I was the first to catch up

"I think Yu Xiaomin is a bit strange recently."

At the entrance of the breakfast shop, Fang Ranran stopped Guan Buyu who was late every day, and Guan Buyu looked at her in a fuss and said:

"Master Fang, are you waiting for me?"

Fang Ranran shook her head, asking her not to worry about this issue now.A few days after the year, the breakfast shop reopened, so she came to help as usual.

And Guan Buyu accompanied Guan Jian to visit relatives these few days, so he didn't have time to come to help until today.

So she didn't know what happened, but she just felt that Fang Ranran was thinking too much every day, what could be strange about the lady boss?If it's strange, just ask her directly!

"Look, remember to look into Yu Xiaomin's eyes."

Fang Ranran told her so seriously, then she took a deep breath and stepped into the store first.

After she stepped in, she turned around and saw Guan Buyu still standing there stupidly, so she beckoned her to come in quickly.

After Guan Buyu followed in, she still seemed a little dazed, and she still didn't understand what Fang Ranran meant.And when she saw that Yu Xiaomin, who was busy with work in the shop, suddenly turned around and walked to the back kitchen as soon as Fang Ranran entered, Fang Ranran stopped her:

"Yu Xiaomin, wait a minute, there is a problem with the ledger."

Only then did Yu Xiaomin stop, she seemed to sigh, and then turned around and came to Fang Ranran - at this moment, Guan Buyu could tell that Yu Xiaomin's eyes were only fixed on the account book in Fang Ranran's hand.And the distance between them seems a bit too far away?Didn't the proprietress like to hold Fang Ranran very much before?

Guan Buyu looked at the back of Yu Xiaomin leaving in a hurry, then Fang Ranran walked over and stood in front of her with a helpless expression:

"Look, isn't it weird?"

Guan Buyu nodded, and she asked cautiously:

"Fang Ranran, did you offend the lady boss? It stands to reason that she wouldn't be so awkward. Isn't the lady boss very straightforward?"

You don't know that.

Fang Ranran sighed, she remembered that Jiang Lingyu had revealed to her before that Yu Xiaomin was actually very awkward, and she would be awkward in very strange points.

It was for this reason that she and Yu Xiaomin had their first conflict. Speaking of which, if Guan Buyu hadn't set a trap for her and Fang Ranran voluntarily jumped into it, I'm afraid they still have a grudge.

"When did the proprietress become like this? Think back, we can trace back to the source!"

Guan Buyu vigorously said an idiom that she didn't know how to use very much, Fang Ranran rolled her eyes, she leaned against the wall, a little helpless:

"What you can think of, can't I think of it?"

In fact, Fang Ranran was able to find a certain exact point - it probably started when she helped Yu Sheng bring Yu Xiaomin back a few days ago.

Because Yu Xiaomin has become a little strange since then, she suddenly found an excuse to go home in a panic, but Fang Ranran thought at first that she was really unwell, and didn't want to embarrass herself in front of her junior. So I left in a hurry.

But now, Fang Ranran felt that something must have happened.Something made Yu Xiaomin realize from then on that he needed to stay away from Fangran for a while.But it was this matter that Fang Ranran couldn't think of.

Forget it, it's useless to ask Guan Buyu, a fool, it's better to let her go to work quickly.

Fang Ranran sighed, feeling that he was really desperate, and would choose to ask Guan Buyu.

And this Guan Buyu tilted his head and thought for a while and said:

"Master Fang, if you really don't know why, and you don't want to ask the proprietress, you can ask Brother Lele and the others. They haven't left yet, maybe they know something."

After Guan Buyu finished speaking, he yawned and waved at her:

"I'm so sleepy, I seem to be a little sleep deprived recently. I'm going to work first."

After she left, Fang Ranran was still standing there pondering. It's not that she didn't want to ask Yu Sheng, but she really didn't know how to ask.Your sister seems to be avoiding me again recently, do you have any clues?It's so weird.

Or maybe it's because of her self-esteem. After all, Fang Ranran only occasionally talks about her troubles with Guan Buyu, but her purpose is to simply say these troubles so that she can release the pressure, not really thinking about it. Let Guan Buyu help.

Therefore, Fang Ranran has never been in the habit of asking for help. She always feels that this kind of behavior is an admission of her own inadequacy and weakness.

But this time, she might make an exception for Yu Xiaomin.

