night torrent

The end of the year is usually the busiest time for mortals.In order to finish the work at hand before the Chinese New Year, Yan Chen worked overtime and was too busy.

It was rare to get off work on time this day, Yan Chen sat on the subway and sent a WeChat message asking Han Yi if he wanted to have dinner together tonight.Some time ago, because of the blind date, all the time on the weekend was spent running back and forth, and the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Han Yi quickly responded to the message, he will not get off work in a while, let Yan Chen get ready first.

Yan Chen went to the vegetable market to do some shopping, carried bags of all sizes and climbed three floors, panting out of his pockets to find the key to the door, unexpectedly Andy came to open the door.

"what!"

Yan Chen suddenly remembered that today was Tuesday, Andy's rest day, and he was so busy with work that he lost his head and couldn't even remember the day.

"Can you buy so much food?"

Andy helped Yan Chen carry the large and small bags containing vegetables and meat into the house, and the small dining table was immediately full.

"My friends will come over for dinner later, let's eat together at night."

Andy hesitated at first, but Yan Chen insisted, and he accepted the invitation.

Han Yi arrived half an hour later, Yan Chen put the bowls, chopsticks and ingredients on the table, the hot pot was already steaming, the three of them sat down, and a dinner party to welcome the new year and bid farewell to the old began.

While eating, Han Yi suddenly said with emotion: "It's the Chinese New Year again, the days go by so fast."

"Last year's Chinese New Year feels like it's still in front of us, and it will be another Chinese New Year in a blink of an eye."

"Another year old."

"When do you plan to go back for Chinese New Year?"

"I may not go back."

"what?"

"I'm going to travel...Andy, where is your hometown?"

When Han Yi's conversation turned to Andy, Yan Chen felt suspicious.I went back in previous years, but this year I suddenly said I couldn't go back, there must be some reason.

"Anhui."

"There are many tourist attractions in Anhui, such as Huangshan, Lu'an, Hongcun... If I go there before the new year, you can be my tour guide then."

"I have to go to work during Chinese New Year, and I won't be on holiday until after the Lantern Festival."

"Oh, there is no way."

"It's really hard work in your line of work, and you can't even rest during the Chinese New Year."

Yan Chen can see Andy leaving early and returning late throughout the year, so he is deeply touched.

"It's fine if you get used to it. It's not easy to do any line of work."

"You can add me as a WeChat friend, and we can take care of each other during the Chinese New Year."

Han Yi took out his mobile phone and opened the WeChat page, looking familiar.

"..."

"Aren't you going to travel?"

"I have this idea, let's talk about whether to go or not."

Han Yi enthusiastically adds Andy as a friend, while Yan Chen eats food silently.

At nine o'clock Han Yi bid farewell and went back, Yan Chen sent him downstairs.

"Really not going back for the New Year?"

Concerned about the presence of Andy just now, Yan Chen didn't ask any more questions, now there are only the two of them, Yan Chen confirmed to his friend.

"How about a blind date?"

"It's hard to pretend to be enthusiastic."

Yan Chen told the truth that Han Yi knew about his situation.

"It's hard for me too."

Han Yi showed a bitter smile, and patted Yan Chen's shoulder, "Bye."

"Be careful on the road."

This farewell will not be reunited until after the year.

As the new year is approaching, Yan Chen is in complicated moods.Yan Chen felt a lot of pressure from people around him and society's prejudice against age, and his mother's anxiety about his marriage would continue to affect him.The road ahead of his life is full of thorns, making it difficult for him to move forward.

In the eyes of the older generation, getting married and having children at his current age is the top priority, and he is already later than others.Mother often persuaded him to find a suitable person to marry by what stage and what to do.

What is the appropriate standard?What kind is suitable for him?

Some time ago, Yan Chen still had a deep memory of the chat between Ye Chunhua, the department's internal staff, and Liu Min, the personnel manager.The two chatted about family matters, and Liu Min was very dissatisfied with her husband.

The mother is sick and hospitalized, but the husband doesn’t care about it; the eardrum is ruptured and needs to be hospitalized for surgery, and the husband has to go to the hospital alone because of his busy work. Although the mother-in-law is polite at home, she feels like an outsider; I don't help with it; I can't sleep at night...

"All men are like this. The guy in my family just lays down on the sofa after work and waits for dinner."

Liu Min, about 40 years old, persuaded Liu Min in the tone of a person who has experienced it.

Among the people Yan Chen knew, Liu Min found the right person to marry through a blind date at the right age, got pregnant again shortly thereafter, and gave birth to a child at the optimal age for childbearing.Yan Chen still remembered that she came to work with a big belly last year, and her face was full of maternal softness. Looking at her now, her face was full of vicissitudes and depression.

