It was September, when the heat of the summer had not disappeared. The weather in the south has been the same this year, with the first few days of autumn being even hotter than in the middle of summer. This weather is generally referred to as the "autumn tiger". In broad daylight, the sun is dazzling. Walking on the road under the sun is like a steamer, which makes people feel hot and irritable. In the busy city center of W City, you can see all kinds of vehicles rushing everywhere, but you can't see how many pedestrians are walking outside.

A young man in a white short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans was one of the few pedestrians. With a piece of paper in his hand, he walked in the shade of a tree or in the shade of a building. If someone looked closely at the paper in his hand, they would see that it was a leaflet for a company recruiter. The heat could not hide the nervousness and anticipation on the young man's face, and he looked down at the leaflet from time to time, occasionally lifting his clothes that were almost soaked because of the weather.

This is the city of W in the southern part of the People's Republic of China, a city that is considered a "second-tier city" by today's Chinese standards. But don't get me wrong about the concept of a "second-tier city", W is a big city with a permanent population of nearly 10 million, and only in China can it be called a second-tier city.

"That's the front. The young man turned on his mobile phone and once again confirmed his location through Baidu Maps. Around the next corner, he finally saw his destination, a high-rise building that was dubbed "The Building".

About forty minutes later, the young man walked out of the building. The leaflet that he had pinched in his hand and looked at from time to time when he went in was gone, and must have been thrown into a corner somewhere. The expression on his face was still calm, but there was still a trace of frustration in his eyes that could not be concealed.

The heat on the streets is still hot. Walking out of a building with central air conditioning, the feeling is simply a heat wave blowing in the face, which is prohibitive. The young man looked at the road ahead, the place was relatively busy, and there were really many empty taxis on the street. He knew that with a wave of his hand, an air-conditioned taxi would stop in front of him, and he could return to his place of residence refreshed without breaking a sweat. Otherwise, he would have to walk for 40 minutes in the middle of such a heatwave.

However, it is a pity that the taxi is not a volunteer. For an ordinary citizen of W City, this may not be a lot of money. But for a college student who "lost his job as soon as he graduated", it has to be considered from another angle. A forty-minute walk would cost him two meals, and it was not worth it.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he resolutely gritted his teeth and rushed outside.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the hot weather finally eased a little. Probably it was too hot for God to look at, a few clouds slightly blocked a little of the sun, and finally avoided the torment of the hot direct sunlight hitting the human body.

This is the university town of W City - of course, the so-called university town is just a name, and by the administrative standards of the Chinese government, this is "Baishan Street". However, even the streets have only been on the edge in the past two years, and they have always been called Baishan Town before. Several of W's colleges and universities are located here, making this place, which was originally only a suburban town, a well-known place to visit in W.

In the whole college town, there are two things that have the most, one is naturally college students, and the other is a rented house. This is due in large part to the shortage of school buildings, so the school is quite tolerant of students renting a house outside. There is even a small welfare policy for fresh graduates, that is, students are allowed to rent apartments nearby, and half of the apartment rent is paid by the students themselves, and half is subsidized by the school.

Therefore, a considerable number of recent college graduates still live here.

The young man's footsteps stopped. A taxi was parked on the side of the road ahead. A young man in a white T-shirt is stuffing large bags of small items into the car with a taxi driver.

"Hey, Lu Wu, are you back?" the man who was carrying things turned his head and spotted a bystander not far away.

"Dong Yue, are you moving out today?" asked the young man known as Lu Wu.

"Well, it's time to move out. The unit arranged a single dormitory for me, but it would be a waste if I didn't go over?!"

"It's promising, and even the house and work have been solved together. Lu Wu looked at each other with a little envy.

"What a house, it's just a single dormitory. Although Dong Yue was full of modesty, he couldn't hide his smugness. After graduating from college, the comparison between classmates is not whether their academic performance is good, whether they have a lot of pocket money, or even whether they have a girlfriend, but whether they have found a good job. Like Dong Yue, who even solves the problem of work and residence, it is definitely a good job, and he can be called the best among the "poor second generation". "When I get married in the future, I have to quit and buy my own house. It's really good, it's still Li Pingfu. ”

"That's his dad. Lu Wu said lightly. "It's not that he's great. ”

"Yes, these days, nothing compares to Daddy. Dong Yue also sighed.

Just as he spoke, Dong Yue had already stuffed all the big bags and small bags into the taxi. He himself sat in and waved goodbye to Lu Wu.

"Goodbye. Lu Wu also waved goodbye. But looking at the shadow of the taxi in the distance, he couldn't help but sigh, and another classmate moved away. When will it be his turn?

The taxi quickly disappeared at the end of the view, and Lu Wu turned his head and began to go upstairs.

This is a very common rental apartment in a college town, designed for college students, similar to a school dormitory, with no separate bathroom. These apartments are inexpensive and are usually reserved for poor students. Of course, even so, single rentals are still quite expensive. In fact, the students all share a house. A few good classmates get together, and with the use of bunk beds, one house can accommodate six people. Coupled with the preferential conditions provided by the school, if six people share half of the rent together, each person will only need to spend about 120 yuan a month. 120 yuan a month, which is about the same as living in a school dormitory. In exchange for less discipline and easier mobility, it is really worth the price for college students. Especially because of the last semester, people with flexible brains are looking for jobs there. Every day is managed by the dormitory administrator, the lights are turned off and the power is turned off at the standard time every day, and no one is happy to come back late and be warned or something.

There are six beds in the room (three bunk beds), only two of which are occupied, and two electric fans are whirring.

"Lu Wu, you're back. When he pushed the door in, the young man lying on the bed by the door looked up slightly, and then lowered his head to look at his phone. But in the next moment, he seemed to remember something, and once again looked up at his roommate and classmate who had come in.

Lu Wu's shirt was not so much a sweaty shirt as it was like a towel that had just been scooped up in the basin. The water was dripping straight down.

"Ren Jian, I'll take a shower. Lu Wu replied casually. He walked over to the edge of his bed and found a change of clothes and trousers.

"Hey, what are you going to do, making this look like this?"

"Nothing, just a trip to the city to apply for a job...... Then just walk back. ”

"Walk back...... You see that I have to blow an electric fan when I lie in bed and don't move! I can't save money like this!"

