Today's meeting is about two o'clock in the afternoon, and the place is chosen by Zhao Chuqing, a café for mass consumption.

Gu Xiaoshi wore a black T-shirt, a pair of white-washed jeans, and a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and his whole body added up to less than two hundred yuan. Look at Wang Fatzi again, dressed in sportswear, from T-shirts to shorts, to shoes, all of them are ADIDAS clovers, and they are all trendy models, from a distance, the whole person is like a big spindle, small up and down, big in the middle, quite happy.

Wang Fatzi's parents also used to work in the factory, and they were old acquaintances with Gu Xiaoshi's parents, and the two men often drank and chatted together, and the relationship between the two families was good. Later, the factory was sluggish, Wang Fatzi's father resigned to go to the sea to do business, opened a hot pot restaurant, business is booming, bothered to operate for many years, today, there are four branches in Shancheng, has already entered the rich class, or tens of millions of dollars. Wang Fatzi has never been short of money to spend, and he is also very generous, and he has nothing to say to Gu Xiaoshi's good brother, every time he rushes to settle the bill, he knows that Gu Xiaoshi's family is having a hard time, and he wants to help, but he has never found a chance, Wang Fatzi also knows that although Gu Xiaoshi is poor, he is by no means the kind of insatiable person, and rashly put forward his own ideas, which may backfire and hurt his self-esteem.

The two of them found a booth where they could see the entrance and sat down, Wang Fatzi was looking for something to eat and drink, and the two girls walked in, although they hadn't seen each other for almost a year, Gu Xiaoshi still recognized Zhao Chuqing at a glance.

Gu Xiaoshi touched the fat man with his arm, the fat man looked up, then got up and shouted: "Here, here!"

The waiter who happened to pass by was startled by this shout, and almost didn't knock over the tray in his hand, and the girl of course heard the fat man's voice, so she whispered a few words, and Yingying walked over.

Gu Xiaoshi admitted that Zhao Chuqing was more beautiful than a year ago.

Today, Zhao Chuqing wore a beige floral waist-cinching dress, covered with a high-waisted denim vest, and a pair of light khaki flat princess shoes on her feet, revealing snow-white calves and feet; the girl's chest was towering, coupled with her height of 168 cm, her legs were slender, showing her waist and limbs slender; a white plain face, without fat powder, but more pure; her facial features were exquisite, especially the big eyes, between her expectations, her eyes flowed, as if she could speak.

Compared with Zhao Chuqing's grace, the girl behind her is a bit non-mainstream. I don't know if it's because of the influence of the spring brother a few years ago, today's girls are more inclined to dress neutrally. I saw that the girl was wearing a black baseball cap, a white round-neck T-shirt on her upper body, the head of Che Guevara was printed on her chest, a thick metal necklace was hung on her slender neck, a pair of black slim cropped pants on her lower body, and a pair of pure white sports shoes on her feet.

The booth is a standard four-person seat, with a table in the middle, and a double soft seat on each side, Gu Xiaoshi and the fat man sit together, the two girls sit opposite, the fat man greets him politely, Gu Xiaoshi nodded to the two girls, showing a smile. As soon as they sat down, a waiter brought a menu, and the four of them ordered a drink, and Zhao Chuqing immediately asked, "I haven't seen you two for a long time, are you okay?"

The fat man and Gu Xiaoshi glanced at each other and nodded in unison, and then the fat man looked at the non-mainstream next to him and asked, "Who is this?"

Zhao Chuqing chuckled, "Look at me, I forgot to introduce, this is my high school classmate and friend, Xu Yeye." ”

"It's a classmate and best friend!" added the non-mainstream girl.

"Grandpa Xu?" the fat man wanted to laugh when he heard the name.

Xu Yeye, a non-mainstream girl, is actually very good-looking, Zhao Chuqing is the kind of gentle girl, while Xu Yeye is the opposite, giving people a cool feeling.

"Who is your grandfather, dead fat!" Sure enough, it is non-mainstream, and his speech is so direct.

The fat man was a little weak-hearted, and said secretly: "Female man, it's hot enough." ”

Zhao Chuqing seemed to be particularly interested in Gu Xiaoshi's future plans, and kept chatting with Gu Xiaoshi around this topic, Xu Yeye and Wang Fatzi were staring at each other, and the female man came with two fierce words from time to time, which scared the fat man's careful liver to the ground, just like just now, Xu Yeye asked the fat man: "Fat brother, how many girlfriends have you had?" The hatred in the fat man's heart, brother hasn't found his first love yet, it's not so shocking.

