One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.

Xu Mu sat on the suitcase with two long legs bowed, counted the money that was already a little damp in his palm, carefully folded the stack of pink tickets of different old and new in half, stuffed them back into the inner pocket of the backpack, and then hugged the backpack tightly in his arms. The I-shaped black leather backpack, although the metal buckle is bright in color, the straps are wrinkled and wrinkled, and the four corners are all mottled and small stubble, which has obviously been used for many years under the care. The buckle was decorated with a yellow knot with a fiery red bead, about the size of an adult's thumb nail, and he swayed as soon as he moved, the color of the rope had been worn a little white, but the beads were still bright and dazzling, and there were faint flashes of streamers.

In Shanghai City in July, the flow of people is like a tide, and the sun is like fire.

The huge square in front of the station was filled with passers-by, everyone was in a hurry, and the scorching waves of air rushed up, almost suffocating. Xu Mu, who was sitting under the clock tower, felt like a steamed bun, the heat in his body was full, and beads of sweat rushed out of his sideburns, along his smooth cheeks and neck, all the way down, wetting the graffiti T-shirt that was washed and somewhat decolorized.

A few steps away is the cold drink shop, the red freezer with the transparent glass door is filled with all kinds of iced drinks, and the fat swallows stand in a few rows, hooking up with passers-by in the scorching heat. Occasionally, a cool breeze wafts between the doors of the switch cabinet, which makes people feel comfortable. Someone holding a backpack touched the coins in his pocket and swallowed his saliva, and finally hung his head down languidly like a little cabbage sunburned and stared at the half-worn sneakers on his feet.

Seven hundred and nine pieces. This is all Xu Mu's belongings now, all the living expenses before the start of school. Shanghai is not as small as his hometown in the fourth and fifth tier cities, and at this moment, he doesn't dare to spend a penny.

Xu Mu's grandparents died early, and when he was six years old, his parents were also killed in a mudslide disaster, and he was raised by his uncle He Qiang since he was a child. In order to raise Xu Mu, He Qiang, who was originally a soldier in the army, applied for a job change and went to a freight company to work as a driver. came and went, and even his marriage was delayed, and he was still a single person in his early thirties, and he took his nephew to rely on each other. On the day Xu Mu got the admission letter of Shanghai N University, He Qiang was so happy that he didn't sleep all night, and early in the morning, he took a big bag and a small bag and took his nephew to take two buses to sweep the grave of his sister and brother-in-law, kneeling in front of the grave and crying. Subsequently, he left Xu Mu 1,000 yuan for living expenses and buried himself in earning tuition for his nephew.

Xu Mu had also taken advantage of the holiday to work a few days in a store near his home before, wanting to help share some of the pressure, but he was forced to quit after He Qiang found out, on the one hand, he hoped that he would concentrate on studying, and on the other hand, he was also distressed about his nephew. Now that the college entrance examination is over and the admission notice is in hand, Xu Mu has begun to worry about his part-time job again. So, a prospective college student thought about it at home, and finally turned his heart sideways, planning to avoid his uncle's "obstruction", pack up in advance and come to Shanghai, and take advantage of the time before the start of school to find a part-time job near N University to make money.

In the entire Shanghai City, Xu Mu only knew one person, Feng Yuan.

Feng Yuan is six years older than Xu Mu, a master's student majoring in architectural design at N University, the object of Xu Mu's most envy and admiration since he was a child, and has now stayed in a well-known design institute in Shanghai to work. If Xu Mu is asked to choose a male god in his mind, it must be Feng Yuan. Even N University, he followed Feng Yuan's footsteps to apply for the exam. The two grew up in the same building since childhood, and their relationship is as close as brothers with different surnames, and the backpack and mobile phone that Xu Mu uses now are all birthday gifts from Feng Yuan. It was also Feng Yuan who confirmed that he could provide a place to stay, and Xu Mucai dared to run over without telling He Qiang first.

However, the male god has a great problem - getting up angry, and if he wakes him up on a day off, it will be similar to waking up a fire-breathing dragon, and he will definitely be attacked indiscriminately. Unfortunately, today is the Great Demon King's day off.

