Night walk

At night, Qiao Yixiao fell asleep, washed clean, wrapped in a quilt, her little face exposed to the outside was flushed from sleep.Mo Zhao sat by the bed and watched him carefully for a long time.Then he took the box on the table, slowly opened it, and took out a cup and a small card from it.

The cup is milky white, with sunflowers, kittens, and the word "Xiao" painted on the surface of the cup.

He looked at it over and over for a long time before he was willing to look at the inside of the cup again. It was smudged lake blue, and there was also a small word on the bottom of the cup: Photo.

Mo Zhao looked a little complicated.

The cup is a bit rough, the rim is even uneven, and the shape of the cup is even more unusual.You can tell it's handmade.

He thought of Qiao Yixiao, who was so sleepy before going to bed, but still remembered to ask him if he liked these gifts.

It was not enough for him to say "like" once, he said it several times.Qiao Yixiao smiled and finally couldn't hold it anymore, and fell into a deep sleep.

He looked at the card again: I give you my whole life!

He looked at it for a long time, then solemnly put the cup on the bedside, got up and walked out.

Closing the bedroom door, he went to the study, turned on his phone, but first saw a text message from Qiao Yixiao.

Qiao Yixiao himself forgot that he wanted to send at [-]:[-], but he was afraid that he would not be able to pinch the time properly, so he set the timed sending in advance.But he revised the content back and forth many times, and it has not been finalized.Just before midnight, when Mo Zhao came back, he forgot about it and forgot to cancel.

At this time, the text message on Mo Zhao's mobile phone reads: Happy birthday, husband! o(≧v≦)o Don’t laugh out loud.

After laughing, it was really silent.

He is confident enough in himself, since he was a child, he has always known that one day Qiao Yixiao would fall in love with him.He used to think that if he gave Qiao Yixiao money, gave Qiao Yixiao everything he wanted, Qiao Yixiao gave him affection, gave him dependence, and satisfied his lack of heart, this was perfection.

But for so long, he knew that he had changed.

When he knew that Qiao Yixiao fell in love with someone like this, he changed.

When he fell in love with such Qiao Yixiao so much, he changed.

He looked out the window and suddenly laughed at himself.

I have lived in this world for more than 30 years, and the hurdle that I could pass through safely when I was a child has finally arrived.

After all, he was going to lose his mind.

Gao Ming sat on the bed in the hotel in the middle of the night, but he was about to go crazy. He angrily ignored that it was Mo Zhao, that was his relative, his brother, and even his secret boss.He turned to the phone and said, "Mo Zhao, are you crazy?! If you really like that Qiao Yixiao, you can take him over when everything settles down in City Z?! It doesn't matter if he drops out of school or not. It's all very simple? You can open up two houses in Shanghai, and you can have as much as you want in Z City, and I will help you prepare! There are so many roads to go, why did you choose such a ridiculous road? "

"He's going to school."

"Go to school?! You don't know what kind of existence he was originally?! It's the best situation for him to go to school for more than a year, okay?"

"Gao Ming, please respect him."

Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and cursed: "You are really fucking crazy!"

"I know."

"Which shop is there if you miss this village?!!!"

"There will be City Y next year."

"City Y, City Y!!! I think you fucking fancy that it's close to Shanghai, right?!"

"Yes." Mo Zhao admitted without hesitation.

Gao Ming said, "Mo Zhao, I am very disappointed in you. I am disappointed in you. Have you ever thought about Grandpa Mo and Uncle Mo?"

Mo Zhao calmly said: "When I make a decision, I will think about every possible outcome. Since I have chosen the current path, it means that I am fully capable of handling the next thing .”

"Don't tell me this! City Y next year will be in April. Tell me, what's the difference from now?! It's only a few months later! I don't believe it, even if you really fell in love with that Qiao Yixiao, you still talk about it. I don’t even want my job anymore?! I really don’t believe it anymore, how can there be such a saying! Go ask Qiao Yixiao, and see what he says!”

Mo Zhao actually laughed at this moment, he said: "Gao Ming, you are too excited."

"I'm excited?!" Gao Ming sat on a strange big bed, almost outraged by his high blood pressure.A shortcut popped up halfway, you don't take it, and you still say I'm too excited? !He said angrily: "Mo Zhao, go crazy! I don't care anymore! Since I was young, you have surpassed me in everything, and I have always admired you. Even when you wanted to find a little lover back then, I didn't say anything Help you deal with it. Just because I have always believed in you. Today, for the first time, I am very disappointed in you!" After finishing speaking, Gao Ming hung up the phone.

Mo Zhao sat on the chair, put the mobile phone on the table, turned around, and faced the endless night in front of him.

Since he was a child, he has actually lived in a circle all the time.

