In the café, the piano music of "kiss the rain" is played, and the melody is melodious, and the mood of the people is fluttering lightly with the soft piano sound.

Qin Xiaolan sat across from me, she ordered a cup of mango and I ordered a cup of Blue Mountain.

The café is an elegant café where customers sit in pairs and tell their stories.

Seeing that the atmosphere was silent, I first asked, "When did you return home?" ”

Qin Xiaolan kept staring at me, and when she saw me ask her, she looked away, raised her hand and scratched her nose, and said lightly, "I'll be back after graduation." ”

After saying that, he smiled a little playfully at me.

Seeing that she didn't care about the awkward atmosphere at all, and that she was much more relaxed, I asked suspiciously, "Then what are you doing now?" ”

"Be a costume designer in the South"

"Oh, did you see the QQ message I sent you?"

"Didn't see it"

"And how do you know I'm awake?"

"I don't know if you woke up, these days when I went home for the New Year, I had nothing to do, so I went to my alma mater for a walk, I didn't expect to run into you, when did you wake up?"

"It's been a year"

"Then why didn't you contact me?"

"I don't have your WeChat and phone, let's talk about it"

I paused: "Besides, what can I do if I contact you, you just need to be happy and happy with me." ”

Qin Xiaolan smiled faintly, her eyes when she looked at me were completely different from back then, her eyes were mixed with workplace grinding, rain, snow, wind and frost, I don't know how she has been doing these years, but it can be seen from those beautiful eyes that she is definitely not the little girl who can only be coquettish and cute back then.

She looked at me and said, "You don't have to say it so ruthlessly, even if you can't be lovers, can't you be friends?" ”

I was a little stunned and replied: "Of course I still want to continue to be your friend, but things are not people, I am no longer the prosperous Wang Tao of the past, I am now a useless and useless person." ”

After hearing this, Qin Xiaolan said with some contempt: "Your words are very funny, do you know, I, Qin Xiaolan, have made friends, not some politicians and businessmen who lean towards the government and the opposition, when have you been so pessimistic?" ”

I was relieved: "When I was in a coma, I dreamed every day, often dreamed of you, dreamed that we went to class together, ran crazy together, were on duty together, played together, I kept laughing in my dreams, and when I woke up, I found that those pictures were sealed in the dust of eight years of memory, I sometimes can't accept these, I think that the dream is the real world, and now it is the virtual, illusionary world." ”

After hearing this, Qin Xiaolan leaned forward, stroked his hair, and said brightly: "Isn't it very good now, I sit in front of you, everything is real and cannot be erased, when you are unconscious, I often go to see you, read you stories, and talk about the gossip in school, but you are unmoved, don't open your eyes to look at me, I am alone across the ocean, living abroad is not as good as at home, when I first go, I was excluded, the language barrier, every time I think of giving up, I will think of you, how good it would be if you were by my side at that time, No matter what hardships and obstacles, I am not afraid, as long as I have you by my side, I will feel at ease. ”

She smiled coldly, and said: "But what about you, you have been sleeping a lot, never waking up, I sometimes hate you, hate your selfishness, hate your indifference, hate your inevitability, but what can I do, I can only come by myself, crawl and finish my job, and when I go to a big company, I have to be excluded by my colleagues and reprimanded by my boss, sometimes we don't have a choice, even if you are a returnee, an elite, but life has to go on, people will only look at our superficial scenery, but who can understand overtime and staying up late, physical disorders, Even coma, that kind of torment and pain is not seen by anyone, I can do nothing, find a good person to marry, no need to break through, no need to fight, just like I used to imagine, facing the sea, spring flowers, one person, one room, one couch, one dog, raising every year, but we are young people, who is willing to be ordinary, who wants to be willing to fall, nothing can be accomplished, the previous idea is so naïve, now look back, everything is diluted, not worth mentioning, only you, is wiped off and then appeared, can not be shaken off, Can't forget. ”

I was deeply moved when I saw her say so many heart-wrenching words, what if I didn't fall into a coma, go to college, find a job after graduation, get married, have children, start a family, these are all necessary rules, but I just went back a few years.

