Chapter 1 Birthday

On that September afternoon of that year, it was raining and foggy, and I was depressed and bored, and I went into the Internet café outside the school as usual, opened a computer and played my favorite game. On my left-hand side is my good buddy Toshiko. We are a professional, classmates, we used to go to Internet cafes, eat, play ball together, almost inseparable, like brothers. But this is our relationship before, and this relationship has slowly changed since Toshiko got a girlfriend two months ago. If you have a girlfriend, you will always need a lot of time to spend with your girlfriend, and I can understand that, so I gradually got used to going to the Internet café alone and going to the cafeteria alone......

Maybe Toshiko's girlfriend had a class this afternoon, so he called me and we went to the Internet café together. After playing for almost half an hour, I felt that my eyes were a little tired, so I turned my head and glanced at Toshiko habitually, and said without thinking: "I'm tired of playing this game, how about trying another game?" ”

Minzi didn't raise his head and said: "I don't have much time to play games, just play casually, it doesn't matter what you play." ”

I nodded, didn't say anything more, turned my head and continued to play my game. Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, we had been playing in the Internet café for an hour. Toshiko stood up at this time and said to me, "I'm leaving, I've made an appointment with Joan, and I'm going to go fishing by the river in ten minutes." Are you going or not? Or together? ”

Joan is his girlfriend, she is very beautiful, and she is also our classmate, one year younger than me, but two years younger than Toshiko.

"I'm not going, it's boring to be a light bulb, hehe." I shook my head and smiled: "You go quickly, you'll be blind if you're late, haha." ”

Toshiko also smiled: "Joan is an anxious child, so she can't tell it, so she will go first." He hurried away, with a hint of excitement and a hint of anticipation on his face. People who are in love are probably like this.

I also got up and left the Internet café, after all, it was not interesting to play games alone. But where do I go? A question popped up in my mind, and I was lost in this moment. Ay...... I sighed secretly in my heart: "Let's go back to the dormitory." "I walked towards the dormitory, and I didn't meet a single classmate I knew along the way. I'm so depressed, why do I feel so boring? Maybe it's because of the weather, I thought to myself.

"Golden Warehouse!" A voice suddenly came into my ears: "Are you Jincang?" Wait a minute! ”

I glanced back at where the voice came from, and intuitively froze: Is this person calling me? It's true that my name is Kanakura, but there are not a few people who have this name, and there are two of them in our school, one is me and the other is a lecturer in law.

"You called me?" I looked at the people who hurriedly ran to me, a little confused: "What are you looking for me?" ”

It was a neatly dressed and dignified-looking middle-aged man, holding a black leather bag in his left hand and a paper bag in his right hand, perhaps because he had run a few steps, and he was a little gasping when he spoke: "My name is you, Jincang, your name is Jincang, right?" ”

I nodded, but I was even more confused: "Do we know each other?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "My name is Chen Jin, and I am a staff member in this school union." ”

"Oh," I said, "What's the matter with Mr. Chen?" ”

Chen Jin stretched out his right hand and handed the paper bag in his hand to me: "This is something that a friend of yours asked me to transfer to you, you take it." ”

I let out an "ah" and habitually said, "Thank you." When I reached out to pick up the paper bag, I hesitated: What friend would ask the union staff to send me something?

Seeing that I hesitated, Chen Jin stepped forward, stuffed the paper bag directly into my hand, and said with a smile: "Take it, good thing." After saying that, he didn't wait for me to say anything, turned around and left.

I hurriedly reached out to grab Chen Jin, and as soon as I looked down, I saw that there were only a few books in the paper bag. So I slowly put down my outstretched hand and returned to the dormitory with the paper bag.

Reading is one of my hobbies, but I haven't been reading any books systematically lately. One is because I wanted to play, but I couldn't calm down and read a book. The second reason is that I am not in a good mood, although nothing big has happened to affect my mood, but I always feel uneasy and difficult to calm down.

"Dream of Red Mansions", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin" and "Journey to the West" are actually four famous novels. I was a little disappointed because I already had several sets of these books, and there was no need for another one. I had no desire to open these books, so I put down the four thick books in my hand, turned on the lamp, picked up my pen and wrote a line in the diary: I received my first birthday gift, the Four Great Books.

Yes, today is my birthday, otherwise, Toshiko, who is in love, would not have found time to spend an hour with me in her busy schedule.

After sitting quietly for a while, he picked up the book "Dream of Red Mansions" that he didn't want to open again, and opened the first page. I have to know who sent me.

"Happy birthday, Kanekura!"

There are only these few words on the book, and there is no signature or logo.

I wondered, why bothered to ask the school union to send me a birthday present, but didn't even let me know the name? I closed my eyes and thought about it, I had no clue, probably which classmate was joking.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the dormitory. When I stood up and opened it, I was happy: "Brother and you don't have a key?" ”

The knock on the door was a classmate from one of our dormitories, Da Zhang, Xiao Lizi, and Ah Qiang. There are four people living in our dormitory, except for me, Da Zhang, Xiao Lizi, and Ah Qiang, who are just 1.91 meters tall. Da Zhang's surname is Zhang, Mingwei, because he is big and big, he is a basketball fan, he thinks he will become a generation of basketball superstars in the future, and he claims to be the boss of our dormitory, so we all call him Da Zhang; Xiao Lizi is naturally surnamed Li, called Li Guohua, he is the opposite of Da Zhang, he is small, very thin, thin and small, but white and clean, so when we joke, we always say that he is like Xiao Li Zi in the TV series - eunuch, so he has such a nickname that he doesn't like; Ah Qiang's name is Zheng Sanqiang, tall and thin, he is a very mysterious person, often does not see anyone for three or five days, and occasionally goes back to the dormitory in a flash, and never once stays in the dormitory for more than an hour. Moreover, he never slept in the dormitory at night, and it is said that he rented another accommodation outside.

