salted fish marriage
Chapter 25 I Want You, Can I?
Recently, when Qin Ling and Tong Beibei were together, the couple's topic of conversation was unavoidably about their college days.
Qin Ling: "I see you still played basketball at that time?"
Tong Beibei: "Sometimes."
"I have a roommate who is on the school basketball team and often asks me to play together."
"University, isn't the collective dormitory just where you take care of me and I take care of you."
Qin Ling: "Can you roller skate?"
Tong Beibei: "Slippery as you please. The wheels take me to move, so it's less tiring."
Qin Ling: "Which other clubs have you joined?"
Tong Beibei thought for a while: "Is it gone? Our professional courses are quite complicated, and we are too busy with homework, so we basically go to the library every day."
Now that the conversation was over, Tong Beibei also asked Qin Ling.
Qin Ling: "At that time, I devoted all my time to professionalism and entrepreneurship. Thinking about it, it is similar to now, except that I am busy. I used to be busy with entrepreneurship and school, but now I am busy with projects and work."
Not long after, it coincided with the 110th anniversary of C University.
Two weeks before the school celebration, [12th French], which usually has little movement, was full of news all day long.
In view of the nicknames of "sloth" and "salted fish" that Tong Beibei only got after graduation and went to work, he was quite eye-catching when he was in school. When I greeted him in the group, someone naturally asked him if he would come back during the school celebration School.
Tong Beibei replied: [Yes. 】
At the beginning, someone organized: [Then those who return to school this time, pick up a dragon in the group and confirm the list. 】
[It's time to get together. 】
The monitor of the class at the time said: [I just happen to be free recently, so I will register the list. 】
[After registration, I will stamp one by one privately. Remember to give me your phone number so that I can contact you when the time comes. 】
Someone said: [Let's make another group. 】
Squad leader: [OK. 】
It didn't take long for Tong Beibei to be drawn into the [12th French School Celebration] group.
Because we will meet soon, the group chatted naturally.
A group of people who have no contact with each other usually ask each other about work, work unit, whether they are married, or even if they have children.
Tong Beibei was @ again.
Someone asked him: [Where is the school grass in our class now? 】
[Ask what?Don't you all know?Xiao Tong took the career test. 】
【Yeah yeah. 】
[Oh, look at my brain. 】
[@通贝贝, are you married yet? 】
[Does anyone know this?I don't seem to have heard of it. 】
[I haven't heard of it either. 】
[Probably not, where did you get married so early?We have only been out of school for a few years this year. 】
[Haha, that's right, just ask me, the school grass, I'm especially concerned about it. 】
Tong Beibei was taking a nap when he was @, and woke up. At least hundreds of @his content had passed, and everyone was chatting about other things in the group. He held up his phone and yawned, but didn't reply.
A week before the school celebration, Jia Rui poked Tong Beibei privately.
Jia Rui: [Baby~ Did you go to the school celebration? 】
Jia Rui: [I'll come back when the time comes, do you want to come together? 】
Jia Rui slept with Tong Beibei back then, but they were not majored in civil engineering.
Tong Beibei: [Return. 】
Tong Beibei: [Okay. 】
Jia Rui: [How are you doing recently? 】
Jia Rui: [We had dinner together last year, but we haven't contacted for a while. 】
Tong Beibei: [It's okay.How are you? 】
Jia Rui: [I'll do it too, but I'm too fucking busy. 】
Jia Rui: [Stop talking, the leader told me to move bricks. 】
Jia Rui: [Meet and chat. 】
Tong Beibei: [Okay. 】
The day before the school celebration, Tong Beibei received a call from Qin Mushan:
"Sister-in-law, are you coming for the school celebration this weekend? When will you come? Saturday and Sunday?"
"Do you want to watch the school celebration square during the day? If you want, I will reserve a seat for you."
"There's a party tonight, do you want to see it? I'll reserve a seat for you too."
"By the way, is my brother together?"
Qin Ling naturally didn't have time, he was busy with work.
It was only on the school day, Saturday, that he had only sat in the office for more than an hour. Li Meng came in and asked him to sign a document, which interrupted his concentration on work. Suddenly, he was inexplicably distracted by the thought of Tong Bei Bei, thinking of the anniversary of C University, thinking that Tong Beibei should have left for C University by this time.
Qin Ling thought for a while, withdrew his thoughts, and continued to work.
After lunch, Qin Ling came out of the office with a document. He was going to give it to Li Meng and give some instructions. As soon as he came out, he saw Li Meng covering his mouth and burying his head in the cubicle on the phone: "Oh, I I also want to, but I can’t go.”
"Yes, overtime."
"That's not what it says, a job with a high salary comes with a responsibility."
Qin Ling stood next to Li Meng's work station, with one hand in his pocket and the other clutching the document in his hand, without making a sound.
Li Meng spoke a few more words to the other end of the phone. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of someone beside the work station. He raised his eyes and saw Qin Ling. He was startled, and quickly said "this is it first" to the other end of the phone, and hung up the phone.
Li Meng stood up, Qin Ling handed him the document, and after a few words of advice, Li Meng said, "Okay, I understand."
Qin Ling's toes were pointing outwards, and he was about to leave, but he stopped, and turned around to ask Li Meng, "I remember you are also from C University?"
Li Meng: "Ah, yes."
Qin Ling made a statement: "University C celebrates this weekend."
Li Meng didn't understand the specific meaning behind these words, so he could only respond: "Yes."
Qin Ling raised his hand and looked at the time, it was not a little bit.
Almost subconsciously, Qin Ling thought: What is Xiao Tong doing now?
Qin Ling was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and said to Li Meng, "Let's get off work."
Li Meng didn't react: "Huh?"
what?
get off work! ?
There are these two words in his boss's dictionary?
Li Meng looked terrified, wondering if he was dreaming.
Qin Ling had already turned around and walked towards the office, and at the same time raised his hand to check the time.
He is passing now, and he can still catch up.
—
The vibrant campus is full of lights and festoons today.
Banners, ribbons, and national flags are everywhere, and there are extraordinarily many people.
Tong Beibei and Jia Rui made an appointment and met at the school gate at ten o'clock in the morning.
Jia Rui used to be tall, loved basketball, and was a forward on the school team. After going to work, he took part in too many dinners and lacked exercise, so he gradually tended to put on weight.
