Huang Dan’s chest hurt so much, he wondered if Zhou Yang had spotted and bumped into him on purpose.

It should be impossible, the only communication between them is when buying and selling things, without any conflicts or entanglements.

Huang Dan was crying so hard.

He has an urge to curse people, but the housekeeper told him since he was a child that he will make many friends when he grows up, and he must control his emotions at all times, so as not to let those people think that children without parents lack education.

That sentence was remembered by Huang Dan in his heart, and after a long time, even if he heard swearing from the same sex, he couldn’t get those words out of his mouth.

The area of the water stains on the concrete floor is getting bigger and bigger. Is this probably crying paralysis? Qi Feng and Zhou Yang who were present both witnessed this scene, they looked at each other with the same astonishment.

Qi Feng frowned, “What’s going on?”

Zhou Yang briefly explained what happened, “I came here to buy things, and he happened to come out. I didn’t pay attention, so we bumped into each other.”

Qi Feng showed a strange expression, “Just bumped?”

Zhou Yang looked innocent, “Yeah, Qi dage, it was really just a bump.”

His forehead was red, he didn’t scream or cry, he was still alive and kicking like a normal person, he couldn’t figure out why the other party was crying so hard, “It doesn’t make sense.”

Qi Feng looked at the young man on the ground, “Why are you crying?”

Huang Dan lowered his head and slung his shoulders. He did not speak, but sobbed one after another, and there was a whimper in his throat.

The lines between Qi Feng’s eyebrows became deeper, and he turned his head to look at Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang pouted, with a confused and speechless expression on his face, “I also want to know what’s wrong.”

Qi Feng kicked the young man with neither light nor heavy force, “Get up first, if you have something to say, go inside and talk, don’t cry outside.”

Huang Dan still didn’t respond.

Zhou Yang scratched his head, “Qi dage, how about we help him in.”

Hearing this, Qi Feng just snorted coldly, “What is there to help, it’s not like he can’t walk.”

Zhou Yang laughed dryly, “I bumped into him anyway.”

Qi Feng condescendingly looked down at the young man under his nose. The line of sight moved down from the top of his black hair, first there was a section of fair neck, behind the ear was the open collar of the T-shirt, the collarbone, the line of sight stopped here, and did not look any further.

“It has nothing to do with you. How can someone cry like this just by bumping casually? They are not made of paper.”

Zhou Yang was a little anxious, “Can can be……”

At this time, a car was parked on the side of the road, and two men got off. They were going to go fishing by the river ahead, and came to a small shop to buy water, cigarettes, and food. Seeing the situation at the door, they both looked puzzled.

Qi Feng said, “Xiao Didi, someone has come to your small shop to buy things.”

Huang Dan still didn’t look up.

Those two people brushed past him and went to the small shop to get what they wanted to buy, “Who will count the money for us?”

There were three people standing at the door, one was crying, one was unable to help, and the other was too lazy to respond.

It wasn’t the first time for those two people to come back to the small shop. They recognized Huang Dan and urged, “Little fellow, we are in a hurry to go fishing. You should count the money first before crying.”

Huang Dan didn’t show his face, he cried and asked, “What did you buy?”

A man said, “I have a pack of Huang jinye, a small bottle of mineral water, two pieces of bread that cost one yuan each, and some snacks.”

The other also repeated what he was carrying, and read everything that should be read, “Let’s do the calculation for us.”

Huang Dan on the threshold stood up slowly, rubbing his arm heavily on his eyes a few times, he went in with his eyelids down, and counted the money one by one.

Seeing the tears on his face, the two men opened their mouths wide open. It seemed that they had never seen anyone cry so hard.

Huang Dan cried and gave them change, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably, his vision was blurred.

After the two people bought things and left, Huang Dan sat on a chair, crying and wiping away his tears. His eyes were red, so was his nose, and his face was covered with tears.

Qi Feng walked in, propping up the glass cabinet with two broad palms, staring at the young man who was crying endlessly, “Hey, how long are you going to cry? Are you planning to invite everyone here?”

He sneered, “Let them all see that a big grown man can cry better than a little girl, which is an eye-opener.”

“Your father will come back later, and after hearing everyone talking about it, he might think that his son is very capable.”

Huang Dan raised his head suddenly.

For some reason, the sarcasm in Qi Feng’s throat suddenly stuck, it couldn’t go up and down, he was almost suffocated to death, he touched a cigarette and lit it, “A man is crying with tears all over his face, you are so embarrassing.”

Huang Dan said hoarsely, “Don’t worry about it.”

