classmate engagement

The two were talking, the doorbell rang, and Jiang Muping walked over to open the door with his mobile phone.

Liao Fanke was well-dressed and stood outside the door.

"Professor, it's time for breakfast."

Jiang Muping hummed,? After that, Chengyan heard Liao Fanke speak quickly and clearly on the phone, saying some content that he didn't quite understand. Chengyan could only vaguely hear that most of the content related to Jiang Muping's professional field .

No,? It should be related to the professional fields of Jiang Muping and Liao Fanke.

Jiang Muping responded simply,? Then he said to Chengyan on the phone: "I'm going to have breakfast."

"it is good."

Liao Fanke was slightly stunned: "Professor, are you on the phone?"

"Yes." Jiang Muping hung up the phone.

There was a "beep" sound from the handset of the mobile phone, Cheng Yan put down the mobile phone, and stared at the painting on the table for a while.

Cheng Yan thought he was a generous person, at least when he heard that Jiang Muping was going on a business trip with Liao Fanke, he didn't have much ups and downs in his heart.

Liao Fanke's sense of presence in Chengyan's eyes is very low. Jiang Muping has so many students, and there are naturally many students who admire him. Liao Fanke is not the only one, nor is he the most special one.

Cheng Yan thought that he just couldn't accept Jiang Muping and Liao Fanke living together, but he didn't expect that he would feel a little uncomfortable when he heard other men's voices beside him when he was on the phone with Jiang Muping.

Jiang Muping is also so natural and charming when communicating with other people, but the conversation between Jiang Muping and Liao Fanke is something that Cheng Yan could never talk to Jiang Muping in his life.

Chengyan is still rational, knowing that he is indeed a bit hypocritical at the moment.

He was very hypocritical when he was in high school. If he wasn't hypocritical, he wouldn't be a stranger to Jiang Muping back then.

But after leaving school for so many years, Cheng Yan hardly had that kind of hypocrisy anymore.

The reason for the diagenesis summary: maybe a little jealous.

"Teacher?" Zhu Yu came over and found Cheng Yan in a daze.

Cheng Yan hummed, picked up the brush and continued to paint.

"Professor Jiang is on a business trip."

Cheng Yan raised his head and glanced at him.

Zhu Yu laughed: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Cheng Yan thought Zhu Yu was watering the flowers just now, but Zhu Yu seemed to have heard the conversation between him and Jiang Muping.

Cheng Yan recalled what he said just now, and his face was a little uneasy,? He didn't make a sound, and lowered his head to draw as if nothing had happened.

"No wonder you came so early today." Zhu Yu sat down next to Chengyan and smiled, "I used to think that no one was worthy of the teacher, and I always thought that the teacher would not like anyone."

Cheng Yan turned to look at him.

Zhu Yu's eyes brightened, "It's really good now."

For the next two days, Cheng Yan has been rushing to work, immersed in the creation of the paintings ordered by the customer. On the one hand, he doesn't want to disturb Jiang Muping too much, on the other hand, he also wants to divert his attention and finish the painting early, so he didn't deliberately Go to contact Jiang Muping.

Jiang Muping was probably also very busy with work, and he didn't call Chengyan either, the two only communicated through text messages.

On the third day of the business trip, Jiang Muping's work schedule was not so tight. At noon, he took the time to go to the famous local Bailangji Old Street. That street is a local scenic spot. Jiang Muping wanted to bring Chengyan a gift .

Apart from sleeping these days, Jiang Muping basically does everything with Liao Fanke. Although he has the self-consciousness as a married person and knows to avoid suspicion, after all, Liao Fanke was brought by him and is still his student. It is necessary to deliberately treat others with cold eyes.

That would be disgraceful and out of style.

So when Liao Fanke expressed his desire to go to Bailangji Old Street with Jiang Muping, Jiang Muping did not refuse.

There are many old-fashioned shops on Bailangji Old Street. The signboards are all plaques, full of sense of age.

"Professor, do you want to buy souvenirs?" Liao Fanke and Jiang Muping walked side by side.

Jiang Muping nodded.

He walked around for a while, but didn't find anything he liked.Jiang Muping didn't know what the diagenetic rock lacked, so he didn't have any clues in his mind.

He tried to recall what Chengyan liked, but after thinking about it, he felt that Chengyan seemed to like everything.Cheng Yan likes shopping very much, and has a tendency to be slightly shopaholic. He likes to collect famous wines and beautiful tableware. He loves all beautiful things and is very willing to invest money in these beautiful things.

Jiang Muping thought, maybe no matter what he gave, Chengyan would like it.

Jiang Muping walked into an old shop that sold calligraphy and painting tools, and he took a fancy to a ruler. Chengyan is painting ink and wash recently, and the paperweight should be useful.

Although this shop is old, the shopkeeper is a young man with a young face, he should be only fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Uncle, do you want to buy something?" The boy wore a cropped cut and his voice was clear.

Jiang Muping pointed to the ruler carved with spiders, and asked, "Is it made of rosewood?"

"Yes."

"Can I pick it up and have a look?"

