Banshuharu

Spring and autumn are twice, and it is winter again in a blink of an eye.

Chen Xiaoyi clutched Feitiao's backpack and rushed into the gate of Maoha Living Hall, almost throwing herself to the front desk.Naihe ran all the way and her mouth was stiff from the cold, she was babbling, but Xu Miaoling didn't understand a single word.

Glancing at the time, Xu Miaoling gloated, "I can't do it today, I didn't check the time, and I'm 2 minutes late."

With a twist of her mouth, Chen Xiaoyi pointed under her nose and sucked twice.Xu Miaoling suddenly realized, she leaned over to take out two tissues, Chen Xiaoyi quickly took them, blocked her nose, and exaggeratedly blew her nose, finally cleared the stuffy air.

She spoke in a nasal voice: "It's so annoying. You know that the bus I took was always not on time. If I'm lucky, I can step on it. If I'm not lucky, I sprinted 800 meters back and forth."

As soon as the words fell, there was another sneeze.

Xu Miaoling quickly blocked it: "Why are you still not recovering from your cold?"

"Don't mention it, I've had a cold for almost a week now, and it just hasn't recovered. I ran here just now, and the wind was so strong, I felt that my nose didn't flow into my mouth, and it flew directly to the back."

"You don't want to wear more? Otherwise, you will take medicine, and then go to the hospital for a water hang. It's always procrastinating."

"I'm taking the medicine, but it's not getting better. What can I do? I don't have time to go to the hospital these days. I just think that I won't be resting in two days. I'll go then," Chen Xiaoyi sniffed, and went to the hospital again. Look inside, "Is the boss here?"

"It's early. He's not the first one."

"What about that man, why don't you see him?"

"It's an interview inside."

"Interview? Who is it?"

"I don't know, she's quite young."

"Male and female?"

"It's a girl."

"Oh, I thought it was another handsome guy who came to work part-time."

"You can save yourself, go to work every day, don't talk about it, you know how to look at handsome guys all day long, the two in our store are not enough for you to look at?" Xu Miaoling laughed at her greedy, "And the girls are so nice, patient and careful, Last time, the one surnamed Wu, do you remember, it didn’t matter how serious it was, the cats ran all over the ground, almost lost it, the boss was going to die of anger. It’s better to be a girl.”

"That's true." Chen Xiaoyi was persuaded, and blew her nose again.

Then Xu Miaoling suddenly bent down and picked up the canvas bag on the table, peeled it off, and there were two thermos buckets inside.Chen Xiaoyi asked what it was, and Xu Miaoling said: "The boss boiled it, and said it was for us to drink. Shall I pour it into a glass for you?"

Chen Xiaoyi stretched her neck to look, a little surprised: "Tremella jujube soup, it's beautifying and nourishing. The boss is really virtuous, if he always brings me something to drink, I want to marry him."

"Then you probably have nothing to play."

"What's the matter, I'm younger than him, I'm good-looking, and I'm an upright person, so there's nothing wrong with me."

"..." Xu Miaoling glanced at her.

Chen Xiaoyi pretended to suddenly realize: "Oh, people don't love my gender at all, do they?"

"Eat yours!" Xu Miaoling smiled and hit her.

During this time in the morning, most of the guests who make an appointment will not come so early.The chores that should be done before the store opened, Chen Xiaoyi and Xu Miaoling sat next to each other's shoulders, sitting on the lounge chair wide for two people at the front desk, slowly savoring a cup of white fungus and red date soup.

Suddenly the door rang, and a young girl carrying a canvas bag walked into the compartment lounge, followed by a slender young man in a white and blue sweater.Chen Xiaoyi immediately shrank her neck, really wanting to hide herself under the cabinet and disappear in place.

The young man closed the lounge door and smiled at the girl: "Since there is no problem, you can come to work next Monday. I will let Miao Ling inform you of the specific arrangement. If you have any questions, you can contact her or you can directly contact me .Let’s go, let’s introduce you to each other.”

Seeing that the boss was walking towards the front desk, Chen Xiaoyi knew she couldn't avoid it, she still sucked a bunch of soft white fungus in her mouth, sucked a couple of mouthfuls, wiped her mouth quickly and stood up.