The smoke from Qi Feng’s mouth flickered, and he laughed, “Got it wrong, Shushu doesn’t worry about you.”

Huang Dan pursed his lips and looked at the man without saying a word.

It came again, that weird feeling, Qi Feng took a deep drag of the cigarette, the young man was covered with tears and covered by the smoke, including the crying eyes of the other party, he shook his head, “I really didn’t see that, you still have the problem of tenderness.”

“When Zhou Yang bumped into you, you also bumped into him. Why is he all right, and you are the only one crying here?”

Huang Dan’s chest still hurts so he doesn’t want to talk to him.

Seeing the young man’s silence, Qi Feng leaned his upper body forward, looked over in the scattered smoke, and said impatiently, “I’ll ask again, how long will you continue to cry?”

Huang Dan was crying, and the teardrops on his eyelashes splashed, “Can you stop talking? I’m tired of listening.”

Qi Feng, “……”

He tensed his face, cursed in a low voice, stepped back a few steps and sat on the plastic stool with his legs crossed.

The atmosphere was not very good, Zhou Yang came in from behind, his voice was full of apologies, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

Having said that, he really didn’t feel that the other party was crying because he bumped into him.

How is it possible, who in the world would cry just because of that? It’s not that shed a tear or two, but almost dying of crying, even a woman, wouldn’t do it.

Let alone see it, Zhou Yang has never heard of it.

Huang Dan has explained it many times in the real world. He said that his pain and nerves are different from ordinary people. Others will not believe or understand him. They will only think that he is delicate and weak.

Over time, Huang Dan stopped explaining, so he didn’t say anything this time either.

Zhou Yang apologized, but the atmosphere was still bad. He scratched his face, didn’t know what to do, and didn’t want to buy things anymore, “Qi dage, I have to go to the construction site.”

Just as Qi Feng was about to tell Zhou Yang to leave, Zhang Yao from upstairs ran down, her curly hair was disheveled, and there were a few red marks pressed on the mat on her face. When she saw the person on the chair, she screamed out. “What happened? What happened? Ge, what’s wrong with you?”

Huang Dan was grabbed by the shoulder and shooked, he was dizzy, “Don’t shake.”

Zhang Yao stopped immediately, bent over and said, “Ge, are you still……”

She was a little sad, and felt that her Ge is so pitiful. He had loved someone for so many years for the first time, and it happened to be the most painful, most difficult and most humble crush, “Ge, it’s okay. If you feel stuffy and terrible, cry a lot, tomorrow is a new day.”

Huang Dan was hugged suddenly, with his head pressed against the girl’s soft body. He didn’t like being so close to other people, so he broke free.

Zhang Yao hugged him again, she didn’t expect her Ge’s emotional injury to be so serious, he was more fragile than she imagined, look at the crying, it is almost a puddle of water.

So, touch anything but don’t touch emotions.

Qi Feng watched the girl hugging the crying young man, and for no reason, something scratched in his heart, and it disappeared before he could catch it, he exhaled a puff of smoke ring, “Zhang Yao, is there any cure for your Ge’s tenderness? “

Zhang Yao rolled her eyes, “Didn’t I say earlier, my Ge is not delicate at all, he just feels uncomfortable.”

Qi Feng pinched the cigarette away, flicked the ash against the concrete floor, and said in a funny tone, “Is it the fault of broken love again?”

Zhang Yao nodded, “Yes.”

Zhou Yang blinked, “Are you broken in love? That’s no wonder.”

“It’s not that I’m exaggerating. The first time I fell in love, my eyes were sore even after eating and sleeping, and I wanted to cry.” He laughed loudly, “But I held back.”

Zhang Yao stared at him, Zhou Yang stretched out his hand to seal his mouth, and stopped talking.

Huang Dan left Zhang Yao’s embrace again, he wiped his nose with a tissue, pinched his nose redder, and looked more pitiful.

Qi Feng’s eyelids twitched. He stuffed the cigarette in his mouth and stared for a few seconds, frowning deeply.

Huang Dan pulled a few pieces of paper until he wiped his nose, face, and eyes several times. He got up silently and went to the kitchen sink to wash his face.

Zhang Yao hesitated for a moment, took out her mobile phone and dialed the number, “Hi, hello, I’m Zhang Yao, Zhang Zhicheng’s meimei.”

As soon as she said this, Qi Feng raised his eyes.

Zhang Yao didn’t pay attention, she was only thinking about how to make Ge’s life easier. She found this number from her Ge’s mobile phone. The other party did not put it together with other contacts, but put it separately. There is also a special ringtone.

