Cappuccino Rhapsody

In the evening, there was no one in the old community. Occasionally, the sound of a siren came from the side of the street, and Ling Jiangyuan felt that it was so faint that it could be ignored.

He sat on the bench in the community and smoked a whole cigarette before standing up.

It was still early, Ling Jiangyuan thought twice and planned to go back and have a look.

After all, I have shouted four or five times, and if I don't go back and have a look, Ling Jiangyuan is really afraid that something will happen again.

The house is not small, it is located in a rich area, a large flower garden is planted at the door, the flowers are in full bloom this season, you can smell the fragrance of flowers when you enter, but it is a bit too strong, so Ling Jiangyuan frowned involuntarily .

The room was very quiet, as if no one was there. It took about two or three minutes for Ling Jiangyuan to ring the doorbell before someone opened the door.

"Jiang Yuan," the woman stood at the door to meet him, the half-length light blue silk pajamas made her look a little more charming, and the blue and black under her eyes could not conceal the woman's pretty face, "Are you back?"

"Well, Mom." Ling Jiangyuan shouted and looked around.

"It's just me." Jiang Rong said, "You didn't tell mom in advance when you came, and mom didn't prepare some delicious food for you... Have you eaten yet?"

Although the empty stomach felt uncomfortable, Ling Jiangyuan still said, "Eat."

"That's good." Jiang Rong pulled him to sit down on the dining table. There was only a bowl of gruel and a bowl of white fungus soup on it. The soup looked clear and watery.

"That's all you eat?" Ling Jiangyuan frowned.

Jiang Rong laughed and said, "It's easy to gain weight if you eat too much, it doesn't look good if your body is out of shape."

Ling Jiangyuan didn't speak, and accompanied Jiang Rong to finish a whole bowl of porridge.

As expected, the topic quickly turned to study. Jiang Rong looked at Ling Jiangyuan's expression and asked, "How is your study recently? If there is anything missing, just tell mom."

"It's pretty good." Ling Jiangyuan was rarely silent, "There's nothing missing."

"I heard from your father..." Jiang Rong paused, "Your school has a target for getting a Ph. D., how do you think about it?"

Again.

Ling Jiangyuan's stomach began to ache faintly, Ling Jiangyuan thought that it would not work if he didn't eat, and his stomach would always feel uncomfortable.With a calm expression on his face, he slapped Tai Chi and said, "I haven't considered it yet."

"How can you not think about it?" Jiang Rong frowned, and her tone was a little anxious, "You also know how important education is in this society now. Only when you have a higher education will others look at you highly and think you are a good person. Competent people. Although you have studied in graduate school, you are not bad in this society now, but in ten years...in another 20 years? Will you still think you are good?"

Ling Jiangyuan's stomach felt like a needle prick, and he couldn't help raising his hand to touch the thin sweat on his nose. He took a deep breath and said, "Mom, education may not be as important as you think."

"Why is it not important? Back then, your mother suffered from lack of education, so she..."

Seeing that the woman was about to start a long speech again, her lips that were as pale as a sheet of white paper were about to reveal thousands of words that Ling Jiangyuan could memorize by heart, Ling Jiangyuan finally couldn't help interrupting her: "Then what do you want?" How do I do it?"

Jiang Rong didn't seem to see the resistance on his face, let alone the pained expression on his face, and just talked about her own thoughts: "Of course I should go to study for a Ph. Take a look at you, maybe you will..."

"Mom." Ling Jiangyuan looked at her fixedly, interrupting her long speech.

Jiang Rong woke up like a dream, touched Ling Jiangyuan's cold eyes, couldn't help swallowing, lowered her head and said: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, you came back after a long time, and it's okay to talk to your mother for a while." Well, Mom hasn't spoken to anyone for a long time."

Ling Jiangyuan took a deep breath, and finally stood up: "I have a topic to discuss tonight, so I have to go first. Call me if you have anything to do."

"Just left?" Jiang Rong looked at him with some regret, "Then you remember to call your mother often."

"it is good."