"Of course, there is no whole journey, and there is a number 6 bus in the middle...... Unfortunately, the bus didn't have air conditioning...... "Lu Wu's voice was far away, and he should have gone to the shower room."

"It's insane. Ren Jian muttered softly.

"It's too much money. The man on the other bed said. "Slut, I remember him as your classmate. ”

"Yes, that's right. Ren Jian got up from the bed and stretched slightly. When I was lying on the bed, I didn't feel it, but after standing up, I would find that this young man named Ren Jian was a little fat. In fact, the key factor in his obesity is not his figure, but his face. He has a round face, but his eyes are relatively small, and he belongs to the type that looks fat even if he doesn't grow flesh. With such a strong face as a bonus, he must not consider the strong body of the word "thin" in the direction of "fat".

Now that I've graduated, the people who rent with me have changed a lot. Some people left - for example, Dong Yue, who had just left - and people came in. Overall, the number of new graduates living in college towns is shrinking, and now there are only three people living in a dormitory that could have lived for six people. Even if there are three people, it is the consequence of someone moving in.

The new move-in is Wu Bing - not the same class, they are in the same department, and they also know each other. In fact, he lived next door before, but all the classmates who lived together found jobs and moved away, and he couldn't stay alone, so he simply moved to this room and lived with Ren Jian and the others.

"He used to be my partner. Ren Jian said.

"Be your slut's partner, that's a big loss!" Wu Bing showed an exaggerated expression.

Ren Jian's name is often pronounced upside down, that is, he is called "slut". This is his nickname, in fact, his nickname was "profiteer" at the beginning, but it was eventually upgraded to the current "slut".

As the saying goes, there are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames, and that's not wrong at all. Ren Jian's biggest ideal is to be a profiteer, and he has always talked about this ideal and has never been taboo about this.

To say that a large part of human talent is really innate. For example, a slut has average reading grades, but his business sense is particularly sensitive. Four years ago, Ren Jian showed his talent in this area as soon as he entered school: at that time, watermelons in the supermarket were sold for three yuan a catty, and the slut was stunned that there was a way to find a piece and a half of a pound of watermelon.

Good talent also requires acquired ambition to match. The ambition of a slut is to become a merchant - preferably a profiteer, because profiteers are the most profitable. He once proudly announced that he would start a small business and become a big boss sooner or later. Of course, if you want to become a big boss these days, you can't succeed with a keen sense of smell. But in the end, everyone who knows Ren Jian admits that it is certainly not a problem for a slut to be at least a small business owner - at least to be the kind of small shopkeeper who sets up a fruit stand in front of the hospital and mixes the rotten fruit with the good fruit and sells it to the people who come to the hospital to visit the hospital.

There was a time when sluts used to take orders from their classmates on campus and go buy watermelons. The number was so large that he had to borrow a tricycle to pull it back. So there are fewer people who call him "Ren Jian" and more people who call him "profiteers". Then, after some time later, after the fact that he cut rotten and moth-eaten fruits into fruit platters and sold them to the girls' dormitory was exposed, the "profiteer" was changed to "slut".

That's right, the whole girls' dormitory scolded him like that. The most shameless thing is that he actually brought in an unwitting female classmate to help him sell it.

Since then, the nickname "Slut" has been well deserved, and no one can shake it. He was a celebrity in the whole school, notorious.

Ren Jian smashed a pillow casually, Wu Bing caught the pillow, and smiled as he ate.

"What did he do with you, was he hired and exploited by you?"

"What is 'hiring', we are doing business in partnership. Actually, it's my fruit business, if he hadn't helped me get the housemaster, how could my business be in the girls' dormitory?"

"How did he get the housekeeper to give free fruit?" Wu Bing was very curious.

"It's a trade secret, so how can I tell you casually. Ren Jian said truthfully and falsely. "Wondering, you ask him. ”

"Forget it...... But why hasn't he found a job yet?"

"Actually, I found it, but unfortunately it was yellowed. Ren Jian said. "You know, in the previous civil service exam, he won the first place in the written exam, which made everyone envious for a while. Civil servants, iron rice bowls, I heard that you can arrange a house, who doesn't envy it?"

"It's been stirred up...... Slut, what does that mean?

"Li Pingfu from our class. Have you ever heard of this name......? Perhaps the richest person in the school, it is said that my father is the CEO of a large group company. Spelling dad can put everyone into the ravine. ”

"Li Pingfu, is that student union cadre who drives a private car to school every day?" Wu Bing immediately remembered when he said this name. "Of course I know, and I'm a celebrity in the school. ”

"That's right, it's that Li Pingfu. Even his private car is often changed, and once he drove to the school in a BMW 7 Series, so that the professors who taught the class ran to the window to take a few looks. Ren Jian said.

"Li Pingfu is that kind of person, how did he get in touch with Lu Wumao?"

"It's not about the poverty grants. The bursary is arranged by the student union...... In fact, what does it matter who the bursary is arranged for? Lu Wu is just a brainkiller, and it is none of his business at all, he was stunned and wrote a report letter to the school leaders. As a result, Li Pingfu let it out, saying that he would make Lu Wu regret it. In fact, is it necessary to be so nervous among classmates for four years?"

"And then he messed up the matter of Lu Wu's civil service exam?"

"Maybe he came forward to stir up pornography, maybe maybe he just came out to show off. Speaking of this, Ren Jian really sighed. Anyway, he specially ran to Lu Wu and said in person that he did it. And then what...... The official news also came, and Lu Wu failed the interview exam. Whether it was really a failure or someone else made it bad, only God knows. Now that everyone is going their separate ways, there are really not many cases like Lu Wu who haven't found it. ”

What Ren Jian said was the truth, because the three people who still live here now actually knew what they should do except for Lu Wu.

Don't look at Ren Jian now, he has actually found a job. Or that he has decided to partner with someone to "start a business" and open a small shop. The preliminary work has been done, just waiting for the start of the renovation (the weather is too hot during this time to start the decoration for a while). Since things can't start for a while, there's no reason why he shouldn't make good use of the current conditions and recuperate.