He circled around a few times in half a year, and when he met Tong Beibei, he saw that Tong Beibei's appearance and temperament had not changed, and he was still so handsome, so he asked angrily, "What's wrong, the butcher's knife of time is only used against me, and I'll show mercy to you." ?”
Tong Beibei: "Are you two hundred catties now?"
Jia Rui couldn't laugh or cry: "Thank you for not asking me in French."
The two entered the school and, under the guidance of student volunteers, received the hats and medals for the school celebration.
Jia Rui put on his hat and said righteously, "Don't tell me, I really feel younger again after going back to school today."
Tong Beibei also put on her hat, and looked out from under the brim of the hat. Looking at the lively and festive campus today, she also felt emotional:
I don't know if the chicken drumstick rice in Nancanteen is open today.
Tong Beibei had just finished lunch when she received a call from Qin Ling.
What he ate was the big chicken drumsticks from Nan Canteen, three of which made him burp when he opened his mouth to his phone.
Jia Rui on the other side of the table and Qin Ling on the phone laughed.
Qin Ling listened to the noisy voice on the other end of the phone and asked, "Are you eating? How much did you eat?"
Tong Beibei hiccupped a few times in a muffled voice, and then said: "I just finished eating, and I'm a bit full. The chicken legs here are very delicious."
Qin Ling's voice was full of laughter: "Where is it? I just arrived at your school."
Tong Beibei was surprised: "You're here too? You didn't work overtime today?"
Qin Ling: "I decided to give myself a day off."
Tong Beibei stood up: "What door are you at?"
Qin Ling: "No. [-]."
Tong Beibei thought for a while: "No. [-]."
It's a bit far from the South Canteen.
Tong Beibei: "Well, you go along the main road towards the library, that is the building with the white dome you can see. We will come to you now."
Qin Ling: "You?"
Tong Beibei: "Well, my former dormitory roommate made an appointment today."
Tong Beibei hung up the phone.
Jia Rui wiped his mouth and walked out of the cafeteria, asking, "Who is it? Your classmate from the French department?"
Tong Beibei: "No, my husband."
Jia Rui said "Huh?" with a surprised expression on his face: "Husband? Why didn't I know you were married?"
A quarter of an hour later, Jia Rui not only found out that Tong Beibei was married, but also shook hands with Qin Ling, smiling, "It's a pleasure to meet you, it turns out that Brother Bei is really married."
Qin Ling: "Hello."
Jia Rui: "What's your name?"
Qin Ling reported his surname: "Qin."
Jia Rui is familiar: "My surname is Jia, you can call me Lao Jia, and I will call you Lao Qin."
"Old Qin," Jia Rui grinned, looking at Tong Beibei: "You 'thunder method', you just took down the school girl who has been alone for so many years."
Qin Ling moved the corners of his lips, looked at Tong Beibei, Tong Beibei sniffed, and signaled Jia Rui: "Don't say that."
Jia Rui said carelessly, "Is there anything you can't say?"
Pointing at Qin Ling, he pointed at Tong Beibei, "Do you know how difficult he is to chase? We used to have a gay man in Tumu, and we wrote him a love letter every two weeks. We persisted for two years, two years, he even went out I don’t want to have a meal with anyone.”
Tong Beibei knew that these old stories of old sesame seed and rotten millet would be pulled out.
He rushed to Jia Rui: "Okay, okay, why mention those?"
Jia Rui laughed: "If anyone tells you to get married, don't tell me, I won't let you down."
Tong Beibei followed the example of kindness: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I'll give you a copy of the notification letter another day."
Jia Rui: "It's late!"
Tong Beibei "tssed" him.
Seeing the bickering between the two, Qin Ling walked and watched Tong Beibei with a smile - this was the first time he had seen such a partner today.
Only then did I know that Tong Beibei not only has a gentle side, but when she is with familiar people, she can also taunt people, make jokes, and even roll her eyes.
Qin Ling found it fresh and interesting.
Xin said that today, on a whim, she took a vacation for herself, and it turned out to be the right one.
Jia Rui was walking on Tong Beibei's left, and Qin Ling was on the right. Qin Ling took the initiative to chat with Jia Rui: "You major in civil engineering, not French?"
Jia Rui: "There are few French boys, so the school scattered the boys who majored in them, and made up for other dormitories with insufficient numbers. Brother Bei happened to be assigned to our civil engineering department."
Qin Ling: "You are the only ones in your dormitory today?"
Jia Rui: "I don't know, I didn't ask about the others."
Looking at Tong Beibei, Tong Beibei also shook his head, indicating that there was no contact.
Jia Rui said generously, "Hey, is the relationship normal? We haven't contacted each other since graduation. They all went back to their hometowns to develop. Only Brother Bei and I are still here."
Jia Rui: "By the way, Lao Qin, what do you do?"
Qin Ling: "Real estate related."
Jia Rui: "Isn't it a coincidence, I'm almost the same, I belong to Party B's unit, where are you from?"
Qin Ling summed it up: "Do everything."
Jia Rui didn't say anything, but thought in his heart, why does this person look so familiar, he must have seen him somewhere.
After all, Jia Rui and Tong Beibei were not from the same profession, and after a while, because their respective professions were shouting together in the group, the two separated.
Before leaving, Jia Rui said to Qin Ling: "Old Qin, really, I think you look familiar, I must have seen you somewhere."
Qin Ling smiled and said nothing.
After Jia Rui left, Qin Ling and Tong Beibei walked side by side on the campus.
Qin Ling asked about Jia Rui's work unit.
Tong Beibei remembered that Jia Rui had been working in Wanfang after graduation and had never changed jobs. He was doing construction materials procurement.
Qin Ling nodded and said: "Then he should have met me, 'Wanfang' is one of Lushan's Party B units."
Tong Beibei looked at Qin Ling, and shouted for Jia Rui: "So it's Party A's father."
Qin Ling smiled: "Before you left, I was also the first party of Luyuan."
Tong Beibei said cheerfully, "You are also my Party A now."
As he said that, he stepped forward with his long legs and jumped lightly along the grid of the floor tiles under his feet.
