"What about the two of them?" Qin Yi looked at the inside of the restaurant, Zhang Manning rubbed his eyes, and said lightly: "I'm still eating, I don't have much appetite and I'll leave first." ”

"Sorry to affect your appetite. Qin Yi teased with a smile.

"I'm the one, I'm sorry to splash you with water. Zhang Manning pursed his lips and whispered.

"Nothing, I knew you would, but I said it anyway. Qin Yi smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "With your character, you will definitely do it if I say that." But you won't hit me with a bottle, so you'll just splash me with water. ”

"Psychology, huh?" Zhang Manning frowned and said a little unhappily, "I didn't expect you to choose this major in college, I thought you would definitely choose physics or mathematics." ”

"Because I'm good at physics and math in junior high school?" Qin Yi sneered, "That's not what I like to learn." ”

Zhang Manning sighed, looked a little tired and said, "You have really changed a lot." ”

"Lost a lot of weight. Qin Yi smiled a little proudly, "You can't scold me for being a fat man now, right?"

Zhang Manning glared at him fiercely: "I'm not talking about your figure! I mean your whole person has changed!"

"Isn't this called growing up?" Qin Yi shrugged his shoulders and said, "We're almost twenty-eight years old, and it's been more than ten years since we last met, right? ”

"Yes......" Zhang Manning sighed, then turned his face away and asked, "Are you okay all these years?"

"It's hard to put into words...... If you have to say it, it's okay, I've encountered all kinds of people and things. Qin Yi nodded.

"Really?" Zhang Manning barely squeezed out a smile, and at this time the two came to a golden arch, Zhang Manning looked inside, turned to Qin Yi and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to something to eat, neither of us ate much just now." ”

So, the two of them sat down in the Golden Arch and ordered something to eat. In fact, it was not so much that Qin Yi was invited to eat, but that Zhang Manning herself was not full, or that she was venting her emotions by eating.

"Your boyfriend, is that the one you met in high school?" Qin Yi asked curiously, holding his chin.

"yes. Zhang Manning sighed and said, "My family is relatively open-minded, my parents knew him when I was in high school, and said that as long as it doesn't affect our grades and don't do anything out of the ordinary, they don't object to us falling in love." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Manning stuffed a french fry into his mouth: "However, I don't think I'm still very talented in studying, although I made an appointment to be admitted to South China Normal University together, but in the end, I was only admitted to one or two universities." He barely managed to get to the first line, but he had to go to other places to study. ”

"Long-distance relationships, that's hard. Qin Yi took a sip of his drink and said curiously.

Zhang Manning sighed: "Yes, I split and merged a few times, and finally broke up." However, after graduating from college, he returned to Nanhua City to develop, and at that time I just broke up with my boyfriend at the time, and he came to chase me again, so I agreed. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Manning shrugged his shoulders: "However, I think the pursuit of the two people may still be different." I think it's good to have a job with a stable income and live an ordinary life in China. And he is the kind of person who strives for the top, and refuses to be inferior to others. He wants to drive a luxury car, live in a mansion, and be a man, which he has been like since high school. ”

"Hmm...... It's good for men to be aggressive. Qin Yi held his chin and smiled, "Like me, I belong to the kind of people who don't have any ambitions, as long as the money is enough to spend." ”

"I only now understand that there's nothing wrong with you doing this. Zhang Manning chuckled, this laugh was a little bitter and a little self-deprecating, but then Zhang Manning cleared his throat and covered up the chuckle.

"I heard Ren Ze say before, you seem to have dropped your high school grades very much. Zhang Manning picked up a piece of fried chicken and asked, "In the end, I struggled?" Unexpectedly, I was admitted to Stanford University. ”

"Well. Qin Yi raised his eyebrows and said a little helplessly, "It's not that I was admitted by formal means, it's a bit similar to a special trick." I passed a certain test, and they thought I was qualified in psychology and had to go through two years of special training, a terrible kind of militarized management training, which you can think of as two years of military service. ”

"Oh, it's a bit similar to self-examination and college promotion?" Zhang Manning said suddenly, Qin Yi thought for a while and said, "Forget it." ”

Qin Yi's words are indeed true, or the old routine, changing the truth to another way.

"Have you served in the military? You've suffered a lot, haven't you? Zhang Manning sighed.

