Section V

On the railroad in the suburbs, the mischievous trio loses their former vitality and sits silently on the tracks, the wind blows a tattered newspaper and dances in the middle of the tracks. Ma Weiguo played the harmonica bitterly, and the tune of "Goodbye Ideal" lost its former tragedy and agitation, sad, melancholy, and crying.

A little full of spirits,

In that empty cup,

Wash away sorrow through that wine,

Old bosom friends,

See you again someday,

I hope to gather together and tell each other about the past.

The scandal of Yang Duoduo's love affair with Sha Wei's teacher and student is a blow to Ma Weiguo, so that his own deep love and wishful thinking are actually a boring fart, he loves Yang Duoduo, but Yang Duoduo loves others; Immediately followed by the college entrance examination name Sun Shan, although it was expected, but Tietou and Sihua got admission notices from secondary schools and universities one after another, which made Ma Weiguo, who was the eldest brother, unable to hang on his face and lose his psychological balance. The two little brothers, who had been following his ass and sheltered by him, could leave the town for the summer and run towards his own great future, and he would have to stay here, continue his lonely, boring life, and watch over the future at a loss.

Sihua and Tietou held the admission letter they received from the school at the same time in their hands, and crackled in the wind. The frustrated and frustrated Ma Weiguo couldn't blow it anymore and said, "I want to drink!" ”

Tietou couldn't sit still, Huo Ran stood up, clutched the admission notice of the secondary school into a ball, and threw it out vigorously. "Boss, I'm not going to the secondary school! I'll accompany you to tutor for another year, what about you? ”

Sihua reluctantly looked at the university notice in his hand, twisted it for a long time, and said, "I'll go back and ask my parents." "Euphemistically rejected the initiative to share the weal and woe with the boss. The iron head kicked on him, so angry that he couldn't speak.

Ma Weiguo smiled bitterly and said, "How do you know that you can't pass the exam?" Maybe the notice is on the way! He beat his spirits, deliberately made a free and easy appearance, got up and picked up the admission letter that had not yet been thrown far away, smoothed it with his hands very carefully, folded it squarely, put it in the pocket of the iron head, patted him on the shoulder hard, and then turned around and walked slowly along the rails, his back swaying.

Sihua and Tietou silently looked at Ma Weiguo's distant back, and it seemed that the time for the three brothers to say goodbye had come in advance. The trajectories of their parallel lives are about to take a turn and stretch out in different directions, and no one knows if there will be an intersection in the future. After being silent for a long time, Sihua asked Tietou: "Have you seen Yang Duoduo recently?" Ironhead shook his head. If anyone can save Ma Weiguo, then this person is Yang Duoduo. Although smeared by the scandal, Yang Duoduo is still the dream in Ma Weiguo's heart, and only she can ignite the flame of hope for Ma Weiguo, who is lost in the ice and snow.

Ma Weiguo's voice gradually drifted away:

Even if you have a thousand challengers under your feet,

Then count me as the thousandth and onest.

I don't believe the sky is blue,

I don't believe in the echo of thunder,

I don't believe that dreams are fake,

I don't believe that death is without retribution.

It was Beidao's famous article "Answer", and Yang Duoduo once recited a fragment of it.

At dinner, none of the three members of Ma Weiguo's family at the dinner table spoke, and the atmosphere was uncomfortably depressing. Ma Weiguo wanted to escape from this suffocating home as soon as possible, so he hurriedly took a few mouthfuls of food, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and pedaled out on his bicycle. The bicycle rushed into the boundless darkness, leaving Ma Weiguo with a heart-rending howl. Ma Jianshe was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ma Mu, who was also stunned, and said, "Eat!" ”

The entrance of the cinema is bustling, the movie has not yet started, the audience is coming one after another, acquaintances who meet by chance stand on the side of the road and chat, children break free from their parents' hands and fight with their companions, and vendors selling snacks shout loudly to solicit business. Ma Weiguo rode on the bicycle, propped up on one leg on the ground, and watched everything in front of him coldly. He didn't come to see the movie, he just wanted to go to a place where there were many people, let the noisy noise drive away the loneliness in his heart, and the cold and deserted atmosphere made him uncomfortable, making him panic and want to escape, but he didn't know where to flee. He stared at the crowd with empty eyes, his mind blank, as if he was a soulless walking corpse, separated by an insurmountable barrier, watching the people of the Yang world laugh and live, but he could not fit in. He felt like an outcast of the world, left in a corner where no one was paying attention.