"Of course." The young man picked up the ruler and handed it to Jiang Muping, "The spider embossed symbolizes joy falling from the sky."

Jiang Muping took the town ruler and looked it over carefully. A spider was carved in the center of the town ruler. The spider's tail was tied with spider silk, extending upwards and spreading out a spider web.

"There is also the implication of prosperity and wealth." Jiang Muping muttered to himself.

The boy smiled with his eyes upturned: "Yes. It's just that the implication is somewhat vulgar."

"Not tacky."

Diagene definitely loves this.

"Is uncle a gift?" the boy asked.

"Ah."

"We also have an inkstone, a writing brush, and the Four Treasures of the Study here. Would you like to look at the others?"

Jiang Muping laughed.This kid is really good at sales.

"He draws, but doesn't write." Jiang Muping said.

Chengyan looked like a dog when writing hard-tipped characters, but Jiang Muping didn't dare to think about writing brush characters.

"I want this, please wrap it up for me." Jiang Muping handed the ruler to the boy.

"Okay." The boy took it and glanced at Liao Fanke behind Jiang Muping, "Does this brother need to buy anything?"

Liao Fanke smiled and shook his head.

The boy nodded, and took the ruler to the back to pack it.

A few minutes later, the boy took the packaged ruler to the counter and told Jiang Muping a price.

Jiang Muping took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and the boy asked with some doubts, "Don't you doubt my offer?"

Jiang Muping bought a town ruler before, and knew the approximate price of various materials, even if there was a difference, it didn't matter how much it cost.

"Why doubt?"

The young man smiled shyly: "People who come here to buy things don't quite trust me. They think I'm just a kid, and they always bargain with me."

"Do you own this store?"

"No, it was opened by my grandfather, and the price is set by him. It's winter vacation, and he coaxed me to come over to help him look after the store, and sleep at home by himself."

Liao Fanke laughed from behind.

Jiang Muping clicked on the payment software, and asked with a smile, "Is there any salary?"

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't come."

Jiang Muping asked again: "Where to sweep?"

"Uncle, do you have cash? My grandpa doesn't have a mobile phone, doesn't have Alipay, and doesn't accept electronic banknotes."

"Not enough cash."

"Then you swipe your card? I'll get you the POS machine."

"it is good."

Jiang Muping didn't use cash and bank cards for a long time, but luckily he brought a wallet with him when he went out. He opened the wallet and took out a bank card from the compartment.

When he pulled out the card, a photo was taken out of the slot and fell on the counter.

Liao Fanke lowered his eyes and froze for a moment——

The photo is a photo of Jiang Muping and another man. The man has a familiar and handsome face. He was the one he saw at the airport that day.

Jiang Muping picked up the photo and took a look.

This photo was taken by Jiang Rui with a Polaroid when he had a dinner at his uncle's house. There was not enough photo paper at the time. When Cheng Yan and him were photographed, they just ran out of the last one, so there is only this photo.

Jiang Rui took the photos secretly at the time, and the exposure was not good enough, so the photos were not very clear.

At that time, Cheng Yan was sitting on the sofa in a precarious state. After hearing Jiang Rui's shout, the two of them raised their heads to look at the camera, and then they were frozen.Although it was a candid photo, but this photo is very similar to the group photo on the marriage certificate, except that Chengyan's expression is a little stunned and a little silly.

Jiang Muping put the photos back into the compartment, thinking about changing to another wallet that could hold the photos.

Liao Fanke glanced at Jiang Muping, his lips moved slightly, hesitant to speak.

The boy handed over the POS machine, and Jiang Muping pinched the card to swipe it. His left hand was facing Liao Fanke's eyes, and the ring on his ring finger was shining silver.

Liao Fanke was taken aback suddenly.

"Okay, thank you." The boy grinned, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth.

The custom-ordered ink painting Cheng Yan had already been completed, and Jin Haixin's phone call happened to coincide with the time when Cheng Yan finished work.

"I said before that I would invite your husband to drink. I'm free today. Come?"

"He was on a business trip."

"Isn't he a university professor, should he be on vacation now?"

"He's a professor, not a student."

"That's right. Let's invite you alone today, and invite him next time."

"New wine?"

"New, just arrived, specially reserved for you."

"I'll be over in a minute."

Jin Haixin is a former customer of Chengyan, and Chengyan gave him a tattoo a few years ago. Jin Haixin has a large wine cellar, and Chengyan often orders wine from him, and sometimes goes directly to the tavern he runs to drink.

Jin Haixin has a good relationship with Chengyan. In the early years, because he liked the tattoos that Chengyan gave him, he often gave wine to Chengyan. Later, Chengyan refused to let him, but he would take the initiative to order wine from Jin Haixin.One is to satisfy their own appetite, and the other is to take care of the business of old customers. Over time, their friendship has been established.

Cheng Yan has very few friends, counting them in detail, it seems that only Jin Haixin is there.

In addition to having a wine cellar, Jin Haixin also runs many taverns for wine tasting. Chengyan occasionally drinks in the tavern. The tavern has a good atmosphere and the waiters are all handsome men and women.

