After being admitted to the university and living in the school, the relationship between Baoliang and his father really became more harmonious, and the hostility with the family seemed to have become a history that would never return. However, when he goes home on weekends, in addition to eating with his family, Bao Liang usually surfs the Internet or listens to music in his own house, and he also wears headphones to listen to music, so as not to disturb Aunt Yang and Dudu. Bao Liang occasionally took the initiative to help the family, and Aunt Yang occasionally brought a plate of washed and cut fruit into his bedroom.

His father saw Bao Liang every week, cared about his grades as usual, and reminded him that he should be politically mature and exemplary at school, and it was best to join the party in the first year, and at the same time become a top student - you are the son of Lu Weiguo, there are no dogs in Humen, and you have to fight for breath if you don't steam steamed buns! Anyway, I have already bragged for you in front of the leaders and teachers of the academy, saying that you are the best in all aspects. Also, you can never wear those earrings at school, you can't wear them in the dormitory, you still wear them when you're a police officer, and no country in the world is allowed to wear them!

Of course, it was impossible for Bao Liang to wear this thing in the academy, and he put the earrings in the pocket of his shirt that fit close-fitting. But one roommate made a fuss and found a small hole in his earlobe, which became a topic of conversation for the class. Even the girls came to ask Baoliang in surprise: Baoliang, do your parents like girls very much and raise you as a girl, otherwise you don't go to the sedan chair to pierce your ears and eyes? Bao Liang always replied with a smile: Yes, my mother misses my sister and always wants me to wear earrings, as if she sees my sister. The girls were all surprised when they heard it: Yo, where do you still have a sister, your sister is out of town? Bao Liang said: Ah, in the field, I haven't been home for many years. Girl asks: Went abroad? Bao Liang said: No. The girl asked: Is it a kiss? Bao Liang said: Of course. The girl is angry: How do you do family planning!

Wear the earrings on your body, change into civilian clothes on the weekend, and Bao Liang will put them back on, and then look at the mirror. He also often wears it when he gathers with Li Chen and Liu Cunliang, and Fei Fei is full of praise. Fei Fei said, Baoliang, you can definitely dress up as a woman by wearing a wig and putting on lipstick. is like Japan's heartthrob Takuya Kimura, who is more beautiful than a woman in pretending to be a woman. Bao Liang said: Go!

Fei Fei and Liu Cunliang did blow it, and Fei Fei has begun to openly pursue Baoliang. Bao Liang is like what he confessed to Liu Cunliang, and he has no such thoughts about Fei Fei, so "Liang Fei Lian" is a hot thing for a shaved picker. Liu Cunliang left the woman, and found a job as a restaurant waiter with a monthly salary of 500 yuan, taking care of food and housing. Liu Cunliang is a person with a weak personality but big ambitions, 500 yuan salary to save money, and save 50 yuan a month to buy lottery tickets, eager to get rich overnight, and even what to do with the money after getting rich has also planned a number of plans in advance, and those plans in turn have become a beautiful vision to support Liu Cunliang's belief in life. Even Li Chen followed the "play color" under his instigation, but he couldn't insist on it intermittently.

Li Chen mixed well in the nightclub called "Fireworks Capital", with a monthly tip income of no less than 3,000, and the position of foreman was also far away, so he had to be careful when he went to work every day, and he didn't dare to make a mistake. Li Chen felt tired because of this, not to mention that the biological clocks of the people working in the "entertainment venues" were all out of order, and once Li Chen walked in the daytime sun, his face was always coated with a layer of sick blue gray.

But compared with Liu Cunliang, Li Chen's knowledge, like his wallet, is getting more and more inflated, and the guests who come and go in the nightclub every day are omnipresent, and Li Chen is also omnipresent. Bao Liang slowly knew that the blue ash on Li Chen's face was not only from staying up at night, but also from drinking with guests. Wine really hurts the body, Li Chen was originally five big and three coarse, and he didn't work long in the nightclub, so he tossed himself into a deflated ear and sucked cheeks.

