The ancient rhyme still exists in the box, and the rose season is in full swing.
There were two men standing in front of the window, one in a suit and leather shoes, the other in a gray shirt and black trousers. The light shone on the back, a tall and straight, with deep eyebrows and thin lips. One of them pulled the dirty canvas, leaned his back against the wall and lowered his head to light a cigarette.
"How is your project going?"
Chi Zheng took a breath of the cigarette and held it between his fingers, and replied casually: "That's it."
"A Zheng—"
"When did you come back?" Chi Zheng interrupted.
Lu Sibei: "It's been two months."
Chi Zheng was smoking, expressionless.
The man's eyes fell on Chi Zheng.
"You have changed a lot in the past two years."
Chi Zheng scoffed, but remained silent. Both of them were silent for a while, Chi Zheng lowered his head slightly, pointed his mouth at the cigarette and took another puff before asking, "The one who contacted Shi Jin wasn't you, was it?"
"no."
Chi Zheng lowered his eyes and let out a laugh in his throat.
"I didn't know that things would turn out that way when I left without saying goodbye. I only found out half a year ago." Lu Sibei sighed.
Chi Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing.
Lu Sibei: "In the past two years, you shouldn't have degraded yourself so much, if—"
Chi Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth casually.
"what if?"
Lu Sibei paused, but was speechless.
"There are no ifs in this world." Chi Zheng's voice was calm, "I chose the path myself, and I deserve it."
Lu Sibei looked out of the window again and closed his eyes.
"At that time, I couldn't help, and I hope you don't refuse this time."
Chi Zheng didn't respond.
"It's for Aunt Chen." Lu Sibei paused and said, "And Sheng Nan."
The evening wind blew in from the window, this was the first time Chi Zheng looked up at Lu Sibei seriously at night.
The man smiled and looked outside.
"If I had known that the person in her heart was you, the result might have been different."
Chi Zheng: "Really."
"At that time, we were inexperienced, and we all took a lot of detours."
One is far away in a foreign land, and the other is wandering in a small town.
Lu Sibei: "Seeing you come back together now, I can feel better."
Chi Zheng finished his cigarette.
Lu Si turned his head to the north and asked, "I'm going back to Shanghai in a few days, can I go and see Aunt Chen before I leave?"
"up to you."
After Chi Zheng finished speaking, he started to walk towards the door, while Lu Sibei watched the figure slowly disappear. The man's eyes were calm and unwavering, and his whole body slowly relaxed. But after not seeing each other for two years, they have all changed.
The wind blows into the neck.
Chi Zheng put away his collar and drove back to Jinding. Lu Huai and Shi Jin saw that his expression was very bad, so they didn't ask any more questions. After washing his face, Chi Zheng sat in front of the computer and started to work. He didn't relax all night until dawn, and only went back to sleep after ten o'clock.
At that time, Meng Shengnan was watching TV with Sheng Dian.
While watching and commenting on the ceremony, he remembered something and asked, "When is the London Olympics?"
"28."
"That's only a few days away."
"I listen to you, Aunt Kang—"
Meng Shengnan was thinking wildly when Sheng Dian patted her.
"You're talking, what are you thinking?"
Meng Shengnan: "Nothing."
Sheng Dian glanced at her, "Your lover?"
Meng Shengnan: "..."
"Don't hide it, what does that man do?"
Meng Shengnan thought for a moment, "He works in IT."
"This business is quite popular, but it's a lot of work." After Sheng Dian finished speaking, he said, "Which company is he? His parents are all here, right? What kind of car does he drive—"
Meng Shengnan: "..."
"When will you bring the house to me?"
Meng Shengnan: "First, don't worry."
"Why don't you rush—" Sheng Dian was discouraged in the middle of speaking, and snorted, "Your grandma told me not to rush you, well, you can figure it out."
Meng Shengnan smiled, "Thank you."
