Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Neck of Life Is Very Long

Later, after Atuo arrived in the remote African Gambia, occasionally I still think of the thrilling night. I no longer remember the tense and terrifying threats at that time. But my eyes still couldn't move away from the moment when I pulled A Tuo's trembling palm away. <48> "Wake up! Wake up! La la la? How can you stay in bed on the first day of the new year!" Baijia's joyful voice was flying in the bedroom, patting my bed under the upper bunk. I looked down and rubbed my sleepy eyes. "Siying, where did the other two go? Where can I go early in the morning?" Baijia fell on my chair, laughing wildly.

"They didn't come back last night. They probably passed out in T Bar drunk. I don't know about Si Ting." I yawned and looked at my watch. It was only 8:30 in the morning. "What about you? Were you lucky enough to get that precious diamond yesterday?" Baijia smiled. I smiled without saying a word, as a default. "Wow, what a good sign for the New Year!" Baijia clapped his hands and smiled, "I was also very lucky last night. Guess why I didn't come back until dawn?" "Then there's no need to guess? Of course I'll do the puzzle with A Tuo until dawn, and then come back after breakfast." I yawned again.

"You... how do you know we worked together until dawn? Did A Tuo call you just now?" Baijia was surprised from ear to ear. "Clue 1, how can a natural beauty like you have dark circles? There must be a reason for everything. Clue 2, how could this honest guy like A Tuo let you sleep in his room, even if you wanted him, he couldn't do it. In order to avoid embarrassment, of course he put together the puzzle until dawn." I patted my cheek and considered continuing to sleep until noon. "It's still you who understand A Tuo." Baijia said quietly, turning on my computer: "You should add a little more of A Tuo's role in the story, so that I can catch up with your understanding of A Tuo."

"Go to sleep, you need a 100% beauty sleep." I smiled and fell on the bed. He stayed in the Shewo last night until after four o'clock and came back, and almost spent the night with Zeyu in the Shewo. After all, there is only one sleeping bag, should they be hugged together?Maybe I should buy a sleeping bag? "Did you know?" Baijia was lying on the bed, our feet facing each other. "Know what?" I laughed grinningly: "Do you regret not buying the 5,000-piece puzzle? Could it be that you have solved all the 3,000-piece puzzles?" "It's not." Baijia turned over.

"Say it, or I'm going to fall asleep." I said, cuddling Puppy Bear with the pillow. "Tuo has been mentioning you all night." Baijia sighed.There was a slight shock in my chest. "Because I'm his benefactor and best friend, don't think too much." I comforted Baijia. If it were me, I wouldn't feel good either. "I just envy this." Baijia shook her foot. "Huh?" I don't understand. "A lot of people have been chasing me since the first day of elementary school. The boys in my class all treated me like a little princess. The seniors of the third year of junior high school even lost several love letters to me. They said in a subtle way that they wanted to know me, and said in a more explicit way. You want to date me." Baijia said.

"I envy that." I sigh. "Later, I went to a girls' school in high school, Beiyi girl. I thought this situation should stop, but when I took the bus, there were high school students and college students who handed over their phone numbers from the back seat, or secretly stuffed them into my schoolbag. Some even don’t know where to get my mobile number, and leave a message saying that they want to know me more. I really don’t understand what their boys are thinking. I seem to be short of friends. Do I need their help? Not to mention after entering university You have seen everything that happened." Baijia's tone was not happy at all, and there was no hint of showing off at all.

I didn't answer. Because I'm a good storyteller. Baijia said that every boy who approaches her has more or less a little bit of admiration. Although this is not a bad thing, it is not pure friendship, let alone those boys who take the initiative to hand over love letters or propose invitations. . After a long time, Baijia's good friends are all women, and the relationship with boys is constant dating, dating, and dating. I said there is nothing wrong with this, and Baijia agreed, but since she read everything about A Tuo in my novel, she began to envy men and women who can get along with each other as purely and without pressure as friends.

Meeting to watch a movie is watching a movie, so you don't have to be coy or think too much. Watching a movie is because the movie is good. You don’t need to say far-fetchedly: “It’s not important what movie you watch, what’s important is the people you watch with and how you felt at the time”, and then add an ambiguous sigh. Eating a bucket of popcorn together at the movies just because one person can't finish the bucket alone has no other meaning. Friendship has no boundaries, and if there is, it is drawn by oneself. This week's actual relationship not only confirmed Baijia's liking for A Tuo, but also confirmed another thing.

A Tuo will not be tempted by Baijia's beauty at all. He sticks to the way of friends and does his best to be a friend. Baijia doesn't need to worry about "choice", "is this person good", "whether this person is suitable" and other issues. , as long as you focus on doing one thing with this person, such as puzzles and chatting. "The love that sprouts and sublimates from friendship has the most solid soil." After Baijia commented on her love, she fell asleep. I chewed this sentence carefully. <49> After mid-January, there will be a series of postgraduate exams, and the end of the semester is approaching. Many people and things are getting busy.

Zeyu hardly ever goes to the coffee shop. He puts all his energy on winning or losing the graduate school exam. He either studies in the 24-hour K study room in the basement of the library, or stays up late in the commune to read cram school handouts. Almost every night, I would find something to hang out in the commune, or stay there with him until late at night. And A Tuo spent much less time with me as expected, but after all New Year's Eve is very meaningful, and we can't always give up many opportunities to experience interesting things with A Tuo as usual. Every Sunday, I still go to the laundromat with A Tuo to have a cheap and sumptuous dinner, and argue with Tie Tou and a few gourmet neighbors; Watched a movie, and even helped them spell the picture twice with Baijia's permission.Although when I went to A Tuo's residence and found that Carrot and Baijia were very close, I felt a little jealous in my heart.

