In the morning, Ji Kairui worked out for an hour at a gym in the city - a strong and strong muscle, which is the result of his long-term insistence on exercise. After coming out of the gym, he found a new ramen shop across the street, which looked pretty good, and he was going to give it a try.

It is a Japanese ramen shop, and the murals around it are in the style of ukiyo-e from the Edo period. The store is not large, but it is delicately furnished, chic and exotic. Since it was the first day of opening, business had not yet picked up, and there were only three or four customers eating noodles in the store. Ji Kairui has never liked to join in the fun, so he likes this kind of relatively deserted place. This shop is exactly what he wants.

As soon as he walked into the store, the proprietor's wife warmly beckoned Ji Kairui to sit down, and the proprietress poured hot tea for him and handed him the menu. Ji Kairui looked at it for a while and ordered a bowl of signature tonkotsu soup ramen. The proprietress said with a smile and a 'groan' and a 'groan', coming soon.

Then a few more guests came to the door, and the boss was naturally overjoyed when he saw that the business was gradually coming. While greeting warmly, he shouted to the room inside: "Xiao Wei, come out and help!" ”

Ji Kairui, who was drinking tea, was stunned. What, Serena Williams?

With this shout, a little boy about seven or eight years old came out of the back room, and by looking at his appearance, he knew that it was the boss's son. The little boy very sensibly rolled up his sleeves and started to do things. He shuttled through the store, helping customers pour tea, and helping his parents with ingredients and hands. In the meantime, the boss called him a few more times, and Ji Kairui heard it clearly - not Xiao Wei, but Xiao Wei.

However, this boy is really similar to his little friend Serena Williams in his memory. Ji Kairui stared at him, with mixed feelings in his heart.

After a while, Xiao Wei ran over with a plate of kelp silk and a plate of cold tofu sprinkled with seaweed, and put it in front of Ji Kairui with a smile. Ji Kairui was afraid that he would serve it wrong, so he said, "I didn't order these side dishes." ”

"It's a gift, we're opening today." The little boy laughed, his whole eyes narrowed into slits. "Eat it, big brother, it's made by my mother, it's delicious!" After saying that, he ran away, and went to serve it to the guests at the other table.

Ji Kairui tasted a bite of cold tofu, and the taste was very refreshing. I don't know why, it's obviously cold food, but there is a hint of warmth when I eat it.

The tonkotsu soup ramen was served. The proprietress bowed slightly and said, "If there is anything that is not in your taste, please give your opinion." ”

Ji Kairui took a sip of the soup first, the soup was rich and delicious; I tasted the noodles again, and they were strong and delicious; The barbecued pork on the noodles is even more 'meaty' and full of flavor. It seems that the owner's husband and wife are very careful in making this bowl of ramen. Ji Kairui observed the other customers in the store, and saw that they also nodded as they ate, obviously very satisfied.

It turns out that good food can also move people.

Halfway through Ji Kairui's noodles, several young men in strange costumes and strange hairstyles walked in outside the 'door', and the metal rings on their faces and the tattoos on their bodies showed their identities. The 'bastards' sat down in a big way, one of them had his 'legs' on the table, and the other banged on the table and shouted, "Where's the boss?" Come here! ”

The proprietress was about to walk over, when the male boss came out of the kitchen, pulled her, and then walked over with a smile on his face, hunched his back and asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

"What's the matter?" A man with smoky makeup asked slowly.

"The shop sells ramen, and there are all kinds of Japanese ramen."

"Are there burgers, chicken wings, or Coke?"

"Sorry...... Only ramen. ”

"Damn, forget it, let's try your ramen."

"Okay, what kind of ramen do you want?" Here's the menu......"

"Don't bother!" A man who looked like he was dressed in iron nails waved his hand impatiently. "You can serve whatever is best here!"

"Okay...... the boss hurriedly agreed, turned around and went into the kitchen to cook noodles.

