In the new week, Chi Nuan had no intention of working at all, and all he could think about was the upcoming Saturday.
On Friday afternoon, Zhao Jingjing called Chi Nuan. She was on a temporary business trip and slipped back to Yuncheng as soon as her work was over. After graduating, she stayed in another province to work. She hadn't seen everyone for several months. She shouted that she would meet at a barbecue tavern tonight, and she must get in touch with everyone.
Chi Nuan at this time, because of tomorrow's interview, the nerves are already on the edge of the most tense. She desperately wanted to see Gu Ningzi, but what could she say after meeting? Gu Ningzi forgot about her, and for countless days and nights, there was no word that could be confided to her.
Her waiting heart will not get any response.
Chi Nuan was not sure, in the face of Gu Ningzi like this, whether her emotions would be completely out of control.
Zhao Jingjing's invitation came at the right time, and Chi Nuan urgently needed something to divert her attention.
When she arrived at the barbecue tavern, the fat and thin pork belly was already sizzling on the grill. Du Min greeted her: "Mr. Chi, hurry up, this plate of meat is about to be eaten by Xu Dan."
Zhou Damao smiled and said, "What's 'Mr. Chi', it will be 'Te Chi' soon, okay? Come, come, let's toast 'Te Chi'."
The others agreed, and the atmosphere became hot immediately. Everyone held up a large mug, and Chi Nuan also toasted. After the five people collided, she simply took a big mouthful of it.
"...You take it easy, you don't have much alcohol, and the beer will be intoxicating, why don't you want to pick up Xiao Wutong later?" Du Min, who was closest, patted Chi Nuan on the back. The beer here is brewed by the owner. It is an exclusive signboard. It smells good and is easy to enter, but it has stamina.
"Well, it's all right." Chi Nuan said.
"Where did I just say?" Zhao Jingjing thought for a while, "Oh, by the way, my super-superior menopause supervisor..."
Zhao Jingjing's giggling is a big rant.
After listening to Xu Dan, he only felt that Pediatrics: "Tell you, Nuan Nuan's recent experience at school is causing a myocardial infarction, otherwise I wouldn't think about changing jobs."
Xu Dan was talking while eating, and when she finished speaking, Zhao Jingjing really frowned: "I'm rubbing it! This dog school is awesome! Whoever it is!!"
Zhou Damao also sighed, patting his legs and saying, "When I was a student, I worried about my grades and thought I would be fine when I grew up. Who knows it's even harder to live in this society—I don't know who got in my way recently. Dao, every once in a while, someone maliciously complained."
Du Min threw the peanuts at him: "You can pull it down. When you were a student, I didn't see you worrying about your grades."
Zhou Damao avoided and smiled modestly: "This, I have fucked it occasionally."
Xu Dan slapped the bottom of the cup on the table: "Come on, everyone, have a cup of this miserable life."
…
The old friends chatted lively, Chi Nuan drank half a cup, and then stopped drinking. She knew that if she drank any more, she would be drunk.
Alcohol is really a good thing, no wonder people say that drinking alcohol can relieve anxiety. A moderate amount numbs the nerves just right, and people are less anxious and uncomfortable.
Chi Nuan held his chin and listened to Zhou Damao talking about a man who pretended to force a criminal to eat at his restaurant and then pretended to be picky. Suddenly, his hand trembled and he knocked over the dipping saucer. He stood up in a hurry, regardless of the mess at the table, and waved at the entrance of the tavern: "—here! Here and here! Gu Ningzi!"
Everyone who was eating meat and drinking stopped, Chi Nuan was stunned for half a second, and turned back suddenly.
Under the bright lights of the tavern, Gu Ningzi stood in front of the curtain, with red lips and black hair, and her expression was cold and distant.
Hearing her name, her eyes focused and she walked towards their table step by step.
Every step she took was like stepping into Chi Nuan's heart, and she was almost unable to sit still in a panic.
I thought I would see you tomorrow, but I never thought it would be tonight. She is not ready, even if there is alcohol to help her out, it will not help at this moment when she sees Gu Ningzi.
Xu Dan was visibly excited: "You have Zhou Damao! Don't hide it from us! How did you invite this Buddha? Isn't it memory loss?"
Zhou Damao quickly explained: "Didn't I contact her assistant with the mentality of trying it out. The assistant said that she would convey it, so I don't know if she will come or not!"
Gu Ningzi walked closer, and all five of them stared at her without blinking. She sat down on the nearest empty chair, and found that the eyes of these people still did not converge, and she frowned slightly: "Why are you looking at me like this? Is there a problem?"
Zhou Damao subconsciously embraced Du Min's shoulders, "Hahaha" laughed three times to ease the embarrassment: "No, it's just... It's quite a surprise, I didn't expect you to come... Ha, ha, ha."
Gu Ningzi said, "Didn't you tell me to attend today's class reunion?"
