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On Christmas Eve, the traffic jam in the city center was really terrible, Qiao Mingsi got off work, and it was a bit late to rush back to the city center from the company in the North District.

He entered the pre-booked restaurant, opened the door of the box and looked around, it seemed that everyone was there, so he was the only one who was sent.

He smiled and walked a few steps in, suddenly felt a chill, and his body shook involuntarily.Uh, what happened to the piercing eyes of the group of girls on the opposite side?

The corners of Qiao Mingsi's smiling mouth froze unnaturally, and he swallowed the greeting he was about to blurt out.

"Look, the deputy assistant you've been talking about is not here anymore." Jiang Yu recognized Qiao Mingsi and couldn't help laughing.He had just passed through a brutal onlooker not long ago, and he was well aware of the lethality of these girls, so he hurriedly stood up and greeted Qiao Mingsi to take his seat.

Seeing Jiang Yu shaking his head helplessly, Qiao Mingsi glanced at the group of girls again, and instantly understood. While introducing himself to everyone, he patted Jiang Yu on the shoulder: Thank you for your hard work.

Qiao Mingsi, who was in the guild, hadn't seen much, and after they were seated, everyone began to introduce themselves in turn. As for the group of girls, the reserved virtues of the Chinese nation had long been forgotten by them, and they stared at Qiao Mingsi even more. Deep, they have brainstormed all kinds of pairings, and even when introducing themselves, they don’t forget to add strange sentences like "the deputy gang has infinite virtue" and "we are optimistic about you". When Xiao Tong, who is usually the most active, made an introduction, she only heard a strange cry: "This is cheating!"

Qiao Mingsi followed the sound and looked over. The voice was a girl with short hair. Not only was the voice familiar, but the baby-fat bun face was also familiar. He lowered his head and thought for a while: "You are...Xiaotong?"

Xiaotong turned around to face Qiao Mingsi, lowered his head with a mournful face, and yelled like a mosquito: "Boss..."

Qiao Mingsi was surprised, and finally remembered who this girl was after being called by Xiao Tong: "Li Tong, an intern from the creative department?"

Xiaotong nodded with tears in his eyes, turned around and lay down on the shoulder of "JQ is everywhere" sitting next to her, sobbing: "I'm planning to hand in my resume to apply for a job next semester, it's so cheating."

"Oh my god, the boss you've been flirting with for several months and who worked so freakishly that you burst out laughing is us...uh...we...the assistant..." JQ seemed to be a very gentle girl, speaking before It hasn't been much, but now when I heard Xiao Tong's complaint, I suddenly became excited. In the middle of the sentence, Xiao Tong covered his mouth suddenly, but he still struggled to finish the whole sentence. Everyone looked at the two girls and thought in their hearts Silently ashamed.

Qiao Mingsi raised his eyebrows.

Xiao Tong let go of JQ, turned his face: "Vice-Bang, hehe, your lord has a lot..."

So the legendary smile that made people happy flashed again, but it seemed to be more auspicious: "Well, yes, the creative department has a good impression of you, the company will invite people to come over in the spring to try. "

Xiao Tong helped the forehead.If the bookstore is still open when I go back today, I have to hurry up and buy a copy of "36 Ways to Please Your Boss".

Qiao Mingsi didn't worry too much about this issue, seeing that everyone was here, he asked everyone to order.

After a while, the waiters came to serve the dishes one after another, everyone ate and drank, and the atmosphere of the party became lively.A group of people were already familiar with each other on the Internet, and they let go after chatting for a while.Xiaotong realized that a certain black-bellied and treacherous deputy gang leader was bored when the word Xiaowei was mentioned, so he seized the boss's handle and shuddered, regaining his previous vitality, and a dozen people laughed continuously during the banquet.

After the meal was over, a group of people left the restaurant and went to KTV, a conventional arrangement.But what gathers at a party is the atmosphere, and the form is not so important in comparison.

When it comes to singing, it is natural that the respective presidents bear the brunt.

Qiao Mingzhe used to love to play so much, and singing is of course not bad. After the end of a song, he received a lot of applause.Shen Wei, who was sitting next to him, sang "TOXIC". The hot lyrics were paired with her gentle appearance that deceived the crowd. The contrast of this alone was surprising.Jiang Yu then sang "Companion". Although the light and warm feeling is far from his image in the game, it is quite in line with his real feeling.Han Lifeng, who sang out of tune when no one was leading him, shied away several times, and finally sang the song "Secret Love" with Jiang Yu.

