Just as Qian Erbai woke up from his daze, he was punched in the face. Before he had time to think about it, his body acted instinctively. When he finally realized that something was wrong, the battle was over - a group of people were lying on the ground in disorder , The wailing sounded into one piece.

—At least the man is still alive. This thought flashed across Qian Erbai's mind.

The siren sounded, and it was unknown who called the police.

The few people who could still stand looked at each other, turned around and fled without talking. The people lying on the ground were also struggling to get up, but they may have been seriously injured, and until the police showed up and took over the scene, no one managed to stand up.

"Don't move! Put your head in your hands!!"

"Turn around! Squat down!! Behind your hands!!!"

A policeman shouted at Qian Erbai.

Qian Erbai obeyed obediently, he didn't want to cause trouble - although it might be too late to say this now.

A pair of silver bracelets were clasped around his wrists, and Qian Erbai was pulled up by the police, "One hit ten, you are very good." The voice came from the top of the head, with no ups and downs, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a compliment or a mockery. Qian Erbai turned his head, and found that his sight was only on the opponent's chest! He lowered his head and looked at the clothes he was wearing - a gray T-shirt that was rolled into gray, the collar was torn loose in the beating, obviously ill-fitting gray-blue sweatpants, the trousers were hanging up, exposing an ankle, the ankle The shoes on him looked fine, but there was a hole in the sole... He frowned more and more, and couldn't help asking three soul questions—

Who am I? where am I? what am i doing

police station.

"Okay, kid, we've seen each other three times in less than a month, do you like our place so much?"

Li Dui looked at Qian Erbai with a half-smile, and the helplessness of hating iron but not steel was hidden in his voice.

Qian Erbai remembered who he was, and also recognized that the dark-faced man in front of him was his old acquaintance——Li Yunqi, director of the Qingshi County Public Security Bureau Police Station, known as Li Suo. However, he is not only familiar with Li Suo because of the "great achievements" of entering the palace three times a month - they used to be neighbors until Li Suo moved three months ago.

"Uncle Li..." Qian Erbai felt guilty. He had just come to drink tea two days ago, and when he returned home, he promised that he would be more peaceful in the future, at least he shouldn't cause trouble again so soon.

However, he thought about the process carefully and found that this time was indeed an accident.

Obviously, Uncle Li also knew Qian Erbai, he put his hands on the table, and asked as if he was about to have a long talk: "What's the matter, Ah Bai, you are not a troublemaker."

A policeman walked away He came in and gave Qian Erbai a bag of biscuits and a glass of milk. Qian Erbai looked up, it was the little brother who caught him in, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, serious expression, a familiar face. He said thanks. The little brother didn't reply, he nodded at Li Suo and opened the door again to go out.

Qian Erbai took a sip of milk, then tore open the packaging bag of biscuits, sighed solemnly, and said, "It's a long story."

This is indeed a story that cannot be explained in one word, but it depends on where it starts.

Qian Erbai was an orphan, his biological father was unknown, and his biological mother died early. Fortunately, the neighbors took care of him so that he did not die early. At the age of five, he met his current adoptive father - a wandering old man who called himself "Yiqiong", It also has its own name. Although he always felt that "poor and white" had a bad meaning, he was grateful to Master for giving him a home from the bottom of his heart.

A Qiong Taoist made a living by telling people's fortunes. Sometimes he made money, sometimes he didn't. The old and the young just got hungry and full. Occasionally, they had the cheek to go to the neighbor's house for a meal, and they lived together for more than ten years.

The house where the old Taoist lived can be said to be the only valuable thing the father and grandson have. The house is relatively old, small and dilapidated. It was left by the old Taoist father and must have a history of seven or eighty years. This means that, from time to time, things can go wrong with the house.

Two months ago, the roof was broken, and it was raining heavily again. Qian Erbai was almost washed away by the water in his sleep. Seeing the two drenched, the old Taoist finally made up his mind to repair it himself.

