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What does Ouyang mean by "wait"?

All morning, Zheng Yuan was so busy following Lao Bian's wedding party that he didn't have time to think about it.

Although the bride's family in the old side is also from Yancheng, it takes two hours to drive from the restaurant where the banquet is held, so I had to book a nearby hotel in advance to stay.In the morning, Lao Bian went to pick up the bride, and even the hotel service staff present gave red envelopes along the way.Zheng Yuan and the others were knocking on the door, guessing riddles, handing out red envelopes, and even helping to receive and accommodate the woman's relatives. They were busy, happy, and dizzy.

The old side is very lively. After several years of business, I have accumulated a lot of people who need to be invited. There are seventy or eighty tables for a wedding banquet.The wedding banquet was held in the grand banquet hall of a high-end hotel near Dongdan. The traditional bright red color and rose pink decorate the banquet hall festively and sweetly.

When the wedding banquet was about to start, Zheng Yuan was dragged back from outside the banquet hall by Gu Jun, sat down at the table of his old classmates, and chatted about work and life happily.Zheng Yuan found that after three years of graduation, many students seem to have changed their appearance. When chatting, they are obviously sitting next to each other, but they feel that they are far away.It seems that everyone is looking at other people's lives, but also to ensure that their own lives will not be seen by others.

Zheng Yuan was making jokes with his classmates at the same table, when he looked up inadvertently, he saw a familiar face sitting at the opposite table.The girl had a cat face, sharp eyes and a delicate nose, making her more like a Persian cat.She was wearing a light blue dress, her hair was cut extremely short, and the ends of her hair drew a neat arc behind her snow-white neck. The picture was extremely sharp and dazzling.

Zheng Yuan fixed his eyes and finally confirmed that this girl is Jiang Xiaofan.

Originally, Jiang Xiaofan was introduced to Zheng Yuan by Lao Bian.It is not unusual for her to appear here as a schoolgirl and friend of Lao Bian.

But when Zheng Yuan saw her now, his heart ached.He wanted to turn his gaze away, but Jiang Xiaofan's gaze had already caught him.

He squeezed out some smiles and nodded at her, her eyes dimmed and then brightened, she also nodded with a smile, and then turned her head to chat with the girl beside her.

Sitting on the left and right of Jiang Xiaofan are girls around her age, presumably they are all her classmates.Now that you have a new boyfriend, why not bring it?

Zheng Yuan was wondering when the light in the banquet hall went dark, and the emcee's honest voice accompanied the wedding march, and the wedding banquet began.

Weddings are nothing more than that.Wear rings, worship parents, and tell love stories to relatives and friends present.

Zheng Yuan didn't know until now that Lao Bian's wife was his middle school classmate, and he accompanied Lao Bian all the way to make trouble, and finally got his wish.Standing beside the petite bride, the old man's smile is also full of stability and consideration.This couple is really nice.

"Our groom is not only a good son and husband, but also versatile. He used to be the backbone of the band and won many awards. Do you want to hear a song from the groom?" After the regular session, the master of ceremonies became active The atmosphere at the scene began to introduce Lao Bian's heroic deeds.

The old Bian took the microphone and said politely: "The host is joking. Our band is actually a joke of a few students, and now the keyboard player has already obtained a Ph.D. abroad. Back then, I just played bass. Actually, As long as you stand still on the stage and flick your fingers, a performance is over."

Hearing what he said, relatives and friends in the audience began to boo.The old man looked around the audience, glanced at Zheng Yuan, and suddenly said: "It just so happens that the lead singer of our band today is also my good buddy Zheng Yuan, so let him sing a song for everyone. Zheng Yuan is easily shy , let’s give him some applause to encourage him!”

Zheng Yuan was taken aback, Lao Bian's singing was ugly enough, but he didn't expect this guy to use this method to save himself.

But at the old classmate's wedding banquet, Zheng Yuan had no reason to refuse such things as singing.The classmates at the same table coaxed him to the stage, he looked back at Gu Jun as if asking for help, Gu Jun was gnawing on a chicken paw with his head down.

Zheng Yuan cursed inwardly and walked onto the stage, took the microphone handed over by the old Bian winking, thought for a while and said: "Today is Bian Yu's big day, and I shouldn't be too much of a guest. But the groom's officer himself ordered songs, I It is also a duty. Zheng Jun’s "Cinderella" is given to the bride and groom, wishing them sweetness forever. I haven’t sung for a long time, so please bear with me if the song is not good.”

