ah ming did not want to see fang shan unhappy.
he thought for a while and said, ” i … i really want to get my ears pierced, but i’m afraid of pain. i won’t be afraid if you go with me. ” ah ming really wanted to hit his ears. he thought it would be cool to wear ear studs.
there was no rule that fortune-tellers couldn’t be trendy and cool.
fang shan was stunned for a second.
ear piercing?
ah ming was indeed a person who loved beauty.
but what made fang shan even more surprised was another matter.
“why are you not afraid when i’m here?” does ah ming really like me?
fang shan’s heart was in turmoil. my savior seems to have fallen in love with me. should i be soft-hearted or reject him sternly?
ah ming was good at fortune-telling, but he was not good at reading people’s hearts. if he were fang zicheng and he could hear the inner thoughts of everyone he had come into contact with, he would definitely be laughed at by fang shan’s shocking little thoughts.
“i’m not that scared now that i have someone to accompany me to do something very risky. are you going?”
“go!”
the two of them had a disagreement about ear holes. fang shan insisted on going to a beauty salon or a hospital to get his ear pierced, thinking that it was cleaner that way. however, ah ming said that a small shop by the street would do. it was cheap and fast.
the two of them stood on the street and started arguing.
“if you’re going to a small shop by the street, i won’t be accompanying you.” fang shan insisted on not going to small shops.
“my skin is rough, so i’m not easily allergic to anything.” ah ming also felt that fang shan was too delicate.
the difference in their living environment led to different ideas between the two. when fang shan heard ah ming’s words, he became angry. ” then you can go. i’ll stay here and watch you play. ” fang shan stood outside the door with his back on his shoulders and refused to enter the small shop.
ah ming really lifted his legs and walked into the shop.
fang shan saw that ah ming was really going to go, so he rushed over and picked him up. he carried ah ming on his shoulder and ran across the street at the speed of a 100-meter sprint. then, he carried ah ming for more than 100 meters and finally sent him to a beauty shop.
fang shan put ah ming down and immediately called for the beauty salon’s director. “give him an ear hole!”
“an ear hole will cost 80 yuan.” the director said.
fang shan heard ah ming mumble, ” this is a robbery. two ear holes on the side of the street only cost me 10 yuan.”
fang shan glared at ah ming. ” you talk too much! ”
“beat him up!”
fang shan made the final decision and took out the money, not allowing ah ming to go back on his words. the director of the beauty salon was a professional. when he pierced his ears, ah ming did not feel any pain. fang shan picked out a silver ear stud for ah ming. there was an’m ‘on it.
ah ming put on the ear stud and stood in front of the mirror to admire it for a few seconds. he was in a good mood.
fang shan saw him gloating in front of the mirror and felt that he was so cute that he wanted to hug his head and stroke his hair. when they came out of the beauty salon, they met two or three girls skateboarding.
ah ming said that the girl in green was very good at skateboarding. she was very cool.
fang shan heard this and scoffed, ” she’s not as good as me. i’m more handsome than her when it comes to skateboarding. ” fang shan thought of something and looked down at ah ming’s left leg. he asked ah ming, ” did you have an accident recently or when you were young? ”
fang shan thought that ah ming’s leg was injured.
“when i was young,”
“then you probably haven’t skated before.”
“i didn’t.”
ah ming looked longingly at the girls running away. he said, ” i’ve never played with them before. ”
“want to play?” fang shan asked him.
ah ming’s eyes brightened. ” you can take me to play? ”
“yes.”
fang shan immediately found a prop shop and bought a long skateboard. he took off his suit jacket and asked ah ming to hold it for him. fang shan rolled up his sleeves and stood on the skateboard. he turned around and said to ah ming, ” get on. ”
ah ming was a little hesitant. he said, ” we were caught by the traffic police. we’ll be fined. ”
fang shan said, ” i’m a silly person with a lot of money. i’m not afraid of being fined. ”
ah ming immediately stood up.
ah ming placed fang shan’s clothes on his arms. his two hands pinched the fabric of fang shan’s shirt at his waist and he told him that he was ready. fang shan grunted in acknowledgment and kicked the ground with the tip of his foot. under his control, the skateboard slid forward by a large distance.
ah ming was a little nervous. as the skateboard moved forward, he even pinched fang shan’s flesh.
fang shan scolded him for committing murder. ah ming apologized in embarrassment, ” i was nervous. i’m sorry. ”
“you little fool!”
the two of them skateboarded for the entire afternoon and ate some food before fang shan sent ah ming home. they took a taxi home. in the car, ah ming asked fang shan, ” can you give me your skateboard? ” he wanted to play in the neighborhood.
everyone in the neighborhood knew him. he could stand on the skateboard with his right leg and use his left foot to exert force. even if he fell, no one would laugh at him.
fang shan agreed.
this time, the car was still some distance away from the neighborhood, so ah ming requested to get off. knowing what ah ming cared about, fang shan agreed.
after ah ming got out of the car, he rode the skateboard and slowly slipped toward the gate of the community. fang shan was worried and got out of the car.
