I'm in Delingha tonight

Two years earlier, when Chi Nian hadn't gotten into trouble with his family, he never had any entanglements like "what to wear today".

Although the father insisted that the boys should be raised poorly, it was still not worth the money, and the cost of living had never been cut off.My mother was even better at this point. When Chi Nian was a child, his parents' careers were at a critical stage, and his mother was a strong woman. She would feel a little guilty if she had less company, so she redoubled her efforts to make up for it materially.

The family conditions are good, and Chi Nian is surrounded by playmates like Zhuo Pei'an who spend money lavishly. He grew up in the capital, and although his social circle is not at the top, it is better than many of his peers.

Limited sneakers, watches with five or six figures, and various joint models, as long as you like it, and the price is not too exorbitant, Chi Nian can basically get it immediately.

When he ran away from home, he was full of enthusiasm, relying on hundreds of thousands of private money and didn't bring much luggage. Now that his pockets are shy and Chi Nian is forced by life, he learned to save money and calculate carefully without a teacher.After coming to Chongqing, he didn’t go to the shopping mall a few times in total—Tao Zi forced him to go—on Taobao, he bought a few summer T-shirts and wore them casually.

Originally, I thought that I would have a salary in a month, and my money would be ample, so I could buy some more clothes, so at this moment, Chi Nian opened the closet and looked at a dozen basic models with free shipping for 69, feeling a little embarrassed.

The idea of ​​"seriously tidying up yourself" was suddenly wiped out.

"It's not really a date." He thought so, silently saying that it's okay to go with the situation, so be it.

Anyway, Xi Shan has seen his worst and most desolate appearance in the desert.

It's a bit hot today, and his last choice is a beige shirt with cargo shorts.Chi Nian walked back and forth in the narrow room several times, but still couldn't calm down, so he simply went out early.

The rented house is in an older residential area, but the streets are clean and not noisy.There are many dormitory buildings of many units around in the 90s. You can see many familiar faces when you commute to and from get off work, and you feel very safe.

After a long and gentle ramp, Chi Nian went to a small noodle shop by the side of the road and ordered a bowl of noodles for breakfast and lunch.

Most of the locals eat here, and after a few visits, the boss is familiar with this young man from Beijing.Seeing Chi Nian coming, he greeted him in substandard Mandarin and brought soy milk.

Chi Nian prefers to eat small noodles without soup, topped with red oil and chili, and mixed with pea sauce.The business of the noodle restaurant is very good. Most of the time, he can only sit on the curb outside with a stool to eat. Before that, he was still in the dog days. After a bowl of noodles, he felt slightly sweaty, but it didn't make people uncomfortable, but rather refreshing.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Chi Nian sat in the noodle restaurant for a while.

Xi Shan was on time, and just after 12:30, he sent a message to Chi Nian by the time he had finished eating: "I'm almost there, come downstairs after you pack up."

Chi Nian, who was already downstairs, had an inexplicable heartbeat. He raised his eyes and looked out from the narrow shop front.

"I'm out to eat noodles, where are you?"

"The bus stop across the street." Xi Shan replied in voice.

Chi Nian stood up abruptly, ran out of the shop without saying goodbye to the boss, and stepped into a patch of sunlight.

The wind in the morning was still a bit cold in autumn, when the sun came out, the trees and houses were shrouded in transparent gold, as if a glass cover had been added to the whole city, and the street view was so perfect that it was almost unreal.

The camphor trees lined up one by one, Chi Nian stood in the shade and waited for the traffic lights.

The bus on the opposite platform drove away. On the parking space, the driver's window of a black Toyota was slowly lowered. Xi Shan, who was wearing a black T-shirt, saw him and waved slightly.

At this moment when the countdown to the red light ended, Chi Nian hurried over.

"Is this your car too?" He put on his seat belt and joked with great interest, "Brother Xi, you're really rich."

Xi Shan smiled, turned out of the parking space, and the cold female voice in the navigation prompted "Turn left at the next traffic light and go uphill".He said to Chi Nian: "The place where I live is remote enough."

"Are you okay?" Chi Nian looked at the rearview mirror and pressed a bunch of dull hairs on the back of his head, "When I was looking for a rental house, I only focused on the convenience of transportation, and I wasn't that picky about living. Didn't I tell you before Have you ever stayed in a small hotel in the old city, where the bed boards were raised and I suspected there were rats."

"Then you still live?" Chi Nian wailed exaggeratedly: "I'm poor——"

Xi Shan: "Since then, it has been invulnerable to all poisons? From extravagance to frugality, it is a man."

Regarding the family situation, Chi Nian did not mention it, but Xi Shan guessed that it was not difficult for him to be pampered in the past. Hearing this, he smiled: "No, I think I have lived comfortably enough."

The kid who sounded very satisfied, Xi Shan glanced at him in the rearview mirror, as if trying to discern whether Chi Nian's words were meant to be polite or from the heart.

"...Although Zhuo Pei'an said that I have been miserable recently, it has only been miserable for more than a month." Chi Nian lowered his head and played with the corner of his clothes, carefully dug out a little of the gratitude buried deep, and showed it to Xi Shan, " They are on the right track now, and I'm glad I didn't fall into a slump. However, it's still thanks to meeting you in the northwest."