The houses in this area are actually very old, and the location is relatively remote. Those who have conditions have moved out one after another. Most of the people who still live here are nostalgic old people, or Hakka families with little money, orphans and widows. I couldn't help, I could only watch helplessly as Taoist Yiqiong stepped on the ground and rolled down from the roof.

Fortunately, they called an ambulance in time. Taoist Yiqiong was not life-threatening, but he was old and had osteoporosis. He broke his calf and two ribs, and was frightened again. The doctor suggested that he should be hospitalized for rest.

The old Taoist priest was unwilling at first, the cost of hospitalization was not a small amount, but Qian Erbai was frightened, and he refused to agree with the old Taoist priest to leave the hospital. The two were at a stalemate, and in the end Uncle Li came forward to pay the deposit in advance, and Taoist Yiqiong obediently accepted the treatment. Because of this, Qian Erbai met his old neighbor again.

Strictly speaking, this should be the second time they met after the Li family moved out.

The first reunion was also a scene of a group fight, but Qian Erbai at that time was much weaker than he is now. From some signs, it can be seen that the boy is fighting seriously, but the ending of the battle can still be described as tragic. to describe.

That day Qian Erbai was brought into the police station for the first time, when Uncle Li recognized him through the colorfully beaten face, the shock and disbelief in his eyes is still unforgettable to him. It may also be because of the teenager's sensitive self-esteem. Qian Erbai insisted that he was involved in the fight, not the victim of the beating, so he successfully exchanged the "VIP" treatment for two days in a single room and one lecture.

Although Uncle Li didn't know why Qian Erbai fought, but the other people involved in the fight were punks, he couldn't help worrying about the child's future.

After sending Qian Erbai out of the police station, Li Yunqi told again worriedly: "Abai, don't go the wrong way." The

young man knew that there was something in Li Shu's words, and knew that it was not good to get involved in those things, but his master was still lying in the hospital, and at home There is no rice to cook... People always find ways to make a living.

You can only be careful, no matter how careful, don't take the initiative to cause trouble, don't... don't get caught.

The second palace was caught off guard.

The young man has already stayed away from the neighborhood where the police are watching, and he no longer acts as a thug. He just wants to be a night shift network administrator quietly and earn a meager salary to make ends meet.

The students who skipped classes were caught by their parents. The angry parents directly reported the illegal operation of the Internet cafe. The owner of the Internet cafe jumped over the wall and escaped.

Uncle Li was about to be laughed out of anger, looking across at Qian Erbai who had a sallow face and black eye bags, he didn't know what to say, in the end he just raised his hand and rubbed the boy's head heavily.

"There's no rush to pay back the money. Your master is about to be discharged from the hospital. Go back and clean up." Li Yunqi said this when sending Qian Erbai away from the police station again.

Li Yunqi knew that the young boy didn't want to owe others favors, didn't want to be a burden to anyone, and wanted to support the family by himself, but he was still just a child.

"This child is too benevolent." With such a character, I don't know whether it will be good or bad in the future. Li Yunqi couldn't help but sighed again.

Time goes back to the present, and the root cause of being arrested for the third time, I really can't blame Qian Erbai, or in other words, Qian Erbai before the first punch.

At that time, Qian Erbai had just bought a live chicken, a few potatoes, and two shallots brought by the stall owner at the vegetable market, and was going home to cook chicken soup for the old Taoist to improve his diet and nourish his nutrition. As soon as Zhi came out of the market and hadn't turned the corner, he encountered two groups of people who were ready to fight.

Qian Erbai was planning to sneak past the side, but he didn't expect the old hen in his hand to be unwilling to die, and interjected frantically between the two sides of the house talking to each other—"I advise you not to toast or eat and punish Jiu, go outside and ask around, who doesn't know that my brother on the east street..." "Guck!" ...

...

The scene was a little awkward, and someone's little brother even hid behind and snickered.

The elder brother was very upset, and the elder brother was very angry, so Qian Erbai, who passed by innocently, was dragged into the battlefield as an object of anger. What happened after that can be seen clearly on the surveillance camera on the street corner. But the culprit that caused all this—the hen, took advantage of the chaos and escaped.

