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On the way to the bus station, Tang Yuan made two phone calls to Sang Qingshi, but no one answered. When he got on the bus, he received a text message from Sang Qingshi: I was busy just now, what's the matter?

Sang Qingshi is a taciturn person, and he is even more careful with his words when he sends messages. It is often hard to tell whether he is impatient or impatient.But Tang Yuan didn't think so much, he didn't even have time to sit down, he held his mobile phone and typed a long paragraph: Mr. Sang, I received a red envelope, thank you!Are you busy with work recently?You are not at home every time I come, you should pay attention to rest, I will visit you again during the Spring Festival!

Tang Yuan stuffed the phone into the pocket of his cotton coat, found a place to sit down, breathed into his palms to keep warm, and the phone vibrated again.Excitedly, he opened it and saw Sang Qing's reply was only two short words: no.

When I don't understand Sang Qing, do I want to say "no rest" or "no visit".

Immediately afterwards, another message came in: I will go to my parents during the Spring Festival.

Now the meaning is clear.

Tang Yuan's joyful mood was extinguished at once, and he held the phone and asked again: What about Xiao Yezi?

Sang Qingshi: I'll take it home, my aunt is on vacation.

There was no one sitting next to Tang Yuan, otherwise he would be seen to be like an eggplant beaten with frost, with his head drooping.

Yes, everyone has a home, places they want to go during the New Year, and people they can celebrate with, but he doesn't.

The bus shook violently, and Tang Yuan's cell phone fell out of his hands when he didn't pay attention.He picked it up with a sigh, but fortunately the screen was not cracked, and after thinking about it, he only replied: Happy New Year.

Sang Qingshi sent two words: Tongle.

Tang Yuan stared at the dialog box and waited for a while, until the phone quietly and automatically locked the screen.

A month earlier, the restaurant where Tang Yuan worked was full of orders for the New Year’s Eve dinner. Apart from the boss and the cook, there was only one elder sister who didn’t buy the train ticket home, an elder brother who counted on three times the public funds to raise three children, and Tang Yuan, the Homeless, poor fellows who are all the same after the new year stay and go to work. They are busy from the morning of the 29th to midnight on the third day of the new year. On the fourth day of the new year, other people come back to work, and Tang Yuan only has a few days off.

He got off work late yesterday, came back and cleaned up for a while, and fell asleep without blowing his hair down after taking a shower. It was already noon when he opened his eyes.

After reheating the food packed from the restaurant and serving it to the coffee table, Tang Yuan sat cross-legged on the carpet in front of the sofa, watching the broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala while eating.

The phone beeped continuously, and Tang Yuan wiped his hand holding the chicken feet to unlock the screen.He is afraid of missing other people's New Year's greeting messages, and usually responds immediately when he sees them, even if it is the kind of unfamiliar list friends who copy and send group messages.

More than 30 people in the class group are in full swing to grab the red envelopes.

Tang Yuan clicked on the group announcement to be completed, and saw that it was the monitor who organized the local students to have a hot pot dinner tonight.I remember that there seemed to be more than a dozen locals in their class, even if only half of them came, it was enough to form a round.

Returning to the chat interface, I found that the monitor had checked all the local classmates, including himself.

Ever since his sister and brother-in-law had an accident, Tang Yuan's world has been turned upside down. Sadness and busyness have occupied his whole life, and he has no mood and no time to participate in class activities.This time I happened to be free, so I simply agreed to come down, and Quan regarded as someone to accompany me during the Chinese New Year.

The party was about 06:30 in the evening. Since we were all students, we didn't choose a high-end place, but a cheap self-service hot pot restaurant.

Tang Yuan came not too early or too late, but the other students seemed to be more interested, and the private room was filled up early, and by 06:30 all the people were there, including two people who were not in the class, exactly ten people.

One of the two non-staff members is a familiar face, that is, the monitor's boyfriend, to be precise, his fiancé, who is from the same school's Department of Architecture. It is said that the two are childhood sweethearts, and they are still inseparable since junior high school. Their classmates have long been familiar with each other. , has been regarded as one of their own.

The other was also brought by the monitor, and he introduced to everyone that it was her roommate, a freshman from the same department.Tang Yuan saw that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it, so he didn't pay attention to her after saying hello.

But the girl seemed to keep looking his way.

In the first half, everyone didn't care about chatting, but only cared about eating. In the second half, the fighting power weakened, and the gossip became more and more as soon as the chopsticks were used.

Tang Yuan didn't have anything new to talk about. Seeing that it was a waste to take a few extra plates of fat beef on the table, he quietly ate the meat while watching and listening to everyone's topics. Occasionally someone asked him Will respond with two sentences.

It’s not enough to have the squad leader’s daily show of affection for the old father and wife. The New Year’s classmate dinner somehow developed into a scene of romantic confession.I don't know who took the lead to coax them. A man and a woman confirmed their relationship amid the cheers of everyone at the banquet. They held hands together on the spot and filled the mouths of the single dogs present.