"This is Xu Miaoling," the boss introduced, "This one is Chen Xiaoyi. You are all about the same age, so you should be easy to get along with. Miaoling, this is Xi Youwen, a new friend, maybe you need to show her."

With Chen Xiaoyi pulling behind her, Xu Miaoling kept a smile on her face and nodded in agreement.While the boss turned his head to talk to Xi Youwen, she turned her face and gritted her teeth at Chen Xiaoyi, and pulled the corner of her apron back from her hand.

While the two were arguing, the boss sent Xi Youwen away, and was standing at the front desk looking through today's appointment list, without looking up, he said, "Are you late again today?"

Chen Xiaoyi's face collapsed, and she quickly swore to prove her determination: "Tomorrow I will definitely get up early, and I will definitely catch the bus."

"Xiaoyi, this is work after all. It doesn't matter if you are late once or twice, but there are not enough people in the store, you are always late like this, and Miaoling usually needs to help you to arrange your work. Great, don't you think so?"

"I see," Chen Xiaoyi said pitifully, "I'm sorry boss, I won't do it next time."

"Learn a lesson, don't make an example." The boss's face is not suitable for serious anger, and the forced displeasure lasted only two seconds. He turned his face and smiled again, and asked him if the white fungus soup he brought from home had been cooled.

"It's not cold, it's not cold at all," Chen Xiaoyi immediately behaved when she saw this, her tail almost wagging, "It's so delicious, it's so delicious, it's so sweet all the way into my heart. Boss, you are so kind! "

The boss frowned: "So you just finished drinking?"

"what?"

"There is another one for Dong Shuang, have you drank it?"

"..."

The boss looked into the bucket: "It's all empty."

Chen Xiaoyi had a bitter face: "How about I spit it out for her?"

Fortunately, Shao Dongshuang was not so stingy, she was carrying the new cat food that arrived this morning and put it on the shelf, while Chen Xiaoyi was jumping up and down to feed her, and she called it "compensation of conscience".Shao Dongshuang was very unimpressed with her familiarity, so he refused and avoided, waving two cat teasing sticks and retreated all the way to the door.

Accidentally stepped on something, Shao Dongshuang hurriedly apologized, but looked up but was stunned.

Chen Xiaoyi threw herself on Shao Dongshuang's shoulder, and said to the visitor with a smile, "You are late! Be careful the boss scolds you."

The visitor looked inside: "Is he here?"

The storefront of Maoha Living Museum is not too big, except for the store manager, the employees are Chen Xiaoyi, Xu Miaoling and Shao Dongshuang, plus one Xi Youwen who just finalized the contract this morning, and one is a part-time college student who only comes to work on weekends.In this way, there are really not many people.

However, the living store has been in business for two years. The reason why the business is booming and the visitors are well-known is that the most important reason is that the store manager is generous, gentle and patient, and he is very trustworthy by customers.Secondly, it is really the credit of the part-time college student.There is no other reason, it is nothing more than the fault of appearance.In addition, he seems to be a contracted actor. Although the company is unknown, it is a potential stock after all. His presence has attracted many guests to the living hall.

In fact, the store manager's appearance is also excellent, but because of his gentle temper, getting along with him is more like the comfort of friends, and lacks room for imagination, so the peach blossoms are much less than that part-time college student.

There is no check-in machine in the store, and there are not many employees. Usually, they sign on the record book at the front desk to record the time, even if they sign in and check in.

Xu Miaoling was dealing with the purchase of a membership card for a new customer, and when she saw that the visitor had drawn a string of scribbled characters on the roster, she said cheerfully, "The boss asked what this string of things said last time, so you can't seriously write one? In the future, you will sign autographs like this for fans? It’s so ugly.”

"Is it ugly?"

"Of course it's ugly. If you don't tell me, who would recognize that it says 'Cheng Zinong'?"

Cheng Zinong bowed his head to review, thinking that the writing was fairly clear, so he pushed the roster, saying that he would pay attention next time, and then walked around the guests at the front desk into the staff locker room.

The guest listened very curiously: "Is he the little star?"

"What kind of star, just shoot and film casually."

