After about an hour, the film crew finally finished shooting the wedding photos and left the Dream Tree. Jin Qiu went back to the bar, then sat down across from me, I made her a cup of hot tea, she just held the teacup and turned it gently, but she didn't drink it immediately, she kept looking through the shell-shaped window at the snow-white world outside, and there was no movement in the room, only the heat coming out of the teacup and the smoke coming out of my fingers were dynamic......

When I was about to finish a cigarette, I finally asked her, "What are you thinking?" ”

She didn't look at me, just smiled and replied, "I didn't think about anything, I was just enjoying this rare tranquility, you look at the world outside the window......"

While playing with the lighter, I followed Jin Qiu's gaze and looked out the window, and only after a while did I reply: "The afterglow of the setting sun falls on the white snow, like an unreal fairy tale world!" There is probably only one such scene a year, and when the temperature rises tomorrow, the snow will melt. ”

Jin Qiu took out a lady's cigarette from the cigarette case, but did not light it, she just played with it, and after a moment said to me, "Do you believe that there are many things in this world that are predestined?" ”

"Why not believe it, just like the snow in front of you will melt, and spring will come."

Jin Qiu smiled, finally picked up the hot tea I made for her and took a sip, and then looked out the window for a while, and I also enjoyed this state, we said a few words when we wanted to talk, and when we didn't want to talk, the whole bar was quiet, because there were only two of us left.

Gradually, the sky outside the window darkened, and the picture of the afterglow reflecting the snow disappeared in the unstoppable laws of nature, and Jin Qiu said to me in a tone of entering the working state: "I have a plan, I want to talk to you, the boss, if I can get your approval, I have the bottom in my heart." ”

"Say it."

Jin Qiu nodded, and I also took advantage of her to sort out her thoughts and went to the stove to add some firewood, it was precisely because of this stove that we enjoyed the whole dusk comfortably, and although it was beautiful outside, it was cold after all.

I returned to my seat, and then habitually lit a cigarette, Jin Qiu also lit the cigarette that had been holding in my hand at this time, and after taking a puff, he said to me: "I plan to officially establish a dream tree brand wedding company after the spring of the next year, and the office is located in the dream tree...... Let me start by explaining why I planned to do so. ”

"Hmm."

"Let me first say from the perspective of the market, if we can succeed in the wedding photography base project, then it is the general trend to be a wedding company, and we can't let go of this market in vain, because wedding photography itself is part of the wedding service, since we can do wedding photography, then it is very sure to do other wedding services...... Secondly, the wedding service industry, we have the advantage of talents, we can omit the learning process, and you may not know that although the company in Nanjing has fallen, the core talents have not yet dispersed...... Because in the past few months, I have been paying them wages according to the previous standard, the purpose is to reorganize the company, and they have a very tacit understanding between them, and there is no need to run in at all, so they can get started when they come to Shanghai...... In addition, the most important point is that Shanghai has a huge wedding market than Nanjing, which will bring unlimited possibilities for our company's development! ”

"You're really doing it step by step!"

Jin Qiu looked at me with a complicated gaze.

I hurriedly explained: "What I mean by step by step is not a derogatory term, I only now understand your real motive for choosing to leave Nanjing, you seem to be passive evasive, in fact it is more like lying on the side of the salary, now it seems that your choice is probably right." ”

Jin Qiu smiled at this time, and she replied, "Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing for us to do a wedding company together in the way we are now?" …… If it is in Nanjing, no matter how you look at it, this is a completely impossible thing to achieve! I still have a deep image of your rejection of the company in the first place. ”

I responded with a smile and said, "Shanghai is a fresh beginning, and I think we should all choose to forget about what happened in Nanjing...... Let me start by saying that I would like to support your idea of setting up a wedding company here...... To be honest, I have always had a deep affection for this industry, and the reason why I was reluctant to touch it again in the past was because there was a knot that had not been opened, but now, many things should be chosen to let go. ”

"That's good."

"Well, then tomorrow let's call Yao Yu and Liu Liu, and let's talk about the development plan of the dream tree next year."

"Okay, and I hope to get their support and then implement this as soon as possible, you know, I'm a very efficient person."

