Your loneliness is more moving than this world

Chapter 9 The Bad Boys of East Street (2)
Obviously still objecting to my relationship with Gao Yu, and brought out his girlfriend to preach to me.Mingming's girlfriend was Gao Yu's college classmate. After graduation, the two worked as interns in the same unit, claiming to know many things about Gao Yu.She brought the brewed coffee in front of me, sat down and said, "Think about it, this girl has serious problems. When she was in school, she hung out with a bunch of rock and roll all day long, and changed her boyfriend every three days. She didn’t even go back to school. She was dishonest during her internship, she had an affair with our 50-year-old boss, and I heard that she had an abortion for that old guy.” I said, “She rides an electric car and wears normal clothes. She doesn't look like a mistress." Mingming said: "You are stupid, you say she is a mistress, who knows who she is? She is just good-looking, has no education, no job, and she may be playing for nothing. Let us discuss this matter. All the old classmates in Niucheng knew it, but you were the only one kept in the dark. Her father cut off relations with her because of this, and Gao Lei didn't dare to speak for her, she is a hopeless little fairy."

I went back to my apartment, played AC/DC (Australian rock band) and fell asleep on the sofa.She walked in without a word, took off my headphones, straightened my head, stared at me and laughed.I forgot who took the initiative that day, but I quickly got to the point.Her hair is long and thick, wrapping around my neck, covering my face, preventing me from touching the moonlight on the window sill.

I stopped, and she stared and asked, "Why?" I said, "Are you pregnant?" She punched me and said, "Oh, hurry up!" A bunch of restricted-level vulgar words came out of his mouth. The harsh words of these vulgar words were harsh, as if a scalding air stream spewed from the cracks in the ground, raging and roaring in the endless forest.

She lay naked on top of me and fell asleep snoring loudly. I had difficulty breathing, couldn't move, and had nightmares all night.

Gao Yu lived with me openly, she had no luggage, only a laptop and a box of messy clothes, shoes and hats.She has no job and doesn't look for a job. During the day, she sleeps in her apartment and surfs the Internet, and goes out to play wildly at night. Sometimes she comes back reeking of alcohol with the help of her best friend in the middle of the night.In the evening, when I got off work and walked to the gate, she lay on the windowsill of the apartment laughing and called my name over and over again. I beckoned her to go back to the house, and she shouted even louder. Uncle Gate looked at me with a cigarette in his mouth.She didn't cook, she leaned against the kitchen door, chewed potato chips, and laughed at me for wearing an apron like a widowed young woman. I poured a bowl of cold water on it, and she laughed and ran to the other side, grabbing the flour in her pocket to fight back, Until the whole stove is tossed into white.She bought a bunch of colorful condoms, blew up a bunch of balloons that were on the verge of bursting, and hung them on the wall beside the bed and on the wall opposite the desk. Even more apprehensive.

I don't know where all this came from. In short, this shouldn't be the gentle and low-key girl in my impression who draws pictures with sleeves. Her hairstyle, figure, and smile are all more beautiful than before, but they are not the same as before. It's warm.Sometimes after finishing the work at hand, I would sit aside and watch her silently for a long time until she turned her face and grinned at me.I suspect that I am not in love, I just took in a passing butterfly, and her enchanting, in fact, has nothing to do with me.

Gao Yu brought not only unrestrained sex life, but also greetings from old friends from afar.Gao Lei talked to me again on the Internet. He talked about his past friendship and tried his best to put on a reconciliation look.No matter how noble this man is usually, when facing his sister, he lost all his true colors and said to me in an almost pleading tone: "Gao Yu was spoiled by my father since he was a child, arrogant and self-willed, but he is not bad at heart. It's best to be together, if not, don't hurt her, and don't hate her."

Mingming and Xiao Ning were knocking on the door outside, I put down the dishes and walked over, Gao Yu turned his face and said, "Who, who came here at night to knock on the door blindly?" I tore off my apron and said, "My own people, don't talk nonsense. "Gao Yu gave me a white look and continued to stare at the computer screen.

Mingming and Xiao Ning walked in, looked at Gao Yu cautiously, Gao Yu sat on the chair with his legs crossed and remained indifferent.I said: "I haven't cleaned up after eating, it's a bit messy, just sit down." Mingming nodded and sat down, Xiao Ning was still standing at the door in a daze.Gao Yu took off the earphones and ran into the bedroom barefoot, and came out 2 minutes later fully dressed, grabbed the bag on the hanger and said, "You guys talk, my sisters asked me out, and I won't be coming back tonight."

