Summertime

The taste of summer in May always has a few traces of coldness, mixed with the breath of lush branches and leaves, which makes people feel refreshed.If you sit still and do not move, you may still feel the inadvertent coolness brought by the evening wind at night, making you shiver suddenly.It’s been a long time after lunch, but the tide of off-duty on the main road has not subsided. On the wide asphalt road, cars of all sizes are parked in front of the traffic lights at various intersections. The intermittent traffic jams make the driver in the driver’s seat restless Horn, it seems that a few honking can make the cars that are standing still in front continue to drive, but the long queue of cars is like a snail, stopping and going, and the driver can only helplessly wait for countless annoying green lights They are annoyed that for some reason every time they reach an intersection, the slow-moving cars have to stop. The signal lights in front seem to fight against people every time they go home from a trip. The red light is always In the blink of an eye, they are always waiting.

No one likes to wait, no one really does.

At this time, Gu Xia couldn't see the densely packed convoy from the car mirror, her car was submerged in it, and the surrounding iron-shelled reptiles were moving slowly, frequent braking, continuous hissing, which made her very upset distracted.Gu Xia pulled down all the car windows, a pungent car exhaust mixed with the smell of gasoline from the engine came to her face, Gu Xia couldn't help frowning, she wanted to close the windows, but finally gave up.The air-conditioning in the carriage made the whole space too dry, and she needed some moist breath to relieve the tightness in her chest.

In the nearby small square, retired women are dancing a square dance with a weak rhythm. The sound from the speakers they carry is too rough, but the volume is very loud, almost deafening.Gu Xia put one hand on the car window, listening to the noisy and tacky music from the other side of the square, but felt very happy in his heart. If there was no annoying traffic jam ahead, maybe Gu Xia could sing a few words of the song next to his ear casually. popular internet song.Because at the just-concluded dinner, the two distinguished guests from Beijing happily set up the next date. They said that if the evaluation agency’s inspection report on CouCi is all right, the Beijing investors We will further discuss with CouCi the details of financing.This dinner is basically a half-contract signed by both parties. Next, CouCi will get a large amount of investment capital, and this capital line will provide the most solid foundation for CouCi to improve its online and offline business and expand its business scale. Support, if the problem of shortage of funds that has plagued CouCi for a long time can be solved, CouCi will no longer have to be timid, and she can finally show her ambitions.

Maybe tonight, Gu Xia can wake up with a smile even in a dream.

"Xizao, do you want us to celebrate?"

Gu Xia looked joyful, and while starting the car, she turned her head and looked at Xizao beside her who had been looking down at her phone.It seemed that Gu Xia was so excited that she didn't notice the low air pressure in Xizao at this time.

"what?"

"What, unhappy?" Gu Xia seemed to sense that something was wrong with Xi Zao.

"No...happy."

Xizao put down the mobile phone in her hand, straightened her body huddled on the seat, opened the window, and the whistling wind instantly rushed into the dim car, blowing her hair into a mess.

"By the way, Mr. Zhou, we used to be college classmates with him, why didn't you tell me?"

The black hair floating in the air blocked Xizao's side face looking out of the window, and the dim street lamps cast a lonely shadow on Xizao's pale skin, Xizao in front of him was like an abandoned Children, confused, lonely, helpless, looking for a way home.Gu Xia didn't know why her heart throbbed, suddenly she thought of something and asked again.

"Gu Xia, I'm tired, let's celebrate, I'll accompany you tomorrow, take me back."

Xizao didn't want to answer Gu Xia's question, she also wanted to put on a smile and be happy with Gu Xia, but she really couldn't laugh, she was tired and tired, she just wanted to go home and fall asleep, so that she would have nothing to worry about. Don't think about it.

Gu Xia didn't ask any more questions, but she didn't know what Xizao was pretending to be, but since Xizao didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask.In fact, Gu Xia and Xi Zao never asked too much about each other's private life over the years, let alone interfered. This has become a habit of the two of them. Perhaps this is a tacit understanding between the two Bar.But this time, for some reason, Gu Xia suddenly became worried.

But at the dinner tonight, the jujubes performed exceptionally well, and Gu Xia couldn't see anything unusual about the jujubes on the dinner table.She even snatched away Gu Xia's previous roles, and Xizao lost her previous alienation and indifference at the dinner table, either whispering, talking loudly, or laughing cheerfully, just like the two from The guests in Beijing chatted very happily, and even Gu Xia rarely had a chance to interject a few words.But for drinking, Xi Zao still waved his hands and shook his head, but kept rejecting the toasted wine, politely and apologetically explaining that his body allergic to alcohol couldn't stand the toss, so he could only use tea instead of wine.But it was the first time Gu Xia saw Xizao who was so confident and skillful in socializing.

It turned out that she was not unsuitable for socializing, but she just didn't want to.

"The jujube is still exactly the same as before."

Beside Zhou Mi smiled and did not know when to speak.

