"A branch of the walnut tree in front of the Red Cross Hospital is broken. “

"There is a bar with no plaque on the third street of branch B, and there are five ladies named Miko. According to the order of entering the bar, they are called Big Sister, Second Sister, Third Sister and Mo Sister. "

"But others should also know this. Brother Jin is not the only one who has been to that bar. "

"Hey, yes. I didn't think of it beforehand. I slept with one of the women named Dameizi, and the next morning this woman bought me a pair of underwear from a woman who came to sell goods. The woman used a one-liter empty wine bottle as a piggy bank, which contained 1 10 yuan. "

"This also makes sense. This fact is completely owned by brother Jin. "

Our tone is more and more respectful to each other. "I ..." Sometimes we talk at the same time. At this time, we will take turns to make way for each other.

"I ..." It's his turn to say this time. "I saw the indicator light of the tram bound for Seoul Station near the West Gate. It will definitely flash green five times in my sight. That's the tram that passed there at 7: 25 tonight. "

"Ange lives near the west gate tonight."

"Yes, I live near the west gate."

"I live in Zhong Lu Er Jie. Not far below the door handle of Lingbaolou toilet, there is a one-centimeter mark left by a fingernail. "

"Ha ha ha ha." He burst out laughing.

"Is that the trace left by Brother Jin?"

Although I was a little embarrassed, I had to nod my head. That's the truth.

"How do you know?" I asked him.

"I have had such an experience." He replied. "However, it can't be a happy memory. Let's observe it this way. It's better to keep it a secret. It's not very pleasant after doing that. "

"I've done many similar things, but I'm in a good mood ..." I wanted to say yes, but I suddenly felt disgusted with everything I did. I interrupted the conversation and nodded in agreement with him.

Then I suddenly felt a little strange. If what I heard 30 minutes ago is correct, then the friend with flashing glasses sitting next to me must be the son of a rich family and a highly educated young man. Then why did he do it?

"An Xiong is the son of a rich man, is that true? There are graduate students ... "I asked.

"There are about thirty million properties alone, aren't they rich? Of course, that's dad's property. There are graduate students, and here is a student ID card ... "

With that, he rummaged through his pockets and took out his wallet.

"There is no student ID card. Actually, I'm a little skeptical Just now, it suddenly occurred to me that it's strange for someone like Ange to sit in this cheap bar on such a cold night and talk about things that only people like me will cherish. "

"That's ... that's ..."

"That is ... however, I want to ask a question first. On such a cold night, what is the reason why Brother Jin is wandering in the street? "

"Not a habit. A poor man like me can only come to the street with a little money in his pocket at night. "

"Yes, what's the reason for coming to the street at night?"

"It's better than sitting in a boarding apartment and staring at the wall."

"Don't you think something is rich when you come to the street at night?"

"What is it?"

"It's something. That is to say, well, you can call it life. I seem to understand why brother Jin asked this question. My answer is this. In the evening, I came to the street from home. I feel at home. No. It may not be true, but I think it is. Brother Jin doesn't feel this way? "

"yes."

"I am not caught in the gap of things, but looking at things from a distance. Isn't it? "

"yes. A little ... "

"No, don't say difficult. In this way, everything that passed during the day was naked in front of my eyes at night, and I panicked. But doesn't it make sense? I mean, it's nice to look at something like this. "

"What do you mean? What's the point? I didn't go to see the wall brick of the building on the second street of Jizhong Road, because it was very meaningful. Is ... "

"Right? Meaningless. No, it may make sense, but I don't understand it yet. Looks like brother Jin still doesn't understand. How about we go and find it together? Don't deliberately create it and publish it. "

"A little confused. Is this Ange's answer? I'm a little confused. Because suddenly the word meaning came out. "

"Oh, really, I'm sorry. My answer seems to be this. It is precisely because it can produce a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction that I will come to this street at night. " This time, he said in a low voice, "It seems that Brother Jin and I took different roads and came to the same place. In case this place is the wrong place, it is not our fault. " This time, he said in a cheerful tone, "Come on, you shouldn't drink like this here. Before breaking up, go to a warmer place for a formal drink. " I will go to the hotel after a walk. Occasionally, after wandering in the street at night, I have to sleep in the hotel to leave. Sleeping in a hotel is the best plan for me. "

In order to settle accounts separately, we put our hands into our pockets. Just then, a man accosted us. He just put the cup next to us and is baking his hands on a charcoal fire. Judging from his appearance, he didn't come here to drink, but to keep warm. He was wearing a very clean trench coat and his hair was politely oiled. Every time the flame of the acetylene lamp shakes, the bright spots in his hair move around. This is a man of thirty-five or six years old. But I don't know where it smells like a poor man. Maybe his chin is thin or his eyes are red. He is not talking to me or Ann, but to our people.

