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The rain that fell intermittently for two days reminded Han Li of the day when he and Pei Yanyu came back together.It was also raining that day, not only in the county town, but also in the provincial capital.Because of the rain, their flight was delayed and they didn't arrive until late at night.They didn't transfer to the train, but stayed in a cheap hotel nearby - Han Li had no home and had nowhere to go back, so Pei Yanyu accompanied him.

Later, they temporarily lived in the apartment rented by Cui Tang. Before Cui Tang came back, they found a single apartment near Pei Yanyu's school.

The soot that fell into the water quickly dispersed, and the already dirty puddle became even dirtier.

A stray cat called from the depths of the alley, but there was no sign of it when he followed the sound. Han Li was holding an umbrella, waiting for the seller with a cigarette in his mouth to order money. The hand holding the umbrella was already cold.If it were Han Li who gave him some money, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy.

"You see clearly, it's exactly the same, right?" The seller patted the money ordered, rolled it into a roll and put it in the inner pocket of the coat, and took a puff of smoke from a cigarette, blurring both his and Han Li's vision.

Han Li turned on the phone's light and carefully checked the certificate he just got. First, the paper texture, then the printing standard, and most importantly, the official seal on it.

"Take the fake as the real one, and 'replace it if it's fake'!" The seller said proudly, "As long as you don't have to take it to the school and check it against the student system, it will definitely not be found out! Would you like to look at other things?"

In the plastic document bag just received from the seller, besides the graduation certificate, there was also a degree certificate. Han Li put the graduation certificate back into the document bag and took out another certificate.

Han Li had seen the real appearance of these two certificates from his seniors, and he was deeply impressed. Even after so many years, he would still recognize the high-end imitations.

It was indeed no different from the real certificate, Han Li put the degree certificate back into the bag with confidence.

The seller smoked a cigarette and asked, "You have to have a registered architect certificate to be valuable in this industry, right? If you don't want one? I'll give you a discount."

"No need." Han Li always held his umbrella very low, often unable to see the seller's face clearly.

"That's okay, contact me again if necessary!" The seller said briskly, throwing the finished cigarette butt in the puddle, and the fire was quickly extinguished, leaving only a fleeting wisp of gray smoke.

When he walked out of this deep and dirty alley, Han Li's hand holding the umbrella froze into ice.

He tucked the file bag under his arm, turned up the collar of his windbreaker, and walked quickly with his head buried.Walking to the entrance of the alley, he saw Yang Ming waiting there, and said, "Let's go."

"Yeah." Yang Ming ran from the awning of the convenience store to under his umbrella, leaning on his hand, and asked, "Is everything done?"

Han Li glanced at Yang Ming, who was cuddly by his side, and thought of Pei Yanyu, who had never been like this.He nodded, due to the cold, his nose was filled with frozen air, and even his mouth was numb: "Thanks."

"It's okay, I know a lot of people." Yang Ming smiled nonchalantly and asked, "Where are we going now? Are you still staying in the provincial capital tonight?"

Looking into his expectant eyes, Han Li said, "Well, go back tonight."

Yang Ming lowered his head in disappointment and let out a soft oh.

Thinking that thanks to his help this time, he was able to find a reliable person to complete the required documents, Han Li couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

After thinking for a while, he stuffed the file bag into Yang Ming's hands, then wrapped his arms around his thin shoulders, led him forward quickly, and said with his head buried in his head, "Let's go, I'll treat you to a meal first!"

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment, looked up at Han Li, immediately regained his energy, and nodded happily: "Okay!"

The rain was not heavy, but walking along the road full of sycamores, the rainwater accumulated on the leaves dripped down and became a heavy rain.

The street scene is wet and blurred, under the lights are full of tree shadows, and the footsteps step on the shallow puddles, leaving traces.

Passing by the small restaurant that he occasionally went to when he was in school, Han Li took Yang Ming in.

After entering the door, Han Li realized that although the name of the shop had not changed, the shop had changed hands, and even the waiters were new young people, and there was no trace of anything Han Li had seen before.

"The duck blood vermicelli soup in this store is not bad, but I haven't been here for a long time, so I don't know if the taste has changed." Han Li picked up the plastic menu on the table, saw Yang Ming breathing into his hand, and first I asked the waiter for two cups of hot water, one of which was placed by Yang Ming's hand.

Yang Ming picked up the glass cup filled with hot water, stomped his feet and said, "It's okay, just look at it. I won't choose."

"I know you don't want to choose." Han Li reported the name of the dish to the waiter.

After drinking half a glass of water, the rain became heavier.

Han Li looked at the unclear street view outside the store through the glass door with "Welcome". There were vehicles passing by on the street from time to time, and the side gate of the school across the road was probably far away due to the rain.

He didn't see the students coming in and out of the school gate, thinking it was probably because they were in class.

"Han Li..." Yang Ming had just finished speaking when Han Li's cell phone rang.

Han Li took out his cell phone and saw that it was Pei Yanyu's call. After gesturing to Yang Ming with his eyes, he answered the phone, "Hello?"

It was also raining on Pei Yanyu's side, and his voice was also accompanied by the sound of rain: "Hello? Are you back?"

