not lonely

On the first Qixi Festival when the two were together, the company generously gave half a day off as in previous years.Today, Qixi Festival has evolved from an ancient and beautiful love anniversary to a gimmick for businesses to attract money.Whether it is a couple who are bathing in love together, or a single dog who looks at himself, it is inevitable to make some contributions to the city's GDP on this day.

It's easy to understand that couples make money easily, but how can a single dog's wallet be emptied willingly on this day?

Shen Lu has been busy with the marketing plan for the Qixi Festival since a month ago, ingeniously targeting the single nobles hovering on the edge of happiness.So on the day of the Qixi Festival, the company's major stores and e-commerce platforms put on new slogans and launched new promotional activities.

The second one is no longer half price, because love is priceless.I will give you the second one, and I hope you will give her your love as soon as possible.

The promotion that year changed from half price for the second item to buy one get one free.

Shen Lu stared at the computer in the office all day, checking the data, platform traffic, transaction data, and sales.

In the past, Zhong Qianyi never had the habit of celebrating this festival, and always worked overtime with Shen Lu.Two single people are full of ambiguity, but no one has the courage to break through the shackles and walk towards each other, so they can only use external force to break down the barriers that trap the two, and separate the two for life.

So this year's Qixi Festival, Zhong Qianyi was able to spend it with his "external force".

The Qixi Festival just coincided with the re-screening of the movie "Sweet Honey". That movie left a deep impression on Zhong Qianyi and made him think about it for a long time.

"What program did Mr. Du arrange? Meal? Movie? Can you sing after watching the movie? It's been a long time since I sang."

"Go to dinner first, of course we have to watch the movie, but wait, you like to sing and we go after watching the movie. Now..." Du Mingcan put Zhong Qianyi's shoulders in his arms mysteriously, "After dinner I'll take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"Do you remember that painting?" Du Mingcan stretched out his hand to fasten his seat belt and started the car. "The little girl in the painting is called Xiaoying. Today is her birthday. I used to go to see her every Qixi Festival and celebrate her birthday with him. I think you will like her, so I want to take you there."

Zhong Qianyi nodded with bright eyes, and smiled, revealing the dimple on one side, "Let's have something for lunch, let's go to the mall."

"I've bought everything, a birthday present for Xiaoying, and nutrition for her mother."

"What's yours is yours, what's mine is mine."

Two hours' drive away from the urban area, Du Mingcan drove to a small village under the jurisdiction of the city. Perhaps it had just rained, and the muddy land, which was already difficult to walk on, was even more bumpy.Du Mingcan parked the car at the entrance of the village, took two bags full of things from the trunk, and led Zhong Qianyi to the village step by step.

When they reached the door, Zhong Qianyi happily pulled Du Mingcan's arm, and knocked on the door with him.

Not long after, a milky voice floated over, which perfectly matched the image of the little girl in Zhong Qianyi's impression.

"Uncle Mingcan?"

The little girl standing inside the door wore two small braids, bouncing up and down with her steps, wearing an orange-red cloth skirt, the old one was a little too big, but it was very clean.For Zhong Qianyi, who was used to wearing Baijia clothes since she was a child, the little girl with big eyes blinking and stumbling in front of her had an unusually friendly feeling.

Ordinary children don't have so many new clothes, and they rarely have new toys. What they like to wear, what they like to play, and what they like to eat are the most primitive desires of children, which are often not satisfied.Only during the holidays can you have your own right to choose what you like.What's more, a piece of clothing has to be rolled up the sleeves and trouser legs, worn to holes, patched, and then shortened to a large length before you can have another piece.

So Du Mingcan filled two big bags of gifts to satisfy all the fantasies of a five or six-year-old girl about novelty.

He puts 100% of his heart into everything he does.Kindness to others is all enthusiasm from the bottom of my heart.

Du Mingcan quickly ran over and hugged Xiaoying, hugged her around several times, and pulled her in front of Zhong Qianyi.

"Xiaoying, this is Uncle Xiaoyi. He also came to see you."

The little girl was a little shy, she lowered her head and pulled Du Mingcan's hand to hide.Zhong Qianyi squatted down and patted the little girl's head, and comforted her with a smile, "Hello, Xiaoying. Uncle is a magician. I heard that today is your birthday. Uncle conjuring up a gift for you, okay?"