"I'm sorry, I also go, have no matter son? I have some money ... "The middle-aged man said feebly.

Judging from his weak voice, it seems that we don't have to take him. On the contrary, it seems that we want to go with us. Ann and I looked at each other.

"If there is your share of the drink ..." I said.

"Then let's go together." Ann also listened to me.

"Thank you." The man still said in a weak voice, Come with us.

Ann's expression seems to be saying something, and things are getting a little strange. Actually, I don't feel happy either. Although I have experienced several times that people I met at parties may have a good time unexpectedly, in most cases, no one will be caught because the voice is so weak. Only when you have a cheerful and noisy expression can you play well. Like people who suddenly lost their destination, we looked around and walked slowly in the street. The beauty in the drug billboard hanging on the telephone pole reveals a pair of "what can I do although it is cold?" Looking down at us with a sad smile. In some buildings, the neon lights on the roof of the building are difficult to turn on and off, and the neon lights on the drug advertisements next to the shochu advertisements seem to have been almost forgotten, so they are hastily turned off and then turned on again, scattering light for a long time. On the completely frozen streets, beggars can be seen everywhere like stones. In front of these stones, people tightened their bodies and walked quickly. A piece of paper was rolled up by the wind and flew here from the other side of the street. The newspaper fell under my ankle. I picked up this piece of paper, which was an advertisement of a beer shop, emphasizing that "Maggie's service is particularly cheap"

"What time is it now?" Faint brother says hello.

"It's ten to nine." After a while, Ann replied.

"Have you had dinner? I haven't had dinner yet. My treat. Want to come? " The fainted man looked at me and Ann in turn and said.

"I have eaten." Ann and I answered at the same time.

"Help yourself." I said.

"Thank you. So ... "

We walked into the nearby China restaurant. After entering the room and sitting down, the man earnestly advised us to eat something again. We refused again. He advised us again.

"Is it okay to order something expensive?" To dissuade him, I said.

"Ok, you're welcome." He said in a powerful voice for the first time. "I decided to spend all my money. “

I feel that this man seems to be pregnant with something strange and a little uneasy, but I still asked him to order a whole chicken and wine. Besides what he wanted, he ordered his attendants to say what I said. Ann looked at me with a sarcastic expression. Then I heard the woman's pink moan from the next room.

"Let this brother eat something, too." Dude said to Ann.

"Oh, no, I ..." Ann jumped up, as if all the wine was awake.

We listened quietly to the increasingly urgent groans in the next room. The creaking sound of trams and the flood-like traffic of rivers also came faintly, and the doorbell occasionally rang somewhere nearby. Our room is unusually quiet.

"I have something to say to you." Good people began to say. "I am really grateful to listen to me ... my wife passed away during the day. I used to live in Knight Hospital [1]. " He looked at us, his expression no longer sad. "Oh." "It's too unfortunate." Ann and I both expressed our condolences. "My wife and I had a very interesting time. Because the wife can't have children, all the time is ours. Although money is not very rich, once we have money, we will play everywhere. I also went to Shui Yuan in strawberry season and Anyang in grape season. I went to Dachuan in summer and Gyeongju in autumn. In order to watch movies and performances together in the evening, I went to the theater with my heart ... "

"What is this disease?" Ann asked cautiously.

"The doctor said it was acute meningitis. In the past, my wife had an operation on acute appendicitis, and she also had acute pneumonia, but she recovered. But this time, she died ... dead. "

He hung his head for a long time and moved his lips. He doesn't know what he's talking about. Ann poked my knee with her finger and gave me a wink about disappearing now. Although I felt the same way, the middle-aged man looked up and continued to talk, so we were forced to sit there.

"Married his wife the year before last. I met by chance. She only said that her home was near Daegu, and she never contacted her family once. I don't even know where my mother-in-law lives. So there is no way. " He lowered his head again and moved his lips.

"What can't I do?" I asked.

He didn't seem to hear me. But after a while, he looked up again and said with pleading eyes.

