I was the first to catch up

A year passed quickly, and during this year, Fang Ranran invested and opened a branch in Ming'an. The owner of this restaurant serves Huanjiang's authentic breakfast, and it is an all-day dining restaurant.

Yu Xiaomin originally resisted this, but Fang Ranran had already prepared a well-reasoned list, writing out the capital budget and future plans in detail, which meant that he didn't want to open a branch just on a whim.

"Yu Xiaomin, this is based on the branch plan you prepared four years ago. This is not starting from scratch, but picking up what we gave up halfway."

These words seemed to be more than just about the branch. Yu Xiaomin looked at Fang Ranran with a serious face in a daze. She finally nodded and said yes, trying to take back her tears and said:

"...Then let's try it first? If the time and place are right, I also hope to continue what I have given up on."

Fang Ranran couldn't help but smile at Yu Xiaomin's acceptance. She grabbed Yu Xiaomin's hand and said softly:

"Yu Xiaomin, now is the right time, place and people."

After that day, Fang Ranran and Yu Xiaomin started to run around Huanjiang Ming'an together, busy with the store, and the preparations were almost completed in summer, so the busy schedule was a little bit more relaxed.

At that time, Jiang Lingyu had just started school. Her freshman year was suspended for a year due to illness. Fortunately, the school did not allow her to retake the course. Now that she is in her senior year, many friends she knows have graduated. Yu Xiaomin knows this, so she often pulls Follow Fang Ranran to find Jiang Lingyu.

The same is true today.They had just finished their work in the store and returned to the apartment they had rented some time ago.During the time when Yu Xiaomin and Yu Ming'an lived together again, Fang Ranran felt both familiar and unbelievable.

Who would have thought that she was slapped by Yu Xiaomin here many years ago?

"I said that I was too impulsive at that time... I'm sorry."

At the dinner table, Yu Xiaomin held his forehead helplessly and said so.Fang Ranran looked at Jiang Lingyu on the opposite side with a smile, Jiang Lingyu immediately raised her eyebrows and said to Xiao Min:

"Anyway, it's not very good to do it with your hands."

"Yes...you are right, but I was wrong."

After finishing speaking, Yu Xiaomin glared at Fang Ranran again, she pinched Fang Ranran's thigh with her hand under the table, Fang Ranran smiled, but understood the meaning in Yu Xiaomin's eyes:

You, dare to tell Xiao Yu why I slapped you in the first place?

Fang Ranran also replied with his eyes:

Really dare not.

She was beaten because she tried to force a kiss but failed - now she is acting like a good boy, but she dare not tell Jiang Lingyu what happened.

The dining table fell into a moment of silence with only the sound of chopsticks clinking. After a while, Jiang Lingyu looked at the phone, and suddenly said:

"Mom, I may start preparing for the internship interview in a while. I think I will be very busy. I will come to you when I have time."

Yu Xiaomin nodded when she heard that, Jiang Lingyu took the teaching qualification test at the end of last semester, she still knew about it.On the other hand, Fang Ranran raised her head. After thinking about it, she asked:

"Is the school for the internship a local school in Ming'an?"

Jiang Lingyu shook her head:

"Mingshi University cooperates with many primary and middle schools. Most of them are local, but there are also some from other places. I don't know what points will be used. I heard from previous seniors and sisters that it seems that volunteer forms will be issued in this semester. But can they be divided? That's another story."

That being said, Jiang Lingyu might also call Jiang back.

Fang Ranran didn't ask anymore, she kept this matter in her heart silently.At the end of the meal, when Jiang Lingyu was about to go back to school, Yu Xiaomin cleaned up the table. She didn't know what they were talking about just now. After Fang Ranran came out of the bathroom, she heard Jiang Lingyu say helplessly:

"Mom, I really don't!"

"Xiao Yu, I can really accept it now, so don't worry about me!"

"But I'm really not talking!"

Fang Ranran walked over to ask what's the matter, Jiang Lingyu rubbed her sore temple and said:

"Fang Ranran, tell me about my mother, she definitely thinks I'm in a relationship, but I'm really not."

Oh, this topic.

Fang Ranran couldn't help smiling, she poked Yu Xiaomin's waist and said:

"Yu Xiaomin, can you trust your daughter? If she has said that, she must not be talking about it—don't show me this suspicious expression."

Yu Xiaomin was not reconciled, she asked again:

"Then your former roommate posted a group photo in Moments—isn't there always a boy standing with you there? Where is that person?"

Jiang Lingyu waved his hand and answered:

"Just ordinary friends."

Then she quickly picked up her schoolbag as if she was about to run away, winked at Fang Ranran and said:

"I'm going back to school first, Fang Ranran, my mother will leave it to you."