Amid applause from the audience, the staff in charge of the music at the scene unexpectedly played the accompaniment of "Cinderella", and Zheng Yuan sang unhurriedly.

As far as the audience could see, there were a lot of safe smiling faces, which was exactly what Zheng Yuan needed at the moment.Until his eyes fell on Jiang Xiaofan, his heart became unsteady again.

Jiang Xiaofan sat at the dining table covered with a snow-white tablecloth, his face showed neither joy nor anxiety, but rather an inquiring expression, as if he wanted to say something to Zheng Yuan, but he didn't know how to say it.

The accompaniment came to an end, Zheng Yuan bowed and stepped down.He lowered his head to drink water in his seat, not daring to look in Jiang Xiaofan's direction.

After eating and drinking, Lao Bian brought the bride to Zheng Yuan's table to toast.Zheng Yuan grabbed Lao Bian, raised the wine glass to the tip of his nose, and said, "Congratulations, sister-in-law's wine is for you too."

Lao Bian winked at him and agreed to drink three glasses in a row.The bride, who was painted with heavy makeup and couldn't tell what she looked like, bent her eyes and said to Zheng Yuan: "You sing really well. My sisters all said, why did Bian Yu hide such a treasure, and I insisted on helping them introduce."

Zheng Yuan was smirking and before he could speak, Gu Jun grabbed Zheng Yuan's shoulder from behind and said amusedly, "Sister-in-law, don't you know that our Zheng Yuan is already famous?"

After hearing this, all the people at the table looked at Gu Jun and asked who the "lord" he was talking about was.

"Me." Gu Jun smiled and tightened his arms.

Everyone laughed and asked him not to talk nonsense, Zheng Yuan also raised his hand and slapped him on the head, and he said honestly: "I can't say, anyway, you know someone. Sister-in-law, you have a good girl, you should introduce it to me."

The bride smiled and agreed to Gu Jun, turned her head to look at Zheng Yuanlian and said it was a pity, then she and the old man went to other dinner tables.

Zheng Yuan was made such a fuss by Gu Jun, so he could only respond to those students who were gossiping, "the horoscope has not been written yet".In a panic, he turned his head to look at Jiang Xiaofan, only to find that she was looking at him, her probing eyes seemed to see through Zheng Yuan's guilt at a glance.

The banquet hall was still noisy, Zheng Yuan looked away, and when he looked at Jiang Xiaofan again, he found that she had left the banquet hall and never appeared again.

The banquet was lively until after four o'clock in the afternoon.Zheng Yuan was helping to tidy up the sundries at the venue, when a buddy next to him greeted him, "Someone is looking for you outside."

Zheng Yuan was wondering who it was, and saw Jiang Xiaofan poking his head in from the dark brown door frame of the banquet hall, and saw him nodding his head, with a bit of embarrassment in his smile.

It is rare for Jiang Xiaofan to have such an expression.Zheng Yuan put down a stack of silk ribbons in his hand, patted the dust off his hands, and walked to the corridor outside the banquet hall.Jiang Xiaofan was standing in a quiet place in the corridor, with his hands behind his back, staring at the toe of his right shoe which was rubbing back and forth on the carpet.

Zheng Yuan walked up to her and coughed.Jiang Xiaofan raised his head, bent his cat's eyes, and said, "The treasured sword is not old."

"Am I very old?"

Jiang Xiaofan didn't answer his words, handed the gift paper bag in his hand to Zheng Yuan, and asked, "Can you give this to Ouyang for me? I just got it when I got home."

Zheng Yuan didn't answer and asked her what it was.Jiang Xiaofan looked down at the bag in his hand, and explained: "It's just some things that Ouyang gave me before, he said that he doesn't need to return them, but I always feel that it's not good to hold them."

Zheng Yuan looked down at the dust standing on his palm, and said, "Just give it to him."

Jiang Xiaofan raised one corner of his mouth and forced a smile: "It's a clean break up, Ouyang doesn't want to contact me anymore, does he?"

Zheng Yuan stretched out his hand to show her the dust on his hands, Jiang Xiaofan shook his head to express that he didn't mind, hung the nylon rope of the gift bag on his palm, and expressed his thanks in a raised voice.

Zheng Yuan had no choice but to hold the paper bag in his hand, and asked hesitantly, "Did you... tell Ouyang about that?"

