The thick white fog of the early morning reminds the busy people of the city that it is more dewy, and the late autumn is coming to an end and the cold winter is approaching. The ginkgo road on campus has become the most beautiful scenery, and on weekends, the ginkgo road is crowded with people, and students and families inside and outside the school are stepping on the thick ginkgo biloba leaves on this nearly 800-meter road. Everywhere you can see children chasing and fighting, men, women and children taking pictures with cameras, and young men and girls holding ginkgo biloba leaves and throwing them into the air. The entire road was covered with golden yellow, and it looked very dazzling in the sunlight, Qin Xiaotian couldn't help but grin when he looked at the person who was full of happiness. Sometimes the healing power of nature is beyond imagination, and people's happy emotions will also spread with their expressions and atmosphere. Qin Xiaotian opened his arms, raised his head and stood on the side of the ginkgo road, closed his eyes and felt the tranquility at the moment, there was a faint smell of ginkgo biloba in the air, there was a faint sound of ginkgo falling in his ears, and there was laughter from far and near all around, all this was very beautiful, Qin Xiaotian smiled contentedly. The manuscript she wrote for Wanyuan Tea Industry was basically completed last night, and she only needed to polish it and hand it over to Xu Licen for review. Today, taking advantage of the good weather, she asked Yuan Dutian to go to Moon Lake to ride a bicycle to relax.

Suddenly feeling that half of the sunlight on his face was blocked, and a palm-sized shadow covered his face, Qin Xiaotian opened one eye, and then opened the other, "Ah! She was startled by the sudden appearance of the face in front of her, and even more frightened by her own scream, she took a few steps back, but fortunately she was held by the person in front of her, otherwise, she would have tripped over a branch if she took two steps back.

"You, you, won't you call me when you arrive? Bringing your face so close scares me to death! Qin Xiaotian shook off Yuan Dutian's hand, shocked.

Yuan Dutian smiled slightly, took Qin Xiaotian's hand again, pulled her closer again, and knocked her forehead: "I saw that you were enjoying looking up your head, thinking that you were looking at something interesting, so I came up to see it, who knew that you had your eyes closed." ”

Qin Xiaotian punched him coquettishly: "You obviously did it on purpose." ”

Yuan Dutian ignored her, hugged her into the crook of his arm, stepped out of his legs and said, "Go, go!" ”

The autumn colors of Moon Lake are pleasant, the chrysanthemums by the lake are still not blooming, hibiscus, roses, rosemary, goldenrod tea, etc. are in full bloom, and the air seems to be filled with the residual fragrance of osmanthus flowers. On weekends, Moon Lake is full of people swimming in pairs. Qin Xiaotian and Yuan Dutian rented a tandem bicycle and walked around the lake, stopping to enjoy the scenery. When Qin Xiaotian was lazy, he sat in the back seat with his feet still, holding Yuan Dutian's waist with his hands, and letting Yuan Dutian pedal the car alone, and he laughed loudly watching him pedaling desperately from behind. Yuan Dutian turned around and said that he would kill you with his eyes, but Qin Xiaotian continued to laugh regardless of it, Yuan Dutian simply braked suddenly, only to hear the person behind him "ouch", Qin Xiaotian touched his forehead and complained: "Hey, you did it on purpose, right?" ”

"I just did it on purpose." Yuan Dutian put his feet on the ground, looking like he was gone.

Qin Xiaotian didn't pay attention to him, got down from the back seat by himself, and walked towards the front. After walking for a while, she turned around and beckoned Yuan Dutian: "Come here, there is a chair, you can sit down." ”

Yuan Dutian parked the car to the side and sat next to Qin Xiaotian. "You're sweating." Qin Xiaotian saw that there were fine beads of sweat covering Yuan Dutian's forehead, and took out a tissue to wipe his sweat.

