West coast

Lin Nan's favorable impression of California largely comes from the fact that it never snows in winter.

The snow in the eastern town can fall from the end of October to April.Due to the lack of public transportation facilities, Lin Nan had to buy a second-hand Japanese car with a mileage close to scrap for transportation.

In winter, the cars parked under the rental apartment are always covered with snow.It takes at least 10 minutes to shovel snow before driving out.If the road is icy and the car doesn't have enough weight, the wheels will spin.

Once you move to California, you don't have to deal with snow anymore.

In contrast to Lin Nan's ability to adapt, the orange cat has been sneezing non-stop since the day it moved in, sometimes more than a dozen in a row.At first, Lin Nan thought the kitten was cute, so he took several videos with his mobile phone.

But three days have passed, and the sneezing symptoms of the kitten have not stopped.Lin Nan was so anxious that he hurriedly made an appointment with a veterinarian, and took the orange cat with him for a checkup.

The veterinarian was a tall, thin white female in her mid-40s.The deeply sunken eye sockets are covered with crow's feet, like shriveled red dates.All year round, hands and feet are cold.

Lin Nan took the orange cat out of the cat bag. The cat instantly lost its arrogance at home, drooped its ears, and looked around with its eyes alertly.The veterinarian picked up the cat.The moment her cold right hand touched the cat's belly, the orange cat miraculously stopped sneezing immediately.

Veterinarian: "You said it kept sneezing?"

Lin Nan: "Well, yes. I was sneezing very intensively before, one every second."

Veterinarian: "Ah... this... but it doesn't sneeze now..."

Lin Nan: "Well... yes..."

At this moment, the two looked at the cat at the same time, so embarrassed that they broke out in a cold sweat.

The veterinarian is not sure whether it is the owner or the cat that needs to see a doctor, so he has to persuade him: "Then...then bring it to see the next time you sneeze..."

The 1-minute face-to-face consultation ended quickly. Lin Nan came to the front desk, took the bill, and almost had a heart attack from the figures on it.

What? ! $300? !$300 for the vet just to touch it? !

California has a well-deserved reputation for high prices.

Since the unexpected encounter at IKEA that day, Qin Chuan did not take the initiative to contact Lin Nan.But Lin Nan found that since then, he kept running into Qin Chuan in the company.At noon, Qin Chuan always sat at a table not far from him.In the corridor, he passed Qin Chuan again and again.It wasn't until the third time when he met Qin Chuan in the coffee shop downstairs that Lin Nan finally realized that this must not be a coincidence.

Lin Nan took the coffee, turned around and walked to Qin Chuan's side and said, "Are you free for a chat?"

"I'll have a meeting later, but it shouldn't be a problem to squeeze out 5 minutes." Qin Chuan replied in this way, although both of them knew in their hearts that this meeting did not exist at all.

They haven't seen each other for six years. The two people who were sitting at the front and back tables back then are now sitting face to face.

Lin Nan first expressed his gratitude for the interview.Qin Chuan said that he deserved it, and he didn't need to thank himself.There was a silence.

In order to break this embarrassing situation, Lin Nan insisted on finding a topic: "Is that girl your girlfriend last time?"

An opening statement that was originally very simple was misunderstood in Qin Chuan's ears.

"What? Do you really care if I have a girlfriend?" Qin Chuan raised an eyebrow and asked back.

"No, no, just a casual question."

"Oh... just ask me casually," Qin Chuan took over, "It's not my girlfriend, she's going to IKEA to return the goods, she needs a car, she asked me three times, I can't refuse."

"Yeah." Lin Nan responded.

"Are you relieved?" Qin Chuan half-jokingly asked.

Lin Nan was noncommittal.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Qin Chuan changed the subject, "The company organizes a skiing trip at the end of this month, will you go? This is a damn place, and it's only fun in winter."

Lin Nan said: "I'm still thinking about it. I'm not very good at it. I skated once before."

"I'll teach you." Qin Chuan said.

"Don't bother." Lin Nan refused in a low voice.

The ski resort received its first snow of the year at the end of October.This Lake Tahoe, which is a four-hour drive from the Bay Area, is a treasure that Bay Area residents love to visit all year round.Swimming in summer, red leaves in autumn, and an excellent ski resort in winter.

