fall in love by chance

Even though she was in a strange room and lying on a strange bed, the faint scent of jasmine quickly made Liang Ruixi relax and fell asleep.

In his dream, he seemed to have returned to his childhood. A jasmine tree was planted in the yard of his grandmother’s house. The yard was full of fragrance in May. On bright days, his aunt moved a stool and climbed up to pick flowers. He: "Ruixi, Ruixi, come help my aunt with the stool..."

……

When Liang Ruixi woke up, he was a little dazed about what time it was. The thin sunlight came in through the window. He covered his eyes with the back of his hand to calm himself down. After half a minute, he sat up and looked at his phone. It was almost eleven o'clock.

It's been so long since I slept.

The bedroom door was ajar, and the scent of rice wafting from outside overwhelmed the scent of jasmine last night.Liang Ruixi got out of bed and went out, and saw that Zhou Yan was already dressed and sitting on the sofa working.

"Are you awake?" Hearing the movement, Zhou Yan put the notebook down, said to him, "Come and take the medicine first", then got up and walked to the kitchen.

Liang Ruixi yawned, walked to the place where Zhou Yan had been sitting and sat down, and saw that a glass of warm water and stomach medicine for him had been prepared on the coffee table.

There is also a cup of coffee that I drank, which probably belonged to Zhou Yan.

"What time did you get up?" Liang Ruixi took the medicine and casually glanced at the documents in the other party's notebook.

"08:30." Zhou Yan's voice came from the kitchen.

"It's so early, did you get enough sleep?" Liang Ruixi got up and went to the kitchen, where he saw Zhou Yan serving porridge with side dishes such as steamed buns and shredded chicken.

"almost……"

"You did all of this?" Liang Ruixi was surprised.

"It's just porridge, and others are bought from outside." Zhou Yan raised his chin and motioned Liang Ruixi to help him take it out.

"Have you ever eaten?" Liang Ruixi asked.

"I drank some porridge before you woke up."

There was a round wooden table and two chairs in the living room, both of which were folded. Liang Ruixi didn't notice last night, so Zhou Yan probably took them out this morning.

The table was just big enough to put the food prepared by Zhou Yan, but Liang Ruixi realized that they were so close that they might bump their heads when they bowed their waists.And sitting face to face like this, the whole person is almost shrouded in the sight of the other party.

Liang Ruixi took a sip of porridge and subconsciously searched for a topic: "I just saw the document on your computer. Is Yayan Law Firm the one you and your high school classmates opened?"

"Well," Zhou Yan said frankly, "I mentioned a person named Ruan Yadong to you before, do you still have any impression?"

"Yes." That person was a senior in high school who was one year higher than Zhou Yan, and he was admitted to the Law Department of Yanda University.Zhou Yan had shown him a video of Ruan Yadong in the college legal debate before. It was really a witticism against the Confucian scholars. Anyway, he was also a god who made mortals like Liang Ruixi sigh.

"He graduated with a master's degree two years ago and came to Haicheng. The word 'Ya' was named after him." Zhou Yan said.

"What about 'Yan'?" Liang Ruixi asked, "Why didn't you call me by your name?"

Zhou Yan paused while holding the chopsticks, and glanced at him: "I don't want to form a CP with him."

Liang Ruixi choked, and murmured in her heart: If you don't think about it, don't think about it, why are you looking at me?Is it possible that you still want to defend yourself like a jade for the scandal that we were rumored to be a couple in school back then?

After swallowing a small steamed bun, Liang Ruixi asked again: "Aren't you going to litigate? I think you seem to be writing a legal opinion on the liquidation of the company's asset management plan?"

"Slow down," Zhou Yan reminded, explaining, "The law firm has been established for less than a year, and it is not our turn to choose jobs, litigation, non-litigation, consulting, and do whatever business we can receive. "

"After that," Liang Ruixi asked curiously, "Which direction do you mainly focus on?"

After becoming a lawyer, most of them specialize in one aspect. Some people were involved in divorce lawsuits when they entered the industry, and they may have dealt with various marital disputes for decades.

