After getting on with the enemy

After leaving the restaurant, you have to go shopping, take a walk together, catch up on the old days while digesting food, and don't go back to Xijing compound right away.

Xu Ziqing had already bought four tickets for the park's themed lantern show online two days ago, so he just took the opportunity to take everyone to see it tonight, and chatted with Song Xinyu along the way.

Ms. Xu and Song Xinyu get along very well, there is almost no generation gap, no matter what topic they are talking about, they can have a few words.

Song Xinyu respected his elders, and he would not pretend to tell lies in his words, let alone look down on anyone. He was sincere and measured, and he was still as pleasing as he was when he was a child.

Xu Ziqing boasted: "Children of your generation are all very promising. They are really amazing. Now several of us are in the financial industry, and you are also capable. You are much better than us at the beginning." Song Xinyu humbly said, "I'm nothing."

"Your company is also a big company, all aspects are good." Xu Ziqing smiled, "It's better than our Qiaoqiao." Song Xinyu said: "Qiaoqiao is also very capable, self-employed, more comfortable than us." The mother felt relieved when she heard these words, and immediately her eyes rolled.

Qiao Yan followed behind as a coolie, helping carry things and bags all the way, not only helping Xu Ziqing with the bag, but also running errands after entering the park, buying water and picking souvenirs, and even paid to pack a bunch of high-priced local goods under Xu Ziqing's command. specialty.

The local specialties were for Song Xinyu. The two elders thought that Song Xinyu would rarely return to China, and thought that she would not stay in City A for too long, so they enthusiastically bought these things for Song Xinyu to take with them.

Xu Ziqing said: "It's all dry goods, and it won't spoil after a long time. You can take it over there for your parents to taste, or you can mail it over there."

Song Xin said thanks and accepted them one by one.

Xu Ziqing asked, "Do you know where to send the international courier?" Song Xinyu said, "I'll check when I go back tonight."

"You don't need to check, there is a family outside the compound, the price is not expensive, it's very convenient." Xu Ziqing smiled, and opened her mouth to call her daughter's name, "That place is a bit remote, so it's hard to find, let Qiao Qiao take it tomorrow You go, she has been there. You haven't been back for many years, many places in our compound have been changed and rebuilt, the layout is different from before, and the routes marked on the mobile phone map are all wrong, so it's troublesome to search online."

Song Xinyu replied, "Okay, then I'll go again in two days." Xu Ziqing turned to Qiao Yan and said, "Bring Xin Yu to look for it then."

It's all settled, there's no reason for Qiao Yan to refuse, she doesn't really mind, she feels her arms are tired, so she lifts them up with effort, and perfunctorily said: "Well, good."

The lanterns in the park will be lively, large and small lights are dotted in every corner, and all kinds of creative exhibits are dazzling.Grandma liked this kind of assembly very much, and felt that it was a cultural inheritance. After entering the garden, she had to drag Qiao Yan around, admiring it, and at the same time telling her granddaughter about some old customs and life, including the old man's river lanterns when he was a child.

Qiao Yan originally wanted to find a bench to rest his feet, and tended to sit and play with his mobile phone and not go anywhere. He didn't have the connotation of appreciating the lantern festival, and planned to wait for everyone to come back after watching it, but he gave up because of Song Xinyu's presence.

She went in one ear and out the other, and didn't pay attention to what grandma was chattering about. She only squeaked from time to time.

Young people don’t always like to hear these things, and it’s not that they dislike them, nor are they superficially impatient. It’s just that they haven’t experienced that period and their living environment is very different, so they can’t empathize with them.

Grandma babbled for a while, then walked to a small stall selling handmade sesame candy, suddenly tugged at the corner of Qiao Yan's clothes, and said softly, "Why don't you buy another package, this is delicious."

The old man has bad teeth and can't bite hard food, so he usually doesn't buy these at home. He thought it was because grandma was greedy and wanted to taste it. Said: "You keep it yourself, don't let my mother find out, or you won't be allowed to eat."

Grandma didn't take it seriously, "It's nothing, I won't eat."

Qiao Yan asked, "Then you still want it as a gift?"

"Hey." Grandma nodded in agreement, then stuffed something into Qiao Yan's hand, "Give it to Xi Yunle, you bring it to her next time."

Qiao Yan was taken aback for a moment, she really didn't expect it.

Grandma has a heart and is always thinking about Zhou Xiyun. She patted Qiao Yan's arm kindly, and said in a low voice, "Xiyun bought a lot of supplements from Ziqing earlier, and we didn't return the gift. It's not good."

