old age

Ji Kaiyang moved out of the hut where he lived together.Yi Chen hesitated for a long time, but finally stayed.When I broke up with myself for the first time, I thought that I must stay far away so that we could break up cleanly. After we really broke up, but we still had to hold on to something desperately, for fear that one day, I would forget him.

Yi Chen kept himself in the memories, refused to move forward, and couldn't move forward.Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, I feel the cold bed next to me, and call Ji Kaiyang's name in a daze, but no one answers, thinking that he didn't hear him making breakfast in the kitchen, and it's only when I walk out of the bedroom that I realize that they have already broken up.

During that time, Yi Chen didn't dare to let himself be idle.He found a part-time job again, but the job was too easy, and he couldn't help but think about him when he had nothing to do.Yi Chen later resigned from his part-time job, rented an office with a few former seniors and sisters, registered a company, started doing self-media, wrote manuscripts from morning to night, ran interviews, searched for news hotspots, and sometimes While writing, I fell asleep in front of the computer, and when I woke up, thinking of the dream just now, my eyes felt sore and swollen.

This kind of life passed for more than half a year until October.

Yi Chen studied for a master's degree, and his schoolwork was easier than that of a master's degree, so he squeezed his time as hard as he could, and he could still be busy with both sides' affairs.A senior partner named Zhang Qian started writing articles very early. She has a lot of fans on Weibo, which can be regarded as her own traffic. In addition, the official account has a wide range of topics, and she can write and talk about everything. She is lucky. After publishing several explosive articles, the number of fans on the official account gradually exceeded one million, and there were advertisements to receive.On the day when the first dividend was received, everyone went out to celebrate together. After drinking half of the wine, there was laughter and laughter around, but Yi Chen still felt very lonely.He quietly withdrew from the noise, took a bottle of wine, and ran to the balcony to drink.

The balcony looked very open, and there was a very familiar building not far away, but he was a little drunk and couldn't remember where it was.

Turning back to the private room to ask his colleagues, Tian Han glanced out, sticking out his tongue, "It's a big clock tower, it's an old building."

It turned out to be J University, Yi Chen looked at the bell tower, and thought of Ji Kaiyang again.

They had met each other since their breakup.For a while, Yi Chen would go for a night run at J University, and occasionally see Ji Kaiyang. He would put a tick on the calendar when he met him, and a cross if he didn't.But they never spoke, saw each other in a hurry, and passed by in a hurry.They are no longer lovers, and there is no way to return to the position of friends, so they can only be strangers.But later, there were fewer and fewer ticks on the calendar, and seeing the red crosses piercing people's eyes hurts, and slowly Yi Chen gave up the activity of night running.Sometimes Tian Han would ask, why didn't he run away, and originally planned to go to exercise together.Yi Chen just laughed and said that he was too tired and didn't want to run away.Indeed, too tired.

When the company was first registered, Chu Jing invested a sum of money, which was regarded as his start-up capital.Yi Chen wrote an IOU to her, but she confiscated it, saying that it was a stock purchase, and she would talk about it after making money.Yi Chen would call her whenever he encountered any problems, how to negotiate with advertisers, how to negotiate prices, business is different, but they are always the same.While chatting, it was always inevitable to talk about him and Ji Kaiyang. Chu Jing knew that they had broken up, so she didn't say much, but asked once before hanging up the phone, did she think about what to do in the future.

Yi Chen was silent for a long time, saying that I would never have anyone else, and I knew he would not either.

The last time they met was half a month ago. Yi Chen wrote the manuscript all day, and he hadn't finished it until the evening, and he had already drank all the coffee.The whole person ran to the convenience store downstairs to buy something top-heavy, and then bumped into Ji Kaiyang.

It's not surprising to meet each other, their office is very close to Teacher Ji Kaiyang's studio, only two streets away.It's not that he did it on purpose, the position was chosen by the senior sister, so maybe it's fate.They are always destined, but it has become shallower, and they are not together enough.

