Sheng Chen walked aimlessly on the street, always working on the construction site for a short time, which was not a long-term solution at all, coupled with the feeling of sweating like rain, which made him very uncomfortable, after working for more than three months, he chose to leave, where he couldn't see the future he wanted.

He didn't tell Xiao Ruoning, after buying the mobile phone, he only had more than 200 yuan left, and he planned to keep some money, and when he had time, he took Xiao Ruoning to the playground to play, but the little money he had left was so tight that even eating became a problem.

The construction site will not be able to go for a while, the project in the short term has been completed, and even if he goes back now, there is nothing to do, after coming out of Xiao Ruoning's house, Sheng Chen's heart has been in a low state, and he began to officially start the career he really wants.

"Friend, this world will break your heart......" Before the mobile phone rang, Sheng Chen took out his mobile phone and looked at it, a string of unfamiliar numbers, in fact, he has been in this city for so long, and the mobile phone number has never changed.

"Hey! Hello! ”

"Sheng Chen, I want to ask you to meet, can I do it now!" Cheng Qiuling's voice came from the other end of the phone, a little submissive, as if there was something.

"Okay, where are you? Am I looking for you, or are you looking for me! ”

"I'm ...... behind your back"

Before Sheng Chen hung up the phone, he turned around and looked back, Cheng Qiuling's face was haggard, as if he had experienced something very painful.

The two of them walked one after the other, the atmosphere was a little depressing, and they did it on a bench in the park, the day in July was already a little hot, even on the bench covered by the shade of the trees, Sheng Chen felt that every pore of his body was expanding, and his forehead was covered with dense beads of sweat, he wanted to slap himself, on such a hot day, nothing could be done.

"Sheng Chen, you're okay with her!" As soon as Cheng Qiuling spoke, Sheng Chen slammed a spirit, "Well, it's okay, how are you doing?" ”

"I... I'm a loser. I can't even defend my love, Sheng Chen, I know it's impossible between us, but we're not friends. Cheng Qiuling looked at Sheng Chen's answer with some expectation, and she said the word friend very lightly. But there are different things in it.

"I guess so." After hesitating for a while, Sheng Chen responded.

"It's good to have you saying that!" Cheng Qiuling smiled sweetly.

"You're looking for me for this, I'll leave first if I have something to do." Seeing that Sheng Chen was leaving, Cheng Qiuling didn't stop him, but just looked at his distant figure in a daze. She muttered to herself, "Thank you Sheng Chen, I think I know what I should do, I was going to say goodbye to you today, but I still haven't said it, I will get used to the days without you, one day in a certain year, you and I meet on the street corner, I hope we can still recognize each other, how good it would be to call each other's names, goodbye Sheng Chen......"

Cheng Qiuling's eyes stared at Sheng Chen's distant figure, and two lines of tears slipped from the corners of her eyes. This boy she really fell in love with, but because of her irrational decision, it caused the current consequence, the ending is already very good, she is very envious of Xiao Ruoning, but this should have belonged to her happy love, but she was sent to the end by her own hands, and it is irretrievable, maybe being friends is the best ending between her and Sheng Chen.

Hot July days. Not only the fiery sun, but also with a little loss, Sheng Chen has been unemployed and wandering on the street for a long time, and he is dazzled by the overwhelming advertisements. Once again, I didn't know what my future and tomorrow would be like, and when it came to mind, Sheng Chen found that he was still down, but unlike before, now he still had Xiao Ruoning by his side.

Many practical problems swept in, and Sheng Chen felt a little bottomless in his heart. Now it is impossible for him to give Xiao Ruoning the happiness he promised, after all, it is difficult to protect himself.

Looking at the bustling city, Sheng Chen laughed at himself a little, "This city doesn't belong to you, it can only give you pain, Sheng Chen can't go on like this anymore, you yourself are no longer alone, you still have her, if you continue to sink like this, what will you take to protect Ning'er, what will you give her the happiness you promised." ”

The unprecedented gap made Sheng Chen see the reality clearly, this month he ran into walls everywhere looking for a job, basically except for the factory, the interview of any company has failed and ended, Xiao Ruoning's luck is always better than him, after resigning from the snack bar in Shaxian County, he went to a clothing store to apply for a job, was successfully admitted, and became a clerk, which may be a very ordinary thing.

In contrast to the city where it is easy for a girl to find a job, there is no job for a man other than to go to a factory or a construction site. Maybe Sheng Chen's expectations for himself are too high, or he may not be willing to work silently at the bottom all the time.

"What's wrong with you, fool? Why don't you come to me! ”

"I'm working, I'm looking for you at night." Regarding the QQ messages sent by Xiao Ruoning, Sheng Chen replied in seconds, looking at every photo of him and Xiao Ruoning together in the album, that may be the time when Sheng Chen felt the most happy.

"Ning'er, how much is your monthly salary?"

"Well, I won't tell you about this, but the boss said that this has a commission, anyway, it's not very low, and the salary is much higher than when I was in the snack bar. I'm still more than 10,000 yuan short of almost being able to pay off the debt, so I'll give him Uncle Zhang's first. ”

"When are you going to go home, you haven't been home in almost two years."

"Looking back and saying, what about you going home before the end of the year?"

Sheng Chen didn't reply, but counted Xiao Ruoning's monthly salary, and he suddenly found that Xiao Ruoning was actually a little better than him, and the monthly salary of the Shaxian snack bar was more than 3,800, so the salary of this clothing store was actually higher than that given by the Shaxian snack bar, that is, the commission was about 5,000 yuan.

Sheng Chen gasped, he has hands and feet, he can't rely on women to support him, when he comes back to his senses. The screen of the mobile phone had been filled with messages from Xiao Ruoning.

"Sorry I went out for something." Seeing Sheng Chen replying to his message, Xiao Ruoning hurriedly sent a disdainful expression.

"Humph! The next time you ignore me like this, I'll be angry! ”

"Don't dare next time."

They chatted until late at night, said goodnight to each other, and the two of them fell asleep. After half past two in the morning, Sheng Chen couldn't sleep anymore, put on his clothes, wandered in the dark night, looking at the light of the street lamps in the distance and the barbecue stall that had not yet closed, he felt in his heart, life is life.

Looking at the boy who looked almost the same age as him, holding dozens of skewers in his hands, skillfully roasting by the oven, although there was a fan next to him gasping for smoke, Sheng Chen could feel that the young man still couldn't completely avoid the smoke coming out of the charcoal grill, smoking his eyes, beads of sweat the size of beans slipped down his cheeks, and he couldn't care about wiping it, which showed the hard work. (To be continued.) )