Late at night, Zhao Mu and I went back to the old house, we didn't have much communication on the way, but this doesn't mean that we are estranged from each other, or whatever, it's just that we haven't lived very directionally recently, so that we are afraid of those who are at a loss, so our silence is just to think about a better way of life, and people don't live for life.

After entering the house, Zhao Mu and I washed up separately. During the process, Qiao Ye, an uninvited guest, came to my residence with a bottle of liquor and a lot of ingredients, saying that he wanted to eat hot pot and drink liquor with us. In this regard, Zhao Mu and I are very helpless, after so many years, Qiao Ye still can't get rid of his whimsical son's temper.

Actually, I really envy his lifestyle! He is such a person, if he is unhappy tonight, he can take these unhappiness to the most beautiful Sanya tomorrow morning, or further away, and then he will post all kinds of photos of diving in the sea and drinking red wine in high-end places in the circle of friends, and this must not be simply defined as his superb ability to pretend, but I prefer to think that this is a casual and chic attitude to life.

Set up a small round table, I Qiao Ye Zhao Mu sat down around the hot pot, and it was already quiet outside the house, until the soup in the pot began to boil, and only the world of the three of us moved, and Qiao Ye also opened the bottle of liquor called the old village chief he brought.

I smiled and asked him, "This wine is eight dollars and five thousand bottles, right?" ”

"I bought it in a box, 8 yuan a bottle." Qiao Ye poured me a cup as he spoke, and then asked Zhao Mu if he drank it.

Zhao Mu shook his head, signaling that he couldn't drink liquor, and he said to Qiao Ye again: "Among our friends, you have the most luxurious life, why do you start drinking such wine now?" ”

Qiao Ye took a sip of his wine glass, and replied with an expression of enjoyment: "Living, what kind of life has to be experienced once is interesting!" …… As you all know, although I have money in my family, I really don't bother to pursue those vulgar women, so I have less fun than others. In order not to live so boring, I have to take the initiative to understand life! After a pause, Qiao Ye's tone lowered, and he said, "Actually, it's really boring, no matter how you toss it, it's boring!" ”

After Qiao Ye finished speaking, he drank a whole glass of liquor in one sip, the expression on his face was very painful, he didn't know if it was stimulated by the spirits, or the unbearable depression in his heart had flare up again.

I know that he still can't forget Su Han, or Yu Ya. Although he and Qin Miao are not as quarrelsome as they were at the beginning, although he also wants to have another wedding with Qin Miao to make up for his debt to Qin Miao over the years, it is difficult to really erase his love for Su Han, so he will still break out at a specific time, a specific pain, and then toss me like a fool, such as now.

I really think Qiao Ye is a fool, because even if I am in pain, I have never thought of making a bottle of Erguotou to toss him in the middle of the night, but he got the old village chief to toss me, I swear, I can't drink this wine tonight.

Qiao Ye poured himself another full glass of liquor, then looked at my cup that had not moved, and said dissatisfiedly: "What about the wine in your cup to brush your teeth and wash your face?" You drink it! ”

"I don't want to drink, I just want to eat at this time."

Qiao Ye suddenly lost his temper, raised his hand and poured the wine in the cup into the hot pot, and then even the cup smashed into the hot pot together, and suddenly splashed the soup all over the table, and yelled at me: "What the fuck are you pretending, what's wrong with drinking some wine, what's wrong with me drinking some wine?" …… What's wrong, huh? ”

Zhao Mu was startled, and I sat there without any expression, I was even more sure that this fool was thinking about Yu Ya, whenever he was like an intermittent manic patient, he didn't like anyone at this time......

I fished the cup out of the hot pot and ate it with a blank face as I ate the strange smell of the wine inside, I didn't want to worry about him.

At this moment, I'm fucking thinking about a woman, but I'm smarter than Qiao Ye: I know that any extreme sprinkling can't really alleviate the pain of missing, and drinking alcohol will make mistakes, so staying calm in the pain is the best choice......

Qiao Ye saw that I didn't react, and his angry anger suddenly went out, he covered his forehead in some pain, choked and said, "I'm sorry, brother...... Today is her birthday, and when we used to be together, I spent her birthday with her every year! …… It's been so many years, and it's as if she's evaporated from the world...... I miss her so much! …… I miss her so much! ”

Qiao Ye's words made me even more angry with him, because this kind of affection that has never changed even if time goes by has hit the already insensitive place in my heart...... However, how should I tell him, not long ago, Su Han, whom he loved deeply, was actually only a turning distance away from him!