Ji Kaiyang is still holding the blueprint in his hand, he is also a fifth year student, and the graduate students are basically determined to study with Su Cheng.From Yi Chen's appearance, he should have just come out of the studio and is planning to go back to school.

Both of them were stunned for a while without saying a word, and each bought their own things.

In fact, he was still a little flustered, Yi Chen's head went blank for a few seconds, and he even forgot where he put the coffee.When he went to check out with three cans of coffee, Ji Kaiyang happened to be standing in front of him.

Yi Chen lowered his head, stared at the floor tiles in a daze, suddenly lightened his hand, and Ji Kaiyang took the coffee away.Ji Kaiyang put the coffee back on the shelf, changed the milk and sandwiches, paid the bill with his own towel and toothbrush, put it back in Yi Chen's hand, and walked away.

Yi Chen was at a loss where he was, and caught the cashier's prying eyes, and then hurriedly left with his things.Pushing open the store door, he found that Ji Kaiyang hadn't gone far, and stood in front.

He walked up to Ji Kaiyang, who tilted his head and coughed, "Drink less coffee, don't stay up all night."

Yi Chen nodded silently, and then heard Ji Kaiyang ask, "Are you going back to the office or going home now?"

Of course he didn't tell Ji Kaiyang that he was doing self-media business, but it didn't seem out of the ordinary for them to get any news from each other.

Yi Chen originally wanted to go back and write the manuscript, but when Ji Kaiyang asked, he changed his mind, "I'll go home and sleep for a while."

In late autumn, the weather was gloomy, and they walked along the road to the gate of the community.

"Go back and rest." Ji Kaiyang said.

Yi Chen responded, but didn't want to leave, saw the toiletries in Ji Kaiyang's hand, and asked out of words, "Are you going away?"

"I'm going on a business trip next week." Ji Kaiyang said briefly, and added, "Take good care of yourself."

"You too."

Ji Kaiyang hummed, turned and left.

Yi Chen looked at the clock tower in a daze, and the past flashed through his mind like a movie.He suddenly remembered that he told Ji Kaiyang before that he could support him by coming out to work first.Now it can be regarded as working, and with income, I still want to support him, but I am not eligible.

Yi Chen continued to drink, and went to half a bottle in a blink of an eye.When he got drunk, his mind became confused, he threw the bottle into the trash can, and walked out through the box.

In the box, the topic of the clock tower was discussed, and J University was also mentioned. Among the newly recruited interns, there happened to be a little girl who was from J University. She knew Zhang Qian, so she came here to work part-time.

"That clock tower was renovated 20 years ago. At that time, Mr. Su had just returned from Japan, and he was the one who presided over it..."

"You are a journalism student, and you are so familiar with the teachers of the architecture department. You were just born 20 years ago."

"I've taken his public class, so I know a little bit about it. Oh, by the way, our teaching assistant is super pretty." The little girl said beamingly, "My roommate saw the photos I secretly took, and I also chose this class this semester. , I went to rub it for another session, and finally changed to a teaching assistant..."

"Then you didn't ask where you went?" a senior sister joked.

"I asked about it." The girl said, "I actually went to ask, he seems to be helping in Teacher Su's studio, and then Teacher Su won a bid for a project in County H, he has to work there..."

Students in the journalism department are probably naturally keen on gossip, talking about their crushes in college.

While talking, someone asked again, "County H? Where is County H?"

The little girl recalled a place name, but the person who asked the question exclaimed in a low voice, "Why is it there?..."

"Hey, Yi Chen." A group of people talked lively, seeing Yi Chen walking out in a hurry, "Where are you going?"

"You guys continue to eat, I'm leaving first, see you tomorrow." He didn't pay attention to what they were saying, waved his hands, grabbed his coat, and ran downstairs.

Yi Chen ran to the nearest bank and transferred all the dividends this time to Ji Kaiyang's card.The moment the money was transferred, it seemed like a big stone fell in my heart.

He slowly put the card back into his wallet, a smile appeared on his lips unconsciously, and it disappeared in an instant.