"It's not you." Yuan Dutian grabbed Qin Xiaotian's hand, Qin Xiaotian pulled out his hand, shook the tissue in his hand and said: "Don't you love sports the most, this doesn't let you exercise well, you see, after the gym, there are people waiting for you to wipe your sweat for free, how good!" Qin Xiaotian ignored Yuan Dutian, who looked crazy, and turned his head: "I'm going to see the scenery, look, how beautiful!" ”

The autumn wind blew, and the withered yellow reeds at the water's edge shook the thick ears, and although the sun was shining, it still couldn't stop a trace of chill. It is rare to have a quiet time to appreciate nature, Qin Xiaotian leaned on Yuan Dutian's shoulder, playing with his fingers, the two of them had nothing to say, they were both immersed in this lofty blue sky and a pool of blue waves. Qin Xiaotian's mind suddenly jumped out of the picture of picking mulberry leaves with his friends on the side of the railway as a child, and he looked forward to growing up to escape the damn exam and the supervision of his parents, but when he grew up, he found that time was too fast, and he was in his twenties in a blink of an eye, and he was far away from his parents and was more concerned about them than when he was a child. Her life has always been turbulent, and she has always been a good student in the eyes of her teachers and classmates, this kind of good is actually not good to that extent, Qin Xiaotian's good is not outstanding in school. It's just that because of his good personality, he actively participates in the school's amateur activities, and he makes a good impression on the teachers. When she was in junior high school, she used to read novels in class, and when she came home to read comics, she fought with her mother, but as a result, her comic books were either confiscated or torn up. Later, she wrapped her bookcase on the cover of comics and novels, and happily avoided reading it for a while, but was finally discovered by her shrewd mother and scolded again. It's just that she still tries her best to read books that have nothing to do with her studies behind her back, and sometimes the feeling of being afraid of being discovered and bent on challenging authority can give her a sneaky pleasure. Qin Xiaotian's life trajectory is the same as that of most urban students, she has always considered herself ordinary, although she often fantasizes about a different life. Until that lovelorn affair, she suddenly experienced the pain of love, perhaps, the relationship is better to be bland. She is also slowly maturing from a little girl, although every girl has a Cinderella dream in her heart, whether she has a dull life or is in dire straits, she longs for a prince charming to save herself. However, there are not so many princes charming in the world, and she Qin Xiaotian will not be a lucky darling, she is just one of the many living beings, it is not easy to meet a good person in her life to find a good relationship, and now this good person is by her side, she feels unprecedented stability and solidity, she understands that cherishing the present and cherishing the talent in front of her is the most important. As for Prince Charming in the dream, let him stay in the dream, and the dream and reality cannot appear at the same time.

"What are you thinking?" Yuan Dutian saw that Qin Xiaotian was surprisingly quiet, and his ears were a little unaccustomed for a while.

"It's nothing, I suddenly remembered when I was a child." Qin Xiaotian sat up and stretched lazily.

"Oh?" Yuan Dutian seemed very interested in hearing about Qin Xiaotian's childhood.

"When I was a child, I always looked forward to growing up, and when I grew up, I realized that time flies so fast, and I really grew up in a blink of an eye." Qin Xiaotian's eyes were far away. "When I was a child, I often played with my classmates and children in the yard with ** explosions, traffic lights, wooden people, throwing sandbags, jumping rubber bands, junior high school began to rebel, often hiding from reading my parents' so-called miscellaneous books, although I hate exams and heavy studies, but there are also a lot of happy days, now I think about it, it was pretty good at that time."

"What? Don't you think it's good now? Yuan Dutian frowned.

"Why, it's good now, it's not the same as when I was a child. It's good to have you now. Qin Xiaotian glanced at the man beside him and smiled tactfully. Yuan Dutian's eyes stayed on this smile, and his heart was struck, and he was stunned all of a sudden.

"See, if I also have times when I can speak to myself?" Qin Xiaotian gently touched Yuan Dutian's cheek, Yuan Dutian raised his hand and put it on the back of her hand, grabbed her hand and put it to his mouth and kissed her, hugging her.

Although they had been together for half a year, occasionally such intimate acts could still make Qin Xiaotian's face flush and his heart beat faster.

The mobile phone in the satchel suddenly rang, and Qin Xiaotian sat up straight to answer the call.

"Who called?" Yuan Dutian saw that Qin Xiaotian was a little incredulous, and his expression became curious.

"A few days ago, I went to interview the editor-in-chief of the publishing group with the people of the weekly, and found out that the two of us were fellow countrymen, so we chatted more. Isn't they a new history book of "Phases and Schemes", I like it after reading the introduction, he said to give me a copy, he didn't want to hit him and actually called me personally, and said that he would send it to me by the way when he arrived near the school tomorrow. Qin Xiaotian really didn't expect that a cadre who was equivalent to a department-level leader and had only one contact would personally send her a book.

