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The rain was still pattering, hitting the window sill and splashing on the glass.

The music in the cafe was quiet and sad, and with the sound of rain outside the door, it was even more gloomy.

Han Li buried his head and sent a message to Pei Yanyu, saying that he had met a classmate and we were talking about the old days together, and that he had to go back later so that he should not wait for him.

After sending the message, Han Li put the phone back in his pocket, looked up and saw Lai Chengchun watching him carefully, hesitant to speak.

But Han Li avoided his gaze, didn't ask what he wanted to say, but picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip.The coffee was sour, Han Li pursed his lips, and suddenly wanted to go home anxiously.

After a while, a copper bell rang at the door of the store.Han Li heard the store manager say "Welcome" softly, he looked out of the store, and still couldn't help frowning when he saw the people who arrived as expected.

Lai Chengchun turned his head and saw Zhong Yunque who came in, and suddenly smiled relaxedly.

Zhong Yunque came in the rain, and there were many raindrops on his windbreaker, and his short hair also had a moist luster.

His mouth was slightly open, he was panting, his complexion was pale, and his crystal clear eyes looked at Han Li without blinking.Walking step by step, he never blinked, as if he was afraid that Han Li would disappear out of thin air in the blink of an eye.

Han Li's back was stiff from seeing him, and seeing his red eye circles, Han Li felt an indescribable sadness in his heart, and his brows frowned more and more tightly.

"Senior..." He tightly held the gloves he had just taken off, his voice was trembling, and tears filled his eyes in just half a sentence.

Lai Chengchun hurriedly moved away from the empty seat beside him, and said, "Sit down first, sit down and talk."

Hearing this, Zhong Yunque was startled.Embarrassment suddenly added to his excitement, and he glanced at Han Li in embarrassment, and sat down beside Lai Chengchun in frustration.

After he sat down, the three of them remained silent, as if they didn't know how to speak so that the present and the past could be perfectly connected.

Han Li stared at the cup and saucer of the coffee cup in a daze - there was light from candlelight falling on it, and the phone rang suddenly. He took out the phone and looked at it. It was a message from Pei Yanyu, asking if he needed to go back tomorrow.

Han Li looked at the time and thought that he could still catch the last train, so he said: If you can go back, you go to bed first, don't wait for me.

After posting this message, Han Li immediately relaxed a lot. He looked up at the two of them and asked, "How are you doing recently? I heard that you have gone abroad a while ago, but you haven't."

Zhong Yunque shuddered when he heard this, and fixedly looked into Han Li's eyes, and asked, "Who did you listen to? Who?"

When he spoke, he leaned forward unconsciously, sticking to the edge of the table.Han Li hurriedly glanced at the surprised Lai Chengchun, avoided his gaze, and replied casually, "I forgot, I saw it online one day in a group."

"Are you still in the group?" Hearing this, even Lai Chengchun couldn't help asking, "We've been looking for you online all these years, why didn't you reply once? We thought you didn't use those contact methods anymore. Home What? Do you still live in Jiangwan? Why did we come to your house to look for you, but the property management said that your mother is no longer the owner? Where have you been all these years? Are you in Moling? You..." He said excitedly For a long time, it was not until the last sentence that he stopped strangely and looked at Han Li again hesitantly.

Zhong Yunque probably guessed what he wanted to ask, and his body trembled even more, as if if he stopped trembling, his tears would start to flow down.He clutched his forehead in pain, unable to speak for a long time.

Han Li looked at him sadly for a moment, then looked away, and said, "My mother sold the house before her death, but I have been living in it for the past few years, and I just moved out some time ago."

Zhong Yunque's eyes flickered, and he cautiously probed, and asked, "Are those rumors about you true?"

Facing his questioning, Han Li frowned and asked, "What rumor?"

"Speaking of you..." He couldn't say anything, shook his head to express that he didn't want to mention it again, and then asked, "Senior, how are you doing now? How are you doing?"

Han Li looked at Lai Chengchun and said calmly, "Recently I've been doing well, and I'm looking for a new job."

"Do you have any idea?" Lai Chengchun asked hurriedly.

