Chapter 23: Wandering
In the hot air, Qin Huai and I sighed comfortably in the water.
"Come, come on." Qin Huai lit two cigarettes and gave me one, I took it and took it, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled the smoke.
"This lake village is good, and a small bath can be repaired in the house to take a bath, Chengyi, how long did you say we haven't taken a bath together, taking a bath?" Qin Huai's head rested on the edge of the bath and asked me lazily.
Yes, this small three-story room can have a bath is something I didn't expect, once and Qinhuai was still half a child, we often go to the bath together, take a bath or something, I remember that once the hot water suddenly stopped, we were both bare-assed, there were soap bubbles in the body, wow wow screamed hard in the winter, with cold water to finish a bath.
Thinking of this, I smiled, and said lazily: "I'm afraid it's been more than ten years." β
"Sometimes I think about how good we were at that time, we had no heart and lungs, and we didn't have any scruples, we caused trouble, and the elders in the family wiped our butts, but why did the years of youth pass so quickly?" The sound of Qin Huai came to my ears through the hot steam, and I smiled and did not speak.
The past cannot be traced, if time can stay, what else is worth hurting in this world?
"This is the scar from a gunshot wound?" Qin Huai turned around, soaked in the bath side by side with me and asked, what happened to me, I probably told him before, and the situation in Lake Village, Uncle He probably told me, Uncle Zheng's side is the most closely monitored, especially Uncle Zheng, who has almost no freedom of movement, and someone follows him every day.
These people have almost no scruples, there are many forces behind Hucun, and they dare to 'collide' like this, and the department has not taken any measures against their behavior, but this should also be the bottom line, right?
"What about you?" I thought things were thinking about it, and Qin Huai urged dissatisfiedly.
"Nonsense, or what do you think it is?" While talking, I couldn't help but look at my body, from the tattoo that Brother Chengxin gave me at the beginning, to now, I have experienced a lot of things, and I really have a lot of wounds on my body inexplicably.
"It's okay, the man has a little scar on his body, it's pretty good. What do you plan to do in the future? Uncle He said that he would leave in two days, and the department had already hinted at where to send you. Qin Huai said next to me.
I wrung out the towel on my hand, wiped my face and said, "Let's do it for the time being, when I get to the place designated by the department, I will go to Brother Chengqing and them, meet them first, and you can also help me inquire, do they really have no news?" β
"Yes, only a month ago, Ruyue cried and called me, saying that something happened to you, maybe you are dead, there is no news, didn't I tell you? At that time, it really scared me to death, after answering the phone, I didn't react for a long time, I was dreaming, or did I really receive such a call, saying that your kid died. Qin Huai's tone was full of ridicule, but the sadness at that time could still be heard.
"Is my family okay? What about the crispy boy? As I spoke, the smoke had burned to the end, and I snuffed it out, and that was the last thing I wanted to figure out.
"Uncle and aunt, and your sister are fine, I think you are on a secret mission, when I received the news, I didn't disclose half a word, after all, all the news is not certain, and I'm afraid that my uncle and aunt can't afford it, but don't call them these days." Qin Huai told with concern.
"Definitely not going to fight." In fact, making a phone call, not only will it expose that I am not dead, but maybe it will also affect my family, even if I am a fool, this kid Qin Huai is probably frightened, and now he is worried about me in every detail.
"Do you know that kid with crispy meat? In fact, after I received the call, after I reacted, the first thing that came to mind was to call him. Qin Huai said.
"What's wrong with him?" I half-squinted my eyes, curious to see how he would react to the optimism of the crispy meat.
"Hehe, that kid is better than me, at least at the time, more optimistic than me, after he knew, he was silent for a while, and then he burst into laughter, and I asked him what are you laughing at? He even said that let's not say that we are Chinese people and don't celebrate foreigners' festivals, and then today is not April Fool's Day. I was all on fire and yelling at him, do you think I'm joking with you? Can you joke with Seiichi's life? Qin Huai was recalling the scene at that time.
"And then?"
Then he laughed again, it was that kind of faint smile, and I yelled at him again, you kid has no conscience? Chengyi has an accident, are you still laughing? As a result, he told me, not to mention that the matter is not certain, and he is sure that you will not die. I asked why, and he said that he didn't feel it, he didn't have the feeling of being stripped of a piece of flesh in his heart, and he said that he grew up with you since childhood, and his life has long been connected, and when you die, he must have this feeling. It's like a TM stick. Qin Huai said to me with a smile.