"Are you still filming? Isn't that a star?" The guest glanced in the direction where Cheng Zinong disappeared, "It's really handsome. At first, I didn't believe it when my friend introduced me. So there really was one. What has he acted in?"

"It's just some low-budget dramas, I haven't watched them either."

"It's good for you, you can feast your eyes every day."

"If you look too much, you won't be handsome. Men, they all look the same."

After changing the apron, Cheng Zinong washed his hands and disinfected them.Seeing a gap in the compartment lounge, he knocked on the door and entered.In the room, Pingqiu turned around in response, with a mask on his face, only showing a pair of eyes, and smiled at him: "Are you here?"

He is checking the list of products that have been put into storage this morning, especially cat food, canned food and freeze-dried. Since the last time, there has been an accident that the products have expired. Although it is not a problem with the living hall, it is because the production date of a package in a box of products purchased occasionally does not match. , but Pingqiu didn't dare to be negligent, and would check every box by himself afterwards.There was only the last half of the box left. After checking, he drew a mark on the box with an oil-based pen, and then stacked the cartons against the wall.

He took off his mask and took a sip of water. Seeing Cheng Zinong still leaning against the wall, Ping Qiu blinked and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay." Cheng Zinong shook his head.

"Then get to work quickly," Ping Qiu said with a smile, "You seem to have arrived early today, didn't you tell me that it might be after three o'clock in the afternoon?"

"The filming ended early, so I was sent directly here."

"You don't have class this afternoon?"

"Sunday."

"Oh yes, I forgot," Ping Qiu nailed the list to a cork board on the side, "then some cats will come to take a bath later, you may need to help, there are a lot of appointments today, Miao Ling and the others may be too busy .”

"Understood." Cheng Zinong pushed open the door for Ping Qiu, and casually rolled up his sleeves, exposing a section of his forearm.

Pingqiu took another look, thinking that it was true that he said that he was asked by the company to exercise recently. In his impression, he was still a thin and timid little boy, but he seemed to have grown up suddenly without knowing it.Walking in front of Cheng Zinong, Ping Qiu also found that he was already half shorter than him.There seemed to be a faint fragrance from Cheng Zinong's body, rushing into his nose, Ping Qiu couldn't hold back, raised his arm and sneezed stuffily.

Sending away the last appointment, the store is temporarily vacant.Pingqiu patted the wool on the apron, went to the rest area, and Chen Xiaoyi pointed at Xu Miaoling, who was full of cat hair, and laughed, her body was twisted and crooked, and she was about to fall off the chair.Pingqiu helped her, seeing Xu Miaoling's head was covered with white hair, he thought it was a little funny, took the hair sticking device, and sat down on the seat next to Cheng Zinong.

Pushing a cup of hot cocoa in front of him, Pingqiu thanked Cheng Zinong, seeing him still drinking lemonade in winter, his teeth felt a little sore.Cheng Zinong said that this was a habit he had left over from high school. At first he thought the iced lemonade was refreshing and refreshing, but later he became addicted, and he seemed unable to quit. He asked Ping Qiu why he didn’t remember it, since he used to bring it to him occasionally. a cup.

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoyi's eyes lit up: "So boss, have you really known each other for a long time?"

"He used to be my teacher."

"Wow, teachers and students..." Seeing Xu Miaoling's eyes open angrily, Chen Xiaoyi urgently changed her words, "Change the workplace, ha, change the workplace, it's very good."

Knowing Chen Xiaoyi for half a year, Pingqiu didn't know about her unspeakable thoughts behind her back, and seeing her trembling expression, no matter how much anger she felt, she became helpless: "Don't think about it too much, just think about it all the time." Some don’t.”

"What am I thinking, I'm not thinking about anything." Chen Xiaoyi shook her head, making Ping Qiu laugh.

While seeing them playing riddles, Cheng Zinong asked, "Why can't I understand what you're talking about?"

"You don't understand it, if you understand it, pretend you don't understand it," Chen Xiaoyi drew crosses in front of his lips with his left and right index fingers, and winked at Pingqiu, "Isn't that right, boss, am I right? "

Xu Miaoling hurried to help: "But we are quite curious. Boss, you used to be a teacher before, and you are still teachers and students? What a good job as a teacher, education career, iron rice bowl, why don't you become a teacher and open a shop instead?"

