Deep courtyard

Huang Yuan, male, 27 years old, landscape architect, three generations of officials and rich second generation, a down-and-out dude who became a wage earner.

Pu Jiang, male, 29 years old, a small farm owner, the second generation of local demolition, the Phoenix male school bully counterattacked and became an upstart.

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Today is the summer solstice, and the highest forecast is 37 degrees, the body feels more than 40 degrees at noon, and the asphalt road exceeds 60 degrees.

It took Huang Yuan a lot of determination to get out of the subway station. After walking for ten minutes according to the navigation, he felt that the soles of his feet were about to catch fire.On the wide and empty Puxing Highway, Huang Yuan stood under a drooping tree, squinted his eyes, wiped off his sweat, compared the electronic map on his mobile phone, and looked at both sides of the road. Didn't know which way to go.

While hesitating, a large raindrop hit the screen of the phone with a bang, followed by a second and a third, and the ground soon began to appear "riddled with holes."Huang Yuan's face darkened following the screen of his mobile phone. He had walked more than a kilometer from the subway station, and there was no village or shop behind him. Except for the sycamore trees on the side of the road, there was no shelter in sight. Most importantly, there is still no trace of his destination.

Huang Yuan leaned against the trunk, but the sparse leaves were of no use.Bean-sized raindrops also began to leave traces on the light blue shirt.

Huang Yuan turned on the phone screen again, and it showed that the time was already 13:58, and the supervisor's words were still in his ears: "Don't be late, this upstart is not easy to serve."

Mother Xipi!Let Lao Tzu suffer if he is not good at serving?I am really a bully!If it wasn't if it wasn't... There is no "if not", I am no longer the little yellow son who called the wind and rain and everyone has to be careful to serve him when he sees it. In the past two years, the masters I have served with bowed heads are better than the gang I used to serve. There are many more friends, and they are not worse than today's one. No matter how difficult it is to serve, can I be as difficult to serve as I used to be?

Accompanied by a lightning strike at the end of the road, the rumbling thunder and the sudden vibration of the mobile phone in his hand startled Huang Yuan so much that he almost threw his mobile phone out.Looking up at the branches above his head, a chill ran up his spine. Realizing his situation, he immediately left under the tree and rushed into the pouring rain. It's a strange call.

Die or die!

Gritting his teeth, he opened the phone and picked it up.

"you are late."

Before he could say "Hello", a dissatisfied voice came from the receiver, which should be the hard-to-serve master.Huang Yuan stood in the wind and rain, trying to calm down his voice:

"Hi, Mr. Pu! I'm Huang Yuan from W Construction. I'm really sorry, I've already arrived at Puxing Highway and I'll be there soon. Please wait a little longer."

"..."

The other party was silent for a while, Huang Yuan could only hear the panting of his running and the sound of the heavy rain hitting him. When he wanted to explain again, he heard the other party's voice again:

"Is your number your WeChat? I'll add you and send me your location immediately."

"Yes..." Huang Yuan didn't understand the other party's meaning, the other party had already hung up the phone, and then he really received a friend verification notification, the name was simply "Pujiang", which is the name on the owner's profile full name.

Less than 10 minutes after Huang Yuan sent the location, he heard a roar from the highway. An exaggerated electric blue sports car came from the north, then made a beautiful flick and turned around, and then braked quickly. The sound broke through the sound of the torrential rain, and the car stopped firmly beside Huang Yuan. At the same time, a wave of water splashed, hitting Huang Yuan unceremoniously, and the shoe was covered with mud.

Huang Yuan stared at the dazzling electric blue car body in front of him, and was stunned. The familiar license plate that flashed by just now made his heart skip a beat. It was the license plate number composed of his birthday.

This is... his car, his former favorite car, an 18-year-old coming-of-age gift given to him by his elder brother, but he himself hadn't seen it for two years.It was already seven years old when I sold it, and I didn’t maintain it very well. I hardly remembered it after being abroad for a few years. I just kept it because it was a birthday present.The value at the time of the sale was even less than one-fifth of the original price. In the end, it was all used to make connections and inquire about the news of the eldest brother, and it was not even enough for the people inside to help take care of it.

