blazing fire

Yuan Yu's life is very regular.

I go to work during the day and go home to rest at night. If I have free time, I may substitute a shift for a worker who has changed careers.After this year's college entrance examination, he suddenly relieved the pressure of studying and had much more time to make money than before.

His idea was simple.

Even if it's only 200 a day, it's still money. Since you have time, don't refuse the opportunity.

He left Yuan Yun's place in time for the last bus, planning to go home.Halfway through, I took out my phone and took a look, and found that there was a new friend application on WeChat.

It's Cheng Zhuo's.He was busy all day today, so he didn't notice when this application was sent.

But when he saw it, Yuan Yu unconsciously raised the corners of his lips.

The distance between students is like a natural moat, but it is not a big problem when you grow up.

As long as two people are walking in the direction of each other, the distance... so what?

It's just a matter of spending more time.

He clicked "pass".

……

After Cheng Zhuo returned to the hotel in the early morning, he took a shower and went back to sleep. When he woke up at [-] o'clock in the morning, his mother came over and called him: "I'm going to your father's place to have a face-to-face talk with him today. Do you want to go with us?"

Afterwards, Cheng Zhuo will be an intern in his father's company, which was mentioned before returning to China.Cheng Zhuo didn't resist too much, sat up from the bed, scratched his hair: "Wait for me to wash my face."

"Okay, mom and uncle are sitting in the living room," she said, "come out when you're done."

Cheng Guangzong is a farmer. His initial business was selling vegetables, that is, Shengchao. Later, he caught up with the e-commerce business and gradually transformed into an online-based business model supplemented by offline. A few years ago, he began to explore investment finance. Generally speaking, it belongs to the "traditional industry".

In such a company, the painting style is more formal when working. After washing his face, Cheng Zhuo thought about it, and then chose a formal suit to put on.

Speaking of which, he didn't bring much clothes, so he had to buy some.

They ate something at the hotel before setting off, and the uncle called the car.

Only then did Cheng Zhuo realize that what the hell his mother just said was "we"... It turned out that this man also wanted to go with him.

I don't know whether the blond man is of French or Italian descent, he is passionate and romantic.When he was in the United States, he was a well-known designer in the local area, and he had free time as a freelancer. This time, Cheng Zhuo's mother was pregnant, and he almost used up all his time to accompany her.

It looks good.

It's just that Cheng Zhuo doesn't quite understand why his mother insists on being an advanced puerpera when she's old, so now that the moon is not old, she's worried, and her uncle follows her wherever she goes, acting cautiously, as if it's not a woman, but a porcelain vase.

It makes people's eyes sore.

He took out his phone, looked down to find Yuan Yu's phone number, searched on WeChat, only found an account with a default avatar, and tried to click "Add to Contacts".

I don't know if it was Yuan Yu, but anyway, he couldn't pass through the other side, so he had to put his phone down.

There is nothing to go to the company today, the main thing is to let Cheng Zhuo identify the place and the people, so as not to be caught blind when he joins the job, the matter is still talking with Cheng Guangzong, Cheng Zhuo didn't even enter the meeting room.

After talking about it, his mother and uncle made an appointment to see the house.Cheng Zhuo can manage Cheng Guangzong to live in a house, but the three of them can’t. When Cheng Zhuo’s mother went abroad, she almost disposed of all the assets in the country, leaving only part of the cash for her son, so this time she came back, she had to temporarily rent or buy it. set.

Cheng Zhuo didn't go the same way as them, so after walking around the company twice and drinking three cups of tea from the president's assistant, he followed his mother's orders and went back to the hotel to "bring the baby".

Michael didn't get up until noon, and he ordered room service to eat. When Cheng Zhuo returned, he was holding his small game console and playing games fiercely.

Cheng Zhuo went over and knocked on the door: "Mom asked me to take you out for a walk, is there any place you want to go?"

"No," Michael raised his head, his eyes widened, "I don't understand this place, is there anything interesting, bro?"

"I don't know, I haven't been back for a long time." Cheng Zhuo said, "But I'm going to buy some clothes. Are you going to play games in the hotel or come with me?"

"Together!" The half-grown child couldn't sit still at all, turned off the game console and quickly jumped out of bed.

"Don't worry, you change your clothes first." Cheng Zhuo pressed his shoulder, "Brother also needs to change."