At that time, Bao Liang had to repeatedly admonish Li Chen to control himself and love himself from the perspective of health and the future, but Li Chen just smiled helplessly when he heard it, saying that people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes. He is a waiter staring at the private room, the guest asks you to toast, can you not do it, if you don't do it, the boss has to be anxious with you first, and the boss earns this wine money! That's what waiters earn! Do you want to tip or not? Delusional of course! Not only can I not get a tip, but I will make the guests unhappy, and I can't even keep my job, so I can't help myself. Bao Liang sometimes has to think bitterly that Jianning Sanxiong, the brothers since childhood, may one day, they will divide the road and go their separate ways.

The first year of university is a heavy and intense curriculum, especially in the public college, and the management of students' lives is also very strict. Wake up early every day and go out for exercises, roll call before going to bed, just like the army. On weekends and holidays, new students are required to actively participate in various activities of the Communist Youth League, the Student Union, and the department. Therefore, Baoliang is not able to go home every week, and his contacts with Li Chen and Liu Cunliang are naturally becoming scarce. As for the girl Fei Fei, for a while Bao Liang almost forgot about her, and when Fei Fei suddenly ran to the school to find him one day, Bao Liang was not only surprised, but also more or less unhappy in his heart.

When Fei Fei came, it was the evening self-study time, and the doorman of the academy stopped Fei Fei at the east gate of the academy, and then called the dormitory building of the reconnaissance department. An enthusiastic classmate ran from the dormitory to the classroom to call Bao Liang, and when Bao Liang arrived at the east gate of the college, Fei Fei had been waiting for nearly an hour in the cold wind with hot air in her mouth.

Fei Fei stood in the most conspicuous place in front of the east gate of the school, and when she saw Bao Liang coming out from inside, she greeted from afar: "Bao Liang! Bao Liang! The students who came in and out of the school gate turned around, and Fei Fei happened to be wearing a pale yellow shirt on this day, which was Fei Fei's most valuable outfit, but unfortunately this deliberate dress made her look vulgar, at least in terms of Bao Liang's aesthetic taste, the color of the coat and the style of the pants were not in harmony with the season. The lightness of the coat and the pants with a round ass attracted the classmates and teachers who came and went to look sideways, and the scrutinizing gaze made Baoliang's cheeks feverish for a while.

So Bao Liang was a little unhappy with Fei Fei's tone: "Why did you come here?" He rebuked Fei Fei, "Who told you to come here?" ”

Fei Fei looked curiously into the gate of the academy, and the grandeur of the gate of the Public Security Academy made her look at Bao Liang again. This is probably the first time Fei Fei has seen Bao Liang wearing a police uniform, and the majesty of the gate and the majesty of the police uniform make Fei Fei's eyes and heart beat.

"You guys are really good here, Baoliang, you are taking classes here, do you all wear police uniforms in class?"

Bao Liang led Fei Fei to the side of the gate, entered a shadow a little further away from the light, frowned and asked her, "What the hell are you doing here?" It's okay to do anything, I still have to study late. ”

Fei Fei said: "It's okay, I'll come to see you when I miss you, can't I." Baoliang, how about you take me in and see how about you, are you learning to drive in there? ”

Bao Liang hurriedly looked at his watch and hurriedly said the words to send away: "Our academy doesn't let people from outside in, if you want to be fine, go back quickly, I have to go back to the classroom, don't come if you are okay in the future." ”

Bao Liang said that he was going to go to the school gate, but Fei Fei called him behind as if he remembered: "Hey, who said I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, what did I come to you for." ”

Bao Liang had no choice but to stand still and patiently asked her, "What's the matter, tell me quickly." ”

Fei Fei said: "It's not my business, it's Li Chen's business, it's Li Chen's business that asked me to find you." ”

"Li Chen?" Bao Liang asked, "What is the matter with Li Chen looking for me, did he cause something outside?" ”

Bao Liang remembered the first time he wore a brand new police uniform to show off at Li Chen's residence, Li Chen did say this, he said Bao Liang, you kid has also become a policeman, wait for one day if I make a mistake and ask you for help, don't you roll your eyes and can't catch me!