During this period, there was also a small episode, that is, Si Ting made a boyfriend, and she was also an overseas Chinese student from Indonesia. The differences and harmony between Taiwan’s aboriginal culture and Indonesia’s customs became an interesting talk that we could never finish listening to in our dormitory. On the night of New Year’s Eve, Si Ting did not return to the dormitory, because the group of the mountain clothing club that Si Ting joined excitedly rode a motorcycle to the back of the mountain to watch fireflies. Although the season was not right, of course no insects could be seen, but it was said that Si Ting was in the mountains Seeing the little female ghost in red was a worthwhile trip. Pokka, on the other hand, fell into confusion. "Siying, why do you think A Tuo didn't take me to the laundromat for dinner, or to watch a movie at a gangster's house, or to watch repeat examinees perform magic tricks? Why?" Baijia came to the coffee shop, lying on her stomach on the counter. "Maybe it's not that A Tuo didn't take you there, but he hasn't taken you there yet?" I handed Baijia a cup of Irish coffee. "Then when will he take me there? Although being with him won't be boring, but if you go and I don't, he's really partial." Baijia pouted, her cute appearance seduces Albus up. "Maybe it's because your 3,000-piece jigsaw puzzle is so spectacular, he wouldn't dare to ask you to do other things before it's finished!" I smiled, it's not impossible. "That's right." Baijia took a sip of coffee, showing an expression of praise. "Shall I ask him for you? Or remind him?" I asked. "Never." Baijia shook her head, she likes to be natural, this is what she has always wanted. The camera cuts to waiting for a person in a coffee shop. Baijia was eating a small biscuit, secretly pointing to the small round table behind her, and asked me what was going on with her eyes. At the small round table, the proprietress and the frustrated middle-aged man who is addicted to bitterness look at each other in a daze. A hollowed grapefruit is placed between them. The grapefruit is said to be a drink called coffee. The situation is strange. unknown. This frustrated middle-aged man has been perseveringly sitting on the chair next to the small round table for a month. He comes every day, ordering the proprietress' special tune every day, but he has no intention of cheating on the proprietress, because he cherishes words like gold, as if he came here specially to suffer. "It's been more than a month. Either he has a numb sense of taste, or he is a masochist who plans to participate in the Japanese TV championship. He came here for the final trial. No matter which one, in short, it is not normal." I said firmly. "Do you think that man with a sassy expression is the boss's wife?" Baijia is my loyal reader. "Nie Yuan." Albus walked past me and said coldly. "Albus! I want a hot fried three fresh drunk coffee!" Chaos Wang shouted enthusiastically from his seat. "It's also evil fate." I smiled. <50> It's the fiftieth chapter, and I'll forget it. I have accumulated more than 90,000 words of memories these days. But unfortunately, my love has not yet begun. If everything is still precipitating, I can only wait, just like A Tuo said. But some things, ran faster and weirder than I imagined. "Idiot." Brother Bao put his arms around his sister-in-law and cursed at Tom Hank who kept running on the screen. "Forrest Gump is an idiot?" I replied angrily.A Tuo had already fallen asleep beside him. "I mean you're an idiot." Brother Bao glared at me. "Me?" I stared back, I have not been a fool for more than a year. "A Tuo is good, why don't you play with him? You are very worthy! I will help you to uphold justice!" Brother Bao said, and the sister-in-law pinched him: "You care so much about other people's affairs?" "That's right." I shook my head, really confused. "A Tuo is going to be a soldier soon? Why don't you learn from others to take the postgraduate exam? Now college students are crowding the streets to death!" Jin Dao Sang picked up a piece of fat and threw it on A Tuo's plate. "You don't need to take the exam, it's good to be a soldier and come out to make money early! Make money early and marry someone!" Sister-in-law Tie Tou also agreed. "A Tuo didn't take the pre-examination officer, and he said he was going to serve in diplomatic service and farm in African countries. Do you think he is strange?" I spread my hands, expressing that there was nothing I could do about him. "It's good for boys to go out and see the world! Going to Africa to farm is also a man's romance?" Tietou patted himself on the head, Shaolin martial arts is also his romance.He was the kind of idiot who earnestly followed the yellow and slow-selling martial arts secrets on the market. "No, I just think it's a rare opportunity to live abroad for free for two years. And it's Africa!" A Tuo forcefully grilled the rice and picked up another piece of pig's foot. "Yes, yes, is the air ticket expensive?" I thought it