Returning to Ning Junyan's house alone, Chen Yuncheng sat on the bed and saw Long Zhanyu reply him: "I will try my best to get them to speak."
He typed a few words up, hesitantly deleted and edited it several times, but in the end he didn't send it out, and lay on his back on the bed.
The next morning, Chen Yuncheng went out before Ning Junyan came back from the night shift. He still went back to the store to clean up, and went to the dry cleaner opposite to pick up Ning Junyan's washed down jacket and the scarf that was sent for washing later. . After that, someone called him and wanted to see the shop. He waited for nearly an hour, and the person who visited the shop came over and gave him a brief introduction to the surrounding environment.
When the man left, Chen Yuncheng felt that he was not satisfied.
The surrounding area is full of old houses, and the flow of people is average, but the environment of the shops is not good, and the shops are cramped and cramped. There is a new commercial area less than a thousand meters ahead, and the environment is much better than this section.
Before leaving, Chen Yuncheng gave the key to the owner of the lottery shop next door. If anyone came to visit the shop for two days, he would ask the owner of the lottery shop to help open the door. He himself began to seriously plan for a new job.
In the past, when Chen Yuncheng still had some savings, he also thought about selling out his grocery store and using the money to partner with others to do some other business, but now that he has no cost in his hands, even if he sublet the shop, the rent he gets will not be enough. To repay the debt to Ning Junyan, he can only find a job that he can do.
He looked for job advertisements on his mobile phone, and chose the one that did not require academic qualifications. Although he was a little tired but had more money, he could contact the recruiter by himself.
I bought two egg pancakes for lunch and squatted on the roadside to solve it.
Chen Yuncheng didn't regret that he didn't study hard before. In fact, his foundation was too poor. His studies could not keep up with the progress of others, and he had no financial support. It was an inevitable choice to go out to work.
However, he once thought that when he was around 30 years old, he could stabilize and maybe not become a big boss. At least he could start a small business, start a family or something, but he didn't expect to start everything from scratch now.
I went to two interviews in the afternoon. Chen Yuncheng felt that they were not too reliable, so he made appointments with three more companies to continue interviews tomorrow.
Later, when he received a call from Ning Junyan and asked him if he would go back for dinner, Chen Yuncheng replied, "Okay, I'll be right back."
When he got home, Ning Junyan was cooking dinner.
Chen Yuncheng avoided the wound and washed his hands, and came back to the kitchen to help him.
Dinner was two stir-fried vegetables and a bowl of soup. Chen Yuncheng and Ning Junyan sat face to face and ate for a while. Chen Yuncheng raised his head and said to Ning Junyan, "I'm interviewing for a job."
Ning Junyan asked him, "Is there anything suitable?"
Chen Yuncheng shook his head and said, "But I'm going to interview a logistics company tomorrow. They run intercity long-distance logistics."
Ning Junyan looked at him and said nothing.
Chen Yuncheng said: "I have a B photo, I can drive a big truck, maybe I can try it."
Ning Junyan asked him, "How long will it take to go out?"
"I don't know yet," Chen Yuncheng smiled, "I haven't had an interview yet, and I don't know if the company wants me."
After eating, Ning Junyan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes. Chen Yuncheng felt that he was not very happy, so he followed in, leaned against the cupboard, and said to him, "I have to find a job, what else can I do?"
Ning Junyan asked him, "Do you want to study?"
Chen Yuncheng laughed when he heard the words, "Have you read it since junior high school?"
Ning Junyan said: "There are training classes."
The smile on Chen Yuncheng's face did not disappear, "And then? Take the college entrance examination or go abroad?"
Ning Junyan said, "Don't go abroad."
Chen Yuncheng looked at him, "After reading the training class, no one will admit the degree. What will I do then? Besides, I'm almost thirty and want you to study for me? When will I make enough money to pay you back? ?"
Ning Junyan wiped his hands and walked to Chen Yuncheng.
Chen Yuncheng subconsciously wanted to retreat, but there was nowhere to retreat. Ning Jun extended his hand to brush his hair and said, "It's time to cut it."
"Well," Chen Yuncheng lowered his head slightly, "I'll cut it tomorrow."
Ning Junyan said to him, "I don't want to interfere with your freedom, I hope you can do what you want."
Chen Yuncheng raised his eyes and landed on his face.
Ning Junyan said, "But I can't let you leave me. It makes me feel that there are two contradictory me who are tearing each other apart."
"Jun Yan," Chen Yuncheng couldn't help grabbing his wrist.
Ning Junyan said to him very gently: "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, so there will only be one I will kill the other me first. Guess which one will win?"