The company's bus was driving on the highway, some colleagues were drowsy, and some colleagues were still coding on their laptops.It was very quiet, and it was rare to hear anyone chatting.These code farmers who meet every day are more like strangers who met by chance and took the same bus.Whenever there is something that must be said, everyone feels that it is more customary to communicate by typing.

Finally arrived at the destination, Wang Yiding caught up with Lin Nan, saying that he had brought hot pot and seasonings, and asked him to come to the cabin to have dinner with his Chinese colleagues at night. "The food in this resort is not for people to eat. It's snowing on the mountain, so it's more comfortable to eat some hot food." Wang Yiding commented.

In the evening, Lin Nan came to the cabin and found that the party was very lively, with no less than 20 people attending.Some are employees and some are employees' family members.Compared with other places in the United States, the proportion of Asians in Silicon Valley is unusually high, accounting for 35%.

Seeing someone enter the room, a snow-white Samoyed slowly walked up to Lin Nan, sat down obediently, looked at him with big watery eyes, opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue, as if smiling at Lin Nan.Lin Nan stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the big snow-white dog.Unexpectedly, Samoyed stood up suddenly, as tall as a ten-year-old child, with boundless strength, and immediately threw Lin Nan to the ground.

This overly enthusiastic way of greeting made Lin Nan, a cat slave, at a loss.The Samoyed's owner rushed to pull the dog away, and Lin Nan was saved.The person who came was a boy with a pink crew cut, his eyebrows were shaved off, and his brow rings were nailed on.Cool dress, a bit like a member of a Japanese rock band.He first apologized to Lin Nan, and then introduced himself as Alex, working under Qin Chuan, and this Samoyed was named Bobo.

Alex is a pet blogger on Instagram, and this Samoyed has nearly 20 followers. Alex himself does not appear on the scene, but the majority of netizens seem to have a magnifying glass, zoom in and zoom in, and find a pair of white hands and slender ankles in every detail, so many people conclude that the owner of the Samoyed is definitely a big beauty.

Now everyone is busy with their own work, Wang Yiding is preparing ingredients, Alex is playing games with the Samoyed, Wenwen is also there, Qin Chuan did not accept the invitation.Although eating hot pot is a good idea, but I am a small leader, I am afraid that they will not be able to let go and play, which will spoil the interest, so I hide in my room and eat instant noodles.

It was snowing outside, and the heat from the hot pot was rising inside the house, warming people up.Wang Yiding wanted to liven up the atmosphere, so he ate and said, "Oh, I can't help but sing while eating hot pot! I will present a song for everyone, "Borrow 500 Years from the Sky", everyone applauds and welcomes!"

After finishing speaking, he cleared his throat and began to sing his must-have track with a strong bass:

"Look at the iron hooves clattering across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains

I stand on the cusp of the storm and hold the sun and the moon tightly

May the fireworks world be peaceful and happy

I really want to live another 500 years! "

……

Amidst the shock, fear, indifference, and the subway grandfather looking at his mobile phone, Wang Yiding sang the whole song word for word. Originally, he wanted to use this opportunity to play tricks and let Wenwen see more of himself. eye, but it seems to have the opposite effect...

After singing a song, I don't know if Samoyed was frightened by the singing, or if he was not satisfied with lying under the table to warm people's feet, he suddenly stood up and pushed the table.The hot pot that was still cooking was shaken, and a few drops of red oil spilled onto the Samoyed's snow-white hair.Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly checked to see if they were burned.

Fortunately, it was just a false alarm and did not really hurt the skin.Wang Yiding offered to give Samoyed a bath.After speaking, he took Samoyed to the shower room.

Samoyed's snow-white hair was wet and wrapped around his body.The round nose was exposed, like a cute polar bear cub.He looked at Wang Yiding as if he had been wronged.

Wang Yiding was so cute by the eyes, he scratched the wet little nose of the Samoyed and said, "Bobo, call me daddy, call me daddy." At this moment, Alex's voice came from outside the door: "Want to be Bobo's daddy?" There are a lot of people, all lined up holding their number plates."

After eating, Lin Nan began to look for video tutorials on skiing on the Internet.Before that, Lin Nan had only skated once, and he had only learned to the point where he could stand up, and he could barely finish the greenway.

He tried his best to reject Qin Chuan as a ski instructor, but because he didn't know how to get along with him.Pretend nothing happened, just like a normal classmate?Lin Nan didn't know what to do.

The author says:

Eat with the straight male BGM of "Borrowing Five Hundred More from the Sky", the flavor is even better.