hope and gift

A few days after Teng Jiangyan went to school, Mu Xiao left with a USB flash drive.There was an ambiguous veil between the two, but neither of them took a step forward. Teng Jiangyan was afraid, and Mu Xiao had no time.

But after Mu Xiao left, Teng Jiangyan always looked at the empty refrigerator in the morning with a sense of loss, and then looked back at the post-it notes that Mu Xiao had put away telling him to have breakfast, feeling a little inexplicably sad.He was still unwilling to take the initiative to contact Mu Xiao, because he was still not sure whether Mu Xiao really cared about him.After getting along for half a month, Mu Xiao was busy with the project every day, and there were very few days in contact with him. This kind of ambiguity really made Teng Jiangyan feel that there was no place in his body that was not being teased.

But these are not big things, Elen and her boyfriend are getting married is the big thing.Looking at the two invitations in his hand, Teng Jiangyan was a little worried. He asked Elen to ask for one from Mu Xiao, but he didn't know how to give it to Mu Xiao. The current address is unknown.

Teng Jiangyan was sitting on the sofa pulling his hair, when he heard the doorbell, he could only calm down his irritability and open the door for others. He guessed that his roommate forgot to bring the key again.

As soon as the door was opened, Teng Jiangyan was about to turn around and go back, but he heard the person at the door yell in correct Chinese: "Xiaoyan!"

Turning back in surprise, Teng Jiangyan saw a face covered half by sunglasses. He frowned for a long time before he barely recognized Mu Chengming from his outline.But he didn't dare to confirm, so he could only ask hesitantly, "Who are you...?"

The man took off his glasses, looked at Teng Jiangyan with an aggrieved expression, and said, "Don't you even recognize me?"

This person is Mu Chengming, who is so hot that his mother doesn't even know him, but he seems to be in a good mood. Compared with before, he has completely changed his appearance.

"Mu Chengming! How did you get sunburned like this?" Teng Jiangyan looked at the person in front of him in surprise and joy, and because of his irrepressible kindness, he went up and hugged him, and patted him hard a few times His back was patted and Mu Chengming coughed violently several times.

"Hey, can you take it easy, my hands are so strong that I will die!" Mu Chengming struggled out of Teng Jiangyan's arms in fear, straightened his messy collar, and then followed Teng slowly. Jiang Yan said: "Mu Xiao told me that you live here. I just came here to travel. I went to Paris for too long a while ago, so I came here to recuperate."

"When are you going back to China?" Teng Jiangyan asked happily when he saw that he remembered how the invitation was given to Mu Xiao.

"Just today, come and see you and leave." Mu Chengming rolled up his sleeves and glanced at his arms, and said with satisfaction: "It's a lot whiter."

"Don't, you throw it in the coal pile, and others have to light a lamp to look for it." Teng Jiangyan went to the coffee table to get something, and then solemnly handed over the invitation to Mu Chengming, "Give this to Mu Xiao, I hope he You can come."

Mu Chengming looked at the white letter, gave him a confused look, and asked, "What is this?"

"The wedding invitation, the phone fee is sandwiched in it, I paid for it." Teng Jiangyan shook his head helplessly, sighed and said: "Elen actually asked me to pay for it, forget it, don't bother with her."

The expression on Mu Chengming's face was stiff for a while, but he soon calmed down, and put away the letter with a serious expression: "I will give the things to Mu Xiao, don't worry, as for whether he will come, I will not Got it. I...I will persuade him well, let's go first, and I'm in a hurry."

Teng Jiangyan was baffled, and before he finished tasting the meaning of Mu Chengming's words, Mu Chengming disappeared early in the morning.

After the two said goodbye, a month passed quickly, and Elen's wedding was imminent.On the day of the wedding, Teng Jiangyan waited for Mu Xiao at the door of the church for an hour or two. The door of the church was closed, and Mu Xiao hadn't come yet.He thought it was because Mu Xiao couldn't get away and planned not to wait, but he heard the running sound of leather shoes kicking on the ground behind him, he looked back and almost laughed out loud.

