Goodbye Midsummer 2

On a summer night, the river breeze blows gently, blowing into the barbecue restaurant by the river.On the grill, oysters and sausages were sizzling, and a few young men and women were sitting on a small round table by the river, each holding a can of beer, talking and laughing over shredded squid and barbecue.

They are all teachers from a nearby middle school, they are about the same age, and they can also get along well. After work, they met at this barbecue restaurant to eat.There were three men and two women in the seat. Everyone had already drunk some wine and was slightly drunk. The topic changed from work to life, and then from life to work.

While drinking, Shen Yi listened to them chatting about school gossip, feeling a long-lost comfort in his heart.

"By the way, what happened to Liang Ziji in your class recently? Is he so abnormal?" Sitting next to him was the female teacher Ren Fei who was in his class. She had a refreshing ponytail and looked at Shen Yi with a smile in the corner of her eyes.

"What happened to Liang Ziji? Has he caused trouble again?"

Ren Fei shook her head: "It's because he didn't cause trouble that I was shocked. He actually handed in his homework obediently during this period of time, but I was shocked. I heard from his former head teacher that Liang Ziji never The one who doesn’t hand in homework. Shen Yi, what method did you use to restrain him?”

Shen Yi smiled while picking up vegetables: "I didn't do anything."

"Liar, how can he become so obedient without doing anything?" Ren Fei rolled her eyes.

"I didn't do anything. It was the squad leader who urged him."

"Luo Shuan?"

He nodded: "Recently he has put a lot of effort into Liang Ziji. Haven't you noticed? Liang Ziji hasn't slept in class lately."

Ren Fei was shocked: "Luo Shuan is so powerful?"

"He is a very responsible monitor." Shen Yi concluded, putting the still warm roasted beans into his mouth.

Ren Fei applauded involuntarily: "Oh my God, I really didn't expect that such a frail Luo Shu'an could manage Liang Ziji into obedience."

"Oh, it's rare to come out for dinner, so don't keep talking about school." Zhu Yue interrupted them, insisting on clinking glasses with them, "Come on, toast to our friendship!"

"You do it, I'm free." Ren Fei smiled and took a small sip, causing Zhu Yue to scream for a while.

Shen Yi listened to their lively conversation, and a smile crept up on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

If it's always so noisy, he can't stand it.But once in a while having fun with colleagues is a good way to relieve inner depression.

Although sometimes he can't figure out what he is depressed about.

"Shen Yi, why don't you find a girlfriend yet!"

For some reason, the topic turned back to him.Zhu Yue was a little drunk, and squinted at him: "Tell me, are you in love with me?"

"Thank you for your concern, I'm not blind yet." Shen Yi smiled and gave him a blank look.

"You look like you and you don't have a girlfriend, so you really have to worry about your orientation." Zhu Yue laughed and booed again, and Song Changfeng who was on the side said "tsk tsk", sarcasm him: "Zhu Yue, what do you think? Everyone is like you, do you have to fall in love?"

"Life is too short to talk about love!" Zhu Yue seemed to be drunk, and raised his wine excitedly, "Come on, let's toast to our love!"

The two girls at the table couldn't help laughing when they saw his funny face.

A barbecue, eat until 11 o'clock in the evening before disbanding.If Shen Yi hadn't reminded him to get up early tomorrow, Zhu Yue would still drink until dawn.

Zhu Yue looked very drunk, so Song Changfeng had to be responsible for sending him home.Shen Yi was in charge of taking a taxi to send the two girls back.After a lot of tossing, when he returned home, it was already past 12 o'clock.

He took out the key and opened the door. Looking at the dark entrance, he couldn't help but feel powerless.

After washing up step by step, a little drunkenness fermented in his body, he turned off the light and lay on his side on the bed, the silence in the room soon surrounded him.

I closed my eyes, but couldn't fall asleep.

He simply picked up his phone and opened WeChat. At this moment, a message from Xu Hao came into view:

Guys, I'm getting married!

Artemisia annua and Ye Zi's wedding is scheduled for autumn.

They don't intend to be extravagant, they just plan to invite family members and close friends of both parties to attend, and try to keep all the ceremonies as simple as possible.

After graduating from university, Xu Hao was admitted as a civil servant and got a stable job; Ye Zi went on to graduate school, delving deeper and deeper in psychology.After talking for so many years, probably both of them felt that the time was ripe, and they both had the idea of ​​getting married.

After receiving Xu Hao's message, Shen Yi asked the two of them out the next day.Ye Zi had to come later because of business, and at the dinner table, he and Xu Hao were the only ones looking at each other.

