Chapter 116 There is no sun in my sky (extra chapter for the leader Tutu XY)

"In a day, the sun rises and sets. Life is the same, with day and night, but unlike the real sun, it does not rise and set at regular times. Some people live their entire lives under the sun, while others have to live in the dark night. What people fear is that the sun, which has always existed, will set and never rise again, and that the light that originally shone on them will disappear.

I have never lived under the sun.

There is no sun in my sky, it is always dark. But it is not dark, because there is something to replace the sun. Although it is not as bright as the sun, it is enough for me. With this light, I can treat the night as day. "

This passage is from Keigo Higashino's "White Night Walk".

That's what Yukiho Nishino said.

In this long night, when Zhang Yunqi saw this girl shedding layer by layer of the halo wrapped around her surface like an onion, revealing her true face, he couldn't help but think of this sentence. Yes, Nishimoto Yukiho lives in a dark night without the sun, but she had the wise and evil Ryoji Kirihara when she was in the fifth grade of elementary school. What about their first meeting?
How did Chu Jian survive in such a poor, dirty and violent family environment over the past decade? How did he maintain his inner authenticity and kindness?

Zhang Yunqi didn't know and didn't want to ask. Girls have a lot of worries on their minds. There's no need to delve into those unhappy, difficult, painful, unbearable and desperate things. Just be more open-minded and find ways to solve them. Maybe it's because he is mentally old. He has experienced too much and feels that holding his urine will not kill him. No matter how big the obstacle is, it is only temporary. Once you get through it, it will be no big deal.

So, being happy right now is the most important thing.

So, Zhang Yunqi and Chu Jian were listening to the birthday song, and seeing tears falling down Chu Jian's white and transparent face under the sad moonlight, he smiled and asked: "On such an important day, are you still sad, Chu Jian?"

"No more, Yunqi."

"You are so pretty, can you smile?"

She smiled when she first saw him. After a moment, she whispered to Zhang Yunqi: "Thank you, Yunqi."

Zhang Yunqi reached out and wiped away the tears on her little face, looked into her eyes and said with a smile: "What are you thanking me for, silly girl, happy sixteenth birthday."

When she first met him, she smiled gently and buried her head in his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat and smelling his faint scent. Under the faint moonlight, his little face was as beautiful as snow.

Since she was old enough to understand, this was the first time someone had celebrated her birthday. Children from poor families could not afford to be particular, not to mention others, even she herself did not remember that today was her 16th birthday. Perhaps it was because she had never celebrated a birthday before that she never realized what a big deal it was to celebrate one.

It was not until this moment that Chu Jian realized how happy it was to have someone by your side to celebrate your birthday together. Chu Jian also knew that he would never forget today, this moment, and the sixteenth birthday that this mature and determined boy held him in his arms.

Time was quiet, the moonlight was clear, and the stars were shining on the green grass. Zhang Yunqi hugged the slender and soft girl and smelled a faint fragrance of the girl. His heart was clear. He didn't know how long it took before he smiled and said, "It's so late. Can I take you home?"

Chu Jian nodded and hummed softly.

The two of them walked back along the same route. The road was not far and they arrived at Chu Jian's house in a few minutes.

Zhang Yunqi jumped on his bicycle, waved to Chu Jian and said, "Go to bed early, you have classes tomorrow."

Chu Jian nodded: "Okay, Yunqi, it's so late, be careful on the road." Zhang Yunqi said with a smile, and then under Chu Jian's gaze, he pedaled away into the night.

He came to the exit of the Hongshan Lane slum, parked his car at the intersection, walked to a public telephone booth nearby, picked up the phone and asked the operator to send a message to Wang Guibing's pager. But then he thought, it was two o'clock in the morning, very late at night, and most people should be asleep, so he called the convenience store near Wang Guibing's home.

The phone rang for a long time before the other party answered it and asked in a daze, "Who is it?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "Zhang Yunqi, brother Zhang Qiulan, the one who often calls your convenience store, I'm looking for Wang Guibing who lives in the cannery employee area. Can you please go and call him?"

When the convenience store owner heard that it was Zhang Yunqi, he was not impatient. When Zhang Qiulan first took over the Tetris handheld game console, she had to use the convenience store's phone to check accounts with Zhang Yunqi every day. She didn't know how much money she made from the phone bills every month. In addition, Wang Guibing also used his phone to contact Zhang Yunqi, so he yawned and said, "Wait a minute, I'll go call him. If he's not here, I won't call him back."

Zhang Yunqi said thank you.

This is how it is in this era. Without a mobile phone, it is really inconvenient to find someone because you have to go around in circles.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunqi waited in the phone booth for more than ten minutes before the phone rang. He immediately picked up the receiver and asked, "Is that Wang Guibing?"

Wang Guibing's voice rang out from the other end: "Yes, Brother Yun, what do you want to talk to me about so late at night?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "I am now at the entrance of Hongshan Lane in South City. Bring two people over immediately. Hurry up. I have a small matter to deal with."

Wang Guibing immediately understood what Zhang Yunqi was talking about. Normally, Zhang Yunqi would not call him. This was the first time he called him so late at night.

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yunqi raised his hand to check the time. It was almost three o'clock in the morning. The moonlight was bright, the weather was cold, and the street was deserted. He wrapped his clothes around himself, turned around and walked to the intersection, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

After finishing three cigarettes, a speeding motorcycle suddenly came on the quiet and deserted road, circled around for a while, and then stopped in front of Zhang Yun.

"Brother Yun." Wang Guibing shouted, then jumped out of the car with two young men. Zhang Yunqi had met these two young men at Wang Guibing's home during the Chinese New Year this year. They looked to be in their early twenties, with very long hair. The expressions on their faces showed that they were playboys.

After getting off the car, Wang Guibing patted the two young men on the shoulders and introduced them to Zhang Yunqi: "Ma Shi, Xiao Wu, these two are my good brothers, we have been playing together since childhood. This is Zhang Yunqi, Brother Yun, you can call him Brother Yun."

"Hello, Brother Yun."

The two young men were very respectful in front of Zhang Yunqi, perhaps because they knew something from Wang Guibing, but Zhang Yunqi felt uncomfortable being called Brother Yun all the time by several people older than him. He was not used to this kind of behavior from young people in society, but he also knew that sometimes this also represented the status of both parties and the closeness of their relationship.

Zhang Yunqi stood up and said, "Let's go and find someone for me."

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　There is more to come. I will work hard tonight and try to write two chapters for everyone. Thank you to the alliance leader T Tuotu XY for your support along the way. Thank you to the alliance leader Zuixiang Yanyun for the reward this morning. Your additional chapters will be in the next few days.

　　
　
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