After the ceremony, Liu Yuguan and Situ Lu led everyone to the dinner.

The hall was brightly lit and brilliant, and Qiao Jinghui was holding a large white jade plate and eating something while staring at the various crystal lamps on the high ceiling.

But she didn't seem to be distracted, because every once in a while she would change places to eat, and she ate cold food, hot food, cooked food, cold dishes, barbecue, and dim sum in less than half an hour.

Then she retraced the route, picked out some special foods and put them on a plate, and sat down in the corner to eat quietly.

After a while, the little brother sat down next to her and asked her, "Why don't you go dancing?" I see a lot of excellent men in it! Such a great opportunity, but you sit here and feast. ”

Qiao Jinghui glanced at the well-dressed and elegant men on the dance floor and said, "Not interested." ”

"Brother Qiao, are you really coming out?" The little brother was shocked.

Qiao Jinghui glanced at him, continued to eat, and did not speak.

The little brother also went to get something to eat, and after a while, Qiao Jinghui asked him, "Then why don't you go?" After speaking, he replied to himself, "Oh~ Xiaohu is not here today, it's a pity, it's rare for you to dress so decently." ”

"Usually I don't dress casually, okay?"

Qiao Jinghui shrugged and continued to eat to herself.

"How are you chasing the little sister?"

Luo Xian looked at Cai Hefeng funny, he withdrew his gaze at someone, and smiled helplessly: "It's not the same, I didn't care much when I was in school." ”

"Did she have a boyfriend when she was at school?"

"I don't think so." Cai Hefeng shook his head, Hongchen didn't seem to have caught her at all when he was in school, Luo Xian said: "Then it's strange, you're not bad, how can you not catch up with a girl." ”

"I also think it's strange, do you think I don't like her? Every time I offered to say something, she always rejected me. But when I think about it, I don't think there's anything wrong with it! ”

Luo Xian seriously thought about his impression of Qiao Jinghui over the past year, and then said obscurely: "Could it be that she doesn't like boys?" ”

Cai Hefeng: "!! ”

"People in the department call her Brother Qiao, and recently there has been a woman who drives a sports car to take her to and from work every day, and I heard that these two people still live together. Don't stare at me, it's not impossible, there are a lot of gay people now. ”

"The two of them are college roommates, and the girl who drove the car used to be in a technical group with me, and the two of them just had a better relationship than ordinary people."

Luo Xian shrugged, then he didn't know why, maybe they were born to be incompatible.

Although Cai Hefeng verbally defended the sexual orientation of Qiao Jinghui and Hua Wen, after speaking, even he fell into deep thought, as if the relationship between these two people is indeed as close as the average good girlfriend! Qiao Jinghui always plays the role of a man in front of Hua Wen, and Hua Wen's dependence on Qiao Jinghui is not limited to the dependence between girlfriends.

However, he just didn't believe that the woman he had his eye on could be gay!

After a while, Cai Hefeng finished talking to Luo Xian, walked straight to Qiao Jinghui and sat down with a glass of unfinished wine, and asked her, "Do you want to dance together?" ”

His sparkling eyes stared at her, and he was shouting "Accept, accept, accept", but his face was still as pale as a glass of water.

Qiao Jinghui looked at him with strange eyes, didn't she say she wouldn't dance before? Amnesia? Shaking his head, he said, "The cake made by that master is delicious, do you want to go over and taste it?" ”

Frustration arose, Cai Hefeng walked in the direction of her finger, he wanted to leave this "sad place"!

"Brother Qiao, why did you reject Brother Feng?" The little brother asked.

"In order to let other girls come up and invite him, he is not a small boss, it's time to find a girlfriend."

There were a few boys and girls in the department on the dance floor waving to them, and the little brother stood up and said, "Then I invite you to dance with the head office, right?" You see, they're calling us over. ”

Qiao Jinghui hesitated slightly, then stood up and said, "Okay, but I dance very casually." ”

"Anyway, it's all with our department, why are you so serious!"

So Qiao Jinghui put her hand on the little brother's hand and walked onto the dance floor.

On the other side, Cai Hefeng was originally unwilling, and after eating a piece of cake, he felt that it tasted good, Qiao Jinghui recommended it to him, and he felt a little better, but when he turned around, he saw Qiao Jinghui put his hand on another man's hand and entered the dance floor!

That bite of cake almost choked him to death on the spot!

Differential treatment, ah, this is! He invited her not to go, and the little brother invited her to go! Has the way of the world changed? Why didn't anyone tell him in advance! A woman who was worried about robbing a woman with him just now, and now even a hairy boy dares to rob a woman with him, is there any heavenly reason!