After she finished speaking, she got up and went to the entrance to get her bag, Sheng Dian asked, "What are you doing?"
Meng Shengnan turned her head: "A date."
"Are you coming back for lunch?"
"No."
With that said, Meng Shengnan had already left the door. She breathed a sigh of relief when she walked outside, why didn't she find that the grand ceremony had changed like this now. After calming down, she couldn't think of where to go for a moment, so she took out her mobile phone and called Chi Zheng.
The bell rang for a long time before it was connected.
"Xiao Meng?" It was Lu Huai.
Meng Shengnan was taken aback.
Lu Huai said: "He has been busy all night and is trying to catch up on sleep."
"So busy."
Lu Huai: "I don't know what happened last night. Something is wrong when I come back. Why don't you come and have a look?"
So, Meng Shengnan took a taxi to Jinding.
Lu Huai pointed to the bedroom, "It's asleep in there." After speaking, he pulled Shi Jin out the door.
Meng Shengnan put the bag on the table and walked in lightly.
Chi Zheng fell into a drowsy sleep with his head covered, and Meng Shengnan wanted to pull back the quilt to let him breathe. In the end, before pulling up the corner, he pulled it back again. Meng Shengnan didn't move for fear of waking him up. She sat on the edge of the bed, the sunlight streaming in.
He was wrapped in a quilt, and the sheets were wrinkled and messy.
Meng Shengnan set the volume to mute and played games on his phone. Just at the critical moment, he suddenly heard the man lying beside him talking.
"When did you come?"
She shook her hand and died.
Chi Zheng wiped his hair, got up and leaned against the head of the bed to look over, and laughed, "You can't win?"
Meng Shengnan was annoyed, talking without thinking.
"I'm not you."
Chi Zheng raised his eyebrows and smiled. He nodded his chin at the game, "Let me play a few more levels and see." He took out another cigarette and put it in his mouth.
Meng Shengnan threw the phone on the bed.
"give up."
Chi Zheng scratched his forehead with a cigarette between his fingers.
"Have you eaten at noon?"
She shook her head and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Chi Zheng: "I can do it."
Meng Shengnan thought for a while and said, "Are there any vegetables here? Eggs are also fine."
Chi Zheng smiled and his shoulders trembled.
"What are you laughing at?"
Chi Zheng: "There are only three big men in the room, what do you think?"
Meng Shengnan stood up, "Then I'll go out and buy."
Chi Zheng stretched out his hand and pulled her to sit on the bed again.
"The two of them went out? Give you a call and bring you some lunch, and I'll have some instant noodles."
Meng Shengnan: "Then I'll eat instant noodles too."
Chi Zheng raised his eyes: "No."
"Why?"
"Don't you know that you have a bad stomach?"
Meng Shengnan said in a discussing tone, "Then I'll eat a little from the head office. Anyway, I don't want to eat box lunch, and I don't want to eat anything else."
Chi Zheng looked at her for a while, then lowered his head and smiled.
"Sit down, I'll go soak." He said and got up.
Meng Shengnan went to look for chopsticks and went to the kitchen to have a look, "You guys are too poor."
Chi Zheng took two pairs of disposable chopsticks from the table, and put the soaked instant noodles on the table for her.
"You eat this, no chili."
Meng Shengnan sat on a chair and leaned over to watch. Turning his head to look at Chi Zheng again, he was holding his own box and started to eat in big mouthfuls.
After taking a few bites, Chi Zheng noticed her gaze and raised his eyes.
"Why don't you eat?"
Meng Shengnan smiled, "When I was in college, I ran Spring Festival travel news with my seniors, squeezed the train for two days, and ate only instant noodles."
Chi Zheng: "No wonder my stomach is like this."
Meng Shengnan: "But it feels really good."
"Then why did you quit journalism after graduation?"
Meng Shengnan was quiet for a while, and asked, "Chi Zheng, do you believe that people are actually very fragile?"
