Tentative

The roommate later asked if Qu Xiaoyu was okay that night, and if the man had made things difficult for her, but she just said it was okay and let it go.

The roommate keenly felt that something was wrong with her, but she tactfully did not continue to ask, but instead asked Qu Xiaoyu if he planned to find a way to sign with a record company in the future.This way includes going to receptions to build relationships, as well as participating in some talent shows, etc. Missing a long reception is not a big deal.

But Qu Xiaoyu suddenly seemed to be a different person.

It was the weekend, and the two of them were making something to eat in the rental house, chatting while cooking.The roommate said: "Actually, there is a talent show recently, I think you can try it."

"I don't have any money for those who have to stuff money in the end." Qu Xiaoyu said lightly.

The roommate laughed: "There are also those who win by strength, Xiaoyu, you are so beautiful, and your singing skills are so good, you are born to be a star!"

"Forget it..." Qu Xiaoyu carefully washed the dishes in his hand, "I want to find a job."

"……What job?"

"Singing in a bar or something like that." She said, "I'm not a music teacher, so maybe I can only find this kind of music in a short time."

"What a mess the bar is..."

"It's okay, didn't Senior Sister Zhou just sang in the bar before, I heard it's quite safe."

"That's it... I have no objection," said the roommate, "I'm just afraid it won't be safe... Hey, your dish is almost ruined, give it to me."

"Oh... what else do you want to wash?"

"No, it's almost done. Just take this out, turn on the induction cooker and boil it. I'll deal with these vegetables, and then I can eat them."

"it is good."

Qu Xiaoyu carried out the red soup pot as he said.After eating it once, she almost fell in love with this sour soup from her roommate's hometown, and often asked her roommate to make it for herself.But in fact, she is no longer Qu Xiaoyu's roommate, and they don't live together now, maybe they should be called differently.

The roommate's name is Yu Xilian, which is really a very simple name.

While handling the vegetables, Yu Xilian raised her voice and said to Qu Xiaoyu outside: "What about your boyfriend, why don't you tell him?"

"Which boyfriend are you talking about?"

"Just the one who drank milk tea together last month."

"That's it, we're divided." Qu Xiaoyu said.

"...You're really fast. We've only been dating for a month." Yu Xilian said, "I don't think it's good for you to keep changing like this. You should find someone to settle down with."

She came out with the dishes, just in time to hear Qu Xiaoyu say coldly: "A man is not as good as a dog."

"That brother of yours was very kind to you before." Yu Xilian didn't realize that there was something else in the words, and said with a smile, "He is not your real brother, he is so kind to you, he must like you Ah, don't you think about it?"

"You said Yizhuo, he only regards me as his younger sister."

Yu Xilian said a few more words, but Qu Xiaoyu prevaricated them.The red soup in the pot was bubbling, and Qu Xiaoyu was stupidly waiting for Yu Xilian to boil the dishes for her.

Qu Xiaoyu still called Shen Yizhuo the next day, always feeling that he should tell Shen Yizhuo about his plan.

She has graduated for two months and has no job. She has almost spent all her savings, and the rent money is still borrowed from credit software.Yu Xilian didn't know about this, and she didn't say it, because Yu Xilian's family conditions were not good, and almost all of her salary was paid back except for her own use.

But if she asked, Yu Xilian would definitely try her best to lend her the money—it was because the other party would definitely lend her money that Qu Xiaoyu was even more reluctant to ask.Whether she can successfully find a job as a resident singer is uncertain, and she does not know when she will be able to repay the loan.

"Yizhuo... what are you doing?"

The other end of the phone was very quiet, Shen Yizhuo said, "I'm in the office, what's wrong?"

"Interrupting your work?"

"No, what's the matter?" Qu Xiaoyu could hear the concern in the other party's tone clearly, but just like that, she suddenly felt very wronged, and her voice choked up: "...It's okay, I just haven't seen you for a long time, Give you a call."

Qu Xiaoyu could only rot in his stomach what happened that night, and couldn't tell anyone.After Shen Yizhuo took over the work at home, he became more and more busy. They hadn't seen each other for a while, and now they suddenly heard each other's voice, and they were still as concerned as ever. It soon fell out of the eye socket.