was quite funny. "But if this is the case, it will be a long time before we see each other again? We must have a farewell meal!" Aunt Jindao lit a dish on fire, and the blue light flashed for a while. It really deserves to be the strangest good dish tonight. " Dongpo Fighting Centipede of Fire Cloud Cthulhu". "It's not that you won't come back! It's just that you must not move, lest I come back and find nothing to eat, hee hee." A Tuo giggled, without resting his chopsticks for a second. "By the way, A Tuo, why don't you help Siying grab a piece of meat? Look at her skinny, how can she wait for you for two years if she doesn't eat more? Hurry up and bribe her with my snow mountain cola pig!" Aunt Jindao said sharply. "Hee hee, I won't be the one who has to wait for Tuo." I had no choice but to betray Baijia. "Don't worry, if A Tuo dares to reject you, I'll hit him to death with the iron head technique!" said the iron head full of loyalty. I almost slapped him across the bald head. "I've always thought it was strange, why haven't you been together for so long?" Xiaocai grabbed a hamster from his armpit and put it in my palm. "Why do you all say that?" I touched the little hamster, but I didn't see how the naked little hamster conjured it up.A Tuo is playing chess with Yong Bo downstairs. "Because it's like this. Don't believe me? Play my ribs casually." Xiaocai puffed up his chest, asking me to stretch out my hand to play his skinny ribs. I played casually, Xiaocai closed his mouth, but unexpectedly there was a series of crisp piano keys. "Ventriloquism? You learned ventriloquist yourself?" I was both surprised and delighted, although I couldn't figure out whether or not A-Tuo and I should be together and how it had something to do with playing Xiaocai's ribs. "Yeah, I'm going to participate in the World Cup Weird Strange Show Contest in Los Angeles next year. If I win the grand prize, I'll be the weirdest person in the world." Xiaocai said triumphantly. All of the above are nothing, because they are all good friends of A Tuo. It's the coffee shop buddies that really amaze me. "Little girl, how is that Tuo? I often see him coming to the store with your roommate recently." The proprietress asked me casually before closing, and helped me pack the leftover cakes. She knew I was going home today, just in time Give it to my dad who never loses weight. "What's the matter? Does the proprietress also want to ask me why I'm not with A Tuo?" I smiled wryly, fascinated by the fact that I have known Zeyu for a long time. "I just thought that a year and a half ago you not only saved a lost dog, but also played a good card." The proprietress smiled. She has recently become obsessed with mahjong. "It's not that complicated. A-Tuo and I are purely good friends, the kind of buddies who taught me how to fire a sky cannon." I picked up the bag and went to the door to wave. "If I were ten years younger, I would have competed with you for a tuo." The proprietress waved her hand, and the shop door closed. Compared with the continuous mock exams in the third year of high school, the first final exam after entering college was not very challenging, but there was some inexplicable pressure, and I also experienced the uncertainty of submitting a report and getting a score for the first time in my life. The four people in the dormitory, except for Niancheng who is the old god, are busy with exams and handing in reports, as well as the club's final presentation. The big Sibian club joined hands with the winter training, while Niancheng wanted to go to Korea with his girlfriend for vacation, and the money from working in a coffee shop happened to save a lot of travel expenses. As for Baijia, he held A Tuo's hand on the last day of the final exam. "When we walked around Qingcao Lake together, A Tuo told me that he was going to serve in the army. Thinking of him going abroad for two years, I couldn't help holding him because of my emotions. His hands were big and thick, and he was nervous. trembling." Baijia looked at her hands in a daze, and said, "It's a pity that we only have half a year to get along." I looked at her, the loneliness was greater than the joy of holding hands. The boy she finally fell in love with sincerely is about to be separated from her by several oceans. Love is full of tests, but unfortunately most people like to soak in love, but they all think that tests are redundant and cruel. "How I wish A Tuo could make me a promise before leaving. I am happy to embrace the loneliness of waiting." Baijia looked at my computer, the story of A Tuo taking me to watch Xiaocai's performance for the first time. She has seen it dozens of times and still never gets tired of it. <51> No matter how unpopular the final exam is, it will end one day. After participating in the three-day winter training of the debating club, I temporarily moved back home for the winter vacation, sharing a room with my brother again.Baijia also packed her simple luggage and returned to the fast-paced