Zhou Damao nodded like garlic: "Yes, yes, I'm bothering you."
Gu Ningzi's eyes fell on Zhou Damao's arm resting on Du Min's shoulder: "Are you together?"
After speaking, he added the next sentence with a blank face: "I didn't expect it."
"..." Zhou Damao withdrew his hand. Except for Chi Nuan, the expressions of the others were a little subtle. Later, the carefree Xu Dan spoke first. She said, "... Gu Ningzi, you scared us to death before, Nuan Nuan said you didn't recognize it. She, we thought you forgot everyone!... So why didn't you recognize Nuan Nuan that day?"
Since Gu Ningzi appeared, Chi Nuan's eyes couldn't be removed from her. At this time, she was staring at her, her heart beating faster and faster. Every word Xu Dan said was what she wanted to say.
Gu Ningzi remembered them, did they remember them originally, or did they remember them during this week
- No matter what kind, she knows them now, otherwise she wouldn't be in this place tonight.
Sure enough, Gu Ningzi said: "It's been too long, I only remembered what happened in No. 1 Middle School when I saw her resume."
The flames in Chi Nuan's heart ignited at once, and her eyes brightened as if a star had fallen into it. Her lips rose and drooped uncontrollably, and she wanted to laugh and cry.
Gu Ningzi said she remembered it!
Gu Ningzi turned her eyes to look at Chi Nuan, and said to everyone in a flat tone, "If I remember correctly, on the first day of the transfer, she led me to get books and school uniforms."
The way she looked at her was no different from the way she looked at Du Min and the others.
So that's the case... But no, it's been almost six years, and it's inevitable that you don't recognize it for a while. Don't you all say that the nobles are busy? Everyone laughed in relief, Xu Dan said loudly, "Let's go and celebrate the reunion", and took the lead in raising the mug.
… is this a joke? The next second, Gu Ningzi will secretly tell her that this is just to tease her on purpose, right? They had the most intimate relationship in the world, and it was impossible for her to treat her like an ordinary classmate.
No, there is no inversion.
The hope in Chi Nuan's eyes disappeared little by little. She left the table to go to the bathroom, and almost as soon as she turned around, the tears rolled down and she hurriedly wiped them away.
Can't cry, don't cry, a table is waiting for her, she can't cry.
This week, she didn't know how she came here. She always thought that Gu Ningzi had completely forgotten her, but it wasn't.
She remembers her, just doesn't remember that she ever loved her.
... Gu Ningzi, what did you go through to make you forget to love her? It's because it's too painful to hold on, so it's selectively forgotten, isn't it
The reality made her heartache more than Chi Nuan imagined. After the separation, Gu Ningzi, before forgetting her, must have a bad life, very bad.
Chi Nuan covered her mouth and quickly hid in the bathroom.
In her more than twenty years of life, she hated fate more than once. But if this is the price for her and Gu Ningzi to meet again, she is willing to accept it and is grateful.
Compared with the pain of losing her brother forever, Gu Ningzi went back and forth, even without that memory, it is already the best and most precious gift from fate to her.
…
When Chi Nuan calmed down and came out of the bathroom, Gu Ningzi had already left.
Chi Nuan stood blankly for a while before walking back.
"The person is Mr. Gu now. With the word 'general', time is precious, and it is understandable. She is someone who does important things. How much profit can she create in the time she spends meeting with us?" Zhou Damao said that he yearned for it.
Seeing that Chi Nuan's eyelashes were still wet, Xu Dan asked her what was going on. Chi Nuan said, "I vomited."
Xu Dan looked at her sympathetically.
Chi Nuan took his bag: "I'm leaving too, and I have to pick up Xiao Wutong."
Du Min stood up: "Are you okay? Zhou Damao has been drinking, or let him take you there."
Chi Nuan said, "I ate too much barbecue, I drank too much, and I vomited. It's all right. You guys can continue. It's rare for Zhao Jingjing to come back.... Zhao Jingjing, I'm leaving first."
Zhao Jingjing held Chi Nuan's hand and rubbed her forehead on the back of her hand: "Nuan Nuan, see you next time."
Chi Nuan said, "Well, we'll meet again next time."
She lifted the curtain and walked out of the pub.
At the end of November, it was already cold outside. As soon as the cold wind blew, the heat that was entangled in Chi Nuan's body suddenly dissipated. She wrapped her scarf and was about to raise her hand to call for a taxi when she saw Gu Ningzi on the street.
Gu Ningzi was listening to the phone, Chi Nuan stared at her back, and waited until she ended the call before Chi Nuan summoned up the courage to walk over: "Gu Ningzi."
Gu Ningzi turned back.
Chi Nuan told herself to have a natural expression and smile: "...I want to tell you that we and I have missed you all these years."
Gu Ningzi listened, her eyes fell on Chi Nuan's face. Chi Nuan's eyes were darker than obsidian, and under light makeup, the corners of his eyes and the tip of his nose were red.
