CHAPTER XIX

Many years ago, when the young students got together, they would chat with great interest and gossip and laugh, no one cared about the image, and the teeth and claws were also a sign of youth.

Many years later, the old classmates got together again, some in suits and leather shoes, and some in luxurious clothes. The colorful hall is different from the old and familiar classrooms, and the familiarity of the past is illuminated into a pale strangeness under the incandescent lamp.

Qin Zhen and Bai Lu sat together, and there were a few classmates at the same table who could be named, nearly ten years have passed, and it is already remarkable to be able to remember the name.

I don't know who chose the location in such an expensive clubhouse, with a splendid private room hall and extremely luxurious furnishings, just sitting there is a little uncomfortable.

Qin Zhen and Bai Lu came relatively early, greeted the classmates who sat down at each table next to each other, and then sat in an inconspicuous corner, watching everyone gather together in a small area and talk eagerly. The topic is nothing special, and the words that come back and forth into my ears are just a few words: job, salary, marriage, children.

Sitting together was a former member of the study committee, Chen Han, who had always ranked first in his grade at the beginning, and later was admitted to a famous university in China to learn broadcasting and hosting. Qin Zhen had seen her on a local TV station before, she was a news anchor, she was so beautiful that she was reborn, and she had nothing to do with the inconspicuous academic bully in the past.

Qin Zhen secretly glanced at her a few times, suspecting that she had plastic surgery, otherwise how could the previous collapsed nose instantly rise up with her chest and it was not a balloon, and it would rise outward when she was angry.

Bai Lu sat on the left hand side, and the position on the right hand side was empty, and the new man who almost forgot his name sat next to Chen Han very naturally, only greeted Qin Zhen and Bai Lu politely, and immediately turned his face to Chen Han, while marveling at her youth and promising, he took out the news she reported a few days ago.

The rest of the classmates were also quite ordinary, everyone chatted about their careers and families with a match, and Bai Lu flipped up and down with his mouth, which just saved Qin Zhen the effort to find something to say.

She was idle, looking at the group of people one by one, from their speech and demeanor to every subtle little movement, you can see what their current situation is, which is probably the ability she has cultivated to observe words and emotions since she sold the house for so long.

While everyone was talking, someone came again one after another, and Qin Zhen's heart hung in the air until that person's figure finally appeared at the door.

In fact, there was no need for her to glance at the door from time to time, because as soon as Meng Tang appeared, someone had already shouted loudly: "Yo, look, our Professor Meng is finally here!"

All of a sudden, everyone's eyes turned to the gate, and the man was wearing a white silver button-down shirt and a pair of black casual trousers.

He didn't wear a suit, because the late summer temperature was still high, and only men who wanted to show off their success would wear thick suits to the party in the sweltering heat.

Qin Zhen noticed that his sleeves were neatly pulled up to his forearm, as before, and the delicate copper buckle very meekly fixed the part that was pulled up, as if he was doing a movement that had been repeated for many years and was so familiar that he was accustomed to it.

She knew that maybe she was the only one in the whole world who would be bored enough to remember such small details clearly.

Thinking like this, she took advantage of the fact that everyone's eyes were focused on Meng Tang, and she also seized the time to look at him greedily.

Unexpectedly, while Meng Tang showed a smile, his gaze swept over her face, and then paused slightly, his eyes seemed to say, "See you again, Qin Zhen." ”

Qin Zhen blushed suddenly, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

The class leader stood up to greet him, wanting to lead him to the middle table, after all, he is now a famous law professor in China, and he is the most outstanding one in this group of old classmates, so he should naturally be in the spotlight.

Meng Tang shook his head, his gaze slowly swept around the crowd, and then he seemed to glance at Qin Zhen's table casually, "I'll just sit on the side." ”

"How can you let you run away like this? Sit in the middle and sit in the middle! After a while, the teachers will sit in the middle, how can Professor Meng Da squat in the corner and count the mushrooms?"

"Then ......" Meng Tang seemed to think for a moment before he smiled, "The representative of the Chinese class and the study committee didn't sit in the middle." ”

The squad leader looked at Qin Zhen, and in order to leave Meng Tang in the middle, he walked over in a few steps and forcibly dragged Qin Zhen and Chen Han over. Bai Lu took the initiative to follow, "Don't discriminate against civilians like this!

