District 9

Inside the small restaurant.

Zhao Bao glanced at Tang Yuan, curled his lips and said, "Hey, if you follow me, you don't have to pretend to be individual. Here you go, just take it. No matter how bad I am, I still have a salary of 8,000 yuan a month."

"...Zhao Bao, even if I am so poor that I go begging for food, I can't accept your kindness in vain." Tang Yuan tore open the envelope, counted out a thousand yuan from it and put it in front of him, and pushed the rest to Zhao Bao.

"No, I found that your biggest problem is that you love to pretend too much." Zhao Bao became excited and spoke without any scruples: "We are friends and have the same outlook on life. You said you are already like this? Are you still pretending to me that you have some personality? Hurry up and take it."

"Haha." Tang Yuan smiled and responded without being angry: "Baozi, what is a friend? You help me, and I can pull you along. This is a friend. But you have to keep helping me, but I don't have the ability. If I repay you anything, the relationship will deteriorate."

"What has changed?"

"Then we are no longer friends, and I will become your pony." Tang Yuan responded sensibly.

Zhao Bao was startled when he heard the sound and had no words to refute.

"Listen to me, we have negotiated a thousand labor services in advance, then I will take one thousand." Tang Yuan reached out and put the money he deserved into his pocket, and said happily to Zhao Bao: "Okay, let's eat."

Zhao Bao looked at Tang Yuan sideways: "I finally know why you are like this."

"Things have to be looked at from both sides. If I become the kind of person who takes advantage of anything cheap, you will be embarrassed enough to sit here and drink with me." Tang Yuan has a good temper and basically doesn't bother to care about Zhao Bao. Wording.

"That's true." Zhao Bao nodded seriously when he heard this.

"Baozi, this matter has been settled today. We must have a drink." Tang Yuan picked up the wine glass and said with a smile.

"What's the reason?" Zhao Bao asked, baring his teeth.

"Let me think about it." Tang Yuan thought about it for a long time, and then said with a smile: "This cup is for us to leave the campus and crawl around in society. We are still young teenagers. You haven't changed. , I haven’t changed, we are still friends after a little drink, which is good.”

"Come on, let's do it." Zhao Bao was a little excited by what Tang Yuan said. He raised his glass and roared, then drank it all in one gulp.

That night, two rivals and friends on campus stumbled into something that made them excited.

That night, they recalled all kinds of past events, filled with nostalgia in their hearts.

That night, they were thankful that their appearance and social status were changing, but the original ideals in their hearts when they were young were still surging and exciting...

So, they were drinking and talking in this shabby little restaurant, talking about the past, the present, and the future, and they became drunk without knowing it.

Before parting, Zhao Bao paid the bill, reached out and grabbed Tang Yuan's wrist and said: "This matter is over, you can come to the online broadcast station, I will arrange a place for you..."

"I won't go." Tang Yuan shook his head drunkenly.

"Are you sick when you step on a horse?! Once you join the online broadcast station, you will have a stable income, and you will have various living benefits... and you will be able to marry a wife and have children, do you know?"

"Baby, if you really want to help me, just open a column for me on the official legal column website." Tang Yuan replied with a wine burp.

"Isn't that what you mean?"

"It's different. I open a column and I can make money based on my ability. If you think I'm good, you use it; if you think I'm not good, then I'll leave." Tang Yuan tilted his neck and looked at Zhao Bao: "Eat and drink, you spend more It’s money, it’s brotherhood, we don’t care. But you support me and help me live... I can’t afford to repay this favor.”

"Old Tang...!"

"Zhao Bao, I used to be the pride of heaven in the eyes of my teachers and school, the idol in the eyes of my junior students, and a man of influence who could be named and praised by the Publicity Department for just one paper. But I am not in the society. This time around, I lost everything... My girlfriend of three years ran away with someone, my dad died of illness, and I don't even have the money to buy a cemetery." Tang Yuan's eyes turned red: "I've been around until now, I don’t have any money, I don’t have a family... Now all I have left is the strength of my body. If I bend down again, then what I did before is just a joke? Brother, let me tell you, people can live like a joke ?"

Zhao Bao looked at Tang Yuan speechlessly.

"I don't regret some of my choices." Tang Yuan looked at the snowflakes outside the window: "But if I were given another chance, I might not use the previous methods to realize my ideals. Baozi, today's society is different from What we see in school is different.”

"...Okay, I'll open a column for you, and it won't be easy for anyone to stop me." Zhao Bao responded, patting the table.

"OK."

…

The two brothers talked and walked out of the small restaurant together.

Snowflakes were falling on the street, and the two of them walked staggeringly.

At the intersection, Zhao Bao drank too much and didn't dare to drive, so he reached out and stopped the small electric car.

"Let's go, I'll see you off." After Zhao Bao got on the small electric car, he called back.

"No, we are not on the same path. I will leave on my own." Tang Yuan shook his head.

"I'll find you tomorrow."

"Okay, slow down." Tang Yuan stood in the snow, waving and shouting.

"I've been back to China for such a long time, and I'm happy today." Zhao Bao lay on his back in the small electric machine: "I'm happy today...!"

With that said, the small electric car slowly drove away, and Zhao Bao also fell asleep sitting in the car in a daze.

On the roadside, Tang Yuan pinched his nose and didn't bother to play video games. He just smiled and left on foot.

…

Five or six o'clock in the morning.

After Tang Yuan returned to his residence, he transferred his data to the computer and habitually saved it in the cloud storage space.

Returning to the bed, Tang Yuan boiled a pot of hot water, took off his clothes, and went to wash up.

In the alley outside the courtyard.

The two cars came to a slow stop, and eight people pushed the doors and got out.

"Walk."

The leader pulled out a steel knife from the car, held it in his hand, and moved forward.

On the quiet street, eight people stepped on the crystal snowflakes, making the sound of crunching teeth.

…

In a dimly lit warehouse on a dark street.

A young man was sitting on a chair, his eyes were worried, and he said nervously: "Just take the things back, right?"

"You don't have to worry about it." The middle-aged man next to him crossed his legs and threw 40,000 yuan in an expressionless manner: "If you can help me with logistics, I can also help you."

"...I think you can just ask for the things back." The young man insisted.

"Haha." The middle-aged man suddenly smiled: "Yes, I know."

…

indoor.

After Tang Yuan drank a glass of boiling water, he covered himself with a quilt and got ready to sleep.

"Squeak!"

A sound of grinding teeth sounded outside.

"Who is it?" Tang Yuan frowned and shouted.