I may have a fake CP

When Qiao Ji came out of the station, the snow hadn't stopped.

The snowflakes as big as goose feathers fell densely and crowdedly, rolling all over the sky, a piece of dazzling white.After a night of heavy snowfall, a thick layer of snow has accumulated outside the station. A cleaning worker with a snow shovel rubbing against the ground made a loud "click" sound, clearing the square in front of the station. But there are more places too late to clear the snow.

Qiao Ji walked in the snow for a long time before remembering that he should take a taxi.

There were two days before New Year's Eve, and it was early in the morning, and it was difficult to get a taxi. Qiao Ji stood beside a pruned cypress tree and waited for almost half an hour before someone took his order.

In order to relieve the loneliness of the journey, the drivers probably all have the attribute of being "good at speaking and talking". Just as Qiao Ji sat down in the back seat, the driver looked at him in the rearview mirror and said with a smile, "It's freezing in this weather, isn't it?"

Qiao Ji waited for a while before saying: "...It's okay."

"I heard that this is the biggest snowfall in city A this year. My car was parked downstairs. I got up today and saw that the car was covered by snow!" The driver laughed, "If it wasn't for sending my son to cram school, I would I won’t be working today, it’s good to rest at home.”

Qiao Ji looked at the driver, saw his helpless and proud tone when he mentioned his son, and asked, "It's almost Chinese New Year, do you still let the child go to cram school?"

"That's no good! In learning this matter, you can't fall behind others for a day!" The driver said, "My son is smart, but he is too skinny, and he doesn't need to focus on the right path. For his future, I have to force him to learn. What? Don't tell me, we don't celebrate the new year, and the teacher will also celebrate the new year, and the supplementary tuition fees charged during this period are very expensive! I have to drive all day to pay for this brat's one lesson!"

"That burden is too heavy."

"Is there any way? Isn't it for his future!" The driver looked forward and said, "Parents are like this, they are dedicated to their children's good, even if he doesn't appreciate it. You are still young now, and you will know when you become a father .”

"I don't want to." Qiao Ji said casually, unconsciously remembering what Li's mother said at that time, "Raising children is really too much to worry about. Now I have to worry about studying, and in the future I have to worry about finding a partner and having children..."

"I don't care about him looking for a partner!" The driver said heartily, "He looks for whatever he likes, as long as he likes it, as long as he doesn't bring a man home, which girl can't live a life? Right?"

He thought he was being humorous, and laughed out loud after he finished speaking.

"...Yeah." Qiao Ji laughed after a while, then raised the corners of his mouth, "...Yeah."

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Qiao Ji also didn't know why, as an out-and-out northerner, every time he went out and encountered snow, he was particularly prone to get sick when he came back.He didn't run less while running, and he didn't feel that his physique was weak recently. Could it be that the land of the United States gave him a weak buff, making him unable to adapt to the climate of his motherland?

After returning home, she felt the familiar dizziness. Qiao Ji fell asleep on the bed without even taking off her clothes.After sleeping until the afternoon, Qiao Ji got up groggy, took a hot bath, ordered takeaway, and found that there was still some medicine left at home, so he swallowed the medicine himself after eating, and waited for the medicine to take effect. , and fell asleep in a daze.

The low-grade fever lasted for a day and a night, and at night, Qiao Ji's cell phone began to ring continuously.

He hung up several times before answering, and said in a low voice, "Hello?"

Li Xu who was on the opposite side was stunned for a moment: "What, are you sick again?"

"...It's nothing serious." Qiao Ji heard his voice clearly, paused, and said, "I just took the medicine, and I'm sleepy... It's nothing, I'll die."

Li Xu seemed to want to say something more, but Qiao Ji had already pressed the hang up button, and in just a moment, he successfully cut off all connections.

Li Xu didn't call again.

Qiao Ji lay on her stomach looking at the screen of the phone that was getting darker, with her arms lying horizontally, and her chin resting on her forearm.

Until the last second when the screen was completely dark, he stretched out his hand and poked the name "Li Xu" to light up again.After a while, he flattened his mouth and whispered:

"What should I do...brother."

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Throughout the new year, for Qiao Ji, the only happy thing was that he finally didn't have to spend New Year's Eve alone.

When he went to his aunt's house as agreed, he still had a cold. Wearing a mask and carrying a large push of fruit supplements, he walked in and muffled, "Happy Chinese New Year, Auntie."

Auntie must have just come out of the kitchen with an apron on her body. When Qiao Ji called out, her eyes sparkled moistly: "Hey, happy Chinese New Year, come in!"

Qiao Ji was taking off his shoes in the hallway, and she was also wringing her hands to watch, and couldn't help sighing: "You are so handsome... Have you lost weight... You look better than your father when he was young..."

Qiao Ji raised his face and asked with a smile, "What was my father like when he was young?"

