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The author has something to say: Morning~Happy New Year~

I hope everyone will have a lot of red envelopes during the Spring Festival~ I have reached the age of giving out red envelopes, and I am sad...

Haha, my servant resigns

The special report on green buildings was successfully completed.The report was not only praised at the newspaper review meeting of the same day, but also reprinted by various real estate industry news websites.

Zheng Yuan shook the newspaper in his hand.He had accomplished an impossible task when he first debuted in the real estate industry, even he himself did not believe it.

He sent a message to Lin Baocun to express his gratitude, but Zheng Yuan was not as relaxed as he imagined.

The successful completion of the task this time is all thanks to Ouyang who helped him contact Lin Baocun for an interview.

Normally, he would definitely send him a message as soon as possible, expressing his gratitude by the way.But since meeting in the chess and card room on Tuesday, he didn't want to take the initiative to contact Ouyang anyway.

It was because of his attitude on Tuesday that Zheng Yuan felt inexplicably aggrieved.For some reason, he felt that the current relationship with Ouyang was like bartering.He didn't want to contact Lin Baocun according to the phone number provided by Ouyang, but when he thought that this was the reward for helping Ouyang find out the haunted house, he felt calm.

But seeing the report in the newspaper, he couldn't calm down.

Not wanting to think too much, when it was time for dinner on Friday afternoon, Zheng Yuan hurried from the newspaper office to his mother's house.One is to visit, and the other is to eat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the eldest aunt holding Tuantuan's little hand, circling the persimmon tree in front of the corridor of the main house.The little faces running around were flushed and happy.The eldest aunt was also flushed, but she was out of breath.

"Aunt, you are here." Zheng Yuan greeted his aunt, squatting down and waving at Tuantuan, "Tuantuan, come and play with uncle, let grandma rest for a while."

When Tuantuan saw Zheng Yuan, he ran over in small steps.Zheng Yuan hurriedly supported her little arm, Da Xia Tian's forehead and arms were covered with sweat.Tuantuan's arms hung around his neck, exuding the smell of milk and sweat.The child is so nice, you don't have to think about anything, Zheng Yuan hugged Tuan Tuan and wandered around in the air, he couldn't help sighing in his heart.

"Tuantuan, come down quickly. Uncle has been working all day, let him have a rest too." The eldest aunt watched happily from the side, but also greeted Tuantuan with a loud voice.

Tuantuan pretended not to hear, and turned his face away.Zheng Yuan quickly said: "Take a break, I'm fine."

As he spoke, he glanced at the kitchen: "Where is my mother? Why is no one there, leaving you here alone."

The eldest aunt sat down on the stool in the corridor and wiped her forehead: "It is said that I forgot to buy the stomach medicine after taking it. I went to the health station next door to get the medicine. I asked me to help look at the door. I guess I will be back soon."

"Tuantuan, let's cool off for a while too." Tired of wandering around, Zheng Yuan hugged Tuan Tuan in his arms, and sat down on the rattan chair in the corridor.Tuantuan obediently sat on Zheng Yuan's lap, panting, rubbing his little hands restlessly.

"what's wrong?"

"Sleepy." This child learned to speak late, and he cherished words like gold when speaking.

"Go to sleep." Zheng Yuan stretched out his arms to wrap his arms around Tuantuan, let her little head rest on his chest, and patted her on the back.

The eldest aunt leaned over to wipe the sweat off her brow with a handkerchief, and asked, "Will you be warm?"

Zheng Yuan shook his head.

"Zheng Yuan, I really admire you, our family, be honest when you see you." The aunt took the fan from the table in the corridor, and slowly fanned the fan.

Haha, Zheng Yuan said with a smile: "Children, they just like to make fun of themselves."

The eldest aunt nodded: "That's right, we have to be a little bit aggressive."

Tuantuan writhed in Zheng Yuan's arms, and he freed up a hand to straighten her braid.The aunt watched from the side, and continued to say indifferently: "Zheng Yuan, do you have a girlfriend now?"

Zheng Yuan was taken aback for a moment, seeing his aunt like this, she probably came to introduce him to a girlfriend.

"It's early. My family is like this, and my income, which girl is willing. Even if the girl is willing, her parents are not willing."

"You love children so much, there must be good girls willing."

"Um……."

"Tuantuan's mother has a colleague who is the same age as you, and he said that he is in good condition in all aspects. If you are not busy, take some time to meet up. If you succeed, you should make friends."

