sin drinker

Chapter 20 Four Unexpected Clues (6)
During off-duty hours, everyone's nerves were relaxed. I successfully avoided the eyes and ears, put away the corpse, and rushed into the crowd.But I'm still a mortal after all, and when the end came, I realized that I couldn't really kill anyone, even passers-by A, B, C, D, whom I didn't know.I know I'm covered in blood and I look crazy and exaggerated, but those poor people who are lying on the ground and moaning are probably not dead.I tried my best to perform, only wishing that the police could come sooner, and he could go farther. I didn't expect him to turn back, and his eyes were full of shock.

He is so kind, he must think I am crazy, unscrupulous, cruel and cold-blooded.But he pushed the girl I held hostage away, grabbed my hand, and said softly, "I'm sorry."

sorry?
Where did I come from? I'm sorry?

Sorry I saved him?I'm sorry I helped him avenge?

Sorry for our reunion, sorry for our memory, sorry for our first meeting?
Oh, he killed himself with my hand, my knife, that's the real sorry.He let me watch his eyes dim, feel his body gradually become cold, feel his breathing no longer continue, this world will no longer have him, I have a part in this evil deed, this is the real sorry .

To hide a victim, hide her among many victims.Unexpectedly, even the murderer hid in together in the end.

I shed a tear and laughed out loud at the sheer absurdity of it.

her secret
A drop of water slid down the crystal glass wall, dripped on the log-colored tabletop, and merged into a small pool of water stains.Zheng Que's mouth was parched, but he remained motionless. The vanilla smoothie in front of him turned into a cup of cloudy cream soup.

"Drink it. This is super delicious." Xu Ting gestured to the cold drink in front of him with her eyes. Seeing that he was not moving, she lowered her head and took a big sip by herself as if demonstrating. Her lips wrapped around the straw were glistening. It is the interaction between collagen and the new lip gloss. Against the bright and luxurious mirror wall and the large clusters of flowers behind, Zheng really feels that he is watching the cold drink advertisement endorsed by a girl idol in the new season-exaggerated satisfaction, sincere affectation, innocence and Temptation does not give in to each other. "Don't be afraid, I'm treating you." Zheng Que flinched, and it was Xu Tingxu who held his hand on the table.

He was very happy to be touched by Xu Ting. His mother left early and lost contact with other relatives. There was no opposite sex in his world, and the higher palm temperature unique to women made him feel safe inexplicably.But when he looked at Xu Ting's face, that sense of security disappeared again.Zheng Chue vaguely felt that Xu Ting might not be as delicate as she looked. She was only 16 years old and had already experienced puppy love, molestation, car accident, bleeding, and death, but at this moment she was dangling her legs on the sofa, smiling Recommend him your favorite dessert.That vague indifference made Zheng Que feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

"Don't talk about this, you asked me to come here, isn't it to talk about the third family?"

"Yeah, why, are you angry?" Xu Ting tilted her head, testing Zheng Que's reaction, her light brown pupils were as innocent as a doll.

"No...just..." Zheng Que struggled for a long time before breaking free from the bewitching gaze, "I don't understand what you want."

"What do I want? Haha, I, if I have to say it, I want fairness." Xu Ting pinned her hair behind her ears, and smiled, but there was no smile on her face, "Xingsha It’s not a big place. Have you heard about my story before? No! Because their family is rich, and his father is in charge of the construction bureau, it’s not good to leave a criminal record. Their family wants to save face, so they can ignore my life and death You can reconcile with some money, my family agrees, but I don’t agree.” Xu Ting sent a piece of crushed ice to her mouth, and rolled it over her teeth. Well, for so long in the past, I would dream that he came to me again in my dreams, he hated me and wanted to kill me, he called me a whore. I can't sleep, and I can't read a word during the day." Xu Ting's Tears started to form in my eyes: "If only I hadn't lent him homework in the first place."

That homework is a sentence pattern exercise in the first volume of English in the first year of high school.The morning self-study started, and Xu Ting took her seat in the fifth row early. The 26 letters in the exercise book with pink cartoons were arranged and combined, and they were clearly copied.With 10 minutes to go, Xu Ting was poked on the back by a finger: "Hey, help me, let me copy your English homework."

In the back row was a tall and fair boy. Not long after entering school, Xu Ting hadn't had time to recognize all the classmates in the class. He had a nice smile, messy hair, and funny sleep marks on his face.Xu Ting handed over the homework without thinking too much, and then, they knew each other.

"Tongxin and I are friends in the same class, you know, the kind you don't hate." Xu Ting stirred the drink in front of her, opening and closing her lips.Concentric, concentric, this strange name seemed to have a special magic power when she said it from her mouth. The corpse that fell from the building that day suddenly felt real, from a movie-like false picture to a living person.Zheng Que sucked his cheeks, as if he had bitten into a sour lemon.From Xu Ting's tone, she doesn't seem to hate the third brother's brother, so why is she so resistant to his pursuit?Zheng really couldn't figure it out, but Xu Ting already had enough mysteries, so he decided to let go of this part that might never be understood.