"Not yet, go back after having dinner with friends." Seeing that it was Pei Yanyu's get out of class time, Han Li asked, "You're out of class? Are you back home?"

"Well, I brought some things here." Pei Yanyu didn't have any doubts or dissatisfaction, "Then tell me when you come back."

The waiter brought the duck blood vermicelli soup, and Yang Ming brought it out from the plate and placed it on the table.Han Li took his own bowl, and said, "Okay. You can eat your fill, don't eat white flour steamed buns again." Once Pei Yanyu made a slip of the tongue, Han Li learned that he was paying for a date with him. I have eaten white flour steamed buns for a long time.

Pei Yanyu smiled and said, "I know. Let's do this first, you can eat well."

He didn't have anything extra to say on the phone, and Han Li guessed that when he got home, he wouldn't ask any more questions.

Most of the time, Pei Yanyu was very sensible and never asked questions that Han Li didn't want to answer.

When going out this time, Han Li only told him that he was going to the provincial capital to find a job. Pei Yanyu happily encouraged him, and before parting, he said that it doesn't matter if you can't find it, just take your time.

Unfortunately, Han Li didn't know how to take his time.

After hanging up the phone, Han Li was still in a daze.He quickly came back to his senses, picked up the chopsticks, but found that Yang Ming, who was sitting opposite him, was secretly observing him, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Yang Ming smiled shyly, and asked cautiously, "Your boyfriend?"

He nodded, picked up a pair of chopsticks fans, and lowered his head to eat.

"If there is a chance in the future, let's meet and get acquainted?" Yang Ming said tentatively.

Both Yang Ming and Cui Tang had asked Han Li about Pei Yanyu.But Han Li not only refused to provide any information related to Pei Yanyu, but even changed the topic roughly when they talked about Pei Yanyu.

Han Li found a new place to live without waiting for Cui Tang to come back, also to prevent them from contacting each other.So, until now Pei Yanyu only had the impression of "Han Li's boyfriend" to Cui Tang and Yang Ming, and they didn't even know Pei Yanyu's name.For this matter, Cui Tang lost his temper and complained to Han Li, but these were useless in front of Han Li.

They have helped Han Li a lot, especially Yang Ming. No matter when Han Li was working as MB or now, whenever Han Li encounters difficulties, Yang Ming always tries his best to help him without saying a word.

Now that Yang Ming had such a wish, and it didn't look like it was a casual joke, Han Li thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll wait until I have a chance."

"Yeah." Yang Ming ate two mouthfuls of vermicelli and said suddenly, "He must be very good."

Very good?Han Li thought to himself: It's so stupid but true.He snorted coldly and shook his head amusedly.

After eating, thinking of Pei Yanyu, who was so stupid, Han Li had already booked the ticket to go home before leaving the store.

"Are you going back?" Han Li asked Yang Ming who was waiting beside him with an umbrella.

He shook his head, lowered his eyes and said, "I have a guest who has an appointment to meet you at Xinjie at eight o'clock, and I have to hurry there."

It didn't occur to Han Li that he would have to pick up guests at night, which seemed as far away as an eternity to Han Li.Embarrassment flashed across Han Li's face, he hesitated and asked, "Are you going to keep doing it?"

"Well, probably." Yang Ming smiled ashamedly at him, "Looking at what you have suffered, I was too scared to leave. It's not been a few years, and even if he is older, he can't make money for Brother Shitou. will let me go."

Han Li was silent for a moment, nodded, and said: "You and Cui Tang should be careful."

He smiled frankly and said, "I know, we are all veterans."

This made Han Li unable to refute. When he first entered the industry, Yang Ming took him to some multiplayer rounds.

Yang Ming, like Cui Tang, looks immature, but in fact he is not young, and has been in that industry for many years.They are very lucky, they are still healthy until now, many people have not had time to survive, crazy, sick, and died.

It was the moment of parting. After thinking about it, Han Li decided to accompany Yang Ming to Xinjie first.

Who knew, they just stopped a taxi that had just got off, and the passengers who got out of the car immediately called out Han Li's name.

When Han Li heard a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar, he turned around in astonishment, and found that it was a classmate from college. He was so surprised that he couldn't speak.

"Then I'll go first." Seeing the situation, Yang Ming said to Han Li, "I'm going to be late."

Han Li nodded dully and let him go.Facing Lai Chengchun who came to him full of emotion, Han Li still couldn't recover.

Lai Chengchun looked at him excitedly, and when he saw Yang Ming leave in a taxi, he stepped forward to hold Han Li's shoulder, and then grabbed Han Li's arm a few times, as if he was confirming whether he saw a real person.

"It's really you!" Lai Chengchun hugged him emotionally, "I thought I'd never see you again in this life!"

Because of this hug, all the things that happened in my previous life flooded into Han Li's mind.His head suddenly started to hurt, and he managed to react. He forced the corner of his mouth to let go of Lai Chengchun, and said, "Long time no see."

"Stinky boy! All these years, where did you die?!" Lai Chengchun punched him hard on the shoulder, but his eyes turned red first.