11 years later.

November.

s city.

The winter of this year is relatively cold. At the end of November, the temperature has dropped below ten degrees. There are many ginkgo trees planted all over the city. The leaves of the ginkgo trees are golden and fall in the cold wind.

The sun was shining today, but it was still cold.

People who are afraid of the cold on the street put on down jackets.

Yan Ran worked in a well-known group company in S City. He joined this company when he just graduated from graduate school. He was directly hired by the company's headquarters finance department because of his excellence.

The company's system stipulates that the newly hired employees of the finance department must go to the branch to exercise. Because Yan Ran is very good, he didn't need to go to the branch, but he applied for it by himself and still went to the branch in Guizhou for a while. After more than a year, he was transferred back to the company headquarters.

In the past few years, he has been promoted step by step, and was promoted to the deputy director of the finance department two weeks ago.

But let Yan Ran evaluate himself, he doesn't feel that he has enough ability and contribution to be promoted to the deputy director. He thinks that he can be promoted, not other colleagues who are older and more experienced than him. First, he is a man, second, he has a postgraduate degree, third, he is not married and has no family, and he can travel and work overtime whenever he is called, whether it is going to the company's product base in the deep mountains, or running a bank with many girls And the tax office, both have many advantages.

Because he felt that his promotion was unreasonable and arrogant, after Yan Ran was promoted, he first invited all the colleagues in the department to eat in the restaurant, and then invited several close colleagues and the department's top leader Zhu to bring his family to his house to play and cook at home. meal.

Yan Ran's parents have at least five or six large and small houses in S City, and the location and layout are very good. The most expensive house has a market price of more than [-] million.But these houses have nothing to do with Yan Ran.

After his grandma passed away, Yan Ran told his parents that he was gay because he did not study for a Ph. D. and was not a university teacher.But after all, he was the only son, so of course he was not beaten to death in the end, but his parents didn't want to talk to Yan Ran afterwards.

Yan Ran did what he said, but he did not study for a Ph. D., and even found a job to work in a prefecture-level city in Guizhou. His parents thought that Yan Ran would continue to develop in Guizhou, because they were reluctant, so they let it go It happened that his mother, Li Mei, had to undergo surgery because of the severe uterine fibroids, so Yan Ran was called home, and the two parties had a gesture of reconciliation.

Although it is said to be a reconciliation, Li Mei and Yan Tianhua both said that unless Yan Ran gets married and has children, they will not give him a penny of the family property.

Yan Ran had no choice but to adopt the method he had been using to get along with his parents since he was born - what you say is your business, I will do whatever I want but I will not tell you.

Yan Ran is a machine to save money, because he has no relationship to talk about, so he spends a lot less money, and the three meals in the company cost very little money, and the company requires uniforms, so he even saves money on clothes So, after he went to work for two years, he saved enough down payment to mortgage a house in the south of the city. The house was only about 60 square meters, and it was designed as three bedrooms and one living room. small enough.After Yan Ran got the house, he only did some simple renovations and rented out the house, and he still rents a house near the company.

His parents didn't know that Yan Ran had bought a house of his own a long time ago, and thought that he had been poor all the time. Although he hated his son for being "very disobedient", they were also reluctant to let his son suffer too much, so the old couple thought together and felt that he was still poor. The son should be given a house, so that they can live together conveniently when they visit their son. Otherwise, the house Yan Ran rents is shared with others, and every time the two visit their son, they can only take one look and leave. Not being able to live together makes me feel bad.

Yan Ran has been domesticated by his parents and learned how to get along with them. He just didn’t want his parents to stay for many days when they came to see him, so he rented a house with others. Now his parents asked him to move to the big house at home. Naturally, Yan Ran was unwilling.If he moves to live in the big house of his family, first, his parents will say "you live in our house", the economic base determines the superstructure, and he doesn't want to be affected by this; second, his parents will force him to go on a blind date, even if he says In order to like a man, I still force him to go on a blind date. Yan Ran is naturally non-violent and non-cooperative. I will play with my mobile phone and not listen to what you say.These two points made Yan Ran refuse to live in the family house.