This circle is drawn for him by his family, and he can only study and live in this circle.When he grows up, he can only work in this circle.There is no one else in this circle except himself.

He knows that there are better things outside the circle, but for many years, he has been too lazy to wonder about things outside the circle.

He is mature but also confused, proud and occasionally unconfident.Only rarely did he dare to open his heart to see the fragility in his heart.Sometimes he also thought, what would happen to him if he stepped out of this circle?

But his family did not give him such an opportunity, so he could only exist in this circle day after day, year after year.While he was proud, he was also afraid of the punishment of his family members. It was an ignorant but frightening field for no reason.

And Qiao Yixiao appeared.

Once upon a time, he had a family.In the future, he can have a wife, children, and even friends, but he will still be the only one in the circle.

Now, he just wants to add someone to this cold and dark circle.

And that person does not reject this boring circle, that person is even happy to be in this circle, and it brings him a light that he has never seen before.

He just wants to keep him.

In his previous life plan, there was only himself.

Now, there is just one more person.

And he did not Zhao, or Mo Zhao.His life, or his own life.

His goal is still there.

It's just that starting today, there will be an extra consideration in his plan.

He hopes that his future scenery can be shared with others.

That's it.

Family members and brothers may not believe him, let alone understand him.

But it doesn't matter, Qiao Yixiao will like it.

And if he can't even protect this old and new circle that has Qiao Yixiao, how can he be worthy of being Mo Zhao in Qiao Yixiao's eyes.

Everything and nothing more.

Qiao Yixiao didn't know that when he woke up in the morning, Mo Zhao was already gone.He jumped up and sat up, fell back again, and last night was over again... He put on his clothes, brushed his teeth and washed his face, then ran downstairs and shouted: "Auntie! Auntie!"

"Hey, hey." Aunt Dong ran out quickly, "Are you up? Oh, wear more clothes!" Aunt Dong picked up the small blanket on the sofa and handed it to him.

He put it on with a smile and asked, "Has Mo Zhao gone to work?"

"Yes!"

"Hey, did he have breakfast in the morning? He really worked too hard."

"Eat and eat."

Aunt Dong explained what she ate one by one, and Qiao Yixiao was relieved, because there was also a class today, and he couldn't find Mo Zhao after all.

He went upstairs and took out the hidden calendar. On today's calendar, he circled another heart and wrote: Happy birthday, husband.Embarrassed, he didn't dare to look at it again, and stuffed it back into the deepest part of the cabinet.

After lunch, he went to school obediently.

When Mo Zhao came back at night, the car just stopped when Qiao Yixiao rushed out.

Mo Zhao: ...

Qiao Yixiao opened the trunk and didn't know what to do. After reading it, he got into the back seat of the car and looked at it. Then he looked at Mo Zhao in disbelief and said, "Be honest!"

"...What are you going to tell me?" Director Mo was confused.

"Xiao Zhao's gift for you!"

"..." Director Mo was particularly at a loss, "I didn't send it."

"Impossible! She must have given it away!"

Director Mo said helplessly: "I really didn't send it, I didn't go to the unit today."

Only then did Qiao Yixiao smile again: "Oh, it's all right!" After speaking, he rushed in again.

Mo Zhao couldn't laugh or cry.

Although Director Mo grew up in a different environment from Qiao Yixiao, he was also a person who basically didn't have birthdays since he was a child.But from this time on, there was one more person who celebrated his birthday.

As usual, Aunt Dong, Xiao Zhe and Wan Ling had a lively meal with them.

Afterwards, Qiao Yixiao specially sent a piece of cake to Jin Luo.

The girl was very timid and took the plate with her head down.

Qiao Yixiao smiled and said, "I made it myself! Mo Zhao said it's delicious, you should try it too!"

"thanks……"

"You're welcome!" After Qiao Yixiao finished speaking, she turned around happily and left.

Only then did Jin Luo look up at him, his back, and then look down at the cake in his hand.

She smelled it, it smelled like pineapple.

A week later, the news that Li Yuntian was taken away for investigation for corruption and bribery was overwhelming.

City Z is well-known in the country, and it is such a big event that the major media took turns publishing articles.Qiao Yixiao also saw it when he was scrolling through Weibo. He was lying on Mo Zhao's lap, and said in surprise, "Oh my God, there is a truckload of antiques found in this man's house! There are only three floors in the house, and there are elevators! It’s just the mayor of a county-level city who can embezzle so much? It’s terrible.”

Mo Zhao stuffed a plum into his mouth.

"If you become the mayor or something in the future, you must not accept gifts. When you are an official, you must do things for the people. You must be a good official." Qiao Yixiao said while eating.

"Okay." Mo Zhao agreed to him, reaching out to catch the words he spit out.

