Chapter 4: Midlife Crisis

It was originally a consensual interview, but in the end, I was forced to talk about the result of looking at each other.

"Tell me, tell me, I haven't had time to dislike his poor conditions, and he is the first to dislike me for not being able to endure hardship?"

Lin Xiao felt that he had worked so hard for so long and transferred to an industry that he had not been exposed to before, and he could be questioned because of his lack of professional ability, but he could not accept the other party to question his work attitude.

It's the same as facing a rookie who has just left school and has not been beaten by society.

"Past graduates, older social workers are already very pitiful, after so many years of tossing, they have saved a little bit of seniority and experience and the so-called maturity of dealing with others, which can barely boast. As a result, now, he has denied this little thing to me, who can bear it?"

When Xu Yuanhang heard this, he replied without raising his head: "Didn't you say it to others, do you want to find an easier job to rest?"

"Yes," Lin Xiao glared, thought for a while and began to explain with confidence: "Compared with the previous workload, I can go to work at eight o'clock in the morning and go to ten o'clock in the evening, but now from seven o'clock in the evening to one o'clock, it can be said to be an easy job." ”

Xu Yuanhang shrugged his shoulders and said, "You can't count it by how many hours you work." ”

"I know, but that's all I have to say. ”

"At the end of the day, it may just be really inappropriate. Xu Yuanhang thought about it, raised his head and glanced at her, and analyzed seriously: "That boss Huang Lu, it seems that you were also traveling with you before, and I know a lot about your business." The job is decent, the income is good, and there are development prospects, not to mention that you have been doing it for five or six years, and when you are working hard in the rising period, you suddenly change careers to rest, no matter how you think about it, you feel that this thing may not be very reliable. ”

Lin Xiao was rarely silent and didn't say a word, holding his things and continuing to walk out.

Xu Yuanhang's words make sense, not to mention that Huang Lu will have such questions, even herself, when there is only one person left, when she calms down and thinks about it, she can't help but keep asking herself.

Is the result and scene like this really what you want?

When I resigned, I was chivalrous, but when I was actually in the current environment, many of my self-righteous thoughts and firmness gradually began to waver.

She is no longer a recent graduate, and she has countless opportunities to become whoever she wants to be, and who can do everything she wants to do. The work experience she already has is not only a bargaining chip for her to find a job again, but also a ditch to limit her future development.

No one would believe that someone who was on the rise in one industry would suddenly go to the grassroots level of another industry and start all over again. Not to mention, she should now be considered to be of "marriageable age".

What was originally too clear to be unclear has now become a very blank and vague concept.

Even if I don't believe it, I don't believe it myself.

"By the way, have you really thought about it?" After a while, Xu Yuanhang asked again.

"Well, after thinking about it, aren't you still trying to take a big step forward in the interview?" Lin Xiao smiled.

"It's okay, if this doesn't work, then replace the next one, and the anchor is originally eating youth. When I recommended it to you at the time, I didn't think too much about it, I just thought that this job would allow you to slow down, stay at home every day, and don't hold yourself back. Xu Yuanhang paused, smiled and said, "It's really not good, then continue to do the old job, it's good." As far as your reputation is now, you are also at the level of supervisors. ”

Lin Xiao smiled and didn't speak, the higher he went, the more he couldn't look back, otherwise he would only fall farther down.

She didn't want to continue to dwell on this topic, so she casually changed the topic: "By the way, why didn't Qi Ji come, it's not Saturday today?"

Xu Yuanhang has a Hanfu studio, which has been in a relatively niche position in the past few years. Since graduating from college, he has become a little famous in the circle, but the scale has not been large.

It is called a studio, but to be precise, it can only be said to be a place that acts as a warehouse.

Fabrics, blueprints, pattern-making cardboards, and simple photo booths for photo shoots, as well as purchased stock fabrics and finished costumes, are all piled up in one place.

