[Full-time master] [Ye Qiao] gray trajectory

As soon as he got out of the supermarket, the bus left. Qiao Yifan didn't want to wait another half an hour for the next bus, so he planned to walk to the station on foot.He went out in a hurry, he forgot to wear his hat and scarf, the cold wind was blowing, he shrank his shoulders and quickened his pace.Fortunately, the station was not far away, only one traffic light away, and there were not many people at three o'clock in the afternoon. He went to the milk tea shop behind the station to buy a cup of hot drink, covered it with one hand, and looked through his phone in his pocket with the other free hand .

Gao Yingjie sent a text message, it was not long, Qiao Yifan guessed that he sent it in a hurry while taking advantage of the gap. "I'm about to hold a concert. What is Yifan doing now?" Qiao Yifan typed "I" and fell into deep thought.The contract was terminated for two months, and he and Gao Yingjie hadn't seen each other for almost two months. They didn't usually call, and Gao Yingjie would occasionally send text messages, but the text messages he sent back seemed to be as if the other party had never received them.He always asks, what are you doing now.

Suddenly two untimely horns sounded in front of him. He collected his thoughts and looked up, only to find that Ye Xiu's car was parked in front of him.Ye Xiu had already rolled down the window and told him to get in the car and give him a ride along the way.Qiao Yifan looked at the bag at his feet in embarrassment, and the bus that was coming in behind began to honk its horn, so he simply opened the door and got on the bus.

His frozen face started to turn red when he met the heating of the air conditioner. Ye Xiu happened to be playing soothing violin music in the car, Qiao Yifan's tense nerves relaxed, and the music was a little hypnotic.

Ye Xiu suddenly asked him, "Where do you live now?"

Qiao Yifan reported his address, when there was a red light, Ye Xiu stopped.Qiao Yifan looked fatter than before, but his complexion was not very good. After the contract was terminated, Ye Xiu had been waiting for his news, but whether it was a phone call or a text message, the young man refused to leave a word.But so what, God always favors him, he can run into Qiao Yifan who is waiting at the station even if he drives around blindly.

"what are you doing recently?"

Qiao Yifan thought for a while and said, "Sing at the bar."

Ye Xiu looked a little surprised: "Can you handle it there?"

Qiao Yifan replied vaguely, "It's okay."

Fortunately, it was actually not a good idea. He lowered his eyelids, and he couldn't lift his head when he wasn't telling the truth.

"Well, I thought you would go to a high-end western restaurant to play the piano." Ye Xiu glanced at Qiao Yifan, "Isn't it more suitable?"

For a moment, Qiao Yifan couldn't tell whether Ye Xiu was serious or joking, so he smiled suspiciously, but soon he realized that Ye Xiu had just said it casually.

Because Ye Xiu said: "You are still the most suitable to stand on the stage."

There was a long period of silence in the car, Ye Xiu's magnetic voice always had magic power, Qiao Yifan thought his heart was like a rock, but found that the moment the other party opened his mouth, it was like a spring breeze blowing on his face, so easily, wrinkling a pool of spring water.

The house Qiao Yifan rented was on the top floor, a one-bedroom apartment with an attic attached.After entering the room, he hurriedly put away the sheet music scattered on the sofa, and seeing Ye Xiu standing at the door, he greeted him, "Come in, put on your shoes."

Ye Xiu leaned against the door with his arms folded, smiled and shook his head: "Give me a pair of slippers, cleaning is such a hassle."

Qiao Yifan blushed, and went to look in the shoe cabinet by the door: "There are only summer slippers." He felt a little embarrassed, obviously he invited Ye Xiu to come up and sit down, but there had never been any guests at home. I didn't remember to prepare an extra pair of slippers.

"It's okay." Ye Xiu didn't look particular. After putting the shoes he took off into the shoe cabinet, he closed the door casually.The sheet music on the sofa was packed into a pile and placed on the coffee table. Ye Xiu casually picked it up to read, and found that it was still a draft written by Qiao Yifan.

Qiao Yifan nestled in the open kitchen, the voice came. "What would you like to drink, senior?"

So Ye Xiu put down the music score and saw Qiao Yifan taking out all the vegetables from the bag and putting them in the sink, he stood up calmly and walked behind him.

"You still cook?"

Qiao Yifan obviously didn't expect Ye Xiu to stand behind him. With a shake of his hand, the tomato fell to the ground and rolled twice.Ye Xiu didn't expect the other party to make such a big move, so he looked abrupt.But Qiao Yifan quickly calmed down again, and timidly asked him: "Is black tea okay?"

