Sioux City, half past two in the morning.

A dark green taxi drove on the elevated outer ring and sped out of town.

Chen Yuan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was in his early twenties, his delicate face revealed a precocious steadyness, the black sweatshirt on his body was crumpled, stained with blood and mud that could no longer be seen, he leaned on the backrest with a solemn and tired face, and his eyes drifted to the black world of the car window:

The black clouds on the canopy of the black hole were like flocculents, and several silver lightning bolts continued to roll out, and the torrential rain poured down to annihilate the prosperity of the city......

The violent rain crackling on the roof of the taxi made a fizzling sound that made people irritated and panicked, as if tonight was the end and the light would not come again.

At this time, Chen Yuan's ears were quiet, and he was still immersed in the huge emotions of depravity intertwined with fear and excitement.

The real and bloody scenes just now are rotating in my mind like a movie picture, like the plot of a certain movie that remains in my mind, which is very unreal.

But the pain in his arms and back kept reminding him that those images were real!

His stomach began to twitch for a while, making Chen Yuanjin couldn't help but want to vomit, but he forcibly held back.

The driver, Lao Wu, is a middle-aged uncle in his forties and fifties, wearing a black cap and a cigarette in his mouth, he has a handsome face, well-dressed clothes, and knows how to take care of his skin on weekdays and is very good, he looks a bit like those middle-aged actors who act in movies, not like a taxi driver at all.

A late-night emotional show is broadcast on the car radio broadcast, and a woman who does not want to divorce is crying to the audience about her husband's cheating.

"It's really a brute, if you cheat, you cheat, why let your wife catch it, I really don't have any ability...... Far and near, right?"

Seeing that Chen Yuanyuan didn't respond, Lao Wu knew that he was stunned, so he touched his elbow and pulled him back to his senses.

"Uncle Wu, I didn't pay attention to what you said. Chen Yuanjin was a little embarrassed.

Lao Wu threw his half pack of cigarettes over and motioned for him to smoke one too, but Chen Yuanjin took it in his hand but didn't smoke it.

"Uncle Wu, I don't smoke......" Chen Yuanyuan replied truthfully.

"Let's smoke one, they all say that smoking is not good for your health, but who knows how many days you can live in our business?"

Chen Yuanjin had not completely calmed down from his nervousness, he opened the cigarette case tremblingly and took out a cigarette, holding it in his mouth according to the gourd drawing, Lao Wu reached out and sent a lighter to him to light the cigarette.

Chen Yuanjin, who had no experience in smoking, took a big puff and choked suddenly, coughing a few times.

Suddenly, the carriage was filled with smoke, which made people breathless.

Lao Wu opened the car window, and the cold wind blew in with the rain, and Chen Yuanjin felt a little more comfortable.

"Smoke slowly, why are you in such a hurry? Look at you're almost twenty years old, you can't even smoke, and you're going to laugh to death when you say it." ”

Lao Wu couldn't help laughing, but he wasn't mocking.

Chen Yuanjin was a little embarrassed, and put it in his mouth again and took a small puff slowly, feeling better, but he still hated the smell of cigarettes.

"That's right, after a long time, you will get used to it, and you will be more and more inseparable from this thing in the future, does your spirit feel less nervous than just now......? Lao Wu laughed as he spoke, and his gentle appearance was quite like the middle-aged man named Zhang Jiayi on TV.

Chen Yuanjin was a little weak when he heard this, in fact, he was so scared that he peed his pants just now, but Lao Wu didn't notice it when it was dark.

Chen Yuanjin, who was scared to pee, couldn't remember clearly, because he was so nervous that he could barely breathe during the whole process, only remembering that a few people raised their hands and knives fell, and the scene was chaotic, and all his eyes and minds were a sea of red blood and screams.

Most likely, he stabbed the knife into the fat man's chest, and a stream of hot blood spurted into his face.

Thinking of that picture, Chen Yuan's back felt cold, and he couldn't help but shiver, and then looked at Lao Wu, he still had a gentle smile on his face, obviously he was already accustomed to those scenes.

"It's been great to have a rainstorm tonight, and by the time dawn everything was washed away, as if nothing had happened. ”

Chen Yuanjin didn't reply, he touched his face that had been cleaned, and it seemed that he could still smell the smell of blood and heat.

His stomach twitched a few more times, and he couldn't help but want to vomit again, so he quickly threw the cigarette butt out the car window.

When he opened the window, he saw the blood on his wrists, and quickly put his hand out of the window to let the rain wash away, and then wiped it vigorously on his clothes.

Lao Wu glanced at Chen Yuanjin, and there was a hint of good-natured mockery on his face: "If you go home anyway, you have to clean it thoroughly, why bother about this, but then again, newcomers are indeed like this at the beginning, for fear of leaving a little blood stains on their bodies, I was the same back then, and then I slowly got used to it......"

There was a thunderclap, and neither of them spoke anymore.

As the night deepened, the taxi continued to gallop forward.

Lao Wu was attracted by the story of the woman who cried about her husband's cheating on the radio, and drove the car while muttering and scolding the cheating man.

