Morning Glory

"Actually, I don't really understand until now. How did those people quit so easily? Did Zhao Hui tell you later?" Fatty Zhang said while thinking, "I am thinking about things, after all, they are all Guess by yourself. But every time I see him, I don’t even dare to ask, do you think he just put a sign saying “Keep away from strangers” on the table?”

"Is it so indifferent? I really don't think so!"

"Zhao Hui... You can say that he is indifferent, but he will say it when you talk to him, but he seldom takes the initiative to talk to others. If you ask him for a favor, he will do it, but he never does. I beg you to help me, if you mess with it, you won’t be ashamed to ask him, let’s play together, if you ask him, he will join, and if you don’t ask him, he won’t ask, so people don’t know whether he is willing or not.”

"Why don't I feel this way? Not at all."

"That's right, you're like an old peacock and you see Tian'er wagging his tail at him, so you almost ask him if he looks good, so it doesn't matter if he wants to see it or not! After what happened to our family, I was really worried about him getting stabbed every day." Chop you up and make soup!"

"what?"

"Think about it, those gangsters left when they saw him, who could it be? You still get scared in front of him every day!"

"Have it?"

"Yes." Fatty Zhang affirmed seriously.

"Really?" Lei Zheng smiled a little embarrassedly, "Is that the impression you have?"

"Brother," Fatty Zhang said deeply, "I'm a fan of the authorities."

"Then what else did you, a bystander, see?"

"No, with your peacock spreading its tail in front of us, we can only see the butt..."

"What ass?"

"Just turn your screen on him, what do you want us to see?"

"Fuck off!"

"Hahaha~~ Tell me quickly, he said that he carried a weapon with him because his father was easy to offend people on the road, so he took it for self-defense. Then what did he say about that after the incident with our family."

"He said that maybe someone in the group knew him and knew whose son he was. At that time we called out his name. His father had been on the road for a long time and knew many people. Everyone gave him face. I was also ready to fight, and I didn't expect that group of people to discuss and leave."

Fatty Zhang waited seriously for a while, "It's over?"

"It's over."

"Then his father... is awesome, right?"

"Yeah," Lei Zheng nodded, "That's right."

"Can you stop squeezing toothpaste, I'm sweating." Fatty Zhang picked up a cup of tea and drank it down.

"I don't know what you want to know..." Lei Zheng thought for a while, "And there are some things I can't tell you."

"Fuck, I just want to hear what I can't say."

"Ah..." Lei Zheng also picked up the tea, "There's nothing you can't say, so you don't need to listen."

"I...why do I want to scold you so much!"

"Say it as if I can't scold you."

Fatty Zhang's phone rang, he picked it up and said a few words, then said to Lei Zheng with a smile, "I'll go out and pick it up, business matters, I won't disturb your peace."

Lei Zheng watched him walk away while talking on the phone, passing through the shade of a tree, the sun shone through the leaves, and the light and shadow changed with his movement, as if returning to the afternoon many years ago.

That was after the incident at Fatty Zhang's house.

As for Zhao Hui's identity, Lei Zheng's question was just enough, and he didn't want to ask about things that Zhao Hui didn't mention for so long, so he didn't want to make others feel embarrassed. The words and phrases that Zhao Hui confided inexplicably made Lei Zheng feel a sense of mystery, And keeping secrets for his friends is an act of righteousness for him when he was young.

At that time, they were already in the second year of high school. Although a considerable part of them didn't care much about the results of the college entrance examination, they were also nervous about their schoolwork affected by other classes.

It's the rare annual school basketball game, and it's time for Lei Zheng to show off again.

Lei Zheng has always liked sports, and all kinds of sports games are the main force in the class. Basketball games are no exception. He is tall and has long legs, and he looks good. A group of girls are watching and admiring him. any of them.

At noon that day, Lei Zheng was practicing with a group of people on the playground. He accidentally saw Zhao Hui standing under a tree and looking at him. There was a hint of a smile in the corner, and Lei Zheng immediately threw the ball and ran over, "Hey! Why are you here at this time? You haven't come to class these days, and I even asked the teacher, saying that you are on sick leave, are you okay?"

