As night fell, Sun Yimin sat in the passenger seat of Liu Ronghua's car, merging into the rolling heat of the evening rush hour on the city road. Outside the window, the neon is bright, and the cars and horses are noisy.

The urban heat wave gave him the illusion of a season regression. The beginning of autumn has long passed, and this season, the hometown he set out from has already entered autumn, and this Lingnan tropical city still does not seem to have come out of the end of summer.

Sun Yimin carefully looked at Liu Ronghua's silhouette: the delicate and dignified shirt and suit were wrapped in the same sturdy body as it was back then. The arm grips the steering wheel with the dense buttons, and it is easy to operate.

The handsome angular face and the short hairstyle that are well-groomed make it look bright. As the car moves, the oily hair constantly reflects the flowing neon of the city outside the window.

Looking straight ahead, his eyes are full of shrewdness and confidence, just like a successful person who has been in business for a long time.

The afterglow in Liu Ronghua's eyes seemed to sense the gaze of his classmates next to him, and said expressionlessly: "Still so handsome!" ”

"It's still so unproductive." Sun Yimin responded with a self-deprecating tone.

"What are your plans for coming out this time?"

"Making a living ......"

"I'm staying so well in my hometown, why do you suddenly want to come out?"

"In this life, you can't live in a small county ......town all the time," Sun said lightly.

Liu Ronghua nodded: "Yes, the man has ambitions in all directions." There must be a stage for you to display your talents. ”

Half an hour later, the car entered the basement of a community called "China Merchants Garden City Phase III" with many small high-rise buildings, parked the car near Building 15, and led Sun to take the elevator to the fifth floor. Then he opened the door of room 503 and turned on the light in the living room.

It seems that because the lamps have not been replaced for a long time, the living room looks dark under the small energy-saving lamps on the ceiling.

This is a small two-bedroom apartment with simple and old decoration.

The wooden floor, which looks smooth from years of grinding on the soles, reflects the dim light.

In the distance, near the end of the balcony, a wooden sofa sits against the wall of the living room. On the right side of the sofa stands a make-up mirror that illuminates the whole body. On the TV cabinet opposite the sofa, an old TV set of about 40 inches is placed in a boxy box.

Nearby, the dining room, adjacent to the living room, has a simple glass dining table and a few chairs, on which it seems that a simple dinner had been held not long before, and that the cups and plates may have been messed up because it was too late to clean up.

Next to the dining table is a computer desk. There are many yellowing marks of soot burning on the old tabletop, and the ashtray next to it is full of cigarette butts. c on the countertop

Computer monitor (the old-fashioned kind of big-butt monitor, readers who are too young may not have seen it.) lit up, and the screen was a colorful computer game interface, which seemed a bit familiar to Sun Yimin.

Liu Ronghua motioned for him to sit down on the sofa, and he also took the opportunity to sit down on the chair in front of the computer desk, moved the mouse to operate on it for a while, turned the office chair to face Sun Yimin, and took out two cigarettes from the cigarette case, one in his mouth, and the other handed to Sun.

"Quit it, thank you." Sun Yimin waved his hand and declined.

"Why quit?" Liu Ronghua took a cigarette in his mouth, started the lighter and lit it, and glanced at him puzzled.

"In order to get back a refreshing life, and for my own health, live a few more years." Sun said.

Liu Ronghua showed a look of disdain: "Life is only to be happy and leisurely, is the length really so important?" ”

"You have a point," Sun Yimin sneered, and added, "Well, I'm just here to save money." If you don't smoke, you can save hundreds of dollars a month. ”

Liu Ronghua glanced at him and was speechless with a look of disdain.

Sun Yimin looked around, and asked him instead: "...... this house?"

"Mine, I've been buying it for 2 years," Liu Ronghua said proudly.

"Yes, owning a property in this city means that you are at least a million net worth." Sun Yimin admired from the bottom of his heart.

"It's not easy...... Liu took a deep breath, slowly spilling dark gray smoke from the corner of his mouth, and sighed, "After graduating, I went to the sea to crawl and roll alone, and I finally got a little bit like a human being." ”

"What are you doing?"

"In the garment industry, I have created a clothing chain brand by myself, and I already have 5 franchise stores in the city."

This made Sun Yimin sincerely admire. If he just came out of his hometown and is still at the starting line of his career, then his former classmate Liu Ronghua is now the winner who is close to the finish line and can take it easy.

Thinking of this, he secretly decided that he must work hard in this city, work hard to get promoted and raise salary, and achieve his first goal in life: to buy a car and a house. Then find a girlfriend to get married and have children.

After being silent for a while, Sun Yimin thought of another question and said with concern: "I was suave on campus back then, but now why is I alone?" He deduced this from the chaos in Liu Ronghua's house.

"Hehe, do you think I look like a person who lacks a girl?" Liu Ronghua raised his handsome and proud face and looked at Sun Yimin.

"It's not like ......" Sun Yimin sneered: "It's just, she, oh no, where are they?" ”

Liu Ronghua was silent for a moment and sighed: "I have a girlfriend now." Didn't live here. ”

"Why didn't I stay with you? Could it be that you don't have a close relationship enough, or people don't want to? Sun asked.

"Hehe, it's not. She would have liked to move to my side, but I didn't. Liu Ronghua said with a smile.

"Why is that?" Sun Yimin was puzzled.

"I am a person who advocates freedom, and I don't like this kind of life......" Liu Ronghua's vague sentence made Sun Yimin puzzled and asked: "Then what kind of life do you like?" ”

"I want girls in the real world to love me, but not too much in my freedom. We stay together when we need to, but in normal times, I like to have my own living space. ”

Sun Yimin bowed his head and was silent after listening, chewing on the other party's words for a moment.

Liang Jiu looked up at Liu Ronghua, seemed to understand something, and said: "I know, what you mean is nothing more than that it is more convenient for you to pedal multiple boats, and while falling in love with your girlfriend in reality, you can pick up girls on the Internet at the same time, right?" ”

Liu Ronghua smiled slyly, as if to acquiesce.

The reason why Sun Yimin made such a judgment was based on a thorough understanding of Liu Ronghua in a certain aspect when he was young.