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When I went back that day, Ke Shangchun couldn't remember what he said to Ye Youquan in the car. He only remembered that it was midnight when he got home, and he went to bed after tidying up in a hurry.

In short, the next morning, he woke up because of a headache - when he went to the company, his face was probably too gloomy, and he scared the whole group of people in the office.

Apart from this aspect, Ke Shangchun didn't forget what he said during those few hours in the bar.He didn't suffer from amnesia after drinking, and fortunately Ye Youquan didn't either.

After receiving the order from her boss, the extremely efficient assistant Lynn contacted Xue Meihong on the same day to finalize the date, time and location of the interview.But Ye Youquan was not easy to deal with, so there was still a proviso, that is, in the explanation meeting, all interview questions that had differences had to be removed.

Ke Shangchun originally thought that Xue Meihong would argue as he did at the meeting, but the latter didn't. Instead, he readily agreed, and later called everyone in charge of this area to hold a meeting.

After several discussions and exchanges between the two parties, everything was finally settled.

Afterwards, Ke Shangchun stopped intervening in the on-site interview and interviewing manuscripts—this was agreed at the beginning, but Xue Meihong still hinted several times that he would help to the end; It was because he was too busy to leave, so he bit the bullet and retreated.

Ke Shangchun only remembered to call Chen Congwen when he was busy in the middle two days.He congratulated the other party first, and then stated that he would be there that day.

Chen Congwen didn't change his smirk, and even pointed out that it doesn't matter if he has a companion, he can bring him here as much as possible.Regarding this point, Ke Shangchun treated the other party as gossiping with him, and casually dealt with it.

Compared to him, Chen Congwen was busier, so after talking for a while, the call ended.

But Ke Shangchun didn't put down his phone immediately, but clicked on Line, and looked at the time when he and Su Ming sent a message for the last time - it wasn't too long ago, but it was only an hour ago.

But that's not really talking at all.

Frankly speaking, he has always been busy with work, and it is normal to see him once every three or four days, but this time it was only two days later, but at this moment, he suddenly wanted to make a phone call.

They have never agreed to call every day - they don't feel the need for this, and they are not used to it, but when they don't meet each other, if they do something in private, they will more or less send a message through Line to let the other party know.

But he never mentioned the matter of drinking with Ye Youquan.Although he felt that the two of them were not considered friends, but frankly speaking, he did not really refuse the invitation. Although he probably didn't feel that they were friends in his heart, he could accept it when he thought of it as someone he would meet at work—so that's the case , there is really no need to mention it to Su Ming.

——I mentioned it, I always feel shy.

But, who should feel ashamed?

Thinking of this, Ke Shangchun couldn't help but smile wryly.Certainly not Su Ming, but himself.

After struggling for a long time, he didn't dial the number after all.

We'll see each other on Friday anyway, he thought.

Besides, there is nothing particularly urgent, so I have to call immediately.What's more, he didn't want to interrupt Su Ming's work because of his unreasonable depression - although the latter had free working hours, there was also the pressure of deadlines for the translation part, and he had to translate a certain number of pages every day.

On Friday morning, Ke Shangchun mailed the magazine manuscript to the business in charge of the printing side, and after a few mutual confirmations, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Not only him, but the rest of the office were obviously much more relaxed. The pressure of deadlines for several days made everyone almost breathless; although they should have gotten used to this type of work in the publishing industry, but this month's Extremely busy—perhaps it started at the editorial meeting half a year ago.

At that meeting, it was decided to make another change in the format of the magazine. In addition to the theme set every month, it was decided to set up a famous column.

The invited characters included the entire literary and artistic circles, and anyone with a little bit of fame was on the list, but there were not many who could fit the tone of the magazine. Not all of the ideas were answered, the list was deleted and deleted, and then five well-known figures in the art and literature circles were identified.

Of these five, only two are writers, and the other three are not. Writing articles is more difficult for them than their own majors. Here it depends on the editor's urging and reading and polishing.

