Delay first love

Zhong Ye's first comic is a short story about healing and cute pets. Zhong Ye was very excited when he got the script. Unfortunately, there are more than a dozen animals in the cute pet restaurant, but there is no little lion. Zhong Ye is a little disappointed, but for the money Still, he gladly took on the project.

He was almost fighting at night with the lights on. When Song Ranqiu yawned and returned home, he couldn't help sighing: "Xiao Ye, you can't help it even when you are young. Do you want your eyes?"

Zhong Ye was designing the character, shaking his head and said, "It's okay, I'm not sleepy."

He suddenly remembered: "By the way, Mr. Song, have you ever told anyone that I work here?"

Song Ranqiu was slightly stunned, "No."

Zhong Ye muttered in a low voice: "It should be my mother who leaked the word. She probably told Aunt Wang, and Aunt Wang accidentally leaked the word in front of Lu Jincheng. Otherwise, how would Lu Jincheng know that I am here..."

Seeing that Song Ranqiu was still standing at the door with his coat in his hand, he hurriedly said, "It's nothing, Mr. Song, go back quickly, and be careful on the road."

Zhong Ye kept drawing until four o'clock in the morning before going to sleep.

His first comic book got off to a bad start, and several versions of character designs were rejected by Song Ranqiu. Song Ranqiu usually praised and encouraged Zhong Ye, but after Zhong Ye became a professional cartoonist After walking down the road, he was obviously much harsher to Zhong Ye, pointing out the problem very bluntly: "There is nothing new, and all animals have the same style, they only blindly pursue cuteness, and have no individual characteristics at all."

Zhong Ye swallowed in fright, and immediately sat back on his seat, overturning everything and starting over.

The studio hired a new assistant, but Zhong Ye still tried his best to help with chores. Later, Song Ranqiu offered to let him concentrate on his comics.

Half a year later, "Cute Pet Restaurant" began to be serialized. Because the script was original and there was no enthusiasm for the original work to borrow, and Zhong Ye was not well-known, so the comics did not receive much attention at the beginning. After seven or eight months of serialization , as a few screenshots of the cat waiter inexplicably went out of the circle, the popularity of the comics began to rise, and it was the first time that Zhong Ye reaped the rewards that were equal to his efforts.

Song Ranqiu asked him to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, not to pay too much attention to the voices of the outside world, and try his best to bring the first book to a successful conclusion. Although this short comic did not earn the expected income, Zhong Ye was already very satisfied. , he transferred half of the money to Yao Yan as usual, and deposited the rest into the card.

Zhong Ye added up the money in the two bank cards and did the math. In three years, he had already saved nearly 10,000+ by saving money.

But the price is that the lumbar, cervical and eyes are very uncomfortable.

Looking at the deposit numbers on the screen, Zhong Ye felt more and more that the time was counting down, and he would soon be able to repay the 40.

Paying back the 40 yuan is not over yet. He hopes that when he sees Lu Jincheng again, he can stand in front of Lu Jincheng as a well-known cartoonist without bowing his head or feeling inferior.

Sister Qin often persuaded Zhong Ye to go out to play and socialize more, but Zhong Ye refused. He tried his best to learn things and make money. The second comic continued the cute pet style, but the plot has been greatly upgraded , the content is richer, with the previous one as the basis, the website has also promoted accordingly, so the popularity is not low, Zhong Ye is more motivated, often so busy that he has no time to eat, from morning to night, he can't wait to be 48 hours a day to use.

When the second book was serialized to a quarter, "Cute Pet Restaurant" was published as a single book. The title of Song Ranqiu's apprentice made Zhong Ye's popularity gradually rise. In the fourth year, he won the silver award in the Comic Starlight Contest .

Zhong Ye began to emerge.

"How does it feel to participate in the signing event for the first time?" Song Ranqiu handed the hot lemon tea to Zhong Ye, who was so thirsty that he drank it all in one gulp.

"Very happy!" His eyes were full of joy, and he completely lost the lonely expression he had when he first came to the capital a few years ago. His dimples became more obvious with his smile. His hoodie was printed with an anime character he designed himself. He also wears a bear headband given by fans.

Song Ranqiu stretched out his hand to straighten his headband, "You will be 27 in a blink of an eye, why do you still look eighteen or nineteen years old in my eyes?"

Zhong Ye wiped his hands clean, took off his contact lenses, put on framed glasses, and smiled: "How can there be? The little girl who put on makeup today asked me to buy some eye cream and put it on. She said that I have fine lines around the corners of my eyes."

Song Ranqiu looked out the window, and said in a calm tone, "If you have fine lines, you are old? This is not the case with real aging."

"Teacher Song," Zhong Ye looked at Song Ranqiu's expression and asked curiously, "You have always hidden someone in your heart, haven't you?"

Song Ranqiu didn't answer, just smiled and said: "Little infatuated, I can't compare to you, by the way, I paid back 40, why don't you go back to find Lu Jincheng?"

"He...he has a new life."

"But he's not married."