"I'm not considered a teacher, but I have worked in an off-campus education and training institution for a few years. If I don't think it's suitable, I won't do it."

"Then what subject do you teach, boss?" Chen Xiaoyi said with a rich expression, "It can't be mathematics, let me tell you, I was the best at mathematics when I was in school, and I always got a score of [-] or more in the exam."

"No, I don't teach, I just do some chores. So after a long time, it's not interesting, so I changed my career." Pingqiu smiled.

"Where did you go?" Cheng Zinong asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Ping Qiu reacted slowly.

"Later, I went to the institution to find you. Mr. Liu said that you had resigned and would not work there. They said you went to Beijing. I thought you would stay there. Why did you come back?"

"It's not suitable either," Pingqiu smiled slightly, groping for the cup of hot cocoa with both hands, "I have to try it once, and if I'm sure it's not suitable, I'll decide whether to keep it or not."

Cheng Zinong nodded, but didn't say whether he agreed with Ping Qiu's statement.Chen Xiaoyi bit the straw, looked at the faces of the two people opposite, rolled her eyes, and met Xu Miaoling, both of them were ringing in their heads: there is a problem, there is a big problem.

Just at this time, Shao Dong came back from the back door holding the phone in both hands. She walked past with her head down, wiping her face with her hands.Chen Xiaoyi sensed that something was wrong, and pulled her away, and saw that her face was full of tears, and her chin was flushed red.

When asked specifically, at first Shao Dongshuang refused to speak clearly, and Chen Xiaoyi was in a hurry.When Pingqiu softly comforted him, Shao Dongshuang couldn't bear it anymore, and vented his previous love like beans.It was very simple. It turned out that she had broken up with her boyfriend who had been running for nearly eight years.

Chen Xiaoyi clenched her fists: "Did he cheat on you, or did he do something else to offend you? Did he hit you? Tell me, and I'll beat him for you."

"No, I broke up with you."

"why?"

"I can't say it," Shao Dongshuang sobbed, "I just feel too tired. He said that he planned to get married at the end of this year. I said I don't want to get married, and I don't want to get married in this life. He agreed at first, thinking that this is my freedom. He said that he had already talked with his parents and they both agreed. As a result, a few days ago he suddenly told me that if I still don’t plan to get married, he might have to think about our relationship.”

"Didn't his parents agree?"

"That's what he lied to me," Shao Dongshuang choked up, "He said that if two people are together and don't get married, they are irresponsible to each other. He also said that I have been lying to him for the past few years. If I don't want to get married, don't delay He...I'm so angry, I want to scold him, but I can't scold him, so I can only let him go, I can't say anything else...I'm so mad..."

Chen Xiaoyi grinned her lips, and Xu Miaoling slapped her hard before holding back her smile.The three young girls huddled together, Xu Miaoling and Chen Xiaoyi coaxed to wipe Shao Dongshuang's tears, while Xu Miaoling had to prevent the careless Chen Xiaoyi from laughing in front of Shao Dongshuang, it can be said that he was busy at the same time.

As for the two men, Cheng Zinong and Pingqiu, they left the stage early and rushed to the front of the store to entertain the customers who came to inquire about the service in the store.

I was busy until I got off work at ten o'clock at night, and the three girls were on the same road, arm in arm with each other, waving at Pingqiu on the side of the road, and the backs of people walking far away were bouncing around, looking childish and cute.

After walking side by side for a while, Pingqiu looked at the subway entrance not far away and asked, "Aren't you going back?"

Putting his hands in his coat pockets, Cheng Zinong hung the corner of Pingqiu's dropped scarf back on his shoulders, and carefully tucked it around his neck.Pretending not to notice Pingqiu's little movement of shrinking his neck to resist, he said with a smile: "It's too dark, let's see you off."

"The last bus will be here soon, won't you be late?"

"Otherwise, it's the same as riding a bicycle."

"My house is very close, just around the corner, you don't have to see me off."

"Sending you off is an excuse," Cheng Zinong's eyes brightened, "Actually, I have something to say."

For some reason, Pingqiu's heart skipped a beat, and his hands shrunk into his pockets couldn't help but tense.He acquiesced to Cheng Zinong's escort, and the two walked forward again under the dim light.