According to Xu Ting, Xu Ting and Tongxin are "ordinary friends".Xu Ting didn't think she had any special hints. Occasionally, she would bring breakfast, give two CDs, watch and play basketball, make an appointment to copy each other's homework, and so on. These were all normal interactions. Hand in hand, the pairing practice in physical education class also automatically sends the two as a pair, but it's all a joke, and it's not accurate. "But for some reason, Tongxin misunderstood him and thought he was my boyfriend." Xu Ting's tone became stiff, probably because she was finally close to the memories she didn't want to touch. "Do you think I'm pretending? But I really want to study hard, and I don't want to fall in love so early. I rejected him several times, both openly and secretly, but he, like a demon, just refused to let go .”

Xu Ting recalled that the last time was White Valentine's Day, and Tongxin gave a box of chocolates. Xu Ting didn't think about it, so she opened it and shared a few pieces with another boy she knew well. Suddenly, Tongxin became angry. A fight broke out in the back of the classroom.Xu Ting was so angry that she went up and slapped Tong Xin across the face. After that, they didn't talk anymore, and they had to make a detour when they bumped into each other. Xu Ting didn't say anything, but she felt a little sorry.

Then that weekend, a rare text message came from Tongxin, saying that he had something to clarify with Xu Ting.She was a little happy, thinking that the misunderstanding could finally be cleared up.After lunch, she went to his house for the first time. When she walked into the living room, she found that there was no one there. When the door was closed from behind, Xu Ting felt a little scared after a while.

"Then I followed him upstairs...yes, that's the room, you saw, he...he coaxed me, while pressing over to unbutton my clothes...I...I..." Xu Ting said like I fell into a breakdown, and big tears poured out continuously, making a pattering sound on the table.Zheng Que hurriedly searched for a tissue and handed it over, and when he got close, the steaming heat on the girl's cheek seemed to be within his reach. Such a cry here!No matter how kind the third child is now, the radiance will not radiate to his younger brother.The picture of Tongxin falling from the building was replayed in Zheng Que's mind again, this time, it was with revenge.

"I resisted desperately. He hit me, so I bit him...but... I couldn't help it..." Xu Ting bit her lip, as if the pain had overflowed to the limit: "After that, I ran away while he was not paying attention. Going out, he was probably afraid that I would tell others, so he came out to chase me like crazy, and then, hmph, it should be retribution, a truck drove up, he didn't see it, and it flew out of the car."

Just a few words of Zheng can also hear the soul-stirring.A gloomy smile flashed across Xu Ting's face. In Zheng Que's eyes, it was the pleasure of revenge. "My dad told me that he was dead, and he died with him. I was wrong about this matter, so I didn't file a case. I couldn't figure it out. What was wrong with me? Because I was friends with him? Because I believed him and went to his house Xu Ting raised her voice angrily: "No one knows how long I've been in fear, and I can't tell anyone. After a year, I thought I could finally forget about it, but..."

As a result, Xu Ting passed by the old third's house. Coincidentally, she saw the person standing on the small balcony.

Turned into ashes, she also recognized him, he was not dead, he was still alive, Xu Ting's nightmare came back.This person will find her sooner or later, even if the other party didn't see her, Xu Ting felt that she was being targeted.

"I don't intend to spend the rest of my life in fear. I have to do something."

The third child is inaccessible.Xu Ting had been with him for a while, and found out that he had a girlfriend in the society. She was wild, not good at learning, tattooed, dyed, hair pierced, and stuck to him.Xu Ting tried it. Although he didn't know her, he didn't seem to have much interest in the little sister in the lower grades. Let alone dealing with her, he didn't even have enough time to look at her.She was not discouraged, and if she continued to follow, Zheng Que appeared.

"I didn't mean to get you involved... But, I... I really have no other choice." Xu Ting stopped crying, but the tears didn't dry up. She looked beautiful with tears filling her eyelashes. Also clearly aware of her own beauty, she did not wipe those tears, but only glanced at Zheng Que clearly through them.She lied to him, but who could bear to blame her?Zheng Que shook his head, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind: Xu Ting wanted to take revenge on the third brother's brother, and Xu Ting found the door through him. Xu Ting saw the third brother's brother, and the other party jumped off the building.All this came too smoothly, and Xu Ting, the victim, seemed to be sitting on the victory without any effort.Why was he going to die as soon as she showed up?Didn't the third child say that his younger brother is already stupid?

Probably seeing the timidity on Zheng Que's face, Xu Ting stood up, leaned close to Zheng Que's ear, and the creamy breath sent a soft sentence:

"You won't tell, will you? I told you all the secrets."

The hair behind her ears slid down, sweeping over the upturned corners of her mouth.It was a mouth with a beautiful smile, suitable for declaring all pleasant news.

"I pushed him off."

Zheng Que stood up in a panic, grabbed a handful of change from his pocket, threw it on the table, and ran away.

dangerous relation
"The ashtray is full." These were Wu Hui's first words to break the silence.

