On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xue Fei attended a high school reunion. This party has been held every year since graduating from high school, but the time is not fixed, the personnel are not fixed, whoever is in Qihe, who has time, will go.

In the past, the number of participants every year was basically maintained at more than a dozen, and this year there were many people attending the party, Xue Fei went to the hotel and sat at two tables, counting twenty-one people, this was the first time he had seen so many people since he participated in the party, and he always couldn't avoid greeting for a while.

However, Xue Fei is not the protagonist among his classmates, the protagonist is Wu Ziqiang, he is the son of Wu Zhongzheng, secretary of the Guanhe District Party Committee of Qihe City, and he works in the Municipal Public Security Bureau. However, he was not happy, and kept looking left and right, his face still full of anxiety.

Pushing aside everyone, Wu Ziqiang walked over to Xue Fei and Lu Tao, who were chatting, and asked, "Why hasn't Yuanyuan come yet?" Do you think I'm going to give her a call? Wu Ziqiang knew that Qu Yuanyuan had a good relationship with the two of them, and seeing that Qu Yuanyuan had not shown up for a long time, he wanted to find out some news from the mouths of the two of them.

"No need to fight, I've already done it." Lu Tao said.

Lu Tao works in the provincial city of Bingcheng, he is a social news reporter who works for the New Evening News, the largest circulation newspaper in Linjiang Province, and he has the best relationship with Xue Fei among his classmates.

"Is she coming?" Wu Ziqiang hurriedly asked.

Lu Tao shook his head, glanced at Xue Fei, and smiled secretly: "Yuanyuan heard that Xue Fei was coming, so she couldn't say that she was coming." ”

Wu Ziqiang was confused, looked at Xue Fei and said, "What's the situation, Yuanyuan also heard that you came to the New Year's party last year, but she didn't come, is there any misunderstanding between you and Yuanyuan?" Everyone is a classmate, and if there is a misunderstanding, we have to find a way to resolve it. ”

Lu Tao wanted to laugh, and said in his heart, what kind of IQ is this? Even if you don't understand what this means, you still want to pursue Qu Yuanyuan, and if you give up as soon as possible, it will not be possible.

Xue Fei glanced at Lu Tao and said, "Don't listen to Lu Tao's nonsense, Yuanyuan doesn't come to me and has nothing to do with it, it should be that I can't come because of something during the New Year." Xue Fei gave Lu Tao another look, and Lu Tao immediately understood.

"That's right, I'm talking nonsense, Yuanyuan really can't come because of something, and it has nothing to do with Xue Fei." Lu Tao changed his words and said: "Yuanyuan is now a famous program host of the provincial station, and she is very busy during the New Year, and her family has now moved to Bingcheng, how can she come back casually, it is not convenient." If you don't believe me, you can call Yuanyuan and ask in person. ”

"Forget it, if you don't come, you won't come." Wu Ziqiang didn't want to call, but he knew in his heart that calling was in vain, Qu Yuanyuan wouldn't answer it at all, and he didn't know how many times he had called in private.

Yuanyuan's full name is Qu Yuanyuan, and she is a variety show host on Linjiang Provincial TV Station. When she was in school, she was recognized as the school flower of Qihe City No. 1 Middle School, she was beautiful and good at studying, Wu Ziqiang liked her at that time, and launched a strong pursuit offensive, this matter is known to the whole school, but unfortunately Qu Yuanyuan has a heart, and he only has the love of classmates, and there is no feeling for men and women at all, so Wu Ziqiang did not succeed in chasing love until he graduated from high school.

But Wu Ziqiang did not give up, in his mind, he did not marry Qu Yuanyuan in his life, even if Qu Yuanyuan went to college, and even now he has participated in the work, he has not broken his thoughts about Qu Yuanyuan, and is still thinking about how to pursue Qu Yuanyuan, which can be described as infatuation.

Looking at Wu Ziqiang, who was lost and walked away, Xue Fei stretched out his hand and pointed at Lu Tao, Lu Tao smiled, pressed his hand, put his arm around his shoulders and walked towards the corner.