Qin Ling turned his head to look——
Tong Beibei dressed very casually today, wearing a dark blue hat for school celebrations, with a delicate jawline exposed under the brim, showing a youthful look.
A beam of sunlight that just passed through the dense branches and leaves above the head hit Tong Beibei's body, giving people the feeling that it was the roller skating photo that was saved as Qin Ling's right button.
It's like going back to school and changing back to the way I was when I was 20 years old.
Qin Ling's thoughts moved slightly when he saw it, and he suddenly wanted to kiss Tong Beibei.
Tong Beibeiyou didn't know it, when he returned to school, he came to a place he was very familiar with, and his performance was indeed much more lively and active than usual——
Walking to an outdoor corridor built to "review the 110 years of C University", the two walked around while watching, while Tong Beibei chatted with Qin Ling, mostly speaking about French.
Passing the teaching area, Tong Beibei would talk about which classrooms his major taught in, which classroom he liked, why, and which classroom he hated, because the building was tall, far away, and there was no elevator.
Passing by a large piece of graffiti paper spread on the ground by the student organization, Tong Beibei took a pen and drew a Q version of him and Qin Ling on the paper on a whim. bright diamonds.
Qin Ling saw it and asked, "What is this?"
Tong Beibei: "Diamonds are a symbol of your identity."
Qin Ling was amused.
After passing the court, Tong Beibei pointed and said that he played basketball there.
Qin Ling joked: "How do salted fish play basketball? Shoot with their tails?"
Tong Beibei joked: "That was before salting, the previous life of salted fish, when the hands and feet had not degenerated."
Qin Ling nodded, Tong Beibei thought he didn't believe it, "I really know how to play."
Qin Ling: "I know."
He had seen photos taken by other people on the forum.
At that time, Tong Beibei was about the same height and slender as she is now, and the sportswear was extra loose on her body.
He was sweating and flushed from playing basketball, but he couldn't hide his temperament and beautiful appearance.
Standing outside the three-point line, he jumped up lightly and high, with his arms raised, one forward and one backward, the basketball was thrown from his hands, and his body leaned back slightly after jumping in mid-air.
……
Looking at the people in front of me and the stadium not far away, time and space seem to be intertwined, returning to the past.
The young couple was sweating profusely on the court, and Qin Ling "watched" with a smile on his face.
Tong Beibei turned her head: "What are you laughing at?"
Qin Ling looked away from the court, and he couldn't tell what he was laughing at.
It happened that a basketball flew out over the metal net, and the boy in the court waved at the two of them, motioning them to throw the ball in.
Qin Ling was close to the ball, bent down to pick it up, and before throwing it in, he asked Tong Beibei: "There is a ball, do you want to go in and play for a while, and review the 'previous life of salted fish'?"
Xianyu looked at the ball, looked at Qin Ling, thought for a while, with a hesitant expression, nodded his head, "Okay."
Soon after, the stadium.
A few boys sat on the seats outside the line to rest and drink water. Qin Ling, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood inside the line and watched Tong Beibei at the three-point line.
When the boys saw Tong Beibei holding the ball and gesticulating towards the basket, they raised their hands and clapped and shouted: "Come on!"
Qin Ling was close to Tong Beibei, and in a waiting gesture, he also encouraged: "I will give you [-] transfers if you enter one."
Tong Beibei put down the ball amusedly, and said sincerely: "Your words are more true than verbal cheers."
Qin Ling followed suit and applauded: "Ten (plus) ten thousand (oil)."
Tong Beibei raised the ball again and looked at the basket. This time, without waiting, she jumped up, jumped lightly, and threw the ball. The next second, the ball flew out of a parabola in mid-air, and landed precisely into the ball without the net. frame.
A few boys whistled and clapped their hands, Qin Ling clapped his hands with a smile, then reached into his suit lining pocket to take out his phone on the spot.
Tong Beibei was amused by Qin Ling's actions, and asked, "Really?"
Qin Ling raised his eyes while holding his mobile phone: "Your husband will do what he says."
A few boys heard it, and they all fucked up——
"I take you as alumni and classmates."
Qin Ling transferred the money, raised his chin, and motioned to Tong Beibei: "He is, and I am a family member."
Family members.
Tong Beibei likes this name.
When he came out of the court, Tong Beibei was all smiles.
Qin Ling joked: "It's only a hundred thousand, so happy?"
Tong Beibei explained: "It's not because of money."
Qin Ling: "I know, I was just joking with you."
Tong Beibei looked at Qin Ling, her eyebrows, eyes, and expression were all bright and joyful. Qin Ling was deeply infected, and there was always a smile on the corner of her lips.
The two held hands, Qin Ling asked Tong Beibei: "Did you feel happy when you were in school?"
That's why I can be so happy when I go back to school.
Tong Beibei thought for a while, then nodded: "It's really not bad."
He chatted: "At that time, my mother opened a piano class. There were many students and I made a lot of money. There was no financial pressure at home, so I just took classes at school and so on."
Tong Beibei: "University, there is no pressure to find a job, and the sense of urgency to face the society. Besides eating and sleeping, there is also class every day, and there is a lot of time. It is very relaxed and happy."
Qin Ling followed up with a sentence: "How did you become a salted fish later?"
Tong Beibei shrugged, pretending to be "high-spirited", and said, "I'm happy."
The agreed meeting time for the 12th French class was [-]:[-] p.m. on the sixth floor of Teaching C, the classroom where they used to take French professional classes.
As soon as Tong Beibei entered the classroom, everyone exclaimed:
"Tong Beibei!"
"How can you be a school grass! Are you a genius? Why have everyone changed, but you haven't changed, and you are so handsome!"
A girl exaggeratedly covered her heart and held her forehead: "I can't do it, I can't do it, I'm going to lose my soul."
Seeing that Tong Beibei didn't come alone, seeing Qin Ling's suit and leather shoes, and his extraordinary temperament, and hearing that this was actually a family member, everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Tong Beibei! Is there anyone like you? Many girls in the class are single! Girls are not as anxious as you!"
"that is!"
Tong Beibei was very popular when he was a student, and many people in the class had a good relationship with him.
Everyone chatted, laughed, and recalled the past, so it was very lively.
We also went to the big playground together to watch the school celebration phalanx organized by the school.
