In recent years, everyone has been on vacation one after another, and they have gone home, at least among Aunt Li's tenants, Xiaoqi and Zheng Feng returned home early in time for the Spring Festival, Guo Rui is used to wandering freely outside, and he gradually has no feeling for going home for the New Year.

And Jia Yi is different, she is eager to go home in her heart, at least around a table to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner she is extremely yearning, but such an ordinary family needs to "yearn", you can imagine how far away this scene is in reality, so she simply did not go home, and spent the New Year at Aunt Li's house with Yu Ran and Guo Rui.

It just so happened that Aunt Li's son Li Ping, who was away all the year round, also returned home, and Jin Mei also kept to herself a lot during this time, often wandering on the first floor, which made Lan Lan and the army miserable, so she could only be locked in the backyard and restricted her free activities.

In addition to being angry with Aunt Li and the two golden retrievers, Jin Mei naturally has a lot of criticism for Jia Yi and Yu Ran.

One day, Jia Yi and Yu Ran went downstairs in a fight, and almost bumped into the oncoming Jin Mei, and the smell of perfume on her body burst out first before she scolded, and scattered everywhere with her random waving hands.

Yu Ran's nose was a little uncomfortable, she always showed natural disgust for the smell that was too strong, and she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose.

Jin Mei saw this action, naturally very displeased, she sneered, and said: "I really don't know about this Chinese New Year, there are still two single women living at home, you say, what kind of woman will spend the New Year alone this year, and go home early to reunite with her family, isn't it, you guys are strange, you are still here, as if there is nowhere to go, right...... You don't have anywhere to go during the day, but there must be somewhere to go at night, and what kind of golden man's house is it......"

Jia Yi has long been accustomed to people like her who want to scold secretly but can't grasp the sense of proportion, and suddenly show a hateful face, but she is still worried that Jin Mei's words will stimulate Yu Ran, she held Yu Ran's hand tightly, and when she wanted to refute, she was preempted by Yu Ran.

"I didn't go anywhere at night, just chatting with the landlord and the landlord's son and watching TV, ......"

The corners of Jin Mei's mouth twitched, and when she just wanted to open her mouth to scold, she was preempted by Jia Yi again.

"Oh, Sister Yu Ran, what are you talking about, this is the landlord's daughter-in-law, and the landlord's son you are talking about is Mr. Ren, and people love him."

Yu Ran said "I'm sorry" vigorously, and praised Jin Mei a few words through Jia Yi's words, Jin Mei could only snort in her nose, unable to find any words to refute.

Yu Ran's counterattack surprised Jia Yi, she always thought that Yu Ran was weak, but she forgot that this woman who has lived independently for twenty years already has her own set of survival rules in her bones.

This is Yu Ran, who seems to be weak but so tenacious, whether it is dealing with others or living on her own, she can always maintain her personality appropriately.

Especially in the area of daily life, even if she changes cities, she still insists on going out for jogging every morning, practicing yoga at night, and going to climb and hike near N City on weekends.

During the Chinese New Year, many shops in Nanbin Square were closed, and the Lin Xiao brothers and sisters went home before the Spring Festival.

"Happy event?" Jia Yi was surprised.

"Yes, he met a woman on a blind date some time ago, and after talking a few times, the woman is still a foreigner, by the way, I heard that the woman was fired by the company before, I really don't know what character ......" Ming Jing looked disdainful, hugged her arms and said, she called her sister-in-law "that woman" one by one, and the cute coffee girl before was a world of difference.

But Jia Yi didn't have much curiosity about "that woman", she was more concerned about herself - thanks to the temporary closure of some competitors, the business of the flower girl gradually improved, and the new products relaunched in the store received more attention, and for a few days, when the weather warmed up, the whole store was not even busy.

It was also in this month that the girl in the flower room began to make a profit, which really made Jia Yi, who had worked hard for more than half a year to open the store, happy for several days.

But the good times did not last long, with the end of the holiday, the surrounding stores opened one after another, and people on vacation began to return to their original posts, and every afternoon and evening and weekend became one of the few concentrated hours of customer flow in the store, but even during these periods, the store was still not as busy as during the Spring Festival.

Yu Ran didn't seem to be worried at all, she always smiled faintly and persuaded: "It's okay, there are a lot of people now, there should be a period of leisure, right?" ”

Jia Yi can only smile every time she hears Yu Ran so comforted, she knows that Yu Ran has no special ambitions, for the matter of opening a store, Yu Ran's satisfaction comes more from how she mixes a cup of tea, how to match a piece of dim sum and pastries, and rarely asks about the rest.

But Jia Yi is different, her ambition is very big, so big that she not only wants to make a profit, but also wants to make a culture and a brand, but her strength can't match her ambition, so she spends a lot of effort on analyzing accounts, optimizing varieties, learning all kinds of store knowledge, and often reading information with a sad face at the table alone.