But grief and indignation are grief and indignation, fortunately, the little brother has another liking person, and Qiao Jinghui did not accept the invitation of other men.

Luo Xian brought Situ Xing, who had changed into a red evening dress, to eat cake, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Comrade, the success of the revolution still needs to be worked on!" ”

Cai Hefeng smiled helplessly.

Situ Xing looked at the two of them playing dumb riddles suspiciously, thinking that it must be an emotional matter, so he didn't bother to ask, so he should find the second brother to dance.

The female companion brought by Situ Lu was sitting on the side holding the wine glass in a daze, Situ Xing pulled Situ Lu in to dance, Situ Yu used to dance with her, but now Situ Yu can't appear, Liu Yuguan can't dance in a women's dress in front of everyone, Luo Xian said that he wants to accompany Cai Hefeng, so he can only find Situ Lu.

Looking around at the men and women on the dance floor, there are not many ladies with outstanding appearances, one is quite beautiful, dressed mainly in white, but it is not reminiscent of a princess, her expression and stride always feel that she should be a very atmospheric woman, either a woman or a queen.

may be influenced by her brother, she has an inexplicable liking for this kind of person, so after a song, she took the initiative to walk over and said, "Hello, I'm Situ Xing, may I ask who you are?" ”

Qiao Jinghui was shocked, her dance steps were so bad that the master's family couldn't stand it? I haven't practiced for so many years! I knew that I shouldn't have accepted my brother's invitation, so how good it would be to stay quietly in the corner and eat by myself!

"Hello, I'm an employee of the company's network management department for one day, Qiao Jinghui."

Situ Xing's eyes lit up: "Then you are Luo Xian's subordinate!" Is he usually fierce to you? ”

"It's good." Qiao Jinghui stroked the hair around her ears casually and smiled, "The supervisor usually doesn't give us extra tasks, and he will buy supper for all of us when we work overtime." ”

"Hey, this is a limited edition of Frank Muller, I didn't even have time to buy it at the time, it's really good-looking."

What's that? Qiao Jinghui didn't know what brand it was, but there were three words she heard clearly - "limited edition", such a valuable thing, she thought that what Hua Wen gave her casually would not be too expensive, but she still didn't know the price of this watch.

"Really? My friend changed it for me before I went out, and she didn't think my watch was feminine enough, and I didn't know what it was. ”

Situ Xing pursed his lips and smiled: "Miss Qiao doesn't seem to be a person who cares about these things, Luo Xian always said that most programmers don't care much about things other than technology." ”

Qiao Jinghui grinned widely: "That's right! I've been pretending to be a lady here for a long time, and I'm tired, but you still see through it at a glance. ”

Situ Xing smiled and said, "But you are still very beautiful today!" ”

"Thank you! But I'm still more used to being called handsome, after all, everyone calls me Brother Qiao. ”

"What year are you from?"

"'88."

"I'm 89 years old, you're really older than me, it's not an exaggeration to call you Brother Qiao."

"That's not true, no matter how you say that you are also the wife of my boss, it is not appropriate for you to call me brother."

Situ Xing said with a smile: "Boss's wife, you are really humorous. ”

The two women laughed and laughed, and Luo Xian said to Cai Hefeng: "Your little junior sister can also talk to our Xing'er." ”

Cai Hefeng hooked the corners of his mouth, if she could talk to him softly with a smile like that, why did she look like a businessman to him?

He remembered what she said when she picked her up, "The style of your words is like Hongchen", could it be that he had always given her the impression that he had always been meticulous, serious and stereotyped?

At the end of the dinner, Cai Hefeng sent Qiao Jinghui back, and on the way he asked tentatively: "Listen to Hua Wen, you haven't had a boyfriend since you were so old?" In fact, Hua Wen told him this shortly after he met her, how many years have passed, he is just gambling, betting that this sentence is still true until now.

Qiao Jinghui squinted comfortably, didn't care about what he asked, and replied casually: "Well, it's been single." ”

"Is it because it's too manly? You're always like a woman. ”

Qiao Jinghui grinned: "Maybe." Even if she looks like a woman, there are not no people chasing her, but she has always pretended to be only him in her heart, and she has not changed until now.

"You haven't thought about finding a man to accompany you and protect you?"

