In a hut where he couldn't see his fingers, Zhang Mo was leaning against the wall, he wanted to find the switch, but he couldn't find it after looking for a long time. He quickly took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and then turned on the fill light on the phone to shine around. A wardrobe, a TV table, a bed, there seemed to be a person lying on the bed, he approached to see who it was, but this person suddenly got up from the bed and stood up to face Zhang Mo, Zhang Mo was startled and hurriedly took a few steps back. He looked closely, and there was a pale face, dead fish-like eyes, and unkempt hair. Zhang Mo shouted in surprise: "Lu Yingfei! ”

Zhang Mo sat up from the bed suddenly, he covered his chest with his hands, his heart was beating at an accelerated pace, and his face was covered with beads of sweat. He sat for two minutes and got up to look at the table below, it was already 12 o'clock at noon, he didn't want to cook by himself, so he washed his face and drove downstairs.

He crossed several streets and parked his car in front of a café. After entering, I sat down by the window and asked for a latte and a tomato and mushroom pasta. He flipped through a magazine as he ate. The magazine reported on the recent Boston robot in the United States, which has evolved from the original upright walking to a higher level of emotion with humans.

Zhang Mo has been following this report for a long time, but it is only limited to attention, although he feels very attracted to such technological power, thinking that these robots can do many things that humans can't do before. But I have no connections and no funds, so it is almost impossible to do such high-tech research. Besides, now my situation seems to be getting farther and farther away from these things.

was thinking crankily in his heart, the mobile phone on the table rang, Zhang Mo picked it up and saw that it was Wu Fei, his college classmate, and also a friend in college, at that time, the two of them plus Ren Tiannan and Lu Yingfei, called themselves "Four Leisure in the Bamboo Forest" in school, this leisure is idle with nothing to do and the virtuous of the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest" in the Wei and Jin dynasties are completely different things. After graduation, I stayed in Zhengzhou, Henan Province for work reasons, and I usually contact occasionally, but they are all irrelevant things. Zhang Mo took a look and answered the phone.

"What are you doing, Wu right or wrong?"

"Desert, listen up, buddy has really decided this time, I'm going to Shanghai to find you!"

"Oh, ready to wait."

"I'm serious, I have quit my job in Zhengzhou. My daughter-in-law has also been sent back to my mother-in-law in my hometown. ”

"It's really fake, why are you crazy again?" Zhang Mo interrupted Wu Fei without listening to him.

"Really, Lao Tzu worked hard and worked hard in that company, but the boss just couldn't look down on me when he was blind. No salary increase or promotion for ten years. Lao Tzu no longer serves him. ”

"What about your son? It's only been two months! ”

So let the daughter-in-law take it back to her parents' house and help bring it together. Hey, don't say so much, haven't you always wanted to start your own business, waiting there buddy, let's join forces and break into the rivers and lakes together! ”

"Oh..."Before Zhang Mo could digest Wu Fei's words, there was a "beep" sound on the other end of the phone.

Zhang Mo slowly picked up the magazine again, but his heart was no longer in the magazine.

Three days later, Wu Fei took the high-speed train from Zhengzhou to Shanghai. Zhang Mo drove to Hongqiao Railway Station and took Wu Fei back to his home. Cars shuttle through Shanghai's Central Expressway, and the towering buildings are overwhelming.

"Hey, desert. You said that there were a lot of people who came to Shanghai when our class graduated, and then they all went back, and they all said that Shanghai has high prices, expensive housing prices, and too high cost of living, how did you stay? The house you still bought, and the luxury car that is so bullish? ”

"Hehe, loan, do you think I can buy these with my little salary?"

"Damn, who doesn't take out a loan, the key is that you have to be able to pay the monthly payment with a loan."

"Oh!" Zhang Mo stopped talking again.

"It's still your dry desert look, and a few words are choked again."

Wu Fei shook his head, then turned his face and looked at the buildings on both sides.

After about 40 minutes of driving, the car turned into a small road with lush trees on both sides, and after about 3 minutes. The car walked to the door of a community, only to see that the gate of the community was more than 20 meters wide, and two big stone lions on both sides were sitting mightily on both sides. A security guard stood on a circular stone pier, straight and straight, and saluted when he saw the car coming, and then the camera fill light next to the long pole doorstop of the gate turned on, and the doorstop slowly lifted. After driving in, I made a left turn and entered the underground parking lot. In the third- and fourth-tier small cities, I am used to seeing the dirty and messy low-end community, and suddenly saw this scene, I felt like I was watching a movie, and I was directly shocked, and said two words "NB" for a long time. ”

The community is a diversion of people and vehicles, the plot ratio is very low, the outside is covered with lush plants and trees, and the pavilions and lakes are reflected, as if entering a park.