"talk later."

"Stop talking. Don't look at your mother not urging you now, how can you not be in a hurry?"

Zheng Yuan patted Tuantuan on the back, just as he was looking for a topic to change, he saw his mother walking into the courtyard with a plastic bag from the health station in her hand.

"Mom, you're back." Zheng Yuan hadn't been this happy when he saw her mother for a long time.

The old lady of the Zheng family exchanged a few words with Zheng Yuan's aunt, took the medicine back into the house, walked out and patted Zheng Yuan on the shoulder: "Zheng Yuan, come and help me cook. Sister-in-law, please rest for a while, and eat here tonight. "

The eldest aunt took the sleeping Tuantuan from Zheng Yuan's arms, and nodded to the old lady of Zheng's family: "Don't worry about me, the young couple won't come back to eat today, and Tuantuan and I will just deal with it later."

"That's not going to work. You sit down and I'll cook for us."

The eldest aunt stopped refusing, and sat down on the stool with her arms in her arms.

Zheng Yuan followed his mother into the kitchen.His mother was washing rice and cooking porridge, and told Zheng Yuan to wash lettuce, potatoes, tomatoes, broccoli and a pile of vegetables.

The mother and the son prepared dinner without any further words.It didn't take long for the food to be served.

While blowing the cold rice porridge for Tuantuan, the eldest aunt said to the old lady of the Zheng family: "Just now I told Zheng Yuan that Tuantuan's mother has a colleague with good qualifications, and I want to introduce him to him."

The old lady of the Zheng family brought a plate of homemade pickles from the kitchen, and glanced at Zheng Yuan: "I've introduced him to several times, but nothing worked."

Zheng Yuan was on the sidelines eating fried potato chips with tomatoes.

"That's because those girls have no vision, Zheng Yuan is so energetic. You have to hurry up." The aunt said this to the old lady of the Zheng family, and fed Tuantuan a mouthful of millet porridge.

"Who knows about him, his girlfriend in college will be dirty if he talks well. I don't want to care about him now."

When Zheng Yuan heard it, he was happy.Isn't this just to excuse yourself, the real mother is the real mother.

"Don't think so, maybe this time is suitable. Besides, it's just a meeting. Whether it succeeds is another matter." The eldest aunt refused to accept this, and took the chopsticks to stir-fry the lettuce and fed it to her. round and round.

The old lady of the Zheng family looked at her persistent recommendations, after all, it was not easy to refute her sister-in-law's face: "Zheng Yuan, find a time to meet with her on Sunday, you see, your aunt is in a hurry for you.

Zheng Yuan's grandparents left early, and his mother could be said to have been brought up by her eldest brother, so Zheng Yuan's mother would not refuse to accept whatever happened to her aunt.

Zheng Yuan didn't speak, he pulled out a shrimp from the broccoli and fed it to Tuantuan.

"Is it delicious?" Zheng Yuan pinched Tuantuan's little cheeks.

Tuantuan nodded: "I still want to eat."

Okay, Zheng Yuan took another shrimp from the plate and fed it to Tuantuan's mouth.

"Zheng Yuan, eat quickly, too." The aunt wiped Tuantuan's mouth and persuaded Zheng Yuan, "Look at Zheng Yuan's patience with children, he will definitely be a good father in the future."

The old lady of the Zheng family took a sip of porridge and sneered.Although Zheng Yuan didn't like to study, under the majesty of his father, he was admitted to a 211 college in the city by hanging his ass in his third year of high school.It's just that when filling out the application form, he secretly changed his first choice accounting major to journalism behind his parents' back.Zheng Yuan's father was half dead with anger, but his mother began to understand that this son was born rebellious.Controlling him and restraining him all these years will only be counterproductive.However, the old lady couldn't help but talk badly, and she talked about finding a partner, she had said it thousands of times, and Zheng Yuan only went in one ear and out the other.

"The girl I introduced to Zheng Yuan this time is really nice, and Tuantuan's mother took care of her a lot in the past." The aunt continued to lobby.

Zheng Yuan's face darkened, and he was about to directly refuse when his mother kicked him in the shin bone under the table.

"Okay, then please contact me, sister-in-law." The old lady of the Zheng family agreed, and picked up the biggest piece of broccoli for Zheng Yuan, trying to shut him up.

