Cakes, muffins, and tea were served again, and the sky was getting darker, and clouds reddened by the setting sun floated outside the huge glass windows of the cafe. The giant LED screens inlaid on the densely packed high-rise buildings on both sides of the long river that divides the old and new urban areas gradually light up.
The coffee shop is located in the northwest corner of a spacious circular shopping plaza in the central area of the city. The plaza is too large, and in order to facilitate customers to travel between different shopping malls happily and in a time-saving manner, the ground of the plaza is paved with tram tracks. The uninterrupted retro tram is full of people carrying shopping bags of various sizes, crowded but orderly.
The coffee shop is a newly emerging Internet celebrity shop. The interior is very spacious. There are separate compartments for company meetings. There are also semi-circular sofas that are convenient for small gatherings. Office workers who put on headphones, make phone calls while working, and frantically pour coffee.
There is not much difference in such a scene whether it was 20 years ago or 20 years later - except that the notebook on the table is getting thinner and thinner, the earphones are getting smaller and smaller, and some people are drinking drinks with their eyes open, but they have actually been connected. To the game world...and beyond.
Today is Sunday, and there are not many people who can really rest. Shi Yue also just came out of the meeting in the morning. Except for the one for Xu Youyuan, other people's gifts were bought at noon.
Xu Youyuan had been going to the bathroom for too long, probably because Shi Ye also followed.
Shi Yue and her sister's best friends chatted non-stop, looking in the direction of the bathroom from time to time.
Shiyue's major is the most popular at the moment. These aunties who were born in the early 2000s are both unfamiliar and curious about this major. It just happens that people are right in front of them, and no one patronizes the new tea, so they keep asking questions around Shiyue. It's like a small press conference.
"You're only twenty-three this year, so you graduated with a master's degree? How old did you go to college?"
"Yes, I was a five-year primary school student. Later, I skipped a level, and I graduated with a combined undergraduate and master degree. I graduated a year earlier than the usual separate study."
"So what do you major in? Are you all dealing with robots?"
"It's not necessarily. The artificial intelligence that everyone knows is only a general direction, and there are many refinements. Like what I learned is more practical, and it is a popular major in the market."
"Practical? How practical?"
Shi Yue said: "The most practical thing is that it is easy to find a job."
Shi Yue's answer caused a burst of laughter.
The people present basically have no experience of living in foreign countries for a long time, and they are naturally curious about Shiyue.
Since the recession, refugee problems, and terrorism gripped overseas two decades ago, Chinese people have grown to prefer to stay at home. There are still some who go out, but the number is decreasing year by year. The domestic economic development is not as good as before, and the unemployment rate and crime rate are high, but compared with overseas, personal safety is still more guaranteed.
Most of the modern Chinese people's overseas knowledge of natural and man-made disasters is through the Internet and news. As a hot returnee, Shi Yue is young and lovely, and she is very chatty, and the topic has gradually shifted from foreign knowledge, professional outlook, and social issues to her personal issues.
"Have you dated someone?" Jiang Yun was the first to gossip, "Is the sexual orientation male or female?"
Everyone booed her: "How can you be like this, ask other people's children's privacy."
Jiang Yun said confidently: "Twenty-three, still a child? Maybe you have more experience in love than you."
"...You're seeing that when Shiye isn't here, no one will take care of you, right?"
"Looking at the grown-up children, you can also make fun of your old face."
Shi Yue laughed along, Jiang Yun completely blocked them, and kept chasing after him and asking Shi Yue, "Come on, tell my sister, don't be shy, what type do you like?"
Shi Yue really took care of her: "Me, I like mature sisters."
In the bathroom, Ben's hands that were staggering foaming slowed down, and soon resumed the proper rhythm, Xu Youyuan asked back:
"Did she tell you?"
Shi Ye lowered his voice and leaned in front of Xu Youyuan, unbelievable:
"You really..."
Xu Youyuan didn't speak, she took out a piece of absorbent paper and stuck it on the back of her hand. Soon the water on her hand was sucked dry, and the paper disappeared.
Seeing her unhurried look, Shi Ye was anxious:
"What are you mad at with a child, she is so much younger than you, a generation behind."
Xu Youyuan was upset, she was not a good-natured person:
"It's because you're so young that you're angry! Don't tell me that you're a senior, I'm eleven years older than her, so I understand it very well. What does she mean by asking you to say this now? I don't know what the hell is going on? Whoever came from that age doesn't know who? Shi Ye, don't pretend, this time you say it's useless."