Mu Xiao was dressed a bit flabbergasted, he was so out of breath from running, and he pretended to be calm was a bit ridiculous.

"I heard that today... you are going to get married, why is it so sudden... where is the bride?" Mu Xiao said this sentence pretending to be calm, and looked around reluctantly.

Teng Jiangyan didn't react for a while, and after he recovered from the pain, his stomach hurt from laughing, and he was out of breath, and didn't stand up for a long time.He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and held back for a long time before he could say a complete sentence: "Let's go, let's take you to see the bride."

Mu Xiao fell silent suddenly, although he was a little baffled by Teng Jiangyan's smile, but the only luck left in his heart was shattered by Teng Jiangyan's words.

Since the main door was closed, Teng Jiangyan took Mu Xiao and slipped in through the side door. Just as Elen and her husband were walking on the red carpet arm in arm, people on both sides stood up and applauded, but no one noticed the two people sneaking in through the side door.Teng Jiangyan was also embarrassed to find a place to sit now. After all, he was late, so he took Mu Xiao to an inconspicuous corner, but he could also see Elen's wedding.

"Look, the bride is there." Teng Jiangyan approached Mu Xiao and said with a smile, "My aunt, isn't she beautiful?"

It was only then that Mu Xiao understood what had happened, and immediately blushed from his face to his ears, even his neck, which was not exposed a little.He looked away, coughed dryly, and said in a low voice: "Mu Chengming told me it was your wedding, and I didn't know the two Norwegian names on the invitation. I really thought you..."

"I really want to get a certificate..." Teng Jiangyan chuckled when he heard this, looked up at Mu Xiao and said, "I don't know if you want to."

Mu Xiao was startled, looked down at the smiling Teng Jiangyan, opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.There was a trace of wavering panic in his eyes, but there was also a bit of hope.

The two looked at each other, and neither of them spoke.When the priest's thick voice came from the front, Teng Jiangyan bowed his head and turned his face away, and said in a somewhat embarrassed tone: "The newcomer is about to take an oath, we'd better be serious."

As if listening to the wind, Mu Xiao reached out and grabbed Teng Jiangyan's arm tightly.Although Teng Jiangyan was embarrassed to look up, he could feel Mu Xiao's hand trembling.He was puzzled, overcame the embarrassment in his heart for a long time and raised his head to look at Mu Xiao, but at the first glance, he saw that Mu Xiao's eye circles were red.

Teng Jiangyan involuntarily reached out and touched the corner of Mu Xiao's eyes. For some reason, his heart felt sour, which almost made him cry.

"I think, I would like to..."

Mu Xiao's words were completely interrupted by the sudden applause. When Teng Jiangyan looked back to the front, she realized that the oath had already been read out, and her aunt was kissing her uncle.But it doesn't matter whether you interrupt or not, it is enough for Teng Jiangyan to hear clearly.

The noisy talking and fading applause were directed at the two smiling newcomers, and no one noticed the private life in this small corner.Teng Jiangyan felt that his hand was being held tightly by Mu Xiao, the strength even made him feel a little pain.

The bell of the church rang as the door opened, and the bride in white wedding dress threw the bouquet high at the door, and it randomly fell into the hands of a friend amidst laughter.

Standing in the group of relatives and friends, Teng Jiangyan and Mu Xiao were not too conspicuous. Although the two secretly held each other's hands, with irresistible smiles on their faces, they also blended into this festive scene , indistinguishable from each other.

"I don't know why, but I can always think of a sentence. Why don't you guess what it is?" Teng Jiangyan looked up at Mu Xiao, and then deliberately silenced her voice.

Mu Xiao was so irritated by him that he could only ask: "Which sentence? I'm not a mind-reading expert, let me guess, the three hundred capitals of Tang poems can be recited by you until tomorrow."

"Love doesn't know where it started, but it keeps going deep."

Mu Xiao came in a hurry and left in a hurry.But in less than half a month, Teng Jiangyan's project just reached this progress, and the instructor arranged for him to go to China for an exchange. Coincidentally, the place was Mu Xiao's current location.

