He once thought that he could grow old with a person, but it turns out that the feelings when he is not familiar with the world, like the graffiti on the walls of the demolished buildings, fade away with the wind and rain. When I looked again a few months later, the wall was gone, leaving behind a pile of bricks. In a few years, even the roots of the walls were shoveled clean.
Zhou Luoyang hurried downstairs, shook off the tangled headphone cord, tidied up his shirt in front of the dusty broken mirror thrown by the resident downstairs, brushed his hair, pushed out his bicycle and stepped on it. Wear headphones.
On September 7th, the sun was shining brightly, the setting sun was brilliant, and the scorching air waves of the early autumn rushed towards him in an instant. In front of countless tall buildings, in the reflections of the glass walls, Wanshi was like a fragmented dream. laser cage.
Zhou Luoyang hummed a song with the rhythm, stopped at the traffic light intersection, stepped on the beat of the music, positioned the destination restaurant, like a stubborn fish in the rush hour crowd, went upstream, and set off for the second Ring appointments.
"Play well," came the introducer's voice on the other end of the phone. "Stop making any inappropriate jokes."
Zhou Luoyang pressed the handlebar and said helplessly: "I know, why don't you just have a meal? Why are you more anxious than me?"
The phone said, "I'm asking you to quickly find a way to pay me back."
Zhou Luoyang stopped his bicycle on the side of the road, unscrewed the mineral water, and said with a smile, "My lord, do I look like someone who owes money and doesn't pay it back? I'm here, I'll talk about it later, and hang up."
Half a year after coming to Wan City, Zhou Luoyang took care of what he had to do, repaid part of his debts, borrowed money from a friend, and rented a suite near the second ring road on the third ring road. After he counted the remaining inheritance of his grandfather, he moved there and managed to establish a foothold in the big city to support himself and his younger brother.
Private room No. 12... The blind date was a male boss. Zhou Luoyang checked his mobile phone, knocked on the door a few times, and heard a steady voice in the private room: "Come in."
Zhou Luoyang entered the private room and smiled at the man, who was on the phone and motioned for Zhou Luoyang to sit first and wait a moment.
The man was in his 40s and was explaining his business on the phone. Zhou Luoyang glanced at his phone again and learned from the "supplementary information" temporarily sent by the introducer that this man was the owner of a real estate company. He has a successful career but is gay, and wants to find a suitable male lover to spend his life with...
What's the meaning? Zhou Luoyang thought, I'm not here for a blind date, I'm looking for a partner!
"Hello, Zhou Luoyang." The middle-aged man said, "My name is Yu Jianqiang."
When they came, Zhou Luoyang had no choice but to nod and ride his bike all the way over. His sweat soaked his white shirt, revealing the outline of his fair muscles. He was blown by the air conditioner in the private room and shivered a little from the cold. With a deep smile in his eyes, Yu Jianqiang kept looking at him, as if he was satisfied with his appearance, making Zhou Luoyang a little uncomfortable.
"It's very hot today," Yu Jianqiang said, "are you walking?"
Zhou Luoyang was about to answer, but Yu Jianqiang called again, so he had to wave his hand to let him sit, handed over the menu to order first, and got up and went to the side to answer the phone.
Zhou Luoyang looked at the menu in his eyes, but in his ears he was listening to Yu Jianqiang's phone calls, which were generally about bidding and land acquisition.
"I'm so sorry." Yu Jianqiang hung up another phone and explained, "I want to get a piece of land, and the bidding will happen tomorrow."
Zhou Luoyang nodded hurriedly, the other party must be very busy with work, and he came to make an appointment at this time, which shows the importance he attaches to himself - or to the introducer.
"I heard you just came to the city?" Yu Jianqiang muted the phone, "Have you been looking for a job?"
"No." Zhou Luoyang handed the menu back and said, "Whatever you want, I can eat anything. I've been back for half a year, and I've been busy moving and dealing with family affairs."
"Learn what?"
"Mechanical Engineering."
"A local, right?"
"Well... Grandpa is from the local area. After his death, there is no one at home." Zhou Luoyang said, "My parents are long gone, and I live with my younger brother."
"And a younger brother?" Yu Jianqiang was a little surprised, but he didn't listen to the introducer and said with a smile, "As handsome as you, right?"
"Prettier than me." Zhou Luoyang laughed again, revealing his neat and white teeth, and said, "I just turned sixteen, and I'm ready to go to high school."
Yu Jianqiang nodded slowly and said, "What job are you going to find? Undergraduate jobs are not easy to find now..."
Zhou Luoyang said, "I have a master's degree."
"Yo." Yu Jianqiang was surprised again. When serving the food, Zhou Luoyang said, "I originally wanted to take over Grandpa's store, but it has been operating mediocrely over the years and owed a lot of money. I have to close it first and then find a way. I hope it will open again in the future."