It was over.

In November, Deputy Mayor Shao of Z City assumed the post of acting mayor.But this kind of news is obviously more important than the news that a truckload of antiques was found at home not long ago, but because it is not interesting, no one pays attention to it.

Qiao Yixiao didn't even pay attention, that city Z was so far away from him, he had never been there before.If it weren't for the staggering news before, he wouldn't even know the city.

So what does it matter to him?

One day at the end of November, Qiao Yixiao was drawing pictures on the computer in the company.

A colleague from the administrative department downstairs walked over, looked around, and asked, "Xiao Qiao, are you the only one in your department?"

"Yes, they have activities in Jinan these two days, and they are on a business trip." He is an intern and has to go to school again, so he didn't follow him.

This colleague knew that Qiao Yixiao had been intern here for a long time, so he said, "Come here."

"how?"

"A case was assigned to your department, and the client came here early today, so go and talk to them."

"Huh?" Although he attended a lot of meetings and some activities in Shanghai, if he had time, he also went there.Once in his hometown, he even participated in countless projects.Strictly speaking, he actually has more experience than most people in the company.But here, it was the first time that he came forward to make contact.

But he is not nervous, he has never been a timid person, on the contrary, he is a little excited.

He took the pen and paper and immediately went to the meeting room where the client was.

When he opened the door, he saw two familiar faces.

It's Xiao Zhao and Xiao Shi.

The two of them obviously didn't expect to see Qiao Yixiao here, and they were also a little surprised.

Qiao Yixiao froze for a while, then calmly closed the door of the meeting room, walked towards them, and sat opposite them.He thought, this is Mo Zhao's subordinate, he can't embarrass Mo Zhao!

Soon, he showed a very suitable smile and said, "I didn't expect it to be you."

Xiao Shi also immediately said: "Yes! We didn't think of it either! What a coincidence! Are you doing an internship here?"

"Yes. You're here, are you?"

Xiao Zhao finally spoke at this moment, with some displeasure in his voice, but he finally said: "Our bureau will hold an experience meeting with the committee at the convention and exhibition center at the end of the year. I often do things for the government, so let’s just delay it, and the plan given is not good! If it continues like this, it’s better to change it directly!” Because he is an acquaintance, Xiao Zhao also said it very straightforwardly.

Mo Zhao never talked about work with Qiao Yixiao. Hearing this, Qiao Yixiao was quite excited. He asked, "Is your department in charge of this?"

"That's right!" Xiao Zhao said unhappily, "Mo Chu is already very dissatisfied with the plan given by the previous company! This time, I don't know if your company is reliable or not."

Qiao Yixiao's sense of belonging to this company is so-so, and he is not angry when Xiao Zhao talks about the company in this way.But when he heard that Mo Zhao was in charge of this matter, he became even more excited.He couldn't help thinking, if he got this done, wouldn't he scare Mo Zhao to death? !

He couldn't help his blood surging, and immediately spread out the pen and paper, and said seriously: "Tell me, I'll write it down. Our manager is away on a business trip, so please tell me your thoughts and requirements first, and we will have a meeting later, and then I will talk to you communicate further."

"Are you reliable?" Xiao Zhao looked distrustful.

Qiao Yixiao raised his eyebrows immediately.

Xiao Shi hurriedly made peace: "Xiao Zhao, don't say that."

Xiao Zhao reluctantly shut up, Xiao Shi chatted with Qiao Yixiao with a smile.

Qiao Yixiao took notes carefully and asked many questions.

When the last two were about to leave, he said, "By the way, don't tell you that Director Mo saw me."

Xiao Zhao raised his eyebrows: "Why?"

Qiao Yixiao lied: "My brother doesn't allow me to intern outside, if he finds out, he will scold me."

"Tch, why should I help you! You ran away from home before, and now you secretly come out to work, hum!"

Qiao Yixiao thought that this woman was too difficult to deal with!But he also said with a smile: "If you talk nonsense, I will talk nonsense!" Who is afraid of whom!

"You!—" Xiao Zhao really had a heart for Mo Zhao, and she was really afraid of Qiao Yixiao talking nonsense.

Xiao Shi stood aside, pretending not to hear anything, looking at the sky.

"Okay! This time, let's help you hide it for now!" Xiao Zhao said unwillingly and left directly.

On the contrary, Xiao Shi said a few more words to Qiao Yixiao before saying goodbye and leaving.

Qiao Yixiao stood in front of the window of the conference room and looked out, thinking how proud Mo Zhao would be after he had done this for Mo Zhao!Thinking about it, his heart was surging, so surging that he couldn't help calling to the north: Manager, come back quickly!

The author has something to say: Mo Zhao's choice.