"In the future, Qu Yuanyuan can you not bring me with you, you don't know how much Wu Ziqiang likes her." Xue Fei was very dissatisfied with what Lu Tao said just now.

"Yuanyuan did say that on the phone, I am not a human being to lie to you. Besides, you should know best why Yuanyuan didn't come. Lu Tao smiled evilly.

"You still say yes, right?"

"I won't say it, I won't say it. Don't worry, Wu Ziqiang didn't understand what it meant anyway. ”

"It's too late to understand, and I'm afraid the friendship between classmates will be gone." Xue Fei said angrily.

"Don't talk about it. Seriously, do you really plan to take the civil service exam? Although he knew that Xue Fei had always taken an unusual path, Lu Tao was still very surprised when he heard the news that Xue Fei had resigned from Jingtian and was preparing to take the civil service exam, and he didn't know why he suddenly wanted to take the road of official career.

"Well, isn't it a provincial exam in April, and I will start preparing for the exam after these two days. By the way, when are you going back to Ice City, I'll go with you, I want to go to Ice City to buy a few reference books. "Xue Fei has been to the bookstore in Qihe a few years ago, there are not many textbooks about the civil service examination, Bingcheng is a provincial capital, a sub-provincial city, there should be a lot of books in this area, I want to go to Bingcheng to see.

"I go to work on the seventh day of junior high school and will leave tomorrow morning. Seriously, if you really take the civil service exam, you should really walk around with Yuanyuan more in the future......"

"You're here again, aren't you?"

Lu Tao waved his hand and said very seriously: "I'm not joking with you, although I don't know much about officialdom, I also know that officialdom is not easy to mix, and it is not good to have no one on it." You also know what Yuanyuan and her father do, if you have a good relationship with Yuanyuan, she mentions you in front of her father, how many years do you have to struggle. If it weren't for her father, why did she become the head of the provincial Taiwan just two years after graduation, wasn't it the role of the power in her father's hands. In the past, you didn't want to take the road of official career, but now that you want to go, and you have such a relationship as Yuanyuan, it would be a pity if you didn't take advantage of it. ”

Lu Tao said seriously, Xue Fei also knew that Lu Tao was really good for him, Qu Yuanyuan's father Qu Haibo was the vice governor of Linjiang Province in charge of culture, education, health and sports, if he could really get in touch with him, it would undoubtedly be a great thing, but it was easy to have a good relationship with Qu Yuanyuan, it was simply difficult for a strong man.

Xue Fei didn't say anything, and nodded to indicate that he understood.

Lu Tao still wanted to say something, but at this time, the classmate on the side asked the two of them to hurry over to eat, and all the dishes were ready, so Lu Tao had to swallow the words that came to his mouth, and then tell Xue Fei when he had the opportunity.

On the morning of the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Xue Fei and Lu Tao met at the long-distance bus station and took the earliest bus to Bingcheng.

Qihe is not particularly far from the ice city, it takes about four hours by car, and the train is a little faster, about three and a half hours, but people usually choose to take a car because the bus station in the ice city is in the city, and the train station is a little further away from the city.

When I arrived at Bingcheng, it was already noon, and after getting off the bus, the two of them had a simple meal, and then took the bus to the largest book building in Bingcheng.

Because it was still in the Chinese New Year, there were not many people in the book building, Xue Fei went in and looked directly for the textbooks for the civil service examination, Lu Tao didn't follow, he had never been interested in textbook books, so he walked towards the novel.

After choosing two books, seeing that the time was almost up, Xue Fei planned to take the car back to Qihe, but Lu Tao didn't let him, he said: "Don't go, let's stay tonight, I have a place in my dormitory." Besides, you don't have anything urgent, I work in Bingcheng again, you finally came here, I have to do my best to be a landlord. You are about to go to the official career, if you become a big official in the future, I will definitely not be ranked again, and I have to act now. ”

Xue Fei smiled, thinking that there was really nothing to do, just stay for one night, and go back tomorrow. After making a call home, Xue Fei and Lu Tao left the Book Building.

