"Future junior, don't live up to my good intentions."

Tao Ting took his cup and poured water for him, and said, "Borrow your auspicious words." ”

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time, Li Jie's hair was cut short, and he was wearing a suit, and Tao Ting almost didn't recognize him just now.

"You just got off work?"

"Hmm." Li Xie dismantled the chopsticks and cleaned the dishes, "I am busy every day, and I feel ten years older after working for a year." ”

"No, it's still handsome." Tao Ting asked him, "What kind of wine do you drink?" ”

"Just beer, we'll have to get up early tomorrow."

"Isn't it a holiday tomorrow?"

Li took off his coat, pulled off his tie and said, "I'll go back to my hometown to see my parents." ”

"Auntie." Tao Ting raised her hand and shouted, "Take two bottles of beer." ”

"You didn't drive today?" Li Xie asked her.

"No, someone will pick it up later."

I haven't been in touch for so long, the relationship is not strange, and after the pleasantries, it seems that there is nothing to say, Liam used to be the one who has a lively atmosphere, but now he is full of fatigue from only a day of work, and he doesn't seem to be in much interest.

"Well, are you still in touch with An Jin?" Tao Ting took the initiative to ask.

"Sometimes we talk a little bit." Li explained, "She is also quite busy, she has a new leader, and now she is working as an assistant to the president." ”

Tao Ting nodded, picked up the cup and took a sip of wine, as if there was no topic to talk about again.

"Leon left Norbert, you know?" Li Xie asked coldly.

"Huh?" She hadn't heard this name for too long, Tao Ting froze, her heart twitched, her breathing hurt her chest, and she shook her head.

"I heard that he resigned on the first day he returned to headquarters." Li Xie picked up a slice of boiled beef, and Tao Ting specially ordered a Sichuan restaurant to thank him, and half of the dishes on the table were spicy.

Tao Ting was puzzled: "Why?" ”

Li explained: "He was originally an outcast. You forgot? Did anyone in our department pay attention to him when he first arrived? ”

Tao Ting certainly remembers that that week Leon's office was as silent as a prison, and no one cared about it.

But she still didn't know too clearly: "What does he mean, what did he do?" ”

"An Jin told me a little bit, he seems to be jealous of the big boss? I don't know the specifics. Li Xie picked up the wine glass, "He was transferred to China just to force him to leave." ”

Tao Ting was even more puzzled: "Then why didn't he resign at the beginning, he spent so much thought on the new energy vehicle project, and said he wouldn't do it?" ”

Li Xie shrugged: "Who knows." But I'll do the same if I change me, don't you want me to go? Then I'll pick a time when you need me the most, and I'll be relieved. ”

For Tao Ting now, that person is distant and unfamiliar, but she still can't help but ask: "What is Leon doing now?" ”

Li Xie replied, "You have to ask An Jin, she should know." ”

"I still want to ......," she stopped, not continuing.

"What do you want?"

Tao Ting shook her head: "It's nothing." ”

Towards the end, Ji Feng called her.

"Hey."

"I've arrived, have you eaten yet?"

Tao Ting stretched her neck to look at the door, found Ji Feng's figure, and beckoned to him through the glass: "I saw you, come out immediately." ”

"Who?" Li Xie showed a gossipy smile, "Have a boyfriend?" ”

Tao Ting shook her head: "No." ”

Li Xie looked at the man outside the door: "It's very handsome." ”

Tao Ting got up with her bag on her back: "Do you want to send you back?" ”

"Nope." Li Xie refused, "Don't bother you two." ”

"No, they all said no." Tao Ting said in a serious tone.

"Yes, I understand." Li Xie pinched his throat and learned her to speak, "'I have to concentrate on the graduate school entrance examination now, and I will talk about other things later.'" ’”

Tao Ting smiled helplessly, waved her hand and said, "I'll go first, bye-bye." ”

"Well, contact me if you have something."

The temperature in the restaurant was high, and as soon as the cold wind blew on her face when she went out, Tao Ting shivered.

"Buckle up your coat and don't catch a cold." Ji Feng said.

Tao Ting shrunk her shoulders and buttoned it and asked him, "Just finished work?" ”

"Well, my part is finished, Mr. Tao, they are still in the shed."