"What am I pretending to be, I'm not persuading you?" Shi Ye looked towards the bathroom door, for fear that someone would come at this time, "Xiaoyue is sometimes a little skinny, after all, her age is set here. You said it, it's all Younger people, did you lose control in your early twenties? I'll apologize to you for her, okay? Don't be angry, anger hurts you."
Xu Youyuan sighed: "Forget it, it's not a big deal, I'm still a divorced at my age, and it seems hypocritical to care about these. It's just that the recent series of unfortunate things have caught up with my aunt's old age, and the evil fire in my heart is controlled. don't stop."
Shi Ye smiled and said: "You used to have similar virtues. When the dog's temper is not good, don't rely on Auntie."
When Xu Youyuan re-buttoned her sleeves, she glanced at Shi Ye: "You and her have a good relationship, I'll tell you everything."
"Of course, there are only two children in our family. She is so much younger than me. It hurts to be a daughter since she was a child." Shi Ye looked at her, "Speaking of which, what about divorced people, now the divorce rate is so high, and same-sex marriage is not good enough? Where are you going, why are you labeling yourself?"
"I didn't put a label on it, it's just shameful to say it out... She's so much younger than me, and she's still my younger sister. She's grown up. Like you said, she's a generation behind." Xu Youyuan didn't say Knowing what I thought, my face was a little red, and my throat was inexplicably dry, so I cleared my throat.
Shi Ye felt more and more wrong: "Wait a minute Xu Youyuan, what's the matter with you and my sister?"
Xu Youyuan looked at her for a long time, and understood: "You don't even know how dare you, are you here to tease me?"
"I thought when you guys had a grudge, and she didn't say anything when I asked her, so I can only come to ask you. How about the result? The more you listen, the more wrong it is, what the hell is going on!" Shi Ye lowered his voice and shouted in a low voice.
Xu Youyuan avoided her eyes and snorted in annoyance.
Shi Ye understood her too well, and it was precisely because he understood that he felt even more terrifying.
"Don't be what I think..." Shi Ye was like the chief thief who assigned tasks at night, his voice was too small to be quieter, "You and Xiaoyue..."
"Did it." Xu Youyuan was expressionless, too lazy to make excuses and admit it directly.
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"I like a mature sister, that's just right, what do you think of me?" Jiang Yun said boldly, "My sister is just single, look, it's better to come early than to come by chance."
Shi Yue was happy, stood up amidst the teasing of Jiang Yun by her friends and said, "I went to see my sister, why didn't you come out for a long time."
When Shi Yue left, Ah Rod pushed Jiang Yun: "You look like you are hungry, you are not afraid of scaring others."
Jiang Yun was aggrieved: "Just treat me as being green, have pity on me. I'm just talking about slapsticks. Who doesn't like a good-looking and good-natured girl? It's good to be funny, Shen Qing It's refreshing, people won't take my old aunt seriously."
When Shi Yue walked to the door of the bathroom, she heard someone talking inside, she slowed down, and when she approached the door, she recognized that it was her sister's voice.
"Fuck..." Shi Ye developed the habit of not saying swear words in the system, and even tried to avoid words next to swear words, he must be really anxious to be so blunt, "Xu Youyuan, what are you talking about? !"
"It's done, you heard it." Xu Youyuan turned her collar over, took out the hand cream from her pocket, and wiped it carefully.
Shi Ye wanted to ask which "do" it was, but he swallowed the words. If you ask this question out of the mouth, you will be really pissed off.
The two stood in the bathroom, silent for a long time without speaking. The OLED screen hanging on the wall is playing the latest popular music, and the sound is not too loud. Usually, it can cover up some embarrassing sounds, but at this moment, it is impossible to cover up the deliberately low voice of conversation.
Still Shi Ye spoke first:
"Are you serious?"
Xu Youyuan looked at her.
Shi Ye explained: "I'm not an antique, of course I know that the times are different now and I'm very open, but it's my own sister, I always hope that she won't take detours in anything. More importantly... Kitten, I'll just say it straight, you just got divorced and you're stuck in a rut, if you're looking for someone to vent and entertain, I hope that person isn't my sister."
It can be seen that Xu Youyuan's heart is filled with gas, and there are obvious ups and downs in her chest.
Shi Ye asked her, "Where have you been these days, and why are you involved with Xiaoyue? Did you really go to Iceland? Did you meet in Iceland?"
"no."
"Then what's going on!" Shi Ye desperately wanted to know.
Xu Youyuan has never liked to beat around the bush. Since her friends want to know, there is nothing she can't hide: "I don't have a hobby of having sex with children. Speaking of which, this is a complete accident."