Yu Jianqiang nodded sympathetically and said, "What store?"
"Watches, antiques." Zhou Luoyang thought for a while and replied.
"How much do you owe?"
"More than six million."
When asked and answered, Zhou Luoyang's tone was very relaxed, as if he was talking about other people's affairs. Yu Jianqiang looked at the child and naturally accepted it.
"Can I drink it? Drink with me if you can."
Zhou Luoyang didn't ask him if he was driving by himself. If he wanted to have a driver or find a driver, he nodded and poured his drink.
Yu Jianqiang said: "When I was as old as you, I was still learning business with my big brother. Big brother on the road, I started from scratch, and life can be considered ups and downs..."
After drinking some red wine, Zhou Luoyang felt that Yu Jianqiang's body was a bit arrogant, which was not suitable, or he didn't have much hope for coming to the banquet today. He also understands the meaning of the introducer. Yu Jianqiang can solve his most urgent economic problems and help him survive this most difficult time.
Then? Zhou Luoyang couldn't say it well either.
Yu Jianqiang first talked endlessly, talking to Zhou Luoyang about how he started from scratch. Just like an interview, he asked Zhou Luoyang a lot of questions. The most asked is what he plans to do in the future. He took a cigarette, and the clouds were shrouded in mist in the private room.
"Brother, I'll be straight to the point," Yu Jianqiang said. "I'm just like this. It's not nice to say it, so don't take offense, little brother."
Zhou Luoyang coughed a few times and forced a smile: "How come?"
Yu Jianqiang said, "You must be short of money now, right?"
Zhou Luoyang replied seriously: "Well, I don't know where the living expenses for next month will come from."
Yu Jianqiang: "Keep your feet on the ground, don't think about the shop left by your grandfather, it is serious business to find a job seriously."
Zhou Luoyang nodded, and Yu Jianqiang said, "You scholars are all arrogant. I don't know if it's appropriate or not. When I first saw you, I thought you were very energetic and smiling. You are also a kind person, and you don't know the dangers of society."
Zhou Luoyang: "Uh..."
Yu Jianqiang: "I know you're embarrassed to talk, let me mention it, I'll give you 12,000 a month, you go to rent a house, I'll come to you when it's free, two to three times a week..."
Zhou Luoyang: "Well..."
Zhou Luoyang thought to himself, this seems to mean that he wants to use the price of 12,000 per month to support me. How can I find a partner to find half of it and become a blind date? Go back and beat the introducer.
But he was still very well-mannered and left without getting up.
After thinking about it for a long time, Zhou Luoyang said sincerely: "Brother, should I be attacking or accepting?"
Yu Jianqiang: "… "
"If you do it," Zhou Luoyang wondered, "12,000 a month seems to be a bit small."
It was not the first time that Yu Jianqiang used money to humiliate people. Zhou Luoyang was the first to counter-offer him. He was choked on the spot, and after a few seconds of stunned he suddenly burst into laughter, and after laughing, he said, "You are a little bit of a kid. mean."
Zhou Luoyang pretended to be curious again and said, "I don't know what the current market is? I remember last year that undergraduates were fostered, and there were 20,000 a month."
Yu Jianqiang looked at Zhou Luoyang with a smile, with a little drunkenness on his face, and said, "Okay, let's ask the price and pay it back on the ground, how much do you say?"
Zhou Luoyang said sternly: "I am a master's student, so I have to add four thousand no matter what."
Yu Jianqiang saw that Zhou Luoyang was mocking himself, but he was not angry, and said calmly, "Then 16,000, you go back and think about it?"
Zhou Luoyang knew that today's meeting was a waste of time from the time the other party proposed "10,002", but out of politeness, he still smiled and didn't say anything, but he couldn't help but sighed faintly again.
Yu Jianqiang called someone to check out, then called the driver, and was about to leave. Before leaving, he had a seizure of competition. In front of the mocking smile of this young man in his twenties, he couldn't let his anger out, so he couldn't help but say something. .
"If you want money, earn it yourself," Yu Jianqiang said lightly. "It's not a relationship with you. No one in this world will come to pay you back, let alone you haven't reached this level."
"I'm earning, don't bother, I haven't finished eating, won't Mr. Yu pack it?" Zhou Luoyang laughed, "It's too wasteful, it can be brought home to feed the dog, what is the secret of starting from scratch? ,Right?"
Yu Jianqiang: "… "
For some reason, Yu Jianqiang wanted to beat him.
"Mr. Yu, see you another day!"
Zhou Luoyang didn't give him this chance, but opened the box door and walked out.
However, at this moment, a person came in at the same time, Zhou Luoyang was caught off guard, unable to stop a step, and slammed into him.
