Leaving the nursing home, I took a taxi to Tulip Road. Qiao Ye said that the place where we eat today is set at the "Wutong Restaurant", and this is a place where it is difficult for per capita consumption to exceed 40 yuan. Therefore, I have to feel the power of life, it can change the once spendthrift of Qiao Dashao, make him no longer decent, and completely live the life of a small citizen.

After a while, I arrived at the "Wutong Restaurant", but instead of going in immediately, I stood at the door and looked at the cars parked next to me, but I didn't find Chen Yi's Audi A4. In other words, she has not arrived at this moment, so the suspense of whether Qiu Zi'an will accompany her to the appointment is still there.

Qiao Ye, who was sitting in the restaurant, found me through the window, he walked out with a cigarette in his mouth, and then put his arm around my shoulder and said, "Jiangqiao, I chose a good place, right?" If you look at the two plane trees planted in front of the door, they not only give people a sense of security, but also show a little bit of 80-year-old charm, if I remember correctly, this restaurant is probably a product of the late 80s on this road, right? ”

"You don't have to be busy wrapping this restaurant with a sense of history, it's all brothers, I won't dislike you for choosing such a place."

"It doesn't matter if you dislike it, at least I, Qiao Ye, live for feelings now. To be honest, I've only recently felt like a human being! ”

I sighed: "You really don't need to make yourself look like you have a deep hatred for the past, you have to understand: no matter how you live, it is life, and no matter how you live, you can't get rid of the good and bad ......"

Before I could finish my words, an A4 drove this way first, followed by a white Porsche Panamera, and before I could figure out who it was, Qiao Ye's face beside me had become ugly.

Sure enough, it was his wife Qin Miao who stepped out of the Porsche. Because she is tall and very good at dressing up, she is the kind of woman who is easy to distinguish from the crowd and then make men fantasize, and this just makes her class characteristics very obvious, which makes many men including me feel a sense of distance. Just imagine, what man who is just barely getting enough food and clothing in life can talk about life and emotions with this woman who drives a Porsche Panamera?

I paid attention to Chen Yi's body again, and found that the imaginary Qiu Zi'an did not appear, and my tense nerves finally relaxed a little, but I still lit a cigarette to hide my discomfort.

Qin Miao and Chen Yi walked side by side towards me and Qiao Ye, Chen Yi and I seemed to have a natural tacit understanding, so no one spoke first, and Qin Miao, who was the protagonist, looked around, and said to Qiao Ye very squeezed: "Young Master Qiao, before I came, I thought that this hotel would be at least a five-star hotel, after all, you have such a good face, but I didn't expect it to be such a place, if it wasn't for Chen Yi to lead the way, I almost drove the car to the Huashen Avenue next door!" ”

Qiao Ye replied with a cold face: "Don't be sarcastic about me, just the five-star hotel you mentioned, its dishes are also fried with oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and it will turn into if you eat it, I really don't see where noble it is!" ”

I was shocked by the vulgarity of this buddy, and I almost choked on the cigarette I was smoking, while Chen Yi turned his head to look at his mobile phone, trying to keep his distance from this reckless man, but Qin Miao was used to the way he spoke, and replied with a sneer: "I really don't know how I married you blindly." Anyway, you've lived for more than twenty years, and you can't speak well! ”

"My son is a nouveau riche, and my son won't be smart, since you don't look down on me so much, then divorce, whoever doesn't accompany him is a grandson!"

Qin Miao was silent, her face was more sad and helpless than angry, it seemed that divorce was her weakness, but I don't understand very well, would she really be afraid of divorce on her terms?

The atmosphere became a little stiff, and Chen Yi and I hurriedly started a round between the two, hoping that they could remember the love between husband and wife, and each gave each other a step down.

Fortunately, Qiao Ye was not too outrageous, and finally took out the consciousness of the master, and motioned for me and Chen Yi to follow him into the restaurant, while Qin Miao stood behind us a little lonely. Chen Yi couldn't stand it, she turned around and grabbed Qin Miao's arm again, and then said some comforting words in her ear, which brought Qin Miao into the Wutong Restaurant.

At this moment, I am a little glad that Chen Yi called Qin Miao and made me a supporting role, otherwise I really don't know what emotions to use to face Chen Yi, and compared to Qiao Ye and Qin Miao, it seems that there is more complexity between us, because they at least have a visible marriage, but nothing is clear between us.