After listening to her words, I was a lot more relaxed, I said to her: "Xiaolan, thank you for remembering me, you have matured a lot over the years, and your experience is far higher than mine, but as a friend, I would like to advise you, don't work too hard, pay attention to your body, don't work day and night, if you are too tired, return to the small city, although the living conditions here are not as good as those in the first-tier cities, but the pace of life is very slow, at least you don't have to be so tired." ”

At this time, Qin Xiaolan's phone rang, she took out her mobile phone in her bag to check, I saw her frowning, a look of disgust and disgust, she hung up the phone directly, stuffed it into the bag, I looked at her in surprise and said, "Why don't you answer?" ”

Qin Xiaolan's face was full of misery, and he said a little helplessly: "I don't want to take it"

I asked tentatively, "Who is it?" ”

Qin Xiaolan replied with interest: "Do you want to know so much?" ”

I was speechless suddenly, and then hurriedly said: "That's not it, it's rude to hang up someone's phone"

Qin Xiaolan sneered: "It's a ghostly person." ”

She saw me staring at her in surprise, so she said: "After I returned to China, my family introduced me to a blind date, a powerful son-in-law, but I just can't look down on him, I don't feel it, I have clearly rejected him, who knows that he doesn't care at all, and continues to stalk and chase after me, which makes me very disgusted." ”

After hearing this, I was relieved and said: "So that's the case, if the family background is suitable and the family is right, you can also consider it, you are not small, don't be too picky." ”

She was about to say something, when suddenly the phone rang again, she took out her phone angrily and quickly clicked the answer button.

"Didn't I tell you, don't call me anymore."

There was a faint voice on the other end of the phone: "I know where you are"

Qin Xiaolan looked at me with wide eyes, and then said angrily, "You follow me? ”

There was a sad laugh on the other end of the phone, and he said, "Look out." ”

Qin Xiaolan and I looked at the glass window at the same time, a short, obese, greasy face, funny eyes bulging, like zebra eyes, with a golden chain hanging around his neck, wearing a matching red and green, red shirt, green sneakers, and behind him stood a medium-sized, burly and dark man, like a bodyguard, an obvious nouveau riche,

Qin Xiaolan and I walked out of the café, red and green came over with a smile on our faces, looked at me behind me and asked, "Xiaolan, who is this person?" ”

I am inexplicably angry, this grandson co-authored me suspected that I had an affair with Qin Xiaolan, I was about to refute, Qin Xiaolan said angrily: "What does it have to do with you, since you are following me, it is unreasonable." ”

Red and Green smiled earnestly and said, "Doesn't I care about you, you haven't been back to this city for several years, and now the law and order are chaotic." ”

Qin Xiaolan was extremely speechless, turned around and left, who knew that the red and green suddenly started a fire, he grabbed Qin Xiaolan's sleeve with his hand, and pulled hard, Qin Xiaolan stumbled, almost fell, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't give a little sunshine to shine, Lao Tzu's patience is also limited, you girl don't know how to lift." ”

When I saw this scene, the anger in my heart quickly rose, and I forcibly suppressed my anger and stepped forward to pull Qin Xiaolan behind me, and said coldly to the red and green: "This big brother, is there anything to say no, why tear up with a girl." ”

After hearing this, Red and Green showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, stared at me angrily for a while, and scolded disdainfully: "What the are you, dare to meddle with Lao Tzu's business." ”

My teeth were bitten and clicked, the raging fire and anger in my heart could no longer be suppressed, I picked up a punch and hit his big yellow teeth hard, only to hear a snap, his front teeth were broken, and he fell to the ground like a big prawn, curled up, covered his teeth and scolded: "Fuck, Lao Tzu abolished you today, Abu, kill him." ”

Qin Xiaolan shouted at me in fear: "Wang Tao, don't fight, don't fight." ”

A few passers-by came to watch, covering their mouths and pointing.

Where can I listen to it, and I can vent my boredom for such a long time.

I saw the man named Abu rushing directly towards me, he slammed his thick arm directly into my chest, I snorted and took a few steps on my hind legs, he rushed over and threw a punch at me, I crossed my arms to block, but his strength should not be underestimated, my arms were numb, faint pain, I clenched my fists angrily, my eyes seemed to spew red fire, I threw myself directly at him, I punched him in the chest, he seemed to have no reaction, I thought to myself, this burly man must have been a soldier, The punching routines are very skillful, and they have strong muscles.

At this time, there was already a circle of people on the street who were gathering around to watch the excitement.

Luckily, he was clumsy, not as agile as me, he tried to catch me several times without success, he screamed angrily, and pounced on me again, this time he saw the doorway, and I was about to get around him sideways, he grabbed me by the collar with his hand, and the force was so great that he almost dragged me down, and he punched me directly and hit me in the stomach, and I instantly felt weak, and the tingling sensation almost made me faint.