Everyone present basically sang a song no matter how good their singing skills were, even the fat man yelled "I Will Love You When I Die", but Qiao Mingsi, who was expected by everyone, refused to cooperate at all today, shaking his head no matter what he asked for, and refused Sing.Xiao Tong rolled his eyes, put the song "Dear Why Are You Not By My Side" in front, took the microphone and sang by himself, a group of girls behind him booed and applauded, the atmosphere was very lively, but he didn't know whether it was intentional or purely natural, and he sang a few words Qiao Mingsi had no choice but to take the microphone handed by Xiaotong during the interlude and sang the song for her.

A group of people felt quite tired when they sang until nearly eleven o'clock. After all, they had been busy with work and classes during the day.Jiang Yu was on duty on Saturday, so he had already gone home with Han Lifeng.Xiaotong and the others strolled the streets all afternoon, gradually unable to hold on, and prepared to leave.Everyone left their contact information and made an appointment to go out to play tomorrow, so the first alliance gathering between Yanzhu and Shenshen ended like this.

Qiao Mingzhe bought a new house in the North District. It was just renovated a while ago and recently moved out from Qiao Mingsi's.After Shen Wei left, Shen Wei has been living with Qiao Mingzhe.Now that the party was over, Qiao Mingzhe said goodbye to his elder brother and drove Shen Wei away.

Qiao Mingsi arranged for everyone to leave, settled the bill, and looked at his watch, it was already 11:30.

At the end of December, the weather also cooled down. Although City C is located in the south, it is dry and cold in winter, and it rarely snows. In recent days, it has been sunny continuously. It is impossible to have a white Christmas.

This place is very close to the city center, Qiao Mingsi didn't drive, and walked alone on the street late at night, the wind blowing in front of him was a bit piercing.

He has always known that Christmas Eve in City C is quite lively, and many couples will rush to the clock tower in the city center to listen to the zero o'clock chime like New Year, but he has never experienced such an atmosphere personally.

Seeing that it was still early, Qiao Mingsi slowed down and walked slowly along the pedestrian street towards the central square in the city center like a walk.

The streets are bustling with couples holding hands and cuddling each other, strolling and laughing.Most of the shops on both sides of the street were not closed, and the street lights were brightly lit all the way, without the bleakness of late night at all.The colorful lights hanging on the trees are red and green, twinkling, and there are children selling fluorescent sticks and balloons along the street.

Qiao Mingsi looked around, the crowd was either in twos or threes, or in pairs, there were not many people alone like him.He was even more surprised when he reached the square in the middle of the street, but it was only [-]:[-], and a large group of people had gathered under the clock tower in the center of the square.

Qiao Mingsi stood on the edge of the square and took out his mobile phone, turned on the camera function, and looked at the clock tower. He felt that the view was a little far away from the clock tower, so he moved a certain distance to the clock tower, adjusted the picture, and then stood The crowd looked at the bell tower not far away and waited quietly.

I can't remember how my previous self spent Christmas.

at work?at the bar? Love Hotel?Or go to bed early at home alone?

For so many years, Christmas Eve has never left any particularly deep impression in my mind.I have never thought about whether I am alone or not, and I have never felt the feeling of being anxious about someone all day long.

A person is not alone, and a person standing in a square full of couples is not lonely, but when a person stands in a square full of couples and thinks about another person, loneliness The feeling really and deeply penetrated into my heart.

Although I was separated from the Internet before, I was still in the same city, but it took only one night to fly to a place thousands of kilometers away. The scenes that appeared in front of him made him feel extremely irritated.

How long will this feeling of being unable to hold the person I miss firmly in my hand last?He really, really didn't like that at all.

Just when Qiao Mingsi was distracted, the crowd around him began to boil. He looked up at the clock, and it turned out that the zero o'clock that he had been waiting for was approaching.

With half a minute left, he quickly took out his mobile phone, pointed the camera at the clock tower in the center of the square, adjusted the picture, and waited for the moment when the clock tower's hour, minute and second hands coincided.

I remember that someone sent him zero blessings before, and I always felt that although the person who sent the text message was careful, it didn't mean much.What's the difference when blessings are sent?Isn't it the same as just a few words?But when I did such a thing for the first time, I realized that keeping zero is not meaningless. As long as I think of being able to convey the earliest and most punctual blessings to the other party, no matter how long the wait is, it will become better.

The crowd begins to count down: 3, 2, 1—

The bell tower in the center of the square struck twelve times at zero o'clock, and blossoming fireworks bloomed in the black night sky.

Press the shutter, there is a "click", and the time freezes at this moment on the screen.

Qiao Mingsi put down his raised hand, immediately switched the phone to the SMS function, edited the message, uploaded the picture, confirmed the completion, and sent it.

To Xiaowei: Merry Christmas!

The system prompts that the message has been sent successfully, Qiao Mingsi re-read the message in the outbox, and then closed the phone.

That little devil is playing wildly somewhere.Qiao Mingsi smiled and shook his head, trying to put the phone back into his pocket, but the phone vibrated just as he closed the cover.