"What's the matter? Signing a record company is not going well?" Shen Yizhuo said patiently, "Let me ask for you again. Recently, I just got acquainted with the boss of a record company."

But she didn't cry, instead she tried her best to pretend to be calm and said, "It's okay... I don't want to go to the record company, I want to go to the bar to sing."

"Singing?... That kind of place is too messy." Shen Yizhuo was very perceptive, "Is there no money on me, I'll transfer it to you later."

"No, no, there are more!" Qu Xiaoyu said, "I have a senior who sings in a bar. She said that the atmosphere is very good and singing is very fun. I want to try it too."

"Really?"

"Well, really."

On the other end of the phone, Shen Yizhuo pondered for a while before speaking: "... In this way, you can go, but you can only go to the one I am familiar with. I don't worry about other places... Then I will send someone to pick you up from get off work every day, okay? "

She couldn't refuse this kind of care at all, she just wanted to hang up the phone and cry: "...OK."

"Okay, let's have dinner together tonight. I'll pick you up and take you there."

"it is good."

Shen Yizhuo should be busy with work, although he told Qu Xiaoyu that he was not busy, but she still felt it.After deciding to meet at night, the phone call ended. Qu Xiaoyu hid in the bed and cried a lot, crying hoarsely, and wet the pillow.

After Shen Yizhuo hung up her phone, he already had a rough plan in mind.If Qu Xiaoyu really ran to sing in an unknown bar, he really couldn't be at ease, there were too many accidents, and he didn't want anything to happen to Qu Xiaoyu.

But speaking of bars, isn't Jiang Yuzhao the owner of M8?

He hadn't contacted him for two years, and it was a bit difficult to contact him suddenly. He smoked a cigarette by the French window in the office, and still called Lu Ziming: "Hey, you and Young Master Jiang should know each other?"

"The one who runs the bar? We've met each other, but we don't know each other well. What's the matter?"

"Help me get his phone number."

"okay."

"Thank you."

"polite."

The conversation was very concise. After all, Lu Ziming is a rich second generation born and raised here. He has a lot of contacts in the circle. Within 5 minutes, he sent Shen Yizhuo Jiang Yuzhao's number.He looked at the phone and hesitated for a while, then dialed it.

"Hello? Who is it?"

"It's me, Shen Yizhuo."

There was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone, and it took a long time before he said, "Is there something wrong?"

Between Shen Yizhuo and him, there was no need for polite words for a long time, so he went straight to the point: "I want to ask you to do me a favor."

"……what?"

"Quzhe has a younger sister—you know, her name is Xiaoyu."

"know."

"She wants to go to the bar to sing..." "I see, you can bring her here." Before Shen Yizhuo finished speaking, Jiang Yuzhao said directly, "I will arrange for her safety to be taken care of."

"Thank you then. I will bring her over tonight, the one on Chengnan Road."

"Okay, I'll be there at night." After Jiang Yuzhao finished speaking, he hung up the phone without waiting for Shen Yizhuo's response.

The only thing that they can maintain a tacit understanding is about Qu Zhe.

Just like how he took care of Qu Xiaoyu these years, if Jiang Yuzhao needs to take care of her, Shen Yizhuo knows that the other party will be like him, and spare no effort.

Nine p.m.

Shen Yizhuo and Qu Xiaoyu walked out of the hotel and got into his car.Qu Xiaoyu sat in the co-pilot, took out cosmetics from the bag, and touched up a little.Shen Yizhuo said softly: "Did you get rejected by the record company? Don't lie to me."

"How can there be... Really not!"

"Your eyes are still swollen, have you ever cried?"

"..." Qu Xiaoyu was speechless, so he had to take out the concealer to cover the puffiness of his eyes more carefully.Shen Yizhuo shook his head while driving: "If you don't want to say it, I won't force it, but you should tell me if you have any difficulties. Girls shouldn't carry them by themselves."

"What should the girl do? Do she rely on men? Haha!" Qu Xiaoyu said with a smile, after finishing her makeup, she stuffed things back into her bag.

