Back in the courtyard, after I put down the vegetables and beer I bought, I immediately took out my mobile phone from my pocket, and then dialed Yu Xin's phone, she only connected after a while, I obviously heard a little noise on her side, so I asked her, "Where are you?" ”

"Tomorrow I finally have a day off, and I'm playing mahjong at a friend's house!"

"Yu Xin, you have fallen!"

Yu Xin smiled heartily, and then said to me: "Haha, it's not as strict as you say, it's just a small bet between friends, with a limit of 200 yuan to win or lose." ”

"How boring your life is!"

"It's really boring, especially at night. The cost of the bar is so high, I don't like to go, and I don't have a serious boyfriend, so playing mahjong is also a good choice. ”

I smiled and said to her, "Stop fighting, come to my house for dinner...... Xiao Ai has returned from Japan this afternoon, and it just so happens that we will discuss something with you. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Let's talk while we're eating, come over quickly."

"Okay, but I'll have to wait a while, I have to accompany people to finish these laps, otherwise it will be too unkind."

"Well, you fight, let's cook first."

I was about to hang up the phone as I spoke, but I didn't want Yu Xin to ask me again: "By the way, Brother Jiangqiao, today is the weekend, Zhao Mu shouldn't be working tomorrow, why don't you call him to ...... together?"

I hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted Yu Xin's suggestion.

……

In the kitchen, Xiao Ai was washing vegetables, saw me come in, and asked me, "Did you call Yu Xin?" ”

"Hmm."

"Is she coming?"

"I have to wait a while, I'm playing mahjong with my friends, let's cook first, let her eat a ready-made."

Xiao Ai replied with a smile: "Smart, so she will eat our short mouth, and she is even more embarrassed to refuse!" ”

I responded to Xiao Ai with a smile, and after a little silence, I said to her again: "Let's call Zhao Mu over for a meal together, he is busy with work all day and hasn't been with him for a long time." ”

Xiao Ai's hand movement immediately stopped, then looked at me and asked, "Is that what you mean?" ”

"It's just a meal, and everyone means the same."

"Then you shout." Xiao Ai said and began to wash the vegetables that had not been washed just now, and I felt the change in her feelings, but I don't know when she began to avoid Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu likes her, and I am also emotionally attached to her, but she is very clear, so this is destined to become a knot between the three of us, and no matter how we escape, this knot will have to be untied one day.

I wanted to make Xiao Ai happy, so I shouted: "Ruyi ......"

Xiao Ai ignored it.

"Ruyi, Ruyi, follow my heart, quickly manifest!"

Xiao Ai looked at me impatiently, smacked his lips and said, "The dead have been shouted alive by you, don't harass me here, do what you have to do." ”

……

Walking from the kitchen to the courtyard, I called Zhao Mu again, he, like Yu Xin, was only connected after a long time, his tone was full of fatigue after work, and he asked me: "Brother Qiao, is there something wrong with calling me?" ”

"If you're not busy, come back for a meal......"

Zhao Mu on the other end of the phone was silent for a while and then said to me: "I am discussing the project plan of air source heat pump floor heating with the project team, and I don't know how long it will take to finish." ”

"Well, if it's early, come here, we'll have to cook for a while anyway."

"We? Who else but you, Brother Qiao? ”

"And Yu Xin and Xiao Ai."

"Got it, I'm going to go late, so you can eat first."

"Do you have to come over?"

"Hmmm......"

Zhao Mu gave a very positive answer, and then I heard someone over there calling him to deal with the problem, and he didn't have time to say goodbye to me, so he hung up the phone in a hurry.

I recalled how that person called Zhao Mu just now, it seemed to be Team Leader Zhao. Then, this at least proves that Zhao Mu is already the person in charge of one of the links in this project, and he has only been back to Nanjing for half a year, and Li Zishan and the entire Jinding Real Estate really don't value him at all.

This is normal, because he has real talent to learn, and some core things that involve science and technology can only be done by technical talents like him.

……

Cooking the more difficult dishes on the gas stove, Xiao Ai and I sat in the courtyard, chatting and waiting for Yu Xin and Zhao Mu.

