Qiao Mingyue secretly thought that she must not let her mother know that she had moved out, otherwise she would inevitably expose the fact that she lived with Guan Shan.

Li Cuizhi said this, she didn't know how to refute, she thought about it for a long time and secretly sent a message to Peng Ji.

Fortunately, Peng Ji hadn't gone out at the moment, and after understanding the situation, he packed up the things he had put everywhere, those things that looked like men's use, and put the key under the carpet at the door before going out.

Qiao Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

Li Cuizhi had been here before, and after arriving, she was familiar with the way and went upstairs directly.

After Peng Ji moved in, there were no major changes in the settings in the house, men's things were relatively simple, and Peng Ji loved to be clean, unlike other single men, the house was messy.

Walking into the house, it was even more empty than when Qiao Mingyue lived alone before.

Li Cuizhi sat on the sofa and said, "I just came, in fact, there is nothing else, I think that your brother must be unaccustomed to leaving home for the first time, and brought some things from home to him." ”

Qiao Mingyue hummed softly, it was by the way to bring something to Qiao Xuyang, more, maybe she wanted to help him celebrate his birthday?

Qiao Xuyang has grown so big, she has never left Li Cuizhi's side, in the past, Qiao Xuyang would definitely have a big table of meals on her birthday, Qiao Xuyang was not at home, she was alone in her hometown, she must not be able to sit still.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would come to City C to celebrate his birthday.

Obviously, he came with such a purpose, and told her that he was just to send some souvenirs.

Are you afraid that her eyes will be red?

Or are you afraid that she will feel sad?

Qiao Mingyue has long been accustomed to Li Cuizhi, but fortunately, Qiao Xuyang has always been very close to her.

Li Cuizhi prefers Qiao Xuyang, she feels that it doesn't matter.

She smiled faintly and said, "The first time I left home to live alone, I will definitely be a little unaccustomed, you wait for me here, and I will pick him up." ”

Li Cuizhi nodded again and again: "Okay-you go, go and come back quickly." ”

Qiao Mingyue got up, Li Cuizhi was here alone, she was a little uneasy, she said, "Let's go catch the car before dawn, right? If you are sleepy, you can rest for a while." ”

Li Cuizhi said: "Don't be tired, don't be tired, you go and take it." ”

Walking to the door, Qiao Mingyue paused and turned back, wanting to remind her not to rummage through the cabinet, but after thinking about it, wouldn't it become three hundred taels of silver here?

She thought about it, if Li Cuizhi really opened the cabinet and saw the man's things, she would find a way to deal with it when the time came.

Temporarily stabilizing Li Cuizhi, Qiao Mingyue made another difficulty.

I made several calls to Qiao Xuyang in the morning, but I didn't answer any of them, and finally turned off the phone directly.

Qiao Xuyang and Zhou Xiaopang were told to count their salaries and leave, originally thinking that since the manager did not deduct their wages, at least he would not embarrass them too much, let them live in the dormitory temporarily, or at least give them a transition period of two or three days.

As a result, when they returned to the dormitory, Qiao Xuyang and Zhou Xiaopang threw all their belongings into the corridor.

Zhou Xiaopang said angrily: "You dare to throw our things! Let's go, settle accounts with them!"

Qiao Xuyang stuffed his things into the box and said, "It's good to be able to settle the salary, forget it." ”

Zhou Xiaopang said: "I can't look down on that little salary! But I can't bear to throw my things out!"

Qiao Xuyang said: "Considering these, it is better to hurry up and find a job, otherwise we will sleep on the streets." ”

Zhou Xiaopang didn't have a box, just a big backpack, and all the things were stuffed into the bag like pickles and resisted on his shoulder: "What are you afraid of?

One or two went downstairs, and Zhou Xiaopang called the so-called brother.

As soon as he heard that he was asked to introduce the work, the brother said, "I'm sorry! The recruitment is just full, and I will contact you next time I recruit people!"

Without waiting for Zhou Xiaopang to speak, he hung up the phone.

Zhou Xiaopang's face was embarrassed, and he scolded into the phone: "Rely on, what kind of person! When Lao Tzu invited him to drink, he dared to brag about any cowhide, and now he actually came with me to do this!"

