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My coffee shop has been open for almost a year, and the number of employees in the shop has grown to four. I seldom do anything specific, but just visit the shop occasionally.

For example, this afternoon.

I thought I would see Zhou Xuan again, but I never thought it would be in my own shop.

I didn't recognize him at first, but when I entered the door, I saw a man ordering at the counter, and the girl in my store named Chen Jiajia was receiving him.He went straight to the counter and said hello to Chen Jiajia, and then asked another clerk next to him how he was doing today, when a familiar voice suddenly came from beside him.

"Yu Xi, it's really you."

I turned my head and saw Zhou Xuan, my first love whom I hadn't seen for more than a year.

Unexpectedly, seeing Zhou Xuan again was not as sad as I imagined, and all the physiological phenomena such as heart constriction and shortness of breath did not appear.I even wondered in a daze, what was the reason for being so sad when I left him?

These thoughts flashed through my mind, and I smiled at him: "Yeah, long time no see."

It's only a year, which isn't really too long.

Zhou Xuan smiled naturally: "Is this your shop?"

He should have heard the conversation I just had with the clerk, I nodded: "What do you want? I treat you."

Zhou Xuan was not polite to me, and responded with a smile: "I bought four copies."

I smiled: "No problem."

He was going to pack and take away. Taking advantage of the preparation time, the two of us sat on the side and chatted for a while.

"Why did you come to City H?"

"Business trip, today it's my turn to bring drinks for my colleagues." After briefly explaining the situation, Zhou Xuan asked me, "How are you doing?"

"pretty good."

I have indeed had a good time for more than a year, except that in the first month, I would think about those things in City B and be sad.Selling a house, choosing a location for a coffee shop, and recruiting people to open it made me so busy that I was far away from those emotions. After everything was on the right track, it seemed that I didn't have the hypocrisy to be sad.

"That's good."

Politely, I have to ask back: "What about you?"

Zhou Xuan looked at me and replied calmly: "Very well, Xiaoyi and I, we are together."

I couldn't help smiling: "That's great, congratulations."

Zhou Xuan also smiled: "Thank you."

The topic seems to be over here, at least I have nothing to say.

But Zhou Xuan said again: "Ouyang he..."

My heart trembled, and I quickly turned my head to look at Chen Jiajia who had already put the things Zhou Xuan wanted on the counter, and interrupted him, "It seems that it's ready."

Zhou Xuan didn't say anything else, followed me to get up, went to the counter to get his things, thanked, said goodbye, and left, everything was over very quickly.The two of us didn't even ask for our contact information.Although I know, I should be the only one who changed the contact information.

I leaned against the counter and watched Zhou Xuan leave in a daze. Chen Jiajia's voice came from behind: "Boss, are you okay?"

When I regained my senses, I took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, and said to her, "It's pretty good. I'm in a good mood today, boss. You guys clean up and you can get off work today!"

Chen Jiajia looked up at the watch in the store, and I followed her gaze, it was only three o'clock in the afternoon.

I smiled: "Let's go, I want to stay in the store by myself."

"Others go first, I'll wait for these customers in the store to leave before leaving." Chen Jiajia looked at me with some resentment, "Boss, don't you want to drive out all the customers in the store now?"

I blinked: "How can I, I plan to serve them personally."

Chen Jiajia raised her eyebrows, "Let me do it, and you can go and rest on your old side."

I curled my lips, flipped the sign at the door to the "CLOSE" side and rushed out, went to the sofa in the corner and sat down to play with my phone.

The other three people in the store packed up separately, said goodbye to me and left.

About ten minutes later, I went through a few more levels of Xiaoxiaole, only to find that all the customers in the store had left.Chen Jiajia came over with a cup of coffee, put it on the table in front of me, and sat down opposite me.

I saw that Chen Jiajia didn't speak, she took the initiative to say: "Boss, I have coffee, do you have a story?"

Her eyes were so bright that I almost laughed out loud: "You are so gossip."

Chen Jiajia obviously took this sentence as a compliment to her: "Girls only need to gossip a little to be cute. Besides, I am here to care about you on behalf of all the employees in the store. Boss, you have such good conditions. Your personal problems are not Let us break our hearts!"