Sometimes, Yu Ran would ask her puzzled, "Do you think this is different from what your previous company in Beijing did?" ”

Jia Yi first shook his head, then nodded, then shook his head, and finally said, "It's different, at least I'm freer now!" ”

Yu Ran said flatly: "I don't think it's any different, freedom is not just a form, but should be a very essential thing, at least not too many rules, just follow your heart and do things well." ”

"But without these rules, I'm afraid I can't afford to take the risk......"

"If you're afraid, you can't be free, don't do things too strategically, you'......re just too thoughtful," Yu Ran said with a smile, reaching out and caressing Jia Yi's hair.

Jia Yi lay in Yu Ran's arms, laughed, and said, "Sister Yu Ran is saying that I am too scheming, right?" ”

"I didn't say that......"

Jia Yi continued to laugh, turned around, sat up, and said, "You didn't say that, but someone said that......" She remembered Gao Qu, who hadn't seen the man for a while.

But she didn't think too much about it, and continued: "But in my opinion, freedom may mean that you do what you want to do, and for me, if you don't do it, I'm afraid my heart will be more tormented, so you can cook the food in the store, and I ...... Don't waste a lot of thoughts, let me toss! ”

Yu Ran nodded, smiled shallowly, and asked again: "You just said that someone said that, is that person Mark?" ”

"Huh?" Jia Yi was caught off guard, the name poked into the depths of her heart, she shook her head, the corners of her mouth were the first to overflow the bitter taste, and said, "Of course not, he Chinese New Year's Eve except for contacting me that night, he ...... He never spoke to me again. ”

"What did he say that night?"

"Happy New Year......

Mark did send a WeChat message when they gathered in Aunt Li's living room to watch the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala, with extremely simple four words: Happy New Year.

And it was these four words that made her heart difficult to calm down all of a sudden, and even felt that it was noisier than the sound of the Spring Festival Gala stage, she could only withdraw to the empty backyard, struggling with whether to reply, how to reply, when to reply, and how to send it herself so that the two of them could have the possibility of chatting next......

She thought about it for a long time, and finally when she typed a large paragraph, Guo Rui happened to come over to smoke, and also held up the mobile phone with the screen on, just when he saw the message that Mark sent him: Happy New Year.

Word for word.

A powerful blast of cold air punched him in the chest impartially, repelling the words that were being typed, falling apart, and finally returning to peace, as calm as a lake.

She replied briefly, "You're happy too," and hurried back to the house.

"Do you still have a nostalgia for Mark?" Yu Ran looked at Jia Yi, who was bowing his head at the moment, and said.

"Why not? He's so good, he's worth my nostalgia. ”

But Jia Yi didn't continue, and despite Yu Ran's anticipation of the listener, she didn't continue, only looked at Yu Ran and smiled palely.

She is nostalgic for Mark, just to remind herself who is constantly moving forward on the road of entrepreneurship, if you can, please keep that innocence and be less eroded by temptation.

She was nostalgic for Mark just because she liked the self who liked him.

But there are also some people who like themselves who are recognized by others, and this person can be the person they like, or they can be the person they don't feel at all.

Gao Qu is also one of these people, he still has expectations for Luo Ting, but he doesn't know how much of this expectation is related to love, he hopes that Luo Ting can recognize her, he hopes that her often raised head can be lowered for him for a moment, like many of his ex-girlfriends, with her head down and smiling, and the birds are like people.

Therefore, when Luo Ting told him that the hospital agreed to carry out relevant public welfare activities in Nanbin Square in the form of community activities, his joy was no longer in the progress of the activity itself, but because it was a rare time - Luo Ting took the initiative to talk to him.

He called Sù Jiayi for the first time, and she was more excited than she imagined, and kept saying: "Yes, I just said that there is a play!" ”

"Maybe it's just business."

"You have to trust my instincts, she still cares about you."

"So, you've always felt accurate, including intimacy at every turn......"

Jia Yi was speechless for a moment, she remembered that her foot was placed in the palm of his hand on a cold night last year.

Hearing the silence on the other end, Gao Qu was secretly proud of his success, so he continued to joke: "Then what does your intuition tell you? ”

"My intuition also told me that Mr. Gao Qu needs to invite Liang Jiayi to dinner to show his gratitude."

"Of course, it's a must."

"I'll bring Yu Ran ......"

Gao Qu frowned slightly and said, "This ......"

Before the words could be spoken, a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "And me!" ”

It's Shengfu Yang.

That guy didn't know when he appeared in the store, and when he heard that he finally had the opportunity to eat at the same table with Yu Ran, who had rejected him several times, he naturally refused to let go of the opportunity.