In the shop, Chi Zheng sat on a chair and smoked.
From time to time, he put the cigarette to his mouth to take a puff, and then held it in his hand again. His brows were half furrowed, his eyes were dark. After finishing one cigarette, he took out another one and put it in his mouth. Just as I was about to order something, I paused when I pressed the lighter. Then put the cigarette behind the ear and turn on the computer.
Screen codes are ever-changing.
He was busy all morning, and it was half past twelve when he checked again. He stretched and went to the table to get his cell phone, and was about to call Meng Shengnan. Chen Si's call came first, and he answered it immediately.
"mom."
Chen Si asked, "Have you eaten?"
Chi Zheng: "Eat later."
Chen Si asked again: "Are you busy now?"
"What's wrong?"
Chen Sizhuo pondered: "I was thinking that today is a good day, why don't you call Sheng Nan and come over?"
Chi Zheng smiled, and stuffed the cigarette in his mouth.
"I'll bring her back this afternoon, do you think so?"
Chen Si smiled and hung up the phone. Thinking about it carefully, the words 'bring her back' obviously have a lot of meaning. She couldn't sit still at home, so she ran to the kitchen to cook. While Chi Zheng was lighting a cigarette, he called Meng Shengnan. Over there is the standard mandarin of 'the phone you are dialing is off, please try again later'.
With a 'tsk' sound, he dropped the phone on the table.
At that time, Meng Shengnan was sitting on the floor of her room with Xiaohang playing cool running, and all kinds of advertisements for buying gold coins would pop up all over the place. She was afraid that Xiaohang would accidentally make a mistake, so she turned on the airplane mode. Sheng Dian walked in and asked her if her luggage was packed, the train was at 2:30. Meng Shengnan stood up listlessly and patted his buttocks.
"I went to bring a few more clothes." Sheng Dian said.
Meng Shengnan raised his eyebrows.
"What are you doing with so much?"
"Could it be that you want to come back after two or three days?"
Meng Shengnan blinked, but had nothing to say. She tidied up her clothes silently, then ran to the room of the ceremony to get a few small clothes, and finally filled the entire trolley case. Sheng Dian looked at the time and said, "Let's go out now, and make a call."
She was a little tired.
"Sister." Meng Hang called her.
"Um."
The child handed her the phone, and Meng Shengnan put it in his bag. The two of them went out just like that, and there was still a little time when they arrived at the train station. Meng Shengnan found a seat to sit down with Xiaohang, she took out her phone and thought about how to talk to Chi Zheng about it.
Dally to check in.
Their carriage was full of people, men and women, old people and children. Meng Shengnan likes to take the train. People from all over the world take the same train to a certain direction. When the car started, it was very lively inside. The world is full of states. At every stop, someone will get off with their luggage, and they may never meet again in this lifetime.
She looked out the window and took out her cell phone to dial.
Only then did I realize that it was always in flight mode, and it was turned off in a hurry. Just after returning to normal, Chi Zheng's call came. Meng Shengnan pressed the answer helplessly, his voice sounded a little irritated, "Why do you keep calling but turn off the phone?"
Meng Shengnan faltered in his explanation, "I forgot to turn off the airplane mode."
"What are you driving that for?"
"Xiaohang is playing games."
Chi Zheng frowned, and asked, "Are you free now?"
Meng Shengnan took a deep breath, "Well, I was going to tell you something."
"Um."
Meng Shengnan: "I—"
"Um?"
She closed her eyes, "I'm going to Hangzhou."
"Hangzhou?"
"Well, look at my grandma."
Chi Zheng frowned, "When?"
"It's on the train."
Chi Zheng remained silent for a long time.
Meng Shengnan slowly probed: "Are you listening?"
He said 'hmm' in neither salt nor light.
"I wanted to tell you last night, but later, later I forgot."
She finished speaking slowly and waited for him to speak.
"Forget until now?" He said lightly.
She subconsciously 'Huh? 'Next.
