Same crime

The sound of rushing water was the only background sound in this relatively quiet room.

Gong Yuechao took off his clothes, stood in front of the half-length mirror in the bathroom, and looked at himself carefully.

A lean figure appeared in the mirror. Under the thin layer of skin, there were almost countless ribs. Whoever saw him would always deliberately evaluate his figure.Because he was too thin, since he was injured at the beginning of this year, he seemed to have lost his vitality, and he didn't eat well in it, and the fallen flesh never grew back.Everyone seems to say that it is too difficult for him to gain weight, yes, he has a lot of thoughts and thoughts, as if all the food he eats is wasted on thoughts, and his body is not replenished at all.

There is a pink scar on his left shoulder, which looks a little hideous on his smooth skin.He touched it with his right hand, and the painful memory at that time came back to his mind. He closed his eyes and worked hard for a while before he could get rid of the pain.

This figure is really not aesthetically pleasing, and he began to fantasize about how he would gain more flesh in the near future. It was funny to think about the round face of himself in the mirror.

The water in the bathtub was soon full, and he stepped into it. The warm water immediately submerged half of his calf, and the sudden heat made his skin crawl from bottom to top.He slowly sat down in the water, and part of the water in the bathtub overflowed. He took a deep breath and submerged himself in the water. Immediately, he felt a sense of unsteadiness floating and the pressure of the water made his body There was a momentary blank in consciousness. ——At that moment, he unloaded the heavy burden of the past and the uneasiness and longing for the future life.He has lived through the previous 30 years with trepidation, almost never having such feelings and experiences.He actually enjoyed this feeling, but as the oxygen in his body was rapidly depleted, his brain sent a dangerous signal. He exhaled a few breaths to exhaust the last bit of oxygen, and finally at the edge of the limit, he supported the bathtub from the water. drilled out.Water droplets dripped down his cheeks intensively, he rubbed his face, and the corners of his mouth curled into an arc.

It's nice to be free.

He cleaned himself from the inside to the outside, drew the blackout curtains, and hung a "Do Not Disturb" sign at the door, turned off all indoor light sources, turned on the air conditioner, and wrapped himself tightly in the heavy blanket. Under the quilt, fell into a drowsy sleep.

This sleep was extraordinarily sweet, with almost no dreams. The moment he woke up, he seemed to have lost the concept of time and where he was. If the mattress of this bed was not too soft, he would have thought that I am still in that prison.

There was some noise outside, he got up and opened the curtains, in the dim night, under the light of a few lights in the distance, he could actually see the slightest traces of autumn rain falling, hitting the glass windows, forming strange spots .

The neon lights at night are not found in that too remote prison.For more than 1000 days, every night, except for the searchlight and moonlight of the tower, he could hardly see other colors of light.After staying away from the hustle and bustle, he suddenly felt that this excitement was extremely precious.

Gong Yuechao also opened the window, and in an instant, a refreshing earthy aroma accompanied by a coolness soaked into his nostrils in an instant. He greedily took a few mouthfuls of this air, stretched his waist, and finally got out of prison. true feelings.

Gong Yuechao became excited when he remembered that he had to go to Chen Yusheng's house to pick up things and pick up Erbing.

Humming a song, he found a T-shirt from his mostly empty luggage bag. The moment he put it on, he remembered that Qin Zhengzheng gave it to him.This child has put a lot of thought and money into him, and he still can't bear to be rejected so ruthlessly by himself.The money is easy to repay, but the love debt is hard to repay. He only hopes that Qin Zhengzheng will come out quickly, so that he can feel more relaxed.

Coming out of the room, taking the elevator downstairs, a pair of obsessive couples came up in the middle, regardless of the presence of outsiders, they hugged each other and gnawed together.It's really an eyesore, and it's not decent, but in three years, has the society opened up like this?Gong Yuechao blushed for them, he turned his head away, an advertisement for the sale of buildings hanging in the elevator compartment caught his attention.

The advertisement is a concept community made with software, and there is a row of small characters at the bottom, which reads: "Cuiyu Garden, your ideal home. ——Wang Xuejiang, chairman of Suijiang Xuefeng Construction Engineering Company, and all the staff are looking forward to your arrival."

It turns out that Suijiang's print advertising level has not improved in the past few years.However, it seems that Wang Xuejiang is doing pretty well after getting the share of Shimucheng.

The elevator stopped on the first floor, and the man and woman finally separated from the stalemate and went out first.He followed behind and followed the instructions on the wall to the lobby. Just as he was about to go out, a man in a uniform who looked like a manager stopped him and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Gong Yuechao?"

"Yes." Gong Yuechao nodded.

"Oh, that's great. Here's something for you. Seeing that there's a Do Not Disturb sign in your room, I plan to wait for you to come down." The manager was very polite and gave a good impression. He turned and went to the front desk He took out a paper bag and said to him: "Mr. Shi Mucheng asked me to hand it over to you. Oh, by the way, there is also a letter in it, which is left by a young man. I think it is all for you." You and yours are put together."