Qiao Xuyang pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Zhou Xiaopang smiled and said, "Wait for me, and make another call." ”

Ten minutes later, Zhou Xiaopang threw his backpack on the road and scolded: "It's all bastards!

He didn't know that everyone at the wine table was giggling, but in fact, they were just saying two words, and when it was really needed, these people had their own difficulties.

This world is like this, the stronger you are, the more people around you tend to be inflammatory, and you are meeting that sentence: there have never been people who have icing on the cake, but no one has ever sent charcoal in the snow.

Qiao Xuyang has only had his mother and sister in his life since he remembered.

His mother is not very capable, and his sister has been away from home since high school.

Although they are all very good to him, whether it is at home or at school, they seem to be telling him everywhere that people in this world have always been three, six, nine and so on, and his family is poor, and he will always be the one who does not enter the stream.

Even because of his annoying mother, even the school teachers didn't want to look at him more.

At this moment, they are not worthy of those friends who send carbon in the snow.

He picked up Zhou Xiaopang's bag and carried it in his hand and walked forward.

Zhou Xiaopang caught up from behind and asked, "Where are you going?"

After that, he grabbed the bag and carried it himself.

Qiao Xuyang smiled: "It's my birthday today, please make a meal!"

Zhou Xiaopang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, you kid, you don't have to say more than one birthday celebration, I didn't say it until now!"

Qiao Xuyang habitually took out his mobile phone - the screen that turned off and darkened made him a little stunned.

He looked up and asked Zhou Xiaopang: "You are familiar with this area, think about it, where are we going to eat!"

Zhou Xiaopang looked around and pointed to a cake shop not far in front of him: "I want to eat cake for my birthday! What else can I pinch for my birthday?"

Birthday cake?

Qiao Xuyang was stunned for a moment, he had a birthday, and he really hadn't eaten cake.

Li Cuizhi felt that the birthday cake was a waste of money, every time it was a table of vegetables, meat and vegetables, and he didn't have any friends at school, let alone a birthday party.

He didn't care much about these formalisms, but when Zhou Xiaopang said that he wanted to eat cake for his birthday, a soft string trembled faintly in his heart.

Walking into the cake shop, looking at the various cakes, Qiao Xuyang still didn't feel much.

Zhou Xiaopang pointed to a fruit cake and said, "This, this!

Qiao Xuyang pursed his lips and did not respond.

The little girl at the front desk saw that the two of them had chosen for a long time, and she didn't decide which one to want, and asked with a smile: "What kind of cake do you want?"

Zhou Xiaopang poked Qiao Xuyang with his elbow: "What do you like?"

Qiao Xuyang didn't know what he liked, so he asked the little sister at the front desk, "What's delicious?"

The cake girl sneered: "Of course it's delicious!"

Qiao Xuyang's face flushed slightly, and he changed his words: "Then which one sells better?"

The cake girl said, "So you asked this." ”

She pointed to the promotional picture standing on the counter and said, "This, the ice cream cake, is fashionable and beautiful, and it is the sales champion of our store." ”

He pointed to the picture and asked the teller, "How much is this?"

The cake girl said: "It depends on a few of you to eat, the picture is six inches, if you have many friends, you may have to change to a bigger one, the price will be more expensive." ”

The cake in the picture looks a little bigger than a palm, about the size of an ordinary dish, and he asks Zhou Xiaopang, "Is it enough to eat?"

Zhou Xiaopang pursed his lips and thought for a moment, and said, "Why don't we have a big one?"

Qiao Xuyang didn't understand, nodded and said to the cake girl, "Come on a big one." ”

"Okay!" the cake girl replied, turning to take the cake out of the freezer.

The six-inch birthday cake was replaced with an eight-inch one, which was bigger.

After the cake was packed, the cake girl stuffed several ice packs into it.

The two bought the cake and didn't go far, just next to a square, the steps were directly connected to the sidewalk on the side of the road, they walked over, sat on the steps, and watched the traffic on the road, which was also a special taste.

At this time, the city lights are gradually rising, and the car lights are also like stars, dotting this fading twilight.

