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It was an ordinary Saturday morning. Gu Nian lazily patted the alarm clock and prepared to fall asleep again.

In this era when everyone is using mobile phone alarm clocks or smart homes, there is an honestly mint-colored old-fashioned alarm clock at the head of her bed, the kind with two semicircular big ears.

Gu Nian turned over, rolled the quilt under his legs, and slept soundly. In the dream, I was being chased by two giant lizards and was running happily, when I suddenly remembered something and sat up from the bed with a brain, and my little heart was beating faster.

"Oops, late!"

Saying that, she jumped out of bed, wore pink pajamas with piggy patterns, and stumbled to the bathroom to wash. After solving all kinds of problems with lightning speed, she pulled the black tote bag on the hanger at the door, a pink tweed coat, loaded a laptop, and went out of the bedroom.

As she closed the door, she was dazzled to see a beige post-it note underneath the sticker that read "Welcome Home." On it is the roommate's handwriting that reads:

"I'm going to the gym breakfast to share you"

That's right, Gu Nian's roommate is an American girl who is learning Chinese, and her name is Jenny. After coming to S City, I still maintain a good habit of exercising every week. Just as we couldn't figure out subject, predicate, object, definite complement and punctuation when we were learning English, Jenny is still trying to explore the vast and profound Chinese culture.

Gu Nian smiled and took out a pen from her bag, replied with a "thank you" at the bottom, tore off the post-it note, and pasted it back on Jenny's door.

"So it's Saturday, no wonder it's so quiet early in the morning......" Gu Nian regretted it, knowing that she would sleep a little longer. She also wondered what had happened to the two giant lizards. If she hadn't stayed up late last night watching an American wilderness survival movie, she wouldn't have forgotten to cancel the "jingle bell" setting of the alarm clock. But after thinking about it, if it wasn't the weekend the next day, where would she have the courage to stay up late, so she sighed, she can't live if she does her own sin.

"I guess Da Ding and Xiao Yuan also went out for romance at this time, right?"

Gu Nian walked to the kitchen, eating the sandwich left by Jenny, and looked towards the room at the door.

That's right, in addition to Jenny, an American girl who has just come to China to work, there is also a young loving couple, Da Ding and Xiao Yuan.

A 90-square-meter apartment has three rooms, and there are so many people crammed into it, all because Gu Nian feels that there is no need to waste money on living in a big house. After all, she opened a start-up~fund account in the bank, which is called "start-up fund". Speaking of which, her dream has always been to rely on her own hard work, save a small amount of money, and open a heart-warming shop in a city where there are not many people and no less, but there is a story. Therefore, her salary balance, bonuses and other incomes are still to show off to her parents at the end of the year, how can she spend them casually.

After nibbling on the sandwich, Gu Nian still went out neatly dressed. You don't have to go to work, you don't have to crowd the city rail, the sun is still so bright, and life is simply beautiful. She thought that she had just changed jobs, and she still had some work to do. Although it is a Saturday, it is inevitable to add a little small class, so it is better to find a café with a comfortable environment for self-study. So she took out her phone and Baidu a coffee shop with rave reviews. The name is Slow Time.

As he was walking towards the platform, Gu Nian's mobile phone screen full of pictures of various foods suddenly changed. The name of "Sister Huahua" is prominently displayed on it. She casually pressed the answer button.

"Niannian, did you take a vacation to go home for the New Year this year?"

It turned out to be my mother's serial fake knife.

Gu Nian suddenly remembered that he had told his mother that he might be busy at the end of the year, and he might not be able to rush back for the whole year, so he had to look at the company's annual leave table again. After all, she had just completed the three-year management training project ahead of schedule, and she was also dug into a headhunting by a rival company halfway through. And it's the kind with a high base salary. So, basically, like sales, there's no vacation to speak of. was worried, and my mother flew another dose of sweet knife.

"Dabao, why don't I go to see you with your father?"

Look at me? Okay, okay! Gu Nian nodded vigorously across the phone before his mother could finish speaking. But after thinking about it, now that she lives with the three of them, where are her parents here?

"Uh...... I think it's good, it's good, but ......."

Gu Nianxiang said that he was taught badly by his mother. Because among her few admonitions, Gu Nian only remembered three sentences. First, the food must be good. If you eat well, you can have a high output. Second, it must be well dressed. Girls' clothes are not too fine, they must be decent. Third, good maintenance. For the rest, that's pretty much it.

Therefore, she is justified in not pursuing excellence in housing conditions.

"What's wrong, aren't we welcome?" Gu Nian's mother deliberately pulled out a fuse, wanting to see how her daughter would pick up this thunder. muttered in my heart, the little girl is getting more and more wild, she just came back after two years abroad, and she went to work in N City again after only two months at home. I came back early before the Chinese New Year last year, why are I so hesitant this year. Don't...... Is there a situation?

"No, no, no, how can it?" Gu Nian hurriedly denied. I thought to myself, Sister Huahua is really getting more and more treacherous, and she actually wants to use bitter meat to trick me.

"The place where I live is messy, you two can't clean up when you come here, by the way, when are you coming, I'll pick you up at the train station!"

Although Gu Nian was very unconfident in his heart, he still wanted to hurry up and come out. lest my parents engage in a surprise attack and can't resist it themselves.

"Twenty-nine. ”

"Okay, I'll mark it!"

"What's on it?"

Sister Huahua is from the Northeast. His surname is Mo, and his single name is a Lizi. Molly, Jasmine, since then, Gu Nian has teased her as Sister Huahua.

"Mark the date of your private interview on WeChat, in the calendar!" Gu Nian had a black line on his face.

I hung up the phone, and it happened that the express train to N City arrived. She tightened the tote around her shoulder, lifted the corner of her skirt and got into the car.

Slow Time is a secluded boutique in the old alley of N City. There are large floor-to-ceiling windows and a small and fresh decoration of the countryside that combines Chinese and Western styles. There are not a few tables in the store, but it is said that there is a long queue on weekdays. There aren't a few options on the menu, but each dish is hand-drawn stroke by stroke. In the window next to the cash register, there are three desserts of various flavors. At first glance, it is from the hands of delicate people.

Today is Saturday, and there are not many rare people. Gu Nian hurriedly found a treasure by the window and put the bag down. Then went to the front desk and ordered a latte and came back. Turn on your computer. On the screen is a person named QL on LinkedIn.

While waiting for coffee, she clicked on the inmail dialog box, hesitated for a moment, but still typed the following text:

"Hello Mr. QL,

I know your inmail is never lonely, and there must be thousands of people who have contacted you for various positions. But if you feel the stress of life making you want to come out and get a breath of fresh air. Then I recommend you to come and sit at the Slow Time Cafe for a while.

Gu Nian"

Pressing the send button, the waiter just brought over a cup of latte with exquisite latte. She politely said thank you. Minimize LinkedIn windows. Pointed out the movie I didn't finish last night and plugged in my headphones. I continued to look at it.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, people come and go, and on the busy street, a car is parked far opposite the café. Under the warm sun of late autumn, there was a faint light.