But Yan Ran couldn't directly tell the reasons why these parents would be furious, so he said, "Those houses are too far away from my company, and I often have to work overtime, so it's inconvenient to live too far away."

Li Mei and Yan Tianhua had nothing to do with Yan Ran, so they said, "How much money do you have?"

When Yan Ran heard that the two of them wanted to liquidate their assets, she immediately said, "I have no money. Our company's salary is not high, and I still have to pay rent, food and clothing."

Li Mei, "I can save tens of thousands, no matter what?"

Yan Ran said, "Really not, ordinary human relations also cost money. My classmates and friends, who have been rushing to get married and have children in recent years, now have to send 1000 to [-]. How can I save money?"

Both Li Mei and Yan Tianhua were speechless to their son.

Finally, Li Mei said, "Okay, your dad and I will pay for a second-hand house next to your company, and you can live in it after a little adjustment."

Yan Ran "..." His parents suddenly released this kind of kindness, which caught Yan Ran off guard. He thought for a while and asked, "Is it writing my name?"

City S has already restricted purchases this year, only allowing people with household registration in the city and paying social insurance for more than two years to buy houses in this city, but there is no restriction on purchases. One person can only buy a few houses.Yan Ran's parents moved their household registration to City S a few years ago, so this purchase restriction policy cannot restrict the two of them from continuing to hold real estate in City S for the time being.

Li Mei was going to be annoyed by her son, "If you don't write your name, can't you keep going?"

Yan Ran thought, that's exactly what happened.

When he was a child, he saved so much New Year's pocket money with Li Mei, and wanted to use it. When he was not yet an adult, Li Mei said, "It's not a serious business, so how can I spend this money?" and didn't give him the money.When he became an adult, Li Mei said, "Lend me and your dad to buy a house." After a while, it changed to "Save it for you to marry a wife and give a bride price." The pocket money from the New Year's money when I was a child is gone.The inheritance left to him by his grandma clearly stated that it was all for him, but in the end it also became "I will give it to you when you get married and have children." "If your grandma knew you were so disobedient, she wouldn't give you a penny."

Yan Ran thought about it for a while, and felt that the money he had left with his parents was enough for this house, so he said, "Yes. If you don't write my name, I will live there without a sense of belonging."

Li Mei and Yan Tianhua were annoyed by their sons, but in the end they bought the house, and it was indeed Yan Ran who followed the whole process, and the final property rights indeed belonged to Yan Ran.

Yan Ran's house is about 80 square meters. His company's headquarters is located in a remote place, and the house price is not high. A house only has this money.

When Yan Ran invites his colleagues to dinner in this house this time, it is not only to thank the colleagues for their support and leadership promotion for his promotion, but also to celebrate the housewarming.

Yan Ran didn't have a car, and didn't work overtime that day. After getting off work normally at 10 o'clock in the evening, he walked home. It took about three to four [-] minutes to get home, just in time to complete the company's "Ten Thousand Steps Covenant" activity.

Not in the center of the city, the air is much better. At this time, the street lights on both sides of the road have been turned on. Looking up, the sky after the sunset has faded is blue, and the ginkgo leaves are more golden and clear against the blue.

Yan Ran took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of ginkgo trees.

There was a photo with a particularly good effect. After thinking about it, Yan Ran set this photo as the phone screen saver.

He went into the phone album to look again, and there was an old photo in the folder. The photo was taken many years ago, and the pixels were not too high, so it looked old-fashioned, but the boy in the photo was always young , the sunshine, confidence and tenderness between the brows will not change over the years.

Yan Ran closed the album.

He knew that those "unchangeable" thoughts just now were just his own fantasies. In fact, the world is changing all the time, and people are the same. In this world, there will never be constant things, even neutrons and protons. , electrons will decay.