"His wife's body was sold to the hospital. I can't help it I'm just a salesman selling books by the month. I can't help it Gave me four thousand dollars. Shortly after I was in Me Before You, I stood by the wall of Chevrolet Hospital. I want to know where my wife's morgue is, but I can't find it. Just sitting on the edge of the fence, watching the gray smoke from the big chimney of the hospital. What will happen to the wife? I heard that students use saws to cut their heads and knives to cut their bellies for anatomical exercises. Is it true? "

We can only keep our mouths shut. The waiter served Japanese sweet radish and onion dishes and left.

"I'm sorry for the disappointing words. It's just that if I don't talk to anyone, I can't stand it. I just want to discuss one thing. What should I do with the money? I want to spend it all tonight. "

"Spend it." Ann answered immediately.

"Can you accompany me until the money is spent?" He said. We can't answer immediately. "Stay with me." He said. We agreed.

"Spend it smartly." The middle-aged man smiled for the first time since he saw us, but he still said in a weak voice.

When we walked from China restaurant to the street, we were all drunk and our money was short 1000 yuan. Dude, one eye is crying and the other eye is laughing. Ann told me that he was tired of trying to slip away. I mumbled, "All the questions about stress are wrong. I mean stress." The streets are as cold and remote as the colonies in the movie, but the advertisements for shochu are still diligent, and the advertisements for drugs are lazily extinguished. The lady on the telephone pole smiled and said, "Really, it doesn't matter."

[Anti-theft version, omitted]

"It's too cold." Middle-aged people said to us in a concerned tone.

"Cold. Hurry to the hotel. " Ann said.

"Does everyone have a room?" When we entered the hotel, Ann told us. "Is that better?"

"Let's all share a room." I only say this for my brother.

That guy seems to be dominated by us. He seems to stand still and don't know where he is. As soon as we entered the hotel and walked out of the theater, we all seemed to be in a dilemma. For us, the street is narrower than the hotel. A room separated by a wall, where should we go.

"How about sharing a room?" I said it again.

"I am very tired now." Ann said. "Everyone can sleep in one room."

"I don't want to be alone." The man muttered.

"It will be more comfortable to rest alone." Ann said.

We parted in the corridor and walked into three side-by-side rooms designated by the waiter.

"Buy a flower bucket [1] to play." I proposed before we broke up.

"I'm so tired. If you want to play, play for two. " Ann said that and went into her room.

"I'm so tired. Good night. " I finished talking with my partner and went into my room. I filled in my fake name, address, age and occupation on the registration card, drank the water that the waiter put on the pillow, and then covered myself with a quilt. I didn't even dream and slept soundly.

The next morning, Ann woke me up.

"That man is dead after all." Ann leaned in and whispered.

"What?" I suddenly woke up from sleepiness.

"I just went to that room and he died."

"What ..." I said. "Does anyone know?"

"So far no one seems to know. Let's run away before we get into trouble. "

"Is it suicide?"

"Of course."

I dressed in a hurry. An ant crawled towards my feet on the floor. I think this ant wants to grab my foot, so I quickly moved my foot.

There is fine snow outside in the morning. We walked as fast as possible, farther and farther away from the hotel.

"I know that man will die." Ann said.

"I had no idea." I told the truth.

"I have estimated it." He turned up the collar of the windbreaker and said.

"Even so, what can I do?"

"yes. I can't help it I didn't even think about it ... "I said.

"What would you do if it was an estimate?" He asked me.

"Mama of, what can I do? I don't know what that man wants us to do ... "

"That's right. I thought leaving him alone would not kill him. This is what I think is the best and only way. "

"I didn't even expect that person to die. Shit, he seems to keep the medicine in his pocket all the time. "

Ann stopped under a dead tree covered with snowflakes. I followed and stopped. He asked me with a puzzled expression.

"Brother Jin, are we really twenty-five?"

"I really am."

"I did that, too." He tilted his head.

"It's getting more and more terrible."

"What?" I asked.

"That's the way it is, that is to say ..." He said with a sigh.

"Don't you think we are too old?"

"We are only twenty-five years old." I said.

"Anyway ..." He held out his hand to me and said.

"Well, break up here. I hope you are happy. " I also took his hand and said.

We split up. I ran to the bus stop across the street, and the bus just pulled in. After getting on the bus, I looked out of the window and stood there thinking carefully about something. Snowflakes fell from the cracks in withered branches.

(Jin Ran/translated)