"It seems that our classmate Qin has a big face!" Yuan Dutian quipped: "You won't even recognize me in the future!" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Qin Xiaotian pushed Yuan Dutian, but Yuan Dutian was still smiling and not annoyed. The two looked at the lake in front of them again and immersed themselves in the rare world of their own, sat for a while, and the two rode on the bicycle again, this time Qin Xiaotian didn't let Yuan Dutian pedal alone, she casually moved her legs up and down with Yuan Dutian's rhythm.

The car walked slowly and crookedly on the red plastic road, Qin Xiaotian rode the wind and heard the male voice in front of him: "There is a lesbian car, Yan Ru Shunhua, Jiang Aoxiang, Pei Yu Qiongju, Bimei Meng Jiang, Xun Mei and all ......" Qin Xiaotian was shocked in his heart, he would still recite the verses in the Book of Poetry? She coughed lightly and deliberately amplified her voice: "Yuan Dacai, the person in the car with you is not a famous lady with both talent and appearance." Yuan Dutian looked back and smiled, and deliberately stared at Qin Xiaotian for two seconds: "Yes, I don't know, but it's beautiful...... he paused: "It's really not like everyone's ladies." ”

When Qin Xiaotian heard this, his face turned red, and he raised his fist and hit Yuan Dutian's lower back, "Ouch! This is not only talentless and unattractive, but also unrewarded! Yuan Dutian was beaten to the waist, his legs pressed the pedal a few times, and the two fought all the way back to the rental car.

The next day, Qin Xiaotian deliberately arrived at the agreed park near the school a little early. She was a little bored wandering around the lake, looking at the people coming and going, in twos and threes, and there was an inexplicable nervousness in her heart. She just felt that as a junior, she was invited by the leader and should wait at the agreed place in advance to show her respect for the leader, but she didn't understand why fine beads of sweat appeared in her palms, she was a little uneasy, walking back and forth near the stone bench by the lake, trying to relieve the boredom in her heart.

"Xiao Qin?" When Qin Xiaotian was still pacing with his head down, he heard a deep male voice coming from the side, and he was startled, and hurriedly raised his head and put on an embarrassed smile: "Editor-in-Chief Long, I'm sorry, I didn't even notice you coming." ”

Long Xiangkui motioned with his hand to Qin Xiaotian to walk along the lake, and Qin Xiaotian kept up with the pace of this deputy department-level cadre.

Long Xiangkui took out the book from his handbag and handed it to Qin Xiaotian, Qin Xiaotian took the book with both hands, a little incredulous and embarrassed, and his gratitude was beyond words. "Mr. Long, thank you so much, for the sake of a book and you ran in person, you can let me go over to get it, why bother you to send it over."

Long Xiangkui smiled slightly, probably because the officialdom has been in place for a long time, and he doesn't like to be happy, Qin Xiaotian just feels that Long Xiangkui seems to be more relaxed now, and he has the effort to deliberately put down the shelf, but this kind of effort is obviously not effective.

"It's nothing, I'm usually alone here, and it's boring, so it's nice to ask someone out for a walk, right? Little fellow. Long Xiangkui's voice was very gentle.

Qin Xiaotian nodded again and again: "Of course, of course." Then Qin Xiaotian asked quickly: "But a leader like you should want to accompany you with a lot of people, right?" As soon as the words came out, Qin Xiaotian regretted his intestines, and the water that was spilled out of the words could not be recovered.

Long Xiangkui's footsteps stopped slightly, and then resumed his normal pace.

"Well, the people who usually gather around you are not necessarily people who can really go for a walk together." Long Xiangkui's eyes glanced at Qin Xiaotian.

Qin Xiaotian muttered in his heart: Can I take a walk with you?

"Xiao Qin, how many years have you been in Xiangcheng?" Long Xiangkui asked.

"It's been more than six years." Qin Xiaotian quickly calculated in his mind, and was surprised that it had been almost 7 years since he came to this city!

"I've been here for more than a year, and I'm probably going to be transferred back to Shenzhen next year." Long Xiangkui understated.

"Huh? So you're not here, but sent from somewhere else? Wouldn't it be nice to go back soon! Qin Xiaotian's face was innocent.

"My family is in Shenzhen, it's a matter of time before I go back, it's just ......" Long Xiangkui's footsteps paused, causing Qin Xiaotian to stop as well.