Chi Zheng snorted, "Aren't you going to talk if I don't call?"
"no."
"what is that?"
"I was on the phone to talk to you."
When she said the last few words, her voice became weaker and weaker, and Chi Zheng smiled lazily.
"Meng Shengnan."
"Um."
He said leisurely, "You've learned a lot."
Then pinched the phone.
Meng Shengnan looked at the phone screen unexpectedly, bit his lip and sighed. She rested her chin on her palms, and Xiao Hang approached from the opposite side, "Sister, what are you looking at when everyone is dead?"
She gritted her teeth: "You will be fined for not playing games for three days."
Xiao Hang pouted, "Why?"
Meng Shengnan let out an 'ah' and lay down on the table not wanting to get up. Outside the window, there were cascades of mountains flying past. She looked at it and suddenly smiled. Xiaohang was dissatisfied with her attitude, and still hummed softly: "It's not me who made you angry."
This train, Hangzhou is passing by.
Meng Hang was bored, "Sister!"
She looked up, "What's wrong?"
The child also imitated her, propped his chin and looked out the window, glanced at her in a dignified manner, and ignored her.
Meng Shengnan: "..."
There was someone in the carriage whose mobile phone rang persistently, it was Xu Wei's blue lotus. The song goes with the car, the wind does not go far. At the intersection of Fangzi Street, Chi Zheng was riding a motorcycle and waiting for the traffic lights. The girl opposite Ren Xianqi who was singing in the shop behind him looked over, and he lowered his head and smiled.
Arriving home in twenty minutes, Chen Si was waiting at the door.
Chi Zheng parked his motorcycle and approached, "Why don't you go in?"
Chen Siwang was behind him, "Where's Sheng Nan?"
"She can't come."
"What's wrong?"
Chi Zheng walked in, "Something is blocked."
Chen Si said 'Oh', but after thinking about it carefully, he was wrong, so he stopped him and asked, "Would you make people angry again?"
Chi Zheng smiled, "You made a mistake this time."
"What's wrong?"
Chi Zheng said, "She annoys me."
Chen Si went to pat him on the back, "virtue."
Chi Zheng smiled and entered the room.
Chen Si followed in, "I'll cook."
Chi Zheng raised his eyebrows: "Where's Mama Yang?"
"Her daughter is pregnant and has to go back to take care of her."
Chi Zheng frowned, "Then I'll find another one soon."
"No, Mom is much better now." Chen Si walked to the kitchen, then turned back, "You have to be obedient."
Chi Zheng shook his head.
At the dinner table, Chen Si mentioned it again and asked him, "What's going on with Sheng Nan?"
Chi Zheng took a big mouthful of food, his voice muffled.
"Okay."
"We are really together?" Chen Si was delighted.
Chi Zheng raised his eyes, slowly chewed the vegetables, his eyes brightened, and he smiled. In the afternoon, he stayed alone in the room, leaning on the bedside to read the meditations. Every time he flips through the book, he thinks of one thing. In the early morning of graduation day, she fell from the sky.
Going around in circles, wasted six years.
Chi Zheng lay down and covered his face with the book. He closed his eyes, thinking seriously. After a cup of tea, he was drenched, so he got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower, and refreshed himself. When he came out, the phone was ringing, and when he saw the incoming call, his interest just now was completely wiped out.
He packed up and went downstairs.
Chen Si was embroidering on the sofa, and raised her voice, "Where are you going?"
"Run a job."
After speaking, he went out the door.
It was a small financial company, located on the 17th floor of CBD-A. When Chi Zheng went there, the inside was already a mess. An acquaintance took him there for repairs, and by the way, asked him how he was doing. While busy, Chi Zheng replied simply: "That's it."
"With your skills, don't you want to do something bigger?"
Chi Zheng smiled lightly.
"I'll look at the bus." He said after a while.
There was a hacker attack on the computer, and he had to fix it for more than half an hour. Then the Trojan horse was hit, and the acquaintance asked: "Is this all right?"
