Do not lie to me

Back in the urban area, it was getting dark, just in time for the convenience store to change shifts.On the table next to the wall are the lunch boxes left over by the group of white-collar workers who just got off work.Shang Xuechen cleared the table, sat at the counter and stared at the automatic glass door in a daze.

As the night gets deeper, occasionally the glass door will open and close.Sometimes a late-night convenience store is also a shelter.The advantage of the night is that it can tear apart the seriousness and forbearance of the day, and the advantage of the convenience store is not only the onigiri bento instant coffee, but also the temporary relaxation here.

So this night, Shang Xuechen saw a bald man holding a briefcase, standing at the base of the wall, eating rice balls, swallowing a mouthful of rice and sighing.The boy who just graduated couldn't hide his youthfulness in a formal suit, with black leather shoes with paint on his feet and refreshing bitter coffee in his hands.The long-haired girl stood in front of the shelf with a blushing face and was on the phone asking which condom to get.

There are many unsatisfactory people in this world, and Shang Xuechen didn't want to comfort him. When the girl came to pay with a box of condoms, Shang Xuechen still couldn't hold back, "Break up, he doesn't love you." The girl looked up, Tears welled up in my eyes, "I know." I still checked out and took the box of condoms and left.In fact, there are so many unsatisfactory things in this world, they are all voluntary, so consolation seems superfluous.

The automatic door issued "Welcome." Shang Xuechen didn't look up, he didn't want to look at another person who was frustrated in the middle of the night, he looked at the boy who was holding back his tears while holding his coffee, he thought that when the boy shed tears, He will go up and ask him out.The advantage is that frustrated people are easy to get, but the disadvantage is that it is very difficult to get rid of after success.

It's a pity that he didn't see the boy's tears fall, because his sight was blocked, and when he looked up again, he met Ji Shuping, which made his face a little irritable.

Shang Xuechen looked at Ji Shuping, and found that he was also a little absent-minded. Although he was facing him, his pupils were shifted to the right, and his eyes were not fully focused on him.Shang Xuechen pretended not to know, and turned his body to the left, avoiding Ji Shuping's obstruction, still missing an opportunity of indulgence.The boy raised his head and poured the bitter coffee into his mouth.The frustration that people are willing to show is only for a moment, so Shang Xuechen's chance to succeed is only at that moment. If he misses it, it will be an exhausting pursuit to succeed again.Shang Xuechen has always been too lazy to worry about indulgence.

Shang Xuechen withdrew his gaze and sat upright, folded his arms on his chest, raised his chin slightly, "Manager Ji, if you don't buy anything, what are you doing in front of me?"

Ji Shuping didn't answer. When he came in, Shang Xuechen didn't pay attention to him at all. He looked determined to win the boy who was drinking coffee not far away, which made him a little upset.Shang Xuechen is shrewd and sees how much he cares about him, but he cares about his ex-girlfriend and strangers, but he doesn't care about himself.So he was in a hurry and blocked it.

Seeing that Ji Shuping was silent, Shang Xuechen stood in front of him in a daze, with the corners of his mouth twitched, pretending to be disdainful, but in fact he couldn't help turning up the corners of his mouth, but it couldn't be seen that he could only show disgust.He saw Ji Shuping coming in, and when the automatic door rang, he saw Ji Shuping's figure out of the corner of his eye, and he deliberately didn't look back, just to test.

Shang Xuechen didn't bother to wait for Ji Shuping's response, so he picked up his mobile phone.Although it was very small, Shang Xuechen saw it, and Ji Shuping's upper eyelids lifted.

Shang Xuechen raised his left eyebrow and stood up with his hands on the table.Leaning on the countertop, he leaned towards Ji Shuping, so close that he could hear each other breathing.Ji Shuping breathed steadily and seemed indifferent to Shang Xuechen's approach. Shang Xuechen raised the corner of his mouth and leaned into his ear, "Don't say you came to this convenience store by chance."

Ji Shuping turned his face to look at him, "No." The heat of speaking just swept into Shang Xuechen's neck.Not fast not slow, breathing is still steady.

Shang Xuechen still maintains the posture of leaning against Ji Shuping's face, if he goes a little further, his nose will touch Ji Shuping's cheek.With one hand on Ji Shuping's shoulder, Ji Shuping's brows twitched following Shang Xuechen's movement, and the other hand picked up the mobile phone on the table, Ji Shuping took a deep breath, his nose fluttered, and his face unconsciously turned to the other side Some, the sideways angle is very small, but the cheek skin has already touched the tip of Shang Xuechen's nose.

