Hidden Summer

On the first day of work, Cao Liyu mainly familiarized himself with the company's charter, organizational structure, office environment and necessary interpersonal relationships, and went home on time when he got off work.

Walking out of the office building, Cao Liyu stood in the bustling commercial center, confirming the direction of the subway station from left to right.There are row upon row of tall buildings and mansions in the surrounding area. There is a lot of traffic and people coming and going. The huge electronic billboards on the top of the buildings operate continuously throughout the day. The dynamic pop music in the shopping malls plays the pulse of fashion. The tight rhythm made Cao Liyu feel a little nervous and bewildered, but also excited.This is where I'm going to live, where I'm going to start my future.Thinking silently in his heart, Cao Liyu walked briskly to the subway station.

Cao Liyu got an IC card before entering the station.As Li Hang said, the subway was really crowded, and it was the rhythm of people stepping on people.But it was only a [-]-minute journey, Cao Liyu stood facing the door leisurely, and was in the mood to admire the advertising lights along the way.

After four stops, the subway was about to enter the station, and people crowded towards the door.Cao Liyu wanted to dodge to the side but found that he couldn't move at all, and was about to be slapped on the car door by the people behind.In the end, he decided to wait until the door opened and get out of the car before getting back up.Suddenly someone patted his shoulder, Cao Liyu turned his head and saw a tall man in a suit and leather shoes.

"Hey, what a coincidence, you're off work too? Go for a drink later?" The man squeezed beside Cao Liyu as he spoke.

Cao Liyu looked at the man suspiciously, and was sure he didn't know him. Just as he was about to speak, the subway came into the station.Following the sound of the station announcement on the train broadcast, the passengers poured out of the carriage like water. The strange man looked back, then pulled Cao Liyu out of the train, and returned to the carriage after everyone got off.

"Excuse me, did you recognize the wrong person?" Cao Liyu asked as soon as he returned to the carriage.

"Hehe, I made a mistake." The man smiled. "Actually, a thief just wanted to take advantage of the crowds. I just saw that you were almost pulled out of your pocket, so I pretended to be an acquaintance."

"Thief?" Cao Liyu looked around.

"I saw him just now, and he has already got out of the car along the flow of people."

"Oh, thank you!" Cao Liyu touched his pocket, only some bills and mobile phones were safe, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, actually, you should catch him now and we will turn him over to the police station together. There are also patrolmen in the subway station right?"

The man was taken aback, and smiled: "You are really a warm-hearted person."

"It's a little effort. But thank you, otherwise I will lose the money on the first day of work before I earn it haha." It would be really heartbreaking to lose the newly replaced iPhone 8.

"Your first day at work? That's really a lottery. In places with a lot of people like the subway, it's safer to put your belongings away and not put your mobile phone in your bag."

"OK, thanks."

While talking, the subway entered the station again. The man said he had arrived, so he said goodbye to Cao Liyu and got off.Seeing the man's tall and straight figure disappearing into the crowd, Cao Liyu guessed that he was also an office worker nearby. Although he was also a good person, he still seemed to be indifferent.This is also a true portrayal of urbanites.

After this episode, two stops later, Cao Liyu also got off the bus.He took out his mobile phone and called Li Hang.

"Hey, Boss Li, are you home?"

"Uncle Cao, are you off work?"

"I'm almost home."

"I'm going home late today at the store, and I've already ordered takeaway with my little sister for dinner. You can ask Xiao Yu."

"Oh, so you are still a shopkeeper?"

"Anyway, I'm the boss, and I have to take care of a little fan."

"Hey, you still have the self-consciousness of a boss? I used to think that your shop was just for fun, but now it seems that you still like to play with these things. I will call you a hardworking gardener in the future."

"Hurry up and call Xiao Yu."

Cao Liyu hung up the phone and quickly called Xiao Yu to ask him out for dinner.Just as Li Hang hung up the phone on the other end, another call came in.

"Hello, Liang Dong."

"Li Hang, are you coming to the store to play at night?" There was a particularly mellow and gorgeous male voice on the other end of the phone.

"No."

"Don't, I don't know about you, kid. What's the big deal? You haven't come for so many days, and those bastards in Jiang Yao are chanting your name in my ear every day. It's annoying me to death."

"It's nothing, I don't want to go."

"You boy... Just take it as a way to save me, come and have a drink or two with me? There are quite a lot of people here tonight, so it's good for you to come."

"Ok."

"Haha, you kid must force me to speak, right? Then come quickly, and bring Xiao Yu too."

"He has work at night and can't come."