He was silent for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Not yet. There is no graduation certificate and degree certificate, which has delayed a lot of things." Seeing how worried the two were about him, he raised his spirits and asked, "What about you? Why didn't you Go abroad?"

"Because of some accidents." Lai Chengchun smiled hastily, and looked at his younger brother, "I work in a nearby design company. However, Yunque is indeed going out soon."

Hearing this, a trace of sadness and envy flowed from the bottom of Han Li's heart.He looked at Zhong Yunque, and saw that he was worried as expected.

"Senior, you are looking for a new job..." Zhong Yunque hesitated for a moment, and said, "How about I recommend you to Teacher Lin? Another student of his and I are going abroad, and his son is starting his own business again." , the studio is short of people.”

Han Li was stunned when he heard this, and before he could answer, he saw Lai Chengchun reminding Zhong Yunque embarrassingly: "Hey, Teacher Lin is not the one who has the final say on the studio, so the teacher's wife can't pass it?"

Zhong Yunque was at a loss for words.

Lai Chengchun was also embarrassed, and smiled at Han Li, explaining: "Master's temper has become worse and worse in the past two years."

The three hadn't seen each other for a long time, and Han Li didn't want the two brothers to be unhappy about their own affairs just after seeing each other. He smiled lightly and said, "It's okay."

It took some time to get together with the two brothers. Han Li was thinking about the last train back home, and knew that Pei Yanyu would not sleep until he waited, so he quickly said goodbye.

After walking out of the cafe, Lai Chengchun walked aside to answer the phone, leaving Han Li and Zhong Yunque standing on the side of the road waiting for the bus.

The two looked at each other in silence, and the sound of splashing water from passing vehicles occasionally broke their silence.

Zhong Yunque looked back at Lai Chengchun, and asked Han Li in a tentative tone: "Senior, can you tell me your current contact information?"

His cautiousness made Han Li feel a little dazed and embarrassed. Han Li had heard Zhong Yunque say the same thing before, but at that time... Han Li stopped thinking about it, nodded, and told him the phone number.

Zhong Yunque saved Han Li's phone number and opened his mouth to speak when Lai Chengchun had already finished calling.

He put his arm around Zhong Yunque's shoulder and said to Han Li with a smile, "Contact again."

Having said that, Lai Chengchun didn't ask Han Li for his contact information.Han Li didn't remind him, just smiled and said, "Well, let's get back in touch."

Because of this encounter, Han Li missed the last train on the way back and had to take the intercity bus to go home.

The air in the carriage was tight, and he fell asleep in his seat listening to the music.

After the bus arrived at the station, he walked out of the station and saw that there were almost no pedestrians and vehicles on the main road. The rain had stopped not long ago, and the ground was still wet, reflecting the neon lights on the side of the road.

Wrapped in a windbreaker, Han Li waited for a taxi in the bleak cold wind with the forged certificate he just bought in his arms.

He walked along the street for 10 minutes, finally found a taxi, got in the car, and received a message on his mobile phone.

Han Li originally thought it was Pei Yanyu asking if he had arrived, but unexpectedly turned on the phone and found that it was a message from Zhong Yunque. It should be fine to find a way to hide it from her.In those few years at school, you learned everything you should have learned, got grades, and won awards. What you lack is a diploma, which is not important.Do you have time on weekends?Can we meet again?

Looking at this message, Han Li imagined Zhong Yunque's expression when he said these words, and found that he couldn't remember Zhong Yunque who he saw just now, but the appearance of him in his memory.

It turned out that three years was not enough for Han Li to say goodbye to the past. He heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he had agreed with Pei Yanyu that they would go to school together this weekend and move all their things back to their new home. He replied: I have something to do this weekend, sorry.

The smeared resume made Han Li unable to find a decent job, and everything in the past was rejected. If this continues, even life will become a problem.

In such a joint, what could be more important than an unexpected olive branch?Perhaps on the other end of the phone, Zhong Yunque was also thinking about this issue.After a long time, he asked something unrelated to work in the message: Senior, are you still alone now?

Han Li was not surprised that he would ask such a question, and replied the answer he had prepared: no.

The author says:

This Mr. Zhong has a short episode with the previous Yang Ming, which is called Knowing Your Name in the author's column.It is what happened after a few years after Bai Ping's story ended. ?