Pei Yicong walked over to a couch in the corner. There were already five or six people sitting there, some with tattoos on their arms, some with cigarettes in their ears, drinking and chatting leisurely. They saw people coming from afar, and several of them hurriedly put down their bottles and stood up.

"Big brother!" Five or six people shouted respectfully. Pei Yicong beckoned them to sit down, signaling for a little space for the tide to sit over.

Several people's eyes wandered to her, looking up and down unabashedly. One of them, the golden retriever, who was not tall, whistled, and several of them showed a look of good fun. "Is this the new sister-in-law?"

The tide still doesn't speak. She sat down in the place that had been given to her by a few people, leaning against the armrest of the couch on her side. Holding the knife in her left hand in her pocket, she felt the heat spill out of her fingers. Pei Yicong took out the cigarette bush from his mouth, sat down next to her, and reached out to slap the golden retriever's head.

"Sister-in-law, your sister, when did your eldest brother's vision become so bad?"

As he spoke, he smiled and looked over, and the tide crashed into his line of sight, and he gave him a cold and cold look. Pei Yicong's eyebrows were raised, meaningful.

"If I am happy, we will write it off." He leaned over, his eyes sly.

The brothers next to him coaxed and pushed the beer in front of them by the way. "The only way to make Big Brother happy is to drink with him!"

Someone shouted in the midst of the excitement. Tide saw more than a dozen bottles of beer scattered on the table, some of which were already half-drunk, and some of which had not yet been opened. She drank as badly as most girls, half a bottle could be filled.

"You're saying this as if I really owe you something."

Tide said with a smile, and took out the pocket of his left hand, and the heat of his palm touched the cold air to cool down instantly. "It's boring to drink with me, I poured half a bottle, I'm afraid I can't satisfy you."

She reached for an unopened bottle of wine and opened it with the corkscrew next to her.

Pei Yicong smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and stared at her action of handing the wine bottle to her mouth.

"Whatever you want. As long as you drink, I won't embarrass you. ”

The crowd burst into laughter. They all put down their bottles and cigarettes and looked straight over to see the excitement.

The tide felt that the bitter taste began to spread into the mouth. She hadn't drunk beer in a long time, and sometimes she almost forgot what it tasted like. The cold liquid ran down his throat and into his stomach one by one, churning at the bottom. Tidal closed his eyes and felt the weight of the bottle in his hand a little lighter, only to feel the heat buzzing out of his brain, scattered on his sideburns and the roots behind his ears.

The crowd shouted more cheerfully. Tide wondered if they had never seen a woman drink before, or if they found it more irritating for someone like her to drink.

A bottle of wine is gradually bottoming out. The tide put down the wine bottle, only to feel that all the internal organs were hit by the wine.

"Another bottle?"

She heard Pei Yicong laughing happily next to her. She gave him a slightly annoyed look, and then picked up another bottle.

The heat on his cheeks was already rushing to his brain. Tide felt that the drunkenness came a little quickly, the last time she drank so much wine was on the day of graduation from the college entrance examination, she thought that she and Xia Chan would be admitted to different schools and separated, so she was drunk that day under the urging of sad emotions, and in the end, Xia Chan dragged her home.

This time was different, the forced reluctance, and the disgusting strangers made her feel sick from head to toe.

Pei Yicong's eyes pierced straight over, staring at her every expression.

Tidal passed the bottle to his lips and closed his eyes to feel another wave of cold throat prickly drink.

She suddenly heard a commotion around her, and then the bottle was suddenly pulled out of her hand, and before she could reach her throat, a few drops of beer spilled on her chin and clothes, and it was a little cold to the bone.

"What? Crowd bullying? ”

The tide suddenly heard a voice coming from overhead, and his tone was faintly sharp.

She suddenly opened her eyes and saw Jiang Qi standing in front of her. He glanced at her condescendingly, and then turned his gaze to Pei Yicong on the side.

"Who are you?"

Pei Yi stood up and took a threatening step towards him.

"Heroes save beauty? Lao Tzu dislikes other people's meddling the most. ”

Jiang Qi is obviously a little taller than him. He is tall and long-legged, and his aura at that station is no worse than that of a bad young man who has been mixed with society for a long time.

"I'm just going to be nosy."

Tide only feels a migraine at the moment. She looked closely at him in the dim streamer, and saw the shadows under his eyelids as his eyelashes drooped.

A group of people began to stir up. In particular, a few people led by the Golden Retriever were ready to move, scolding and swearing in their mouths, and spitting words that the tide did not understand.

"Big brother? him? The golden retriever asked.

Pei Yicong didn't speak, just thought for a moment, and suddenly made a stop gesture backwards. He squinted his eyes and looked Jiang Qi up and down.

"I think you're a little familiar. What is your name? ”

His gaze was inexplicably less sharp than before.

"Then you need to hear clearly." Jiang Qi pulled his lips and smiled. Tide saw him leaning forward slightly, leaning into Pei Yicong's ear, and said softly.