After Dazhang entered the door, he laughed and said, "With you, we don't all have the same key?" As he spoke, he handed me a delicate pen holder, then patted me on the shoulder, looked down at me and said loudly, "Happy birthday!" ”

"Thank you," I was patted on the shoulders and shoulders by him: "Tap, tap, you think I'm not fleshy, it hurts!" ”

Da Zhang laughed: "Tell you kid to follow me out to play ball and exercise, but you kid won't listen, you can't stand this little bit of force, like a little girl." ”

I smiled wryly, but I didn't argue.

Xiao Lizi is a rich kid, although he is small, he is more generous than many people: "Boy, take it, give it to you for your birthday." Happy birthday! He learned to speak words of blessing in a wide open tone, and handed me a beautifully packaged gift box.

I said "thank you" and took the gift and put it on my table: "Brothers, I'm going to have a treat tonight, and I'm going to rub it out for a ......."

"Wait," Cuong interrupted me, took a few steps forward, and handed me a gift box, "And I haven't given you any gifts!" Then, I don't need you to treat me tonight, our brother has already booked a seat, and you call your fox friends or something in the evening, and we will go to Juxiang Pavilion to drink together. ”

"Gathering ...... Juxiang Pavilion? I was startled and stammered: "Dude, don't hurt me, that place...... It's not a place we can go......"

Juxiang Pavilion is the most luxurious and expensive restaurant in the area. A casual meal in Juxiang Pavilion will cost me at least a month's living expenses, I am not a rich kid, and I never dare to hope that one day I will go in and consume it.

Xiao Lizi smiled: "Don't worry, I don't want you to pay a penny, I will cover all the expenses tonight, you can take Da Zhang and Ah Qiang, and go with your friends and fellow villagers." ”

Looking at the smug expression on Xiao Lizi's face, I didn't feel happy in my heart. On the contrary, there is a little bit of disgust: the life of the rich is luxury, hey...... I can't owe this favor, because I can't afford to pay it back, and I will be very uncomfortable to see Xiao Lizi in the future.

Da Zhang seemed to see my thoughts, and came up and patted me on the shoulder again: "Don't think too much about it, you kid, last time I had my birthday, it was Xiao Lizi who invited us to Juxiang Pavilion to eat, his family is rich, and he doesn't care about this." He paused for a moment, and then said, "By the way, last time you were sent out by the school to have an exchange, and it didn't catch my birthday, so I don't know about it." ”

Ah Qiang frowned and looked at me deeply: "Don't think too much, Xiao Lizi is also kind, we are classmates, it is fate, and now we are roommates, and we can't see each other, right?" Let Xiao Lizi break the bill once, and ask our brothers to rub it together. ”

I'm embarrassed, according to my original intention, I will never agree to let Xiao Lizi treat me, but now the roommates in the same dormitory agree that I should accept Xiao Lizi's kindness, and I have no reason to object for a while: "Okay then......"

"That's it." Before I finished my words, Xiao Lizi was already cheering: "You kid finally treats me as your own." Ha ha. ”

I was stunned, thought and thought, and finally didn't say anything more about what I was about to say.

Da Zhang said on the side: "Xiao Lizi is really shameless, this is also worth making a fuss about, isn't it that Jincang promised to eat a meal from you?" Hmph, sycophants. ”

Xiao Lizi immediately shouted: "What? If any of you can invite Jin Cang to Juxiang Pavilion, I will immediately give him 1,000 yuan. ”

Dazhang immediately shut up, because like me, he was not a rich kid, but he didn't have the money to eat in a place like Juxiang Pavilion, so he was even less likely to invite me there.

Ah Qiang smiled: "If the Da Zhang family has a lot of money from your family, they will definitely invite us to Juxiang Pavilion, don't talk about it, you kid is low-level." ”

Xiao Lizi glanced at Ah Qiang, seemed to think of something, and turned his head to look at Da Zhang: "Da Zhang, I didn't mean that, you ...... You know. ”

Dazhang nodded, and said very freely: "It's okay, I know." Don't talk about that it's useless, go and call your family, it's almost five o'clock now, and I'll be there on time at six o'clock, and I'll wait for you there first. Remember to be punctual, latecomers will be fined a bottle of wine each. ”

Family members are definitely not our parents and relatives, but the boyfriends and girlfriends of those who are talking about friends. But those classmates like me who don't have a girlfriend, or those who don't have a boyfriend, are "single dogs", and there are no so-called family members.

Cuong cheered and turned away first. Xiao Lizi also said "I'll go prepare first", turned around and ran out.

I silently sat back at my desk, picked up the copy of "Dream of Red Mansions", and was about to take a closer look at the small lines when Da Zhang suddenly shouted on the side: "Who gave it?" ”

I was taken aback by him: "What? ”

"Who gave you this copy of "Dream of Red Mansions" of yours?" Da Zhang looked strange and said with some fuss: "Who still gives this as a birthday gift?" It's too old, right? ”

I laughed: "Old Gu? Old-fashioned or old-fashioned? There's nothing wrong with giving books, but you can also learn and learn. ”

"Old old-fashioned old antiques, this is what it means, it's dirty. Who's going to send this now? Da Zhang looked disapproving: "It must have been sent to you by a hillbilly." ”

I smiled and stopped talking to Dazhang about the subject.