"Well, what do you mean?" Gu Xia didn't understand what he wanted to say.

"When she was in college, she was the focus of everyone in the bar, and she is still the same now."

Looking at Xizao's smiling side face and her unconsciously waving hand, Zhou Xiaomi couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth again.

"She was still in the bar, I thought she couldn't drink!"

Gu Xia seemed to hear something terrible, she hurriedly asked, it seemed that Gu Xia could not accept this reality at all.

"Hey, didn't Xizao tell you, we worked in a bar, mixed with a group of people, drank and smoked, she drank so much that even us boys clicked their tongues, but then she quit all of them suddenly, it seems If you are sick, you can no longer smoke and drink."

Gu Xia had never heard of what Zhou Mi had inadvertently explained to Gu Xia.

Indeed, she had no chance to find out, Xi Zao never talked about her past, and when Gu Xia met Xi Zao for the first time, the deepest impression Xi Zao left on her was that this girl grew up Delicate and beautiful, polite but introverted, he is an intern with excellent character and learning.Although at first glance, Gu Xia knew that this girl was different from other people, and this intuition was confirmed little by little in the following time, but until today, Zhou Mi's words made Gu Xia look at Xizao with admiration again. .

What kind of story makes the former Xizao different from the present, what kind of experience has shaped such a different her, and what kind of story is hidden behind Xizao that makes her no longer willing to talk about the past.

Gu Xia suddenly realized that she had never really understood the girl in front of her who was full of energy and joy.Gu Xia suddenly became interested in what kind of person she really was. She had never asked about Xizao's life before, but this time it seemed to be different.

At midnight, in the dead of night, it seems that everyone has fallen asleep. The road congested during the day is now unimpeded. Occasionally, from the quiet bedroom, you can hear the roaring engine of a luxury sports car passing by outside the window, or one or two engines. Chun's wild cat howled in a corner somewhere in the community.I do not know when the gorgeous performance of Wanjia lights came to an end. Except for the orange street lights on both sides of the asphalt road, the huge advertising screen, and the colorful neon lights that are still flickering tirelessly, most of the indoor lights in the residential buildings in the city Everything has stopped, and the huge city has lost part of its light source, becoming hazy, dim, and silent.

The tranquility at this time can make people in this city who have been busy all day fall asleep sweetly, embrace the embrace of the night again, and seek good dreams, but every night, there is always another group of people who are exceptions, and the night is not for them. It is not the cradle gently rocked by the mother when I was a child, but a long suffering and waiting.There are always some people who have difficulty falling asleep because of one or another kind of worry, irritability and confusion torment the insomniacs in the dark, and they have no other way to do it except toss and turn their tired bodies to induce sleepiness through fatigue.

It was almost one o'clock in the morning, and Xizao lay face down on the bed, without any sleepiness, sometimes lying flat, sometimes lying on the side, sometimes sitting up, sometimes lying down again, the air conditioner on the bed was ravaged and messed up by her.On the bed, she yawned countless times, but she just couldn't sleep. What she was holding was the mobile phone that she had been holding in her hand since the dinner was over. Nested in the quilt, her eyes were red, dry and painful due to the harsh light on the screen, and a thin layer of water mist appeared, but she refused to put down the phone, but stared stubbornly at the incandescent light in front of her. Pingguang was in a daze, obviously she could wait for the phone's own response, but Xizao seemed afraid of missing something, she just didn't want to put down the phone that was already extremely hot in her hand.

It was clear that Jujube was waiting for something.

When parting, Zhou Mi asked for Zizao and other contact information.

He said that he would keep in touch in the future, and he also said that Su Xi always mentioned Xizao after she left the bar.

"Su Xi, is she okay?"

Hearing Su Xi's name made Xizao's heart skip a beat.She couldn't hold back the throbbing in her heart and asked cautiously.

"Very good, now she always talks about you," Zhou Mi continued, "Oh, you don't know, we have a four-year-old daughter."

"Really, that must be very cute." Xizao pretended not to know with a guilty conscience.

"Well, if you look like Su Xi, it will be miserable if you want to look like me." Zhou Mi couldn't help laughing, and explained.

"how come…"

"If I tell you tonight that I met Xizao today, Su Xi will be very happy!"

"is it?"

"definitely is!"

Zizao's heart was beating more and more crazily.

"Come to our house some other day and meet our daughter."

"okay."

At [-]:[-] in the morning, the transparent cell phone in Xi Zao's hand vibrated violently, Xi Zao flicked the phone hastily, and a small chat window immediately popped up on the screen.

Inadvertently, Xi Zao grinned the corners of his mouth, full of smiles.But soon, a cloud of hesitation and hesitation climbed up her cheeks.She stared at the two or three lines of words on the screen, sighed, and finally turned off the phone with a long press, turned and fell asleep.

01:16——Su Xi wants to see you. I haven't seen you for so many years. Let's get together. It just so happens that this Saturday is our daughter's fifth birthday. Come to our house for dinner, and I will pick you up then.