Coming out of the music city, several people walked side by side on the street, no one spoke much. Xie Feibai stopped.
"I want to drink tofu pudding."
Cheng Ran looked in the direction he was looking. There was a milk tea shop next to the road. There was an item on the menu called "Touhua", which should be jelly strips with milk tea. Cheng Ran remembered the taste. It was very refreshing and had a milky aroma. It was just a beautiful scene with several grown men holding a cup of milk tea on the road.
Cheng Ran was hesitant, but Xie Feibai had already asked Cheng Xiang and Li Yu directly, "Do you want it?"
The two of them stood here, without Cheng Ran expressing his opinion. Of course, they could not accept charity. The Cheng brothers, just kidding, could afford it.
But the two people's throats were bulging and rising, probably because they were swallowing saliva.
Cheng Ran had no choice but to nod. The two of them immediately gathered around the window with Xie Feibai, "I want peach flavor... I want strawberry flavor..." Turning to Cheng Ran, he asked, "What about you?"
“… original flavor.”
Finally, Cheng Xiang was about to give the money, but was blocked by Xie Feibai with one hand.
A moment later, the thing Cheng Ran tried his best to avoid happened.
Four big men, each holding a cup of milk tea, lined up in a row, slurping them, dominating the streets.
"You acted so arrogant today... I'm going to go with you like this. I'm afraid you've offended Liu Jin's gang. They must feel offended. After all, it's his father Liu Zhongping who booked the private room today..." Xie Feibai is certainly not worldly-wise. On the contrary, he may see things more clearly than ordinary people. He scratched his head and wanted to scare Cheng Ran with a few words, "You're in trouble." But when the words came to his lips, he looked at Cheng Ran and took them back, "Forget it, for their sake, I'd better call Liu Jin to remind him not to flood the Dragon King Temple..."
He thought about Cheng Ran's ability. If Liu Jin and his gang hit a wall, it would be bad if things didn't end well.
Cheng Ran didn't know what was going on in Xie Feibai's mind at the moment. He thought for a moment and asked, "Is your father going to transfer to another job?"
In an era without WeChat and underdeveloped Internet, news also spread very quickly. Judging from the circle of Liu Jin and his people, this kind of news should also spread everywhere.
"Maybe he has this tendency, but he is not sure yet." Xie Feibai paused, "If we go far, my mother and I will go together."
After Xie Feibai finished speaking, he fell silent. The only sound in the air was the sound of gulping milk tea.
Everything seemed to have a good start, and it seemed to be developing in a good direction. However, it seemed that Xie Houming's possible transfer in the future would change everything that had followed him. I had finally started to like this city, but it seemed like I had to say goodbye again.
Cheng Ran knew that if Xie Houming could move, it would actually be a good thing, a start at a higher level. He also understood Xie Feibai's mood at the moment, thought about it, and said, "Before in the song city, they said that you used to hand in blank papers."
“You did a great job this time… You made great progress.”
“Life is a journey of practice. From now on, no matter where you are or what you are doing, remember… don’t hand in a blank paper easily.”
If someone had spoken to him in such a condescending manner in the past, Xie Feibai would have definitely retorted "Who do you think you are!", but at this moment, he just said "hmm" softly.
I don’t know if you have ever had this kind of experience: in this world, no matter you are in a quagmire, in the center of a storm, or even being criticized by thousands of people, if there is someone who can be your comrade, who can show you his back, and who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you, even if you have to face an army of thousands of troops or the criticism of the whole world, it seems that it doesn’t matter.
For Xie Feibai, Cheng Ran who appeared today was just such a figure. Even if the people around him misunderstood, it seemed that he could not be relieved by his words or understanding. When he fell into the swamp like today, and felt suffocating pressure from all directions, as long as he saw this person, he knew that he would be saved, so he followed him without hesitation.
"Life is a journey of practice, don't just hand in a blank paper... Got it."
…
To Fan Xin, what she experienced today was quite unbelievable. From the first time she met Cheng Ran, she defined him as a playmate from Huatong Company who often came to their Transportation Bureau compound to play. She remembered meeting him many times, but they only played together a few times. His uncle had a good relationship with his parents. She didn't know him very well, but she had a good impression of him.
But no matter what, he is just an ordinary student.
Moreover, he looked very silent and could not speak much. At that time, Japanese dramas were very popular. The dull but good-looking brother-type boys were actually very popular with many girls, and Fan Xin was no exception.
Although Cheng Ran is the same age as her, she is mentally older.
Joking with him and seeing him blush when being teased can make one look more attractive. And for this reason, Fan Xin also told Xiao Yao and others about the party held by Liu Zhongping, one of the richest men in Shanhai, to bring Cheng Ran and his party to let him "see the world".
In fact, she also saw what a person with a real background looked like. One of the so-called richest people in the city came to meet him in person, booked a private room and asked his son to entertain him well. The person who was called "Third Brother" by Tian Hao, a shareholder of the song city, could only stand at the door and smoke obediently, because the people inside could not stand the smell of smoke. People complimented and made friends with him. The usually aloof person seemed to become another person in front of him. It was a great honor to be able to drink a glass of wine with him.
Sometimes the world is realistic and direct, even sharp, which makes people feel a little frustrated. But it is true. Fan Xin's family background and the influence of her surroundings make it not too difficult for her to accept it. But she also thinks that even Luo Youwei and Xiao Yao feel honored to know each other, and hope to get in touch with each other and maybe benefit in the future. Then what about people like Cheng Ran, who has an ordinary family and himself, facing these various circles and resource networks that have already been intertwined, how much gap is there between him and the other party.
Will I have to struggle for eighteen years before I can sit down and drink a cup of coffee with the other person in a big city
She only thought about these things occasionally and felt a little sad.
However, at that time, Cheng Ran, whom she defined as "a younger brother to be shown the world", walked straight up to him. He asked the man directly, "Do you want to go?" and took the man away. And from the way the man followed him, it seemed that he was afraid that if he was a step late, he would leave first.
She was stunned by this scene, and not only she was stunned, but also everyone in the private room.
After everyone left one after another, people realized that Cheng Ran, who had just come with them, seemed to have more face than Liu Jin who was present. Liu Jin asked his father to come forward, and the people who came to the party were all well-known and well-known people in the upper circles. So many people were handled by that person alone.
Fan Xin went home in Luo Youwei's car. She looked out the window, her head full of random thoughts, but the last thing she could think of was the figure that walked straight forward through the crowd.
"This grudge is huge!" Luo Youwei said from the driver's seat.
Fan Xin disagreed.
She was just thinking that the boy who she initially thought was just an ordinary person seemed to be a remarkable person.
When she returned home, her parents had also returned home from Uncle Cheng Ran's place. She had a very good relationship with her parents. Sometimes her parents would tell her how to behave in society, and her father would even tell her about some of the things he had seen at work and in the officialdom.
Today she was also thinking about how to tell her parents what she saw and heard today. It turned out that her playmate Cheng Ran was not what she had imagined, but was actually quite capable.
As soon as she got home, her mother spoke first, "I went to Uncle Cheng's place today and found out... Xinxin, you still remember Cheng Ran, he was the top student in No. 1 High School! He scored 1005 points this time. Xinxin, do you remember your final exam in the first year of high school?"
"971 points." Fan Xin said mechanically, "I got... 971 points."
"Ah..." Then she thought of the scene in the pavilion where she had been "shamelessly" talking about how to take the exam, and her face turned red.
"I'm dying..."