In the past few years, Jiangcheng's new development zone has made great efforts to expand to the edge of the city, and new commercial centers have begun to appear, but Cheng Zhuo still habitually runs to the one in the center of the old city, which is the circle where "Night" is located.

He went to get his own card first, activated the electronic payment, and then led Michael to the street.

Although with the development of the times, the style and appearance of large cities are always gradually overlapping, but because of the differences in countries and cultures, there are always differences. It was the first time in Michael's life that he traveled such a long distance, and he was very excited.He was led by Cheng Zhuo, but his body walked forward involuntarily, looking left and right, sometimes he would stop suddenly and stop facing the window on the side of the street, stupefied that a man as big as his brother was stunned. stumbling.

Cheng Zhuo was troubled by him: "You are already ten years old, Michael, you have to be careful."

"There's Mickey's house!" Michael turned his head in surprise, completely ignoring Cheng Zhuo's words, "I want that!"

"..."

Cheng Zhuo rubbed his brows, and suddenly regretted bringing this kid out.

How does this make him buy clothes?

He also wanted to drop by to see if there was anything he could buy for Yuan Yu, and now all his time was spent on this little bastard.

"Brother——I want that——" Seeing that he ignored him, Michael began to launch a protracted and coquettish offensive.

"..." Cheng Zhuo raised his legs helplessly, "Fine, I'll give you the time before dinner."

After walking around for two hours, Michael was finally hungry. Cheng Zhuo was full of Michael's things, took him into a Cantonese restaurant and sat down, finally heaved a sigh of relief.

"After dinner, it's my brother's time to do the shopping, you are not allowed to run around anymore." He said seriously, "Did you hear that?"

"Understood." Michael puffed his cheeks, "But you obviously brought a lot of clothes..."

"My brother is going to work, and there are not enough shirts." Cheng Zhuo paused, "Besides, I want to pick a present for my boyfriend."

"!"

Hearing such explosive news suddenly, Michael's eyes and mouth rounded together: "God, you like men."

"..." Cheng Zhuo looked sideways, "Strange?"

"I didn't hear you say that!" Michael exclaimed, "When did you date your boyfriend? How old is he? How did you meet? Is he good-looking?"

Children are very curious, and Michael is like a book of "One Hundred Thousand Whys", asking questions non-stop.

Cheng Zhuo choked on his younger brother, because to be honest, his relationship with Yuan Yu couldn't stand careful questioning.

It started suddenly, ended in a hurry, and everything was inexplicable.

"The one I dated before going abroad is one year younger than me, and looks... very good-looking."

Now that it has grown, it looks better than before. Although the eyes that look at people are cold, they often make people feel distracted.

Michael wondered: "Then why haven't I heard you mention it? We've been dating for so many years...do you have a bad relationship?"

Because there is no relationship "for so many years".

Cheng Zhuo knew he was wrong, but in front of his younger brother, he still wanted to save his brother's face, after all his mother also told Cheng Zhuo not to teach Michael badly.

So he cleared his throat and put on a dignified look: "What nonsense are you talking about? The relationship between the two of you is something that two people talk about, and it's not something you show off to others—what, you haven't seen a long-distance relationship?"

Children who have never been in love are easy to fool.

Michael really believed it.

Cheng Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief and began to order.

He intentionally took Michael to try something he hadn't eaten before, and chose some popular dishes that fit the taste of the public, so as to avoid the little foreigners from being stunned.After ordering, his cell phone rang, Cheng Zhuo looked over expectantly, but found that it was Shepi's call.

The WeChat friend application still hasn't passed, it's been a whole day.Cheng Zhuo sighed and picked up the phone: "Hello?"

Hearing that Cheng Zhuo had returned to China, Shepi was very happy, but unfortunately he was not in Jiangcheng for the past few days, and went out to talk with suppliers about purchasing goods. This call was to confirm how long Cheng Zhuo would stay in China.

Knowing that he will not leave again in a short time, Shepi is relieved and says that he will ask Cheng Zhuo for dinner when he comes back.

"No hurry," Cheng Zhuo smiled, "What's the difference between the two of us, what's the difference between this meal?"

For Cheng Zhuo, this is his "brother" who has been in trouble with him; for Shepi, this is his "savior" and "investor".