The sun in the northwest, after Chi Nian finished speaking, he suddenly thought so.

It seems interesting...

Has it become a prophecy?

Xi Shan didn't catch any slick tongue from his expression language, and his cognition of Chi Nian added the label of "too good-tempered to be true".He seldom deals with people who are so innocent, and when he suddenly makes a friend like Chi Nian, he still inevitably looks at each other with the complicated eyes of an adult.

Then I found that the children are very simple, very cute, and very sincere.

Chi Nian said, "Thanks for meeting you", that was not being polite to him, let alone any other hints.

"It's okay." Xi Shan withdrew his thoughts that were drifting further and further away, "Saving someone's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. I don't want to see news about what happened to the road I passed."

However, only half of the summer has passed, and Chi Nian's pimples are gone when mentioning this matter.He laughed "puchi": "You are so annoying, what you said before is '[-]% probability of meeting', why is that so!"

"So we are somewhat destined." Xi Shan said firmly.

I don't know whether to tell Chi Nian or to myself.

Meeting someone is accidental, wanting to know is his choice.Later, there was another way to make them live in the same city temporarily. Does it mean that they are destined?

Well, maybe he can take a step forward a little bit and not be afraid of falling off the cliff.

Xi Shan actually believes in destiny, so he always worries about gains and losses.

Xi Shan's store is a bit far from where Chi Nian lives. They drove, and Chi Nian watched the scenery change along the way, expressing emotion from time to time, "Chongqing is indeed an 8D city".The overpass was a bit blocked on the way, and nearly five or ten minutes had passed by the time we arrived.

In Jiangbei's commercial circle, it took a long time just to find a parking place.

"I knew I should take the light rail." Xi Shan muttered casually. He put the car keys away, and took Chi Nian forward with a sports bag on his shoulders. "I still have to walk a few steps."

Chi Nian thought that Xishan's bookstore would be located in a remote location and would be more unique, but he did not expect to open in one of the most trafficked business districts in Chongqing.He followed Xi Shan in a daze, passing through several underground passages, and even on weekdays, he couldn't tell the difference between the east, the west, and the north.

On the fourth floor of Times Paradise Street, facing the street, Chi Nian first saw an eye-catching blue.

The door of the book bar is very small, and there is only a narrow passage for customers to enter. The blue lights and curtains are like lapis lazuli refined and wiped away. The name of the book bar is clearly outlined in bright yellow:

recession.

Do you mean dimly lit?It's located around the shopping mall, and it's a bit of a quiet place amidst the hustle and bustle.

Opposite the book bar is a Starbucks, and across the atrium is a movie theater and some restaurants. It is positioned for lazy people to pass the boring time. Walking in, sitting down and taking pictures can consume the whole afternoon or evening.

Looking small from the outside, it suddenly became clear after walking through a section of the same breathtakingly blue passage.A faint sandalwood fragrance declares that there is a cave here, and it is not pungent, but it lingers gently, making people immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the book.Then there is the metal partition, with several strangely shaped works of art hanging on it.

Seeing Chi Nian staring at them, Xi Shan explained: "Zhu Yiming's graduation project from back then was dusted at home, so I asked him to borrow it and put it here to improve it."

"Is that so..." Chi Nian vaguely remembered that this name was his senior sister's original blind date, "He also studied design?"

"It seems to be, I can't tell."

After the partition, it is considered to have officially entered the book bar. The color is the same as that of the outside room, but it is slightly softer, not so aggressive, but it has the effect of quieting the atmosphere.

The ordering counter and the open kitchen for making drinks are hidden in the corner, and the menu is placed low-key on the top of the table, and a few photos are hung where the price list is usually hung, showing the street and night scenes of Chongqing.The traces of post-processing are obvious. Without exception, the big scenes are embellished with bright colors at the golden ratio of the picture, blurred and gorgeous; as for some small street corners, the hydrangeas that are about to bloom are overexposed, with yellowish tones and strong retro grains feel.

Chi Nian poked Xi Shan's arm: "You took the picture, right?"

Xi Shan admitted and asked him, "What do professionals think?"

"Beautiful, a bit of Chongqing forest style."

"I really like Wong Kar Wai." After he finished speaking, he sat on the high stool in front of the ordering counter with his long legs hooked, and said hello to the people inside, "Xiao Chen, how is business today?"

It was only then that Chi Nian noticed that there was a short girl sitting inside, with two slender braids, her appearance was very cold.She raised her head, with eyes that were as agile and sensitive as a cat.

"It's okay." The girl surnamed Chen spoke soft Mandarin, "Brother Zhu said that the promotion he was looking for will come later."

Xi Shan was taken aback: "Didn't I say no?"

Xiao Chen shrugged helplessly: "He thinks this is good for the store."

"Forget it." Xi Shan rubbed his temples, "Make two cups... Coffee or fruit juice?" After turning to Chi Nian to get the answer of the juice, Xi Shan said, "The one that makes two cups of strawberries... that what. "

"Strawberry mint sparkling water." Xiao Chen corrected, and after hearing the quantity, he raised his head to look at the person behind Xi Shan, and smiled, "Where did you get this cutie?"

"Dream." Xi Shan said.