"I enjoyed playing the role of a man in front of the people I wanted to protect, I always felt that I was supposed to be a man, women are too vulnerable, you say I'm a woman, a tomboy, I'm like that." At the end, she added, "There's nothing wrong with that." ”

Cai Hefeng took a deep look at the sleepy Qiao Jinghui from the rearview mirror, and thought, in fact, you also need someone to protect, I really want to protect you and hug you, do you know?

But he can't say that now.

It's not time yet.

He still has to go out for that long time, and during this time he can give nothing tangible other than light promises, such as a sense of security, such as a strong shoulder when he is sleepy.

He had to wait, until he could come back to be with her, when he could fulfill all the promises he could give.

"No matter how good it is, no matter how reasonable it is, no matter how tempting it is, don't be tempted, because the lip service is never actually reliable, and promises are really the cheapest and most gullible thing in the world. If someone has promised you something, just listen to it and thank him/her for going out of his way to say so much and then leave it behind because he/she is not necessarily responsible for his/her promise. ”

This applies to both boys and girls.

So Cai Hefeng won't say anything at such a time, he will wait, he can wait, he can afford to wait.

Qiao Jinghui was already pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed in the back, and the topic was becoming more and more personal emotional issues, and she didn't want to say more about her empty emotional space.

Cai Hefeng, I sincerely wish you can find a girl who suits you, is good to you, likes you, and you like, and then I will dress neatly to attend your wedding, and wish you happiness and early birth of a precious son with a smile, and then I will leave with a smile.

I have to tell myself, I don't like you, you're the same as other good-looking people, because I don't know what love is, so I can't be affectionate to you, and you don't need my affection.

Please don't be too nice to me, otherwise after a long time I will mistakenly think that you have a good impression of me, and this false illusion is not what I want.

When the car drove to the gate of the community, Qiao Jinghui shouted: "It's troublesome to drive in and reverse now, just send it here, you go back early, you have to go to work tomorrow." ”

Qiao Jinghui unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car as she spoke, Cai Hefeng had to turn off the engine on the spot and get out of the car.

"Well, goodbye!"

Qiao Jinghui nodded at him, Cai Hefeng smiled and nodded, his hands in his pockets, his dark eyes were not very prominent in the dark night, but Qiao Jinghui turned his back and could still feel the burning gaze behind him.

Walking into the door, Qiao Jinghui stood still with her high heels, and turned around, Cai Hefeng was still standing in place looking at her.

She grinned and waved at him, Cai Hefeng still nodded, she turned and walked forward, turned a corner and disappeared from his sight.

Cai Hefeng stood beside the car for a while under the gaze of the community doorman, thinking to himself, no wonder most men smoke, at this moment, a cigarette is the most appropriate.

But he didn't have a habit of smoking.

Get into the car neatly, and go back early to make a cup of tea.

Qiao Jinghui stood alone in the elevator and pressed 16, watching the red numbers beat and increase little by little, she couldn't help but think of their first meeting after many years of separation.

She was working overtime in the company, and he rushed over as soon as he got off the plane, and came to her quietly, and the "ding" sound of the elevator almost frightened her soul, and when he came out of the elevator, she was completely shocked.

Then he took her to a barbecue, and then the two waited for a taxi together, and she fell asleep because she was too sleepy to sit down

It's funny and heartwarming to think about it now.

The matter of Mr. Liu's return has come to an end, and the wedding of the director and the eldest lady of the Situ family has also participated, so they should go back to the United States soon.

She went home to attend Cheng Yang's wedding and left; Hongchen came to see her and left; Cai Hefeng attended Luo Xian's wedding and left.

They are all passers-by.

Everyone is a passerby in someone else's life.

"Hua Wen, how long will you stay in City C?"

Hua Wen, who was leaning on the sofa and applying a mask to occupy "half of the country", paused, and said as unmoved as her mouth as possible: "I don't know, what's wrong?" ”

Qiao Jinghui's legs were handed over to her to use as a pillow, and while adjusting the TV channel, she said sullenly: "It's nothing, I just suddenly want to ask." ”

The two looked at each other speechlessly, and were silent for a while, Hua Wen applied the mask on her face, folded her hands on her stomach, and said, "As long as you are still here, I will not leave." ”

Qiao Jinghui's heart warmed, as if a place that had not moved for a long time began to beat.

Qiao Jinghui and Shen Huawen's life notes:

One of the supermarkets:

Since the two of them are not very idle at work, the time to visit the supermarket is generally after dinner, and they just take a stroll in the supermarket in the community.

The two of them chose a stack of snacks and drinks, and when they checked out, Qiao Jinghui stared at the shelves next to the cash register.

