I'm waiting for you in the wind and snow

Chapter 265 How is Dali?
At five o'clock in the afternoon, I arrived in Shanghai; different from the previous time, this time Shanghai finally had a good weather. The moment I walked out of the airport, I couldn't even get used to the strong sunlight...but the air was still full of Jiangnan The unique moisture, inhaling hard, the nasal cavity was immediately irritated, subconsciously wanted to sneeze, but suddenly stopped halfway, the nose felt wet and itchy...

I put down my suitcase, rubbed my nose, and took my phone out of my pocket... But until now, I am standing on the land of Shanghai, I still haven't made it clear where I'm going to live tonight, or who I'm going to have dinner with. meal.

After weighing for a while, I still gave up the idea of ​​calling Ye Zhi, I just sent her a text message: "I have arrived in Shanghai, if you want, we will meet you at the Bund at ten o'clock in the evening, I am willing to wait for you In a moment, I hope you can come."

After the message was sent out, I stared blankly at a large passenger plane on the tarmac for a long time... I can't tell what kind of mood I was in, but I just wanted to stand here for a while. In my memory, I have never been at the airport Such a place to greet the poignant evening.

I came to a small square next to the parking lot, put my luggage aside, and half-lyed on the bench in a casual posture, then lit a cigarette for myself, and while smoking, I used the panoramic mode of taking pictures with my mobile phone , and freeze everything in front of him in the lens.

Later, I posted this photo in my circle of friends, but I didn't deliberately express my emotion, and I didn't deliberately say that I had returned to Shanghai. I just wanted to record the moment I was facing.

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When I was about to finish smoking a cigarette, my phone vibrated. I thought it was Ye Zhi who replied to the text message, but it was a WeChat message, and the person who sent me this WeChat message was a colleague whom I hadn’t contacted for a long time, named Chen Jin, Working in the company's public relations department, we often have work connections, so we have a good relationship in private.

"Mi Gao, are you back to Shanghai now? From the photos you posted, it looks like you're at the airport in Pudong."

"Just got off the plane for a while."

"Then I'll pick you up?"

"It's not time for you to get off work, is it?"

"Don't mention it, I was fired by the company, just a week ago."

I was a little surprised, and replied: "I remember you used to do well in the company, why did you get fired?"

"It's a long story... If you don't have an appointment with someone else at night, I'll pick you up, let's have a few drinks and chat... Dude is going to be very depressed."

"Success, I'll wait for you at the parking lot."

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While waiting for Chen Jin, I finally received a reply from Ye Zhi, she said: "There is an important party to attend tonight, so it is not convenient to meet."

I was disappointed for a while, but still with great patience, I replied: "I came all the way from Dali to Shanghai just to meet you. Whether you are using this as an excuse or there is indeed such a party to attend, I will do it." Willing to wait for you... To be honest, I am very happy that you can reply to the message, at least it proves that you are still willing to explain to me, which is much better than what I expected before I came here. "

"You don't have to wait, I won't go."

"It's your freedom to come or not, and it's my freedom to wait or not."

"That's up to you."

"If you come, remember to bring me a cup of hot tea. It's still quite cold in Shanghai at night. I don't want to drink only the northwest wind."

Even though she had the cheek to say this, Ye Zhi didn't reply to me. I smiled helplessly, and then lit myself another cigarette, filled with a sense of anxiety about the unpredictable future.

If she would really bring a cup of hot tea to the Bund to find me at ten o'clock, I would definitely feel that I am the happiest man in the world... However, judging from the attitude of the conversation just now, this kind of Hope is extremely slim, and this feeling of being so close but hard to touch makes me feel even more anxious.

However, I am still sober, I know that these are things that I have to bear when I like someone, because there has never been a smooth love, and it is precisely because of these difficulties that I will cherish this hard-won even more.

It's just that I am passive at the moment, and I really don't seem to be able to figure out what Ye Zhi, who has taken the initiative, is thinking... I really hope that if she goes to see me, it is because she can't let go of this feeling, not because of charity; if It's charity, and I wish she didn't go.

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After waiting for about four or ten minutes, I finally met Chen Jin. He first complained about the traffic in Shanghai, and then asked me, "Shall we find a nearby place to drink, or go to the old place?"