Shen Yizhuo said seriously: "Girls should be pampered."

"I'm going to blush when you say that." Qu Xiaoyu said cheerfully, "Why don't you find a girl to pamper you, Yizhuo?"

"I only care about pampering you, not about others."

"Hahaha, what you said is so lethal, I'm almost tempted!"

The corner of Shen Yizhuo's mouth turned up, but he didn't answer.

Soon the two arrived at M8, sat down at an ordinary table, and ordered two glasses of cocktails that were not too high-end. Shen Yizhuo casually asked the waiter next to him, "Is Young Master Jiang here today?"

"……Here I am."

"You tell him that his friend is here and wait for him here, thank you."

"……OK!"

He didn't try to hide the volume of his speech. At this time, there were not too many people in M8. Qu Xiaoyu also heard it and asked, "Is this opened by your friend?"

"That's it."

"Wow—it's amazing, this place is very famous."

"Well, it's okay."

Soon Jiang Yuzhao came over, and sat down opposite Shen Yizhuo politely, but his eyes stayed on Qu Xiaoyu's face.Shen Yizhuo took the lead and said, "This is Qu Xiaoyu...Xiaoyu, this is Jiang Yuzhao."

"Hello!" Qu Xiaoyu smiled sweetly, "I'm Qu Xiaoyu."

"Hello." Compared to Qu Xiaoyu's enthusiasm, Jiang Yuzhao just nodded slightly, but his eyes kept falling on Qu Xiaoyu's face without hesitation.Qu Xiaoyu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, so he reached out and touched his cheek and said, "...Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No, you are very beautiful." Jiang Yuzhao said.

"Thank you!"

Only then did Jiang Yuzhao look away and look at Shen Yizhuo, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.He simply said: "Try to go on stage tonight?"

"Okay!" Qu Xiaoyu didn't seem nervous, "It's just that I didn't make any preparations."

"You don't need to change your clothes. You can choose what you want to sing in the backstage later, and just communicate with the DJ."

"Okay——" Qu Xiaoyu said, the phone suddenly vibrated, and it was Yu Xilian who called, "Then I'll go to the bathroom first, and you two talk first."

"Okay, be careful." Shen Yizhuo said softly.

After Qu Xiaoyu walked away, Jiang Yuzhao finally spoke to Shen Yizhuo: "Does she know that you and Qu Zhe..." "She doesn't know."

"...Shen Yizhuo, you are really an asshole."

Shen Yizhuo didn't care about Jiang Yuzhao's evaluation at all. He shook the wine in the glass and said casually: "If you want to tell her, you can do whatever you want. If you just want her to be with you...you must ensure her safety, I will send her every day Someone picked her up."

Jiang Yuzhao was silent and did not answer.But Shen Yizhuo knew that he would definitely protect Qu Xiaoyu, not for anything else, just because she was Qu Zhe's own sister.

After a long time, Jiang Yuzhao asked, "Has Qu Zhe come back?"

"No."

He smiled bitterly: "Yes, he probably won't come back."

"He'll be back."

Soon Qu Xiaoyu came back, and Jiang Yuzhao took her to the backstage to pick out the accompaniment here, and then sent someone to say hello to the DJ.At about ten o'clock, Qu Xiaoyu came on stage.

Jiang Yuzhao and Shen Yizhuo were sitting beside the stage. They both looked at the people on the stage without saying a word.Qu Zhe's shadow can still be seen on that delicately made-up face, which looks blurred and a little far away under the stage lights.

Qu Xiaoyu's singing skills are indeed unquestionable, she can play the true and false sounds freely, and she chose a song with a variety of charms. She is wearing a plain dress, which is obviously everyday clothes, but at this moment, it seems that she has chosen it deliberately. suitable.

"I said goodbye, and I never saw you again."

"Light a cigarette that will make you feel lonely after going to the empty space of the building, and love a glimpse of love in the years."

Maybe it's because the song is too nice, maybe it's because Qu Xiaoyu's face is too similar to Qu Zhe, maybe it's because the lyrics are too beautiful... Shen Yizhuo was smoking a cigarette when suddenly his heart trembled - he really wanted to see Qu Zhe again.