At 5 p.m. on May 27, Jiang Zhican, dressed in a black suit, walked out of the neat and bright SBS hall. He raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight, and with the other hand, he ripped off his tie and unbuttoned the top of his shirt, the tiredness and tension on his face gradually turned into laziness and decadence, and looked at Huang Jiazi who was standing by the car across the street, showing a faint smile.

"How's it going?"

After getting in the car, Huang Jiazi asked curiously.

"It's probably smashed." Jiang Zhican leaned on the backrest and replied with his eyes closed.

"What about the others?" Huang Jiazi then asked.

"Who knows, all of them are elderly, only they ask me for my share, where can I ask for anything."

"So you answer that they are?"

"It's probably smashed."

"You're really..." Huang Jiazi couldn't help laughing, "There's no need to prevaricate like this with me, right?" I'm not your competitor. ”

"Alas, I'm used to it, brother, you don't know, those guys in it are thick-faced, relying on their age than you, chasing you one by one and asking, what are the review materials, what topics are selected for the video, and how is the content of the prepared arguments······ The most unfortunate thing was that when I was answering, I was at the front of the line, and when I came out, the guys were like sharks smelling blood, and they surrounded me and asked questions, but I was tossed and choked enough, and it was much more tiring than dealing with the examiner! ”

Jiang Zhican complained lazily, took a bottle of coffee from the storage box in the car, took two sips, and the small amount of coffee in it was gone. He opened the window, aimed at the garbage bin on the side, and threw it out, the bottle bouncing a few times at the cramped entrance, but still entered, saving him the effort to get out of the car.

Looking back, he was about to ask Huang Jiazi if the record he wanted had arrived, but he suddenly found that Huang Jiazi's face was different, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

"Well, it's not much, it's just that I haven't drunk this coffee." Huang Jiazi coughed lightly and started the car.

"It's not you, who is that?" Jiang Zhican's face changed, and he suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach.

"Hyuna."

"Huh? Hyuna ······ Kim Hyun-ah?! ”

Huang Jiazi nodded.

"No, brother, when did you hook up, no, when did you get so close to someone?" Jiang Zhichan asked with wide eyes, he wouldn't mind how much saliva he swallowed Kim Hyun-ah.

"I didn't get close, I just ate occasionally or something, and I haven't held my little hand yet······ But Zhican, you can take advantage of it, how did I forget this stubble, the coffee I drank is still quite good. Huang Jiazi said with a little regret.

"Then you won't remind me?"

"You're drinking too fast to be careful."

"Cut."

"How about going to Incheon Airport now?"

"Did your friend who helped me buy the record arrived?" Jiang Zhican's expression moved.

"Well, it's not to buy, it's someone else's collection, look at my face, and resell it to you."

"Really? But you told me that you could buy it in the United States. Jiang Zhican was a little embarrassed.

"Yes, you can buy it, but it's all imitation mass goods, and it doesn't have much value."

"What do you mean?"

"The original vinyl record, interesting enough?"

"Well, but brother, can you install?" Jiang Zhican asked with a shy face.

"No, that friend is my ex-girlfriend, understand?"

"This ······"

Jiang Zhican stopped talking, looking out the window at the sunset that was sinking more and more westward, and the vast twilight of the city under the magnificent sunset, and remembered that on a cold morning, Huang Jiazi and the ex-girlfriends he mentioned, guessing which one of the women they would see later? Is it the one who loves Huang Jiazi deeply, or the one that Huang Jiazi loves but splits his legs? Oh, and Kim Hyun-ah, that little wild horse-like girl, what was he thinking about when he sat in his position, and what did he think of Huang Jiazi?

Jiang Zhican thought about it for so long, the car was speeding on the highway, the scenery outside the car window had turned into a wide field, the afterglow receded, only a halo remained on the peak of the distant mountains, in the shadows of the folds and layers of mountains, like a stage lamp, silently and abruptly, as if it was unwilling to wait for a long time.

"By the way, when will your results come out?" probably felt that driving alone was too boring, so Huang Jiazi asked a dispensable question.

"Tonight."

"What, so fast?" Huang Jiazi was taken aback.

"Soon? There are only 22 candidates in total, and there are five examiners, and besides, don't they all pursue efficiency now····· Well, there is also the fact that the new graduates of SBS do not seem to be of high quality, so now there is a shortage of manpower, and several programs are urging VIPs. ”

"So, that's a big hope?"

"No, those guys are too good, if I don't make the election, it's normal."

"Really?"

"Yes, I'm full of thoughts about being admitted, where I want to say frustrating words, I'm really not sure!" Jiang Zhican sighed, and the night wind blew in through the crack in the window, raising the bangs on his forehead, revealing a melancholy appearance. He tilted his face up and looked out the window, his eyes dark and swarthy, as if he wanted to see fireflies or shooting stars in this gray light.

