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The elevator dinged, indicating that the floor had arrived.The door opened slowly, and Ke Shangchun stepped out. The girl standing at the reception counter on the first floor looked at him. He nodded at the other side and moved forward quickly, but after walking a few steps, he gradually slowed down and recovered. into a normal pace.

Under the aisle outside the company, Su Ming was really waiting there.He stood under the quartz pillar, put his hands in the pockets of the dark blue long coat, and looked over indifferently.

Ke Shangchun was slightly stunned, approached and made a voice: "You..."

"You don't have any other important things in the future, right?" Su Ming interrupted and asked him.

"no."

Ke Shangchun replied without any hesitation—there is no need to rush to deal with work matters, but since he is standing here, whether the matter is important or not is not in the scope of consideration.

But Su Ming just nodded, signaled with his eyes to go out together, and then said something.

"I parked in front."

Ke Shangchun couldn't help being startled, but still followed, and then blurted out, "Why do you want to drive?"

"Um."

Su Ming continued walking and whispered a location.

Ke Shangchun was startled.He knew that place, it was a well-known art gallery in the city, it was a bit far from here, and the area was surrounded by high-end residences, so you had to take the subway to the nearest station and then take a taxi to get there .

Most people go there to see the exhibition, but why now?

Ke Shangchun was puzzled, but he didn't ask—it's not that he couldn't speak, but he wanted to follow the other party's wishes.He agreed to the appointment without asking any questions, so there is really no need to pursue and fight extravagantly at this time.

The car is really parked not far in front, but the temporary parking line on the side of the road is not in the grid.There are actually a lot of on-street parking spaces here, but it is not easy to find a space.

Ke Shangchun once heard Gu Junxiu complain about whether those cars had been driven by, and no matter whether they came in early or left late, they were always fully parked; Don't be afraid that the car will be banned or even towed away when you turn around.

"How dare you just stop like this?" Ke Shangchun couldn't help saying when he got into the car.

"I couldn't find a vacant seat, and I only stopped for a while." Su Ming replied, started the car and drove out.

Ke Shangchun fastened his seatbelt and said, "It's really hard to find a seat here. A colleague of mine is almost late for work every time, just for a parking space."

"Your company doesn't have a parking lot?"

"Yes, but it's not on the same road. It takes more than ten minutes to walk after parking, and you have to pay a monthly fee. It's not worth it."

"Oh."

Along the way, the two chatted for a while, and the topics were far-fetched, but neither of them mentioned the previous meeting and questioned each other.

Ke Shangchun didn't understand what Su Ming was thinking, but he didn't mention it now, it wasn't evasion - he didn't even think about it, there was nothing to evade.

However, he didn't expect that the two would meet again so soon; in the past two or three days, neither of them had uploaded words or phrases to each other on Line.

But at this moment, the situation is too sudden, he can only walk and do it, it depends on what happens.

In front of the wide door of the gallery stands a billboard with a black and white background, with a name printed on it, which is the photographer who held the exhibition here.

Ke Shangchun didn't know this person, but Su Ming seemed to know.He had two tickets in his hand and gave them to the girl standing in front of the VIP registration table.

After the girl accepted it, she asked the two of them to sign the book.In addition to the attendance book, there is also a stack of photo albums on the table.

Ke Shangchun signed his name and flipped through the top sample book.The photobook is full of pictures and texts, and the physical photos are currently on display in the exhibition hall.

He closed the notebook and walked with Su Ming into the exhibition hall.

This place is privately opened. There are three exhibition halls in total, each of which is extremely spacious, and special personnel are hired to manage and maintain it, so there are charges for exhibitions held here; however, most of the exhibitions that can be held here are well-known. Therefore, there are actually many people who are willing to spend money to see the exhibition.

It was not a holiday at this time, but there were already three or five people in the exhibition hall, who looked like people from the arts and literature circles, comparing and discussing the photos in the exhibition.

In comparison, Ke Shangchun and Su Ming just walked around looking at the flowers, like passers-by—of course, they didn’t just walk over without admiring them, but selectively stopped in front of the photos to watch them.

Ke Shangchun couldn't analyze the good and the bad like those people, but at first glance, he only felt that the images were extremely beautiful; those black and white wind and cloud flows, as well as the lines of the water waves, became the purest It is a kind of beauty that makes people feel open after seeing it.

——The so-called mountain is a mountain when you see it, and water is water when you see it.Why bother to care about what other people think.

