I Was Once a Legend

Time flies so fast.

Dong Zheng returned to China with a double degree in finance and management. In six years, the boy who went to study in a foreign country alone has grown into a man.

With the help of his father, he started his business. In just two years, he has achieved good results, but at the cost of being unimaginably busy. Working overtime until the early hours of the morning has become a routine. Fortunately, he is in good health and can still move around.

When the situation stabilizes, there is no need to work so hard.The yellow light at the intersection ahead turned into a red light, Dong Zheng thought so, stepped on the brakes, and waited patiently.

It’s not yet the working hours for most people, there is not much traffic on the road, there are many high-rise buildings, the top is blurred in the misty sky, and the red light ahead is counting down. Dong Zheng was thinking about which partners to meet today, and suddenly the whole car shook violently , The impact made him almost lie on the steering wheel.

He was startled, and then realized that it was a rear-end collision.Dong Zheng turned his head to look, and there was a black Volkswagen behind him, and the owner was hurriedly getting out of the driver's seat.

Dong Zheng also got out of the car, judging from the force of the impact, the damage should not be too serious. This is an ordinary rear-end collision, but no one wants to be involved in an accident no matter what.The light turned green, and all but two vehicles at the intersection restarted and passed them.

The owner of the Volkswagen is a boy in his early twenties. He is checking the damage of the two cars. The bumper of the Volkswagen is cracked, and the car that was rear-ended - he saw the Audi e-tron logo, and his heart was half cold for an instant - —The left headlight was dented and scratched, but a good car is a good car, other than that, there is no other major damage.

But just this headlight... I have to lose a lot of money.

"I'm really sorry." It was obviously the first time for the young man to suffer such a thing, the tips of his ears turned red with shame, and thin beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose, "I'll pay you the original price."

Dong Zheng only took a general look at the damage to the car. He paid more attention to the young man in front of him. He was only 1.8 meters tall. He wore a white shirt inside a black coat and an electronic bracelet. Other than that, there are no other decorations on the body. The forehead hair hangs obediently to cover the forehead, but the sides are shaved very short, giving people a gentle but lively feeling. There is tension in those black eyes at this moment And guilt, was looking at him, waiting for a response.

Dong Zheng was very sure that the two had never met before, but he gave him the feeling that they were very familiar.

Along with familiarity... there is also an indescribably wonderful feeling.Dong Zheng frowned slightly, and after interlacing eyes with the young man for two seconds, he lowered his eyes and pretended to look at the broken car light: "No, I bought insurance."

"That won't work. I'll pay you the compensation. Insurance is another matter. If I hadn't been too careful, I wouldn't be in such trouble now." The young man obviously made up his mind, and Dong Zheng didn't like it when he saw this. Rushing with him on the side of the road, the two of them took pictures of the damaged part of the car for insurance purposes, and went to the nearest 4S shop one after the other.

With such a delay, the time for work has already passed, but Dong Zheng is his boss, it doesn't matter if he is late for a while, and the young man seems to be going to work, so I don't know if he asked the boss for leave.

It is very convenient for Volkswagen to repair, just change the bumper, but because Dong Zheng’s Audi is imported from Germany, the replacement of parts is very expensive, and if it is scratched, it needs to be repainted. When it came time to quote, the young man who had been insisting on compensation froze.

He knew that luxury cars were very expensive to repair, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive. The 4S shop must be here to slaughter people! ! !

Seeing his complex expression of hesitation and heartache, Dong Zheng couldn't help laughing. He took the quotation from the other party, took out the credit card from his wallet, and said, "Let me pay."

The young man immediately recognized that it was a gold card of ICBC. To apply for this card, he needs to meet the requirement of having an average daily asset of no less than 3 RMB for three months.

youth:…………………………

Evil capitalism... This line of words automatically floated in his mind, but the line of numbers on the maintenance bill really made him feel extremely heartbroken, so he could only say guiltily: "Okay, then I have time to treat you to a meal Bar."

"Okay." Dong Zheng admitted that he agreed with a lot of selfishness. With the increase in communication, the feelings brought to him by the people in front of him not only did not disappear, but intensified. When he was in a relationship for the first time—accurately speaking, it probably wasn’t a relationship. His ex-boyfriend also gave him a similar feeling, but it was not as strong as it is now.

The two exchanged WeChat messages. The profile picture of the young man was an anime bunny pasted on the screen and looking out. When making notes, Dong Zheng asked, "What's your last name?"

"My surname is Cui, Cui Zuojing, the left and right, the thorny thorn." Cui Zuojing looked at Dong Zheng's screen to make sure the words were correct, "What about you?"

"Dong Zheng, the sign of the journey."

Cui Zuojing entered his name into the remarks column. It took a while to change the bumper and spray paint, so the two decided to take a taxi to do their own things.

"Where do you work?" Dong Zheng asked.

Cui Zuojing mentioned the name of a company, and Dong Zheng was surprised. It was a famous electronic equipment manufacturing company in this city, but it also had a special identity, Dong Zheng's father's company.

"I worked as a technician there, responsible for the development of communication technology, and I just joined this year."

"That's right on the way, we can take a taxi." Dong Zheng stopped a taxi and said, "Let's go together."

The other party was so enthusiastic, Cui Zuojing had no choice but to be respectful rather than obedient. Dong Zheng went to the back row first, Cui Zuojing hesitated for a while, and sat in the back with Dong Zheng instead of taking the co-pilot.