"Pfft——"

Qian Erbai looked towards the source of the voice, but only saw a serious face. The little brother nodded reservedly, then opened the door and closed it as if nothing had happened.

Uncle Li was also full of smiles, he coughed dryly twice, turned back to his poker face, stretched out a finger and nodded Qian Erbai in the air, and said, "This time it's considered self-defense, there will be no next time." He put The transcript of the conversation was pushed over, motioned for Qian Erbai to sign, and then talked about other things, "In two days, your school should start, the college entrance examination is about to take place, take it easy, take the entrance examination for a good university, in the future Find a decent job, your master is getting old, and will depend on you in the future."

Qian Erbai didn't speak, but Li Yunqi knew he had listened.

After finishing the necessary procedure, Li Yunqi turned back into the approachable uncle of the neighbor in the past. He handed over the notebook to the policeman outside the door, and then walked out of the conversation room with Qian Erbai in his arms, chatting about homework while walking. Qian Erbai also relaxed, and occasionally responded with a few words, but most of the time he was listening.

As the head of a school, Li Yunqi was busy with his work, so he got a phone call asking him to go to a meeting after talking for a long time.

He frowned, looked at what Qian Erbai wanted to say, Qian Erbai smiled and said: "You don't need to send it off, Uncle Li, I know how to get out, I am already familiar with this place."

Li Yunqi laughed when he heard this, and pretended to be Angry, he patted Qian Erbai on the back of the head lightly, and said: "You are quite proud, I don't want to think about how you know each other well!" Qian Erbai was so patted that he shrank his neck, smiled and pretended to be stupid and dared not speak. Li Yunqi also laughed when he saw this, pushed Qian Erbai and told him to leave quickly, and told him to "study hard and go to Uncle Li's house to play when you have time".

Qian Erbai said "Got it", and advised Uncle Li to hurry up and get busy with his own affairs. But when Qian Erbai turned his head back, he found that Li Yunqi was still standing where he was, staring at him when he turned his head, and waving his hands to push him away, "Get out of here." So Qian Erbai didn't miss it any more, and "rolled away" carelessly.

Li Yunqi had a faint smile on his lips, seeing that Qian Erbai had turned a corner and could no longer see anyone, so he hurried back to the room and brought out a teacup and notebook, then trotted all the way to the meeting.

Qian Erbai went downstairs unhurriedly, and greeted other policemen on the road with a smile, "Brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts" had to be called around, as comfortable as if he was at his own home.

He knows most of the policemen here, and a few who don't know him well. Seeing him coming downstairs, the old team members of the Li Institute were half teasing and half admonishing: "Don't let us see you here again in the future." Qian Erbai nodded obediently, and smiled harmlessly: "Don't dare, don't dare, there will never be a next time."

When he was about to walk out of the police station, someone stopped him, "Wait a minute," Qian Erbai Turning around, a young police officer chased after him, it was the little brother who was born with a face. "Your things." The younger brother handed a big red plastic bag to Qian Erbai. Looking at the outline, it was the potatoes and chives he left at the scene of the group fight, and a blue and white bag that was unfortunately trampled on. School uniform top.

After Qian Erbai took the plastic bag, the little brother turned his head and left, three steps with two long legs, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Qian Erbai originally wanted to exchange some pleasantries, but in the end he only had time to say "thank you". He wondered: Little brother seems to dislike me very much, did I offend him in any way?

After sorting out his memory, Qian Erbai confirmed that it was the first time they met today, and his every move was in line with the image of a law-abiding and good citizen—although the fact that he was lying on the floor was shocking enough He has been a passerby for 30 years, but the monitoring at that time also confirmed that he was indeed forced to defend himself, and he is still a good and innocent person.

Giving up thinking, Qian Erbai shook the school uniform to the ground and put it on his shoulders - it's getting late, cooking now, if you hurry up, you should be able to let the master have dinner before the end of the hospital visiting time.