Ye Xiu said yes, and sat back down.Qiao Yifan doesn't seem to be used to being too close to others, or to say that he is not used to being too close to people who are not close to him. He looks like a white rabbit, but his spiritual world is indeed a hedgehog, and he will enter a state of alert at the slightest sign of trouble.

Qiao Yifan turned around again, he didn't understand why his ears burned up.Ye Xiu seemed to have an irresistible fascination with him, he couldn't explain it clearly, he vaguely felt danger, but this temperament was like a beautiful poppy, even the danger was intoxicating.

After calming down, he found a black tea bag from the cupboard, and when he brought the tea over, Ye Xiu was able to skim through a stack of music scores.Qiao Yifan's heart jumped again, he was always so rash.

"I didn't expect you to write songs."

"I wrote it for fun." Qiao Yifan explained, "I made senior laugh."

Ever since he stepped into this line of work, he has been feeling uneasy, and rumors and gossip about doubts have become commonplace.

But Ye Xiu said, "No. It has great potential."

I don't know what it feels like, probably living in doubt and self-doubt for a long time, the sudden affirmation becomes like a joke instead.

"You should trust my vision." Ye Xiu's ults followed one after another, and Qiao Yifan was powerless to resist, "Really, you can give it a try and come back to sing."

The clock hanging in the living room suddenly struck four times. Qiao Yifan was like waking up from a dream, he hesitated and said, "I...I'm going to cook in the kitchen." He fixed his eyes on the alarm clock and wanted to bite his tongue. It was only four o'clock. So early to cook.

But Ye Xiu seemed to always make a proper rescue for him, and he said, "Okay, I just happen to be a little hungry."

Qiao Yifan went to the bedroom to take off the coat that bound his hands and feet. When he came out, he was wearing a gray sweater with a white shirt underneath.Ye Xiu saw him walk into the kitchen, and casually rolled up his sleeves, a red string was hanging loosely on the half of his exposed arm.He looked tense, occasionally pulling his bangs down.

After a while, there was the sound of running water in the kitchen, and Qiao Yifan put the washed vegetables on the chopping board.Ye Xiu stood up and asked, "Want to help?" How could Qiao Yifan ask a guest to help, and hurriedly stopped him: "There is a TV in my room, if you are bored, senior, you can watch TV."

So Ye Xiu followed him through the narrow corridor, and when he entered the bedroom, he felt suddenly enlightened.The bedroom is connected to the balcony and separated by a glass sliding door, which has excellent lighting.There is not much furniture. There is a bed in the middle, a wardrobe against the wall, a coat rack in the corner, a TV hanging on the wall, facing the big bed, and a computer desk on the other side of the bed. There was a poster on the back wall, Gao Yingjie's solo poster.

Ye Xiu's eyes stopped on the poster for a while, and Qiao Yifan followed his gaze to land on the poster. He was embarrassed for no reason. He was not used to putting his feelings under the blue sky, let alone standing opposite him. It was Ye Xiu who made him feel uneasy by showing off so nakedly.But fortunately, Ye Xiu's attention quickly shifted from the poster to the balcony. He didn't mention the poster, but turned to Qiao Yifan and said, "It's pretty clean."

Qiao Yifan bowed his head and smiled in embarrassment, feeling his heart pounding.

Because there was one more person, he made two extra dishes for dinner and cooked a soup.

"I don't know if it suits senior's appetite." He said cautiously.

"It's okay." Ye Xiu picked up the bowl, he wanted to say, I'm not picky eaters, but changed his mind after scanning the dishes on the table, "It's well done, it looks delicious."

Unsurprisingly, Qiao Yifan's face turned red.Ye Xiu watched all this with great interest, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and the taste of eating in his heart was swept away, replaced by another kind of brisk emotion.

Before leaving, Ye Xiu mentioned the matter of returning to the stage to sing again, Qiao Yifan only then responded, it turned out that Ye Xiu had always been serious.He didn't resist like he did at the beginning, he just said that he had to think about it, Ye Xiu didn't say anything more, and thanked Qiao Yifan for his hospitality when he went out.

Looking at each other, Qiao Yifan became confused, the words were obviously polite, but they didn't match the eyes of the other party.The sky darkened, the corridor lights were dim, and Ye Xiu's bright eyes were as warm as the sun. Qiao Yifan suddenly thought of the morning when he first met him after waking up from a coma. Ye Xiu also had the same expression, accompanied by the ray of morning light.Is this what the world calls the warm man, Qiao Yifan wondered.

After clearing away the dishes and chopsticks, Qiao Yifan put on his coat, scarf, hat and gloves and went out.

Lei Ting was a little far from his home, and needed a subway to change to a bus. Qiao Yifan was late for going out today. After getting off the bus, he walked quickly and trotted. When he opened the door of Lei Ting, he was a little out of breath.Dai Yanqi was cleaning a table, and when she saw Qiao Yifan panting, she smiled and said, "Why are you running in such a hurry, is there a dog chasing you?"

