After walking for a while, Zhu Beini broke free of Xu Wenheng's hand.

There is an open park near the company. Unknowingly, Xu Wenheng dragged Zhu Beini and came to the canal in the park. The willow trees are shady and the sunset is shining. The greenery in the park effectively blocks out the noise on the road.

Zhu Beini rubbed her slightly aching wrist. She mustered up the courage to glared at Xu Wenheng.

Xu Wenheng unexpectedly hugged her suddenly, eagerly looked for her lips, and kissed her heavily. Amplified breathing, turning over the confusion of thoughts in the river's mind. Zhu Beni was shocked. After being deeply kissed for a few seconds, I remembered to resist. She pushed him harder, but he couldn't push, and instead of kicking. After kicking a few times, probably the toe or heel kicked him, and under the pain, Xu Wenheng let go of his hand.

"I hate you!" Grievances, Zhu Beini smashed Xu Wenheng with Kunbao.

What kind of fame is this! What about after a kiss? You can't even reveal the identity of your girlfriend, you can only live in secret? Even if she is mediocre, don't love so humbly!

Xu Wenheng didn't raise his hand to cover it, and Ren Kunbao smacked it on his body. Today I was carrying a punk-style bag.

Zhu Beini sighed and lowered her hand.

Wiping away her tears and snot, she laughed at herself and said, "What do you want to say?" I'm enough. Let's go. ”

"Belle. Xu Wenheng took a step forward, close enough to hear each other's breathing. He just stood very close, but he didn't reach out. Zhu Beini knew that reason had returned, and this was the restrained Xu Wenheng she was familiar with.

Seeing him familiar, she laughed to herself. Tears flowed brightly, and tears fell down when laughing: "Don't you give up? I have no flower and moon appearance, and I don't know how to mediate socially, I am simple-minded, timid and mediocre. I've always been like this. I haven't made much progress in so many years, and I won't have a big future in the future. A person like me is only worthy of the ordinary life of the world. ”

When he finished speaking, he laughed and burst into tears. Zhu Beni became calm. It's as calm as the sea that has been through a storm. She raised her eyes to look at Xu Wenheng, Xu Wenheng stared at the void like a distracted look, and there was little expression on his face.

"Let's go. Zhu Beini bowed her head slightly. Because she had given up her expectations, she regained her ease.

Xu Wenheng remained motionless.

"I'd better go. Zhu Beini squeezed out a smile, brushed her hair, and turned to leave.

There is no reluctance, no mud and water. Maybe it should have been a clear goodbye three years ago. If she had said goodbye like this three years ago, she thought, she would have had a brilliant and unforgettable love. Instead of having a "not bad" boy chasing and agreeing, he tepidly enjoyed "being loved".

Zhu Beni was exhausted when she walked back from the canal. These thin heels, bought for work, are also difficult to get up and down. Halfway through, Zhu Beini was in pain and annoyed. When I stopped to rest, my phone rang.

I thought it was the one who wanted to "explain" something, but when I opened it, it was Chen Xiaoxi.

Chen Xiaoxi was unhurried, and asked her how she was doing today? Zhu Beini covered her cheeks, and her voice trembled a little: "It's not just bad, it's just bad." It was so bad I wanted to cry. These words were said to Zhu Beini by Chen Xiaoxi when they first met, and Chen Xiaoxi couldn't help but chuckle when he heard it.

"Tell me about it, I'll bear half of the pain. Chen Xiaoxi said.

Zhu Beini smiled bitterly silently and did not speak.

"You can think of me like a reed in the field. You didn't notice that the king had a pair of donkey ears, did you?" Chen Xiaoxi said in a calm tone, with a light smile in his tone.

It was the first time I felt that Chen Xiaoxi's voice was so warm.

Zhu Beini finally spoke, but it was: "I wore a pair of shoes that grind my feet, it hurts." ”

"You're still halfway there? I remember you had a supermarket on your way home and went to buy a pair of flip-flops. You wouldn't have left your wallet with you, would you?" asked Chen Xiaoxi with a smile.

"What if you don't bring it?" asked Zhu Beini. But I held back. Weak, she was so eager to agree now, and anyone who said anything negative to her at this moment would be very discouraged. Can't give yourself another chance to get hurt. If you have any injuries, take your time.

"You really didn't bring your wallet?" Chen Xiaoxi laughed dumbly, "Wait for me." I'll send you a WeChat red envelope. Sure enough, Didi made two sounds.

Zhu Beini covered her mouth tightly to prevent herself from crying.

"I'm not going to be moved to tears. Chen Xiaoxi laughed to himself. "Treat me to something delicious this weekend. I had my eye on a shop, and it was too expensive for me to get my hands on. You don't have to return the red envelope, you can treat me to something delicious. ”

"Good. Zhu Beini agreed.