Zhang Yao saved it secretly at the beginning, and she didn’t even think about doing anything, let alone counting it as being able to use it today.

A gentle female voice came from over there, “How are you doing?”

Zhang Yao carefully chose her words. The person on the phone didn’t know about her Ge thoughts. That person only regarded him as a classmate and a good friend. The two of them had always maintained that kind of relationship. She really didn’t know how to say this.

The subtle noise over there disappeared, and it seemed that something was wrong, “What? Did something happen to your Ge?”

Zhang Yao quickly followed the other person’s words and said, “Something happened to my Ge, he has been crying, and we don’t know what to do.”

She turned her head to look at the kitchen, “Mmm mmm, right, yeah, mm.”

Huang Dan washed his face at the sink and was ready to go upstairs. There was nowhere to hang the towels, so he could only hang them on the railing of the stairs. He climbed two steps and was stopped by Zhang Yao.

Zhang Yao grabbed her Ge and handed over the phone.

Huang Dan asked with his eyes.

Zhang Yao motioned him to look at his phone, but her eyes were still full of worry.

Huang Dan glanced at the phone screen and recognized that the number displayed on the phone was the original owner’s first love. He picked up the phone and put it to his ear, crying in his voice, “Hello.”

The voice on the other end of the phone was full of concern, “Zhicheng, I heard your meimei said that you were crying, if you have any difficulties, just say so, everyone will definitely help you if they can.”

Huang Dan sniffed, “It’s fine.”

The other end didn’t ask too much, “That’s good, I’m still in the company and I’m not off work so I won’t talk much, I’ll chat in the group later, and there’s that, bring your meimei to play when you have time.”

Huang Dan hummed, “Goodbye.”

Seeing it, Zhang Yao felt that her Ge was even more pitiful. He restrained himself from being sad, and prevented the other party from hearing his emotions, “Ge……”

Huang Dan’s mouth twitched, “Don’t think too much.”

His pain is going downhill, and the place where he was hit on his chest no longer hurts so much that he wants to cry, but the others don’t know it and think it’s because of his first love.

The atmosphere downstairs is subtle.

Zhang Yao found the remote control in the shelf to turn on the TV tuner.

Zhou Yang wiped his face, he came back to his senses, tsk tsk in disbelief, “It’s just a phone call and he stopped crying.”

Zhang Yao sighed, “That woman is my Ge’s first love. My Ge loves her very much. I’m afraid he will never forget her in this life.”

Qi Feng bit the cigarette butt into a circle, and he said lazily, “You’re only a little brat, do you even know what love is? At most, it’s just for fun.”

Zhang Yao said firmly, “No, my Ge really loves that woman.”

Qi Feng thought, your Ge still wants to spank my ass, he thought so in his heart, but didn’t say it out loud, after all, he is a man in his late thirties, so it really doesn’t make sense to make a fool of himself for an annoying kid.

After a pause, Qi Feng felt that he was a fool to think about this question now.

Zhou Yang sat down on a stool on one side, shaking one leg, “Didn’t you say that first love is the most unforgettable thing in life? He can go after it again.”

Zhang Yao said, “Person is married.”

Zhou Yang shrugged, “So what, the current divorce rate is getting higher every year.”

He looked veteran and full of experience, “If you ask me, your Ge has been waiting for so many years, and it’s no big deal to wait a few more years……”

Qi Feng interrupted suddenly, “Didn’t you say you were going to the construction site? Why aren’t you leaving?”

Zhou Yang said, “Then I’m leaving.”

Qi Feng didn’t leave, he smoked the remaining half of the cigarette, lit another one in his mouth, and tapped the ground with his toes.

Zhang Yao finally tuned to a channel she was satisfied with. It was a reality show. She couldn’t wait to watch it. When the idol came out, she laughed like a flower.

When the program was interrupted by commercials, Zhang Yao turned her head to get a bag of melon seeds, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the man on the stool. She was puzzled, why hasn’t he left yet? “Qi dage, aren’t you busy?”

Qi Feng was smoking, “There’s nothing to be busy, I’m going to the cafeteria to eat later.”

Zhang Yao said, “Qi dage, I think you need someone to let you quit smoking.”

Qi Feng seemed to hear a funny joke, he squeezed the cigarette and smiled with half-closed eyes, “How is it possible, cigarettes are my life, who would not even want their life?”

“Somebody can not say too much, yo.”

Before the commercial was over, a 50-second countdown was displayed on the upper right corner of the TV screen. Zhang Yao waited. She stretched her neck to look at the back room, and said in a huff, “It’s strange, why hasn’t my Ge come down yet……”

Qi Feng took a puff of cigarette and asked casually, “Your Ge is still in touch with that woman?”