"Your father is not as handsome as you, and your uncle is not as handsome as you." The aunt smiled, "Both of them have thick eyebrows and a square face, and they are fierce when they look at them. It's a good thing you picked your parents' good place to grow up, and your big eyes are like your father's." , the melon seed face looks like your mother, the best genes of the old Qiao family are all grown on you."

Qiao Ji took off his mask, stood where he was, and asked softly, "...don't you blame me?"

My aunt was taken aback by his question, and after realizing it, she went to pinch his arm with a fierce face: "Don't talk nonsense!"

She sighed, and continued: "Auntie has already figured it out, who is fate, it's all decided early in the morning. If someone leaves, it's all the blame on the rest of the family, that's a rascal's job! "

"—Your uncle is an old rascal, and my aunt won't be a rascal anymore. Besides, my aunt is a teacher. How can she be the same as your uncle who is superstitious? Isn't that lowering my cultural level? Don't you think so! "

Qiao Ji couldn't help laughing: "Yes, yes."

My aunt laughed too.

Many years of estrangement, strangeness, fear and scrutiny still lie between them, and it will not be resolved in a short while, but there are also many things that have melted most of them unknowingly in the smiles at each other on New Year's Eve.

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My aunt made a lot of Qiao Ji's favorite dishes, but she didn't expect that Qiao Ji could cook the dishes with ease, and his movements were skillful and sophisticated. He looked like a regular cook.She looked at Qiao Ji, and couldn't help but sigh with red eyes: "Xiao Ji, good boy... really good boy."

The Spring Festival Gala was playing loudly in the living room, and there were fireworks continuously rising into the sky outside the window. Accompanied by the roaring roar, Qiao Ji couldn't hear it clearly, so he turned his head and asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, Xiao Ji, come to Auntie's place to celebrate the New Year next year too!" Auntie raised her voice.

Qiao Ji heard it clearly this time, and smiled with his eyes slightly bent: "Okay."

When the hot, delicious and tasty dishes came to the table, Qiao Ji put the phone aside, and while eating, he and his aunt chatted about the Spring Festival Gala.Qiao Ji's memory of the Spring Festival Gala was many years ago, and he hadn't watched it since he went abroad. When he just returned to China last year, because he didn't have this awareness, he spent New Year's Eve alone by playing games and sleeping with his head covered.

Now it is the song and dance program of the Spring Festival Gala. A group of people who are actors in Qiao Ji's impression are happily singing a chorus with a microphone. , The mouth shape of that person over there is not aligned."

My aunt followed and watched, amused: "That's right, the lyrics are all in 'Auspicious Ruyi', and his mouth is still open!"

Qiao Ji said: "Did he react a little slower, now that he sang 'Flowers', why did he close his mouth again?"

My aunt laughed until she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes: "This young man is so handsome, he must be an actor. I have watched his TV series, playing a fairy who always wears white clothes."

"Why are the actors singing now, why not let them perform sketches?" Qiao Ji was speechless.

"I can't help it. The music industry is not very prosperous now." The aunt said, "Your uncle's original business was related to physical music, but he said he would lose money two years ago. If he can't continue, he basically sold it all— —" Having said that, she paused for a moment and asked Qiao Ji: "Xiao Ji, are you just singing on the Internet now?"

Qiao Ji was stunned for a moment, remembering that he and she had talked about each other's recent situation on the phone before, and nodded: "Well, I mainly record songs and post them on the Internet, live broadcast to fans and so on."

"On the Internet, without leaving the house every day, can you make money?"

"If the one that is particularly powerful can earn it."—Like Qian Xu, who can sing five-figure game theme songs casually—Qiao Ji touched his face and smiled embarrassedly, "But I’m not good enough now, the money from the live broadcast is not enough for me to eat, so I just sit at home and eat.”

"Then, have you ever thought about going to work?"

"……what?"

"Just to discuss with you." The aunt put down her chopsticks and looked at him softly, "I don't think it's a problem to stay at home all the time——Auntie didn't say anything about you, what your uncle gave you is you Yes, you spend whatever you want—it’s just a feeling that people are bored at home every day and don’t have contact with society, so it’s easy to hold back, and it’s not good for your mental health... What do you think?”

Qiao Ji also put down his chopsticks, and said solemnly: "You're right. I didn't know what to do when I just returned to China, and I happened to be drawn into the circle by my friends. It felt very fresh, so I kept soaking it up. Thinking about it now, it is It's a bit like avoiding society, so I can't go on like this forever. Then I will try to find a job after the new year..."

"No hurry, Xiaoji. Auntie wants to tell you something."

"What? You said."

"Your uncle had an old friend who worked in a recording studio. He seems to be quite famous in the music circle." The aunt said, "Now he needs an assistant. He does a lot of work and the salary is not high. Gao, but I think you may be interested in being able to get in touch with the music industry at close range, so I will ask you, would you like to go?"