classmate engagement

The job in hand right now is a very complicated flower arm. The phone vibrated for a while, and Cheng Yan didn't bother to pick it up. The little apprentice who was learning from the teacher picked up Cheng Yan's phone and asked, "Teacher?"

"Pick it up for me." Chengyan's voice was muffled under the mask, his eyes fixed on the stitches of the tattoo machine.

Zhu Yu connected the phone, listened to what was said on the other end of the phone, held the phone and relayed it to Chengyan: "Teacher, it's Boss Jin, he said he just arrived at a batch of new wine, and he asked you to go to his place later .”

"Tell him that I have something to do tonight and I'm not free." Cheng Yan said briefly.

"Hey, good."

The one with tattooed arms is a pretty young girl, she looked so weak, she didn't hum or chat with Cheng Yan from the beginning to the end. Don't bother him when he's alive.

The little girl didn't say a word for more than three hours, and she really couldn't bear it anymore, and asked softly, "Handsome guy, are you getting better soon?"

Cheng Yan hummed: "It's almost done."

The little girl grinned: "Forget it, my arm is almost numb."

After finishing the work in hand, Cheng Yan entered the lounge, and the phone rang again not long after, he opened the closet, connected the phone and switched to hands-free.

The caller was the one just now, the "Boss Jin" that Zhu Yu called.

"What's the matter at night? I just got off the plane, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

Cheng Yan changed his clothes, straightened his hair in front of the full-length mirror, and said, "I really have something to do, and I have already made an appointment with someone in advance."

"Dating someone? Who? Talking about a boyfriend?"

"No."

"Then you are—"

"Go on a blind date."

Jin Haixin was stunned: "...Is it true?" His tone was full of doubts, and after a few seconds of silence, he couldn't help laughing: "Why do I not believe it, Boss Cheng."

Cheng Yan walked into the bathroom with his mobile phone, put the mobile phone on the sink, and washed his hands carefully.

While washing his hands, Cheng Yan said, "I'm 35, isn't it strange to have a blind date?"

"No, Cheng Yan, when I first met you, how many people would chase after you, why didn't you talk to anyone, and you suddenly told me today that you were going on a blind date?"

Jin Haixin laughed while talking, and said sarcastically: "Blind date is good, if you don't find a suitable one, Boss Cheng, your sexual function will fail in a few years."

Cheng Yan didn't want to be blind and poor with him: "My former teacher introduced it, and I don't want to refute her feelings."

"This kind of situation, you have to refute it when it's time to refute it. If you don't like someone, that person will rely on you again."

"Hmm..." Cheng Yan thought for a while, and said truthfully: "She said that person is quite handsome, so... I didn't refute it."

Jin Haixin smiled and said, "Why didn't I know that you are still a member of the Appearance Association."

Cheng Yan took out a sticky note from his trousers pocket, on which was written the name and number of the blind date——

Jiang Muping

Cheng Yan stared at those three words for a while, then murmured: "It's a coincidence..."

"what?"

"This person's name is the same as my high school monitor's name."

"You still remember the name of your high school monitor? I don't even remember whether my first love was a boy or a girl."

Cheng Yan stuffed the note back into his pocket: "I'll never forget it."

After Cheng Yan tidied up, he set off.

Three points of what he said to Jin Haixin were jokes, but they were basically the truth, and the fact that he didn't want to refute the teacher was true, and the Appearance Association was not false.

He's not that extreme, he doesn't believe in celibacy, it's just that after being alone for a long time, he gets used to it, and gradually doesn't bother to break this status quo.

They had an appointment at a western restaurant, and they hadn't contacted each other yet, everything was arranged by Li Sizhi.

Cheng Yan came earlier, and after sitting in his seat for a while, he suddenly received a call.

"Hey?"

The voice of the person on the other end of the phone was very low, and the voice was extremely low: "Mr. Cheng Yan?"

Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously: "Yes."

"I'm Jiang Muping."

"Hello." The diagenetic condition reflexively said.

There was a short low laugh from the phone, and the other party responded seriously: "Hi. I'm in a meeting now. It seems that it will end later. I have to trouble you to wait for a while. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, I'll wait for you."

"I apply for an extra 10 minutes. If I haven't arrived after 10 minutes, you can go back first and we can make an appointment next time, okay?"

Chengyan already felt the other party's gentleness through the phone, and he was willing to wait a little longer: "It's okay, I can wait for you."

"Okay. See you later."

"See you soon."

The days are long in summer, and although it is evening, the sky outside the window is still bright, and the slow cello music echoes in the restaurant.Cheng Yan sat for a while, feeling a little idle, so he called the waiter.

"Sir, do you need to order food?"

Cheng Yan pointed to the place where he entered the door, and asked, "I just saw wine in the showcase over there, is it for sale?"

"Yes, sir."

"I want to pick a drink."

"Okay, please come with me."

The display cabinets are all expensive and expensive wines, and their main function is to support the scene. Guests who come to dine generally do not choose the wines in the display cabinets.

Wearing white gloves, the waiter took out several bottles of wine from the showcase and introduced them to Cheng Yan one by one.