Inside the paper bag was the mobile phone that Chen Yusheng gave him, and he left it in Shi Mucheng's car and forgot to take it. As for the letter, it should have been left to him by Qin Zhengzheng.

He thanked him, walked to the rest area in no hurry, opened the phone case first, took out the phone that was more than a circle larger than the one he used before, found the power button, and pressed it a few times. Seconds later, a bitten apple appeared on the screen. He casually put the phone in his pants pocket, put the box back in the bag, and then opened the letter.

It seems that the last time I read Qin Zhengzheng's letter to him was a month ago, when his familiar handwriting appeared in front of his eyes, there was an unreasonable sense of intimacy.The stationery was provided by the hotel, and he imagined the young man sitting in his position writing the letter in the afternoon sun.

The letter is not long, the content is as follows:

Mr. Gong:

Hello there!

I wrote you a letter again. I haven’t written for a long time, and I feel like my hands are raw.

After you went upstairs, I really had the urge to run after you, but I resisted it. I felt that I was annoying people by doing that, and it would make you leave me even more, so I decided to write this letter , I will ask the hotel staff to hand it over to you later.

I think that what you are worried about and the reasons why you rejected me are not valid. I blame my stupid mouth for not explaining clearly.In fact, I have never blamed you, and I have never felt that you are hanging on to me. I know your feelings, and I have thought about it from your standpoint and found reasons to excuse myself.

I understand your mood, I can understand, but I can't accept this result.Because you haven't felt my sincerity and my heart for you, you said no to me.And these, I originally planned to present to you little by little after you were released from prison.

In my opinion, time is not an issue, neither is distance, and neither is my mother.What you think is not a problem at all.

So, you leave it all to me to sort it out.

You said you want me to get married and have children, that's just what you want.Because of my path, I have already thought about it very clearly. Now that I have chosen it, I have no intention of turning back.

Three and a half years is enough for me to grow up. I am really not the kid who was still in high school seven or eight years ago.You have only really been in touch with me for half a day, and you said no before you had time to see my growth, which is too unfair to me.

Believe me, Teacher Gong, I will make you like me, even if it is only a little bit, it is my victory.

Qin Zhengzheng

This is probably the shortest letter Qin Zhengzheng wrote to Gong Yuechao. The neat handwriting on the paper has made great progress compared to before, and the content is no longer the "thought report" of the past, but presented to him. a firm determination.

Gong Yuechao laughed as soon as he read it. For some reason, he thought of that young man standing on the basketball court a few years ago. After losing to him in a PK, he showed an unconvinced expression and said to him provocatively: "Teacher Gong, wait for me to defeat you."

Just like that, he still boasted that he had changed, but in fact he hadn't changed at all. He was really childish.

Gong Yuechao complained, put the letter away, stuffed it back into the envelope, and put it in the bag.

He walked out of the hotel gate, reached out to hail a taxi, got in the car, reported the location to the master, and soon, the car drove into the rain.

When Gong Yuechao got out of the taxi, he was stopped by the community security guard. The security guard was a young man with an ugly face. He must have been newly replaced.He reported Chen Yusheng's name, and the security guard looked him up and down, seeing that he didn't look like a bad guy, and he didn't talk nonsense, so he let him in.

The rain was getting lighter, Gong Yuechao didn't bring an umbrella, and the rain was slightly cool on his body. There was a lot of water on the ground, and his shoes got wet after walking a few steps. He found Chen Yusheng's house according to his memory. Looking from the yard, in the huge house, only two bedrooms were dimly lit.

He was about to ring the doorbell when a big and heroic dog rushed out from the house in the corner of the yard and blocked the gate of the yard, barking at him, thinking he was some kind of bad guy.

"Eight." Gong Yuechao called to it, the dog was obviously startled, but immediately recognized him, and immediately wagged its tail happily.He squatted down and put his hand in through the gap in the fence. Batiao didn't know what to do, let him rub his fur first, and then licked and bit him. The biting was just a joke, and he seemed extremely excited.

At this moment, the lights in the living room came on, and soon the door opened, and a little girl in a tracksuit came out of the room.She was also like Ba Tiao, she was stunned when she saw him, and then ran down, quickly opened the gate of the yard, and hugged him tightly.

"Godfather! Godfather! I miss you so much."

Gong Yue smiled and hugged Chen Miao who had grown up a lot. The cold reception she received from her sister in the afternoon was quickly found on Miao Miao's side.

"Godfather, do you miss me?"

"Of course I miss you, you are so old."

The teenage girl exuded a youthful aura, she giggled, and pulled Gong Yuechao into the house amidst Batiao's obstruction, and Batiao wanted to follow in too. It shut the door, and Batiao was so angry that he scratched the door and screamed "Aww".

