Chapter 568 Respect our boyhood
After hearing Auntie Malatang’s announcement, the two of them took a bowl of cooked Malatang and found a high chair by the window to sit down.
Opposite the floor-to-ceiling windows is the teaching building of Huaqing University. On the skyline, I saw a few white pigeons passing by in the distance. Su Chengyi poked a fish ball with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth.
The Malatang in the university cafeteria is most likely even purchased from the same company, so there is no special taste. The fish balls burst with juice in his mouth, and he took a breath because it was so hot.
Zou Lian, who was opposite, glanced at him, snorted coldly, and slapped the fresh lemon black tea in front of him.
Su Chengyi was not polite. He put the straw in and took a big sip. The black tea base was paired with the unique sour taste of fresh lemon, which was very refreshing.
"Have you been poisoned?"
"Well, if you say less, you will die later."
Zou Lian yelled angrily, and then tore it apart. He opened the packaging of disposable chopsticks and started eating his bowl of spicy hotpot that was all vegetarian.
He is obviously very used to eating, and there is no pretentious attitude like before. The soup base is very spicy, and he is sweating profusely after taking only two bites.
Su Chengyi suddenly felt relieved that "my son has just grown up."
It is really touching to watch this guy gradually transform from a mean, petty and scheming guy into a world-weary, morbid, suicidal guy, and finally evolve into the positive male college student who is not afraid of hardship.
After all, Su Chengyi can be regarded as a person who has lived two lives. At this moment, his perspective is like that of an experienced senior.
Zou Lian was not lucky enough to be hit on the head by the golden finger of "rebirth", but he seemed to have been reborn once.
“.You just eat your damn food, what are you looking at?!”
Zou Lian had been eating hard for a long time. When he looked up and saw that the man opposite had not yet started a bowl of spicy hotpot, he couldn't help but curse.
"Okay."
Su Chengyi stirred the meat and vegetables piled in the bowl and nodded.
His sudden cooperation made Zou Lian a little at a loss for words. He didn't know what to say for a while.
Thinking about it carefully, he always ends up in a mess and has no image at all in front of the damn Su Chengyi.
When he was brainwashed by PUA, Zou Lian hated Su Chengyi with all his heart - of course, he couldn't say how much he liked him now.
Due to the reconciliation of conflicts, they could not be called old enemies for a long time. Moreover, from Su Chengyi's perspective, he may not have been regarded as a serious competitor from beginning to end.
Now, it seems that the two of them can't be called "friends". How can friends always get tense when they meet?
However, despite what he said, Zou Lian always felt inexplicably that Su Chengyi was the person he was willing to hand over his back to when he was on the battlefield.
There is only one such person in the world.
Su Chengyi concentrated on eating and finished the bowl of Malatang without even a mouthful of soup left.
When Zou Lian stood up with the plate in hand, he couldn't help but stretch his neck and glance at the bottom of his bowl several times. It seemed a little difficult to understand why the young master did this.
"What are you looking at? You don't think I will leave meat for you, do you?"
Su Chengyi stood up slowly and said this sentence.
Zou Lian's face quickly turned green as if he had just eaten a whole dead fly, and he left angrily while holding the plate.
Su Chengyi followed him, nodded and thanked the aunt who was working in the sink, and then followed his steps slowly.
"Master Su, I seem to have finished treating the guests."
Zou Lian stood still, turned around and said.
This was obviously a way to see off guests, but Su Chengyi looked like he didn't understand and said "ah".
“It’s rare to come to Huaqing, please show me around.”
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Zou Lian exhaled and gritted his teeth and said:
"Have you forgotten how many times you fucked me in the cafeteria last semester?! You are better than me in Huaqing. Are you familiar with the school?"
"Not seeing each other for one day is like three autumns."
Su Chengyi stretched himself, then raised his chin and signaled: Just lead the way. , less nonsense.
Zou Lian pinched his palm for a long time before convincing himself: This person has a birthday, a birthday, a birthday.