Because of this, people in the office are almost chased by deadlines every month.

And this month, one of the five people in charge of the column had a problem and could no longer cooperate in the future. After a meeting with the editor-in-chief, Ke Shangchun decided to draw that person's manuscript this month, and then contacted the previously invited manuscript After confirming that the latter could take over, the writer waited until the last day for the manuscript, and finally got in at the last minute.

Since today is the day before the weekend, the work has come to an end, and the noise in the office has resumed.Ke Shangchun listened to everyone's gossip and started planning for the next issue.

"Brother Ke, why don't you go have dinner with us at noon?"

After a while, Fang Tong came over with the documents and asked along the way.Ke Shangchun took the things in his hand, and said apologetically, "I have something to do this afternoon, and I have to leave at noon."

"That's it." Fang Tong expressed regret.

"Brother Ke asked for leave this afternoon?"

Xiao Lan, who was sitting close to him, naturally heard it, and immediately turned her head over, glared at Fang Tong, asked him to stand away, and blurted out a question.

"Um."

"It's so rare." Xiao Lan raised her eyebrows, and then smiled mischievously: "Is it possible that you want to make an appointment with someone?"

When she asked aloud, it also aroused the curiosity of other people around, and they all stopped what they were doing to listen.

"Well, I made an appointment." Seeing everyone's reactions, Ke Shangchun couldn't help being amused, so he interrupted the conversation generously, and then looked surprised at everyone, and said with a smile: "Don't think too much, the appointment is an intermediary. "

"—Is that so."

Xiaolan said with a look of melancholy, and the rest of the people had similar expressions.Ke Shangchun couldn't help smiling when he saw it, he shook his head, and continued with what he was doing.

But apart from him, and Fang Tong and a few other male colleagues, no one in the office wanted to stop the conversation, led by Xiao Lan, and asked questions in a hurry.

"Why did Brother Ke make an appointment with an intermediary?"

"It's nothing, the lease of the house is about to expire, and I'm free again at this time..." Ke Shangchun said, still working on something.But before he finished speaking, he taught another girl to interrupt.

"Brother Ke wants to live by himself?"

"If you don't live by yourself, who else can you live with?" Ke Shangchun stopped typing on the keyboard, looked at the people who were asking questions, and thought it was funny, so he replied casually.

No matter how you think about it, a group of girls have to answer in unison.

"We want to know too!"

"..."

"I wanted to ask a long time ago, Brother Ke, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Hey, you are wrong to ask this way! Brother Ke, do you need a girlfriend?"

"Come on ma'am, are you trying to promote yourself?"

"That's not it! I'm asking someone in the downstairs department..."

"..."

Hearing a few girls arguing, Ke Shangchun was completely speechless.He didn't want to talk about this topic, decided to keep silent, and continued with the matter at hand; those people didn't continue to pester him to ask questions afterwards, and they started gossip about colleagues from other departments of the company.

Ke Shangchun seemed to have changed the topic when he heard it, but he knew who they were talking about, and he didn't know who they were talking about, but he didn't pay attention to it.

"Brother Ke."

Suddenly I heard Xiao Lan shouting.He stopped working, looked up at her, saw the latter handing over a book, and couldn't help but wonder: "This is..."

"Oh, Brother Gu came over yesterday, and Brother Ke was not here, so I asked me to pass it on, but I forgot it when I was busy, and I just remembered it now. He said that the key points are all marked, and you will know when you read it."

It was only then that Ke Shangchun remembered that he had asked Gu Junxiu to borrow the book, so he quickly thanked Xiao Lan and took the book.It's just that Xiaolan didn't leave immediately, she still stood by the table, keeping her eyes on him.

Ke Shangchun hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Oh Nope."

Xiaolan said immediately, with a smile on her face, but walked away.

"..."

