Return To 1998

Li Xiaoshan sat by the lake for more than an hour. During this period, cigarettes were almost one after another, and he smoked at least half a pack of cigarettes before he suddenly threw the cigarette butt in his hand and suddenly got up and left.

Xu Tongdao and Zheng Qing watched him walk ten meters away before they got up and followed.

Hey, where did you say he was going?

Zheng Qing asked Xu Tongdao in a low voice.

Tongdao Xu shook his head slightly, You think I'm a fortune-teller? Even if it's a fortune-teller, it's not so accurate, right? You'll know if you keep up.

...

Li Xiaoshan never noticed that Xu Tongdao and Zheng Qing were following him.

Li Xiaoshan walked through half the park and came to an old residential area. With his head sullen and silent, he walked into an alley, and came to the door of a bungalow with a yard. He hesitated for a moment before walking into the building. Xiaoyuan took out the key from his waist, opened the door and walked into one of the rooms.

Afterwards, Tongdao Xu and Zheng Qing who followed him were a little surprised - after Li Xiaoshan entered the door, he did not close the door.

What's the situation? This guy was hit in the acupuncture point?

Zheng Qing murmured in a low voice.

Tongdao Xu frowned and said nothing. They stood outside the yard. Although the walls of the yard were not very high, they could see the situation in the yard and Li Xiaoshan standing in the door of the room, but they could not see Li Xiaoshan in the room. specific scenarios.

In this case, no matter how big his brain is, he can't speculate what happened to Li Xiaoshan.

At this moment, the door of a room next to Li Xiaoshan's room opened, and a young woman in her twenties came out with a child in her arms, looked at Li Xiaoshan who was standing in the door of the next room, and coughed lightly, Hey. , Xiaoshan! When Pingping leaves, let me tell you something.

Hearing this, Li Xiaoshan looked back at the young woman, his brows were slightly wrinkled, his face sinking like water, he took a deep breath, then lifted his feet out of the door, forced a smile, and asked, What, what?

Young woman: Pingping asked me to tell you... She, she said that you will forget her, and also wish you to find a better one in the future. She blesses you. Yes! Just these two sentences.

After speaking, she looked at Li Xiaoshan a little sympathetically, opened her mouth, and seemed to want to say something, but in the end she just turned into one sentence: Xiaoshan,

You, are you okay?

Li Xiaoshan squeezed out a smile, but the smile was full of bitterness. He shook his head slightly, and his voice became very low, It's okay! Thank you, thank you!

After speaking, he nodded and turned to enter the room, this time he closed the door casually.

His girlfriend is gone? Did you break up with him?

Outside the yard, Zheng Qing asked Xu Tongdao with a complicated expression.

Tongdao Xu nodded slightly, agreeing with his judgment.

Zheng Qing sighed, This guy is too miserable. Within a day, he lost his job and lost his love. This is unfortunate!

Xu Tongdao narrowed his eyes, but still didn't answer.

After a while, Zheng Qing suddenly said: Hey, you said... this guy, that girlfriend... wouldn't it be true that he hooked up with that boss's brother-in-law? Otherwise, it shouldn't even be the case When the guy sees one, he packed up and left, don't you think?

Tongdao Xu still didn't answer, just nodded slightly and shook his head slightly.

It confused Zheng Qing, What do you mean by nodding and shaking your head?

Tong Xu said: It doesn't matter what I mean, so! I'm waiting here, you go back to that Shuxiang Pavilion and order a few dishes. When ordering, pretend to be curious and ask the waiter over there who Li Xiaoshan is. What kind of person, focus on understanding his craftsmanship and attitude towards doing things, go! Find out, come here to meet me again.

Zheng Qing raised his eyebrows in surprise, You attach so much importance to this guy? It's just recruiting a chef, do you need to be so serious?

Tongdao Xu smiled, Of course you have to be more serious about hiring a head chef, and it's rare to have such a chance to get to know such a person. Knowing a little more is better than not knowing at all. Go! I'll wait for you here.

Zheng Qing: This... ok! Then I'm leaving, you can call me if you have anything.

Tongdao Xu replied with an ok gesture.

Zheng Qing left, Xu Tongdao looked at the closed door of Li Xiaoshan's room, and looked at both ends of the alley... He saw a small shop not far away, he hesitated a little, then walked over, took out his wallet and bought a bottle Mineral water, and then sat on the plastic stool at the entrance of the commissary, drinking water while resting.

There was a pretty young woman sitting at the counter of the commissary. She looked up at the TV in the corner, and some TV series was playing on the TV.

Seeing that Xu Tongdao bought water, she did not leave, but sat outside the door to rest. She just smiled and said nothing.

After all, the stools outside her canteen are for rest.

Time passed quietly, Xu Tongdao was sitting peacefully outside the canteen, taking a sip of water from time to time, his eyes kept paying attention to Li Xiaoshan's door, consciously or unintentionally. Sitting in his position, he could just see Li Xiaoshan's door.

About half an hour later, the door next to Li Xiaoshan's room opened again, and the young woman who had just delivered a message to Li Xiaoshan came out of the door with the child in her arms.

At first, Xu Tongdao didn't care.

But as the young woman walked out of the yard and carried the child towards the canteen, Tongdao Xu moved in his heart and looked at the young woman holding the child.

Not long after, the young woman walked into the store with her baby in her arms and said to the woman at the counter, Bring me a pack of Bingbaolu!

Hey, good!

The woman at the counter got up, opened the freezer not far away with a smile, and took out a bag of frozen ice cubes from inside.

Transparent packaging bag, wrapped in a large red ice cube.

When Xu Tongdao, who was sitting outside the store, saw this thing, he couldn't help showing nostalgia.

When he was young, he liked it very much.

I remember when I was in elementary school, Bingbaolu was a white packaging bag. After I went to middle school, it became a transparent packaging bag, but the large ice cubes that had no color turned into red or orange ice cubes.

Boss lady! Get me a pack too!

Xu Tongdao, who was recalled, stood up and said that he wanted to.

The proprietress agreed clearly and gave him a pack.

The young woman holding the child glanced at Tongdao Xu and smiled.

Xu Tongdao smiled back, and said a word naturally, It's getting hotter and hotter today, so Bingbaolu is better!

The young woman holding the child smiled and agreed: Yeah! Bingbaolu is cheap and durable, especially the frozen one.

Tongdao Xu took the Bingbaolu handed over by the proprietress and nodded, Yes! It's so hard, you can chew it for at least an hour, and it's cool to hold in your hand.

The young woman holding the child laughed and turned to leave.

Tongdao Xu suddenly asked, Hey, sister-in-law! Do you know how Li Xiaoshan broke up with his girlfriend?

The young woman holding the child turned around in amazement and looked up and down at Tongdao Xu, You... know Li Xiaoshan and his girlfriend?