"What kind words are you talking about. Zheng Yuan is not too young. Isn't your goddaughter's son surnamed Ouyang? Isn't he about to get married? He is younger than Zheng Yuan." The eldest aunt's lobbying was successful, with a look of satisfaction.

"Our family's Zheng Yuan is no better than Ouyang. That kid is more aggressive, studies well, and works hard. Do you remember how cute he was when he was a child, and he came to our house to play and help cook. Unlike Zheng Yuan, he would run wild every day .”

"He was a little cuter when he was young." It's okay not to mention Ouyang, but when Ouyang is mentioned, Zheng Yuan gets angry.Originally, he came to take refuge, but he didn't expect that Ouyang's shadow was waiting for him here.

"What's the matter, are you two having a quarrel?" The old lady of the Zheng family heard Zheng Yuan's sour tone, and guessed it was close to ten.

"No."

"It's just that you have a big temper, so quickly admit your mistake to Ouyang."

Zheng Yuan casually fished out some rice grains from the porridge and put them in his mouth, then put his chopsticks across the mouth of the bowl, patted Tuantuan's head, and reported to his mother: "I'm full, you all eat well. I'll go back first."

The eldest aunt was a little surprised, and the old lady of the Zheng family frowned and shook her head at her.

"My son hasn't passed the rebellious stage yet, sister-in-law, don't mind. You can contact me about the blind date. The girl is waiting, and he will definitely go." When Zheng Yuan walked out of the yard, he heard his mother say so.As expected of a mother, she really caught his weakness.

When walking home, Zheng Yuan called Gu Jun, wanting to ask him out, but was hung up.

Gu Jun, who is now an in-depth investigative reporter, has gone "undercover" again.Zheng Yuan was thinking about putting his phone back when a message popped up, which startled him.

"Today's report is really good." It was the message from Ouyang.

They haven't been in touch since they met in the chess and card room.During this period, Ouyang made two calls, but he didn't answer them.Zheng Yuan did not expect that Ouyang would take the initiative to send a message.It's already past seven in the afternoon.Ouyang never easily makes private calls or sends messages during working hours, and he may have just finished working overtime now.

"Thanks to you." Zheng Yuan replied.When he uses this sentence, it is always ironic.Just being forced to go on a blind date, and being admonished by his mother to apologize to Ouyang, his anger couldn't be appeased.He really wanted to tell his mother on the spot that the lovely Ouyang you know has learned to exchange with me at equal value.And I'm going to marry another woman who is more capable of equal exchange!

After sending the message, Zheng Yuan thought for a second and realized that what his mother said just now might make sense.Usually he is not such a stingy person, let alone thinking about it.Now that he has such a small belly, even he himself dislikes it.

He wanted to delete that reply, but it was too late.Zheng Yuan hardly dared to look at the phone screen for a second time.Unexpectedly, Ouyang replied with a smiling face, and said, "Come on, work hard, and have a good rest on weekends."

I can't rest on weekends, so I have to visit real estate in the suburbs unannounced, and maybe go on a blind date.Thinking of this, Zheng Yuan's mood darkened again.

"Hmm." Zheng Yuan thought for a while, and continued to type in the dialog box: "Tomorrow afternoon, I'm going on a blind date."

send?Do not send?His thumb circled the send button several times, and finally he pressed the send button.

Imagining what kind of reaction Ouyang would have, Zheng Yuan never waited for his reply.

Along the way, Zheng Yuan checked his phone several times, but Ouyang didn't reply. He felt cold and didn't have the mood to meet up with his acquaintances, so he went home and had an early sleep.

He slept for so long that he woke up several times.Intuition dreamed of something bad, can not tell anyone.

He's been single for too long.When encountering such a thing, I have become used to my left hand.Working in the media industry is often exhausting to the point of impotence.In the previous work circle, except for the interviewees who met once and never had the chance to see each other again, those who came and went were those colleagues.It's not that none of these people hook up with each other.But for him, provoking unsuitable girls in order to meet his physical needs is too troublesome and not worthwhile.

Zheng Yuan got up from the mattress and went to take a shower. By the way, he glanced at the living room. There was a pair of men's shoes that were not his by the shoe rack at the door, and a 26-inch black suitcase stood next to the sofa in the living room.The door of Wei Chen's room was closed tightly, silently.

He sighed, and walked into the bathroom with the resentment of a single dog.

Zheng Yuan's only uncle had an only son, Shen He, who was her father.In his opinion, Zheng Yuan is just an insane psychopath.