Wu Bing's situation was better -- he was successfully retained and appointed. The dormitory arranged for him by the school was next to it, so he was in no hurry to move from here for a while.

"If you can't find it again, I'm sure you'll have to go home. Wu Bing said with some regret.

"No, he's already decided not to go back. ”

"Why don't you go back?" Wu Bing couldn't figure it out for a while. "If he can't find a job, his family will want him back, right?"

"I heard that there was something going on at home. Ren Jian had already returned to his bed. In this hot weather, if there is no air conditioning in the room, the best way is to lie on the bed and blow the fan and leave nothing moving. "Anyway, he said he didn't want to go home. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Why are you like a curious baby!" Ren Jian squinted at the other party. "What's the matter with a person who doesn't want to go home when he's out of town? It's not a matter for my parents at home! Remind you, it's better to mention this kind of thing less, lest it make him unhappy. ”

"The roof leak happened to rain overnight. Wu Bing said softly.

After a short moment, the door to the room opened again. Lu Wu walked in from the outside, looking refreshed. Such a bath washes away the dirt and sweat on a person's body, and makes people feel a sense of renewal.

Lu Wu walked to the side and activated his own electric fan to blow the air. His electric fan is a very broken appliance. Because of the aging of the plastic, the shell of the electric fan is broken in several places, and you can even see the wire of the wire inside, how dangerous it is. The base of the electric fan is also not firm, and when it blows, it will shake slightly and make a "squeak" sound. To put it mildly, it wouldn't be surprising if it immediately collapsed into a pile of metal and plastic shards.

Of course, at the moment when everyone may leave at any time and go their separate ways, no one cares about this old electrical appliance, which can be regarded as the last post. Everybody knows that when everyone here is gone, or when this hot weather is over, it will go to the garbage heap.

"How about applying for a job today?" Ren Jian asked. "Hung up again?"

"Well, bad luck. Lu Wu replied lightly.

"I'll just say that you have a problem with your dress, so it's strange to wear it like this and not get brushed off. People rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and women look at dressing up and men rely on clothes. You come to the door wearing such casual clothes, and you don't have any sincerity at first glance! No wonder others brush you off. ”

"Roll it off! I didn't do anything, I didn't even get a chance to speak. Lu Wu replied.

"There's no chance to speak? Is this a joke? The job advertisement is fake?"

"It's not fake, but," Lu Wu sighed. "I was a W local in front of me, and I was a woman. The HR director chose her directly, and didn't even give me a chance to speak. What do you think I can do?"

"Hey, there's really no way around it!" Ren Jian sat up straight from the bed. "It's really a tiger falling in Pingyang and being bullied by dogs......" His eyes rolled, "Lu Wu, how about coming to my side and messing with me?"

"Thanks, I don't want to live a life of cheating. Lu Wu replied angrily. From this sentence, it can be seen that he is actually far from being as calm as he seems on the surface.

He had now laid down and relaxed, feeling the hard work of the day, and the cool comfort of the wind blowing on his skin that had not yet completely dried.

"Lu Wu, if you can choose by yourself, what career do you want to do?" When he was emptying his mind and lying down and blowing the wind without thinking about anything, he heard Ren Jian's voice.

"What if...... I want to be an explorer. Lu Wu pondered for a moment and replied.

"It's a pity that Lu Wu, you were born three hundred years late. Ren Jian shook his head and said. "If you had been born 300 years earlier and had been born in Europe, you might have made a name for yourself. Explorers were a respected profession in those days. As for now...... Adventure is no longer a profession, it's a hobby. Where do people who have no money have the qualifications to go on an adventure. ”

Lu Wu couldn't help but laugh.

"So let's honestly give up. Don't say you're not a dragon, even if you're a dragon, you have to help you. Longyou is still being played by shrimp in shallow water?"

"Lu Wu, I heard that you partnered with Ren Jian to do business before?" Wu Bing suddenly asked on the side.

"That's so nice...... What kind of business is not to set up a stall in the school to sell fruits. Lu Wu said.

"What is called 'selling fruits', this is hand training, practice, and necessary social ......practice," Ren Jian on the side began to shout aggrieved.

"How can a slut find you to partner?" Wu Bing asked.

"Of course, I like his ability," Ren Jian said. "A week of revision can help you pass level 4 in English. The so-called discerning talent refers to people like me. ”

"What does this have to do with English?" Wu Bing wondered. "Even if you sell fruit to foreigners, there are no foreign students in our school. ”

"It's a big deal!" said this, Ren Jian came to his senses. "Come, Lu Wu, show him. ”

"Not interested. Lu Wu turned over so that the electric fan could blow his back.

"I'll show you this," Ren Jian got up, picked up a small piece of paper from the table, and wrote a series of Arabic numerals in three or two strokes. He shook the paper at Wu Bing, "Did you see it?" ”

Wu Bing nodded, but he didn't understand what the slut wanted to do.

"Lu Wu, I'll show you. Ren Jian came to Lu Wu's side and handed him the note. Lu Wu was reluctant at first, but he couldn't resist Ren Jian, so he had to take the note and read it.

In just a few seconds, Ren Jian put the note in front of Wu Bing. "Look. ”

Wu Bing looked at it carefully, but on that piece of paper, there were indeed only irregular Arabic numerals, and they were very long, there were twenty or thirty of them.

Then, Lu Wu began to recite a series of numbers. He wasn't very fast, but Wu Bing immediately looked stupid. Because what Lu Wu recited was obviously the number that Ren Jian wrote as he wanted on this note. And most importantly, memorize it exactly right.

"You know, it's amazing. Ren Jian took the note back, crumpled it up, and threw it into the wastebasket. "Lu Wu, this kid has a super memory, and he is a natural secretarial material. Today, that company is really looking down on people and missed this good opportunity. I think that at the beginning, Lu Wu and I worked together to collect money and settle accounts, but we didn't miss it at all. Think about it," he said, with an exaggerated gesture. "So many people, dozens of them, crowded around me to buy watermelons. If it weren't for Lu Wu's clear mind, this account would definitely be miscalculated! Not to mention anything else, at least someone would take something and run away without giving money!"

"It's really amazing," Wu Bing also laughed.

"Not only that, but he also has a trick ......"