The design drawings are drawn by themselves, the fabrics are bought by themselves, the pattern making and tailoring are handed over to the acquaintance workshop, and the customer service is looking for a part-time job done by a girl who used to play games together, or the kind online.

Fitting and modeling, it is his girlfriend he has talked about since college, Qi Ji.

When everyone wasn't so busy before, she and Xu Yuanhang Qi Ji didn't make an appointment to eat. Later, in the past two years, there has been less contact, and I probably know some. The two of them usually quarrel a lot of times, but their relationship is stable. Today is the day when Xu Yuanhang moved his studio, and there is no reason why Qi Ji will not appear.

Xu Yuanhang's movements stopped almost imperceptibly, turned around with a stack of clothes, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "No, she went to see people taking pictures, it's rare to have good weather today." ”

"Watching people take pictures?" Lin Xiao frowned slightly and asked, "You guys quarreled?"

"No, I don't. Xu Yuanhang didn't look at her either, and continued to buy and pack with his head buried: "I haven't told her about this yet, anyway, the two of us can finish moving, and we can talk to her after we get it done." ”

Lin Xiao was speechless, gave him a thumbs up, and said, "You really can." Moving to the studio is a big deal, you can hold it back, and you are a ruthless person. If I hadn't taken the initiative to ask for help, would you still be planning to move alone?"

Two days ago, Xu Yuanhang suddenly contacted her and asked if she could rent a truck suitable for moving, and Lin Xiao helped contact her. Thinking that the other party would also help him introduce the job, and he didn't give him a follow-up, Lin Xiao took the initiative to suggest that she go to the warehouse to drive the car over, and help by the way.

I didn't think of a place, only Xu Yuanhang was cleaning up alone.

"Not much, I can always move it. ”

Xu Yuanhang's studio does not have many things compared to other shops that make clothing.

Hanfu is rarely in stock, and most stores are group buying pre-sales. In the end, the number of pre-sales will be adjusted to a certain extent, and there will not be too much. The more niche the circle, the faster the trend changes, and even classics must not be available to appear precious.

There isn't a lot of inventory, so things like fabrics and accessories will be a little messy. All that's left is computer equipment, photography equipment, a detachable work desk, and some messy gadgets.

There were almost no big things, and Xu Yuanhang had already disassembled and sorted things out when she came. At most, Lin Xiao is just packing up or taking some small things, and at this rate, it is estimated that it will not take a day to move it.

Mainly on the side of the new studio, it is more cumbersome and troublesome to assemble and locate, and it should not be finished in two days.

"Well, then you don't need to refer to her intention for the placement and decoration of your new studio......" Before Lin Xiao finished speaking, Xu Yuanhang had already turned around and went out. She looked at the other party's back as she left with some confusion, and looked around to make sure there were no traces of a fight at the scene.

Qi Ji and Xu Yuanhang met when they played games in college, and at that time, Hanfu was still too niche to be niche, and there were quite few enthusiasts, which was not at all like the phenomenon of college clubs grabbing a lot now.

Hobbies are niche and unified, and they can play games together, and the two have come together as a matter of course.

From online to offline.

Both of them belong to the type of wind and fire, and in reality they have never been interested in falling in love. But when they meet each other, it's like Mars hitting the earth and thunder and stirring the earth.

Online dating for two months, running out when everyone around is not optimistic. The last road went smoothly and came to the present.

After graduating from university, Xu Yuanhang started a business to make Hanfu, and Qi Ji came to Xu Yuanhang as a model after work.

It can be regarded as a short story in the circle.

But I didn't expect that now I didn't even let Qi Ji know about such a big thing as moving the studio.

"I'm sure there's nothing missing. Lin Xiao watched Xu Yuanhang come down from the upper floor and reconfirmed.