Cheng Yan sat on the bar, several glasses of wine were placed in front of him, but only a shallow bottom of the glass was poured.

Jin Haixin just went to the toilet, and when he came back, he saw wine glasses in front of Chengyan.

"Drinking so much mixed wine, aren't you afraid of getting drunk?"

Cheng Yan shook his head.

"It's a pity," Jin Haixin sat down next to him, "Why is your husband on a business trip? I only have two days to spare, and I'll have to wait until the next year."

"He doesn't drink." Cheng Yan picked up a glass and took a sip.

"Why do I feel like the boss is not very interested?"

Cheng Yan picked up another cup, held it in front of him, sniffed the aroma of the wine, and said nothing.

"What's the matter? It's so deep."

"Have it?"

"Yes, can I take a mirror for you?"

Cheng Yan drank the glass of wine, propped his head and said lazily, "I haven't contacted Professor Jiang for three days."

"Hey." Jin Haixin said seriously, "Three days, it's been so long."

Cheng Yan raised his eyes and glanced at him.

"So it's lovesickness." Jin Haixin saw Chengyan like this for the first time, but he teased him vigorously, "You have to take the initiative to miss him so much."

Cheng Yan didn't want to talk, so he drank in silence.

He drank one glass at a time, Jin Haixin couldn't stand it any longer, held down his glass, and said with a smile: "Chengyan, what's wrong with you?"

Cheng Yan's face was reddish, but he was not drunk, he repeated Jin Haixin's words: "I'm lovesick."

Jin Haixin felt that Cheng Yan was drunk, because Cheng Yan was not the kind of person who would confide in others, he thought that Cheng Yan was joking.

Cheng Yan was not joking, Jiang Muping was not around, life was really boring, obviously he had lived like this for the past 30 years.

"Chengyan," Jin Haixin took the wine glass in his hand and stared at him, "I feel like you really like Jiang Muping."

"Did I say I don't like it?"

"You never said you like it." Jin Haixin shook the remaining wine in the glass, "I thought you got married just to find a partner to live with. After all, Jiang Muping's conditions are so good in all aspects. He is a perfect man. marriage partner."

"Look for it early." Chengyan took back the wine glass in his hand, looked down at his watch, took out his mobile phone, and dialed Jiang Muping's number.

Jiang Muping will be back tomorrow. According to the schedule, he should have just finished the evening meeting at this point.

Jiang Muping needed to give a speech tonight, so he left all his belongings to Liao Fanke for safekeeping. After the speech was over, Jiang Muping was still backstage and did not come back. Liao Fanke was waiting outside the venue with his things.

Jiang Muping's mobile phone was set to vibrate mode. Liao Fanke heard the vibrating sound from the paper bag. He looked down and the word "Ayan" was displayed on the screen of the mobile phone.

Such an intimate title made Liao Fanke think of the person in the photo in Jiang Muping's wallet.

Liao Fanke swallowed, feeling his throat a little dry.The phone vibrated non-stop. He pursed his lips tightly and didn't answer it.

After the phone rang for a minute, it finally quieted down. Liao Fanke's mood became a little depressed, and his thoughts quieted down along with the phone.

Half a minute later, the phone vibrated again. Liao Fanke looked down, and with a strong desire to find an answer, he slowly picked up the phone and pressed the connect button.

"Professor Jiang." Cheng Yan shouted directly.

"...Professor Jiang is not here."

Opposite was a young voice, very familiar, Cheng Yan was taken aback, and immediately realized who it was.

"Student Liao?"

"Well, who are you?" Liao Fanke asked knowingly, just wanting to confirm the identity of Chengyan.

"You should be able to see the note Professor Jiang gave me."

Liao Fanke remained silent.

"What about others?" Cheng Yan asked.

"Busy."

"Why are you holding his phone?"

"He's busy, I'll keep it for him."

Although Liao Fanke didn't talk much, his attitude was quite polite, but Chengyan was inexplicably irritable, maybe it was because of drinking.

"Who... are you?" Liao Fanke asked again.

Cheng Yan lost his patience, alcohol made his brain a little confused, Jiang Muping's sudden disappearance and Liao Fanke's young voice stimulated his nerves, his hoarse voice suddenly became a little cold: "Since you like Professor Jiang so much , How could he not even notice that he was wearing a ring on his ring finger."

Liao Fanke was completely stunned.

"Who do you think I am?"

Jiang Muping came from a distance against the flow of people, and Liao Fanke's hand holding the phone slightly tightened, watching the tall figure approaching without blinking.

Seeing Liao Fanke holding his mobile phone, Jiang Muping frowned slightly, and he walked up to Liao Fanke, "Why are you holding my mobile phone?"

Liao Fanke looked bewildered, and heard the voice of the man named "A Yan" coming from his ear, slightly drunk, slowly, very hoarse:

"Give him the phone."

Liao Fanke returned the phone to Jiang Muping and said "I'm sorry" in a low voice.

Jiang Muping stared at him for a few seconds and found that the corners of his eyes were red.He looked back and held the phone to his ear.

"A Yan?"

"Professor Jiang."

"Ah."

"I miss you a little."