Ephemeral

Chapter 1 "Wanton"

　　To Minggang Town, it was already five in the afternoon.

　　The house is left behind by Qiao Siyue's grandfather, floor-to-ceiling flat, the yard is not too big and not too small, planted a lot of greenery, vines intertwined on the trellis, stars of red lantern flowers hanging down.

　　There is very little furniture in the house, the main hall set a double sofa, broken skin east and west, revealing the old yellow sponge inside. In the left corner of the wall are stacked folding wooden tables and a few blue plastic stools, light-colored floor tiles embedded in a layer of dirt.

　　Qiao Siyue had just put her schoolbag on the sofa when Grandma Fang Huizhen's voice came from the kitchen, "Someone go to the kiosk and buy a bottle of Kang Le vinegar and come back."

　　Su Rong stops her hand movements and raises her eyes to look at Qiao Si Yue, "The coins are in my handbag, in the side pocket, look for them yourself."She paused for a moment, looked in the direction of the kitchen, and lowered her voice, "Forget it, go to my wallet and draw a twenty dollar bill."

　　Qiao Si Yue found her wallet, rolled up the thin layer of paper in her palm, reacted in the middle of the day, her voice slightly hesitant: "Do you need to buy anything else?"

　　"There's nothing to drink at home, it's hot today, go buy some iced drinks back yourself."

　　Just after crossing the threshold, another voice came from behind her, "Don't forget to bring it to your brother."

　　Qiao Siyue softly oh sound, also don't care whether Su Rong heard it or not, head without looking back to go forward.

　　The last time I came to Minggang was two years ago, the layout of the streets and alleys have not changed much in the past two years, the roads are still as narrow as ever, the battery cars are parked haphazardly on both sides, and the poles are plastered with small advertisements for infertility and tutoring.

　　Qiao Siyue circled around, or did not find the place Fang Huizhen said, not paying attention to turn out of the alley, the tide of the sea breeze to the face, along the ramp all the way up, finally at the end of the road to see a kiosk.

　　The room was a bit dark, with a fan on, the June heat was isolated, wet and cold. An incandescent chandelier overhead swayed in the wind, dangling a small shovelful of dismal light.

　　The chaise lounge lay flat, with a man lying on it, his pants legs shrunk up a notch, his ankles thin and scrawny on his black boardshorts.

　　Qiao Si Yue retracted his gaze, took two bottles of Fanta and two bottles of Tsingtao beer from the freezer, Su Rong does not like to drink these, so I did not give her. After looking around the shelves and not finding Kang Le vinegar, she circled back to the counter.

　　The soda bottle collided with the glass countertop, making a not-so-light commotion, and the person in the recliner still didn't wake up.

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