Chapter 71: A Joke (Part II)
"Are you alright..."
These four simple words hit Lin Xue's heart like a bolt of lightning. Lin Xue looked at Yang Fan's embarrassed appearance and anxious eyes, it was the first time she felt a feeling of distress in her heart, and she began to regret it, regretting that she had promised them to bless Yang Fan together. Lin Xue lowered her head in shame, but then she raised her head with a firm look in her eyes and said.
"I'm fine, I'm sorry. ”
From the first time Yang Fan saw Lin Xue, he knew that this was a prank. But although Yang Fan felt a little annoyed at being teased, it was more of an indescribable emotion, which was both grievances and helplessness, as well as a trace of pity for himself.
"That's good, it's okay. Yang Fan finally suppressed this anger and indescribable emotion, he scratched his head, and then looked at Lin Xue and said a little stiffly, "Then you're okay, I'll go first." After all, I'm going to be late for work."
Yang Fan saw the clock in the café, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and he had to hurry to the convenience store to change shifts.
"Aren't you a full-time writer? Don't you do it? And what classes do you go to on the big weekend? Today is a day for you to hold a class reunion. Lin Xue listened to Yang Fan's words, and then threw out a bunch of questions with a puzzled face.
"Ah, a class reunion specially held for me?" When Yang Fan heard this, he was a little overjoyed and a little overwhelmed, this was the first time in his life that someone had reported the party for him. The anger in his heart, and the emotion that he didn't know how to describe dissipated in an instant.
"Yes, take a leave of absence, it's a rare party. The fat man on the side looked at Yang Fan's appearance and said a little impatiently, "Ask for leave, how much is the lost work, I will give it to you." Then the fat man took out a thick wallet from his pocket, and slowly stuffed it with a hundred-dollar bill. The red is thick and very attractive.
The fat man took out five hundred dollars from his wallet and put them on the table, "Is it enough?"
"No, no, I'll just take a leave of absence. Yang Fan shook his hand and quickly refused.
After listening to Yang Fan's words, the fat man had a hint of snickering joy on his face that was difficult to see, and he slowly put the money into his thick wallet, but there were thin droplets of water on his chubby palms.
After Yang Fan apologized to everyone present, and then walked out of the café, he thought about it, and called Li Xiao first, asking Li Xiao to help replace him. Then call the store manager and explain today's class reunion. After getting the store manager's reply, Yang Fan breathed a long sigh of relief, and then walked back to the café with a smile.
Although it was a class reunion, it was obviously just a small party today, because there were only seven people with Yang Fan.
They are Lin Xue, Yang Fan, glasses, big head, fat man, mighty boy, and Wen Jing girl whose name Yang Fan can't remember.
"By the way, Yang Fan, have you found any job now and given up online writing?" Lin Xue may have talked more when she saw Yang Fan because of guilt, and continued with a hint of tenderness in her tone, "It is indeed time to give up online writing, after all, online writing can't make much money, so it's better to find a regular and promising job, with five insurances and one housing fund, at least stable." ”
Lin Xue's words have a maturity that does not match her age, although she has only graduated for a few months, she has seen through a lot, and stability has become her advice to Yang Fan.
"That's not necessarily, online writers make a lot of money, I watch those great gods write books and make TV series, and earn tens of millions of dollars as if it's fun. The glasses said, and then he looked at Yang Fan and said sincerely, "Come on, persistence is victory." ”
Yang Fan looked at the glasses, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart, when he was in high school, glasses were like this, although he was cowardly, he was very sincere to his friends, and more importantly, no matter what his friend's dream was, even if the probability of realizing the dream was infinitely close to 0, he would support it without hesitation. When Yang Fan was about to speak, a yin and yang strange voice sounded.
"I said glasses, why are you so optimistic, it is true that the writer of the great god of online literature writes well and adapts it into a game, and the TV series can give him a lot of wealth, but that kind of great god is one in a million, Yang Fan is unlikely, instead of hoping that he will become a great god, it is better to listen to Lin Xue's words and find a job in a down-to-earth manner. The mighty boy on the side said.
After hearing this, Yang Fan frowned, although this sentence was dressed in a coat of kindness and reality, but the irony in it was also demeaning and unclear.
Yang Fan looked at the person who said this, and found that after the man finished saying this, he didn't look at himself directly, but said to Lin Xue on the side, "You are right, Lin Xue." ”
Yang Fan looked at this tall and mighty man and remembered him, this was Liang Qi, the former squad leader of his own class. An honor student who was among the best in both sports and studies at the time.
When I was a student, many top students had an inexplicable sense of superiority, looked down on people who were poor in learning, and disdained to be in the company of poor students. Liang Qi is such a person, he looked down on the big head, glasses, and Yang Fan with poor academic performance at that time.
Among them, Liang Qi hates Yang Fan the most, and the reason why he hates it is very simple, because he likes Lin Xue. At that time, Yang Fan confessed to Lin Xue because of the agreement with the glasses, and Liang Qi hated Yang Fan from the bottom of his heart, because he felt that garbage should be honestly where he should be, and he was not worthy of defiling his goddess. And the proposal to call Yang Fan to tease him was made by him.
With Liang Qi's words, the whole atmosphere seemed to freeze down. The glasses glanced at Liang Qi and couldn't help muttering quietly, while the others frowned slightly and didn't speak.
"You haven't said anything about your current job. Liang Qi reluctantly took his eyes off Lin Xue's body, put it on Yang Fan and looked at it carefully.