"Don't blow it for me, it's just a trick. Lu Wu said. "When I was a child, there was a retired old magician next door, and I practiced for a short time and learned a little trick. It's just a little trick. From a scientific point of view, it is to find ways to distract people and take advantage of human visual deficiencies to play tricks. It's not a big deal, anyone can practice it if they find a teacher who is willing to guide them and spend a little time. In fact, he is a slut who really has the ability, he plays cards and mahjong or something, and every time he steals cards and changes cards!

"Gambling is not more than a thousand, it is purely a lot of money. Ren Jian shook his head and defended himself, which is really worthy of the name of a slut.

"Cut, you play cards between classmates, you are out of thousands, that is also gambling?"

"It wasn't that I lost in a hurry that time. Ren Jian laughed. "Fortunately, Lu Wu didn't demolish me, otherwise I would really be finished. ”

The three of them fell silent suddenly, because the topic had already been finished.

"It's a pity that in these years, it's useless to have talent. In the market economy, everything is still based on money. Ren Jian spoke again, returning the topic to the beginning. "Lu Wu, I didn't say you ......"

His voice was interrupted by a violent knock on the door.

"Who's coming?" asked Wu Bing on the side.

"Probably Dong Yue, did he leave something here......" Ren Jian happened to be standing, so he walked over and opened the door.

However, it was not Dong Yue who was outside the door, but a middle-aged woman in her fifties, medium stature, slightly fat, and a red face.

The three of them immediately recognized the identity of this person - this was the landlord of the apartment building they lived in, who was actually the landlord of the dormitory, surnamed Ma, and several people called her Aunt Ma. As for her name, hey, she's leaving soon, who cares about this kind of thing? Besides, this Aunt Ma really doesn't feel good about them.

In fact, in terms of appearance, this Aunt Ma is not annoying for a woman of her age, at most she has a louder voice and a more scathing voice. But her personality is another matter, if you use one sentence to describe this Aunt Ma, it is to recognize silver in her black eyes - her mind is full of wanting to raise the rent, and she is doing everything possible to find fault and make excuses.

Luckily - at least in this room - there is a freak like a slut. Ren Jian belongs to the type of shameless, not afraid of death, and staring at money, and from time to time threatens to check out, so that Aunt Ma's plan to increase the rent has never succeeded. But for some time, she has been trying to get rid of all these graduates, because they can be rented to new students at a higher price. However, it is a pity that in the rental contract signed at the beginning, there were relevant clauses and restrictions (as mentioned earlier, this is because of the school's subsidy, so the contract was signed by the school), so although she had this idea, she was helpless for a while.

"It turned out to be Aunt Ma, what kind of wind blew you here?" asked Ren Jian.

"I'm here to inform you," Aunt Ma didn't enter, her voice was so loud and sharp that it could be heard clearly throughout the floor. "Next month the rent will be doubled, no, more than doubled. ”

"Hey, make no mistake. "Ren Jian is a little baffled. "Why?"

"Because you're no longer students!" Aunt Ma reached out and took out a document and stuffed it into Ren Jian's hand, "See for yourself." ”

Ren Jian immediately recognized that it was a notice document issued by the school. Among them, there are a lot of nonsense that has nothing to do with them, so I won't talk about it, and what really has a relationship with them is actually one thing.

That is, students who have graduated cannot enjoy the preferential policies of the original school. And the fact that they are now renting a house and subsidizing half of the school is also within the scope of this "preferential policy".

At the back of the document, two chapters of the school office and the student council were struck.

"How is it possible, there was no such thing last year!" Ren Jian was a little anxious. Although the logic of the document itself is not problematic, it is an unspoken rule: if a graduate has graduated, he is not considered a "college student", but he usually enjoys a long period of benefits before he finds a job. The longest-term can even enjoy the end of the semester in the second half of the year.

"Last year was last year, and this year is this year!" Aunt Ma obviously wanted to let the gang go for a long time. "Don't say I didn't say it, there is no subsidy on the school's side, and our contract will be nullified. Either give the money or leave! I'll be notified in 10 days! Don't blame me for throwing things out. ”

She looked triumphantly at Ren Jian for the first time without saying anything, and she didn't ask for the documents just now, she turned around and left.

"Phew!" Ren Jian spat at her back. "The old woman who drills the eyes of money! You think we are rare in a broken house!"

Ren Jian looked at the document with some embarrassment. In fact, he didn't care, Wu Bing didn't matter, it was just a little more trouble - not even a small trouble. After all, college students' luggage is simple, just like Dong Yue just now, a taxi can go. The key is Lu Wu.

It is a very obvious fact that living in a big city has a high income from work, but also a high level of consumption. Not to mention anything else, the rent in big cities is really not comparable to small cities. This is a common concern for all college students who have not yet found a job - it is enviable to find a job that helps with accommodation. Not to mention that until now, Lu Wu hasn't even found a job.

"Strange...... What the hell this year...... Hey, how does this matter have anything to do with the student union?" Ren Jian looked at the document again. "Could it be ......?"

It can't be the one behind it, right?

Ren Jian remembered a name in his heart, but he was not very sure. Anyway, everyone is through the same window together, so it's too much. But it's hard to say that the previous one went even further......

"No way, it seems that the brothers don't have much time to get together here. Ren Jian deliberately said in a very relaxed tone. "Leave the matter of renting a house to me, and I will definitely be able to find a house with great value for money!"

Although he said so, the other two did not respond. Lu Wu closed his eyes on the bed, as if he was thinking about something, and Wu Bing obviously understood the significance of the matter, so although he was looking at Ren Jian, he didn't speak. For a moment, the room was filled with awkward silence.

At this time, a burst of music suddenly sounded, and it was Ren Jian's mobile phone ringing on the bed just now.

"Hey...... It's me ......," Ren Jian picked up the phone. "Ah...... All right...... Okay, by all means...... I have a few more ...... on my side Okay, let's ...... together."

Putting down the phone, Ren Jian's face immediately showed a smile, and the embarrassment just now was long gone. "Ha, luck!"

"What's the matter?"

"It's a party! It seems that someone has a local tyrant to treat, and our dinner has been settled!"

