classmate engagement

Jiang Muping said to Cheng Yan: "I don't call this kind of thing reluctant to go to the art exhibition with my old classmates."

"But I would be mistaken."

The relationship with old classmates has always been dispensable in Cheng Yan's eyes. If it hadn't been for the blind date before, his life would never have intersected with Jiang Muping again.

His past has no memories worth recalling, and he has long since lost contact with his former classmates. He is very lucky to have such an excellent "old classmate" like Jiang Muping, but Chengyan doesn't need an "old classmate", so Jiang Muping All the things Ping does as an old classmate are meaningless.

From the very beginning, Chengyan's life trajectory ran counter to Jiang Muping's. Such an encounter was like an accident.

"What's the misunderstanding?" Jiang Muping asked.

"I misunderstood that you have further ideas with me."

"So, do you have any further ideas with me?"

This sentence sounds like a confession, but Cheng Yan knew that it was just a question.

Cheng Yan didn't immediately deny it, but said ambiguously, "I don't know."

Jiang Muping is excellent and handsome, and with the filters from high school, it is not surprising that Chengyan has a good impression of him.Cheng Yan has never been in love before, and Jiang Muping is a perfect love partner from all aspects, but Cheng Yan is too rational, and his thoughts are too selfish and absolute.

He unilaterally denied any possibility of development between himself and Jiang Muping, so he didn't want Jiang Muping to create hope.

The invitation to go to the art exhibition together shook Chengyan's rationality a little, but the conversation between Jiang Muping and Li Sizhi just now brought him back to reality.

Chengyan knew that he was not young anymore, he was used to loneliness, but he didn't enjoy it, especially after meeting Jiang Muping, he realized that for so many years, he lived alone, chasing the rest of his life alone.

Maybe people are like this, everything can be tolerated when they get used to it, but once the original state is broken, they will become at a loss.

"I don't know." Cheng Yan said again.

There was a moment of silence between them, until Jiang Muping said, "Tell me when you know."

Cheng Yan looked up at him.

"The exhibition will be closed soon, do you want to go see it for a while?" Jiang Muping asked him.

"Ah."

When the two of them reached the closing time, Jiang Muping was going to send Chengyan back to school to pick up his car, but Chengyan said to him: "Can you take me back to the studio to get something first, then I won't go back to the studio , drove home directly from school."

"it is good."

This is Jiang Muping's third visit to Chengyan's studio. The door of the studio is translucent, and the little assistant girl inside immediately poked her head to look outside when she saw the familiar car.

Cheng Yan closed the door and got out of the car, and heard someone calling him from behind, with a deep voice, a bit old-fashioned: "Xiao Yan."

Cheng Yan Xunsheng turned his head and saw someone calling, "Uncle Lin."

Jiang Muping glanced sideways at the rearview mirror, half of the man's body was reflected in the rearview mirror.

"How are you doing recently?" Lin Jianmin still had that polite smile on his face.

Cheng Yan said: "Very well, how is your health?"

"Okay, I'm here on business, and I just came to see you." Lin Jianmin glanced at the person sitting in the car, "This is it?"

"My friend." Cheng Yan said, "He is A Jing's teacher, Professor Jiang."

Lin Jianmin was a little surprised: "Really." He hurried to the window, nodding at Jiang Muping who was in the car: "Hello, Mr. Jiang, I am Lin Weijing's father."

Jiang Muping nodded: "Hello."

Cheng Yan asked Lin Jianmin: "Uncle Lin... what is the matter with you here?"

"Ah?" Lin Jianmin quickly turned his head, "It's okay, I just stopped by to see you."

Lin Jianmin turned his head back again: "Mr. Jiang, is our Ah Jing doing well in school?"

University is not high school. Jiang Muping didn't know how to answer this question. He said truthfully, "I'm his teacher. I don't usually take many of their classes. I don't know much about Lin Weijing's situation." He paused for a moment, then added Said: "A paper he gave me before has a lot of ideas."

