Lofty future

After dinner, Chi Xue offered to take me home, but I declined on the grounds that the car was still on Guxu Road.He had no choice but to send me back to the original place, asked for my mobile phone number when he said goodbye, and sent a WeChat friend request in person.

"This is... our home?" He zoomed in on my head, hesitating a bit in his choice of words.

During the meal, he told me that this is the third day that their crew has been here, and they have been very busy, and he hasn't had time to take a look at NO.16—in his words, "our house".

Now, he looked at that photo with an expression full of emotion.This made me feel disgusted for no reason, and a voice asked mockingly in my heart, why bother?

Of course, I will not show these.

After today's gathering, I also have some feelings.It is true that I am looking forward to seeing him again, but I don't want to have a deeper connection with him, and I don't expect to continue the fate of brothers and family members.

I want to see him, in fact, is a very simple curiosity.

Curious about what kind of person he has become - I don't really know what he looks like on the screen and on the Internet, wondering if he still remembers me, Xiang Meifang, and the past.

When I actually saw him, heard him, and talked about old times with him, this curiosity was completely satisfied.Since then, I can let go of my grievances, let go of my relationship, and bid him a good farewell.

It all happened in my mind without having to tell him.Facing him, I just need to keep a good distance and a proper attitude.

I nodded and replied: "Yes, it is Guxu Road No. 16. It is Fang's mother's elder brother or younger brother's family who live here now. It seems that it has been renovated. This photo is also from a few years ago."

He listened, looking up at me slightly.In the night, there was an indescribable melancholy in his eyes, which seemed to shine into my heart with the light of the roadside.I unconsciously took a step back, waved at him, and smiled.

"I'm leaving."

"Wait," he stepped out of his nanny car and got closer to me, "I forgot to ask you, what are you doing here today? You don't live near here, do you?"

"I can't help it, I just came here to see... I have this habit." It took only a moment in my mind to think about whether to tell the truth about Meifang's death, and I instinctively chose whether to.

He didn't notice anything unusual, just asked me: "Where do you live now?"

"Danjiang New Area."

"Oh……"

The scope of this answer is too broad, he is obviously dissatisfied, and probably feels that I am being perfunctory.The little girl in the car, who didn't know if it was a manager or an assistant, was calling him again, reminding him that the time was approaching.

There was a flash of impatience on his face, and finally he smiled helplessly at me and said to contact me later.

I nodded and watched him go.

Unexpectedly, when I returned to my home in Danjiang New District, I quickly fell asleep in bed after taking a shower, without the emotion and insomnia I had imagined.

Dreaming is inevitable, and I vaguely remember that the dreams are related to my teenage years.The picture is fragmented and the scene is out of order. Trying to find a fragment that contains a complete cause and effect does not work.

Waking up overnight, I can't remember anything, even yesterday's chance meeting seems to have gone away, leaving only a slight swollen head, and my head hurts.

Of course, I still remember that Chi Xue said that he wanted to "contact me later", and I also believe that he really wanted to contact me.For so many years, it must not only be me who is curious about him, but he is also the same for us.

But I should not see him again, because there is no need.

If we still need any contact after the reunion, it is enough to occupy each other in the WeChat friend list.This is the gift and imprint of fate in life, and I will not be so twisted that I will deny and erase it.

Anything else is superfluous.

After washing, I found that there was nothing to eat in the refrigerator.I sent Song Weiran a message to ask her what time she would arrive. If it was early, I would buy some food and then I planned to go out for breakfast.

Song Weiran replied "ok" shortly afterwards, and I knew that I would not have to worry about housework anymore, so I couldn't help feeling relieved, and instead made an appointment with a Southeast Asian Chinese who had always been interested in investing in us.

The bookstore I opened is called Spring Breeze Is Not Drunk, and it has been in operation for three years.

For the past three years, Song Weiran and I have invested money and managed it. We have tried our best to build a pure bookstore.But unfortunately, this road, as we knew it at the beginning, will not work.

So we gave in a bit this year, and planned to make it a public space with both leisure and dining functions.Although the concepts and patterns are not new, they can only be tried temporarily.

Today, the Southeast Asian Chinese surnamed Zheng, who mainly deals in coffee, has his own coffee and tea gardens in Vietnam. His ancestral home is a county near Yangcheng, and he has some nostalgic feelings for Yangcheng.

He took a fancy to the geographical location of Spring Breeze, and once wanted to take the offer from us to open his own coffee experience shop, but after being repeatedly rejected, he proposed investment cooperation.

He is quite ambitious and wants to build a brand for concept marketing, and then quickly open a series of chain stores to strive for financing and listing.

There are a lot of people with this set of ideas, and their ideas and ideals are beautiful, but I never think it is reliable; and they don't really love books.So I neither agree nor expect it, and it is purely for livelihood at the moment.

I have persisted for three years, and I am reluctant to close the door anyway.

The meeting place was a large shopping mall, there was some business event there today, Boss Zheng seemed to be invited to attend as a partner.He was beaming and ready to go out when I called, so he took me there by the way.