It would take about half an hour to get to the community where he lived, Chen Yuanjin wanted to close his eyes and rest for a while, but as soon as he closed his eyes, the bloody scenes just now played in his mind in turn, Chen Yuanjin sighed, and simply listened to the cry of the woman on the radio with Lao Wu.

After listening to it for a long time, I think this woman is really ridiculous, either divorce or have a good time, as for making trouble on the radio to let the world know about his man's cheating?

After laughing at this woman, Chen Yuanjin suddenly felt very ridiculous again, and he was still worried about an irrelevant woman who was cheated on.

Suddenly, Chen's mobile phone rang, and the sharp ringtone was particularly harsh in a closed space like a taxi.

It was He Xiaowen who called, if it was changed to before, He Xiaowen could take the initiative to call, Chen Yuanyuan could jump up excitedly immediately.

But now it is obviously a little uneasy, the mobile phone rang for a long time Chen Yuanyuan did not connect, Lao Wu saw his thoughts, laughed, and said: "Girlfriend called? Don't answer it yet, and then go back when you calm down when you go home, it's not good not to show any horses." ”

"It's not a girlfriend, it's just a college classmate......" Chen Yuanjin whispered while holding his mobile phone.

It's really not a girlfriend, it's the goddess he admires, the two have been in college together for four years, and they didn't even say a word of confession until they graduated last year.

Thankfully, both remained in the city and were in constant contact.

"It's not the best girlfriend, in this world, since we've started to do things, it's best not to involve too much, otherwise others will also affect ourselves. ”

Chen Yuanjin nodded and pressed the mute button on his phone.

"If you want to do great things, you must first pass the women's level, you see that I can't pass the women's level, so I have been reduced to being a driver for you all day long, doing something to wipe your buttocks......" Although he said so, Lao Wu did not feel sorry for himself, and there was some taste of accepting it calmly.

"Uncle Wu, you are so masculine, there must be a lot of women who like you, in this era, women like mature and stable men, if you want to pass the women's level, it is not easy. ”

"You kid is quite good at talking, but I don't need to be modest about this, many young people say that they have no money and can't find a girlfriend, I wonder if I have money?

Chen Yuanjin knew that Lao Wu said that he wanted to change the topic to relax so that he could relax, so he talked about women.

The more Lao Wu talked, the more interested he became, and Chen Yuanjin was still immersed in the fear in his heart, so he had to pretend to chat with him with interest.

In a short time, the taxi had already driven to the vicinity of the community where Chen Yuan lived.

Since his parents left in an accident, Chen Yuanjin has lived here alone.

The house is a family building assigned by the parents when they worked in the steel factory, and the family home has been built for almost 20 years, because the community is dilapidated and dilapidated for a long time, coupled with the remote location and inconvenient transportation, most of the residents in the community are now only those elderly retired workers, and there are no more young people like Chen Yuanjin.

"Uncle Wu, thank you for sending me back so far, you have a really good memory, you only came once and remembered so clearly, navigation is useless. ”

"What am I doing? I'm a driver, this neighborhood is a bit old, and the location is still so remote, but then again, it's not a good thing to live in a place like this in our business......

"Well, I'm very content to have my own place to live, now it's too late to bother the gatekeeper, I brought an umbrella, Uncle Wu, you can just leave me at the door of the community." Chen Yuanjin picked up the umbrella from under his feet and prepared to get out of the car.

After Lao Wu parked the car at the entrance of the community, he motioned for him to wait for a while before leaving, took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, and handed one to Chen Yuanjin.

Chen Yuanjin took it and put it in his mouth, this time it was a little more natural.

Lao Wu took two puffs of cigarette, sank his tone, and said to Chen Yuanyuan in a serious tone: "Far and near, since you have chosen to do this business, and you have done it yourself tonight, then the way back is already extinct, and it is impossible to turn back, from now on, we are all grasshoppers on a rope, in fact, I don't need to tell you anymore I already know what to do, you have explained how to deal with the aftermath in the training class before your action, maybe we want to say a few more words about the two of us, don't be too ......much."

"Well, Uncle Wu, I know that you are for my good, I remember everything you said, thank you. ”

Lao Wu patted Chen Yuanjin's shoulder, a smile appeared on his face again, and said: "Okay, talking too much will make you more nervous, go back and take a hot shower and go to bed and don't think about anything, we can't think too much in this line, otherwise we will drive ourselves crazy, you have a good rest at home in the past two days - oh yes, don't forget to call your girlfriend, women are coaxed, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, don't leave regrets in the future." ”

"Okay, you should go back early, and stay safe on the way back. ”

"What am I doing, I'm a driver......" Lao Wu looked professional.

Chen Yuanjin took a hard puff of cigarette, threw the remaining half of the cigarette out of the car window, said goodbye, and then got out of the car, held up the umbrella and walked quickly to the community.

Lao Wu sat in the car and continued to smoke unhurriedly, watching Chen Yuanjin disappear at the corner of the community before driving away.