Jiang Muping arrived at the western restaurant within 10 minutes of the appointed time. He found the table number, but he didn't see the blind date.

Jiang Muping took out his mobile phone and called the other party.

Cheng Yan chose a bottle for a long time, because he was waiting for someone, so he deliberately slowed down and killed a lot of time, and finally chose a bottle that was not very affordable, and finally made the waiter smile from the bottom of his heart.

After choosing the wine, Cheng Yan finally had a chance to try it. The waiter handed the wine to him, "Sir, do you need to take another look?"

Cheng Yan pinched the neck of the wine bottle with one hand and supported the bottom of the bottle with the other, shaking his head casually, his mind was all on the bottle of red wine.

The cell phone rang suddenly.

The voice came from behind, and Jiang Muping turned his head.

Cheng Yan raised his head and saw the man in the white shirt not far away walking towards him slowly holding his mobile phone.

The man wore a pair of rimless oval glasses, a shirt and tie, and was dressed very formally, as if he had just arrived from a meeting.

His hair was very black, and the hair on his forehead blocked his eyebrows, making him look soft.

His black hair made his face very fair. He was not only tall, but also very pure.

It has been about 20 years in the past, the body, facial features, temperament, everything has been polished by time and changed drastically, but the face in front of me still coincides with the face in Chengyan's memory.

—— Cheng Yan recognized Jiang Muping at a glance.

But he wasn't sure if the other party recognized him.

Jiang Muping walked in front of him, the phone in his pocket was still ringing.

"Yanyan?" Jiang Muping confirmed to him.

Cheng Yan was stunned holding the wine bottle, then nodded.He did not reveal his identity for the first time.

"Sorry, I've been waiting for a long time." Jiang Muping didn't seem to recognize his former classmate, he glanced at the red wine in Chengyan's hand, "Are you picking wine?"

"Yeah." Cheng Yan felt a little embarrassed for some reason.He looked away, not looking directly at Jiang Muping's eyes.

The waiter on the side spread his hands in a gesture of receiving the wine, and asked, "Sir, can I help you sober up?"

Cheng Yan handed the wine to the waiter, and when he heard Jiang Muping say "Go and sit", he followed behind him.

The two sat down on their seats, the waiter presented the menu, they ordered a few dishes symbolically, and then the surroundings fell silent.Cheng Yan felt that Jiang Muping's gaze was always on him, and took a few sips of water uncomfortably.

"Diagenesis."

When Chengyan heard Jiang Muping calling him, he raised his head to look at him.

"Is the 'cheng' of becoming, the 'rock' of rock?" Jiang Muping asked.

"...Hmm." Cheng Yan nodded slowly.

"I think you look familiar." The mobile phone on the table vibrated, Jiang Muping glanced down, and looked at Chengyan's eyes again, "Do you think I look familiar?"

Cheng Yan was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Jiang Mu sat peacefully for a long time, there was no expression of surprise on his face or the emotion of reuniting with an old classmate who had been away for many years, he just gently curled the corner of his mouth, and said the simplest greeting: "Long time no see. "

Cheng Yan pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Long time no see."

"Did you recognize me at the first sight?" Jiang Muping asked him.

"Ah."

"Still pretending you don't know me?"

Cheng Yan lowered his head and cut the steak, not knowing how to explain it, so he just kept silent.

The atmosphere at the moment is extremely delicate and awkward. It is outrageous to meet high school classmates on a blind date.

Although what Li Sizhi said is true - her cousin is indeed handsome.

After a long silence, Cheng Yan said, "I thought you wouldn't recognize me."

His voice is very low and hoarse, the kind of smoky voice with magnetism, which is a bit inconsistent with his beautiful appearance.

Jiang Mu watched him calmly.

In fact, he has almost forgotten what he looked like back then, after all, he didn't even keep a photo.

Jiang Muping has changed a lot, but Chengyan seems to be the same as before. After watching for a long time, memories will always come back.

He was wearing a light-colored cropped jacket. His hair was permed, slightly curly, light brown, a little long, and exposed his forehead partly.The whole person looks like he has been well-dressed, which will give people the illusion that he attaches great importance to this blind date.

"I really didn't recognize you at first sight." Jiang Muping admitted.

Cheng Yan looked small, obviously the same age as Jiang Muping, and his face looked like he was many years younger than Jiang Muping.

The waiter brought over the sober wine and was about to pour it into Jiang Muping's glass, but Jiang Muping raised his hand to block it: "Thank you, I don't need it."

"You don't drink?" Cheng Yan hesitated while holding the glass.

"Well, I don't know much about drinking."

After the waiter left, the two of them fell into silence again. No one mentioned the original intention of today's dinner, until Cheng Yan grabbed his glass and took a sip of the wine, and asked out of his mind: "Do you like men too?"

Jiang Muping nodded.

Cheng Yan's mind continued to twitch: "What a coincidence."

Chengyan saw the weird, shallow smile in Jiang Muping's eyes, and he gave a short smile when he saw his lowered eyes.