District 9

Outside Bishui Lanting, Lin Chengdong stood beside the road. After waiting for less than five minutes, Qin Yu walked out of the main entrance and shouted: "Chengdong!"

Lin Chengdong turned around and walked over: "There are many people, don't bother me?"

"What's there to disturb? There are no outsiders in the house." Qin Yu waved his hand and said, "Just Jin Yuting, Zhan Nan's wife, and his aunt are here. Haha, why do you suddenly want to drink today?"

"Oh, don't mention it." Lin Chengdong said slightly worriedly: "I went home in the afternoon and had a fight with my wife."

Qin Yu was stunned: "Did something happen at home?"

"Because of the children at home. Forget it...don't mention it, I'm getting angry." Lin Chengdong replied in a bad mood.

Qin Yu knew that Lin Chengdong had a child, but he didn't know the specific situation, so he didn't ask much. He just patted him on the shoulder and said, "If you need help, just say a word."

"Haha, okay." Lin Chengdong smiled and nodded.

"Let's go."

The two of them walked upstairs while chatting.

…

In the box, after Lin Chengdong arrived, Zhan Nan briefly introduced him to his aunt and wife, and everyone continued to sit down and eat.

During the dinner, Lin Chengdong rarely spoke, and at most he exchanged a few words with Qin Yu. Because Gu Yan and Zhan Nan had been talking nonsense to the three women, he couldn't get anything in to say.

After the banquet, everyone sat in the box drinking tea. Jin Yuting symbolically called Gu Yan to the side and softly talked to him about cooperation.

"Chengdong, after you finish studying, will you return to your original department?" Qin Yu asked Lin Chengdong when he was bored.

"Not necessarily." Lin Chengdong shook his head and replied: "I want to go to the casualty department, household registration office, transportation department, etc."

"It's difficult to climb up in a place like this." Qin Yu was stunned for a moment and said, "You are still young. If you go to the authority department, you will definitely have room in the future."

"I'm not that ambitious, and I don't have the background to climb up the ladder." Lin Chengdong replied with a smile on his face, but numb in his heart: "My life is pretty good now. I don't have to worry about food and clothing, and I have a stable job." Work...that’s quite satisfying.”

Everyone has different opportunities and personalities. Qin Yu couldn't force him to do anything, so he just smiled and said, "Yes, enjoying life well is also a kind of life."

"Xiao Lin, drink tea and eat some fruit." Zhan Nan's aunt greeted Lin Chengdong.

In fact, when Qin Yu and Lin Chengdong were chatting, Aunt Zhan Nan kept looking at the latter and laughing, not knowing what the purpose was. Lin Chengdong felt it himself, and even became a little uncomfortable.

"Thank you." Lin Chengdong took the tea, glanced at Qin Yu, and pretended to continue chatting with him.

"Xiao Lin, you...have you forgotten me?" Aunt Zhan Nan suddenly asked with a smile.

"Have we met?" Lin Chengdong asked in surprise.

"About October of the year before last, you were driving on patrol on the highway outside the district..." Aunt Zhan Nan reminded.

Lin Chengdong was stunned for a long time: "Ah, ah, I remembered. Oh, it's you!"

"Yes, that's me." Aunt Zhan Nan covered her mouth and smiled: "Thanks to you that day, otherwise I might have frozen to death outside the area."

"Haha, it's okay, I just happened to meet him." Lin Chengdong smiled and said, "Hey, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet him again here."

"This shows that we are destined!" Aunt Zhan Nan sat next to Lin Chengdong with her legs crossed, smiling like a flower.

"...Well, it's quite a coincidence." Lin Chengdong nodded.

"Bang!"

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and a young man in a suit shouted outside: "Mr. Xu, someone is looking for you outside."

"Okay, I'll go right away." Aunt Zhan Nan stood up, took out her cell phone and said to Lin Chengdong: "Leave your contact information and I'll invite you to dinner another day."

"...Okay...Okay." Lin Chengdong was startled again, lowered his head, took out his mobile phone, and left his contact information with the other party.

"I'll make an appointment with you another day!" Aunt Zhan Nan waved her hand at Lin Chengdong, then looked back at Qin Yu and said perfunctorily: "Come and play when you have time."

"...Okay, aunt." Qin Yu smiled and nodded.

"I hate it, I told you not to call me aunt, call me old." Aunt Zhan Nan cursed, turned around and left the room.

Qin Yu turned to look at Lin Chengdong: "...Gu Yan just said that Aunt Zhan Nan is pretty good."

Lin Chengdong was stunned for a moment: "Go away, what are you thinking about all day long?!"

"What did I say? It feels like I stepped on your tail!" Qin Yu intervened, smiled, and asked with interest: "How did you and Aunt Zhan Nan know each other?"

"The year before last, I was out in the district on errands. It snowed heavily that day. On the way back, I saw a car broken down on the road. Then I went over and asked about it." Lin Chengdong narrated in a very concise manner: "At that time, she was alone and her mobile phone was still there. The battery was out, and I was afraid that she would be in danger, so I helped her repair the car and refill the oil..."

"Then what?"

"When we get to the area, we'll go our separate ways. What's next?"

"Fuck, it's boring."

"Look, what you and Gu Yan learned is so dirty." Lin Chengdong pointed at Qin Yu and cursed.

The two looked at each other and smiled, continuing to drink.

…

In the evening, before twelve o'clock, everyone left the Bishui Lanting Hotel, and then Qin Yu, Lin Chengdong, and Gu Yan drove back to the college together.

After arriving at the college parking lot, when Qin Yu got out of the car and was about to lock the door, he suddenly found that the things Jin Yuting bought for herself today were left on the back seat of the car: "How can this be so lost?"

"You know nothing," Gu Yan curled his lips and cursed, "This is a chance to meet again!"

Qin Yu shook his head when he heard this: "Sure enough, I am still too good."

The ancient giant crocodile blinked and said logically: "Hey, since Jin Yuting is interested in you, why don't you tell her directly and let her try with me?"

After Lin Chengdong was stunned for a long time, he put his hands behind his back and sighed: "Genius!"

"Get out!" Qin Yu cursed, climbed over the wall from the small door and entered the courtyard.

At night, there were dark clouds and light snow falling. After the three of them opened the door and entered the courtyard, the cold wind howled and there seemed to be a phantom in the distance...

Gu Yan wrapped his clothes and walked forward. Suddenly he said in a fairy-like manner: "The wind is a bit cloudy tonight!"

The most common thing Qin Yu saw in the area to be planned were dead people. The place where he once lived was not far from the cemetery, so he was not afraid of this at all and just strode forward.

"Really, the wind is a bit cloudy today." Gu Yan shrank his neck and quickened his pace: "Don't look back, hurry up and go back to the dormitory!"

"Are you sick?!" Lin Chengdong said with great resistance: "Don't joke about this in the middle of the night, it's his fault for being infiltrative."

Gu Yan ignored him and only quickened his pace, trotting all the way into the dormitory building first.

…

There was no words to say that night.

At eight o'clock the next morning, when Qin Yu was getting ready for class, Zhu Yulin suddenly burst into the dormitory: "What the fuck, there's big news. Someone in our college died."

Gu Yan suddenly sat up from the bed and almost blurted out: "Who is it?!"

"Lu Dang is dead!" Zhu Yulin replied standing next to the bed.