"Okay, okay, you make up, I didn't say I wouldn't let you make up!" Seeing that Meng Tang finally sat down next to Qin Zhen, he stayed at this table, and the squad leader finally smiled.

Only Bai Lu secretly pinched Qin Zhen's somewhat cold hand under the table, as if he was casually glancing at her.

Qin Zhen understood, she was saying: It's okay, take it easy.

Yes, of course there is nothing wrong, Meng Tang is not a jackal, tiger and leopard, what is she afraid of?

Chen Han, who was reserved and introverted a moment ago, laughed unably, took the initiative to find a topic, and asked what the people here have been busy with recently.

Except for Bai Lu, all of them are former class committee members at this table, and they are more familiar with each other, and they are not as restrained as before.

Some people say they are in the timber business, some people are working in the government, some people are working as simultaneous interpreters...... When it was Meng Tang's turn, he smiled, "I am working as a teacher and watering the flowers of the motherland." ”

The squad leader, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu, smiled, "You can do it, you just want to get away with the three words of a teacher? Who doesn't know that in addition to being a professor at the law school, you also set up a law firm on your own? What about the well-known truth firm! Some time ago, I heard that you helped someone win a lawsuit last month, and it seems that you were a case of some rich kid playing with a little girl. People have a big business, and they originally suppressed the matter, but you took over the case for that little girl without taking a penny, and finally arrested that kid into the bureau, he is simply a messenger of justice and a superman on earth!"

"Yo, squad leader, why are you so concerned about Meng Tang's affairs?" someone joked, "Are you in love with our Professor Meng University?"

"Fart!" The squad leader was an out-and-out straight man, and glanced at the labor commissioner, "My mother buys newspapers every day, and I took a look at it when I was squatting in tuba that day, and I just happened to see Meng Tang's interview." Speaking of this, he turned to Meng Tang with a smile again, "I said Professor Meng, you are really cold, the reporter asked you a lot of words, and you only replied with one sentence: The meaning of the existence of the firm is to find the truth." The brilliance of human nature has risen to the point where it does not eat the fireworks of the world. ”

Meng Tang smiled, "It's just telling the truth, the news media has always been good at using topics to play, and it is better to be concise and to the point." ”

The squad leader was simply a living treasure with a lively atmosphere, and immediately found a new topic direction, and immediately turned to Chen Han, "Yo, isn't there a spokesperson for the news media sitting here?" Host Chen Han, what is your response to Professor Meng's face-to-face provocation?"

Chen Han smiled brightly, and the hearts of the men present were about to melt, "Meng Tang said so, what else can I say? It's my fault for saying anything." ”

"Aren't you a broadcaster? Quickly turn your mouth up! A mouthful of a knife can poke him into a sieve!" The squad leader added fuel to the fire.

"I'm just reading from the script, just read the subtitles, Professor Meng University has a gap in his chest, and his mouth is full of chapters, how can I be his opponent?" Chen Han spoke cleverly and beautifully.

Meng Tang took a sip of tea unhurriedly and said to the squad leader: "Before I came, I was still thinking, what is Zhang Zhonglin doing now? ”

"So what do you tell me about?"

"Talking about cross talk. Meng Tang curled the corners of his lips, "Come, say 'I miss you' to everyone." ”

Everyone laughed.

After such an episode, Qin Zhen's hanging heart also let go, and it seemed that it was not her turn to report to her home and report what she had been doing recently. Unexpectedly, the squad leader was very, very indebted, in order to get out of the humiliation of talking cross talk as soon as possible, he actually picked up the conversation again, "Eh, Qin Zhen, it's your turn, it's you, you haven't said what you're doing now." Our great writer at the beginning, what's the matter, has he become a writer now?"

Not many people know about Qin Zhen not studying in college, and the squad leader is a man, so he is naturally different from a woman, he won't ask around, and he really doesn't know Qin Zhen's current career.

All of them here are small and accomplished people, and even the egret sitting next to her is a bank accountant with a stable job and a good salary. Qin Zhen held the tea a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "What kind of writer is not a writer, I am working in a real estate company now." ”

The squad leader was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, "Are you helping them with advertising planning?"

"No, I'm selling houses. Qin Zhen still laughed.