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Class reunions are a very frequent event for students who have just started or are about to go to work. Or rather, this period was the last vestige of their college life. It's only a few days when you're enthusiastic and free, and after a while, the pressure of work will make people have no time to worry about it.

It's the same with this gathering.

The most important thing here in the university town is a variety of places to eat. After a dinner at a small shop that included boiled live fish, a group of giggling and over-energy students arrived at the nearest accommodation.

It is also a place where several students share a house. But there are also three, six, nine and so on, Lu Wu and the others live in the lowest-grade apartments that are almost no different from the school dormitories (the advantage is that the price is cheap), and this place is obviously the choice of the rich - this is a house of about 1780 square meters, and the furniture and electrical appliances are also very neat.

Everyone gathered in the living room, chatting and farting together, and when watching the video, I don't know who mentioned playing cards. Of course, a group of energetic young people would not object to this proposal. So, a game of cards soon began.

Of course, although it is said that there are winners and losers in playing cards, but in fact everyone is joking, laughing, drinking beer, everyone is enthusiastic, and no one really cares what cards they have in their hands. How to say it, the game between college students, even if it is counted to the sky, the range of winning and losing is only a thousand yuan. This level of winning and losing, in terms of the consumption level of W City, is really only a "game" grade.

However, Lu Wu has always been on the sidelines, although he also coaxed and watched others win or lose, but he never ended up.

Ren Jian occupied the position and won consecutive battles.

Lu Wu's practice of hiding his head and showing his tail was quickly discovered, and almost everyone had already been on the table at this time, so everyone coaxed Lu Wu to play. In this case, Lu Wu was held hostage by everyone, and although he was unwilling, he had to serve on the table.

So many people laughed and laughed together, and almost no one noticed that a new person came in at the gate.

Lu Wu's first game was over quickly. His luck in this round is very good, after the cards are dealt, there is no need to raise, no need to turn over the hole cards, the situation is already clear. Naturally, everyone else gave up.

The one sitting opposite Lu Wu has already lost several games, and it is not the kind of selective failure, but the stinky card is not even qualified to compete with the other party. After losing this time, he immediately shouted loudly that he was going to give up his seat and vacate his position so that he could change his luck.

"Okay, I'm gone, who's coming? who's going to ...... Uh......" He was screaming loudly, but suddenly his voice was choked. Because he noticed a new one who didn't know when he was coming.

"I'm on, I haven't been on the table yet. A voice rang out.

It was a man of medium height, with a pair of rimless glasses, who spoke. Although he is very popular in appearance, he belongs to the type that cannot be found when thrown into the crowd, but he has a special temperament that is difficult to express and does not belong to ordinary people.

If I have to say, it's a feeling between a gentleman and a scholar.

"Ha, Li Pingfu is here, the local tyrant is here, welcome!" I don't know who shouted like this, and the lively atmosphere in the whole room became more intense.

"Li Pingfu, why are you here...... When the call was made to you, you didn't say ......"

"I said come late, I might not be able to catch up with the meal. Li Pingfu laughed, pulled over the chair and sat down. "Isn't it now?"

Maybe it was a coincidence that he happened to be sitting opposite Lu Wu. The two faced each other, and the smile on Lu Wu's face before had disappeared unconsciously, while the smile on Li Pingfu's face became even stronger.

The two of them looked at each other, and the lively atmosphere in the room suddenly changed, like a bucket of ice water suddenly poured on it, and the whole thing became cold.

"Deal the cards. Li Pingfu said. Although he had a smile on his face, there was no hint of a smile in his eyes.

The noisy and frolicking atmosphere was gone, and Dong Yue, who was in charge of issuing the cards, wiped the sweat on his head with his hand, and then wiped it on his trouser legs. He had been dealing cards smoothly just now, but now he had stopped.

"Deal the cards. Lu Wu also said.

Dong Yue began to deal cards, but his hand was a little shaky. Everyone actually sympathizes with poor Dong Yue, because as long as they are not blind, they can see the conflict between these two people...... Well, this has long been no secret to classmates.

On the surface, they just sit at the table, facing each other, like two people who really want to play, waiting for the cards to be dealt, and then betting to win or lose, but in their stares facing each other, people seem to see a spark.

Dong Yue shuffled the cards in the eyes of the two, dealt the cards, and the action was quite slow, but even so, the cards were dealt quickly.

Maybe it was fate that played tricks, the one sitting on Lu Wu's left hand (Lu Wu's right hand was Ren Jian) had a stinky card that would never go back, so he directly and unmistakably explained that he wanted to give up. To prove his position, he even stood up and left the table. Of course, no one immediately took his place at this moment.

Ren Jian's side is similar. Watching him put the cards together and put them in his hand, you can see that he has basically given up. In fact, the cards in his hand are also very smelly miscellaneous cards, and the biggest possibility is just a pair.

The scene turned into a confrontation between two people. Lu Wu's cards look like flushes, or they are likely to be flushes, while the cards in Li Pingfu's hands are likely to be straights. However, the two of them did not move for a long time. Lu Wu looked at each other, while Li Pingfu seemed to look at his phone without feeling.

"It's time to place a bet. Among the onlookers, I don't know who said it.

"It's definitely going to be a bet. Li Pingfu put away his phone and said, "I want to make a big one." He reached into his trouser pocket and threw a stack of red papers onto the table.

There was silence in the room, and more than one person realized that this was the biggest gamble of the night, and that it was far beyond the scope of the "game". Li Pingfu grinned.

Behind him, I don't know when there was a young girl. The people here are all boys, and the abrupt appearance of such a woman is very eye-catching. Although everyone didn't know this woman, they knew that she was brought by Li Pingfu. I guess it's a girlfriend or something. But no one dared to ask. Everyone knows that this gamble has changed and is no longer a game between classmates.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have cash, you can owe it first. Li Pingfu said. His eyes were fixed on Lu Wu in front of him.

"No, I just saw that there is an ATM next to here, who will help me withdraw the money. Lu Wu took out a card from his pocket and asked.

The students looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"I'll fetch it for you. The strange woman beside Li Pingfu suddenly took the initiative to propose.

Li Pingfu was noncommittal, but at least did not object. Lu Wu threw the card over, and the woman took it.

"The code is on the back of the card. Lu Wu said.