Zhang Yao said, “I don’t know, they should be in touch. They have WeChat groups and Moments of friends.”

Qi Feng looked up to watch the TV. He didn’t know any male stars or actresses there, and he wasn’t interested at all, “Since that woman is already married, it’s better for your Ge to not disturb other people’s lives.”

Zhang Yao was very happy watching the show, but when she heard that sentence, the smile on her lips disappeared, “Qi dage, you have seen it too, that woman has a great influence on my Ge, she can change my Ge’s mood with a few words.”

She fanned the air with a small plastic fan, and played with it, “I have never liked anyone, so I don’t understand my Ge’s feelings, but I can tell that he hasn’t moved on yet.”

Two or three workers came in, greeted Qi Feng, bought instant noodles, soaked them and sat at the table, eating and drinking with chicken feet beer.

In the small shop, apart from the sound of workers scooping up noodles, there was only the laughter of the guests when they were doing the show, occasionally mixed with Zhang Yao’s laughter.

Qi Feng threw the cigarette on the ground and stomped it out. He looked at his red fingers with an extremely strange expression, and left without saying anything.

Huang Dan upstairs fell asleep lying on the bed, unaware that he was labeled as “infatuated, poor and melancholy young man”.

Zhang Yao thought about it all afternoon, and at night she told her parents what happened during the day.

She was also worried, for her Ge’s sake.

If the parents agreed that her Ge should leave, it would be fine to go to any city, the world is so big, if he ventures out and meets new people and things, maybe his mentality will undergo a huge change.

Huang Dan felt uncomfortable being watched by three pairs of eyes.

Mother Zhang spoke first, “Zhicheng, it’s uncomfortable for mom to see you like this. If you really can’t forget, go back to work with her.”

Huang Dan shook his head, “No need.”

Father Zhang knocked on the table, “Why are you crying if you don’t want to return? You are not afraid of embarrassing yourself, your mom and I still……”

Mother Zhang interrupted him, “Old Zhang, what are you talking about? If you can’t speak properly, don’t speak at all. Isn’t your son in a bad mood already?”

Huang Dan was taken aback, was he in a bad mood? Which eye did they see?

Father Zhang slapped the cigarette ash that fell on his pants to the ground, “A man who is almost thirty can start a family and start a business. Which of these two can he do well?”

He stared, with a fierce expression on his face, “He ran away for the girl after graduation, and stayed there for several years. It’s only been a long time since he came back, and he started crying. Then what are you doing back here? Just don’t come back.”

Zhang Yao interjected, “Dad, why do you say that about Ge?”

Father Zhang scolds her as well, “And you too, you said you want to be a single person before you graduate. In college, if you don’t study well, you can learn all kinds of crap, and you don’t have to worry about one or two.”

Zhang Yao was knocked down by one blow, she pursed her mouth and stopped talking.

When Father Zhang lost his temper, his eyes almost popped out. Even Mother Zhang was afraid, she was afraid but would not stop talking.

“You know how to smoke all the time. Didn’t you say that you have kinship with the bosses of the company? Why don’t you sort out your receipts and account books when you have that time, and go to the company to ask for money!”

The words “receipt and account book” floated into his ears, and Huang Dan suddenly raised his eyes.

At that moment, he noticed multiple emotions appearing on Father Zhang’s thin tanned face, which seemed to be anger, anxiety, and irritability.

The next moment, Father Zhang pounded the table and swears, with a horrifying expression, “Fuck, are you still not finished?”

Mother Zhang turned and entered the room, the door slammed.

Huang Dan pinched his fingers, the way the couple got along was really, quarreling, ok, quarreling, ok, just these two things over and over again, divorce and separation are impossible.

He is more interested in receipts and account books. The original owner’s father had that reaction. The other thing that was stolen may have something to do with those two things.

Father Zhang went out to smoke, and Zhang Yao and Huang Dan were left in the room.

Zhang Yao was worried, “Ge, the older he gets, the more tempered dad has. It’s really scary when he stares at me.”

Huang Dan said, “Dad must be under a lot of pressure.”

Zhang Yao saw a mosquito flying on her arm, she waited for the mosquito to bite it, and slapped it vigorously, she was happy, “I told mom and dad during the Chinese New Year, to go back to the countryside to plant a field and raise some chickens and ducks, much better than here.”

Huang Dan said, “Didn’t it mean that there were almost 2 million yuan left that time?”

Zhang Yao was depressed when she heard this, “I should have persuaded Dad at the beginning, but now the money is not available, and there are still debts outside.”