When he threw a second punch again, I used my last strength and punched him several times in the direction of the temple, his hand holding my collar let go, let out a pig like a roar, and then he fell down with a bang, I saw that his ear was bleeding, and I was about to turn back to look at Qin Xiaolan, when I heard her tear throat shouting, "Be careful." ”

Before I could react, there was a bang, my head was hit by a heavy object, the surrounding audience sighed, blood instantly flowed to my forehead, my cheeks, my eyes, I suddenly had gold stars in my eyes, almost fainted, I rubbed my red eyes with my hands, seeing that it was red and green with half a brick in his hand, and was glaring at me with bared teeth, I was furious, angry, clenched his fist and slammed it directly into his face, he fell to the ground in response, scolded and scolded, I was not angry, sat on his body, one punch, two punches, Three punches, until his face became bloody and blurred, and he didn't even know his mother, I didn't stop, my hand was broken, and the red blood soaked the sleeves, at this time, Qin Xiaolan ran over and pulled me hard, choked and said, "Don't fight, if you fight again, you will be killed." ”

The siren sounded, and several policemen ran over, directly dragged me up, and stuffed me into the police car without saying anything, Qin Xiaolan cried worriedly, and got into the police car with me, and the police car just drove away, and the car from the emergency center came, and two young men in white coats came down, carrying stretchers, and were dealing with the injuries of the fallen red and green and Abu.

In the police car, I came back to my senses, looking at the blood on my hands, dumbfounded, Qin Xiaolan took out a tissue from his bag to wipe my head and bleed my face, sobbed and said, "Why are you still like when you were in school, you don't know how to restrain your temper." ”

I stared at her blankly, a little overwhelmed, and said hoarsely, "No, I didn't scare you." ”

Qin Xiaolan looked at me distressedly and said, "I'm almost scared to death, you looked like a devil just now." ”

I can't believe when I became a devil, murderous and ruthless, and lost my mind.

I said, "He bullied you"

Qin Xiaolan raised her delicate and beautiful sad face, looked at me and said, "Wang Tao, we are not teenagers anymore, we are already adults, have you thought about the consequences before you do this?" ”

At this time, the policeman in the co-pilot said: "Young man, you just caught up in time to cause trouble during the Spring Festival, and you will have good fruit to eat." ”

After hearing this, I felt extremely frightened and uneasy, and I hurriedly asked: "Comrade policeman, the responsibility is not all on me, didn't you see that nouveau riche, he also brought a bodyguard out of the house, I didn't mean to cause trouble." ”

The policeman looked back at me contemptuously and said, "All the people who go into the detention center say they are innocent." ”

Jail? I panicked and hurriedly asked, "Comrade policeman, am I going to the detention center?" Is the complex that serious? ”

The policeman was repeatedly questioned by me, and said impatiently: "You knocked down two people, and you were still fighting when the police arrived at the scene, do you think the plot is very serious?" If people don't accuse you of the crime of intentional injury, it can be regarded as burning incense. ”

Qin Xiaolan said with a nervous expression: "Comrade policeman, you also know that a slap can't make a sound, he can't beat someone for no reason, and he can't put all the responsibility on him alone." ”

The policeman was annoyed by the question, so he simply kept silent.

I instantly thought of the job my father had arranged for me, and if I was detained during this period, there would be a crime stain on my work file, and I was anxious.

The police car drove into a police station under the jurisdiction, and I was taken to an interrogation room, where a policeman walked in with a cigarette in his mouth and a thick notebook, and sat down in front of me, Qin Xiaolan waited anxiously in the hall.

The policeman asked a lot of questions without raising his head, such as name, date of birth, home address, family size, etc., and after answering all of them, he looked up at the bloodied face and said, "The injured person is now in the hospital, with a broken skull, a broken nose, and a broken eardrum, fortunately not too serious." ”

I fidgeted and asked anxiously: "Comrade policeman, it was they who pulled and pulled that girl, I did it, you can go there to check the surveillance, and the upstart also brought a bodyguard." ”

After hearing this, the policeman smiled coldly and said: "I said young man, you can really do it, you brought a bodyguard and you were beaten down, and you will be able to do special forces in the future." ”

Seeing that he was sneering endlessly, I asked impatiently, "Comrade policeman, when will I be able to leave?" ”

The policeman sneered coldly, "Go? Call your family and stay here tonight. ”

After speaking, he threw my phone to me and said, "I can only make one call, don't waste time." ”

I took my phone and I don't know who to call, Mom and Dad? Definitely not, they're already worried enough, Xue Xinyan? What face do I have for her to ransom me, but I have no choice but her.

"Hey, Xiaotao, where are you, why haven't you come home so late."

"I, I, can you, come to the police station?"

"What? Police station? What's wrong, which police station are you in, I'll go there right away. ”

After a few short words, the policeman put the phone back away, then stood up and left.