Xiao Ai asked me, "Jiang Qiao, Chen Yi, is she okay these days?" ”

I shook my head and replied, "I don't know, she didn't contact me, since the live broadcast accident, she went to Qingdao by herself." ”

Xiao Ai looked at me a little disbelievingly, and asked, "You didn't go to her during this period?" ”

“…… During this process, I had the idea of going to her, but it wasn't until last night that I heard from Qin Miao that she was in Qingdao, and no one knew where she was before......

"Including you?"

"Well, including me, she told me not to bother her, she has her own life to live."

When I told the truth, Xiao Ai fell into a short silence before he said again: "I thought you would be with her these days, but it seems that Chen Yi didn't think so. ”

I got up from the stone bench and stood next to the flower pond, the wind rustling the osmanthus trees planted on both sides of the yard. I completely emptied myself in this irregular sound.

Time is a really great thing, it wraps around us, it wastes so many things, and what was once like a truck on the road, full of bits and pieces, we can only stand in the windows of two different rooms and watch it go......

Xiao Ai and I didn't communicate again, and while we waited for Yu Xin, she kept playing a mobile game, and I went back to the kitchen and stir-fried the clams that could be eaten with beer with chili peppers.

The door of the courtyard was finally pushed open, Yu Xin came, she greeted us while pinching a clam with her hand and eating it, she is such a casual girl, plus everyone is already very familiar, so there is no need to be restrained.

Yu Xin took out a piece of tissue paper from the table, wiped her hands, and asked me, "Is the rice cooked?" ”

Xiao Ai put down the mobile phone he had been playing with, and then replied: "It's cooked, it's all in the kitchen, I'll bring it out." ”

……

The three of them sat around the small round table, and in order to wait for Zhao Mu, they didn't move their chopsticks immediately, Yu Xin asked Xiao Ai with some envy in her tone: "How does it feel to perform in Japan this time?" ”

Xiao Ai replied: "At this music festival, the acoustics of several performances are very good, and the atmosphere is very international. It feels really good! ”

Yu Xin joked and said: "The head of the troupe is really partial, I have been working in the group for so long, and I have not been sent to participate in an international-level performance, and every time it is some small domestic performance...... Alas! I really don't care about the employees in our system. ”

Xiao Ai smiled and replied: "You have signed contracts for several years, and the head of the troupe is afraid that you will participate in too many foreign performances, and you will be passive and slack off if you lose your freshness in the future, so press it first, let you maintain this desire, and there will definitely be many opportunities next year." ”

Yu Xin also smiled: "Actually, you went to perform abroad, I am quite convinced, after all, when you were still in school, you had the opportunity to be recommended to perform all over the world every year." The head of the troupe sent you because of your rich performance experience, high professional level, and no mistakes. But not everyone in our group thinks so, and I heard that there are quite a few complaints. So if you have time, you should invite everyone to have a meal and give some small gifts or something...... You also know the people in our circle, who doesn't keep the word fame and fortune in mind! But as long as you mix in it for a day, you have to deal with interpersonal relationships, and if you are really isolated, it will be very uncomfortable! ”

Xiao Ai frowned, obviously a little uncomfortable by the rights and wrongs in the circle......

Yu Xin and Xiao Ai have been together for many years, and they know her temper better than anyone else, so she took her hand again and persuaded with a smile: "I know you are very annoyed by such things...... Then I'll come to dinner, and then you just need to show your face with me, and I'll take care of the rest...... Well, dear? ”

Xiao Ai finally nodded...... Yu Xin whispered something in her ear again, which made her smile.

Looking at the intimacy between them, I am really happy for Xiao Ai, because Yu Xin treats her with sincerity, and Yu Xin's emotional intelligence is not ordinarily high, and she can be said to be able to handle complex interpersonal relationships with ease, so having her by Xiao Ai's side will really solve a lot of troubles in life and in the workplace for Xiao Ai.

I think of Zhao Mu again, all the things we have experienced over the years have made our relationship even more reliable than that of our brothers, but there is always a little unsatisfactory! We actually fell in love with the same woman, and that's one of the reasons why I couldn't go one step further with Xiao Ai.

I know Zhao Mu's character too well, his stubbornness and persistence are unimaginable, and it is precisely with such indomitable quality that he can stand out among nearly 10 million candidates across the country, and finally be admitted to Tsinghua University, a landmark university that represents the highest level of education in China.

