Ruoshui Qiaochu

The night before the store opens, she will pre-make a few of her exclusive homemade cakes, slice them and put them in glass cabinets for sale.

She opens the shop at ten o'clock every morning and closes when the coffee and cakes are sold out.Of course, if they are not sold out, she will still close before six o'clock in the evening.

In the beginning, there were not many people who came every day, and nine out of ten were tourists.Ruoshui can handle it alone.

Her family is in business, so she also has a business mind. At the same time, she also bought a lot of book decorations and souvenirs from the Internet at wholesale prices and sold them in the store.

The cooperation between Blooming and Hu Nuoyu has been terminated with the opening of "Ruo Qiao", and Hu Nuoyu has also hired his ideal person.

One afternoon in mid-December, a group of young people came to the store.There were more than a dozen men and women, and they happily occupied three seats. It was the busiest day since Ruoshui opened.

They sat for three hours, talking and laughing one after another.The store faces west, and before the sun goes down, the interior is shrouded in a hazy yellowness. When Ruo Shui was cleaning the coffee machine and clearing the counter, a young boy's face suddenly appeared in front of him, asking her politely for tissues, Ruo Shui He quickly turned around and took a small stack for him.

The young boy took the tissue back to his seat and walked forward again. He accosted her and said, "Your coffee is delicious. My friend also asked me to tell you that your cake is also delicious."

Ruoshui smiled and said, "Thank you, I will come here often in the future."

He showed his white and neat teeth and smiled presumptuously. He said, "As long as I return to China, I will definitely come here often. Did you open this store yourself?"

Ruoshui said: "I drove it with my girlfriend."

Immediately afterwards, he searched the counter and asked, "Why don't you have a business card in your store?"

Ruoshui said: "The store is still new, and the business card hasn't been released yet."

He asked, "Then can you tell me, what is your name?"

Ruoshui said generously, "My surname is Shang, my first name is Ruoshui, and my name is Shang Ruoshui."

The young boy imitated her tone and said mischievously, "My surname is Wu, my name is Chong, and my name is Wu Chong."

31. Section 3

——You are happy, I am happy——

Wu Chongfeng leaned against the container-like counter designed in "Ruoqiao Cafe", and began to boast.

He told Ruoshui that he was studying finance in Australia, and that next year will be his last year in Australia. After graduation, he plans to return to China for development. He also talked about many problems that the financial industry is currently facing. A set of theories is like a report. A big graduation thesis.

Ruoshui just listened politely, smiled, and nodded from time to time.Seeing that the situation was not quite right, Wu Chongfeng changed the subject and talked about coffee to his liking.

"I know how to latte art." He said suddenly.

Sure enough, Ruoshui's interest came.Wu Chongfeng noticed that her eyes lit up.

"Really? What kind of latte art do you know?" Ruoshui couldn't help asking him curiously.

Latte art is a coffee art that Ruoshui is currently studying tirelessly.Among the several techniques of latte art, she has only mastered relatively simple hand-drawn drawings. The direct pouring method is the most superb skill that needs to be completed in one go, and it is also the one she most wants to master but can't do it at present.

"It's the coolest one nowadays." He said proudly.

"Can you show me? I can make you an espresso and froth a milk in no time."

Wu Chongfeng looked distressed, and said, "Ah, this is it, this is it."

His friend started booing behind his back as he faltered.The booing was the same as their previous laughter, one after another.

Ruoshui asked him a little disappointed: "Are you joking?"

Wu Chongfeng blushed and said, "I'm not kidding, and I don't have a car or cannon. I really know how to do latte art. Latte art requires hard work, but I haven't done it for a long time.

I learned it from a coffee lover when I was in Melbourne.How about this, you let me go home for a rehearsal, and I will show you a demonstration in a few days. "

When Ruoshui heard the word "rehearsal", she couldn't laugh or cry, but she still said, "No problem, you are welcome to perform at any time."

Encouraged, Wu Chongfeng couldn't help feeling complacent, and quickly turned around and made a V victory gesture to his group of friends.

Looking back, seeing that Ruoshui was so handsome, she couldn't help but put her head on one hand, stared at her with an extremely innocent and lovely expression, and said, "Why do I think you are so kind, where did we meet?"

Later his friends booed again, this time the booing sound was very neat, almost everyone uttered it together.

Someone urged him to return to his seat quickly, and some of them in twos and threes had already got up and went to the door, ready to leave "Jo Qiao".