Ke Shangchun couldn't help but turned his head and looked back. Su Ming was standing in front of a black and white picture of mountains, staring at the picture quietly.

Looking from this side, he could only catch a glimpse of the other side's thin side face, but he couldn't know his expression at this moment.But he himself was in a daze, only feeling a faint emotion in his heart, and felt that it didn't matter if he didn't get an answer from the other party.

——As long as you think about your own answer clearly.

Although there are not many photos in the exhibition, it took two hours to look carefully all the way.When Ke Shangchun and Su Ming walked out of the art gallery, the sky was already a bit gloomy and gray; but it was actually only five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was only because of the change of seasons that the days became shorter and the nights longer.

"Go back?" Su Ming asked.

Ke Shangchun lowered his watch-wearing hand, smiled and said, "Now I'm going back to help lock the door. Since it's this time, why don't you find a place to sit."

Su Ming nodded and said, "There's a tavern in the alley ahead, and the food is pretty good. Shall we go?"

"Okay."

Ke Shangchun readily agreed.

So the two went to the tavern—it was in the alley, on the second floor around the corner.The storefront on the first floor sells handicrafts, and the entrance stairs of the tavern are located next to the store door.

The stairs are very narrow and the steps are high, so it's okay to go upstairs, but if you don't pay attention when you go downstairs, you may fall down.When you go up the climbing path, you will see the old wooden door imitating the farm warehouse, and when you push it in, you can see a whole wall of various kinds of wine; the types and quantities are staggering.

Today is Monday, and at this time again, there are not many customers inside, and there are still vacant seats in front of the bar.The two chose seats at the bar.

The waiter gave each of them a menu and a wine list.The two looked at it, and ordered some cold dishes and hot food, but they didn't order wine, but decided to open a bottle of [-] Burgundy red wine.

The food was delivered quickly, as was the red wine; the waiter opened the bottle to sober up on the spot, carefully explained the aroma and taste of the wine of this year, and then poured a little into everyone's glasses before leaving.

Ke Shangchun seldom drinks alcohol, but his drinking capacity is not bad. This is all due to Zhou Shichang - this person is very good at drinking. In the past, when everyone went out to eat, no one refused to let the other party pour them down. practiced up.

As for Su Ming...

That's not to mention - he heard Tian Fuxin say a lot that in the past, the student union almost relied on Li Jinbo and Su Ming when they fought with sponsors.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say, "I've heard something."

"Um?"

"I heard you're good at drinking?"

Su Ming didn't answer but just asked: "... Who is it to hear from?"

Ke Shangchun didn't hesitate at the moment, and said the name directly: "Tian Fuxin." He shook the wine glass, and asked, "Then are you really good at drinking?"

Su Ming seemed to think about it for a while before saying flatly: "It's okay."

"What about this bottle?"

Su Ming glanced at Ke Shangchun, his gaze was a little bright.He also shook his glass, took a sip before replying.

"At least two bottles."

I don't think it's amazing to hear it from others, but I can't help but be speechless when I hear it from myself-Ke Shangchun didn't know if he could kill a bottle by himself.

"...you've never been drunk?"

"It's hard." Su Ming said, and added: "It depends on whether I want to get drunk."

Ke Shangchun couldn't help but smiled, raised his glass and took a sip of wine, and chatted with Su Ming about something else.The two gossiped like this, drank most of a bottle of wine, and didn't take a few sips of the meal.

At the beginning, I just randomly picked up irrelevant words and chatted, and the atmosphere was somehow as stiff as getting along with Chuchu half a year ago; but under the catalysis of alcohol, the topics became more and more, and the content became more and more intimate, and even said Reminds me of what happened in college.

Although the two were in the same class in the past, due to their respective personalities and different roles at that time, they looked at things in different directions - such as the impression of a certain teacher in the department, and the other teachers in the class. How about the students and so on.

In terms of drinking capacity, Ke Shangchun felt that he could not compare with Su Ming at all, but after drinking for a long time, he didn't feel half drunk, on the contrary, the more he drank, the more sober he became.

He heard Su Ming talk about the student union, but he didn't hear the other party mention Li Jinbo.Last time, from Su Ming's words, he heard that he had a different opinion from Li Jinbo, and he didn't feel that he was friends with the latter.

At this moment, the other party doesn't mention it...is it deliberate?

They're not friends, so what would it be?A question arose in Ke Shangchun's mind, if he didn't hate the other party, how could he have been friends for four years?