Qian Erbai's intuition has always been accurate, and he guessed right this time - the new police officer brother did have a prejudice against him. But he wouldn't know if he wanted to break his head. It was because he was too calm when he was arrested, and his movements were smooth and smooth, as if he had practiced many times before, so the little brother gave him a preconception. Labeled "bad boy, never change after repeated admonition".

Qian Erbai, who didn't know his "new persona" yet, was still a carefree young man at this time. He shook the bag in his hand, hummed a song, and walked happily towards home. When he came home, he turned a corner, He even ran into the old hen that "hit and run", and he suddenly became happier, and even felt that he was really lucky today. Three times, five divisions and two took the chicken wings, and the pace of going home was a little lighter.

As a 15-year-old teenager, Qian Erbai certainly needs to attend classes, but it seems that he hasn't been to school for a long time.

Standing at the school gate, looking up at the scattered teaching buildings not far away, Qian Erbai couldn't help frowning—the first teaching, the second teaching, the western teaching, the northern teaching... Which building should I go to?

A scumbag who skipped classes all the year round fell into confusion.

He dug out the notice sent by the head teacher in the group, and read it through again, "At 8:30 am on September 3rd, arrive at class on time, bring all summer homework, representatives of all subjects..." Sure enough, he didn't say where the classroom is, can't he find it? I'm the only one in the classroom?

"Are you going to get in or not? Why are you blocking the door?!" The people behind said dissatisfied.

Qian Erbai turned his head expressionlessly - his face was familiar. Short hair, red hair, school uniform jacket, beggar pants... He quickly searched for the other party's information in his mind.

Before he could find the answer, the other party's expression changed instantly: "Hey! Master Bai, why did your old man come to school? What kind of wind is it blowing today?" His eyes narrowed into two crescents, and he grinned and pulled out his mouth. A stream of contrived Beijing films, nodding and bowing, a standard dog-leg style.

Qian Erbai smiled - Zhou Xing! He remembered.

"Where is the wind? Li Qiaofeng." He threw his schoolbag back and kicked Zhou Xing's ass, "Lead the way ahead!"

Zhou Xing hid symbolically for a while, and then jumped up to hook Qian Erbai's neck laughingly: "It's been too long since you didn't know your way, right? Come on, follow closely, big brother will take you there." "I thought I would It was a surprise to see you again until the graduation ceremony. Brothers miss you. You don't know, you're not here, the grandchildren of Guanyinqian Street No. 13 Middle School are all on the move..."

When Xiaobie reunited, Zhou Xing was very excited, walking and dancing, winking and gnashing his teeth, he was really blind to his beautiful appearance like a small flower, an autumn moon, a jade mountain and a lonely pine tree.

What this guy said, Qian Erbai didn't listen to him at all, he focused on memorizing the route, occasionally glanced over, and felt that this scene seemed familiar, as if countless times before, they also walked together in the stairwell of the teaching building, one chattered endlessly, the other wandered Outside the sky—a warm feeling rose up in my chest, and it seemed that there was still a bit of nostalgia under the careful inspection.

For seven years, from elementary school to junior high school, this guy has always been so noisy. But why... just now, I couldn't remember this guy's name for a moment? Qian Erbai frowned slightly.

Zhou Xing felt that the dignified campus came out of the arena again, not to mention stirring up a bloodbath, at least not quietly, so he decided to come up with a super cool way of appearance, and shocked everyone with a "snap". Then his brother would be the star of the class. Thinking about it, he seemed to have seen his brother's admiring and moving eyes, so he couldn't help but smile proudly.

The person next to him who had been chattering all the time suddenly stopped talking, looking at his expression as if he was in a hallucination, Qian Erbai felt bad: This kid definitely didn't hold his fart well.

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived at the door of the class, Zhou Xing gave him a mysterious smile, then kicked the door open, and shouted: "Ladies and gentlemen, that man, he is finally back! Let us use the warmest applause and screams Welcome, Qian