Xu Mu hugged his backpack and tried his best to pull his body into the shadows, and only when the giant clock above his head reported the sound of ten o'clock, did he have the courage to dial Feng Yuan's phone. It's time to wake up at 10 o'clock, right?

~~~~~~, ~~~~~~, the mechanical electric bell wave pulled Xu Mu's heart to his throat, and his mood became more and more worried.

"Hey?", just when Xu Mu was about to hang up, the phone was connected, and Feng Yuan's deep and suppressed voice came out of the speaker, and his thick nasal voice was faintly mixed with anger. Oops, perceiving that the other party was reading a note and brewing anger, Xu Mu's soles were cold, and he pinched the phone and blinked his eyes crampedly, not knowing how to speak for a while.

"Wake me up early in the morning, you'd better be in a hurry. The voice on the other end of the phone was not loud, but it was not angry but threatening, and every word carried the ice ballast below absolute zero, and the pressing chill could be felt through the microphone.

Early in the morning? Xu Mu looked at his phone with a sad face, it was obviously ten o'clock! Now it was too late to regret it, he hesitated for a few seconds, and mustered up the courage to make a voice, "Brother Feng Yuan, it's me." ”

"Xiao Mu?"

"Brother, I'm in the square of Shanghai Railway Station now, can you pick me up?" Xu Mu said stubbornly, he had clearly told him in a text message before, why did it sound like Feng Yuan had completely forgotten about it now?

"Are you at the train station?" the voice in the loudspeaker suddenly increased, accompanied by a rustling sound, and the person on the other end of the phone was visibly surprised.

"Yes, right under that bell tower," how dare you run away if you are not familiar with life, Xu Mu responded cautiously, with a little flattery, for fear of touching someone's reverse scales who have the air to get up, "Didn't we say July 25th?"

"Damn, it turned out to be July 25th! Stay there and wait for me. Feng Yuan rarely burst into foul language, and after telling him, he hurriedly hung up the phone.

Xu Mu clicked on his chat history with Feng Yuan and flipped through it, and found that he only said the 25th in the text message, and he didn't type July at all! Combined with the current situation, Feng Yuan obviously understood that it was August. God is pitiful, today is his eighteenth birthday, and he actually made a big oolong after waking up Feng Yuan, I hope that when we meet later, for the sake of his birthday, Feng Yuan will not lose his temper, Xu Mu looked at the marshmallow-like cloud above his head, and prayed pitifully.

In order to save one hundred and seventy-six yuan, Xu Mu bought a slow train, and stayed up all night on the hard seat of the green train last night, and then fatigue came up, and his eyelids suddenly became extremely heavy. He simply turned his head sideways and closed his eyes and leaned on his backpack, estimating that it would take some time for Feng Yuan to come over, so he could take a nap. The passers-by in the square were in a hurry, and no one noticed that the young man who was napping in the shadow of the clock tower rolled into the red light of the aisle, and disappeared in a flash.

"Strawberry flavor, strawberry flavor delicious!"

"No, I like bananas, I'm the oldest, listen to me. ”

"Don't be stupid, even if you live for 1,200 years, you're still just a teapot, and you don't make tea, so why listen to you. ”

"You have the ability to pay for it yourself...... Oops, little fox cub, you dare to bite me!"

"Wow~~~ Kirin Bead!"

Xu Mu felt as if he had really been put into a steamer and steamed once, and every pore on his body was "poofing" out of the heat, struggling for a long time, and finally fell asleep again, and there were two voices chattering in his ears, one was slightly immature, the other was angry, and finally something hit his ankle.

When he opened his eyes, he saw a small dog with brown fur dragging a strangely fluffy tail into the green belt in a panic, and it seemed to have an azure jar in its mouth, making a clattering piggy bank sound as it ran.

Xu Mu stared at the green belt in embarrassment, feeling that he was not fully awake, what kind of teapot and puppy quarrel, it must be a dream!

The phone buzzed and vibrated to interrupt someone's daze, "Come to the side of the road!"

A silver-gray sedan stopped on the side of the road next to the clock tower with double flashing lights, and the young man standing by the door was wearing a light blue polo shirt, at least 1.85 meters tall, his hair was as black as ink, his forehead hair was slightly longer, slightly covering his forehead, and his sideburns were extremely short, making him look neat and tidy. looks even more sword-eyed and starry-eyed, handsome and extraordinary, not inferior to the popular actor on the huge lightbox advertisement in the department store opposite, but the lip line is thin, with a knife-like coldness. Seeing Xu Mu's head poking out suspiciously from behind the clock tower, he slightly hooked the corners of his lips and beckoned.

"Brother!" Xu Mu stood up, tired at all, and hurriedly dragged the suitcase to rush over there, like a lost pet who finally found its owner, and the two locks of black silly hair on the top of his head fluttered happily in the wind. It wasn't until this moment that his cramped and restless heart was put back in place, he was so big, and it was the first time he went out alone, and it was impossible to say that he was not nervous.

"Brother, when did you buy the car?" Finding that Feng Yuan did not mean to settle accounts after the autumn, Xu Muhui, who was sitting in the car, was like a lively little beast, looking left and right, looking curiously. The beige compartment is simple and clean, with a faint citrus fragrance, except for a bottle of golden car perfume and half a box of tissues, there are no other sundries, which is very in line with Feng Yuan's neat and neat character. The mobile phone in Xu Mu's trouser pocket vibrated at this moment, and the screen displayed a text message, [At half past four this afternoon, please come to Pinghe District and No. 178 Qianli Express for an interview, contact person Zhang Chunsheng. 】

"If you want to buy it, you have to wait a few years, it's rented. Feng Yuan casually took out two tissues and slapped them on Xu Muhan's dripping head, signaling the two goods to wipe them quickly. He is a person who pays great attention to the quality of life, he will not be wronged in all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and he will never be soft when he spends money on the basis of living within his means. Of course, this is also the reason why he started making money in his junior year but has not saved a penny so far.

"Rent, it won't be to pick me up, right?" Xu Mu took a paper towel and wiped it on his face a few times, looked around, and finally had to temporarily stuff the used paper towel into the side pocket of his backpack. The car is so clean that there is no place to put garbage, and I don't think it's appropriate to put it anywhere.

"You're so beautiful!" Feng Yuan glanced at someone, skillfully using one hand to control the steering wheel and drive out of the roadside parking strip, the green tendons on his arms moved slightly, and the chic and flamboyant curves were spreading, with the handsomeness unique to adult men, and the sun shone through the car window and the edges of his entire arm were slightly shiny. Xu Mu followed the gesture enviously, imagining that he was sitting in the driver's seat, but he "snapped" his hand on the windshield, which made him grin in pain, and the backpack on his knee almost fell.

"Sit honestly. Feng Yuan's tone was slight, but there was a smile in his eyes, this kid is still so good. Far away, the day is not clear, dare to go straight to him from his hometown, if he didn't answer the phone just now, he would have to squat at the train station all day.

Xu Mu immediately straightened his back and sat in an orderly manner with his backpack hugged, probably out of admiration, he had always had a sense of blind obedience and awe towards Feng Yuan's words, approaching the level of a brainless fan.

"By the way, what are you looking for a part-time job?"

"Express!" Xu Mu raised his eyebrows, thinking of the text message he had just received, and replied confidently.