Bao Liang stared at Fei Fei with straight eyes, and had a hunch in his heart that something must have happened to Li Chen, so he hurriedly asked: "What's wrong with Li Chen, when did you see him?" ”

"I saw him to-day," said Fei Fei, "and he told me to come and tell you that he had heard about your sister!" ”

Bao Liang asked the counselor for personal leave that night and followed Fei Fei into the city. It was already more than ten o'clock in the evening when they arrived at the fireworks capital nightclub where Li Chen worked. Ten o'clock in the evening is when the nightclub begins to be lively, Li Chen's private room is also full of guests, Bao Liang and Fei Fei waited at the door of the nightclub until after eleven o'clock, Li Chen took a break from it with a drunken body, and saw Bao Liang to complain, saying that those who came today were all regular customers, and he had to let him toast one by one, and he would die if he didn't come out again.

Before Bao Liang could speak, Li Chen really vomited and vomited on the side of the road next to the door of the nightclub. After spitting up, he showed a relaxed wry smile: "Okay, it's okay, it's much more comfortable to spit out, Baoliang, you're here to ask about your sister, right?" ”

Bao Liang asked eagerly, "Do you know where my sister is?" ”

After spitting up, Li Chen's face turned from white to red, and his speech became clear: "I don't know where it is, there were a few guests in the private room I was staring at yesterday, some of them came from Jianning, and they talked about your second uncle when they were drinking and chatting......"

"My second uncle?"

"It's power! also said that your brother-in-law Quan Hu was running transportation in a place in Jianhe. As soon as I heard it, these people must know Quan Hu. As soon as I talked to Fei Fei this afternoon, Fei Fei said that she was going to look for you......"

Fei Fei interjected, and also complained: "Your school is difficult to find, I can't tell the traffic police about it when I ask the traffic police......

Bao Liang was stunned, not knowing whether to hope or disappointment. Although my sister's whereabouts are still unknown, I finally have a clue, after all, this is the first time that someone has mentioned Jianning Quan's family, brother-in-law Quan Hu, and Quan Hu's general whereabouts after my sister's disappearance.

He asked Li Chen, "Do you know those guests?" ”

Li Chen said: "There is a horse boss I am half-familiar with, and he has come to us before. ”

"Do you know where to find him?"

"I don't know, I guess he can come in the future. I'll tell you right away. ”

Li Chen said this, afraid that the guests or managers would find him, so he didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly ran back to the nightclub. Bao Liang shouted at his back that disappeared in an instant: "Hey! But he didn't know what he wanted to say.

Fei Fei said, "Well, I'm not wrong. Your sister must be with your brother-in-law somewhere in Jianhe. Do you want to look for it? I'll go with you! Let's go along the Jianhe River to find it from place to place, and we will definitely find it! ”

Bao Liang lowered his head and thought: "Jianhe, hundreds of miles long!" ”

Bao Liang knows that the only place where he can find his sister now is not along the Jianhe River, which stretches for hundreds of miles, but this "fireworks capital"! The boss Ma, who may know Quan Hu, may still come here to drink and have fun.

With this clue, Bao Liang had to call Li Chen every night: ask if the boss Ma would come again. He went home and told his father about it, and when he heard it, he pondered for a long time without saying a word. In his father's muffled face, Bao Liang couldn't tell what was going on in his heart.

After dinner on Sunday, Bao Liang went back to school, and his father took him out of the yard and then to the bus stop, saying that he was walking by after dinner. On the way, contrary to Baoliang's expectations, the father did not talk about his sister, and the father and son were always silent with each other, only before Baoliang got into the car, the father instructed behind him:

"Don't interfere with learning!"

