Wooden ear 4

  Mugwort ear 4

  I walked into the "Forget It" bar on the third day of Chinese New Year.

  "It's okay" is near the technical school, every weekend it's always crowded with all sorts of weird and wonderful boys, they dye their hair in various colors, in winter they wear sleeveless shirts to play table tennis, loudly speaking foul language. The female owner of the noodle shop told me that I would definitely be able to find a boyfriend here.

  When I arrived, Barla was loudly telling jokes to someone. She saw me and pulled me outside. The snow had stopped outside and the sunlight was dazzling. Barla covered her forehead with her hand and said to me: "Speak up, little ear, what's going on?"

  "Xu Yi," I said, "I heard he didn't do very well on the exam."

  "Really?" Bala was unmoved.

  "Why don't you help him?"

  "Why don't you?" said Barla.

  I bit my lips tightly and said, "I can't."

  "If you love him, tell him." He took out a cigarette, lit it up and looked at me.

  "I'm asking you," I said.

  He viciously crushed the cigarette butt and stepped on it: "Zhang Yang will kill me. But he's going to his grandmother's house in Shanghai for New Year's these two days, so you go instead of me to ask Xu Yi out. Make it seem like we ran into each other by chance, that way I'll be less troubled."

  I actually called a boy's phone.

  He asked me: "Who?"

  I leaned against a public phone booth and said in a trembling voice: "Can you come to the 'Whatever' bar?"

  "Who are you?"

  "I wrote you a letter," I said. "I've been waiting for you at 'Let's Go', waiting for an hour."

  I finished speaking and slammed down the phone. I believe he will come, people with curiosity will definitely come.

  I walked out of the phone booth and returned to "whatever", heard Ba La standing on that narrow wooden stage singing Wang Fei's song, she was singing "Eyes On Me".

  I am your Chanel, you are my model

  Before the song was finished, I saw Xu Yi. He seemed to have run here, with sweat on his forehead. He stared at Ba La on stage, his eyes never leaving her. He looked so haggard, and my heart ached for him.

  "Hey hey hey!" The singing stopped abruptly, and she jumped down from the stage, jumping all the way to my face, shouting in a high-pitched voice: "Little Ears, your handsome guy is here!"

  After finishing speaking, Ba La blew a loud whistle towards Xu Ge.

  My face turned bright red again and again.

  Xu Yi walked to the front of us and sat down opposite me. He cleared his throat, and in a low voice asked, "I just want to know, about Zhang Yang's matter, is it true or not?"

  "Really." Ba La said resolutely and affirmatively.

  "Why!" Xu Yi shouted loudly, and everyone in the bar heard it. Some boys gathered around.

  "Why!" Xu Yi continued to shout loudly, grabbing Bala's collar and shaking her violently: "I'm telling you, I won't let you off, I won't let you off!"

  Barla was definitely dizzy, but her face didn't show any expression at all.

  Xu Yi was quickly pulled away, and before I could understand the situation, he had already been beaten to the ground by them, pinned down, with countless fists falling on his body.

  I can't hear anything.

  I screamed: "No, no! Don't!!" I rushed over, but Bala couldn't catch me. I frantically plunged into the midst of that group of people, wanting to use my body to protect Xu Ye. A beer bottle accurately smashed onto my head.

  Blood, red blood.

  I can no longer hear, any sound. Jump to! ~!

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