Circle of Friends

  With one sentence, he acknowledged all my inferences. If it were in the past, I would have attacked him with words, pointed at him with a raised eyebrow and scolded him, and turned around and walked away in anger. But this time, I didn't do anything, just quietly looked at him, with a hint of bitterness rising from the bottom of my heart.

  It turns out that being suspected and calculated is such a taste.

  One after another, they couldn't help but feel uneasy under my gaze, avoiding eye contact and saying "Actually..." before trailing off. I gave a cold, sarcastic smile and dropped the two words "forget it" as I strode away, no further explanation could conceal the thoughts hidden behind their hypocritical faces.

  After that, he continued to walk with me, but at a distance of one position, and never walked side by side again. The silent mountain path, the oppressive atmosphere, I suddenly missed the chatter of the three madmen. So I slowed down my pace, and the footsteps beside me hesitated slightly, but still walked up and passed me. He also stopped and turned back when he realized I wasn't following after walking a few more steps. I didn't make eye contact with him, but instead looked at the three madmen who had caught up, and couldn't help but smile, feeling happier looking at the madman's appearance.

  Three crazy guys saw me rushing towards him with a smile, first stunned for a moment, then grinned foolishly, with a "green leaf" smile on his face, which was particularly intriguing. He happily ran a few steps to my side, made a series of victory gestures in front of him, turned around and left, when we fell behind him by a distance, the three crazy guys beside me let out a sigh and spoke in a low voice: "Little nine, little six, this guy is that kind of person, with a bad temper, loves to pretend to be cool, we don't bother to deal with him."

  I was shocked by his address, "Little Jiuzi, Little Liu Zi?"

  "Hey, isn't this name intimate? I wasn't talking to Little Liu just now, but I was thinking about it and found that the 'jiu' character in your name is exactly the same as the 'liu' character in Little Liu's name, they are both numbers written in capital letters, one six and one nine. Arabic numerals only need to be written upside down, this fate is not so coincidental. I've decided to call you that from now on."

  Thanks to San Fengzi's words, the two characters Lu and Jiu naturally flashed in his mind. He hadn't thought of it that way before. But why did these people have a habit of casually giving people nicknames?

  San Fengzi's absurd theories would pop up from time to time, although I couldn't understand his "superhuman" thinking ability, but it was still entertaining. Half an hour later, he categorized me as one of his kindred spirits and even asked for my WeChat number, saying he'd add me later so we could communicate in the friend circle. I curiously asked: "How many people are in your friend circle?"

  The three lunatics thought deeply and then compared their three fingers.

  I raised an eyebrow, "Three people? You, Liang Ge, and Lu Xun?" His eyes lit up with extreme excitement, "Xiao Jiu, how did you know?" Based on my repeated communication with him, he finally changed his way of addressing me to Xiao Jiu as well. As for the number of friends in his circle, it's not worth mentioning because someone like him who is a bit crazy probably can't have many friends anyway. But he himself was unaware and happily said, "From today on, there will be four people in my friend circle, adding you, Xiao Jiu."

  The three lunatics' voices were out of control, and they were transmitted to the front. They stopped one after another, turned around, and their eyes floated over me, falling on the lunatic with a fierce gaze. "Didn't I just tell you to shut up? Do you not want Tian Shu anymore?"

  The three lunatics immediately covered their mouths and shook their heads repeatedly, taking three big steps back with comical expressions.

  I couldn't help but laugh, why did I have a special affection for that book? Repeatedly threatened by Lu Xun, and repeatedly unscathed.

  Just as I was about to leave, he suddenly said: "Walking close to a madman will get you infected with his madness." I happened to lift my foot and kicked a small stone on the mountain path, right at his ankle. Hearing him grunt in pain, I felt relieved!