It's getting colder in Beijing now, and the temperature suddenly dropped to the bottom. When Teng Jiangyan just got off the plane, he was caught off guard by the sudden cold and dryness, but he didn't have the face to open the suitcase in public and take out the sweater and wool pants at the bottom of the suitcase. To put it on, I can only shrink back and walk away.He had just taken a few steps out of the airport when he felt a person walking towards him, wearing a thick waistcoat and covering him from head to toe, so that only his eyes remained.

Mu Xiao must have stood here for quite a while, his face turned pale from the cold, he rubbed his palms angrily, then held Teng Jiangyan's with his backhand, and said distressedly: "I knew you must wear less clothes, Look at the cold hands."

"Also talk about me, I don't think you are much better, why don't you wait for me in the car?" Teng Jiangyan opened his waistcoat, gave him half of it, dragged his luggage and walked forward with him. He hit Mu Xiao with a sense of blame.

Mu Xiao coughed twice before recovering, and squeezed Teng Jiangyan's cheek with a smile: "I want to see you soon, there are so many cars here, I'm afraid you'll be abducted if you go around knocking on other people's doors."

"How is the company doing?" Teng Jiangyan got into the car, put on his seat belt obediently, and finally felt comfortable by leaning his body towards the radiator.

As soon as Mu Xiao turned the steering wheel, he yawned uncontrollably, but he still forced himself to smile and said to Teng Jiangyan: "It's not bad, with Young Master Gu as a shareholder, no matter how much trouble Mu Yueru makes trouble, he can't get out of it." Flowers."

"You look tired. By the way, what about Jinnian and the others? I don't get much news from China when I'm abroad." Teng Jiangyan happened to hear the radio in the car talking about the new season's competition, so he asked a lot. .

Mu Xiao paused for a moment, and then remained silent for a long time before speaking: "I'm still playing, and my grades aren't too bad. Although it's not as good as in previous years, there are always rising stars."

"When I have time to get together, I'll treat you." Teng Jiangyan sensed the disappointment in Mu Xiao's words, and guessed in his heart that it was Mu Xiao who remembered the old days and was nostalgic, so he simply proposed it.

Mu Xiao patted the steering wheel, couldn't help snickering and said: "You still need to invite me, I told them, they came to Beijing after thinking about it for a few days, the new member is still your old man. As for acquaintances, keep it a secret."

After being settled in the hotel, Teng Jiangyan was so tired that he fell asleep and fell asleep, also because of jet lag. Mu Xiao was very busy with business, so he left after not staying with him for long.He slept until five or six in the morning, and when he woke up, he was so hungry that his chest was on his back, so he had to wash up and go down to find something to eat.Anyway, the hotel's breakfast supply must not have started yet, and Teng Jiangyan didn't expect it, so he simply asked the location of the early shop near the front desk, and walked out of the hotel in a hurry.

There are quite a lot of Beijingers in the early morning, probably because it is quite close to the flag, and there are indeed many tourists who want to see the national flag being raised.Teng Jiangyan walked against the flow of people for a while, and was in a daze before he could dodge in time, and bumped into a person.

During this period of time in Norway, he has grown a lot taller, and because of the sunshine and diet, he looks more and more European, and he can't tell that he is of mixed race.The man looked up nervously, then bowed his head and apologized repeatedly in English.Teng Jiangyan saw that the figure of this person was familiar, so he looked at him a few more times, and then asked in Mandarin, which had not been spoken for a long time and was a bit unfamiliar: "Mr. Luo?"

The man seemed to hesitate a bit after hearing the name, and after a while he raised his head, squinted his eyes, and said uncertainly, "You are... Xiaoyan?"

Teng Jiangyan was a little puzzled by Mr. Luo's hesitation, but thinking that Mr. Luo's disappearance after his resignation might be due to going abroad, he suddenly realized again.It should be because I have seen too many foreigners, and for a while, I didn't recognize him as a "special" person immediately.He couldn't hide the excitement and excitement in his heart on his face, he directly stretched out his hand to hug Luo Jun to show his nostalgia, but was dodged by Luo Jun's slight movement.