A few little 'bastards' lit cigarettes and made loud noises in the store, telling all kinds of foul language and low-grade jokes. Ji Kairui noticed that several customers who wanted to come into the store to eat turned around and left after seeing this group of people. For this situation, the proprietress seemed anxious and helpless, but she did not dare to step forward to stop them.

Seven or eight minutes later, the boss came with hot ramen noodles, and put them respectfully in front of a few small 'bastards' and 'bastards'. These people began to eat noodles, and it could be seen that they were not picky about the taste of noodles, but they still cursed and didn't know what they were talking about.

Ji Kairui had actually finished eating noodles, but deliberately sat in his seat and did not leave. He had a hunch that these little 'bastards' and 'bastards' would play some 'tricks'. Sure enough, after a while, he saw one of the little 'bastards' put his hand into the pocket of his clothes, took out a plastic bag, and shook something into the leftover noodle soup. Ji Kairui frowned, knowing what they wanted to do.

"Boss!" A bastard with hair like a cockscomb slammed the table, stood up and shouted, "Come here! ”

The male boss hurriedly trotted over and asked carefully, "What's wrong, everyone?" ”

"What's wrong? Look what this is?! "The 'chicken' crown head brought the ramen that night to the boss.

When the boss saw a few black 'colored' things floating in the noodle soup, he was stunned and couldn't speak with his mouth open.

"Why don't you speak? Don't say you don't recognize rat poop! "The head of the 'chicken' said viciously.

"This ...... It's impossible. We opened on the first day and all the ingredients were freshest and the soup was only made this morning......"

"Impossible? It's impossible that the rat poop is all in the bowl? The other four also stood up and stared at the boss viciously. So what do you mean? Could it be that we brought this rat droppings ourselves? ”

Clear-eyed people know that this is actually the case, but the boss suffers from no evidence, so he can only admit it, shake his head and say: "No, no...... That was not what I meant. ”

"It's good to admit it, so what do you say?"

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands together in embarrassment and said, "I'm sorry...... You don't have to pay for these bowls of ramen. ”

"It's over without paying? We've eaten all the rat droppings in our stomachs, and that's it? The man in the iron nail glared and said, "If you don't come out with an explanation today, we'll smash your shop!" ”

At this time, many customers in the store, whether they had finished eating or not, stood up, pressed the noodles on the table, and left in a hurry. The shopkeeper and the wife stood together, facing these 'mixes' and 'mixes' in fear. The boss wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Then you guys...... What do you want? ”

The man with the iron nail glanced at his companion and said, "In this way, there are five of us, you can give us one thousand yuan, and we will go to the doctor!" ”

"Huh? $5,000...... We didn't make any money on our first day in business. The boss said anxiously, "I really can't take it out!" ”

"No money?" The 'chicken' crown grabbed the boss by the collar. "You say it again?"

The shopkeeper was too frightened to open his mouth. The 'chicken' crown was close to his nose, and his fierce face was 'exposed': "I'm too lazy to waste time with you 'waves', open the skylight and say something bright - you do business on this street, and you don't ask who covers this street." If you don't give an offering to our eldest brother, don't think about making a business. If you know each other, hurry up and take out the money, otherwise don't blame us for being polite! ”

The boss waved his hands in fear and begged bitterly: "I really don't have so much money, and now there are only a few hundred yuan left in the counter......"

"A few hundred dollars? What about sending a 'flower'? "The 'chicken' crown pushed violently, and the boss stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

At this time, Xiaowei ran over, crying and begging: "Uncle, don't bully my father, the money he used to open the store was borrowed from others, and he really has no money for you......"

"Go away, kids, get out of the way!" The man with the iron nail waved his backhand and flipped Xiaowei to the ground.

The moment Xiaowei was beaten, the blood in Ji Kairui's body gushed up, and the events of more than ten years ago appeared in front of him. They stood to their feet.