Chi Zheng explained: "If attacked again, the Trojan horse will launch a counterattack."
Acquaintances are not experts, they seem to understand but do not understand.
He finished his work and walked out of the company with his backpack. The corridor looked neither long nor short. Chi Zheng walked out, but before he reached the end, his eyes inadvertently glanced to the side. There was an open office with CCTV on the wall. A company's new software launch conference was playing on it, and his black eyes narrowed.
Then lift your feet and go down the stairs.
On the eleventh floor, he stopped and lit a cigarette against the wall.
Two years ago, he devoted himself to writing software programs, but in the end he became a dowry for others, and he was heavily in debt. He laughed at himself, and smoked nearly half a pack of cigarettes in a short while. The setting sun shines in through the small window at the corner of the stairs, and the shadow is looming.
Chi Zheng took out his phone only to find that there was a missed call.
When he called, Meng Shengnan was taking a shower. Grandma knocked on the door and said there was a phone, and handed her the phone through the crack of the door. Meng Shengnan turned off the shower naked and wiped her hands with a towel. She wanted to call him when she arrived in Hangzhou, but it was her own fault. Now that he called, she dawdled and answered hesitantly.
"Ready to admit your mistake?"
He asked straight away.
Meng Shengnan was taken aback, "Huh?"
"Is that missing me?"
Meng Shengnan looked shy, and Chi Zheng smiled lightly.
"Are you at your grandma's house?" He asked aloud after a while.
Meng Shengnan said, "It's been a long time."
"Um."
Meng Shengnan wrapped herself in a bath towel and asked, "Are you in the shop?"
"Um."
He flicked the cigarette ash, and said casually: "Idle."
She went 'oh'.
Someone suddenly spoke at the stairway, but Meng Shengnan could hear it vaguely. She thought there were customers in the store, so she wanted to hang up. Chi Zheng called to stop her, and Meng Shengnan asked, "What's wrong?"
Chi Zheng: "Let's talk later."
"But in your shop—"
"Never mind."
Meng Shengnan hesitated and asked, "Are you in a bad mood?"
Chi Zheng raised his eyes slowly, looking at the light white wall opposite.
"No."
Meng Shengnan said 'oh'.
"What now?" he asked.
Seeing his own body through the foggy glass, Meng Shengnan didn't know what to say. Just as she was hesitating to think about something, she sneezed suddenly, and she rubbed her nose nonchalantly.
Chi Zheng smiled lowly, "Taking a bath?"
She was taken aback, "How do you know?"
"Guess."
He smiled awkwardly, and Meng Shengnan fell silent.
"Know what I'm thinking right now?"
Meng Shengnan asked, "What?"
Chi Zheng was silent for a while, as if seeing her from the wall. Her wet hair hung down her back, and she was completely naked. Her chest is so soft that it can be held in the palm of one hand. His eyes were dodging, his cheeks were flushed. Chi Zheng moved his Adam's apple unnaturally, and spat out heavily.
"Fuck you."
The author has something to say: "The ground is full of sixpence, but he looked up and saw the moon." This sentence is related to the British writer Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence". It means that everyone longs for the 'moon', but not everyone can get rid of 'sixpence'. The former represents ideals and the latter represents reality. When Jiang Jin said this, he meant something, how should I put it. Perhaps for many people, Meng Shengnan is a better match, but she only likes Chi Zheng. Although he has nothing, poor jingle. Perhaps for her, Chi Zheng is the 'moon'. In fact, Jiang Jin is also mocking himself, tossing and tossing all his life, what is he pursuing in the end.
I feel like I am doing Chinese reading comprehension.
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I was very happy to receive a red envelope from Philosophy Mouse last night. I plan to use his money to buy some postcards. I remember the IDs of each of you. You can write down what you like the most and what you want to say in the comments of this chapter today. I will copy it down when the time comes. I will send it to you at the end of this story, as a reward for your perseverance.
I love you all, hands folded.
Happy New Year.