River City Story

Lin Cong lived at home for two days, and all the pots and pans were spared. If he didn't have to play games, the computer would also have to be smashed.As soon as the weekend was over, he ran away from home again during school time.Lin Cong moved to the homes of several classmates for more than half a month, and finally, on a bleak autumn rainy evening at the end of October, he ran into a bank.

Half an hour later, Lin Cong walked out with his schoolbag on his face happily, and got on the bus to the University City.

At this time, Lin Yan had just finished class and was about to ride his bicycle to the restaurant, but the road was blocked as soon as he left the school.

"You are Lin Yan?" A tall and strong young man came over.

Lin Yan stopped the car, nodded and said, "It's me, brother, what do you want from me?"

The tall man said: "At the beginning of the month, a girl wrote you a note, didn't she?"

Lin Yan thought hard for a while, and said, "It seems to be, my sister who studies the Fa. Do you like her? Don't worry, I have already rejected it, and we have nothing to do with it. You chase after it bravely." After speaking, he got into the car and planned to drive away.After pedaling for four or five seconds, the car didn't move at all, so he had to put his feet back on the ground again, "Brother, what's wrong with you, I have to go to work now! Will you pay me?"

The tall man raised his foot and kicked the tire, and said angrily, "That girl is my fucking sister!"

Lin Yan shook his body, stabilized himself, tilted his head and said, "So?"

Tall man: "My sister doesn't want to eat or drink with you, and you just rejected it with a text message?"

Lin Yan couldn't laugh or cry: "Brother, there are so many men in this world, they must like me? Besides, your sister likes me, but I don't like her, how can I respond? You read too many comics? What age do you still play?" This set..."

"Aren't you looking for a beating?" The tall man stretched out his fist and swished towards Lin Yan. His appearance was indeed a bit funny, but his expression was quite provocative.

Lin Yan was not annoyed either, and said with a smile, "Come on, I'll follow."

The tall man's fist flew directly towards Lin Yan's face instantly, Lin Yan turned around to dodge, the tall man attacked again, Lin Yan did not reach out, and dodged again.The two of them are like teasing cats, you advance and I retreat, and you retreat and I advance.The surrounding students all walked aside at first, but now they are watching as a joke.

"Hey, let me tell you, how about you dance the national standard with me?" Lin Yan dodged his fists a few times, pushed the cart forward two steps, panted and said, "I'm really tired, I don't want to play anymore, let's retreat first."

"Wait!" The tall man grabbed Lin Yan's rear seat, took out a mobile phone from his trouser pocket with his right hand, and shouted at the other end:

"Sister, did you hear what this little boy said just now? What kind of vision do you think you have? How is he worthy of your liking? I am! What good is a good face? Can a face be eaten? You live by looking at your face every day. It’s good for studying? Arms are worse than firewood sticks! It looks like a tea tree mushroom! Anyway, it must be a crab leg mushroom! It’s okay, I won’t beat him, if you don’t speak, can I beat him? The brats don’t even accept my tricks! Didn’t lie to you! How big of a man, you cry a fart! Well, well, he is not a fart! You say a little girl like you, why do you study law! Well, well, I won’t talk about you , I won’t say anything, hang up! Hey! Eat well, don’t worry about this man! Be obedient!”

Hanging up the phone with a snap, the tall man walked up to Lin Yan and stared fiercely with a frown.

Lin Yan thought in his heart that he couldn't lose when he lost, so he had to stiffen up, so he twisted his neck and said, "What's the matter? Do you want to continue?" He threw his backpack into the car basket and rolled up his sleeves, "Come on, tell me! Rock scissors Bu, or arm-wrestling! I will accompany you! Or you beat me up? I won’t fight back, I have to get a scholarship!” He poked his face and added: “If you really want to hit, don’t hit me in the face, I want You rely on your face to eat."

The expression on the tall man's face suddenly became a little complicated, and the way he looked at Lin Yan changed again and again. After half a minute, he left behind the sentence "What a psycho" and turned away.

Lin Yan pouted at the back of the walking away, and muttered: "I don't know who is crazy, but fortunately I can bend and stretch." After speaking, he pedaled to leave, but this time he failed.He groaned impatiently, then turned his head, "Who the fuck is that!"

Lin Cong grinned and said, "Brother! It's me!"

Lin Yan was even more annoyed: "Who are you? I don't know you. Don't drag the back seat of my car. What's wrong with you two!"

