Chapter 41: We Are All Mortals
As soon as Xingchen came out of the door of the company, he saw the man he hadn't seen for a long time, and he really didn't appear again since that appearance, and now Xingchen didn't seem to have so many complaints in his heart when he saw him again, and his mental outlook was much better than last time.
"Xingchen, where are we going...... Eat? When Kiyoko ran up from behind, she saw that Xingchen's father was a little overwhelmed.
"Hello uncle!" Kiyoko greeted politely.
"I'll invite you to dinner!" The man was slightly embarrassed.
"No need, just say anything!" Although Kiyoko tugged at Xingchen's clothes and told her to speak leisurely, she was still as cold as ice.
"I'm thinking about the end of the year, if you don't come back to spend it with me during the New Year, and Doudou they all miss you......"
"Kiyoko, let's go!" As soon as Xingchen heard these words, he directly interrupted and pulled Kiyoko to continue walking, and she didn't look at the man again until she let Kiyoko drive away.
"Xingchen, if you don't have a New Year, you can go to my house!" Kiyoko said.
"No, I have something."
Qingzi didn't dare to say anything more, she knew that no matter what she said at this time, Xingchen would definitely refuse, it was really a fallen person at the end of the world!
Since the death of grandma, Xingchen rarely returned to his hometown alone, the old house he lived in before was in disrepair for a long time and could not be moved in, and only the day before the Qingming Festival would go to worship grandma in a year, the reason why the day before the Qingming Festival was really not to see the man's so-called happy family of three.
After returning home after eating, Qingzi directly turned on the computer and worked, it seemed that everyone was working hard to cooperate, but the task given to her by Ou Muyang was not easy at all, she seemed to understand that it was not easy for Ou Muyang to sit in that position.
"You're staying up late again tonight?" After Xingchen came out of the bath, he saw that Kiyoko was still busy.
"There are too many things to see, if you don't look at it, you won't be able to explain it tomorrow! I now finally understand that being a leader is not easy. Kiyoko smiled wryly.
"I didn't expect it, our Kiyoko grew up and knew that work is not easy!" Xingchen smiled and picked up his phone, lying comfortably on the bed and watching boredly.
When she saw Ou Muyang posting a picture of eating with An Ran in the circle of friends, she smiled bitterly in her heart, maybe only after losing it will she know the beauty of the beginning, if everything can go back to the past, there will be nothing to cherish.
"Did you sleep?" An Ran suddenly sent a message to Xingchen startled her, and she repeatedly confirmed that it was An Ran's message.
Enron rarely contacted her in this way, because every time he took the initiative to make her hold back, over time, Enron chose to chat face-to-face more directly.
"Not yet!" Xingchen still chose to talk coldly, and didn't say a word of superfluous words, she knew that the current Enron was like an arrested lamb to Ou Muyang, so she couldn't scare this "prey" away, otherwise she would also go to a dead end!
"I suddenly want to talk to you, do you mind?"
The corners of Xingchen's mouth rose after reading it, she felt that An Ran was very cute in front of her, and after the last noodle conversation, she seemed to have a more familiar and intimate feeling with An Ran.
"You've said so, can I still refuse?"
Xingchen and An Ran imagined each other's expressions across the screen like this, and the whole state was very warm and comfortable.
Kiyoko finally finished her work and closed the computer, and when she returned to the room, she found that Xingchen had fallen asleep, and her phone was still on, and when she helped turn off the phone, she accidentally saw the content of their chat. Although there is no substance and gorgeous romantic sentences, this kind of unpretentious conversation seems very sincere and happy.
She recalled Ou Muyang's longing for a business trip with An Ran before the business trip, and she had mixed feelings in her heart. She also knew that the girl An Ran liked was Xingchen, she was just passing by and Ou Muyang was definitely not, what would happen if Ou Muyang knew about her? Will you still be desperate to pursue safety?
People are like this, and what they can't do by themselves usually admires people who can do it. At this moment, Qingzi sympathized with Ou Muyang's infatuation and her own cowardice and firmness, and she became the middleman of this "game".
Xingchen received He Fangfang, who had not been in touch for a long time, before she got off work, so she was a little excited.
He Fangfang still took her to the bar they went to for the first time, because Xingchen had a hard-hearted love affair at that bar, and she hadn't been there since Zeyang left.
"Do you know what it means to let go of someone?" He Fangfang asked.
Xingchen shook her head when she heard this, as if she had never seriously thought about it.
"It's about being at peace with all the things that are relevant to the person."
Xingchen nodded thoughtfully, then thought for a few seconds and then asked, "Sister Fang, have you ever met a man who makes you very excited." ”
"Of course there is, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be in this city."
All women like the man they admire, so that they can be a little woman to admire him.
He Fangfang once had a childhood boyfriend, and she followed her when her boyfriend was admitted to the city's university. Her boyfriend goes to school, she goes to work, this seemingly mismatched couple He Fangfang felt unusually happy during the four years that the boy was studying, she never cared about the eyes of others, and the boy's excellence always made her infinitely admired.