On the sofa in the living room, there was a fat raccoon cat lying on its stomach. The cat was sleeping and purring, and no one woke it up. The fat cat picked it up.The cat was woken up, and was about to reach out to pat him dissatisfied. It must have recognized him, and its paws stood in the air for a while, then retracted.

"Meow", full of sadness and grievance, Gong Yuechao lifted it up, and rubbed his face against his soft belly for a long time, making Erbing's little train grumble.

"Erbing, did you miss me?"

"Meow……"

"Erbing misses you so much that she's almost lovesick." Miao Miao added.

That winter, Gong Yuechao decided to take revenge on Wang Xuejiang, so he had to temporarily foster him in a pet shop he knew well, and asked the young man from the pet shop to send it to Chen Yusheng at the appointed time.The smart and sensitive cat was already very unhappy when Erbing was sent away that day, and when he closed the door of the pet shop, Erbing could still hear the cry of dissatisfaction.

Now that I saw it, Erbing didn't blame it, rubbing and licking it on his hand, he was so moved that he was about to cry.

He sat on the sofa with Erbing in his arms, rubbed its thick fur, and asked Chen Miao, "Where's your dad?"

Chen Miao glanced at the back room, and whispered, "I'm drunk this afternoon, and I'm sleeping with his little lover in the back room."

When Gong Yue heard this, she burst out laughing, and then noticed that besides his pair of sneakers, there were two pairs of men's shoes at the door.

"Godfather, have you had dinner yet? Let me get you some? Or I can order you a takeaway." As he spoke, he was about to reach for his mobile phone.

Gong Yuechao said: "Stop ordering, we'll go out to eat later. Go and wake your dad up."

Chen Miao's face was full of rejection, "I won't go."

"Why? You don't like Wei Jiangyuan? Or..."

"No."

"Why is that?" Gong Yuechao asked.

Chen Miao hesitated for a while before saying: "I think my dad is too unstable, he always talks about you, but when you are not around, he gets mixed up with others, he is a big pig's hoof, a big liar .”

I don't know where the child learned such a word, he rubbed her hair, and persuaded him earnestly: "Don't say that, I am good friends with your father, of course your father has the freedom to communicate."

"Godfather..." The little girl was very stubborn and wanted to say anything else.

But Gong Yuechao interrupted her and said: "In this world, love is not the only form of expressing liking. Your father and I are too familiar, and we have maintained the most stable friendship from beginning to end. Just when I was away, Someone filled his emotional world, I don't think it's a bad thing. Wei Jiangyuan is very good, the young man is very stable, you have to learn to accept him. Think about it, when you go to college in the future, wouldn't it be good to have someone by your father's side? Is it?"

The little girl looked at him suspiciously, then took his arm and asked, "Godfather, do you have someone you like? Anyone who likes you?"

Gong Yuechao thought of Qin Zhengzheng, smiled and said, "Godfather likes you the most."

Chen Miao blushed, and said, "You hate me, don't answer my question well."

Gong Yuechao said again: "Godfather thinks he is pretty good, and he has never liked anyone."

"Actually, you can try to like someone else."

Gong Yuezhao was stunned, and then asked Chen Miao: "Then do you have someone you like?"

Chen Miao's flushed face turned even redder now. She nodded cautiously and told him, "Yes."

Gong Yuechao smiled, "Who? Is it your classmate?"

"Godfather, don't ask." Chen Miao felt embarrassed.

When Gong Yuechao saw Chen Miao's shy look, she felt that she had guessed right, the little girl's first love was really cute.I remembered that the students I taught before also had this kind of sneaky love, and others could feel the pink bubbles that came out of them, which was sweet.And this is how Chen Miao is at the moment.

It seemed that because of the loud conversation between the two of them, or because of the noisy calls he made when he entered the door, soon there was a door knock from the back room. After a while, Chen Yusheng was shirtless, pulling on his slippers, and rubbing his hair. The mess came out. "Xiao Chao is here?" He sat down on another single sofa and poured a large glass of water.

"Are you sober?"

Chen Yusheng rubbed his temples, squinted his eyes and said: "I woke up, I slept all afternoon, I have a headache right now, Xiao Chao, rub it for me quickly..." Then he handed over his head , obviously put the gaffe of the afternoon behind him, and returned to his previous thick-skinned and indecent behavior.

Before he finished speaking, there was another sound of footsteps coming from inside. After a while, Wei Jiangyuan came out with a pajamas. He stood behind Chen Yusheng and forcibly pulled the distinguished leader onto the back of the sofa. Rubbed his temples.

Wei Jiangyuan was wearing a big T-shirt that was different from the one in the afternoon, and there were two ambiguous marks on his neck. Gong Yuechao turned his eyes away from them.Chen Yusheng looked back at Wei Jiangyuan in disgust, put on his pajamas, and then enjoyed the services of his subordinates as a matter of course.

Gong Yuezhao was delighted to see this situation, and another cloud of smoke floating in his heart dissipated all of a sudden.