I estimated the time and arrived at the destination at the end of the event, a coffee shop on the fourth floor of the shopping mall.Boss Zheng reserved a seat on the romantic indoor terrace of the coffee shop. Looking down, you can just see the event scene in the atrium on the first floor.

Crowds of people.

Probably because celebrities and entertainers were invited, young fans were all over the event site on the first floor, and the fences on the second and third floors. The fourth floor was not occupied because the structure was not convenient for people to stand on.

I glanced at it roughly, and didn't take it seriously. I turned my gaze away and waited while sending a message to Song Weiran.

When it comes to renovating the bookstore, she is more reluctant than I am, and she is not enthusiastic about meeting Boss Zheng.We chatted a little boringly, and the conversation that followed was a bit meaningless.

Fortunately, Boss Zheng finally finished the downstairs activities and appeared in front of me 10 minutes later than the scheduled time.

Compared to usual, he was well groomed today.Not to mention the formal attire, even the ridiculously short hair has been taken care of.As soon as he sat down, he laughed.

"My friend has a really good vision. The celebrity I invited today is really amazing. You can trust him whatever he says. It's a pity that he hasn't officially signed an endorsement yet."

Luck really came together, I just met Chi Xue yesterday, and today I ran into an occasion with a star.

I can't help but think of Chi Xue's appearance under the camera, and I think there are few who can compare to him in terms of temperament and demeanor.It's not that I'm biased, it's because he has practiced for so many years.

In fact, earlier, his superiority was to crush mortals.

At the age of 12, when he first came to NO.16 on Guxu Road, his innate beauty and a certain temperament attracted countless eyes for him. People often came to hang around NO.16 just to see him.

For a while, he was annoyed by being watched like this, and Song Weiran and I scolded those people for him, calling them "monkey watchers".Xiang Meifang heard it when she got home, and she couldn't straighten up laughing.

We often joked in those years, saying that we, Chi Xue, might as well be big stars in the future, we would definitely be popular.

He scoffed at this at the time, and he was even more reckless about his beauty. His extracurricular interests were either martial arts or boxing, and he devoted himself to getting himself bruised and swollen.

Unexpectedly, in the end he answered our jokes and became an actor, step by step becoming a household star today.

"... In the future, we can also invite artists to be endorsements, don't you think so?" Just as I was thinking, suddenly a black and fat hand tapped on the table in front of me, making my vision blur.

I came back to my senses, raised my head and smiled at Boss Zheng who was opposite me: "How can an artist come to endorse a bookstore?"

Hearing this, Boss Zheng frowned: "Xiao Xiang, you are so young, don't be so short-sighted in your career! How could you not have it? You just need to establish your brand and throw out the concept, and everything that should come will come ! How do you say that? The same kind will be attracted by the same kind! You must first find your core and show it..."

It seems that today's event gave him a lot of inspiration. He looked very complacent, and he couldn't stop talking.I had to listen quietly with a smile on my face, with appropriate praise.

After chatting like this for more than half an hour, the details of the investment cooperation have not been really discussed. He was called away by another call, and everything had to wait for the next time.

"Don't worry, I will contact you, and I will make a final decision with you soon. I will give you as much as you want at that time! If you can open your mind, everything will be easy to handle!" He looked at me with satisfaction and said.

I smiled, nodded yes, and sent him to the elevator.

Regarding the result of today's chat, I don't know whether to be helpless or relieved - as long as the contract is not finalized for one day, the transformation of Spring Breeze will be postponed for one day.

Even if maintaining the status quo means lingering, I seem to be willing to suffer.

Talking to Song Weiran earlier, she said something, "Even if it survives in the future, it will no longer be our spring breeze."This point, I am not sure.

Alas, ten things and nine difficulties in life are all choices.

I shook my head and pressed another elevator to go downstairs as well.Song Weiran just called and asked how I was doing.

I explained a few words roughly, and she smiled lightly after listening, and her tone became cheerful.

"You will drive out in a while and pick me up with Jasmine and me at Exit C of the subway. Let's go grocery shopping together. To make up for today's loss, I will make a good meal for you tonight!"

"You take the subway home? Why don't you take a taxi?"

"Increase income and reduce expenditure, live frugally!" She smiled heartily.

I opened my mouth, not knowing what to say.Right now is really short of money, this is a time when we need to get through together, what good are nice words.

After 5 minutes, I found a parking space near Exit C of the subway and paused.After a while, I saw Song Weiran coming out with her daughter Jasmine.

Jasmine was still wearing her dance competition skirt and a denim jacket over her shoulders. Her small body was as slender as a butterfly.Seeing my car, she immediately let go of Song Weiran's hand and ran over.

I hurriedly opened the door and went down, just in time to open my arms to welcome her into my arms.She rubbed her head against my neck and ears, said with a smile that she missed me, and asked if I missed her.

"Of course, you are our little baby!"

She kissed me contentedly.

Song Weiran dragged the suitcase and approached, I took the lever with one hand, and opened the passenger door by the way.After putting away the suitcase and getting Jasmine settled, I turned back to the driver's seat.

At this time, a slow-moving, very familiar large RV across the street dropped its window.