3000 for a monthly subscription in an express hotel!"

Lin Cong: "That one didn't activate this service. I was looking for a short-term rental, but they wouldn't let me."

He Zhengxi: "You're a minor and you look like a hooligan. Who would rent them to you? Ripped pants! Flip flops! Short sleeves! Sunglasses!" He is the No.1 player in practice, very lucky.

Lin Cong innocently spread his hands: "So, I will give you money, and you will take me in for half a month, and I will go home once the half month is over."

"! You are a stick! The police are not stupid, just wait, your parents will come and tie you back in a short time!" He Zhengxi's head hurt, and he felt that he might have met a match.

"I'm not going back." Lin Yan said, twisting his neck.

"You're dead and you won't be able to go back."

He Zhengxi was at a loss. He looked at the little policeman, who also had a helpless expression on his face.

To be honest, Lin Cong's facial features are somewhat similar to Lin Yan's.The eyes are black and bright, and the lower eyelids have a unique and delicate curvature. When the lips are not smiling, they are always pursed into a serious line, but when the expression is lively, they are very cute.There is also the bridge of the nose, which looks handsome from the front, but is a bit playful from the side.

It's probably because of these vague similarities that made him hot-headed and brave for justice... He Zhengxi thought regretfully.Now after this back and forth exchange, Lin Cong not only looks like Lin Yan in appearance, but also has an unexpectedly similar thinking mode, opening his mouth to talk when people are blocked.

"All right, all right, don't quarrel at the police station!" Lin Yan interrupted the bickering two people, "Who is that, Shush, you clean up, wash the police uncle's washbasin towel and put it back."

"Are you going to take me home?"

"Think about it."

"That's good!" Lin Cong quickly ran away with the basin in hand after receiving the task.

"Let's go." Lin Yan turned to He Zhengxi and said.

"Leave him alone?" He Zhengxi looked towards the corridor.

"Can you handle it?"

"No."

Lin Yan stretched his arms and yawned: "That's it, we are not in the poverty alleviation office, nor are we big brothers who are close friends."

"It makes sense, hurry up, I'm starving to death." He Zhengxi said.

"Go back to eat meat!" Lin Yan put his arms around He Zhengxi's shoulders, "Make up for the piece of skin you scratched today!"

The two of them rattled all the way and rode back to the restaurant with a dangling bicycle.Lin Yan settled He Zhengxi into the small office, changed his clothes and went straight to work.The night of the penultimate day of the Golden Week was still very busy. Lin Yan spent two hours upstairs and downstairs, barely touching the ground.He Zhengxi was bored in the office and read half a book. Feeling bored, he changed his clothes and went out to help greet customers.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the restaurant sent away the last wave of customers, and finally closed.As soon as Cheng Qi went out, he backed away with a groan. He shook his hand, pointed at the tattered people on the ground and shouted:

"Damn it! There's a beggar here! He might be dead!"

"You are so quiet! There are more than [-] people, and they are startled." Lin Yan motioned He Zhengxi to put on the safety lock, and he tiptoed to the rags by himself to take a look, and he immediately stopped. Shouted: "I rely on!"

Cheng Qi followed suit and sneered, "You're still talking about me..."

Lin Yan ignored him and continued: "Why are you a kid! Hey! Wake up!" He reached out and patted Lin Cong's face, "Brother, it's October anyway, isn't it cold for you to wear like this?"

Lin Congmi opened his eyes in bewilderment, and focused his attention: "Brother Lin? You just got off work." He stood up leaning on the wall, and carried the schoolbag in his arms, "Come on, let's go back to sleep."

"Wait!" He Zhengxi stretched out his foot, and grabbed Lin Cong's collar tightly, "Where are you going, who is following you, has your head flooded? Sleep, sleep, sleep on the street!" Stupid now."

Lin Cong was pulled by He Zhengxi's clothes, like a homeless dog, he rubbed his wet eyes, wiped away the saliva on his cheeks, turned his head and said to Lin Yan: "Let me stay for one night, please Yes, you are my brother."

"You try calling me brother again?!" He Zhengxi poked Lin Cong's head, "Hurry up and get out! Family hotel or park pavilion, go wherever you like!"

"I won't go." Lin Cong struggled to break free from He Zhengxi's grasp, and sat cross-legged on the ground, "Don't let me live, I'll make a quilt tomorrow, make a bed here, and sleep in front of your shop."

"You!" He Zhengxi's fist was ready to move, this idiot is not like Lin Yan at all, how can Lin Yan be so old-fashioned!

"Forget it, forget it, you two stop and stop." Lin Yan walked over, took Lin Cong's schoolbag in his hand, and said, "Your thick skin is amazing. For your shame, you can talk to me tonight." go back."

"Thank you bro!" Lin Cong got up with a grin.

Lin Yan: "Deposit the things in the bag first."

Lin Cong: "It's okay to give it all to you!"

"Brother! We don't know who this guy is, so we can't take him in!" He Zhengxi was about to explode with anger.

"I'm not a bad person. I have no criminal record. I have a total of 8000 yuan in my bag, as well as health certificates, student ID cards, ID cards, and bank cards, all of which are left to you. Can you trust me?" Lin Cong put away his hippie smile and asked seriously.

"No." He Zhengxi, Lin Yan, and Cheng Qi answered in unison.

Lin Cong: "...Okay."

"No, what if he removes your house while you two are asleep?" Cheng Qi asked.

"We don't have any valuables at home, the TV in the living room is only 2000..." Lin Yan said, "He Zhengxi bought it."

"What if he stabbed you with a knife?!" Cheng Qi asked again.

"This is a possibility worth investigating." Lin Yan squeezed his chin and considered, "But He Zhengxi is his savior. Are we so unlucky that farmers and snakes come up?"