Yan Ran put his mobile phone into his coat pocket, and every time he took a breath, he could see the white air produced by the condensed cold air and exhaled water vapor.

big liar!

Yan Ran thought in her heart.

As Xiao Zichong said, he will always be Xiao Zichong's best friend, and neither of them can forget their feelings for each other.

In fact, it can't be done at all.

When I was in high school, my circle was too small. Apart from studying, I just ate and slept every day. I didn’t need or have the opportunity to contact people other than my classmates and family members. The things I encountered couldn’t be complicated. At that time, I always felt that the people around me The world is the whole world, and the feelings for the people around you will never change.

At that time, I was so innocent, I didn't know how big the world was, and how many people there were in it.

After work, I have traveled more places and met more people, and I will understand that the circle in school is really too small, but I will also understand that the more people I know, the more people I can trust and entrust my feelings to. less.

Yan Ran thought, I, a person who has been wandering around S City, still think so. Like Xiao Zichong, I participated in many activities when I was in college, visited many countries, and met more people when I went to graduate school and worked. all over the world.The world he sees is so big, and he meets so many people, he must have forgotten what he said in high school long ago, and maybe even think that he was really stupid and naive back then.

big liar!

I clearly said that we will always be good friends, but in fact, since I went to college, I haven't had much contact with each other at all.

The time with Xiao Zichong, in Yan Ran's heart, is like an eternal flower frozen in crystal glue, always so vivid, right in front of his eyes, but it is impossible to really touch it again.

Yan Ran walked home, because he had already had dinner in the company cafeteria, so he didn't have to cook for himself anymore.

He went to take a shower, turned on the TV, sat on the sofa and watched Hunan Satellite TV while opening the Onmyoji mobile game on his phone.

He didn't have the habit of playing games before, but the group of girlfriends was playing this game, so they asked him to play together. Originally, Yan Ran refused, but unexpectedly, he was forced by his girlfriends to register an account and start drawing cards. I thought, the first time I drew ten cards, I got two SSRs, so everyone explained how lucky he was. He didn't know if he was lured by this so-called good luck, or because he thought that since everyone wanted him to play together so much, Then let him play, and he will start playing the game.I don't play every day, just play when I think of it.

The luck of this account is really good. You can always get good cards by drawing cards. So far, it has been regarded as the Ou Shen account by the girlfriends. Anyone who wants to play this account can just log in.

While listening to the voice on Hunan Satellite TV, Yan Ran clicked on the game from time to time, and at the same time entered the WeChat group of girlfriends to say a few words.In fact, he doesn't speak much in the group, most of the time he just watches other people chatting.

Occasionally not working overtime, such leisure time is very good for Yan Ran.

Switched from the WeChat group to the game again, and suddenly, there was an incoming call on the phone.

When Yan Ran saw who the caller was, he was taken aback, then became very nervous, quit the game and WeChat before answering the call.

"Hello?" Yan Ran tried hard to control her voice, making it sound natural and calm.

"Yan Ran?" It was a clear and calm male voice.

Although Xiao Zichong's voice now has some changes from when he was a boy, Yan Ran still can't tell the difference.Just hearing this voice was enough to make Yan Ran nervous and excited and had to act calm and natural.

"It's me. Xiao Zichong, what's the matter?" Yan Ran pretended to be indifferent.

"Uh, it's like this. I happened to be back in City S, and I want to ask you out for dinner. Are you free?"

"!!!!" Yan Ran's mind seemed to explode like gorgeous fireworks.In fact, Xiao Zichong also invited him to dinner when he returned to S city before, but only once.This time, it was not a special invitation.

"I... I've already eaten." Yan Ran replied, and after replying, he realized that he was such an idiot, so he hurriedly corrected, "Where are you now?"

Xiao Zichong "I just got off the plane."

Yan Ran: "Well, I live not far from the airport now, would you like to come to my place for dinner? There is also a hotel here." Although the hotel is not very good.

Xiao Zichong seemed to laugh, "Okay."

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