"Hearing you say that, the two of us will become brothers and sisters, and we all have to wait for someone to throw you the verdict." Huang Jiazi laughed self-deprecatingly, took a cigarette from the drawer, and lit it for himself. As he got closer to Incheon Airport, he finally became uneasy and nervous, no longer calm.

"The ex-girlfriend I want to see is the one named An Hui······"

"An Huihan, that's the one who dumped me and rolled the sheets with others." Huang Jiazi said very coldly, and he didn't leave himself a little bit to turn around.

"You said you lost the verdict?"

"She came back from the United States and moved to Seoul for work, not to go home to visit relatives for a short time."

"Brother, what do you mean?"

"I didn't think much about it, but I heard that she was single now and came back······ In fact, we are good at getting together and scattering, and we have always been friends, but ······ You know, right? ”

"Yes, I understand." Jiang Zhican nodded, and suddenly felt that Huang Jiazi was so far away from him, or rather, the more mistakes he made, the more he could forgive the mistakes made by others? He was a little confused, and his intuition was that what happened to Huang Jiazi today might be repeated to him one day in the future. This made him shudder, and he couldn't help but tighten his neckline and close the window with the gap.

The car drove smoothly, there was silence in the car, you could faintly hear the roar of huge planes in the sky, and the traffic around became dense, and you could see people of different colors, carrying more or less suitcases, descending or flying away from this place in South Korea in the darkness of night.

"Brother, has the other party arrived?" Getting out of the car, Jiang Zhican asked.

"Not yet, the flight at 6:50 is still half an hour away. Well, hungry? How about going to a restaurant over there to eat first? Huang Jiazi raised his hand and looked at his watch, then looked around, and pointed to a Korean food restaurant a little farther away.

"Okay."

The two then walked to the Korean restaurant.

"By the way, if you see her later, remember to call her Sister Huihan, and use honorifics." On the way, Huang Jiazi told him that he knew that Jiang Zhican had always had a temperament, but he didn't want this kid to leave a bad impression on An Huihan.

"Okay, I know, but brother, I just checked the price of the record, the estimate is between five hundred and six million, and I can only take out three million now, and the rest, brother, can you borrow me first?"

Huang Jiazi was not surprised when he heard this, he only looked at Jiang Zhican and said with a smile: "Because she is An Huihan, you must pay?" ”

"Yes, because of my pride, brother." Jiang Zhican put one hand in his pocket and opened the door, "If it were replaced by a few other ex-girlfriends of yours, maybe I wouldn't really be a swollen face and be fat, be polite to you, anyway, according to your temperament, you will definitely not be able to escape from helping me pay, even if it is not, bags, big meals, hotel suites······ After all, you will help me pay it off, and I owe you at most, then you are my brother, with peace of mind, and you will pay it back slowly.

But Ahn Hye-han ······ Sister Huihan, I know, brother, don't stare at you, you won't call it wrong······ She's different, even if I'm thick-skinned and Zheng Yun is deeply possessed, but I always have to consider it for you, I can't let people think that your brother is a puddle of mud, and he has no ability to eat and drink - in fact, I don't mind thinking so about others, it seems that this is the case at the moment - but, brother, if you are also taken lightly, and let Sister Huihan think that you haven't seen you for a few years, you are still the same as before, and the friends who play together are all unpopular, then I can't stand it, pit people, You don't have me like that. You said no, brother? ”

Jiang Zhican sat on a bench against the wall, and when he spoke, he took the time to ask the waiter for a miso soup and ramen, and the warm yellow wall lamp sprinkled from the lampshade engraved with a thin bamboo pattern, reflecting his face half-bright and half-dark, leaving a well-defined silhouette.

Huang Jiazi sat opposite him, pushed one of the two cans of beer he brought in his hand, opened the other can by himself, drank two sips, took out a tissue to wipe his mouth, thought for a while, lowered his head and took out his mobile phone to transfer money to Jiang Zhican. Jiang Zhican's mobile phone in his pocket made a slight prompt sound, and he opened it and looked at it, stunned for a moment.

"Brother, it's too much, there's no need to turn it all."

"Didn't you say that there was no hope for TV admission? If you really lose the election, aren't you a jobless vagrant? You can keep the three million for yourself first, at least when you find a serious job, you can pay it back. Well, don't tell me that you can make a lot of money as a tutor. Huang Jiazi continued to drink, and then glanced at his watch.

"Brother, in fact, I am quite senior as a tutor, and the salary is not low." Jiang Zhican explained, then opened a website on his mobile phone and handed it to Huang Jiazi to see.

"What is this?" Huang Jiazi wondered.