She thought that this time-tested relationship would have a happy ending, but she didn't expect her boyfriend after college to abandon her because of a tempting job.
He Fangfang said that at that time, she was as lost and even desperate as the sky had fallen, but after a long time, she realized that it was just the tip of the iceberg in life. People go to high places and water flows to low places, as if all the names with the word "ideal" can be forgiven.
"I'm leaving!" He Fangfang was particularly emotional.
"Let's go? Where to? Xingchen recalled that he met his former colleagues a few days ago and said that He Fangfang's performance was very good, and the boss attached great importance to her. Obviously, the "leaving" that He Fangfang said was something that Xingchen could never have imagined.
"Go home!"
"Oh, when are you coming back?" Xingchen thought that He Fangfang was just going home for the New Year, thinking that it was just a false alarm.
"I'm not coming, I'm here to say goodbye to you today."
Xingchen remembered that He Fangfang had a house and a car here, and her job was good, how many foreign girls gave up like this when she gave up all she wanted to have? Went back to that little town and started all over again? So why did you run out again in the first place?
Xingchen didn't know where to start all of a sudden, and all the thousands of words converged into one sentence: "Have a safe journey!" ”
"Aren't you curious?" Instead, He Fangfang asked.
"Of course I'm curious, but I'm sure your decision is deliberate and you don't regret it."
He Fangfang picked up the wine glass and touched her glass, then drank the rest of the wine with a smile: "You think too highly of me, I am just an ordinary working girl, like all the working girls here, I want to take root in the big city, get promoted and make a fortune, and then escape from that poor and backward small mountain village forever, I am no different." ”
"Then why did you go back?"
"My mom is sick and wants to go back and see."
Xingchen looked at He Fangfang's eyes with crystal tears, and at that moment she seemed to understand everything......
"Since Huang Jinzhong's wife slapped me, I told myself that I would never live with all the compromises, I want her to return it to me with interest, if it weren't for Mr. Long, I think Huang Jinzhong's company would have closed down a long time ago, if it weren't for me, Huang Jinzhong still has that self-righteous wife, can they have today?"
"Then you and Mr. Huang ......"
"That's it, take what you need from every scene, this is the law of survival."
Xingchen, who is not deeply involved in the world, seems to have read the whole world from He Fangfang's words, and when he just stepped out of the society, he always thought that as long as he faced the world with sincerity, the world would be reciprocated with love and warmth. We always simply think that evil will be rewarded with evil, and good will be rewarded with good, and as long as we have always been good, we will be treated gently by this world.
That's just a simple fantasy to comfort this complex world.
It's rare that Qingzi stays at home on the weekend and plans to sleep until she wakes up naturally, and Xingchen hasn't come back because he sent He Fangfang to the airport. Ou Muyang and An Ran finally came back today, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that she is not suitable to be a leader at all, but a small task makes her feel a lot of pressure.
Suddenly, Qingzi's mobile phone rang, and it turned out that Chen Xiaofei asked her to go out to the beach to play. Recently, it seems that this Chen Xiaofei is becoming more and more courageous, and even Qingzi is a little shaken.
Kiyoko thought that it had been a long time since she had gone out to breathe in the fresh air, and sighed at the vast sea, although it was a little cold, it should feel good, so she agreed.
Today's sun is shining with a cold winter, and the whole person is warm, and as soon as Qingzi walked out of the downstairs, he was suddenly blinded by the bright sun.
"Bring?" Chen Xiaofei took out a pair of sunglasses in time.
"Thank you!" Chen Xiaofei's carefulness and thoughtfulness are like the winter sunshine that warms the whole heart.
After getting into the car, Kiyoko asked curiously, "Why are you so interested in going to the beach to blow the wind today?" ”
"I'm in a good mood!"
"But I haven't been to the beach for a long time, and I feel like all the worries and pressures will disappear as long as I get to the beach."
Chen Xiaofei took Qingzi directly to a restaurant near the sea, although this restaurant does not have the elegant style of a Western restaurant, it is more close to the style of a farmhouse, and it is a restaurant opened by local fishermen, so the seafood is rich and fresh, and it immediately attracts a lot of foreign tourists.
Although Kiyoko doesn't have a special hobby for seafood, she likes this kind of intimate and natural feeling, as long as there is the sea, it seems that anything can be ignored.
When I arrived at the restaurant, it was already past lunchtime, and Kiyoko, who didn't have time to eat breakfast, was really hungry. Seeing that there was a dish, I didn't care about any lady and ate it vividly.
Eating and drinking enough and blowing the sea breeze, Kiyoko feels that this moment is heaven on earth.
Just when Qingzi was about to go to the beach for a walk, she saw Chen Xiaofei come out with a small cake, she reflected for a moment, it didn't seem to be her birthday, she immediately thought that today was Chen Xiaofei's birthday.
"Happy birthday, you didn't tell me in advance, so I didn't even prepare a gift for you!" Kiyoko was a little annoyed.
"It's the best gift for you to spend my birthday with me." Chen Xiaofei's eyes were full of gratitude, and he thought that if Qingzi refused today, then his birthday would not be over.
Thankfully, everything was perfect today and they were happy!