Wu Chongfeng was dragged away by his friends in the end, he still didn't forget to turn his head at the door, and said to Ruoshui, "It's a deal, coffee latte art."

When Wu Chongfeng got home that night, he really started to take out the coffee machine in the kitchen that had been neglected for a long time, clean it, and then connect it to the power to operate it.

Zhou Linshan meandered to the kitchen in her pajamas, and asked him curiously, "What's the wind blowing today, and you can do this?"

He said enthusiastically: "In three days, I will show my skills."

"Perform what? Are you participating in the Latte Art Competition?"

"Today I met a girl in a coffee shop. When we talked about latte art, who knew she would ask me to perform it right away. I'm going to review it now."

Zhou Linshan scolded him with a smile: "No prospect. What girl deserves such a big fanfare?" Wu Chong grinned mysteriously and did not answer.

Zhou Linshan complained about him: "With your three-legged cat skills, you go to do latte art for a professional barista?"

Wu Chongfeng said: "She is very young, she doesn't look like a master. She is also learning latte art now."

Zhou Linshan didn't know at the time that Ruoshui and Qiao Chu opened a coffee shop.When she finally found out, her son had finished the performance and went home to show her the photos.

It was a group photo of his head that he finally got. Zhou Linshan was shocked when she saw that the person in the photo was Ruoshui.

"Is she the girl who runs the cafe you said?"

"It's cute, right?" he asked his mother beamingly.

"Cute is cute, but you can't like her." Zhou Linshan said seriously.

Wu Chongfeng's eyes widened, and he asked in confusion, "Ohwhynot..."

Zhou Linshan didn't know how to word it, she could only say: "She already has someone she likes."

Wu Chongfeng asked her: "Mom, do you know her?"

"Yes. I know her, and I also know her other half." Zhou Linshan said.

Wu Chongfeng opened his eyes wide, "Does she have a boyfriend?"

"She has a girlfriend."

"Is she Lebsian?"

"So you can't like her." Zhou Linshan was firm.

However, Wu Chongfeng didn't take this matter to heart at all.He said, "Comeon, just be friends. And, I don't believe she's Lesbian, she doesn't look like one."

Zhou Linshan said distressedly: "This one doesn't look like it. You won't be able to tell it on the surface."

After that day, Wu Chongfeng reported to "Ruoqiao" almost every day.Ruoshui expressed his unexpected appreciation and satisfaction for his latte art.

After being recognized, Wu Chongfeng kept improving and was busy in the store every afternoon, enjoying himself. He even offered to make coffee latte art for the customers, Ruoshui did not object.

In those few days, Wu Chongfeng devoted himself wholeheartedly to the coffee latte art, and ignored the cell phone that was left alone when it rang. In the end, Ruoshui asked him to stop to answer the phone before he answered it.

She heard Wu Chongfeng tell the other party that he was a "friendship guest star" in the cafe and told them not to bother him anymore.

In this way, Ruoshui accidentally learned the key to latte art from him, and they went to buy latte steel cups together. In order to play better, Wu Chongfeng also encouraged her to replace all the cups in the store as much as possible a batch.

"Why?" Ruoshui asked him puzzled.

"It's better to use a wide-mouthed cup. The cups in your shop are too narrow." He expressed his opinion professionally.

Later, Ruoshui really tried to use a wide-mouth cup as an experiment, and found that what Wu Chongfeng said was true.

That was Wu Chongfeng's fourth day in "Ruo Qiao".

At dusk, a rest sign was posted at the door.

Ruoshui was in the attic, while Wu Chongfeng stayed alone at the counter.After a while, he heard movement at the door, and someone pushed the door open.

A long and thin shadow appeared on the floor, dragged by the setting sun. Wu Chong raised his head and took a look. It turned out to be the familiar Qiao Chu. He was surprised and delighted, and said, "Sister Qiao Chu, what a coincidence, how could you come here?"

When Qiao Chu saw Wu Chongfeng, he couldn't help being startled, and said, "Wu Chongfeng, why is it you? Why are you here?"

Wu Chongfeng grinned, and said lively, "Surprise!" He came out from the counter, faced Qiao Chu, stretched out an arm and hugged her tightly tightly, that posture was no different from taking hostages, It is his exclusive and special way of greeting.

Qiao Chu let him hold her back and said, "Don't tell me you're the one who came to perform latte art!?"