After a long while, still did not listen to Cheng Zinong's question, Ping Qiu asked first: "What do you want to say?"

"In the store before, I asked you about resigning and going to Beijing. Are you unhappy?"

"No."

"Then can you tell me?"

"tell you what?"

"What you experienced during that time, such as why you resigned, why you went to Beijing, and why you came back now. I want to hear it all."

"Didn't I say it all? I resigned because I wanted to try my luck. If I didn't succeed, I came back. It's as simple as that."

"No other reason?"

"No," Ping Qiu glanced at him, "What exactly do you want to ask?"

"I thought you ran away for love."

"...You have watched too many movies."

"Maybe, after all, that's how it's done in movies." Cheng Zinong smiled, and suddenly stood still, "Maybe I don't need to send you the rest of the way."

"What's the meaning?"

"Look back."

Ping Qiu turned around and saw a figure wearing a white high collar and a black wool coat under the streetlight a few steps away.He squinted his eyes, not sure: "Chenchen?"

Saying goodbye to Cheng Zinong, Pingqiu led Liu Chenchen up the Tongzilou.There are two households on each floor of the Tongzi Building, and the stairs are full of residents' sundries, pots, pans, and potted flowers. Liu Chenchen has come here several times, but every time he trips over the sundries.She held the paper bag in her arms tightly, saying that if something was smashed, she might squat down immediately and cry all day and night.

After entering the house, when the paper bag was opened, it turned out that there were several bottles of wine inside. Pingqiu didn't look at them carefully, but according to Liu Chenchen, these were treasures, after all, they cost thousands of dollars.When talking about the price, Pingqiu hesitated to say anything, but Liu Chenchen waved his hand, saying that the ex-boyfriend stayed at her house, and he drank it up before he remembered, which is considered revenge for her being dumped.

Pingqiu had heard a little about Liu Chenchen, an elite boyfriend.At that time, he had just returned from Beijing, and they exchanged greetings during a festival. Liu Chenchen found out that he was back after chatting with him. That night, he was picked up by his boyfriend in a special car to meet him.According to Pingqiu's memory, the other party was good-looking, said to be a small leader in a certain listed company, no matter what aspect he was considered to be above average.And Liu Chenchen likes him very much, Pingqiu can tell.

But no matter how vigorous the love is, it is still inevitable to break up.But different from Shao Dongshuang's reason for breaking up, Liu Chenchen's lovelorn this time was very flat. It was only a year of dating, and after the passionate love period, the two felt difficult to get along with each other.So the man proposed to break up, but Liu Chenchen insisted on not bowing his head, and it just broke up.

After drinking two bottles of wine, Liu Chenchen's tears had already flowed all over his face.After she was drunk, her personality was completely different from usual. She spoke less and her heart softened. She didn't say a single word to accuse her ex-boyfriend. She just cried quietly and occasionally lifted the corner of her clothes to wipe her face.

Pingqiu's drinking capacity is limited, he dare not share a cup with her, and he can't stop Liu Chenchen from pouring down bottle after bottle, so he has to stand by and pass her two tissues to wipe away tears and snot from time to time.

Wiping away tears, Liu Chenchen uttered: "Have you ever been broken in love?"

"Yes," Pingqiu pulled out another tissue to wipe away the tears on her ears, "Everyone has."

"With your brother?"

"..."

Liu Chenchen looked at Pingqiu with drunken eyes: "Isn't it?"

Pingqiu smiled, and said warmly: "Yes."

"Every time I fall in love, I tell myself that if I break up this time, I will definitely not cry so badly. But I can't help it, do you understand, either I want to cry, or I can't help it, you see , look," she wiped her tears hastily, "it just falls by itself, I can't help it!"

"It doesn't matter, if it wants to bleed, let it flow, if you finish crying today, it will be fine tomorrow," Ping Qiu comforted, "It's ok, don't rub it."

"Then are you crying or not?"

"Cry, why don't you cry."

"I've never seen you cry."

"Do you still want me to show you how I cry?" Ping Qiu said with a smile.

"If you don't cry now, when will you cry? Crying under the quilt? Like acting in a TV series?" Liu Chenchen said, amused by himself, "Stupid or not."