There were a lot of people and it was crowded, Qin Ling stood beside Tong Beibei calmly, shielding him from the crowd.
Holding a small flag in her hand, Tong Beibei poked her eyes forward, watching the phalanx performance on the runway with joy.
When he arrived at the French Department of the Foreign Language Institute, he and the people around him cheered while waving small flags.
The playground is full of people, blue sky and white clouds, and white pigeons with ribbons.
In the crowd, Tong Beibei looked in other directions, and Qin Ling looked at Tong Beibei.
In the evening, those who did not leave in the class booked a box in the hotel for dinner.
Everyone didn't talk about work or future development, but only talked about the past. The atmosphere of the chat was very good, with laughter and laughter.
During this period, Tong Beibei got up to go to the bathroom, and just after the door was closed, the people at the table immediately asked Qin Ling how they knew each other, and how Qin Ling won Tong Beibei, the "light of the court".
Qin Ling said succinctly: "It was introduced by a friend."
Everyone booed: "Oh~~"
Someone asked: "Is it hard to chase?"
Qin Ling: "It's okay."
"Oh~~"
"When did you guys get married? You didn't even read our 'Light of the Court' post on Moments."
Tong Beibei's circle of friends originally had very few posts.
Qin Ling: "Before the Spring Festival."
Everyone booed even louder: "Oh~~~~"
One last question: "Have you had fun with us 'Light of the Court'?"
Qin Ling smiled: "Yes."
Everyone: "Oh~~~~"
Tong Beibei pushed the door open and came in, wondering what they were "uh oh".
Everyone looked at him and just smiled.
Someone said: "Go back and ask your husband."
Tong Beibei sat down and looked at Qin Ling suspiciously. Qin Ling couldn't help but smile.
During the period, I don't know who started it. We chatted and chatted, and everyone started to speak French.
Tong Beibei is not eloquent, but as long as she speaks, she can enunciate the words clearly, with standard pronunciation, and the words and sentences are also very fluent.
Qin Ling's eyes fell on Tong Beibei's face from the beginning to the end, watching him speak French proficiently, his appearance was bright and confident, and he was as calm and beautiful as the most elegant flower on a branch.
Qin Ling didn't make a sound, just watched silently.
At a certain moment, the fragrance of that flower seemed to float into his heart, making him move and tremble.
After the dinner, everyone greeted and went downstairs together.
Qin Ling walked beside Tong Beibei and said, "I never heard you speak French."
He will, but he doesn't usually use it, and he doesn't have the opportunity to talk about it.
Tong Beibei: "Do you want to hear it?"
Qin Ling nodded.
Tong Beibei: "What do you want to hear?"
Qin Ling: "It's fine."
Tong Beibei thought for a while, and said in French: "Are you full for the night? Do you want to eat something more when you go home?"
Qin Ling stared at Tong Beibei, and replied in French: "tu (you)."
Tong Beibei was surprised: "You can also speak French?"
Qin Ling: "Self-taught."
Tong Beibei expressed doubts. Obviously, in his perception, no matter how powerful Qin Ling is who is busy with work and career, he should not be able to spare the energy to learn another small language.
Seeing that Tong Beibei didn't believe it, Qin Ling explained: "A long time ago, the company won the bid for the building construction of a French company. From the beginning of the bidding to the completion of the building design, all the documents thrown by that company were in French, and everyone in the company was tortured. , and I have taught myself French since then.”
Tong Beibei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked, "Didn't you ask for a translator?"
Qin Ling: "Yes, but it's a pity that there is no money. I can't hire anyone who is too professional. I can only recruit a half-baked one."
Tong Beibei nodded, having completely forgotten Qin Ling's "tu".
Qin Ling remembered.
Back home, Qin Ling hugged Tong Beibei and kissed her.
Tong Beibei obviously likes these things, but maybe because of the relationship that is not easy to let go, she feels ashamed every time she kisses.
He wrapped one arm around Qin Ling's neck, his ears were red again, and he awkwardly showed a little bit of resistance between kisses.
Qin Ling held the man in his arms, kissed him and whispered into his ear in French: "moncoeur."
Tong Beibei was stunned for a moment, feeling even more ashamed—there are many words in French to call wife and lover, and the literal meaning of moncoeur is similar to my heart.
Qin Ling called him that, and at this time, it was almost flirting.It is also far better than calling him a darling in Chinese.
Tong Beibei was very fond of this set, and when she heard the "moncoeur", she softened in Qin Ling's arms.
Qin Ling hugged the man with one arm, and held Tong Beibei's face in the other. The kiss became more and more passionate, and gradually developed into an unstoppable trend.
Tong Beibei felt it, had a premonition, and her heart beat fast.
Qin Ling was proactive and forceful, panting after the kiss, and asked in his ear: "Is it okay?"
Of course Tong Beibei wouldn't say no.
This was what he wanted too.
Now that Qin Ling is taking the initiative, the arrow is on the string, and I'm sorry if I don't send it all the time.
Then, then...
Tong Beibei didn't answer a word, and the hand that got into Qin Ling's clothes perfectly explained his answer.
Qin Ling tilted his head and kissed her hard.
In chaos...
When they got to the bedroom, Qin Ling's shirt was gone, Tong Beibei's shirt was untied, a few buttons were broken, and the fabric on the back was all wrinkled.
Tong Beibei lay on the bed, Qin Ling knelt on his knees, leaned over to pull the bedside table.
He knew that what he needed now must be at home.
As a result, when the drawer was pulled, it was full.
Qin Ling froze for a moment, Tong Beibei covered her face with both hands in embarrassment - it was all Min Heng!
Qin Ling took out a box, Tong Beibei covered her face, she couldn't see, she could clearly hear the rustling of the plastic wrapping paper being unwrapped, followed by the sound of the carton, and soon after, the rustling of the cloth.
Then, his arms were held and his hands were pulled away.
Qin Ling was condescending, looking at him with a deep expression.
Tong Beibei's heart beat fast, and a familiar aura surrounded her.
……
Tong Beibei's forehead was covered with thin sweat, and the tip of her nose was covered with fine beads of sweat.
He looked impatient, his Adam's apple turned, and a tiny voice escaped from his throat.
……
He felt a little uncomfortable, and finally shouted: "Qin, Qinling."