"No, I've met a lot of friends, and I've had a lot of fun. Qin Yi replied simply, the conversation between the two people actually seemed a little dry, after all, there was a blank period of ten years, in fact, they could basically be said to be two strangers, and both sides knew nothing about each other's experiences over the years. If we continue to talk like this, it just highlights that the atmosphere is very embarrassing.

Therefore, thinking about it like this, Qin Yi wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible, anyway, Zhang Manning had almost eaten.

However, just as Qin Yi was about to speak, Zhang Manning suddenly asked: "Your high school, why did your grades drop?" Obviously, your junior high school grades were so good, and you went to the second middle school in the city, and with your junior high school city ranking, you should be able to get a test. ”

Qin Yi sighed helplessly, his grades in junior high school were particularly good, and his ranking in the city could enter the top 1,000, according to the data of previous years, the rate of this ranking was able to be admitted to a university.

"When I was a freshman in high school, I was actually pretty good," Qin Yi said with a smile, "I got along well with my classmates, and my grades were also very good." Except for creatures. As you know, in our time, biology was still a minor subject in junior high school, so our biology classes were all Chinese, math and English, and I almost never studied biology, which led to my biology often failing. ”

"Hmm...... It's a common occurrence, and my biology score was low at first. Zhang Manning pursed his lips and said.

"However, I was still able to squeeze into the top 100 in the school by relying on my grades in other subjects at that time, but our biology teacher didn't like me very much and thought that I was deliberately going against him. Qin Yi said this and smiled bitterly, "Then in the second year of high school, due to the school reform and budget reduction at that time, the number of classes should be reduced......

At that time, due to budget problems, the number of teachers was insufficient, and a new rocket class was to be formed, so the two classes at that time were disbanded, and then those students with better grades in each class were brought together to form a new rocket class, and then the remaining students of the two classes were evenly distributed to other classes.

And the two classes that were broken up happened to be the classes of Qin Yi and Ren Ze. At that time, Qin Yi's grades were actually good, although his biology grades were not very good, but they were still enough to enter this new rocket class. This actually made Qin Yi quite happy, because he could be in the same class with Ren Ze again.

In fact, at the beginning, Qin Yi was indeed assigned to the new rocket class, but coincidentally, the head teacher of the new rocket class happened to be his biology teacher. The biology teacher then said two more words, and then Qin Yi's name was crossed out of that class.

Qin Yi didn't know about this at first, and it wasn't until one day after this that the classmate who was in charge of writing the class list on the blackboard inadvertently mentioned it to Qin Yi that he understood why he was not assigned to the rocket class.

In short, because of this incident, Qin Yi was assigned to another class, and it happened that it was also class eight. In the entire class, there were more than fifty students, Qin Yi didn't know anyone, but most of the other students were already classmates for a year.

In this regard, Qin Yi's feelings at that time were tantamount to coming to a foreign country alone, the feeling of loneliness and helplessness that people who did not have the same experience could not understand.

People are social animals, and even the best people are afraid of loneliness. So what Qin Yi was doing his best at that time was not to study, but to integrate into this new class. It coincided with the open beta of World of Warcraft, so he joined the game with the boys in his class and began his own journey into the fall. In order to keep up with the progress of others, he "had to" become addicted to the game.

He doesn't really like the game and doesn't care about the levels and equipment, but in order not to get out of the group, he has to keep up with the others.

But because of this, his grades also fell step by step, from the top 100 in the school to the third or fourth hundred.

However, in exchange, he smoothly integrated into the class, and had a good relationship with most of the students in the class, and the rest did not interact much at best, and no one had a bad relationship with him.

Therefore, regret is of course regret, but Qin Yi still feels that his high school life is quite happy.

"That biology teacher is so hateful. Zhang Manning frowned and said, "Is this why you want to be a teacher?"

"Not exactly. Qin Yi smiled, "Actually, I don't think it's a bad thing, although it was quite difficult at the time, but it also made my life embark on a completely different path, and I experienced those different things to make me who I am today." So, in fact, I probably have to thank that teacher in terms of results, otherwise I wouldn't have known the people who followed. ”

As he spoke, Qin Yi shrugged his shoulders: "But, no matter what, that teacher did make my life take a long detour." That's why I chose to be a teacher, hoping to guide those students as a teacher to find their own path in a simpler and faster way. ”

"So, so it was. Zhang Manning said, seemingly a little funny, "You know, I thought you were in the middle of your grades because of me." Now it seems that it was all my own doing. ”

"You?" Qin Yi asked with some puzzlement, "Did you know that I liked you at that time?"