There are three reasons for his judgment: [-]. A fake local like Zheng Yuan, although not stupid, loves skipping classes and fighting since he was a child.If he hadn't reported to his teachers and parents in due course, Zheng Yuan would have gone astray sooner or later.

[-]. Zheng Yuan refuses a rich second-generation girlfriend. After playing in a broken band and dropping out of school, it is a waste of life.

[-]. Zheng Yuan didn't shed a single tear at his father's funeral in front of many relatives. "With so many people watching, you should act like you are crying anyway." When Shen He reminded Zheng Yuan this way in private, he was almost beaten by him.

But let Zheng Yuan say, he is also very surprised, how can Shen He, who is so prudent and earnest enough to save face, marry such a good wife as Zuo Qiuyue.This wife not only does all the housework, but her career is also thriving.The most important thing is that she didn't put the people around her into the circle of status and wealth to calculate the price.So these years, Zheng Yuan has always had a good relationship with her.However, in the past two years, Zuo Qiuyue also began to worry about Zheng Yuan's life-long event, which caused Zheng Yuan to be a little afraid of seeing her.

Knowing that Zheng Yuan agreed to the blind date, Zuo Qiuyue, who has always been straightforward in handling things, sent Zheng Yuan a message without saying a word, telling him the phone number of the girl on the blind date, urging him to contact him quickly.

It's a blessing, not a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.At least go to see her, and then find an excuse to turn it down.With this in mind, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Zheng Yuan came to the coffee shop that he had made an appointment with in advance.

This coffee shop is located in the lobby of a high-end hotel in the city center. The semi-open storefront is not big, and the whole is two steps higher than the floor of the lobby. The outer wall and the lobby are separated by patterned glass more than one meter high. Dark browns and cool beiges complement each other well in the store.

Zheng Yuan sat down next to the glass partition and looked at the people coming and going in the lobby.Not long after, the girl who had agreed to meet arrived as promised.

The long hair fluttered, not permed or dyed, casually scattered behind her back.The makeup is neither thick nor light, and her smooth cheeks look like lotus petals that bloomed in early July.The girl sat down on the sofa opposite Zheng Yuan, keeping a comfortable distance with her smile.

"This girl is so nice. It's a pity that she's so nice to me." Zheng Yuan only saw her wechat profile picture as a bear when he contacted her on the phone last night.Seeing the real person, Zheng Yuan still couldn't help admiring in his heart.

"Hello, Zheng Roujia." The girl sat down and nodded to Zheng Yuan.

The sound is also very pleasant, like a lyre with excellent tone.

"Hello, Zheng Yuan." Facing the beauty, Zheng Yuan sat upright and greeted honestly.

Zheng Roujia frowned slightly, but laughed again: "I wanted to say it last night, we have the same surname."

"That's right, it was one family 500 years ago." Zheng Yuan hurriedly picked up the conversation, but didn't know what to say next.

The waiter handed over the drink list just in time, and the two ordered coffee respectively.Zheng Yuan's mind turned quickly, trying to find some topics suitable for chatting with girls.But after searching, I found that my mind was full of buying a house, viewing a house, interviewing, and writing a manuscript.

"It's silly to sit like this, let's talk about work." Zheng Roujia was the first to break the silence with a smile, "I heard that you are a reporter, and you must work very hard every day."

so far so good.Zheng Yuan laughed.There is a lot to be said about the bitterness of the job of a print media reporter, but he does not want to say more.

"The interview must be very interesting, right? Because I work in an office, I am very envious of a job where I can run around outside."

Speaking of interviews, Zheng Yuan couldn't help but think of the interview with Lin Baocun.

"Well. I am now a real estate reporter, and I find that compared with social news, interviewing is not easy. Especially when interviewing big-name experts."

Zheng Roujia stirred the cream on the white mocha with a small spoon, and asked with great interest: "Then what should we do when the experts don't want to be interviewed?"

what to do?Zheng Yuan has only done one industry interview so far.

"To be honest, this week is the first time I have taken on an assignment. There is still a lot of knowledge I don't know about this industry, and even the interviews were organized by friends for me."

"It's great to have a friend who takes care of me when I first started working. It would be great if I had a friend who could help guide me when I first started working, and I wouldn't run into so many obstacles." Zheng Roujia looked envious.