Forget it, forget it, there is nothing in this world worth being angry about.
I am the one who suffers when I am angry. Being angry gives the devil a place.
So the two of them finally went around the boulevard and started walking.
The campus of Huaqing University is larger and more impressive than that of Beijing University next door. Near the scenic spot for tourists on the west side, it is crowded every holiday.
It happened to be the lunch break after lunch. Many students were walking nearby, and many of them still had today's textbooks in their arms.
Zou Lian was wearing a suit jacket, with a stinky face like a businessman rushing to catch the morning rush hour, and walked very fast.
Su Chengyi was wrapped in his slim long windbreaker and followed him leisurely half a step behind.
After walking a certain distance like this, Zou Lian realized that continuing like this was not an option.
As the former president of the student union, he knows many people in the school. If he continues to wander aimlessly like this, some talkative people will definitely come up to him and say hello and ask him who Su Chengyi is.
And Su Chengyi's dog's mouth will definitely not spit out any ivory, and he may say some disgusting words such as "the dream of a 900 million rich woman". In this case, he will not be able to escape even if he jumps into the Yellow River.
Thinking of this, Zou Lian had to stand still and reluctantly asked:
"Master Su, where do you want to go shopping today? I have a part-time job in the afternoon , otherwise, you can take your time and I won’t accompany you?”
“What kind of part-time job do you have this afternoon?”
Su Chengyi didn’t seem to hear the rejection in his words. As if minding his own business, he put his hands in his hands and asked.
Zou Lian took a deep breath and reminded himself to stay calm. There were people coming and going here. If he got angry on the spot, it would have a bad impact if his acquaintances saw him.
“Express sorting.”
As the name suggests, it is to allocate express delivery to different areas of the express cabinet according to categories.
It sounds easy, but anyone who has actually done it once will know that this job is really not done by humans.
At the end of the day, the special forces will be exhausted, and the bones in their bodies will feel like they are falling apart.
What's even more frightening is that when I go back to the dormitory to sleep after being exhausted and paralyzed, it feels like all the bones in my body have been smashed and pieced together into a human shape. Not a single joint in my body is comfortable.
After this experience, Zou Lian learned the lesson this time and just took on a part-time job. After working for two hours, he would call it a day, collect his money and leave.
Su Chengyi has never experienced express sorting, but she has heard about it. Looking at Zou Lian, who has thin arms and legs, it seems that he is not suitable for this kind of work.
"I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so let's go and see with you."
He thought for a long time and said suddenly.
"Why are you so crazy?"
Of course Zou Lian wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist him.
No one can pull such a big living person away if he wants to hang on, not to mention that he does not run the express delivery station. Su Chengyi has personal freedom to stand and watch the show wherever he likes.
After dilly-dallying, seeing that the appointed time was coming, Zou Lian had no choice but to grit his teeth and walk towards the inn.
Su Chengyi followed leisurely as usual, carrying the unfinished cup of lemon black tea.
The school's post station is always busy, and college students always have an insatiable desire to shop, so almost every day a different express truck comes to unload the goods.
This is what the part-time workers have to do. First, they unload the express packages from the car, and then put them on different cabinets one by one.
After Zou Lian said hello to the owner of the inn, he casually put on a work jacket and started to work.
Su Chengyi leaned against the door and looked at his familiar work route.
It’s just moving express delivery, it doesn’t require too much mental physical work. It doesn’t seem to be difficult if it’s just a trip back and forth.
But after watching Zou Lian go back and forth dozens of times like a top, Su Chengyi soon realized that this job was really tiring.
During this period, the owner of the station kept urging with a small notebook, and the part-time students worked hard. Half an hour later, the row of mineral water next to it was still intact, and no one found it. Come and have a sip when you get a chance.
Although Zou Lian is thin, he is not vague at all in his work. He can move several small items at a time and carry large items on his back if they cannot be moved.