Suddenly, Ma Weiguo's eyes came alive again, flashing with a strange light. At the entrance of the cinema, several fashionably dressed young people gathered in a circle, whistling and screaming. From the gap between them, Ma Weiguo caught a glimpse of Yang Duoduo, who was wearing blood-red lipstick, wearing large red earrings, and a cigarette in his mouth, looking at them coldly with his head up. This is no longer the pure, princess-like and arrogant Yang Duoduo, but a vulgar young woman in society with heavy makeup. The brilliance in Ma Weiguo's eyes dimmed again, he knew: Yang Duoduo, who he liked, was dead!

A few young people stepped on the space step, dancing around Yang Duoduo, Ma Weiguo frowned, the very soft part of his heart tingled, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, watching his former goddess fall into the dust. Ma Weiguo lowered his head and stepped on the pedal to leave, when he suddenly saw a pair of feet with high heels and slender calves appear in front of him. Raising his face, Yang Duoduo crossed in front of his car, looked at Ma Weiguo expressionlessly, and then jumped on the front beam of the car without saying a word, and said as if ordering: "Let's go!" ”

Ma Weiguo didn't ask where to go, pedaled the bicycle hard, and rushed towards the dark world with Yang Duoduo. The car slid through the deserted street, the wind blew in his face, Yang Duoduo opened his arms and shouted heartbreakingly, as if the voice had been suppressed in his heart for a long time. Ma Weiguo was silent and did not speak, although he didn't know what happened between Yang Duoduo and Sha Wei, but he knew very well the lethality of public opinion in the small city, it was enough to make a person go crazy and go to destruction in despair. Therefore, Yang Duoduo needs to vent.

On an ancient tower in the suburbs, Ma Weiguo and Yang Duoduo lay on the railing, continuing to maintain silence along the way. Unexpectedly, the wind on the summer night was a little cold, and they looked at the lights that were clearly extinguished in the distance and were silent for a long time.

Ma Weiguo was the first to break the silence and asked Yang Duoduo: "Where have you been this time?" ”

"Dead!" Yang Duoduo replied dryly. She wasn't dead, but some part of her heart, the brightest and most beautiful part of what had ever been, was dead. Died in the betrayal of his lover, died in the gossip of the world.

"Like!" Ma Weiguo replied equally dryly. At this moment, he found that he still had the original tacit understanding between himself and Yang Duoduo, and the hearts of his friends were clear. This feeling comforted him.

Ma Weiguo's words made Yang Duoduo laugh out loud, laughing very presumptuously, tears and snot flowed out. She completely lost the reserve and arrogance of the past, and fell into the worldly life, rolling in the dust. By the time she returned to life, she had gone from being a princess to a vulgar mortal.

"Do you want to hear my story? The story is being speculated all over the city, isn't it? Yang Duoduo said quietly, her voice as cold as the wind blowing in her face.

Ma Weiguo listened to Yang Duoduo's story in silence, and Yang Duoduo couldn't see his eyes clearly in the dark. Ma Weiguo's eyes became gloomy and violent, his hands gradually clenched into fists, and his nails were little by little embedded in the flesh of his palms. His jealousy of Sha Wei turned into hatred, he hated Sha Wei for taking away Yang Duoduo but did not know how to cherish it, and spoiled Yang Duoduo, who was incomparably holy and noble in his heart, like a prostitute.

Yang Duoduo was immersed in her own story and her emotions, and did not notice the change in Ma Weiguo's demeanor. She turned her face and stared at Ma Weiguo without blinking. "Do you say you love me?"

Ma Weiguo was stunned, looking at Yang Duoduo and not speaking.

"You men don't have a kind, you don't dare to say anything about love, you don't dare to say anything about hate!"

Ma Weiguo, who was stimulated, nodded firmly.

"I want you to speak!" Yang Duoduo shouted like crazy.

"I ...... I like ......," Ma Weiguo said hesitantly.