Gu Xiaoshi didn't think about the future, but what could he do? The family conditions are not very good, if he is admitted to university, even if it is only a three-year junior college, it will greatly increase the burden on the family, and his sister is so young, she can't do without the care of her mother, and her mother still has to keep an eye on the shop, can she be busy? What hurts Gu Xiaoshi the most is that the community where his home is located began to notify the demolition a year ago, saying that a developer has taken a fancy to this land and has reached a consensus with the government to transform this place into a villa area, and provides everyone with two plans: one is to compensate the full amount of the demolition fee according to the market price, and the current commodity housing price in Shancheng is about 10,000 yuan per square meter, of course, excluding the city center, Commercial areas and high-end apartments and the like, is the price of general residences, and the location of the community is relatively remote, the price of land is not so high, so the compensation price is about 6000 yuan per square meter;

Mother also has a headache for this matter, the family only has a little deposit, if the full amount of the demolition fee is charged, you can buy a small apartment in a slightly better location, even if it is a set of two, it is enough for three people to live, but the source of life has become a big problem, think about it, you also know, change places, the shop is not able to open again, people are definitely not allowed to tear down the wall to make a storefront, the price of the shop outside, but not only the house price, will be several times higher.

Gu Xiaoshi even thought that he would not go to college and go out to find a job after the college entrance examination was over, but what could he do? In today's workplace, it is not uncommon to have a doctorate, a large number of masters, and a bachelor's degree is even less valuable.

When it came to Zhao Chuqing's plans, the girl seemed a little hesitant at first, but then revealed the truth.

Zhao Chuqing is the kind of student with excellent character and learning, studying in one of the best middle schools in the city, her grades are still among the best, and after several mock exams, her scores are very high, and she can be on the national key line. Parents want her to study abroad, some time ago also took the TOEFL, the results are quite satisfactory, has applied to several American universities, from the United States side of the reply, is still very satisfied, but now has not received the official admission letter, although the first-class universities in the United States do not pay much attention to the results of the college entrance examination, but for the sake of safety, both sides can not give up, of course, the college entrance examination must go all out.

Zhao Chuqing said as he stared at Gu Xiaoshi, as if he wanted to know his opinion on this matter, but unfortunately Gu Xiaoshi's expression did not fluctuate much, let alone say anything. In the same year as him, she entered the community kindergarten together, then went to elementary school together, and went to junior high school together. Maybe because his mother is a teacher, he teaches by word and deed, and he has been very hard-working since he was a child, coupled with his smart and clever skills, his grades have always been very good, but he has always been overwhelmed by Gu Xiaoshi, and gradually became interested in him, and later his father died, his grades fell sharply, and he won the first place in the whole grade in the middle school entrance examination in the third year of junior high school, and he just barely passed the score line, continued to stay in the community school, and entered high school.

My father resigned and left very early, worked hard for more than ten years, became a middle-level local listed company, the family conditions are getting better and better, and bought a house in the city, and later Zhao Chuqing transferred to another school, and since then the two have met very few times, but the figure has always remained in my heart and has not faded.

"If his father hadn't had an accident, his grades would have been very good, and he would definitely be admitted to a national key university, right?" Zhao Chuqing often thought of.

Unconsciously, the sun was in the west, and Wang Fatzi took the initiative to settle the account, and the four of them left the water. Gu Xiaoshi refused the invitation to eat together, and in the fat man's complaint, under Zhao Chuqing's resentful gaze, he said goodbye to everyone and walked to the bus stop alone.

Or the budding of youth, or the acquaintance of more than ten years, Gu Xiaoshi can feel Zhao Chuqing's good impression of him, why is not he like this? Gu Xiaoshi doesn't know if it's called liking, let's call it "feeling", this feeling was there a few years ago, even if Zhao Chuqing left the community, the number of times the two met was pitiful, see you again today, Gu Xiaoshi is sure that this feeling is still there!

But so what?

She already has a plan for her life, she is going to study abroad, and she is thousands of miles away from now on!

What about yourself? The road ahead is vast, there is no goal, no direction!

Who are your biological parents, why do you want to abandon yourself, where do they come from, and where are they going?

Gu Xiaoshi was confused, he couldn't find the answer, he only knew that the feeling for Zhao Chuqing should be buried deep in his heart!

Gradually, the last trace of afterglow disappeared, Gu Xiaoshi had a lot of thoughts in his heart, and instead of taking the car home, he walked aimlessly on the street.