“If knew this would happen, Dad might as well continue to work under the hands of the third shu. Although the money is small, there is no need to take any risks. He came out to do it alone. He invested so much money in the early stage of contracting labor and materials. And now what? There is no progress, and there is no more money for a good project.”

Huang Dan asked, “Another project? What is that?”

Zhang Yao said, “I heard mom mentioned it on the phone once before, saying that it was given by the government. I don’t know the specifics.”

Huang Dan put away the information, “Xiaoyao, do you know where Dad’s receipt is? I’ll sort it out for him and see if there’s anything missing.”

“The thief came a few days ago. If we accidentally lose a receipt, we will be in trouble.”

Zhang Yao was very worried when she heard it, “Dad has a small black bag, you remember, it’s in the car.”

Huang Dan said, “No.”

He had already taken the opportunity to check in the car, and made sure that the bag Zhang Yao mentioned was not there.

Zhang Yao wondered, “Isn’t there? Maybe Dad took it down and put it in the house. I’ll look for it for you tomorrow.”

Huang Dan said, “Don’t let Dad know.”

Zhang Yao said she knew, “If Dad found out, he would definitely lose his temper again. His addiction to cigarettes is scary now, and don’t know what his lungs look like. He won’t listen to what we say.”

Huang Dan chatted with Zhang Yao for a while, “I’m going out for a walk.”

Zhang Yao shouted behind him, “Ge, don’t go too far, Mom will ask for you later.”

Huang Dan said he knew.

On a summer night, the sky is covered with stars and the moon is bright and clear. It looks beautiful, but unfortunately even the wind is hot, so it’s hard to make people feel good about it.

Huang Dan walked along the road on the left. When Dousha was still alive, the original owner would take him out for a walk in the morning, noon and evening, and gallop along this road.

The sound of chaotic footsteps was sent to Huang Dan’s ears by the hot wind, he didn’t stop, and gradually saw who was coming.

There is a mahjong room in front, a few workers just came back from there, some won the money and put it in their pockets cheerfully, some lost all their money, their faces were full of sadness, and there was a glimmer of light in their eyes from time to time, thinking about the next time, to be sure to win back with interest.

The figure walking behind was big and tall, Huang Dan could see it at a glance.

Seeing Huang Dan, several other workers talked and laughed, “Little fellow, come out for a walk?”

Huang Dan responded, when he passed by those people, he smelled the pungent smell of smoke, mixed with the smell of sweat, the smells were mixed together, and he couldn’t tell whose it was.

Qi Feng kept walking, brushing past the young man.

Huang Dan walked unhurriedly, and walked to the amusement park unknowingly. He looked up, thinking that when the task was completed, he would find some time to play with all the equipment inside.

Especially the big pendulum and the roller coaster, there is also a three-minute SD movie.

A wisp of smoke wafted to his nose, Huang Dan’s nose twitched, he turned around, and saw the man standing not far behind him.

There was fire on Qi Feng’s lips, flickering on and off, “Are you really not gay?”

Huang Dan said, “No.”

Qi Feng sneered, “Then why do you always stare at my ass?”

Huang Dan didn’t speak.

Qi Feng took two strides, and he was already approaching, “Shushu asked you something, is there no courtesy to reply?”

Huang Dan said, “I’m out to watch the moon, I don’t want to argue with you.”

Qi Feng was stunned, and when he came to his senses, the person in front of him had disappeared.

There was no street lamp on the side of the road, only the moonlight, Qi Feng looked around, but found no one, he cursed, “Damn it.”

To the west of the amusement park is a large bush, where mosquitoes are having a carnival party.

Huang Dan came here by going the wrong way. He was about to go back when he caught a glimpse of a figure in the bushes. It was two people.

The original owner’s eyesight is very good. Thanks to him, Huang Dan can tell that one is He Peng and the other is Wang Dongqiang. They seem to be talking about something, and they don’t look happy. Disputes may occur at any time, and even fights.

Huang Dan approached lightly. He held his breath to eavesdrop. The voice was very vague and he couldn’t hear clearly.

After changing to another place, Huang Dan said in his heart, “Mr. System, please tell me the content of those two people’s conversation.”

The system deducts corresponding points, “Wait a moment.”

Huang Dan soon heard two voices, very clear, as if two people were talking into his ears, one on the left and the other on the right.

Wang Dongqiang snorted, “I heard that you want to join forces with Qi Feng to split my truck’s steel bars.”

He Peng smiled and said, “Where did you hear that?”

Wang Dongqiang said, “Don’t worry about where I heard it from, Xiaohe, I treat you as my didi, and you can’t do this kind of stabbing in the back.”

