The subway is traveling through this city with traces, but I am different on the subway. I am like a headless fly. In this strange city, I don’t know where I should go.

Finally, I got off the subway in Gangding, Tianhe District, because I remember that Yang Fan lived near this area.

Yang Fan is my childhood friend. He is not only a neighbor, but also from junior high school to high school. During this period, he worked as a deskmate for two years. Later, after graduating from high school, I chose to go to D-city, which is more than 600 kilometers away from my family. As an art student, he got into the Guangmei whom he dreamed of. However, due to his different majors, he went to work a little earlier than me, and Yangfan also chose to stay in Guangzhou to develop. So, I planned to seek him to join him tonight, but before that, I had to buy a mobile phone first, otherwise everyone would mistakenly think I was missing.

After leaving the subway station, I first found a place to buy a second-hand mobile phone and bought a copycat smartphone worth more than 800 yuan and used it as a makeshift.

I sat on a bench on the side of the road, changed into a new mobile phone card, and called Su Jing as soon as possible.

The phone rings for a while before Su Jing answers the phone, her tone is sleepy: "Hello, who?"

"Su Jing, I am Cheng Ting."

Knowing that it was me, she was much more awake and asked in confusion: “Hmm? Cheng Ting, why did you change your number?”

I said with some discomfort: "Oh! It's not good for me to go out. I was stolen when I got off the high-speed train. This time I bought a second-hand mobile phone on the side of the road and used it first."

"Ah!" Su Jing exclaimed and asked with concern: "Then your wallet is still there?"

"I'm still here, my wallet is too big, so I put it in my backpack, otherwise I wouldn't be able to escape."

"You are there, you must take good care of yourself, do you know?" Su Jing was silent for a while and said to me.

"Yes, I understand, so do you." I said.

"By the way, my phone was stolen. If you hand over your transfer or something on WeChat, remember not to transfer it. I am afraid that the liar would steal my password." I told Su Jing.

"Um."

After Su Jing hung up the phone, I quickly chose a mobile phone package to get traffic, downloaded some commonly used software, and then opened WeChat Alipay to see if my money had been passive. When I clicked in, I was stunned. The balance inside was zero, and I added up to less than 500 yuan, so I had to clear it...

I sighed and had to accept the reality and then replaced all the passwords of all the software just in case.

Fortunately, before coming to Guangzhou, I thought I might use cash, so I took out all the money from my bank card. I was so angry and funny. The guy who stole my phone probably didn't expect to meet someone as poor as me. I was thinking of making a lot of money from the data in a mobile phone, but I was not a rich man.

Lost, I took out a pack of cigarettes from my pocket, lit one, and thought about it. At this time, I could only make up my mind to go on a sail. I then found him in my WeChat address book and made a voice call to him.

"Oh, why did you call me suddenly?" Yang Fan smiled at the other end of the phone and said to me in surprise.

"Where are you? I'm here in Guangzhou, where can you stay for one night?" I said.

"Ah, are you in Guangzhou now?"

"Yes, I just got off the subway and I'll be here on the side of the bridge. Alas, I remember, didn't you live nearby? Just send me a seat and I'll find you."

"Well, Cheng Ting, it's not that I won't take you in. It's really a coincidence that you came here. I happened to go to Shenzhen to find my girlfriend today and I will not come back tomorrow night." Yang Fan said to me embarrassedly.

"Or you can find a hotel nearby to stay in, and wait until I come back tomorrow night, and then I will welcome you." Perhaps feeling sorry for him, he said again.

I sniffed, wiped off the sweat from my forehead, and said, "Oh, it's okay, why do you say this? At worst, I'll kill you hard tomorrow night. Let's do it, I'll find a way myself."

"No problem! You feel wronged for a day first and treat you well tomorrow night."

"OK."

After the call with Yangfan, a cigarette just finished smoking, but this cigarette did not relieve my irritability at the moment. I opened my wallet and looked at it. After buying my phone, I only had a few hundred yuan left. I counted and found that it was 563 yuan in total, plus 50 cents and two cent coins.