"I'm not sure yet, let's take a step at a time." Zhou Yan said.

Liang Ruixi asked casually. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yan answered more casually, as if he was asked last night if he would return to Nanshi. Zhou Yan's answer also reflected his sense of uncertainty about future development and choices.

But Zhou Yan would say this, and it was so strange that Liang Ruixi was not too surprised.

He didn't know what he thought of, and said with a "chi" smile: "Do you still remember that when you were in college, someone asked you what you would do in the future."

"Huh?" Zhou Yan looked at him.

When young students get together, they always think about the future in high spirits. Once their classmates chatted, some said to be a well-known lawyer, some said to be the chief legal officer of a large company, and some uttered wild words He said that he wanted to join the constitution writing group to contribute to the history of Chinese law...and as the best student representative among them, Zhou Yan would naturally be asked about his future dreams.

Liang Ruixi remembered that after Zhou Yan pondered for a while, he said something.

He said that the dream now may not be our final choice, because when we were young, we would always be affected by the environment, interfered by worldly standards of fame and fortune, mistakenly regard the success of others as a benchmark, and blindly sprint in one direction. I forgot to look at other possibilities along the way, and even rushed to the end, forgetting my original appearance.

After he finished that sentence, everyone was silent. Everyone seemed to understand, but somehow felt that Zhou Yan who could say such a thing was awesome.Later, the boys once used Zhou Yan's words as a pretentious golden sentence, claiming that it was used to reflect the wisdom and philosophical thinking of the students of F University Law School.

However, if another person often expresses uncertainty about the future, he will definitely be labeled as "this person is unreliable" or "not clear-headed", and it may not be particularly satisfactory afterward.However, Zhou Yan won the first-class scholarship for four years at F University, and was crowned the chairman of the law student union and the title of outstanding student union cadre. After graduation, he passed the judicial examination, settled in and bought a house in three years, and even opened his own law firm...

Liang Ruixi compared his chopsticks and said to him, "A person like you is like a pervert who said 'I'll take the exam casually' and then got full marks in all subjects. It makes everyone angry, doesn't it?"

Zhou Yan nodded lightly, expressing his acceptance of Liang Ruixi's evaluation, and then said calmly: "I'm not sure, I'm not sure, but I still want to take what I should take, so that when I decide how to choose in the future, I won't have to choose .”

Liang Ruixi: "..."

... This kind of person should be dragged out and beaten to death with sticks!

Zhou Yan drank the remaining porridge in two or three gulps, put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked at him and said, "Don't talk about me, talk about you."

Liang Ruixi instantly looked like a bad student whose conversation was stopped by the dean, stretched his body and said nervously: "What are you talking about?"

"I saw you were sick yesterday, but I didn't ask you, what happened to the bar you and your friend opened?" Zhou Yan frowned, looking like he was asking for a crime, "It wasn't enough to hang out in nightclubs before, so I opened it myself A wave?"

"What are you hanging around nightclubs?" Liang Ruixi hurriedly argued, "Don't talk nonsense, I just go out to work to earn extra money."

"Working??" Zhou Yan frowned even deeper.

Liang Ruixi told him the truth, that was when he was about to finish the "mourning", in order to relax, one day after work, he went to the bar to drink with his colleagues, and was pulled up by the female singer on stage to interact and sing a song, and the result was amazing. The boss immediately stopped him and asked if he could come more often and pay him an appearance fee by the hour.

Liang Ruixi tried to sing for a while, and found that he could earn several thousand a month, which felt very fresh. Afterwards, he visited many bars of the same type. Since he used to post photos of bars in Moments when he visited, so I gave People who don't know have the illusion that he hangs out in nightclubs all day long.

He didn't want Zhou Yan to misunderstand him too. Liang Ruixi said that he had conducted in-depth investigations into the bar's business situation, and after careful calculation, he decided to invite Jiang Sheng to partner in "Expect Possibilities".

"Your bar is called 'Expect Possibilities'?" Zhou Yan was stunned.