Zheng Yuan paused with his hand holding the lighter: "Ah, it's okay, put it here, I'll throw it away later." He opened the takeaway bag, Wu Hui helped pour out the cigarette ash, and accidentally brushed a chopstick to the ground , the profile of him leaning over to pick it up fell into Zheng Yuan's eyes: "Hey, have you had your ears pierced?"

Wu Hui touched his earlobe subconsciously: "Oh...it's been a long time ago, just kidding."

"You are quite courageous." Zheng Yuan laughed shortly, "You don't even dare to smoke, but you dare."

"I don't know what's good about smoking." Wu Hui sniffed in the smog, "But yours doesn't smell bad."

"Peppermint cigarettes are similar to smoking air, so they have a bit of a good smell." Zheng Yuan clenched his front teeth, and there was a faint crisp sound between his lips. This was an imported product he dug out from Wang Shiqi's closet: "Filter There is a small bead inside, and the mint taste is stronger when you bite it."

"So that's how it is." Wu Hui stretched out his hand. Zheng Yuan thought he wanted to see it, so he turned the cigarette case around. Got it in, the wet marks on the filter are still there.Zheng Yuan felt a little strange in his heart, as if the finger touched his lips.

Wu Hui lightly blew on the cigarette butt, and the faintly bright dark red ignited from the edge, and quickly faded away, like the soul of the fire: "He said that smoking is harder to quit than drugs, and drugs are addictions. , at least you can force yourself to quit addiction, smoking is a habit, you don’t need to use your brain, just look at it, and when you react, you have already lit it.”

"It's not so exaggerated." Zheng Yuan raised the corner of his mouth.He knew that Wu Hui had acquiesced to his story.Wu Hui also smiled: "Really, I didn't believe it before, but I believe it later."

"What do you believe, smoking is harder to quit than drugs?"

"No, it's habit. Habit lasts longer than desire." Wu Hui narrowed his eyes: "Maybe you're right, those two people are indeed old acquaintances, just like you and Officer Wang."

really.Zheng Yuan thought to himself. The baby boom of the 80s gave birth to a large number of only children, who were born alone, but their instinct to live in groups drove them to transcend blood ties and bond with peers who were better than brothers and sisters.The meaning of the word "best friend" is different from that of a friend. In the old saying, it means going through the window together, carrying a gun together, climbing over a wall together, opening your crotch together, drinking together, and whoring together.Sharing innocence, adventure, absurdity, heroism and romance, is closer than many real family members.But where is the limit of such affection?To kill someone, take the blame, go to jail, accept the death penalty for the other party, even if the other party is dead?If the protagonists are replaced by him and Wang Shiqi, what step can he do for each other?Or, what step can Wang Shiqi do for him?

Zheng Yuan knew that he had touched a dangerous boundary, the cigarette on his mouth burned to the end, he hurriedly touched the cigarette case, trying to jump out of that random thought.

"They haven't known each other for a long time, but there are some things that may not take that long to be sure, right?" Wu Hui held the cigarette butt thoughtfully, his eyes following the subtle burn marks on it. : "Sometimes I wonder why these two people know each other? Every day we meet so many people on the road, why this one? Reporter Zheng, do you believe in God?"

Zheng Yuan blinked: "It depends on how you define God."

"I don't know, I just feel that there may be someone in the sky watching us all the time. It is God who arranged us at the same time, the same place, and the same thing. It is God who asked me to do this thing."

Wu Hui's expression was too serious, Zheng Yuan smiled lightly and shook his head: "You can't say that. It's like... just like this pack of cigarettes, do you know what this brand reads?"

"..."

"Marlboro, the English name MARLBORO, some people say that the name comes from the initials of an English sentence - Man Always Remember Love Because Of Romance Only." Zheng Yuan tapped the lighter on the table little by little: "That is to say, the man remembers love because of Romance Only." Love is only because it's romantic."

"It sounds romantic, too."

"Yes, unfortunately, legends are just legends. We always hope to romanticize life, just like the man in my story. For him, the man he met by chance may be the greatest responsibility he can shoulder. The greatest redemption he paid, the life of drifting with the tide began to have a direction and purpose because of his appearance. He felt that it was God's will, and maybe it was some kind of test or something, but for that man, maybe it was just a chance encounter. It’s just a chance encounter.” Zheng Yuan lit the last cigarette: “MARLBORO is just the name of a street, the original founder opened a cigarette factory on the side of this road, and took the name of the road as a trademark. The truth is so boring.”

"But what if, I mean, if it wasn't for the tobacco factory opening beside this road?" Wu Hui grinned, with a long-lost innocence on his face: "If God made this road wait for 100 years, and finally What about the man who runs the tobacco factory?"

Zheng Yuan suddenly felt his hairs stand on end.

"The story you tell is very moving, but a story will always be a story. I have also believed in other people's stories. In the end, it turns out that the stories are wrong. Even if most of them are right, if there is a little bit wrong, they are all wrong. Well, each of us paid for this mistake."

(End of this chapter)