In the photo taken with the mobile phone, he was the only one, an empty person, sitting on the bench outside Mak Kee.
All friends are just illusions.
"ah……!"
Lei Yue suddenly woke up from his nightmare and took a deep breath, feeling almost suffocated.
Dream? Just now, it was a dream, it was a dream!
He immediately opened his eyes, breaking free from the darkness, and brilliant neon light penetrated his eyeballs.
Instead of the familiar shabby bedroom, I saw Mai Ji with simple decoration. He was lying on a dining table next to the street window, waking up from a nightmare, covered in cold sweat.
He turned his eyes hurriedly. The clock on the wall showed that it was past three o'clock in the morning. The door was silent, and there was no policeman called by Chu Yundong to suddenly break in...
The clerk on duty behind the counter, wearing an M-shaped hat, was also taking a nap, and the people who stayed in the store overnight, whether young or old, were all fast asleep.
In a corner quite far away, Ayasha was sleeping against the wall, with several skateboards lying beside her, blending into the shadows like ghosts.
Lei Yue let out a long sigh, that was just a dream...
He turned to look at the street scene outside, only to see a tall, bloody, weird man standing there on the opposite side of the street. The neon light could not illuminate the shadows all over his body.
"If I live like this, sooner or later I will go crazy."
Lei Yue laughed at himself and looked away, feeling very confused.
The crows you want to see can't be seen, but the weirdos you don't want to see are always there.
He turned away and no longer leaned on the table, but leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes again to sleep, but it was difficult to fall asleep for a long time.
Not only because of the incident with the shadows in the dark alley, but also because this was the first time he spent the night in Mak Kee, and even the first time he spent the night outside alone in many years. In the past, his mother-in-law would always take care of him...
"Before coming to the film and television city, I wasn't completely sure that I would stay overnight here. I brought enough clothes, but I left behind the incense for my mother-in-law and them. What if they are really hungry?"
He thought to himself, "No matter how you want to live, you must be good to your family. At most, you should go home to burn incense every three or four days."
I also wanted to tell them about the fact that I met new friends as a part-time job.
Lei Yue tossed and turned on the dining table, opening his eyes from time to time and catching a glimpse of the colorful-haired girl sleeping in that corner.
…
The strange man never left, and the crow never appeared.
Another three days passed, and Lei Yue was fooling around in the film and television city. Things turned out just as Ayasha had imagined, and no police came to the door.
He asked Sister Hua the day after the incident and learned that production of "Moonlight" was continuing, and that Chu Yundong still appeared on the set wearing black-rimmed glasses to direct.
It's just that Director Chu was said to be in a bad mood and looked depressed all day long. Sister Hua was scolded several times at first, and finally kicked out of the group leader job in "Moonlight".
"It's inexplicable! Chu Yundong is really getting more and more inflated." Sister Hua scolded him.
Probably so. Lei Yue thought, Director Chu's back must be very swollen these days.
From that night on, Lei Yue stayed at that Mai Kee store. During the day, he went out to work, and at night he went to Mai Kee for food, laundry, and accommodation.
This week, he has been hanging out in the studios on Modern Street, and has been scolded and kicked out very rarely.
It's not that he doesn't act seriously, it's just that he almost always acts in his true self, a "dead corpse".
I put on my costume, held an old prop rifle, and then went to the shooting area of the studio. That was a day.
To die is to lie there motionless. Even if the weather is hot and the ground is so hot that you can cook a barbecue, you cannot move. The performance cannot end unless the director shouts stop.
It was quite hard, but fortunately Sister Hua was very straightforward in settling the bills every day, and sometimes she would add money to him. His current total net worth has risen to 2,610 yuan.
I can save so much money, I really want to thank Mak Kee and that new friend...
Lei Yue thought it was good to remember it in Mai, but the bad thing was that there were not many opportunities to practice shooting, and he couldn't even take it out.
Now, he has the pistol on his waist in a small black belt, looking like a capable worker like Sister Hua, but he can also take out the gun at any time.
This morning, Lei Yue and Sister Hua asked for leave because they had to go home, wash and change clothes, and most importantly, burn incense for their mother-in-law and parents.
He could have gone back in the evening and spent the night at home, but now he would rather stay at Mak Kee...
Early in the morning, the sky was already gloomy.
"Chuanchuanxiang, fifty cents a piece!" "Homemade sugar cane water!"
Lei Yue got off the bus and walked in the noisy and crowded Fu Rong Market, his steps staggering.
Because I don't take medicine, the condition of "living dead disease" is getting worse every day...
When he woke up this morning, he felt that his neck, which had been festering for many days, was spewing blood from time to time. The breath of death was so close, so he wore a turtleneck and tightened his neck to make it more comfortable.
In order not to attract attention in the village, he also covered his bad face tightly, although now he no longer covers it except when he is acting in the film and television city.
"There seem to be more people in the market..."
At this time, Lei Yue was squeezing and walking in the crowd, almost unable to squeeze through every step he took, and every hawker stall was full of customers.
Some are familiar faces from the villagers, and many are strangers whom they have never seen before.
Suddenly, he stopped and saw an acquaintance in front of him, eating a bunch of fish balls next to a Chuan Chuan Xiang stall.
He was a boy with short hair, a short and chubby figure, an ordinary round face with many acne marks, and a slightly protruding mouth that exposed the wire braces on his teeth when he opened it.
Huang Ziqiang.
Lei Yue and Huang Ziqiang were not in the same class in elementary school and junior high school, and they hardly played together when they were young. Their friendship was established by being classmates in high school for three years. The friendship...