Rows and rows of square, colorful and colorful small boxes, but the product name was not conspicuous at all, Qiao Jinghui leaned closer and took a box in her hand.

"Oh ~ Durex."

It was written in English, Qiao Jinghui suddenly translated, Hua Wen took out the things she wanted to buy from the basket and scanned the code for the cashier, looked back at her, and said, "What are you doing with that?" We don't need it. ”

Qiao Jinghui shook it in front of her eyes: "Strawberry flavored, what you like the most about this taste." ”

Hua Wen ignored her.

Qiao Jinghui put the condom back and whispered, "I haven't seen what that thing looks like." ”

Hua Wen: "I haven't seen it either. ”

Cashier: ""

Supermarket 2:

Next to the baking area is a small bookstall where Ms. Qiao often dangles in front of the screen, which scrolls through the latest best-selling books.

Hua Wen asked her, "What do you think that's for?" Are you so busy at work that you still need to buy two books to pass the time? ”

Qiao Jinghui had to read it from beginning to end, sometimes repeatedly, and replied, "I'll see if the name of the book I wrote will appear on it." ”

Hua Wen: "Has your book been published?" ”

Qiao Jinghui: "No. ”

Hua Wen: "Isn't it stupid?" ”

Qiao Jinghui: ""

Clothing Store Events:

Hua Wen said that it was time to buy autumn clothes, she didn't have any clothes here, Qiao Jinghui picked a time when she was not so busy with work, solved the matter quickly, and went to the city center in Hua Wen's car when she got off work.

Except for dresses and other clothes that she only wears on important occasions, Hua Wen usually does not buy too expensive clothes, because she has agreed with her family that she is now spending all the money she earns.

As soon as Qiao Jinghui entered the store, she found a sofa and sat down, sometimes looking at the magazines on the table, sometimes looking at her phone.

Hua Wen came out with a different set, and Qiao Jinghui looked up: "Well, it's okay." ”

Hua Wen went in for a while, and then came out again, and Qiao Jinghui looked at it again: "Well, it's good-looking." ”

Hua Wen stared at her for two seconds, went in for a while and came out again, Qiao Jinghui looked at her again: "Well, it's good." ”

Hua Wen changed back into her clothes, picked up her bag, and said, "You can go." ”

Qiao Jinghui was stunned: "Haven't chosen yet?" Still going shopping? When she said the latter sentence, her expression could be described as frightened.

"I came out wearing the same clothes as last time, didn't you notice?"

Qiao Jinghui said weakly: "Huh? Have it? No, you did it on purpose! ”

Hua Wen threw her a roll of the eyes: "Of course I did it on purpose, but you didn't notice it at all, which means that the dress is not enough to make you happy, so let's go shopping." ”

"Tat" Qiao Jinghui's expression is like this.

Clerks: ""

Eating Turmoil:

Qiao Jinghui usually doesn't go back at noon, because now she lives much farther away than before, so now she will find a small shop with other colleagues to have lunch, and then go back to the company to either sleep on her stomach for a while, or do what she didn't finish in the morning.

At noon that day, Qiao Jinghui had just discussed with her brother where to go for lunch together, but a text message came.

Hua Wen: Did you get off work? I'll be waiting for you downstairs at your office for lunch.

Why did you suddenly remember to have lunch with her? Qiao Jinghui had no choice but to tell her brother that she was going to accompany Hua Wen to dinner.

The little brother was excited: "Why don't you ask her to come with us, of course we are very welcome to have a beautiful woman coming!" ”

The single men who were going to go with them were also excited, and they all said that they asked Hua Wen to eat with them.

Qiao Jinghui had no choice but to reply to a text message: My colleagues in the department asked me to take you to dinner with them, what do you think?

Soon there was a reply, Qiao Jinghui looked up and said, "She agreed, you haven't finished it yet, hurry up, she's already waiting downstairs." ”

There was a cheer.

A group of people ate at a nearby restaurant, and the men diligently asked Hua Wen if she was used to it, after all, she was a beautiful woman in a brightly dressed sports car.

Hua Wen responded politely: "When I was in college, there were many small shops like this near the school, and I used to eat with my roommates at that time. ”

After a meal, Qiao Jinghui commented: Although people are still very cold, they are not icebergs at all!

After being like this for two days in a row, Qiao Jinghui became suspicious, but no matter how she tortured her, Hua Wen didn't say anything.

But on the third day, Hua Wen couldn't hold back anymore.