Taipei. Before leaving, she still couldn't forget the big half-assembled puzzle and the warmth of A Tuo's hands.Si Ting happily returned to Hualien, where she had not been for a long time after camping in the club, and brought her overseas Chinese boyfriend who did not want to go back to Indonesia to go back to her hometown for the New Year. There must be many new things happening.Nian Cheng said goodbye to his work in the coffee shop and flew to South Korea with his girlfriend where it was snowing. Before leaving, he borrowed 10,000 yuan from me as a precaution. As for Zeyu, the National Taiwan University's release list was only available for pick-up, so he moved a box of instant noodles to the cabinet of the social nest. During the winter vacation, every morning, I would go for a morning swim with A Tuo and A Zhu in the swimming pool of Tsinghua University, or take carrots and run around the school road in Jiaotong University to exercise; in the afternoon, if the proprietress didn’t slack off and closed the door, I would work in a coffee shop with Albus ; Later, go to the stadium next to the flower market to watch A Tuo play district hockey with members of the inline club, or go to the club to read novels and accompany Zeyu to study. Fortunately, Zeyu didn't have time to teach his new girlfriend during this period, and I became more and more used to instant noodles with Zeyu. Staying at home, I found that most of my things were piled up in the bedroom, and the room was full of my brother's things. I had a strange feeling of passing through.Also because I moved out to live for the first time, the time spent with my family has dropped a lot, and the tolerance between everyone has increased a lot, and everything seems to be analogous. The only sad thing is that after Xiaoqing went to university and lived with Ah Shen, the phone calls and letters between me have become less and less. When I joined the camp at Chengda University, I began to get used to her independence. I always thought that I should enjoy some different privileges in friendship, but it was hard to say. Perhaps friendship also needs to be tested, and only family affection is deeply rooted. "Little sister, why have you been in college for half a year and can't get half of your boyfriends? Is it because you are too busy working?" Dad always reminded me like this, and reminded me several times a day. "That has nothing to do with that." I always replied in the same way. "Aren't there many boys in Jiaotong University? Are they all blind? I'll just call your principal." Dad turned on the TV and quickly switched to the political melee channel. "Isn't it popular to make friends online now? Little girl, do you want to go online to see if you like it?" Mom yelled while cooking, regardless of whether the kitchen is opposite the window or the neighbor Aunt Wang is a gossip, and it will spread around tomorrow. neighborhood. "Dad, Mom, don't force my little sister, she is trying her best to socialize! The other day I saw her walking with boys on the beach with my girlfriend at Qiding, it was quite romantic." Brother laughed and walked, Pick up a piece of cake and devour it. I glared at him, wishing he would be dumped immediately. "It's good if you're working hard, it's good if you're working hard, it's more practical to work hard!" Dad started to concentrate on watching TV, and I was able to escape the problem hell of "studying at Chiao Tung University but not having a boyfriend". A Tuo never mentioned to me whether he liked Baijia, and I didn't ask. Because I never doubted Pokka's appeal. What's more, meddling in other people's love has always been the most stupid move, because love has an answer from the very beginning. But A Tuo obviously began to be puzzled by my standing on the sidelines. "Baijia held my hand that day." Ah Tuo was floating on the water, and Ah Zhu practiced fetching water while holding his breath. "I know, she told me, and she was beaming." I smiled and leaned against the pool to catch my breath. "Do you think Baijia will like me?" Ah Tuo grabbed Ah Zhu's two fat legs and helped her correct her posture. "No way? Are you really ignorant or are you just pretending to be stupid?" I patted his head. "It was very cold that night, and we didn't wear gloves. Maybe her hands were cold for a while?" Tuo said with a serious expression. No wonder Baijia said that A Tuo's hands were shaking, so it was not because of nervousness, but because of the cold weather. "Even if a girl is frozen to death, she won't easily give her hand to a boy, okay? Stupid." I patted him on the head again. "Oh." A Tuo scratched his head. "Oh?" I tilted my head. "So Baijia likes me?" Tuo said with a serious face. "It's like winning a BMW in a lottery, right?" I laughed and patted him on the shoulder in congratulation. "It's useless if you win the lottery, and I don't know how to drive. I'll ask Brother Bao to teach me some other day." A Tuo replied very seriously. "You're such an idiot." I put on my goggles and dive into the