The darkness of night covers the earth, the lights are turned on and people are still busy.
FIRE bar, fire.
A bar named Huo may not be popular. There were only a few people in it. Li Ye was sitting alone in a corner, dressed in black, like a wounded beast.
He called me over, but I didn't sit down because I didn't plan to stay here long.
"Li Ye, can you give it back to me now? I'm here, what else do you want?" Thinking that he had snatched my book away, I was sure that I wouldn't give him a good look.
"Can you drink? Sit with me for a while." Li Ye didn't care about what I said. He pointed at the sofa and asked me to sit down.
The lighting in the bar was dim. I had never been to such places before, so I felt a little uncomfortable and fumbled my way to sit down.
"Can you play finger-guessing?"
"No!" I answered briefly and bluntly. I don't know what happened to Li Ye today. There is something in his eyes that I can't understand. Although I am not a good student in the eyes of teachers at school, I don't have some bad habits in society, so I don't know some of the things in the bar.
"What about rock-paper-scissors?" Li Ye asked me with his head tilted, holding a glass of wine.
I can’t say I don’t know this anymore, after all, this is something a three-year-old child can do.
Li Ye ordered two bottles of draft beer, one for each of us. I suspected that he wanted to get me drunk and then play some tricks that I didn't know about.
Rock, scissors, paper, rock, scissors, paper...
Two people were playing childish games in the bar, and they became more and more excited.
Maybe the goddess of luck was on my side today, and I won in the end, but I was also drunk as it was my first time drinking.
"Li Ye, take me home!"
"Li Ye, give me back my book!"
"Li Ye, we have class tomorrow."
One afternoon after I woke up, Li Ye said that I just called his name a few times that day and kept calling it all the way back.
And I have no impression of that at all.
Li Ye carried me on his back, swaying on his strong back. I felt seasick and finally couldn't hold it in. I vomited all over.
I laughed at Li Ye. Who asked you to ask me to drink with you? You deserve it!
Li Ye did not send me back to my home , but carried me to his home on his back because he did not know where my home was.
As a girl, no one likes to be seen sleeping by someone they don't know well. I rolled over and over in the bed, doing all kinds of different things, and finally fell off the bed with the quilt. I was sleeping soundly and didn't know that Li Ye took a picture of me.
The consequence of a hangover is a headache when you wake up early. When I open my eyes, I see a strange place in front of me. It seems that this is not my own bedroom. I knock my head with my hands and try hard to recall what happened yesterday, but my memory is intermittent and I can't connect the dots.
"Stop knocking. You're not smart to begin with, and you'll be even dumber if you keep knocking!" The door suddenly opened and Li Ye walked in.
I remember now, it was this guy who took my book yesterday, and I had a drinking contest with him to win the book.
"Li Ye, where is my book?" I reached out to him for the book.
"You bookworm! If you don't get up, you'll be late." But he didn't give it to me, but handed me a bowl of porridge.
I have to say that Li Ye’s breakfast was really good. Maybe it was because I vomited too much last night. Some pickles with millet porridge and a fried egg were nutritious and appetizing. I actually drank three bowls in a row.
"Li Ye, are you alone at home?" I asked him after dinner. After a night, I didn't see anyone else in his home.
"Yeah. My mother died when I was very young, and my father doesn't live with me. He only comes over occasionally." He spoke out this somewhat heavy topic as if it was nothing.
I felt that I was a little abrupt, and I kept saying to myself - I'm sorry, Li Ye, I didn't mean to expose your pain. It turns out that we are the same kind of people. I thought of "Dark Night Raccoon", who is similar to me.
My head still hurts, and I rub my temples with both hands. Li Ye urges me to walk faster from behind. I point the finger at him as the source of my hangover.
The two walked towards the school laughing and joking.
If I look back at this moment, even for a moment, I will find that someone is following me.
The distance is neither far nor close.