Obviously, people who feel suitable before marriage may not necessarily continue to be suitable in marriage.Now that the marriage rate has dropped, the divorce rate has risen instead. Although parents are still urging their children to get married, the understanding of marriage between the two generations is not synchronized.

It is the voice of this generation to want to spend the rest of their lives with the person they like, but for Yan Chen, the person he wants to marry will never be what his parents expect.

In the next few days, Yan Chen was busy with work.The project closure drawings need to be sorted out and sealed up, and the financial year-end inventory, Yan Chen needs to cooperate with the inventory and check of the fixed assets in his hands.There are a lot of bits and pieces, and it takes a lot of time to deal with them.

In his spare time, Yan Chen still needs to deal with his blind date and keep in touch with the girl on the Internet.After the Christmas date, the relationship between the two has not further deepened, and the content of the chat is still neither salty nor dull. After more than ten minutes, the two parties could not hold on to the tacit understanding, and they will continue to make persistent efforts tomorrow.

Yan Chen tried to show his hobbies and thoughts, but the other party didn't respond.After that, Yan Chen didn't bother to bother.His mother was concerned about the progress from time to time, and Yan Chen would prevaricate it with words like "it's okay" and "let's talk again".In his view, hoping to deepen each other's emotions in this way is doomed to be futile.

Yan Chen didn't want to continue, but he didn't think it was a good time to break up now. He wanted to wait until the Chinese New Year was over before breaking up, so that at least he could have a relatively quiet New Year.

This kind of calculation made Yan Chen feel that he was quite selfish, and felt guilty for wasting the precious time of the other girl for his own convenience.But under the pressure of reality, he became a turtle.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and the bitter wind can't blow away the gray haze over the city.On a snowy night, Yan Chen saw Lu Yao again.

In a luxurious restaurant overlooking the night view, Lu Yao communicated with the sommelier wearing a white pleated shirt and black bow tie, ordered a bottle of French red wine from the wine list, and opened the menu.

"what do you want to eat?"

"You decide."

There are not many dishes on the menu, but the exorbitant prices make Yan Chen somewhat shocking.

"Any taboos?"

"No, I can eat all of them."

Lu Yao made up his mind and ordered two servings of creamy lobster soup, vegetable salad with purple eggplant and crab meat, and grilled steak.Then raise the slender goblet.

"Let's have a toast to our acquaintance."

Yan Chen then raised his wine glass and clinked glasses with Lu Yao.The meeting between the two tonight was arranged by Lu Yao.He called and said he wanted to thank Yan Chen for taking care of him that night when he became ill.

That night Yan Chen waited until Lu Yao fell asleep again and left, so Lu Yao said thank you, which he felt was exaggerated.

"How is your body?"

"It's all right."

"Did you go to the hospital for a check-up after that?"

"It's an old problem, just take the medicine and you'll be fine."

Lu Yao moved his gaze to the dark window.

The fine snow falling outside the floor-to-ceiling windows fell to the world, and was swallowed by the city full of stars and neon lights.

"What a beautiful night view, it's the first time to see the city from such a high place."

"This is the tallest building in the city, and the scenery is unique."

"..."

In the same city, the scenery at the bottom and the top are completely different.When I came here, was it just to be able to sit here and enjoy delicious food and enjoy the night view one day?

"When to go back?"

"the day after tomorrow."

"Call me when you come back, and I'll pick you up at the station then."

"No, I'll just take a taxi."

"It's so cold."

Lu Yao flicked the cigarette ash, and then said, "Do you want to date me?"

"what?"

"Although the order was reversed at the beginning, maybe this is better... how to think about it?"

"..."

The waiter took the plate with the food and placed it in front of the two of them.

"This soup is the signature here, drink it and see."

"Ah."

Yan Chen nodded, and the two ate in silence.

The half-rare beef was still bloodshot, and Yan Chen glanced at Lu Yao when he put it to his mouth with a fork.What is this person thinking?On the surface, he looks like a modest gentleman, but secretly he looks another way.

An hour later, the two came out of the restaurant. When they got off the elevator, Lu Yao asked him, "What else do you want to drink?"

"It's almost time for me to go back."

"Then shall I send you off?"

"It's all right. I can go back by myself."

"Fine then. Be safe on the road."

"Goodbye."

Yan Chen got into the taxi parked in front of the building, and the car started quickly.

The scenery on both sides kept receding, Lu Yao stood in place in the rearview mirror, and Yan Chen felt lonely from his gradually shrinking silhouette.