Although Ke Shangchun didn't know why, he didn't take it too seriously. After working for a while, he checked the time and talked to the people in the office, took his things and left.

When he walked out of the company gate, he ran into Sun Mu'an who was about to come in.

"Huh? Senior is..."

"Well, I won't be entering the company this afternoon." Ke Shangchun said.

"Ask for leave?" Sun Mu'an was surprised, and blurted out, "Where are you going, senior?"

"I didn't go anywhere..." Ke Shangchun said, after thinking for a while, he talked to the other party about the upcoming lease of his house. "So take a break from work and go take a look," he said.

Sun Mu'an looked at him and said, "I'll go with the senior."

"No need, I made an appointment with an agency, I didn't go to see it myself." Ke Shangchun declined with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's it, I'm leaving."

"Senior!"

Ke Shangchun turned his head.

Sun Mu'an showed a little hesitation, and he hesitated to speak for a while before blurting out: "Sister's photography exhibition tomorrow, will the senior be there?"

"Of course."

Ke Shangchun said, glanced at the watch on his wrist; he looked at the other party, as if he had something to say, but subconsciously, he always felt that it was not good to listen, so he waved his hand to interrupt, and left in a hurry.

He hurriedly walked to take the subway.When he got in the car, he took out his mobile phone and sighed when he saw the Line message prompt on the page.

It was Sun Mu'an who sent the message.Ke Shangchun clicked on the message, and the other party sent two messages, the first one didn't say anything, just a crying emoji, and the latter one said see you tomorrow.

Ke Shangchun felt a little bit sorry in his heart, not that he was sorry for Sun Mu'an—but in some respects it was true; since the other party also knew about his sexual orientation, and since he had expressed it to him, he had a little intention of not being the same as the other party. got close.

Strictly speaking, he was careless.

The friendship between the two began at the university, and the research institute is also in the same department, but because of different supervisors, the life circle is not the same, and the relationship is not so close, but later they joined the same company—— Gu Junxiu, who has a good relationship with the company In comparison, it was Sun Mu'an who really had a deep friendship with him.

But after all, he never thought of revealing his sexual orientation to this junior.

When I went to the real estate agency, the intermediary I contacted was already waiting there.Ke Shangchun had greeted the other party, and didn't say much, so he asked the other party to show the house.

On the way, the agent first talked about the surrounding environment and the condition of the house, and then asked a few questions about the conditions of the house.Ke Shangchun talked to the other party, but also explained his own situation clearly, so that the other party can contact him if they have a suitable house.

"That's good. I should have a few that meet your needs." The agent smiled and led Ke Shangchun to a community building.

When the intermediary and the community guard took the key to register, Ke Shangchun first looked at the surrounding environment, and it was indeed similar to what the other party said just now.

The two behind went up to the tenth floor.After getting out of the elevator, the window facing the corridor is very bright.He wanted to see that the house was on the right side of the corridor, and the agent stepped forward first, unlocked the door, and then started to introduce him in a blah blah blah.

The layout here is the same as Ke Shangchun's current residence, with three bedrooms, two living rooms and two bathrooms, except that the kitchen is in a traditional form.While listening to the agent's introduction, he looked around and asked a few more important points.

The agent is also an experienced person, not only talking about the advantages of the house, but also helping to see the disadvantages, and even persuading him to see and compare.

Ke Shangchun didn't say much about his thoughts—but he didn't actually think much about this house; frankly, he didn't really want to move.

So he just had a polite exchange with the other party, then finished looking at the house, and went back to the company with the agent to see the rest of the objects.

Walking back to the real estate agency, the agent in charge went to get the data, and Ke Shangchun casually looked at the wall pasted with object lists, and saw a girl standing on the other side.

... a little familiar.

Just as Ke Shangchun thought about it, the girl just turned around.He was taken aback for a moment, and so was the other party, but he reacted first and smiled friendlyly with him.

"Hello there."

