blowing clouds

A strange thing happened. During the first half month when Chen Xiyang joined the editorial department, Ding Zhaoyan only heard about his name but did not see him, but after the scene under the burning clouds passed, Ding Zhaoyan unexpectedly appeared on time in his position.

It stands to reason that having more people in the corner would not affect Chen Xiyang's enjoyment of reading, but this is not the case. The air in the editorial office is lingering with a strong but not greasy smell of perfume, completely suppressing the ink in the book breath.

Xu Donghai is a self-acquaintance, and with curiosity and appreciation, he got acquainted with the deputy mayor's son within two days, and they got together to chat when they had nothing to do.It can only be said that he really has a clear conscience, and he is not afraid of Jun Xia being jealous at all.However, Ding Zhaoyan and Chen Xiyang are like two strangers who don't match each other. They hardly communicate with each other. Occasionally they look at each other, and their emotions are only indifferent. The new book in hand turned to the next page.

Of course, Chen Xiyang didn't really hate this person, he just didn't know what attitude to use to face him. As for why Ding Zhaoyan showed the same expression as him, the best explanation should be reciprocity.

In their city, the temperature in August is still enough to cause heatstroke, but the sun does not scorch the earth all the time, the sky is covered with dark clouds, and the office is drowsy throughout the morning, and the chandelier above the head seems to have not woken up , the lighting range is extremely limited, no matter it is the visual effect or the physical experience, the people in the room feel that they are trapped in a huge steamer. Because of the constant sweating, Xu Donghai is still thirsty after pouring several glasses of water. When he lifted the thermos bottle again, he hesitated and shook it, but there was no movement in it.

Xu Donghai turned around and whistled at Chen Xiyang. Chen Xiyang immediately got up and walked over. He and Xu Donghai rushed to the boiler room to fetch water with two water bottles.

This job has always been given to the least qualified person in the office.

After receiving the water, Xu Donghai didn't go back immediately, but put down the water bottle in the drowsy corridor, opened the window and pulled his sweat-soaked shirt back and forth: "It's so hot, let's cool off at the window, there are too many people in the room... "

Chen Xiyang was also uncomfortably hot, so he didn't say nonsense such as calmness and coolness, but stared at the frozen air outside the window without a trace of wind and asked: "You and that Ding Zhaoyan, are you doing well now?"

Xu Donghai's fanning motion remained unchanged, and he looked at him with a smile: "What's wrong, brother, are you jealous?"

Chen Xiyang didn't even look at him, Xu Donghai smiled to himself, and then his tone became a bit serious: "I think you seem to have a prejudice against Xiaoding? Is it because you don't want to break your brows and bow your waist to the powerful, or do you think He... If it's the latter, there's no need for it, that's his own business, and you can't be so rigid."

Chen Xiyang continued to remain silent, as if he hadn't started the topic, and Xu Donghai said again: "You see, I talk and laugh with him every day as friends, isn't it good? You can't treat your personal preferences as a scourge..."

Chen Xiyang suddenly said expressionlessly: "If your future child is like him, can you accept it?"

Xu Donghai was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't understand the reason for his sudden rise, he stopped his fanning movement slowly, and said thoughtfully, "Then I'm definitely not happy...but you see, Deputy Mayor Ding obviously also I won’t be happy, but what about the result? Is it useful? So let others go.”

After he finished speaking, Chen Xiyang fell silent again. Just as he was thinking of using the topic of reform and opening up as a change of thought to continue exhorting, the door of the editorial department was suddenly opened, and Ding Zhaoyan came out swaying, with the accessories on his body still as if Perform a symphony.

Chen Xiyang looked at him indifferently, and Xu Donghai was not worried about being overheard by the master of the choreography just now, so he said with a smile: "Finally can't sit still, are you going to miss work again?"

"Hot," Ding Zhaoyan's action of wiping sweat with a tissue is not as unruly as ordinary men, but he is not feminine, "I have an appointment to drink ice soda, brother Donghai?"

Xu Donghai joked with a smile: "I want to go, but my good wife doesn't allow it."

"Retire early, I will take care of you." Ding Zhaoyan joked back and left the unit swaggeringly.

Xu Donghai turned to Chen Xiyang and spread his hands: "Look, aren't these just normal friends, do you feel like you are facing a big enemy all day long?"

Still without saying a word, Chen Xiyang walked towards Ding Zhaoyan's open office door with the water bottle in hand.

Throughout the morning, the people in the editorial department didn't even have the strength to speak, and the sound of fanning newspapers could be heard everywhere. Even Mr. Tang didn't care about fanning his chest and belly, and the posture of the folding fan swinging back and forth was hardly elegant.Near noon, a strong wind suddenly blew up in the air that was about to stick together, the sky became more gloomy, and the muffled thunder gradually rolled over.

Elder Tang got up immediately: "Everyone, let's go early, so as not to be blocked by the rainstorm for a while."

The strong wind made the glass clank, and a group of people didn't even tidy up their things, leaving table after table in a mess and left in a hurry. Xu Donghai looked at a few colleagues who were not so light on their feet, and then looked at the seats where they were sitting. Chen Xiyang, who was motionless, said, "Your brother, are you still going? It will be like running naked even if it rains heavily in a while."

Chen Xiyang was as immobile as a mountain: "I'm too lazy to go back at noon, you can go, I'll wait for the rain to stop later, and eat a bowl of fried noodles nearby."

Xu Donghai hesitated for a moment, he also wanted to accompany Chen Xiyang, but today Xia Jun was going to cook at home, he had no choice but to go back, so he had to say goodbye and run away.

Before the rainstorm, people were always racing against time. Chen Xiyang sat alone in the office, and the messy and noisy footsteps outside quickly subsided. It seemed that people had finished walking.