A tall, slender man with fair complexion held the invoice after checkout and handed it to Yu Jianqiang.
Zhou Luoyang immediately apologized, took a half step back, looked at the male assistant, and was stunned for a moment.
"Help him pack a bag and go home to feed the dog, and then send him back." Yu Jianqiang didn't even look at Zhou Luoyang, he instructed the male assistant and walked away from the two of them.
The small world in the private room was left silent.
The man was wearing a straight suit and sunglasses, standing at the door of the private room, with a thin face, thick black eyebrows, and a shocking scar on his face, which crossed the bridge of his nose from his cheeks, as if he had been cut off on the bridge of his tall and heroic nose. Like a knife.
The scar was especially clear under the light of the box.
"Package?" the man said in a deep voice.
"Du Jing?!" Zhou Luoyang was shocked on the spot and muttered, "Why are you?"
Zhou Luoyang took half a step towards the assistant uncontrollably, trying to raise his hand to pull him, or pat him, but stopped when he raised his hand. The man didn't deny his identity. After all, his face is too iconic, and it doesn't make much sense to deny it.
The waiter came in to pack the dishes, Zhou Luoyang and Du Jing stood face to face, time seemed to freeze in front of them.
Then, Zhou Luoyang wanted to reach out to take off Du Jing's sunglasses, but Du Jing saw him raise his hand and took it off first.
"Are you that guy's assistant?" Zhou Luoyang was already stupid, looked at Du Jing up and down, and said, "Isn't it!"
Du Jing didn't answer, looked away from Zhou Luoyang's eyes and watched the waiter pack the dishes.
"Have a dog?" Du Jing suddenly asked.
Zhou Luoyang didn't answer, and said, "After dropping out, there is no news of you anymore. Where have you been all these years?"
Du Jing took the packaged paper bag, put on his sunglasses, and took the lead to push the door out. Zhou Luoyang quickly chased after him, and suddenly there were countless memories in his heart. Looking at Du Jing's back, those memories were like fragments, in front of the street where the lanterns first appeared. It came out in an instant.
"Where is the car parked?" Du Jing said.
"Find a place to have a drink?" Zhou Luoyang said.
After the two reunited, they were talking to themselves, and until this moment, Du Jing finally officially answered Zhou Luoyang.
"No, there's something wrong."
Du Jing stood on the side of the road and handed the packaged paper bag to Zhou Luoyang, but Zhou Luoyang didn't pick it up and said, "Throw it away."
"Leave a contact information?" Zhou Luoyang asked again.
Du Jing didn't answer, and Zhou Luoyang didn't ask any further questions. He knew five years ago that he couldn't use ordinary methods to deal with this guy.
"Then I'm leaving." Zhou Luoyang changed his mind and said, "I hope we have a chance to meet again."
Zhou Luoyang walked to the place where he parked, but could not find his bicycle. After confirming again and again, he had to accept the reality - the bicycle should have been stolen.
Du Jing watched Zhou Luoyang looking for a car in silence, and after a while, he said, "Mr. Yu asked me to take you back."
Zhou Luoyang said: "No, I will scan a shared bicycle."
Du Jing had already taken out his mobile phone and said, "Address."
Zhou Luoyang stood for a while, reported the address, and Du Jing used the software to call a car.
Zhou Luoyang glanced at it, Du Jing was wearing a rubber band on his left wrist.
He stretched out his hand to pull the rubber band, but Du Jing avoided it a little, so as not to let him touch him.
Wanshi was especially hot at night. The two stood on the side of the road. Zhou Luoyang's shirt was soaked with sweat. He turned to look at Du Jing in a suit and said, "Is it hot? Take off your jacket when it's hot."
Du Jing didn't answer.
"How have you been all these years?" Zhou Luoyang asked again, "Still wearing it? Are you feeling better?"
"Listen to your words, I tried to cure the disease," Du Jing replied, "I can't cure it, I can't cure it."
Zhou Luoyang frowned slightly and looked at Du Jing, sighed, and stroked his hair. Everything that happened today, when added together, couldn't compare to the sudden reunion with Du Jing.
"Come to my house?" Zhou Luoyang said again.
Du Jing still didn't speak, Zhou Luoyang searched countless memories in his mind, Du Jing's illness came and went, this reaction was very similar to the time when they were arguing in the dormitory when they were studying - at that time Du Jing said, "Don't talk to me. , just leave me alone for a while."
But at this moment, Zhou Luoyang finally found him, how could he say nothing
"I..." Zhou Luoyang thought about it again and again, and finally said, "Du Jing..."
The car came, Du Jing opened the car door, Zhou Luoyang got into the car first, he thought Du Jing would follow him, after all, what he said earlier was "take you home", but Du Jing closed the car door for him .