Suddenly, a beautiful 'girl' child walked over briskly from the other side, stopped the hooligan who was about to beat someone, and angrily rebuked: "You scumbags...... Still a man? Bullying the weak, what kind of ability! ”

Ji Kairui was stunned for a moment, and looked at this 'girl' child of the same age as him.

"Yo, beautiful 'girl', presiding over justice?" The smoky man said strangely, and walked over to the girl. "I'm not a man, can't you try it?"

Several hooligans erupted in a burst of wild laughter, and the 'female' child was red-faced, but did not flinch.

'Rooster' Guantou walked over and said, "That's it, Meiniu'er, you can play with us, and you should help them pay, how about it?" ”

The 'girl' glared at him angrily, but the 'chicken' crest smiled and stretched out her hand. The 'girl' child was so frightened that she quickly protected her body, stepped back, and scolded angrily: "Don't come near me! Stinky rascals! ”

"Don't hide, since you've all 'stood up', just ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the 'Rooster' head felt someone tap on the shoulder, turned around, and slammed a swift punch into his face, causing him to fall out of the way and knock a row of stools off the ground. The girl screamed and stepped aside.

The other 'bastards' barely saw how the tall boy flashed in front of them, only to see him turn his head expressionlessly, staring directly at them with a pair of cold eyes. Seeing that their companions had been beaten, two 'bastards' rushed forward with their fists. The boy lifted his 'leg' and kicked one of them with a hearty kick. The other pounced, his fist blocked, and he was punched in the face again, and he fell on his back with a strange scream.

The boy knocked down three people in an instant, obviously a master of fighting, and the remaining two little hooligans didn't dare to act rashly. The smokey man was stunned for two seconds, ran out, put his hands together and whistled, and after a while, more than a dozen hooligans gathered and surrounded the boy.

It took a long time for the three hooligans who were beaten to stand up, and two of them had nosebleeds. The other one who was kicked in the stomach kept holding his abdomen with a painful expression. When the head of the 'chicken' saw that his accomplice was coming, he became arrogant again, and scolded angrily: "Damn, dare to beat us? You're tired of being alive, kid! ”

Ji Kairui was surrounded by more than a dozen people, but he couldn't see the slightest nervousness, he still had that cold expression, but the 'girl' child and the boss's family standing next to him were trembling with fright, not knowing how he should deal with it next.

Several of the hooligans pulled out their daggers and approached Ji Kairui viciously. Suddenly, the eyes of the person who looked like a small leader widened, he took a step forward, opened his hand to stop his accomplices, and then asked tremblingly, "You, it won't be Young Master Ji Kairui, right?" ”

Ji Kairui snorted: "Idiot, did you recognize me?" ”

"Ah...... I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we didn't know it was you! The little leader hurriedly bent down to accompany him, and at the same time turned around and slapped the 'chicken' crown on the head, scolding, "Are you blind? Young Master Ji can't even recognize it! ”

The 'chicken' crown didn't seem to have reacted yet, maybe it was 'blinded' by this slap, and asked in a daze: "Ji ...... Young Master Ji? ”

The little leader glared at him and whispered, "Son of the Eagle Boss! Do you dare to touch him? I see you're tired! ”

"Ah......?" When the 'chicken' crown head and the four little hooligans heard the name "Vulture", they were so frightened that their 'legs' were weak, and they quickly nodded and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry!" Young Master Ji, we haven't seen you before, you don't remember villains......"

", it's gone." Ji Kairui said coldly.

"Yes, yes...... Let's get out. A group of people were about to leave, and Ji Kairui suddenly stopped them again. Wait a minute. ”

The little leader turned around and asked tentatively, "Do you have any other orders, Young Master Ji?" ”

"Who's your boss?"

The little leader hesitated for a moment and said, "It's Big Brother Volcano." ”

Hearing the name Volcano, Ji Kairui's heart sank, and his fists clenched unconsciously. "Did the volcano make you mess around on this street?"