he thought that since he didn’t drive a luxury car this time, even if someone saw him walking with ah ming, no one would say anything. he got out of the car and followed ah ming. he saw that he fell off the skateboard when he entered the community.
he was about to run over, but at this time, the old man guarding the door walked over and helped him up. ah ming apologized to the old man, then obediently held the skateboard in his arms and limped away.
fang shan stood on the spot for a while before he turned around to leave.
he took two steps back and saw two old men walking towards him. the old man was holding hands, so they should be husband and wife. the sidewalk wasn’t wide. fang shan was about to give way to them when the old lady suddenly said to him, ” ah ming, you look so good today. are you going on a date? ”
fang shan was stunned.
a ‘ming?
he was about to explain when the old man in front of him said, ” the young man looks quite energetic in this outfit. ah ming, it’s not that i want to say this, but you should wear this. you’ve been wearing a mask every day these days, don’t you feel hot? young man, why do you always wear a mask? is it that shameful? even an ugly person dares to swagger on the streets. you’re so good looking, and you’re still embarrassed?”
when fang shan heard this, the doubt in his eyes deepened and his smile disappeared.
if an old lady thought he was ah ming, it could be a coincidence, or she was old and seeing things. what if there was a second person who also thought he was a ‘ming?
he was sure that the ‘a’ ming they were talking about was the same a ‘ming he knew.
after all, this neighborhood was not big, and ah ming was the only one who had been wearing a mask every day.
fang shan smiled politely at the elderly and sent them off. he stood there for a moment, then turned around and walked towards ah ming’s residential area.
he had to see a ‘ming with his own eyes.
if they really looked alike, there was definitely something fishy going on. on the way to see ah ming, fang shan was recognized as ah ming by a few people. gradually, in fang shan’s mind, many details that had once puzzled him flashed past.
ah ming never took off his mask in front of him.
ah ming didn’t let him walk him into the community.
was it because they looked alike?
but if they looked alike, then so be it. why was he avoiding her?
suddenly!
fang shan stopped in his tracks and his eyes widened.
——
“my mother-in-law said that as long as i donate 80% of the payment every time i receive it from a guest, i’ll meet my family one day if i do good deeds for a long time.”
“we have the same birthday! what a fate!”
“did your leg have an accident recently or when you were young?”
“… when i was young.”
fang shan’s heart started to beat rapidly, like a drum that could shatter his chest. his body suddenly started to tremble. fang shan slowly squatted down on the spot. he grabbed his hair with both hands and mumbled in disbelief, ”
“how is that possible?”
“how is that possible?”
“didn’t he … die?”
a few drops of tears fell on the concrete floor between fang shan’s feet.
when the residents of the neighborhood came out to cool down in the evening and saw fang shan squatting on the ground, looking like he was crying, they all thought that he was ah ming. everyone who saw him would come up to him and ask, ” “ah ming, why are you crying? are you feeling uncomfortable?”
ah ming!
ah ming!
everyone had mistaken him for ah ming!
they didn’t even see his face clearly. they could recognize him as ah ming just from the back of him squatting on the ground. then how similar was ah ming to him?
fang shan suddenly stood up and ran into the building that ah ming was staying in.
this neighborhood was very old, and there was not even an elevator. fang shan asked for a ming’s address and ran to the fifth floor.
bang bang bang bang bang bang
fang shan slammed the door loudly.
“who is it?” a ‘ming’s voice came from inside.
fang shan heard the sound of ah ming walking around in the house. the sound of his footsteps, which were light and heavy at one time, made his heart ache. there was no peephole in the door, so ah ming couldn’t see the person outside. he thought that the person knocking on the door was a bad person.
he had never read his fortune, so he didn’t know whether he was lucky or unlucky today.
” who are you? ” ah ming asked the person outside.
“it’s me.”
fang shan’s voice was filled with a kind of excitement that made ah ming’s heart tremble.
a ‘ming’s expression suddenly changed.
“why did you come to me?” he asked as he searched for his mask in the cabinet at the entrance. finally, he found his mask. just as he put it on, he heard fang shan say that he had something to ask him. he opened the door.
the moment a ‘ming opened the door, a big hand attacked his face. ah ming did not even have the chance to dodge. the mask on his face was removed by fang shan.
the mask was still in fang shan’s hand. fang shan stared at the face of the young man in front of him, which was almost exactly the same as his, but slightly thinner. his entire body seemed to have been struck by lightning, and he did not move.
a ‘ming was also dumbfounded.
fang shan did not speak for a long time. he stared at ah ming’s face with a pair of eyes full of doubt and shock. ah ming also lost the ability to speak.
finally, fang shan opened his mouth. he asked, ” why … ”
why is it that you, who are clearly dead, are still alive in this world?
why did you not tell me your identity even though you had already found me?
why?
ah ming bit his lips with his teeth, his eyes full of tears. he suddenly apologized to fang shan and said, ” i’m sorry, i didn’t want to take away what belongs to you. it doesn’t matter if it’s grandma xu, or uncle yu an, or even everything in the fang family.”
ah ming covered his face with his hand and squatted under the door frame in pain. he cried and said, ” i just want to get to know you so much … ”