After Gao Yu left, Ming Ming and Xiao Ning sat on the sofa and let out a long sigh of relief. I laughed and peeled an apple and said, "Look at how talented you two are, you two are like five or six when you talk. The girl scared you out of your original shape. What's the matter? Tell me what you have to say." Ming Ming lit a cigarette, leaned on the sofa and said, "We two have thought about it for the past few days. It’s better to go back to your hometown to start a business, so I still want to persuade you.” I said: “Don’t persuade me, I said that I don’t want to start a business now, just do it yourself, don’t drag me, I will work outside for a few years first. Xiao Ning said, "Did you discuss it with your girlfriend named Gao when you went to Beijing? Did she agree with you?" I took a bite of an apple and said, "She doesn't care about these things."

Gao Yu turned around, grabbed the teddy bear on the table and threw it in front of me.I closed the door and put down the bag and said, "Why are you so murderous, who messed with you again?" She slid the chair away, pointed at the computer screen angrily, and said, "Who asked you to tell him about me?" I walked closer and looked With a glance, I sat back on the sofa and said, "Why are you okay looking at my chat records?" She said, "Ask you, why did you mention me to him!" Seeing that she was really anxious, I changed my expression and said, "Why do you? Is it? He only contacted me when he knew we were together, so he is concerned, he is your brother after all, can't he ask me about your situation?" She shouted: "Guo Xiaoyu! I told you earlier, in my Don’t mention my family members in front of you, don’t get me involved when you talk about things!” I said, “Can you calm down, isn’t that the only thing?” She said, “Calm down! Are you guilty of the mess in your painting class back then? You go back to Niucheng to apologize to him, what does it have to do with me if you make peace or not? From now on, stop talking about me!"

Gao Yu is right, I really want to use her to regain the relationship with Gao Lei, so as to wash away the "ruthless" stain in the hearts of my old classmates in the East Street painting class.But I made too many mistakes. First, the relationship between the brothers and sisters was far worse than I imagined. Second, the old classmates in the painting class still didn't care about me. This indirectly proved that Gao Lei didn't really forgive me.After being expelled from the painting class, Gao Lei repeated his studies for two years before being admitted to university. The boy who fought with Mingming was kicked by the art teacher to another second-rate painting class. In the end, he only passed the entrance examination for a junior college. The hatred inspired by these life-affecting changes , can only be diluted a little bit by the passage of time, any artificial efforts will only set off a new round of waves.

Gao Yu posted it from behind, I put down the spoon and turned off the fire and asked, "What are you doing?" She put her arms around me and said, "Don't move, stand still." I stared blankly at the dark blue sky outside the window, my heart burned. There was a long-lost grievance.

Two days later, when she left, she popped the balloon, dumped the ashes, restored the entire room to how it looked when she first checked in, and left the key at the door post.I called to ask Gao Yu's girlfriend if she knew where she had gone, and the other party was taken aback and said, "I don't know, oh, forget it, Xiaoyu, you can't keep this kind of girl, just forget about it."

I left the apartment in Huaidi Village, moved to share the apartment with my college classmates, and soon quit my job altogether.There are no bad guys in my colleagues, but I am not happy.The Christmas company organized a dinner for all staff, and I slipped into the street, where it was windy and rainy, and I sat alone on a bench under the shed of the station, staring blankly at the vehicles in front of me. How I hope that there are people around me who love me, those who love me may not necessarily understand me.The last time I called Gao Yu, the voice prompt that the number I dialed was empty, I turned off the phone, thinking about leaving.

Before leaving the provincial capital, he obviously invited me to a meal, but he didn't come to the station to see him off. Because of Gao Yu's incident, and also because of Gao Lei's reappearance, he no longer trusted me like before.Xiao Ning stood outside the ticket gate, unwilling to leave for a long time. He opened his mouth to say something to me, but was drowned out by the radio from all directions.

In the same year, an accident happened to some old schoolmates in Niucheng. They were accused of robbing a boy after drinking. Collective expulsion.This incident may have changed some of Gao Lei's views on personnel affairs, but in Mingming's eyes, they have always been dog meat, and dog meat can't be a feast at all.