Qiao Yan didn't want to give this thing away, so he could only say: "Zhou Xiyun won't eat this, so don't give it to her."

"I want to eat," said grandma. "A few days ago she stayed at your place and ate what you put on the table."

Qiao Yan didn't remember this, but after hesitating for a moment, he pretended to agree.

It took about two hours to play the lantern show. It was less than nine o'clock when I went in, and it was already eleven o'clock when I came out.

There are still many people in the park, and it is bustling at this late hour. There is still a long line at the entrance outside, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the street are piled up and crowded into a pot of porridge.

Song Xinyu finally stopped chatting with the elders at this moment, and instead walked side by side with Qiao Yan, and wanted to share some of the weight on Qiao Yan's hands.Qiao Yan said: "It's all right, it's not heavy, there are only such a few things, and I can carry them by myself." Song Xinyu still took the bag in her left hand, and took half of it.

"The parking place is on the other side, and it's still that far away." Song Xinyu said, "It takes more than ten minutes to walk there."

Qiao Yan was not too polite and let it go.

After walking for a while, she remembered that her grandma remembered the wrong person at the dinner table again, so she raised her mouth and said softly, "Don't mind."

Song Xinyu replied, "Nothing."

Qiao Yan explained: "Her memory is not very good now, not as good as in the past two years, and sometimes she makes mistakes."

Song Xinyu hummed calmly, "Old people are like this when they get older, and my grandma is almost the same now, sometimes even we can't recognize us." "Need to pay more attention." "Yes."

Walking over to the car, he opened the trunk to put things in. Qiao Yan returned to the car first and sat in the driver's seat. Song Xinyu closed the trunk, and then helped Xu Ziqing's grandma to sit in the passenger seat.

The return trip was mainly for Qiao Yan and Song Xinyu to chat until they reached the door of the Song family's old house.

Xu Ziqing said to Song Xinyu: "If you have time, come and sit with us, you can come over for dinner, it's like going back to your own home."

Song Xinyu Yinghao stood at the gate and watched the car turn.

Qiao Yan was not very enthusiastic from the beginning to the end. On the contrary, she felt that Ms. Xu was too polite, and she was not an outsider by birth.

Xu Ziqing disagreed with her daughter, thinking that Qiao Yan's performance at night was too indifferent, so she muttered a few words after entering the door.

The family of three packed up after returning home, and then unwrapped the presents.

The things Song Xinyu bought were not too expensive, but the price of each item was several thousand.Xu Ziqing counted it again and said: "Next time I have to go back to the family for an equal share, so I can't take advantage of it for nothing. That child also works hard, so it's not as easy as you."

Qiao Yan said nonchalantly, "I'm back. It's not too far away. Don't worry about it. Just accept it. It's not a big deal."

Xu Ziqing does not agree with her daughter's point of view, thinking that she does not know the ways of the world.

The relationship between the Song family and this place is actually mediocre, except that Qiao Yan had a good time with Song Xinyu when he was young, but other than that, he didn't have much communication, just ordinary neighborly friendship.Xu Nutu couldn't treat the degree of intimacy between the two parties like she did to the Zhou family. Even though she said nice and polite words verbally, she still kept the so-called distance in her heart.

Xu Ziqing definitely liked Song Xinyu and had no opinion on him, there was no doubt about it, but the worries and ways of dealing with things of middle-aged people were there, and it couldn't change the flaws in his bones.

"Your ones are not worth the price. Next time I will buy something else and return it when I have a chance." Xu Ziqing said.

Qiao Yan knew that he couldn't reason with his own mother. He knew that Ms. Xu had such a personality. She had never owed anyone in her life, so she didn't argue.

Song Xinyu gave Qiao Yan another bracelet, the one inlaid with broken diamonds, very design sense, at first glance it was the most expensive of the three gifts.Both Xu Ziqing and grandma have bracelets, which are more in line with their temperament.

I took photos of all three gifts and sent them to Song Xinyu's WeChat to express my gratitude.Qiao Yan went upstairs to lie down in the room, and flipped through what Zhou Xiyun had posted earlier.

The other party's news has been pushed to the back by the swiping screens of the major groups, and you can only see it when you turn down a page.

Click in, it's a photo.

In the photo is Zhou Xiyun himself, who is lying on... the table with his arms pillowed on his head?Seems to be.