The little boss rolled his eyes a few times and explained, "No...... It's not about the big brother of the volcano, it's these few people who have just entered the Tao who are ignorant and don't know how thick the sky is. ”

"Really? But I just heard this guy say, 'If you don't give an offering to our eldest brother, don't think about making a business.'" Ji Kairui squinted his eyes and said. And that's not about volcanoes? ”

The little leader paused, turned around and slapped the 'chicken' crown again, and shouted: "You are not small, you dare to blackmail money in the name of the volcano brother!" See how I'll clean you up in a moment! ”

"I ......" the 'chicken' covered his face, looking aggrieved, but he didn't dare to speak.

Ji Kairui knew that this little boss was acting, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with them. He stared at the little 'bastards' and 'bastards' just now, and warned: "You remember for me, if I see you here or elsewhere next time, it will not be as simple as today." ”

"Yes, yes...... We don't dare anymore. The little 'bastards' and 'bastards' agreed in unison, broke out in a cold sweat, and turned around to leave.

"Stop." Ji Kairui stopped them again. "You seem to have forgotten something, right?"

A few little hooligans were stunned for a moment, then understood, and quickly asked the shopkeeper: "I'm sorry...... How much does ramen cost? ”

The boss's family and the beautiful 'girl' child were stunned just now, and they shook their heads before coming back to their senses. The boss waved his hand and said, "No, no......"

"Why not? You deserve it. Ji Kairui grabbed the wallet in the smoke man's hand, 'pulled' out three hundred sheets, and stuffed them into the boss's hand." Face money plus compensation for how they affect your business, take it. "He threw his wallet to the smokey man." You can get out. ”

A group of petty hooligans quit and poured out of the ramen shop in disgrace.

The boss's family was flushed with emotion, and they couldn't stop thanking Ji Kairui. The little boy seemed a little worried, and said, "Big brother, what if they come back later?" ”

"No, I warned them." Ji Kairui stretched out his big hand and 'rubbed' the little boy's head twice. "If you're really not at ease, I'll come and eat noodles every day."

The little boy clapped his hands happily and jumped up: "Oh, that's great! Big brother is so handsome! The owner's family laughed.

The beautiful 'girl' child also 'revealed' a smile, she walked up to Ji Kairui, blushed and said, "Just now, thank you for helping me out." ”

"Nothing." Ji Kairui said lightly.

The 'girl' smiled sweetly at Ji Kairui, walked out of the 'door', and before going out of the 'door', she glanced back at him again, and her face was flushed like a peach 'flower'.

The moment Ji Kairui saw the smiling face of the 'female' child, his heart fluttered. After the 'girl' left, he turned around, and there was a certain indescribable melancholy in his heart. For the first time in more than two decades, he felt this way.

Just as Ji Kairui was about to leave the ramen shop in a daze, the owner said behind him: "Oh, is this the girl's book just now?" Forgot about it. ”

Ji Kairui walked over and saw that the boss was holding a copy of "Kafka by the Sea", and for some reason, he involuntarily reached over and said, "I'll take a look." ”

The boss handed him the book. Ji Kairui opened the book and saw a name written in Juanxiu's font on the first page of the book - Xinna.

Cinched between the book is a homemade bookmark, a piece of cardboard with a Q-version of a comic portrait of a 'girl' winking mischievously and sticking out her tongue. There is a sentence written next to it - I am a lost person, if you find this book, please give it back to me, okay? It was a birthday present from my sister. My phone number is: 186XXXXXXXX

Ji Kairui couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he looked at the vivid caricature portrait and the accompanying text. It was as if this lovely 'girl' was making this playful expression in front of him at the moment. The bookmark was like a leaf floating onto the surface of the lake, causing ripples in his heart. Ji Kairui said to the boss: "There is her phone number on it, I'll give her the book back." ”

"Okay, thank you so much!" The boss said.

Ji Kairui took the book and walked out of the store's 'door'. F