He thought that it would be scrapped after being bought by others and played for a while, but he didn’t expect it to be in front of him now, and he didn’t know how many times it was lost. It's almost ten years old.

The co-pilot's window was half down, and an impolite voice came out from the window: "Get in the car!"

This roar was mixed with the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the car body, which made people feel a little blurred from a distance, but it still brought back Huang Yuan's consciousness that had been in shock all along.

Huang Yuan looked down at himself, who was soaked all over his body, bent down, and approached the window, and saw a dark-skinned young man wearing a casual polo shirt and beach shorts sitting in the driver's seat, frowning impatiently look at him.For a moment, Huang Yuan couldn't tell whether this casually dressed person was the patron himself or his driver or assistant. Fortunately, he looked carefully for a second and found the corner of the logo on the left chest of the POLO shirt, and he had the answer in his heart.

"Mr. Pu? I'm sorry, I'm all wet. Just tell me which direction your home is in. I'll run there soon."

"Get in the car!" The man unlocked the safety door, leaned over, and opened the car door from the inside. The heavy rain poured into the car through the wide open door, and began to quickly wet the newly replaced black leather seats. It used to be wine red.

Seeing Na Pujiang staring at him without blinking, Huang Yuan seemed to have made up his mind to wait for him to get in the car, so he could only sigh, and quickly shook off the rainwater from the briefcase, before he even had time to wring his clothes. Just bent down and got into the car, the beige floor mats were immediately stained with mud footprints.

Before Huang Yuan could recollect the feeling of sitting in this car with complicated emotions, the car started quickly, ejected with a bang, and drove northward. The cautious Huang Yuan was thrown into the seat due to inertia, and the whole person was firmly leaning against the seat. On the seat, not only the half of the seat near the door, but also the other half of the seat and the backrest were all wet. The cold air in the car blew on his drenched body, causing Huang Yuan to shiver severely.

"I'm sorry Mr. Pu, I can reimburse you for the cleaning fee of the car." The start is still so strong!Huang Yuan quickly recovered from the shock, and quickly apologized.

"Seat belt." Pu Jiang stared at the intersection ahead with a serious face, while mastering the steering wheel skillfully, and pressed a few buttons at the same time.

Huang Yuan soon knew what Pujiang had done. The heater under the seat was turned on, and the air conditioner was adjusted to normal temperature ventilation.This is the first time for Huang Yuan to sit in the co-pilot of this car. He pulls the seat belt with novelty, watching the blurry scenery on both sides that dissolves in the rain quickly recede, but this speed is no longer in his hands. Huang Yuan Yuan lowered his eyelids, not wanting others to see the strange loneliness in his eyes.

The car drove north on the highway for 5 minutes, and then made a big turn (turn left) at an intersection. Soon a low-key but magnificent gate appeared in front of me. The car stopped, and the security guards in the security booth did not come out to check , quickly opened the gate, and the car rushed in. There were tall trees on both sides of the road, as if it had entered a forest. From time to time, a single-family villa with gray and white appearance flashed between the woods on the roadside. In 5 minutes, the car made a small turn (turn right) and entered a small road. Immediately after that, it was dark, and when the car stopped, Huang Yuan realized that they had parked safely in a spacious garage.

Pu Jiang turned off the car neatly, but his hands were still tightly gripped on the steering wheel. The veins on the back of his hands made Huang Yuan flustered.But Pu Jiang stared straight ahead and remained motionless.The surroundings suddenly became quiet, and it seemed that even the humid air in the car was suffocated because of his entry.

Seeing that Pu Jiang neither got out of the car nor responded to him, Huang Yuan felt nervous and embarrassed, wondering if the master was planning to teach him something.

"Pu..." Huang Yuan was about to open his mouth to apologize again, when he saw the person next to him, took a deep breath, then sighed heavily as if giving up on something, opened the door and got off to the stairs with a small door in the corner Walking, Huang Yuan saw this, although he didn't understand why, he quickly got out of the car, and when he closed the car door, the reluctance of his fingertips made his heart twitch again.