"That's right. The expert I want to interview is very difficult to make an appointment. Who knew that my friend actually made an appointment." Zheng Yuan said, remembering that he still doesn't know how Ouyang made an appointment with Lin Baocun?Peer introduction?The face of this colleague is really big enough.

"Your friend is really interesting. Is he also a reporter?"

"No. He works in a research institute related to architectural design, so he can be regarded as a quarter of his peers. His personality doesn't like being a reporter. But... he is very reasonable, so he is quite suitable in this regard. And he is very determined, unlike me, it is always difficult to sit down and write a manuscript after an interview." Speaking of Ouyang, Zheng Yuan was eloquent.

Zheng Roujia took a sip of her coffee and said with interest, "Haha, you must have been the king of kids when you were young, right? Then your friend is your little follower?"

Yes, it seems to be and it seems not to be.Zheng Yuan didn't know how to describe their relationship.Moreover, it is too dangerous to talk about childhood with a girl who has no intention of falling in love with her.

"Fortunately, although we have known each other since childhood, we don't have much time to play together." Zheng Yuan simply replied, "What about you? After talking for a long time, I still don't know what you do."

Zheng Roujia smiled mysteriously: "I am also a quarter of your fellow traveler."

Zheng Yuan said that he didn't believe there was such a coincidence.

"Really. I do market data research, the real estate market."

Hearing such a high-level position, Zheng Yuan asked hesitantly, "Aren't you working with Tuan Tuan Ma? The marketing department of the insurance company?"

"We are former colleagues. I switched jobs at the beginning of the year to this consulting company." Zheng Roujia shook her head while holding a coffee cup in her hand.

After that, Zheng Roujia began to talk about her work.It turns out that there are many ways in market research that Zheng Yuan doesn't understand, and Zheng Roujia's way of explaining is also eloquent.Zheng Yuan was engrossed in listening, but his mobile phone buzzed uninterestedly on the desktop.Picking it up, it turned out to be Lin Baocun.

Shaking the phone at Zheng Roujia to apologize, Zheng Yuan got up and went to the waiting area next to the bar to answer the phone.

"Xiao Zheng, I just came back to read your report today. You did a good job." Old man Lin's voice sounded like a crunchy bean.

"Thank you for the compliment, and thank you for accepting my interview."

"Don't thank me. If you want to thank you, you have to thank Ouyang Wensi. If he didn't come to me for two days in a row, I really don't have time for your interview."

Zheng Yuan was taken aback.Sure enough, Ouyang did not contact Lin Baocun through his peers.Two days in a row?Does he not have to go to work?

"Ouyang wanted to cross-professional to take the postgraduate entrance examination under my name two years ago. After we negotiated, he said he didn't come to report because of something. He is still very talented in residential design. It's a pity not to continue reading. You are his good friend, right? If he still plans to go into residential design, you can persuade him." Lin Baocun called, could it be because of Ouyang?Zheng Yuan listened and could only answer yes.

Old man Lin hung up the phone after he finished talking.Zheng Yuan's ears suddenly became quiet, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.He didn't know that Ouyang, who was dedicated to his work, would temporarily put down his work for himself, and he didn't know that Ouyang once planned to study for a master's degree, but gave up again.

When Ouyang graduated, Zheng Yuan was working as a social reporter.Running around every day, the time to see Ouyang is limited.But when they met, it seemed that he never listened carefully to what Ouyang said about himself.At that time, his mind was full of explosions, jumping off buildings, petitioning, abduction... and deadlines, deadlines, deadlines!

And the time of the two of them was crushed by these other people's joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys, and it became so dull that it disappeared.

Zheng Yuan returned to his seat without thinking, and Zheng Roujia was fiddling with the small rough pottery vase on the table.

"Is there something urgent?" Seeing Zheng Yuan coming back, she asked.

"No."

"If there is something to do, we can talk about it another day." Zheng Roujia suggested seeing Zheng Yuan's preoccupied face.

"It's nothing... It's just that I just found out that my friend took a lot of effort to arrange an interview for me. I didn't know. I feel a little sorry for him." Zheng Yuan picked up a small cup of Americano coffee on the table.He took a sip of the dark brown liquid like traditional Chinese medicine, and it was bitterer than traditional Chinese medicine.

Zheng Roujia didn't speak, and continued to look at the rough pottery vase. After a long time, she suddenly said, "Don't feel embarrassed when I ask you a question. Could it be your ex-girlfriend that you mentioned?"