"Yes, stupid or not. Then don't cry, it will pass, it's no big deal."

Liu Chenchen nodded in agreement, picked up the wine bottle and blew on it.Gulp down half of the bottle, she threw the bottle, stretched out her arms to Pingqiu boldly, breathed out the smell of alcohol and asked him: "I came back to look for you last time, who is it?"

"Who?"

"Tall, thin, and very handsome. Is that your boyfriend?"

Pingqiu thought back repeatedly: "You mean Weiwei, right? She's not a boy, she just looks a bit neutral, but she's actually a girl. She's a good friend of mine. She came to see me some time ago, and I stayed with her for a few days. "

"what about me?"

"You what?"

"Am I your friend or not?"

"Yes, you are all my friends."

"Thank you," Liu Chenchen pursed his lips, as if he was about to cry again, "You are also my very good friend, very good friend! Do you understand, very good friend!"

Pingqiu picked her up with a smile: "I know, we are all very good friends."

"Then will you still go?"

"Probably not."

"Really?"

"real."

"No, no, no, you don't mean anything... Keep you, I want to keep you... How can I keep you, uh, how can I stay... Oh! You and Cheng Zinong are in love!" Liu Chenchen suddenly held Ping Qiu face, kissed him on the forehead: "Go! I agree!"

"Nonsense," Ping Qiu couldn't help but laugh, "You're drunk, it's impossible for me and him."

"Don't touch me!" Pingqiu wanted to drag her to the room to rest, but Liu Chenchen shook his arms, grabbed Pingqiu's arms with both hands and knocked him down, with his knees still on Pingqiu's chest, "I'm drunk, don't you Move me, do you know!"

He said not to move around, but Pingqiu persuaded him patiently, and Liu Chenchen climbed into the bedroom like a limp eggplant.

Pingqiu covered her with a quilt, and tidied up the scattered coats and scarves.He had just put the empty wine bottle into the cardboard box when he vaguely heard the bell ring. He hurried over to see that the call was from an unfamiliar number that had no notes.

He had received scam phone calls earlier, but since then Pingqiu has learned how to behave, and will not answer any numbers without notes.But when the same number was dialed for the second, third, or even fourth time, he hesitated and pressed the connection.

As soon as he gave a feed, there was a crackling accusation from the other side.Ping Qiu was dizzy when he heard it, but the other party's voice was familiar, he thought for a while: "He Xiaoxian?"

"That's right, it's me!" He Xiaoxian was very wronged, "I called you so many times, why didn't you answer?"

"You didn't use your number to call me. When I saw that I didn't know each other, I didn't answer."

"Oh, I forgot, this is Yuan Feng's number."

"You guys are back?" Ping Qiu was pleasantly surprised.

In the past two years, the contact between him and He Xiaoxian has not been broken.Although it is not frequent, the two sides intend to maintain this point-to-point friendship, which is considered close.

At the beginning of this year, He Xiaoxian and Yuan Feng finally confirmed their relationship. He couldn't hide his personality, and he wanted to tell the whole world about his relationship. Regardless of the time difference, he called Pingqiu at two o'clock in the morning.Pingqiu was so sleepy that his head went straight down, while listening to him chattering across the ocean to show off how handsome Yuan Feng was, and how romantic his confession was.

Pingqiu was drowsy at the time and couldn't listen carefully. When he woke up the next day, he realized that he had witnessed He Xiaoxian's love affair, so he sincerely wished him a smooth love again in the chat box.He Xiaoxian was overjoyed, and replied almost instantly, "You and Xu Xiuyuan are too." Before Pingqiu could react, he quickly withdrew, and sent another "You too", this time with a gift of him and Xu Xiuyuan. An intimate group photo of Yuan Feng's cheek to cheek.Ping Qiu didn't express any dissatisfaction with his carelessness, and replied "very good match" under the photo.

Later, they kept in touch intermittently.As soon as the new year was over, He Xiaoxian said on social software that he was going to take a trip to the polar regions. He hadn't made it a few times before, and he felt itchy in his heart. He planned to try again this time.

Someone below asked him if he would bring Yuan Feng this time, He Xiao first replied very briefly: No.