"It's me, it's me." He let go of Qiao Chu, and asked mischievously, "Hey, how did you know? Joe told you, right?"

A few days ago, I heard Ruoshui say that someone would come to the store to perform latte art. Qiao Chu never expected that this person turned out to be Wu Chongfeng!What a small world!

Wu Chongfeng asked Qiao Chu pretending to be old-fashioned: "Long time no see, how are you?"

Qiao Chu couldn't count how many days he hadn't seen Zhou Linshan's son.She couldn't help looking at him, and found that he had not only grown taller, but also grown stronger, and now he was a little man.

Ruoshui came down from the attic and was surprised to find them talking and laughing. She asked, "Do you know each other?"

Qiao Chu pointed to Wu Chongfeng and said, "Zhou Linshan's son Wu Chongfeng."

Ruoshui was stunned.She met Zhou Linshan's husband for the first time during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but she had never met Zhou Linshan's son.

Before there was more surprise on his face, Wu Chongfeng had already turned his head to look at Ruoshui, pointed at Qiao Chu and asked her, "Is she the girlfriend who opened the shop with you?"

Ruoshui said "Hey" in agreement, which made Wu Chongfeng even more excited.

Qiao Chu carried her briefcase and backpack to the attic, and Wu Chongchong followed her closely.

In the days before going abroad, Qiao Chu often went to Zhou Linshan's house to play. At that time, Wu Chongfeng was still a young man. Occasionally, he liked to pester her and ask her questions behind her back.

At that time, he liked to ask her most about all kinds of knowledge on the computer. They also played game consoles and went swimming together.

Wu Chongfeng followed the attic honestly, looked around, and asked Qiao Chu curiously: "Hey, do you live here? Why do you live here?"

Qiao Chu reminded him: "Wu Chongfeng, this is the girl's room."

Wu Chongfeng politely sat cross-legged on the floor, stopped looking around, and just looked at Qiao Chu honestly.

"Don't look at me, turn your head away, I want to change clothes." She ordered him.

He obediently turned his head to face the wall without moving, and asked, "I heard from my mother that you left the company. Why did you leave to go to another company?"

"There's always a reason for leaving, it's hard to articulate."

"You made it clear, you just didn't make it clear to me," he said.

"Some things, it's better that you don't know. I'm surprised that you appear here."

"I taught Ruo Shui how to do Latte Art, this is the fourth day."

Qiao Chu squinted at him: "Did you call Ruoshui? You still call her so familiar. Did you want to know her because of her beauty?"

Wu Chongfeng pretended to be mature and said, "Anyone who comes here can know her. She runs a coffee shop for business."

Qiao Chu hung up her coat, and Wu Chongfeng asked her curiously, "How old is she?"

Qiao Chu walked up to him and sat down, and said seriously: "Let me tell you, she is not someone of your age."

He even said: "Whocares? Sister-brother love is popular now. Faye Wong is 11 years older than Nicholas Tse."

Qiao Chu stared at him sternly with wide eyes: "I'm serious when I say this, so don't take it seriously."

"Oh! You really look like my mother when you're serious," he said.

Qiao Chu felt that her attitude at the last moment was not serious enough, so she aggravated her tone and said, "Of course you can like girls who are older than you, but you can't like her."

"Comeon, you really can't be like my mother. In order not to make me like her, you want to call her a Lesbian?" He protested.

"Your mother really said that?"

"That's what it said."

Qiao Chu said: "She is like me, she can only be your sister."

Wu Chongfeng was silent for a while, as if enlightened, he said: "But, she is so young, how could I call her sister? But don't be nervous, we are friends, making friends is a pleasant thing. "

Qiao Chu said with satisfaction: "If you really think so, you're right."

The two chatted nonchalantly for a while.I don't know how long it took, but suddenly there was a voice downstairs, a sexy voice, it was Zhou Linshan's voice.

"Wu Chongchong!" She was almost roaring.

"OhMyGod, why is my mother here, what day is it today?"

Qiao Chu snickered behind her back.She secretly sent the message to Zhou Linshan, and she also sent her the address.For the first time in her life, she hoped that Zhou Linshan would show up in time.

Zhou Linshan stood at the top of the stairs, looked up at the attic, and said, "Wu Chongfeng, what are you doing at the girl's place, come down for me!"

