This is another evening after work, I took the 86 bus back to Tulip Road, my family lives in a small alley 50 meters away from the platform, although the environment is not too good, but it is better to be quiet, especially after last year there is a coffee shop called "mood" in the alley, so that many white-collar workers who are disgusted with noise and fast-paced life in the surrounding office buildings have found here, and then drink a cup of coffee before the evening comes, as if just listening to a light music here and staying for a while, You will lose all the troubles that you have caused in the world.

After entering the alley, I took off the tie around my neck, hung it on my shoulders and walked to the coffee shop, where I made an appointment with Chen Yi to talk about cooperation after work.

The coffee shop is very small, except for a row of benches next to the bar, the only few seats are all against the windows, and the customers who are consuming inside are very silent, no one seems to want to talk about the fragility of life in a cup of coffee, and over time this atmosphere has become the unique label of this coffee shop, although the alley is very deep and difficult to find, it also relies on this feature, and it has survived like this.

Chen Yi had already arrived at the coffee shop before me, and I saw that her hair was neatly coiled, the makeup on her face had not been removed, and she was wearing a very decent white temperament women's dress.

I casually threw my briefcase down on the table, sat down across from her, and asked, "What have you been up to lately, I haven't seen you in days." ＂

Chen Yi pinned a few strands of hair behind his ears, took a sip of his coffee cup, and replied: "Our station has a reality show filming in Hangzhou, and I have been on a business trip for a few days. ＂

"Oh. I answered, and then called the waiter and asked for a bottle of beer.

Although I asked Chen Yi today to talk about work, there is no one in this world who is more familiar than us. We are all from Yuhuatai District, Nanjing, and we are childhood sweethearts who grew up together in this alley, and before she went to Beijing to attend Communication University of China, we lived a life of looking up and not looking down every day. Later, I joined a wedding company as a wedding planner; She's so much better than me! After graduating from university, he worked in a local TV station and is now a well-known host.

A bottle of beer was drunk by me as a drink to relieve the heat, but I didn't talk about work for a long time, I just wanted to take the opportunity to spend more time with Chen Yi, we have not been as close as before these years.

Chen Yi stared at me for a while, and finally asked with curiosity: "Jiang Qiao, didn't you ask me out to talk about cooperation, why didn't you say a word?" ＂

"Before we talk about cooperation, I want to ask you one thing. ＂

"You ask. ＂

"I think I, Jiang Qiao has been sunny and handsome since he was a child, and he is also helpful, and he is a pacesetter in all aspects of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, beauty and labor, and he is deeply liked by the teachers, and he is rated as an excellent red scarf by the school every year, so he ...... I want to ask you: When so many advantages are unfairly concentrated in me alone, has there ever been a moment that has made your heart move, and then secretly crush on me, and treat me as the prince charming of your dreams? ＂

Chen Yi glanced at me contemptuously and replied, "No...... Can you not talk to me about a talk show every time you meet, and talk about cooperation? ＂

"Come on, so many girls like me, you must be drowning in their thoughts that I won't marry and feel inferior. ＂

Chen Yi didn't want to be bored with me, so he took another sip of coffee, and then looked at the two very lush plane trees at the end of the alley.

"Good, good...... Let's not talk about cooperation. ＂

Chen Yi looked at me without emotion, in her eyes, I basically wouldn't chat with her seriously with the spirit of work.

I sat up straight, and finally said: "Our company received a big customer's wedding yesterday, and the other party specified that you should be the host, and the appearance fee is 60,000 yuan, which I helped you and the boss strive for...... Hehe, is it possible that my Jiangqiao can occasionally do a few reliable things? ＂

After saying this, I am very happy, because I have been too non-existent in her world over the years, but I don't have the ability to do anything for her, although this time it is not a help, but at least it proves that I am still somewhat useful, because the boss was only willing to give an appearance fee of 50,000 yuan at first, and Chen Yi hosted a business event before at about this price.

Chen Yi was really a little surprised, but replied: "Jiangqiao, that's the case, recently the station issued a notice to strictly rectify unhealthy tendencies, and strictly prohibit the host in the system from going out to pick up private work, I signed a letter of commitment, so I can't take the host of this wedding." ＂

I suddenly became unhappy in my heart, and said: "This is the company's business, and it is also my task indicator, don't you help me with my help?" ＂

"It's not that I don't help, it's the station that issued such a notice, and I can't help it. ＂

My self-esteem was suddenly frustrated, and I felt that my complacency was a little ridiculous, and my tone raised a few points: "Chen Yi, don't make me think that you are too impersonal, okay?" ＂

Chen Yi looked at me, speechless, and seemed to tell me again in silence that she just didn't help with this favor, and there was no need to discuss.