"The river of the river, the wind of the wind."

Pei Yicong froze slightly. His gaze fell on Jiang Qi's face, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Jiang Qi smiled and retreated, put his hands back in his pockets, and raised his chin to look at him.

"Big brother?" The Golden Retriever felt that something was wrong. He asked in a tentative whisper in the back, but was frightened by Pei Yicong's sudden shouting of "shut up" later.

"I'm not a good person, but I'm righteous. Debts must be repaid, and debts must be repaid. Pei Yicong stepped back to the edge of the sofa and lowered his head to light a cigarette. This time it's her luck, but it's also your favor. The next time we meet, we don't owe each other. ”

The golden retriever and the others were surprised, and the tide was also in the clouds. How? Jiang Qi even had an intersection with such a bad youth? Could it be that Pei Yicong once owed Jiang Qi a debt of affection like her?

"Yes."

Jiang Qi agreed. When he finished speaking, he looked over and saw that the tide's complexion had turned crimson under the influence of alcohol. "I took her with me."

Pei Yicong sat back on the sofa, smiled at the tide in the swirling smoke, and then turned to Jiang Qi. "She's really willing to do anything for the people she likes. This kind of girl is quite energetic. ”

When Jiang Qi heard this, the tail of his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he was slightly touched. He turned closer to the tide and saw her sitting motionless in the corner, her eyes slightly glazed.

"Drunk?"

He suddenly bent down, as if observing her expression.

The tide saw his vivid eyebrows up close, pictured in the light of the dark night.

"Nope."

She stood up against the side of the couch away from him, only to feel the clouds rise on the soles of her feet.

Jiang Qi's hand reached out inappropriately and held her shoulder. The night was very hot, and when the tide drank the first bottle of wine, she took off her coat, and she felt that Jiang Qi's five fingers and palms were different from that day, from a little mean coolness to warmth.

Pei Yicong looked at it with a cigarette in his mouth, his eyes were intentional.

"Goodbye."

The night was warm inside, but cold outside. The chill of winter is blowing in the wind.

"You saved me again."

When Jiang Qi handed over her coat, she looked up at him.

This time she stood under the street lamp and looked at him, remembering the feelings she confessed to having for him. It was the origin of a sin, an emotion that should not exist in the first place. But she didn't know how to get rid of it.

Jiang Qi's gaze was as heavy as ink in the darkness, the corners of his mouth were raised, and his words were rare and gentle.

"But next time, I won't take you sightseeing."

Tide felt like he was going to melt into his words. But reason always reminded him of Xiao Ya's existence and the immoral distance between the two at this moment.

"Remember, I will respond to my request."

She put on her coat and took two steps to the side, distancing herself from him.

"Drinking. Because of Qiao Shen? ”

Jiang Qi slowed down his steps and raised his eyes to ask her.

As smart as he is. The tide didn't know how to answer for a while. She remembered what Pei Yicong said just now, indicating that she was willing to sacrifice herself because she liked Qiao Shen.

"It's not. Personal reasons. ”

Jiang Qi didn't answer for a while, his eyes drifted to the street lamp in front of him, and the tide glanced at him sideways. The corners of his mouth were no longer slightly raised, but naturally pursed into a line, as if he was dissatisfied with something.

"I think the way the two of us talk sometimes always brings to mind a name."

He was silent for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.

Tide withdrew his gaze to the ground, waiting quietly for him to finish.

"Flowers are not flowers, fog is not fog."

The tide feels a little funny. At the same time, the fact that the corners of his mouth were raised greatly also proved the reality of Jiang Qi's metaphor.

"Why?" She gets to the bottom of it.

Because one didn't want to ask, the other didn't want to answer, but they tried their best to keep going. Be kind to each other and take care of each other. ”

Tide feels that Jiang Qi is a bit like a person who studies philosophy and psychology. She didn't understand what he said most of the time, but when she recalled it afterwards, she would find it quite reasonable. Until then, she had never liked to hear people talk a lot of nonsense like this.

As soon as she wanted to say something, she saw Jiang Qi suddenly stop in front and turn around.

"To be honest, I think we are quite similar sometimes."

Tide was a little happy in his heart. It's like a crying child who suddenly gets his candy, and instantly becomes quiet and happy. But she didn't know how to answer his words, and for the first time she felt the urge to continue the conversation without running away from the cold.

A gust of wind blows up, spreading the familiar mint fragrance.

She silently followed behind Jiang Qi, watching his figure slowly elongated under the light, and then disappeared into the shadow of the tall building. In the blink of an eye, she saw a shallow dark red mark on the side of his neck, which became more and more blurry in the night.

Even if you already know some inescapable truths beforehand, the feeling after seeing and hearing them with your own eyes and ears is still different. That kind of emotion came more real and violent, and the collision came suddenly and unexpectedly.

Xiao Ya left him a unique mark, how could it be her turn to be an outsider to blaspheme.