Qin Ling lowered his head and comforted him with kisses.
Qin Ling: "I see you still played basketball at that time?"
Tong Beibei: "Sometimes."
"I have a roommate who is on the school basketball team and often asks me to play together."
"University, isn't the collective dormitory just where you take care of me and I take care of you."
Qin Ling: "Can you roller skate?"
Tong Beibei: "Slippery as you please. The wheels take me to move, so it's less tiring."
Qin Ling: "Which other clubs have you joined?"
Tong Beibei thought for a while: "Is it gone? Our professional courses are quite complicated, and we are too busy with homework, so we basically go to the library every day."
Now that the conversation was over, Tong Beibei also asked Qin Ling.
Qin Ling: "At that time, I devoted all my time to professionalism and entrepreneurship. Thinking about it, it is similar to now, except that I am busy. I used to be busy with entrepreneurship and school, but now I am busy with projects and work."
Not long after, it coincided with the 110th anniversary of C University.
Two weeks before the school celebration, [12th French], which usually has little movement, was full of news all day long.
In view of the nicknames of "sloth" and "salted fish" that Tong Beibei only got after graduation and went to work, he was quite eye-catching when he was in school. When I greeted him in the group, someone naturally asked him if he would come back during the school celebration School.
Tong Beibei replied: [Yes. 】
At the beginning, someone organized: [Then those who return to school this time, pick up a dragon in the group and confirm the list. 】
[It's time to get together. 】
The monitor of the class at the time said: [I just happen to be free recently, so I will register the list. 】
[After registration, I will stamp one by one privately. Remember to give me your phone number so that I can contact you when the time comes. 】
Someone said: [Let's make another group. 】
Squad leader: [OK. 】
It didn't take long for Tong Beibei to be drawn into the [12th French School Celebration] group.
Because we will meet soon, the group chatted naturally.
A group of people who have no contact with each other usually ask each other about work, work unit, whether they are married, or even if they have children.
Tong Beibei was @ again.
Someone asked him: [Where is the school grass in our class now? 】
[Ask what?Don't you all know?Xiao Tong took the career test. 】
【Yeah yeah. 】
[Oh, look at my brain. 】
[@通贝贝, are you married yet? 】
[Does anyone know this?I don't seem to have heard of it. 】
[I haven't heard of it either. 】
[Probably not, where did you get married so early?We have only been out of school for a few years this year. 】
[Haha, that's right, just ask me, the school grass, I'm especially concerned about it. 】
Tong Beibei was taking a nap when he was @, and woke up. At least hundreds of @his content had passed, and everyone was chatting about other things in the group. He held up his phone and yawned, but didn't reply.
A week before the school celebration, Jia Rui poked Tong Beibei privately.
Jia Rui: [Baby~ Did you go to the school celebration? 】
Jia Rui: [I'll come back when the time comes, do you want to come together? 】
Jia Rui slept with Tong Beibei back then, but they were not majored in civil engineering.
Tong Beibei: [Return. 】
Tong Beibei: [Okay. 】
Jia Rui: [How are you doing recently? 】
Jia Rui: [We had dinner together last year, but we haven't contacted for a while. 】
Tong Beibei: [It's okay.How are you? 】
Jia Rui: [I'll do it too, but I'm too fucking busy. 】
Jia Rui: [Stop talking, the leader told me to move bricks. 】
Jia Rui: [Meet and chat. 】
Tong Beibei: [Okay. 】
The day before the school celebration, Tong Beibei received a call from Qin Mushan:
"Sister-in-law, are you coming for the school celebration this weekend? When will you come? Saturday and Sunday?"
"Do you want to watch the school celebration square during the day? If you want, I will reserve a seat for you."
"There's a party tonight, do you want to see it? I'll reserve a seat for you too."
"By the way, is my brother together?"
Qin Ling naturally didn't have time, he was busy with work.
It was only on the school day, Saturday, that he had only sat in the office for more than an hour. Li Meng came in and asked him to sign a document, which interrupted his concentration on work. Suddenly, he was inexplicably distracted by the thought of Tong Bei Bei, thinking of the anniversary of C University, thinking that Tong Beibei should have left for C University by this time.
Qin Ling thought for a while, withdrew his thoughts, and continued to work.
After lunch, Qin Ling came out of the office with a document. He was going to give it to Li Meng and give some instructions. As soon as he came out, he saw Li Meng covering his mouth and burying his head in the cubicle on the phone: "Oh, I I also want to, but I can’t go.”
"Yes, overtime."
"That's not what it says, a job with a high salary comes with a responsibility."
Qin Ling stood next to Li Meng's work station, with one hand in his pocket and the other clutching the document in his hand, without making a sound.
Li Meng spoke a few more words to the other end of the phone. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of someone beside the work station. He raised his eyes and saw Qin Ling. He was startled, and quickly said "this is it first" to the other end of the phone, and hung up the phone.
Li Meng stood up, Qin Ling handed him the document, and after a few words of advice, Li Meng said, "Okay, I understand."
Qin Ling's toes were pointing outwards, and he was about to leave, but he stopped, and turned around to ask Li Meng, "I remember you are also from C University?"
Li Meng: "Ah, yes."
Qin Ling made a statement: "University C celebrates this weekend."
Li Meng didn't understand the specific meaning behind these words, so he could only respond: "Yes."
Qin Ling raised his hand and looked at the time, it was not a little bit.
Almost subconsciously, Qin Ling thought: What is Xiao Tong doing now?
Qin Ling was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his eyes and said to Li Meng, "Let's get off work."
Li Meng didn't react: "Huh?"
what?
get off work! ?
There are these two words in his boss's dictionary?
Li Meng looked terrified, wondering if he was dreaming.
Qin Ling had already turned around and walked towards the office, and at the same time raised his hand to check the time.
He is passing now, and he can still catch up.
—
The vibrant campus is full of lights and festoons today.
Banners, ribbons, and national flags are everywhere, and there are extraordinarily many people.
Tong Beibei and Jia Rui made an appointment and met at the school gate at ten o'clock in the morning.
Jia Rui used to be tall, loved basketball, and was a forward on the school team. After going to work, he took part in too many dinners and lacked exercise, so he gradually tended to put on weight.