I was so angry that I forced myself to ask: "I'm very unhappy now, you give me a happy word, can you preside over this wedding?" ＂

"Jiang Qiao, can you be a little more mature, since I signed a letter of commitment with Taili, then I must have the spirit of contract, and in terms of work, we had better not talk about it with personal feelings, so that everyone will not be embarrassed. ＂

I laughed angrily, gritted my teeth and nodded, and said: "Okay, you make every word reasonable, my Jiangqiao is a big straw bag, even if I am immature and have no contract spirit, right?" ＂

Chen Yi replied without emotion: "Anyway, I told you all my difficulties, if you want to play with me, then I can't help it." ＂

I was anxious and angry, and I didn't feel any pain, so I patted my chest and said: "Chen Yi, listen to me, I'm Jiangqiao going to talk to you today, it doesn't matter if you don't host, anyway, the host who is famous is not you, I will give away the 60,000 yuan, I want to mention this matter to you again, you are my grandmother, I am your grandson!" ＂

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Leaving the coffee shop called "Mood", all my moods were gone in an instant, leaving only a stomach full of grievances that I couldn't vent, I was really sad, and I felt that I was stupid to the point of being a little ridiculous, before tonight's scene, I really took myself too seriously, thinking that there was a lot of weight in Chen Yi's heart, but it turned out to be not worth a signed letter of commitment.

I just stood in the alley, watching Chen Yi's figure leave the coffee shop, she disappeared step by step into my sight with the night on the bluestone paved path, I was in a trance, as if her figure was still in the depths of the alley, like a peerless woman with a back in a cheongsam to amaze the old Nanjing in the 30s of the last century......

Chen Yi is like this, she has lived in an intellectual family since she was a child, she has learned music, dance, painting, and painting, learned a talent, and also learned the beautiful character of everyone who is not angry, but these have become the distance that we can't touch today, because I have never been a gentleman, I only know: laugh in front of her when you are happy, and lose your temper with her when you are unhappy.

The night moisture has wet this alley, and no one passes by here anymore, only the old-fashioned street lamps overhead still emit a dim light, as if it and this alley are a pair of lovers isolated by space, each day relative but quiet, only when the night breeze blows, they will once pass by, and then repeat ......

And these secrets about their loneliness, only I know in this alley!

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I finally returned home, the iron lock hanging on the wooden door echoed the melancholy in my heart with its coldness, even the osmanthus tree planted at the door no longer exudes fragrance, only the dew clings to the leaves and looks up at the cool moonlight like a person, but the heat left by the day in the air has not completely dissipated, I suddenly find myself a little sick in this hot and cold night.

I finally unlocked the door, pushed open the wooden door, and for a moment I froze in place......

I saw a beautiful and lonely face that seemed to be sketched with a paintbrush, she was wearing a white lace dress, holding a kettle, standing by the flower pond and watering the flowers and plants I planted, I don't know how to describe this figure that seemed to fall under the moon in front of the flowers, only to see the loneliness in my heart was ignited only in the moment of a flash of spark.

She spotted me, and I finally came to my senses, and ran in front of her in a few steps, snatched the kettle from her hand, and shouted, "Stop, stop...... It's aloe vera, and you're going to drown it if you water it like that! ＂

She hurriedly withdrew her hand......

I frowned and looked at her, this is indeed a very real girl, it should be a girl, she is only in her early 20s, but she looks really beautiful, which makes me have the illusion that a fairy is coming to the 21st century in the situation, in fact, even the long dress on her body is not an ancient silk satin, but a new women's dress full of modern atmosphere this summer.

The chewing gum in her mouth made her look less settled......

I stretched my face and asked her, "Who are you, how did you get into my yard?" ＂

She didn't answer me, she stretched out her hand to touch the painted pattern I drew on the wall, and asked me with a smile: "You designed this yard so emotionally, in fact, you should be a very lonely person in your heart, right?" ＂

"Don't interfere with me...... ＂

She didn't let me continue, and replied with a bright smile: "I know if your name is Jiang Qiao?" …… Didn't you say that people are a game, and my visit to you today is the beginning of a game...... Anyway, I won't look for you for no reason, after all, there won't be a fairy in the sky for you to pick up for nothing, Nanjing City runs back and forth all day long The car and train prices are outrageous, and it is obviously not a place to make fairy tales, right, Jiangqiao? ＂

Her answer gave me a feeling of complete exposure, but I couldn't remember who she was, but I did like to compare the relationship between people to a game, and she knew even the smallest details, and I had no way to explain what was happening