Zhong Ye also looked out the window: "Zhu Siyu is not married either. My mother said that Zhu Siyu often went to Lu's house for dinner. When I visited the city last year, didn't I still see the two of them walking together on the street?"

"Walk together but not together."

"What's the difference?" Zhong Ye muttered.

"You just gave up?"

"Lu Jincheng is not the kind of person who plays around. Since he has accepted Zhu Siyu, I won't bother them."

Zhong Ye gritted his teeth and said these words. He hoped that Song Ranqiu would follow up and ask "Are you sure you want to give up?", but Song Ranqiu just looked ahead in silence, his eyes wandering, as if thinking of something , Zhong Ye suddenly realized that everyone has their own dilemma, Song Ranqiu is still single at the age of 36, there are probably many reasons that cannot be said.

Sometimes, money can't solve everything.

Two months ago, he remitted 40 to Lu Jincheng's account. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with Lu Jincheng again, but Lu Jincheng ignored him at all. The effort seems to be non-existent.

Later he figured it out again, Lu Jincheng was not interested in his comic achievements.

He told Lu Jincheng to wait for him, to Lu Jincheng, it was just another way of breaking up.

He rented a two-bedroom apartment in the capital. Like the Changming apartment, he transformed one of the rooms into a studio, also with floor-to-ceiling windows and a carpet sofa. Zhong Ye lived a life that he could not imagine in high school, but he couldn't find it Back to the original happiness.

He also bought Yao Yan a house in Wangcheng.

Yao Yan urged him to clean the marks countless times, but he always found various reasons to refuse. Yao Yan asked him: "Do you still like Lu Jincheng?"

"Yes," Zhong Ye answered frankly for the first time, "I like him for so many years, don't you know?"

Yao Yan was at a loss for words, but she still said, "If you two hadn't separated at the beginning, you might not be able to live so well now."

This is true.

After leaving Lu Jincheng, Zhong Ye desperately made money and lived like an ascetic every day. He didn't eat every meal on time. If he was by Lu Jincheng's side, he would be proud of being pampered, and he would start to pay attention to Lu Jincheng before he could draw a single stroke. Sticky, of course he won't take the initiative, he just turns his head and looks innocently at Lu Jincheng, and Lu Jincheng will reach out and pull him into his arms.

The memory was interrupted here.

Zhong Ye shook his head and warned himself: You were the one who brought up the breakup at the beginning, but no matter what happens now, you deserve what you deserve.

He returned to the studio, instilled eye drops, and then continued to work at his desk. When the first season was over, Song Ranqiu went back to Wangcheng to visit his parents.

He didn't visit Zhong Jiaming in the prison for two years. He heard from Yao Yan that he suffered from a stomach problem in prison and didn't fully heal after taking medicine. Now he is only 120 jins thinner.

Seeing the thin and old Zhong Jiaming through the glass, Zhong Ye felt infinitely at a loss.

"You are living so well now. Dad is very pleased. I heard from your mother that all your comics have been published and sold very well."

Zhong Ye nodded.

"Xiao Ye, you have to be good, father is sorry for you."

"You also take care of yourself." Zhong Ye handed over the health care products for the stomach and the winter clothes to the prison guards, then turned and left.

He went to Wangzhou Island for a stroll, and when he returned to Yao Yan's house, he ran into his old friend Qian Ningwei. Qian Ningwei almost didn't recognize Zhong Ye, and he didn't dare to come up to say hello for a long time, but Zhong Ye still smiled at him. He smiled and called out: "Ning Wei, long time no see."

Qian Ningwei looked Zhong Ye up and down, and sighed: "Zhong Ye, I will treat you with admiration for three days, you are now a well-known cartoonist, I saw your comics as soon as I opened Weibo a few days ago, good guy , I also have celebrity friends."

"It's famous everywhere, but it's just a meal."

"Don't be modest, my wife is still showing off to others with the avatar you drew for her before."

"Wife?"

"That's right, the ten-year long-distance running is over, and I just got married last year." Qian Ningwei winked at him, "There are moles on the bridge of the nose and on the chin, that's my girlfriend, don't you remember?"

Zhong Ye was stunned and said after a while, "Congratulations."

Qian Ningwei scratched his head with a smile, "Hey, why did you come back suddenly?"

"Come back and see my parents."

"After a while, I want to go to the capital with my wife, and then I have to go to you."

"Just come and make a call, and I'll make arrangements for you." Zhong Ye said with a smile.

"That's kind, thank you so much," Qian Ningwei left Zhong Ye's contact information, and then hurriedly went to get the car, "My wife insists that I go to Boya Mall to buy some toner, I will first Go, there will be more cars on the road during rush hour later.”

Hearing the familiar four words, Zhong Ye was startled, then smiled at Qian Ningwei and said, "Okay."

Bai Ya Mall.

Has the scale been expanded to the mall yet?Zhong Ye thought: Let's go shopping later.

Lu Yue's body is recovering well, and she hasn't suffered from another illness for nearly a year, but frequent dizziness still makes her give up her plan to return to the company, and she only occasionally attends Bai Ya's board meeting or banquet to help pave the way for Lu Jincheng .

