When I woke up, I was beaten to death by a stranger

Chapter 15 The Excuse for Snow Chains

I was very excited when I got home that day. I felt my heart was solid and full. I went to the kitchen to get a glass of water and could spin around a few times. After spinning, I felt dizzy and funny, and my feet felt weak.

It wasn't until midnight when I suddenly thought of Valentin's face during the hand punching that I suddenly realized what such happiness meant.I think of his knuckles hanging down when he smokes, his gaze down, his lips pursed and his wrench gripped, oh yes - and he shook my hand specially when saying goodbye: "Goodbye, top student, I'm sorry I didn't remember your name - just kidding, Ivan. Who would forget Ivan." He was half bent, smiling with brackets on his mouth, climbing on the roof of the car with one hand, supporting his waist with the other, the waist of his trousers hung loosely on his hip bones; he just closed his eyes and thought about that At the scene, I couldn't help but hold my breath and straighten my waist, and shot a full hand.

After washing my hands, I drove Valentin out of my mind, lay down and had a good sleep.Although I thought about him making a hand punch, I actually didn’t have any further thoughts. After all, it’s quite embarrassing to regard friends around me as sexual fantasies. I would rather keep a little distance from him, and only think of him when I should think of him. As for what's on your mind.

However, this is not what I said.

That day was a week after the New Year’s holiday. I skipped professional classes and went to the camera department to take classes as usual. There was a friend I knew in the class, Yu Beibei, who was one year younger than me and two years older than me. He wanted me to take him along. road.I usually don't have many friends, only this Yu Beibei can talk to me, but we both like to be alone, we mostly chat online, and we don't have many personal relationships, I think it's rare to be with him, Then ask him to have dinner together.

"Where are you going?" I got into the car, turned on the air conditioner, and kept rubbing my hands.

"I have to go to the store to buy some snow chains. My friend will drive to the mountains in two days." Yu Beibei took out the mobile phone navigation, "Ordinary snow chains will do? Does Auchan have them?"

I squinted at him as he entered the address and said, "Anti-skid chains, there must be a car repair place."

"Where is there a place to repair cars?" Yu Beibei said, "I might as well go to Auchan. If not, I'll buy a few online."

"I know there is one," I glanced at him holding the steering wheel, "Are you going?"

So when we stopped in front of the car repair shop, Yu Beibei unbuckled his seat belt and mumbled, "Your repair place is a bit far away."

After traveling through the city for 10 minutes, I felt very guilty and said haha: "The locals brought me here, it's not like cheating people in other places."

I got out of the car with Yu Beibei, but I didn't see Valentin when I entered the store. There was only an old Russian sitting behind the table with his legs crossed and watching TV.Yu Beibei's Russian is better than mine, so I told the old Russian with two eyes and three languages, and the old Russian took out a few boxes for him to pick out.I stood on the sidelines bored and looked around. There was no signboard at the entrance of this shop, and it was beside an alley.Thinking of Valentin, my heart started to itch, but I couldn't see him when I looked left and right. Seeing Yu Beibei was about to take out my wallet, I felt irritable for no reason, and my mood suddenly fell.

"You're not calculating the price right?" Yu Beibei on the other end raised his voice. I turned around and saw him holding the box in one hand and the wallet in the other. "There's a price on it. Are you paying me too much?"

"That's the purchase price, the purchase price!" The old man yelled, threatening, "You have opened the package and read, don't say you don't want to buy it right now."

Yu Beibei frowned, very unhappy; I saw that red-faced man with big arms and round waist, looking like a farmer, as if he was about to lift an ax in the next second, so I hurried over to pull Yu Beibei: "I'll pay, I'll pay. The old man cleared his throat loudly, leaned on the shelf with his arms folded and squinted at us with a naughty face.

Just as I was taking out the bag, the shop door was pushed open. I glanced over it hastily, then raised my head suddenly, and watched someone come in by climbing the door frame and bowing his head, and the door closed behind him with a click.

"It's so early, Valentin, the sun is setting in the west. What's bothering you again?" The old man muttered sarcastically, and for some reason, I understood every word.Valentin didn't answer, shrugged his shoulders, hung up his coat and walked in. He had just come in from the outside, his nose was red, his hair was messed up by the wind, snow was hanging, and his eyelashes became wet and thick when they touched the heater; Then without squinting, I strode past me, brushing against a gust of wind.I think he should have forgotten me.

"What do you want to buy?" He turned his back to me and fiddled with the things on the cabinet, suddenly said.

I didn't react, and I didn't hear clearly, I just stood there in a daze.Seeing that I was silent, he turned around, stared at me and asked again. I was stunned, at a loss, took out a piece of money, and pointed to the box in Yu Beibei's hand as he handed it over: "Come buy... come here." Buy..." I said something about the snow chain, I looked at Yu Beibei anxiously, hoping he would answer, but I bumped into his suspicious face.

"Come buy this." I said discouragedly, pointing at the pattern on the box like a fool.

The old man stretched out his hand to take the money, but Valentin came over and snatched it away first: "How much money do you need for snow chains?" He spoke a series of words to the old man again, speaking very fast, and the red-faced man shouted again after hearing it , the sound was like a bell, I was really afraid that he would suddenly flash his fists, after all, this man smelled of alcohol in broad daylight, and he didn't seem to be sober.Valentin did not show any weakness, and stood in front of me, competing with the red-faced Maozi for who was louder and who spoke faster. Yu Beibei and I looked at each other, listening very hard.In the end, the red-faced Maozi was defeated, turned his head away angrily, and slapped his big palm on the table, making Yu Beibei and I tremble.

Valentin found the money for me on his own, and said: "This old man likes to cheat people, so don't come to him to buy things if you have nothing to do."

I hesitated and didn't know what to say, so I looked at Yu Beibei with some embarrassment, but he reacted quickly and thanked Valentin: "Thank you very much, I didn't bother you, did I?"

Valentin waved his hand, indicating that it was no big deal. At the same time, he took out a cigarette from his pocket and held it between his fingers; I glanced at Yu Beibei, who immediately understood, walked out with the box in his arms, and turned around and said, "The car Waiting for you."

I agreed, and quickly took out a lighter with sharp eyesight and hand, and passed the flame to Valentin's eyes. He bowed his back and lowered his head, his face was hidden in the first puff of smoke. I couldn't help laughing: "Do you still remember me?" ha."

He raised his eyebrows and didn't know whether he was smiling or not: "Ivan, Andre's friend." After squinting his eyes and taking a puff of cigarette, he added, "That kid hasn't had a new face for a long time."

I was both happy and worried at the same time, happy that he even remembered my name, and worried that it might be all because of Andre - anyway, it is always a good sign.

"Why are you still sticking around here? Is there anything else to do?" He glanced at me, biting his cigarette butt and said vaguely.

"It's okay, it's okay." I saw him squatting on the ground and starting to tinker with tools, making a thumping sound, and suddenly had an idea: "I'm sorry for asking you to come forward, but it's really nothing at all. Is it really okay with the boss?"

"Arguing with that old man not for this, but for something else." He put on his gloves as he said, and knelt on the ground with one leg to wipe his tools, "He dared to take advantage of my friend, but he didn't take advantage of me ?”

I only met once, but I was classified as a "friend". I felt warm and said, "When are you free, may I treat you to a meal?"

He stopped moving, looked up at me, this glance made me feel a little uneasy, wondering if it was too abrupt, and was about to say that I was busy, but I heard him say: "I am free anytime."

The trick succeeded, and I was so happy that I couldn't close my mouth from ear to ear, and almost blurted out: "——how about today's lunch?"