3. Games of the Art Gang
When I was in No. [-] Middle School, I once had a male deskmate. He had mediocre grades, unremarkable looks and personality, and basically belonged to the "human flesh background" (foil) level of students, but it was this classmate who gave us art I grew up and turned around.He likes art and has a certain talent for art, but his father who is the class teacher wants him to take the culture class on the right way, and angrily reprimands his request to enroll in the painting class.Feeling ashamed and annoyed, he picked up the book and threw it at the blackboard, which bounced back and hit his father on the back of the head. Regardless of the teacher's dignity, the father and son clashed in front of the whole class, and there was laughter all around.

Five years later, the "father-killing" hero graduated from three books, stayed up dozens of nights, and was admitted to the public office as a policeman in the east district of Niucheng.The police have a serious nostalgia complex. Almost every year at the end of the year, they hold old school reunions. If you don’t go, he doesn’t mind. He will continue to harass you until you find out that he is “true love”.Maybe it was because I made too many jokes about the other party back then, but now I am really embarrassed to meet each other. I never once agreed to the invitation of the police. Later, when they found true love, they asked me to go back to Niucheng to be his best man. To thank the world, I had to go up.

Gao Lei came from a distance, looked at me intently, with a smirk, I hurriedly stood up to greet him.Holding his wine glass, he patted the shoulder of the person behind him and said, "See, this is Guo Xiaoyu, my old buddy, who used to be the leader (boss) of the worker's road, and now he is developing in Beijing. How is it, he looks talented, right? "I smiled and said: "I heard that you have entered a government agency. What kind of official is it now?"

After three glasses of wine, he turned and walked away. The conversation was not as smooth as imagined, but it was enough to make me feel relieved about the past.The policeman stood up shaking his body, and said to the brother-in-law next to him: "Go, go, the guests are leaving, go and deliver your sister." Then he grabbed my arm, pulled me to another table, pointed Looking at the people present, they said, "Here, I've gathered all our old classmates at this table. When the crowd is gone, we'll have a serious drink here." I said, "You and Gao Lei have always been in touch. Is that right?" He squinted his eyes and sat down with a smile, and said, "To be honest, Gao Lei and I are not really friends, you know that we are both members of the public family, and we should not get too close, as it is a taboo." I said : "Isn't it?" He said, "You don't understand, this is discipline, and you can't joke around. But I think Gao Lei will be a character in the future. He is good and can make troubles. You should have more relations with him." I said, "Haha, it doesn't violate the law of the country if I have a relationship with him? What kind of logic are you talking about?" He raised his eyes and said, "I'm doing it for your own good. Do you know that? You guys never value the relationship between old classmates. , there are many people who have opinions on you, the so-called 'clothes are not as good as new, people are not as good as old', the common people can use it... Oh, you literary youths really don't know anything about socializing."

Two months after the police got married, when the annual leave was approaching, Gao Lei called and asked me to go to him first when I went back to my hometown. I asked, "Is there anything special?" Friends in the circle will let you know. Remember to bring back two bottles of good wine, these people all have backgrounds.”

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, I followed the crowd out of the station with my suitcase, and Gao Lei waved and shouted in the distance.Standing with him were several other old classmates who worked in other places, two of whom were also dragging their suitcases, and obviously I was the last one they had to wait for.

Gao Lei drove us away from the train station in the bus, and the traffic policemen watched the bus and saluted all the way, and he responded with a smile and honked the horn over and over again.In the downtown area, he parked the car swaggeringly on the side of the road, scolded his subordinates loudly into the phone, and then turned his head and said, "Why don't you talk? You are all from your own family. If you haven't seen each other for a few years, you have nothing to say?" Afterwards The people in the seat looked at each other, but no one made a sound. He smiled and continued to drive the car.

The main road of the development zone is lined with tall buildings under construction. Gao Lei said to the rearview mirror: "The government has focused its work here. The development zone is next to the industrial zone, so it is richer than the city. Now this Everywhere is changing, and there are opportunities everywhere. Believe me, within five years, the government agencies in Niucheng will have to move here, which is why I chose to come back here. Based on our family relationship, Beijing I can get into the same unit as you, but I am not like you, I am not obsessed with big cities, and now the best jobs are in third-tier cities.” “Xiaoyu,” he glanced at me and said, “You and Mingming’s family should both be admitted. Is it a development zone?" I said, "Yes, I just heard from my family that after the Chinese New Year, I'm afraid I have to come back to change my ID card." He said, "That's right, it's good to cross over, you are also considered a city. The key is that our buddies have a bit of face here, if there is anything at home that needs help from someone, just say hello."