"Miss Zhao." Ke Shangchun nodded to Zhao Xin.

"Just call me Zhao Xin." Zhao Xin said heartily.

Ke Shangchun smiled.

At this time another agent came over, took a booklet in his hand, and called Ms. Zhao.Zhao Xin and Ke Shangchun nodded and walked over.

"Mr. Ke..."

The agent in charge came back with this document in his hand.Ke Shangchun listened to the other party's introduction for a while, then looked faintly at the other side, where Zhao Xin was getting up, as if he was going to see the house.

Before he could meet Zhao Xin's gaze, he turned his gaze away.

After leaving the real estate agency, Ke Shangchun went back to the apartment where he lived, but after a short stay, he tidied himself up a bit, and went out again when he saw that it was almost time.

He took the subway to the station near the Yanke restaurant.It was a restaurant specialized in entertaining guests, and there was also a special person to help with the wedding procedures. Usually it was very difficult to make a reservation, but now it was rushed but it was able to line up. It is said that it was because the boss had received Zhou Shichang's kindness.

Zhou Shichang has always been forthright and loyal enough, and because of his work, he often gives people a lot of convenience, so he made friends from all walks of life, and he didn't intend to leave a lot of favors; The hospitality of the hotel manager.

When Ke Shangchun left the station, he saw Su Ming who had made an appointment with him.The latter also wore a suit, and the dark straight material made him look taller and thinner.

He walked over, and the other party happened to look over.

"Wait long?"

"I just arrived too."

Su Ming said, go to the banquet place with him.

On the way, Ke Shangchun chatted with Su Ming about the work of the past two days, and casually asked the latter about the progress of the book translation; he talked about going to see the house in the afternoon, but he didn't mention the part about meeting Zhao Xin.

Su Ming didn't express much about his inspection of the house, and because the banquet restaurant was not far away, he arrived soon, so there was no time to chat too much.

After they signed the signature and gave the gift money, they asked the waiter to go to the scheduled table, where they saw Zheng Bin and his wife as no surprise.

"Oh, it turns out that you two arrived first." Zheng Bin laughed, calling them to sit down quickly. "As soon as Liang Hong comes, punish him to drink three cups."

"What three glasses of punishment!" Mrs. Zheng Bin glared at her husband. "Zhou Shichang is getting married, you think it's an ordinary dinner." She said, turning her head and asking Ke Shangchun, "Drink some juice to rest your stomach first, let's talk first, don't worry about me, let the wine go down It doesn't matter."

"Thank you, let's do it ourselves." Ke Shangchun hurriedly said, took two glasses of juice, then took a glass and put it in front of Su Ming, then remembered something, and asked in a low voice: "Did you drive today?"

"Well, so you have to drink as much as you want." Su Ming said.

Ke Shangchun couldn't help laughing.

On the other end, Zheng Bin didn't seem to be happy to see the two whispering, and he wanted to listen to his yelling. His wife gave him a blank look, and the two started bickering again.

Ke Shangchun stopped the couple with a smile, and then chatted with Zheng Bin about the recent situation of the rest of the students in the institute.Su Ming doesn't talk much all the time, but he does say a few words with Mrs. Zheng Bin.

When the four of them were talking casually, they suddenly heard the waiter say hello, and they all looked up.It was Liang Hongyi who came, but there was a girl with him.

When Ke Shangchun saw the girl, he was stunned for a moment, not to mention him, even Su Ming—naturally, the other party was also quite surprised, and his big eyes widened even wider.

In the afternoon, when Ke Shangchun saw Zhao Xin, she was dressed more casually, but now she had changed clothes and dressed up specially.

As soon as Liang Hong noticed the strangeness, he gave Ke Shangchun a look.

"What's the matter? Do you know each other?" Zheng Bin asked directly, blurting out, and looked at his wife a few times.

Ke Shangchun didn't know how to explain it for a while—and he suddenly remembered that Zheng Bin said last time that the girl Liang Hongyi was dating now was his brother's former fiancée.

