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Ah, this is really... Chen Ke was grateful for himself for a second, and mourned for his old classmate the next second. His eyes swept from Qiao Yu to Xia Xiaoli. I'm going to aid Africa, isn't it too miserable?

Xia Xiaoli was ignorant, he only heard that Qiao Yu was going to participate in a national-level project of the [-]th Bureau of China Railway, and he said in passing, "Wow, Brother Qiao is so amazing."

Chen Ke asked again: "Did Zhou Yuan tell you? What did he say?"

Qiao Yu originally didn't want to talk about this during the meal, and the matter hadn't even started yet, but since he was asked, he said: "According to the plan of the Thirteenth Bureau, we will start doing surveys after the Spring Festival, and then we will come up with plans and price verification. For foreign bidding, it is estimated that this cycle will last about half a year."

"You still have to bid for the thirteenth game?" Baizhu asked, not understanding this.

Xia Yunhan explained to her: "Bidding is basically required, unless it is purely for foreign aid construction, but the projects in Africa are said to be bidding, and some of them are of the nature of aid construction, which is related to the country's strategy, which is very complicated."

"Little Qiao, what project is this time?" Xia Yunhan was very concerned.

"The whole is a highway, more than 800 kilometers long, running through the entire territory of Morocco, and there are two sections of viaducts across the mountains. This part is what the courtyard will participate in."

"Oh, that's right. The terrain conditions over there should be quite complicated." Xia Yunhan said, "I have never been to Africa, but there are many people who go there to do projects, and they all say it is very difficult. Xiao Chen, are you going there?" You should have experienced it, right?"

Chen Ke nodded again and again: "Mozambique, Ethiopia is needless to say, North Africa is considered to be a good place, but I really suffered a lot when I was in Algeria, old Qiao, are you going to be stationed?"

"If the project is won, it will definitely be needed. It can't be thrown to the on-site engineer after the drawing is finished. This is not suitable for a project of this size." Qiao Yu said.

Not all projects require the chief designer to be on-site. Generally, it is enough to leave it to the on-site engineer, but the importance of the project varies. The bridges Qiao Yu has designed over the years can be counted with one hand without being on-site.

Only then did Xia Xiaoli realize that the important project Qiao Yu was about to participate in would probably require him to stay in Africa, and building bridges and roads would not be completed in a month or two, so how long would he stay there?Chen Ke just said that he stayed in Africa for two years, so will Qiao Yu do the same?

He was stunned for a while, he couldn't hear what other people were saying at the dinner table, he stared blankly at the people next to him, his mind was full of brother Joe going to Africa, what should he do?

Qiao Yu found that something was wrong with the child. He had been in high spirits all day long on the way to Xingshui, and he couldn't sit for three seconds in a hot spring, but this meeting was unusually quiet.

With blank eyes, Qiao Yu asked him, "What's the matter? Xiao Li."

Xia Xiaoli came back to his senses, everyone at the table was looking at him, he shook his head, and said bluntly: "It's nothing, I'm sleepy."

Xia Yunhan smiled, and said affectionately: "Let's go back to rest in a while. Isn't this a rare visit for Teacher Qiao and Teacher Chen? Dad wants to chat with them more."

"I'm fine, you guys keep talking, I'll just listen." Xia Xiaoli said heartily, don't stare at me anymore, if you stare at me again, you'll be revealing yourself.

The adults' chat continued, but Xia Xiaocheng gave him meaningful glances, and Xia Xiaoli returned an innocent look.

This evening, I listened to what kind of projects China Railway has done in Africa in recent years, how difficult it is to do projects in Africa, how the staff in China fight with the local residents and the government, how sturdy the Moroccan people are Horror, the Sahara Desert is so spectacular, and the 800-kilometer highway has to pass through the coast, Gobi, and snow-capped mountains...Xia Xiaoli's heart is very complicated.

It's really a big project, Qiao Yu was born to do projects of this size, that's his battlefield, his armor and his long knife must be useful, Xia Xiaoli understands.

It's just that it came so suddenly that he was completely unprepared.

He was also silent on the way back, Baizhu and Xia Yunhan only thought he was sleepy, they talked to each other very quietly, and asked him to sleep in the car for a while.

So Xia Xiaoli leaned on Qiao Yu as a matter of course, feeling very reluctant in her heart.

Obviously everything is just "possible", and even that "possible" is half a year away, but at this moment, his emotions are strong, and his sensibility completely overwhelms his rationality, as if he will be separated tomorrow.

Back in the room, the two sat on the edge of their respective beds, facing each other, Qiao Yu took off his coat, and then asked him: "What's the matter?"

Xia Xiaoli's feet rubbed unconsciously on the ground, her eyes were also on the ground, and she didn't speak for a long time.

Qiao Yu asked again: "Huh? Look up and talk."

Xia Xiaoli looked at him: "You have to go."

"Not so fast, and not necessarily."