channel. <52> On the last night of the winter vacation, A Tuo and I took the key to open Brother Bao's house and picked out a movie called "The Godfather". "The proprietress and that weird middle-aged man finally started chatting today." I said, putting the disc into the DVD player. "Oh? What are you talking about?" A Tuo opened the lo mei he just bought. "Talking about everything, Albus and I were eavesdropping on the side. It turned out that the man was a musician. His fiancée died in a car accident and he was deeply shocked, so his soul often went out of his body, and he was absent-minded in everything he did. The life of a walking dead is a mess, and your appearance is a hundred times worse than when you first met. It wasn't until one day that he accidentally wandered into our store and accidentally drank the horrible boss's wife's special drink, which made him suffer Wake up." I said, and picked up a piece of my favorite hundred-page tofu. "Oh, so that man goes to your store every day in order to wake up?" Tuo laughed. "Yeah, he said he was awake only when he was in our store 24 hours a day, so he came often, the wind came, the rain came, and nothing could stop him from abusing his tongue." We laughed. stand up. "It's fun. Maybe it's really fate. Two people who lost their favorite met and fell in love through a cup of bad drinks. The name of your store may be changed after a while." Atuo said happily. "I hope so," I said. The Godfather movie is known as a classic, maybe because it is too classic for a small person like me to watch, so I fell into a drowsy sleep with an unfinished tofu in my mouth, until my pillow twitched stiffly, I Only then did he open his eyes. It turned out that I fell asleep on A Tuo's stomach, and A Tuo just sneezed. "Sorry." I struggled to get up. "It's okay...it's okay, I happen to have a cold stomach." Tuo scratched his head. I nodded and continued lying on my stomach. But since I knew I was lying on A Tuo's stomach, I couldn't fall asleep instead. I couldn't fall asleep, but A Tuo's stomach was quite comfortable, so I continued to try to sleep. But A Tuo thought I was still in a coma, and didn't dare to move, even breathing carefully, and even turned down the sound of the movie to a very low level.I can't help being a little moved. If Baijia is with a good person like A Tuo, he will be very happy. Suddenly, the phone rang. "Do you want to pick it up for Brother Bao?" I asked, yawning on Tuo's stomach. "You haven't fallen asleep?" A Tuo was startled. "Sleeping and waking up again, can't sleep?" I stretched myself. "I don't know whether to answer the phone or not. I've never heard the phone ring when I come here." A Tuo hesitated. "Maybe it's something very important? Brother Bao won't blame you for answering the phone anyway." I said, A Tuo nodded in agreement, and picked up the phone. "Hello? This is Brother Bao's house." Tuo said into the microphone. "A Tuo! You know you're with me when you turn off your phone! Fucking flash!" Brother Bao's voice was almost roaring, even I heard it. "Flash?" Tuo felt something was wrong. "There are enemies who don't know where my address is, so hurry up!" Brother Bao's voice was anxious and angry. "No way?" I jumped up and ran to the door to open a crack. A few villains were striding along the alley with iron bars and knives made of long strips of newspapers. The iron rod deliberately scraped against the narrow wall, making a shocking clanging metal sound, the prelude to the storm. "It's too late, A-Tuo, let's call the police!" I said, locking and re-locking the door. "I can't go away, please call the police for us, they are already downstairs, and Siying is also here!" A Tuo was about to hang up the phone, looking a little flustered. "Damn it, there's a knife under my sofa, you can figure it out first! I'll take someone there later!" Brother Bao hung up the phone, and the door was slammed hard. While A Tuo took out a watermelon knife from under the sofa, he nervously told me to hide under the bed in Brother Bao's room. I said I would hide together, and I was so scared that I almost cried. A Tuo just stared at me, and whispered to me to leave the living room quickly.I've never seen him so fierce. "Damn! Come out for Yee!" "Fuck you, does locking the door work? Do it!" With a few curses, the door was kicked hard again. The chain that hooked the door panel was about to break. "Brother Bao is not inside!" Ah Tuo simply shouted. I quickly slipped into the bedroom and hid under the bed, secretly vowing not to come again. "Talk about the three little gossips, and you will be hacked to death as usual!" A big man kicked the door open with a ferocious tone. I lay under the bed and shivered.He wanted to pick up his mobile phone to call the police, but found that the mobile phone was left in the living room. "Damn it, what a loser? Where is the boy hiding!" a rude and dissatisfied voice. "What do you want to do with a knife? Do it!" a disdainful voice. "Brother Bao is not here, leave a message and I will