Jiang Xiaofan seemed to have guessed that he would ask such a question, so he replied without much thought and wording: "Yeah. Ouyang also said that there are people he can't let go of. So... have you heard a sentence? People who are emotional are the most ruthless , because there is no room for a grain of sand in the eyes. If you can bear the tears to wash away the sand and still have no way to give up, then that is true love. Haha, we two are obviously not."

After hearing this, Zheng Yuan asked, "Is this what Ouyang said?"

Jiang Xiaofan regained his energy and said: "It's purely my own imagination. But Ouyang said that he hated that person, and then he gradually looked down on him, and he wanted to completely sever the relationship, but he couldn't help it. He thought that the two were just friends, so he felt at ease. It was only when I accepted his help that I realized my greed and reluctance. I have never seen Ouyang so excited when he spoke. As a result, the waiter who came over accidentally knocked his mobile phone out, and he didn't bother to pick it up. He doesn't look like a big man at all, but I finally understand him a little bit."

Zheng Yuan was speechless by Jiang Xiaofan's words, his mouth was parched.

"Why? Are you stupid? Ouyang and I finally became deserters. But Ouyang is a man who values ​​face and always wants to pretend that he won't be injured. Living like this is too tiring."

Zheng Yuan was indeed dumbfounded, because he realized that he was thinking too much.Looking at Jiang Xiaofan's short hair now, he is much more relaxed than before, so he asked, "What about you, what are your plans for the future?"

Jiang Xiaofan widened his eyes, thought for a while and explained: "I broke up with the person I mentioned before, haha, I didn't find it suitable until we were together. I really have to try it to know whether it is really immortal Heart, it really fits."

"That's good." Zheng Yuan said, when he heard someone from the banquet hall beckoning him to help, he turned his head to signal, then turned to look at Jiang Xiaofan, and said: "I will definitely bring the things, and there is... your new hairstyle It suits you very well."

Jiang Xiaofan looked at the situation, touched the short hair on the back of his head, said "Thank you, you are busy first", and took two steps back before leaving.Zheng Yuan didn't say anything more, waved his hands back to the banquet hall and continued to join hands.

Busy with the follow-up work of the wedding banquet, it was almost six o'clock in the afternoon.The old side likes to be lively, so he insisted on involving Zheng Yuan and a few old classmates, and found a nearby restaurant to continue drinking.

The groom should be self-willed, and the others will accompany him naturally.Lao Bian took seven or eight classmates who were close to him to a nearby Japanese restaurant.

People are refreshed on happy occasions, and the old man drinks too much wine and talks more.After drinking for three rounds, he greeted everyone to eat and drink, and then he moved to Zheng Yuan's side, dragged a cushion and sat down, resting his chin on Gu Jun's thick back, squinting his drunken eyes to stare at Zheng Yuan.

"If you look at it again, you will be charged." Zheng Yuan sipped his beer and joked with him.

Old Bian still squinted his eyes, smiled weakly, and said, "Today, I should prepare a guitar for you."

Zheng Yuan shook his head and said, "Then I should really charge for the performance."

The old man squinted his eyes and rubbed his face on Gu Jun's back, his bangs fixed by hair gel scattered a few strands, his eyes became more serious, and asked: "Junzi said today that you have an owner, who is it?" ?”

"Don't listen to his nonsense." Zheng Yuan picked up a fried eggplant tempura, stuffed it into Gu Jun's mouth, and said angrily.

Seeing Zheng Yuan like this, the drunk old Bian became more energetic.He continued to stare at Zheng Yuan, leaned his face closer, and said in a low voice: "Do you still remember that when we were performing in a bar in college, two girls insisted on going to a hotel with us?"

"I don't remember." Zheng Yuan lowered his face.

"You definitely don't remember. Later I heard from the girl that she came out of the shower and found you missing. You didn't do anything, and you paid the rent."

Zheng Yuan was annoyed and funny when he heard Lao Bian talking about his dark history.He glanced at the old side and said, "You're already married, aren't you ashamed to say this?"

The old Bian was reminded by Zheng Yuan, with a bright smile on his face, he still asked Zheng Yuan persistently: "Why did you run away at that time?"

Zheng Yuan didn't remember much about this matter, and when he was mentioned by the old man, he could only call up his memory in a daze.After having a drink with the classmate opposite, he turned around and said to the old side: "I can't do it with someone I don't like."

After hearing this, the old man chuckled, and said in a low voice, "...I know, it's easy to be like that when you're drunk..."

"You're talking about attempted sex after drinking. Zheng Yuan is sexually frigid and unresponsive, which is different from you." At some point, Gu Jun heard the content of their chat becoming more and more sinister, and interjected from the sidelines.