"Really?" Lin Jianmin showed a proud smile, "We haven't worried about this kid's studies since he was a child. At the beginning, he said he wanted to take the city university entrance exam, he wanted to study law, and he passed the exam. I told him Mom really didn't worry about it at all..."

Lin Jianmin chattered on and on, and the topic was always inseparable from Lin Weijing. In fact, he was not so talkative when facing Chengyan. It was Jiang Muping who opened his chatter box.

But Jiang Muping didn't say much, just listened silently, so Lin Jianmin gradually restrained himself, and stopped rambling endlessly.

"Did I delay your work?"

Jiang Muping shook his head.

"I don't want to disturb you anymore, you are busy." Lin Jianmin turned to Chengyan and said, "Xiaoyan, I'm leaving first."

"Well, take care of yourself."

Cheng Yan went into the studio to get his things, and returned to Jiang Muping's car.Jiang Muping started the car and drove towards Beicheng University.

On the way, Jiang Muping asked, "Lin Weijing's father?"

"Ah."

"Father?"

Cheng Yan turned his head and glanced at Jiang Muping.

"Lin Weijing told me," Jiang Muping said, "but I'm sorry, I asked him about it."

"Why do you ask about this?"

"Curious, curious why you suddenly disappeared in your third year of high school."

For a while, Cheng Yan had mixed feelings, and he felt strange emotions that he couldn't explain clearly.It turns out that Jiang Muping still remembers that he left school in his third year of high school. Jiang Muping's memory of Cheng Yan seems to be a little more than he imagined.

"I dropped out of school." Cheng Yan's tone was flat, and his voice was still hoarse.

Jiang Muping hummed lightly: "Can you tell me what's wrong?"

"Squad leader." Cheng Yan suddenly called out, pushing both of them back to that summer 20 years ago.

It was the end of summer, the second year of high school had just started, and Cheng Yan transferred to Jiang Muping's school from another city.He spent only a short winter and spring there, and left again when the next summer came.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Muping smiled.

"I remember I used to call you that."

"Well, I thought you didn't know my name." Jiang Muping complained, "You never called my name."

Cheng Yan didn't want to tell Jiang Muping, but he didn't dare to, and he didn't even dare to say a few words to him.

He was really inferior at that time, and in the name of inferiority, he hurt many people invisibly.

Chengyan's biological father was a gambler and alcoholic. Before his biological father died, Chengyan spent his childhood in countless moving houses. He had no fixed place, and wandered around with his mother who could only swallow her anger. From time to time, from one Cities move to another city.

It's a pity that his poor mother didn't get rid of his father until she died.

Cheng Yan's biological father drank to death and left behind a pile of debts, which crushed his mother.Chengyan guessed that his mother might like her younger brother a little more, otherwise she probably wouldn't have left Chengyan alone, and jumped into the river holding Lin Weijing, who was only four years old, without saying a word.

Cheng Yan spoke about the past calmly: "They rescued my brother, but my mother did not survive.

"My mother is gone, and the family has no source of income. I couldn't afford to go to school, so I dropped out."

Chengyan's grades in high school were good, and he worked very hard. Although his personality was flawed, he studied very hard.Because he always wanted to get rid of the status quo, change his destiny, and stop the fucking tragedy, but his mother didn't give him this chance.

After reuniting with Jiang Muping, he often wondered, if he had finished high school well and was lucky enough to be admitted to a good university, would his life be closer to an excellent person like Jiang Muping? Will the most youthful time be more memorable?

"Later, I raised my younger brother for two years, but I couldn't afford it anymore, so I put him in foster care with his current parents." Chengyan's Adam's apple twitched, and he turned his head to look out the window, "He doesn't blame me."

Cheng Yan's tone was light and light, and it sounded casual, but the words were heavy.Jiang Muping knew that his story must have omitted a lot of details.

"He has no reason to blame you." Jiang Muping said, "under such circumstances, it is the best choice to foster him with a family capable of raising him."

Jiang Muping heard that Cheng Yan's breathing became a little heavier, and Cheng Yan was silent for a long time, still looking out of the window: "If I could afford him to go to school, I would definitely not let his surname be Lin."