Wu Fei followed Zhang Mo from the parking lot to the 23rd floor along the elevator. After getting out of the elevator, Zhang Mo walked to the door of the house, a small light turned on, and then the door actually opened directly. Wu Fei approached the door and looked left and right at the place where the lights were flashing.

"Hey, desert, what kind of high-end thing are you?"

"Telepathy."

"You can pull it down, bully me for being short-sighted, right?"

"You're back, Wu Fei, right? Come on in. ”

Wu Fei looked up and saw a woman about thirty-two or thirteen years old, wearing a purple apron, her hair was coiled, her face was round, and she was about one meter six tall, smiling and greeting her.

"It's my brother and sister Xiao Yu, right? Ouch, it's better to see than to hear, it's much better than the photo the desert sent me. ”

"How can there be! You're too good at boasting. ”

"Really, really, yo, this is a little truth, right? 5 years old, right? ”

I saw a little boy, who smiled shyly and said, "Hello uncle! ”

"Hello, hello, so sensible!" As he spoke, Wu Fei took out a car toy from the trolley box and handed it to Xiao Qu.

"You see that you have come so far and still broke the bank, what kind of toys do you bring him!" Xiao Yu said.

"Yes, otherwise how can I be qualified as an uncle?"

Wu Fei entered the living room, a selection of marble floors, a full 2 meters square, the living room width of about 6 meters, the length of about 20 meters, the crystal chandelier on the head, the 70-inch TV on the wall, and the detailed leather sofa. Luxury is revealed everywhere. Wu Fei was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking east and west, and making a tsk sound from time to time.

After the salute was put away, Wu Fei looked at his watch It was already 6 o'clock in the afternoon, he walked to the bathroom and washed his face, and by the way, he visited the surroundings again. He found a door next to the bathroom, and when he opened it, it was a spiral staircase, which turned out to be a duplex building. Wu Fei felt that it was really too luxurious.

"Wu Shifei, I'm out to eat."

"It's coming!" Wu Fei agreed, looked in the mirror by the way, and brushed his hair.

Walking through the living room to the dining room, I saw a marble dining table four meters long and two meters wide, with red wine, roses and some small decorations on the table. In addition, there were six or seven dishes and a bottle of Moutai.

After taking a seat, Wu Fei praised again. praised Xiao Yu's cooking skills, and praised Xiao Yu for being smart and cute. Then praise the home for luxury, clean and tidy.

Zhang Mo just listened and didn't make a sound. After about ten minutes, Xiao Yu stood up and said, "It's rare for you old classmates to see each other, let's talk more." I'll take Xiao Cheng to sleep first, don't move after eating, I'll clean up tomorrow morning. After saying that, she took Xiao Cheng and left. Wu Fei smacked his lips and said, "It's so good, you kid is really blessed!" ”

"Drink your bar!"

"Come on, it!" Wu Fei and Zhang Mo touched the wine glass and drank it all. After drinking, he put down the wine glass and filled it up again, and then said: "This Moutai is delicious!" Hey, desert, let me ask you, you always say that you don't have money, but look at your mansion and luxury car, everywhere is full of pride. I used to cry poor with me, afraid that I would borrow your money! Hurry up and tell me honestly, what are you doing in Shanghai, you can't sell fans, right? ”

"Do you think I have the guts? Anyway, don't ask anything, honestly live and look for a job first, and when you find a job, pack up and get out of the way! ”

"Hey, you're wrong, what's wrong with me staying in such a big mansion as you for a few more days? You don't welcome me at all. Wu Fei pouted as he spoke.

"Just take it, but you really have to hurry up to find a job, all kinds of consumption in Shanghai are quite high, I can only take care of your food and housing, and I don't have the money to support you for the rest, so it's the right thing for you to hurry up and find a job first."

"Okay, good, the original Gou Fugui, don't forget that it seems to be. You can only share the suffering, not the common wealth, it is really for the rich to be unkind, you people are all the same when you get rich. He shook his head.

"Okay, you Wu is right and wrong, if you are sour enough, hurry up and eat."