"I am working for the official website of a company, do you see my name on it? Actually, if I really can't make PD, then I'll change careers, don't do a professional career, and become an advertising planner. ”

Jiang Zhican said with a smile, put down his phone, took the miso soup from the waiter who happened to arrive, picked up the chopsticks and spoon, and began to eat with his head down. It tastes good, and although the price is more expensive than usual, it is not distressing.

"You kid, if you say something untrue, just keep some snacks for yourself, don't regret it later, and drag me to drink all over the street." Huang Jiazi scolded lightly, picked up chopsticks, and lowered his head to eat his bibimbap.

There was a moment of silence at the table, and neither of them spoke anymore, thinking about their own thoughts. After dinner, he doesn't know whether to start or end a journey, the end of the journey, and whether there are people or things to look forward to waiting for him. During this period, Huang Jiazi received a phone call, and then his expression suddenly became nervous, and in the face of Jiang Zhican's gaze of watching the show, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said that he didn't want to, but he hadn't seen him for too long, and he couldn't help beating his heart.

"Do you have a mirror on you?" After a while, Huang Jiazi suddenly asked.

"What do you think, brother?" Jiang Zhican was amused for a while, then looked Huang Jiazi up and down, nodded and said, "There's nothing bad about it, besides, it's not a blind date, where do you need to dress up specially, it's too deliberate and may make people feel hypocritical." ”

"That's true, but I don't feel at ease if I haven't seen it with my own eyes, Naocan, I'll go to the toilet and I'll be back soon." Huang Jiazi thought about it, got up and said.

"What if that person happens to be here and can't find you?"

"It's okay, she knows the place, besides, she's seen your photo and knows you." Huang Jiazi waved his hand and said, soon running away.

"This brother, I'm really speechless, violating privacy, violating ······ However, I don't know which photo he used, but it wasn't taken in the restaurant last time. Jiang Zhican complained in a low voice, picked up the beer on the table, leaned on the seat and sipped slowly, his eyes looking in the direction of the door. Although he has never seen An Huihan, what can make Huang Jiazi so worried, don't think about it, she must be a beautiful woman in the crowd, most of whom are easy to recognize.

And the truth, as he thought, locked An Huihan when she first entered the store. Dressed in plain white, simple and elegant, at her feet is a pair of seven-centimeter-high salvatoreferragamo, known for its luxury and comfort, which sets off her tall body more and more erect. With a black superposition that covered a third of her face, her long burgundy hair was tied back and a ponytail was simply tied, and the maple leaf-shaped earrings inlaid with silver diamonds were worn on the earlobes, which sparkled under the lights of the store, reflecting the woman's fair and well-proportioned face dazzlingly.

This is a capable woman in her early twenties, carrying a khaki Gucci bag with a silver chain strap, natural and elegant, even in the face of a large number of eyes gathered around her, the face under the sunglasses is still unfazed, as if it is stuck in another quiet space, unaffected. Then she looked left and right, and then her eyes fell on Jiang Zhican in the corner, and walked over as if no one was around.

Jiang Zhican didn't get up to say hello, he sitting, and he didn't even look at the woman who was approaching, but looked at the young man not far behind the woman, looking at the suitcase in his hand, and his heart was indescribably shocked and bitter, as if the original script was added by someone, and things deviated from the predetermined track!

"Jiang Zhican?" The woman gently buckled the table, her voice was a little hoarse, but it sounded good, probably because of the long flight, which made her throat a little uncomfortable.

"Yes, I am." Jiang Zhican got up and said, replying not in a polite manner.

"Didn't Huang Jiazi mention me to you? I'm Ahn Hui Han. The woman raised her hand and pushed her sunglasses to her forehead, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes, staring at Jiang Zhican.

"I mentioned it, hello, Sister Huihan." Jiang Zhican said, but there was not much enthusiasm in his tone, and his face was expressionless.

"Well, where is Huang Jiazi?" An Huihan didn't seem to notice Jiang Zhican's coldness, or that she didn't care, so she just looked down at the leftover bibimbap, and then asked.

"Oh, isn't it?" Jiang Zhican raised his finger and pointed down, where Huang Jiazi stood like a piece of wood.

An Huihan looked in the direction he was pointing and saw Huang Jiazi, and his indifferent face finally made waves for the first time, but it was only slightly, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, as if he was smiling: "Huang Jiazi, long time no see!" ”

For a long time, Huang Jiazi, who regarded women as floating clouds in Jiang Zhican's eyes, and was free among the flowers in the joyous field, at this moment, it was a dumb fire that shocked him, and he only said yes dryly, and walked over with his hands down, his face was cramped and flustered that could not be concealed, standing next to An Huihan, who was wearing high shoes, but even the most basic height advantage no longer existed.

"You're still the same." This is Ahn Hyehan's second sentence.

"yes, but you've changed so much, and you're going to be two people when you go to college." Huang Jiazi continued to be very useless, so he almost planted a white flag on his head and wagged his tail and begged.

