First dawn

The mobile phone in his pocket sang the song of Doraemon in due course.

Qiao Jue held the clothes in one hand and the phone in the other, and she saw the expected name.

"You look up." Qiao Jue smiled.

By the second bridge, Yi Xiao was holding a few big bags in his left hand and his Erha in his right hand. He looked up towards the direction of Tongzilou. Qiao Jue was leaning against the railing on the third floor and waving at him.

"Why is it here at this time?" Yi Xiao went directly to the top of the building, Qiao Jue was thrown into his arms by Erha, and while smoothing the dog, he raised his head and asked Yi Xiao.

After finishing the last exam in the afternoon, the two checked the answers at the school gate, and then headed towards the south and north of the city respectively. Qiao Jue did not expect to see Yi Xiao again a few hours later, and the other party was obviously looking for Yi Xiao. my own.

Yi Xiao raised the bag in his hand, and Qiao Jue realized that Yi Xiao had brought several large gift boxes.

"Happy birthday, Xiao Qiao, it's your turn this time." Yi Xiao showed Qiao Jue the birthday cake in the gift box, "You said that time, you were born at midnight, today and tomorrow can be said to be yours Birthday."

It seemed a long time ago that Yi Xiao and Qiao Jue just met each other. When Qiao Jue was registering the information, he casually mentioned something to Guo Da, but Yi Xiao remembered it in his heart. No one remembers his birthday, but now some people take it to heart.

Even though he hasn't tasted the cake yet, the sweetness has already spread on the tip of his tongue.

Qiao Zeyan's health is not good, and the nearest second floor is also very noisy, it is really not a good place to celebrate a birthday, but the roof of the old building is very quiet at the moment.Qiao Jue simply hung the clothes back on the clothesline, and hung Erha's leash aside to prevent it from running around and being pricked by the cactus. The two took out two plastic bags and sat on the ground on the overgrown grass. It can be regarded as a bit comfortable.

The cake Yi Xiao bought was not big, but it was very delicate, with the words "Happy 17th birthday to Xiao Qiao" written crookedly on it, and an ugly Erha was drawn on the bottom.

"You did it yourself?" Qiao Jue laughed.

"You can see it." Yi Xiao's eyes widened.

In the evening, the wind is slightly cool. When you close your eyes, the sweet fragrance of cake seems to be carried in the wind.

The words on the cake are made of chocolate, Yi Xiao split the words "Happy Birthday" to Qiao Jue, and took off the word "Little Qiao" from the cake by herself, and it disappeared with two clicks.

Qiao Sui: "..."

"Ah, that's right." Yi Xiao picked up another plastic bag and turned out a huge box, "Here you are, the genuine one. I entrusted someone to bring it at the end of the year."

Qiao Jue was puzzled, took the box from Yi Xiao's hand, only to realize that what the other party gave him was——

A set of Doraemon dolls.

Yi Xiao proudly said: "Don't be moved, it's okay Xiao Qiao, it's not shameful to like Doraemon."

Qiao Jue: "..." You who like Brother Xiaosa have no right to say anything about me.

Not far from the glass factory, the basketball court showed a dilapidated appearance in the last rays of the setting sun. Weeds were overgrown under the basket, the concrete floor was cracked, weeds grew in the cracks, and wild flowers bloomed at the foot of the basketball hoop.Yi Xiao suddenly discovered that the north of the city is actually very beautiful. It is located on the bank of the Lian River, close to the Second Bridge and the Third Bridge. More than 20 years ago, it should have been the most prosperous area in Lianxing County.

The cake is not big, and soon only the delicate sugar paper at the bottom is left. The sun is gradually sinking, and the dark color is rendering the sky. , the corridor is very dark. Qiao Jue has lived here since junior high school, and he is very familiar with the stairs on the third floor, remembering every bump on the stairs.

Qiao Jue walked into the stairwell and looked back at Yi Xiao.

Standing outside the small house on the third floor, Yi Xiao watched the starlight fall on Qiao Jue's fingertips stretching forward. A body, hidden in the shadow of the stairwell, taking the starlight into his eyes.Neither of them spoke a word, but the short staircase seemed extraordinarily long.

The night was getting darker, and the next day was Saturday. This was the second time that Yi Xiao stayed at Qiao Jue's house. Erha took up a corner of the house with ease. Yi Xiao sat by the bed and saw the foot of the bed again. Dense pencil words.

The corridor was quiet, and it was rare for even Qiao Zeyan not to curse, which is really rare for Tongzilou.

There was a lot of noise outside the window on the second floor. The business of the casino downstairs became more and more prosperous, and a small restaurant was opened in succession. The smell of cheap alcohol was overwhelming. Qiao Jue frowned slightly and covered the window on the second floor.

There are not many channels bought by cable TV, so Yi Xiao changed the channel casually.