Next, the two of them talked about some things in the past and the recent situation of their classmates in recent years, especially the school flower that Wu Fei chased at that time, who was from the art department, named Yang Yanyu, who was very beautiful, and many people chased her. However, Wu Fei chased the most famous one, because at that time, in order to please others, he took out his tuition fees to buy a computer for others, and the tuition fee of 5,000 yuan a semester in that era was a large expense for rural families. And he also sent cosmetics to people at every turn, bought clothes, and publicly showed his love on campus, which alarmed the school leaders. At that time, everyone also passed on a sentence called "I refuse to pay the tuition, 'it's nothing more' and I want to 'have an affair'". The most interesting thing is that in order to avoid the school leaders, Wu Fei also created a set of "love codes" based on the Morse code, replacing language with different rhythms. At first, only he and Yang Yanyu used it, but it slowly became a unified love password for the school. Later students regarded him as the god of love and passed it on as a classic figure in the school.

The two chatted and chatted until 10 o'clock, and Zhang Mo took Wu Fei up the spiral staircase he saw just now to the second floor. The upstairs is not as spacious as the downstairs, the height is a bit short, but it definitely does not affect the passage of normal people, and there are three rooms upstairs and a master bathroom. Zhang Mo took Wu Fei to a room in the middle, opened the door and pointed inside, you can live here for a few days. Wu Fei turned around, stopped talking, and then said, "Thank you, buddy!" Zhang Mo went downstairs without answering.

Wu Fei put the salute away, looked at the house, it was very clean, and there were a few photos hanging on the wall, one was Xiaozhen, one was taken by Zhang Mo alone when he was in school, and one was actually their "bamboo forest four idle". Wu Fei looked at the photo again and again, with a smile on his face. After looking at the photos, he took out a set of underwear and went to the bathroom to take a shower. The bathroom is not very big, but it is more than enough for a shower. After Zhang Mo came out of the bathroom, he looked around again, and found that the innermost one of the three rooms just now, and the door next to him, was dark red, while the doors of the other two rooms were light yellow. The door stands out in the light. Even on this big night, it seems that there are some crazy people. Wu Fei shuddered and hurried into his room. Although I am running all the way today, seeing the arrogance of Zhang Mo's family, and comparing myself with myself, it always makes people feel a little empty. When he was bored, he picked up his mobile phone and opened a software for selling houses, found Zhang Mo's community, took a look, didn't know if he didn't see it, and was startled when he saw it. Although this community is located between the Central and Outer Rings, it is not a particularly urban area, but after looking at the average price here and the unit size of this house, this house is at least 15 million. Wu Fei gasped. I wondered what Zhang Mo was doing with this kid? How can you be so rich? If it's a big boss, it doesn't matter, but he's just an office worker, and he graduated from a third-rate school majoring in mechanical engineering, and he is also a well-known poor student in school. In ten years, it is impossible to make so much money in any way, the key is that this kid is still unwilling to say it, which makes Wu Fei's heart churn. At night, Wu Fei had a dream, dreaming that he was in an empty rocky desert, the sky was gloomy, there were stones of all sizes everywhere, there was no one, he was walking around, there was no direction, and there was no purpose.

When he woke up the next day, Wu Fei got dressed, opened the door and prepared to go downstairs, when he pulled the door out, his eyes involuntarily looked at the room next to him, the red door was still so conspicuous. Then he turned around and was about to go downstairs, when suddenly there was a "pop" behind him, and he felt that something was hanging behind him. He couldn't help but shudder, hurriedly turned around and looked at it, and couldn't help but be taken aback. It turned out that a rope hung from the ceiling, and a scimitar was tied to the rope. The bronze scabbard with the crimson door shook and swayed, scaring Wu Fei enough, thinking that Zhang Mo, this kid wants to scare me to death! However, he took a closer look, this scimitar was given to Zhang Mo by himself back then, but he didn't expect Zhang Mo to keep it, and he couldn't help but feel that this brother still valued friendship. He probably wanted to surprise me with this prank, so he untied the knife from the rope and took it downstairs. When I went downstairs, there was no one, a few buns and a cup of soy milk were placed on the table, and there was also a note: We went to work, and the table was ordered for takeout, you can eat some casually. Wu Fei looked at the table below, it was just 7:30, this guy went to work too early. However, he did seem to be a little hungry, so he washed up, heated his breakfast in the microwave and began to eat it in large gulps. After eating, it was not too early to see the time, and Wu Fei went out to the talent market.