In the evening, Lu Tao arranged a place to eat in a very high-end restaurant, and Xue Fei stood at the door of the hotel, "You don't have to see me like this, right?" Why arrange such a good place, a small restaurant, it's too luxurious to eat here. ”

Lu Tao quipped: "What's the line of a small restaurant, you will be a big leader in the future, I don't dare to slack off." Lu Tao took Xue Fei's arm and walked into the hotel.

"Let's pull it down, let's wait until I become a big leader. Let's change to a different place. "Xue Fei went to high-end restaurants to eat too many times when he was a driver in Jingtian, and the list goes on. His experience is that eating in a big restaurant is basically an atmosphere, or an environment, and if you really want to eat well, it is either a small restaurant or a home, which is delicious and affordable.

"Tonight I am the Lord and you are the guest, the guest is as the Lord is pleased, you can listen to me. Hurry inside. Xue Fei couldn't resist Lu Tao, and was forcibly pulled into the hotel by Lu Tao.

Lu Tao asked for a private room, Xue Fei sat down and just ordered food, the door of the private room rang, and then pushed the door in, took off his sunglasses and said, "I'm sorry, I'm not late." ”

It was a girl who came in, in her early twenties, about 1.65 meters tall, with long black hair scattered over her shoulders, exquisite facial features, and big and bright eyes. The upper body is wearing a white round-neck slim-fitting cashmere sweater, and a dark red coat is worn over the outside. He wore a pair of black pencil pants and a pair of black high-heeled Martin boots on his feet. The whole person is not only elegant, but also full of style.

How did she get here? Seeing that it was Qu Yuanyuan, Xue Fei couldn't help frowning slightly.

The waiter was stunned when he saw Qu Yuanyuan, obviously recognizing it, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

"It's not too late, the two of us have just arrived, sit down and be beautiful." Lu Tao enthusiastically took Qu Yuanyuan's coat and hung it on the hanger.

Looking at Xue Fei, who she hadn't seen for a long time, Qu Yuanyuan's heart was as excited as a waiter seeing her, but she didn't show it, and after sitting down, she smiled and said, "You seem to be a little fat." ”

Xue Fei understood, no wonder Lu Tao would arrange to eat in such a good restaurant, it turned out that Qu Yuanyuan also came over, this guy is really hateful, which pot is not opened, Qu Yuanyuan came over, can this meal still be eaten.

Xue Fei wasn't excited at all, just a little unnatural, but it was all hidden in his heart. He also smiled and said, "Well, it's a little fatter." Xue Fei glanced at Lu Tao with sharp eyes, and Lu Tao pretended not to see it.

"Order first, we'll talk later." Lu Tao pushed the menu in front of Qu Yuanyuan in front of him, "Order whatever you want, you're welcome, I'll treat you tonight." ”

"That, Qu Yuanyuan, can you sign me, I like you very much!" The waiter blushed, handed the pen and paper to Qu Yuanyuan and said.

Lu Tao wanted to stop it, but Qu Yuanyuan didn't let it, she looked at the waiter and said with a smile: "Thank you for liking me." I can sign it for you, but you have to promise me that I won't let anyone else know I'm here, okay? Qu Yuanyuan didn't want to be disturbed, especially when she was with Xue Fei.

The waiter nodded hurriedly, "Okay, I promise you, I definitely won't tell anyone." ”

Qu Yuanyuan saw that she agreed, so she picked up the pen and wrote down her name, and the waiter almost jumped up with joy as if she had found a treasure in her hand.

Qu Yuanyuan looked at Xue Fei proudly, but Xue Fei secretly shook his head, he is not a star chaser, so naturally he doesn't know, and it is difficult to understand the excitement and joy of fans when they get their idol autographs.

After ordering, the three of them chatted while eating, during which Qu Yuanyuan's eyes almost never left Xue Fei, on the surface, it seemed to be nothing, but Xue Fei could feel the meaningful affection in his eyes, he was uncomfortable when he saw it, and wondered if she hadn't died to herself?