Pingqiu laughed when he saw it, but accidentally clicked on the homepage of the inquirer, and was immediately shocked by a picture of the night scene he sent.From the familiar angle of view and the familiar school logo, he was sure almost instantly that the account whose username was garbled was Xu Xiuyuan.

"I'm talking to you, are you listening?" He Xiaoxian was very angry after not listening to Pingqiu's response for a long time.

"I'm listening, what are you talking about?" Ping Qiu returned to his senses.

"I have a private photography exhibition in a week, come and see, I'll mail you the invitation letter."

"Next week?"

"Saturday and Sunday, are you free?" He Xiaoxian said again, "If you don't have time, come here! It's my first photography exhibition, I want you to come."

"I don't know if I'm free."

"This is my first photography exhibition. Although my mother paid for it, it means a lot to me. I hope you will come," He Xiaoxian's voice suddenly drifted away as he spoke. I was chatting with my acquaintances by the microphone, my voice was vague, and I came back after a while, but my tone became much tougher, "I don't care, you come! I'll give you the invitation letter, and you must come if you accept it."

Pingqiu smiled helplessly: "Okay, I will try my best."

He Xiaoxian achieved his goal and smiled happily: "I really like you!"

He Xiaoxian didn't expect He Xiaoxian to move so quickly, the next day Pingqiu sent away the hangover Liu Chenchen, and just entered the store, Chen Xiaoyi passed a letter from the front desk with her calf crossed.There is no sender or recipient, and the envelope is a white package made of hard cardboard, with gold powder sprinkled on the surface, and when you touch it, your fingertips are shiny.

"What's in here, boss," Chen Xiaoyi held her face obediently, "I'm not late today, I came earlier than Miaoling."

"Keep it up tomorrow." Pingqiu put the envelope away.

Chen Xiaoyi saluted him comically, watched him enter the cubicle, and ran to whisper to Xu Miaoling who was mopping the floor.

As soon as the envelope was opened, it was indeed the invitation letter of the photography exhibition sent by He Xiaoxian, with the time and place attached at the bottom, but it was not far away, it was in Shanghai.Since he promised that He Xiaoxian would attend the appointment, Pingqiu booked the high-speed rail ticket in advance.

The message bar on the top flashed, and it was a work photo from Cheng Zinong.In the winter, he was wearing thin clothes, even short sleeves.His hair was also messed up by the stylist. He took pictures of his frozen red ears, but the accompanying text was one word: Hungry.

Ping Qiu couldn't hear the implication of his words that he wanted to come here for dinner after the end.Although the living hall does not include food and lodging for employees, everyone is happy and harmonious, and usually eats together in the lounge, and the meals are shared equally.Not in a hurry to reply, Pingqiu put aside the screen of the mobile phone and counted the number of inventory for today.

Speaking of which, when Ping Qiu returned here, he never expected to meet Cheng Zinong again.

About three years ago, during the last period of Pingqiu's work in the education and training institution, Cheng Zinong seemed to have disappeared from the world and never came to class again.Ping Qiu tried to contact him in various ways, but either there was no response, or the other party coldly stated that he did not know Cheng Zinong.

Later, when Pingqiu went north, their contact was naturally broken.Until Pingqiu came back, one day, he was invited to hang out with Liu Chenchen near the university town, and ran into Cheng Zinong, he reacted for a while before he remembered who he was.But at that time, Cheng Zinong's image had changed drastically, and he was completely different from the timid kid who resembled him in Pingqiu's memory.

Liu Chenchen had heard a little about this.It is said that during Cheng Zinong's third year of high school, his mother must have thought of suicide many times because of the setback in her career and debts at home.His parents were divorced, and his father only cared about losing money. Cheng Zinong consciously assumed the responsibility of taking care of his mother, so he didn't dare to leave his mother for half a step. It seemed that he didn't even go to school, so he asked a teacher to teach at home.

Fortunately, he was quite up-to-date. In the end, he got good grades in the college entrance examination, and he was admitted to a science and engineering university in this city. When he first entered the school, because the school's freshman promotional video became popular on the Internet, a brokerage company came to sign him. Making money can be regarded as reducing a lot of burden on the family.

