The day after they returned to the city, Xia Zhen called Shen Yin, and she said she was willing to give it a try.

This month, the city is going to hold a literary and artistic propaganda exhibition, and the mayor hires Zhou Fansheng as the person in charge of the exhibition, hoping that he can use his connections to hire a painter to be responsible for the theme design of the exhibition.

Shen Yin, as Zhou Fansheng's assistant, handed over the matter of contacting the painter to her. She had an idea and felt that this was a good opportunity, so she recommended Xia Zhen.

The mayor was very happy to hear that the painter hired this time was Xia Zhen, after all, Xia Zhen's reputation is well-known at home and abroad. In this way, the mayor attaches great importance to this exhibition.

Shen Yin arranged for Xia Zhen to stay in a hotel near Zhou Fansheng's house, so that the communication between the two people was very convenient.

When she first started discussing the theme design, Shen Yin always deliberately made excuses to go out, leaving the two of them alone.

When Xia Zhen started work, Zhou Fansheng had been busy with his affairs and had little communication with her. Seeing this situation, Shen Yin was very anxious, so he said to Zhou Fansheng: "Miss Xia grew up in the United States and doesn't know much about traditional Chinese culture. ”

Zhou Fansheng was also worried that she would make a mistake, after all, he was the main person in charge of this event. I went to the scene in person and watched Xia Zhen paint.

Shen Yin told Xia Zhen again to let her draw slowly, so that she would have enough reason to stay here.

Two weeks passed, Xia Zhen finally finished, and Shen Yin also found that there was more communication between them.

The exhibition was very successful, and some officials from the Propaganda Department in Beijing were also invited to participate in the exhibition and gave them high praise.

After that, the mayor arranged a three-day free tour of the city for the people in charge of the exhibition.

Shen Yin used the excuse of going back to the county to visit her grandmother, leaving the two of them to participate in tourist activities.

Shen Yin returned to the county seat and went directly to the nursing home. Grandma's health is getting worse and worse, and her memory has become intermittent. After she took her grandmother home, she went to the hospital again.

The doctor told her that in a situation like her grandmother's, there was nothing they could do about it. Shen Yin planned to take her grandmother to visit her father again while she could still remember some things.

Shen Yin took her grandmother to the detention center, her grandmother had completely forgotten her father, she pointed to the strange man in front of her, and said to her, "Yin'er, who is he?" I can't remember. ”

Shen Yin patted her grandmother's shoulder and held back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, "Grandma, let's go back!" ”

Grandma walked out with her arms around her, and Shen Yin stood next to her to help her.

The father shouted loudly from behind: "Yin'er, take good care of grandma, I'm sorry for you!" ”

Shen Yin glanced back at his father and found that he was already teary-eyed, and his hands were clenched into fists and pounded on the table.

Shen Yin stayed at home with her grandmother for three days before sending her back to the nursing home. She didn't know how long her grandmother would be with her.

When she returned to the city, the three-day tour had ended, and the relationship between Zhou Fansheng and Xia Zhen was constantly developing, but Xia Zhen suddenly wanted to participate in an art exhibition, so she left first.

One afternoon after getting off work, Zhou Fansheng called Shen Yin to the conference room, and he said calmly: "Shen Yin, do you intend to promote me and Xia Zhen?" ”

Shen Yin was silent, dodging his aggressive gaze.

"You don't want to say that I know, but what I'm going to tell you is that it's impossible for me to be with her. You don't want to do these meaningless things again in the future. He continued to look at her aggressively.

"Why can't it be?" She didn't know where she got the courage to blurt out.

"Do you really want to know?" He leaned in close to her, smiling lightly.

"Well, I want to know." She plucked up the courage to reply, "Please tell me the details." ”

"The reason is actually quite simple – I don't like her." Zhou Fansheng bent the corners of his mouth and smiled shallowly.

"Oh, I see. I'm sorry! Shen Yin lowered her head slightly, she didn't expect that Zhou Fansheng was still reluctant to tell the truth, and reluctantly accepted this perfunctory answer.

She walked out of the conference room, felt deeply sorry for Xia Zhen, and immediately dialed her mobile phone number, "Hey, is it Miss Xia?" ”

"Yes, you're Shen Yin?" Xia Zhen was very happy to hear her voice.

"I'm sorry!" Shen Yin said in a deep voice, like a child who had done something wrong.