I sighed deeply, but I didn't know what to say to Qiao Ye, even if I couldn't bear to watch him suffer so much, I would never tell him the news of Su Han's presence in Lijiang, because it was related to my promise to Yu Ya, and it was also related to Qin Miao's future happiness.

I was lucky enough to think that maybe this time next year, Qiao Ye, who has reopened his wedding with Qin Miao, will not be as painful as he is now, because people always have to change, and time will eventually make us forget about it!

Qiao Ye wiped away the tears that fell with the back of his hand, then swallowed his saliva, patted Zhao Mu's shoulder and said, "Zhao Mu, why are I such good brothers with Jiang Qiao?" …… Because he is one of the few people in this world who can tolerate me, he is a good old man...... Therefore, in this life, I, Qiao Ye, will definitely share the difficulties with Jiangqiao...... And you Zhao Mu, no matter who you are sorry for, you must not be sorry for Jiang Qiao. Back then, no matter how we persuaded him not to drop out, but this fool still dropped out of school, and later learned that he did this to work for you to go to college, so he rushed to this love, the knife was stuck in you, and you broke the knife, and this feeling can't be broken...... Do you hear that? ”

I don't like others to mention my dedication to Zhao Mu, so before Zhao Mu didn't speak, he said to Qiao Ye: "Don't gossip, let's go to the cake shop at the entrance of the alley to see if it's closed, a few brothers will celebrate Su Han's birthday with you, let's eat the cake, okay?" ”

Qiao Ye finally nodded, and then Zhao Mu and I accompanied him to the cake shop outside the alley to buy an 8-inch cake and write Su Han's name......

……

This night, Qiao Ye was very drunk, he didn't go back to the hotel, stayed at my accommodation, and slept with me, but I felt inexplicably empty-hearted, so I turned the coffee shop transfer contract with Yu Ya, actually signed Su Han, out of the drawer, and then pressed it under a pot of flowers, I knew that Qiao Ye might go to the drawer to find something, but he would never touch my flower pot, so hiding under it would be foolproof.

Because I went to the company to sign a contract with Jin Qiu last night, and then took the buyout money, I left the residence early after breakfast.

It took about an hour to go back and forth, and then transferred the 500,000 checks received from Jin Qiu to Chen Yi's construction bank account.

At this point, I finally feel that I have a matter on my mind, at least I don't owe Chen Yi materially, and there is gradually a kind of calm between us when the curtain comes down, I don't think there will be any unexpected events that will implicate us in the future, because sudden means accident, since it is accidental, the probability of occurrence is naturally very small.

I returned to Tulip Road, and when I passed by the place where Xiao Ai opened a piano shop, I happened to see the billboard of "Bridge Music Workshop". I'm sure there were absolutely no of these billboards before, and I suddenly wanted to go up and see where Xiao Ai worked.

It was almost dinner time, so I bought two takeouts from downstairs and entered the hallway leading to the piano shop......

Following the signs, I found Xiao Ai's piano shop on the 3rd floor of the commercial building, but I didn't go in immediately, but stood by the window, leaned in and looked, and found that Xiao Ai was really inside, she was leaning over to teach a little girl to play the piano, and then patiently corrected the little girl's fingering mistakes......

I seldom saw her so patient, so I couldn't help but look at her a few more times, and then she straightened up, and we faced each other through the window. I smiled at her, then lifted the handy bag with two quick meals in my hand and asked if it was easy to get in.

Xiao Ai waved her hand to me, signaled that the students were studying, and asked me to wait for her outside, and then she gently pushed open the classroom door and came outside.

I looked at her, and there was a world of difference from the look of ignoring everyone when I was in Nanyi, at least today she was dressed very approachable, a pink cotton jacket with white sweatpants, and she really looked like a caring teacher.

I finally said to her, "I've bought you a quick snack on the road, don't go hungry if you have a bad stomach." ”

Xiao Ai looked at the convenience bag I was carrying in my hand and asked, "Omelette rice?" How do you know I like to eat this? ”

"See you've eaten ......," I said, handing her one of them, and saying, "Eat it while it's hot." ”

"Not now, I still have to teach students."

"Do you have a microwave here, and you can eat it hot later."