A car pulled to a stop, He Zhen got out of the car and held the door: "Boss....Miss Chi?"
He Zhen suddenly realized: "Miss Chi, are you and BOSS classmates?"
He Zhen: "No wonder you were a little stunned when you saw the boss that day."
Chi Nuan didn't know how to respond to her last sentence, so she could only nod her head and say, "Yes."
Gu Ningzi opened the door and sat in the back seat.
Seeing her get in the car, He Zhen naturally has no reason to hang out outside the car and greet Chi Nuan again. Smiling at Chi Nuan, He Zhen sat back in the driver's seat and was about to drive when he found that the rear door was not closed.
She observed the boss in the rearview mirror and speculated that she simply forgot to close it, didn't want to close it herself, or had other meanings, such as...
He Zhen looked out the car window, Chi Nuan was still standing on the side of the street.
He Zhen got out of the car again: "Miss Chi, I almost forgot. I had an appointment to meet you tomorrow. Since it happened so tonight, why don't you get in the car and talk to the boss about work."
Gu Ningzi turned his head to the other side expressionlessly.
Chi Nuan was reluctant to part with Gu Ningzi, she got into the car as she said, and He Zhen asked her where she was going.
Chi Nuan first thanked Gu Ningzi, and then said Xiao Wutong's school address.
He Zhen: "It's a coincidence, it's completely on the way, the boss now lives in the area of Henan Mountain."
Henan Mountain has to pass through the town where Chi Nuan lives, and it is the most expensive villa area in the entire Yuncheng environment.
No wonder they bumped into her car on the streets of the town last time, they have been very close for the past six months.
He Zhen explained to Chi Nuan while driving: "The group is preparing to expand the Chinese market, and BOSS may be here for a long time. ... To be honest, Miss Chi, BOSS has interviewed a few special assistants before, but none of them meet the eye."
Chi Nuan listened carefully, her eyes locked on Gu Ningzi, and she said with no confidence: "You have read my resume, I have no relevant work experience in this industry for the time being..."
"You don't need this kind of experience," He Zhen said. "This is a personal life assistant for BOSS. It has nothing to do with the group. It only needs to serve BOSS's basic necessities. By the way, Miss Chi, how's your kitchen skills?"
Chi Nuan quickly realized that this might be the only chance to get close to Gu Ningzi again, and she hurriedly said, "It's okay."
He Zhen: "Do you have a driver's license?"
Chi Nuan: "Yes."
After Chi Qingchuan passed away, Chi Nuan was very afraid of traffic for a while. In order to overcome the fear, I specially learned to drive.
He Zhen smiled and said, "The most important point is the nature of BOSS's work. He will travel at any time. If necessary, private special assistance must be followed unconditionally."
"..." Chi Nuan's lips trembled, and she didn't answer for a long time.
He Zhen raised his eyebrows: "Is there any difficulty?"
Chi Nuan thought about it for too long, until Gu Ningzi, who had been unresponsive, turned her head to look at her.
"... I have a child to take care of." Finally, Chi Nuan said.
He Zhen: "The little boy from last time? It shouldn't be your child based on his age. No other family can take care of you?"
Chi Nuan: "Well, no more."
Looking at Chi Nuan's expression, He Zhen could probably guess that it was a matter of life and death. She turned to Gu Ningzi, wondering if it was necessary to continue talking. In her opinion, people with too deep family ties may not be suitable for this job. —To be honest, it’s a pity, Chi Nuan’s classmate status should give her a lot of points in the boss.
The street light shines through the car window and falls on Gu Ningzi's side face. The car has been driving in the established direction, and no one continues the topic.
Outside the school, Chi Nuan should get off the bus. No matter how reluctant he was, he still maintained his remaining rationality, and said to Gu Ningzi restrained and politely: "Goodbye, Gu Ningzi."
Gu Ningzi: "Well."
Chi Nuan opened the car door, and turned around before going down: "Gu Ningzi, can you give me your current number?"
Gu Ningzi didn't speak, she just took out her phone and pulled her head down.
A few seconds later, Chi Nuan's cell phone rang, and the unfamiliar number flashed on the screen. Gu Ningzi glanced at Chi Nuan wordlessly and hung up.
... She had saved her number beforehand, Chi Nuan thought sourly.
The car melted into the night and drove away.
Chi Nuan went to the nursery to pick up Xiao Wutong in a trance. Xiao Wutong yawned: "The teacher wants to dictate the words, I will write down the pinyin first, and then I will be silent to the pinyin. Mom, you said that I will do this. OK?"
Chi Nuan was still thinking about Gu Ningzi and turned to look in the direction where the car disappeared.
The red taillights were on in the darkness, and a car came along the inner street, turned upside down, and finally stopped in front of Chi Nuan.
He Zhen's voice: "Miss Chi, get in the car and take you and your child home."