Fang Ranran nodded helplessly, and after Jiang Lingyu left, Yu Xiaomin stood there silent for a few seconds, then immediately turned around and said to Ranran:

"That man must like Xiao Yu!"

What she said was decisive, Fang Ranran walked over slowly, stroked her back, and asked:

"Didn't you just say that you can accept it?"

"But I'm sure I still care about it. I'm so angry when I think of handing Xiaoyu into someone else's hands, huh!"

Fang Ranran tried her best to hold back her smile, she was not surprised that Yu Xiaomin was like this, since some time ago, she had often heard Yu Xiaomin nagging about Jiang Lingyu's relationship status, were they talking about it?Is there anyone chasing her?

The latter is certain, and Fangran is very clear about this.As for the former - Fang Ranran also felt that Jiang Lingyu would not hide it.

Fang Ranran thought about it again, she looked at Yu Xiaomin, and suddenly asked:

"Yu Xiaomin, is it true that no matter who is with Jiang Lingyu, you will be very resistant?"

"If that person really loves Xiaoyu, and Xiaoyu loves him too—although I will still be angry and resist a little, but these words will only be said to you."

Yu Xiaomin seemed to have calmed down, she answered with a smile, Fang Ranran raised her eyebrows, looking thoughtful.

"That's it."

Fang Ranran believed in Yu Xiaomin, because she knew that Yu Xiaomin would always tell the truth in front of her.

A few months later, at the end of November, the universities in Boston began to have a holiday, and the college students went home to reunite for Christmas, and some planned to go to a warmer place to be happy.

For Guan Buyu who has just finished his university studies, things are not so easy.She enrolled in the spring, and now she has just finished a lot of graduation-related matters. While feeling that her brain is overloaded, she still has to decide whether she wants to stay here.

"Two options. The first is to return to China and find a job. The second is to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination, so that you don't have to quit the rent and move."

It was snowing heavily outside the door, Guan Buyu lay on the stage and said this to Zhou Liu who was frying chicken wings.Her tone was slack, and she couldn't lift her spirits at all. Zhou Liu looked at her two fingers raised up, thought for a while and replied:

"Can't you work here?"

Guan Buyu shook her head, she let out a deep sigh:

"I have to go back to my country without a student visa, and I don't know if I can get a work visa... In fact, I have to go back to my country first no matter what."

Guan Buyu said so in a low voice, Zhou Liu put down the last wave of chicken wings, she was stunned for a moment, and repeated:

"You want to go home?"

Guan Buyu nodded:

"I should be back though, just—just don't know how long."

"How can you be sure you will come back?"

Zhou Liu suddenly dropped the things in her hand, she came out from behind the counter, and when she came to Guan Buyu's side, Guan Buyu blinked at her in surprise.

"Because, because I—"

Guan Buyu was stuttering, and some unspeakable reason made her close her mouth again. Zhou Liu brushed her bangs down. She wanted to say something, but for a while, she didn't know how to say it in Chinese. .

What she thought in her heart was that Guan Buyu would never come back.As long as she leaves and returns to Huanjiang, something there will definitely keep her there.

Zhou Liu believed in feelings.Just like she fell in love with Guan Buyu, she can also feel that Guan Buyu is always drawn by something—it seems that he will leave her at any time.

Perhaps it can be said that from the beginning to the end, Guan Buyu may not have left Huanjiang at all.

Zhou Liu frowned, she looked at Guan Buyu who was at a loss with complicated eyes.For a while, only the crackling sound of fried food was left in the room, and Guan Buyu cautiously reminded:

"Zhou Liu, your chicken wings—"

"Guan, when are you going back to China?"

Zhou Liu asked suddenly, Guan Buyu scratched his head, and replied:

"Two more months? If I get lucky and find a job during the period, maybe I won't—"

"Off, I can accept it."

"what?"

Zhou Liu's eyes turned red, this was the first time Guan Buyu saw her cry.She was crying, but the tears never fell, Zhou Liu was such a stubborn person.

she says:

"I can accept that you like me as another person."

Guan Buyu's body trembled, and she looked at Zhou Liu in disbelief, suddenly feeling puzzled, confused, and even a little sad.

"You—why do you say that?"

Guan Buyu sat weakly on the high stool, her shoulders drooped, but she didn't dare to look at Zhou Liu at all.But Zhou Liu gained more courage to say:

"Because I like you a lot, Kwan. I've never met anyone like you, you're weird, but I'm still attracted to you. So I don't care about anything else."

Zhou Liu's words were always straightforward, but Guan Buyu seemed even more hurt.She shook her head and said slowly:

"But—but that's not right."

Because in this case, she is not with Zhou Liu.

Guan Silent understands.

