Chen Qiong, who gradually became tighter in her chest, hurriedly opened her eyes, stared at the white ceiling in a daze, woke up and sat up from the bed and exhaled a long breath, reached out to wipe the moisture at the end of her eyes, and picked up her mobile phone to send Chen Jishan a WeChat message of "Dad, I miss you", then turned off the light and lay down to sleep.

Chen Qiong got up in the morning and cleaned up and went to the cafeteria, and ate a bowl of slurry water that Aunt Liu said yesterday, the taste of slurry water is different from acetic acid, but it is a bit similar to the bean juice in old Beijing, and she has been in Beijing for more than ten years.

As soon as she finished breakfast, Chen Qiong received a call from Zhang Xiaomao, saying that Dean Zhao and the old man had already gone to the cave, and Dean Zhao had just called to help bring her over, so the two of them made an appointment to meet in the cafeteria.

While sitting and waiting for Zhang Xiaomao, Chen Qiong looked around boredly, and finally looked at the gate of the cafeteria.

Guan Ji also took a look at it, among the many unified workwear, Chen Qiong wearing a yellow dress with a suit collar is undoubtedly very eye-catching, coupled with the elegant temperament she has cultivated after dancing for many years, even under the stage, she will be the heroine who makes people notice at a glance.

Not to mention on the stage.

Guan Ji looked at Chen Qiong with interest, the little girl who didn't grow back then became an intellectual woman, seeing Chen Qiong's eyes that he couldn't avoid, he smiled with some emotion, but now he is more timid than when he chased him.

Chen Qiong staggered her gaze, she always didn't dare to face Guan Ji so eye-to-eye, she looked fearless about everything she did when she was seventeen or eighteen years old, and now as she grew older, her heart changed, and she began to hide her face for the things she had done before.

What's more, in the case that Guan Mail was not at fault, in the case that the two of them did not have any quarrels, and when they were dating and watching a movie the day before, she broke up without warning, and deleted all contact information without waiting for Guan Mail's reply and disappeared completely.

No matter how many reasons there are, as long as you become a bad person in your relationship, you will be uneasy.

"Teacher Chen, it's early." Zhang Xiaomao, who came in after Guan Ji, yawned and said hello to Chen Qiong.

Chen Qiong turned her head in accordance with the sound, Guan Ji and Zhang Xiaomao walked over with their front and back feet, the two of them didn't know when they were already holding a white porcelain bowl in their hands, Zhang Xiaomao was a bowl of mutton soup powder, and Guan Ji was a bowl of slurry water.

"Early." Chen Qiong smiled lightly, paused slightly, and looked at the other person, "Morning." ”

Guan Ji followed Zhang Xiaomao and sat down opposite Chen Qiong, and answered the second half of Chen Qiong's sentence: "Morning." ”

Chen Qiong lowered her head and played with her mobile phone, looking at the WeChat that her father Chen Jishan gave her back as soon as she woke up this morning, the corners of her mouth subconsciously raised, and when she looked up when she heard the movement, it was the sound of Guan Ji getting up and leaving after eating, she put away her mobile phone, and within a few minutes, Zhang Xiaomao also finished eating.

Because it was just after seven o'clock, the commuter cars went to Dunhuang City to pick up people, most of the people who lived in the staff dormitory of the institute walked to the Mogao Grottoes opposite, the wind in the morning was very refreshing, there was no sticky and irritable heat in the daytime, but the wind blew a little bigger, the yellow sand in the desert will be rolled up and swept around, and there will be sand where there is wind.

Chen Qiong pursed her lips tightly, held her breath and turned her head to avoid this gust of wind and sand, it was really Aunt Qiong Yao's sentence "You are the wind and I am the sand, lingering around the world".

"Teacher Guan!" Zhang Xiaomao, who was traveling with him, suddenly looked ahead and shouted, Chen Qiong couldn't help but wonder if they were walking so fast.