I believe that if there were no subsequent changes, Gao Lei would have become the kind of "character" that the police said, because he knew his ideal better than any of us, and he also found a way to realize this ideal one step ahead.Six years have passed, and his clothing, speech, status, and demeanor are still higher than those of his peers. Although his self-confidence is mixed with faintly obvious falsehoods, we can't pretend that kind of self-confidence even if we kill him.

He led us into the building of the China Merchants Office, walked freely in every aisle, gesticulating and introducing each department, and the passers-by on duty waved to him one by one, and he introduced our identities to his colleagues over and over again.The sun streamed in through the skylight, everyone was reflected on the floor, and I looked down at my casual clothes, almost ashamed.

I admit that I was a bit snobby in those years, which may have something to do with my age or environment at the time.After working in the media industry for a few years, I was no longer satisfied with a fixed salary and bonus, and was focused on looking for private jobs with good price differences to make money. At that time, I had no professional concept, and I felt that work was just to make money.After discussing with Gao Lei, I found a wine merchant that my company has cooperated with, and signed an agreement with them in private to help them develop group buying channels in the Central Plains for a fee.This move exhausted my spare energy and also destroyed my reputation in the circle of literary youths. Many friends accused me of being kitsch and bad money, and abandoned me in batches.

"I'll introduce the person for you, and you can handle the specific matters. Forget about the money. If I don't sign the agreement, I can only count it as a favor to an old friend." Gao Lei put down the agreement in his hand, looked at me and said, "I want to accept With your money, the nature changes."

I began to go back to Niucheng frequently, and together with the wine merchants, I interviewed the "wonderful" of the three religions and the green forest. These people are in suits and leather shoes, with oily hair and noodles, and they speak broken Mandarin, hugging girls in the KTV private room, holding wine glasses and talking nonsense.Most of them took Gao Lei's face, took our business cards, filled out the order on the table, and finally put away the overage invoice delivered by the wine merchant with a smile.During the whole process, Gao Lei did confiscate any benefits, and he never asked me about my income from selling alcohol. He tirelessly played the role of a matchmaker, just for a favor and a promise.

But I know in my heart that I am not the only one around him. His social skills and organizational skills make him popular and powerful in the whole development zone. acquaintance.Soon, he was promoted and became the youngest section-level official in the development zone.Although Gao Lei is a small official, he is not a villain. He is generous and generous, treats all his friends equally, and never shows that he is closer to anyone than others.When people ask him for help, he always agrees. Some people's requests violate the laws of the country, but he is not in a hurry.His belief in connections has greatly damaged his assertiveness and vigor, but this is his philosophy of life.The policeman is right, Gao Lei is good, he is well versed in "strategic investment", and never bothered to care about petty gains and losses, just like he disdained petty grievances in the Jianghu back then.

Just when I successfully opened up my second career, Mingming and Xiaoning's advertising company was officially established in the development zone. As brothers and Fa Xiaoer from my hometown, I specially asked for leave to rush back to congratulate.

At six o'clock in the evening, Xiao Ning took me into the private room on the second floor of the restaurant. A large number of old students from the painting class, including Gao Lei, stood up to say hello, and they pulled me to the table with a blushing face, saying, "Hey, look, Look who's back? Tell me, how much to drink?" Gao Lei said, "Our old classmate's own company is opening today. To make it auspicious, drink six! Fatty, fill him up." I grabbed a few A piece of meat was stuffed into my mouth, and the police yelled: "Who told you to eat meat first? You are not allowed to eat meat. Eat meat and drink eight." The tone reached Dantian, and the old classmates patted the tabletop to encourage me in a uniform way.

After drinking six glasses of wine, I shook my head and sat down and said to Mingming: "The partners you are talking about are they?" It’s just these old classmates. I gave them one-third of the shares, and we’ll do it first. This time, Gao Lei helped a lot. I made an agreement with him. In the future, all investment promotion activities organized by the development zone government Leave it to our company to do it, and watch, we will soon become the advertiser with the most business in the entire Niucheng." I rubbed my face and said nothing.Mingming said: "What are you doing, regret it?" I said: "No." Mingming said: "You deserve it!"

(End of this chapter)