He Peng was still laughing, “Old Wang, don’t you know who I am? We are sworn brothers, and that guy Qi Feng doesn’t take anyone seriously. I have long disliked him. How could I team up with him?”

Just as Wang Dongqiang was about to speak, his expression changed, and he pushed aside the bushes quickly, “Who?”

There was silence all around.

He Peng put his hands in his pockets, “Old Wang, why are you so nervous, did you do something wrong?”

Wang Dongqiang said, “What do you think I can do wrong?”

He Peng smiled indifferently, “How would I know that, I’m not the roundworm in your stomach.”

Wang Dongqiang stretched out his hand and scratched his body, and was bitten many times, “Okay, let’s do that first, and talk about others later.”

He Peng stood there for a long time, and he spoke, not sure if he was talking to himself, or he was speaking to the mosquitoes, “Didn’t do anything wrong, then don’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door, if you do, hehe.”

The sound of footsteps got farther and farther away and disappeared completely. Only then Huang Dan in the haystack stood up and patted the dust and grass clippings on his clothes with his head down. The moment Wang Dongqiang came over, he was dragged away by a big hand.

If he didn’t run away and was caught by Wang Dongqiang, what would the other party do to him?

Huang Dan was thoughtful.

He came at the wrong time and what he heard was of little value.

The only thing that is certain is that He Peng and Wang Dongqiang have just a superficial relationship.

There was a voice behind his ear, “What are you doing here sneakily?”

Huang Dan’s thoughts suddenly came back, he remembered something, he spat on the ground, and then spat again.

Qi Feng saw that the young man’s eyebrows were twisted, and they were all messed up, “It’s just a little mud, you can’t stop spitting, can you?”

Huang Dan said, “Not only the mud, but also your hair.”

Qi Feng’s face twitched, “What hair?”

Huang Dan said, “On the arm.”

Qi Feng twitched the corners of his mouth, and snorted coldly, “No wonder there was a pain in my left arm just now, you dare to bite the hair of my arm.”

Huang Dan had nothing to say.

He didn’t pay attention when he was dragged down. He lay forward and gnawed on the man’s arm with his mouth. His mouth was salty, it was the man’s sweat.

It seemed that there was still hair left, Huang Dan’s tongue swept his mouth a few times, and he decided to go back to rinse with water.

Qi Feng said, “Stop.”

Huang Dan walked fast and ignored him, he didn’t like this place, there were so many mosquitoes.

Qi Feng’s nostrils were full of smoke, his thin lips straightened, and he grabbed the person who was walking out, “Tell Shushu, why did you come here to eavesdrop?”

Huang Dan scratched his neck, “I was lost.”

Qi Feng smiled, “Your father should not be asleep at this time.”

Huang Dan sighed, “Let go of your hands first.”

Qi Feng let go of his hand, and watched the young man scratch his face after scratching his neck, and wept as he scratched.

“……”

Huang Dan cried and said, “I have been bitten in many places. Now I have to go back to take a bath and apply ointment. I will talk about it tomorrow if there is anything else.”

Qi Feng was dumbfounded, “No, Didi, did you cry because you were bitten by a mosquito? Or did you cry because you scratched yourself?”

Huang Dan shed tears, “There is no difference.”

Qi Feng smacked his lips. He met him once during the day and again at night, “Awesome.”

Huang Dan walked away crying, leaving him with the back of his head and a sad back.

Qi Feng stood on the spot for a while, felt his pockets up and down, and remembered that the last cigarette had been smoked, so he pinched his brows and lifted his heels up.

The light outside the small shop was on, and Father Zhang was smoking at a wooden table, with several cigarette butts at his feet.

Huang Dan entered the room with his head down, washed his face and went upstairs. Qi Feng, who came from behind, bought a bag of Nanjing and smoked with Father Zhang.

“Boss Zhang, why are you still awake at this late hour?”

Father Zhang sighed for a long time, “I can’t sleep. Until the thief is not caught, I will not be at ease.”

Qi Feng asked casually, “Is there any movement from the police station?”

Father Zhang said, “For those people, there are many large and small cases, and theft at home is not a serious case.”

Qi Feng flicked the ashes, “Boss Zhang should go a few more times, maybe the people from the police station will invest more manpower in the investigation then.”

Father Zhang was taken aback, “It makes sense, I’ll go tomorrow morning.”

Qi Feng didn’t say much, he stood up and greeted, then went back to the dormitory.

Early the next morning, Father Zhang went to the police station. In the morning, someone came to the construction site to investigate.

