"By the way, Qiqi, what are you doing now? I've only heard that it's related to the major, but it seems that everyone doesn't know exactly what to do. ”

"Actually, I haven't found a suitable job yet, but I just happened to have a friend who was a game developer, so she helped recommend it, and now I've drawn two illustrations for them."

"So maybe we're in a game we're playing right now, and you'll have your drawing soon?"

"Hmm."

"Wow! You're amazing, and the remuneration is also very high, right? ”

"Hmm."

"Then you don't have to look for a job, I heard that those big painters' side jobs are much higher than their main jobs."

"You said you were a great painter, I'm just a novice now."

The girl sitting by the window smiled shyly, but the joy and pride in that smile were overflowing.

"Which great painter doesn't start as a novice, not to mention that you have already taken the first step, and the next thing to do is just continue to work hard."

"But Qiqi, why did you think about going to illustrate? This is quite different from our major, right? ”

"I just like it, this major in college is not my first choice, but I think some basic things are the same so I still learned, but I still prefer to draw in comparison, and I signed up for some online classes in my spare time, and I sent her friend's game to recruit artists, and asked me if I was interested, so I tried to send them two sketches."

"It's so happy to have such a small hair......"

"But this is just one more opportunity, the key is that you have to grasp this opportunity, and you have to have the corresponding strength."

"Anyway, being able to do what you love is a blessing in itself, not to mention that Qiqi can now take this as her own job."

Bai Ye looked at the girls, put the freshly made drinks on the plate one by one, and served them in two batches. Judging from the conversation just now, each of them is a microcosm of a way of life in today's society. College graduates who are still looking for jobs, office workers who are overwhelmed with high salaries, heirs of the family industry who continue their studies, and dreamers who insist on doing what they want to do......

"Actually, I don't think it's difficult, after all, it's what I like, and I'm willing to take the time to do it anyway, as long as I stick to it, I will definitely do it well, and the really difficult thing is to make this choice."

Hearing this, the girls nodded their heads and expressed their overwhelming agreement with this point of view. Bai Ye, who was sitting at the counter, seemed to be reading a book, but he hadn't turned a page for a long time, he had been quietly listening to the girls' conversations, and it was not the first time he had heard similar words during this time.

Bai Ye turned his head to look outside the store, the bright sun was lazily sprinkled on the ground, and the people who came and went were less hurried on weekdays, but more happy and comfortable to gather with family and friends. At this time, a familiar figure walked in, looking at his phone and ordering a few drinks, and he didn't raise his head until Bai Ye greeted him.

"Shiraba, why are you here?"

"I'm working part-time here, Mr. Zhang, where are you going?"

"It's rare to have a free day today, go out for a walk with my family."

"It's good."

Bai Ye smiled lightly, chatting while making the drink that Mr. Zhang wanted.

"You shouldn't be out of class after this semester's classes, right?"

"Well, after that, it's an internship and writing a thesis."

"Then if the school doesn't have any special arrangements, will you consider coming back to work? Anyway, it's not the same everywhere you intern. ”

"This is still uncertain, I'm afraid I won't know until the time comes, and the practice of our previous winter vacation was only notified before the holiday."

"Well, there's no hurry, just let me know if you can come back then."

"Okay."

Bai Ye nodded, carefully packed the freshly made drink and handed it to Mr. Zhang.

"By the way, how was your girlfriend's last graduate school entrance examination? It's already May, so the results of the retest should be out too, right? ”

“…… Not ideal. ”

"It's okay, just do your best, it's better than not trying it at all and regretting it later."

"Hmm."

"Okay, then you're busy, we'll talk later."

"Okay, you go slowly."

Seeing Mr. Zhang leave, Bai Ye's gaze once again swept over the girls sitting by the window, although they were all smiling, but everyone's smile hid a different bitterness. At this time, Bai Ye remembered the news posted by Chen Xiaodi before and what his father said to him when he was at the high-speed rail station, and thought about it carefully, many of the things he was doing now were indeed undesirable things.

The store manager came to the store before getting off work, and Bai Ye packed up his things and told her about his resignation before leaving.

"Didn't you say you could do it for a long time? Why do you have to quit all of a sudden? ”

"Because there's something really important to do after that."

Bai Ye smiled softly, this was originally just a simple decision, but it was extremely important to him now.

"Yes, yes, but can you hold on a little longer? This store is already short of people, and you will leave after I recruit someone to fill your shortage. ”

"Okay."

Giving up his job at the coffee shop, Shiraba's life is a lot more leisurely, but it's richer than before. He was called every time for the activities of the music club, and he was invited to be a guest singer for the pre-competition singing, and he would go to the music classroom to practice the piano or play ball with his roommates when he didn't have rehearsal time.

In just one week, even Bai Ye's former roommate said that he had changed a lot, the former iceberg seemed to have finally melted by the warmth of the sun, and there was more communication with the classmates around him, and his expressionless face was replaced with a smile, which made people feel a lot closer and no longer so cold.

One day, while waiting for the rehearsal, Bai Ye took a picture of the sunlight falling on the piano and sent it to the circle of friends, with a simple sentence: "Capture a ray of sunshine you like." ”

In the evening, Chen Xiaodi was sitting in front of the computer typing when he found Bai Ye's news, and now the newly created document has been written a full page, but the next content has not been written down for a long time. Thinking about it, Chen Xiaodi looked at his phone, and at a glance saw the prompt of Bai Ye's update dynamics, that short sentence may seem to others to be a bit of a crepe of daily life, but Chen Xiaodi knew what it was going to say.

After liking it, Chen Xiaodi smiled softly, and posted a sun expression in the comment area, it seems that Bai Ye finally chose to break free from the shackles that bound him and truly live for himself.

On the other side, Bai Ye, who was sitting in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, put down his guitar and leaned on the sofa and looked at the stars outside the window.