The light over there is too dark, the background color is very mixed, it seems to be in some bar, the camera can't take a clear outline of the object under the changing light, everything is blurred.

Qiao Yan zoomed in and looked at it, but he didn't quite understand what it meant, why did he send this to himself, or did he send it to the wrong person?

Looking at the time, almost three hours had passed, Qiao Yan's heart tightened for no reason, and he felt that something might have happened to Zhou Xiyun.This person is lying on the table, who is taking the picture?

Qiao Yan didn't think too much, and immediately replied: [? ] Qiao Yan: [Where is it? 】

In less than half a minute, a location address was sent over there, and it was Shangdu Bar.

Knowing that it was definitely not Zhou Xiyun who responded personally, Qiao Yan asked: 【Who are you? 】

Tell the truth on the other side: [The No. [-] bartender at Shangdu Bar, Atuo. 】

Qiao Yan looked puzzled: 【What do you want me for? 】

The opposite party called straight to the point with a large paragraph of text to clarify the purpose of coming. The overall meaning was to tell her that Zhou Xiyun was too drunk and no one would take care of her.

Finally explain the reason clearly: [The boss said to contact you, please come and pick him up. 】

Qiao Yan sent another question mark.

Opposite: 【The store is quite busy, and our boss is not here, so everyone can't take care of Ms. Zhou for the time being. 】

Fearing that she might misunderstand, the bartender on the opposite side carefully explained: 【There is a reason for this tonight, Miss Zhou brought people over for a social gathering, to discuss business, not to get drunk. 】

Qiao Yan was reticent and didn't reply.Opposite: [Excuse me. 】

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Qiao Yan restrained himself from fussing over it, scolded him for being troublesome, and then self-hypnotized to see nothing.

But the bartender in charge obviously won't let her wish, and keeps sending messages to remind her, which is very annoying and has no self-consciousness at all.Naturally, the root cause was Wen Ruyu's fault. Before leaving, Boss Wen urged him to contact Qiao Yan and not to find anyone else, especially Zhou Huiwen.

As for why Qiao Yan had to be found, the reason is even simpler: among the current residents of Gujing Compound, Wen Ruyu only knows Qiao Yan as an "acquaintance", and she only feels at ease with her, and also doesn't want Zhou Huiwen, an elder Worried about Zhou Xiyun, he wanted to find Qiao Yan.

Qiao Yan didn't know what kind of reasonable request this was. When she met Wen Ruyu last time, the other party's behavior was obviously not clear about her relationship with Zhou Xiyun, but now she came to her...

Maybe it was Zhou Xiyun who said it out loud, otherwise Wen Ruyu wouldn't know about it.

Qiao Yan put down the phone angrily and resolutely pretended to be dead. She didn't care about that person. How could she drive out to pick up someone in the middle of the night? Don't even think about it. There's no way! She stuffed the phone under the pillow and tried to ignore the continuous vibrations .

The bartender named A Tuo was completely unreasonable, and regardless of whether she wanted to or not, she sent a few more pictures, indicating that she had to go there, otherwise no one would care about Zhou Xiyun tonight.

The employees of Shangdu Bar are not bright enough, they will not be flexible at this time, and they don't plan to find a place for Zhou Xiyun to live, they would rather send someone alone to guard her.

After A Tuo explained his appeal, he stopped disturbing him, and his attitude was quite firm.

Qiao Yan vomited like hell, and her resentment was almost on the top of her head, but after a while, she still grabbed her phone and car keys and reluctantly went downstairs.

It wasn't that she couldn't stand the request there, and it wasn't because of Zhou Xiyun that she went there, but because of Zhou Huiwen's face, she reluctantly went there to clean up the mess.

And at night, without the company of acquaintances and friends, is a place like a bar a place where drunks can stay!

Qiao Yan grabbed a coat casually, informed Xu Ziqing once he reached the first floor, and then went out without looking back.

Xu Ziqing asked: "It's midnight, where are you going?"

Qiao Yan opened the car door and lied, "Rong Yin is there, she's looking for me urgently."

Xu Ziqing chased him out, "What's the matter, have you encountered a problem in the store?"

Qiao Yan comforted her mother, using the excuse that Kafa's supply was in trouble and she needed to ask there immediately.He just opened his mouth and came here without changing his face. After getting in the car, he didn't forget to send a message to Rong Yintong to let Rong Yin cover for himself.

Ms. Xu was deceived and turned around, but she didn't hear anything wrong, so she said to her daughter, "Don't worry, it's so dark outside, please drive slowly."