During the meal, Qin Miao and Qiao Ye started the mode of sarcasm with each other, Chen Yi and I just listened like this, until we were about to finish eating, Chen Yi said to me: "Jiang Qiao, do you have time later, I want to talk to you." ”

"Uh...... Yes. ”

Chen Yi turned to Qin Miao and Qiao Ye and said, "Then you two sit for a while, and Jiang Qiao and I will go out for a walk." ”

Qin Miao also seemed to want to have a separate space to talk to Qiao Ye privately, she nodded first, and Qiao Ye lit a cigarette and acquiesced to Chen Yi's proposal, but I knew that he would definitely not talk to Qin Miao well later, and most of the things brewing in his heart were divorce, which he thought he had to do.

……

The rain has stopped, but the tulip road is still damp, so that it is reflected by the street lamps as a dusk, and the fallen leaves have fallen a lot with the wind, and this situation will affect the mood of passers-by to some extent, so that everyone walks on both sides of the road in a bit of a sluggish mood......

Chen Yi and I kept a very delicate distance, and the two of us walked silently for about a stop before she said to me: "This afternoon, Jin Qiu contacted me, and she said that she would personally connect with me about the wedding officiation of Mr. Xiao. ”

I replied as lightly as possible: "Yes, I was fired because I didn't have enough academic qualifications and didn't fit the company's future strategic positioning." ”

Chen Yi didn't say anything for a while, but I lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and then laughed at myself and said, "Do you think I'm too blind at this time?" Because you had expected this situation a long time ago. ”

"I don't have that in mind, I just want to ask you, do you think this is an opportunity?"

I stopped, and then looked at the car in front of me with some blankness, until I was about to finish the cigarette in my hand, and then I replied, "I want to do a little business." ”

"Small business?"

"Well, I want to open a small wonton shop on this tulip road, and then pick up my grandmother from the nursing home, she can help make wontons when I am free, and I can also take care of her."

Chen Yi fell into silence......

"You're disappointed in me, aren't you?"

Chen Yi was noncommittal, and it was still a long time before he asked me again: "When did you have this idea?" ”

"Right now...... I never felt like a general, I just wanted to live a simple life. ”

"Jiang Qiao, have you ever thought that you are only 25 years old? Have you really looked up to your own abilities? …… We are alive and no one is immune to setbacks, so it's not scary, but what's really scary is this: falling into setbacks and not waking up! ”

"I don't want you to say that about me, you can say that I can't wake up, I can also say that there is a true temperament in simple life, and some things always have to be done, such as opening a wonton shop."

"Do you really think so?"

I looked at her, then nodded, "True." ”

Chen Yi turned her back and stopped looking at me, and the wind seemed to blow a barrier between us, so that I didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, and she didn't know what I was thinking......

Since I couldn't see the hope of love in her, I didn't have higher requirements for myself, so what I look forward to most now is: to be a small business that can not only take care of my grandmother but also earn some money to support my life, and opening a wonton shop is a good choice.

After a long silence, I finally changed the topic and said to her: "I heard from your colleague that Qiu Zi'an proposed to you at the banquet yesterday?" ”

"Hmm."

I smiled hard and then said to her, "I'm sorry, I drank too much last night, and then said something to you that I shouldn't have said, but it wasn't my intention, I hope it didn't bother you...... I promise you: I will change my ways, and I will never be fussy with you again, because in hindsight, I feel that I am quite nasty, and fortunately you didn't bother with me! ”

Chen Yi finally looked at me, but I lost the courage to look at her in the next second, first avoiding her gaze, and then lowering my head and flicking the cigarette ash in my hand.

"Smack!" A heavy slap sounded, and a hot pain came from my face, I looked at Chen Yi dumbfounded, it was she who slapped me, and it was also the first slap I received in my life, my head was "buzzing"!

Chen Yi looked at me with tears in his eyes: "Jiang Qiao, for more than 20 years, am I just a plaything in your heart, have you considered my feelings when you do this?" What am I in your heart? ”

"Let's fight, fight harder, save me too much guilt." As I spoke, I took another step in front of Chen Yi.

"You're ......!"

Chen Yi squatted down in pain, and then whimpered helplessly, but I found a little relief in her whimper, because when our pain was released, we might get some calm.

I really needed this calm, because my brain was already in chaos under the double whammy of unemployment and confession rejection, and I didn't have the slightest ability to think, as if all of this was based on a mechanical reaction