rain is not far

The episode of that day did not seem to have brought much change to the lives of the two.Zhong Yuan is busy from Monday to Friday as usual, and Qi Shiyu is still thinking about what new desserts to prepare for the little girls who come to the store to eat hot pot every day.

It's just that when they are free occasionally, both of them will unconsciously look at their phones.Teacher Zhong would secretly observe the little Doudings from the back door of the classroom, and secretly took out his mobile phone to take a picture of the purple hyacinths blooming on the window sill outside the classroom, and send it to Boss Qi; Boss Qi would accidentally get flour on his face when He Dong While laughing, Shi edited a WeChat message of "Another day when Brother Dong transformed into Old Man Mi" and sent it to Mr. Zhong.

The days are flat, but there is something more, which makes the sky outside become gentle and pleasant.

It wasn't until the last leaf on the branch fell to the ground that the sun was getting shorter and shorter. Qi Lang put on the plush three-piece suit hand-woven by Aunt Li, and even He Dong put on a long-sleeved sweater. coming.

The cold weather will only make the girls more enthusiastic about eating hot pot. What could be more warm than the crispy hairy belly soaked in the fiery red butter?

So before five o'clock on Saturday, several tables in the store were already full.Qi Shiyu was busy behind the dessert counter, while He Dong went to the back kitchen to help. "Ding Dong——" the wind chime hanging on the door frame rang, Qi Shiyu was busy arranging the coffee, and heard the little boy apologizing timidly: "I'm sorry, boss, I have something to do at home today, I'm late... You deduct my wages."

It's Lin Nian.

Qi Shiyu just finished a simple garland of love. He put the exquisite bone china coffee cup on the counter and said to Lin Nian, "The long-haired girl at table four ordered it."

Lin Nian hurriedly washed his hands, picked up the coffee cup, and delivered it to the customer, then returned to the counter, hesitating and hawing for a long time, unable to speak.

Qi Shiyu looked at Lin Nian's thin, worn blue padded jacket. The child's nose was red from the cold, and his fingers on the counter were also red. Some of them were swollen, like It's frostbite.

"The final exam is coming soon, right?" Qi Shiyu said, "If you're busy recently, you should study hard. If you don't come, just let me know in advance."

The hourly salary that He Dong gave Lin Nian at that time was for the children to take care of both schooling and part-time work.

Lin Nian sniffed, and said in a low voice, "Boss, is it because I am causing trouble to the store and you don't want to use me anymore? Don't worry, I will never be late again...Really, don't... "

"Stop, stop, stop..." Qi Shiyu raised a hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Baby, stop. What did I say? I'm just afraid that you will be too busy studying. Let's see when you are free in the store." Just come here. I really didn't criticize you."

After hearing what he said, Lin Nian lowered her head vigorously.Qi Shiyu was wiping the counter with a rag, but saw two small drops of water hitting the glass of the counter, and when he looked up, he saw Lin Nian's thin shoulders trembling slightly under his cotton clothes.

He hurriedly came out from the counter, pulled Lin Nian aside, and asked softly, "What's wrong? What happened? Why did you fall into the golden bean?"

Lin Nian rubbed his eyes, but still lowered his head: "Boss, please don't fire me. From now on, I will come here every day after class, and there is no shop outside willing to recruit me as a high school student... I really need money... Please You."

It happened that He Dong came out of the back kitchen, saw this situation, and hurried over: "What's wrong?"

"Oh, Lao He, hurry up and persuade me, this child... I don't know what I said wrong." Qi Shiyu whispered, "Xiao Lin, you can come whenever you want, why don't you be unhappy with me?" Say congratulations to your elder brother."

He Dong took the child by the arm and took him to the yard to talk.Qi Shiyu scratched his head, feeling that adolescent children are indeed not emotionally stable.

He took out his mobile phone, saw several unread messages, and clicked on them to see that they were all Zhong Yuan.

At twelve o'clock at noon: "I'm awake, are you particularly busy today?"

Two o'clock in the afternoon: "I just finished cleaning the house and doing the laundry. Don't you have time for a date today?"

Half an hour ago: "Boss Qi is really busy, wait, I'll find you on a date."

Qi Shiyu couldn't help laughing.Reply: "Okay."

Not long after, He Dong came in alone, picked up the down jacket behind the counter, put it on neatly, and said to Qi Shiyu, "Ah Shi, look around the store, Lin Nian and I will go out for a while."

Qi Shiyu lowered his voice: "What's wrong with the child?"

"Something happened at home, I'll tell you later." He Dong zipped up the down jacket, then picked up Qi Shiyu's down jacket and put it in the courier box. It's just two days since I bought it and I haven't worn it yet. Coat, "I took the clothes, and I will buy another one for you later."

Qi Shiyu knew that he was going to take it to Lin Nian, so he waved his hand, signaling him to do whatever he wanted.

He Dong took the car keys and went out.Through the window facing the street, Qi Shiyu saw He Dong walking in front, Lin Nian was wrapped in his rather loose down jacket, walking behind He Dong with his head down, rubbing his eyes with his hands from time to time.

Qi Shiyu knew that life must not be easy for this child, otherwise, how could a high school student come to work in a restaurant if he wasn't being served at home to prepare for the college entrance examination?

Lin Nian didn't like to talk, and he never asked.

For a 17-year-old child, asking too many questions makes people feel that the world is too bitter.

The wind chime rang again.

Zhong Yuan was wearing a gray slim-fit cashmere coat, with one hand in his pocket, and pushed the door in.

With the air of the outdoors on his body, he smiled when he saw Qi Shiyu: "Boss Qi, do you have time to make me a cup of coffee?"

Zhong Yuan sat on the bar stool by the counter.Qi Shiyu at the counter tried hard to suppress the corner of his mouth, and said seriously: "No time."

Without stopping, he took out a small milk pot and doubled the amount of hot chocolate.He stirred gently with the small wooden handle in his hand, and the comforting aroma of cocoa warmed up the whole room.

A few minutes later, the hot chocolate in the small milk pot was poured into a frosted black mug and pushed in front of Zhong Yuan.Qi Shiyu folded his hands on the counter: "What time is it, are you still drinking coffee? Are you going to sleep at night?"

Zhong Yuan held the cup with his right hand, gently stirred the hot chocolate in the cup with his left hand, and said in a low voice, "Why do you want to sleep so early? Boss Qi, do you want to sleep with me?"

Zhong Yuan's low voice was nice, mellow and sexy, and the content of what he said was not serious. Boss Qi felt his face was a little hot, so he slapped him and spat: "You have to show some face, Mr. Zhong."

Zhong Yuan laughed.

The long-haired girl ordering hot latte at table [-] is a regular customer in the shop, and this is not the first time she has seen Zhong Yuan.She didn't hear what Zhong Yuan said, but when she heard Qi Shiyu's refusal to let him drink coffee, she couldn't help but picked up the coffee and joked loudly: "Boss, there are still people drinking coffee here! Single dogs don't need to sleep! "

Customers in the store, knowing or not, laughed kindly.