In the blink of an eye, in the afternoon, Wu Fei dragged his tired body back to the community where Zhang Mo's family lived, looked at the table below, and at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, he felt that Zhang Mo should have already gone home from work. Because Zhang Mo explained to the security guard, Wu Fei also entered the community smoothly, and then went up to the 23rd floor and rang the doorbell, but no one answered. I thought that Zhang Mo wouldn't be a kid who hadn't gotten off work yet, so he took out his mobile phone and called him. Sure enough, Zhang Mo said that there was still a drawing that had not been completed, and he had to work half an hour overtime. However, he could open the door for him remotely, and after saying that, the door flashed and really opened. Wu Fei entered the house, put his things away, sat on the sofa and took a magazine and looked at it, this book is a magazine about outer space, which describes many constellations and black holes and other things. When he was watching, the door suddenly opened again, and Wu Fei saw that it was Xiao Yu who took Xiao Cheng home. After saying hello, Wu Fei continued to read the magazine. At this time, Xiao Cheng ran over: "Uncle Wu, can you play with me, I have a lot of toys in the dollhouse!" Wu Fei listened: "Okay! Let's go, uncle, go and see what's there. After saying that, the two of them went to Xiao Qu's dollhouse to play with toys. After a while, Zhang Mo also came back from work, Wu Fei looked out from the house, and saw Wu Fei talking to Xiao Yu with a panicked expression, and the two of them hurriedly went upstairs after speaking. After a while, they came down again. Zhang Mo came over and asked Wu Fei:

"Wu Shifei, did you hide the scimitar upstairs?"

"Uh, yes, I was just about to ask you, who are you scaring with such a prank, it's so naïve!"

"Pranks? Oh yes, I'm pretty naïve, where did you put the knife? Give it back to me. ”

"It's something I gave you, but I don't plan to come back, so I'll pick it up myself at the dining room table."

Zhang Mo took a look at Wu Fei and ran to the restaurant to get a knife. Wu Fei also shook his head inexplicably.

At dinner, Zhang Mo changed his indifference yesterday and took the initiative to pour a good wine and raise it.

"Wu Shifei, come, brother toast you."

"Come on, come on!" After saying that, the two of them had a drink.

"What's the joy today? This is not like your style, usually let you drink a wine and grind and chirp, why are you so happy today? ”

"People will change, besides, brother, you haven't seen you for so many years, of course you have to drink a few more glasses."

"Pull down you, say, ha"?

"Yang Yanyu who told you yesterday, your dream lover, do you remember?"

"What's wrong?"

"Do you know where she is now?"

"What's up, you know?"

"Yes, I know, say, do you want to see her?"

"I don't want to, it's been so many years, and I don't have any passion anymore, and besides, I have to be responsible for my wife and children, right?"

"Hey, Zhang Mo, don't induce Wu Fei to make mistakes."

"Brother and sister, don't worry. I'm really not going to make a mistake on this. ”

"Well, I didn't say that."

"I haven't heard of it either."

The two of you talked nonsense again, just like yesterday, after a while, Xiao Yu took Xiao Cheng to sleep first. At this time, Wu Fei saw that there were only the two of them left, so he hurriedly said.

"Hey, desert, do you really know where Yang Yanyu is?"

"What, didn't you say you wouldn't talk about her?"

"Okay, good, my fault, tell me quickly, where is she now?"

I saw Zhang Mo pick up his mobile phone, open the screen, and point to Wu Fei.

"Look, this is her WeChat, she is also in Shanghai, and it is not too far from our home, it is estimated that it is more than 20 kilometers!"

"More than twenty kilometers is not far?"

"This is big Shanghai, don't listen to it, don't interrupt."

"Okay, you go on."

"She seems to be working at some astronomical institute now, and she seems to be some kind of director, because she has discovered what rays and mutations in a white dwarf, hey, I can't understand these things anyway, it's just very good. The key is that she is still single, and she gave me a lot of books on this subject at home, so that I can learn more about the universe, saying that it can cultivate sentiment and be open-minded. ”

"Oh, oh, oh" Wu Fei listened to Zhang Mo's words as if he was fascinated, but he nodded again and again, and did not interject.

"Do you want to see her, I'll make an appointment with her tomorrow."

"Don't do it, I'm so bad now, I'll be laughed at."

"Didn't Mr. Zhuge say that it is not appropriate to be presumptuous?"

"He's a saint, let's be vulgar."

The two of them fell asleep dizzily with a bottle of wine.