"But what?" Qin Xiaotian was a little curious, shouldn't he be happy to be able to go back and reunite with his family?

Long Xiangkui smiled bitterly, and said as he walked: "Do you know what it means to be a person?" I don't know how to organize it when I go back after more than 2 years! He shook his head and glanced at Qin Xiaotian. Qin Xiaotian looked puzzled, and then seemed to suddenly realize again.

"It's definitely going to be arranged organizationally, at least it's not worse than it is now!" Qin Xiaotian was stupidly comforted.

"Xiao Qin, when are you graduating?" Long Xiangkui suddenly changed the subject.

"Me?" Qin Xiaotian paused for a moment, "I will graduate in a year and a half, and now I am in my second year, and the time is so fast." Qin Xiaotian sighed.

"What are your plans for graduation?" Long Xiangkui continued to ask.

Qin Xiaotian looked up at a group of pigeons flying past in the sky, and hesitated for a while, yes, she hadn't been able to think about it properly. "I don't know it now, but I used to want to change cities and work after graduation."

"Where do you want to go? Do you want to come to Shenzhen? Long Xiangkui looked at Qin Xiaotian seriously.

Qin Xiaotian couldn't stand this kind of seriousness, because she hadn't seriously thought about these issues. "I really didn't think that I would want to go to Guangzhou when I graduated from my undergraduate degree. I don't know yet, so I'll go wherever I want. Qin Xiaotian looked very casual.

"Guangzhou and Shenzhen are very close, Shenzhen is more dynamic than Guangzhou, and there are many outsiders, if you come to Shenzhen in the future, you can come to me." Long Xiangkui smiled at Qin Xiaotian, this smile was very meaningful, Qin Xiaotian avoided this smile.

"Do you still want to do professional-related content in the future?" Long Xiangkui seemed to be very concerned about Qin Xiaotian's future.

Qin Xiaotian nodded: "Of course, it would be best if you could enter the media-related industry, after all, I also like this I learned." ”

"If you need help then, you can come to me, we are fellow countrymen, it is rare to have a chance to meet, if you want to come to the publishing group, I still have a little right to speak." Long Xiangkui was observing Qin Xiaotian's expression.

Qin Xiaotian suddenly didn't know what to say, she was a little embarrassed and poor in words, everyone wanted a good job, but she felt that she didn't know Long Xiangkui very well, how could he think of helping her?

"Uh...... Editor-in-Chief Long, you may have returned to Shenzhen early by the time I graduated. Qin Xiaotian held back such a sentence for half a day.

Long Xiangkui laughed, "Even if I go back to Shenzhen, I won't stay here in vain, people always have to give me face." ”

Qin Xiaotian smiled embarrassedly, "Yes, I'm sorry to trouble you." ”

"What's the trouble, if there's a difficulty, just say!" Long Xiangkui took out the posture of leadership.

"Okay, hehe!" Qin Xiaotian had no choice but to agree.

"It's too cold outside, why don't we find a place to sit and talk?" Long Xiangkui took out the hand in his trouser pocket and rubbed it.

Now it's Qin Xiaotian's turn to be a little confused, do you still want to talk? Haven't they been talking for half the day, what else can they talk about? Is she going or not going, and how can she refuse?

Seeing that Qin Xiaotian didn't speak, Long Xiangkui continued: "There is a good hotel next to it, you can go inside to sit and drink." ”

"Uh......" Qin Xiaotian opened his mouth and closed it, thinking about how to phrase it. Editor-in-Chief Long, we've been walking around the lake for a while, and I think there must be a lot of work for a busy person like you......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Long Xiangkui waving his hand.

"I'm off today, I'm free." Long Xiangkui paused and looked at Qin Xiaotian seriously. "I just want to find someone who can talk to me and can talk easily." Long Xiangkui glanced up at Qin Xiaotian again, Qin Xiaotian was completely at a loss and didn't know how to answer. Seeing that Qin Xiaotian was a little stunned and looked at him without speaking, Long Xiangkui was a little unsure of Qin Xiaotian's temperament, and felt that it was better to express his attitude directly.

"Xiao Qin!" Long Xiangkui called his name, still looking at Qin Xiaotian seriously. "I was thinking, maybe I can do my part to help you little fellow." He paused and continued: "It's not easy to find a good job in this society now, and it's not easy to live a little better than ordinary people, I think you have a chance." ”

"Huh? What chances? "Qin Xiaotian is really a child who has never seen the world, or really relatively simple.