"Hey Joe!" Wu Chongfeng said as he strode down the stairs, as easily and agilely as Monkey King doing somersaults.

Zhou Linshan stared at him reproachfully, and continued to scold him: "What the hell are you doing?"

Wu Chongfeng ignored her mother, walked directly to Ruoshui at the coffee counter, and said to her mother proudly in an introductory tone, "This is Ruoshui, my new friend."

Zhou Linshan looked at Ruoshui. Ruoshui didn't want to look directly at the embarrassment on her face, so she could only lower her head and tinker with her coffee machine.

Then, she raised her head and glanced at Zhou Linshan. Just as she was about to say something, Wu Chongfeng had already pushed Zhou Linshan and pushed her to sit on the seat near the stairs. Seeing Qiao Chu coming down from the attic, he also pushed Qiao Chu down. .

Then she suggested to Ruoshui that she make the espresso, and then let him perform latte art for the two women in front of him.

Of course Ruoshui is very willing to cooperate with him.In front of the coffee machine, she never tires.What's more, now someone can inspect the coffee she makes on the spot, and at the same time inspect Wu Chongfeng's latte art.Their opinions mattered to her now.

In this way, Zhou Linshan and Qiao Chu were forced to sit face to face, although it was not the first time that they faced each other.But at this moment, it was the first time that the two of them looked helpless and laughed dumbfounded.

Zhou Linshan asked Qiao Chu uncomfortably: "How long has this place been open? If it wasn't for Wu Chongfeng, I don't know how long I would have to wait to find out. I never heard you mention it."

"Not long ago. It was decided on a temporary basis. The renovations started in less than half a year."

"Ruoshui, right? Her coffee and tea have always been brewed very well. But you should have told me earlier, I can help you with publicity and advertising, so that more people will come here to cheer." Zhou Linshan still Blaming her.

Then, she was a little absent-minded, and couldn't help but turned around to look at Wu Chongfeng and Ruoshui, and said to Qiao Chu, "I've never seen Wu Chongfeng be so serious, and he garnished coffee, it made me mad."

Qiao Chu looked at Ruoshui, and she also cast her gaze at her at the right time.

Zhou Linshan looked around at the surrounding decorations, and said, "It can be done better here. How much did the decoration cost? Do I need to inject money to participate in a share?"

Qiao Chu didn't answer her directly, but said, "Ruoshui likes to be more natural and traditional."

Zhou Linshan smiled faintly and said, "You should listen to her everything now."

Qiao Chu asked her: "Is Jiang Yiying okay?"

Zhou Linshan said: "During this period, she moved back to her aunt's house."

"Why? Because your son is back?"

Zhou Linshan nodded in embarrassment, and said, "She didn't want to stay, and I didn't let her go."

Qiao Chu looked at Wu Chongfeng behind the counter and said, "In the future, how will you tell your son about this?"

Zhou Linshan didn't speak for a while, just stared blankly at her clasped hands, and then she said: "Qiao Chu, it's better you. You don't need to explain to anyone. I really envy you in this state, this kind of state. way of life.

I should have chosen to live like you twenty years ago.In fact, I have never been as brave as I imagined, and I am much more cowardly than I imagined.

When I was a child, I always acted a little emotionally. It happened first, regardless of the consequences. Now that he is an adult, I start to care about what he thinks of me, and I also start to think, I don’t know what he thinks of me. "

Qiao Chu was a little surprised.She always thought that Zhou Linshan was not afraid of anything, that she would not have any moral, ethical and family values, but now she realized that she had many concerns about her son. The son of Zhou Linshan who "behaved wildly" has become her biggest nemesis.

Qiao Chu asked: "Actually, do you really like Jiang Yanying?"

"I really like her, because seeing her is like seeing you who just came to RealMccoy. You at that time were as innocent as she is now. I really miss you at that time, and we in those days .But she doesn't like me very much, I can feel it."

Qiao Chu saw a trace of loneliness that had never appeared on her face: "Qiao Chu, except for you, I always thought that there was no one that Zhou Linshan wanted but couldn't have. It's just that I don't want it all these years. I really do. I thought so, but after passing Jiang Jiying this time, I finally understood. Maybe, this is a kind of retribution." After saying this, she subconsciously turned around and looked at Ruoshui behind the coffee counter.

Zhou Linshan sighed, and said, "My son still likes her so much. Ever since I was a child, this guy has never let me see him doing a serious thing like he is today!"