"Then he's going to be late for today."

On the way, Ji Feng asked Tao Ting: "What are you going to do on National Day?" ”

"Review, what else can I do." Tao Ting said.

"Huh." Ji Feng sighed, "I really hope it's Christmas in the blink of an eye." ”

"Why are you in a hurry for Christmas?"

He asked rhetorically, "What are you talking about?" ”

Tao Ting pretended she didn't understand: "What are you doing? ”

Ji Feng also pretended to be stupid: "Don't do it, I just like Christmas." ”

Tao Ting lowered her head and looked at the road under her feet, and slowly exhaled: "I want to concentrate on the graduate school entrance examination now." ”

"I know." Ji Feng lowered his voice.

Tao Ting suddenly raised her head and looked at him with a frown.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't talk at the top of your voice, like my dad."

Ji Feng was stunned and laughed in a low voice: "Okay, okay, I don't want to take advantage of you yet." ”

One night, Tao Ting had insomnia.

With a six-hour time difference, it's dusk in Munich.

She curled up, wrapped in a quilt, holding her mobile phone to open Weibo.

Coincidentally, a few minutes ago, "nichtmehrda" just released a new piece of content, Tao Ting zoomed in on the picture, the background lights were dim, and two glasses of foreign wine filled with ice cubes were placed on the bar.

Did he go to a new company? Off work? And new colleagues? Or a girlfriend?

There's another sentence on the picture: Time flies.

Tao Ting turned over in the dark, having just received an internship offer from Norbert last year, flattered by the fact that she did not know why they had hired her, and at the same time feeling uneasy about the unfamiliar working environment and worried that she would not perform well.

Time flies so fast, it's going to be a year soon.

During the year, the seed he inadvertently planted quietly sprouted and grew.

I don't know if he's doing well or not, but she's doing well.

I don't know if he remembers himself, and she doesn't seem to care about the answer anymore.

Tao Ting closed her eyes, she didn't want to be anyone anymore, and she didn't want to be a benchmark again.

In December, shops follow the trend and Christmas trees can be seen everywhere, and before Christmas Eve, the festive atmosphere is already very strong.

Tao Ting was still unlucky enough to catch a cold, and her snot flowed uncontrollably.

This made Yang Fangting anxious, worried that the cold medicine would work slowly, and she wanted to take Tao Ting directly to the hospital to hang water.

"It's okay, I don't have a fever, it doesn't matter."

"Don't go out these days, stay at home."

Tao Ting nodded, there were only a few days left before the graduate school entrance examination, and she just wanted to finish it all quickly, and she couldn't even feel nervous.

"When you finish the exam, your father has booked a hotel, no matter what the result is, you have worked hard this year, so I will celebrate you well."

Tao Ting pursed her lips and said with some embarrassment: "I didn't do it that night, I made an appointment." ”

"Who?"

Tao Ting said vaguely: "A friend." ”

Yang Fangting looked at her, Tao Ting had been concentrating on preparing for the exam this year, and she hadn't seen her go out much, nor had she heard of any new friends she had made.

"Okay." Yang Fangting handed her the cold water, "Take the medicine." ”

Tao Ting swallowed the capsule in her palm with water, and heard her mother say: "This year is a cold winter, and the temperature will be below zero in the next two days, so you must pay attention to keeping warm." ”

"Will it snow this year?"

"Maybe." Yang Fangting took the water cup, "You have a good rest." ”

Chapter 23

It's the end of the year in the blink of an eye, and it's been an extraordinary weekend for all the graduate school entrance examination parties.

The bell rang for the end of the last subject, Tao Ting breathed a long sigh of relief, and pinched her sore right hand, still not relieved.

The night was dark, the street lights were shining, and the sky was drizzling.

She followed the crowd out of the examination room, her face buried in her scarf, her mind blank.

There were a lot of people around the door, and Tao Ting tried her best to tiptoe up and look around, and finally found Ji Feng's figure.

As she approached him, she curled the corners of her mouth and tried to squeeze a smile.

"Is it cold or not?" Ji Feng took out a white beanie hat from the paper bag, "Put it on for you?" ”