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During the time when he was running and worrying, Yang Jian flipped through the materials on the bus to Changping New Science and Technology Park, and had a whim, and called a classmate who used to be in the same debating club.

It can only be blamed that he found a word in his notebook, or it may be a phrase, and the blue ballpoint pen traced it several times, and the paper was almost penetrated.

That classmate is studying a small language, and has a strong interest in Afro-Asiatic languages, and now graduate students are also studying related majors.She quickly connected the phone, and after a few pleasantries, Yang Jian asked directly: "Do you understand Ethiopian?"

"It's Amharic, their official language. I wrote an article about it last semester," the girl said with a smile. "Why, Boss Yang still has the time to enrich the humanistic connotation on the way to start a business?"

"Haha, no, I just want to ask what it means," Yang Jian also smiled, "Ewedihalehu." He read slowly one by one.

"This..." The girl was silent for a while before she spoke.

"Can you read it to me first?"

"It's not that I can't, it's that I really can't read it randomly," the girl still hesitated, with a strange shyness, "Oh, I'll just say it straight! If, if you just saw this somewhere, then it doesn't matter , be careful if someone is writing to you, she is telling you, 'You are my love, I love you very, very much.' That's it. I'll just pronounce it! Listen carefully on."

Yang Jian listened well.

"You are still the same as when you were in college, which little girl are you messing with again?"

Yang Jian smiled and prevaricated, then thanked him, hung up the call, and held the notebook in silence.

After returning to the studio, he blocked Li Bai's mailbox, and the albatross above his head stopped in the cage of "blocked contacts".He admits to himself that he doesn't want to check his email multiple times every Thursday and overwhelm himself, to dream again, to wake up haggard, full of thoughts of avoiding the day after day.

He doesn't even want to be loved by Li Bai, he doesn't want to watch Li Bai talk to him about the distant days with an excited tone, and he doesn't want to be reminded over and over again that Li Bai once again poured so much hot and colorful love on him who can't hang up ice sculpture above.He felt that one day he would melt away and disappear completely.He has no desire to be remembered at all.After all, he doesn't understand what love is. He thought about it before and thought he could see through it, but now he doesn't feel that he has the need and qualification to learn it.

It's just that after refusing to accept mail from the most northwestern tip of the African continent, those crazy dreams every night gradually decreased, and Yang Jian reaped a pure black and deep sleep, which can be described as immediate results.But one night a fire alarm sounded in the building. Yang Jian was woken up by rimless glasses and wiped his sweat and said, "You fucking slept like you were dead." die.It's that simple.That's all.

Autumn came in obscurity, and it was almost September, and the wind still couldn't move a single fallen leaf.Yang Jian's heart also became extremely calm. He would quarrel with the manufacturer on the phone, drop the report book and point at each other's noses with his partners and yell at each other, but he seldom thought of Li Bai.

Except for some unexpected moments, it is all inadvertent.

That day was a weekend, Li Li suddenly called and made an appointment to meet at a simple restaurant in Xiyuan, saying that he had something to discuss.Yang Jian went to the appointment on time, with certain doubts and premonitions, but she still held the polite look, served the appetizers, and drank two cups of tea. She cared about Yang Jian's recent situation for a long time before she returned Get right to the point.

"Here in Beijing, my dad is actually optimistic about three alternative projects, all of which are started by college students. He specially sent two people to investigate, and they screened out a lot." She put down the knife and fork, and counted the fingers of her left hand, "Now There is one from Beiyou, one from Tsinghua University, and one from you.”

"Well, I've heard of it." Yang Jian hadn't picked up the knife and fork for a long time.

"Want a fire?" Li Li lit a slender women's cigarette, pressed the lighter, and raised his hand above the basket of bread in the center of the table, "He didn't make a decision, because the prospects of these three projects are very promising. Well, both of them have strong cooperation intentions, but each has its own advantages. The advantage of Beiyou is that it has the support of the school, and the advantage of Tsinghua University is that its operation is relatively mature and has a certain scale.”

"Several people in charge have seen it at the wine table." Yang Jian held a cigarette by his mouth, stood up and lit it, and then he leaned back in the chair, put one hand on the armrest, and took a puff just right.

"I know, you've been fighting for a long time, right? Why hasn't my dad made a decision? Listen to me first, your advantage is that my dad likes you very much." Li Li flipped the lighter cap on and retracted herself. The exquisitely crafted new handbag spoke again with a cigarette in his mouth, his brows and eyes frowned.

"Really?" Yang Jian looked at her through the smoke with a half-smile, "Thank you, I also respect uncle's vision and ability."

"Pay attention, it's liking, not just admiration, he always said why he didn't give birth to a son like you," Li Li propped up half of his face, "Let me tell you a secret, he plans to vote 500 million for the first time, just once Give money, and continue to inject capital depending on the situation. You need such a stream of oil to turn the whole machine up now, right? If you cycle and save by yourself, how long will it take?"

Yang Jian didn't respond, and waited quietly for her to speak. She had a feeling of being exposed. Li Li must have been investigating for a long time, but Yang Jian was only unwell, but not panicked.He was still in the same state of calm that had persisted these days.When the main course came, two plates of steak grilled on the slate were placed in front of the two of them, sizzling.

"I feel like you know more than I thought, so I'll just say it straight. I came to you today just to discuss it." Li Li nodded his thanks to the waiter, then stared straight at Yang Jian suddenly, with his hands on On the edge of the table, the cigarette sticks up, and there is a hint of joking in the seriousness, "Why don't you consider marrying me? This is what we all need now."