But for three weeks, Bao Liang still had to use the card phone at the entrance of the dormitory building to make tireless inquiries before the lights went out every night. For three weeks, Li Chen's answer was the same: "Didn't come!" ”

In the fourth week, on Sunday night, Bao Liang received a call from Li Chen for the first time on the bus back to the college from home after dinner. In order to keep in touch with Li Chen at any time, Baoliang asked his father for money to buy a mobile phone this weekend. My father said you're a student, what's the use of asking for a mobile phone? Bao Liang said that the teacher and the head of the student council could not find him, and he always delayed things. My father didn't ask any more, took out 1,300 yuan, and bought an old Panasonic mobile phone for Baoliang, which was outdated but very useful. And, as if it was fate, Bao Liang received a call from Li Chen the day after he bought this mobile phone, and of course Li Chen's call had only one content, which was to tell him that Boss Ma was coming to "fireworks" again. Bao Liang immediately got off the bus and changed the return bus to rush back to the city, because he was worried that the horse boss would go away from the "fireworks" if he was late, Bao Liang went halfway and changed to a taxi. After he rushed to the fireworks capital nightclub to find Li Chen, he knew that Boss Ma fortunately didn't leave, and he was still drinking and singing with people in a private room. Because it was not the private room that Li Chen was staring at, Li Chen quietly told Bao Liang the room number and Boss Ma's clothing and appearance, and then pretended not to know Bao Liang and left in a hurry to take care of the guests in his private room. Bao Liang found Boss Ma's private room and pushed the door in, and saw at least ten men and women sitting in the room, drinking, drinking, singing, singing, chatting, chatting, the atmosphere was warm and civilized. Bao Liangzhao walked straight over to a middle-aged man with a slight forehead rest, and politely waited for him to finish talking to a young woman next to him before asking, "Are you Boss Ma?" I'm a relative of Quan Hu, can I disturb you and say a few words to you for a while? ”

Boss Ma didn't seem to notice when the young man in front of him came in, he looked up at Bao Liang, and was stunned for a moment before asking, "Who are you?" Who are you from Quan Hu? ”

Bao Liang replied respectfully: "Quan Hu is my brother-in-law, I haven't been in contact with my sister for a long time, is she still with my brother-in-law, can you tell me where to find them?" ”

Boss Ma was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, he frowned and denied: "What Quan Hu, I don't know, you recognize the wrong person." ”

Bao Liang couldn't judge why Boss Ma suddenly denied it for a while, he was subconsciously afraid of losing this hard-won opportunity, he didn't know how to use to gain the trust of the other party, and he was a little panicked in a hurry.

"I'm really Quan Hu's brother-in-law, if you don't believe it, you can call him and ask him, you can ask him, do you have his phone?"

"You've mistaken someone!" Boss Ma didn't seem to want to listen to his explanation anymore, and complained loudly to a young lady who accompanied the wine in the house, "Hey, call your manager here, what kind of mess is this person!" ”

Bao Liang saw that the young lady got up and went out to call someone, he was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his head, he knew that there might not be much time! His explanation almost turned into a plea:

"Boss Ma, can you please call my brother-in-law, you tell him that my name is Lu Baoliang, you can ask him if he knows me......"

Boss Ma didn't bother with Bao Liang at all, got up and walked to the other end of the sofa. But the young woman sitting beside him looked him up and down with fixed eyes. A maître d'åm came in with two security guards and pulled Bao Liang to push him out: "What are you doing, are you here to have fun or are you making trouble!" Bao Liang wanted to explain his intention to them, but to no avail, they pushed him out: "You come out first, come out first, didn't people say they don't know you, what do you have to tell us, you come out and say!" ”

The guests in this room, both men and women, all stopped their voice movements, stopped singing and drinking, and all of them were stunned to see Baoliang, and they didn't understand what was going on. When Bao Liang was pushed out of the private room by the security guards, he heard Boss Ma explain to his companion casually: "...... I don't know, who knows, and I wonder how he knows me......"

The foreman and the security guards dragged Baoliang out of the private room and asked him where he was and how he got in. Bao Liang shook them off and turned around and walked out of the nightclub. and they will no longer chase and fight, but let him go on his own. In places like nightclubs, these thugs are usually kept guarding the field, which is the so-called security guard. But usually, when the security guards in such places encounter situations, they are generally quiet.