"The old place, can we eat grilled snails this season?"

"Grilled escargot is absolutely indispensable. This is our favorite appetizer..." At this point, Chen Jin, who was still smiling just now, suddenly became gloomy. When I want to work, or after working overtime, it’s easiest to go to the night market to eat and drink with you... You said, is the relationship we have built up in eating and drinking counted as friendship?"

I smiled, and replied: "A dog-meat friend is also a friend... definitely counts."

Chen Jin patted my shoulder and smiled, then handed me a cigarette... He is still the same, he likes to smoke Zhongnanhai, it smells like stinky feet.

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In an alley near the Bund, there are hundreds of food stalls scattered here and there. The sanitation cannot be better, but because it is consumed by ordinary people, it is especially popular with people like Chen Jin and me... We chose One of the food stalls under the sycamore tree, after sitting down, ordered a barrel of draft beer and a dozen or so appetizers including grilled snails.

I poured a glass of beer for Chen Jin, he did it first and then said to me full of emotion: "In a blink of an eye, you have been away from Shanghai for more than half a year... How about it, Dali, okay?"

I smiled and replied, "That place can't be judged by purely good or bad... How should I put it, I had a pretty good life there, at least not as stressful as Shanghai..."

"To be specific, I'm quite interested."

I lit a cigarette and continued, "Compared to Shanghai, the lifestyle over there is much simpler... It's easier to get along with foreigners...Anyway, I think that place is better than big cities." There are many people in the city. If you are really good friends, you don’t feel uncomfortable calling them brothers... It’s not like when you are in the workplace, you call your brothers on your lips, but you scold your grandson in your heart... So the relationship between people It's pretty sincere."

Chen Jin took another sip of beer, and then said to me: "Whether Dali is really like what you said, I don't know...but in a big city, the relationship between people is really fucking Hypocrisy... Not to mention between friends, even between the couple who lie on the same bed and go in and out of each other's body every day, they are full of fucking calculations... Mi Gao, this time the company gave him a... What happened, my buddy is really disgusted to death!..."

"what happened?"

"Do you still remember someone named Ding Lin in our department?"

I recalled it for a while, and replied: "That girl from the Northeast with pretty good business skills?"

"That's right... About a month after you resigned from the company, I fell in love with her... To be honest, I like her very much, so I have my heart and soul with her for everything... But in the end he Mom was tricked by her."

I asked with concern: "What's going on?"

Chen Jin showed a bitter expression: "The original boss of our department was transferred to be the vice president, so the position of director was vacant...There are only a few really capable people in the department, so Ding Lin and I are the last ones. There is hope for the director position... In fact, from my heart, if two people are really together, it doesn't matter whoever is the director. Anyway, after getting married, they are all fighting for a family, so I I didn't even want to engage in a life-and-death competition with her...but she didn't think so!"

I nodded and said, "I understand, how did she plot against you?"

Chen Jin sighed heavily, then poured himself a full glass of draft beer, and drank it with his head up... Although I couldn't feel his pain personally, I still gave him the space to drink away his worries, so I didn't rush Go and ask him.

I also refilled myself a glass of beer, and waited patiently...

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In order to keep the customers from being bored, the owner of the barbecue stall purposely got a 20-inch TV set and hung it on the plane tree, and some popular variety shows will be played on a rolling basis, which caught my attention.

I don't know if it's a special coincidence, Ye Zhi is the subject of the interview on this financial program that is being broadcast, I subconsciously moved and focused on watching it.

It's very ironic that I got to know Ye Zhi's detailed resume through such a method, including which university she graduated from, and with what kind of courage she took over the huge family business after graduation.

What's even more ironic is that I, who was huddled in an alley and eating barbecue, tried to meet her at ten o'clock...

I felt depressed for no reason, and I doubted myself even more, did I really get along with this woman named Ye Zhi... Although the alley I was in was only a few stops away from the Bund, it was just a barbecue alley after all , just like the relationship between me and Ye Zhi...

She shines like the Bund, and I am as humble as a bamboo stick skewered in this alley.

(End of this chapter)