They opened the cake box, Zhou Xiaopang asked for thin candles one by one, just eighteen, he said, the most important link is to blow the candle to make a wish, this kind of thin candle has more feeling than digital candles.

I thought that eating a cake on my birthday and blowing out a candle to make a wish would also be regarded as a perfect ending to this sore day.

Ice cream cake can't fit into a thin candle at all!

Qiao Xuyang looked at Zhou Xiaopang with a confused expression, and Zhou Xiaopang smiled embarrassedly: "Don't count on me, I haven't eaten ice cream cake either." ”

It stands to reason that the ice cream cake should be soft and sweet, how can it be as hard as a slate...... Qiao Xuyang said: "Do you have to wait for it to melt?"

Zhou Xiaopang said: "Silly X, can you still eat it after you release it?" You wait, I'll take a look at Baidu." ”

"The ice cream cake that I just took out has to be left at room temperature for half an hour to soften before it can be cut. ”

Just as he was taking out his mobile phone, before he opened Baidu, a woman's voice suddenly came from above the heads of the two.

The two looked up in surprise.

So beautiful, so temperamental, so beautiful!

This was Zhou Xiaopang's feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help but look straight in his eyes.

Zhou Xiaopang is not very old and has no girlfriend, but he likes to look at beautiful women, he usually works in restaurants, and he sees many beautiful women, so he thinks that there are few women who can enter his eyes.

This, except for his age, is in his eyes.

Qiao Xuyang was also stunned, he nodded blankly and said, "Thank you." ”

The woman was wearing a black chiffon shirt, a knee-length hip-length skirt, the shirt was meticulously tied into the skirt, and the stiletto heels, she looked like a - Qiao Xuyang thought about it for a long time, and felt like a senior white-collar worker.

She is most likely a white-collar worker who works nearby and passes by.

The woman stroked her long hair with her fingers and said with a smile: "That's it for your birthday?"

Qiao Xuyang nodded.

The woman said, "How old?"

Qiao Xuyang said: "Eighteen." ”

The woman smiled again, and like them, sat on the steps, and took off her hatred.

She couldn't remember how long it had been since she had been like this.

In front of people, she will always be the unapproachable and high-minded female devil, her words and deeds must be a perfect model, there are too many pairs of eyes staring at her, all waiting for her to make mistakes, and look at her jokes.

She had asked someone to eat, but the man told her that he would confess to her later, so she simply released the man's pigeon.

But she was afraid to go home.

It's a big family, and there are a lot of people, but it's like hell, and all of them are smiling and hiding knives.

The car drove very slowly, and from the intersection, she saw the two boys, with their luggage and cakes, walking all the way to the square.

Birthday cake, the obsession in her heart.

She didn't have a mother, she remembered that when she was very young, she had her own birthday, and she didn't have a birthday cake, so she was especially eager to eat cake on her birthday.

However, her stepmother refused to give her money on the grounds that the child did not need pocket money, and she saved for a long time before she squeezed out the money from between her teeth, and secretly bought a birthday cake on her birthday, intending to wait for her brother to come back from cram school and eat it together.

As a result, her brother came back and she went to the fridge to find the cake.

The cake is gone...... She knew that it was her stepmother's son and her half-brother who had stolen it, and she angrily wanted to go to him to settle the score.

As a result, as soon as she pushed open the kitchen door, a plate of birthday cake greeted her and smashed it in her face.

The cream of the birthday cake covered her nose and eyes, and she could smell the sweetness of the cream of the birthday cake, but the stepmother's son, with his piercing screeching smile, became a nightmare that accompanied her every birthday in the future.

Since then, she never wanted to eat a birthday cake again and never ate it again.

These two boys, with luggage, must not be easy to live.

But in such an uncomfortable situation, they still have to give a birthday ceremony.

She felt that they were braver than she was back then.

She said, "I envy you. ”

Zhou Xiaopang showed a surprised expression: "Sister, don't be joking! You Bai Fumei, will envy us like this?"

Qiao Xuyang also said: "What do you envy?"

She smiled to herself and shook her head, this world is so fantastic.

