The taxi drove quickly on the viaduct, the high-rise crane roller lights and the rain constituted the city in my sight, and I was in a trance in my numbness, and I could not adapt to the transition between the two cities. At this moment, my memory is still stuck in the blue sky and white clouds of Lijiang, and I still want to sit on the balcony of the antique inn, make a pot of tea, and see a city

After the car entered a tunnel, it encountered a traffic jam during the rush hour, the anxious driver opened the window and lit a cigarette, and I looked at the closed and narrow tunnel before finally believing that I had indeed returned to Nanjing, there is a place for me, all my pain is happening here, the people who love me, the people I love have been living in its changes, I will never really leave the city, I will still suffer from its high housing prices and high consumption here, as well as the twists and turns of the world

After more than an hour of driving, the taxi finally dropped me off at Tulip Road, where I paid and stood at the mouth of the alley with my luggage

My mood at the moment is very complicated, because I saw Xiao Ai's "Bridge Music Workshop" on the road just now, and I also saw the hotel that was left behind by Qiao Ye. I even saw Qin Miao's Porsche parked on the side of the road, but I didn't dare to take a second look, because I had a strong sense of guilt for Qin Miao in my heart, and I didn't know how to explain Qiao Ye's affairs to her, so I could only hope that Chen Yi would communicate with her.

After standing alone for a while, I remembered that my phone hadn't turned on until now, so I turned it on as I walked down the alley

I received two messages, one was a missed call reminder from Jin Qiu, and the other was a message from Zhao Mu, who asked me when I would return to Nanjing.

I first replied to Zhao Mu's message, and then dialed Jin Qiu's phone, she quickly connected, and I said to her in a low voice: "I just got off the plane, and the phone has not been turned on, do you have something to do with calling me?"

"You're back."

"Hmm."

"I just got off work, so I'm going to pick you up, come to my house for dinner tonight, my dad just talked to me about the people who didn't drink with him."

"I'm home."

"It's easier to get home, you just wait for me at the entrance of the alley, I'll be there in about 20 minutes"

After Jin Qiu finished speaking, I heard the sound of the car starting, and then she hung up the phone, I was a little stunned, until I remembered Lao Jin's distressed expression because no one was drinking with him, and finally shook my head and smiled. If I can still feel a little bit of family warmth in this city, it can only be in Lao Jin's house.

Back in the long-lost courtyard, I didn't stay too long, just after placing the luggage, I found an umbrella, and then went out of the alley, waiting for the arrival of golden autumn at the entrance of the alley.

Jin Qiu is a person with a lot of time concept, and she appeared in front of me on time. But at this time, she was driving no longer Lao Jin's Guangben, she changed the car, it was a commemorative version of the Wrangler that could show her personality very much, but I was not surprised, I knew that she had an off-road complex.

I dropped my umbrella and sat in the passenger seat next to her, and after she started the car, she smiled and asked me, "Did you have fun in Lijiang this time?"

I held my face and looked at the rain outside the car window, and replied a little absent-mindedly, "It's okay." ”

Jin Qiu looked at me, as if she could see that I was in a bad mood, and didn't ask anything after that, she focused on dealing with the complicated road conditions during the rush hour. After a while, the car drove to the traffic light intersection at the end of Tulip Road, and Jin Qiu stopped the car, and there were many vehicles parked in front of him who were also waiting for the signal light

My sitting posture has not changed, and my eyes have been stuck on the newsstand outside the car window, and I don't want to deliberately look at anything, just habitually in a daze.

At this time, I inadvertently saw the figure with the blue piano case on her back, and she had a white lace umbrella, so I could not see her face, but I already knew some of her features. I know that this one walking alone on the sidewalk is Xiao Ai. It turned out that she had also finished her day's teaching. I finally smiled and imagined: this night, who will sleep first, and who will be so troubled by the world that we will lose sleep

I pressed the window and wanted to shout to her, but she was not restricted by the traffic lights, and she had already followed the crowd to the next street, so I hurriedly seized the last opportunity to take a picture of her back with my mobile phone, and then sent it to her on WeChat, to show that I had said hello to her. And the reason why I am so active at this moment is because I remember that she sang a song "Mom" for me yesterday, but I didn't reply, this kind of snub is actually very impolite, but I was still in Lijiang yesterday and I really didn't have any mood to chat.

Before dinner, I followed Jin Qiu to Lao Jin's house again, Jin Qiu blocked me behind, she opened the door of the house, and then said to Lao Jin, who was watching TV in the house: "Dad, look who I brought here." ”

Lao Jin subconsciously looked behind Jin Qiu, I was half a head taller than Jin Qiu, Lao Jin saw me at a glance, and then said in his loud voice: "Yo, Jiangqiao is here, I'm worried that no one is drinking, hurry up and sit in the house." As he spoke, he shouted to Luo Sumei, who was busy in the kitchen: "Sumei, Jiangqiao is here, make two more dishes for our grandfather."