"Qiao Chu, I gradually feel that I don't know what I want emotionally at all. I only know one thing, that is, I still like you and care about you..."

"What you can't get is always the best?" Qiao Chu also sighed.

Zhou Linshan smiled bitterly, "I know you must think so. I don't blame you for thinking so, because no one will ever know what the real answer is. A scientific person like me has now begun to believe in fate."

Ruoshui brought two cups of espresso coffee to Wu Chongfeng, then poured the whipped milk into a steel cup and handed it to him.

The two cups of latte art coffee in front of him were the two times Ruoshui felt that Wu Chongfeng had performed the best in the past few days.

With Ruoshui's strong praise, Wu Chongfeng became full of ambition and complacent again.

He carefully brought the coffee to the two women and said, "Please use the coffee slowly. To show respect, please take a photo first."

There was a heart-shaped green onion quietly spread on the coffee, Qiao Chu said, "Wu Chongfeng, you are not bad."

Zhou Linshan didn't even look at it, she just picked up the cup and drank it in big gulps.

Wu Chong said in protest, "Hey, take a look!"

Zhou Linshan said, "I've seen it."

"Oh, no one drinks coffee like that. Do you know the culture of drinking coffee, Joe, take it slow, like you taste wine."

Zhou Linshan looked up at her son, but he looked at Ruoshui in the distance and winked at her.

She pulled him to sit down, as if ready to lecture, but in fact she didn't know what to say.

She just felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.I was very angry, and I didn't know what to be angry about.

Ruoshui stood quietly behind the counter and smiled.Qiao Chu beckoned her to come and sit.The four of them surrounded each other like this.

Wu Chongfeng looked at Ruoshui and said, "Ruoshui, do you remember what I said today?"

Ruoshui responded to him tacitly, "I have written it all down. I should pull better tomorrow than today."

Wu Chongfeng smiled childishly, his eyes suddenly became very gentle.Zhou Linshan couldn't help stretching out her hand to slap him in front of him, interrupting his affectionate gaze on Ruoshui.

The coffee was finally finished, and Zhou Linshan couldn't wait to take his son away. He reluctantly said to Ruoshui, "Ruoshui, see you tomorrow."

Zhou Linshan said to her son, "You won't be free tomorrow."

He expressed surprise and asked, "What am I going to do tomorrow?"

Zhou Linshan raised her voice and said, "You want to help my old lady with something. My old lady hasn't thought of what it is yet."

"What!?"

After the mother and son left, Ruoshui Qiao Chu couldn't help looking at each other and smiling.

The sky outside had already turned into night, Ruoshui went to pull down the iron gate.

Qiao Chu said: "I've never seen Zhou Linshan so nervous and embarrassed."

They were going to spend the night in the attic that night.This is not the first time they have stayed overnight in the store.

The night in the old street is not like being at home. There is a noisy night market in the old street. The stalls next to each other have been busy setting up their tents in mid-air at dusk.The night in the old street is another world.

Ruoshui opened the small window of the attic and looked downstairs, and saw that all kinds of tents had been set up from the street to the end of the street: pointed ones, domed ones, flat-topped ones, uneven, but well-proportioned.

She turned around and asked Qiao Chu: "Xiao Qiao, should we go down and join in the fun? Qiao Chu didn't respond. She was already lying on the bed with her eyes closed, looking very tired.

Ruoshui came close to her, and lay down with her, snuggled up to her, held her hand and played.

Qiao Chu said that she was not feeling well, she had a physical pain, her head hurt, and she was weak, and she wanted to go to bed early tonight.

Ruoshui immediately sat up, rubbed his hands to warm up, and stretched out his hands to her lower abdomen to massage her.

About 2 minutes after the massage, she began to blame herself and said, "I shouldn't have let you drink coffee just now. I'll go downstairs and make you a cup of hot brown sugar water."

But Qiao Chu pulled her back and asked her, "Ruoshui, are you happy now?"

Ruoshui said sincerely, "I'm happy, how about you?"

Qiao Chu gave a relieved smile and said, "If you are happy, I will be happy."

She stroked her face, looked at her and said, "That Wu Chongfeng, how could he like you? This is such a terrible thing. First of all, he is still so young, and secondly, she is Zhou Linshan's son, and more importantly Yes, you are mine..." She imitated Ruoshui's tone and said the last four words.