I picked up the coins in my wallet and played with them for a while, thinking about how to get through tonight. No, not only tonight, but also the days ahead. After playing for a few minutes, I put the coins back into my wallet, and then posted a message on WeChat Moments, indicating that I had changed my new number and no longer needed the previous phone number.

After doing this, I lit a cigarette for myself, then picked up my luggage and walked aimlessly on the street. After walking for about ten minutes, the weather outside was so hot that I had to find a tea bar nearby and sit down.

"Haitty, what do you want to drink?" A beautiful waiter came over and asked me, then pointed out the menu on the table to me, and continued: "I recommend these fruit teas, which are all freshly squeezed and taste very good. Everyone likes to drink them!"

I just replied "Oh" lightly, don't think I will lose myself in those "beautiful guys" and spend irrationally impulsively.

I wiped the sweat from my head, looked at her, and then said with a thick face: "A cup of boiled water, frozen, by the way, if it's free, I'll add a slice of lemon to me. If the lemon is for money, then forget it."

The beautiful waiter was stunned for a while, looked at me with a embarrassed expression, and said, "Yes, yes, then you can wait a moment." After that, he turned around and left.

"Thanks."

I guess there are not many young people as stingy as me these days, but I can’t do anything about it. After all, this is a special period. I also want to eat and drink like a rich man, but my financial strength does not allow it!

Not long after, the beautiful waiter handed me the glass of lemonade with ice. I said "thank you" again. After she left, she took out her laptop from her backpack. Yes, I am going to start submitting my resume. Finding a job as soon as possible and surviving myself first is the most important thing.

In the busy time, the sunlight on the table slipped away bit by bit, and in the evening, it quietly arrived.

I drank the last sip of water from the cup and looked out the window with sore eyes. It was another dusk, and with it, my hunger came. It was time for me to leave the tea bar and find a place to eat.

During the meal, I took out my phone and opened Meituan and checked the nearby hotels. But after searching for a long time, the lowest price would cost about 100 or about 200 yuan. If I go to stay in a hotel tonight, the amount of money would be very small, but if I can't stay, where should I go?

I walked aimlessly in this city again, like a lost child, thinking: Why did I carry it like this? I was stolen from the car and took away all the hundreds of dollars from my online. The more I thought about it, the more I felt depressed. Although it was not a big fortune when I started a business with Li Sen, I could not be said to be rich and powerful, but at least I don’t have to think about it even if I just had a meal, for fear that I wouldn’t be full the next day.

You said, why am I so poor?

......

I don’t know how long I have been walking, and the streets have already been brightly lit. I leaned against the street lights, holding a cigarette in my mouth, and looked at the crowd of people in a daze. I don’t know whether it was busy doing more important things or the fast-paced life formed by the pressure of the big city. The neon lights in the high-rise buildings were flashing, as if I regarded people’s loneliness and loneliness as energy, and then absorbed it and emitted a fascinating light.

I bounced the ashes that had accumulated on my hand for a long time, took another breath before extinguishing the cigarette butt. It was also at this moment that my eyes finally stopped KFC across the street.

After entering KFC, I found a corner to sit down, and then listened to songs with my headphones. I remembered that when I said goodbye to Su Jing at the high-speed rail station in D City at noon, I was also at KFC. I found the song "Dust in Fireworks" and listened quietly.

"I'm still sighing: the wind blows over, why don't it come back? The wind doesn't come back, is it sad or sad, is it numb so quickly, can it slow down..."

Listening to the lyrics of the singing, my nose suddenly felt sore. I don’t know if it was because of my failure to start a business, or because I was reluctant to graduate from college, or because I left Su Jing. Maybe, they all! Just as the lyrics described, even if I was asking, “Why don’t you come back?”, reality has already given a positive answer: “The wind will never come back.” Those past times that cannot be returned have become the most unforgettable memories in my mind.