He circled around a few times in half a year, and when he met Tong Beibei, he saw that Tong Beibei's appearance and temperament had not changed, and he was still so handsome, so he asked angrily, "What's wrong, the butcher's knife of time is only used against me, and I'll show mercy to you." ?”
Tong Beibei: "Are you two hundred catties now?"
Jia Rui couldn't laugh or cry: "Thank you for not asking me in French."
The two entered the school and, under the guidance of student volunteers, received the hats and medals for the school celebration.
Jia Rui put on his hat and said righteously, "Don't tell me, I really feel younger again after going back to school today."
Tong Beibei also put on her hat, and looked out from under the brim of the hat. Looking at the lively and festive campus today, she also felt emotional:
I don't know if the chicken drumstick rice in Nancanteen is open today.
Tong Beibei had just finished lunch when she received a call from Qin Ling.
What he ate was the big chicken drumsticks from Nan Canteen, three of which made him burp when he opened his mouth to his phone.
Jia Rui on the other side of the table and Qin Ling on the phone laughed.
Qin Ling listened to the noisy voice on the other end of the phone and asked, "Are you eating? How much did you eat?"
Tong Beibei hiccupped a few times in a muffled voice, and then said: "I just finished eating, and I'm a bit full. The chicken legs here are very delicious."
Qin Ling's voice was full of laughter: "Where is it? I just arrived at your school."
Tong Beibei was surprised: "You're here too? You didn't work overtime today?"
Qin Ling: "I decided to give myself a day off."
Tong Beibei stood up: "What door are you at?"
Qin Ling: "No. [-]."
Tong Beibei thought for a while: "No. [-]."
It's a bit far from the South Canteen.
Tong Beibei: "Well, you go along the main road towards the library, that is the building with the white dome you can see. We will come to you now."
Qin Ling: "You?"
Tong Beibei: "Well, my former dormitory roommate made an appointment today."
Tong Beibei hung up the phone.
Jia Rui wiped his mouth and walked out of the cafeteria, asking, "Who is it? Your classmate from the French department?"
Tong Beibei: "No, my husband."
Jia Rui said "Huh?" with a surprised expression on his face: "Husband? Why didn't I know you were married?"
A quarter of an hour later, Jia Rui not only found out that Tong Beibei was married, but also shook hands with Qin Ling, smiling, "It's a pleasure to meet you, it turns out that Brother Bei is really married."
Qin Ling: "Hello."
Jia Rui: "What's your name?"
Qin Ling reported his surname: "Qin."
Jia Rui is familiar: "My surname is Jia, you can call me Lao Jia, and I will call you Lao Qin."
"Old Qin," Jia Rui grinned, looking at Tong Beibei: "You 'thunder method', you just took down the school girl who has been alone for so many years."
Qin Ling moved the corners of his lips, looked at Tong Beibei, Tong Beibei sniffed, and signaled Jia Rui: "Don't say that."
Jia Rui said carelessly, "Is there anything you can't say?"
Pointing at Qin Ling, he pointed at Tong Beibei, "Do you know how difficult he is to chase? We used to have a gay man in Tumu, and we wrote him a love letter every two weeks. We persisted for two years, two years, he even went out I don’t want to have a meal with anyone.”
Tong Beibei knew that these old stories of old sesame seed and rotten millet would be pulled out.
He rushed to Jia Rui: "Okay, okay, why mention those?"
Jia Rui laughed: "If anyone tells you to get married, don't tell me, I won't let you down."
Tong Beibei followed the example of kindness: "I'm sorry, I was wrong. I'll give you a copy of the notification letter another day."
Jia Rui: "It's late!"
Tong Beibei "tssed" him.
Seeing the bickering between the two, Qin Ling walked and watched Tong Beibei with a smile - this was the first time he had seen such a partner today.
Only then did I know that Tong Beibei not only has a gentle side, but when she is with familiar people, she can also taunt people, make jokes, and even roll her eyes.
Qin Ling found it fresh and interesting.
Xin said that today, on a whim, she took a vacation for herself, and it turned out to be the right one.
Jia Rui was walking on Tong Beibei's left, and Qin Ling was on the right. Qin Ling took the initiative to chat with Jia Rui: "You major in civil engineering, not French?"
Jia Rui: "There are few French boys, so the school scattered the boys who majored in them, and made up for other dormitories with insufficient numbers. Brother Bei happened to be assigned to our civil engineering department."
Qin Ling: "You are the only ones in your dormitory today?"
Jia Rui: "I don't know, I didn't ask about the others."
Looking at Tong Beibei, Tong Beibei also shook his head, indicating that there was no contact.
Jia Rui said generously, "Hey, is the relationship normal? We haven't contacted each other since graduation. They all went back to their hometowns to develop. Only Brother Bei and I are still here."
Jia Rui: "By the way, Lao Qin, what do you do?"
Qin Ling: "Real estate related."
Jia Rui: "Isn't it a coincidence, I'm almost the same, I belong to Party B's unit, where are you from?"
Qin Ling summed it up: "Do everything."
Jia Rui didn't say anything, but thought in his heart, why does this person look so familiar, he must have seen him somewhere.
After all, Jia Rui and Tong Beibei were not from the same profession, and after a while, because their respective professions were shouting together in the group, the two separated.
Before leaving, Jia Rui said to Qin Ling: "Old Qin, really, I think you look familiar, I must have seen you somewhere."
Qin Ling smiled and said nothing.
After Jia Rui left, Qin Ling and Tong Beibei walked side by side on the campus.
Qin Ling asked about Jia Rui's work unit.
Tong Beibei remembered that Jia Rui had been working in Wanfang after graduation and had never changed jobs. He was doing construction materials procurement.
Qin Ling nodded and said: "Then he should have met me, 'Wanfang' is one of Lushan's Party B units."
Tong Beibei looked at Qin Ling, and shouted for Jia Rui: "So it's Party A's father."
Qin Ling smiled: "Before you left, I was also the first party of Luyuan."
Tong Beibei said cheerfully, "You are also my Party A now."
As he said that, he stepped forward with his long legs and jumped lightly along the grid of the floor tiles under his feet.
Qin Ling turned his head to look——
Tong Beibei dressed very casually today, wearing a dark blue hat for school celebrations, with a delicate jawline exposed under the brim, showing a youthful look.