Lin Cong immediately let go, but Lin Yan didn't hold on tightly, and staggered forward, "Damn!"

"Don't rely on it, I've come to find you something." Lin Cong smiled very flatteringly.

"Speak well, so flattering." Lin Yan pushed up the car, "Talk while walking."

"Oh." Lin Cong took a small step to keep up, "Brother, can I stay at your place soon?"

"Don't call me brother, I'm not your brother, and you can't live in my house."

"Brother Lin, why don't you let me live at your house? I didn't tell my dad the address. Don't worry, I've been anti-reconnaissance all this time."

Lin Yan was extremely irritable: "Who do you want with your IQ? Your father is a rich man now, so he can't do what he wants to do? Besides, what's the matter with you living in my house? I'm not sick enough of those two scumbags." .”

Lin Cong's face changed slightly, and he said awkwardly: "People... scum, what, although, they are really too much..."

Lin Yan stopped and said seriously: "They treated you well and didn't turn you into a scumbag. I'm not angry with you, but please understand me. Okay? At least in a short time, I saw You won't be happy in your heart."

Lin Cong said anxiously: "I just want to apologize to you." He squeezed the strap of his backpack, his hands and feet were cramped, "Actually, I don't understand what they are thinking, my father used to be a pretty good one in my eyes People. He even went back to his hometown to donate money to build roads! His name was engraved on the merit tablet at the entrance of the village, and it was published in newspapers several times..."

Lin Yan laughed: "It's terrible, donate money to build roads? When he donates money to build roads, I might worry about my next meal."

"So I don't understand, I don't understand him now, and my mother, she is so beautiful, she usually looks very gentle, why..." Lin Cong howled twice in distress, "Anyway, I don't want to go back now, I Just like you, in a short time, I feel very unhappy!"

Lin Yan thought to himself, what's going on with you bastard, why doesn't it make sense!He had no choice but to howl twice: "I really owe you, don't I? If you have money, can you go out and stay in a hotel? Don't follow me anymore!"

When mentioning money, Lin Cong's eyes lit up obviously. He patted his backpack and said, "That's right, I almost forgot. I have something for you." After speaking, he moved the bag to his chest and opened it. Zipper, took out three envelopes, and handed them to Lin Yan.

"what?"

"An understanding fee."

"There's something wrong with you."

Lin Yan opened it, and there was a thick stack of brand new hundred-yuan bills, stuffing the small envelope to the brim...

"Are you stupid." He cursed in a low voice, "With so much money, how dare you put your backpack?"

Lin Cong: "What's the matter? I picked it up because there were not many people around and they were about to get off work. Don't worry, there will be no problem."

Lin Yan put the envelope back into Lin Cong's schoolbag again, and said: "When you have a problem, you might have been stabbed to death by a robber. Take it back and store it again. I will accompany you tomorrow."

Lin Cong shook his head: "Why, it's only more than 3 yuan, I just took it for you, not saving it."

"Ancestor, I don't want your money, and you don't have to be a good person here."

"A good person? It's better to be a rich person than to be a good person." Lin Cong said seriously, "Brother Lin, your parents will definitely give you money too, remember to accept it when the time comes, and don't refuse."

Lin Yan couldn't figure out whether Lin Cong was stupid or smart, "You are righteous enough, why do I feel so fake?"

"In terms of speed of acceptance, it's a little crazy, but I really want to treat you as my own brother." Lin Cong said seriously, "They usually don't care about me, let alone cooking, even eating at home There are few opportunities. I always say that you are busy, but Brother Lin, you are also busy. You are busier than them, and you can still have a meal with Brother Zhengxi in a serious manner every day. I really like this kind of life and feel kind. "

He walked up to the bicycle, held on tightly to the basket, and said, "I don't care if you don't recognize me as your younger brother. You don't need to take care of me, really. I'm easy to support, and I'm not a big door anyway Young master of the big family, I like to sleep on the sofa, not to mention how comfortable it is!"

Lin Yan pondered for a while, and replied after a while: "No, you misunderstood. That's right, you are sleeping on the sofa, where should He Zhengxi and I sit?"

Lin Cong wanted to cry immediately, my brother is so dark-bellied?

