love of life

That night Lin Zexi went to bed early but didn't fall asleep, and Gu Ming didn't come back until midnight, lying on the bed lightly.Gu Ming also lay motionless, while Lin Zexi closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep. After pretending for an unknown amount of time, he finally fell asleep in a daze.Until the alarm clock woke him up the next morning, the people around him had long since disappeared.

Feeling a little disappointed, he opened the door, only to see that Gu Ming was already busy in the kitchen. He felt deeply guilty for a moment, and hurried forward to help.

"No need, it'll be done right away, you go wash up first." Gu Ming said while turning off the fire, with a natural expression, as if the quarrel last night had never happened.

Lin Zexi was full of doubts in his heart, but he let go of his hanging heart a little bit. It seemed that things were not as bad as Luka said.

At the dinner table, Lin Zexi couldn't help but ask, "Where did you go last night?"

Gu Ming said: "Let's not mention what happened yesterday, okay? I'll transfer 5 yuan to you on WeChat, just in case you need it temporarily."

Lin Zexi refused without thinking, "I don't need the money, and I don't have anything to spend right now."

Gu Ming said: "That's it. If you don't need to spend anything, then you can save it for me. Hurry up and finish eating and I will send you to class."

Lin Zexi heard that his tone was a little blunt and his face was not very good-looking, so he didn't refuse again.

Since then, life has returned to calm, this time it was surprisingly calm, Wang Yijie didn't send him a message, didn't call him, and didn't show up in front of the school, even Luka felt that something was wrong.

Luka asked: "Hey, it seems that your ex-boyfriend hasn't looked for you these days. Wasn't he very positive before?"

In fact, Lin Zexi felt a little uneasy, and said, "It's true that I haven't contacted for almost a week."

Luka asked with a look of fuss: "You didn't take the initiative to contact him? Hey, I said he won't abscond with the money, right?"

"No, it doesn't have much money, what can he do with a hundred thousand?" Lin Zexi retorted, but the uneasiness in his heart gradually expanded.

Luka said: "Don't you know if you make a phone call? If you really lose contact, you have to report to him for fraud."

"Scam, I gave him the money voluntarily."

"You can't say that. What he told you is investment, but you haven't seen the receipt, and the agreement hasn't been signed. You just transferred money to him in such an unclear manner. Isn't it a scam?" Luka said excitedly.

Lin Zexi rolled his eyes at him and said, "You really have a rich imagination."

"Then do you dare to call him immediately in front of me?" Luka asked, staring at Lin Zexi with his arms crossed.

Lin Zexi glanced at him and said, "Just hit him, what's the matter?"

Immediately, he dialed Wang Yijie's number, but there was a notification sound from the receiver that the other party's phone had been turned off.His mood sank suddenly, but he still tried his best to maintain a calm expression on his face and said, "His phone is out of battery, it turned off automatically."

Luka looked up at the sky and sighed, "No battery? Automatic shutdown? This is called lost contact, okay? You'd better call the police."

Lin Zexi said: "I won't call the police. I planned to support him unconditionally with the money. Besides, what does it mean if you don't get through with a phone call? It's because you think too much."

Luka said helplessly: "I followed the normal logic and came up with the answer without thinking at all. It's you who think too much. The fact is already in front of you, and you still don't admit it."

"He has no reason to take my money and run away. Isn't 10 yuan too little? Besides, the luxury apartment he rented above the supermarket cost 10 yuan if it wasn't [-] yuan? He can't It’s worthy of the [-] yuan.”

"I heard about the apartment upstairs from him. Have you visited it? Are you sure he lives there? And that place can provide daily rent, which is only about 800 per night. Renting for two days is more than enough to fool you. "Luka became more and more angry as he talked, and he almost wanted to knock his elm head open to take a good look.

"If you want to say that, I can't help it. I'm still going to the supermarket to buy vegetables. I'm leaving first." Lin Zexi bid farewell to Luka a little unhappy.

"Okay, okay, you go. I won't discuss these issues with you in the future. If you don't ask, I will definitely not mention it, lest two or three chats will destroy the relationship we have built with great difficulty." Luka restrained and continued to complain And the urge to comment, decided to keep silent.If a person is trapped and unwilling to come out, no matter how hard others try to drag him, it will be of no use.

Lin Zexi walked to the entrance of the supermarket and looked up at the neighborhood next to him. Behind the densely packed windows, he didn't know which room Wang Yijie lived in or had lived in.He called again, but the phone was still off.Along the way, he repeatedly speculated about various possibilities in his heart, and his rationality could not stop him from thinking about it.He didn't even know why he wanted to think about it. He obviously didn't feel sad at all in his heart, but simply thought that he should know.He packed up his mood and bought some food and went home.

Compared with him, Gu Ming's condition is much better.Since he came back that night, he seemed to have really turned the page completely, and never mentioned Wang Yijie to him again.

In a blink of an eye, his training class is coming to an end, and he is a little confused about the future, and he hasn't decided whether he should regard being a chef as a profession.But the days of doing nothing made him panic even more. He was eager to make a decision and began to read job advertisements on the Internet and in newspapers.

"Zexi, do you really want to be a chef? Chefs are very hard, especially Chinese cooks." Luka asked.

"That's right, I came to this class to receive professional training. Why not be a chef?" Zexi said.