What she wanted was the Jiang Lingyu she saw on Zhou Liu.

Sometimes shutting down will also be shaken.She would think, anyway, Jiang Lingyu definitely doesn't like herself now, how many years has it been?Normal people probably have already turned their childhood love into a dream, right?

The current Jiang Lingyu will definitely be with someone better—such as the handsome and tall boy in the photo.If you think about it, you know, this is the normal order of things.

Jiang Lingyu will live a good life, study hard, graduate like this, become a good teacher, get married and live happily ever after.If Jiang Lingyu hadn't met herself, would Jiang Lingyu have a better life?No later pain, no difference.

Now Guan Buyu always thinks this way.

Not just Jiang Lingyu.She thought the same about Zhou Liu.

So she said in a trembling voice as if she was about to cry:

"Zhou Liu, you—don't be so humble, you can find someone better than me in the future, and that person will only see you. This is something I can't do now."

This is her truth.

Zhou Liu stared blankly at Guan Buyu, she suddenly smiled, as if mocking her own wishful thinking.

She was a little naive, thinking that what she had was a bargaining chip, but she didn't expect it to be just an illusion.

She suddenly hated the person whom Guan Buyu loved deeply.She didn't understand, what kind of person would push back and keep silent?

"Okay, I see, you don't have to say it. Well, yes, I can find better than you. Of course."

Zhou Liu shook her head, and she returned to her usual state when she spoke again.After every date, she would talk like this, as if everything could be over easily.

"Eat here or take away?"

She went back to the counter and took out the fried chicken wings, she didn't look up at Guan Buyu, Guan Buyu's voice came to her softly:

"……Take away."

It wasn't until after Guan Buyu left that Zhou Liu sat on the chair behind.She leaned there, feeling numb in her heart. The moment the door closed, snow drifted in a little.

She said softly:

"That's weird."

There are many strange people in this world. The so-called "better people" in his population are indeed rare, but there are also many.But Zhou Liu understood that no matter what, Guan Buyu was the only one.

That's all she likes.

Rao Zhou Liu, who has been in love many times, is even heartbroken this time, because she knows that if she misses this time, she may never find someone like Guan Buyu again in her life.

During the two months when he was preparing to return to China, Guan Buyu did not expect that he would really hit a big luck.She got a job as an illustration, but the work visa may not be able to come out. At that time, she was sitting in the half-cleared apartment, feeling a little confused with her mobile phone.

If that's the case, it's okay not to go back now.Even, if she is lucky, she won't need to go back after the visa is issued.

Anyway, Guan Jian and Wang Meijuan also plan to come over recently, maybe she really doesn't need to go back to China.Just when Guan Buyu was thinking this way, Fang Ranran suddenly called as if she knew what she was hesitating, and said:

"Aren't you going back to China? Is your student visa about to expire?"

Guan Buyu was lying on the carpet in the apartment, she pouted and said:

"Going back to China—what's the good of going back to China? I just got a job, so maybe I won't go back."

Fang Ran suddenly paused, and she suddenly asked:

"How are you and Zhou Liu?"

The inexplicable question made Guan Buyu sit up again, she thought for a while, and replied hesitantly:

"... She - she confessed to me two days ago."

"and then?"

"Then I refused. Didn't you say that it would be irresponsible and unfair to her to be with her?"

Guan Buyu spoke lightly, but Fang Ranran understood what she meant.So she smiled and said:

"That's good. Then I can go on."

"what?"

"Guan Buyu, Jiang Lingyu is currently an intern at No. [-] Middle School."

Guan Buyu was stunned for a while and said:

"What's the matter?"

Fang Ranran was helpless and said:

"Guan Buyu, if I remember correctly - you told me about it. You were the one who asked her to teach in No. [-] Middle School."

Guan Buyu was stunned for a long time, and she struggled to find passages in her memory.Those words were all said by herself, they became vivid, and they were instantly involved in a violent vortex with Guan Buyu.

"It's not good to go to No. [-] Middle School. The students in No. [-] Middle School are under so much pressure. You must also be under great pressure as a teacher. And if you go to No. [-] Middle School, you won't be able to hear about my great deeds."

"We broke up, you are still willing to stay in No. [-] Middle School, it means that you still like me, you shouldn't break up with me, you have to come to me to get back together, did you hear Jiang Lingyu?"

"Jiang Lingyu, I like you very much, don't break up with me, I will be very sad."

"After all, I am a piece of brown sugar on Jiang Lingyu's body, you can't shake it off no matter what."

At this moment many years later, in a foreign country, it is snowing heavily outside the window again.The piece of brown candy is now lying on the carpet, letting the tears slip past her ears, she grinned and said:

"—Look, hasn't this been thrown away?"

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