Fall in a second

Yan Chu, who works in a coffee shop, took a break from his busy schedule and saw Lu Ming's news on his mobile phone. It was a photo of her giving a speech in the school hall and a photo of a scholarship award. The girl in the photo had a bright smile. She was as beautiful as a flower at this age. Sunshine, youth, vitality.

The corner of Yan Chu's mouth couldn't help but curl up, and he gave her a thumbs up. While he was very happy for her, he felt envious at the same time. After all, a life like Ah Ming's is glamorous and outstanding, who wouldn't want it.

I put away my phone after reading it, and I’m about to leave work. Yan Chu went to work early today, and left work at 05:30. After the corresponding time, after completing the handover work in the store, I changed my work clothes and put on my casual clothes on my back. Package left.

"Comrades, I'm going home first, goodbye, see you tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow, bye~"

Yan Chu came out of the coffee shop with a smile. She was glad that her current job was not too tiring, and most of her colleagues were of the same age, and they got along very happily.

She didn't go back directly to her residence, but got on the bus and went to the largest nearby farmers' market. At this time, the vegetable market was extremely crowded. The elderly and office workers all came to buy vegetables and ingredients for dinner.

Yan Chu wandered around inside alone with her bag on her shoulders, and bought a lot of vegetables, but there were many types but not many in quantity. Finally, she came to a store that sold various seasonings and asked the boss if he had any hot pot ingredients.

"It's all there, you can see what you want."

According to the instructions, Yan Chu found the shelf with the hot pot base, picked out a bag of mushroom clear soup base, and a bag of slightly spicy red oil base, and then paid for it, put it in the bag and left the vegetable market.

With the big and small bags of vegetables, Yan Chu continued to get on the bus, and at this time, the time was 06:30, which was not too late.

Arrived at the familiar old community, familiar building, went up to the fifth floor in one breath, met the old lady who always looked at others with weird eyes, went up to the sixth floor, stood in front of the door and rang the doorbell.

"Here we come." Meng Xiaofei opened the door casually.

"Hi, I'm here." Yan Chu waved his hand.

"It's you." Seeing her, Meng Xiaofei's expression flashed a trace of surprise, and also a trace of complexity.

"Look at what I bought here today." After Yan Chu finished speaking, he walked in the door without any sense of strangeness or formality.

"What." Meng Xiaofei murmured.

Yan Chu bent over to change his shoes, and said pleasantly, "I bought hot pot ingredients and hot pot base."

"How do you know... I want to eat hot pot."

Meng Xiaofei's voice changed from surprise at the beginning to deliberately suppressed to calm.

After changing the shoes, Yan Chu turned back and smiled: "Because I saw your Moments, did you post on Moments saying that you really want to eat hot pot?"

Meng Xiaofei smiled embarrassingly, "My circle of friends was a few days ago, why do you still remember?"

"I can't help it. I was on the night shift for the first few days, so I didn't have time to come. I will come after the morning shift today." After Yan Chu finished speaking, he carried the vegetables and walked towards the kitchen.

Seeing this, Meng Xiaofei hesitated to say what he wanted to say, and followed to the kitchen to see what he could do to help.

Yan Chu's hands and feet are very nimble, and he does things in an orderly manner. Hearing Meng Xiaofei's approaching footsteps, he said, "It will be ready soon, within 10 minutes at most."

"Is there anything I can do?" Meng Xiaofei looked inside and asked.

"No need." Yan Chu smiled, "Aunt Meng, just go sit and rest, and just eat later."

Meng Xiaofei nodded silently, seeing that the girl was so considerate to him, but he couldn't be happy no matter what.

Yan Chu washed and cut all kinds of side dishes, and placed them neatly on the plate. He also chopped minced garlic, chopped green onion, and coriander, prepared chili oil, sesame oil, and pepper oil, and then started to boil the water. She remembered that Aunt Meng had a mandarin duck pot for hot pot, and she would find it if she looked for it.

Meng Xiaofei was leaning on the sofa. The news broadcast was about to be broadcast on the TV at this time. She didn't care to listen to it or watch it. From time to time, her eyes lingered on the figure of the busy girl in the kitchen, feeling indescribable in her heart.

Yan Chu brought out the prepared dishes, the hot pot, and the seasonings. After everything was ready, he called Aunt Meng.

"You can eat."

Meng Xiaofei nodded and got up and walked over. Yan Chu also tore open the package of the beef rolls and mutton rolls he had bought, put them in front of Meng Xiaofei, and said with a smile, "I remember Aunt Meng, you like this the most."

Meng Xiaofei looked down, and accidentally caught a glimpse of the price tag on the box. This box of mutton rolls costs 78 yuan, and the beef rolls cost 88 yuan. He can't help thinking that Yan Chu's current daily salary seems to be less than two hundred. Meals cost her almost a day's wages.

"I adjusted the oil dish for you." Yan Chu reached out and handed it over.

Meng Xiaofei raised his eyes suddenly: "It smells so good."