Although they haven't had much contact in these years, their relationship is stronger than that of Huang Menghui's cronies.

"That's what you said." Shepi smiled cheerfully, "But brother still misses you a lot, and I will come back as soon as possible."

"it is good."

"Bye."

Cheng Zhuo put away his phone and looked at his younger brother.

This restaurant served food very quickly, and he had already served three dishes by the time he answered the phone. Michael tasted each of them, with a surprised expression on his face.The dishes came up one after another, and Cheng Zhuo moved a few pieces. Seeing that Michael likes shrimp dumplings, red rice sausage, and pineapple oil, he added an extra portion of each.

I used to be very impatient with children.

But other people's children can't get along if they don't get along, and this half-brother can't just throw it away. His mother entrusted him to take care of the younger brother, and Cheng Zhuo could only hold his nose and take on the task.After a long time, he not only got used to it, but even got his own experience, knowing how to observe Michael's preferences.

It is true that he has changed a lot in the past few years abroad.

I don't know what Yuan Yu liked about him at the beginning, and I don't know if the part of myself that Yuan Yu likes is still there.

Cheng Zhuo was a little distracted, and subconsciously looked at the phone again.

……still none.

After eating, Cheng Zhuo went to pay the bill, and then took his younger brother to the toilet. After tens of thousands, the little brat finally calmed down and obediently accompanied Cheng Zhuo to buy a shirt.

He has no experience in picking shirts. Apart from custom-made ones, he has a few brands that he wears every day, and it happens that there are some stores here.Cheng Zhuo took Michael straight to the store, picked out the styles and colors he liked, enough for half a month to change and wash, and asked the store to pack them.

"Can you deliver the goods?" Cheng Zhuo looked at the pile of bags worryingly, "There are too many things, I didn't drive."

He hasn't changed his driver's license yet, so he can only take a taxi to go out recently.

Facing the big customer, the clerk smiled sweetly: "If you are in the city, you can, wait a moment, I will fill out the delivery note for you."

……

Coming out of the place where the shirts were sold, he led Michael to other places, thinking about buying something for Yuan Yu.

If you want to chase someone, you must buy a gift, but the only hobby he knows of Yuan Yu is reading, but that person doesn't read now.

What can I give you?

Cheng Zhuo was walking and stopped at the door of a shop.

"Montblanc?" Michael looked up at the roll call, a little puzzled, "Are you going to buy a belt again?"

"Not."

After Cheng Zhuo finished speaking, he walked into the store, came to the pen display cabinet, and looked over slowly.

The spotlights in the store were so bright that every pen body was dazzling. Cheng Zhuo walked around, returned to the original place, pointed to a dark pen and asked, "Do you think it looks good?"

"Mediocre," Michael said, pointing to an orange pen nearby. "I like this better."

"...I shouldn't have asked you."

Michael prefers bright colors, which is his own orientation.

But firstly, Cheng Zhuo didn't like the shape of the pen, and secondly, he didn't think Yuan Yu would like such an ostentatious color.And the one he was looking at was completely black at first glance, but it could only be seen when facing the light that it was a kind of transparent dark blue, dotted with starlight.

The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he was, and he beckoned to the clerk: "Wrap this up for me—do you have any gift bags here? I want to give it away."

"Yes, please wait a moment."

The clerk took out the pen from the display cabinet and packed it for him, while Cheng Zhuo was playing with his phone boredly beside him.

Domestic electronic payment is well developed, and you can buy anything with your mobile phone. He is still trying to adapt to life without a card.

At this moment, there was a "ding dong" on WeChat.

The friend request he sent for a day was finally approved by the other party.

Cheng Zhuo regained his spirits and hurriedly sent a message.

- Yuan Yu?

There was no answer from the other side, Yuan Yu called back directly: "It's me."

Hearing the other party's voice suddenly, Cheng Zhuo didn't think of what to say, and replied dryly: "...ah, good."

He thought for a while and said, "Why don't you even have a profile picture?"

"I didn't pay attention to it, anyway, only a few workers came to me occasionally." Yuan Yu listened carefully to the voice on the phone, "Are you outside?"

"Yes, I'm shopping." Cheng Zhuo said while touching the card from his pocket—it turns out that electronic payment still has its drawbacks. more convenient.

"Where do I buy things?" Yuan Yu asked, "It happens that I want to buy things too."