In a daze, he didn't know whether he had asked these two questions, but he met Su Ming's eyes.

"There's nothing to mention."

Su Ming leaned on the table with one hand to support one side of his face, raised his glass with the other hand and took a sip of wine before saying calmly.

Ke Shangchun froze for a moment before realizing that the other party was answering the first question.

"...There is a kind of person who likes to be No.1 no matter what." Su Ming said again: "Li Jinbo is this kind of person. He always takes the first place in everything. It is very stressful for him to be a friend, neither too bad nor too good, it is not as easy as being an ordinary classmate.”

"But I see you..." Ke Shangchun blurted out, "It seems that you get along very well."

"Well."

Su Ming seemed to think about it for a while, and replied: "It's not a big problem to get along with him, it's a very subtle feeling... In short, I don't think it's good with him at all, but he seems to think so I didn't want to deal with it later, this person is very troublesome."

After listening to the other party for a long time, Ke Shangchun only felt rare at first, and then surprised—maybe there were other feelings, but he couldn't think more now.

Naturally, he can't see that Li Jinbo is such a person at all; but this is how people are, if they don't get along with each other, how can they know the truth.

For example, between him and Su Ming.

If it wasn't for the beginning half a year ago, he would never have thought that the two of them would meet each other one day, nor would he know that the other party is not what he thought he was before, let alone know that the other party liked him.

——Now I don’t understand anymore, my heart is the same as the other party’s back then, and I have the emotions of an extraordinary friend.

"Su Ming." Ke Shangchun said.He looked at the other person and asked the question that should have been asked in the first place: "Why did you ask me to see the exhibition?"

He thought a lot in the middle, it should be because of the message sent last night - the content that was sent was not only a description of the matter, but also included thoughts arising from depression.

The friends around him are very friendly to comrades, but it doesn’t mean that the rest of the people will be the same. Many times, they can only hide it and not express it—it doesn’t feel good to hide it, but it may be better to say it than not— —He never told anyone about this uneasy feeling, but for some reason, he really wanted to explain it to Su Ming.

——But he couldn't expect any response from the other party.

But when he saw that it was read on Line, but there was no reply at all, he still couldn't help being stunned. On the one hand, he felt relieved, and on the other hand, he was disappointed.

——The other party didn't perfunctory at will, that is to say, he didn't express anything.

It dawned on him at that photo exhibition that the other party didn't make no representations, but used another way to soothe his mood.

After hearing the question, Su Ming remained silent, looking thoughtful, poured a few more sips of wine, and opened his mouth after a while.

"I think you can understand. Some things have long been established. It's not that they won't change, but they can't change. There is never right or wrong, but a choice." He looked at Ke Shangchun and said: "We can choose Let people see this side, or you can choose to let people see the other side. No matter which side, it is us, just like photography, because the pictures are taken differently, the scenery is different, but in fact they are all the same a landscape."

After listening silently, Ke Shangchun was stunned for a long time, unable to speak for a long time.

——It’s not that the other party’s words are wrong, but that they are right so that he can’t answer.He couldn't say anything, he couldn't say anything that could fit the throbbing emotions at the moment.

Whatever path you choose, what you see is the scenery—it’s not good, right?

...and you won't regret it.

Ke Shangchun understood everything—seeing his own mind more clearly once again.He couldn't help but smile, facing Su Ming, and also facing himself - I understand, he said in his heart.

"...I'll ask you another question."

After a while, Ke Shangchun spoke again, but his face became much brighter because of his mood.When he saw the other party looking at him, his expression didn't change a bit - but at first glance, he knew something was different, as the other party himself said, it was a very subtle feeling.

"Are you drunk?"

Su Ming looked at him, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. There was no trace of embarrassment on his face, but he just said: "...you are not asking."

Ke Shangchun couldn't help laughing; it's not about explaining those meanings to himself, but about the previous conversation, the other party's words and sentences were about two or three times that of his usual.

Then he said, "Even if you're not very drunk, you're still half drunk."

"...if I'm half drunk, then you're totally drunk."

"I'm not that bad."

"..."

"Okay, eight and a half minutes at most."

"...That's not the same."

"It's not the same. It's half a point short, but it's a hair's breadth away."

"After drinking this cup, I almost made up the two points."

"That's nine and a half minutes!"

"Just keep talking."

"...Then don't you say that you can drink two bottles? What's going on now?"

"..."

"..."

"Ahem, I'm kidding, don't open it, how about paying the bill?"