I nodded. We have reached a consensus of intention on the establishment of a wedding company.

After continuing to chat for a while, I turned the topic from career to life, and I said to her: "By the way, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and there are a lot of places to spend money, so if it is convenient for you here, can you lend me 10,000 yuan." ”

"We are still talking about borrowing or not borrowing. However, if I'm not mistaken, it was Yang Qu who asked you for money again, right? ”

"Well, she said that she was going to Nanjing with us for the New Year, even if I was my brother, gave her the New Year's money."

Jin Qiu's face suddenly became serious, and she replied: "I think you had better have a bottom line in the matter of reaching out for money, and you can't indulge her so much." Because this is not a good thing for her, a student who has not yet entered the society. ”

"I know this is not a good habit, but you should also see that the six months since she came to Shanghai to study have changed a lot compared with before, at least she has used more money in moderation than before, and 5,000 yuan is really not much compared to the number she asked for before, you have to give her a gradual correction process."

Jin Qiu shook her head and smiled, and then said, "I don't know if she can get rid of this bad problem in the future, but I have already seen the change in your body first, and you think about how you treated her before." ”

After Jin Qiu's reminder, I was really shocked, so much so that I replied after a while: "I can't be cold to her all my life." In Yang Qu's own words, if you can be a brother and sister in this life, you may not be able to be a brother and sister in the next life, so if I have the ability to do some of her requests, I will still try my best to meet her. ”

Jin Qiu didn't say anything more, and then she took out her mobile phone and transferred 10,000 yuan to my account. When I received a text message from the bank, I thought about my changes in the past six months for a while.

I seem to have lost some people, but I am more willing to cherish the people around me, and I gradually become unwilling to look at the world and the people who live in it with hatred.

……

After having a simple dinner with Yang Qu and Jin Qiu, they went back to Jin Qiu's accommodation in the city, and I was still left alone in the Dream Tree, writing the opening event planning book for the hotel that will open next year, until Qiao Ye, who had not been to Shanghai for a long time, unexpectedly came to the bar, and I stopped.

Qiao Ye sat down across from me, I personally mixed a cocktail for him, and then the two of them sat opposite each other, he looked much haggard than last time, but I don't know if he was tired by his career or because of his private life.

I think the latter is more likely, after all, Su Han is back.

I asked him, "Why are you free to come here today?" ”

"I'm tired, I don't know who else I can talk to besides you......"

"Is it because of Su Han?"

Qiao Ye nodded, then skillfully lit a cigarette for himself, and replied in a hoarse voice: "In order to fight for the custody of the child, Qin Miao and Su Han have already gone to court, neither of them has given the other party a little room for private negotiation, and it is a killing move." ”

"What about you, what's your mood?"

Qiao Ye sighed heavily and replied: "Originally, I also had the determination to take back the custody of the child, but when Su Han really stood in front of me, crying and begging me to let her and the child go, my faith was shaken...... Because I feel like I'm a special jerk, as if I just used her as a fertility tool and sent her away with money. ”

Hearing Qiao Ye say this, I couldn't help but feel heavy in my heart, but in the years that he and Su Han have been involved, if you look at it from an extreme perspective, it is indeed what he said.

It took me a long time before I asked him again, "What about Qin Miao, what is Qin Miao's attitude now?" ”

Qiao Ye lowered his head, and he said with great self-reproach: "I'm even more sorry for Qin Miao!" …… I'm not stupid, she did it not because she wanted this child herself, she just didn't want to have regrets in my life...... I really don't know what kind of sin I have been doing all these years, if I can put away my play and focus on my career as soon as possible, and live a good life with Qin Miao, wouldn't there be no unsolvable situation now! ”

I replied with deep feelings: "When you say these words, I really don't know if you have changed your mind or matured." ”

Qiao Ye said with certainty: "It's mature, but the price of this maturity is too great, I have completely changed the lives of two women, but the saddest thing is that this kind of change has nothing to do with beauty, but it has forced them to a dead end one by one!" ”

The painful Qiao Ye in front of me couldn't help but make me think of myself and Xiao Ai again, should I be grateful for the arrangement of fate?