The next day, Wu Fei continued to look for a job in the talent market, and in the afternoon, Zhang Mo called him and said not to go home later, and to wait for him in a café, but hung up without saying the reason. Wu Fei went to the café he said on time in a daze. The café is not very large, with three floors, and the middle floor is actually a mezzanine, not very high. Wu Fei entered the store, ordered a latte, and then went to the third floor to find a window seat and sat down. After about 10 minutes, a black luxury car drove downstairs. After parking the car, Zhang Mo came out of the driver's door, and then opened the right door of the back seat, only to see a woman wearing a light blue dress with long flowing hair coming out from behind. He wears a pair of purple high heels on his feet and a black tassel bag on his arm. When he got out of the car, he lifted his hair and turned around to look into the house. I saw that her big eyes were as clear and translucent as a stream; The thin eyebrows are gently flickered like willow leaves; The high bridge of the nose resembles a clotted jade carving; The delicate jade mouth is like a cherry with water; The white skin is like autumn dew; The tall figure is like a goddess in the world. Everywhere you look, there is a feminine charm. Wu Fei's eyes widened, this, isn't this Yang Yanyu? This kid in the desert actually invited someone over. I don't even have a job, and I haven't changed my clothes, didn't this kid make me embarrassed? Just thinking about it, Zhang Mo had already gone upstairs with Yang Yanyu. Wu Fei hurriedly got up, and Yang Yanyu was also shocked when she saw Wu Fei, and she didn't seem to know. Fortunately, Zhang Mo hurriedly said, "What are you two doing?" Is it a lover to meet, extraordinarily red-eyed. After hearing this, the two reacted and greeted each other twice. Then Yang Yanyu sat opposite her, and Zhang Mo sat next to her.

"Yanyu, this, Zhang Mo called me here directly without saying hello to me today, and he didn't prepare a gift for you or anything!"

"Hey, hey, you're wrong, you think you're at school, and you always want to rely on a little gift to deceive girls."

"Okay, Zhang Mo. You lied to both of us today, really. ”

"What, you guys are really enemies, you don't want to meet?"

"By the way, Yanyu, I heard that you went to Beijing after graduation, why are you now in Shanghai?"

"Oh, I went to Beijing and looked for a few jobs in an advertising agency, but none of them were suitable. Later, I happened to see in a magazine that the Beijing Astronomical Observatory was openly recruiting assistants, so I went for an interview, because it was not this major, so they basically didn't consider me. Luckily, I was fluent in English, French, and German, so they reluctantly kept me. ”

"Yes, I only know that you are good at English and French, when did you learn German?" Wu Fei followed up and asked.

"In fact, I started to learn German in school, and then after graduating, I found a training class and studied it for three months, and then I joined an advertising company owned by a German, so I didn't learn German badly."

"Cattle people are cattle everywhere, so what about later?"

"Later, when I was working as an assistant, I slowly found that astronomy was really fun and interesting, and I liked it more and more. So I began to study and research slowly, and then the leaders saw that I was working hard, and the progress soon transferred me to the neutrino research group of the Department of Galactic Cosmology to participate in the research. Later, he was sent to the Shanghai Research Institute. ”

"Oh, awesome"

"What about you, Wu Fei?"

"My experience is too ordinary, not your legend. Don't say it, anyway, it's a mixed comparative, and now I don't even have a job, so I'm sending someone under the fence! ”

"Yes, now you are actually humbled and self-deprecating, a little bit unlike the original you."

"Of course, people have to grow up slowly, and then mature, although I am not as passionate as when I was in school, but you see if I have become more handsome and more masculine."

"Look, give it a little sunshine and it's shining. By the way, what kind of job are you looking for now? ”

"What else can you find, our old business, something in the machinery industry. Oh, you have great powers, and you have many doorways, so you can help my brother introduce a few. ”

"I don't have any magical powers, and I can't arrange for you as a god."

"If you don't want to help, forget it, anyway, it's good to have food and accommodation here in the desert now."

The three of them chatted from 5 o'clock in the afternoon to 8 o'clock, from graduation to work, from life to family, from classmates to colleagues. There are also a lot of old stories of Wu Fei and Yang Yanyu interspersed in the middle, and the rustiness generated in the past ten years was dissipated within three hours.

"The flowers in front of the window bloom and fall, the spring breeze blows the poplars, and the high-rise buildings stand tall and tall, dyeing my youthful heroism. After ten years of absence, we meet again, and at this moment we are singing about wine. 》