"Please help me clean the car when you leave, and the bill shop will send it directly to me." Pu Jiang's voice sounded again in the empty garage, and after he finished speaking, he turned and entered the small door to continue upstairs.

Help me drive the car to be cleaned... Huang Yuan's eyes widened in disbelief, looking at the former car beside him and the key that had not been removed from the car, gently stroking the body with his slightly trembling right hand: "Old man, I actually There is still a chance to drive you again.

For a moment, Huang Yuan even began to wonder if this Pu Jiang knew him, knew that the previous owner of this car was himself, and he just took the opportunity to mock him, the "former" little Huang Gongzi like everyone else.

So what, I have gotten used to it for the past two years.

Huang Yuan's joyful mood suddenly cooled down, he curled his lips and wiped the rainwater from his hands on his suit pants, which were also drenched, and followed him upstairs.Going out of the small door of the garage and climbing up a short flight of stairs, the view suddenly becomes bright and open. There is a spacious open kitchen and dining room, and at the same time, a small living room is opened up, connected with floor-to-ceiling windows, making the space and vision more open.

And the man in a polo shirt, beach shorts and slippers is making tea at the counter.

Pu Jiang brought the brewed tea to the tea table in the small living room, then turned around and greeted Huang Yuan who was standing stiffly at the entrance of the basement: "Come here and sit down for a while, and then go out to look at the yard when it rains."

This sentence made Huang Yuan question his guess just now, this person's attitude towards him sometimes seems impatient and sometimes quite polite.Huang Yuan carried his briefcase and walked to the side of the two single sofas, feeling embarrassed to sit down.

Pu Jiang didn't say anything, his eyes with unknown meaning scanned him back and forth from top to bottom and bottom to top, and finally stopped on his chest, his eyes darkened, he turned and walked away.When he came back, he threw a pair of slippers by his feet, then took two towels from the cupboard, spread one on the sofa, and handed the other to Huang Yuan, pointing to his hair and body that were still dripping: " Wipe it off."

Huang Yuan took the towel, it was dry and rough, not new, but clean.Fortunately, I just cut my hair two days ago, wiped it twice, and it no longer drips, it just sticks to the scalp messily, it must be very embarrassing.Looking up, I happened to see myself reflected in the clear glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows, the clothes all over my body were sticking wetly, and the trousers were still dripping, Huang Yuan frowned and looked back, the route he walked on the natural marble floor was really delayed Sewage all over the place.

"Change your clothes." Standing next to the sewage, Pu Jiang didn't seem to care much about his embarrassment and the trouble he caused, but just handed him another pile of clothes.

"?" Huang Yuan squeezed the towel in his hand tightly, his doubts deepened, and he even became defensive, this person's attitude towards him was abnormal.

"I don't like changing people all the time. Are the people in your firm as ignorant as you?" This was not very polite, and Huang Yuan couldn't refute it. He heard the man continue: "The bathroom is in the bathroom. Later, before you catch a cold, I don't want to bother to call and complain."

When Huang Yuan came out of the bathroom behind the kitchen after changing clothes, the floor had already been mopped, and the man was already sitting on one of the single sofas in the living room, flipping through a somewhat familiar album, which seemed to be their project information.

Huang Yuan looked down at the POLO shirt and beach shorts of the same style and different color as the man on his body. They were not new either, but they smelled of fresh laundry detergent. They were about the same height but had a lot of difference in body shape, so they wore them on their bodies. It was a bit empty, but after experiencing the baptism of the rainstorm, it felt very comfortable to take off the wet clothes and put on the dry clothes, but the two of them dressed like a series, which made him feel awkward.

Huang Yuan slipped on his slippers, walked to the living room, and sat down on the opposite side of the Pu River: "Thank you, Mr. Pu, for troubling you!"

Pu Jiang glanced up at him, with strong dissatisfaction in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, he just pushed the hot tea on the coffee table towards Huang Yuan, and then continued to look down at the information.

Huang Yuan didn't know why, this Mr. Pu always looked at him with elusive eyes, and he couldn't figure out what the other party meant, which made him very embarrassed.

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The article is ready, this summer vacation is too busy to do the cover, I will make it up in a few days——8.29