Xing Yu went downstairs, deliberately walked a few more streets, and paged Cao Guangjun back in an inconspicuous public phone booth. The pager reads, "I want to pay for the New Year." This content seems to have no beginning or end, but for Cao Guangjun and Xing Yu, the amount of information is very large.

Cao Guangjun received a call from Xing Yu after drinking the second cup of tea, and he quickly replied to Xing Yu's page, and the content was also very simple, his home phone number.

"Hey, hello, I'm Cao Guangjun." Cao Guangjun connected the phone, but there was no sound on the other side of the phone, he understood that it might be inconvenient for Xing Yu to speak, so he reported directly to his home.

"Brother Cao, have a good New Year!" Xing Yu was a little overwhelmed and didn't know what to say.

"Ouhehe, the New Year is good, the New Year is good!" Cao Guangjun didn't have anything to say.

"Brother Cao, are you at home, but your sister-in-law is not at home? Do you need me to give my sister-in-law a New Year's greeting? Xing Yu insisted on continuing the conversation.

"Hey, I understand your kindness, your sister-in-law and children have been at her parents' house for a long time. I've been very busy this year, so I'm not free. Cao Guangjun also followed Xing Yu's words and went down, and he found that after less than half a year of college life, Xing Yu seemed to have changed a lot.

"Brother Cao, why don't I invite you out for a meal, seeing that you have been working hard for me these days, I don't know how to thank you. There are still many things I don't understand, and I want to ask you for advice! Xing Yu thought it would be better to ask Cao Guangjun out, but he couldn't say it clearly on the phone.

"What's thankful or not, didn't you take care of me when I was sick? Besides, thank you, but you'll see it. Xiaoyu, call outside, it's cold, go back early, go back for me, give my eldest brother and sister-in-law a New Year's greeting, bring a good one! Cao Guangjun said involuntarily, he also knew that he was insincere, but apart from these kind words, he couldn't think of anything else.

"Brother Cao, why don't you talk nonsense?" Xing Yu saw that Cao Guangjun was a little concerned about him, and he was also a little resentful in his heart.

"Me, why can't I talk?" Cao Guangjun said as he quickly recalled whether he had promised Xing Yu anything in the past!

"It's still Laipi, didn't you say to give me New Year's money? What's wrong? I regretted it! Xing Yu said coquettishly.

"This thing, no problem, no problem. Where do you say you are, and I will send it to you, or will you come to me to pick it up? Cao Guangjun knew that it was just for the New Year's money, and he didn't know whether he was happy or even more lost.

"I'm not going to your house, Brother Cao, I'll invite you to dinner, just the two of us." Xing Yu said softly.

"Ah, yes. Where can I eat it? There's nothing to eat nearby. You will defend, I will listen to you. "To be honest, Cao Guangjun doesn't want to walk around in a crowded place, and when there are too many people, it's not good to be recognized. He can say that Xing Yu is a child of a relative or some other unrelated relationship, but even if he does, will anyone believe it?

"I, I don't know where to eat. Brother Cao, you decide, I must invite you to dinner. Xing Yu also knew that Cao Guangjun's identity did not allow him to have lace news of this or that. Now that Xing Yu is an adult, she understands how important his political future is to Mr. Cao.

"Well, I know of a roast leg of lamb that tastes good. The location was a bit out of the way and we could drive there. I'm afraid that I will eat too much greasy food for the New Year in the past two days, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to eat it anymore. Cao Guangjun recalls this very distinctive shop. In the past, when I was the director of the cultural bureau, I went there with my subordinates.

"Yes, yes! Where am I waiting for you? "It doesn't matter what Xing Yu wants to eat, as long as he can make an appointment with Cao Guangjun.

"Just wait for me at that bus stop nearby, and I'll pick you up in half an hour." Cao Guangjun didn't give Xing Yu any chance to refuse.

Xing Yu went home again and told her mother that her classmates had an event in the evening, and it was a birthday party at the house of a mayor's son. I guess it's a lot later to come back. Now I have to accompany a girl to buy birthday gifts and clothes. Xing Yu's mother asked what is a party? Is it an object of engagement. Xing Yu asked rhetorically, isn't it okay to deal with the mayor's son?

After taking care of the affairs at home, Xing Yu went to the agreed bus stop to wait for Cao Guangjun. It was still very cold outside, even though it was ten o'clock in the morning and the sun was high in the sky, but the air still felt very cold.

There were few people on the bus, and the driver saw a man in his coat pocket at the stop in front of him. Based on the style and color of the down jacket, he analyzed that the person was a woman.

"Hurry up and get in the car? It's cold to death! The driver opened the car door and said to Xing Yu.

"I'll wait for someone, don't get in the car." Xing Yu said, feeling the white haze coming out of his mouth as he spoke.

"It's strange not to sit here." The driver said angrily.

"Get in the car, come on, it's cold outside." Cao Guangjun's car followed the bus.

"See, people don't fancy your broken bus, people have a special car!" A passenger said to the driver.

"yes, then you can go and take the bus! I'm a dead wage! It's not a half of you, and I don't care about earning less than one and a half dollars! "The driver did not show weakness and was unforgiving.

