After nearly two hours of flight, the purser announced on the radio that the plane was about to land at Lukou Airport in Nanjing.

The rapid transition between cities made my mood rise and fall with it, I seemed to see the love and hatred hidden in the city, as well as the loneliness derived from the night, and all the qiē did not change in the slightest because of my departure, the traffic is still infinitely extended, flowing in the whole city like blood under the brilliant lights.

Xiao Ai, who had been sleeping, finally took off her blindfold, and then leaned over the window to look at the world below, she didn't have as many thoughts as me, but sighed, "The night in Nanjing is still so beautiful!" ”

The plane landed smoothly, walked out of the terminal, and stood under the viaduct, a ray of moonlight through the gaps between the buildings, falling lightly at our feet, but we were dragging heavy luggage on our hands.

It was 11 o'clock at night, and I asked her, "How are you going to stay tonight?" ”

"Yu Xin knows that I'm coming back today, I'll go live with her."

"Okay, then I'll take a taxi, take you there first, and then have a supper together."

……

Yu Xin's house is very close to the "Jiangsu Performing Arts Group" where she works, she is wearing slippers and pajamas standing outside the community waiting for us, and as soon as she meets Xiao Ai, she comes to a warm hug, telling how she misses her these days.

I took another step in front of the two of them, and Yu Xin asked without concealing it: "Jiangqiao Xiao Ai, are you really together?" ”

I replied evasively, "Don't be in a hurry to ask questions, we're hungry now, and we're going to have a supper together, do you want to go?" ”

Yu Xin shook her head again and again, and replied: "Forget about supper, do you think everyone is the same as Xiao Ai, belonging to the kind of person who is slim no matter how he eats!" After speaking, he turned to Xiao Ai and said, "You go eat first, wait for you to come back later, and then we will talk slowly, this is the key to my house, you take it." ”

Xiao Ai took the key from Tai Xin, and then walked with me to another block where we could still eat, and we were both a little silent along the way, but we smiled at each other a few times, maybe we were just a little tired, but we loved the atmosphere of the city and the familiar night.

In front of a noodle restaurant that has not closed for business, Xiao Ai and I sat face to face at the outdoor table, and there were many young people eating barbecue and drinking beer in the food stall on the other side.

I encouraged Xiao Ai, "Why don't we drink some beer and have barbecue." ”

"I only have NT$ left, how can I drink it?"

I had an idea and replied, "Isn't it possible to transfer money on WeChat!" ”

"You're not afraid of trouble!"

"It's not a hassle at all...... Drink, just to talk to you about something. ”

……

I asked for a plate of fried clams, and grilled some vegetables and meat skewers, Xiao Ai and I sat at the noodle stall but ate barbecue, I poured a glass of beer, held it up in front of Xiao Ai and said with a smile: "Welcome back to Nanjing!" ”

Xiao Ai clinked glasses with me and asked, "Do you think I'm happy?" ”

"Uh...... It should be a mixed taste, but I think your feelings for the city of Nanjing are not comparable to other places, even Taipei! ”

"It's not as mixed as you think, I think I'm very happy, and when I come back, you invite me to a barbecue, I especially like this kind of life with the taste of the market...... Come, drink! ”

Xiao Ai raised her head and drank a whole glass of beer, but I thought she was a bit "crazy", or maybe the city of Nanjing really gave her a good mood, so that she could also find pleasure in eating barbecue and other civilian consumption.

After drinking a bottle of beer, she was silent on the plane just now, and she gradually talked more. She told me that when she went to music festivals with Yuan Zhen in the past, eating barbecue and drinking beer was the favorite way for those underground musicians to get together, and she often infected her love xù to the ground, and then loudly accompanied them to say things that were not popular with the world!

Looking at the way she kept talking, I really believed that she liked the city of Nanjing more than Taipei, she had experienced too much here, just like her first love, but Taipei was like a fiancé under the words of a matchmaker, and she felt that it was necessary to be together, but she always lacked the passion and freedom when she was with Nanjing.

I also raised my head and drank a whole glass of beer, and after smacking my lips very refreshingly, I said to Xiao Ai: "You can eat and drink nonsense tonight, but tomorrow, we have to think about how to make a living here, otherwise we will all have to stop eating!" ”

"I'm easy to do, I can go to work in the performing arts group, and when I was still studying in Nanyi, the head of the group invited me to join."

I was full of surprise: "Mixing in an entertainment group, doesn't it mean that you have joined your least favorite showbiz?" ”

Xiao Ai glanced at me with disdain, and replied: "If you don't know about our industry, don't talk nonsense, Jiangsu Performing Arts Group is the cradle of cultivating artists, and there are 27 artists in the troupe who enjoy special allowances from the state!" It's completely different from what you think about the showbiz, the head of the troupe can say, as long as I am willing to join, he will immediately arrange for me to participate in an international-level music performance. ”

I was a little discouraged, although I persuaded Xiao Ai to come back from Taipei, but it was not the same thing as I envisioned, but I still didn't give up and asked, "Do you think we can do something together?" …… I think that the next stage is a new point for both of us, especially a big thing like work, which must be seriously considered as a top priority. ”

"I don't want to do things with you."