Xiaoying looked up at Du Mingcan suspiciously, and Du Mingcan blinked and nodded at her.So she thought about it,

"I...I want...lollipops..."

Even though it is a birthday that comes only once a year, she doesn't dare to be too greedy for gifts. Even if it's a magic trick, she only dares to make a small wish cautiously.

"Okay, then...Xiaoying, close your eyes and stretch out your hand, I'm going to start reciting spells~"

The little girl closed her eyes obediently. After a while, she felt heavy in her hands. When she opened her eyes, a large bucket of lollipops stood on her hands.

Colorful, like small flowers in the mountains.

"Because it's Xiaoying's birthday, Uncle Magician has a lot of presents for you today, okay?"

Xiaoying jumped up and down happily and nodded.

New schoolbags, dolls, extracurricular books, and many beautiful hair clips.The little girl flipped through everything, her big eyes gleaming, she finished flipping carefully, looked up at Zhong Qianyi and smiled sweetly.

As if she felt that the magician uncle had magical powers, she stepped forward and whispered something in Zhong Qianyi's ear.

Zhong Qianyi felt that the whole world was still, his heart was in pain as if being torn apart layer by layer, the little girl's baby voice trembled a little, I don't know if it was excitement, nervousness, or sadness.Her little red face was pressed against Zhong Qianyi's, and she asked softly,

"Uncle Magician, if possible, can you make my father come out?"

Zhong Qianyi was stunned for a while, and hugged the little girl, "Okay, but Uncle Mingcan and Uncle Magician also brought gifts to Mom, so you and Uncle Mingcan will give the gift to Mom, okay? Let's give it to Mom." After the presents, Dad will come."

The little girl happily agreed, took Du Mingcan's hand and walked into the house.Du Mingcan went in without knowing it, and looked back at Zhong Qianyi, only to find that he had long since disappeared.

It was getting dark earlier than before in autumn. It had been nearly three hours, but Zhong Qianyi was still missing. Du Mingcan was about to call him when the phone rang first. He answered it and transferred And ran to Xiaoying's side, squatted down, and put the microphone to her ear.

"Xiaoying, Xiaoying, answer the phone, it's Dad."

The little girl approached tremblingly, and said softly, "Hi, I'm Xiaoying. Excuse me, are you Dad?"

Zhong Qianyi on the other end of the phone endured the overwhelming emotions in her heart, and said with a smile, "Hello, my dear Xiaoying, I am Dad."

"Dad, where are you? I celebrate my birthday today, why didn't you come to celebrate my birthday? Why didn't you celebrate my birthday?"

"I'm sorry, Xiaoying, Dad is too busy, and Dad is too far away from you, so Dad can't spend your birthday with you. But Uncle Mingcan and Mom will call Dad every time, Xiaoying has grown taller, Xiaoying She will help her mother with work, and Xiaoying will take care of her younger friends. Xiaoying is a big girl. Although Xiaoying can't see her father, her father can see Xiaoying's little progress. Xiaoying Ying must listen to her mother, eat well, be obedient, and if she misses her father, she will tell Uncle Magician, and Uncle will have a way for you to talk to Dad, okay?"

"Where are you, dad?"

"Dad is far away from you now, but he is also very close to you. If you miss Dad, Dad is by your side."

"Dad, I miss you, and Mom misses you too..."

"Father misses you too, Xiaoying."

After a long time, Zhong Qianyi hung up the phone, calmed down, wiped away the messy tears on his face, pretended to be happy and turned to enter the door.

What Du Mingcan saw was Zhong Qianyi's body covered in mud while holding the phone.When he saw Xiaoying, he happily ran over.

"Xiaoying, Xiaoying, it turns out that your father is a great hero who protects the village..."

"what?"

"Uncle was bullied by bad guys just now, look at me," Zhong Qianyi pointed at his dirty face and muddy clothes, "I'm in pain all over. But it was Xiaoying's father who saved uncle."

"Uncle, have you encountered a big monster?" Xiaoying asked in confusion.

"I was almost eaten by a big monster." Zhong Qianyi pretended to be scared, "Fortunately, Xiaoying's father came and beat the big monster away, so I was saved... By the way, Xiaoying, your father Did you call..."

"Damn it... I talked to Dad!" Xiaoying said with her eyes shining brightly, waving the phone in her hand.