Zheng Yuan and Lao Bian punched Gu Jun on the back alone, Gu Jun glared at Zheng Yuan with an aggrieved face, turned his head and continued to eat.

"I used to think there were too many fun things, and there was only one person, so I couldn't keep busy." After hearing Gu Jun's words, Zheng Yuan explained.But thinking about it over the years, he is really slow to feelings.His awareness of feelings always seems to be one step behind the changes in reality.

The old man pursed his lips in disbelief, rejected the sushi handed over by Gu Jun, and said with a mischievous expression: "I don't believe it, you are not excited."

Zheng Yuan thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his spirits and said, "Yes! The first time I met Xiaoqiang!"

The "Xiaoqiang" Zheng Yuan mentioned was his favorite guitar ever.When he was a sophomore in college, he really wanted to buy a Martin D45 with rich and gorgeous sound, but he gave up after seeing the price.Later, by chance, he tried playing the Gibson J45 once, and was immediately fascinated by the lightness and durability of this piano, as well as its neither humble nor kitsch tone.In order to buy that violin, Zheng Yuan spent half a year saving money in bars and various small businesses.

Zheng Yuan remembers that he just got his own J45, and with the strings he likes, it is almost crazy to play a few songs.

At that time, he had an idea that if he couldn't sleep with the girl he liked, he might as well play his favorite guitar.A few years later, he found that he just wanted to play the guitar more of the time, like a love insulator.

After Zheng Yuan babbled on like this, he suddenly realized that he was also drunk.Dizzy, he heard the old side say: "Speaking so happily, do you know who bought that guitar when you asked me to sell it?"

After hearing this, Zheng Yuan's mind was half sober.No matter how good the memories are, they are not worth the reality.After the band disbanded, Zheng Yuan asked his well-connected Lao Bian to sell the Gibson J45 in order to see a doctor for his father.Buy at [-] and sell at [-].At that time, Zheng Yuan had no time to be sad, he just remembered that the money was spent in the hospital like running water in an instant.

Now that Lao Bian brought up the matter of selling guitars again, Zheng Yuan could still remember the exhaustion and helplessness in the hospital at that time, and asked "who" before he didn't have the time to say more.

Lao Bian still rested his chin on Gu Jun's back, and said with a sly smile, "It's your nephew named Ouyang Wensi."

Lao Bian's words were like a pot of boiling water, slowly pouring down from the top of Zheng Yuan's head.At first, he was awake, then he felt sweaty all over, and then there was only pain left.

Seeing that Zheng Yuan didn't speak, the old man continued to explain: "At first I didn't want to sell it to him. The piano is for playing. He doesn't play the piano, so it would be a pity to sell it to him. Later he pestered me and said he had to buy it. I I asked him the reason, and he told me that according to your temper, if he handed it over to you, you would not want it. Just at that time, you were in a hurry to use the money, so I simply sold it to him. By the way, If you still think about that violin, maybe it's still in his place."

Zheng Yuan listened to the old man's words in a daze, but remained silent.Gu Jun turned his head and pushed Lao Bian's forehead, making a gesture of shutting up.

The old man knew that he had slipped his words after drinking, but he didn't know why Zheng Yuan cared so much about what happened so many years ago.

In front of his old classmates, Zheng Yuan wanted to act as if nothing had happened and lift weights lightly.But he picked up the remaining half glass of wine in front of him, and found that the rim of the glass was trembling under his eyes uncontrollably.

After drinking the wine in the glass, he got up and shook off the non-woven shoe covers on his feet, patted the old man on the shoulder and said "Congratulations, I will invite you when I find a chance", and went straight out the door without looking back.

Old Bian got dizzy from drinking, wanted to stop Zheng Yuan and call a car for him, but Gu Jun stopped him and dragged him back to the table.

"You let him go. We can't stop him from doing what he wants. He is no longer the Zheng Yuan we knew at the beginning. It's disgusting. Old man, tell me..." Gu Jun started to babble endlessly again, The old man listened to him and ordered him some watermelon juice to moisten his throat.

Zheng Yuan took a taxi home in a daze, his mind was full of Gibson J45 and Ouyang along the way.Ouyang and Gibson J45.All the while, he regretted selling that guitar.Now he thinks it's good to sell that guitar.

Now, he is not willing to exchange Gibson J100 for Ouyang for 45 million.

The taxi stopped at the gate of the community, Zheng Yuan rushed downstairs, looked up, the light in the living room was on.