Su Chengyi was amazed by what he saw. At first, he thought that this guy was really a chosen worker, but then he discovered that he actually seemed to be holding back a strong energy in his heart, and something was urging him to take a step forward. Go forward step by step.
An hour later, after unloading two large trucks, a group of part-time workers finally had time to stop and take a drink of water.
Su Chengyi looked at Zou Lian, who had taken off his hat and walked over with sweat-soaked hair, unscrewed the bottle cap and handed over the bottle of water.
"Does it look good?"
Zou Lian glanced at him. Although his tone was sinister, he didn't have much momentum for a while because he was too tired.
“It’s okay.”
Su Chengyi didn’t argue with him, but just asked casually:
"Don't you think that doing this kind of work is a bit too tiring and not worth it?"
"What does it mean to be tiring and not worth it, young master."
Zou Lian drank some water and took a long time to calm down. After regaining his strength, he took a breath and asked.
“At least this is purely physical work, and you won’t encounter any bad luck. When you are tired, you can sleep well when you go back to bed, and you won’t suffer from insomnia.”
After thinking about it, he He continued: "There was a period of time before the college entrance examination. I couldn't sleep all night long. I could smoke a whole pack of cigarettes in one night. I got up and sat by the window sill at night. I was so groggy that if I jumped, everything would be gone. Relieved.”
“I say now that you must think I’m hypocritical, but to be honest, I really thought that way at that time. I thought why should I live so tiredly? But even though I live so tiredly, I still After committing so many sins, I will probably go to hell.”
“I don’t want to live anymore, but I don’t dare to die. This was my mentality during that time.”
< br>Zou Lian rolled up his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his face.
"Then I really went to die. But I was saved by you again. Thank you, you are such a good person who saved lives and injured people."
Hearing this, Su Chengyi lowered his head and smiled.
Zou Lian glared at him angrily and said:
"I'm not praising you."
"I know."
Su Chengyi nodded. , and raised his chin to signal him to look to the other side.
A large truck with "ZTO Express" printed on it was slowly approaching.
Zou Lian choked a sip of water down his throat and "cough cough cough" several times in a row, feeling that his knees were getting heavier.
Su Chengyi shook the finished lemon tea in his hand and threw the cup into the trash can.
The next second, he took off his long windbreaker, casually folded his arms twice, and threw it to Zou Lian.
“Take it.”
"What do you mean?"
Zou Lian frowned and asked confused.
Su Chengyi rolled up the cuffs of his shirt and raised his eyebrows at the boss on the other side.
“I’ll do it for him.”
Although the boss didn’t know what they were talking about, he didn’t care as long as someone was doing something. He was busy instructing the driver of the truck to open the back door.
"What are you doing?"
Zou Lian opened his eyes and hit him on the back with the mineral water bottle in his hand.
“I want to try it.”
Su Chengyi stretched his waist slowly.
Zou Lian held the mineral water bottle and was silent for a few seconds before asking dryly:
"You have to try to understand if you try, do you know how?"
"I just watched it for a while, everyone is familiar with it."
Su Chengyi said disapprovingly, he and others lined up Walk to the back of the truck and start handing over the first batch of small goods.
The two people's positions changed. Zou Lian stood there clutching the mineral water bottle and watched Su Chengyi deliver the express back and forth expressionlessly.
He doesn’t look like someone who knows how to work, but his physical fitness seems to be pretty good. His arms don’t even tremble when he picks up large items.
Logically speaking, rest time must pass faster than working time, but Zou Lian felt that this hour was like sitting on pins and needles, with mixed emotions in his heart, and he couldn't explain what he felt.
It was not until the last large truck of goods was unloaded that the boss clapped his hands to signal the end, and distributed the wages to everyone.
Su Chengyi got a fifty yuan bill, turned around and waved it at Zou Lian, and received an answer in which the other person turned his face away and did not respond.
“Don’t want the money?”
Su Chengyi stuffed the banknotes into his arms, took away the new mineral water in his hand, raised his head and drank most of the bottle.
Really tired.