Ruoshui smiled, and said calmly: "Can't you see that, he just loves to show off, I want to learn latte art, and it happens that he can do it again. If we don't have common interests, he won't be interested in me."

Qiao Chu said: "Fool, showing love is a way of expressing liking."

Ruoshui said: "Really? Let me think about whether I have ever shown love to you."

Qiao Chu waited for her answer quietly and with a smile, but there was no answer, and she began to have strange logical thinking again, saying: "Love to show off is probably just the behavior of male animals to female animals, and does not exist between female animals. between."

Qiao Chu pulled her into his arms and said, "Let me tell you, I secretly changed the sheets with new ones while you were not at home."

"But, it's been almost two months now that you're sleeping here."

"Really..." Qiao Chu fainted.

Ruoshui got up from her body and said, "I'm going downstairs now, wait for me and be back soon."

When Ruoshui brought the warm brown sugar water to the attic, Qiao Chu had already fallen asleep.

Ruoshui realized that she was really tired.Since she moved to a new company, her workload is much heavier than before, and her pressure is also much greater than before. She often falls asleep before ten o'clock in the evening.

Ruoshui turned off the lights in the attic, leaving a maroon chandelier on at the stairway, illuminating a small square of the floor.

She lay down again, snuggled up to Qiao Chu, occasionally staring quietly at her side face, listening to the ups and downs of her breathing.

At night, the old street finally regained its dead silence.She got up from the bed and slowly walked to the small window, looking at the cold moonlight falling on the opposite roof, replaying the recent scenes over and over again in her mind.

It turned out that the hand of time had unconsciously turned into a gentle net, clearly separating her past from the present.

The time is very long, so long that she no longer remembers her past self, and the time is also very short, so short that it seems that today and yesterday are connected together, some things obviously happened, as if they never happened;

The world can be big and the world can be small.

In her current life, there is only love, without any other things mixed in.

32. Section 4

--Pain and happiness--

On weekends, Qiao Chu is willing to open a shop with Ruoshui. "Jojo" is like a child they have in common.

Opening a store is definitely a new and fun thing for her.She doesn't know how to make coffee, nor does she know how to do latte art. A person who works with computers all day long, she laughs at herself and is only good at collecting money and serving coffee in front of the cash register.For Ruoshui, she was willing to make up for such tricks.

Beautifying the interior is probably the job she can do better.Recently, she bought two potted ivy plants and hung them on the left and right sides of the entrance respectively. First, she thought they were eye-catching and could beautify the cafe, and second, she thought that green plants could purify the indoor air.

Ruoshui became more and more particular about the quality of coffee as time passed, and Qiao Chu became her backing support.

The café quickly became known to tourists staying in nearby B&Bs.After the business got better day by day, a female helper was hired in the store——

A self-proclaimed "coffee expert" coffee lover named Peng Min, 32 years old, knows how to make coffee, and also knows how to latte art.

She told Ruoshui that she and a friend had previously jointly operated a small-scale coffee shop in Taiwan, and the business was closed three years later when the two of them returned home.

Before Wu Chongfeng returned to Australia, he would make guest appearances in "Ruo Qiao" every now and then.

He even told his mother that in case he does not develop well in the future, he must develop in the professional direction of "barista chef".

In this way, Zhou Linshan gradually became a frequent guest of "Ruo Qiao".She came for two purposes, one was to monitor her son in a disguised form, and the other was to see Qiao Chu.

As long as there is Ruoshui, Qiao Chu will definitely be seen.Now that everyone is not working at the same company, she can no longer see her as she pleases.

Also because of Wu Chongfeng, Zhou Linshan and Ruoshui gradually established another brand new relationship.

During that period, Qiao Chu often had to go on business trips, and Zhou Linshan and her son would ask her out for dinner after the Ruoshui restaurant closed.

In the past, Zhou Linshan and her son were with Qiao Chu. She never thought that one day, she would be replaced by Ruoshui.

She is very willing to appreciate Ruoshui again through her son's eyes and perspective, and listen to them talking about coffee in a similar way, infecting the young people with the kind of feelings they have for this emerging industry.

Qiao Chu had just returned from a business trip in a nearby city, and within a week, her superiors arranged for her to go to another city.

This time, Jiang Yiying was appointed to assist her because the negotiation was an important annual project of VanGuard.