Ling Jiangyuan stopped Jiang Rong who was about to get up to see him off, resisted the stomach pain, turned around and walked out.

After walking two steps, he suddenly felt a fiery gaze behind him, staring straight at him——Ling Jiangyuan subconsciously turned his head.

In the corner of the kitchen, a man in a wheelchair—not so much a man, but a boy, was looking at him intently, and the moment his eyes met, the corners of his mouth lifted into a slight smile.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Rong asked, "Did you forget anything?"

"No."

Ling Jiangyuan calmly withdrew his gaze.

Ling Jiangyuan went back in the early morning, and Qi Xu had already fallen asleep.

But there was a desk lamp on in the living room, and the moment he opened the room, what greeted him was not darkness.Ling Jiangyuan just stood at the door for a long time, and what Jiang Rong said repeatedly sounded in his mind, as well as those cold eyes that had been staring at his back.

Ling Jiangyuan exhaled, put the key on the tea table, and sat down.

He looked forward and suddenly saw a bowl of cold instant noodles on the table with a pair of chopsticks on it.

Ling Jiangyuan suddenly smiled—is this an apology from Qi Xu?

But Qi Xu didn't leave a single word.

In fact, Ling Jiangyuan was not angry, but a little helpless, and at the same time felt that Qi Xu was a little childish.Of course he knew what Qi Xu was competing with himself, because he had experienced all of these, but he couldn't give Qi Xu any advice, and he couldn't tell Qi Xu what he should do to be the best—one, he Even if I suggested it, Qi Xu wouldn't do it either.Second, as Qi Xu said, they are different, so what suits him may not necessarily suit Qi Xu.

It is true that Ling Jiangyuan hasn't finished eating yet.He sighed, boiled some water and poured it into a bowl, and ate the bowl of noodles.

The uncomfortable stomach finally got better.

For the next few days, Ling Jiangyuan didn't contact Qi Xu all the time. It wasn't that he didn't have time, the main reason was that the start of school was approaching, and he started to get busy. When he came back, Qi Xu had already fallen asleep, and when he went out, Qi Xu hadn't woken up yet.

Qi Xu also struggled several times whether to apologize to Ling Jiangyuan, but because of the man's face, he didn't say a word, but made a bowl of instant noodles on the coffee table every night.

When Qi Xu received the group message, he was thinking whether he should press a small note of apology under the instant noodles.

The phone rang several times in a hurry, obviously the people in the group had already chatted.Qi Xu clicked in, slid to the top of the message, and suddenly widened his eyes, sitting up all of a sudden.

Yu Shangyuanxi on a boat: The song we sent was liked, and the company said that it would contact us to discuss the signing of the contract in a few days.

Sadness flows like river:! ! ! !

Piggy's Cub: Really?

Wolf:?

Yu Shangyuanxi by boat: Really, they called me to talk to me in person, but because it was on the phone, it was not easy to talk.So I made an appointment and waited for him to contact me when he had time to discuss the remuneration and long-term cooperation in detail.

Sorrow flows against the current: I, I, who have been ignorant and incompetent for so many years, are finally about to shine!

Piggy Cubs: /crying

Wolf: Very good.

Yu Shangyuanxi on a boat: Everyone is great.

Wolf: Let's have dinner tonight.I treat you.old place.

Pig's Cub: OK.

Sadness flows against the current: Raise your hands and feet in agreement!

Yu Shangyuanxi in a boat: All right.

Sadness flows against the river: Where's Qi Xu?

The chat history ended here, and Qi Xu quickly returned to the two peaceful "good" pasts, threw the phone away, and rolled over on the bed—with a "slap", he rolled onto the floor.

Qi Xu rubbed his sore buttocks, picked up the phone again, and saw the latest message from Liu Jiajia.

Sadness flowed upstream: I can understand that Lao Ling and Lao Lang are so calm. After all, their personalities dictate, so why is Qi Xu so calm?Or am I too impatient?You make me look like trash.

Piggy's cub: /tears/tears/tears I can't calm down, I'm so excited!