A few minutes later, the woman returned. He first threw the card back to Lu Wu, and then threw a stack of red hundred-yuan bills on the table in front of Lu Wu.

"I'm really embarrassed," when Lu Wu put away the card, the woman smiled and said, "I took all the money in your card, and there are probably five or ten yuan in it......"

She was clearly telling the truth, and everyone looked at the stack of money and estimated its amount. But no matter how you estimate it, it's not a particularly large number - especially in a developed city like W. The surrounding classmates began to talk about it. There are actually not many people who know about Lu Wu's current predicament -- this kind of thing has not been particularly concealed.

Seeing that such a completely wrong situation finally made it impossible for someone to hold it back.

"Hey, there's no need to be like this......, right?

"Classmates?" this time it was Li Pingfu who spoke first. "That's right, I want to see people as classmates, but why don't others treat me as classmates? You can't let me use my hot face to stick to other people's cold butts, right?"

He looked around at his classmates, as if trying to find a supporter or opponent for his opinion. But at this time, most people avoided his gaze. Everyone knows that Li Pingfu did not come here for a party this time, but came specially for Lu Wu.

"Lu Wu, it seems that you plan to gamble with me?" After glancing around, Li Pingfu fixed his gaze on the opponent in front of him, no, the prey. There was a disgusting confidence on his fair face, "This is my bet, I'm already on the table." ”

Lu Wu stared at the stack of money belonging to Li Pingfu on the table for about a few seconds, then nodded, slowly reached out, and separated about the same part of his money as the other party's bet (this was almost half of all his money), wanting to put the money in his hand on the table. He didn't count them, so there may be a discrepancy in the amount. But no one cares about that right now.

Ren Jian reached out and grabbed Lu Wu's hand.

"Are you crazy, Lu Wu, can you afford to lose?" Ren Jian also looked anxious this time. If you want to say who knows Lu Wu's situation best, it is undoubtedly him.

"Why can't you afford to lose?" Li Pingfu gloated a little. "He's not out of money? You see the money is in his hands. And, "there was a clear provocation and sarcasm in his voice." "This card still looks better than him. ”

"Think clearly!" Ren Jian's voice was very loud, "Li Pingfu lost his X and didn't have any shit, just pat his ass and go home." If you lose, what will you do in the future?!"

"What do you mean by that, slut!" Li Pingfu seemed a little offended, but everyone could see that he didn't really mind what Ren Jian said. "If you have a good hand to win, how can you not bet?"

On the table, Lu Wu has a total of four spades in his hand, the largest nine of spades, but as long as his hole card is any of the spades, he can form a "flush". On the other hand, Li Pingfu is not to be surprised, but there are only eighty or ninety and Q on the board, and there must be a J to form a straight.

The odds difference between the two is quite big, if there is anyone who has the best chance of winning, it must be Lu Wu. But let's be honest, at least on the surface, they know what their hole cards are.

Ren Jian ignored Li Pingfu's words, but stood up and put his cards aside.

"Think about it, on such a hot day, in order to save a dozen yuan of money, you walked all the way back from the city in a daze! With such a hard-earned money, you just threw it into the water, are you worthy of yourself?" Ren Jian looked really anxious. "You can't afford to lose!"

There was silence all around. This incident happened today, and if Ren Jian hadn't said it so loudly, everyone wouldn't have known about it. But since Ren Jian shouted out like this, this in itself already shows that Lu Wu's situation is much worse than everyone expected.

This time, Li Pingfu stopped talking, but a smile appeared on his face. is different from the smile that was disguised and piled up just now, this is his sincere smile, and it is also a proud smile, a victorious smile. It was only at this moment that he could really be sure that he had won—that kind of complete victory.

If he had known that the other party had fallen to this point, maybe he would not have bothered to come here to fight the water dogs. In fact, if he had known this, he really didn't need to spend so much energy on this matter. Not to mention that such a program was specially designed tonight to solve the problem. It was only at this moment that he could really feel that overwhelming superiority - in this society, the power of the two sides is not at all of the same level. He only needs to stretch out his finger slightly, and the other party will have to turn over the heel.

It's like the king would never treat a beggar as a rival, and he shouldn't have cared too much about Lu Wu. Perhaps, as others say, this is a "loser" thing.

Of course, now that he is here, even if he knows the other party's situation, he doesn't mind hitting the reservoir dog with the last blow. The feeling of watching a reservoir dog that once bit itself eventually become a dead dog...... That's something to look forward to.

Although I know that it is too impossible to ask the other party to beg for food or something (of course, it is only "unlikely"), but how to put it, it is a good thing to be able to get him out of the country completely, and never see him in the city again.

As soon as he thought of this, he didn't waste his lips and tongues, but just watched the other party make a choice with a smile on his face. In fact, it doesn't matter what the other party chooses - it is nothing more than to continue to be a drowning dog in the water, or to be beaten to death by him with a stick.

He also knew that this was also the last time he cared about Lu Wu.

At this time, several people had already come out to stop Lu Wu. Everyone knew that Li Pingfu came prepared, and it was impossible to convince him to give up. Therefore, people who can't look past this matter have chosen the second way, which is to let Lu Wu give up.

Lu Wu stood there, and three or four people on the side were persuading. He also seemed to be a little moved for a while, but at this time, Li Pingfu added the last sentence without yin or yang.

"Sure enough, only those who dare to write a report letter behind someone else's back ......"

This sentence aroused Lu Wu's anger, or it seemed to provoke Lu Wu's anger. He pushed Ren Jian away and a few others who tried to persuade him, looking determined to compete.

"I'm following!" Lu Wu said

This time, Li Pingfu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately turned into laughter.

"Haha...... Ha ha...... Good, good, good......" His smile was full of danger.

"And I'll raise! Stud!" Lu Wu immediately added, putting all the money on the table. Ren Jian may have resigned himself to his fate at this time, sat back at the table, and no longer tried to stop him. The same goes for several others.

"Scare me?" Li Pingfu was stunned again, but then laughed even harder. "Haha...... That's how you ...... Can you scare me? It's ridiculous......"

He reached for money in his pocket.