Zhou Yang was called aside by the people from the police station for questioning. His attitude did not conceal the slightest bit, and he explained everything, “That’s all I know.”

One of them was taking notes, “You were the only one there that night?”

Zhou Yang nodded and said, “Yes, it’s just me.”

The man asked again, “How did the dog in the small shop react?”

Zhou Yang showed a frightened expression, “That dog is fierce. It started barking before I approached it. It scared me so much that I almost peed my pants.”

“How long have you been in the small shop?”

Zhou Yang scratched his head, “I don’t know about this, I didn’t pay attention at that time.”

“According to your co-workers’ feedback, it’s almost time for you to return to the dormitory. Where have you been during this time?”

Zhou Yang blinked, “Who said that, which worker? Did he see me? Nonsense, I didn’t see anyone when I went back.”

The person who asked the question was a middle-aged man, very calm. He calmed Zhou Yang’s emotions, “Don’t be too nervous, this is just an ordinary inquiry, just tell what you know.”

Zhou Yang’s complexion was very bad, “Da shu, you are not doubting me, are you?”

He was very aggrieved, feeling that he had been wronged, that he had been retained for no reason, “Damn it, what the hell!”

“Little friend, calm down and cooperate with my investigation. If I finish asking questions earlier, you can work earlier.” The man said, “If you don’t cooperate, I can only ask your foreman to come over.”

Zhou Yang took a deep breath, “Okay, you can continue to ask.”

“The small shop is just in front of the dormitory. It’s very close. It takes two or three minutes at a fast pace, and it won’t take ten minutes at a slow pace. You went there when it was almost twelve o’clock, when did you return?”

Zhou Yang said seriously, “First of all, I have no concept of time. I was scared by the dog when I got there, so I turned on the flashlight of my mobile phone and checked the time by the way. Secondly, I didn’t see anyone when I went back to the dormitory. I swear.”

“It doesn’t matter. Maybe the other party saw you, but you didn’t notice him. Now you need to explain what you did and where you were before you went back.”

Zhou Yang kicked the stones by his feet, “At that time, I knocked on the door of the small shop a few times and shouted a few times. Seeing that there was no movement inside, I guessed that everyone had gone out and was not at home. After that, I went back to the dormitory.”

“That is it?”

“Otherwise?” Zhou Yang snorted, “By the way, when I got downstairs in the dormitory, my stomach was uncomfortable, so I squatted in the toilet for a while.”

“I see.”

The man closed the notebook, stuffed the pen into his chest pocket, and smiled, “Little friend, if there is anything suspicious, we can come to you for inquiry.”

After the people from the police station left, Zhou Yang kicked the steel bars angrily, “Damn, which one of you betrayed me!”

No one responded.

Zhou Yang gritted his teeth, he didn’t know who did it, so he went crazy on the construction site.

Qi Feng said, “Why are you so angry?”

Zhou Yang snorted, “I just can’t understand how someone dares to act but dare not admit it, coward! He is a coward!”

He yelled the last sentence, and all the workers around could hear the loud voice, but still no one stood up.

Zhou Yang wiped the sweat off his face. He felt a little regretful, as if he didn’t want to get himself into trouble, “Qi dage, I didn’t shut my mouth. If I had known it, I wouldn’t have said it outside.”

Qi Feng patted him on the shoulder, “Don’t think too much, just a casual inquiry.”

Zhou Yang curled his lips, “Oh!”

He seemed to want to say something again, his lips moved, but in the end he said nothing.

People from the police station came to investigate, and they replaced two people from before. No matter how you say it, they are better compared to the one who came before. Father Zhang was very happy, so he wanted to invite Qi Feng to his house for dinner. He told Mother Zhang about it.

Mother Zhang is still in a very stiff fight with Father Zhang, so there is no good face for him, “Xiaoyao is going back to college, can’t we wait until she goes back?”

Zhang Yao quickly came out and said, “It’s okay, I can chat with Qi dage quite well, if it wasn’t for him, my mobile phone would have disappeared.”

Mother Zhang knew this truth, and she understood it in her heart, but she just didn’t want to follow Father Zhang’s wishes. She threw the rag and mumbled a few times before riding a bicycle to buy vegetables.

Father Zhang fished out the herring from the big red basin in the bathroom, and killed it in a pit by the side of the road.

Huang Dan settled a bill for a worker and collected money for change. He asked Zhang Yao who came over, “What time are you leaving tomorrow?”

Zhang Yao unwrapped a pack of small steamed buns and handed half of them to Huang Dan, “It’s past eight o’clock.”

