When Zhou Muqing came to the agreed Japanese barbecue restaurant, it was almost eight o'clock. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Cheng Qiao sticking out of the box by the window and beckoning to her. When she got closer, she found that Xu Ningzhi and Liu Zijun had already arrived, and the three of them were studying the menu in the tablet together. Zhou Muqing became the last one to arrive.

Cheng Qiao, Xu Ningzhi and Liu Zijun have had a good relationship with Zhou Muqing and Xu Jingjia since high school. After graduating, they went to different schools, but they still see each other regularly, and they meet up about every six months.

Only Xu Jingjia has almost disappeared from their gatherings in recent years. A few days ago, when Xu Ningzhi got married, it was not easy to wait for Xu Jingjia to return to the team. But in less than half a year, Xu Jingjia returned to her previous state of seclusion, and even most of the group's messages could not be read.

Just thinking about it, Zhou Muqing heard Liu Zijun ask, "It's not difficult to find here, right?" Why did you come here so late?"

"It's not hard to find. I'm in Jordan, so it's about the same time I've come here." Zhou Muqing replied casually, aiming at the food on the tablet.

"What, shall we have some chicken wings?" Liu Zijun's tone was half joking and half coaxing, and as soon as he finished speaking, he laughed slyly. Xu Ningzhi immediately responded, "Is there any skin? I won't eat it without skin!"

Before they finished speaking, the two burst into laughter, Cheng Qiao had always spoken little, and did not echo them, but he couldn't help but chuckle. The corners of Zhou Muqing's mouth also pulled up an arc, but I don't know why she couldn't laugh.

Zhou Muqing then pretended not to understand, snatched the tablet over, and said angrily: "Is there a mistake, come here to eat chicken wings!? I'll pick!"

In this way, it is like going back to the old days of fighting in high school.

Almost ten years after graduation, everyone has changed a lot in terms of appearance and thinking, and the work and pace are not very consistent, and there are not as many topics as when they were in school. Fortunately, Zhou Muqing, Xu Ningzhi and Liu Zijun are all talkative people, talking about work and homely things, and the atmosphere has never cooled down.

Just as Zhou Muqing was concentrating on roasting beef ribs, Liu Zijun talked about her cousin. The delicious aroma of beef came happily with Liu Zijun's words, and Zhou Muqing listened happily.

"I don't know if she's cheeky or short-sighted...... Since graduating from university, I have been staying at home and doing nothing. As for her, she is only willing to do a few part-time jobs, and the rest of the time is still the same."

Hearing this, Zhou Muqing's hand paused, and Liu Zijun continued to take care of himself: "Yesterday, I told my mother, let her find someone to marry quickly! Thankfully, she's a girl, so there's a path to choose from. Otherwise, how can this be done......

Zhou Muqing put the freshly roasted beef ribs aside, smiled noncommittally at what Liu Zijun said, and was about to start with another plate of beef short ribs, when he raised his eyes and saw Xu Ningzhi looking at her intently. Although the conversation between Liu Zijun and Cheng Qiao has not stopped, the two seem to be observing her reaction.

Seeing this, Zhou Muqing couldn't help lowering his chopsticks slightly, and asked Zhengse, "What's wrong?"

"Talking ......" I only heard Xu Ning's words with hesitation, stopped talking, and said slowly with great difficulty: "Zhou Muqing, have your eyes always been so big? Why do I think there is something different in my opinion......" Zhou Muqing listened, and winked at Xu Ningzhi in an instant, and responded, "Is there one?"

"Should you be too...... Moved the knife, right?" Xu Ningzhi continued, looking like he sincerely wanted to explore. Zhou Muqing pretended not to understand and said, "How come? No, I don't."

Liu Zijun, who was sitting on the side, interjected, "I also think there shouldn't be, it's swollen." Xu Ningzhi continued, "Huh...... If you look closely, it seems that this is really the case."

Zhou Muqing knew in his heart that what they wanted to talk about was the color of her eyeshadow, and he didn't bother to bother with them, so he responded casually, "Really? Maybe after looking at the computer for a long time, my eyes are tired and wiped."

Cheng Qiao didn't answer from beginning to end, he still looked like he didn't care about himself, only smiled, lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

I barely sat down until more than ten o'clock, and the next day I had to go to work, so I hastily dispersed.

On the short way home, Zhou Muqing walked very slowly, distractedly checking his phone while walking.

After every such gathering, Zhou Muqing would also feel at a loss. The excitement just now made the night seem more and more lonely at the moment, and it also made the emptiness in her heart more and more distinct.

"I'm very afraid of being alone, but I just want to be alone." The words Xu Jingjia said suddenly jumped into Zhou Muqing's mind unawares.

Indeed, sometimes, Zhou Muqing also feels that chatting with netizens is much easier than meeting with this kind of friend.

The notification bar on your phone is already lined up with the latest notifications from instant messaging apps fax. She clicked on one of the contacts named Ah Bang.

"Would you like to make an appointment to meet next week?"

"After talking for so long, I really want to see you."

Seeing these two messages, Zhou Muqing didn't reply, retreated, and clicked on another contact named David To.

"I'm sorry, I'm just done" Zhou Muqing looked at the message sent to David To this morning, and only received such a lukewarm reply in the evening, so he replied: "岲嬲" plus a pretending to be a cute angry emoji.

This time, the other party replied in seconds: "Don't be angry...... You can compensate me however you want......" and attached an emoji with a blushing face and a shy answer.

At this point, the phone vibrated and a notification flashed on the screen. When I opened the notification bar, there were two notifications, one of which said "Giraffe_giraffe just became friends with Lucia Chow, Viola Yeung, and Charles Yiu", and the other was "There is a new comment on the post you liked".

Zhou Muqing looked at the two notifications intently, but did not click on them, but returned to the dialog box with David To in the fax, and replied, "Didn't you say last time that you were very spicy? Then you invite me to Thai food, I know there is a good restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui."

At the same time, Li Bingde also received the same notice as Zhou Muqing on his face. Li Bingde casually clicked on the notification that "there is a new message on the post you once liked".

The post was dated October 20, 2011 and has no text description, just one image. The picture shows an old student Octopus with a student ID photo printed on the left side of the back of the Octopus, and the Chinese and English names of the owner of the Octopus card in the lower right corner – HUI Ching Ka.

The new and only comment under the post is from Lucia Chow: "It really doesn't look like it now :P." The post was five minutes ago, and the message below it showed that the message had eighteen likes.

This person really dared to be the first to leave a message. Li Bingde secretly felt funny, and stretched out his hand to give a thumbs up. As soon as I was about to turn off the screen of my phone, I received a Whatsup notification again.