Everyone pursues what others yearn for, and hates what they have.

She looked at the cake and said, "Almost, try again?"

Sure enough, those thin candles fit easily into the cake.

Zhou Xiaopang took out a lighter and prepared to put all the candles on.

As soon as the lighter was fired, a gust of wind blew through and went out again.

He raised his head and said to Qiao Xuyang and the woman, "Come, you sit closer and block the wind for me." ”

The woman said, "You're afraid you won't be able to click, come with me." ”

Zhou Xiaopang was holding the cake, and Qiao Xuyang was holding their luggage and followed the woman.

Qiao Xuyang asked, "Where to go?"

The woman didn't answer or look back, but walked to the side of the road, next to a Cayenne parked.

Zhou Xiaopang exaggeratedly shouted: "Wow!

Such a luxury car, seen on the road before, can make him marvel for a long time, but he didn't expect that one day, he can sit in it.

A woman who has always been mean to others, she wants to be sprinkled with gentle water today, Zhou Xiaopang took a selfie in her car, Qiao Xuyang looked around in her car curiously, she was not angry at all.

She just sat quietly like that, looking at them, like a treasure, her clear eyes swept every corner of the car.

Qiao Xuyang made a wish on the birthday cake, cut a large piece, and stuffed it into the woman's hand.

Qiao Xuyang and Zhou Xiaopang got out of the car, and through the open window, Qiao Xuyang said to her: "I know that you women love beauty and must not want to eat ice cream, and my sister is too, afraid of fat, but it doesn't matter if you eat it once in a while, you must eat it." ”

She glanced at the sliced ice cream cake in her hand and smiled and nodded.

When you meet in Pingshui, you don't need to ask each other what their names are.

Zhou Xiaopang sighed: "Tsk, such a woman is older than us, otherwise it must be great to catch up and be a girlfriend!"

Qiao Xuyang glared at him and said, "Go and dream your spring and autumn dreams!"

Zhou Xiaopang wanted to say something, but suddenly, the mobile phone shook, I don't know what he was thinking, and he was so frightened that he almost threw the phone out.

It's an unfamiliar number.

Zhou Xiaopang didn't think about it, so he connected the phone.

"Is Zhou Xiaopang?"

The voice on the other end of the phone turned out to be better than the woman's voice just now, Zhou Xiaopang raised his eyebrows at Qiao Xuyang, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, I am, who are you?"

"Is Qiao Xuyang by your side? I'll look for him. ”

Zhou Xiaopang's face darkened, and he secretly thought, it turned out that he was looking for him, and was about to hand over the mobile phone, Qiao Xuyang waved his hand again and again, and whispered: "Don't!"

Zhou Xiaopang understood and said to the phone: "Who are you? What are you looking for?"

"I'm his sister, you tell him, here, let him contact me quickly. ”

Qiao Mingyue couldn't get through Qiao Xuyang's phone, and it took a lot of twists and turns to find Zhou Xiaopang's mobile phone number, her voice was angry, and said, "You tell him, if you don't contact me today, you will never contact me in the future." ”

Zhou Xiaopang looked at Qiao Xuyang and secretly wondered, is this guy running away from home?

But that day, at the station, he saw Qiao Xuyang and his sister coming to pick him up, and thought that there was nothing wrong at all, why did his sister contact him and get angry?

Zhou Xiaopang thought about it, anyway, there was nowhere to go tonight, his sister and his mother were looking for him, it was his birthday, so he just went to his sister's place to make a living.

Zhou Xiaopang said, "Qiao Xuyang! ”

Hearing Zhou Xiaopang say this, Qiao Xuyang thought that this was all right.

Who knew that Zhou Xiaopang said again: "We are here in Furong Square, are you going to pick us up? Or are we going to look for you?"

"Zhou Xiaopang!" Qiao Xuyang heard that it was wrong, and immediately grabbed his mobile phone: "What are you talking nonsense!"

"Don't stand there, I'll be here in ten minutes!" Qiao Mingyue said hurriedly, stretching out her hand to stop the car.

Zhou Xiaopang responded while hiding: "Okay, then we will wait for you here." ”

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Xuyang glared at Zhou Xiaopang and said, "Why did you betray me?"