"And you, do you believe it?"
Meng Shengnan shook his head, "I don't know, sometimes I believe it."
Chi Zheng put down the box and looked at her.
"Believe it or not, it's not a bad thing to be vulnerable once in a while."
Meng Shengnan smiled and nodded slowly.
"Didn't your grandma say—" he continued, "When a person comes to this world to dream, he will talk wherever he goes."
Meng Shengnan tilted her head: "My grandmother also said something."
"What?"
"Choose the brightest and most spacious path." Meng Shengnan patted his chest twice.
Chi Zheng's eyes were very quiet.
"I remember."
Meng Shengnan smiled and turned to drink the soup. The soup was a little hot, Chi Zheng handed her water. Meng Shengnan blushed from choking after a few sips, and Chi Zheng frowned while patting her on the back.
"Why do you choke on drinking water?"
She also turned her head to comfort him, "It's okay, I've been like this since I was a child."
Chi Zheng: "..."
After the two of them had finished eating and packed up, it was almost half past twelve. Meng Shengnan lay down in front of his computer curiously, pointed to the code on it and asked him, "Do you do this every day?"
"Um."
Chi Zheng leaned against the table, lowered his head and asked, "Can you understand?"
Meng Shengnan shook his head, "I don't understand."
Chi Zheng smiled, and Meng Shengnan raised his head and frowned.
"Are you joking?"
"Hey, can you hear this?"
Meng Shengnan rolled his eyes at him and turned back to look at the computer. Chi Zheng couldn't help laughing again. The sun shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, her face was white and flawless. Chi Zheng slowly lowered his head and approached, and the door was suddenly pushed open. Chi Zheng opened the door with a 'tsk' sound, and Lu Huai and Shi Jin just stood there dumbfounded.
The two of them laughed instantly.
Meng Shengnan got up to leave, Chi Zheng looked at the two guys coldly, and sent Meng Shengnan downstairs. Cars come and go on the road, time is fleeting. In those days, Chi Zheng gritted his teeth and squeezed out the idle time when he was busy compiling the webpage.
In the early days of starting a business, it was very difficult to get started.
The three of them stayed up from morning to night, and often worked overtime. Going to bed at 12 o'clock is very rare. When I'm tired, I just lie on the floor for the whole night. Meng Shengnan went over to visit at leisure, but he still looked the same. He stared at the computer without turning his eyes, and his hands were banging.
Occasionally, when I was free, I took her out for a light meal.
The sun was shining that day, and Shengdian and Mengjin were watching the Olympic Games in the living room. Aunt Kang next door also came to see, and chatted together. Meng Shengnan was writing a manuscript in his room when Chen Si's call suddenly came. She went out with her bag, and behind her, Aunt Kang heard the movement at the door and asked Shengdian.
"Nan Nan went out?"
Sheng Cian smiled meaningfully, "We're talking about someone."
Ever since Chi Zheng got busy, he had very little time to go home. He took her back a few days ago. It was the first time he went there as a girlfriend, and Meng Shengnan was more nervous than before. Chen Si pulled her and talked about this and that, and cooked a large table of dishes, and had already adopted her as a daughter-in-law in advance. But women are always idle at home, so Meng Shengnan often goes to keep her company.
As time went by, he was even more affectionate than Chi Zheng.
When she arrived, Chen Si was busy in the kitchen again. The woman looked around with the book, her eyes narrowed into a line under the reading glasses.
Meng Shengnan smiled and walked over.
"What are you doing?"
Chen Si pointed to a place, "What do you mean by that sentence?"
So the two women worked on the recipe for nearly two hours. When the finished product came out of the pan, Chen Si stared at the dish for a long time and asked her.
"Is this mandarin duck dish?"
Meng Shengnan was about to speak when someone knocked on the door. She wore an apron and ran to open it, and the sun came in through the crack of the door. She looked up, and the man glanced over.
Then, they all froze.