"Oh, I'm working part-time at a convenience store now, and I'm still writing online articles. Yang Fan pulled the cuffs of his clothes and said.
"Part-time job at a convenience store?" surprised everyone who sat again.
"I didn't expect you to do this. Liang Qi said with a surprised smile, his smile said with a hint of ill-will, "You work part-time at that convenience store, we'll help you cheer you up later." ”
"Liang Qi, you're enough. The cowardly glasses said angrily, and then he puffed up his chest and said, "It's not a shameful job to work part-time at a convenience store." Yang Fan can do it if he wants, what qualifications do you have to be cynical. ”
The glasses' angry words made the entire café instantly quiet, and everyone's attention was focused on the people at their table.
Liang Qi was stunned by the words of the glasses, not because of the content of his words, but because an honest man who had always been cowardly and didn't talk much, suddenly became angry.
Liang Qi didn't know what to say for an instant, and the glasses were a little afraid and regretful, his character was originally a cowardly and honest person, and after the sudden outburst, he was a little scared in his heart.
"Eat, eat. The fat man saw that the atmosphere was so embarrassing, so he hurriedly came out to play the round.
Liang Qi reacted from the shock, his face was not good, he wanted to explode and then show his superiority, but since the fat man gave the steps, he could only go down. But he was not to be outdone, and whispered, "It's just an auto mechanic, a worker." ”
Although Liang Qi's voice was not loud, everyone at this table heard it, and everyone frowned, but no one spoke, whether it was Yang Fan or the big head who had the best relationship with glasses.
The glasses seemed to have just used up all their strength and courage, but they lowered their heads and did not refute, and the glasses that lowered their heads trembled all over, and they didn't know why.
Yang Fan looked at the glasses like this, and he didn't know what to say, because he knew that no matter what he said, Liang Qi would taunt him back, which would only make the glasses more embarrassing to him, but his silence did not mean that he wanted to escape, he had a fire in his heart. Want to vent.
Sometimes, silence is not an escape, but an effort to gather all your strength and swing it out.
At the dinner table, the fat man told several jokes, which eased the atmosphere and made the dinner table lively again, and even the glasses seemed to forget the humiliation just now, and talked and laughed with the people at the dinner table, while Yang Fan was silent.
Lin Xue looked at Yang Fan's silent appearance, she felt a little uncomfortable inexplicably, but she didn't care about Yang Fan, because she felt that some things still made Yang Fan think clearly, and although Liang Qi's tone was not good, he was right, what Yang Fan should need was a formal and stable job.
The class reunion is nothing more than a routine, reminiscing about youth, talking about the present, and looking forward to the future.
Most of today's high-spirited young people's alumni associations talk about the present and look forward to the future. And reminiscing about youth will be brought in a hurry.
Yang Fan's alumni association is no exception. Everyone is showing their best side, and this class reunion has the goddess Lin Xue.
Everyone is bragging about their work. "Modesty" has no intention of revealing his income. And looking to the future.
The fat man entered a public institution as a small civil servant, and Lin Xue entered a well-known large company as a secretary. Liang Qi also entered a well-known company as a clerk, and it is ironic that Liang Qi's company is a large enterprise that failed to apply for a cleaner at the beginning. And the big head is that his family background is not bad, and he opened a credit company before finishing college.
When Datou finished talking about his own business and his own company, Liang Qi's eyes were fiery and put on Datou's shoulders, as if they were best friends in high school, exchanging business cards and adding WeChat to each other. The years when Liang Qi once looked down on the big head seemed to disappear in each other's minds.
The rest is Yang Fan, a quiet girl and glasses. I didn't get into the glasses university, so I followed my father to learn auto repair technology. The quiet girl went to work as a clerk in an ordinary small company.
The whole dinner table seems to be divided into two groups, Yang Fan, Wen Jing Girl, and glasses are a team of three. And the others are a team.
The quiet girl kept wanting to join another group, but she was overwhelmed by the professional and advanced terms and the ethereal future, and could only wander anxiously between the two teams.
And the glasses excitedly pulled up Yang Fan and chatted enthusiastically, but the glasses were talking, Yang Fan was listening carefully and silently, and the two of them smiled from time to time, reminiscing about their youth and life.
Yang Fan's glasses are not like the big head who speaks some profound and difficult terms, but speaks some homely things, Yang Fan learned from the proud narration of glasses that he has excellent skills in his auto repair shop, and is an excellent employee every year. I learned that glasses fell in love with an ordinary girl in the factory, and I learned that the dream of glasses, glasses should be the best auto repair worker in China, and then he would make a Chinese mid-to-high-end car in the future, which would be famous all over the world and let the whole world cheer for China.
Yang Fan listened carefully to the dream of glasses, and believed in and supported the dream of glasses. Because Yang Fan saw the glasses and talked about his dreams, the dazzling light in his eyes.
"Hehe, your dream is really big, I am waiting for you to realize it. Liang Qi's untimely voice sounded. He heard the dream of glasses, and said sarcastically, "What is the first in China, what is famous in the world, workers should work hard and steadfastly, you can't play those things." When it comes to physics, when it comes to mechanical engineering, you don't even go to college. What qualifies you to have these dreams. ”
The dazzling light in the eyes of the glasses dimmed with Liang Qi's words. It's a mockery, but it's also a fact.
Yang Fan couldn't hold back any longer, he stood up, then clenched his fist and smashed it Liang Qi's face.
Yang Fan's eyes were full of anger, and he stared at Liang Qi fiercely and said
"Who gave you the right to mock someone who has been working hard for a goal?"