She took the initiative to ask to attend a new industry forum that day: "I will help you to attend the forum, and you will accompany Siyu."

Lu Jincheng's eyes were still on the computer screen, "No need."

"what happened?"

Lu Jincheng paused, "He said he was going to a class reunion."

"When did you ask?"

"last night."

Lu Yue asked inquiringly: "The Changming apartment you went back to together after dinner last night?"

Lu Jincheng didn't answer, and Lu Yue immediately frowned slightly, looking unwell, and slowly sat down on the sofa, rubbed his forehead and sighed: "How long will you delay? You won't be engaged, nor will you get married. , you don’t know how poor my health is now, if I’m not careful, I might—”

Lu Yue's eyes turned red as he spoke, "Do you have to wait until that day? Mom just wants to watch you get married and have children."

"I don't want to think about it for now."

"why?"

"Me and Zhu Siyu don't want to get married for the time being."

"He really thinks so?"

"Well, if you don't believe me, you can ask him another day."

Lu Yue said bitterly, "You young people are wasting time for nothing."

After Lu Yue left, Lu Jincheng's phone vibrated twice, he picked it up to answer, and Zhu Siyu's high-decibel voice came out, "Lu Jincheng, Lu Jincheng, come and put out the fire!"

Lu Jincheng was indifferent and continued to read the report on the computer.

Just when the secretary came to deliver the materials, when he heard Zhu Siyu's voice, he seemed to know what he knew, and went out with a smile, and gossiped with his colleagues as soon as he went out: "It's Mr. Zhu again, when I went in, I heard him call I repeated Mr. Lu's name several times, it's just acting like a baby!"

"They're both like this, why aren't they married yet?"

"I heard that Mr. Zhu didn't want to get married because he felt that marriage was too restrictive."

"Does Boss Lu want to end it?"

"You should think about it. Besides Mr. Zhu, who else has Mr. Lu talked to? I heard that Mr. Lu will go to Wangzhou Island to live with Mr. Zhu every few months, and he spends tens of millions every year. The customized watch was given to Mr. Zhu, and I heard from his driver that he bought a super big gift for Mr. Zhu last year. It was half the size of a truck, and Mr. Zhu was dumbfounded when he saw it. gone."

The secretary looked up at the sky and said, "I don't know what the gift is, but it must have been very thoughtful. I'm so envious..."

When Lu Jincheng rushed to the bar, Zhu Siyu was already half drunk, and said vaguely: "You came here after he left, and you are so mad at me."

"You use me as a cover every time, he doesn't believe it a long time ago." Lu Jincheng was not surprised, he sat on the edge of the bar, unbuttoned his suit, and ordered a glass of wine.

"It's okay not to believe it, but you can't help being jealous."

Zhu Siyu's eyes were red, and he was so angry that he threw his glass, "Didn't you just dump him twice? Why are you so arrogant, I have changed my mind, and you are so humble, he dared to refuse me! This little thing!"

Zhu Siyu came to this bar for a drink a year ago, and then fell in love with a waiter. This waiter was a part-time college student with a part-time work-study program. I gave him 2000 yuan, put on my clothes and left, and turned around to attend the dinner prepared by Zhu's parents and Lu Yue.

After half a year, Zhu Siyu felt bored again, and found the waiter again, and got forgiveness with a few soft words, the two talked sweetly for a month, and when the relationship was about to be confirmed, Zhu Siyu's mind was distracted by other things again Now, when I came back to look for the waiter, the other party already regarded him as a stranger. Zhu Siyu was used to being the king of the sea. It was the first time his car overturned, and he felt very upset. He came to the bar every day to harass the waiter. Life is unmoved.

"Isn't love always on and off? Besides, I treat him well when I'm good." Zhu Siyu was very puzzled.

"Since you like it, why did you dump him?" Lu Jincheng looked down at the glass with a lonely expression.

"Just... suddenly I feel boring, eh, you won't understand," Zhu Siyu shook his head halfway and suddenly stopped, and said with a smirk: "No, no, you should understand very well, hahaha Mr. Lu, I want to ask you something, Can you finish reading [-] comics?"

Lu Jincheng glanced at him sideways.

Zhu Siyu was out of breath laughing, "It's true that once someone buys [-] comics, they don't even dare to make a phone call."

After he finished laughing, he moved to Lu Jincheng's side: "If you can't do it, you can live with me. Anyway, your mother and my mother are forcing each other to die all day long. Then what, I'll spray some of your little gardenia—"

"To shut up."

Zhu Siyu covered his mouth, "Okay, okay, I don't mention him, I don't mention him, so I like him so much?"

"If you don't like it, that day will be over." Lu Jincheng drank the wine in one gulp.

"What if we meet again?"

"It's just a stranger."

"What if he comes back to get you back on his own initiative?"

Lu Jincheng was slightly startled, then looked at the shadow of the wine glass under the light, and said in a low voice, "I won't agree."

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