"No," Xu Yuanhang smiled a little reluctantly, in addition to pulling the corners of his mouth: "The place itself is so big, after cleaning, you can see clearly where there are threads." ”

"Just don't miss it. ”

"Hey, you borrowed this truck from Wang Dong? It's quite suitable, and you can put down the big ones. Xu Yuanhang stepped forward and slapped the truck headlights.

"Yes, you can only find a suitable pickup truck at the warehouse, the others are too big. Hey, no," Lin Xiao looked at him and said, "This car has been parked here for nearly a day, and you just found it familiar." ”

Xu Yuanhang laughed twice, didn't speak, and went directly to the driver's seat. I got on it and got familiar with the situation of getting off the bus, and sighed: "When you first said that you would drive me over, I was still startled, thinking that you had nothing to do and went to learn to drive a truck." ”

Lin Xiao smiled: "It's not like that, there are too many professionals in the truck, and it won't be my turn to drive." ”

It's just that she has carefully learned about other related things, such as hooking, sketching, coloring, and even weaving.

At that time, I just went to work, I was not so busy, and I always couldn't surpass those experienced masters in arguing about orders, so I thought about it. Even if you can't argue all the time, you won't be confused by those obscure and unpopular professional words in the first round.

Over the past few years, she has learned a lot of things, but now they don't seem to be very useful.

Lin Xiao sighed, and when the car drove out of the community, she found that the other party's eyes had been on the rearview mirror.

There, there are residential buildings that are getting farther and farther away.

This place is the place that Xu Yuanhang and Qi Ji chose when they traveled all over the urban and rural communities. It's not much luxury, but it's better than the convenience of life, and there are several small restaurants downstairs.

A Chongqing small noodle and a Wuhan hot dry noodle happen to be the taste of the two people's hometown.

Here, the two people's lives, work, and hometown are closely linked.

Now, he left so quietly.

In a hurry, he didn't even dare to look back openly.

"Huh," Lin Xiao saw Xu Yuanhang's somewhat reddened eyes through the rearview mirror, patted the chair to make the other party come back to his senses and drive seriously, and asked half-jokingly: "Why do you look like you want to hide from debts? You won't fall out with Qi Ji and owe her money, right?"

Xu Yuanhang was speechless by her tone of being ready to take out the phone to call the police, and looked ahead without squinting, and his voice was a little soft: "No, I don't owe her money." ”

"That's a debt, move away so quietly, how can you explain to her later?" Lin Xiao looked at his face, thought about it and said, "Or do you want to prepare any surprise for her?" I advise you not to go too far, this kind of thing can easily become frightened in the end, and girls are also very annoyed by this. ”

"I don't know. Xu Yuanhang was silent after saying this, and Lin Xiao could only shut up in a sneer. After a while, he persuaded again: "I don't understand that you are in love, even if you quarrel, you have to have a degree, you have been together for so many years......"

"Qi Ji and I," Xu Yuanhang suddenly spoke, "We broke up." ”

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously hummed and didn't know what to say.

The concern between her and the other party is limited to this, and it is a bit out of bounds to talk about it more.

I thought that a few years had passed, and it was just a passing time, and everyone began to learn to compromise with the world, becoming more and more mature, and the mentality was getting better and better, and there would be no more big storms caused by the initiative. But I didn't expect that there are a lot of passive variables.

The van turned, leaving the somewhat old house completely out of sight.

Lin Xiao looked ahead, and suddenly felt as if he was in the end of the world.

Xu Yuanhang and his girlfriend, who have been in love for many years, broke up quietly and moved quietly.

She originally thought that she could stay in the company for a lifetime, and fought for a lifetime of career, and she did not leave in a glorious way.

It seems that he suddenly fell into the crowd of noisy people, extremely embarrassed, pushed forward by the crowd, and then melted into the crowd with a disgraced face, and fled from the originally glorious past with a disgraced face.

With this perception comes an invisible pressure that overwhelms people.

Maybe they all entered the midlife crisis ahead of schedule.

