Chapter 1: The Last Meeting
In the golden autumn of October, there are many joys and sorrows, joy is because the new students have come to their favorite colleges and universities as they wish, and sorrow is that we, the old fritters in the academic world, are about to leave the school.
We have to make way for the new students, the so-called back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves!
After dinner, we came to a small bar, Time Bar.
This is a small literary bar, there is no energetic music here, only folk songs and small fresh music.
The boss is a graduate of our school, that is, our senior.
As a student of the Institute of Technology, you should be familiar with this small bar, because the Gu here is basically a student of this college.
There's a lot of stories about us here.
Walking into the bar, it is very comfortable, it is still the old location, and the innermost box is slightly cleaner than the outside.
The cell phone on the table rings.
Yes.
It's time to call.
"Hey, where are you?"
When he said to the door, I got up and went to the door to pick him up, his skin was a little dark, and his height of 170 was quite average in the city, very thin.
He is my good friend - Xiao Mu. He interviewed today, and I happened to be too, so I wasn't with him.
Maybe it's because of the interview just today, I feel that he is much more handsome, and he looks a little tired in the dim light.
"How was the interview, how did you feel about today?" I asked curiously.
Xiao Mu was silent for a long time, lit the cigarette in his hand, raised his head and spit out the smoke ring into the light, and then slowly replied to me, "It's okay, but there are a lot of competitors, there are dozens of people, I don't know if I can enter." ”
He was interviewing a veteran state-owned enterprise in his hometown, backed by the top three listed companies in the province, and the competition must have been fierce, and I could feel that he was under a lot of pressure at that time.
I pressed on. "Then how sure do you think you are, or how likely are you going to get in?"
"It's okay, the interviewer is my fellow countryman, although I don't know her, she said that she thinks I'm okay, she looks more able to endure hardships, and I'm quite satisfied with my grades. ”
Hearing him say this, I feel happy for him in my heart, not to mention that I can pass the interview 100%, but at least my impression of him should be good.
"Come, brother, let's have a drink, no matter how hard you work, you can fight, just follow the fate if you don't get in or not!"
I thought he would take a sip, but he lifted his glass and took a sip of it, and it was all dry.
"Xiao Mu, can you drink it slowly, although it is beer, you will get drunk if you drink too hard!"
"It's good to be drunk, you don't have to think about anything when you're drunk, you can sleep quietly, what's wrong with that?"
I didn't know how to answer him, so I chose to be silent.
Cigarettes are smoked one after another, and wine is glass after glass, this is not the Xiao Mu I usually see, he probably has something more uncomfortable than work problems in his heart!
I saw that this was not right, so I took a sieve and playing cards with my boss and played a game to slow down the drinking.
"Why don't we play with the sieve and take a break?"
Xiao Mu said: "Hey, I can't see clearly after playing this sieve, let's play cards, the cards are more reliable, just play the fantasy three batches, what do you think?"
Everyone agreed, perhaps accommodating him.
After playing for about two or three hours, I was slightly drunk, and I felt that everyone was a little upset. But everyone has no intention of leaving, everyone has more or less worries or pressures, and I don't know if there will be a next time after this reunion, so everyone is reluctant to go.
"Boss, get us two more V8s, your wine seems to be a bit fake tonight, and you can't get drunk no matter how you drink it." I vaguely heard Xiao Mu's voice, and when I turned my head, I saw that it was right.
The boss didn't get angry when he heard Xiao Mu's words, but replied with humor, "Definitely, I must be selling fake wine this season! ”
After saying that, the two laughed, it seems that the relationship between Xiao Mu and the boss is still okay, this kid never has to worry about him having conflicts with others, he is indeed inferior to him.
drank another one, and Xiao Mu estimated that he was on top at this time.
He beckoned me to come over, and of course I couldn't refuse as a friend, and I was happy to sit down.
I looked at him and asked, "What's the matter, hit the street, what are you calling me to come over?" ”
He handed me a cigarette and lit another one himself, "You say, why can't most people escape the stalk of graduation season and breakup season?"
I now understand that he broke up with his girlfriend.
"What, you broke up?"
"Well, in the afternoon, on the way back from the interview, she texted me, and she said it wasn't suitable. ”
After saying that, he showed me the phone, and sure enough, he didn't lie to me.
I was silent again, I didn't know how to comfort him, the problems caused by graduation had already caused him trouble, and now it was okay, and my girlfriend dumped him.
He said: "He has fantasized about their future, he has fantasized about what kind of life he is going to give her, he has fantasized about how to manage the long-distance relationship they are about to face. ”
But the ending is always so unsatisfactory, and everything comes to naught.
After saying that, he picked up the wine glass, another big one.
It's not too early, and I see that everyone has drunk about the same, so I hurriedly settled the bill, and by the way, I also said goodbye to the boss.
Late night city vehicles are scarce, and occasionally encounter a few drunken classmates.
I don't know if it's autumn or because of drinking, the breeze is a little cool, walking in the huge campus, it is very quiet, and occasionally there are a few cricket sounds.
Xiao Mu and I walked quickly, leaving only the dim shadow of the street lamp.
When he arrived downstairs in the dormitory, Xiao Mu suddenly stopped.
"Why don't we go sit on the side of the football field?"
I glanced at Xiao Mu, and through the faint light, I could see that he was still sad in Xiao Mu's eyes, maybe his heart should be like a knife in his heart at this moment.
"Let's go, brother, there are not many opportunities to go crazy with you. ”
For so long, Xiao Mu has always been a very sunny existence in my eyes, smiling at life every day, and I have never seen him so negative and sad.
Then, Xiao Mu and I came to the lawn next to the school's football field, and we had a terrible headache, so we lay down.
We were silent, I didn't know what to say.
Maybe he has been brewing for a long time, "Brother, I'm so tired, both physically and internally, I'm really tired, I don't know how much blow I can bear, I don't know how long I can last." ”
……
As he spoke, he completely collapsed, and a big boy actually cried out, crying with all his might.
"Cry, it's okay, boys need to vent too. "That's the only consolation I have.
He had a shadow in his heart from the beginning, if that hadn't happened at that time, he might not be so uncomfortable now, he had lost too many things, and at the same time, he had endured too much.
He cried and said to me, "I don't know where to start, so I'll start small."
"Tell me, I'm willing to be your listener. ”