Zhang Xiaomao's feet walked fast, and she caught up in a few steps, Chen Qiong saw that Guan Ji also stopped talking to Zhang Xiaomao, and the two of them looked at themselves from time to time, she couldn't walk so slowly, so she could only speed up her pace and walk up.

"Teacher Chen, my master is very strict, I have to go to the cave quickly, you just follow Teacher Guan." After Zhang Xiaomao said this, he pulled his legs and walked to the southernmost side.

Chen Qiong looked up in a daze, only to find that he had walked in front of the Mogao Grottoes.

Guan Ji stood without speaking, Chen Qiong also bowed his head and stood still, as if the two big Buddhas guarding the door were standing at the entrance of the Mogao Grottoes, Chen Qiong looked at the time, hesitated and tried to speak: "Is it delaying your work?" ”

"I'll wait here alone, Dean Zhao, I recognize it." Chen Qiong saw that Guan Ji didn't speak, so she added another sentence.

"Let's go, Dean Zhao, they are in the cave." Guan Ji looked at Chen Qiong with a funny face, "I just want to see if you will take the initiative to tell me a whole sentence except for asking me." ”

In fact, this is not a delay in work for Guan Ji, because Dean Zhao called him early in the morning and asked him to bring Chen Qiong to the cave, but because there was no contact information for Chen Qiong, he could only let Zhang Xiaomao contact him.

When he got up to leave, he saw Chen Qiong like that, and knew that she mistakenly thought that Dean Zhao asked Zhang Xiaomao to bring her, maybe Zhang Xiaomao didn't make it clear on the phone, anyway, Zhang Xiaomao had a natural affection for Chen Qiong, and he must be happy to do this, so he simply didn't care.

Chen Qiong walked behind, the more she thought about what happened just now, the more angry she became, and she also thought about it a lot, the love history between them has passed for seven years, and all the love, hatred, and resentment should have evaporated. Didn't love her either.

In order to prove herself, she gritted her teeth and took the initiative to talk again: "Xiao Mao is not twenty yet, right?" ”

Guan Ji and his passing colleagues nodded to say hello, and replied to Chen Qiong's words: "Just nineteen." ”

"You came here to work before graduating from college?" Chen Qiong walked a few steps quickly to catch up with the pace of Guan Ji.

"He is the grandson of a camel rider here, he has no parents since he was a child, and he lived on this Gobi with his grandfather, and then the camel rider began to disappear in modern society, and the camel has also become a plaything for people to ride and take pictures in the scenic spot, and the old man is so angry that he will never come here again, saying that it is uncomfortable to watch." Guan Ji also listened to the old man in Dunhuang, when camel guests came here, they would always come to see the master who was repairing the murals.

"Because he listened to his grandfather tell those stories on the Silk Road since he was a child, he wanted to come here more, he wanted to drop out of school and come to Dunhuang when he was a freshman in high school, and was reprimanded by the master he is now following, saying that there is no culture and is embarrassed to touch the art of Dunhuang for thousands of years, don't defile this place, and then he went back to graduate from high school, but he was not admitted to university, and the graduate school decided to let him come in and study after discussion."

Chen Qiong listened, and her face was full of doubts: "But I heard that the minimum requirement to go to the Forbidden City for restoration is a master's degree or above from a prestigious university." ”

Guan Ji was silent for a while, before continuing: "Dunhuang is located in the northwest of the Gobi Desert, life is not very convenient in all aspects, to retain talent has always been a difficult thing, although now compared with the past has improved, but compared with the big city is still boring and boring, many people come to stay for less than two years before leaving, so in addition to the introduction of talents, the institute will also cultivate its own talents." ”

"Did the research institute take a fancy to Xiao Mao's enthusiasm for Dunhuang?" Chen Qiong couldn't help but smile when she thought of Zhang Xiaomao's enthusiasm for others, and then she could also think of his enthusiasm here.

It's a big boy with a pure heart, and it's rare.

Guan Ji looked at Chen Qiong, who was laughing, nodded in agreement, and after turning around, he also smiled.