And it’s not just a matter of tiredness, this kind of work is simply a double torture of the mind and body. It’s hard to imagine that someone would sign up to suffer a second loss after suffering a loss.
Zou Lian lowered his head and said:
"I will give you twenty-five points later."
"No need to give it to me. Please treat me to a popsicle. It's too hot."< br>
Su Chengyi took back his windbreaker and just put it on his arm, not in a hurry to put it on.
“Oh.”
Zou Lian curled his lips, held the fifty yuan bill, and went to the supermarket to buy two Wangwang crushed ice.
According to Master Su’s request, one strawberry flavor and one cola flavor.
Su Chengyi casually broke off half of it and handed it to him, then sat down on the bench next to him.
After working for a while, the afternoon was almost over. The sun disappeared into the clouds and the light dimmed. It was the most common gloomy weather in autumn.
Zou Lian pinched half of the broken ice and hesitated for a long time before he stumbled and said:
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Su Chengyi held the broken ice in his mouth and said vaguely.
"Although I don't know what illness you have, thank you. Can you tell that my knee is uncomfortable? I was injured a few days ago and have some problems walking, but it's nothing serious."
Zou Lian He lowered his head and spoke slowly. Speaking such words obviously required a lot of mental construction on his part.
"Huh? Really, I didn't see it."
Su Chengyi chewed the ice and raised his eyebrows in surprise.
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Oh shit! You're being sentimental again! ! !
Zou Lian almost wanted to bite off his tongue.
“Then why are you helping me for no reason?!”
“I want to say that by doing this inhuman work, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as sharing the same hardships. ?”
Su Chengyi quickly finished the strawberry flavored one and opened another Coke.
"So, we can be considered friends?"
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The crushed ice in Zou Lian's hand melted, and the sticky pigment juice slid down the plastic shell and touched him on fingers.
The autumn wind was blowing, and the convenience store behind him cut off the noisy DJ music at this moment and replaced it with a soothing track.
“Letmego
Let me go
Idon'twannabeyourhero
I don't want to be your hero
Idon'twannabeabigman
I don't want to be a big shot either
Justwannafightwitheveryoneelse
Just want to be an ordinary person and try to live a good life"
Su Chengyi heard this song, the episode of the movie "Boyhood", after twelve years of long filming, the record After reading a story about a boy’s growth from the age of 6 to 18 years old, Zou Lancai replied awkwardly:
“Forget it, if. If you want. ”
"If you are still the childish and boring Zou Lian with a crawling little belly, of course I have no interest in you."
Su Chengyi spread his hands, and before Zou Lian poked the crushed ice into his face, He seized the moment and continued:
"But it's different now. You and I are somewhat different. To be honest, I admire you quite a lot. You beat me in a round."
I didn’t hold the golden finger of rebirth in my hand, but I still climbed out of the quagmire on my own.
Of course Su Chengyi did not say the next sentence, but lightly touched Zou Lian's head with half of the broken ice in his hand.
It's like the clinking of wine and chips on the wine table, or the clashing of spears between soldiers.
"Cheers, to our boyhood."
"To your uncle."
Zou Lian turned his face away, unable to hold back the overflowing tears.
He has always felt that he is not worthy of being called Su Chengyi's old enemy. He is just like a clown villain who jumps into the protagonist's plot line from time to time.
Until today, I heard him say lightly in the same flat tone as usual: "You beat me in one round."
As if the shackles that had imprisoned his entire life fell off in an instant, Zou Only then did Lian realize that everything he was doing now seemed not to win the approval of the mother who suppressed and belittled him.
It's just to get Su Chengyi's approval. It doesn't even need to be affirmation. As long as you are a competitor, just looking at him levelly is enough.
Su Chengyi looked up at the sky. The wind passed through the treetops and also through the clouds.
The blue sky is like a sea, and the falling leaves are like schools of fish, spinning and leaping out of the sea.
Su Cheng thought, small fish swim quickly, and there is freedom in all directions.
(End of this chapter)