Wherever Lin Yan went, Lin Cong followed. Lin Yan cursed, but Lin Cong was not angry.In a word, let you rub it flat and round it, and I will have a hippie smile.Lin Yan felt that they were in the same line on this point.Lin Cong followed all the way to the door of the restaurant, and was about to step in when He Zhengxi, who was inside, pushed the door open with a cold face.

"Why did you bring it back?" He Zhengxi asked.

"I don't know, you can ask him yourself." Lin Yan went to work without looking back.

The eldest brother left, and the two younger brothers were left, and they hated each other.

"You are haunted, you are not at home to live the life of a young master, what are you doing with us every day." He Zhengxi was annoyed.The boy in front of him is Lin Yan's younger brother, even if Lin Yan denies it, it is still true.

Damn, He Zhengxi cursed secretly.He is not very good at dealing with people like Lin Cong, he can bend and stretch too much, his mouth is cheap, and he can pretend to be pitiful when facing anyone, not to mention that he has a face similar to Lin Yanxiao, He Zhengxi's head hurts when he looks at it .

Seeing that Lin Yan had already left, Lin Cong swelled his courage instantly. He shook his shaggy hair, straightened his words, and said, "Young master's life? I will return this to you intact. You are an ex-brother, and you have a house in Yancheng." You have a family, parents, and relatives, so why don’t you stick to my elder brother? My elder brother works hard every day to earn money, and he has to spare time to take care of you? I heard that you even asked Brother Lin to hold the parent-teacher meeting? Tsk, why don’t you I'm still a year older, so what's the point of pretending to be young and playing tricks in front of Big Brother Lin? The legendary giant baby? Huh?"

Lin Cong talked more and more vigorously, and slipped away like a gun.

It's not good for He Zhengxi to start a beating near the restaurant. He also talked nonsense, poking Lin Cong's knee with vicious words: "You are so good, but you are going back to live with your scumbag parents, and you are here to mess with me? You can't stop talking , What's the point of talking cheap? If you say I'm sorry, who is it?"

Lin Cong blushed and roared, "Your parents are the scum!"

He Zhengxi raised his head and smiled, and said: "My parents? Scum? One of them is a doctor, saving lives and healing the wounded; the other is a scholar, contributing to the progress of mankind. Of course, these are not important. Their biggest advantage, you know What is it??"

Seeing that Lin Cong frowned and remained silent, He Zhengxi smiled and said: "It seems that you are quite clear in your heart that your parents just threw their son on the street for more than ten years without questioning them, and because of this, they deserve to be called scumbags." !"

Lin Cong bit his lips and remained silent. After a long time, he wiped away the few tears from the corners of his eyes, walked up to He Zhengxi, opened the schoolbag again, took out the envelope, and stuffed it into He Zhengxi's hand, saying: "I'm really I really want to apologize to Big Brother Lin for them. The money is my pocket money, so you can give it to him. Maybe my parents are also discussing how to make up for it, but I know, it’s too late to say that now... I’m really sorry. "

"What do we want your money for..."

He Zhengxi held the three stacks of money in a daze for a while, and when he realized it, Lin Cong had already raised his hand to call a taxi and left.

"Who is it? You have money to burn."

He couldn't take the money home directly, so he had to go back to the restaurant to find Lin Yan.Lin Yan was busy, and He Zhengxi went to the upstairs office to write papers and wait for others.

At 6 o'clock, there was a knock on the office door, and He Zhengxi got up and went over.Standing outside was a newcomer to the store, holding a light meal in his hand.

"My brother didn't come up?" He poked his head and looked into the corridor.

The little brother replied with a smile: "Brother Lin is busy, he told you to go home after dinner, don't wait."

He Zhengxi took the things: "Okay, thank you, brother."

The little brother waved: "You're welcome, I'm leaving first."

"Well, it's hard work." He Zhengxi closed the door, put the lunch box on the table, and opened it. The smell of shrimp and wonton instantly filled the small office, and the heat wafted into the air.

How could Lin Yan, who is so meticulous, have such parents?Conversely, such two people can actually give birth to Lin Yanlai.He Zhengxi was chewing on the shrimp, he couldn't figure it out no matter what.

At 11:[-] in the middle of the night, Lin Yan came home from work, and when he was changing shoes at the entrance, he inadvertently looked up and saw He Zhengxi holding a glass of water and smiling at him at the door.

"Still sleeping? What time is it?" Lin Yan walked to the dining table with two servings of soup, "Drink something? The old duck soup is still hot, and Cheng Qi insisted on bringing it back."