It was actually Zhao Xin.

"Hey, let's all sit down first." Mrs. Zheng Bin's eyes were sharp, she quickly opened her mouth, and she and Liang Hong motioned to take Zhao Xin to a seat.

After sitting down, Zhao Xin seemed to have regained his senses, so he ignored the others and blurted out to Ke Shangchun, "So you are Hongyi's classmate?"

Ke Shangchun nodded, and took a brief look at Liang Hongyi who was bewildered and full of doubts.However, Zheng Bin and his wife were curious and unclear about the situation during the dinner. He had a headache and really didn't know what to say.

Moreover, Liang Hongyi was the only one among the three friends who had never met Su Ming. When he met the former alone several times, he only mentioned it vaguely.

"Hello, Mr. Liang."

On the contrary, at this moment Su Ming opened his mouth and stretched out his hand with Liang Hong; the latter shook hands, then glanced at his girlfriend, then at Ke Shangchun, and blurted out: "You... are Xiaochun's friend. "

"Well, but Zhao Xin and I have known each other for a long time." Su Ming said flatly, "So before, the three of us met face to face."

Ke Shangchun glanced at Su Ming in a daze, but felt relieved in his heart, so he also opened his mouth. "It turns out that Ms. Zhao is Hongyi's girlfriend. What a coincidence." He said, "I have known him since we were also in the research institute."

"I heard him say it. I didn't see you at the last meeting, and I didn't think it was you before." Zhao Xin said with a slightly annoyed face, "I haven't introduced myself properly, don't be offended."

"No." Ke Shangchun said hastily.He didn't expect such a coincidence either.When I went to Liang Hong's family before, I had seen his brother, but I had never seen Zhao Xin, who was his brother's fiancee at the time. In addition, there was no picture in their house, so it's no wonder I didn't know.

- The world is really small.

After talking about the relationship with each other, it is easy to talk about the details later.Before, when Ke Shangchun saw Zhao Xin, he was always more polite. Now that he knew that the latter was Liang Hongyi's girlfriend, he felt that the estrangement faded away.

Liang Hongyi probably couldn't ask clearly, so he asked Ke Shangchun in a low voice, and he told about the working relationship between Su Ming and Zhao Xin, so he met Zhao Xin before.

As soon as Liang Hong suddenly realized, he had heard Zhao Xin mention it before thinking about it.

However, when Ke Shangchun was on a business trip, Liang Hongyi was also with him, and he had heard him mention the class reunion before, and Zheng Bin had talked about a lot of old things about the university at that time. At this moment, he saw Looking at the other party, he glanced at Su Ming a few times, and couldn't help showing a little scrutiny in his eyes.

Before the wedding banquet started, Zhou Shichang came to have a conversation with Ke Shangchun and the others.He had met Su Ming and Zhao Xin before, so he was not too surprised now.

Zhou Shichang didn't stay for long before walking away; although today's banquet guests are all close relatives and friends, they are the bridegroom after all, and there will be a pregnant bride to take care of them later, and when he comes out again, he will talk to Ke Shangchun and the others , It's time to toast with the bride.

Leaving aside Zhou Shichang, the groom, the few people present chatted quite happily.Although Zheng Bin and his wife were not allowed to drink, the rest of the people were not less interested in drinking. When the wine was hot, the awkwardness earlier was gone.

Ke Shangchun didn't have a deep impression of Zhao Xin before. This doesn't mean that the other party's appearance is not good, but basically the two of them have only met twice so far, not to mention the one in the afternoon, and those two times were not at all. Can't be called talking.

This moment, is the real talk.He remembered what Su Ming said about the two when they were in middle school, and he felt that Zhao Xin was very straightforward and a straightforward person.

And because he knew about Liang Hongyi's elder brother, he couldn't help being curious about Zhao Xin's thoughts.