tell him." A Tuo's voice was calm. "Go and find it! Gai pulls it out! In the cabinet, under the bed! Let it all go!" The sound of the table being kicked down. And my trembling heartbeat. <53> Hearing the three words under the bed, I could hardly breathe, and my hands and feet were cold. The door of the bedroom was pushed open, and I saw two pairs of dirty cloth shoes stepping back and forth in front of my eyes, and then there was the sound of the cabinet opening. I almost cried. "Stop everything! Just tell you that Brother Bao is not here!" Tuo suddenly yelled. Then there was a loud crash. "Damn! The foot of the sleeping bed sucks!" A short-haired man poked his head down and found me. His eyes were protruding like goldfish eyes, and he was about to fish me out with his hand. "Don't touch her! Get out! Get out!" A Tuo rushed into the room and kicked the crew-haired man down without any hesitation. "Damn you! It must be Cha Mou, a violent boy!" The crew-haired man yelled, hitting the bed with a stick, and I covered my ears and yelled. "Come out! Dad, come out!" The villain who took the lead kicked the door hard, and I was so scared that I couldn't even cry. Maybe, I'm going to die here today? "Don't come out!" A Tuo yelled, took Brother Bao's machete and made a false slash, blocking the bed with his whole body. The four surrounded A Tuo, thinking about him. "She's my friend, she has nothing to do with Brother Bao, and the police are coming soon, so hurry up!" A Tuo's feet were not shaking at all, and he really didn't know what he was thinking. It's not a movie, it's not a comic book or a novel, it will kill people. "Fuck, who are you going to scare with a knife? Huh? Who are you going to scare!" The villain in the lead kicked the foot of the bed violently, and I screamed. "Let me say it first, if you can't find anyone to make trouble, I will drag you into the water before I'm hacked to death!" A Tuo said firmly: "You'd better take my head off at the first stab, otherwise Believe it or not, I'll nail two knives on you first." The surroundings suddenly fell silent, only the explosion of machine gun fire from the living room. Because even I could tell that there was no trace of threat in A Tuo's voice, he was serious. "Brother Bao brought people and is rushing over here. Either you let me pass the message for you, or you hack me to death immediately." A Tuo said with blood racing: "If you have a way, go and stop Brother Bao to place orders, otherwise If Brother Bao comes back and sees that I have been hanged, according to his personality, none of you will even think about having a whole body.” I seemed to see the villain in the lead staring at A Tuo. "Let's talk about Xiaoyi, puff up Yishi!" The crew-haired man took a step forward. "Du, huh, Yixi! Yi Qingcai told Ye Papa Jia Morixin!" Another person also took a step forward. A Tuo didn't say anything more, I only heard his heavy breathing. My heart is about to stop. "Ye daddy left a hand as a souvenir, ye daddy let it go first." The villain in the lead said coldly. "Okay, you just need to think about it clearly. Brother Bao will cut off a few more hands with the capital and profits to pay me, and I will make the money in the end." A Tuo did not lose the wind: "Left and right?" "No Taku! Don't!" I yelled, and suddenly I was so angry that I forgot to be afraid. So I crawled out of bed, so angry that my head was about to explode. "Why can hooligans bully people like this? Can being a hooligan make you inhumane? You bully people who have nothing to do with you! Can't you see that we are just borrowing a place to watch a movie! Let someone cut off your hand!" The more angry he said, he would rather suffer a few knives than A Tuo cut off his hand. The air was as stiff as iron, and A Tuo held me firmly with one hand, and his pounding internal force surged again, giving me incomparable courage and making me forget my fear. "Sounds, both of them are very good." The villain in the lead suddenly laughed: "Brother Bao is indeed right." A Tuo's hand suddenly loosened, and I was also stunned. The reason why he was stunned was not that the villain in the lead suddenly changed his tongue to Mandarin, but that in what he said, the violent boy became the violent brother. "Sorry, counting the time, brother Bao is coming soon." The flat-headed man giggled, and he didn't know where he was going with his hideous face just now. "Just now... was it all a bluff?" A Tuo was stunned, but the knife in his hand was still held cautiously and fearfully. "Of course, it's all for you to watch. Brother Bao said that you are a man, and you will definitely protect your friends, so you're done! Brother Bao is right!" Another man with a sultry face laughed loudly. Laughing, throwing the knife and sticks on the bed. Seeing these four ferocious Maitreya laughing together like a Buddha, I understood everything. It turns out that Brother Bao arranged this scene of hooliganism and provocation just to let A Tuo show off his masculinity, so that I can feel