"I'm not sick."

"what?"

"Something happened at home, and we can only go out after solving it."

"Oh..." Lei Zheng didn't really understand. Zhao Hui didn't want to lie to him when he said that, so stop it. Otherwise, he could follow what he asked and say that he was ill for a few days, so if he asked in depth, it seemed a little uncomfortable. Seeing the fun, he hooked Zhao Hui's neck, "It's fine if you're not sick! You've made me worry about it for a few days, and you have to pay me!"

Zhao Hui let him hook him, "You said you were worrying about it, so you can pay me."

"Oh, I don't appreciate it, my heart is broken!" Lei Zheng stroked his heart in pain.

Zhao Hui took him off his arm, "It's all right, go to practice, they are waiting for you, go home together after school."

"What?" Lei Zheng was surprised. Ever since he knew that Zhao Hui didn't live there, they hadn't walked together. He asked again as if confirming, "Let's go together?"

"Yes, that's right."

"What do you mean?"

"You'll know when the time comes, so go."

The whole afternoon class, Lei Zheng was absent-minded, and asked Zhao Hui a few times, Zhao Hui acted as if he didn't hear, what should he do, occasionally smiled, determined not to say anything.

Lei Zheng spent the whole afternoon scratching his heart.

The last class was just over, so he picked up his schoolbag and dragged Zhao Hui outside, Fatty Zhang yelled at him from behind and pretended he didn't hear him.

The two walked to the school gate, Lei Zheng asked, "Which way?"

"Towards your house."

Lei Zheng got on the bike and felt that Zhao Hui jumped onto the back seat of his car as lightly as before, and asked again suspiciously, "What's your plan?"

"You'll know when you arrive, don't ask, it's not too late."

Lei Zheng turned his head and saw Zhao Hui half-raised his head, squinting his eyes slightly to see the last ray of light in the sky, looking very comfortable, then turned back to look ahead, "Seeing that you enjoy yourself!"

"Haha, it's not bad."

"Why is it that I am the driver every time, and you sit in the back and enjoy it?"

"You never asked for it."

Lei Zheng squeezed the brake to stop the car, and put one foot on the ground, "Ask now."

"Ha, we'll be there soon, next time."

Lei Zheng looked up, and sure enough, the entrance of the alley where he was let down before was already in sight, "Okay." Resigned to his fate, he continued to pedal.

In winter, it gets dark very quickly, and there is still a glimmer of afterglow when we leave the school gate, and when we arrive at the entrance of the alley in about twenty minutes, the street lights are all on.Zhao Hui watched Lei Zheng lock the car, and said as he walked in, "Respond earlier next time, idiot."

"Hey! Don't get cheap and act good." Seeing Zhao Hui stopped at the door of that "fake house", took out the key and was about to open the door, Lei Zheng grabbed his hand, "What are you doing?"

"Go in!"

"What!" Lei Zheng asked in surprise, "What do you want to do? Damn, slip the door and pick the lock?!"

Zhao Hui shook the key at him, "Are you sick! Has anyone picked the lock with the key?"

Lei Zheng suddenly realized, "□□!"

Zhao Hui frowned, "Who do you think I am!" He opened the courtyard door and walked in.

Lei Zheng followed Zhao Hui into the door, walked through the dark passage into the courtyard, looked around the small courtyard, walked through the courtyard to the main room in three or five steps, Zhao Hui opened the door with the key and went in, "Come in and have a look."

The house is basically empty, and there are some waste papers and clutter on the ground, which seem to be discarded. There is also a narrow and simple staircase. Going up the stairs, it is a self-built small house. The empty single bed, old writing desk, bookshelf and small wardrobe seem to be the bedroom of the owner's children.

Lei Zheng pushed open the window and looked downstairs. It was his own small yard. The opposite of the main house in the yard was actually a small house. It was built by himself. The small passage he passed through when entering the yard was right in the middle of the two houses. "That's the kitchen and toilet." Zhao Hui's voice sounded behind him.