He Zhengxi went over, leaned over and sniffed, "It smells so good."

Lin Yan: "Go get the spoon."

The two sat facing each other, drinking the sour radish and duck soup with one heart and one mind. The light was dim and the atmosphere was warm.

"Haven't your hair dried? Be careful of headache later." Lin Yan pointed at He Zhengxi's wet head.

He Zhengxi pulled a few strands and lifted them up: "I'll do it after eating."

Lin Yan nodded: "Your school will have an autumn sports meeting in a while? Your head teacher will call me in the afternoon."

He Zhengxi frowned: "What did she say?"

Lin Yan said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, ask me why you didn't apply for the project, and whether there is something at home."

He Zhengxi put down his spoon, and said helplessly: "This woman is really... My basketball team also has activities, and I don't have time to do so much, so I actually sued you."

"This is not a complaint, and your tone is very good. Don't be like an enemy." Lin Yan also put down the spoon, "You don't need to engage in other hobbies, high school is too tiring, playing is purely relaxing, and another one is just a burden. Everything is based on your own comfort. It’s okay if you don’t want to participate. Remember to make it clear to the teacher. If you just say a few words, if you don’t go, everyone will ask why, which is normal.”

"I see."

Lin Yan habitually reached out and squeezed He Zhengxi's shoulder: "Don't be too tired, and pay attention when playing, don't get hurt."

He Zhengxi silently pulled away the chair, walked to the opposite side of the table, gave Lin Yan a hug, and said, "Brother, you too, I hope you won't be too tired."

Lin Yan deliberately shook a few times, and joked: "You have become more and more like an adult recently, but the level of sensuality has also increased."

"Hey, at least I'm a high school student. You were much more mature than me when you were in high school." He Zhengxi said, "Oh, yes, there's something." He ran back to the bedroom and took the three envelopes Come out, "Lin Cong gave it to me, I didn't even have a chance to refuse, he ran too fast."

Lin Yan was at a loss: "This kid is really..."

He Zhengxi said: "Just to report to you, we had a quarrel in the evening, and he cried, I'm afraid I'm a bad guy again."

Lin Yan put away the tableware, walked into the kitchen, and said, "Why are you angry with him? Don't pinch him next time we meet, it's unnecessary. Lin Cong speaks like that, I'm afraid he isn't really angry with you, and he will be fine in a day. Actually Sometimes, I don’t welcome people when I speak, I guess this is the genetic inheritance in the legend..."

He Zhengxi stood outside the kitchen door, and said seriously: "No, what you say is always reasonable. I like it when you teach me."

Lin Yan smiled: "You don't have any normal hobbies?"

At 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, Lin Cong walked on the streets of Yancheng sniffling.As late autumn approached, he was only wearing a pullover, and all the belongings in his backpack cost less than ten yuan.He walked for a while, but was too lazy to move, so he found a bus stop and sat down, took out his mobile phone and pressed it hard twice, but there was no response.

"It's so miserable...the worst me in history." He angrily threw Zero Grid's mobile phone back into his schoolbag, and cried, "I want to eat a hamburger! Spicy! Two! Give me another cup of hot milk! No , two cups!"

He howled while shedding tears, his mouth howled enough, and his stomach howled again.After howling like this for a while, all kinds of emotions came to my heart again, and I cried even louder.It's a pity that on such a cold and windy street in the early morning, no one will pass him a tissue or throw fifty cents.

"I'm so unlucky that the elder brother in front of me flew away! That He Zhengxi is so vicious, if I hadn't been wronged, how could I be so aggrieved?! I'm the real brother, and I can't be closer! What kind of little boy are you?" Steamed bun!"

He whimpered for a few minutes, wiped away his tears after crying, picked up his schoolbag, and wandered aimlessly.

In the afternoon of the next day, Lin Yan finished his professional class and walked out of the classroom. When he turned on his mobile phone, it showed that there were 6 missed calls.

"Unknown number..." He muttered and dialed back.Soon, the other end picked up, and an anxious female voice cried, "Lin... Lin Yan, I am mother, I..."

Lin Yan hung up without saying a word.

In a few seconds, the other party dialed back again.Lin Yan got connected and shouted, "Why don't you hit me?!"

Yu Qin held the phone nervously and said tremblingly, "Don't hang up, I have something to talk to you about."

"What do we have to say?"