As if there was no need to pretend at all, he slowly put down the brick-thick book in his hand, got up slowly, walked out of the office like an old man, and returned to the previous aisle.

The strong wind and dark clouds made the aisle at noon look like it was evening, because Xu Donghai had just opened the window, and the wind that came in was raging in the narrow and long aisle. superior.

After Chen Xiyang closed the window, the chandelier returned to calm. He stood in the gap, as if the gust of wind that was about to rush in forced his hair up and his eardrums, and the next second the torrential rain poured down, shattering the ground. The water droplets on the glass scrambled to fall on his face, dispelling the sweltering heat instantly.

Chen Xiyang didn't dodge, closed his eyes and listened, as if the whole world was being baptized by the torrential rain, there was no movement other than the sound of crashing rain, he couldn't even hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

It seems that Tang Lao and the others made a mistake in their decision-making. I am afraid that they have been intercepted by the heavy rain at this moment, and they are in a dilemma.

It's just that kind of entanglement, compared to Chen Xiyang, it's nothing.

When Chen Xiyang opened his eyes, the neck was already soaked, and the bean-sized raindrops were denser than before, smashing on the ground as if they were about to tear the earth apart, and the water mist blocked his vision of looking into the distance. He began to imagine , Imagine yourself hiding in the cabin between the stormy sea.

The heavy rain may remind people of last year's flood and cause panic, but the haze in Chen Xiyang's heart is not like this. Disasters can never destroy people, and he doesn't bother to think about what can really destroy people.

In front of him was the compound of the publishing house. At this time, the rainwater had merged into a stream. Chen Xiyang inexplicably thought of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and suddenly thought of taking a look in the south.When they mentioned the south, the first thing they thought of was that people in the south could do business, and Chen Xiyang thought that being able to do business meant that it was a place full of tolerance.

The torrential rain continued to pour down, and Chen Xiyang continued to think wildly. Just when he imagined that he was boating and swimming under the red cliff, a dark red suddenly appeared in the place where the water vapor blocked his vision.

Chen Xiyang watched helplessly as the red dot went from far to near, from small to large. It was a man wearing a raincoat and holding an umbrella. .

He couldn't see that person's face, he couldn't even see his figure clearly, but he knew that it was A Ji.

Obviously it was unexpected, he should be very surprised, he should rush out to hug each other, but Chen Xiyang has been standing outside the rainstorm expressionlessly, he didn't grit his teeth, didn't make fists, just watched calmly and plainly, As if they had already made an appointment, this natural scene could not cause waves in his heart.

Lin Ji walked very slowly, but in Chen Xiyang's eyes, he stepped into the gate of the publishing house in the next second. The other party raised his umbrella and looked forward. Through countless drops of water, they saw each other.

Chen Xiyang looked calm, Lin Ji's dark eyes didn't have any extra emotions, he walked into the building against the wind and rain like before, Chen Xiyang turned around silently, the sound of wet shoes stepping on the concrete floor, Clear and audible.

After approaching, Chen Xiyang noticed that Lin Ji was holding another poncho in his arms and another umbrella under his arm, but it was understandable that he only found out now, because this was not what he should pay attention to.

Lin Ji looked at him, didn't speak, just handed him the poncho and umbrella after approaching.

After a slight hesitation, Chen Xiyang took it wordlessly. His movements were extremely careful, and he didn't even touch Lin Ji's fingers during the whole process.

It is difficult to tell whether there is nothing to say or no need to say in this scene. Chen Xiyang put on a rain cape and opened the umbrella, and walked into the rain curtain side by side with Lin Ji.

There are not many pedestrians on the road anymore. In the dense rain, cars in twos and threes gallop past in the middle of the road, and those who ride and run have almost become part of the rain, with trickles flowing all over their bodies. The fabric is tightly attached to the body, and it is difficult to hide the beer belly or the bowlegged legs.

After walking a few steps, Chen Xiyang's face and feet were wet by the rain, but his footsteps did not stop, and he just held on to the umbrella calmly as the gust of wind tried to snatch away the umbrella in his hand. Scarlet has never lagged behind.

Even though the surrounding buildings were hazy in the heavy rain, they did not add much sense of strangeness, they were still so familiar. As he walked, Chen Xiyang suddenly thought like a madman, he still would not go to the south, because it is only here. is his home.

Lin Ji naturally didn't know his brother's weird thoughts, but he was suddenly pulled by his brother, and he subconsciously jumped forward before he noticed the puddle under his feet just now.

In fact, he was hit on the way here, and his thighs are still wet. He didn't expect that he would forget it on the way back, and he didn't expect that his brother would give him a hand.

He looked up, even though he couldn't even see a single strand of Chen Xiyang's hair from behind, but he kept staring at the opponent's head stubbornly, because of the existence of the opponent, he didn't have to worry about stepping into any pit again.

The torrential rain in summer came and went quickly, and the raging sounds in my ears suddenly became dumb. The moment the last batch of raindrops fell on the ground, they died down. The world was quiet, and the bright sun emerged from behind the scattered clouds. body.

The two of them stopped at the same time, and Chen Xiyang gently took down the umbrella that Lin Ji was still holding up in a daze, and took off his poncho hat, and wiped off the mixture of rainwater and sweat for him with his own hands.

Chen Xiyang's eyes were very peaceful, without smiles, excitement, but neither resistance nor pain. Although Lin Ji was slightly inferior in terms of cultural knowledge and dealing with people, at least he knew that the eyes of the other party were enough to express everything.

On the way home, they slowed down their pace, Lin Ji looked at the dazzling sun, and heard his brother whisper: "Ji, it's sunny after the rain."