"Say, how did you propose?" Shen Yi asked.

"I'm an old couple, what are you going to propose?" Xu Hao said, "I just told her, why don't we pick a date to get married. She said 'yes', and that's it."

"Are you just being so perfunctory?"

"We are all pragmatic, and we don't like to engage in those empty-headed things."

"It's just that Yezi has a good personality and can accept your 'marriage proposal' so carelessly." Shen Yi smiled and shook his head.

Their table is on the side facing the street. A neat row of camphor trees is planted on the sidewalk outside the floor-to-ceiling glass. The light from the leaves spreads finely on the brick road, shaking gently with the breeze.

Xu Hao looked at the green shade outside and couldn't help sighing: "I was planning to get married too, only to find out that getting married is such a troublesome thing. There are hotel reservations, list planning, wedding celebrations, procedures, everything in a mess. ...I just want to get married simply."

"Marriage is never easy."

"Speaking as if you are very experienced." Xu Hao looked at him with her chin resting.

"I've never been married, but at least my parents have been married a few times, and I'll know it when I look at it." Shen Yi had a smile on his face, but he didn't show any displeasure.

Xu Hao suddenly didn't know what to say, so she was taken aback.

"How is Qin Yang?" He changed the topic a little.

Now, it was Shen Yi's turn to be dazed.He looked down at the tea in the cup, and said slowly: "I don't know, he doesn't call back very often."

"Didn't he have a good relationship with you before? It may be that the life in the United States is too moist, and I forgot about your brother unconsciously."

Xu Hao was originally just joking, but to Shen Yi's ears, it had a different meaning.

He looked at the tea in the cup, the tea leaves were slowly spreading out, spinning in the water, and the handsome and indifferent face of that young man gradually appeared in his mind.

That's right, maybe Qin Yang had forgotten him a long time ago.

Perhaps in the United States, he has found another person who can entrust his feelings.No need to look hopelessly at yourself anymore.

After all, it has been three years.Even the deepest feelings can be diluted by time.

What's more, I have never promised the other party anything.

"Sorry, I'm late!"

A hearty voice interrupted his slightly gray imagination.He raised his head, Ye Zi with long hair came slowly in a white dress, and sat down beside Xu Hao.

"Wow, Shen Yi, you look more handsome the longer you grow." Ye Zi, who hadn't seen her for half a year, opened her eyes wide and looked at Shen Yi, "I'm afraid the girls in the class won't listen to you standing on the podium like this. Are you going to class?"

Knowing that Ye Zi was teasing herself, Shen Yi smiled and poured her a cup of tea: "Students nowadays are well-informed, and I'm not the type they like."

"No way, girls are so blind nowadays?"

When all the people arrived, the dishes were slowly served.This Cantonese restaurant has always been very suitable for their tastes. They have had dinner here many times during their university days.Therefore, this reunion here also arouses their nostalgia for the university.The three chatted here and there, from their own current situation to past interesting stories, from classmates' gossip to recent plans, and there was endless talk on every topic.A simple lunch, from 12 o'clock to 2 o'clock, if Xu Hao hadn't rushed back to work, I'm afraid I could chat for several hours.

Ye Zi and Shen Yi didn't have classes in the afternoon, so after saying goodbye to Xu Hao, they sat in the restaurant for a while.

When only the two of them are left, the conversation can no longer be as seamless as before, and there will always be a short silence between topics.

Just when Shen Yi was distracted looking at the leaves outside, Ye Zi's voice suddenly came.

"I heard from Xu Hao that you have never been in love."

Shen Yi smiled wryly, not understanding why people keep asking about this matter recently.It seems normal for everyone in the world to fall in love.

"I'm busy with work and don't have time." He made an excuse casually.

"Actually, Xu Hao has always been a little worried about you." Ye Zi looked at him apologetically, "He worried that you were affected by your parents' unsatisfactory marriage, and you had a negative attitude towards love."

Shen Yi, who wanted to say "how come" with a smile, was suddenly taken aback.

He himself never thought that his long-term indifference towards love affairs might be due to this kind of causal relationship.

Maybe, maybe not... Now, how can he analyze clearly how the broken marriage he witnessed when he was young has had a profound impact on his present?

He is not a psychologist, and emotions are not experimental data, which can be so accurate and accurate, explaining how many percent of the past has an impact on the present.

Therefore, he just rubbed his face and smiled: "Maybe, I don't know either. However, I'm fine on my own now. Just let Xu Hao worry about the wedding, don't worry about me carelessly. "

Ye Zi looked at him and nodded.

I'm fine by myself.

Just miss someone every once in a while.