that A Tuo cares about me and is determined to protect me even if he kills himself.Then I will fall into A Tuo's arms, and the prince and princess will be happy together hand in hand from now on. And the reason why Brother Bao wants to expose the trick by himself is nothing more than a naive reason: he still wants to see us here in the future, and he doesn't want us to be afraid of not coming. I looked at A Tuo's dumbfounded look, and I didn't need to think about it to know that he didn't know about it in advance. But he still didn't put down the knife in his hand, still holding it tightly. I know that A Tuo's mood is still as tense as before, and he hasn't recovered yet, because my hands are so painful and my bones are about to be torn to pieces. "It's okay, Tuo, it's okay." I tugged at his hand. Suddenly saw tears in his eyes. The stairs creaked, and Brother Bao appeared at the door. With a rare mischievous smile on his usually unsmiling face, he slowly walked over. Just now, four fierce men came in twos and greeted their eldest brother with a wide smile. A Tuo's clenched hand suddenly loosened. In the next second, A Tuo took a lunge and slammed his fist hard on Brother Bao's face. "Brother!" The four villains screamed, but they didn't dare to intervene. No matter how tough Brother Bao was, A Tuo's punch from the blue sky still almost knocked him to the ground, and he held on to the wall with one hand in time to prevent him from falling down. I looked at A Tuo in embarrassment, anger, fear, and incomprehension were all written on his face, as well as in the beast-like fist just now. Brother Bao stood up straight with a nosebleed.He noticed that on A Tuo's right arm, which was holding the knife tightly, the veins were coiled. "I'm sorry." Brother Bao said coldly, touching his almost crooked nose. The four subordinates walked out of the room where things were kicked into a mess and went downstairs. A Tuo looked at me, I shook my hand and said it's okay, I know Brother Bao just had good intentions, it's all right. "It really doesn't matter, and it's a little fun." I smiled and comforted A Tuo, and A Tuo let out a long breath. Later, when we were sitting on the sofa, Brother Bao and I spent a lot of effort, and it took more than ten minutes to pull A Tuo's fingers away and remove the knife.It can be seen that A Tuo's calmness during the incident was completely contrary to his physical reaction, and he was ready to kill. I actually felt guilty. At that night, A Tuo and Brother Bao didn't say a word. The most important audience in the whole scene, I was busy taking out ice cubes from the refrigerator to help Brother Bao cold compress his nose, and rubbing A Tuo's right hand that was about to cramp. The palm is also responsible for saying a few Internet jokes to ease the tense atmosphere. After finally finishing the boring and lengthy Godfather on the screen, A Tuo and I rode away on my wild wolf. Later, after Atuo arrived in the remote African Gambia, occasionally I still think of the thrilling night. I no longer remember the tense and terrifying threats at that time. But my eyes still couldn't move away from the moment when I pulled A Tuo's trembling palm away. <54> After all, A Tuo and Bao Ge are not stingy Bala people. A week after school started, A Tuo said that Bao Ge had bought some very lively and hilarious Indian musicals, so we took another bag of chicken legs to patronize. In addition to the colorful and exaggerated films that make people feel sick, Brother Bao didn't say much except for sticking a piece of gold paste on his nose. He was always restrained and cold, as if nothing had happened. Instead, I wrote a card to condolence his nose, and thank him for his kindness by the way.I got it. After school started, when everything was supposed to start, everything was surprisingly settled. After Zeyu passed the examinations of Tsinghua University, Jiaotong University, Chengda University, and the Central Institute of Labor and Economics, he suddenly felt relieved, because if he failed to pass the entrance examination to the above schools, he decided to follow his father's advice, and then go abroad to study after enlisting in the army A master's degree, maybe getting a doctor's degree in one fell swoop and then coming back is also considered a blessing in disguise. In short, for him, the hellish exam is over, and the only thing to know is the outcome. So he reappeared in the coffee shop and continued to have a tacit understanding with me in cup after cup of Kenya and note after note. "Thank you for accompanying me in the community to fight against the extremely boring graduate school exams, and thank you for worrying that I would get fat, and helping me eat half a bowl of instant noodles countless times without hesitation." Then I drew a sunny doll as the end. This note has become my bookmark, making me smile as brightly as the sunny doll above. What makes me the happiest is that Zeyu has not made a new girlfriend. Maybe it's just a temporary final break, maybe it's tired of pleasing others, or maybe it's just the person who hasn't waited for him to pile up the chips again.Either way, it's a good thing. 