After hanging up the phone, I thought that I was going to bleed heavily on the weekend anyway and invited him to eat at an expensive restaurant, so this red envelope didn't have to be too polite. So I took it and opened it.

When I opened it, I couldn't help but laugh, what, it's only 15 yuan!

This sneer, the grief, grievance, and sadness just now were all lightened. The shoes on my feet are not uncomfortable anymore. didn't want to go home right away, Zhu Beini walked into a spicy hot shop, picked her favorite one the same, cooked a spicy hot one, and sat by the window. The first step in healing: eat what you like.

After eating Malatang, my mood is more stable. But the exhaustion still lingers.

"Ding Ding Dong...... Ding Ding Dong ......" The phone rang again.

This time, even if she is the one who does not give up, Zhu Beini is not flustered. She picked up the phone smoothly, and it turned out to be Yang Qingqing, a college classmate.

When she first came to Shanghai, she met Yang Qingqing once at the dinner that Xu Wenheng organized for her. Since then, I haven't been in touch alone, probably because when I was in college, the two lived in different dormitories, and it was never close. Compared with Chen Xiaoxi's phone, Yang Qingqing's phone call surprised her even more.

"Zhu Beni, I'm sorry. I really have no one to ask for, can you come and accompany me?" Yang Qingqing got straight to the point. It turned out that she had adopted a stray cat three years ago. Recently, stray cats have a tendency to die. Yang Qingqing, who had developed feelings, was very sad and sad, and felt that she couldn't face the cat's departure alone. After thinking about it, she had to ask her old classmate Zhu Beini to accompany her through the last days of the cat.

Coincidentally. The grief of the whole world is gathered today.

I thought that my mood today was not suitable for revision of homework, and I didn't want to face the hustle and bustle of the dormitory. Yang Qingqing's "request" came at the right time for her. As for friendship, it doesn't matter. She and her have always been just general friends.

Yang Qingqing and Zhu Beini live in the same area, one subway, one bus out of the station. Waiting for Zhu Beini's bus to get down, Yang Qingqing was already waiting at the platform. Yang Qingqing's eyes were a little red. I think I cried.

"The cat is still there, right?" Zhu Beini looked at her red eyes, and couldn't help but wonder if she was on the way to come, the cat had already returned to the west.

"It's still there. But lazy, it hasn't been a drop of water for a day. ”

The one-bedroom apartment rented by Yang Qingqing was cleaned up neatly. The curtain between the bed and the sofa was half-blocked, and a half-open bouquet of flowers was planted next to the TV. On the other side of the sofa is the wardrobe. A wardrobe door was nailed shut and made into a bookshelf. Although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, and it is comfortable and pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Beini stood in the entrance and looked out, with a sense of envy in her heart, and for the first time she had the urge to rent a house alone.

"That's great. Zhu Beini admired.

"yes. I love it too. Yang Qingqing smiled.

"Was that how it was when you came?"

"It's not. Changed. Yang Qingqing had no intention of talking about this topic in depth, and instead showed Zhu Beini the cat.

An ordinary maroon cat lay in a cage, looked at Zhu Beni lazily, and closed its eyes. Zhu Beini tilted her head to look at the cat. At the neck, the cat's hair has shown a sparse appearance. Zhu Beini saw it in her eyes and was not shocked. She has always found pictures of small animals to be more cute than physical ones. However, it is obviously inconvenient to say this to Yang Qingqing at this time.

"How did you come across it?" asked Zhu Beini casually.

Yang Qingqing's eyes widened suddenly, and he paused for a while before replying: "At that time, I just came to Shanghai, and I was unfamiliar with life, so I was really lonely." I walked around the neighborhood and it followed me, presumably attracted by the smell of the fish I bought. It looked at me and meowed, as if talking to me, asking if I could give it something to eat.

I remember I hadn't spoken for days. Someone talked to me, and I was so happy that I immediately broke a fish's head for it. It actually remembered me. Every time I left the house or came home, it was on the side of the road and accompanied me for a short walk.

After a few more days, I opened the door and asked it to come home with me. It just followed. In this way, the two of us have been together for three years. ”

Zhu Beini remembered that Xu Wenheng had been in Shanghai for more than three years. When he invited him to dinner that day, he actually thought of inviting Yang Qingqing, thinking that he had contact with her during his visit. However, this topic is just a casual thought, and naturally there is no reason to ask for confirmation. Xu Wenheng is just a passerby in her world who will no longer appear.