"You're obvious, right?" Zhang Manning said with a wry smile, "Originally, you always quarreled with me, and you didn't show mercy when you were fighting, and you fought back and forth with a girl like me." But suddenly one day, you suddenly stopped working against me, let me do everything, and you never complained when I bullied you, in fact, everyone saw it, but they didn't say it. ”

"Oh, it's embarrassing, even after all these years. Qin Yi couldn't help but want to laugh, and then sighed: "So that's the case...... That's why you deliberately distanced yourself from me later, in fact, you can reject me directly. ”

"I'm not alienating you because I don't like you. Zhang Manning covered his forehead and said distressedly, "I actually know that if I agree to associate with you, you will definitely give up going to the second middle school and take the fourth middle school with me." ”

"Hmm...... That's true. Qin Yi shrugged his shoulders and said, Zhang Manning sighed deeply: "Actually, I liked you at the time, but I can't drag you down." ”

"But, I remember that you didn't like Ren Ze back then?" Qin Yi asked curiously.

"That's all about the first and second years of junior high school. Zhang Manning shook his head and said, "I actually know that my temper is very bad and savage, so I am really touched by the fact that you can treat me so gently and tolerate my little temper." ”

"So the authorities are confused......," Qin Yi sighed to himself and muttered to himself.

Zhang Manning's brows tightened: "In short, knowing that after your grades declined, I was afraid that I was still dragging you back, so I asked Jiaying to introduce me to my boyfriend, and then let Ren Ze tell you about it, I hope you can forget about me and cheer up, and become the excellent, confident and gentle you I am familiar with again." ”

"Life. Qin Yi smiled a little self-deprecatingly and sighed, "What could be more exciting than life?"

When Zhang Manning said this, his mood became more and more depressed: "I knew that this would be the case, I should have let you take the fourth middle school with me at the beginning." At least I'll be with you when that happens...... You must have been lonely and helpless at that time, right?"

Qin Yi just fell silent, while Zhang Manning's emotions were completely out of control, she covered her mouth and sobbed in a low voice: "I'm sorry...... You supported me and accompanied me in the same situation, but I ......"

Hearing Zhang Manning's words, Qin Yi suddenly remembered. Actually, Zhang Manning and Qin Yi have really had a long relationship. The two of them have known each other since kindergarten, but they were separated in elementary school. When she was in the third grade of primary school, Zhang Manning transferred to his class again, and Zhang Manning was also unaccompanied in the class at that time, but Qin Yi recognized her at that time.

"Hah, you remember. Qin Yi couldn't help but want to laugh, but Zhang Manning didn't get better, he was still covering his face and sobbing, and the people on the side were looking at them, and then stared at Qin Yi with strange eyes, as if Qin Yi had bullied Zhang Manning, and the atmosphere at the scene was quite embarrassing.

Seeing this, Qin Yi could only pat her on the shoulder, and comforted her helplessly: "Okay, okay...... It's been so long, even if I want to cry, I'm crying, what are you crying for? ”

But Zhang Manning didn't care about the occasion at all, lowered her head and cried loudly, on the one hand, because of the guilt of talking about it, but in fact, it was more because of the breakup between her and her boyfriend. After all, it had been so long since she and Qin Yi had happened.

"Don't do this!" Qin Yi was taken aback by Zhang Manning's actions, and hurriedly hugged her shoulders and persuaded: "Okay, okay, don't cry, don't cry." Shall we go out for a walk? Get some fresh air and you'll feel better. ”

The two came outside, but Zhang Manning's situation is still very noticeable, she is the kind of girl who is very pungent, and she cries unabashedly, but not "humble" crying, but crying.

Finally, Qin Yi took her to an alley where no one was around, and watched her cry in front of him, and he didn't persuade her or stop her, just looked at her and cried: "Cry, cry, cry will be better." ”

This state lasted for about ten minutes before Zhang Manning finally stopped and took the tissue from Qin Yi's hand.

"Is it better?" Qin Yi asked with a smile, "So, you've already confirmed with your boyfriend?"

Zhang Manning blew his nose loudly: "I told him that a friend of mine saw you with another woman in the United States, and you were still wearing a wedding ring on your hand, and then asked him to explain it to me, and he confessed it all to me." Just like you told me, he married that woman and got a green card. ”

"So, broke up?" Qin Yi raised his eyebrows and asked, Zhang Manning nodded: "He apologized to me, saying that he didn't tell me just because he didn't want to hurt me, that long-distance love can't have results, that our university has tried but failed, and so on." I only replied to him, wishing him and his wife AIDS......"