Huang Ziqiang was also present at the China World Trade Center gathering that day, and he wanted to call him to go, but was scolded by everyone and stopped mentioning it.
"..." Lei Yue took a deep breath, suppressed the feeling of illness in his body, mustered up his new mentality recently, and strode over, "Xiao Qiang!"
"?" Before Huang Ziqiang could react, someone grabbed him from behind and shook him hard. When he turned around and saw it was Lei Yue, he was even more stunned, "Ah Yue..."
"I haven't seen you for a few days." Lei Yue greeted with a smile.
He saw that the other party was suddenly a little nervous and a little guilty.
Also, Xiaoqiang hasn’t called or sent a single message to him recently.
"Uh, no." Huang Ziqiang said reluctantly, "I went out to travel for a few days and then came back..."
"I saw your circle of friends, we are going on a group graduation trip." Lei Yue said directly that some people at the party that day went to the beach, stayed in B&Bs, and went surfing.
I didn’t see whether Yang Yinuo went there, maybe, it has nothing to do with you.
"Yes, I don't know if you're finished or not, so I didn't call you..." Huang Ziqiang swallowed a mouthful of fish eggs with a smile, "No one dared to disturb you."
Lie, lie. Lei Yue looked at his old friend, Xiaoqiang was not like this before.
But people change, he will change, and so will Xiaoqiang.
"You kid." Lei Yue shook his head and laughed, rubbed Huang Ziqiang's head vigorously, and said like a black sheep: "I'm done, my mother-in-law is gone, don't mention it, remember to call her next time you go to play.
I ha."
He saw Huang Ziqiang's stupid expression, and obviously didn't know how to answer the question. After a while, he said weakly: "Okay, but I am not the person in the organization. Maybe I can't make the decision."
After Lei Yue heard this, not only did he not feel chilled, but his heart felt warm.
Xiaoqiang, how nice it would be to just tell me straight like this...
I don't blame you for not calling me, I know there are a lot of difficulties when a draw has to be played with a bunch of positive choices.
I am... Lei Yue sighed in his heart, he didn't like Xiaoqiang not saying anything and not treating him as... a friend.
"We'll talk about it then, and I may not be free." He said, holding Huang Ziqiang in his arms and walking forward, and proactively changed the topic: "The village has been in a mess lately."
"Yes." Huang Ziqiang nodded repeatedly, "I heard from my mother that there are fights almost every day in the market..."
Lei Yue hummed. He paid attention to the information of the villagers every day. Recently, the village has become more and more chaotic, crowded and troubled.
The village committee was unable to control the situation, which also meant that the police seemed unable to fully grasp the development of the situation.
That strange garbage dump murder happened nearly half a month ago.
【Why Fulong Village?】
The words written by the shotgun man flashed in his mind again.
At this time, they saw a group of people surrounding the road ahead, making it even more crowded and noisy.
"What's wrong?" Lei Yue was suspicious, but in the blink of an eye he saw a dark phantom running quickly through the crowd, and he was even more shocked: That friend!
The crow I haven’t seen for a few days seems to be right in front of me!
"I'll go take a look." Lei Yue quickly let go of Huang Ziqiang's shoulders and walked forward, looking for the phantom crow among the crowds of figures.
Soon, he heard clearly some aunts and uncles saying with dissatisfaction and confusion:
"Who put it on? I've never seen it before!"
"Yes, how did it get painted on the road that so many people walked on, so fast..."
"Will this thing ruin Feng Shui? Find someone to clean it up quickly."
Where is that friend? Lei Yue squeezed forward from the crowd, because he was tall and could see beyond the figures of the aunts and uncles.
He didn't see the crow, but he saw a large piece of colorful street graffiti on a cement road ahead.
They were all portraits of men, some in cartoon style, some in punk style, portraits of various styles were crowded together, distorted and grotesque.
However, all the portraits seem to be of the same person, just with different poses, angles and graffiti styles.
"..." Lei Yue's eyes gradually opened wide, and the more he looked at it, the more his heart beat rapidly. Was Crow trying to bring him over to see this graffiti?
He knew who the man was, because in one of the pictures, the man was dressed in black clothes and a black hat, holding a shotgun in his right hand, half covering his face. The lines of his facial features were strong and tough, and the edges of the shotgun were fierce and fierce.
This portrait was painted on a black-edged playing card with graffiti.
There are no points on the card, but there are two lines of text below the portrait:
【Shotgun Man】
【SHOTGUN MAN】
Lei Yue was looking at the graffiti of the Shotgunman card on the road in front of him, and he felt an indescribable emotion...
Suddenly, a sharp shadow flew towards him and landed on his shoulder almost like a cannonball.
"Hey..." Lei Yue almost fell down, and the pistol in his pocket shook.
He turned around and saw that it was indeed a crow that he had not seen for a few days. It was standing on his shoulders, and its huge claws scratched his flesh painfully.
Facing its cold black eyes, Lei Yue suddenly felt a little chilly in his bones. This feeling was something he had experienced at the garbage dump that night.
He couldn't help but follow its gaze to the distance, and his brows immediately furrowed. A large number of people were coming over there like a tidal wave.
Those people were all strong and strong, with solemn expressions. Wherever they went, they pushed aside passers-by who blocked their way.
Among them was a large man, wearing a military green vest and khaki pants, with a round and flat face and muscles all over his body.
The big man walked towards the crowd of onlookers, his eyes seemed to be directed towards him, and shouted to several people from the village committee:
"Evacuate the villagers immediately and guard the intersection to see if there are any strange and suspicious people. This market will be closed for a long time!"