"Well, it's that word in the criminal law," Liang Ruixi continued, "We invested 80 in the early stage, and Jiang Sheng and I each paid half. If nothing else, the cost of decoration and equipment will be paid back by the end of this year. Split half and half with him, conservatively, each of us can get about [-] yuan each year, which is much more than I earned from "walking around the show"..."

"But I remember, you said before that you wanted to be a lawyer." Zhou Yan's tone seemed to scold him for not doing his job properly.

Liang Ruixi couldn't help being startled. Indeed, in the eyes of outsiders, it seems that people who study the law will inevitably become lawyers.Liang Ruixi also filled in the F University Law School with this kind of cognition back then. When he was studying, he fantasized about standing in the courtroom wearing a lawyer's robe and letting criminals have nowhere to hide. He felt that he was so handsome that he was so handsome. .

Maybe it was mentioned to Zhou Yan sometime, he thought.

But as Zhou Yan said, the dream of youth may not be the final choice.

During his four years in college, Liang Ruixi has already noticed the gap between himself and truly outstanding talents. He has also heard many alumni and seniors share their experience about how busy and hard it is to be a lawyer, especially for newcomers, the pay and income are not directly proportional.

In the year of graduation, Liang Ruixi took the judicial examination with the idea of ​​giving it a try, but he missed the lawyer's practice certificate by two points. pillars of the.

After returning to Haicheng, Liang Ruixi gave up her plan to fight the Si Kao again, and turned to go to the listed company recommended by her senior to do business related work.

The income and treatment of big companies are very good. As time goes by and the energy is scattered, Liang Ruixi gradually realizes the reality and gives up the idea of ​​becoming a lawyer.

"Hey, compared to that, what I want to solve most now is the economic problem and the problem of foothold," Liang Ruixi looked up at Zhou Yan's house, and said yearningly, "I don't know that I can buy a house in Haicheng in the Year of the Monkey."

"You don't plan to go back to your hometown, do you?" Zhou Yan asked him.

"Probably not. The sum of my salary here and the bar investment income can make more than 30 yuan a year. I can't earn so much in my hometown."

Zhou Yan's eyebrows relaxed a little, but he still looked hesitant to speak.

After Liang Ruixi finished his meal, Zhou Yan continued, "I don't care if you open a bar and sing, but you must change your eating habits. It won't be long before you see each other. Look how you've made yourself..."

"What does it look like?" Liang Ruixi wondered.

"Do you want me to weigh you with a personal scale? Or repeat what the doctor said last night to you?"

"Farewell." Liang Ruixi smiled wryly.

But being educated by Zhou Yan like this, he is still a little flattered in his heart. How to put it, he has been estranged a lot in the past two years, but he feels that Zhou Yan still cares about him and cares about him.

"It's true, my ex-girlfriend is going to marry a wife, and you still care about me." Liang Ruixi teased him.

"..."

"Okay, I'll pay attention to it myself." Liang Ruixi looked over to the sofa and saw Zhou Yan's computer over there, and couldn't help but say, "We're chatting, we're done eating, and you still have to work , I won’t bother you anymore.”

As soon as the words fell, Liang Ruixi saw Zhou Yan opened his mouth, his eyes were a little astonished, a little fierce, and a little... indescribable emotion.

Liang Ruixi subconsciously wanted to add something, but Zhou Yan looked away with a lonely expression.

That expression touched Liang Ruixi for some reason, and made him inexplicably feel that Zhou Yan didn't want him to go.

That's right, Xiao Zhi is about to get married, Zhou Yan is alone in Haicheng, and there is no one to talk about the past after work, can she not be lonely?What's more, Zhou Yan was originally the kind of person who didn't speak much when needed.

Realizing this level, Liang Ruixi blurted out without thinking, "Can I come to you anytime in the future?"

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【Interlude】

Liang Ruixi: My brother needs me, I have to come to him often to give him warmth.

Zhou Yan: If it weren't for the last sentence, you would already be a death row prisoner in my heart.