I also laughed, compared to Qin Huai, this guy who grew up with me since childhood, I'm afraid there are more 'hunches'?
"But this kid is pretending!" Qin Huai suddenly scolded.
"How?" I asked with a smile.
"Didn't Liu Chunyan call me later? said that after answering my phone call that day, the whole person was bored, and he didn't talk at home, and the child called him to come back to his senses for a long time, and several times, Liu Chunyan was woken up by his crying in the middle of the night, and asked him not to say anything. This made Liu Chunyan anxious, and called me to ask what I said to the crispy meat? What's even more exaggerated is that this kid writes a will at home, and the will says that he will wait at home for another month or something, and if there is no news he wants to wait for a month, he will go out, but there is no guarantee that he will come back after going out, so he left this will in advance or something. Qin Huai finished talking to me in one breath.
My heart is overflowing with emotion, I believe in what this will means, Qin Huai and I both understand, crispy meat means that he doesn't believe that I am dead, and he will wait for a month before he has good news, he will personally put down everything to find me, afraid of any danger, so he left the will in advance.
"It's a fairytale friendship." As I spoke, I wiped my face with a handkerchief, I didn't know what to say, and I didn't want tears to flow from my eyes.
"Yes, I'm also sincere to you, so where are you going this time, take me with you? Will you take me through that thrilling day again? Besides, my daughter-in-law is also with you, and I will also guard my daughter-in-law by the way. Qin Huai looked at me with anticipation in his eyes.
I looked at Qin Huai and was silent for nearly half a minute before I said, "Wait a minute, give Crispy Meat a call, but I will never take you with me, listen, yes, this matter is not negotiable." β
"Holy shit!" Qin Huai scolded me in Sichuan.
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Two days later, I don't know what excuse Uncle He arranged, so we used the old method, I hid in the back of the car and left Lake Village.
When leaving Hucun, Qin Huai went 'crazy' once, and acted in a scene where his friends were unwilling to leave, but he was still forcibly dragged away by Uncle He, just to be safe.
After the car drove a few kilometers away from Hucun and a place where there were no people, Qinhuai let me out of the back seat, I rolled down the window and breathed in the fresh air, looked back at the road I had walked, and finally left Hucun.
Unexpectedly, our group went to Lake Village, and in the end I would leave in such a way.
"I didn't expect it, Uncle He, you hid it from me so hard, and you didn't tell me about the organization's arrangements, you were actually waiting for Chengyi, and only told me to look for it at the place where the accident happened, maybe I would wait for the news, and said that it was the internal news that made me decadent for so long, Uncle He, can you bear it?" Qin Huai was teasing Uncle He, at this moment he was recovering well, he had also shaved his beard, his hair was tidied up, and he had returned to the appearance of a handsome boy.
"It's that I didn't expect you to be so calm, wasn't I afraid that you would be exposed? I knew I wouldn't hide it from you. Uncle He drove the car and answered seriously.
But Qin Huai is playing tricks, and Uncle He must be asked to compensate for mental losses.
The atmosphere in the car was lively, I also smiled, remembered Uncle He's advice, and put on sunglasses, now I have a full beard and a pair of sunglasses, even my parents should not be able to recognize me at a glance.
Uncle Zheng, I didn't go to him after all, but Uncle He reassured me that he had already told Uncle Zheng that I was okay through a certain way, and Uncle Zheng also hinted at Uncle He in a certain way, and they didn't reveal anything, so I was also reassured.
Our destination on this trip was X City, which is close to Beijing, and the department once said that if Uncle He waited for me and took me to X City, he would let me leave, and someone would naturally find me and pick me up.
There is a certain distance from Kochon to X City, and it will take about two days if you drive.
In the past two days, we have not encountered any danger, but Qin Huai kept begging me along the way, and this time the action brought him, but I and Uncle He resolutely opposed and stopped it.
The days of these two days are relaxed, but the days of relaxation have an end after all, two days later, Uncle He smoothly brought me into X City, according to the agreement, I just need to get off anywhere in the city.
And Uncle He and they had to leave, looking at this strange city in the car, I suddenly had the feeling of wandering when I left Uncle Wang many years ago, I had a home and friends, but I was destined to wander around and couldn't stay.
I've numbly forgotten about the sentimentality, but some of the dazzling sunlight at noon shines through my sunglasses, and it has also become gray-