Xia Xiaoli sighed: "Although I'm not considered an insider, my father said just now that the projects that China Railway is going to win are rarely missed, so you don't have to coax me."

Qiao Yu is really not coaxing, he is just rigorous, after all, the bidding has not even started yet.

But he admitted: "Well, yeah, if the project is taken down, I might be away for a while."

"How long is a period? One year? Two years?"

"Looking at the progress of the project, I estimate that the part I'm in charge of will look like two to three years."

Xia Xiaoli's lips moved, she wanted to say something but she didn't say it, she felt that it was useless to say anything, leaving was leaving, no matter what the reason, how to explain and comfort, it was leaving.

"Little Li."

"Ok?"

"This is the way it is in this business, traveling here and there, making home everywhere."

Xia Xiaoli looked up in a daze: "I know, I...I can't catch up with you, Brother Qiao."

He knew that people in this business were like this, he just... just felt that what he wanted to do, the person he wanted to catch up with, was not within reach, and that person would run further.

It was so far away that he couldn't see it with a telescope this time.

Rather than being troubled by the possible separation, Xia Xiaoli finally realized at this time that the distance between the two is not just age and experience, but a natural gap created by the fusion of all kinds of things.

They lived in apartments door-to-door, so close to each other that they didn't live in the same world at all.

Only then did Xia Xiaoli realize this, like a dream he had had for several months, it was finally shattered at this moment, allowing him to see the reality.

The feeling of powerlessness is just this feeling. He can't even find someone to complain about. He can't blame others or himself, let alone Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu also fell silent after hearing that sentence, and said afterwards, "Xiao Li, you have your own direction, so you don't have to chase me."

Xia Xiaoli had heard similar words before. On the second day of the typhoon in the summer vacation, Xia Xiaoli's heart of a happy boy who wanted to fall in love was extinguished by Qiao Yu several times, using similar words.

"You have the love you want to experience, the life you want to experience, and I'm not the right person."

At this time Xia Xiaoli heard the familiar tone again, he really hates such words, it means you are you, I am me, we were not in the past, we are not in the present, and we will not be in the same world in the future.

And this person always has a calm and calm look, as if he was happy because of that kiss, but now he is sad because he is about to leave, it is all Xia Xiaoli's own business.

How could he be so calm and watch the fire from the other side?

The cause and effect, the past and the past were all overwhelmed, and Xia Xiaoli was filled with two emotions: sadness and anger. He even changed the way he looked at people. His usually soft eyes became fierce and full of aggression.

Qiao Yu noticed the change, and before he had time to react, the little wild cat, who was as agile as a leopard, blocked his lips.

In an instant, she was knocked backwards and fell on the bed. Xia Xiaoli completely disregarded her rules and lay on Qiao Yu's body. The angry little wild cat almost gnawed his lips, and her teeth collided.

As if feeling the turbulent emotions of the person in front of him, Qiao Yu didn't interrupt him, their lips and teeth met, Xia Xiaoli's tears trickled down, dripping down from her chin, dripping into Qiao Yu's neckline, her lips and tongue were so hot , tears are so cold.

I don't know how long it took, after the vague and fierce kiss ended breathlessly, Xia Xiaoli looked down at Qiao Yu, wiped away her tears in a low voice but with a bit of ruthlessness, and said hoarsely: "You don't like Why don't you push me away?"

The lips of the two were almost bitten off, Xia Xiaoli's bursting force took a while to gradually relax, he was a little cold, his arms supporting the bed were trembling, the whole person looked messed up, his eyes were in a mess. It was red and swollen, Qiao Yu reached out and hugged him.

When the person on his body was completely relaxed, he lay on Qiao Yu's chest and folded on top of him. Qiao Yu pressed the back of his head and back, and the soothing power penetrated the clothes. The little wild cat vented his anger. , finally calmed down.

"No dislike."

Um?Xia Xiaoli raised her ears, what?

Qiao Yu tapped his chin on the top of his head and said, "I like you, Xiaoli."

Xia Xiaoli didn't believe it, sobbed: "Please tell me clearly, which one do you like?"

"Like the liking of someone who likes..."

Xia Xiaoli was still a little dazed, and after chewing on this awkward sentence, she finally understood what Qiao Yu was talking about.

It's really disgusting. These adults are unwilling to say clearly if they like it, and they insist on making people guess.

Feeling the blood slowly return to the heart, Xia Xiaoli gradually came back to life, and arched on Qiao Yu's body a few times, Qiao Yu snorted: "Don't move around."

Leaning on the bed with her elbows, Xia Xiaoli looked down at Qiao Yu's beautiful eyebrows, as if she wanted to confirm from his eyes and breathing that what he said was true. Now when she looked at the person in front of her, she didn't feel cold at all.

"Like me?" He confirmed again, his eyes were still red.

"Well, I like you, I—" Qiao Yu pointed to his chest, then scratched Xia Xiaoli's nose: "I like Xia Xiaoli."