The waiter poured the sauce on the two steaks, one pot, two pots, and then he picked up the tray and left wittily.

Yang Jian looked as usual, as if what Li Li had just asked for was a walk along the street after dinner. He lowered his head and pressed the cigarette out. He first inserted the fork into a corner of the beef, then picked up the long and thin knife, and cut off a piece, " Okay." He raised his eyes and looked at Li Li lightly.

Li Li still didn't seem to dare to believe such lightness, and said: "Of course I can't vote on the board of directors to decide which one to vote for. My dad can. I mean, if it is his son-in-law, he will always have a preference, also known as the son-in-law. Honestly—”

"I understand." Yang Jian didn't see any surprises on her body, and still stared at her like that.

"You understand that?"

"Didn't you make it very clear?"

"I know, you must understand. There are not many people who can make my brother-in-law and my dad understand." That pure and innocent expression contradicted what was being said, and seemed out of sync, "The wedding is the most important thing, and I have to get the documents, my dad will check, but we are all in Beijing after marriage, what should I do?" That's up to us. I won't interfere with you in anything, especially your love life, and you don't want to interfere with me. As for the rest, I have already consulted a lawyer to draft a prenuptial agreement, and it will come out in two days, and we can talk about it later , In fact, it’s just three chapters of our internal agreement. By the way, my dad will definitely buy a house here for us to live in. You can stay in it, or we can use it in different areas. If I bring someone back, maybe every time It's different, so don't be surprised."

"No need," Yang Jian slowly cut the meat, he just cut it, but didn't eat a bite, "You don't even need to give me the key."

"Is it so clear?" Li Li held the wine glass in both hands, and smiled innocently, "You can also bring your brother here, at least three bedrooms, there is no privacy issue."

"Say no," Yang put the knife and fork on the edge of the plate after cutting the last piece, and crossed his hands, "I only want the 500 million. You just want to find a man who is impossible for you to marry. If you exchange it, you can exchange it." There are other things that are procrastinating."

Li Li applauded softly, "That's refreshing! My dad actually asked someone to read the horoscope, and the master said that you have dragon spirit, it really is!"

Yang Jian did not show any complacency or curiosity because of this exaggerated praise, but was attracted by the commotion at the neighboring table.Across the corridor, a few high school students who were still wearing the uniforms of the nearby middle school were probably having a good time. They smoked and smoked in this smoking area one by one. In the center of the table full of delicacies was a cream cake with eye-catching big red candles. 1,8, two numbers.

"Sometimes I think you understand what kind of person I am, but I don't understand you..." Li Li's voice was still in my ears, "Is your brother really okay? After discussing it, I'm worried that he will collapse."

Yang Jian still stared at them intently, the group of children who were screaming and laughing in the quiet restaurant.He just made a decision that would affect his whole life, but he didn't feel anything. He didn't feel very lucky that the funds were promising, and he didn't feel much regret if he sold himself casually.As if you are just a bystander, like playing chess, choose a reasonable number of steps.He is also a bystander now, 18, he looks at the two bright red numbers.whose birthday is it.It should be the one in the middle, surrounded by everyone. He has already taken off his school uniform, revealing a T-shirt with a full personality inside. The cream is crisscrossing his face with a smile, making him look very old, but it is also true. happy.

What about his own, Yang Jian couldn't remember at all, maybe he just ate a bowl of noodles cooked by Yang Yuqiu?But Li Li was talking to his younger brother there, which made him have to remember the night when Li Bai became an adult more than two years ago.

After all, it was a big birthday, and no one expected so many people to remember it. The boss didn't make a shift for Li Bai, but several colleagues called. Luo Pingan also called, and Yang Yuqiu also called. , but Li Bai refused to go out, he only agreed to be with Yang Jian, only two people together.

Yang Jian clearly remembered that he still dragged him out of the house, took him shopping to buy new clothes, watched a drama that was not sold out in advance, bought cakes, ate at the newly opened Pizza Hut, and finally had a drink Drinking, just spend it without anything new, go home as soon as the sun goes down, and go to bed early.Still in the old apartment on the ninth floor, Li Bai's face was like a piece of sweaty butter out of the refrigerator, he was about to melt, and he held onto Yang Jian's hand tightly.

"Brother, brother, don't lie to me," that's what Li Bai said at the time, hiding his drunken smiling face into Yang Jian's arms, "These things belong to me, don't they belong to me at dawn?"

Yes.

What is precious?

What else can I lie to you?

How could I not forget it for so long.

Yang Jian closed his eyes, without any warning, he felt a strong frustration, this was a sudden attack - what kind of childish move was blackmailing, to build a shaky city wall, and now countless Li Bai had already climbed up, throwing away I got off the ladder and I'm not going to go anymore.

Brother, Ewedihalehu, I am really happy, these countless Li Bais are all over his body, pressing him, and talking to him.

Wake up, he said to himself.

Yang Jian forced himself to open his eyes, he turned his eyes back to Li Li, and smiled lightly, not to say that it was not lively.

"what did you just say?"

"It's nothing." Li Li shook her head, but said again, "It's just like that, when you were looking at something very intently," her smile deepened, "It always makes people think that you are... elegant and refined? Independent from the world? No, I just feel that you are not from this world."

Hyperbolic adjectives are at it again.

Just in a daze, Yang Jian wanted to say.The beef was scalded by the slate, Yang Jian looked at it with no interest.Learned from one person.He couldn't say that.