The auditorium for the New Year's party was not big, but it was very lively. The venue was warmly decorated, not like a serious performance party, but more like a family gathering. Shen Shiyan looked around and found that the people around him seemed to be younger than he thought.
Meng Xintang helped him take off his coat and took away the air-conditioning. Shen Shiyan turned his head and saw that Meng Xintang had put his coat on his arm, smiling, his eyes wandering around his upper body.
Shen Shiyan looked down at himself: "Good-looking?"
Meng Xintang leaned over slightly and touched his forehead while wiping: "Extremely."
Just as Shen Shiyan was about to tease, he caught a glimpse of two figures, Jiang Yanxiao, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and Shen Xihui. Jiang Yanxiao's hairstyle and expression didn't change much, except for his skin color, which was more than a few degrees darker.
"Yan Xiao came back?"
Meng Xintang nodded and followed his gaze. He was stunned when he saw Shen Xihui, and then gave a slow "um".
Jiang Yanxiao was chatting with a girl over there, not knowing what the girl said, Jiang Yanxiao frowned and pulled Shen Xihui's hand to line up with his own. The girl pointed to the wrists of the two of them, covered her mouth and laughed hard.
Shen Shiyan raised his head and whispered in Meng Xintang's ear, "I'm comparing black and white."
Shen Xihui is really white. Under this incandescent light, the exposed skin is so white that it seems to reflect light.
Jiang Yanxiao looked at his arm with a sullen face, and then looked at Shen Xihui blankly. The expression on Shen Xihui's face didn't change, he just took a step forward, touched Jiang Yan's small head, and said something in a low voice.
"The two of them... are in love?" Meng Xintang, who had been watching silently, suddenly said, with doubts and disbelief in his tone.
Shen Shiyan nodded: "Obviously."
He saw Meng Xintang frown slowly, and asked strangely, "What? Don't you agree?"
"Huh?" Meng Xintang seemed to be distracted just now and didn't hear Shen Shiyan's words clearly.
"I said, I think Shen Xihui is good and reliable, you don't have to worry too much."
"I'm not worried," Meng Xintang shook his head and explained, "I'm just thinking, how did they get together without seeing each other for so long."
Shen Shiyan was stunned for a while, and soon, he lowered his head and laughed. Meng Xintang turned his eyes back and looked at him inquiringly. Shen Shiyan took a breath, looked up and said, "Love is here, time and space are not a problem."
Shen Shiyan's face was within reach, Meng Xintang felt at this moment that this sentence was still biased. Because he found at this moment that distance is very pulling people - people laughing in their dreams, and people laughing in front of their eyes, the feeling is very, very different. One is longing, and the other is ecstatic.
The performance was about to start soon. Meng Xintang led Shen Shiyan to the third row. Shen Shiyan asked in a low voice, "Don't you have a show?"
Meng Xintang shook his head and smiled: "I've said it before, I really don't have any artistic skills, I even sing out of tune."
There were two bottles of water on the table in front of him, Meng Xintang reached out and took one of the bottles, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Shen Shiyan.
"I think you are very artistic," Shen Shiyan took a sip of water and added, "And you are the style of everyone, the kind of your own."
Meng Xintang couldn't help laughing when he heard the compliment, but Shen Shiyan saw him smiling with his head down, thinking that he didn't believe what he said.
"Really, sometimes I even think that when you stand there, it is already a work of art. What you say, your thoughts, are also works of art."
Meng Xintang couldn't stop laughing this time, and even felt a little complacent in his heart. He took Shen Shiyan's hand in the dim light and put it on his lap.
"Thanks to Mr. Shen's love."
Shen Shiyan rolled his wrists and held him back calmly, and the two of them turned into a posture of interlocking fingers.
"You're welcome, Mr. Meng deserves it."
When the lobby was completely darkened, Meng Xintang suddenly thought of something he had forgotten to say. He approached Shen Shiyan and reminded him in a low voice, "By the way, I forgot to tell you, you should see my mother later."
He felt that Shen Shiyan held his hand tightly, looked down at the hands of the two, and then raised his head to meet Shen Shiyan's shining eyes.
"Your mother?" Shen Shiyan's lips were tightly pressed together, and after a while, he moved his mouth again, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"
"nervous?"
Meng Xintang asked, but his eyes never left Shen Shiyan's eyes.
"Nervous," Shen Shiyan smacked his mouth suddenly, "I knew I wouldn't wear this, I would wear something formal, you should..."
You should have told me earlier.
Before he could finish speaking, he was cut off by a kiss that he endured for a long time. Before the end of the words dissipated, Meng Xintang had already taken the initiative to leave Shen Shiyan's lips.
"Don't worry, I have done all the work that I have to do, and I have said everything I have to say, you just need to show her how good you are..."
Meng Xintang suddenly stopped, and Shen Shiyan looked at him motionless.
"After all, I can't describe this."
Shen Shiyan didn't expect the firepower of Meng Xintang's love words to be so fierce, he touched his lips dumbfoundedly: "What have you learned recently?"
Meng Xintang squeezed his hand for a while: "You don't need to learn, I speak from the bottom of my heart."
"Then you are talented."
Although Meng Xintang was already trying his best to make Shen Shiyan relax, when watching the party, Shen Shiyan always thought about seeing his parents later. Just halfway through the show, Shen Shiyan's thoughts were up and down again. He changed his posture and touched Meng Xintang with his elbow.