Cheng Zhuo was stunned: "Are you coming to see me? I'm in Wantai City..."

"Next to 'Nightlight'?"

"Correct."

"Where—" Yuan Yu thought for a while, "There's a Starbucks, meet there? I need about half an hour."

"Okay, I'll be there in a while. What are you drinking?"

"I don't need it, just buy your own." Yuan Yu said softly, "It's done, bye."

After Cheng Zhuo paid, he hurriedly dragged Michael downstairs. Michael's short legs could barely keep up with him: "Brother, where are you going?"

"Starbucks."

"...That's not a coffee shop worth running so fast!" Michael almost tripped, "You slow down—"

There was an elevator in front of him, Cheng Zhuo stopped abruptly, turned around and gave Michael a hand.

It will be a long time before Yuan Yu comes over, he can't let Michael fall.

Elevators are dangerous.

Gradually approaching the off-duty time, Starbucks has many people, but there are already many vacancies. Cheng Zhuo bought a muffin for his younger brother, and ordered an iced Americano for himself.

As for Yuan Yu...

"Have another glass of flat white, big glass."

Children should drink more milk.

He asked Michael to occupy a seat first, and waited for the meal by himself at the bar, the ruby ​​earrings reflecting the light under the lamp.

When Cheng Zhuo walked over with the plate, Michael was looking at the cups on the display shelf. When he saw him coming, he pointed out: "That looks good."

Cheng Zhuo didn't turn his head back: "You already have a lot of water glasses."

"I didn't bring it here." Michael muttered, "Yesterday my mother asked me if I wanted to stay in China to study."

Cheng Zhuo raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at him: "What did you say?"

"I don't know." Michael turned back, "Brother, do you want to stay?"

"I probably want to stay for a few years before going back." Michael's education method is different from that in China. There is no such thing as "children should not listen to important family matters". Chances are, my mother wants this younger brother or younger sister to receive enlightenment education in China. At least the first one or two years will not leave. Uncle is worried about her, so he probably won’t leave either. If you want to go back, you have to live with your grandparents .”

"Grandma's pies are a nightmare..." Michael stuck out his tongue, "I'll think about it."

"Well, there's no rush." ​​Cheng Zhuo's tone was light, "Your summer vacation is still very long, you can take your time to think about it."

"So let's talk about you, why did you come to Starbucks suddenly? Are you running in such a hurry?"

"I have a date."

"Who?"

"a friend."

Michael looked suspicious.

The two of them didn't wait too long, and Michael saw a thin brother walking towards them, and patted Cheng Zhuo's shoulder from behind.

He opened his mouth into an O shape: "This brother is really good-looking, brother, is this the boyfriend you mentioned?"

He still doesn't speak Chinese, and he only uses English, and he is not afraid of being heard by others.

It’s fine if the word is uncommon, but the word “boyfriend” can’t be understood by anyone who has gone to high school. At this moment, Cheng Zhuo just wanted to travel back to a few hours ago and strangled the guy who casually flirted with his brother Own.

"Can you stop talking nonsense..."

Before Cheng Zhuo finished speaking, Yuan Yu pressed his shoulder.He bent down slightly, smiled at Michael friendly, and said in English: "No, I'm his ex-boyfriend."

He couldn't speak the intonation of the locals, but unexpectedly he didn't have a rural accent, which seemed to be learned from some listening materials.

Cheng Zhuo heard him say the accent on "ex", and also heard him say a sentence in Chinese after finishing this sentence.

"I'm curious, when did you have a boyfriend again, ex, boyfriend, friend."

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

This was obviously meant for him.

No, isn't he clean enough for the past five years?Although he didn't intend to "defend himself like a jade" for Yuan Yu, but objectively, he didn't touch any flowers or plants?Why do you always have to be caught by Yuan Yu at such a time? ? ?

How would he explain this?

The author has something to say:

The person who said he was going to ask for leave cried for a long time in front of the document, and finally wrote it out.

Originally, this chapter was supposed to be chapter v, with 5000 words, and the editor refused to let me v today, but I wrote everything, so I decided to post it.

Enter v tomorrow. I will try my best to write [-] characters. If you can’t write it, don’t scold me. My mental state is very bad these days. If I can still earn two yuan for medicine after finishing this book, I will go to see a doctor .