While rubbing his butt, Qi Xu calmly typed a few words.

Xu Ri: It's just a trivial matter, there will be more exciting times for you in the future.

Sadness flows against the current: It's up to you, Lao Qi!

Sunshine: /ok

The so-called barbecue stand is not far from Cappuccino, and it is one of the venues where the Cappuccino band often gathers. Apart from a few of them, Li Lang also called Lao Niu together tonight.Lao Niu is the owner of the cappuccino bar, and has been supporting their band's work for so many years.

When Qi Xu arrived, Li Lang and the others had already had a drink.

"Come and sit, come and sit!" Liu Jiajia dragged Qi Xu to sit beside her, and said, "Have a drink first. Thanks to you, buddy!"

Although Qi Xu can't smoke, but he doesn't say how much he can drink, he drank a drink without saying anything, he wandered around, but didn't see Ling Jiangyuan.

Xie Congjia took a sip and said with a smile: "Jiang Yuan has something to delay and said he will arrive later."

Qi Xu looked away: "I didn't ask him."

A group of elders laughed exaggeratedly.Liu Jiajia whispered to Xie Congjia: "I said that Lao Ling is a muse, if you still don't believe me, come here and bring me some money."

Qi Xu knew that these people were making fun of him and Ling Jiangyuan again on time, but he didn't care because he was thinking about Ling Jiangyuan's anger.

I don't know if Ling Jiangyuan is still angry.

No, I don't know if Ling Jiangyuan is angry or not.

Ah, so annoying.

Qi Xu drank another cup.

After a while, a large pile of barbecue was put on the table, and Liu Jiajia introduced: "The pork belly here is the best, Qi Xu, you can try it. I specially ordered a lot of pork belly. Hey, it's so delicious!" Said In the end, Liu Jiajia had already eaten it.

Under the enthusiastic introduction of the other party, Qi Xu also casually picked up a skewer, took the first bite, it was crispy and crispy, and the taste was really good, Qi Xu then picked up the second skewer, letting his thoughts return. Come to the grill.

After about ten minutes, Ling Jiangyuan finally came late, he was very busy at first glance, he was still wearing a sportswear, with thin sweat on his nose, he took a breath and sat down and said: "Sorry, I'm late, so I'll punish myself first." Ling Jiangyuan drank a glass without pretense.

Qi Xu looked at him seriously, until Ling Jiangyuan finished drinking the cup and turned his gaze to Qi Xu's direction, then Qi Xu quickly looked away.

He was a little afraid to look at Ling Jiangyuan.

Liu Jiajia smiled lively and said, "Hey, we have been tossing about cappuccino for so many years, and finally we have some hope. It all depends on Qi Xu. Let's toast him together."

Qi Xu raised his glass, touched Li Lang and others, even Lao Niu, and passed Ling Jiangyuan alone.

Ling Jiangyuan tapped his glass on the table as if disappointed, and finished off a glass of beer.

Qi Xu looked at the empty cup awkwardly.

Liu Jiajia bumped Qi Xu with his shoulder, and said, "But this is thanks to the captain's contact. Let's all give him a toast."

"What's there to respect?" Qi Xu muttered softly.

No matter how low the emotional intelligence is, at this moment, he has already noticed that the atmosphere between Qi Xu and Ling Jiangyuan is not right.

Xie Congjia and Li Lang looked at each other, and both coughed softly, and the atmosphere at the barbecue stall suddenly fell into an awkward situation.

Lao Niu looked confused, and teased from the perspective of a bystander: "You two are at odds."

"No."

"no!"

Ling Jiangyuan's and Qi Xu's voices sounded at the same time.

Lao Niu couldn't help laughing: "Hey, didn't Jiajia and the others say that you two are a soul couple, each other's muse of inspiration? Why are you still having an awkward fight?"

Qi Xu blushed, not knowing whether it was anger or shame: "I have talent, so I don't need him to be my muse."

From the corner of Qi Xu's eyes, he saw Ling Jiangyuan smiling slightly.