This girl named Chen Jiajia is the first employee in my store, she has the closest relationship with me, and she can be regarded as my first and only friend after returning to H City.I never hid my sexual orientation, I just didn't tell her about my poor love history.

The four employees in the store are all younger than me, but they have a partner regardless of gender. In comparison, I, a single owner, look very pitiful, especially on Valentine's Day, when there are some romances in the store during activities.

I picked up the coffee and took a sip. I felt that the reunion with Zhou Xuan today did not have any bad influence on me. I really put it down quite quickly.

"His name is Zhou Xuan, and he is my first love."

With the coffee brewed by Chen Jiajia, I told her the story of my first love.

I am from City H. My parents died in an accident when I was a sophomore in high school. At that time, we had just moved from an old house to a unit building.They left me a 120-square-meter old bungalow and a [-]-square-meter unit building in the school district.

Whether it was the two uncles or the uncle and aunt, they didn't bully me who was only a high school student. Instead, they contributed money and effort to help me take care of my parents' funeral.I insisted on moving back to the old house by myself, and they helped me rent out the apartment building, and the rent would be paid to my bank card on time every month.

After graduating from high school, I was admitted to city B to go to university. These two cities are considered to be on the first tier, but the south and the north are far apart.

The contact information of relatives is still kept, but they do not take the initiative to contact.Every family has their own life to live, and even relatives cannot revolve around me.My indifference finally found its equivalent in my junior year.I was really relieved at that time, it was a burden for me to be in contact with any relatives other than my parents.Because I think if they know I'm gay, they probably won't want to have much contact with me.After all, after my parents found out about my sexuality before they passed away, they also treated me a lot colder. I know they even started to think about having a second child.Unfortunately, there is no later.

In the last semester of my senior year, I became anxious, wondering whether to stay in City B or go back to my hometown.In fact, I have always wanted to open a coffee shop in my hometown. After more than three years, I still haven't been able to get used to the southern climate of City B.But at that time, the school required an internship, so I followed the trend and started looking for a part-time job as a tutor.

This is how I got to know Zhou Xuan, a single father. I can’t remember how many parents he communicated with. Anyway, it was the same communication as the previous ones. The difference is that he hired me, and I When I saw him, my heart throbbed uncontrollably.

Zhou Xuan's daughter is Zhou Nan, who has just entered the second grade of elementary school.I sigh with emotion, the children nowadays are really pitiful, and they must have tutors in the second grade.Of course, I soon knew that Zhou Nan's grades were really bad, and she really needed a tutor.

The first time I was in Xuanjia last week, Zhou Nan watched a disdainful syllable come out of my nose.Zhou Xuan slapped her on the head: "Be respectful to the teacher."

Zhou Nan finally reluctantly called me "teacher".

I exchanged pleasantries with her in a good mood, followed her to her bedroom, and asked her to take out her textbook.

Zhou Nan is actually quite smart, but she doesn't seem to want to focus on her studies, she always likes to gossip with me about who likes whom in her class and who hates whom.

"A lot of people in our class are dating, teacher, have you ever been in love?"

"No." I answered honestly, and added in my heart: But I want to fall in love with your father.

"Teacher, do you believe in love at first sight?"

"Letter." I added another sentence in my heart: I am right to your father.

"I don't believe it." Zhou Nan rolled her eyes, "I won't fall in love easily, I hope my first love will last forever."

I quite agree with this: "Me too, first love is always the most memorable."

Probably because I was the first adult to seriously talk about emotional issues with her, after a month, Zhou Nan's attitude towards me was obviously much better, and I also got a lot of Zhou Xuan's words out of her mouth. information.

"Wait, Chen Yi, is it a man? You said your dad just broke up with him, and your dad likes men?"

Zhou Nan rolled her eyes at me: "Why, you discriminate against homosexuals?"

I shook my head: "No, I'm just surprised." I don't discriminate against myself.

Zhou Nan snorted: "I don't know what my dad thinks, Uncle Xiaoyi is so nice, he actually broke up with him. Even though it was Uncle Xiaoyi who dumped him... It's too disappointing!"

I looked at the little girl with a bit of shame as she poked a little bit on the paper with the pen in her hand. I thought to myself, it seems that this child has feelings for that man named Chen Yi. If I let her know that I want to chase her Dad... I hope the storm is calmer.