"Isn't it good? How dull are your feelings? Anyone who wants to be a chef goes to a training school in the east and south. This kind of training class is not for finding a job. The fee is so expensive and the number of places is limited. Many students They are all just rich housewives or family men, and some of them use this skill to catch rich men. Who would seriously want to be a chef, I guess you are the only one." Luka gave him a blank look and said.

"Ah? Really?" Lin Zexi said dubiously.

Luka chuckled and said: "I usually leave after class and never socialize, no wonder you don't know. Go out and find a job as a chef and start from scratch. How much can you get in a month? Isn't [-] amazing? Look at the front A person’s bag, an ordinary Prada, costs at least [-] yuan. One month’s salary is enough for him to buy half a bag, do you think it’s possible?”

Lin Zexi frowned slightly, but said nothing.

"Do you know how much this training course costs? One hundred thousand for three months, vocational training? Is it enough to study in France for three months?"

"I know, but I never thought about it." Lin Zexi said in a daze.

"That's right. I can tell from a glance that it was your family who asked you to come. I have asked him. His father is a small entrepreneur in City A, and his family background is not bad. But the most powerful thing is his mother's business. He After grandpa and grandma passed away, all the property in the family was transferred to his name, at least billions of assets." Luka said to himself.

Lin Zexi was startled, "What did you say? Billions?"

Luka looked at his terrified expression, and asked tentatively: "What? You don't know? Although the news came from foreign media, there was a lot of noise in China. Isn't he your man? What are you doing? Do not know at all?"

Lin Zexi kept silent, he was too incompetent.Gu Ming knew everything about him, but he didn't know anything about the other party.Speaking of which, Gu Ming kept asking him about his future plans, but he never asked him once.Lin Zexi packed up her things, hurriedly said goodbye to Luka, and hurried home.

That night, Lin Zexi asked Gu Ming seriously about his future plans.Gu Ming was taken aback by his serious attitude.

"Ze Xi, what happened to you today and suddenly asked this? I still have more than a year to graduate, so I don't want to think about this issue so early." Gu Ming said.

"Then will you go back and take over the family business?" Lin Zexi asked.

"I'm not interested in my dad's company. I told him a long time ago, and told him not to think about me."

"Then...what about the property left by your grandfather?" Lin Zexi asked.

Speaking of grandpa, the sadness in Gu Ming's eyes has not completely receded, and he said, "You know? I thought you never cared."

"I'm just not very sensitive. You will be very busy when you start working after graduation, right? The United States and China are running at both ends, and the time we meet will be less and less, and the relationship will become more and more distant, right?" Lin Zexi said. As he spoke, there was a touch of unresolved worry in his tone.

Gu Ming felt that he was not in the right mood, so he quickly put down the book in his hand, came to sit beside him, stretched out his right hand to hug him, and said, "What's wrong with you today? You're so sentimental all of a sudden, you don't look like you in normal times."

"I was thinking about my future, and I couldn't help but think of yours. The worlds of the two of us are very different. I can't walk into your world, your life no matter what." Lin Zexi's tone became more sad .

Gu Ming put his arms around him and said: "Who said there is no intersection? Who said you can't enter my world and life? Aren't we lovers? We must always be together. What kind of career does this have to do with us? It doesn't matter what job you do."

Lin Zexi shook his head stubbornly and said: "Only two people who share the same values ​​and outlook on life can be together for a long time. No matter how strong the love is, it cannot withstand the erosion of time. I want to stand with you, I want to help you, and I don't want to Always be protected and cared for by you."

Gu Ming put his hands on his shoulders, stared at him and said, "Zexi, what you said today made me both happy and sad. The happy thing is that you have my seat in the future you envisioned, and the sad thing is that you have a place for me in the future. Is my relationship so unconfident?"

Lin Zexi said: "It's not a matter of confidence. I just hope that the two people can be equal. I don't want to be the one who is always taken care of. I feel panic when thinking about the future."

Gu Ming persuaded: "There is no equality there? At the beginning, I adjusted from the chaotic and irregular life because of you. You have always taken care of me, and I was the one who was taken care of."

Lin Zexi shook his head and said: "This kind of care is very important when you are studying, but when you work, your career will become more important. I don't want to be a nanny for the rest of my life."

Gu Ming frowned and said: "What nonsense, who took you as a nanny. I just tell you, don't underestimate your work and importance. I will support you in whatever you want."

Lin Zexi said: "I don't know what I can do, and I feel like I'm not good at anything."

Gu Ming said with a smile: "Then you will be my secretary, manage my schedule and daily work life, and be with me both on and off work, and I will add a desk for you in my office."

Lin Zexi pouted and said, "No."

Gu Ming continued: "Okay, I know what you mean. Think slowly about what you want to do, and I will support you no matter what you do. But if you really want to improve your level and ability, go to school .Choose a major you like and learn it again. Isn’t it great to come to the company for an internship in your spare time?”

Lin Zexi lowered his head to think, and Gu Ming continued to persuade: "In today's society, if you want to find a decent job, you can't do without a degree. You have suffered a lot before. There is no doubt about it. .”

Lin Zexi said: "I know this. I have planned to study for a long time, so I was so angry when I didn't know why you suspended school. It's just that I want to learn something, and I have to think about it."

"Well, think about it slowly, you can go to my school to try out the courses of different majors, and learn the one you like."

"No, I'm going to choose the most practical one."

"Interest is the best teacher."

"My interest is practicality."

Lin Zexi said this seriously, which made Gu Ming laugh.Later, he himself realized that he had a language problem, and the two fell on the sofa and laughed together.