"Does the bungalow have a toilet?"

"Ah, yes! The families in this row seem to have some connections. They went to the housing management office and raised money to build toilets for each family. They even spent a lot of money for this toilet."

"What? You spent more money? You mean..." Lei Zheng was a little incredulous.

"Well, you heard me right, I bought this house."

"you buy it?"

"My dad bought it."

"Huh?" Lei Zheng was surprised.

"What? I think this house is pretty good. I said I like it, so my dad bought it and put it under my name."

Lei Zheng looked around, "Is this house good?"

"Yes."

"Where is it good?"

"Everywhere is good, come here, let me show you," Zhao Hui pulled him downstairs to the yard, and pushed open the doors of the two huts, "Look, I just said the toilet, this is the kitchen , there are still simple decorations inside," and then returned to the small courtyard, "This small courtyard should be tidied up, it's not bad, it is indeed a little small," and returned to the house, "Look at this house, it is a decent north-south Xiang, the original owner was very careful when flipping the building, there are windows in the front and back, ventilation! The room is also square." Returning to the second floor, "they added this small second floor later, leaving windows in the north and south , the wooden floor, is there nothing wrong with it besides being small?" Zhao Hui led Lei Zheng to look around with a satisfied face.

"This..." Lei Zheng was still a little baffled. He grew up in a good family environment. He really didn't think such a house was a good house, but he was embarrassed to spoil Zhao Hui's interest, and reluctantly said: "This...is it okay? .”

Zhao Hui smiled, walked back to the window and leaned on the window sill to look into the yard. He could only see a patch of uneven roofs, with one or two trees protruding from it, and most of the homes had faint lights. , It was completely dark, and the early winter evening wind swept across the nose with a cool feeling. Yesterday, there was a strong wind all day, and there were a few stars twinkling in the dark sky.

Lei Zheng asked suspiciously, "You want to live here?"

"Don't stop."

"Then why did you buy it here?"

"Guess." Zhao Hui turned around and smiled, then turned back to look out the window.

Lei Zheng also walked over to huddle with him, the coolness outside the house hit his face, but the dots of starlight in the night sky reflected the warm lights from every house, it was a special scene, there was an unknown tree in the courtyard next to him , and a few withered pieces, trembling slightly, making a slight noise, as if telling that there was a wind passing by just now.

"You like it here?"

Zhao Hui turned his head and answered seriously, "Not to mention."

"Then what are you doing upstairs and upstairs, the kitchen and toilet?"

"It took a lot of trouble to buy this house. The owner didn't want to sell it. It took some effort. Let me praise you for your balance, hahaha~"

"You don't live in it, and the owner doesn't want to sell it. Why do you still have to buy it?"

"If you buy it, it's mine." Zhao Hui looked into Lei Zheng's eyes very seriously, biting every word clearly, "Whether you live or not, it's my home."

Lei Zheng nodded indifferently, and said in unison, "That's right, what's yours is yours."

"It's my home." Zhao Hui emphasized the word "family".

"What's the difference!!"

"Different."

Lei Zheng gave up and continued the discussion, as if surrendering, "Okay, okay, it's your house, and it's what you say it is."

"OK, then..." Zhao Hui's eyes brightened, "I didn't count as lying to you before, right?"

Lei Zheng's thinking was a little stuck, "That's right... right?"

Zhao Hui raised his eyebrows and bullied him a little closer. Just as he was about to speak, Lei Zheng said, "No! Can't it be calculated like this?"

"I said I can do the math if I can!" Zhao Hui's voice was not high, but his tone was a bit domineering.

"OK! OK! OK... Yes! Yes! Yes!" Lei Zheng continued to give up.

"So... can I get something back?" Zhao Hui smiled.

Lei Zheng was stunned, "What do you want?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Hui's face suddenly magnified in front of his eyes, and then he felt a piece of softness on his lips, gently tossed and turned, and the lips and teeth were extremely gentle... At this moment, there seemed to be a breeze, carrying the curls With a lingering fragrance, passing by, blowing off the dots of starlight in the night sky, all falling in your eyes...