"You don't have to say sorry to me, but I still have to thank you, if it weren't for you, my relationship with Fan Sheng would not have eased, thank you!" Xia Zhen said heartily.

"I ......"

Xia Zhen interrupted her and said, "Shen Yin, you don't have to feel guilty. You're a kind girl, I expect you to be better Oh, can we be friends? ”

"Huh? I'd love to. Shen Yin smiled in surprise.

After this phone call, Shen Yin's mood was much more relaxed, she stretched her waist and threw herself into her busy work again. Recently, due to a lot of things in Zhou Fansheng's studio, she didn't have time to update her drawings at all, and she used all the previous saved drafts. She shook her head, shook off the clutter in her head, and threw herself into the drawing.

A month later, Shen Yin received a good news - Xue Ting and Zhao Ming were getting married. As Xue Ting's friend for many years, Shen Yin has to play the role of a bridesmaid again, but the identity of the best man has not been disclosed for a long time.

Shen Yin took a day off to attend their wedding, and when the wedding ceremony was about to begin, she saw Wang Mengliang wearing the best man's marker.

Xue Ting walked up to her in a wedding dress, patted her on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Accident?" Here's a surprise we have in store for you. ”

Wang Mengliang walked up to her with a slight smile and handed her a bouquet of roses very gentlemanly, "You are so beautiful today!" ”

Her face flushed slightly, Xue Ting held her arm and said, "Wait, the show is still to come!" ”

"What did you do without me?" Shen Yin pursed his mouth and said.

"It's a secret, you'll find out in a moment." Xue Ting looked at her with a wicked smile, "Oh, the ceremony is about to start, let's go!" ”

The music began to play, thunderous applause rang out all around, and the couple ascended to the podium amid a sound of blessings.

At the end of the session, the bride throws her bouquet of flowers into the crowd to pass on her happiness. Xue Ting smiled at Wang Mengliang, and he immediately felt that he would stand at the front of the crowd.

Xu Miao pulled Shen Yin to stand in it, and whispered to her, "Hurry up and help me grab a bouquet of flowers, I also want to get married soon." ”

Shen Yin smiled, poked her shoulder and said, "Don't you already have a boyfriend?" Why are you going to grab flowers? ”

"Don't mention it, my boyfriend hasn't proposed to me yet, I want to be happy, and strive to wear a beautiful wedding dress and enter the marriage hall with him as soon as possible." She pushed Shen Yin towards the middle and said impatiently.

Xue Ting looked at the crowd, locked Wang Mengliang's position, and threw the bouquet in his direction.

"Ah, I didn't grab it again, this is the third wedding I've attended this year." Xu Miao said disappointedly, "Alas? That Wang Mengliang of the third class is not married yet? I thought ......"

Wang Mengliang walked towards Shen Yin with a flower, with a slight smile, he knelt on one knee on the ground and raised the ring in front of Shen Yin, "Shen Yin, marry me, right?" ”

"Huh? So he proposed to you. Xu Miao covered her mouth and said in surprise.

"I'm willing to marry you." Shen Yin took the bouquet of flowers, and then stretched out his hand. He stood up and placed the ring on her finger, and there was a round of applause from the crowd around him.

Amid cheers, they kissed.

"So that's what you gave me?" Shen Yin whispered.

"Do you like it?" He smiled and stroked her hair.

"It really surprised me." She bowed her head shyly.

Xue Ting walked over and said with a smile, "Do you like this surprise?" When are you going to get married? ”

"You're hiding it from me?" Shen Yin said angrily.

"Hehe, I just saw your surprised expression, which reminded me of when Zhao Ming proposed to me, he was not as romantic as you." Xue Ting glanced at Zhao Ming next to her, pouted and said.

Zhao Ming smiled awkwardly beside him.

"Thank you!" Shen Yin thanked them.

"If you want to say thank you, let's go eat your wine?" Xu Miao interjected.

"So you lied to me just now." Shen Yin looked at Xu Miao with a sudden realization, patted her shoulder lightly and said.

Xu Miao smiled slightly, "I don't hide it from you, can you agree so quickly?" ”

After the wedding banquet, several of their junior high school classmates got together again, and everyone talked and laughed, as if they had returned to the good times of junior high school. I don't know who said it out loud, "It's rare for everyone to gather so together, but there is no Su Yuqian, she was a 'scholar' in the fourth class back then, and she can be regarded as a person of the hour?" ”

"I also recently returned to my hometown and know a few things about her." Another male voice chimed in. Shen Yin felt familiar with this man, but couldn't remember his name.

