I just stood face to face with Chen Yi, she didn't show emotion at my sudden appearance, just straightened the hair on her sideburns that was blown by the cold wind, and then looked at the convenience store opposite and said to me: "After work, come to the convenience store to buy something to eat, there was no one in the convenience store just now, I just sat here and waited for a while......" She said and got up and looked into the convenience store, as if to confirm whether the salesperson had come back now.

Her calmness made me feel a sense of powerlessness, and all the impulses that had just sprung up died down in an instant.

She asked me again, "What about you, why are you coming out so late?" ”

"When you're done with cigarettes, buy a pack of cigarettes."

She smiled and said, "Let's go together." ”

I answered, and she was already walking towards the convenience store across the street before me, and I followed in her footsteps. When I crossed the street, she waited a little for me, and then I walked side by side with her, and then walked along the tulip road in front of me.

……

In the convenience store, the salesperson was playing with his mobile phone with his head down, killing the long night, the cigarette I wanted was at the counter next to the cash register, and Chen Yi went to the shelf farther away to find what he wanted to buy.

The salesperson put down his phone and asked me, "Hello, what do you want?" ”

"Give me a pack of Red Nanjing."

The salesperson took out a pack of cigarettes from the counter and handed it to me, and while giving her the money, I tentatively asked, "Why was there no one when I came to the store just now?" ”

The salesman said to me apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just went to the bathroom." ”

I nodded and said it didn't matter, I was just curious, but I already believed in my heart that Chen Yi was not lying, she did pass by the convenience store after work to buy something, so there was no special statement that I rushed back from Qingdao to celebrate my birthday, and I misjudged her again because of Xiao Ai's misleading...... I'm a little lost!

At this time, Chen Yi finally came to the cashier with a shopping basket of things. I saw a woman in the basket with menstrual products, she was on her period, I couldn't help but feel a little sorry for her, no wonder she looked so tired, but in such a bad physical condition still had to bear this overload of work tasks. At this moment, I can finally understand her, what she needs is a stable family, and then gradually reduce the amount of work she does, so as to pursue a better quality of life, if she jumps out of the system and gives her a go for her career, it will only make her feel more tired!

The cashier finally scanned all these things and said to Chen Yi: "A total of 136 yuan and 5 cents." ”

I hurriedly took out 200 yuan from my wallet and handed it to the cashier, of course Chen Yi didn't want me to pay for her, I stopped her with a smile and said: "It's all friends, why do you care about this little money, it's not just about spending this money to have a meal." ”

The cashier, who seemed to be accustomed to this rush to pay the bill, took the money from my hand, but when she opened the cash drawer, she said to me apologetically, "Do you have any change?" Today, I have collected a lot of big money, and I don't have enough change here. ”

Chen Yi took out a bank card from his wallet and handed it to the cashier, saying, "Swipe the card, swipe the card." ”

"Thank you." The cashier said and took the bank card from Chen Yi's hand, and returned the 200 yuan in cash to my hand, everything seemed to have calmed down in the process of this money coming and going, and Chen Yi was still Chen Yi Jiangqiao or that Jiangqiao, this night, no one had even a monetary relationship with anyone.

……

I helped Chen Yi carry the things I bought, and the two walked into the alley together, and then asked Chen Yi, "Are you busy eating dinner now?" ”

"Didn't you buy instant noodles just now, just go back and eat some."

"Come to my house and eat, I bought a lot of vegetables yesterday, and I barely moved much, I'll help you warm it up later."

This time, Chen Yi finally didn't refuse, she finally nodded to me, and at this time I was worried about the placement of that girl, I didn't have a spare bed to take her in, so I had no choice but to send her to a hotel.

I pushed open the door of the small courtyard, I thought that the girl was still asleep on the stone table, but the person was gone, I left Chen Yi and went into the house to look around, but I didn't find it, I didn't know that I had left when I just went out to buy cigarettes.

This can't help but make me a little suspicious of whether she was really drunk or fake drunk just now, but it's okay for her to leave, so that Chen Yi doesn't think she is my girlfriend again, and then ask me some questions that I don't know how to answer, I can feel: After two misunderstandings, Xiao Ai has confirmed the identity of my girlfriend in Chen Yi's impression, and all my explanations are in vain, which will only make her feel that I want to cover up.

I brought the hot dish to Chen Yi, and handed her a very shallow bowl of white rice, but she didn't take it from me......

I asked suspiciously, "Do you want me to feed it?" ”

"What! …… I wanted to have a little beer with you first. ”

I couldn't believe my ears, so much so that I asked again, "You say, you want to have a beer with me?" ”

"Well, are you coming?"

"Of course I'm fine, but don't drink it if you have a period."

"How do you know I'm on my period?"