"Xu Wenheng signed with a big bank company. Not even excessive, Yang Qingqing suddenly mentioned Xu Wenheng. Zhu Beini lightly answered "oh" and changed the subject: "Do you have a boyfriend? ”

Yang Qingqing shook his head: "There are people I like, and there are people who like me, but it's a pity that it's not the same person." So I didn't talk about it either. is not salty or light, and it is not interesting to talk about. Besides, I'm not in a hurry. ”

Zhu Beini nodded. She's not close to her, and that's probably the reason - neither of them is a person who can make trouble. It's simple, it's clean. There are no branches escaping from the bare poles. If you have to distinguish between them, Yang Qingqing is like a cedar, she can live well independently, and Zhu Beini is like a bamboo, although she is tough, she is soft, which makes people doubt that she can't stand alone.

"What about you?" After a while, relatively speechless, Yang Qingqing asked rhetorically.

"Me. I had a love affair in the middle. He was originally from the south and went to Shenzhen after graduation. I'm not used to summer there. Broke up before graduation. ”

"If you didn't get the doctorate, do you have any plans?" asked Yang Qingqing.

"I'll take the exam for another year. ”

"As soon as you work and live, it's complicated. Especially if you live in a company dormitory, there are many people and things, and it is inevitable to be distracted. You take the test while working like this, with all due respect, you don't have much chance of success. Yang Qingqing said, like chatting about family life.

Zhu Beini was silent on the surface, and she was quite surprised in her heart. The first is that Yang Qingqing expressed her concerns, and the second is that Yang Qingqing said it so bluntly.

"There's a lot going on these days. But it will be fine later. Zhu Beini said in a low voice. She thought that with less expectations, her life would be much simpler in the future.

"It's hard to say. Yang Qingqing was crisp and neat. provoked Zhu Beni to involuntarily raise her eyes to look at her.

Yang Qingqing suddenly smiled: "I, I think that with a smart and lovable appearance like you, there will definitely be many suitors." It's also quite troublesome to refuse one by one. ”

Zhu Beini laughed along: "How can it be like what you said." It's just a simple life in the company dormitory, and it won't come into contact with many people. And the unmarried boys in the company also have more girlfriends. ”

Yang Qingqing tilted her head, still stubbornly shaking her head, but didn't say anything more. Zhu Beini could detect that she was alluding to Xu Wenheng. But since she didn't say it explicitly, of course she wouldn't take the initiative to mention it. It's not her style.

"What do you think of Xu Wenheng?" Yang Qingqing handed Zhu Beini an ugly orange, and once again led the topic to Xu Wenheng without warning. Zhu Beini was not surprised, after all, the same classmates in Shanghai were just the three of them. If you bypass Xu Wenheng, there will be no other common topics between yourself and Yang Qingqing.

"He can run himself well. "The last person Zhu Beini wants to talk about tonight is Xu Wenheng. Outsider Yang Qingqing naturally didn't know what happened today, so she couldn't refuse to answer.

"You're underestimating him too much. Which one just runs itself well. Yang Qingqing peeled off the ugly orange and put a petal on the plate. "He's the best guy my age ever. Quietly, strategizing, Xu Wenheng's ability is great, and his ambitions are also very big. In less than ten years. You wait and see. Speaking of these, the corners of Yang Qingqing's lips bloomed with a smile. That kind of faint pride, as if there is some secret connection between her and Xu Wenheng. Zhu Beini was stunned.

"Don't you believe it?" Sensing that Zhu Beini was looking at herself intently, Yang Qingqing's expression narrowed, and she asked her rhetorically.

"What's the matter with you and me?" said Zhu Beini shrugged. "It's just a classmate. ”

Yang Qingqing looked at Zhu Beini carefully, and slowly concluded: "You are really-" halfway through, but refused to continue. Seeing that Zhu Beini's reaction was very indifferent, she stopped talking about Xu Wenheng.

After chatting about the recent situation of some of my classmates back then, it was not early, and I washed and slept. Lying on the bed, Zhu Beini remembered that Yang Qingqing didn't even go to get a sleeping mat for the cat, so she let it sleep naked in the cage, and she was not afraid of the cold on the balcony at night. I wanted to remind her, and then I thought that they had been together for three years, maybe they had always been used to it. It's just that Yang Qingqing in front of her has no sense of helplessness on the phone, which makes Zhu Beini wonder if she needs someone to accompany her.

The cat died the next day while they were out at work. Zhu Beni's suspicions immediately vanished, and she thought sinfully that she should not be suspicious. Guiltily asked if she still needed to accompany her tonight, Yang Qingqing hesitated and lazy, and finally said, "Forget it." You can't always pull one person, so let's face it yourself. ”

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Beini realized that she was moved, this Yang Qingqing can always say things that make her feel deep. In the past, I had a faint impression of Yang Qingqing, but when I dated this time, I was surprised to realize that she was clear and sharp, maybe she was a hidden master. I didn't feel a little curious.