Qiao Yan replied: "I know, don't worry, you and grandma go to bed early, don't wait for me at night, I'll spend the night at Rong Yin's place."

After saying that, he quickly started the car and drove away from the Xijing compound, and disappeared in a flash, even the rear of the car could not be seen.The speed was extremely fast, and he didn't take Xu Ziqing's advice to heart at all.

The road at night is empty, there are fewer vehicles, and the road is unimpeded.

It didn't take more than half an hour from Xijing Compound to Shangdu Bar. Qiao Yan arrived there steadily, and didn't even look for a parking spot. He just randomly found a place that would not hinder the traffic.

In the middle of the night, when the business here is the most prosperous, the Shangdu bar is quite chaotic, and the resident band sings hoarsely on the stage, which drives up the fiery atmosphere of the audience, and the drinkers are all excited, all of them are full of looks .

As soon as Qiao Yan entered, he was stopped by Yijiu Mengzi and asked for his contact information.She wasn't in the mood to deal with that kind of person, and she was too annoyed to even say a word, so she walked around and went to the bar to find a female bartender, and asked where Atuo and Zhou Xiyun were.

The female bartender didn't know Qiao Yan, but she put down what she was doing as soon as she heard her, and led her to a corner.

Zhou Xiyun was there, but instead of lying on the table, he leaned against the booth with his eyes closed, his whole state was a bit decadent and drunk.

Zhou Xiyun was indeed out to socialize, and he settled an extremely difficult young client here, and negotiated an order on the spot.She was still wearing a waist-tight suit, dressed like a shopping mall elite, she looked out of tune with the noisy and sluggish environment around her, as if she came in by mistake.

A Tuo handed Zhou Xiyun to Qiao Yan and escorted them to the car.

Qiao Yan helped Zhou Xiyun fasten his seat belt, opened the man's bag and rummaged through it, and asked angrily, "Do you have your ID card?"

Zhou Xiyun tilted his head slightly against the seat, and relaxed uncomfortably, but did not make a sound.

Qiao Yan pushed her with his hands, "Zhou Xiyun, what about you, have you brought your ID card?"

The other party was too drunk and ignored it.

There is no ID card in the bag, it is clean, it is just a beautiful decoration.Qiao Yan flipped through it twice in a row, and then pressed hard to feel his body, looking in every pocket.Still not, really did not bring.

Maybe she wasn't used to being touched, but Zhou Xiyun's reaction at this time was quite strong, and she was very alert. When Qiao Yan was about to stop, she held onto her tightly and refused to let her back away.

Qiao Yan slapped the man on the back of the hand uncomfortably, and there was a crisp slap.

Zhou Xiyun grunted in pain.

Qiao Yan said in a heavy tone, "Sit down and don't get drunk."

Zhou Xiyun tilted his head to look this way, as if he couldn't tell who she was.He was even more drunk than last time, and he almost lost his way.

Qiao Yan didn't have time to take care of the other party, so he looked for himself, thinking about using his ID card to help him open a hotel room.But unfortunately, she didn't bring it either, and put it in the house.

Helpless, I can only take him back to Qinghe Street, there is no other place to go.Think of it as doing good deeds and accumulating virtue. This kind of situation really shouldn't be too fussy.

Qiao Yan drove back to the small villa and arrived there soon.She helped Zhou Xiyun into the door, and with the previous experience, she took Zhou Xiyun upstairs to the small room without much effort this time.

"You'd better sleep here, as long as you calm down." Qiao Yan said, "I'll take you in for the last time, no exception."

I don't know if I heard it clearly, Zhou Xiyun couldn't stand still, and his body was tilted to one side.

Qiao Yan quickly hugged the other party, and had to hold him tighter, in case he really fell to the ground.She said, "Take two steps and lie down on the bed."

Zhou Xiyun couldn't move, so he put his face in the crook of her neck. "Qiao Yan..." This man shouted in a low voice, and the warm breath from his mouth fell on Qiao Yan's collarbone.It was hot and itchy.

Qiao Yan was a little sensitive, and she couldn't push her away, so she endured it.Have a good temper for the first time, and don't take it seriously.

However, the man on his body made an inch of it, and then did another stupid thing.

The room was dark and dim, dark and charming.

Qiao Yan only felt the side of his neck being rubbed twice, and the earlobe felt the unique touch of Guo light touch on his earlobe a moment later.