A beam of sunlight that just passed through the dense branches and leaves above the head hit Tong Beibei's body, giving people the feeling that it was the roller skating photo that was saved as Qin Ling's right button.
It's like going back to school and changing back to the way I was when I was 20 years old.
Qin Ling's thoughts moved slightly when he saw it, and he suddenly wanted to kiss Tong Beibei.
Tong Beibeiyou didn't know it, when he returned to school, he came to a place he was very familiar with, and his performance was indeed much more lively and active than usual——
Walking to an outdoor corridor built to "review the 110 years of C University", the two walked around while watching, while Tong Beibei chatted with Qin Ling, mostly speaking about French.
Passing the teaching area, Tong Beibei would talk about which classrooms his major taught in, which classroom he liked, why, and which classroom he hated, because the building was tall, far away, and there was no elevator.
Passing by a large piece of graffiti paper spread on the ground by the student organization, Tong Beibei took a pen and drew a Q version of him and Qin Ling on the paper on a whim. bright diamonds.
Qin Ling saw it and asked, "What is this?"
Tong Beibei: "Diamonds are a symbol of your identity."
Qin Ling was amused.
After passing the court, Tong Beibei pointed and said that he played basketball there.
Qin Ling joked: "How do salted fish play basketball? Shoot with their tails?"
Tong Beibei joked: "That was before salting, the previous life of salted fish, when the hands and feet had not degenerated."
Qin Ling nodded, Tong Beibei thought he didn't believe it, "I really know how to play."
Qin Ling: "I know."
He had seen photos taken by other people on the forum.
At that time, Tong Beibei was about the same height and slender as she is now, and the sportswear was extra loose on her body.
He was sweating and flushed from playing basketball, but he couldn't hide his temperament and beautiful appearance.
Standing outside the three-point line, he jumped up lightly and high, with his arms raised, one forward and one backward, the basketball was thrown from his hands, and his body leaned back slightly after jumping in mid-air.
……
Looking at the people in front of me and the stadium not far away, time and space seem to be intertwined, returning to the past.
The young couple was sweating profusely on the court, and Qin Ling "watched" with a smile on his face.
Tong Beibei turned her head: "What are you laughing at?"
Qin Ling looked away from the court, and he couldn't tell what he was laughing at.
It happened that a basketball flew out over the metal net, and the boy in the court waved at the two of them, motioning them to throw the ball in.
Qin Ling was close to the ball, bent down to pick it up, and before throwing it in, he asked Tong Beibei: "There is a ball, do you want to go in and play for a while, and review the 'previous life of salted fish'?"
Xianyu looked at the ball, looked at Qin Ling, thought for a while, with a hesitant expression, nodded his head, "Okay."
Soon after, the stadium.
A few boys sat on the seats outside the line to rest and drink water. Qin Ling, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, stood inside the line and watched Tong Beibei at the three-point line.
When the boys saw Tong Beibei holding the ball and gesticulating towards the basket, they raised their hands and clapped and shouted: "Come on!"
Qin Ling was close to Tong Beibei, and in a waiting gesture, he also encouraged: "I will give you [-] transfers if you enter one."
Tong Beibei put down the ball amusedly, and said sincerely: "Your words are more true than verbal cheers."
Qin Ling followed suit and applauded: "Ten (plus) ten thousand (oil)."
Tong Beibei raised the ball again and looked at the basket. This time, without waiting, she jumped up, jumped lightly, and threw the ball. The next second, the ball flew out of a parabola in mid-air, and landed precisely into the ball without the net. frame.
A few boys whistled and clapped their hands, Qin Ling clapped his hands with a smile, then reached into his suit lining pocket to take out his phone on the spot.
Tong Beibei was amused by Qin Ling's actions, and asked, "Really?"
Qin Ling raised his eyes while holding his mobile phone: "Your husband will do what he says."
A few boys heard it, and they all fucked up——
"I take you as alumni and classmates."
Qin Ling transferred the money, raised his chin, and motioned to Tong Beibei: "He is, and I am a family member."
Family members.
Tong Beibei likes this name.
When he came out of the court, Tong Beibei was all smiles.
Qin Ling joked: "It's only a hundred thousand, so happy?"
Tong Beibei explained: "It's not because of money."
Qin Ling: "I know, I was just joking with you."
Tong Beibei looked at Qin Ling, her eyebrows, eyes, and expression were all bright and joyful. Qin Ling was deeply infected, and there was always a smile on the corner of her lips.
The two held hands, Qin Ling asked Tong Beibei: "Did you feel happy when you were in school?"
That's why I can be so happy when I go back to school.
Tong Beibei thought for a while, then nodded: "It's really not bad."
He chatted: "At that time, my mother opened a piano class. There were many students and I made a lot of money. There was no financial pressure at home, so I just took classes at school and so on."
Tong Beibei: "University, there is no pressure to find a job, and the sense of urgency to face the society. Besides eating and sleeping, there is also class every day, and there is a lot of time. It is very relaxed and happy."
Qin Ling followed up with a sentence: "How did you become a salted fish later?"
Tong Beibei shrugged, pretending to be "high-spirited", and said, "I'm happy."
The agreed meeting time for the 12th French class was [-]:[-] p.m. on the sixth floor of Teaching C, the classroom where they used to take French professional classes.
As soon as Tong Beibei entered the classroom, everyone exclaimed:
"Tong Beibei!"
"How can you be a school grass! Are you a genius? Why have everyone changed, but you haven't changed, and you are so handsome!"
A girl exaggeratedly covered her heart and held her forehead: "I can't do it, I can't do it, I'm going to lose my soul."
Seeing that Tong Beibei didn't come alone, seeing Qin Ling's suit and leather shoes, and his extraordinary temperament, and hearing that this was actually a family member, everyone exclaimed in surprise.
"Tong Beibei! Is there anyone like you? Many girls in the class are single! Girls are not as anxious as you!"
"that is!"
Tong Beibei was very popular when he was a student, and many people in the class had a good relationship with him.
Everyone chatted, laughed, and recalled the past, so it was very lively.
We also went to the big playground together to watch the school celebration phalanx organized by the school.
There were a lot of people and it was crowded, Qin Ling stood beside Tong Beibei calmly, shielding him from the crowd.