"It's Cong Cong, Lin Cong, have you seen him? Yesterday he dumped your dad's secretary and ran away alone. I can't get through to his phone until now. Even if he didn't go home before, he could still make phone calls." Works..."

Lin Yan smiled and interrupted Yu Qin: "Then you come to ask me? I don't know where he is, your own son, come to ask an outsider?"

Yu Qin begged: "He went to school to look for you yesterday, didn't he? He took out all the pocket money in his bank card. Lin Cong is only 16 years old. He has tens of thousands of dollars by himself. Something will happen. Xiao Yan , please do me a favor and help us find him, okay?"

Lin Yan was quite embarrassed when he was suddenly called Xiao Yan, "Lin Cong's money is with me. I didn't intend to take it. I was planning to return it to him, but I don't know where he went."

Yu Qin broke down and cried: "What should I do? It's such a cold day, that child doesn't always dress well, and he can't find anyone at school or at his classmate's house. What should he do if he is stolen or robbed on the road..."

"I don't know what to do." Lin Yan picked out his ears, and said indifferently, "Isn't Lin Xucheng very rich, let the people in his factory look for it together, don't call me, I don't know."

Yu Qin shouted loudly: "Lin Yan! Lin Cong is your own younger brother! What happened back then has nothing to do with him, you just have to work hard, please ask for help..."

Lin Yan smiled and shook his head: "You are too thick-skinned, who gave you the position to say that Lin Cong is my younger brother here? Cong Cong, this title sounds really disgusting. I call you scum, garbage, is it not too much? During the time I was talking on the phone, I was able to go out and inquire several Chaoyang people. If I hang up, if I call again, I will call the police."

Without giving Yu Qin another chance to continue crying, Lin Yan immediately pressed the hang up button after speaking, and then he clenched his brows in pain and sighed long.A few minutes later, he turned on his phone again and made a call.

"Old Cheng, allow me to take a leave of absence and arrive later. There is one more matter... private matter, the people in the hard-working shop will help you to ask, just keep asking about the little boy behind my ass, um, ask about yesterday evening Has anyone seen him, there is no one at home for this kid..."

After talking to Cheng Qi, he sent a message to He Zhengxi, asking him to go home after school.

Lin Yan had no idea of ​​Lin Cong's whereabouts. He had no idea what the kid was doing when he wasn't going to school, going home, or harassing him.Speaking of which, Lin Yan doesn't even know what ordinary high school students think about or do every day.He himself has almost no experience as an ordinary high school student, together with He Zhengxi...

How should I put it, He Zhengxi is also considered extraordinary in another sense.

As for Lin Cong's unfamiliar question type, it was a bit challenging.

Lin Yan was worried that something big would happen because he didn't care about Lin Cong.Lin Cong looks smart, but he is still a simple and spoiled brat in his heart. He has no experience in dealing with people, is naive to the outside world, and has no good words in his mouth. The chance of being beaten is too high.

He asked around the school, but there was no result, so he had to go back to the store first, and received a call from Cheng Qi on the way.

"Well, has anyone seen him?"

"Who is he to you?"

Lin Yan was silent for a while, then said, "My brother, my dear brother."

Cheng Qi was shocked: "Huh?!"

Lin Yan urged: "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up."

Cheng Qi snorted, "Do you know the park near the university town?"

Lin Yan: "Well, what then?"

Cheng Qi: "When someone was running at night last night, I saw him crying on the bus stop outside the park, and then he seemed to wander into the park."

Lin Yan was anxious: "Park? That place is dark in the middle of the night, why is he going there!"

Cheng Qi: "Where does this person know, I dare not go over and ask, it's in the middle of the night. However, there is an artificial lake inside, which is quite big. Every year, a few people stumble into it, I think..."

Lin Yan interrupted him anxiously: "Don't talk nonsense, there are lanterns around the lake."

Cheng Qi: "Listen to me. I mean, I don't think he will fall in. The water is very shallow. If not, let's call the police. A big living person, where can he go? It's broad daylight, okay try to find."

Lin Yan was directly annoyed and laughed: "I'll go and have a look first, you will have to work hard tonight alone."

Cheng Qi: "It's okay, don't worry too much. If something really happens, you can't avoid it. It's really okay, there's no use in being anxious."

Lin Yan nodded: "Well, thank you, I will withdraw first."

"Okay, if you need help, please feel free to contact me."

"feel free to contact."