Lin Xiao thought about it like this, and only after arriving at the destination did he come back to his senses.

The car stopped downstairs, and the two sat quietly for a while before Xu Yuanhang finally spoke: "It's here." ”

"It's pretty fast. Lin Xiao lowered the window and glanced to the side.

This place is no different from when I came to the interview a few days ago, and it is still so shabby.

"Well, get out of the car. After Xu Yuanhang finished speaking, he opened the car door and jumped out first.

After tossing for a day, now the sky has begun to darken, and the lights of the surrounding residents have been turned on one after another, but the corridor is still dark.

"Take the key," Lin Xiao greeted Xu Yuanhang, who was still standing in a daze, and said, "I'll go up and have a look first?"

Xu Yuanhang lit a cigarette and handed over the key.

It was at this time that Lin Xiao discovered that the residential buildings in this area looked inconspicuous and not tall, but they were actually elevators. It's just that the last time he came, there were a lot of things blocked at the elevator door, and he didn't even find it.

With the elevator, it is much easier to move things. Xu Yuanhang didn't need her help to put it away, just stuff it into it after taking it out of the car

When he came out of the elevator, Lin Xiao subconsciously glanced at the position of the window sill. The ashtray I saw last time is sitting there safely.

Almost, she'll come here to work.

Whether she thinks it's fresh and interesting, or disappointed and embarrassed, it has nothing to do with her now.

When I was younger, I felt like the people around me were always around. When you enter the society, you will realize that a person can come into contact with many, many people every day, but almost all of them will disappear into their lives forever after passing by.

When he was busy with work, Lin Xiao was quite disdainful when he heard this kind of argument, sneered, and said, "Come on, I turn on my phone every day now, and it is overwhelming with messages from guests, colleagues, and suppliers, and I can't cope with it anymore." I don't have to make noise and firecrackers to celebrate their absence, it's all because I'm lively and cheerful, and I have to feel sorry for it, which is ridiculous. ”

But what about now?

When detached from those things, Lin Xiao had to admit that he was indeed a little lost.

"Okay, I'll ...... first" Lin Xiao and Xu Yuanhang said hello, and just as they were about to go downstairs and leave, the door on the opposite side creaked open, and Huang Lu, who was holding a cigarette, walked out of it.

Lin Xiao stopped abruptly halfway through his words, staring at the other party.

Huang Lu just looked at her and raised his eyebrows.

The atmosphere became extremely awkward for a while.

Just when Lin Xiao felt that he should say something to alleviate the current atmosphere of being too silent, there was a dingdong next to him, the elevator door opened, and a young girl dressed quite fashionably walked out.

is so young that the word immaturity seems to be written on his face.

The girl first saw Lin Xiao, who was standing closer, and politely bent the corners of her mouth at her. When his eyes fell on Huang Lu, his tone was obviously surprised: "Hey, Mr. Huang, are you here, smoking again?"

Mr. Huang......

Lin Xiao shuddered involuntarily, the man in front of him who was unkempt and smoking like 258,000 yuan, looked horizontally and vertically, and felt that he couldn't match anything.

Huang Lu noticed the subtle expression on Lin Xiao's face, and his original impatience was even worse, and by the way, he was a little embarrassed.

"Don't smoke and set fire here?" Huang Lu said with obvious impatience, and after lowering his head and lighting a cigarette, he raised his chin and glanced at the other party: "There is something to say." ”

People's appearance has always been the first business card, and I have to admit that people who are kind and good-looking usually get more courtesy than others.

The girl is estimated to be a rare encounter with this kind of man, who doesn't understand any amorous expression as if he is owed 2580000 yuan, especially when other women are present, she immediately got off the stage with some embarrassment. I had to say a little sneeringly: "Mr. Cheng said, let me borrow the face sheet." ”

"No, borrow!" Huang Lu said word by word very firmly, after speaking, he glanced at Lin Xiao, turned around and closed the door with a "bang".