Qiao Yifan wiped the thin sweat from his brow and said, "I'm afraid I'll be late."

Dai Yanqi laughed and said: "It's okay to be late, the boss will not punish you."

That's right, Lei Ting's boss is called Xiao Shiqin, and he wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses all the year round. When Qiao Yifan looks at him, he always thinks of Harry Potter when he grows up.He is like a cup of lukewarm water, and he looks easy to talk to. Qiao Yifan was a little surprised when he first interviewed that such a person would name his bar Thunder.

It happened to be raining that afternoon, Qiao Yifan didn't bring an umbrella and was drenched in the rain, looking extremely embarrassed.Xiao Shiqin took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to him, with a faint smile on his face, and the demeanor of an engineering geek.Qiao Yifan sang the song The Sea and the Sky, and Xiao Shiqin said yes after listening to it, and asked him when he could come to work.Qiao Yifan was shocked, Xiao Shiqin just smiled and said, closing his eyes.

"The sound is good. But maybe singing some blues would be more romantic." Xiao Shiqin suggested at the time.

The atmosphere in the bar circle was very different from that of micro-entertainment. Qiao Yifan found that terminating the contract was like unloading a burden for him. The outside world was vast and vast, and the pressure like the tail of the crane was gone.Occasionally, he would be entangled by difficult clients, but Xiao Shiqin was a good boss, and would always show up to help him out when he was drinking his third glass of wine.He dealt with the three teachings and nine streams decently, and always kept a mechanical smile. Standing behind him, Qiao Yifan found that his understanding of people was always only at the most superficial level.

In the past, he didn't care about these things, it's just that the person who walked into the depths of their hearts at the beginning also drifted away from him.

Even after two months, he still felt a faint throbbing pain when he thought of Gao Yingjie.Dai Yanqi returned to the bar after wiping the table and checked the wine on the cabinet. Turning around, she found that Qiao Yifan was still standing in the lobby, so she called him a handsome guy. She asked, "What are you going to sing at the beginning of tonight?"

Qiao Yifan came back to his senses, only to realize that he had forgotten about it because of Ye Xiu's sudden visit today.

"I haven't figured it out yet." He said shyly, "I'm going to the lounge first." The guitar is placed in the lounge, and he will adjust it every time before going to work.He didn't rush to the lounge, but went to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water first.

At the beginning of the evening, there were not many guests, Qiao Yifan lowered his head and strummed the guitar, without distractions.When Wang Jiexi came in, there was a small commotion in the crowd, Qiao Yifan raised his head in doubt, and their eyes met.Unlike him, the glamorous person attracts the eyes of passers-by wherever he goes.

Wang Jiexi went to the bar and ordered a cocktail, silently watching Qiao Yifan on the stage.Just when a slightly drunk guest came up to grab the microphone, Qiao Yifan walked to the bar with his guitar in his arms.

"What a coincidence." Wang Jiexi raised his wine glass and nodded to him.

After nightfall it started to rain.Wang Jiexi put his hands in his pockets and looked up at the water dripping from the eaves.People coming and going in the bar was still a lively scene, maybe it was because he made too much of his gesture of rejecting people thousands of miles away, so many people came in and out but no one came forward to strike up a conversation.

In his memory, there was such a night many years ago, he stayed alone under the eaves and thought.It was only after time passed that I realized that at that time, I was probably in a dead end. Most people would comfort themselves by accepting their fate, but he didn't. He never regretted his choice.

After a while, Qiao Yifan went out exhausted. When he opened the door, a string of wind chimes on the bar door jingled.The zipper of his coat was pulled to the top, the gray scarf around his neck kept covering his mouth, and he wore a black hat on his head. At this moment, only a pair of bright eyes were exposed on his palm-sized face.Just like a high school student, Wang Jiexi secretly evaluated in his heart.

When Wang Jiexi first noticed Ye Xiu's thoughts, Wang Jiexi was a little surprised. No matter how you look at it, Ye Xiu didn't seem to be tempted by this one, but when he thought of Su Muqiu, he felt that this person's preferences had always been as unpredictable as himself.

It's so funny, that person can also have unrequited love.

Even though he was no longer in the same company, Qiao Yifan still didn't dare to look directly at the company's legendary senior. He lowered his head and buried it in the scarf as much as possible, as if this could cover up his nervousness.

The two stood side by side without embarrassment, when suddenly a wind chime sounded behind them.The door opened, and Xiao Shiqin appeared in front of them with an umbrella. He pushed his glasses and said, "It's a good thing you didn't leave. I don't think you took an umbrella today. Let's use the umbrella from the store first."