"I was like this two years ago, and no one said for a long time that I had changed a lot, Huang Jiazi, you are still the first one in so long." An Huihan smiled and took out a beautifully packaged record from his bag, "Well, I brought it to you." ”

"Thank you, you're bothered." Huang Jiazi took it from her. Jiang Zhican stood aside, and suddenly wanted to slap himself.

"Well, by the way, I will introduce you to a friend of mine who I met on the plane." As he spoke, An Huihan turned his head and beckoned to the young man standing near the door, and shouted in English, "Jiewen, come here!" ”

A man named Jiewen came over in response, and greeted Jiang Zhican in English, and the vocabulary was a little jerky, about the section from the fourth to the top and the eighth to the bottom, which was really tight.

"Jevin is a Korean-American who grew up in the United States, and he doesn't speak Korean, so don't be surprised." An Huihan explained on the side.

Huang Jiazi nodded with a smile to hide his embarrassment, Jiang Zhican suddenly stretched out his hand and said to Jiewen: "No, communicating in English is actually not in the way, but back in South Korea, I think it is more polite to talk to people in Korean, right?" ”

In the second half of the sentence, he turned his head to look at An Huihan, and the whole sentence was expressed in English.

Jiewen smiled and nodded, while An Huihan stared at Jiang Zhican, saying that she also felt so, but the use of a language is accumulated over many years, so she can't be in a hurry. Then she looked at Huang Jiazi, said goodbye, and turned to leave with Jevin.

Through the glass window of the store, looking at the figure of Jevon pulling the suitcase and leaving side by side with An Huihan, Huang Jiazi poured two sips of beer, and returned to the car with Jiang Zhican, who had finished settling the bill. The two were silent, Huang Jiazi continued to drink, and Jiang Zhican leaned against the window and smoked. Lately, he seems to be pumping harder and harder.

"By the way, you don't seem to have sent the money, right?" Huang Jiazi suddenly remembered this stubble, paused with the hand holding the wine, and asked Jiang Zhican.

"Brother, do you think a woman wearing two thousand three hundred dollars a pair of high heels will care about the five or six million record fees? I don't want to pull you together anymore and humiliate myself. Jiang Zhican said with a gloomy face, thinking back to An Huihan's every move, word by word, such a powerful woman, since she didn't mention the record fee, the implication is clear, if he stupidly proposes to pay, Huang Jiazi, who is already infinitely disadvantaged, will only be looked down on more and more.

"Heh, you've been very careful, but I've become terrified even when I look at her more." Huang Jiazi said mockingly, and continued to pour wine into his mouth.

"Brother, stop drinking, you don't have a chance at all." Jiang Zhican threw down the cigarette butt and leaned back in the chair and said.

"Well, a chance?" Huang Jiazi was stunned for a moment.

"Didn't An Huihan say that the man named Jiewen met her on the plane, and he is not a boyfriend who is dating, why do you need to be so desperate?"

"But didn't you say that Jevin said in his self-introduction that he was a senior engineering designer who jumped from Apple to Samsung, this kind of elite person, not to mention what he looks like, just a height of more than one meter and eight meters, he compares me to it!"

"Then don't let An Huihan wear high heels in the future!" Jiang Zhican said angrily, height is also his hard injury, "Anyway, brother, if An Huihan doesn't mean anything to you, why do you mention that Jiewen met her on the plane?" Aren't you afraid that you will be completely misunderstood! I think she probably wants to use Jiewen to stimulate you, if you work hard, make a career, and catch up with An Huihan again, it is probably not impossible. ”

"Well······ It seems like that to you, but, alas! No matter, I'll talk about it later, I don't know how I feel about her when I suddenly change her appearance, but in my memory, I have always been a cute girl in a white cotton skirt, where is it like today, like a proud thorny white rose······ But, yikes! Stinky boy, you take an An Huihan, return the money to me first, and I don't have any money if you give you the money! ”

"Okay, okay, I'll pay you back! But brother, I like white, this habit hasn't changed! Jiang Zhichan raised his hand to transfer the account, then started the car and returned to Seoul at night. Huang Jiazi drank so much alcohol, naturally he couldn't drive.

"Hmph, let me tell you a secret, in fact, Hui Han not only likes white, but also likes blue, but I told her that she looks good in white clothes when she was in college, and she has always preferred to buy white ones later. Well, I didn't expect that after all this time, she still likes to wear white······"

Huang Jiazi was lying on the backrest, suddenly drunk, muttering unexpectedly with his eyes closed, and then his voice gradually became low, like a whisper, and finally disappeared.

Jiang Zhican glanced at him, then picked up his phone again, and there was no missed call. He couldn't help but wonder, the others were forgotten, such as Kim So-hyun and Park Chu-long, he didn't tell them that he had an assessment today, but Xu Xian didn't even call? It's a bit weird.