Maybe I should be thankful, because of her departure, the tragedy between us stopped in this place, and there was no chance for us to hurt each other again, and should I also let go of the obsession that I had been holding on to for a long time, and try to accept a new life, and a new relationship that may appear in the future?

……

After Qiao Ye and I were silent for a while, he said as if he remembered something: "By the way, Chen Yituo will give you something." ”

"What?"

Qiao Ye didn't say much, she took out a wedding card from her briefcase and threw it in front of me, and replied, "You can see it yourself." ”

My heart tightened in an instant, and then I felt a surge of blood rushing upward, and the day finally came...... This girl who grew up with me and cared for me for more than 20 years is about to get married, and from then on I am no longer in her free place, and she is not my faith.

I gently opened the wedding card, and then looked at the photo of Chen Yi and Wang Ze, it seemed to be very familiar, and it seemed to be extremely unfamiliar, my fingertips trembled slightly, so I hurriedly took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it, then smiled again, put the wedding card back on the table, and said to myself: "It's good, she is getting married." ”

Qiao Ye looked at me and replied lightly: "It's good." Talented and beautiful, the right door! ”

Suddenly I felt that the fire in the stove was too hot, and I didn't want to stay in the bar for a second, so I took off my fur jacket, threw it on the table, and walked out of the bar. Then I was completely immersed in the cold outside the house, not knowing which way to go, and I was so lost......

After a while, Qiao Ye came to my side, he patted me on the shoulder, and said: "I can understand your current mood, after all, the woman I have loved for so many years is getting married, even if there is no **** relationship, I will be somewhat disappointed in my heart." ”

"I'm not lost, it's not that I don't bless her, I just feel that an era and youth are over; I don't regret it, I don't feel sad, I just saw countless pictures that have happened in the past 20 years, and these pictures include me and her......"

I opened my mouth, but I couldn't say any more, Qiao Ye took the opportunity to stuff a cigarette into my mouth, and then helped me light it.

I took a deep breath, then smiled again and said, "Back then, I was wearing open crotch pants and she wore a ponytail, just running in that alley for time, and she never ran in front of me...... Only now did I know that she didn't miss me, she just wanted to follow in my footsteps and hope that I would be happy...... Hehe, there's nothing to suffer, now it's just a reversal of roles, I should also stand behind her and watch her be happy, and she did it, because no one will question that it was a wrong choice for her to marry Wang Ze...... As a friend for so many years, you must be quite happy for her, right? ”

"I'm very happy for her...... What more can I say? ”

"Don't say anything, when the New Year is over, it's good for my brothers to happily watch her get married...... is for the relationship that grew up together, we are qualified to be her mother's brother, we have to tell Wang Ze to treat her well...... Otherwise, we won't agree. ”

As I spoke, I walked out of the courtyard of the dream tree, and Qiao Ye also followed my footsteps and walked out, and he sang behind me like a psychopath, hoarsely: "Dedicate our youth to the glorious city behind us, and we will pay this price for this beautiful dream; Leave love to the most sincere girl around me, you sing with me, wander with me, and lose with me; It wasn't until now that I suddenly realized that what I dreamed of was true love and freedom; I want to take you to elope and run to the farthest town; I want to take you to elope and be the happiest person......"

"Sing your mother's soul!"

I turned to glare at him, but he was louder and sang so loudly that my liver trembled...... He laughed again and said: "Jiangqiao, time is a knife that cuts our lives into paragraph after paragraph...... This year's knife is the most ruthless, our youth is over, our freedom is over, and even our faces are swollen by this real life! ”

Qiao Ye said as he ripped off his sweater and underwear, revealing a strong muscle, and then jumped into the small river we used to make a landscape next to him with a "poof", the water was only half a person deep, but it could freeze to death.

Qiao Ye wiped his face and shouted at me in a trembling voice: "Jiang Qiao, don't you keep saying that the water is freer than the sky!" When I feel like I can't get by, I swim in the water, and now that I've taken off my pants and come down, do you have a kind of swim down? …… The water ****** cold and bitterly cold! ”

At this moment, I seem to really see my youth end in the fluttering water, so let's just be presumptuous, and then use this extreme way to say goodbye to the dead youth and young love, as well as those women who were once unforgettable but failed to be together after all!

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