"That's it......" The squad leader seemed to be racking his brains to think about the following, "It's good to sell the house, this, if you sell the house, if we sell the house in the future, we can also come to you, and you can still help with a discount!"

"Okay......" Qin Zhen smiled and joked with him, but unexpectedly, Chen Han suddenly interrupted her.

"The real estate development company is a private enterprise, and ordinary employees can't give you a discount on their own initiative!" Chen Han smiled and pointed out the mistake of the squad leader, as if he was broadcasting the news.

The words "general staff" were said euphemistically, and Qin Zhen's hand holding the teacup tightened slightly, and it was obvious that everyone was silent for a moment.

So her joke of "yes" really became a joke, but it was funny to her, as if she was slapping her swollen face and becoming fat, obviously she didn't have the ability to hold on to it for the sake of face.

Chen Han said again: "Unless you know the boss, there may be some hope for discounts." Speaking of which, hey, Qin Zhen, which real estate development company are you in? Some time ago, I made a news about this, maybe I still know your boss. Do you work for the Yuanhang Group?"

"It's not as famous as Yuanhang Group, it's just an ordinary small company. She looked up calmly, not seeing a look of contempt or disdain, but the silence of the crowd had succeeded in freezing her heart.

Unlike when everyone else spoke, everyone laughed and participated, laughed and joked, and when it was her turn, they had nothing to say but silence.

In the end, it is still out of place.

In fact, her career and identity have never been inferiority for her, she is not highly educated, so she can only stay in such a position to make money and support her family. But because Meng Tang was sitting beside him, all his peaceful mentality had a new change.

In the past, she worked so hard to climb the subject of Chinese and read widely after class, just to get a chance to read the weekly diary on stage in the weekly composition class - because she was not good at science, she could only stand out in this one field, so that Meng Tang could see her.

You want to show the best in front of someone, and of course you will be ashamed to see your bad side in front of him.

At this moment, Qin Zhen suddenly felt inferior.

In the past, they were only ten places apart in their grades, but now they have long been running along different trajectories at forks in the road, he has gone all the way to glory, and she has gone to mediocrity.

The gap is not ordinarily large, where is it only the original ten places apart?

She looked down at the light yellow tea with a faint mist, and held it to her lips and was about to take a sip, but she couldn't help but hear Meng Tang's voice in the next second.

He said: "Qin Zhen, in fact, I may have to ask you to do me a favor later, I still have to rely on you a lot." ”

Everyone looked at them without knowing it.

Qin Zhen's teacup also paused at the edge of her mouth, and then she slowly raised her head to look at the person beside her, only to see Meng Tang smiling at her cleanly and gently, and her eyes were as warm and soft as a spring breeze.

"I bought a house in Outing and I'm going to renovate it in LaLune," he said. The director of the sales department told me that you were in charge of this project, so ...... "That smile has a tendency to gradually expand, so it looks so breathtaking," so I have to get closer to you in the future, Manager Qin." ”

The air conditioning in the hall was turned on sufficiently, and the teacups exuded a warm mist in his hands, and the warm feeling spread all the way to his heart.

Was he helping her out of the embarrassment she had just had?

Qin Zhen looked at him a little bewildered, and only smiled after a moment: "Okay." ”

Only then did he dare to look at him casually, and then he was shocked to realize that he was so close to her, and she was the only one in his bright and clear eyes.

For a moment, she felt a lot of small pink bubbles pop up in her heart.

Then she heard Chen Han ask Meng Tang with a smile: "Ah, I thought you were just coming back to do business, so you really planned to settle down here?"

Meng Tang nodded, "I've been outside for a long time, and I still prefer familiar places...... And old friends from the past. ”

Chen Han even speaks in such a good manner, the news anchor is different, and he clearly knows which posture and angle he shows the most elegant. She picked a candy from the plate and peeled it off, and naturally and relaxed quipped: "But I'm in such a hurry to buy a house, do you plan to start a family now that you have already started a business?"

The implication is nothing more than a hint that Meng Tang is planning for a major marriage.

Everyone had an incomparable curiosity about this question, and Bai Lu glanced at Qin Zhen and found that she was also nervous.

Meng Tang still smiled so lightly, and responded in a comfortable tone: "Yes, you guessed it." ”

With a click, Qin Zhen's heart froze suddenly.