Chapter 18: Old Friends
"For you."
Xiong Chumo handed over a thing, Fu Xiaomei opened it and looked at it, duck noodles.
The girl looked at him with some indifference, a little surprised.
Didn't you say that there would be no more in the future?
"Well, I'm sorry to let you watch me eat alone." Mainly because she was a little embarrassed to think that her tongue was burned.
The corners of Fu Xiaomei's mouth curled slightly, she wanted to laugh but felt embarrassed, in short, she was a little happy in her heart.
Although the tongue is wounded, the heart is sweet.
Fu Ying came very early today, and I don't know what time they opened the dark last night, but at least she is very energetic now.
She should have been in good spirits, and her face immediately became unnatural when she saw the two people eating noodles crowded on a table, and after barely saying hello, she found an excuse to go out.
She was somewhat surprised by the behavior of these two people leaving quietly behind the other people's backs last night, although Xiong Chumo and Fu Xiaomei didn't look like anything now, she was still keenly aware of the essential difference.
At least, the man had never bought her anything.
"What's wrong with Fu Ying?" Fu Xiaomei was a little weak-hearted, in the past few days in the dormitory, she already knew that Fu Ying liked Xiong Chumo, but he didn't like her either, did he!
"It's okay, her work area wasn't here in the first place." Xiong Chumo said softly.
"Oh." Fu Xiaomei obediently eats noodles.
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Lincheng University of Finance and Economics is an ordinary undergraduate college, the old campus covers a limited area, affected by various mountains in Lincheng, and the major building systems can only be arranged in steps like terraces, which greatly limits its scale and development.
The reason why Xiong Chumo came here is, of course, not to admire the literary atmosphere.
"Bear?" The young man's face was full of disbelief.
"Long time no see." Looking at the former best friend in front of him, Xiong Chumo's indifferent face finally showed a faint smile.
The glasses are slightly curved, the face is slightly raised, and then it flashes, it is a really faint smile, if you don't pay attention to it, you can't find it.
"You're still alive!" After confirming that it was him, the young man finally burst out laughing.
Things have to start with Xiong Chumo's landing on the Penguin last night, and thousands of messages popped up at once and overwhelmed him, and then he still took the time to read them one by one, and finally decided to reminisce.
Zhang Hongyu and Xiong Chumo have known each other since childhood, and then they both studied in the same school in junior high school and high school, so they have been very good since childhood.
Compared with Xiong Chumo, who has an indifferent personality, he is a typical social personality, and he has a large group of good friends since he was a child, but when it comes to the best one, of course, Xiong Chumo is still Xiong Chumo.
After graduating from high school, although the two did not study in college in the same city, their relationship did not decrease but increased, and they can be regarded as the kind of 'broken threads'.
Xiong Chumo accidentally had a relationship with the psychic Aragaki Yue when he was studying in law school, and the relationship between the two above the friendship and the unfulfilled lovers made Yang Lingjun, a classmate who was a suitor, very unhappy, and the high-spirited two fought without Aragaki Yue, the strength between psychics and ordinary people is simply incomparable, Yang Lingjun caused Xiong Chumo to be seriously injured and dying with a few strokes, but later he also became a psychic because of a blessing in disguise.
After Xiong Chumo went to Africa and lost contact, the civil government chose to keep a low profile in order to conceal his identity as a psychic.
After Xiong Chumo came back, he thought that his former friends and family had forgotten him, but he didn't expect Zhang Hongyu to insist on inquiring about his own situation, and countless messages on the Penguin were sent to him over the years.
When friends got together, Zhang Hongyu was extremely excited, and kept telling interesting things about his parents over the years, Xiong Chumo listened quietly, as if returning to their respective student days.
Xiong Chumo observed with great interest his best friend's residence, which was a private house rented by Zhang Hongyu near the Finance Courtyard, which was barely a one-bedroom apartment, and the decoration inside was very simple, but it was very in line with the style of a bachelor.
"You live alone?" Xiong Chumo asked this because there was a bed in each of the two rooms, but it was very cloudy that the bed in the living room had not been lived in for a long time.
"Originally, he was with Li Jun, but then he moved away when he had a girlfriend."
After beckoning Xiong Chumo to sit down, Zhang Hongyu skillfully put the hot dishes he bought on the road into the plate, then handed him a bottle of beer, and said with a smile: "Come on?" ”
"Okay." Xiong Chumo took it and laughed along.
"Where have you been all these years?"
"I went on a mission abroad, and I can't tell you the details, you know why."
"You know, you know, the rules of secrecy, right?" Zhang Hongyu waved his hand, he was tired of hearing these four words all these years, and now that he saw me, of course he couldn't help but complain: "But it's too exaggerated, there is no news at all, whether you are dead or alive, you have to give a letter, right!" ”
After becoming a psychic, whether it is a spirit beast hunter or a garrison, they are nominally special talents introduced by the civilian government, and all information will be kept strictly confidential, which is also the reason why Zhang Hongyu can't inquire about Xiong Chumo no matter what, in front of the national power, ordinary people like him have no so-called information channels at all.