"Say 'love'!"

Ma Weiguo stood up suddenly, rolled his hands into a microphone, and shouted into the distance with his whole body: "I...... She...... Mother...... ...... of love You, Yang ...... Earlobe...... Duo ......" When he turned around, he found that Yang Duoduo's face was full of tears. Ma Weiguo was a little overwhelmed, he didn't know how to comfort Yang Duoduo, those comforting words seemed pale and weak, more like a mockery.

Yang Duoduo suddenly pounced, grabbed Ma Weiguo's arm, and bit it fiercely, leaving a row of deep tooth marks: "Ma Weiguo, if you really love me, you must remember me, and you must not forget it for the rest of your life!" ”

Yang Duoduo wiped the tears on his face, ran down the ancient tower, and disappeared into the long dark night...... Ma Weiguo shouted at her back: "I'm going to give you a ticket to BEYOND and listen to their shouts!" Yang Duoduo, who was running, heard Ma Weiguo's words clearly and smiled bitterly.

When he was on the ancient tower, a plan had already been brewed in Ma Weiguo's heart. He quickly contacted Sihua and Tietou and asked them to act as his helpers to carry out this revenge plan. He promised Yang Duoduo to help her do one thing to repay her for pulling out a knife to help Ma Hongmei when she was in trouble. It was time for him to make good on his promise, even though Yang Duoduo did not make such a request.

Late at night, in the alley, Sha Wei came by moonlight with a bag of food. He was hunched on his shoulders and his head bowed, looking a little old and tired, completely devoid of his former vigorous demeanor. Suddenly, a man burst out of the doorway and threw himself behind Shawei, and before he could react, a broken sack was already on his head, and it was pitch black in front of him. Frightened, Sawei struggled desperately, and the food in his hand was thrown on the ground and trampled to pieces.

Seeing that the iron head had succeeded, Ma Weiguo and Sihua rushed out of the doorways on both sides and pounced on Sha Wei. Tietou made a stumbling block under his feet, tripping Sha Wei to the ground, and the three of them punched and kicked Sha Wei in the sack, venting his anger for Yang Duoduo. Shawei let out a series of pig-killing screams, and his screams further irritated the Three Musketeers, making them even more frantic and punching harder. In just a minute or two, Shawei in the sack could not scream, only an intermittent moan.

Among the three people, the most industrious and timid is Sihua, who is angry that he feels wronged by his weakness and incompetence, and he looks down on himself more and more and wants to show his strength and ruthlessness. Seeing that Sha Wei no longer resisted, the four transformations that had never dared to do anything finally came to strength. Over the years, the mischievous trio has been fighting with others, and he has always played a dispensable supporting role, and sometimes he will drag everyone back, so that Ma Weiguo has to cover himself while fighting with others, and he must show it this time! Of course, there is a more important reason, for Yang Duoduo, he also hates Sha Wei.

The four transformations looked around, looking around for weapons that could be used. The alley was empty, there was no wooden stick or shovel or anything like that, and the monkey was anxious to pick off a brick from the broken wall, pushed the iron head away, jumped up violently, and slapped it heavily on the sack with all his strength. By his touch, he knew that the brick had hit a very hard place, and it seemed to be the head.

A dull voice came, and the madness of the four transformations stunned both the battle-hardened Ma Weiguo and Tietou. They don't understand why Sihua, who has always been very gentle and can only play tricks, is so heavy this time. Shawei in the sack didn't move, slid to the ground like a loach and didn't move, blood oozing out of the sack.

Ma Weiguo poked there like a piece of wood, and the iron head was pressed under the sack and could not move. Sihua only realized the seriousness of the situation at this time, and was so frightened that tears were about to come out. Ma Weiguo was the first to react, he jumped over the sack, dragged the iron head out from underneath, and grabbed Sihua again, dragging the two people to run away.

Ma Weiguo didn't notice that one of the two hand-painted BEYOND tickets he had in his pocket during the fight fell in a pool of blood, with the words "Ma Weiguo" written on it.