"We don't have that ability, alas, we look so bad, and we're still a man." Which passenger saw that the words were wrong, and quickly laughed at himself.

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The car drove for about half an hour and came to a barbecue restaurant called "Lao Xie Leg of Lamb". As it happens, the store just reopened today. There were almost no people, and the owner didn't expect many people, but there were still a lot of diners who drove over.

Cao Guangjun and Xing Yu asked for a single room, the kang was very hot, and the two of them took off their shoes and sat at both ends of the table. Suddenly, the half-baked leg of lamb was served. On the table is a barbecue grill for roasting a leg of lamb.

"Do you drink Xiaoyu, what kind of wine do you drink?" Cao Guangjun asked.

"Beer bar, I can't drink much. Didn't I drink with Brother Cao, why did Brother Cao forget? Xing Yu suddenly remembered the scene of the first meeting with Cao Guangjun.

"yes, yes, I remember, you drank when we first met." Cao Guangjun also remembered that scene.

"Brother Cao, why are you so idle today! Today is the day to go back to my father-in-law's house, why did my sister-in-law give you a holiday. If I knew that you came out to eat roast lamb shank with me, my sister-in-law didn't know how to punish you. Xing Yu said coquettishly while eating mutton.

"Oh, people of our age, it's good that two people don't quarrel or quarrel, and they can live in peace. Your sister-in-law and me, the rest may be that you young people only talk about family affection. Didn't you say that the left hand holds the right hand, that's how I feel. Cao Guangjun pointed out.

"I just envy a mature and stable man with a successful career like you, who can give a girl like us a sense of security." Xing Yu had the intention to shorten the distance between her and Cao Guangjun, and there was more flattery in her words.

"What can I envy, I'm about to reach the age of no confusion. Maybe I'm lucky enough to get to where I am now, and sometimes I envy your father even more, he can't be a few years older than me, and a daughter like you. How wonderful! Cao Guangjun felt that Xiaoyu's words were a little ambiguous, so he had to mention Xing Yu's father, deliberately making the generational relationship more important.

"Brother Cao, I don't think you're as boring as you say. If you don't get married, I'm going to pursue you. Xing Yu began to press step by step again.

"This kind of joke can't be made, come on, today you say it's brother or uncle, anyway, I'm happy today. With you, a beautiful woman, drinking with me, I just feel happy. Here, a toast! Cao Guangjun was a little excited.

Cao Guangjun and Xing Yu finished eating the leg of mutton, and it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon. Seeing that the sky was a little gloomy, Cao Guangjun said to Xing Yu: "It looks like it's going to snow, let's go, or your parents should worry about you." Here you go, you take this thousand yuan, this is the New Year's money I gave you. ”

"Brother Cao, I'm joking, you still take it seriously, I'm an adult, why do I want your New Year's money." Xing Yu was a little excited when she saw that Cao Guangjun really gave her New Year's money. But after all, it wasn't what she wanted, so she refused.

"Hurry up and take it, my son also gave the New Year's money, which is also a thousand yuan." Cao Guangjun saw that Xing Yu was a little refusal, so he added another sentence.

"Brother Cao, how can you compare with your son, I don't want to be your junior." Xing Yu was a little anxious.

In the end, Xing Yu still accepted the New Year's money given to her by Cao Guangjun.

"Alright. I've settled the bills, let's go, see where I'll send you? Cao Guangjun asked.

"Brother Cao, I'll invite you when you say okay, how did you settle the bill. Besides, I told my mom that I don't want to go home because a classmate has a birthday today. Brother Cao, you said I can't go home so early? It seems that Cao Guangjun politely rejected her, and Xing Yu has a bad brain.

"Well, it's still early, you can go to your classmate's birthday party, what do you call it "Birthday Ladder"".

"Hahaha, Brother Cao, you're so funny, you want to say "party", and "climb the ladder", it really amuses me. Xing Yu couldn't help laughing when Cao Guangjun said it.

"Hehe, it seems that I am really out of touch with this era. Whatever the "ladder" is, do what you young people do. If you call me "Brother Cao", I will be very satisfied, and I really don't have any extravagant expectations. You can go to college because of your own efforts, as long as you have the place to use Brother Cao in the future, if I have the ability to help you, I will definitely help you. Cao Guangjun said with some emotion.

"Brother Cao, I know that you are actually quite difficult. When you help me, it should be the most difficult time I've ever faced when I've grown up. But that was also the time when you were about to become mayor. If we were in a comparative situation, then you should have stayed away from right and wrong instead of helping me. "After experiencing pain and going to college, Xing Yu grew up.

"Don't talk about this, everything I do is voluntary, and if you think about it too much, I'll be unhappy! Didn't you help me too, in the hospital, you saw me in pain! Cao Guangjun tried to speak as easily as possible, but he couldn't avoid the image that appeared in his mind. The scene in the hospital ward made him unforgettable, every time he thought of that moment, that scene, and that there were only two people in the ward at that time, Xing Yu and Cao Guangjun, Cao Guangjun would instinctively recall the bone-chilling pain in a certain part of his body.

"Brother Cao, I really like you."

Xing Yu said a little abruptly, but Cao Guangjun was not surprised.