lightly cooked

Xu Shuyuan may be a vivid example of how thorough a person's departure can be.

Fu Jia hadn't seen him since he went to the sixth department.Sometimes Fu Jia went upstairs to look for him several times under the pretext of work, but he was always absent.

Soon to the annual meeting, the venue is a large event venue in the suburbs.Everyone in the department who could go went, even Qiu Yue who was far away from other places came back and sang a song, and many people got drunk.

Fu Jia happened to have a bit of a cold that day, so he didn't drink, and drove home after watching the show and drawing prizes.Halfway through, Pei Xiaoou called him again and told him to go to a place where he played board games.

"We are short of three here." Xiaoou said, "Come here quickly, I know you haven't gone far."

Fu Jia didn't want to touch her face, so she turned around.But when he got there, he found that there was no shortage of people, and he played too little mahjong, so he really couldn't get interested, so he just sat on the sofa behind Xiaoou and watched the game.

I started to feel sleepy while watching, because I took cold medicine on the way.He took out a peaked cap from his bag, put it on to cover his face, and dozed off in the corner of the sofa.

This is a large suite with two mahjong tables inside and a card table outside. The boss is playing Werewolf with a few colleagues, and the environment is very noisy.

Not long after a few people entered the mahjong room, Xiaoou raised his eyes, and his eyes lit up: "Senior brother, are you here?"

"Ah."

With just one vague syllable, Fu Jia woke up instantly.But his body froze for a moment, and he didn't move at all. He didn't know whether to take off his hat to say hello or continue to pretend to be asleep.

The footsteps were getting closer, and Pei Xiaoou stood up: "Brother, can you play? I'm going to the bathroom."

The people at the table joked: "Xiaoou, you wanted to run as soon as you won, but we all lost, and your family won."

"What am I running for? If I win, I still have to treat you guys to dinner. Then I'll get a few hundred dollars instead. It's better to lose."

Talking and laughing, I heard the sound of the chair.

The trousers rubbed against his knees, Xu Shuyuan seemed to pause for a moment before sitting down, and Fu Jia's heartbeat soared to [-].But Xu Shuyuan didn't know if he didn't recognize him, so he didn't say a word.

Fu Jia didn't open his eyes until he heard the sound of shuffling the cards again, and saw a pair of straight calves from under the brim of his hat.He couldn't help raising the brim of his hat a little bit, staring at the straight back, slightly lost in thought.

Xu Shuyuan's poker moves are very skilled, it's not like it's his first time playing cards.After touching the cards, I am used to rubbing them with my thumbs, just like when I rubbed my wrist that night, it is calm but makes my heart beat.He was also very silent when he touched the cards, and he only said: "Touch." It's not like others who are always excited.

The poker he won was put in the drawer without any hassle, but when he lost, he transferred the money directly and did not move the original cards in the drawer.

After a while, Pei Xiaoou came back and naturally sat beside him to watch him play.She opened the drawer and exclaimed, "Why is it so thick?"

The person next to her smiled and said to her: "Xiaoou, you really didn't cry for nothing. If you win the book, you will give it to you. If you lose, you will pay for it yourself. If you can only get in or not, can you be generous?"

"This is not good, brother, how can I let you pay for it."

She sat next to Xu Shuyuan, her skirt softly draped over his knees, and the scent of eau de toilette radiated from her body, even Fu Jia who was behind them could smell it.

"It's nothing bad, I haven't thanked you for what happened before."

What happened before?What's up……

Fu Jia listened nervously, and heard Pei Xiaoou smile: "Why are you being so polite? I just happened to have a friend who needed to buy something, so I just helped to set up a line. Did he come to you after that? I heard that his company makes a purchase every month. To buy."

"I've looked for it." Xu Shuyuan's voice was flat, "I'll treat you to dinner after the year."

"Okay."

It turned out that the two of them had been in contact in the morning in private, and Pei Xiaoou even introduced an acquaintance to Xu Shuyuan to buy fruit.

Fu Jia listened in a daze behind, and it took a while for him to come back to his senses.How silly, I thought I was the only one who knew and helped.

Unable to pretend anymore, he sat up slowly and took off the baseball cap on his head.My hair must be messy, and I don't have the heart to take care of it.

"Wake up Xiaojia?" Xiaoou turned his head, with a very happy smile on his face, "Do you want to play two games?"

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm not feeling well." His voice was hoarse.

Xu Shuyuan didn't look back, and continued playing cards.

"I'm not feeling well, should I go back to rest earlier? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have called you over. I'm sorry."

"It's okay." He stood up, "It's just right to go back now."

Xiaoou stretched his neck and looked at the sky outside the window, which was covered with fog: "It must be cold outside, you put on your clothes before going out."

"The clothes are in the car." He shook his head slowly. "I'll go to the bathroom and come back to get my bag. You can play and leave me alone."

He didn't look at anyone anymore.

Walking through the two mahjong machines, the conversation and laughter behind him became farther and farther away.After going to the bathroom, he deliberately lingered for a while before he dawdled back.

The mahjong was still going on inside, and the sound of the machine shuffling the cards was rattling, but Xu Shuyuan was gone.Walking back to the sofa, Fu Jia found that there was an extra black coat on his backpack, and he picked it up blankly: "Xiaoou, is this yours?"

"Touch." Pei Xiaoou sat there, and said after playing a pair of cards in his hand, "Brother Shuyuan, let you go through it."