Shen Yin was a little nervous and held the wine glass tightly. Xu Miao sat beside her and whispered in her ear: "He is Li Fenghan, the one who likes to give people nicknames, and he is particularly annoying in the class." ”

"Oh, it's him, it feels like he's changed a lot now." Shen Yin took a sip of wine.

"I don't think anything has changed, it's still so 'gossip'." Xu Miao smiled disapprerovingly.

"What is it? Let's hear it. Gong Min said urgently.

Gong Min is also a student in Class 4, and she used to have a bad relationship with Su Yuqian, and she was against her everywhere.

Xu Miao whispered to Shen Yin: "I heard that when I was in junior high school before, Li Fenghan liked Su Yuqian. ”

"Really?" Shen Yin shouted in surprise.

Everyone looked at them one after another, and Shen Yin smiled awkwardly.

"Be quiet!" Xu Miao patted her arm and said softly.

Li Fenghan cleared his throat, "I heard that she divorced a year ago, and I don't know what happened after that." ”

"What? Everyone knows about this, okay? Your message is also too slow. Gong Min said disappointedly, "I was very envious of her back then, but I didn't expect that time has changed so much." She sighed.

"Yes, most of the students in one class back then are now going their separate ways, and it is not easy to get together. Come, everyone cheers to this fellow friendship! Xia Hao picked up his wine glass and said.

At about five o'clock in the afternoon, everyone dispersed, and Wang Mengliang sent Shen Yin back to his home in the county seat. As soon as she returned, she collapsed on the couch, rubbing her reddened soles.

Wang Mengliang took out two cups of honey water and put them on the coffee table and sat next to her, "What's wrong with you today?" ”

"What?" She looked at him blankly.

"It's okay, drink some honey water." He put her legs on his, rubbing them gently.

"Just tell me something, right?" She suddenly realized what he wanted to ask.

"When Li Fenghan mentioned Su Yuqian just now, you were a little abnormal, do you know something?" He smiled softly and rubbed her feet seriously.

"Uh, I'm ......" She didn't know if she could tell him about Su Yuqian.

"If you don't want to say it, forget it, I'm just a little curious. I called you a month ago, and she answered, and I still can't believe what she said at the time. He said thoughtfully.

"Actually, she's been in trouble lately." Shen Yin told him about Su Yuqian's pregnancy, "You know what I'm worried about now." ”

Wang Meng nodded and frowned, "You should help her more in the future." ”

"Are you distressed?" She playfully approached him and said.

"How do you speak?" He poked her forehead with his finger, "Don't you know my mind?" ”

"I'm not a roundworm in your stomach, how can I know if you don't tell me?" Shen Yin slapped his palm away.

Wang Mengliang stroked the back of her head and kissed her lightly on the lips.

Due to the heavy workload, Shen Yin took the earliest high-speed train back to the city the next day, and as soon as she opened the door of the studio, her mobile phone rang. She pulled her phone out of her bag, but she didn't want it to slip out of her hand and fall to the ground.

By the time she picked up her phone, the screen was already beyond recognition, full of cracks, and the phone couldn't be opened. After a while, another person who worked with her, Zhang Huan, came.

Shen Yin put down the work at hand and asked Zhang Huan to take care of the studio for the time being, she wanted to send the phone to a nearby repair shop to see if it could be repaired.

Zhang Huan is a member of Zhou Fansheng's studio, responsible for text typesetting, proofreading, sorting out materials, etc., three years earlier than Shen Yin, and can be regarded as her senior. There are also two beauties, namely Yang Ning and Gong Weihan, who are responsible for the publishing, sales and online sales of books; Shen Yin is responsible for the design of the cover and the illustrations.

The person who repaired the phone told her that the internal parts of the phone were damaged and that there was little chance of repair. Shen Yin had no choice but to give up, she had just returned to the studio, Zhang Huan told her that someone was looking for her just now, and handed her a blank piece of paper with a string of mobile phone numbers written on it.

Shen Yin dialed over, the other party was the head of an animation production company, they were very interested in one of her serialized comics, hoping to make it into the form of an anime, and wanted to talk to her, and they made an appointment to meet at a café on Monday next week.