"Why hasn't he finished his work yet? He hasn't come out to play for almost a month. All right, come quickly."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Li Hang opened the takeaway box and started to eat.There is also a large bonsai that is not ready, so I quickly finished it and continued to make it.

Because only Cao Liyu and Xiao Yu had dinner together, Cao Liyu proposed not to go home and start a fire, but to deal with it in a restaurant outside.Unable to think of what to eat for a while, the two went to the snack street opposite the nearby university—commonly known as Garbage Street—for a walk.

In the end, the two ordered two dishes and one soup at a restaurant run by a fellow villager. Cao Liyu went next door and ordered a plate of barbecue, and he ate it all.Cao Liyu ate so boldly that Xiao Yu couldn't persuade him at all.

In terms of food, Xiao Yu has a light taste. She likes Huaiyang cuisine and Japanese cuisine. She is good at cooking and pays attention to her healthy diet. She is willing to try all kinds of food.Cao Liyu is not picky about his food. He loves barbecue and seafood. Pizza Hut KFC also accepts all of them, and he especially likes to eat at roadside stalls.Although Li Hang seems to be able to eat anything, in fact, there are only a few things he really likes to eat. He likes meat. When he is in a good mood, he will eat whatever you feed him. When he is in a bad mood, no one can force him to eat. Is a willful picky eater.

So as long as they eat together, Xiao Yu will usually order dishes taking into account the tastes of the other two, and try to make them eat healthier.Especially Cao Liyu, as long as Xiao Yu is by his side, he will never be allowed to eat junk food that is high in calories and has no nutrition.

After dinner, Cao Liyu hiccupped several times and didn't want to move at all.

Xiao Yu looked at Cao Liyu helplessly: "You eat like this, be careful of diarrhea at night."

Cao Liyu rubbed his swollen stomach: "Oh, I'm happy today, I accidentally ordered too much, and I didn't eat it up and wasted it. I feel bloated right now."

Seeing Cao Liyu frowning uncomfortably, Xiao Yu felt worried and amused at the same time: "Stop sitting still, get up and go for a walk in the school."

Ten minutes later, Cao Liyu and Xiao Yu walked side by side on the campus of Q University, taking a slow walk while sipping yogurt.

Seeing the boys and girls passing by like flowers around him, Cao Liyu suddenly sighed with emotion: "Oh, I think we were also such young teenagers in the prime of life, and we became working dogs in a blink of an eye, and we will become Jisang in a few years. It’s scary to think about it! Time is like a butcher’s knife!”

Xiao Yu smiled: "Yes, when I was in college, I always thought that school life was monotonous and boring, and I wanted to go out of the society to make a living. Now I feel the pressure of reality, and when I think back to college life, it is simply heaven."

"That's right, students have two long vacations a year, which is simply too extravagant!"

"Well, the last time the three of us walked here was the summer vacation of our junior year, right? It's been more than two years."

"That's right, that was the year we built the 'world'."

"That summer vacation was really fun, it's probably my most memorable summer vacation."

"Do you still remember that when we went to the beach, you made up your mind to ask me and Li Hang to teach you how to swim, but in the end you only learned a little bit of dog planing. You swam towards us for a long time, and when the waves came, they immediately took you back to the shore, killing us all. Laughing like crazy!"

"Hehe, I remember, it's really embarrassing, but I just don't want to soak in the shallow sea, seeing you guys having fun in the distance."

"No matter how far we swim, we still have to swim back to you."

"Yes, that's what you told me back then." Xiao Yu turned his face and stared at Cao Liyu, "There are still many good memories, and I remember them all clearly."

Cao Liyu walked forward without looking sideways, and when he saw a trash can, he turned to Xiao Yu and asked, "Have you finished your yogurt? Give me the box, and I'll throw it away."

Xiao Yu looked at the back of Cao Liyu running away, lowered his head, hiding the complex emotions in his eyes.

When I got home, the house was still empty, so Xiao Yu went to take a shower first to wash off the smell of oily smoke.When he came out, Cao Liyu had already turned on the TV and started shooting games. Xiao Yu patted him on the shoulder and drove him to wash off the smell of barbecue.

When Cao Liyu returned to the living room, Xiao Yu was already working with his back to the door.Xiao Yu's room has a floating window, and the floor under the floating window is made of tatami mats more than one meter wide.Xiao Yu still likes to sleep on the bed, so he used tatami mats to access the bookshelf CD shelf, and placed a lazy sofa next to the floating window, and put the laptop on the floating window for homework, which saves even the computer desk.Xiao Yu wanted to draw when he was free, so he put away the things on the floating window, and sat quietly on the window sill against the wall for a long time.