Tang Yuan was also affected by this atmosphere, and Sang Qingshi's face suddenly appeared in his mind while he was eating meat.

Sang Qing was so old and didn't have a date, so he wasn't in a hurry?

Sitting next to Tang Yuan was a male classmate he didn't know very well, named Qi Lei, he didn't show up much except in class, he knew that he was a rich second generation just by looking at his clothes and the different cars he drove, but he didn't have much airs with his classmates, It's easy to get along with.

Tang Yuan saw that he was sending WeChat with people all the time, and he caught a glimpse of him sending a lot of emojis of little foxes kissing and hugging to the other party.

The smell of hot pot in the room can't cover the sweetness of love.

I don't know if Sang Qing would be envious when he saw this scene.

After another ten minutes, a chair was moved nearby, Qi Lei bid farewell to everyone in advance, saying that his family had come to pick him up.When opening the door, looking from Tang Yuan's perspective, he saw the silhouette of a tall and straight man.

He looked away, feeling a little like Sang Qingshi in his heart.

"Xiaomeng, you can sit on Qi Lei's side instead, there is no smoke over there." The squad leader raised his voice, and pointed to the vacant chair next to Tang Yuan with the school girl she had brought.

Hearing the sound, Tang Yuan raised his head and saw that the school girl was already coming over with her coat and bag, and took the initiative to put Qi Lei's tableware on the cart behind her to make room for a table for her.

The girl named Xiaomeng smiled sweetly, "Thank you senior."

Tang Yuan said casually, "You're welcome."

Just now this junior girl kept looking at him, Tang Yuan thought she was looking at Qi Lei, after all, he is a handsome guy, and he is the type who is very good at dressing up and eye-catching.At this moment, Xiaomeng switched from opposite to him, her gaze was still scorching, Tang Yuan realized that she might be looking at him.

He had no choice but to pretend not to notice, and lowered his head to eat the meat seriously.When she was getting full from eating, Xiaomeng suddenly approached and said, "Senior, can I add you on WeChat?"

Tang Yuan almost choked, grabbed the untouched beer in front of him and took a few gulps, a lot of foam overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

Seeing this, Xiaomeng handed him a tissue and asked innocently, "Senior, am I that scary?"

Tang Yuan's face was flushed with suffocation, panic and embarrassment, clutching a tissue and shaking his head repeatedly, "No, no, no, no, no!"

"Do you scan me or I scan you?" Xiaomeng has already put the phone in front of Tang Yuan.

Tang Yuan had never rejected a girl face to face, he couldn't organize his words temporarily, and it was not easy to leave her alone, so he took out his mobile phone from his backpack behind his back and clicked on WeChat, and said awkwardly: "Scan me."

Xiaomeng swiftly scanned the QR code to add friends, staring at him and urging him: "Senior, click to pass."

The school girl is lively and talkative, while Tang Yuan is easily shy, and frequently fails to keep up with her curiosity and inquiries about herself.I couldn't eat anymore, so I couldn't handle it, so I lowered my head and pretended to drink, sipping in small sips, and unconsciously sipped three bottles.By the end of the party, everyone was just slightly drunk, and Tang Yuan was the only one who got drunk.

However, he is not obviously drunk, just listless, and his eyelids are heavy, which makes others think he is more sleepy.

Coming out of the hot pot restaurant full of warmth, everyone couldn't help wrapping their coats tightly in the cold wind of the first month, and soon dispersed.There were two girls who were picked up by their family members, and some who lived nearby shared a carpool. The lovers left holding hands, talking and laughing.Xiaomeng was brought by the squad leader, and went back with the squad leader.

At the beginning of the night, the voices of people are quiet, and the deserted after the bustling scene loves to tease lonely drunk people.

Tang Yuan sat alone on the bench at the station, staring at the arriving buses in a daze.Doors opened and closed, lights went on and off, people got on and got off, and hurried past him into the night.

After sitting with nothing for a long time, I was startled by the honking of a car on the street, and found that I didn't know which car to take home.

Which car did you take when you came here?

Can not remember.

Alcohol blocked his ability to think, but fortunately he still knew how to check the route by touching his phone.

The class group became lively again, some posted photos and videos, some wished the new couple tonight, students from other places who couldn't attend gossiped into the topic one after another, and some students who went to bed early wished everyone good night.

Tang Yuan glanced away, then got into a car in a daze, and his thoughts fell into erratic again.

He didn't know how he got through the car, and when he got off the car, he just felt that the road in front of him was familiar, but he couldn't find his old apartment no matter how he walked.

The cold wind was blowing, it was wet and cold, Tang Yuan shrank half of his face in the scarf, and felt that every step was like wading through mountains and rivers, with no end in sight.Just as he was walking in desperation, he suddenly recognized a circle of low fences with silver-painted peaks in front of him, which stretched forward and surrounded a two-story house, and there was still some light in the upstairs windows.

It shined directly into Tang Yuan's heart.