Although he couldn't find the hot pot restaurant for a while, Yang Fan was not in a hurry because he had the hot pot restaurant's phone number.
"Hey, beautiful girl, I'm out to pick up a friend. The navigation shows that the location is nearby, but I just can't find the way. I've been going around in circles for a long time." Yang Fan called the hot pot restaurant.
After hanging up the phone, Yang Fan and his old classmate waited for about five minutes, and then a young girl wearing the hot pot restaurant's uniform ran out of a building in a hurry.
"It turns out that we can walk here." After following the waiter into the building and walking through it, Wang Shenhai was shocked to see a flat path in front of him.
"I didn't expect that either." Yang Fan was not familiar with this place either, so he praised the waitress: "Pretty girl, thank you for your hard work. You are the prettiest girl in your store."
"It's not tiring. It's much more comfortable to go out for a walk than to stay in the store." The pretty girl felt a little embarrassed, but also very happy, although there were only two girls in their store.
"By the way, you look less than 20 years old. Have you been to Lingnan?" Yang Fan started chatting with the waiter.
The waiter shook his head: "No, I want to go, I heard it's a good place."
"Of course it's good. All the men who go there are handsome, and all the women who go there are pretty." Yang Fan said, "Going there will make people more confident."
Wang Shenhai agreed with Yang Fan’s point of view because he had spent half a year in Yangcheng.
During the six months he worked in Yangcheng, Wang Shenhai became much more confident than before.
Being called handsome guy all the time, he started to believe that he was handsome.
"In fact, going to Guangxi Province will make you more confident than going to Lingnan," said Yang Fan.
"Why?" Wang Shenhai, who had never been to Guangxi Province, asked puzzledly.
The waiter was also curious.
Guangxi Province is adjacent to Lingnan Province, but the development of the two provinces is worlds apart.
"In Guangxi, people call everyone "boss". If you hear it too often, you will mistakenly think you are rich and become more confident," said Yang Fan.
Wang Shenhai thought about it and felt more confident.
No matter how handsome a guy is, he can only work for the boss. How can he not be more confident
Back at the hot pot restaurant, Yang Fan ordered a few ingredients and asked Wang Shenhai to order a few more.
Since Yang Fan was treating, Wang Shenhai felt embarrassed to order too much, so he ordered two servings.
In Yang Fan's impression, Wang Shenhai has not changed much compared to before and he still doesn't talk much.
"It's been two years since we graduated, Shenhai, and your personality hasn't changed much." Yang Fan said to Wang Shenhai as they sat waiting for the ingredients to come out of the pot.
"It's hard to change." Wang Shenhai said helplessly, "I also want to talk more, but I can't say it."
In Wang Shenhai's impression, Yang Fan was not as cheerful and outgoing as he is now.
During this journey, Wang Shenhai could already see that Yang Fan was good at speaking, and he felt very comfortable listening to him.
Even the unfamiliar waiter showed a liking for him. He didn't like to talk much at first, but later he started chatting and laughing with him.
"The cheapest but most practical thing in the world is words of praise." Yang Fan said: "Don't be stingy with your words of praise for others. As long as you don't use them to deceive others, it doesn't matter how much you say. It can even make others and yourself happy."
Wang Shenhai agreed very much, but he felt that he just couldn't say it out loud.
The hot pot ingredients arrived and Yang Fan ordered two bottles of beer.
Although Yang Fan was riding an electric bike, he didn't care. At worst, he would just leave the drink in the hot pot restaurant.
Two bottles were not enough to drink, Yang Fan was happy and asked for two more bottles after he finished them.
"These are the last two bottles. I can only drink half a bottle and the rest is for you." Although Wang Shenhai is from the north, not every northerner can drink a lot.
Just like everyone has the impression that people from the north are tall and powerful, but in fact there are also many short people.
While drinking and chatting, Yang Fan suddenly learned from Wang Shenhai that a boy in the class had died in a car accident some time ago.
"At such a young age, we have already begun to face the separation of life and death." Yang Fan's mood suddenly became heavy.
Wang Shenhai didn't say much. When Yang Fan talked about his current work and life situation, he also talked about some of his own experiences.
After graduation, I went to Yenching University and found it to be a wonderful university.
But after half a year of squeezing in the subway and partitioned rooms, and for some other reasons, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I ran away to Shanghai.
It was similar in Shanghai. Half a year later, he went to Guangzhou again.
There are many urban villages in Guangzhou. It is quite convenient to live in an urban village near your workplace, saving you the horrible experience of squeezing into buses and subways.
But that's how people are. After riding a shared bike to work, Wang Shenhai missed the days when he had to squeeze into buses and subways in Yanjing and Shanghai.
At that time, you could see many enthusiastic and hardworking young people.
There are boys and girls, and some of the girls are even very beautiful.
Meeting each other without knowing each other, and silently riding the same subway or bus line, it is a beautiful thing to think about.
Sometimes when I stand close to someone, I can smell the other person’s perfume or shampoo, which makes me feel very good.
"I remember when you were in college... where is your girlfriend?" Yang Fan asked Wang Shenhai.
Although Wang Shenhai is shy and introverted, he is actually doing better than him. At least he has a girlfriend.
Yang Fan just hung out during his four years at university and didn't date.
According to the previous meaning, if you are not from the mountain city, don’t talk about it.
There are too many lessons to learn from seniors who said graduation meant unemployment and heartbreak, plus the material life in my previous university was not very good, so I simply won’t talk about it.
If my predecessor were alive today, he would probably think that it is pointless to talk about it, and it is also pointless not to talk about it.
If I had another chance, I would probably talk about it.
"We broke up when we were in Yanjing." Wang Shenhai said calmly, without showing any drastic emotional fluctuations, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
As I walk further and further away, there are fewer and fewer letters. Where can I ask about the fish that sink in the vast water
Yang Fan was not surprised, after all, they had broken up for a year and a half.
Like Guoguo, the scars from the injuries he suffered in kindergarten are now barely visible at first glance.
A few days ago, there seemed to be some red or white marks, but when Yang Fan looked carefully this morning, he could hardly tell that there was any injury.
In a few years, it will be as if you have never been injured.
"After running for another two years, it's time to settle down." Yang Fan said to Wang Shenhai with a sincere tone.
It is difficult for the soul to settle down after being homeless and wandering for a long time.
"Before I came to Shancheng, I went to Chengdu to look for a job for about half a month. But then I chose this place, and I probably won't move for a long time. Maybe the rest of my life will be spent in Shancheng." Wang Shenhai said with a smile. After drinking some wine, he talked a lot more than before.
"The mountain city is considered a semi-tourist city, but it's far less prosperous and bustling than those super first-tier cities. Are you willing to stay here?" Yang Fan raised his glass and clinked it with Wang Shenhai.
"Sometimes I do miss the days in the big city, but I won't feel happy if I go back. So let it be." Wang Shenhai smiled.
After eating and drinking, it was already 9:30 in the evening.
Wang Shenhai didn't ride his bike here, he took a taxi back.
Yang Fan was just about to tell the store owner to leave the electric scooter here first and come back to get it tomorrow when a beautiful figure appeared in front of him.