When he returned home, Ma Weiguo was shocked, and his intuition told him that today's events were too big. He didn't have time to think of a countermeasure, so he lay on the bed exhausted and fell into a groggy sleep. The next morning, Ma Weiguo opened his eyes in the dazzling eyes that came in through the window, he instinctively covered his eyes with his hands, and his vision gradually became clearer, Ma Weiguo saw Ma Jianjian's angry face clearly, and his mother's frightened eyes were full of tears. Behind them, stood two police officers.

"Slap", a loud slap flipped Ma Weiguo on the bed.

In the interrogation room, Ma Weiguo sat on a stool and calmly looked at the two policemen in front of him, who stared intently at Ma Weiguo, and behind him was the eye-catching slogan "Confess leniently and resist strictly".

"The victim, Shawei, was seriously injured by you and fell unconscious, and is still not out of danger. You have to pay for your actions and accept the punishment of the law. Ma Weiguo, we hope that you can confess to your accomplices and reduce your guilt. In the end, there is no way out of stubborn resistance, and if you harm yourself, you will also harm others. The policeman said sternly.

On the way here, Ma Weiguo sat in the police car, looking at the handcuffs on his wrists and the expressionless policemen beside him. He calmed down from the initial panic, and now that the matter had come to this, he had no worries and no burden. The thoughts in Ma Weiguo's mind gradually became clearer, and he did not feel that a catastrophe was coming, but had a sense of relief. As the eldest of the three, as the only unemployed vagrant who failed in the college entrance examination, out of righteousness and out of his own hopeless future, he decided to carry this matter down by himself, give the two brothers a way to live, and bless their good future for the last time. A wry smile appeared on Ma Weiguo's lips, at least his future is finally no longer confused, and his heart is no longer in decline, prison is his home, maybe this is fate! When it doesn't know where to go, it designates a place for itself.

Ma Weiguo looked directly into the eyes of the two policemen and said firmly: "There is no one else!" I did it! With that, a smile spread from the corners of his mouth. The two policemen looked at each other, inexplicably.

In Ma Weiguo's home, the atmosphere of disaster hangs over everyone's hearts. Sister Ma Hongmei has rushed over from her hometown, but she can't do anything but accompany her mother to wipe her tears. Ma Mu held the frame with a photo of Ma Weiguo, and kept sobbing, old tears. Ma Jianshe smoked cigarette after cigarette, and the room was filled with smoke. Suddenly, Ma Jianshe stood up, snatched the frame from Ma Mu's hand, slammed it on the ground, and smashed it. "I don't have this son!" He roared hoarsely.

In the afternoon of the same day, Ma Jianshe appeared at the door of Yang Shengli's house. Yang Duoduo was not at home, and when Yang Shengli opened the door, he saw Ma Jianshe standing at the door with two bottles of sorghum wine. As soon as he entered the door, Ma Jianshe knelt in front of Yang Shengli with a "poof". Yang Shengli was startled at first, but he reacted immediately, and he knew Ma Jianjian's intentions. He remained silent and pretended to be surprised and asked, "Old Ma, what are you doing here?" ”

Yang Shengli bent down to help Ma Jianjian up, but Ma Jianshe stubbornly knelt on the ground and refused to stand up, and he who had always been strong and unsmiling shed tears. "Please, save the baby! He's all for your daughter. If you don't agree, you'll die on your knees! ”

Yang Shengli's face drooped suddenly, and he asked coldly, "What the hell are you talking nonsense?" ”

"He's still a child......" Ma Jianshe muttered weakly.

Yang Shengli angrily reprimanded Ma Jianjian: "What's wrong with that? Can a child kill someone and set fire to know the law? Can you do whatever you want...... Why don't you say that you are poor and miserable here! I don't have any consciousness at all, but you are still an employee led by my Yang Shengli. ”

Yang Shengli said as he dragged Ma Jianshe up from the ground and pushed him out. Yang Shengli's high-sounding ruthlessness angered Ma Jianjian, he jumped up from the ground, grabbed Yang Shengli's neck, pressed him against the wall, and questioned Yang Shengli with blood-red eyes: "Your baby is a baby, my baby is not a baby......