Shang Xuechen let go, sat back on the chair, and shook the phone towards Ji Shuping, "At first I thought you were interested in me, but I thought I would leave a call. Seeing that you are not in this circle, then forget it."

Hearing what he said, Ji Shuping took a deep breath, as if avoiding embarrassment, more like covering up, he left the cash register and walked into the shelf.Shang Xuechen looked at his dodging back, only to notice that there seemed to be goldfish in the bag he was carrying.

Shang Xuechen frowned, looked down at the phone in his hand, suspecting that he was thinking too much.

When Ji Shuping returned to the cashier with a box of chocolates, crying sounded.Both Shang Xuechen and Ji Shuping followed the crying sound, and it was the bald uncle crying on the greasy table.

Shang Xuechen came back to his senses first, bowed his head and continued with the work in his hands.Ji Shuping was brought back to his senses by the "di" sound of the machine scanning, watched Shang Xuechen collect the money, opened the cash register and found the change for him.

"People seem to have endless troubles in life." Ji Shuping's words seemed to be asking Shang Xuechen, but also seemed to be talking to himself.

Shang Xuechen stuffed the change into Ji Shuping's hand, "If you want to live without pain, you have to learn from goldfish, my memory is poor."

Ji Shuping looked at Shang Xuechen calmly, and the two faced each other silently. Before leaving, Ji Shuping said, "But the longest lifespan of a goldfish is 10 years."

Just this sentence made Shang Xuechen stunned for a long time, and when he came back to look at the goldfish and chocolates on the table, Mr. Ji's memory seemed to be not very good, and he always left things behind.

Shang Xuechen put the goldfish under the counter, took the chocolate and sat down, tore open the package and ate piece by piece, "Why didn't I think of telling him that?" After talking to himself, he put a piece of dark chocolate into his mouth Here, the taste buds on the tongue are bitter.

The voice of the bald uncle crying bitterly on the table gradually faded away, only his back shrugged violently.The boy who had just finished his coffee went over lightly and put a pack of tissues on the table. When he turned around and was about to leave, he saw Shang Xuechen who was sitting at the cash register smiling at him.The boy blushed, and when he walked to the automatic door, he stopped and turned around, and said to Shang Xuechen who was sitting at the cash register, "Can I ask for your phone number?"

Shang Xuechen stood up, and the boy walked over, "Extend your hand."

The boy stretched out his hand obediently, and when he got closer, Shang Xuechen could see the boy's appearance clearly. With watery dog ​​eyes, he looked well-behaved and pitiful, but he looked like Qi Liang.Shang Xuechen put all the chocolate in the boy's palm, and patted his head, "Chocolate is better than coffee."

The boy tightened his palms, blushed and lowered his head, knowing that he was rejected, "You are very gentle."

gentle?It was clearly a compliment, but it was heart-wrenching for Shang Xuechen to hear.He is gentle, but also very hypocritical. He is even more gentle and messy when he wants to have a crush, and he is cruel and decisive when he gets it.This is the first time that he is purely gentle to a stranger, just because this boy is gentle to others, then he should get something in return, no one will give him, but Shang Xuechen will.But if he gets entangled with a scum like himself, then the boy's kindness to others will not be rewarded well.

Shang Xuechen couldn't bear to attack him, after witnessing his kindness.

The bald uncle gradually calmed down. When he looked up, he looked at a pack of tissues next to him and was stunned for a moment. He wiped away his tears with his cuffs, clutched the pack of tissues, and walked out of the convenience store with his head buried.Probably because he was afraid of losing face, so he kept tilting his head when he went out, afraid that Shang Xuechen would look at him.

Shang Xuechen took out his phone to check the time.It was one o'clock in the morning, and he was the only one left, sitting in the convenience store, immersed in the emotions left behind by others.

The phone rang, and the caller ID was Qi Liang. Shang Xuechen remembered that the boy just now really looked like Qi Liang in the past, "Hello?"

"Xuechen, you haven't come to my shop for a long time, I'm a little worried. Last time you didn't come for a long time, you were caught following someone and sent to the hospital." Qi Liang's voice was full of worry, mixed with his shop. The booming electronic music reached Shang Xuechen's ears.