Luo Jun turned his face away and coughed heart-piercingly, then turned his head and looked at Teng Jiangyan apologetically: "It's also cold today, I got a flu recently, it's very serious, I have to wear a mask when I go out Kind of. If you are not in good health, don't get too close to me."

"It's cold here, Brother Luo, you need to pay more attention to your body. By the way, Mu Xiao and I are planning to get together with everyone in the next few days. Are you going? They will be very happy." Teng Jiangyan heard When it came to Luo Jun's words, whether they were true or not, they all carried a sense of alienation and inhumanity, which really poured out the fire that was burning in his heart.

Hearing this, Luo Jun had an inappropriate look of surprise on his face, but then he suppressed it, pointed to the heavy bag on his hand with an embarrassed smile, and said, "Now that I'm working for someone else, how can I find time to get together?" Ju. I accepted the offer, but I really can’t go, sorry.”

"It's okay, there's no need to be sorry, brother Luojun, why are you so... hey, it's okay, you go and do your work, I won't delay you." Teng Jiangyan was stunned to say "strange" that he almost blurted out. Swallowing it down, he stuttered in blunt Chinese, and then watched Luo Jun who said goodbye and left.

The current Luo Jun is completely different from before. When he walks, he even bends his waist, and the corners of his clothes are even faded. He looks as if he is ten years older and has rolled around in the mud.Teng Jiangyan always felt that something had happened, but he couldn't figure out why, as if there was a lump in his throat, and there was no place in his body that was comfortable.I planned to go out to have a good breakfast, but it turned out to be tasteless in the end. The soup was accompanied by Beijing dialect that others could not understand at all, and I was in a trance.

After contacting the university in Beijing and setting a time, Teng Jiangyan returned to the hotel where he was staying tired.I have to say that Beijing is really too big, and the traffic and traffic jams took up most of his time, so that when he finally came back, it was mostly dark and he didn't have time to eat.

He swiped his card sleepily to enter the door, only to find that a card had already been inserted into the card slot in the room.The door of the bathroom was also closed, and there was still intermittent sound of water inside, which was not very real because of the better sound insulation.Teng Jiangyan immediately took a step back and walked out, looked at the house number full of doubts, and walked in after confirming that it was correct, only then remembered that it should be Mu Xiao.

It just so happened that at this moment, Mu Xiao pushed the door out and bumped into Teng Jiangyan who was still standing there with a complex expression.

"Hey, you're back. What are you doing standing there? I bought you something to eat. You may not be used to the food here in Beijing. I'll buy your favorite food. It's still hot. Go eat it." Xiao Bian said while rubbing his wet hair with a white towel, and pinched Teng Jiangyan's cheek with restless hands, then retracted his hand and said, "I'm thin again, I have to eat it back."

Teng Jiangyan felt the soreness in his heart spread wildly, and it directly turned into a puddle of water, making him powerless against Mu Xiao's every move, and even his nose was sour, and tears welled up.

"Hmm." Teng Jiangyan put his arms around Mu Xiao and said in a low voice, "I saw someone in the room just now, and I didn't think of you at the first time. I thought I went wrong."

"I want to hold you for a while longer. The last time we did this, I can't even remember when it happened."

Mu Xiao sighed, and let Teng Jiangyan hug him capriciously for a while before gently pushing his hand away: "It's hard work alone in a foreign country for so long, it's good to be more vigilant. Don't think too much, come and eat."

Teng Jiangyan bowed his head and said nothing, and sat quietly on the sofa to eat the food on the coffee table.The taste of this meal is also average, but since he hasn't eaten this kind of food with a smell of oily smoke for a long time, the first time he eats this kind of meal with all kinds of flavors, he just tastes like a full banquet.After wolfing down for a long time, he smacked his lips and said, "I met Mr. Luo on the road just now. I didn't expect him to change so much after a few years."

When Mu Xiao heard the word "Luo Jun", he froze obviously, and the slightest smile on his face suddenly disappeared. After a while, he sighed deeply: " I don't want to mention him."