I was even more deflated, frowning and asking, "Why?" ”

"I'm afraid that it will be a mess when the time comes, no one will support you as a down-and-out man, if I go to work in the performing arts group, at least I will have a basic salary every month, and the performance fee will be calculated separately! Raising a family is still quite a piece of cake. ”

I looked at Xiao Ai, she looked at me with a smile, so much so that I couldn't tell if she was joking with me, or if she was talking about something very serious, but despite this, my heart still welled up with a burst of emotion, I felt that no matter how difficult the future days of entrepreneurship were, there were people behind me.

After eating the barbecue, we started to eat noodles again, but only halfway through the meal, Xiao Ai said that I couldn't eat it anymore, holding the basic principle of waste and shame, I ate her leftover noodles, and then we parted on this street, I went back to the old alley of Tulip Road, she went to Yu Xin's place, and about tomorrow, I will talk about it together......

……

After every long trip, returning to the old alley will be a new feeling, I deliberately stopped at the door of the former "mood coffee shop" and stood for a while, looking at the empty inside, and then looking back on the days when I worked hard to start a business, it was like a dream that was easy to wake up from, and I was still a little at a loss about where to go in the future.

I walked all the way to my old house, and when I arrived at the door, I unexpectedly found that there was light in the house where Chen Yi used to live diagonally, which made me can't help but walk over, and then lay down between the two wooden doors and looked inside, the light came from Chen Yi's room, she didn't draw the curtains, I saw her sitting by the window and silently remembering the host script.

Before, she had been worried about the lack of news since I went to Taipei, but now that I am back and she lives here again, I have no reason not to talk to her, so I let out a heavy breath and knocked on the courtyard door.

"Who?"

"I, Jiangqiao ......"

The simple conversation, echoed in the relatively closed alley, which made the night seem quieter, all the inadvertent sounds were like a whisper, and the faint light and the twinkling starlight blended together perfectly, making everything in the line of sight so soft.

With a "creak", Chen Yi pushed open the wooden door, her body was draped in a red coat, and her face was full of exhaustion after high-intensity work.

I asked her suspiciously, "Why did you come back to live again?" ”

"Recently, I received a large-scale party hosting task for the linkage live broadcast of three satellite TV stations, and the pressure was quite high, and I couldn't live quietly with my parents at home, so I moved here for a while."

"I see!"

Chen Yi nodded, then turned to me and asked, "Did you just come back?" ”

"Hmm...... Worried you before! ”

"I know I'll be worried, I'll pay more attention when I go out in the future, I can't contact you in those days, I'm dying!"

"I want to know that you will look for me, I will definitely find a way to call you to report your safety."

Chen Yi glanced at him with complicated eyes, and didn't dwell on this matter anymore, but asked me, "Are Xiao Ai and you back?" ”

"I'm back, I'm living with Yu Xin."

Chen Yi shifted her gaze to me, she leaned against the door frame, and then put the slippers on her feet on the threshold and rubbed them, as if they were stained with something. Then, as if inadvertently, he asked me again, "What are your plans for the future?" ”

I didn't get a reply from Xiao Ai about doing music training with me, so I could only vaguely reply to Chen Yi: "Take it one step at a time, I may still find a commercial project to do." ”

"Hmm...... If there's anything you need my help with, you're welcome, you know? ”

I just smiled and didn't say anything more.

"It's not early, you've been on the plane for so long, so let's rest early."

"Well, you get some rest early, too."

Just as I was about to leave, Chen Yi said to me as if he remembered something: "Jiang Qiao, we haven't been together for a long time, let's have a meal together tomorrow, you call Xiao Ai, and Zhao Mu, I'll call Qin Miao and Jin Qiu here, do you think it's okay?" ”

I hesitated for a moment, always feeling a little overwhelmed, but finally nodded, I told myself not to think too much, let alone think of myself as the protagonist, tomorrow everyone will just have a meal together, after all, they are all very good friends in a city.

……

When I returned to my long-lost home, the first thing I did after washing up was to find a mobile phone that I had used, then connected to the wireless network, logged in to WeChat, and immediately received several messages, including Chen Yi's, Jin Qiu's, and Feng Tang's, but the most surprising thing for me was: I actually saw Qiao Ye's abandoned WeChat account, and it also appeared in the record of unread messages, and he did send me such a message.

"Jiang Qiao, I'm abroad with Su Han now, and I'm all very smooth, are you okay at home?"

A flame of anger suddenly ignited in my heart, because of his departure, Qin Miao hated me to the core, this stinky person didn't want to be embarrassed, and even sued me for being outside! What's even more bizarre is that you dare to ask if your home is good...... Qin Miao is about to be sent to hell by him, a bastard!