Fu Jia was taken aback for a moment: "What about others?"

"gone."

"gone?"

Pei Xiaoou finally turned his head to look at him, and then turned his face to the side of the window: "I just left, I should be able to catch up."

Fu Jia quickly put on his coat and ran out.

Seeing a person getting into a taxi from a distance, he thought it was Xu Shuyuan, but only after running closer did he realize that he had identified the wrong person.The other party also belonged to the sixth department, and told him: "Shuyuan was going to take the subway, and a colleague from our department picked him up for a while, and he should be almost at the subway entrance by now."

The nights in the suburbs are indeed very cold, and it makes people want to shiver even though winter has not yet entered.He wrapped his clothes tightly and went to drive. He lowered his head and smelled the familiar smell on the clothes, feeling a little panicked.

How can the relationship be so stiff every time?It was then, and it is now.But he obviously only hated Shuyuan for a short time, and spent the next few years with guilt...

They drove towards the subway entrance at the fastest speed, but they didn't see anyone on the road. They still missed it after all.

Fu Jia parked the car on the side of the road, staring blankly at the illuminated subway station sign ahead, feeling a burst of silent sadness.Xu Shuyuan would rather take someone else's car than his, and he would not say hello to him when he left. He really regarded him as a stranger, and he really didn't see him anymore.

Besides, he didn't even say anything about changing departments, so he didn't plan to inform him in advance when he would leave someday?Obviously, I came to this firm to endure hardship, half of the reason is because of him...

Feeling cold after thinking about it, Fu Jia shrank his hands into the pockets of his coat, and found a mobile phone.I took it out and saw that it was a very outdated mobile phone, the brand was also cheap, and the back panel was scratched.

Usually the original book is not this one, Fu Jia remembered.

He tried pressing it, and it still worked.I wanted to call after Shuyuan found out, but after waiting for more than half an hour, there was still no movement.

Don't you find yourself missing something?

Later, he couldn't bear it any longer, so he dialed Shuyuan's old number with his own phone.Unexpectedly, the screen in front of him immediately lit up, and two words jumped on it——

"Jia Jia"

After so many years, the note is still this.Fu Jia thought vaguely, does Shuyuan want to remember me or forget me?

Ever since he met Xu Shuyuan, Fu Jia often couldn't understand him.

Everything started like a farce, Fu Jia went shopping and bumped into a well-known poor student in the department hanging around the counter on the first floor.

Back then a smartphone was still a luxury, especially for students.Well, you Xu Shuyuan, Fu Jia thought to himself, as those people said, you are a double-faced man who spends money on scholarships.

After getting in touch, I gradually realized that maybe it was a misunderstanding, but I was already used to teasing him.Xu Shuyuan proposed to meet, but Fu Jia deliberately made an appointment in a cafeteria with an average of five or six hundred per person, and the cat waited in the corner.

How long did he wait?forgotten.I only remember that he was wearing a plaid shirt, dark blue jeans underneath, and old but clean canvas shoes.

The waiter waited impatiently, and kindly reminded with the menu: "Sir, our dinner here is 680 yuan per person, and you need to pay first before consumption." He obviously didn't expect the price here, so he had to stand up and take his seat. Give it to other guests: "I'm waiting for my friends here."

Fu Jia showed up at the right time, pretending to be a classmate to meet by chance: "Xu Shuyuan? You also come here to eat. Didn't you bring enough money? I'll lend you."

"no need."

"You're welcome, they are all from the same school. You don't know me but I know you, college bully." Fu Jia blinked and happily paid for him.

The afterglow of the evening came in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Shuhara sat behind the whole row of sake, not saying a word for a long time.

It wasn't until even she couldn't bear it that Fu Jia sent a text message: "I'm sorry, sorry, I can't go tonight because of something, see you another day!"

Put away the phone and stare at his reaction.

His face was slightly lowered, looking at the words on the screen, he didn't know what he was thinking.A few minutes later, he picked up his backpack and purposely went around a few tables to say hello to Fu Jia: "Thank you today, I will send the money to your dormitory tomorrow, let's go first, goodbye."

Fu Jia raised her head and smiled, "Goodbye."

It was very late at night, and I called him with another identity after the lights in the dormitory were turned off: "I'm sorry, Shuyuan, I really have something to do today. My dad came to look for me, but I didn't make it."

There are quite a few tall pagoda trees outside the men's dormitory, Xu Shuyuan seemed to be standing on the balcony, and there was a faint rustling of leaves on the phone.

"It's okay." He said, "But next time you make an appointment at that kind of place, tell me in advance. I didn't bring enough money today, and I almost made a fool of myself."

Fu Jia pursed her lips: "What a fool, have you been kicked out?"

"Almost."

"What's almost?"

The phone was quiet for a long time, but Shuyuan stopped saying: "It's nothing."

Fu Jia said: "That restaurant is delicious, the sweet shrimp in Linjiang is the most elastic in his restaurant."

"I don't know." Shuyuan smiled lightly, "I didn't waste my money in the cafeteria where I came back to eat."

but……

Fu Jia was taken aback.He obviously spent money to eat dinner there.

When he returned to the dormitory the next day, his roommate told Fu Jia that someone named Xu Shuyuan came to him.Seeing the envelope on the desk, Fu Jia knew it was money for yesterday's meal without opening it, but what he didn't understand was why.

Why don't you tell me?

Until this night four years later, Fu Jia still didn't understand why Shuyuan lied to him that day.