"But it's okay, you came back alive after all!"
"I didn't think I could come back."
Speaking of this, both of them sighed with emotion, the once carefree teenagers have already embarked on their own different paths.
"What about you, how are you doing now?" Xiong Chumo asked.
"What else, go to work." Zhang Hongyu is as free and easy as ever: "If you don't starve, you can't make a fortune." ”
"How did you come up with the idea of living here?" Xiong Chumo has some knowledge of the vicinity of Caiyuan, as the old city, the environment here is very ordinary, crowded during the rush hour, in short, it is not an ideal place for office workers.
"What else could it be, woman!" Zhang Hongyu smiled.
"Zhong Yuan?"
"Hmm."
Xiong Chumo was thoughtful, Zhong Yuan was a high school classmate of the two, and the two dragged together for a long time, and later went to college, Zhang Hongyu went to other cities, and she was admitted to the Finance Academy.
Listening to Zhang Hongyu, Xiong Chumo knew that the two had already broken up, and he didn't sigh that the long-distance relationship was unreliable after all.
Not long after the separation of the two places, Zhang Hongyu was successfully pried into the corner, and after graduation, he didn't know what to think about renting a house here, and lived there for more than a year.
"What about you, how long will you stay when you come back this time?" Zhang Hongyu didn't want to mention these old things, so he had to change the topic.
"If nothing else, I won't leave." Xiong Chumo thought for a while and replied.
"That's the best!" Zhang Hongyu was sincerely happy for his friend when he heard this.
After all, if there is a choice, who wants to leave their homeland and live abroad.
"Now that you've decided to settle down, have you ever thought about finding a girlfriend to live with or something?" When Zhang Hongyu said this, his smile gradually became a little perverted: "When I was in high school, there were many girls who ...... you."
"Huh?"
Xiong Chumo waved his hand again and again, saying that he didn't have any thoughts about it yet.
Besides, those female classmates used to be twenty-four or five years old, so they should have gotten married and had children a long time ago.
"Cut, you're still that unruly." When Zhang Hongyu heard this, he pursed his lips disdainfully, but he didn't plan to persuade more, after all, he knew Xiong Chumo's character from before.
"When are you going to go home and have a look?"
"We'll talk about it later." Thinking of his so-called family, Xiong Chumo became a little silent.
"Alas!"
Zhang Hongyu could only smile bitterly when he saw this, his good brother became like this, and it was likely inseparable from his family.
………………
The two left their friend's residence, and Xiong Chumo, who was slightly drunk, received a call from Aragaki Yue, saying that he had encountered some situation on the side of Guanshui Lake, and needed his help due to lack of manpower, Xiong Chumo didn't care if she was true or not, and immediately agreed.
Aragaki did encounter a situation here, but it was by no means due to a shortage of manpower, in fact, with her status in the Lincheng garrison, she was still able to mobilize a lot of manpower.
The reason why he contacted Xiong Chumo was mainly to test whether he really wanted to join the garrison, after all, it had been several days since the two exchanged contact information, but Xiong Chumo had never taken the initiative to contact her, which made Aragaki Yue's heart faintly impatient.
In fact, whether or not to join the garrison is secondary, mainly to see how much weight she still has in someone's heart, since that person is unwilling to take the initiative, then let her take the initiative.
Aragaki thought secretly.
Not long after Xiong Chumo sent his location, a black off-road vehicle stopped in front of him, and the person in the car was Aragaki Yue.
"So fast?" Xiong Chumo was a little surprised with her efficiency.
"The soldiers are fast." After Aragaki saw him get into the car, he took off directly with one foot on the accelerator.
“……”
The strong push back made Xiong Chumo a little uncomfortable, he had symptoms of motion sickness since he was a child, but when he saw that the situation was urgent, he didn't say anything.
Aragaki Moon is still wearing a pure black tight-fitting combat uniform of the garrison today, with a Bluetooth headset in one ear for easy communication, and long black straight hair draped casually over her shoulders, which does look like she is in a hurry and has not been combed, but if you pay attention to it, you will find that her face is painted with exquisite makeup, and the seat belt passes through the chest, outlining the scale of the chest is particularly conspicuous, and it is worthy of being called a big beauty called "Big Moon Moon".
However, her dress is destined to be unappreciated, Xiong Chumo, who has been drinking a lot of alcohol, focused all her attention on her stomach and throat from the moment she got into the car, and she was afraid that she would accidentally vomit in the car.
Aragaki Yue saw that he was sitting upright after getting into the car, and suddenly felt a little depressed, but he had no choice but to pretend to be serious and discuss the cause of the incident with him:
"There is a wandering spirit beast on the other side of Guanshui Lake."
"Hmm."
"Ate a few people."
"Hmm......"
"There are casualties among the guards who went to deal with it."
“……”
"I don't have the manpower for a while, so I can only look for you......"
"Stop ......"
"What?"
"Stop, I want to throw up ......".
"You get motion sickness?!" Aragaki was shocked when she heard this, and hurriedly pulled over.
"Wow~" Someone suddenly vomited on the side of the road.