"It's impossible for me to keep this mental retardation in my arms!" He Zhengxi roared angrily.

Cheng Qi: "...Remember to lock the bedroom door and leave the phone on."

Lin Cong raised his hands, I'm really not a criminal, I'm just a rebellious mentally handicapped teenager.

No one cares about him.

Although he was not trusted, Lin Cong was taken home by Lin Yan, but there was no bedroom for him in the rented house, so he had to sleep on the sofa.Regarding this decision, Lin Cong said that it is fine to live in some, and he does not choose.

"You don't even want to choose!" He Zhengxi said viciously, "This house only has two bedrooms!"

Lin Yan felt that He Zhengxi looked like a little wolf who was irritated at this time, it was so cute, he couldn't help stretching out his hands to pinch his ears, "Okay, there's only one day left of the holiday, go to bed early."

"Let's go now." He Zhengxi immediately changed his obedient expression, and rubbed Lin Yan's palm, "Brother, go to bed early, too."

"Okay, let's take a shower."

"En." He Zhengxi responded.Before entering the bathroom, he turned his head and yelled at Lin Cong worriedly: "Be honest with me!"

"I'm not a bad person!" Lin Cong raised his hand again as a gesture of surrender.

He Zhengxi angrily slammed the door to take a shower.

Lin Yan smiled, put the lunch boxes he brought back on the dining table one by one, and called Lin Cong over, "You didn't have dinner, did you?"

Lin Cong nodded as he walked, "After you left, my parents and I had a quarrel at the gate of the police station."

"And ran away again?"

"Well, I still need to find out where you are. It consumes too much energy."

"Then let's eat first, I haven't eaten either, let's go together." Lin Yan walked into the kitchen with a smile, and took out two sets of bowls and chopsticks, "Drink water?"

Lin Cong lay down on the dining table and said, "I have a thermos in my bag."

Lin Yan didn't hear it clearly, and asked again: "What?"

Lin Cong raised the vacuum flask and said, "I have this."

Lin Yanming said clearly: "You are really...prepared for any danger."

Lin Cong laughed shyly: "Of course, you have to be fully prepared to run away from home."

Lin Yan thought, this little boy must be spoiled by his family, but he is very smart and knows how to prepare money and water.He laughed after thinking about it, he was smarter than He Zhengxi who was abducted and trafficked when he was angry at five years old.

"You have a really kind smile." Lin Cong said while picking up his rice.

"Me?" Lin Yan pointed to himself, "I'm not so kind, I scolded you this afternoon."

Lin Cong bit his chopsticks and thought for a while, then said, "Hey, you don't mean anything wrong, I'm not stupid, I can tell. You and the brother who is prone to explosion are fine.

Lin Yan happily picked up a piece of meat for Lin Cong, and said happily, "Then don't pinch him all the time. When you are under the eaves, you have to keep your head down, understand?"

Lin Cong: "Understood."

Lin Yan put his arms on the back of the chair: "That's good, you clean up the dining table later, and remember to mop the floor when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Lin Cong cried and unscrewed the thermos cup: "...Okay."

He Zhengxi came out wiping his hair, looked up and saw the two people eating happily facing each other at the dining table, he felt uncomfortable.He frowned and snorted coldly, then slammed the door and went to sleep.He fully believed that Lin Cong was an ignorant, second-rate student who ran away from home, and Lin Yan probably thought so too.It's just that he doesn't like Lin Yan's enthusiasm for getting close to the bear child, as if he wants to be his brother.

Annoying, very annoying.

He Zhengxi slept on his rich pillow, tossing and turning.Teenagers are full of worries and worries, and the long night is so called lonely pillow.Any inconspicuous little incident can make the Huaichun boy's mind wander for eight miles, without any resemblance.He Zhengxi stared at the ceiling and studied for a while, but couldn't fall asleep, so he simply got up to do the problems and read the book.

When he swam in the sea of ​​questions until almost one o'clock, his phone rang.

"Take the kid (with the money) to the market tomorrow, buy some beef and come back, let's make dumplings. I don't have work in the morning."

He Zhengxi threw away the calculus book, and snapped back: "Stop putting onions, and use pure meat fillings, don't chop them too finely, the ones that need to be knifed are chewy."

Lin Yan: "Bear problem? You prepare stuffing yourself, don't worry about it."

He Zhengxi: "It's not like I don't know how to... Is that kid asleep?"

Lin Yan: "What bastard, it's not that you act bravely in the name of righteousness, so people can hang on to it?"

He Zhengxi: "That's true."

Lin Yan: "I won't talk to you anymore, go to bed with peace of mind, and remember to catch the morning market."

He Zhengxi: "I know, good night brother, give me a kiss."

After sending this message, he held his mobile phone and waited for ten minutes. Lin Yan never replied, so he had no choice but to fall asleep resentfully.

If you want to ask why Lin Yan didn’t just come over and knock on the door to talk, it’s definitely because his mobile phone’s monthly rent deduction period is approaching, and there are dozens of text messages left with no place to send them. Not sending them is a waste of money, and wasting money is a crime. It is also not acceptable to reimburse the monthly rent of the mobile phone.

However, He Zhengxi loves the monthly subscription text message very much, because Lin Yan usually deals with work and study, basically calls, and rarely uses text messages, and he is still thinking about spending the hundreds of minutes of monthly calls. ...

Only one week before the deduction period, Lin Yan would send messages back and forth with He Zhengxi.Talk about unnutritive topics, such as boring things like eating and drinking.

In He Zhengxi's cell phone, there is no music or novels, and the limited storage space is filled with photos that Lin Yan sent to Yancheng when he was in high school, as well as short messages between the two of them on weekdays.

In fact, these are really meaningless, but to He Zhengxi who likes Lin Yan, no matter how boring they are, they are treasures.