I sat in this small interrogation room, crying silently in my heart, Wang Tao, you are simply dead, you will only cause trouble, you will only make trouble for your family, you will only drill into a dead end without brains, what else can you do to make your family proud and impress your friends, I suddenly thought that Sun Kai and Xiao Qing will come back in the next few days, if they see me squatting in the detention center, what face do I have to call my brother and brother, raise my eyes to look at the old friend I haven't seen for many years, I feel remorseful and ashamed of myself when I think of this.

At this moment, the door of the interrogation room opened, Xue Xinyan walked in with a pale face, she looked at me, her face was full of worry and distress, she walked quickly to me and said, "How did you get it, it's all blood, does it hurt?" ”

After saying that, I covered my mouth and cried, I touched her hand and said, "I'm fine, I can't die, don't cry." ”

Xue Xinyan looked at my bleeding head and said, "It's okay, it's all broken." ”

Then he shouted to the policeman, "Why don't you bandage him, and you just let him keep his blood all the time?" ”

The policeman was speechless when questioned on the spot, and I pulled her and said, "I'm fine, minor injury, don't embarrass others"

Qin Xiaolan's parents came, her mother was still the same as she was back then, time did not make her old at all, but her father had a lot of vicissitudes, as soon as the two entered the police station, Qin Xiaolan shouted hoarsely: "It's all your fault, the blind date arranged for me, that bastard followed me and injured my friend, now you are satisfied." ”

After saying that, she cried bitterly, and her parents were at a loss and could only comfort them softly, when a policeman asked, "What did you just say, did he follow you?" ”

Qin Xiaolan nodded with teary eyes, and the policeman wrote it down.

Xue Xinyan stayed with me at the police station for a whole night, and the police asked her to come over tomorrow morning, but she just refused and sat on a chair in the hall all the time.

Qin Xiaolan was forcibly dragged home by her parents in the middle of the night, and she shouted: "Wang Tao, you wait for me, I will definitely take you out tomorrow." ”

As soon as the police station went to work, my parents hurriedly hugged in, after seeing me, my mother burst into tears, miserable, my father pulled her, helplessly to the hall to wait, my heart was like a knife, the pain was unbearable.

At about nine o'clock, a policeman walked in, asked me again, and after I answered truthfully, he walked out.

Qin Xiaolan and her parents also came, the director enthusiastically invited her parents to the office, and after chatting for a long time, the director took them and my parents, Xue Xinyan, and Qin Xiaolan to the interrogation room, and the director said to me solemnly: "The matter has been resolved, you pay some medical expenses, and there is no longer a case of accountability, and, young man, you can't be grumpy and reckless when you go out in the future, you know, the picture of the New Year is auspicious, hurry home for the New Year." ”

After saying that, she turned around and left, Xue Xinyan quickly ran over and took my hand and said, "Follow me to the hospital to bandage it." ”

Seeing this, Qin Xiaolan glared at Xue Xinyan coquettishly and said, "Wang Tao's injury was caused by me, and I should take him to bandage it." ”

Xue Xinyan seemed to have endured it for a long time, and suddenly said loudly: "You are still embarrassed to talk about bandaging here, without you, can Xiao Tao enter the police station, without you, can Xiao Tao be injured, do you know how honest he usually is?" ”

Who knew that Qin Xiaolan couldn't bear it, and retorted loudly: "Wang Tao was injured because I was right, but this can also mean that he cares about me, and he can't bear to see me being bullied, so he fights, why are you pretending to be distressed here." ”

I was about to stop the two of them, but Xue Xinyan changed her normal behavior, threw away her quiet and introverted aura, and said hoarsely: "I pretend to be distressed, do you know that this sentence is funny, when Wang Tao was lying on the hospital bed, I took care of him day and night, what about you, where are you?" ”

Qin Xiaolan's parents pulled her, was thrown away by her, walked up to Xue Xinyan menacingly, and said contemptuously: "You are so funny, do you think that by walking around him every day, you can capture his heart, it's just wishful thinking, don't you ask him who he kissed first, I tell you, it's me." ”

Xue Xinyan widened her clear and beautiful eyes, glared at Qin Xiaolan and said, "It's useless for you to say anything now, we are already engaged, and you don't have to threaten me with old things." ”

Qin Xiaolan leaned on the corner of the table a little weakly, gloomy and sad, her delicate face with a touch of sadness, but after a few seconds, she regained her dexterity, she said coldly: "You are really a poor woman living in the old era, it's really sad, but an engagement, just take it out and publicize it, I tell you clearly, what I Qin Xiaolan wanted, I have never missed." ”

After saying that, he picked up his backpack and walked out.