Bao Liang walked out of the nightclub gate and didn't leave. It's almost midnight, and the "fireworks city" is still in full swing. After a day of cleaning up his family, he bought a bottle of beer from the shop opposite the "City of Fireworks" and sat on the curb and drank it slowly to the spout. While drinking, he crossed this small street that was not open, stared at the bright gate of the fireworks city, and waited for the horse boss to come out.

Sitting on the cold ground, a bottle of beer is enough to make Baoliang think. The city has fallen asleep, and the streets are empty. Only a few security guards in front of the nightclub, chatting with the people watching the car. This "fireworks city" is like a dream in a sleeping city. It was a haunting dream, ping-pong, dancing demons, sitting across the road, and you could faintly hear the huge roar of the disco coming from inside.

Bao Liang looked up at the sky, not knowing where his sister was at this time, and which star could illuminate her sleeping face. He suddenly felt that his sister was already a little strange, and he was suddenly not sure if his sister still wanted to go home, and whether she still had feelings for him and his father. He couldn't even guess if his sister already knew that her mother was dead, and whether she would still care about the relationship between mother and daughter. Time is a double-edged sword, sometimes it deepens the thoughts, and sometimes it smooths the thoughts.

So my sister's face suddenly blurred in the middle of the night, and she forgot what it was like to laugh and cry. The only thing that can quickly come to Baoliang's mind is the scene of her sister entangled with Quan Hu in the car, and the panic when she suddenly looks up and sees Baoliang. There was also the gentle feeling of his sister stroking his hair with her hand, which made Bao Liang want to cry silently.

Forcing himself not to dwell on these past events, Bao Liang tried to think of something happy and funny to suck the moisture out of his eye sockets and relieve the pain in his nose. He began to think about life in the school, his teachers and his classmates...... But thoughts are always fragmented and scattered...... In the chaos of mixed thoughts and disorder, a fireball suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, but what appeared after the fireball was not the fire-breathing girl in the boy's impression, but Xia Xuan, a heroic girl on the shooting range. Xia Xuan's face actually stayed in front of Baoliang's eyes for a long time, lingering for a long, long time. Bao Liang thought, this senior doesn't know where he has gone now.

The night is very deep, and from the concept of time, it should be regarded as the early morning of a new day. The door of the nightclub is constantly filled with customers. Bao Liang's eyes were fixed on the open door, and his eyes were so swollen that he didn't dare to be negligent.

It was almost dawn, and the horse boss finally came out, and asked people to drive the two drunk companions away, and said goodbye to the other men and women who were not drunk. Bao Liang walked quickly across the road, and when Boss Ma was walking to his car with the young woman holding his arm while chatting with him, Bao Liang stepped forward to stop them.

Bao Liang shouted: "Boss Ma! ”

Boss Ma stood up, recognized Bao Liang as the young man who inquired about Quan Hu in the private room just now, and immediately reprimanded: "What's the matter with you kid, didn't I tell you that you recognized the wrong person!" ”

Bao Liang begged loudly: "Boss Ma, I am really Quan Hu's younger brother, just tell me where he is......"

"I'll tell you, don't pester me, if you pester me again, you're asking for trouble......"

The security guard in front of the nightclub saw their guests pulling and pulling on the side of the road, as if there was some dispute, and hurriedly ran over to check what was going on. Bao Liang expected that Boss Ma would definitely not spit today, so he turned around and walked to the back of Boss Ma's Buick sedan and wanted to copy his license plate. Boss Ma rushed over and pushed Bao Liang away, and several security guards also came up to pull Bao Liang, and the pulling was light and heavy, and it was difficult to control, so it quickly evolved into a fist and foot conflict. Bao Liang received a few punches and palms in the front and back of the chest, and also returned the other party with a palm fist. As soon as Bao Liang made a move, the security guards finally had a reason to rush up, and although the few sets of grappling and fighting techniques that Bao Liang had just learned in the public courtyard were practical, they were not yet proficient, and Bao Liang barely had a moment of rest for a day and a night, his physical strength was exhausted, and he was knocked to the ground by the security guards in a few rounds. Several security guards surrounded him and gave him two more feet, only to be persuaded by a leader-like person. Bao Liang lay on the ground and heard the ringleader's voice a little far away from him: "Okay, okay, let's go." Then there was a lot of footsteps, and some people patted the dust on their clothes, spitting out the phlegm in their mouths, and gradually, they all walked away.