After work in the afternoon, as soon as Qiao Jinghui left the company gate, there were two cars blocking in front of her, one was a very familiar sports car, and the other was a silver sedan that looked expensive.

The doors of the driver's seats of the two cars opened almost at the same time, and a man and a woman stepped down.

Qiao Jinghui stood in place and waited for these two people to approach, Hua Wen didn't speak with displeasure on her face, and the gentleman-looking man smiled and said to Qiao Jinghui: "Hello, I'm ***, I am currently Hua Wen's blind date, I want to invite the two of you to dinner, how about it?" ”

What's the situation, the blind date still came to invite her to dinner? Combined with the events of the past two days, Qiao Jinghui seemed to understand something.

It's nothing more than that after her parents introduced her, Hua Wen was not interested in this man, and this man didn't plan to let go of it, and wanted to invite her to a meal to enhance her relationship, but Hua Wen said every time that she wanted to find Qiao Jinghui for dinner, and refused.

This man is really persistent, and he actually came to her directly and invited the two of them to eat together!

Qiao Jinghui looked at Hua Wen, and saw that although she was displeased, she did not mean to refuse, presumably the two of them had already said that they would take Qiao Jinghui and go to dinner, and the man asked her opinion just now, which is probably a formality.

So Qiao Jinghui nodded.

After a meal, Qiao Jinghui has a good impression of this man, although he is not as handsome as Cai Hefeng, but the mature charm that exudes from his body also takes time to precipitate.

Qiao Jinghui quietly asked how long this man had been precipitated by time, Hua Wen compared four fingers, and Qiao Jinghui opened her mouth wide.

Hua Wen: "I heard that I just turned 40 this year. ”

Qiao Jinghui: "I'm more than ten years older than you." ”

Hua Wen nodded.

In the evening, Hua Wen's parents called, and Hua Wen went to the balcony to answer the phone, Qiao Jinghui didn't deliberately listen, but she still heard a faint dispute.

After a few days, this man who had been precipitated by time for forty years did not appear again, at least Qiao Jinghui did not see him again.

Let's go hiking together:

Hua Wen recently had a three-day vacation, and she told Qiao Jinghui every day that she wanted to go out to play, but the latter always said how good it was at home, and how dangerous it was to go out.

Qiao Jinghui has rarely gone to exercise since she entered this industry, but Hua Wen has to go to the gym every day.

Hua Wen often said of her: "Look at you, when you were studying, you just had baby fat on your face, butterfly sleeves on your arms, and goodbye meat, and now you are afraid that you will become a bucket waist and elephant legs." ”

Qiao Jinghui pinched the meat on her waist and patted her leg and stomach again: "Is there one?" But I don't think 50 kilograms is too heavy. ”

Hua Wen: "Whether you are fat or not is not determined by the catty, but by the figure!" Do you know the figure? ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Jintou pork and beef are only talking about catty, am I in bad shape?" It's just a little bit of meat. ”

Hua Wen: "Come, stand in front of the mirror with me and take a look." ”

Qiao Jinghui: ""

Hua Wen: "Let's go mountain climbing together." ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Climbing the mountain doesn't lose weight." ”

Hua Wen: "It's decided, for the sake of the fat all over your body." ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Just go, what is the last sentence of Tim?" ”

The cold weather in City C in all seasons has partly "benefited" from the mountains on all sides, and the government has also adapted measures to local conditions, and directly built large and small parks on the mountains after building asphalt roads around the mountains.

But Qiao Jinghui has been in C City for so long and hasn't set a step.

As soon as the sky was bright, the two put on sports equipment and started their journey to the mountains.

Climb halfway up the mountain.

Hua Wen: "Slow down, use your strength now, you won't have the strength later." ”

Qiao Jinghui: "If you need me to wait, just say it." ”

Climb to two-thirds.

Hua Wen: "Do you want to take a break?" ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Okay, then let's take a break." ”

Climbed to the top.

Hua Wen: "It's finally at the top. ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Well, let's rest for ten minutes, let's continue to walk towards the mountain over there." ”

Hua Wen: "That's it for today, and I'll climb that mountain tomorrow." ”

Qiao Jinghui: "Okay, then let's have lunch here, and then go down after lunch." ”

After going back, Qiao Jinghui asked her, "Tomorrow, will you climb the two mountains next to you in one go?" ”

"No, I want to rest."

Qiao Jinghui covered her mouth and smiled.

Hua Wen turned around and mercilessly threw a pillow in her face: "Laugh again!" Laugh at it again, you're going to have a convulsion today! ”