"I have two jobs recently. I have to help people look after villas during the day, and work in a convenience store at night." Shang Xuechen's voice is still as weak as before, but he is no longer blunt and indifferent to the people on the phone, but patiently explaining .

"In that case, pay more attention to your body." Listening to Shang Xuechen's patient explanation, Qi Liang became more understanding.

"Qi Liang."

"Ok?"

"Jia Jia is getting married."

Both ends of the phone were silent, and after a long time, Qi Liang said, "I wish her happiness." He hung up the phone hastily.

Shang Xuechen hung up the phone and thought, if only he could cry.Like the uncle just now, he cried wantonly, and after the relief, the rain will pass.But he didn't cry for a long time. Naturally, there was no sunshine after the rain. He always stayed in the shadow before the rain.

He closed his eyes and thought about the last time he cried, as if he was in a sentimental and rebellious adolescence.Recalling the last time he shed tears, all the scenes of sparks flying in his mind made him open his eyes in a hurry, looking at the night outside the door, calming down his panic.

Then, Shang Xuechen sat and watched the day come. The remaining emotions of other people in the convenience store from last night were overtaken by the rising sun and the first rays of light in the morning.A girl who is forced by her boyfriend to buy condoms will continue to hope that her boyfriend will see how good she is; a teenager who forces herself to drink bitter coffee and endure overtime work will continue to sleep for an hour or two. Smiling and filling the loopholes in the project led by the brainless; the depressed and bald uncle still bowed his head and begged the client to give them business.

The persuasion to the girls last night, the chocolates I gave, and the tissues after crying, all disappeared with the first light in the morning, and the emotions of being overwhelmed disappeared in the sound of "looking forward to seeing you next time" from the automatic glass door that stepped out. inside.

Only Shang Xuechen stayed here, remembering these, disturbed by other people's emotions, trembling with his own memories.No matter how many times the morning sun greets him, it can't purify his emotions or warm his heart.

Shang Xuechen bent down to pack the bag, it turned out that there were still goldfish left here.He was carrying the bag, picked up the goldfish bag and thought, Ji Shuping, have you packed up your emotions?After thinking about it, I laughed, this person's acting skills are terrible, his skills are so bad, he doesn't know what to pester him for.

Carrying the goldfish and stepping out the door, the electronic door sounded "Looking forward to coming next time".He didn't seem to be very sad, after all, besides eating chocolate, he also had a bag of goldfish, which was twice as comforting as others.Called a car and went to the villa.Fortunately, there is a villa where you can stay. When you meet Zhou Yuan when you go back, you will probably be scolded for ordering the bouquet in the name of their company, and then gossip about what you are doing for ordering the bouquet.Shang Xuechen felt that it was really timely to see the villa.

Ji Shuping was sitting in the car, and the driver hadn't tried to observe him since he said that to the driver last time.He felt that it was a pity, as if it was exposed too early, and it was originally shown to the chairman through his eyes.

The monitoring of the villa has been installed, and the tablet in Ji Shuping's hand can see the situation in the villa in all directions.Shang Xuechen's figure appeared on the screen, carried the goldfish to the kitchen, carefully filled the kitchen sink with water, and poured the goldfish in.Then the person walked into the living room, fell on the sofa, put the bag on it as a pillow, turned over and fell asleep.He really slept wherever he went, always looking tired.

Ji Shuping looked at the person nestled on the sofa on the screen, and recalled the first time he saw Shang Xuechen, with a stiff smile, wearing a suit and vest. At that time, his waist was straight, but he was not facing He is alone.Only the appearance I have seen before, seems to be the night when I asked him for marbles, I showed myself a crescent-shaped smile unsuspectingly, that smile is really pretty, much better than his intentionally provocative smile .

Ji Shuping remembered that night he seemed to be smiling and asking himself why he didn't wear glasses.He secretly glanced at the driver in front of him, took a photo at the tablet computer with a black screen, raised his hand and squeezed the bridge of his nose, pretending to be relieved, then took off his glasses, looked at himself in the reflection of the screen, and smiled.After wearing glasses for a long time, I am not used to it when I take them off suddenly, so it is no wonder that he laughs.