百佳说过，友谊才是爱情最坚实的土壤，虽然我对泽于可以说是梦幻般的一见钟情，但，如果百佳说得对，我也不介意从泽于的好朋友当起。 跟大多数交大的准阿兵哥一样，泽于开始在环校道路慢跑锻炼体力，有时在一大早，有时在晚上十点。常常，我也会佯装恰好慢跑路过、同他跑得大汗淋沥，然后一起到校门口的早餐店吃东西。 「如果你每一间研究所都考上了，你会选择到哪间学校念啊？」我啃着烧饼。烧饼沾豆浆是人间十大美食之一。 「哪有这么好的事，怎么可能每间都考上？」泽于吃着蛋饼，笑笑。 「所以说<如果>啊。」我当然期待他会继续念交大。 「交大吧，然后是清大。老师差不多都认识，找指导教授也比较容易，如果去别的学校选错老师跟研究题目，大概得过着比狗还不如的研究生生活吧。」他摇摇头。宾果。 「嗯，习惯的地方总是比较适合念书，不必费心熟悉新的东西。」我微笑。 「虽然这样说也没错，不过妳以前就住在新竹，现在也是在新竹念书，会不会有些遗憾？我以前联考的分数也可以念台大，不过是因为我家就在台大隔壁，所以我填到这里来。」泽于吃着蛋饼的时候，不喜欢沾酱。 「不管怎样，现在已经不遗憾了。」我笑嘻嘻。 「喔？」泽于好奇。 我没有说话，只是低头啃着被热豆浆浸湿的烧饼。 能够这样跟你一起慢跑、一起吃早餐，待在新竹又怎么会有遗憾？ 「对了，网络什么时候放榜？」我问。 「清大最先放榜，就在这礼拜五。然后是交大，礼拜一。」泽于夹着蛋饼的筷子象征性颤抖了两下。 「我会守在计算机前面，用力替学长祈祷的。」我笑笑。 「如果上榜了，一定请妳吃饭。一定。」泽于拿起筷子对空拜了一下。 「那是一定要的，每次吃完早餐就看见你去7-11拎半打仙草蜜拜土地公，但土地公可没陪你念书，我有，所以我要吃大餐。」我贼兮兮地说。 提到这个，准备考交大研究所的行家都知道，想要在本校金榜题名，努力啃书还在其次，但交大校门口对面的土地公庙可不能不去参拜一下。 本校土地公酷爱喝仙草蜜，还得要泰山的不可，所以土地公庙后的7-11的饮料柜里永远都准备好几排的泰山仙草蜜，庙里供桌上的贿赂也堆得像小山。 而泽于，这位常常看财经管理、政治评论杂志的有为知识青年，为了一举抡元不只考前天天拜，考后也是天天孝敬，让泰山食品公司跟土地公都赚了个饱。 「居然吃起土地公的醋，这下可不是吃大餐就能够解决的了。」泽于莞尔。 「总之，希望土地公真被你贿赂成功了先！」我哈哈大笑。 礼拜五一大早，我全身沐浴、念了心经十次后，打开计算机连上清大研教组网页，在清大资工所绿取名单里找到了杨泽于三个字，可惜依旧是备取。 「备取二十一，应该蛮有希望的？」我心中揣揣，又开了一个窗口，连上台大网页。我将清大榜单比对台大资工所的绿取名单，发现十五个名字重复了。 「如果他们都别耍花样、乖乖去念台大的话，那泽于就算备取六啰？」我喃喃自语，说：「又如果有其它七个人将会考上交大、也真的会去念交大的话，那泽于就是录取啰？」 虽然我一意孤行要这么想，但我可以想见泽于忐忑不安的心情，因为我礼拜五晚上并没有在咖啡店看见孤独的肯亚。 于是，不用考研究所的阿拓在我快下班时来找我时，我倒请了他一杯肯亚。 「这就是泽于最喜欢喝的咖啡？嗯，好喝。」阿拓暴殄天物地一饮而尽，比出大拇指。 「希望礼拜一交大放榜时能看见他的名字。」我幽幽叹了口气，看着小圆桌旁，嗜苦的中年男子跟老板娘正有说有笑的。 「还有成大跟中央啊。」阿拓拍拍我的肩膀，咧开嘴笑。 「那都离我太远了。」我摇摇头，走过眼前的阿不思也跟着摇摇头。 「那也是。」阿拓搔搔头。 然后是十分钟的静默，我清理塞风，他发呆。 「我问过人，其实清大备取二十一很有希望备上的。」阿拓突然说。 「谢谢。」我点头，我也上网问过研究生。 「所以应该好好庆祝一下。」阿拓笑说，一贯没头没脑的怪逻辑。 「哪有这样的！」我敲了他的笨脑一下，不过还是笑了。 「我最近迷上投篮机。妳知道么？就是一分钟投进五十分以上就可以再玩一次的那种，实在是非常好玩。」阿拓开始兴奋，然后我也诡异地跟着兴奋起来。 「我以前跟小青在百货公司玩过，可是很逊，所以想点别的东西庆祝吧？」我说，心想这还不到可以庆祝的时候吧，阿拓有点被小才传染了。 「练到不逊就好玩啦！我一开始也是逊到很想撞墙，不过仓仔他家正好有一台，所以我花了两个晚上就变得很恐怖喔！单场有九十分的记录！」阿拓笑得眼睛都看不见。 「仓仔？又是新朋友啊？他家怎么会正好有一台投篮机？」我看看时钟，应该要下班了。 「带妳去认识一下噜！超级厉害的！」阿拓兴奋的红了脸。 十分钟后，我骑着剽悍的野狼，载着阿拓冲向新的友谊冒险。 <55> 你知道的，阿拓就像一块大磁铁。 这次他吸到的怪咖，是一个叫仓仔的夹娃娃机达人。 前几天阿拓跑去竹北家乐福买东西时，看见一个矮子刁着烟，站在一楼室外的投篮机前，在短短一分钟内丢进一百五十分，他吓傻了。 正常人只会投以「你真厉害」的注目礼，大方一点的也不过是将「喊你很厉害」喊出来。但阿拓这方面是脱轨的行家。 「遇到投篮机怪物我当然要逮住机会问他啊！我又不是笨蛋，当然想知道怎么样才可以投那么多分！所以就走过去直接用问的，还拜托他教我一下。下地下道！」阿拓在我耳后说着他跟仓仔相遇的过程，我简直快笑死了。 「然后呢？你问他，难道接下来他就教你啊？」我笑道。 「不然呢？他最后看我笨，干脆带我回他家练个够，省得多花冤枉钱。出地下道右转！那间铁皮屋就是！」阿拓大声说。 仓仔家是间铁皮违建，就在竹北金宝戏院前巷子里。 我将野狼停在铁皮屋前，看见有两台坏掉的大型游戏机台摆在外面的路灯下。 「仓仔从小就是个大型电玩迷，以前花了很多钱在游艺场晃，不过后来学乖了也赚了点钱，所以干脆把一些故障报废的机台买回来，修一修，就自己在家里玩。」阿拓说，跟着我走进木门半掩的屋子里。 铁皮屋里的摆设跟一般住家没有两异，两个塑料红灯立在神坛桌上、脏脏的黑色沙发、摆在电视上的咬钱蟾蜍，但神坛后面的布帘一掀开，就看见一台破破的投篮机，以及一台夹娃娃机。 而仓仔看起来大概三十多岁，赤着身子露出层层肥油，满头乱发。 他叼了根烟，坐在投篮机旁的游戏机台前打格斗电动，转头看了看我们、点头示意。 「勇猛拳击，现在几乎都看不到了喔。仓仔玩到就连脚指也可以打出彗星拳！」阿拓向我介绍仓仔摇杆下的电玩名称。 「嗯。」我应道，向仓仔笑笑。 「女朋友？不抽烟吧。」仓仔将烟撵息，指了指靠墙的自动贩卖机，说：「自己按，免钱的别客气。」 我看着自动贩卖机，原来仓仔扛了台报废的自动贩卖机回来，照例修一修、改一改机板，然后将它当作电冰箱跟橱柜使用。看来真是个有趣的人。 透明玻璃后有好几种饮料、还有各式各样的小饼干，只是摆的次序很乱，如果喜欢吃的食物放在比较后面，就不幸无法一次按到。 「她是我朋友啦，叫李思萤，思念的思，萤火虫的萤，来玩投篮机啦！」阿拓拍拍贩卖机的按钮，掉下一罐百事跟一罐雪碧。 「投篮机没什么诀窍，玩久了自然就很厉害，自己来？夹娃娃机也可以自己来，不过夹到不能带走就是了，哈哈。」仓仔瞇着眼怪笑，嘴里照样刁了那根被撵息、歪掉的香烟。 「那谢谢啰。」我也不跟他客气，走到投篮机前按下开始。 闸门打开，几个篮球滚下，我兴冲冲地开始丢，但我双手丢掷的弧度不是太高就是太低，还有球直接撞上透明塑料板往身旁的阿拓砸下，一分钟过后，我只得了可耻的二十一分。 我生自己的气，于是又玩了一次，这次反因为手酸而退步到十六分。 「妳慢慢玩，没人赶妳噜。我要练夹娃娃。」阿拓帮我将雪碧打开，径自走到夹娃娃机前抓住摇杆。 「不，我先看你玩。」我接过饮料，好奇地看阿拓表演。 仓仔的夹娃娃机里有许多大小不一的玩偶，还有保险套、糖果盒、手表等任何可能出现在夹娃娃机里的东西，应有尽有。 阿拓说，起先仓仔都去「十元的店」或是杂货店买这些东西玩来练习，后来练到出神入化后，就去外面夹比较象样的东西回来摆。 「先从最简单的布娃娃开始吧？这个好像比较简单？」我指了一个颜色乱配的红色小叮当。 但阿拓的手很笨，不只没擒到颜色乱搞的小叮当，连续试了十几次还夹不到任何东西，我接手试了几次，最厉害的一次是碰巧勾到了手表的链子将它吊在半空，但最后还是被它晃了下来，功亏一篑。 「继续看你们夹我今天晚上会做恶梦，让开，让你们看看什么叫夹娃娃机教父。」仓仔揉着肥肚子，一脸「还是得要我出马才行」的无奈表情。 「教父，我要那个长颈鹿。」我指着一只脖子缝线歪掉、露出棉花的长颈鹿玩偶。 「简单。」仓仔打了个哈欠，摇杆跟肚子上的肥肉同时啪啪啪啪飞驰。 哈欠打完，长颈鹿已经掉进洞里。 「好厉害！有什么技巧吗？」我眼睛都亮了。 「技巧？夹娃娃机是很靠天分的，再来是命运。」仓仔瞇起眼睛，捏着肚子上不可思议的肥肉说：「一个人这辈子第一次夹到的东西，会决定他的人生。妳的人生，就跟这只长颈鹿一样，脖子都很长。」 我张大嘴巴，这个人简直在胡说八道界的教父。 <56> 「什么叫人生的脖子很长？」我纳闷。 「一个人要花多少时间才能明白他人生的意义？不要急，小姑娘。」仓仔看着阿拓，说：「需不需要保险套？叔叔夹给你。」 「免了。一想到我的人生是一个保险套，我的头就开始痛了。」阿拓摇摇头，装出头痛的样子。 「有道理，小姑娘，跟着他会有前途喔。」仓仔看着我，若有所思地将脖子蹦出一大团棉花的长颈鹿交给我。 「不是说要放回去吗？」我呆呆地看着被谋杀的长颈鹿。 「妳的人生可以破例让妳带回去。」仓仔说，一副替我担心的样子。 「哼，那是你夹的！我的人生要自己夹！」我用屁股将仓仔挤开，将长颈鹿丢进活动玻璃罩里，重新启动摇杆。 虽然我不相信仓仔说的话，不过我还是瞄准里面看起来最贵的东西─刚刚我差点得手的腕表；我的人生就是一个手表，至少可以解释成我是个守时的人。 但铁爪还在半空中犹疑不定时，我打了一个喷嚏，不小心按下按钮。 铁爪落下，义无反顾地抓起刚刚被我丢回去的长颈鹿，而且一击得手。 你问我有什么反应？ 我第一时间看到鬼般尖叫起来！ 「人生啊。」仓仔拍拍我的肩膀：「不管怎样都要试着接受它。」 「至少不是那只袜子。」阿拓安慰我，指着里面一只不管配什么鞋子都不搭的绿色袜子。 后来阿拓试了一个小时，终于摇摇晃晃夹起了他的人生。 就是那双绿色的袜子，果然人不能太铁齿。 「原来是双袜子。」 阿拓陷入沈思，却没有沮丧到痛殴夹娃娃机。 在那一个小时中，我卯起来练投篮，虽然手酸得要死，但四十六分让我得意洋洋，差一点就可以跨越「免费再玩一次」的门坎，我也逐渐掌握了进篮的那个高抛弧度。 「要不要玩勇猛拳击？人称勇猛拳击之神的我，可以教妳彗星拳的手指连击奥义。搭搭搭，搭搭搭，对方刚刚爬起来就再钩出去，包他一点反击能力都没有。」仓仔自己配音，右手中指、食指、大拇指聚成一个锥状，在桌子上快速绵密地敲击着。我知道那是使密技精准施展的技巧。 「下次吧，不过我很好奇哩，你为什么会买这些机台回家改啊？连冰箱都不买，索性用贩卖机代替？」我问，被阿拓传染的关系，我在跟怪人相处上变得很轻松自然。 「好玩啊，而且省钱又有品味，又不用跟人挤。」仓仔哼哼怪笑。 后来我才知道仓仔是个自修电子学的怪才，以前还因为帮坏蛋擅改提款机的电路板被关了几年，前年才出狱。 「不过还是很怪。」我说，玩着手上惨死的长颈鹿。 「还可以泡妞。」仓仔双手捏着肚子上的肥肉，神秘地说：「如果我在女人面前投篮得了一百五十分，她还不乖乖跟我回家？如果我不停在女人面前夹起一只又一只的娃娃，她怎么能不对我投怀送抱？如果她古早以前正好喜欢打勇猛拳击，跟我回家后居然发现我家有一台机子，她怎么说服自己不嫁给我，哈哈，哈哈。」 「怎么可能你投一百五十分她就跟你回家？」我好想笑，这胖子真是把这个世界想简单了。 「有道理，那我就投两百分。」仓仔的鼻子喷气，笑道：「那样还不手到擒来？」 我叹了一口气，就是那时正好看见阿拓将那双绿袜子夹了起来。 「你呢？你第一次夹到的东西是什么？」我问，很想知道他这种奇怪的想法是所为何来。 「巧克力，金莎的。」仓仔的眉毛抖动，神采飞扬。 真是太适合他了。