"I saw you buy sanitary napkins." I replied casually, and the topic of female physiology has never been a taboo between me and Chen Yi, remember: when she first came to her period, she didn't dare to tell her parents, but told me worriedly at the end of class, and in the end, of course, I was cheeky and helped her buy the first pack of sanitary napkins in her life. Come to think of it: When she was a child, she really had an almost indispensable dependence on me, but as time went by, she was gradually able to live outside of my care, at least her four years of college, without me by her side.

Chen Yi didn't pay much attention to his period, he had already tore open a can of beer and said to me: "The period is almost gone, it's okay to drink some." ”

Seeing that she insisted so much, I no longer objected, but looked at her in silence, she raised her head and took a sip, and then as expected, closed her eyes tightly to relieve her discomfort with beer, and only took another sip after a long time, and asked me, "Why don't you drink it?" ”

I took the beer can from her hand and asked very seriously, "Are you not in a good mood?" …… Is it because of the boyfriend you dated in college? ”

"It has nothing to do with him." After a pause, she said to me again: "Some habits can be changed by making exceptions because of special days. It's your birthday, so I want to have a drink with you, I remember about drinking beer, I've turned you down many times! ”

Her answer surprised me, but it was more moved, and then she smiled and replied: "You haven't drunk with me on your previous birthdays, why are you so active this time?" ”

Chen Yi didn't answer me immediately, she picked up the beer can and took a sip of it again, and then said for a long time: "Jiangqiao...... I'm going to move to the TV station, and I don't want to be so tired going back and forth every day. ”

I was stunned that what I had feared had finally happened on my 25th birthday, but I was willing to mishear it, and I confirmed, "You said you were moving out?" ”

Chen Yi nodded affirmatively.

At this moment, I seemed to hear the voice of my own broken heart, the neighborhood identity that held us together finally came to an end at this moment, I took out a cigarette and lit it for myself, lowered my head and took a puff, and said with a smile: "It's good to move over there...... When you need my help when you move, just say I'll take a day off. ”

"No need, it's quick to find a moving company."

I was silent for a long time, until I finished smoking a cigarette, and then I asked again, "What are you going to do with the old house here?" ”

"Just leave it empty."

I nodded, also tore open a can of beer, for the first time in my life and Chen Yi touched it in the form of beer for beer, and Chen Yi seemed to have adapted to the taste of beer, as soon as he looked up, he drank the remaining beer in it, and the night seemed to become swaying in her rare release, but I was no longer in the mood to speak, but I kept looking at her side face that I loved deeply from the corner of my eye.

……

This night, I lay in bed tossing and turning, and I didn't fall asleep until it was almost early in the morning, so that I woke up with a terrible headache, and the whole person was immersed in a state of drowsiness, I took a basin of cold water, and then stuffed my head in it, until I woke up.

I took the cake out of the refrigerator that I didn't eat at all last night, and served a glass of boiled water as today's breakfast, and in the process of eating, I sent a text message to Russell Mei, telling her that I might not be able to go to the office until after 10 o'clock today, because it was already 9:10 when I got up.

I don't know when the alley became noisy, I stood at the door and looked, only to find that it was someone from the housekeeping company who was discussing what plan to use to move Chen Yi's old-fashioned furniture out of this narrow alley.

After so many years, I still have a deep image of that old-fashioned piece of furniture, because it was originally made by Chen Yi's father in his small yard with a carpenter.

At that time, I was bored, and I would often pester the carpenter to make a wooden sword for myself, but I didn't expect that a few days later, this set of furniture would become the biggest trouble in moving.

I didn't care about how the movers moved this set of furniture out, but when I returned to the old alley after the day's work, Chen Yi really moved out of here completely, and I stood alone in front of her house for a long time, although a day has passed, I still can't accept that she moved so suddenly, and I don't know if this is her decision on a whim, or if it has been planned for a long time......

In the middle of the show, there was a man beside me who was very well-dressed and had the same temperament as a star, he looked at the closed courtyard gate with some loss, and then said to me: "Your name is Jiangqiao, right?" …… Chen Yi showed me your picture. ”

"Who are you?"

He looked at me, smiled very kindly, and replied: "I am Chen Yi's boyfriend in college, my name is Qiu Zi'an, I don't know if Chen Yi has mentioned it to you?" ”

I looked at him carefully, no wonder he has such a good temperament, presumably he also learned to be a broadcaster, and Chen Yi's vision is really not bad, but how do I look at it, how do I feel awkward, this is not because of him, but because of his identity as Chen Yi's ex-boyfriend.

I finally said to him, "I'm Jiangqiao......

"Did Chen Yi move away from here today?"

"Well, I moved it in the morning."

He lowered his head, and then sighed heavily: "She still avoids me like this!" ”