"Is your mother here?"
Meng Xintang looked ahead and shook his head.
"She told me that she still has work to do, so she will come later."
Shen Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief, loosened his shoulders, and slid down a little along the back of the chair. Meng Xintang saw the novelty, and asked with the corners of his lips bent, "Are you really nervous?"
Shen Shiyan watched him silently for a while, then took his palm and placed it on his chest.
"God to testify, this is the first time I have seen my parents."
Meng Xintang laughed until he leaned on Shen Shiyan's shoulder.
Meng Xintang's mother arrived late at the end, and Meng Xintang noticed it as soon as she entered through the side door. He gestured to Shen Shiyan, and Shen Shiyan hurriedly straightened up and looked over.
Meng Xintang's mother's appearance was similar to what he thought, but she seemed to be more easy-going. He saw her bending over and passing the two of them, instead of going to the middle position indicated by the etiquette, she sat in an empty seat next to the first row. Many people nodded to greet her, and she all smiled and went back one by one.
"What's your mother's professional level?"
"Chief Master, General Master."
Shen Shiyan took a breath: "It's amazing."
After the party ended, Shen Shiyan stretched out his wrinkled cuffs, and was about to ask if he was going to find Meng Xintang's mother when he heard Meng Xintang had called. He raised his head and saw the person who was coming.
"Hello Auntie." Shen Shiyan bowed gently and said with a light smile, "Happy New Year."
"Happy New Year." Qiao Wei stopped in front of them and glanced at the young man who was still bowing his head and bowing his body with a smile, "I heard Xintang mention you a long time ago, but I've been busy with work and haven't found time to see you. you."
"Where, I should have visited you earlier."
Shen Shiyan raised his head, and only then did Qiao Wei see his eyebrows. At first glance, Shen Shiyan's first impression on Qiao Wei was clean. The smile is not floating or false, which makes people feel comfortable.
"Xintang told me that you are 31 years old, but now it doesn't seem like it." Qiao Wei glanced at Meng Xintang with a smile, "You don't lie about your age because you are afraid of my objection?"
"He looks small." Meng Xintang said, and then took another look at Shen Shiyan. I don't know if it was because of this pink shirt that Shen Shiyan didn't wear formal leather shoes today. Wearing a pair of white casual shoes, standing beside the old-fashioned self, it really shows some age difference.
Qiao Wei smiled again and said a few words, all of which were irrelevant parents. Shen Shiyan responded in a measured manner, and occasionally made Qiao Wei laugh. Meng Xintang was still thinking, in case Shen Shiyan was really nervous, he would just say a few words and end the meeting, but looking at Shen Shiyan's ease, he felt as if no matter it was Shen Shiyan just now, Or the current self, worry too much.
"I originally wanted to have a New Year's Eve dinner together this year, but I have an event here, and I can't leave tomorrow. Let's wait for the New Year. When everyone is free, the family will have another meal together."
It was not until the end of the conversation that Qiao Wei said "family". Shen Shiyan was slightly startled, then nodded and said "Okay".
When the two of them walked out of the building of the research institute, it was already snowing all over the sky. Seeing Shen Shiyan staring blankly in the air, Meng Xintang asked him what he was thinking.
"I was thinking of your mother."
"What do you miss her?"
Meng Xintang opened the umbrella he just took from the guard, put his hand on Shen Shiyan's shoulder, and hugged him to the snow-sprinkled world. Shen Shiyan raised his eyes and saw the umbrella above his head slanting towards him without any accident.
"I didn't think about it, I just thought that an excellent person, you don't need to have frequent and in-depth communication with him (her), you can know that he (she) is excellent in a few words."
He recalled Qiao Wei's humble and polite words, the hunched waist after entering the door, the appearance of sitting on the side seat, and the discarded paper cup that Qiao Wei took away after their conversation and did not belong to her.
How much talent a person has, how much humility will be engraved in his bones.
Shen Shiyan glanced sideways at Meng Xintang, and suddenly understood why when he glanced at Qiao Wei at that time, he felt familiar. There is clearly a shadow of Meng Xintang on Qiao Wei, just like the first time he saw him, he said that his work sounded great, and Meng Xintang just said sincerely and shallowly: "It just sounds great."
Shen Shiyan thought, when Meng Xintang grows old, he must be an extremely charming old man, with humility, character, merit, and romance with the fragrance of ink.
He suddenly felt that he was honored.
"Tomorrow New Year's Eve, we have to have a good time." Shen Shiyan said under the umbrella.
It was their first New Year's Eve after all.
"certainly."
"Make more delicious food. I haven't eaten your dishes for a long time."
"Okay." Meng Xintang replied with a smile, but thought that tomorrow will be thirty, and many supermarkets will not be open again. It may take some effort to buy all the ingredients needed.
He shared this concern with Shen Shiyan, but Shen Shiyan quickly said, "I bought them all. Although I don't know what you want to use, I bought almost everything I knew."
Meng Xintang looked at him in surprise, Shen Shiyan smiled, raised his hand and drew a height higher than himself: "The shopping receipt is so long, many people are looking at me when I check out."
Meng Xintang laughed loudly, causing colleagues who passed by to turn back frequently. He waved his hand on Shen Shiyan's shoulder, said "Happy New Year" a few times, and hugged the person in his arms tighter.
After the Chinese New Year, you should listen to the words of your loved ones.