After all, Fang Ranran has always been unable to do what he wants when it comes to Xiao Min.

She was thinking while doing things during the business hours, and finally took a little spare time to bow her head and send a message to Yu Sheng.This was an endless question, and to be honest, she didn't really hope that Yu Sheng could answer it.

Then she continued to work with full concentration, without thinking about other things.At the end of the day's business hours, Yu Xiaomin took out a bottle of iced Coke from the freezer and said to Guan Buyu:

"Thank you for your hard work. The New Year's Eve came over to help."

After not coming to work for a long time, Guan Buyu was so tired that she sat on the ground. She took a few sips of Coke, and then said:

"It's better than staying at home. My dad always smokes at home, and the smell is so bad."

When she said that, Yu Xiaomin's eyes softened.Fang Ranran watched from the side, and sighed silently in his heart.She also held out her hand and said:

"Yu Xiaomin, I want to drink Coke too."

But she doesn't like drinking carbonated drinks, so Yu Xiaomin was a little surprised when she heard this, but she still didn't look at herself, she just turned around and took a bottle of Coke and said:

"Since when did you like to drink Coke? - This is ice, can you stand it?"

Guan Buyu looked at Fang Ranran, wondering what Yu Xiaomin meant.But Fang Ranran knew clearly - Yu Xiaomin remembered her menstrual period, and she knew it from the first month she came here to help.

She couldn't drink ice in those few days. When Yu Xiaomin gave her the drink, she would say that she couldn't drink it now, and Yu Xiaomin silently wrote it down. Get yourself a hot drink.

But now she just wants to drink ice-cold Coke, and she just wants to say this to Xiao Min:

"I can stand it."

Yu Xiaomin held the Coke in her hand, she turned her head, and suddenly took a look at Fang Ranran.

This was the first time Yu Xiaomin looked directly at her in the past few days.

Fang Ranran's heart beat faster secretly, and she wanted to muster up the courage to look back at Yu Xiaomin, but Yu Xiaomin left the scene halfway - she quickly looked away, and at the same time withdrew the coke.

"You are not allowed to drink now, we will talk about it in two days."

After Yu Xiaomin left, Guan Buyu came to Fang Ranran and said to her:

"Why do I feel that the proprietress is not angry?"

Indeed it is.

Fang Ranran looked at the bottle of hot milk that Yu Xiaomin gave her later in his hand, but he didn't feel a little happy about it.

Yu Xiaomin wasn't angry, and she wasn't even trying to distance herself from her.She was just subconsciously dodging Fang Ranran's eyes and her existence, and this kind of behavior was like——

Fang Ranran's thoughts stopped abruptly.It wasn't that she didn't dare to think about it, but because her mobile phone buzzed in her pocket.

She unlocked the phone, but found two new messages, one from Yu Sheng and the other from Jiang Lingyu.

After she read the two messages carefully, Fang Ranran just let out a long sigh.

That night at □□, the shutter door of Xiaomin’s cafeteria was half-closed, and there was a faint light inside. It stands to reason that there should be no one in the shop at this point.

Fang Ranran, who was standing on the side of the street, ate her meal and strolled over casually. It seemed that she was just passing by and had no other intentions.

In this way, she walked to the door of the breakfast shop and listened to the sound inside - there was the crisp sound of glass colliding. Fang Ranran hesitated for a moment, and finally bent down and returned to the shop through the rolling door.

It's still the time of Chinese New Year, the decorations in the store have not been taken down, the lanterns are hung, and the ingots are pasted up, but Yu Xiaomin is alone in such a festive scene - she is sitting at the table with her back to Fang Ranran , drinking alone.

Fang Ranran didn't know how much Yu Xiaomin had drunk - at least, judging from the number of wine bottles next to her, she had already drunk enough.

It was also at this time that she realized that people like Yu Xiaomin were actually more suitable for drinking with others.In this case, no matter how much she drinks, someone will persuade her to drink less, and she will definitely listen.

But if she was drinking alone—then she would probably keep drinking like this.Jiang Lingyu also said it on the phone just now, which is why Yu Xiaomin never drinks alone in private.Because she would get drunk if she drank alone.

Fang Ranran didn't make a sound, she took out her mobile phone and sent Jiang Lingyu a message:

"She's here. I'll get her home quickly, don't worry."