"By the way... the midterm exam..." Yi Xiao was about to speak, when there was a roar from downstairs, and the sound of wine bottles shattering, the chaotic voice gradually expanded, Lin Chenghan's voice was mixed with the shouting, and another yell There was a loud noise, as if something downstairs had been thrown to the ground. Just as Qiao Jue's expression changed, he saw a black and white figure smashing open the window and jumping onto the platform set up by Zhou Yao's house.

"Xuxu!" Yi Xiao called out, but it was too late.

Erha jumped onto the platform, followed the stairs of the platform, all the way to the inside of Zhou's casino, causing a series of exclamations.

Qiao Jue and Yi Xiao looked at each other, then pushed the wooden window completely open, stepped on the desk with one foot, jumped onto the window sill with their strength, and jumped up to the platform. Yi Xiao followed closely behind Qiao Jue.In the courtyard of Zhou Yao's house, a group of people were stunned by the big dog that jumped into the house. They stared dumbfounded at the two people who broke into the house. The door was open, and the dog ran towards the back room. Qiao Jue looked along the lobby and saw Lin Chenghan in the crowd.

Zhou Yao led a few people around Lin Chenghan with a wine bottle, and there seemed to be a blurry figure lying on the ground not far away. Lin Chenghan was blushing, and was yelling at Zhou Yao. The person standing behind him, He raised the beer bottle in his hand and smashed it in the direction of Lin Chenghan's head.

The glass hit a hard object, shattered into shining crystals, and fell to the ground with a crash. Before the wine bottle fell, Yi Xiao raised his right leg and kicked the man's wrist. The moment Zhou Yao saw Yi Xiao, his eyes widened. It flickered, revealing a bit of inexplicable gloom.

Qiao Jue pulled Lin Chenghan, who was stunned in place, away from the crowd, Lin Chenghan was astonished, and tightly grasped Qiao Jue's wrist, and immediately received Yi Xiao's dissatisfied gaze, and immediately shuddered.

"What's going on?" Qiao Jue looked at Lin Chenghan, whom he hadn't seen for more than a month. The other person seemed to have lost weight, and the edges and corners of his face became more and more distinct. There was a wound on his face, but there was something in his eyes. Unwilling to admit defeat, Qiao Jue followed his gaze and looked forward, only then did he recognize the appearance of the man lying on the ground.

That man was wearing dirty clothes, lying drunk on the ground, with blood on his forehead, that was Lin Chenghan's father, Lin Fan.

Now there is no need to ask, Qiao Jue can also outline the whole picture of this matter. Lin Fan likes to gamble, and rabbits who have never eaten grass by the side of their nests. Recently, the principle of proximity has become popular. For gamblers with a radius of hundreds of miles, the seeds of backwardness take root in this soil.

It was probably because Lin Fan lost the money and couldn't fill it in. Zhou Yao and others upheld the principle of their father's debt, and called Lin Chenghan over.Qiao Sui sighed secretly, among the people in the north of the city who were addicted to gambling, in the end, which one didn't end up like this, but in the middle of the game, too many people lived unclearly.

"Get the dog out!" screamed a woman from the room inside.

At the same time, Grandma Yan, who was in charge of the lookout outside, stretched her voice and roared angrily: "I caught the bet! I caught the bet, someone is here!"

Qiao Jue was in the bungalow, overlooking the river bank from a distance, and the red and blue police lights flashed alternately. This time, many people came.

Zhou Yao and others didn't expect to be able to call the police at night, and the gamblers who gathered in the room obviously didn't expect it either, they ran around like headless chickens in a panic.

"It was you who called the police." Zhou Yao stared at Lin Chenghan next to Qiao Jue, "You are also courageous."

"Why don't I dare." Lin Chenghan's eyes turned red, he glanced at Lin Fan on the ground, and shouted loudly, "My dad is nothing, and neither are you, let's die together."

Zhou Yao didn't know if he was used to the situation, or if he wanted to compete with the people tonight, and he was not in a hurry to escape. He motioned to the people around him to go to the back room to take the dog away, and Xuxu ran out of the house with something in his mouth. , Zhou Yao's mother, Zhou Cui, was screaming and chasing after Erha. When those people saw this, they held sticks and were about to greet Erha. The stick pointed at An Ren's waist, and the stick swept down with the sound of the wind.

Qiao Jue looked around, kicked at the small square table of Zhou Yao's house, and tripped one person. Lin Chenghan was dumbfounded, seeing that the two of them suddenly got into a ball with the gangsters in this casino, wanton and flamboyant, he suddenly felt, Indescribable envy, indescribable loss.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yao, who was in a panic, opened a pocket knife in his hand and stabbed in his direction.

"Be careful!" Qiao Jue, who had just snatched the stick from someone, suddenly had a bad feeling. He turned around and saw a cold light. He instinctively stretched out his hand to stop it. Yi Xiao also turned and ran towards Zhou Yao. It was too late, Qiao Jue had just grasped the blade, and Zhou Yao had already sent the blade into Lin Chenghan's back.