A burst of warmth suddenly swelled up in my heart, and Jin Qiu, who had changed her shoes, took me a pair of shoes from the shoe rack like a sister, and then inadvertently called me "brother" and motioned me to change my shoes.

At this moment, as if living in a dream, I looked at the flashing lights outside the window, and for the first time felt that these lights had temperature

At the beginning of dinner, the four of us sat around the table, the table was full of dishes I liked to eat, and the cup was filled with rice wine that I liked to drink. Our parents had a short chat, but I didn't find it boring at all, and even took the initiative to tell them that I wanted to buy a car, and Lao Jin was the first to give support, and said that if the money for which car was not enough, just talk to him.

After I was full, I sat on the sofa and chatted with Lao Jin, Jin Qiu brought us a cup of tea, and then sat down next to me and said to me: "Jiangqiao, do you have any good ideas about the upcoming entrepreneurship competition?"

I'll tell you the truth: "Not yet, I haven't been bothering about this recently, but I'll focus on this later." ”

Jin Qiu had an expected expression, and then said to me: "Regarding the plan for the entrepreneurship competition, I will give you a little advice." I don't think I need to deliberately cater to the preferences of the judges, but mainly make my own characteristics. I told you that there are a lot of investors who are paying attention to this entrepreneurship competition, even if you can't get the entrepreneurship fund of the competition, it doesn't mean that there is no opportunity to get an angel investment from those investors, so the plan must fully express the profitability and prospects of the entrepreneurial project, which is what investors value the most. ”

I nodded and replied, "I see what you mean." ”

At this time, Jin Qiu got up again and took a USB flash drive from her handbag, she handed it to me, and said: "This USB flash drive contains a lot of classic entrepreneurial cases, all of which I have collected from abroad, which is very valuable information, I have translated it into Chinese for you, and some key points have also been marked, you take a moment to take a look, it will definitely be helpful for you to participate in this entrepreneurship competition." ”

I took it from Jin Qiu's hand, I can't say thank you in my heart, she is one of the few people in the world who wants me to be motivated, I feel that it is time to let go of her dissatisfaction with cleaning me out of the company, and I did see a different scenery and future after leaving the company.

At this time, Lao Jin beside him suddenly said again: "Jiangqiao Jinqiu, I see that you two children are making up that kind of entrepreneurship competition." Now the company's business is so busy, Jiangqiao, it's best for you to go back to the company to help Jin Qiu, I have already expressed my attitude, I have no objection to your relationship, if you two can get married in the future, don't you have to take care of the company together, what are you going to do now with so many detours?"

Lao Jin's old story was brought up, so that Jin Qiu's faces and I showed embarrassment, I am very grateful to Lao Jin for not disliking, and I know how rare it is to not dislike this, but Jin Qiu and I have not thought about this aspect, so Lao Jin is obviously idle.

In front of Lao Jin, I couldn't be serious, so I simply followed his words and asked: "Mr. Jin, if I really get along with your family Jin Qiu, will she marry into my family, or will I join your family?"

Lao Jin didn't want to think about it and replied: "Of course, it is to enter our family, the first child is surnamed Jin with us, and the second child is surnamed Jiang, the house where you got married, we will buy it from the old couple, you don't have to worry about it."

Seeing how far Lao Jin planned, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. But I didn't want to, Jin Qiu beside me stepped on me fiercely, and said angrily: "Jiang Qiao, you bastard, you are so funny to tease my dad, who wants to marry you"

I was unbearable by the pain of her stepping, and immediately hugged my feet and screamed: "I go and you think I will marry you, so that you have the opportunity to abuse me every day, isn't it iron, who the dares to marry you, this, and your feet are about to be stomped and swollen by you"

"You still dare to swear with me." Jin Qiu said and grabbed the flesh on my arm and twisted it hard, I screamed while returning her kick, of course, the force on my foot is still very numerous, because I was just forcing her to let go of me, not to defeat her.

Lao Jin and Luo Sumei seem to have gotten used to the fight between us, and just said "rivals", and then didn't care about the two of us, and Jin Qiu and I did get along like this a few years ago, but I didn't expect that we, who are mature now, re-interpreted the past mode of getting along again when facing the topic of marriage. Before this, I really mistakenly thought that I couldn't go back, but some temperaments are really in our bones, such as Jin Qiu's toughness

This night, I didn't bother Jin Qiu to send me back, I wanted to take a walk back to my small courtyard, and then take advantage of this rare quiet to figure out some things, on the way I received Xiao Ai's reply to WeChat, she said to wait for me at the convenience store, to invite me to eat a hot corn cob.

Then I remembered that she was already living on Tulip Road, barely a resident of the area, so we were very close together. If we want to meet in that convenience store, it's enough to spend 10 minutes with each other