On it are her chat records with Jiang Lingyu during the day.Jiang Lingyu sent a message during the day to ask Fang Ranran if she knew what had happened to Yu Xiaomin recently. Fang Ranran asked her why she asked that question. Jiang Lingyu replied that Yu Xiaomin came home very late recently, and her body always It smells like alcohol.Fang Ranran said that she would go to the breakfast shop at night to see if Yu Xiaomin was there.

She didn't want Yu Xiaomin to really appear here, she would rather believe that Yu Xiaomin was having a banquet with friends.However, just like she hoped that Yu Sheng would not be able to answer her question, everything went against her expectations, and she could only accept it.

Fang Ranran put away her phone and walked to the table. Yu Xiaomin saw her at this moment, but she didn't seem surprised at all, instead she smiled drunkenly.Yu Xiaomin stretched out her hand, and her fingers touched Fang Ranran's hot cheek, and she pinched her face gently.

"Child, how can you still appear in my dream?"

Fang Ranran never thought that such a silly smile could appear on Xiao Min's face. She still didn't speak, but took the wine glass from Yu Xiao Min's hand and put it on the table.

Yu Xiaomin pursed her lips, looked at her, and then picked up the wine glass again, while Fang Ranran took her wine glass away and put it on the table again.

They repeated this several times, Fang Ranran didn't stop, but Yu Xiaomin raised her eyebrows and said suddenly:

"Fang Ranran, you - do you want to drink too?"

Fang Ranran stood there quietly.She neither spoke nor shook her head, but took the wine glass away from Yu Xiaomin's hand again, and poured the wine in the glass on the ground.

This action suddenly made Yu Xiaomin laugh. She laughed lightly at first, and then laughed harder. Fang Ranran didn't understand, but just looked at her and smiled.

After laughing, Yu Xiaomin wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said intermittently:

"Fang Ranran, you - you look like him. You, like him, always don't drink when I drink, and really don't drink at all. If others persuade him to drink, he will say, I'm I have to be responsible for driving Yu Xiaomin home. Then he just looked at me like this, quietly, without saying a word."

He just watched, so that I always finally stopped my hand, put down the glass, and never drank again.This happens every time, without exception.

So, Fang Ranran.

Yu Xiaomin's eyes were so hot that they seemed to melt everything, and they also burned into Fang Ranran's heart.With her tongue out, Yu Xiaomin looked at Fang Ranran seriously and said:

"Fang Ranran, you really look like Jiang Jiang."

Fang Ranran's throat rolled, she grabbed the phone in her pocket violently, even if the corner of the phone hurt herself, she didn't care.

She suddenly remembered Yu Sheng's answer and her own question.She asked Yu Sheng, before, when Yu Xiaomin drank with others, who would usually persuade her not to drink anymore?

She was looking forward to, looking forward to Yu Sheng's answer: My sister can drink very well, no one will try to persuade her, she can control it.Or: Us, my daughter often can't see it, and will take her away on the spot.

However, Yu Sheng didn't say that, he only replied one sentence, a simple sentence:

"In the past, Jiang Jiang would do this."

Only Jiang Jiang would do this.

Fangran then took a few steps back, she suddenly became confused and flustered.She didn't know anymore, she couldn't understand what was wrapped in Yu Xiaomin's eyes at the moment.

She remembered that when she grabbed Yu Xiaomin's wrist and led her away from the banquet, could Yu Xiaomin think of a certain moment in the past—the moment when Jiang Jiang saved her?When she obediently helped Yu Xiaomin with things and handed her the account book, did Yu Xiaomin think of the scene where Jiang Jiang came from other places to help her work during his college years?When she stood there, when she spoke, when she faintly said the three words "Yu Xiaomin"——

Is Fang Ranran no longer Fang Ranran, but a shadow of Jiang Jiang?

When Fang Ranran left the store and ran in the night, she felt the cold air filling her lungs, making her whole body throbbing.

She felt utter despair, because she realized that her self-righteous idea - "becoming a reliable person for Yu Xiaomin to rely on" was actually just copying Jiang Jiang's way!

When she stopped panting, as if falling into darkness, Fang Ranran's tiny cry sounded somewhere, and Fang Ranran's heart ached so much that she had shed tears, she sobbed and said——

"Yu Xiaomin, I don't want to be another Jiang Jiang."

My name is Fang Ranran.