I always think that if this kind of brotherhood that depends on each other ends up being hurt because of the entanglement of love, it is really unbearable!

Yu Xin stretched out her hand and shook it in front of me: "Brother Jiangqiao, you seem to have something on your mind, since I came to the present, I haven't seen you say a few words!" ”

"What can I have on my mind, you two are talking in your ears, how can I interject into the words, it is better to take advantage of the night to be so good, pretend to be deep for a while."

Yu Xin glanced at me, then looked at the time, and asked me again: "Why hasn't Zhao Mu come yet, it's almost 8 o'clock soon!" ”

"Maybe the project workshop is not over yet. Wait another 20 minutes and see, if he hasn't arrived yet, then we'll eat first. ”

"It's okay, wait for him to come and eat with you...... It's good that we can talk like this. ”

I nodded, then looked at Xiao Ai, she gave me a look, and motioned for me to take advantage of this free time to talk to Yu Xin about teaching at our piano shop.

I responded to Xiao Ai's understanding look, and then pulled Yu Xin's arm and said, "I'll discuss something with you." ”

"Huh? What's the matter? ”

Because the piano store has not yet opened, it is still unknown whether it will be profitable, so I can't promise too much about the remuneration for teaching Xin, so I can only ask her for friendship and help first.

I didn't trouble Yu Xin once or twice, and I was a little embarrassed after all, so I was silent for a while before I said to her: "Aren't Xiao Ai and I going to cooperate to open a piano shop...... Well, this time the piano shop will definitely be much bigger than before, so we plan to be able to do as much as possible to all the instruments...... I heard Xiao Ai say that you are quite accomplished in the violin, so I especially hope that you can use your spare time to teach in our piano shop...... You see......"

After I finished speaking, even Xiao Ai looked at Yu Xin a little nervously, after all, the work of the piano store is different from the one that used to perform in a coffee shop, the latter is more casual and free, but the piano store means that there is an extra responsibility for teaching and educating people, which will definitely increase the pressure on her work in a large way, because the work of the performing arts group is really not as easy as the outside world thinks, and Yu Xin is different from Xiao Ai, she is still an employee in the establishment.

Yu Xin looked at me and Xiao Ai a little unhappily, and replied, "Hey, you two need to look at me so nervously!" …… If I don't support your business, then who else can support it, I agree with this! ”

Xiao Ai and I glanced at each other, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in our hearts, Yu Xin's addition made us more confident in doing a good job in "Aiqiao Music Workshop".

……

Sitting and chatting about the piano shop for a while, the time was already a quarter past eight, and the door of the courtyard was finally pushed open at this time, and then Zhao Mu walked in with a straight suit, and he unexpectedly held a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

Our eyes were all focused on him, including Xiao Ai, who always felt that he was a little too formal.

He came to us, but his eyes were only on Xiao Ai, and then he handed the flowers in his hand to Xiao Ai, this action made Yu Xin's faces and Yu Xin look ugly at the same time, and Xiao Ai was full of confusion in this suddenness, and she didn't expect Zhao Mu to have such a move.

Zhao Mu's body trembled a little, and after a while of staring, he finally said to Xiao Ai: "I know that my current behavior will make you disgusted, even disgusted...... However, I really can't do anything else, because it's so hard to see you now, and I don't have many opportunities to meet you face-to-face, so it's a precious night for me and I have to cherish it...... I'm a very pragmatic person, I just like you, and I hope you can be the woman who accompanies me all my life...... I've worked hard for this! During these days, I worked hard and worked hard to improve myself, the future is one thing, and more importantly, I hope to give the woman I love a life with material security...... Is it okay to marry me? I will definitely make you the happiest woman in the world! I have what it takes to do it...... Please give me a little hope. ”

Zhao Mu said and trembled and took out a box with a ring from his pocket!

The courtyard fell into a suffocating silence, and Yu Xin was the first to speak, she choked up and said to Zhao Mu: "Zhao Mu, are you crazy?" Xiao Ai doesn't have any love for you at all, isn't it too ridiculous for you to talk about marriage with her now?! ”

"I'm not crazy, I just know too well what kind of love and marriage I want, and I definitely can't let myself regret it for a lifetime!"