"Handsome. Qin Yi couldn't help but smile, and then patted Zhang Manning on the back, "It's worthy of the Zhang Manning I know, isn't this a beautiful job?"

But Zhang Manning didn't reply, Qin Yi sighed, and then pulled Zhang Manning's braids: "I know, all this will still make people sad, adjust it slowly, it will get better." ”

"Tsk!" Zhang Manning impatiently brushed his braids in front of him, "Don't mess with my braids!"

Her reaction was exactly the same as when she was in junior high school, which reminded both of them of a time gone by.

"Anyway, thank you for telling me this. Qin Yi's expression softened, "Actually, although I have let go, these things have been a knot in my heart for so many years, and I can only choose not to deal with it, but I can't untie it." So ......"

As he spoke, Qin Yi bowed slightly to her and said, "Thank you for untying this knot today." ”

"I'm sorry......" Zhang Manning wiped his tears, "I was too naïve back then." ”

"Oh, it's all in the past, don't bring it up again. Qin Yi smiled lightly, "Let's go, I'll send you home." When you get back, take a shower, eat some sweets, get a good night's sleep, and start looking for a new goal tomorrow. ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Manning nodded, then took a deep breath, wiped away his tears and regained his spirits, and walked out with Qin Yi. However, when they came to the mouth of the alley, a man suddenly stood in front of them.

After Qin Yi saw that person clearly, he immediately raised his eyebrows: "Why are you ...... Coming so early?"

"Come and pick you up, just in case. Mo Feng hugged his arms and replied lightly: "You also know that the two of us are not a nameless combination on the street, so it's better to be careful." ”

Qin Yi knew what Mo Feng meant, the combination of the two of them was too famous in the past, so if they returned to the United States now, there were people or organizations who wanted to deal with them, and they would definitely seize this opportunity to attack. Otherwise, after Qin Yi dealt with this matter, it would be difficult to find Qin Yi again.

After all, the Dragons have an unusually powerful hacker group and intelligence network, and it is almost impossible to get information about their agents from the Dragons' servers.

Speaking of this, Mo Feng suddenly squinted at Zhang Manning. Zhang Manning, who looked like a little pepper, was actually a little scared, and shrank behind Qin Yi.

This is actually normal, the reason why Mo Feng is called Eagle Eye is because his eyes are cold and sharp, coupled with the kind of killer aura on his body as an agent, ordinary people will feel a little terrifying.

"So, you are that woman?" Mo Feng looked at Zhang Manning, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "The woman who has been torturing Qin Yi in nightmares? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Zhang Manning, "You may not know what you are capable of. ”

Zhang Manning didn't stretch out his hand, Qin Yi in front of her frowned at Mo Feng, and Mo Feng just shrugged his shoulders innocently: "If you don't mind, hurry up, right?

Zhang Manning looked at Qin Yi with some puzzlement, Qin Yi was stunned, and then smiled: "Oh, I'm going to take advantage of the winter vacation break to go back to the United States and visit some former ...... Old friend, so I probably won't be able to send you home. I might run into your ex-boyfriend over there, but do you have anything I need me to bring to him?"

Zhang Manning barely squeezed out a smile: "Just help me give him a middle finger." ”

"Roger. Qin Yi waved his hand to Zhang Manning, and then nodded to Mo Feng: "Let's go." ”

After the two of them walked out of the alley together, Mo Feng suddenly said lightly: "She likes you." Again. ”

"Shut up. Qin Yi replied expressionlessly and strode forward.

Mo Feng, who was following him, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Switch to work mode, huh, okay, I'll shut up." Zhang Manning looked at Qin Yi with some puzzlement, Qin Yi was stunned, and then smiled: "Oh, I'm going to take advantage of the winter vacation break to go back to the United States and visit some former ...... Old friend, so I probably won't be able to send you home. I might run into your ex-boyfriend over there, but do you have anything I need me to bring to him?"

Zhang Manning barely squeezed out a smile: "Just help me give him a middle finger." ”

"Roger. Qin Yi waved his hand to Zhang Manning, and then nodded to Mo Feng: "Let's go." ”

After the two of them walked out of the alley together, Mo Feng suddenly said lightly: "She likes you." Again. ”

"Shut up. Qin Yi replied expressionlessly and strode forward.

Mo Feng, who was following him, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Switch to work mode, huh, okay, I'll shut up." ”