Bao Liang got up, turned over and sat on the cold concrete floor, some blood accumulated in his mouth, tilted his head and spit out, only to know that he was in severe pain all over his body. He barely had the strength to stand up, sat on the ground and rested for a while, and Boss Ma's Buick sedan had already driven away at some point. Bao Liang raised his eyes and saw that the group of security guards at the entrance of the nightclub were still looking at him from a distance, smiling and talking about something. He scrambled across the street and mechanically waved his arm at a roadside taxi that was waiting for passengers.

At six o'clock in the morning, Bao Liang returned home.

He didn't dare to go back to school, and the bruises on his face made it impossible for him to face the teacher's questions. When he got home, he woke up his father, who had always been awake from sleeping, despite opening and closing the door lightly. The father walked out of the bedroom in his clothes, turned on the light, and saw Bao Liang covered in dust and blood, and asked what was wrong. Bao Liang didn't know how to explain to his father, and said, "I accidentally fell." So I went to the bathroom to wash my face and look in the mirror. Of course, my father didn't believe it, so he followed him to the bathroom and then to Baoliang's bedroom, and asked the truth sternly. Bao Liang sat on the bed exhausted, so he had to briefly explain the reason for the beating.

The father was silent for a moment, and said coldly: "Your sister doesn't recognize us, it's her choice, don't go to her again." As a father, I have a clear conscience about her! I've thought about it a long time ago, I only have one son from you now, and I don't have her daughter anymore. Now Doodoo is my daughter. I hope you don't look for her again in the future, and I won't recognize it if you find it. ”

After his father finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of Baoliang's house, as if he didn't want to see and hear Baoliang's reaction. Bao Liang listened to his father's footsteps from near and far, and disappeared completely after the knock at the door. Bao Liang's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and he suddenly understood that his father and sister, as well as his mother lying in his hometown, were far away from him, and they hated each other. He may never have them all at the same time, never again with the kind of happy family he once had.

Bao Liang rested at home for a day and begged his father to call the college to ask for leave on his behalf. On Tuesday, the swelling of Baoliang's left eye did not go away, and he asked his father to ask for leave for him, but his father refused. His father strictly ordered him to return to school immediately: The first year of college is a year of laying the foundation, no matter what pain or swelling you have, you must persevere, and you can't miss class casually.

So Bao Liang had no choice but to go to school. In those days, there were grappling training courses, and Bao Liang's whole body was swollen and painful, and he was barely embarrassed, and he was scolded by the instructor in every class. I don't know if he was scolded by the instructor or the pain in the wound, after every class, his whole body was soaked with sweat.

On the first day of returning to school, in the evening, Baoliang called Li Chen again, and wanted to ask about the whereabouts of the boss Ma, but Li Chen's phone was turned off, and he turned it off all night. I played again the next day, and it was still the same. As a last resort, Bao Liang called the restaurant where Liu Cunliang worked, and from Liu Cunliang's mouth, he learned that Li Chen had been fired from the Fireworks City nightclub because of Bao Liang's entanglement with Boss Ma.

Later, I realized that the nightclub was because of Boss Ma's complaint afterwards, and it was found out that the person who "came to make trouble" had an "internal response" in the "Fireworks City", and how to find out Li Chen's body, even Li Chen himself was confused. This kind of job, which can tip two or three thousand a month, is inherently competitive, and if you are not careful, you will be replaced by others. Losing this job is a huge loss for Li Chen, not to mention the monthly income of 3,000 yuan, the position of foreman who is about to be in hand has also failed, and the half-year bonus that can be obtained in half a month is also blown away, and the lease of the house he and Liu Cunliang live in is about to expire...... Li Chen, who lost his job, suddenly faced a major existential crisis, if he couldn't find a job as soon as possible, he would have no room and board!