Qu Yuanyuan can be said to have fallen in love with Xue Fei at first sight, from the first time she saw Xue Fei, she fell in love with Xue Fei's tall and handsome appearance, and later as she slowly understood, she was deeply attracted by Xue Fei's intelligence and talent and couldn't extricate herself. But in high school, she never expressed her affection for Xue Fei, because at that time, her studies were intense, and everyone wanted to be admitted to a good university, and she was no exception, she was afraid that her feelings would affect her and Xue Fei's grades, so she always buried her love for Xue Fei deep in her heart.

When she was admitted to university, Qu Yuanyuan wanted to go to the same university as Xue Fei, although her academic performance was excellent, but compared with Xue Fei, she knew that she had no hope of being admitted to Huaqing University, and Xue Fei had only one desire for the college entrance examination, that is, Huaqing University, since she couldn't be in the same school as Xue Fei, she retreated to the next best thing, and felt that it was not bad to be in the same city as Xue Fei, so she was admitted to Jingtian Media University for the broadcasting and hosting major.

Although they are in different schools, because they are in the same Jingtian, Qu Yuanyuan and Xue Fei often meet each other in the four years of college, eat together, and hang out together. Qu Yuanyuan thought that she could let Xue Fei know her love when she went to college, but many times when she wanted to confess, Xue Fei either deliberately diverted the topic, or brought Lu Tao, who was also in college in Jingtian, as a shield, in short, she never found a suitable opportunity.

Until she was about to graduate, Qu Yuanyuan felt that if she didn't say it again, she might not have a chance to say it, so she went to Huaqing University and called Xue Fei out, plucked up her courage, and finally said what she had always wanted to say.

"Xue Fei, I like you, let's be together, okay?" Qu Yuanyuan took Xue Fei's hand and said affectionately.

Qu Yuanyuan has always been very confident in herself, whether it is her appearance, character, or even family, she thinks that she will not lose to anyone, she thinks that Xue Fei will definitely accept her and be with her. But the opposite is true.

"I'm sorry, Yuanyuan, the two of us are not suitable." Xue Fei took Qu Yuanyuan's hand away and said.

Qu Yuanyuan was stunned at the time, she didn't expect Xue Fei to refuse her, she was extremely shocked and incredulous, "Why is it inappropriate?" What's not right? ”

Xue Fei didn't answer her at the time, only said that there was something else, turned around and left.

Xue Fei was not surprised by Qu Yuanyuan's confession, in fact, when he was in high school, he felt that Qu Yuanyuan was interesting to him, and he also had a good impression of Qu Yuanyuan. A girl like Qu Yuanyuan, who is very good in every aspect, seems to be impossible not to have a good impression of her, and at that time, it seems that all the boys in the school have a good impression of her, so he never knows whether she likes it or not, whether it is so-called love. I thought I would know when I went to college, but I found out that I was still very confused.

Xue Fei has been skipping grades since he was in elementary school, so that in high school, his classmates are all older than him, the youngest is two years older, and the oldest is four years older. Qu Yuanyuan is two years older than him, in his cognitive world, men and women fall in love and get married together, men must be older than women, because Xue Rengui is older than Zhang Fengxia, and he never thought of finding a girlfriend older than himself, plus he is still not sure of his feelings for Qu Yuanyuan, afraid that he will hurt Qu Yuanyuan at that time, so every time Qu Yuanyuan wants to confess to him, he will instinctively choose to avoid it until he refuses Qu Yuanyuan.

Now Xue Fei doesn't care about the fact that women are older than men, but unfortunately he still hasn't figured out whether he likes Qu Yuanyuan or not. If he didn't like it, he had to admit that Qu Yuanyuan satisfied all his imagination of women, which attracted him very much. But if you want to say that you like it, he always feels as if something is missing, in short, he didn't want to hurt Qu Yuanyuan, but with his refusal, he completely hurt Qu Yuanyuan.

After that day, Qu Yuanyuan cried a lot and vowed never to meet Xue Fei again. She did what she said, in the two years after graduating from college, she really didn't see Xue Fei again, in order to avoid meeting, she didn't even attend the class reunion, she thought Xue Fei had disappeared from her world, but when she received a call from Lu Tao, saying that Xue Fei was in the ice city, do you want to have a meal together, she agreed without hesitation, she knew that she hadn't forgotten Xue Fei at all, she was just deceiving herself before.

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