Jiang Yiying was very excited about this trip.She booked the hotel online in advance, the night is free time, and she carefully arranged the itinerary, nothing more than hoping to spend three days and two nights with Qiao Chu.

In the early morning of the departure day, Ruoshui sent Qiao Chu out the door.

Jiang Yanying called a Grab to the door of the house.After she got in the car, she asked the driver to pick her up at Qiao Chu's house, and then they went to the airport together.

"During the few days when I'm not here, remember to take good care of yourself and don't rebel." Qiao Chu said while combing Ruoshui's messy hair that she didn't have time to take care of because she got up early.

"I'm going to miss you," she said.

"Now you finally have a pillow and an unchanging bed sheet to miss me." Qiao Chu smirked, then held her face, and kissed her in a loving... ravishing way.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon when I arrived in that not-so-unfamiliar city.This is a season of constant rain and extraordinarily disturbing people.

Fortunately, the luggage of both of them is very light.Qiao Chu didn't have the habit of bringing an umbrella, but Jiang Yiying did.

A small umbrella covered with Smurf patterns is at best a small parasol, and it is really a little bit reluctant to use it to keep out the wind and rain at this moment.

After getting off the taxi, Jiang Jiying naturally held Qiao Chu's hand so that we could get closer together to avoid getting wet from the rain.

In this way, the two of them took strides in a tacit understanding, crossed two streets, and came to a building where they met customers.

After doing the things that should be done, meeting the people that should be seen, and talking about the things that should be talked about, the time has come to the evening.A group of five had dinner together before leaving.

It was almost eight o'clock in the evening when Qiao Chu and Jiang Yiying came to the hotel to check in.

Jiang Yiying booked a business room with a double bed, and Qiao Chu temporarily wanted to change to a business room with two single beds.

The waiter at the counter inquired and said that the room they booked was the last one, and there was nothing to change.

"It's okay, let it be." Qiao Chu said nonchalantly.

After receiving the key card, they went to take the elevator.

When we got to the hotel room, the key card turned on the lights in the room. Jiang Yiying asked her, "Qiao Chu, are you afraid that you will sleep in the same bed with me?"

Qiao Chu was slightly taken aback.She didn't expect that her actions just now would hurt her.She put her backpack on the floor casually, changed her slippers, looked at her and said, "Don't worry too much, I'm just not used to sleeping in the same bed with other people. If two people sleep separately, they will sleep better."

Jiang Yiying said in a tone that was very hurt but only wanted to see through her: "You're just not used to sharing the bed with people other than your lover!"

Qiao Chu said helplessly, "Even if it is, it shouldn't be a big mistake, right?"

She insisted on telling the truth, but in exchange for Qiao Chu's words, she became sullen again.She threw down her backpack and locked herself in the bathroom, not coming out for a long time.

Qiao Chu was very confused.She sat on the bed and sighed, not knowing how to deal with this situation.

After an unknown amount of time, she got up and brought in the backpack that Jiang Jiying had casually thrown in the corridor, and put it side by side with her own.I continued to wait for about 5 minutes, but she still didn't come out.

Qiao Chu felt more and more helpless.She went to the window and drew the curtains aside.The rain in the afternoon finally stopped, and the night sky was gray, just like a human heart, covered in a layer of gray for no reason.

She took the laptop out of her backpack, put it on the table and started it up, then glanced at tomorrow's work and schedule while paying attention to the movement in the bathroom.

She suddenly felt that Zhou Linshan was easier to get along with.Over the years, although Zhou Linshan has always liked her in her heart, she has never embarrassed her or acted emotionally at important moments.

Her liking for her is always just enough and without showing any trace.Therefore, she can also pretend that she doesn't know, which will not hurt the friendship between the two at all, and will not affect the cooperation between the two at work.However, Jiang Yiying was the complete opposite.

Qiao Chu covered the computer, turned around to open the backpack, took out a set of clothes, wanted to take a bath to refresh himself, and just knocked on the door to call out Jiang Jiying.

When she came to the door of the bathroom, the door opened just in time, and she found that Jiang Jiying had obviously cried, and her eyes were bloodshot.

Qiao Chu stared at her blankly before trying to speak to relieve the embarrassment of the two of them, but Jiang Yiying threw herself into her arms and said, "I'm sorry, Qiao Chu, it's my fault, I really can't control myself, I'm sorry , I shouldn't have said those words just now."

Qiao Chu stretched out his hands and patted her on the back, wanting to say something