Zhou Xiaopang was shocked: "You really ran away from home?"

Qiao Xuyang said: "No!"

Zhou Xiaopang: "Since you're not running away from home, what are you hiding?"

Qiao Xuyang pursed his lips, he just didn't want to cause trouble for his sister.

Zhou Xiaopang put his hand on his shoulder: "Yes, wait! Your sister is here to pick you up, and your mother is also here, if you have anything to say, make it clear in person." ”

Qiao Xuyang was stunned, and his mother came.

He muttered: If I don't show up, I'm going to embarrass her again, right?

Zhou Xiaopang: "Huh, what did you say?"

Qiao Xuyang looked at him and sat down on the steps again.

Li Cuizhi was in the rented room, sat for a while, and stood for a while, waiting left and right, but didn't see Qiao Mingyue come back.

I was about to call and ask where I saw it, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

She remembered that when she came before, Qiao Mingyue said in the car that her roommates sometimes brought her boyfriend.

But she came here for a long time, and she didn't see any roommates at all.

Isn't that roommate back?

She walked to the door and asked, "Who?

"It's me. ”

It's a man's voice, Li Cuizhi thought again, isn't it Qiao Mingyue's roommate's boyfriend?

Just as he was about to say that no one was in the house, the voice outside added: "It's me, Guan Shan, Aunt Li, is it you?"

Li Cuizhi was stunned at first, and then a smile bloomed on her face.

It turned out to be the big boss!

She immediately opened the door.

Guan Shan stood outside dressed straight and straight, with a smile on his face: "Auntie, I'll pick you up." ”

Li Cuizhi was stunned: "Where to pick me up?"

Guan Shan said: "You'll know when you go." ”

Qiao Mingyue picked up Qiao Xuyang, and the two sisters and brothers didn't talk much along the way.

It was Zhou Xiaopang, who was familiar with herself, and shouted at Qiao Mingyue's sister and sister.

When she arrived at the rented house in the old tube building, Qiao Mingyue stood at the door and knocked on the door.

It was Peng Ji who opened the door.

Qiao Mingyue's eyes widened: "Why are you?"

Peng Ji smiled: "Why can't it be me?"

Qiao Mingyue leaned in: "Where is my mother?"

Peng Ji said: "Guan Shan came to pick it up." ”

Qiao Mingyue's face changed suddenly: "He took it?"

Peng Ji said: "I informed him." ”

Qiao Mingyue was stunned.

Peng Ji said again: "I just think that you don't need to hide from your mother and confirm the relationship with your boyfriend, you should develop towards marriage, I think you are too cautious." ”

Qiao Mingyue looked at Peng Ji angrily: "Why do you have to mind my business!"

She was afraid that her mother would know that she and Guan Shan lived together, and if her mother knew, she wouldn't have to make many troubles!

Peng Ji was a little surprised: "I just want to help you." ”

Qiao Mingyue's eyes were red, Peng Ji might indeed be just kind.

Qiao Xuyang walked over from behind and pulled Qiao Mingyue's hand and asked, "Are you still looking for them?"

Qiao Mingyue rubbed her eyebrows, raised her head and looked ahead: "Let's go." ”

A few people turned to leave, leaving Peng Ji alone to stand at the door in surprise.

He also hesitated for a long time before calling Guan Shan.

He likes Qiao Mingyue, and although he can't be with her, he hopes that she can be happy.

Guan Shan seemed to care about her very much, and he didn't understand why Qiao Mingyue wanted to hide from her mother about her relationship with Guan Shan.

He thought that there was a problem on the Guanshan side.

Peng Ji muttered to himself, "Did I do something wrong?"

No one answered him that he should not take everything that is self-righteous as if it were not wrong.

Qiao Xuyang, Zhou Xiaopang and Qiao Mingyue arrived at Guanshan's apartment again.

The first time these two people came to such a high-end community and building, Zhou Xiaopang kept looking left and right, and was very excited.

Qiao Xuyang has always been lacking in interest, and he followed closely behind Qiao Mingyue, and he also noticed that Qiao Mingyue's whole person was not quite right.