Chen Yuncheng felt that he was too neurotic to say these words, and wanted to stop him from continuing: "Don't say that."
Ning Junyan said, "I definitely want to protect you more." After speaking, Ning Junyan turned around and left the kitchen.
Because of Ning Junyan's words, Chen Yuncheng was restless all night. In fact, he has been worrying a lot recently, and he hasn't calmed down for a long time.
By eleven o'clock in the evening, Chen Yuncheng was ready to go to bed, and received a strange call on his mobile phone.
He stared at the phone number for a moment, then sat up from the bed and answered the call.
Zhou Yan's voice came from over there, "Brother Cheng, can you come out and meet us? Can you come alone?"
Chen Yuncheng suddenly felt a sense of relief, he knew that Zhou Yan would not just walk away like this, he asked on the phone, "Where are you?"
About ten minutes later, Ning Junyan drove out with Chen Yuncheng.
Chen Yuncheng sat in the co-pilot and said, "I'm sorry, I have to trouble you so late."
Ning Junyan did not respond to his words.
The address Zhou Yan gave Chen Yuncheng was in a remote suburb. Chen Yuncheng wanted to borrow a car from Ning Junyan, but Ning Junyan insisted on going with him.
There were very few cars on the road, and the car drove smoothly. Ning Junyan only occasionally stopped to wait for the traffic lights.
When parking, Ning Junyan asked Chen Yuncheng, "Do you think Zhou Yan will listen to your persuasion and surrender?"
Chen Yuncheng said, "Since he is willing to see me."
Ning Junyan asked again, "What if he killed someone?"
Chen Yuncheng did not answer this question for a long time.
After a while, Chen Yuncheng said to Ning Junyan, "Do you think I'm useless?"
Ning Junyan said: "How do you say?"
"I think I'm right," Chen Yuncheng said slowly, "I want to help Zhou Yan, but in fact I can't do anything. I have no money, no ability, and no connections." When he spoke, he leaned on the back of his chair and looked out of the car window, his expression a little bit Lonely, "Just like Guan Anlin back then, I don't know whether I helped him or harmed him."
Ning Junyan did not speak.
Chen Yuncheng continued: "You know that after I left school and went to work, I met a lot of people, some people are lazy, they play games online every day, they have no plans or ideas for the future, and some people like to brag at the wine table. , boasting that he is omnipotent, and now he is down for a while, and he will always be able to flourish in the future, but I have never seen them really fly."
Ning Junyan just glanced at him.
Chen Yuncheng said: "I felt like a bystander at first, and then I found out that I was just one of them. It's not that you can see your situation clearly, you can get out of this life, you can only watch it. Follow your friends or go down, or go the wrong way for money."
Speaking of this, he was silent for a moment, "People like us may have been doomed for a lifetime from the day we left school."
"What kind of people are you?" Ning Junyan finally opened his mouth and asked calmly.
Chen Yuncheng looked at him.
Ning Junyan said, "You are not the same as anyone. Without you, I might have been buried alive by the old man when I was ten years old, and Zhou Yan's son couldn't have surgery, so he could only wait to die on the hospital bed."
Chen Yuncheng couldn't help but said, "That's not because of me..."
"Who is that because of?" Ning Junyan asked him, "Because of me? I'm for you anyway."
Their car stopped and waited for the red light at the intersection. At the same time, an electric car was parked in the non-motorized lane next to it. A middle-aged man wearing a food delivery uniform was also waiting for the red light. He took off his helmet and wiped his forehead with his sleeve, as if he was wiping sweat, but the weather was so cold that he shouldn't be sweating.
Both Ning Junyan and Chen Yuncheng looked at him in silence until the green light came on, and the middle-aged man hurried across the intersection on his electric bike.
"You asked me today, what can you do in the future," Ning Junyan stepped on the accelerator and said as the car drove out, "I can't answer you because there is something I can't say."
Chen Yuncheng rested his head on the window glass and said softly, "Go ahead, I'm willing to listen to you."
Ning Junyan said: "I want to say that you can do whatever makes you happy, and I can support you. But you don't need this sentence, because you have your dignity, and you will be unhappy when I say this sentence. ."
Chen Yuncheng couldn't help but smile, "You know I'll be unhappy?"
Ning Junyan did not answer.
Chen Yuncheng turned his head to look at him and asked, "Then I said you should stop doing your job, and I'll send takeaways to raise you, do you agree?"
Ning Junyan replied without thinking, "I can, are you serious?"
At that moment, Chen Yuncheng had the urge to cry and laugh. He wanted to ask Ning Junyan why he was so obsessed with him, but he didn't ask, just laughed and said, "I'm joking."
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Ning Junyan: Disappointed... I thought I could doi when I go back