After returning from Qinghai, the two started a 'cohabitation' life.
In fact, they didn’t intend to live together at first, but Jiang Qi’s cooking is delicious, and he always cooks to seduce the little girl, and then he coaxes her to stay overnight—because Jiang Qi’s residence and Lan Da are both in Dongcheng District , not far away, and the boy could always drive her to school early in the morning, and as time passed, Zhiqi unconsciously became tricky with this kind of treatment.
The main thing is to spend more time with Jiang Qi.
So Zhiqi's toothbrush, shoes, pajamas, and other things belonging to girls appeared in Jiang Qi's house one by one, all pervasive and meticulous.
Every morning when Jiang Qi wakes up and sees the little girl in his arms who is sleeping soundly, with a sweet face, he feels that somewhere in his heart is full and content.
It would be great if I could live like this with Zhiqi for the rest of my life.
While one part is satisfied, the other part of the heart can't help feeling more and more empty.
Zhiqi is currently preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination, and he has been working hard to find a job, but... it is not so easy.
Jiang Qi's 'want to find a job to support himself' can be said to have been defeated repeatedly.
On the second day after he came back from Qinghai, he went to a 4S store near Dongcheng District to apply for a job. Jiang Qi had seen a notice for a repairman posted on the sign at the door before, but when he went to apply for the job, the person from the personnel department HR didn't know why he looked at him suspiciously, and called the manager after a while.
The manager is a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard. Seeing Jiang Qi's thin body, he snorted disdainfully, and his tone was full of suspicion: "You can repair cars."
Jiang Qi only said one word: "Yes."
"Which technical school did you graduate from?" The manager narrowed his eyes: "Do you have a certificate?"
Jiang Qi was silent, for a moment he was dumbfounded—he really didn't think that applying for a car repair job these days would require some kind of 'certificate', it seems that this is really an era when academic qualifications are king.
Seeing that he didn't speak, the manager knew that he didn't have one, so he waved his hand: "Why are you applying for a job without a technician's certificate? Don't you just learn the skills of a three-legged cat for a few days somewhere and just come here to make up for it? Let's go. Let's go. "
No matter how upright Jiang Qi was, it was impossible for him to say that his 'technique' was learned in prison, so he just pursed his lips and tried again: "No...how about you let me fix the car?" try?"
"I say forget it." But the manager left without looking back.
Jiang Qi heard him muttering secretly as he walked: "This long embroidered pillow is here to apply for the dirty work of a 4S shop? It's not like I hired a swanky ancestor to come back and do it."
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It was only then that Jiang Qi realized that he had been 'discriminated against by appearance'.
Oddly enough, this is the first time he has been despised because he looks like an 'embroidered pillow'.
After visiting a few more shops, even Jiang Qi, a remote personal repair shop, he discovered that this kind of appearance discrimination among men is actually very common.
Most of the men who work in the lowest-level car repair business are men who can endure hardships and stand hard work, or drop out of school early to learn "a skill" without learning talent, or choose this kind of easy-to-start industry because they want to make a living like him. But basically they are all strong and rugged.
Jiang Qi's figure is too thin, and his appearance is too delicate and delicate.
In the eyes of these rough old men, a person like him is most likely a nobleman to experience life, so he will not be hired.
When Jiang Qi went to the last repair shop, the boss had tall legs and long legs, and only wore a vest. His exposed arms and shoulders were thin and strong, stained with sweat, and he could clearly see a lot of oil and dust in the sun. .
When he heard that Jiang Qi had come to apply for the job, he bit his cigarette and let out a sneer.
"Just like you, come to fix the car?" The man glanced at him and said contemptuously, "Forget it."
Jiang Qi has heard countless words like this in the past month of looking for a job here, and now he is numb, but he can't always return without success, and he can't really wait until his ammunition runs out and rely on Zhiqi to support him.
So the young man looked down, pretending he didn't hear the boss's sarcasm, instead he asked without shame, "Why?"
"We are all people who do rough work here. Can you lift a tire with this board?" The boss smiled, and patted Jiang Qi's shoulder with his big hand—fortunately, Jiang Qi was wearing a black shirt, which was stained by oil. It can't be seen even if it is stained.
The boss said frankly: "I think it's more suitable for you to be a little boy."
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If it was placed a few months ago, no matter whether Jiang Qi could beat the boss in front of him who was a lot stronger than him, he would have to let him try his fists.
But now it is different from the past, he has Zhiqi, so he can't let the little girl worry, he must always remember to control his violent emotions.
So Jiang Qi just lowered his eyes indifferently, and flicked away the boss's hand on his shoulder with his slender fingers.
He didn't comment on the "little boy" three-word animal. Instead, he walked to a pile of tires in the corner of the repair shop amidst a playful gaze, and bent over to pick up one.
Jiang Qi was not afraid of getting dirty, looked at the boss after getting up and asked calmly: "Do you need me to change it?"
A flash of astonishment flashed in the boss's eyes, and he nodded slightly after pondering for a while: "Then you go and try to change into the black Wrangler on the left."
Jiang Qi nodded and pushed the tires over.
There are a lot of tools beside the car, including wrenches and everything, he doesn't need to ask for it, Jiang Qi concentrates on his work.
When changing the tire, Jiang Qi had only one thought in his mind.
—He can't do anything but repair cars. This is the eleventh repair shop he's 'applied for'. No matter how humiliating it is, he will try to get this job.
So soon, Jiang Qi quickly replaced the tire.
He moved quickly and worked meticulously. After the boss came over to take a look, his expression was no longer as disapproving as before.
"Brother." Instead, the boss leaned against the car and chatted with Jiang Qi, and after biting a cigarette, he handed him a cigarette: "You're doing a good job, but how did you find such a job? ?”