"You may not know," Lu Wu said calmly, "I have very good dynamic vision. So when I shuffled the cards, I noticed what the first card was, which was the hole card that was dealt to you. It was a 4 of clubs, not a J. Your hand doesn't make a straight at all. So I'm 100% sure that you're just a scare. Your hand is a high card, the biggest is a queen, not even a pair. ”

What he said was true, even Li Pingfu stopped taking out the money, and instead picked up the hole cards and looked at them.

"It seems like you guessed it...... Does this count as cheating?" he asked the woman behind him in the second half of his sentence.

"Of course not," replied the woman in a deliberately delicate tone. "How can this count as cheating? Isn't it a normal way to remember other people's cards? I've heard similar stories about tennis players who go to gambling and use their excellent dynamic vision to memorize other people's cards directly...... It's a skill, not a cheat. ”

"That's right, it's a skill, not cheating. Li Pingfu said, and then he turned his head to face Lu Wu. I called. ”

After saying this, he threw out the hole cards in his hand without mind. Everyone can see that his hole card is indeed what Lu Wu said, club 4. His hand is completely unformed and rotten. The biggest card is the queen.

"Hey, you're going to have a broken hand?" someone called out.

"Why can't you follow when you break the card?" Li Pingfu rolled his gaze and looked at the person who spoke. "Does someone say you can't call if you have a bad hand?"

As anyone in their right mind knows, there is no such rule for any gambling - because there is no need for it. The eventful brother immediately shut up and stopped talking.

Li Pingfu had already found enough money from his pocket. Now that technology is developed, card swiping has long become the mainstream, and college students are the most receptive to new technologies. So at most, others only have a little pocket money on them (it is precisely because they use change to play cards that everyone was so relaxed before), and Li Pingfu has so much money with him to show that it is not normal.

In fact, everyone could see that he was definitely prepared this time.

"I'm with you. He repeated it again, then dropped his own on the table.

Originally, this should have been a relief thing - because of this bad hand, Li Pingfu was like giving money to Lu Wu. But at this moment, no one breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, the tense atmosphere was even stronger just now.

Li Pingfu is a bad hand, yes, but the cards in Lu Wu's hand, if you can't form a flush, then even Li Pingfu's cards are not as good.

At the table, you don't necessarily need good hands or big hands to win. You can win even with bad hands - as long as your opponent's cards are worse than yours.

Lu Wu didn't seem to believe that Li Pingfu would make such a decision. The other party had such a bad hand, but he did not immediately say "open the card" in an impatient tone, nor did he open his hole cards for the first time to show others.

"Lu Wu, do you know why I don't like you? Because you are a hypocrisy. Li Pingfu said calmly. "What is the skill of using a dark arrow behind my back? Do you know how badly you have done me?! I almost got expelled! I studied for four years, and then I was expelled before I graduated! In the end, although I was not expelled, it was also very costly, and I really couldn't bear it. ”

"It's a pity that he wasn't expelled, was he?" Lu Wu retorted directly.

"I'd like to see how hard you can get! This time it was Li Pingfu who took the initiative to ask.

"Although you don't believe it, I really didn't send that report letter...... Because I really didn't know anything about the nasty tricks you played in the student council until it got out. But then again, if I had known, you would have been fired. Because I would never write a whistleblower letter that I don't know if it will work. I'm going to go straight to the dean!And there's no way you're going to settle it with your dad's money and connections like you did this time, and that's no use, because I'm going to just grab a loudspeaker and a radio and broadcast what you're doing all day on campus. When it comes to that, I don't believe you can get a diploma!"

If these words had any effect, it would have made Li Pingfu's face ugly. Just now he felt that it was a waste of time to beat the water dog, but now he feels that this water dog really has to fight.

"Actually, I don't understand until now, your family is obviously a big boss, those small money like bursaries or something," Lu Wu continued. "How could you be interested?!"

Of course, Li Pingfu will not say that this matter has nothing to do with money - he really doesn't like that money, but he needs to pretend to be forced in front of others to show his power. And once others can see these small money, everything will happen naturally.

"Okay, it's tough. Li Pingfu said. "But the past is in the past, so let's talk about the present. It's time for you to open your cards. ”

"Do you think you've won?" Lu Wu asked.

"It's not that I think, it's that I'm pretty sure I won. Li Pingfu said. "Why don't you open the cards? Isn't your hole card a good one? Let me guess, it should be a 10 of hearts." Without waiting for Lu Wu to speak, he immediately continued. "It's not cheating, I'm just sharp-eyed, and I happened to see the hole card that was scheduled to be dealt to you when I shuffled the cards. ”

Lu Wu did not refute, nor did he flop to prove the opponent's mistake. This in itself seems to prove what Li Pingfu said from the side.

After a while—in the sense of some, it was longer than a boring English lesson—Lu Wu finally spoke.

"You know, when I was a kid, there was a lonely old man living next door to my house. Others say he's a retired magician because he can do juggles. One day, a few children around us banded together to try to deceive him—because everyone thought it would be a great thing to get a magician—but every time the deception began, or even just the beginning, before the main drama had even been staged, he immediately debunked it. Of course, this kind of thing is normal, how can a group of little hairy people who are less than ten years old come up with tricks, how can they deceive an old man who has lived for decades? But I didn't understand at that time, so I asked the old man why he could see through it, and the old man said two sentences to me, the first of which was roughly like this. ”

Lu Wu looked at Li Pingfu in front of him and said something inexplicable that had nothing to do with the gambling game.

"He told me that if someone gambles with you in a way that doesn't seem very advantageous, he's going to be out of business. ”

Lu Wu stared at Li Pingfu in front of him, who didn't understand for a moment what he meant by what he said.

"Where did you get so much nonsense......"

Lu Wu stretched out his hand and opened the hole card in his hand. It was indeed not a plum blossom, but a heart. But it is not the 10 of hearts predicted by Li Pingfu, but the ace of hearts.

"Your biggest is a Q, my biggest is an A, and I won. Lu Wu said.

"You...... This is impossible, you ......" Li Pingfu saw Lu Wu's hole cards, and his face changed in an instant. Although he tried his best to hold back, everyone knew that he wanted to say the word "out of a thousand".