Huang Dan ate the buns one by one, “Then I’ll inform the director to go to the company later tomorrow.”

Zhang Yao’s voice was vague, “Ge, don’t you want to go outside and look around?”

“I think that the company can’t pay wages and has no work to do. It’s a waste of time and life, really.”

Huang Dan has to find the thief and complete the task, “Let’s talk about it later.”

Zhang Yao changed the subject, “Did your first love look for you?”

Huang Dan said, “Why would she look for me?”

Zhang Yao，“……”

Don’t know if it’s an illusion, but she seems to feel that she has made a mistake.

Huang Dan drove to the company to go to work, and Zhang Yao was in charge of the small shop. She hasn’t slept well a single day since she came here. She woke up very early in the morning, and there were people shopping and talking at two or three in the morning. So noisy that she couldn’t sleep.

Standing at the counter half dead, Zhang Yao yawned with tears in her eyes.

Father Zhang killed the fish and asked her to go upstairs to catch up on sleep, “Hurry up, don’t sway in front of me.”

Zhang Yao walked to the back room, “I’ll be already on the train by this time tomorrow, it’s impossible for you to see me swaying in front of you.”

“Next time, I won’t come back every week or so, so I won’t feel tired from running around.”

Father Zhang shouted, “Bring some bread and juice!”

Zhang Yao said no, “Eat in the afternoon.”

At noon, Qi Feng was summoned by Father Zhang. Mother Zhang’s cooking was almost done, and Zhang Yao was also there, only one person missing.

Father Zhang told Zhang Yao to call, “Ask why your Ge hasn’t left work yet.”

Zhang Yao said with a smile, “Dad, this is a long distance call. Use your cell phone to make a call.”

Inexplicably, Father Zhang didn’t take out his mobile phone, but said angrily, “It’s only a few dollars for a phone call.”

Qi Feng on the side suddenly spoke, and said in a nonchalant tone, “Let me call, Zhang Yao, send me your Ge’s mobile phone number.”

Zhang Yao sent it over, “Qi dage, I’m sorry to trouble you.”

Qi Feng glanced at the string of numbers, and then called, but no one answered the call, and he called two times in a row, but still no answer.

“No way, I usually call my Ge, but he always answers quickly.”

Zhang Yao said, “It’s probably because he didn’t recognize Qi dage’s number. He thought it was a harassing call, or a wrong number, so he didn’t answer it.”

Qi Feng’s forehead twitched.

As a result, Zhang Yao called, and the echo on the other end was the same as Qi Feng’s. She muttered, “It’s weird, Ge didn’t answer my phone either.”

Qi Feng folded his long legs and stuffed a cigarette into his mouth, his posture too relaxed.

Father Zhang called the director, who said he left early.

Zhang Yao stood up abruptly, “It’s bad!”

Qi Feng was playing with a lighter, when the shout came suddenly, his hand shook, and the lighter fell from his fingers and hit the concrete floor with a slap.

Father Zhang was also taken aback, “What are you doing? Startling suddenly.”

Zhang Yao swallowed, “Ge didn’t have anything to do in the company in the morning, so he remembered the past, and the more he thought about it, the more sad he got, and he just hid in the toilet and cried?”

Qi Feng, “……”

He picked up the lighter, didn’t play any more, just put it in his pocket without taking it out.

Mother Zhang stuck her head out from the kitchen, smelling of oily smoke, “What’s the matter? Zhicheng hasn’t come back yet?”

“No, no one answered Ge’s phone.”

Zhang Yao said, “Maybe something has delayed him.”

Mother Zhang came out, “Old Zhang, you can call and ask.”

Father Zhang said, “I just asked, and the director said that he didn’t know what was going on, and couldn’t get through Mr. Liu’s phone.”

He asked Zhang Yao to go to the company, “The car was driven away by your Ge, so you go by bicycle.”

Zhang Yao said, “I’ll walk.”

Father Zhang followed her, “Then hurry up, the sun is bright outside, don’t wander around.”

Zhang Yao’s stomach was almost flattened by hunger, so she put some food in a stuffed bag on the lower shelf, and ate as she walked.

The sun at noon was scorching, and the top of the head was hot. Zhang Yao forgot to bring an umbrella and tried to find a shady place to walk, but she was stopped by a voice before she had gone far, “Zhang Yao, let me go with you.”

She swallowed a piece of ham sausage in her mouth, “Qi dage is going too?”

Qi Feng put one hand in his pocket and held a cigarette in the other, “I happen to be going to the company to do something.”

Zhang Yao said “oh” and didn’t ask any more questions, and went to the company with Qi Feng.