Cao Liyu remembered that when he came here for the first time in the summer vacation that year, he and Xiao Yu slept in this room. Xiao Yu slept on the bed, and he slept on a tatami mat. There were unknown broad-leaved plants placed by Li Hang on the floating window.The smoky wind of summer night blew into the room through the screen window, Xiao Yu talked and laughed with him in a soft voice until he fell asleep.

Cao Liyu played the game for a while. When the game was over, he looked up at the wall clock. It was ten o'clock. He asked Xiao Yu, "What time does Li Hang come back? It's past ten o'clock."

Xiao Yu seemed to be devoting himself to work, he didn't raise his head, and his voice sounded like he was talking to himself, Cao Liyu had to prick his ears to hear clearly: "If you come back after closing the shop, you should get home around this time. "

After Cao Liyu thought about it, it would be better to make a phone call to remind him. When Li Hang comes back, he can play the two-player mode.The phone was picked up quickly.

"Hey, Li Hang, are you back?"

"Well, what? Worried?"

"That's right, what if you are robbed of your sex, this black lamp is blind?"

"You always put a hundred hearts on it, and I will turn against robbery."

"Then I'm relieved ~ come back and play "Desert Island 2" with me."

"Go and put some water, I'll be home after that."

"Okay, after I get out of the bathroom, you must be at home."

"Understood, already downstairs."

Cao Liyu hung up the phone and ran to the window to look down.They live on the fourth floor of a six-story single-family building along the street. This small street is not a big road, there are few cars, and it is relatively quiet. There are not many passers-by at midnight.The street lights were quite bright, which allowed Cao Liyu to see the scene downstairs clearly.

A black car slowly drove up from a distance and parked downstairs.It looked like a luxury car, Cao Liyu was about to whistle when the door opened, and a familiar figure got out of the car.

Still in black and black trousers, it was Li Hang.Li Hang was about to turn around and go upstairs when a man's arm protruded from the driver's seat of the car, as if calling Li Hang to say something.Afterwards, Li Hang went upstairs and the car drove away.Cao Liyu jumped from the window to open the door for someone, poking his head and staring in the direction of the stairs.

As soon as Li Hang appeared at the stairs, Cao Liyu yelled. Li Hang looked up to see him with a surprised expression.

"Is the water ready?" Li Hang couldn't help smiling when he saw Cao Liyu poking his head like a big dog just looking forward to his master's return.

"I didn't go to fill the water, so I came to wait for you." Cao Liyu waited for Li Hang to enter the door, watched him close the door and lock it, took the bag he handed over, and asked about the slightly sweet smell of wine on his body.

"Bring along the way, one for each person, open it and eat." Li Hang said while taking off his shoes.

"what?"

"Double Skin Milk."

Li Hang likes to eat sweets. Candy pudding, cheesecake, fruit mousse is like an addiction. Although he doesn't want to eat it all the time, he must replenish his energy every now and then.Because of his preference, Cao Liyu and Xiao Yu would occasionally eat along with him.

Cao Liyu hurriedly ran to Xiao Yu's room to share the food, and Xiao Yu followed Cao Liyu into the living room to have a rest.Cao Liyu bit Shuangpi Nai's small spoon and ran back to Li Hang, starting to gossip.

"Who brought you back just now?"

"Send me back?"

"I saw it from the window, luxury car!"

"friend."

"You actually have such a wealthy friend! Aren't you in the shop at night?"

"My friend asked me to have a drink or two."

At this time, Xiao Yu, who was standing at the door of his room, interjected: "Liang Dong? Are you still going to play in his shop at this time?" As he spoke, his eyes glanced past Cao Liyu.

Li Hang frowned slightly: "I just had a couple of drinks and talked about something."

Cao Liyu looked around at the two of them: "People you all know, what store? Take me there next time."

Li Hang sat down on the sofa and combed his bangs back with his fingers: "Ordinary friend, I discussed with him to open a bar together. His store is a bit messy. If you want to play, go to another one another day."

"Open a bar? Do you want to open a bar? Why do you have such an idea? You guys can do it! The business is getting bigger and bigger, and they are expanding their business scope!" Cao Liyu sat next to Li Hang, he couldn't help but marvel, a little envious, A little worship.

"When the store opens in the future, you will have a place to play." Li Hang smiled and stretched out his hand to rub Cao Liyu's hair. "War?"

Cao Liyu picked up the game controller vigorously: "Let's fight!"

Xiao Yu looked at the backs of the two who were fully engaged in the game in an instant, smiled and shook his head wordlessly, and went back to the room to continue working.

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