Holding a small flag in her hand, Tong Beibei poked her eyes forward, watching the phalanx performance on the runway with joy.
When he arrived at the French Department of the Foreign Language Institute, he and the people around him cheered while waving small flags.
The playground is full of people, blue sky and white clouds, and white pigeons with ribbons.
In the crowd, Tong Beibei looked in other directions, and Qin Ling looked at Tong Beibei.
In the evening, those who did not leave in the class booked a box in the hotel for dinner.
Everyone didn't talk about work or future development, but only talked about the past. The atmosphere of the chat was very good, with laughter and laughter.
During this period, Tong Beibei got up to go to the bathroom, and just after the door was closed, the people at the table immediately asked Qin Ling how they knew each other, and how Qin Ling won Tong Beibei, the "light of the court".
Qin Ling said succinctly: "It was introduced by a friend."
Everyone booed: "Oh~~"
Someone asked: "Is it hard to chase?"
Qin Ling: "It's okay."
"Oh~~"
"When did you guys get married? You didn't even read our 'Light of the Court' post on Moments."
Tong Beibei's circle of friends originally had very few posts.
Qin Ling: "Before the Spring Festival."
Everyone booed even louder: "Oh~~~~"
One last question: "Have you had fun with us 'Light of the Court'?"
Qin Ling smiled: "Yes."
Everyone: "Oh~~~~"
Tong Beibei pushed the door open and came in, wondering what they were "uh oh".
Everyone looked at him and just smiled.
Someone said: "Go back and ask your husband."
Tong Beibei sat down and looked at Qin Ling suspiciously. Qin Ling couldn't help but smile.
During the period, I don't know who started it. We chatted and chatted, and everyone started to speak French.
Tong Beibei is not eloquent, but as long as she speaks, she can enunciate the words clearly, with standard pronunciation, and the words and sentences are also very fluent.
Qin Ling's eyes fell on Tong Beibei's face from the beginning to the end, watching him speak French proficiently, his appearance was bright and confident, and he was as calm and beautiful as the most elegant flower on a branch.
Qin Ling didn't make a sound, just watched silently.
At a certain moment, the fragrance of that flower seemed to float into his heart, making him move and tremble.
After the dinner, everyone greeted and went downstairs together.
Qin Ling walked beside Tong Beibei and said, "I never heard you speak French."
He will, but he doesn't usually use it, and he doesn't have the opportunity to talk about it.
Tong Beibei: "Do you want to hear it?"
Qin Ling nodded.
Tong Beibei: "What do you want to hear?"
Qin Ling: "It's fine."
Tong Beibei thought for a while, and said in French: "Are you full for the night? Do you want to eat something more when you go home?"
Qin Ling stared at Tong Beibei, and replied in French: "tu (you)."
Tong Beibei was surprised: "You can also speak French?"
Qin Ling: "Self-taught."
Tong Beibei expressed doubts. Obviously, in his perception, no matter how powerful Qin Ling is who is busy with work and career, he should not be able to spare the energy to learn another small language.
Seeing that Tong Beibei didn't believe it, Qin Ling explained: "A long time ago, the company won the bid for the building construction of a French company. From the beginning of the bidding to the completion of the building design, all the documents thrown by that company were in French, and everyone in the company was tortured. , and I have taught myself French since then.”
Tong Beibei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked, "Didn't you ask for a translator?"
Qin Ling: "Yes, but it's a pity that there is no money. I can't hire anyone who is too professional. I can only recruit a half-baked one."
Tong Beibei nodded, having completely forgotten Qin Ling's "tu".
Qin Ling remembered.
Back home, Qin Ling hugged Tong Beibei and kissed her.
Tong Beibei obviously likes these things, but maybe because of the relationship that is not easy to let go, she feels ashamed every time she kisses.
He wrapped one arm around Qin Ling's neck, his ears were red again, and he awkwardly showed a little bit of resistance between kisses.
Qin Ling held the man in his arms, kissed him and whispered into his ear in French: "moncoeur."
Tong Beibei was stunned for a moment, feeling even more ashamed—there are many words in French to call wife and lover, and the literal meaning of moncoeur is similar to my heart.
Qin Ling called him that, and at this time, it was almost flirting.It is also far better than calling him a darling in Chinese.
Tong Beibei was very fond of this set, and when she heard the "moncoeur", she softened in Qin Ling's arms.
Qin Ling hugged the man with one arm, and held Tong Beibei's face in the other. The kiss became more and more passionate, and gradually developed into an unstoppable trend.
Tong Beibei felt it, had a premonition, and her heart beat fast.
Qin Ling was proactive and forceful, panting after the kiss, and asked in his ear: "Is it okay?"
Of course Tong Beibei wouldn't say no.
This was what he wanted too.
Now that Qin Ling is taking the initiative, the arrow is on the string, and I'm sorry if I don't send it all the time.
Then, then...
Tong Beibei didn't answer a word, and the hand that got into Qin Ling's clothes perfectly explained his answer.
Qin Ling tilted his head and kissed her hard.
In chaos...
When they got to the bedroom, Qin Ling's shirt was gone, Tong Beibei's shirt was untied, a few buttons were broken, and the fabric on the back was all wrinkled.
Tong Beibei lay on the bed, Qin Ling knelt on his knees, leaned over to pull the bedside table.
He knew that what he needed now must be at home.
As a result, when the drawer was pulled, it was full.
Qin Ling froze for a moment, Tong Beibei covered her face with both hands in embarrassment - it was all Min Heng!
Qin Ling took out a box, Tong Beibei covered her face, she couldn't see, she could clearly hear the rustling of the plastic wrapping paper being unwrapped, followed by the sound of the carton, and soon after, the rustling of the cloth.
Then, his arms were held and his hands were pulled away.
Qin Ling was condescending, looking at him with a deep expression.
Tong Beibei's heart beat fast, and a familiar aura surrounded her.
……
Tong Beibei's forehead was covered with thin sweat, and the tip of her nose was covered with fine beads of sweat.
He looked impatient, his Adam's apple turned, and a tiny voice escaped from his throat.
……
He felt a little uncomfortable, and finally shouted: "Qin, Qinling."
Qin Ling lowered his head and comforted him with kisses.
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