"The opportunity is all around you." Long Xiangkui is very direct, Qin Xiaotian can hear one or two no matter how simple she is, although she never thought that she would encounter this situation, although she has heard or seen reports similar to college students' sugar daddies since she was an undergraduate, such as how many luxury cars were parked at the gate of which school, such as which high-end place so-and-so went to, and what high-end things she bought, but she never thought that these things were far away from her.

Long Xiangkui was a little surprised when he saw Qin Xiaotian, and said without changing his face: "Be with me, when you graduate, I can make you live better than your classmates, and you can also pick a better job." ”

Qin Xiaotian's brain stopped working completely, and he only felt that something was surging up in his chest, causing his head to go blank for a short time. "Editor-in-Chief Long, you have a wife and children." Qin Xiaotian didn't know what was going on, and this sentence popped out of his mouth.

"They wouldn't know, but even if they did, they wouldn't be fine. This kind of thing is very common for many families who are officials. We don't have anything to lose and you get what you want. Qin Xiaotian didn't understand how he could be serious and say these words without any guilt. Can she get what she wants? What the? Money? Good job? And then wait for him to go, and she continues to live her life? How is that possible? She can't do it! No, she didn't understand, why would it be her? Does she look like a very good girl?

"Editor-in-Chief Long, I think you misunderstood!" Qin Xiaotian unconsciously took a small step back, "I never thought about relying on someone to get something, maybe those things are important to some girls, they like to get them in various ways, but I don't want to." Qin Xiaotian's face turned red.

"Don't want to? There are few people who don't want to! Who doesn't want to struggle a few years less than anyone else? Who doesn't want to graduate with a higher starting point than others? You think, you may graduate with something that no one else might have gotten for ten years. A good job can give you a lifetime of stability. Long Xiangkui didn't show the slightest annoyance or confusion.

Qin Xiaotian sneered: "Yes, maybe you think I'm stupid, but, I'm sorry, I can't do it." Maybe someone else will be willing to accompany you. ”

Long Xiangkui didn't show too much surprise, he was still steady, and his face still didn't change, as if what he said was just an ordinary job. "Well, the choice is yours, and if you don't want to, I never force others. However, when you figure it out, you can always come to me. I don't guarantee I'm still here, though. Long Xiangkui was indifferent, as if what he said just now was Qin Xiaotian's distraction, as if he had heard it wrong.

"Editor-in-chief of the dragon, you go slowly, I'm going back." After Qin Xiaotian finished speaking, he turned around and left. There was a fierce struggle within her. She couldn't stay for more than a minute, and she felt like her values had been shattered in just a few minutes. Qin Xiaotian didn't look back and walked forward quickly, she was afraid that if she turned back, she might fall into a trap from which she could never recover.

Long Xiangkui looked at Qin Xiaotian's distant back and didn't linger, and turned around and left. This kid is still too young, he thought. There is never a shortage of women for people like him, and someone will send them if he doesn't need to find them, Qin Xiaotian is a little different, but it is not much different for him. The vast majority of women will fall in the face of a good material life, in the face of a man who has the ability to satisfy vanity. Qin Xiaotian may not be an exception, but she is not enlightened. Long Xiangkui thought so in his heart, it seemed that he had to find another goal.

Qin Xiaotian trotted up, she needed to release the shock, anger and uneasiness in her heart, she felt that her values and personality had been insulted. But she also knows that maybe this is how many girls enter another circle and change their lives. She was afraid that once she stepped into such a life, would she not be able to quit that life like sucking **. She couldn't run, holding on to a plane tree on the side of the road, panting, the cold air entered her lungs to calm her up, this matter can probably only be pressed in the bottom of her heart, she really has to have a considerable and correct understanding of people and society, I am afraid that after graduation, I will face more problems. She grew up in an ordinary working family, although her parents are not highly educated, but they are hard-working and upright people, but in the face of social changes, the hard-working qualities of her parents are becoming more and more worthless in today's society, and even labeled as stupid, because they can't make money, they can't make quick money.

Qin Xiaotian sat silently on the stone bench on the side of Ginkgo Road to empty himself, thinking about his future and direction. Long Xiangkui asked her a few important questions today, where does she want to go after graduation, and what does she want to do?