The leather sofa is comfortable to lie on, and Shang Xuechen sleeps until the afternoon.After waking up, he curled up and hugged his bag. After sleeping for too long, his mind was a little stiff, and he had to buffer himself.It's afternoon now, I didn't eat anything after get off work in the morning, and I'm sleeping on the sofa in someone else's villa. Tomorrow is Jiajia's wedding, and I ordered a bouquet.

Shang Xuechen sorted out one by one in his mind, and took out his mobile phone to adjust shifts for evening work.Call Brother Zhou and ask him to find someone to look at the villa for him for a day.Unexpectedly, Brother Zhou said that it is no big deal to be away for a day, and there is no need to find other people.

To spare tomorrow's time, Shang Xuechen went to the kitchen and looked through the refrigerator. Luckily, there were bread, ham and other fast foods.Sitting in the high chair at the small bar with the ingredients, I simply made a sandwich for myself. I looked at the large double-door refrigerator and thought, I will be in this villa all day long, and I can’t only have bread, but I also look at the cooking counter opposite. The German kitchen utensils on the table seem to be more expensive than themselves.Rich people have a lot of problems, so he should use less. If he accidentally burns out the pot, he will be a housekeeper for nothing.

After eating, I still thought about the goldfish kept in the sink, crushed the bread, sprinkled some bread crumbs into the sink, and started to stroll around the villa by myself.I saw the kitchen and the living room when I came in. The living room has a black sofa, gray marble floor, the kitchen counter, small bar, and closets are all black.Shang Xuechen is not sensitive to interior decoration, he only thinks that black is not dirty.

I went to the second floor and turned around a few bedrooms, that's all.Going back to the first floor and turning around again, there is a new discovery. It turns out that there is a large bathroom next to the living room on the first floor.

A large square white bathtub is embedded in a high platform made of black marble, surrounded by steps.This is convenient, two steps directly down to the bathtub, so you don't have to cross.Shang Xuechen stepped up the steps and lay down in the bathtub, which has a massage function. When he lay down, his neck rested on the pillow-shaped massager beside the bathtub.However, there are steps to step over each bathtub. The owner of this villa has short legs. I am afraid that he is a tree stump like the manager of the western restaurant he worked before.Thinking of this, Shang Xuechen felt quite happy.

Get up and go shopping, there are two doors in the bathroom, one door from the living room, Shang Xuechen opened the other door.Open it and see the stairs going down.Going down the stairs, it turned out to be an indoor underground swimming pool, which is nothing new.

He rolled up the trouser legs to the heels of his legs, his legs were as thin as a stick, and it didn't take much effort to pull them to the heels of his thighs.Go to the edge of the pool and lie down, soak the arms and legs leaning on the side of the pool in the water and row, counting as half a swim.He is so lazy that he can think of a way to go out for half a swim. If the dragon boat only paddles on one side, it will circle around in place.

Here Shang Xuechen is wandering around in the villa, and Ji Shuping, who is sitting in the office, is holding a small tablet and can see clearly, watching Shang Xuechen lying by the pool like a child with cerebral palsy, with one arm and leg in the water Wandering around, the water ripples in the swimming pool set off in waves, even the brats couldn't compare to his style of play.

Ji Shuping looked at Shang Xuechen on the screen, if someone sneaked up on him and threw him into the swimming pool, it would be fun.Ji Shuping already had a scene in his mind, and unconsciously frowned.

Shang Xuechen didn't get up until he had had enough fun, he took care of his trousers and forgot his jacket.I thought I was wearing short sleeves, so I didn't pull them up, and the sleeves were all wet.

Stepping on wet feet and carrying shoes, he went back to the living room through the bathroom. Looking at his wet footprints, he remembered that in addition to looking at the house, he also had to clean up.Shang Xuechen immediately regretted taking this job. It is such a big house, and it is not exhausting to clean it from beginning to end. For such a villa with a swimming pool, you have to hire two aunts.This rich man is too stingy, so I hired him, and the doorman and housework are all done, so it turned out that it was a loss-making business.

Shang Xuechen thought of the place where he usually lived, Zhou Yuan instructed him to sweep the living room, he just put on an old clothes, rolled on the ground twice to count as sweeping.But where he lives now, the living room is 50 square meters. How flat is the villa from top to bottom? With his usual cleaning method, he still doesn't roll to death.Shang Xuechen suddenly felt that life was hopeless.