Dong Zheng reported the destination of the two, and when he heard Dong Zheng's place of work, Cui Zuojing gasped in his heart, thinking that from the perspective of the other party's economic background, at least he must be at the supervisory level, so it must be The backbone of the new company is gone.

"Listen to you, you are not a local."

"Yes, I'm from Shandong. I went to university in Shanghai and stayed here after graduation."

The two chatted so happily along the way that when Cui Zuojing arrived at his destination, his first reaction was how time passed so fast.

"Then I'll go first." Cui Zuojing took the computer bag and said to Dong Zheng again, "Although a meal is definitely not worth the money for your car repair, you should give me some face."

Dong Zheng smiled and said: "For sure, as long as the time does not conflict, I will go."

"Okay, see you next time."

The car door was closed, the taxi restarted, Dong Zheng leaned back in his chair, stared at the front, the smile on his face gradually faded, and fell into deep thought.

After this short one-hour contact, he can be sure that Cui Zuojing is completely his favorite type. When talking to young people, he will even feel a little nervous that he doesn't notice.

The so-called love at first sight is like this, right?

It's just that I don't know... what is the orientation of the other party, if he is a straight man, then he can only hold back.

After all, Dong Zheng would not do such unscrupulous things as breaking up straight men.

Cui Zuojing quickly contacted Dong Zheng again, and the two made an appointment to have dinner together.The place was booked by Dong Zheng. He specially picked a hotel with a relatively friendly price. Cui Zuojing worked in the first year of graduation. Even though Dong Zheng knew very well that the salary of the technicians in his father's company was very good, he still bought a car and paid off the rent. I don't think I can save much money.

Of course Cui Zuojing understood Dong Zheng's kindness. This time they met more freely than the first time. No matter what topic they talked about, the other party could pick up the conversation. There was no need to worry about the embarrassment in the cold. The two parties involved in the rear-end accident are more like friends who have known each other for a while.

"Have we met before?" Cui Zuojing asked the question that had been on his mind since the first meeting.He drank some wine, only to the point of being slightly drunk, and he was particularly energetic under the influence of alcohol. When he was talking, his eyes seemed to be shining. It was a young man full of vigor and vitality, with longing and anticipation for the future of light.

Dong Zheng used to be like this, but now he has been beaten by the society several times, which is more realistic.

Although the two are considered to be of the same age, Dong Zheng's social experience is far from that of Cui Zuojing who has just graduated from school.

"I also feel the same way." Dong Zheng was a little surprised. He felt familiar alone, and maybe because he had other thoughts, but Cui Zuojing also thought he was familiar. Now he really wanted to doubt whether the two of them were real. Where did I meet by chance.

Cui Zuojing couldn't think of where the two might have met. After all, Dong Zheng went abroad to study in high school, and he hadn't been out of the province much before he went to college, so he could only say: "Maybe it's fate."

After eating this meal for three hours, both Dong Zheng and Cui Zuojing enjoyed it very much.

"Did you come by taxi?"

Cui Zuojing hummed.

Dong Zheng nodded: "Then I will take you back."

How can there be any reason to treat guests to dinner and send them back, Cui Zuojing hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Don't bother, I live quite far away."

"It's okay, I don't have any other plans for the evening." Dong Zheng didn't intend to give him room to continue to refuse, "Wait for me, I'll go drive."

Cui Zuojing could only watch Dong Zheng walk into the underground parking lot. Looking at the man's back, he raised his hand and rubbed his nose. For some reason, there was an inexplicable throbbing in his heart.

It was as if something was frozen in the deepest part of the memory, eager to break through the shackles, but couldn't break free no matter what.

That sense of unreality reappeared. Since his 16th birthday, Cui Zuojing had this situation frequently. He couldn't figure out what went wrong, but fortunately, it didn't affect his normal life.

Both of their cars are still in the 4S shop. Dong Zheng changed to a Cayenne today. When the cool SUV was driven out, Cui Zuojing once again lamented the evil of capitalism.

He sat in the co-pilot of the Cayenne, fastened his seat belt, and told Dong Zheng the address of his residence. The SUV merged into the traffic flow, and the headlights were submerged in the river of lights.

On the way, Cui Zuojing fell asleep unknowingly, the car was parked downstairs, Dong Zheng didn't rush to wake him up, he turned his head and stared at Cui Zuojing's sleeping face, his brows were slightly frowned, thinking about the reason for the familiar feeling Come.

Various thoughts came up secretly, but he failed to catch them, like a whale briefly surfaced, and soon sank to the bottom of the sea, so everything returned to calm.

The minute hand turned half a circle, Dong Zheng raised his hand and pinched the center of his eyebrows, and finally raised his hand and gently pushed the young man's shoulder.

Cui Zuojing murmured, opened his eyes, and saw the familiar scene. He suddenly woke up, sat up straight, unfastened his seat belt, and smiled at Dong Zheng: "Thank you very much."

"Among friends, why are you being so polite?" Dong Zheng paused and said, "We should be friends now, right?"

"Of course." Cui Zuojing got out of the car, closed the door and said to Dong Zheng through the window: "We'll meet again when we have time."

"it is good."

Watching Cui Zuojing's back disappear into the corridor, Dong Zheng looked upstairs. After waiting for a minute, he heard the sound of the door opening and closing, and then the windows of a resident on the third floor lit up.

He honked the horn, pulled up the handbrake, reversed the car, and left the community.

The chance to meet again next time should not be too far away.