"Xiaoying," Zhong Qianyi restrained his exaggerated expression, "Dad is too busy with work, but he knows you miss him very much, and he misses you very much. He said, next time you miss him, call Him, okay?"

Zhong Qianyi took out an old-fashioned flip phone, which he managed to buy after driving to the county town.By the way, I got a phone card and entered my own number and Du Mingcan's number in it.

"Xiaoying..." Zhong Qianyi knelt down and held up the little girl's face, "Your father is a great hero. You should be proud of him!"

Du Mingcan quietly looked at Zhong Qianyi's obviously crying face from the sidelines, his muddy muddy look, and then saw Xiaoying smiling brightly in Zhong Qianyi's arms, full of gratitude piled up.

Fortunately, fortunately he is mine.Fortunately, I could hold his hand, and he didn't push my hand away.Fortunately, I drove him across the bumpy and muddy land, and showed him a soft place in my heart. He didn't disdain or ignore it. He surrounded, protected, and treasured that soft place with his own heart.

Fortunately, after all this, he was the closest to me.

It was nearly nine o'clock when the two rushed back that night.The movie theater was already overcrowded, and the two of them squeezed in for a long time before they got in, only to find that there were no tickets for Sweet Honey's last show of the day.

Du Mingcan was a little anxious, and desperately checked various booking websites, and finally found that there was nothing he could do, so he scratched his hair in annoyance, and looked at Zhong Qianyi with a dejected expression.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoyi..." Du Mingcan took Zhong Qianyi's hand, "I...I haven't been to a movie theater on this day before, I...I didn't know that today's tickets are so difficult to buy..."

In order to save time, they finished their Chinese food in the car. The dinner couldn't bear Xiaoying's mother's enthusiasm, so they stayed there to finish it.The time the two spent as lovers seemed to be just this movie.

And it was Zhong Qianyi who had been thinking about it for a long time.

Zhong Qianyi let out a chuckle, cupped Du Mingcan's face with both hands, raised his toes and lightly pecked his lips, stared at his bright eyes, his face was flushed, dimpled out of laughter.

"It turns out that Director Du has passed the Qixi Festival? I thought that for a man like you, which restaurant is suitable for candlelight dinners, which movie theater has the most romantic private rooms for couples, and which hotel has the softest bed and the most considerate room service." clear."

What is this all about?Did Zhong Qianyi get the point?

"What about the movie?"

"I have a solution, let's go!" Zhong Qianyi pulled Du Mingcan and walked out of the theater.

Unexpectedly, Zhong Qianyi drove Du Mingcan back to the company.

"I'm going, Zhong Qianyi, don't you want to use the pain of overtime to save the pain of not watching a movie? Use pain to cure pain?"

"Bring you here to enjoy some of the company's benefits, don't spread the word."

Zhong Qianyi took Du Mingcan to the independent meeting room of the financial center. There was a small projector inside, which was used for office work. It was mainly used to play ppts in meetings. The clarity was not high, and it could even be regarded as blurry.

Zhong Qianyi opened the browser on the computer, found the movie, and clicked to play it.

Teresa Teng's gentle and elegant singing, combined with the love story of Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao, slowly advances in the blurred picture of the projector. From the initial acquaintance and love because of the common background and hobbies, to the final separation because of reality, some Love can only stop at the lips and teeth, covered by the years.

But no matter how many ups and downs they go through, even if she is a wife and he is a husband, they are no longer what they were when they were young, and they are no longer at the place where they first met. As long as it is destined, they will definitely meet.

When they saw the end, Li Xiaojun and Li Qiao looked at each other, and Du Mingcan held Zhong Qianyi's hand tightly.Zhong Qianyi looked at him sideways, a line of tears from the corners of his eyes slipped down against the backdrop of the moonlight.

Later, Du Mingcan bought a projector of the same model as the company's and put it in the study room. It was only turned on on the Qixi Festival. He nestled in the chair and played the same movie over and over again on the computer. I shed tears.At first, he just whimpered softly, but later he bit his lip and covered his face and wept. If he couldn't hold on anymore, he would hug himself and cry loudly.

After watching the movie that day, Du Mingcan kissed Zhong Qianyi's tears and laughed at him, "Isn't this movie Happy Ending? Although Li and Qiao missed each other for many years, they are still together in the end. Why are you crying?"

After many years, Du Mingcan finally understood why Zhong Qianyi was crying.