"Is it this oil dish?" Yan Chu asked.

"No, you smell good."

Yan Chu sniffed his sleeve curiously, and quickly explained: "Maybe it's because I've been in the coffee shop all day, it smells like coffee, and sometimes I make some desserts, it's the aroma of cream."

As soon as Yan Chu sat down, Meng Xiaofei asked again.

"Do you usually have no time for yourself after get off work?"

Yan Chu didn't quite understand, and looked at her in bewilderment.

"I mean, you didn't hang out with your friends, go shopping or something."

"No." Yan Chu smiled, picked up the chopsticks to help her boil the meat, and said, "At first, my colleague invited me out to play, and I didn't really want to go, because it would definitely cost a lot of money, why not..."

Meng Xiaofei interrupted her, "If you come to my place, it's a waste of money to be different."

"That's different, that's different." Yan Chu repeatedly denied, smiling innocently, "I came to Aunt Meng, how can it be the same, Aunt Meng, you are pregnant again by yourself, I will come to see you and help you do it Doing housework and cooking is very meaningful.”

"I can do housework and cooking by myself," Meng Xiaofei said.

Yan Chu's smile froze suddenly, and continued to laugh after a few seconds, silently putting the boiled meat into Meng Xiaofei's bowl.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a little awkward for a while, and Yan Chu didn't know what happened to Aunt Meng today, and felt a little weird.

In order to break the atmosphere, Yan Chu tried his best to find a topic and put down his chopsticks.

"Aunt Meng, do you want something to drink? I'll get it for you."

As soon as Yan Chu got up, Meng Xiaofei called her: "Sit down, don't worry, I'm not thirsty."

"Oh... good." Yan Chu sat down obediently again.

"Eat, you bought so much, don't waste it." Meng Xiaofei reminded her.

Yan Chu nodded, and ate quietly, maybe only by keeping himself busy in this way, he would not appear to have nothing to say.

"You should be 20 years old this year, right?" Meng Xiaofei asked.

"Yes, yes." Yan Chu nodded repeatedly.

"It's a very good age. A girl like you should see more of the world and meet new friends instead of running over to my side all day and doing meaningless things."

"How come... I don't think these things are meaningless, what happened to you today, Aunt Meng." Yan Chu couldn't help asking questions.

"You should have your own life instead of wasting time on me all day, do you understand?" Meng Xiaofei watched her say these words.

Yan Chu silently stopped his chopsticks. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the bubbling soup in the pot, and a bubble suddenly burst. At that moment, it felt like something was breaking in his heart, and he felt a little pain.

Meng Xiaofei didn't speak directly, she hoped that this roundabout way would make her more accepting.

She also clearly realized that she couldn't go on like this, she couldn't go on like this, they couldn't go on like this, otherwise, she couldn't imagine what the consequences would be.

She's just a divorced single mom who doesn't deserve this for her.

Seeing that Yan Chu lowered his head and did not speak, Meng Xiaofei could only smile, and softened his tone: "If you have nothing to do in the future, don't come to my place. It's not that I don't welcome you. When the baby is born, You can also go and visit, and stay with Lu Ming and the others. Usually, you spend more time with your friends. S City is very big, and there must be many novelties that you have never seen or experienced. You can understand Do I mean?"

After a long time, Yan Chu nodded, not knowing what kind of emotion he used to say this sentence: "I understand."

Meng Xiaofei smiled in relief, and took the initiative to help her pick up food: "Eat quickly, eat more, and be full."

However, Yan Chu didn't feel like eating anymore, but he couldn't rely on the other party's persuasion, so he reluctantly ate some, trying not to show his bad mood.

After eating, Yan Chu stood up and habitually wanted to clean up, but was stopped by Meng Xiaofei.

"It's too late, leave these for me to clean up, you go back."

Yan Chu's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, and silently retracted it, with nowhere to put it.

"Okay, then, then I'll go back first."

"Go back." Meng Xiaofei smiled.

Yan Chu turned around without saying a word, put his bag on his back and walked towards the door, Meng Xiaofei did not send her to the door as usual, until he heard the slamming sound of the door, Meng Xiaofei sat on the stool a little weakly at that moment.

Powerless wry smile.

Why is it a little uncomfortable.

Yan Chu went downstairs quickly all the way, his heart was suffocated, his lips were tightly pressed, and he walked like flying.

After a while, Meng Xiaofei seemed to suddenly think of something, so he quickly got up and went to the balcony, stood by the lever and looked down, and sure enough, he saw Yan Chu who had just come out of the corridor, the girl's back was stubborn, and she walked fast all the way, and she didn't see her for a long time. Looking back, Meng Xiaofei could feel that she was angry.

Her hand on the railing felt tight, but maybe this is the best result, so as not to make the track go further and further away.

Yan Chu's back gradually drifted away, and he never looked back.

Meng Xiaofei's gaze moved accordingly, and he felt empty in his heart, which was indescribable.

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