The music in the headphones suddenly stopped, replaced by the ringtone of the phone, which was the call from Su Jing. I sniffed, adjusted my status, and answered the phone: "Cough cough, guess where am I?" I smiled and asked Su Jing on the other end of the phone mysteriously.

Su Jing thought about it with her own guess, then said, "Hmm...", "It's almost ten o'clock now, you should be in the hotel, right?"

In order not to worry, I decided to lie to her, so I smiled and said, "Smart! Let me tell you, this big city is different. The weather is so hot outside, but the air conditioner in the hotel made me tremble. The comfortable big bed is much more comfortable sleeping in the dormitory before!"

Su Jing couldn't help laughing out loud, and then reminded: "You have to be proud, be careful not to catch a cold. It's easy to get sick if you're cold and hot. Remember to turn the temperature of the air conditioner a little while you're going to bed later."

"I'm not a three-year-old, I'll pay attention."

"You are Cheng Sansui!"

"Then you are Su Sansu!"

Su Jing did not continue to argue with me who was a three-year-old child, then smiled and said, "I won't tell you anymore. I'll go wash and prepare for the exam. And you have to keep up with your energy and prepare for the exam. You have been working hard all day and have to rest early."

"Yeah, good night!"

"Good night."

After she hung up the phone, a "beep" sound came from the phone. It was not until it was automatically hung up that I put down the phone in my hand mechanically. At this time, there were fewer and fewer people in KFC. Those who left here one after another formed a sharp contrast with me, a "homeless" person. It seems that I will stay here for a night tonight.

It was late at night, and the sky seemed to be wearing a thick ink-colored dress, covering the world. I lay on the table, feeling of loneliness arose...

Maybe it was the music in the headphones and the comfortable temperature around me that made me feel sleepy quickly, but just as I was getting better, I was woken up by a phone ringtone again.

The notes on the caller ID were "Lao Cheng". I sat upright, relieved the numbness on my arms, and answered the phone: "Dad, have you not slept yet so late?"

Old Cheng first said "um" and then breathed a sigh of relief. He probably was smoking a cigarette. He said to me: "Cheng Yu saw the Moments you posted and told me and your mother, are you in Guangzhou?"

As a brother, Cheng Yu didn't know how to be "smart". He was so late and told his parents about me, so why don't the two elders worry?

"Yeah, yes..." I originally wanted to say that I was here at noon, but if I arrived in Guangzhou at noon and didn't call my home at night, it would be even worse, so I quickly changed my words and said, "After lunch, I took the high-speed train and arrived at night."

On the other end of the phone, I heard my mother's voice. At this time, Lao Cheng was silent for a while and said, "Your mother said she wanted to talk to you."

"Cheng Ting, you said you are true. You will go to Guangzhou after graduation and don't come back first." My mother blamed her.

"Oh, Mom, did I tell you before? I have to come here to find a job early. If I can't find a job, I can't make money. If I can't make money, I can't get married. If I can't get married, how can I have the attitude to go home to see you!" I said jokingly.

My mother was amused by my jokes: "You are the poor!" She paused for a moment and said, "Then are you still enough money? After the phone call, I will ask your dad to transfer some money to you." My mother was almost asking and answering questions.

Although I was indeed very poor and needed money, I still said with a tough guts: "No, no, mom, when I opened a studio before... I still had some money left." When I mentioned the three words "studio", I seemed to have uncovered my scars again.

Maybe my mother noticed my emotions, so she said to me with a tone of comfort and encouragement: "Cheng Ting, don't worry about starting a business. Although your father had achieved great success at your age, he also accumulated step by step. You are my mother's good son, and she believes in you."

Maybe late at night is easy to make people fragile, and my mother's words made my eyes hot at this moment. I suppressed the surging emotions, forced a smile, and said, "Thank you, mom, I will work hard and become as successful as my dad when I was young!"

"Okay, it's getting late, it's time to rest, so do you."

"Well, good night, mom and dad."

After hanging up the phone, I felt so depressed that I went out of the KFC door, lit a cigarette, and tried to burn out the damn emotion through the cigarette.
Chapter completed!