Yang Shengli was pinched by Ma Jianshe and rolled his eyes, struggled desperately, and angrily reprimanded and threatened Ma Jianjian. The door was slammed open, and Yang Duoduo, who was wearing heavy makeup, appeared at the door, looking at everything that happened in front of him expressionlessly. "Only a bastard like you can give birth to such a bastard son, fuck off!" Yang Shengli was still scolding. Ma Jianshe looked at Yang Duoduo, and slowly loosened his hand holding Yang Shengli, he was unwilling to beat her father in front of a child. Ma Jianshe cried bitterly, and was pushed out of the door by Yang Shengli, he staggered back a few steps, squatted under the wall, and smashed his head desperately with his fists. Behind him, there was the sound of Yang Shengli throwing sorghum wine out of the house and the sound of the door slamming.

Driving Ma Jianshe out of the house, Yang Shengli just wanted to scold Yang Duoduo, but Yang Duoduo turned around and rushed out of the house.

Today is the day Ma Weiguo was taken to the detention center. Sha Wei was seriously injured, the evidence in this case was conclusive, the suspect confessed, and the public security organs also wanted to close the case as soon as possible and transfer it to the procuratorate for prosecution.

Sihua and Tietou came to the gate of the Public Security Bureau early in the morning, Ma Mu and Ma Hongmei also came, Ma Jianshe did not come, and did not see Yang Duoduo's shadow. Ma Weiguo was escorted out of the building by the police, walked to the police car in the yard, Tietou and Sihua broke through the guards' barrier and pounced on Ma Weiguo, Ma Mu and Ma Hongmei followed behind crying. The escorting police were accustomed to such a scene, and did not stop them, and gave them a chance to say goodbye to Ma Weiguo with understanding.

Sihua and Tietou grabbed one of their bosses and benefactors' arms, tears swirling in their eyes, they were full of gratitude but did not have the courage to stand up for Ma Weiguo to share the blame, full of guilt. Ma Weiguo smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry about me, I asked, I'm young, I'm still a first-time offender, and I can't be sentenced to a few years." You study hard, you will have a chance in the future, and I have to rely on you to take care of me when I release it! ”

The iron head bowed his head and did not speak. Sihua's lips trembled, "We are brothers no matter what time it is!" "Words are so pale that I feel powerless and hypocritical. Ma Weiguo crossed their shoulders and looked at his mother, who was shaking and was about to be unable to support it, and Ma Hongmei, who was struggling to support her mother. The mother was weakened by this blow, and looked at her son with teary eyes; Ma Hongmei tried her best to restrain herself, nodded to Ma Weiguo, and signaled him to rest assured that she would take good care of her mother.

The police were impatient and walked over and dragged Ma Weiguo into the police car. The moment the engine started, several people present broke out and wept bitterly. They banged on the windows and staggered after the speeding police car. Ma Weiguo used his last willpower to suppress the tumbling waves in his heart, leaving a calm face to the person who saw him off.

When the police car passed through an alley, Yang Duoduo suddenly ran out of the alley with his hair disheveled, and shouted Ma Weiguo's name while following the car. Seeing Yang Duoduo, Ma Weiguo reacted violently and threw himself into the car window. The escorted policeman was worried that he would jump out of the police car and desperately pressed Ma Weiguo. Ma Weiguo took out the only remaining concert ticket from the pocket of his jacket and handed it out of the car window. Yang Duoduo, who was chasing the police car, reached out and grabbed the ticket, but suddenly stumbled under his feet, fell to the ground, and the ticket was torn in half.

Ma Weiguo shouted through the car window: "Duoduo, live well, you must remember our agreement and go to see BEYOND." Yang Duoduo held the half of the ticket, looked at the police car that was getting farther away, and sat on the ground and cried bitterly. She was powerless to respond to Ma Weiguo's call, and clutched the ticket that remained in the palm of her hand tightly. Someone grabbed her arm and helped Yang Duoduo up from the ground, it was Ma Hongmei. Yang Duoduo was speechless and looked at Ma Hongmei guiltily. Ma Hongmei didn't say anything, nodded knowingly, and helped Ma Mu to leave.

In the police car, Ma Weiguo put his face on the back window, looked at Yang Duoduo, Sihua, Tietou, mother and sister who were getting farther and farther away, closed his eyes, and tears finally poured out uncontrollably...... At this moment, the fiery youth came to an end.