"Nope."

The rice was bought with my hard-earned money, and I didn't want to waste it casually, so after thinking about it, I said: "That's it, anyway, the mood coffee shop is not far from you, you can go to the coffee shop to eat later, and I'll ask the waiter to warm it up for you when the time comes." ”

"You're really persistent in inviting me to a takeout!"

I replied strictly: "It's not that I'm obsessed, I don't want to waste, if you want to be troublesome, I'll eat the two portions by myself, anyway, I have a lot of food." ”

Xiao Ai glanced at me and said to me in a light and teasing tone, "In order not to make you look like a pig that can never get enough of it, I'd better go to your coffee shop and eat." ”

I smiled, didn't want to argue with her, and after signaling not to disturb her teaching, I left the piano shop with two takeaways.

……

Walking on the broad road, my mood is inexplicably relaxed, this kind of relaxation makes me feel that time has gradually healed the pain caused by falling out of love, so I hope that time can go faster, maybe I will really adapt to life without Chen Yi.

Back at the coffee shop, I chatted with the store manager about the recent business situation while waiting for Xiao Ai. In fact, after the release of the public relations video, it was not only the wedding company in Jinqiu that benefited, but even the business of the coffee shop was also driven, so the turnover of the coffee shop broke through the 50,000 mark last month, and excluding the daily costs, as the owner of the shop, I also had an income of nearly 15,000 yuan, plus the remuneration obtained for planning Mr. Sun's marriage proposal ceremony, I earned more than 20,000 yuan this month.

I am a little complacent, I feel that the pressure on me from life is finally not so great, and when the wedding company opens again in the coming year, maybe I can really have the confidence to look forward to my future, I really hope to be able to get rid of the current life with heavy material pressure, I hope that one day I can be able to take my grandmother out of the nursing home, and the person I and Jiang Jiyou owe the most over the years is her.

While talking, I suddenly saw Jin Qiu and Chen Yi standing outside the door of the coffee shop together, both of them didn't look so good, and finally Jin Qiu beckoned to me and motioned me to talk outside.

I didn't have time to be surprised, my heart "chuckled", when Jin Qiu and Chen Yi appeared together, I knew what they came to me for, and the 500,000 I gave to Chen Yi on my own initiative has definitely become a big trouble at this moment!

I hope that Chen Yi can look at this matter calmly, then I must be calm first, so I put away the panic in my heart, quietly pushed open the glass door of the coffee shop, and then stood face to face with Jinqiu Chen Yi.

"Is there something wrong with you two looking for me?"

Chen Yi didn't speak, and Jin Qiu asked me coldly, "Jiang Qiao, what do you mean?" …… You explain to me what the 500,000 is all about. ”

I vaguely replied, "I...... I gave it to Chen Yi according to your advice. ”

Chen Yi looked at me with a complicated face, and finally took the words, she asked me, "Why do you want to give me an extra 200,000?" …… Do you want to compensate for something in this way? …… Jiangqiao, you don't deserve it! Because you insulted our previous feelings. ”

Chen Yi's words made me feel tingling even in my breath, and I was even more afraid of this misunderstanding that she defined as an insult, so I tried to explain: "I don't want to make up for anything, it's just that you paid a renovation fee to the coffee shop before, and now you happen to have this money, so I will pay you back by the way." ”

Chen Yi's face became colder and colder: "Really? The decoration cost only cost 80,000 yuan, and you need to use 200,000 yuan to compensate? …… Tell me, what does the remaining 120,000 mean...... Is there a breakup fee? ”

I'm speechless......

At this suffocating moment when I couldn't give an explanation, Xiao Ai also walked this way from the corner in front, and Chen Yi saw her at the same time......

In an instant, Chen Yi's expression changed from cold to pain, she lost her mind in front of me for the first time, she broke down to cry bitterly, and then smashed her handbag at me, over and over again, until blood stained her clothes red from the wound on her arm......

Her wound, which had not yet healed, opened again under the fierce movement, and I was so painful that I couldn't help myself, and the next moment I hugged her tightly, choked and begged: "Chen Yi, I beg you not to do this...... It's me wrong, I'm wrong...... You beat me to death, and I admit it, but don't hurt yourself like that, okay? …… All right? ”

Today's two chapters are nearly 8,000 words, which is equivalent to four chapters of the 2,000-word chapter when writing about tenants.