Jiang Qi took the cigarette, but held it in his hand without smoking, and responded indifferently: "I only know how to repair cars."
Or there will be an 'acting', but it is impossible for him to go back and act.
The boss raised his eyebrows: "Why don't you smoke?"
Jiang Qi shook his head, then returned him: "Quit smoking."
Smoking is too expensive, it's better to quit, besides, Zhi Qi doesn't like the smell of cigarettes either.
"Hehe." The boss smiled, and shook his head helplessly, "It's not good not to smoke. We're full of old smokers here, so you won't be able to smoke second-hand smoke every day?"
Hearing what he meant, Jiang Qi paused, and put the protruding cigarette back between his lips.
Seeing Jiang Qi being so clever and 'on the right track', the boss couldn't help but smile happily.
"Then you can come to work from Monday, but although my repair shop is not small, the basic salary of a repairman is not high. The basic salary is 4,000, and the commission is calculated separately. What do you think?"
For Jiang Qi, having a job now is a matter of 'the rain comes after a long drought', so he nodded without any hesitation: "Okay."
"Okay, work hard in the future." After the boss said this, he just finished smoking a cigarette. He was about to get up and leave, and he turned his head and said to Jiang Qi as if thinking of something: "My surname is Zhan Mingyang. Just call me Brother Zhan."
So after signing the labor contract, Jiang Qi worked in Zhanyang's repair shop.
When Zhiqi came back from get out of class and heard that he had found a job, his eyes lit up, and he threw himself on the young man with a smile: "Jiang Qi, I just said you can do it."
Before Jiang Qi couldn't find a job, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and went to the balcony to watch the stars, but Zhi Qi knew it all.
But she couldn't bear to increase his psychological burden, so the girl kept pretending to be confused, but she knew that Jiang Qi had the ability to handle everything, and the facts were exactly as she expected.
"Qiqi." The girl's crooked smiling eyes were close at hand, but Jiang Qi raised his hands and dared not hug her in a daze: "I just came back from the repair shop, and my body is covered in dust and dirt..."
"It's okay." Zhi Qi held his face in his hands, and kissed him with a 'Bo Haw': "I don't despise you."
Later, when Jiang Qi recalled the time when he and Zhiqi lived together, he realized that the little girl had been persevering and filling him with the words "We are equal, I am proud of you, and I don't despise you" all the time. Only then did he rebuild his self-confidence bit by bit.
Only then did he truly walk out of that dark haze.
If they walk out, there is a flat road leading to the light in front of them. If they can't walk out, it will be like the boundless loneliness of the winter night.
In fact, during that period of time, it was not in jeopardy, but I didn't feel it at the time. It was only when I thought about it later that I suddenly realized what the girl had done.
At that time, Jiang Qi just developed a habit—the habit of going to the bathroom to clean himself immediately after get off work.
As Zhan Yang said, the work in the auto repair shop is dirty and tiring. Even if you wear overalls and gloves, you will inevitably be covered with gasoline dirt all day long. Besides, the 'old fritters' working there are I really can't leave my mouth.
Since Jiang Qi is determined to quit smoking, even if he gets along with them day and night, he will not have the idea of smoking.
It's just that at the end of the day, my body is almost turned into a chimney by second-hand smoke.
In order to avoid being smoked to Zhiqi, the first thing he did when he got home was to wash his clothes and take a shower.
Fortunately, Zhiqi had been busy with postgraduate entrance examinations during that time, so she came back later than him.
However, there are extremely occasional times when Jiang Qi will miscalculate.
For example, one day when Zhi Qi came back earlier, he was washing in the bathroom, and he couldn't hear anything due to the rush of water from the shower.
The girl changed her shoes at the entrance and went in, only to see Jiang Qi's coat hanging at the door but no one was there, and no one answered after calling a few times, so she frowned in confusion.
"Jiang Qi?" Zhi Qi called again: "Aren't you at home?"
Still no answer.
And it wasn't until she walked in with her bare feet that she heard the faint sound of water flowing from the bathroom.
Um? Is Jiang Qi taking a shower in the bathroom? Or is the toilet running
Zhiqi knocked on the door, but seeing that there was still no answer, she immediately felt that the bathroom was flooded, so she simply opened the door and planned to ask the property management to deal with it - but through a thin layer of steam, she saw the boy faintly visible under the mist of water. figure.
"Jiang, Jiang Qi!" Zhi Qi called out, and immediately covered her eyes with her little hand, "Why don't you talk at home!"
The corner of her white and tender skin exposed under her hands was so red that it was tender and charming.
Jiang Qi looked at it, his water-soaked eyes were dark and joking.
"Go ahead and wash..." Zhi Qi complained, and would leave before Jiang Qi could reply: "I'll go out first."
"No hurries."
In the end, she didn't run away, and the girl was grabbed by the wrist by the teenager, and she was pulled in front of her.
The ground like the Water Curtain Cave was very slippery, and Zhi Qi was afraid of falling, so she screamed and hugged Jiang Qi's waist tightly.
The water from the shower also soaked the girl's whole body.
Zhiqi was still wearing a white shirt skirt, which was completely wet now, and it was firmly stuck to her body, outlining the uneven curves vividly. The white fabric gradually became transparent, and the inside was faintly visible.
"Jiang Qi!" Zhi Qi was ashamed and angry, and couldn't help punching him with her small fist: "You're so annoying."
Jiang Qi remained silent, his eyes staring at her gradually ignited flames.
After a while, I lowered my head to kiss and suck gently.
"Qiqi, I've done everything." Jiang Qi chuckled, the shoulder blades held by Zhiqi trembled slightly: "Why are you so shy?"
As he spoke, he picked up the girl and placed her by the pool in front of the mirror.