Zhong Shan got into Mr. Deng's Audi car, and arrived outside the gate of the Jiangcheng Municipal Party Committee in only ten minutes, a lady with short hair and a professional suit was already standing at the gate, and after a closer look, it was Fang Jing, whom he had never seen in 18 years but had never forgotten.

Zhong Shan thanked the driver and said goodbye and got out of the car, Fang Jing had already stepped forward, shook hands with Zhong Shan, and said softly: "Long time no see!" ”

Zhong Shan stretched out his hand in a panic, excited and dazed in his heart, and said, "Long time no see, long time no see!" ”

Fang Jing led Zhong Shan to the Snow Lotus Cold Drink Shop next to the Municipal Party Committee Building, sat down, asked for a cup of chilled sour plum soup, and looked at Zhong Shan's face with an inquiring eye. Zhong Shan said: "I wonder if there is any cream* that we ate back then, the kind that costs four cents a piece?" Fang Jing looked at the waitress's face again, and the waitress said, "Some ladies are four yuan a piece." Fang Jing said, "Then come with two." ”

Zhong Shan opened the carton of the package* and took a bite, it was no longer as sweet as it was back then. Fang Jing also peeled off her piece and licked it lightly. 18 years ago, on those hot and unbearable noons, Fang Jing and Zhong Shan, two cold drink shops at the school gate, would occasionally open a foreign meat restaurant to reward themselves, * The sweet and creamy fragrance was refreshing, and she also licked it gently in small bites, unwilling to let the sweetness slip away from the tip of her tongue quickly.

Fang Jing in front of Zhong Shan was still young and beautiful, and his eyebrows were a little more capable and calm. Zhong Shan in front of Fang Jing was still heroic and handsome, and his face had added a lot of vicissitudes and vicissitudes. The two of them looked down at each other for a while, and they raised their eyes to look at each other for a while, and they didn't say a word for a long time.

In the end, it was Fang Jing who broke the silence and said, "Zhong Shan, there has been no news from you for so many years, are you doing well with that Lin Meihui?" ”

Zhong Shan smiled bitterly and said, "It's not good, we divorced more than ten years ago." ”

This sudden situation surprised Fang Jing: "Divorced? Why? ”

"It's a vulgar reason that can't be more vulgar, she abandoned me and has a new love."

Zhong Shan said this to balance the resentment that he had brought to her that night eighteen years ago when he made the decision to abandon Fang Jing. This time, it was Fang Jing's turn to be silent.

Zhong Shan said: "I heard Lao Deng say that you are married to Lao Wan, why is this?" ”

Fang Jing sighed and said, "After graduation, I devoted myself to the work of the newspaper and never fell in love. In the fifth year, I went to the party school to cover the autumn opening ceremony, and one of the classes happened to be led by Lao Wan, and the Lao Wan I saw that time had lost a lot of weight, and the person in his thirties looked like an old man, and the whole person was depressed. I suddenly felt a trace of pity, and I still felt a little self-blame in my heart, if I hadn't rejected him back then, there would not have been Du Fangfei's incident, and he might not have been mixed up like today. ”

Zhong Shan said: "However, sympathy cannot replace love after all. ”

Fang Jing raised his eyes to look at Zhong Shan, and there was a little anger in his eyes: "Sympathy? I am also an outcast, how can I sympathize with Lao Wan, I only felt that the two of us were both fallen people at the end of the world. ”

Zhong Shan said: "I'm sorry Fang Jing, the fault is me, I drank too much wine, and I didn't know how to get into a big disaster, so that Lin Meihui was unexpectedly pregnant, I didn't mean to hurt you, at that time, Lin Meihui didn't give up, my parents also put pressure, I was also a victim, but I became Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror inside and out." ”

Fang Jing's resentment dissipated little by little from his face, and his eyes gradually dimmed, saying, "It's been so many years since things happened, it's useless to talk about it. However, you promised me that you would live well, but you didn't do it. ”

Zhong Shan sighed and said, "You also promised me at that time, don't you also live casually!" Then he said sadly, "How good can it be without you?" ”

This last sentence softened Fang Jing's heart, which had become hard little by little after more than ten years of tempering. Her tone of voice became as gentle as 18 years ago, and she said: "Everything is fate, and I only complain that the two of us are inseparable." Can you take two hours off tonight with your wife? Accompany me to school again, eat xiaolongbao, and walk around the big playground? ”

Zhong Shan nodded silently.

Fang Jing was like the little girl back then, with a bright smile on her face: "You just sit here and wait for me, I'll go upstairs to change my clothes and come back soon." ”

While Fang Jing went upstairs to change her clothes, Zhong Shan called Qiu Yueyue and told her that she would go to the campus of her alma mater with her classmates tonight and would go back later, and asked her to solve dinner by herself and not have to wait for him.