After hearing this, Ping Qiu felt sorry for him, feeling that Cheng Zinong had endured such heavy pain in a place where no one could see, no wonder he seemed to grow up suddenly.Facing the present Cheng Zinong, Ping Qiu couldn't even see any shadow of his previous submissiveness in him, perhaps it was because Cheng Zinong tried his best not to show any weakness in front of others.

There is this kind of affection, so when Cheng Zinong proposed that he would like to work part-time in Pingqiu's shop in his spare time on weekends, Pingqiu agreed after hesitation.However, Cheng Zinong is usually busy with studying and running the film crew, and it is usually difficult to come twice a week. However, he has made his reputation as a handsome guy, and many guests come here after hearing the news.

In the next few days, He Xiaoxian would bombard Pingqiu with news whenever he was free, saying "You must come" a thousand times.Pingqiu couldn't bear his offensive, he guaranteed the ticket hundreds of times, and even sent him the screenshot of the high-speed rail ticket booked on Monday, so He Xiaoxian felt relieved.

As a result, Chen Xiaoyi who was passing by accidentally saw clearly, she made a fuss and asked Pingqiu if he was going on a date this Sunday.A stone stirred up a thousand waves, Xu Miaoling and Shao Dongshuang followed to probe, no matter how Pingqiu explained that he was just attending a photography exhibition at an appointment, the news still spread to Cheng Zinong.

Xu Miaoling typed quickly on the keyboard, a string of exclamation marks announced the seriousness of the matter, and the word "date" was deepened and bolded, repeatedly warning Cheng Zinong not to slack off, and not to let the boss easily jump into other people's pockets like this.

So at night, Cheng Zinong braved the sleet and came to the store, Chen Xiaoyi at the front desk had his eyes shining, and pointed out that Pingqiu was in the cubicle.

Before entering the door, Cheng Zinong habitually tidied up his clothes. After realizing that he was still wearing the thin coat he wore for shooting today, he patted the raindrops on his shoulder and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Ping Qiu was recording some trivial things on the note to remind Xu Miaoling and the others. He left the store for the first time, and he was a little worried.Seeing that it was Cheng Zinong, he was surprised and said, "Why are you here now? It's almost nine o'clock."

"Are you going to Shanghai the day after tomorrow?" Cheng Zinong cut to the chase.

"Yes, Xiaoyi told you, right?"

"Are you going to run some errands?" Cheng Zinong said in a slightly relieved tone, "It just so happens that I'm going to Shanghai on weekends to audition. Why don't we go together."

"Maybe it's not on the right route. I'm going to see a friend's photography exhibition. Are you going to audition, will you be busy?" Ping Qiu said, "I can do it by myself, so don't bother."

"Photography Exhibition?"

"Yes, my friend is very enthusiastic, and I must go."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Cheng Zinong smiled suddenly, his tense shoulders relaxed slightly, "I think it should be on the way, come back together when the time comes, I'll come find you."

Ping Qiu was taken aback, hesitated again and again, but still did not refuse: "Okay."

But even though they said they were going to Shanghai together, Pingqiu's schedule was obviously much different from Cheng Zinong's.He set off for the high-speed railway station early in the morning, and Cheng Zinong had already arrived in Shanghai, and because of his work, he couldn't chat for a few words.

According to the information on the invitation letter, the photography exhibition will open in the afternoon.Pingqiu is used to arriving early, and there is still some time before the exhibition. He wandered around and was shivering by the cold winter wind by the river.After finally reaching the development, he hurried to go, but he hesitated when he was about to enter the door.

But before he had time to think, he tidied up his clothes a little and followed the sparse crowd into the exhibition hall.

While walking through the time, every time Pingqiu looked at a photo, he was guessing He Xiaoxian's experience at that time.He was a little envious, perhaps because he envied He Xiaoxian's young but glorious life, or maybe because he envied his open-minded and free state of mind, these seemed to be far away from him, and the busy reality made Pingqiu only stand on a table where He Xiaoxian once stood. In front of the photo on the opposite side, I imagined everything that might have happened at that time.

Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps, Ping Qiu didn't turn his head, but He Xiaoxian yelled softly and threw himself on his shoulder behind him.

He Xiao babbled some foreign language first, and finally said: "