But that doesn't make sense right now. With so many pairs of eyes, in full view of everyone, if there is no evidence, it will not be recognized by everyone. Especially now that the weather is hot, a group of people wear short sleeves, even if they are not vests. The most important thing is that Li Pingfu suddenly appeared in the middle of the game, and then made a gambling request, saying that Lu Wu had been prepared for this a long time ago, so no matter how loud Li Pingfu shouted, others would not believe it.

Moreover, Li Pingfu's arrogant attitude just now was also obviously met with common hostility from everyone. Although no one stands up against him, others are naturally inclined to not believe what he says.

"It's impossible, let's make it clear. If you can't tell, then I won, right?!" Lu Wu asked.

"You won," Li Pingfu forcibly suppressed his anger.

"So you have to admit that peeking at the cards when the cards are shuffled is a very eye-catching thing. Because if you are not careful, you will make a mistake, and if you are wrong, you will lose. Lu Wu said. "So the gambling kings in the United States who got the 'gold bracelet' almost did not rely on dynamic vision. If it were me, I would choose an easier way, for example, to bribe a person to look at your hole cards behind your back, and then secretly tell me the contents of the hole cards in a code...... You can even send it directly to your phone. ”

Li Pingfu's face changed, he snorted, and stood up suddenly. But in the next moment, his ugly face returned to a smile.

"Hah...... You won beautifully, Lu Wu. But what's the use of two thousand dollars, enough for you to pay a month's or two months' rent?" he laughed. "It seems that the school doesn't want to continue to pay you rent subsidies this year. ”

That's right, he doesn't need to mind at all. The situation in front of him can only be said to say that the last stick failed to kill the reservoir dog, and gave it a small opportunity to breathe.

But what does it matter? Reservoir dogs are still reservoir dogs, they don't turn into tigers -- let alone tigers, and they don't even climb up the shore. In this society, he is a successful person, and Lu Wu is a loser. No matter how much he loses tonight's gamble, that won't change.

"Is this admitting defeat and leaving?" When Li Pingfu was about to leave, I don't know who suddenly said.

The word "admit defeat?" made Li Pingfu a little annoyed, but this anger disappeared in an instant. "Ha, this should be said to Lu Wu, right? Lu Wu, do you think you won me?"

Lu Wu did not answer.

"Lu Wu, today is just a game, not a gamble. Wait until one day, when you are eligible to gamble with me at the table, and then you will be qualified to say the word 'win'. Now you, let alone win or lose, you don't even have the qualifications to bet with me. ”

He didn't stay any longer, turned away with the young girl, and without even saying goodbye to the other classmates, he disappeared directly outside the gate of the house.

It was late at night.

It was about twelve o'clock now, but none of the three people lying in bed had fallen asleep.

"Haha...... I want to laugh when I think of that guy's expression of eating poop, and I want to laugh......" Ren Jian smiled proudly in the lower bunk. "It's so aggressive, so arrogant, and the result is still deflated...... Lu Wu, you played beautifully. ”

"It's because he's too stupid," Lu Wu said. "With such an obvious attitude, I really think that everyone else is a fool, and I can't see that he deliberately came to target me!"

The two of them had a tacit understanding, but Wu Bing on the side didn't understand it very well.

"Lu Wu, what the hell is going on......"

"Nonsense, Li Pingfu opened that kid and was caught. Ren Jian hurriedly replied.

"Plug-ins?"

"Think about it, that kid came and threw such a pile ......of money out, to say that he didn't mean it, it wasn't premeditated, do you believe it? "I took the opportunity to change my hole cards to Lu Wu. ”

"When did you change it? Also, how do you know if you can win by changing to Lu Wu?"

"Of course when I came out and pretended to stop him. Ren Jian looked triumphant. Lu Wu completely memorized the hole cards of the four people. So of course he knew that if I gave him my hole cards, he would win. It's useless for that kid to play any tricks!"

"What did he deceive?" Wu Bing still didn't quite understand.

"Look at the cards behind your back. Lu Wu said. "I don't know which one to buy, so I looked at my cards directly from behind. At first, I was skeptical, but when I finally brought it up on purpose, Li calmed down that reaction...... That's right. ”

"What, he was going to ...... from the beginning" Wu Bing finally came back to his senses. In fact, it's not that he doesn't have enough brains, but that he and Lu Wu are not in the same class after all - although everyone knows each other and can mix together, they are separated by a layer no matter what.

"It must be uneasy and kind, and I want to use this way to make Lu Wu no longer able to stay in W City. Ren Jian snorted. "Think about it, Lu Wu hasn't found a job on the one hand, has no money on the other, and finally doesn't even have a cheap house...... It's really miserable to get to that point!" Ren Jian sighed. "Speaking of which, Li Pingfu is really ruthless. When I was studying, I really couldn't see that guy was so vicious, and the whole person was really going to death. ”

"Leave no stone unturned. Wu Bing agreed. After thinking about it in this way, you can really understand Li Pingfu's viciousness. "X, where is this here to gamble, this matter is a special trip to kill everything. Lu Wu was so miserable, he didn't let it go......"

"Anyway, it finally made the kid deflated. Ren Jian said. "Look at what he said when he left, ha...... The whole Ah Q, the Spiritual Victory Method!"

His words did not resonate with Lu Wu.

"Actually, he didn't lie...... Lu Wu said softly.

When you are studying in the same class, you can't see that your wealth is big and powerful -- or you can only see that people often drive to school, or even drive famous cars to school. But when there was a real conflict, I understood what it means to be wealthy. People may just make a phone call, and Lu Fifty will take a job in vain. And because of this, he lost the most suitable time to find a job in July and August, and finally fell to the point where he is now. Now, the whole recruitment wave has ended, and it is not impossible to find a good job, but it is much more difficult.

"Hey, don't say that, Lu Wu!" Ren Jian was dissatisfied. "It's still a long way off. It's really hard to find a good move here in W City, but if you're just looking for a temporary transition, it really doesn't take much effort......"

"It's hard to find a job for a while, so you have to find a place to stay. There are not a few days to live in this house. Wu Bing interjected. "By the way, I suddenly remembered something. ”

"What's the matter?"

"The house thing. It occurred to me that not long ago it seemed like a rare house for rent. I just don't know if the house is rented out now. ”