Qiao Yifan went to receive the umbrella with both hands, and kept thanking him.Xiao Shiqin glanced at Wang Jiexi, smiled at him and closed the door.

"Senior, didn't you bring an umbrella?" Qiao Yifan raised the umbrella in his hand and asked, "Let's go together?"

"Okay, it's not easy to take a taxi here."

Qiao Yifan opened the umbrella, intentionally or not, leaning towards Wang Jiexi, the two of them walked not too fast, the rain was drizzling and the wind was blowing, and Wang Jiexi's ears were aching from being scratched.In the winter days, the sudden rain seems to herald the arrival of the cold snap, and even the exhaled air is frozen into a cloud of mist by the cold air.

Qiao Yifan's eyelashes flickered, and his shadow was not so real under the dim light, but the beating of his heart in his chest suddenly became stronger, and even his hand holding the umbrella trembled slightly.Sometimes it takes so much courage to say a greeting, even to others.

"He..." Qiao Yifan dragged his voice and explained with difficulty, "I mean Xiaojie, how is he now?"

Under the light, Wang Jiexi's side face was as calm as water, and his eyebrows were raised slightly at this moment: "He's fine."

"Oh, that's it." Qiao Yifan couldn't hold back a moment of disappointment, he didn't want to hear such a formulaic answer, but even he couldn't tell what answer he wanted.Whether it's good or bad, he can only watch quietly from the sidelines. He probably always has a glimmer of expectation in his heart, but the road ahead is long and there is no end in sight.

"The company attaches great importance to him now, and he will hold a concert tour in a while. You are working in this bar now, and I will give you two tickets when the time comes."

Wang Jiexi's words seemed to be a kind of beating invisibly, Qiao Yifan's heart was shocked, what was he now, wishful thinking?

Wang Jiexi did what he said, and after two days, he really sent two tickets to Leiting.Qiao Yifan carefully put the ticket into the inner pocket of his coat, and finally pressed it hard as if to make sure it was safe.

Xiao Dai was knocking on the calculator at the bar, and when he looked up occasionally, he smiled and said, "What a treasure, people who don't know think you have two checks in your arms."

Qiao Yifan blushed and smiled silly.The days become fast in anticipation, he seems to be walking on the clouds, and even the days when he clocks in and sings at get off work every day becomes more colorful.

In December, the cold snap came late.As soon as the cold wind blew, Qiao Yifan became sober with enthusiasm. He looked at the date on the ticket, Gao Yingjie's concert was just scheduled for Christmas Eve.Can he ask for leave? He was a little annoyed when he thought about it.

On this day, he went to Leiting early, the door was ajar, Xiao Shiqin and the bartender were hanging Christmas bells outside, while Xiao Dai stood aside and gestured to the glass.

Qiao Yifan took two steps forward slowly, Xiao Dai saw him with sharp eyes, and quickly waved to him.

As they approached, Xiao Shiqin greeted him, "Why is it so early today?"

Qiao Yifan hesitated, not knowing how to organize his words, so he stammered: "The store...the store manager..."

Seeing this, Xiao Shiqin knew that the boy in front of him probably had something to say, so he kindly asked Qiao Yifan to go to the office and wait for him.

To Qiao Yifan's surprise, Xiao Shiqin agreed to his leave without thinking about it.

"When I was studying, I skipped classes to go to concerts," he explained.Qiao Yifan immediately felt relieved, in front of outsiders, he would rather be treated as a brainless groupie.After he settled his mind, he walked briskly out of the office.

Xiao Dai had already taken her seat at the bar, and was wiping the piles of wine glasses with a dry towel. When she saw Qiao Yifan coming out, she raised her eyelids: "By the way, Yifan, someone is looking for you." She motioned for Qiao Yifan to come closer, then lowered her He added with a smile, "He's also a handsome guy, and he's at the table in the corner."

Qiao Yifan looked in the direction Xiao Dai was pointing at, and saw a boy wearing an army green down jacket just looking up. He was sitting in a dark corner, wearing unsuitable large sunglasses, covering most of his palm-sized face.Qiao Yifan staggered and almost couldn't stand still, as if he could feel the scorching gaze even through the sunglasses.

He stumbled and ran over.Gao Yingjie took off his sunglasses, reunited after a long absence, he is like a snow mountain at the moment, the surface is frozen for thousands of miles, but he doesn't know when the raging magma will break through the ice line, but it's not just the two of them here, the girl at the bar has been curious He looked over here, so he had no choice but to forcefully hold it down.

Gao Yingjie's eyes looked as if it had snowed, and his voice was trembling as he forcibly lowered his voice. He asked, "Can I order a song?"